The Coming of the King

Chapter 4 - The First Wave

Chapter 4 - The First Wave

A/N: Just realized that I haven't said this, I do NOT own Naruto in any shape or form. If I have an oc, I'll tell you with an A/N. Also, currently planned ships are: SasuNaru, KakaIru, KibaHina (minor), and NejiGaara (minor). If you don't like any of these ships, I'm sorry. Seeing as how I'm writing this ahead of time, I won't be taking suggestions. If I decide to, I'll let you know, thanks. Also, thanks for the views, votes, and comments, they're very encouraging. Read on.

Editor's Note: Looking back, all of the ships are kind of minor. The SasuNaru is very slow burn. Whoopsie? Also, I still own nothing. And still forgot to specify earlier. Oh well. Come pester me on my social media or check out my Redbubble by checking out the links in my bio!

Chapter 4

Two Days Later - Third Person P.O.V.

Jiraiya and Tsunade had left the day after they had arrived, saying that they had important business to attend to and that they would stay in touch. Naruto didn't mind though. They are ninja, fighting everyday to protect the village, and he wanted to do the same. So how could he judge them?

Naruto also had the sneaking suspicion that Jiraiya and Tsunade felt a bit guilty for not coming to meet him sooner, which is understandable. From the pieces of conversation Naruto and Kurama had managed to overhear though, it seems that both of them are involved in some rather serious shinobi work, so Naruto was hard pressed to be angry at them.

Naruto was starting off his training with Weasel (who he'd lovingly nicknamed Weasel-chan) and when he had the basics mastered, he would begin training with the rest of Team Scarecrow, the ANBU team that rescued him. Naruto had just been checked out of the hospital this morning, and now he was following Weasel-chan into a building.

By the image of the building that his chakra had constructed, Naruto determined that they were in a library. The shelves went up past even Itachi's head and they were filled with leather bound books and scrolls. Naruto sighed loudly, as if to get the point that he's freaking blind through Weasel-chan's obviously thick skull.

"I know, I know, you're blind," Weasel-chan said in response to the dramatic sigh. "First things first, we're going to learn sign language and figure out how to improve your Sensory ability. That's first on our list. Ah, by the way," Weasel-chan looked back over his shoulder, black hair falling over his onyx eyes. "I'm Uchiha Itachi, and you can call me anything but my code-name."

Naruto nodded in Itachi's general direction before following him deeper into the library. He supposed that what Itachi wanted to do here did make sense, but it hurt his childish pride to know that he would be of no assistance whatsoever. Naruto sensed a woman standing in the center of the isle they were about to walk down, blocking their path on purpose, no doubt.

"I'm so very sorry to interrupt you, Uchiha-san, but it would appear that a piece of garbage must be taken out," an elderly female voice spoke intimidatingly. The old woman made a move to walk past Itachi and to Naruto, but Itachi stopped her.

"Excuse me," Itachi said venomously, leaking a bit of killing intent toward her. "I would recommend that you leave him alone, ma'am," he spat. Fear rolled off the woman in waves, but more than that, confusion.

'Why would Uchiha-san protect that demon?' she thought.

"Y-Yes." the poor woman stammered before practically running away from Itachi.

'He didn't have to do that.' Naruto thought sadly. 'Now, people will judge him for protecting me.' The thought saddened the boy.

"Come on, Naruto-kun," Itachi urged. Naruto followed him once more. They soon stumbled upon books relating to sign language in the civilian section of the library.