Hashiramas Heir

Chapter 15: Settling In

"How could you not know the gaki was a Senju?" asked Jiraiya incredulously to Tsunade.

Tsunade merely shrugged, "The brat's 14 years old. Sarutobi-sensei sent me a letter every 5 years. I got one when the Kyubi attacked, 5 years after that (Naruto age 5), and 5 years after that one (Naruto Age 10). He sent me a fourth one about a year later (Naruto Age 11) but I lost it escaping a debt collector." said a sheepish Tsunade, ashamed at losing important Konoha information.

"Damn. The brat has really wanted to meet you for so long, but at least you'll be back now." said Jiraiya as Tsunade nodded. It was time to head back to Konoha and everyone was ready to go. Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune were all outside the city walls as Yugito was walking up to the trio. However, Naruto was nowhere to be seen.

"Where the hell is the gaki? He's never late, not since I've been with him. You haven't seen Naruto have you Yugito?" asked Jiraiya.

Yugito shook her head, "No Jiraiya-sama. I haven't seen him at all. He's not in trouble is he?"

"No, I wouldn't think so. You've seen the brat fight, he could take damn near anyone. Plus we'd feel his presence if he was fighting someone powerful. Maybe I'll summon a toad to find him. You guys go ahead, We'll catch up." said Jiraiya. The ladies all nodded and began to walk away from Tanzaku Gai toward Konoha, chatting all the while.

Jiraiya waited another 5 minutes until he decided to find Naruto. Right before he could bite his thumb to summon a toad, Jiraiya heard a shout and the sound of a person landing.

"I'm right here!" shouted Naruto as he landed next to Jiraiya. "Sorry about that. I got...lost on the road of life." said Naruto as Jiraiya sweat dropped at that excuse.

"Damn gaki, you need to find a better excuse." said Jiraiya as he took notice of Naruto's attire. "Trying to look like your sensei eh? Nice scroll." Naruto had a huge scroll strapped to his back in the same way that Jiraiya did. He had put back on his Anbu uniform sans mask and had a black strap across his chest that held the scroll to his back. Jiraiya noticed something special about the scroll though. "Is that the Scroll of Seals? How do you have it?"

"It was given to me by jiji...Jiraiya-kyofu (Godfather)." said Naruto as Jiraiya's expression became one of shock.

"You read sensei's letter then."

Naruto nodded his head, "Yeah I did."

(Flashback: Last Night)

It was around midnight and Naruto was sitting on his bed alone in his room. Yugito and Jiraiya had left to their own rooms and were sound asleep. Naruto dug into his backpack as he pulled out something. It was the envelope that Sarutobi had written to him.

"You going to read that now Naruto?" asked Kurama as he was also anxious to see what was inside as well.

"No time like the present." said Naruto as he opened the envelope. It contained a letter as Naruto opened it and read the first line.

Hello Naruto-kun

"Here we go" thought Naruto as he read through the rest of the letter.

(Letter Start)

I wrote this letter in hopes that I'd never have to let you read it because if you do, then I am no longer alive. This letter entails what I promised to tell you when you were 8 years old. That once you became strong enough, I would tell you about your parents. You were more than strong enough a while ago but I kept prolonging telling you because I didn't know how you'd react. But no more of that because I promised to do it at the end of the Chunin Exams. Your name, Naruto, comes from the book of you and your father's sensei, Jiraiya. Naruto...you are the son of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage.