Naruto uchiha

chapter 3

'A Kage Bunshin?' Shishui thought, amazed.

'So, Itachi wasn't kidding about his sensing abilities. He must have known I was here from the start. The kid's probably better than many of the veteran sensor shinobi.'

Naruto could feel how surprised the shinobi was and couldn't blame him. It's not every day you see a five year old evade an attack with such ease. Although Naruto knew the shinobi in front of him had no ill intentions, he wished to know why it was he was attacked. He saw the raven-haired boy turn his head slightly back and saw him …smirk?

Naruto was confused as to why the shinobi would be smirking and within a span of less than a second, Shisui was now standing down on the ground, arms folded over his chest and looking at Naruto with a playful smirk.

"You're indeed good Naruto-kun. I can see why Itachi speaks so highly of you." Shisui said with a smile.

Now Naruto was surprised. He had never seen anyone perform a Sunshin so effectively and at such an incredible speed. He thought he had the raven-haired boy cornered. Now he knew how wrong he was.

As Naruto stood on the branch of the tree, he looked at the boy. He had short, unkempt, raven-colored hair, black eyes and a relatively broad nose and well-defined eyelashes that were turned upwards at each end. He wore the standard attire of the Uchiha clan which included a high-collared, dark-colored outfit along with a tantō strapped to the right side of the back of his shoulder. He also wore what appeared to be a harness for his tantō which ran across his chest and fastened over both his shoulders.

"Are you Shisui Uchiha?" Naruto asked as he too sunshined in front of the boy.

"Oh? You know of me?" He was amused that someone as young as Naruto knew of him, despite him being Hokage's son.

"Hai! Itachi told me about you." Naruto gave a small smile as he remembered hearing about the Sunshin no Shisui from his brother like figure.

Shisui nodded as he sat down on the ground. He looked at little boy and patted the area next to him. Knowing what he was being asked, Naruto went and sat next to Shisui.

Shisui once again stared at the boy. Earlier when Itachi told him about Naruto's natural aptitude in the shinobi arts, he was slightly reluctant to believe about the boy's prodigal talents, even if he has the blood of Hokage level shinobi running through his veins. The kid's only five he had thought. But seeing how he evaded his attack a few minutes ago with a well thought out plan and even surprising him with his moves later, he couldn't help but be amazed. The way the blond talked and seemed to keep his guard up spoke volumes of how far ahead he was compared to the rest of his generation. Thinking of that brought a small frown on his face.

"Gomen, Naruto-kun." He said in a whisper, but loud enough for the blond to hear.

Naruto saw the sad smile Shisui put on his face. But he saw something else too. It was the same smile he saw on his tou-chan, Jiraiya oji-chan and Kakashi nii-san at times. It's as if they were apologizing to him for something out of their reach. He never understood it. Why would they look at him like that? Was it because of the overwhelming amount of chakra that was inside of him that felt much different than his own? He had a vague idea as to who it belonged to, but he never thought much about it. He believed his tou-chan would tell him once the time was right.

Naruto turned his head away from him and laid on the grass on his back. He could see the moon and how majestic the sky looked around it. Slightly red with a tint of orange in it. Although, his gaze lingered on the moon a bit longer. He didn't understand why, but he always felt a connection to the moon.