Chapter 20: Your Parents are…

Chapter 20: Your Parents are...

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Chapter 20: Your Parents are...

"Mmmm..." The Hokage's eyes moved from Inouichi to Naruto a few times after hearing the full story. He then remained silent for a minute.

"I guess it is not surprising that you would find out eventually." The old Hokage stood up from his chair and got closer to him. "I'm very sorry, Naruto. I was planning on telling you after you became a Chunin or when you were finally an adult...whatever came first."

"So it is true then. I'm the son of the Fourth Hokage." Naruto didn't really feel anything after this discovery, but he was sure that the original owner of this body would have been shocked by the news.

He was still mildly irritated by the fact that his supposed father sacrificed his life and turned him into a demon container to save this village. And the civilians had repaid such a sacrifice with nothing but disdain.

"You are the son of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina. Your mother was the previous container of the Kyubi...as you can imagine, she also died on that terrible night..." The Hokage said as much as he could. He hoped that Naruto would not ask details about their deaths since he could not reveal the actions of that mysterious masked ninja to a genin.

"Naruto, even if you now know this, it would be better if you don't go around telling everyone. There is a good reason this information was kept a secret from the public," the Hokage added.

"That's right," Inouichi spoke. "The Fourth Hokage made many enemies during the Third Great Ninja War...he may have saved Konoha, but he killed thousands of enemy ninjas. The village of Iwakure was the most affected by your father's actions."

"Well...he barely has any memory of his childhood. It's hard to be attached to a life he doesn't remember. And he never knew his parents either. A lack of reaction is rare but not completely unexpected."

"He didn't ask about his inheritance...but we will need to prepare that also. Minato and Kushina didn't have much, but that house and whatever they left inside belongs to Naruto now. We have no right to keep it from him."

"He may not even have thought they left anything to him," Inouichi said.

"That is a depressing thought." The Hokage then opened a drawer and pulled out a report before giving it to the Jonin. "Since you are already here, I would like your professional opinion on this."

Inouichi read it over very carefully, not wanting to miss anything since it was a request from the Hokage. "Kakashi's evaluation of Naruto...I see...it is very different from the academy one."

Back during the incident where the boy ended up in the hospital, Inouichi had taken a look at his academy file to learn more about him.

His file was...well, to put it in one word...catastrophic. Naruto was one of the worst students he had ever seen.

Inouichi was not too surprised about it, considering his upbringing. No one had ever put much effort into teaching anything to Naruto, except maybe for Professor Iruka. But by that time, the boy had lost interest in being taught by others and wanted to learn things by himself.

That did not go well...

The evaluation written by Kakashi after training with Naruto for two weeks was completely different. "An unparalleled genius...I can't believe Kakashi wrote that." Inouichi mentioned.

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