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Hiruzen was in his chair as he waited, he waited for the melody to play as it did for three years already. Every day at the exact same time, a song would play while you could watch the sunset.
Three years and they still hadn’t found out who it was, or where it even came from. It didn’t matter where you were in the village, be it underground or underwater. The sound was always clear and smooth.
At first, they thought it was a Genjutsu made by enemies, but with time they had gotten used to it. While still, a few shinobi searched for the person, most of them had given up. It was like a daily break for everybody, no matter civilian or shinobi.
Most of the time the melodies were sad, desperate and hurtful. They were so emotional and near your heart, you could feel the pain of the player. It left a humbling feeling, how could one be happy while someone was so hurt outside?
A few times the melody was hateful, filled with so much aggression. It made you wonder what this person was going through, just who was it?
A melody, it was gentle.
Hiruzen was surprised, this would be the 7-warm melody in three years. Something good must have happened today. A gentle smile grows on his face, when someone heard how much pain that person was in for three years, then such a small victory like today was enough to bring a smile to everyone's face.
It made you happy to know that this person also had his special moments in life. Almost everybody in the village thought so, and they all could feel the mysterious player.
Soft
It was so heartwarming to just listen to it, all your worries were gone in an instant. A knock at the door got him out of his inner peace, normally his secretary waited until the melody was over.
“Come in” The door opened and his Anbu captain appeared kneeling.
“Report”
“Butterflies appeared with the melody Hokage-sama” Well that was new, he stood up as he walked to the window. Just like the man said, small groups of butterflies were flying outside. They didn’t seem real thought, they were glowing in all kinds of colors.
This glow was so warm, and they are flying like they had fun, but if you looked closely you could see that they were completely made of chakra. It fascinated him how this person was able to do something like this.
How he could shape such tender beings, with so much detail. The melody ended after four minutes and the butterflies crumbled to light.
“Send a new search team out, we need to find him tomorrow.” Hiruzen said as he sat back down.
Naruto was around three years old when registered that he was much smarter than your average child. He knows that the villagers hated him. He also knew that it had something to do with the Kyuubi since they would be overly aggressive on his birthday.
He used his intelligence to learn from Chunin and Jonin around the village. He observed how Jonin taught the new genin’s chakra control and how they always said that it was one of the most important things as a ninja.
He was four when he mastered three walking, it was difficult to begin, but with time and practice, it started to feel natural. He then broke into the library and took all books regarding chakra control.
At first, it was hard to read, but luck was on his side when the academy explained this topic. With the basic knowledge he had gotten, it was way easier to read them. Time passed and Naruto trained without a break.
He mastered water walking and then the leaf exercise, after a month he did the leaf exercise while hanging upside down. Then he started to circulate small balls over his body with just his chakra.
With time he started to coat his body with chakra, making his kunai sharper. However, these things were learned after two years, he then wanted to challenge himself. He started to make a kunai completely out of chakra.
An idea formed and he started to just make a thread, after another two years he finally understood how it worked. He understood chakra itself, four years of hard work and experiments rewarded him with knowledge.
He didn’t know if he could ever describe it thought, it was so unique and unimaginable. You just have to feel it to understand, his will was connected with his own chakra.
Whatever he thought of, he could build it with chakra. He could move it as he wanted, could color it how he thought looked nice. Around this time, he saw a civilian child play on a piano. The sound was so beautiful that it touched his heart.
The following night he had broken in to understand the instrument, he had looked through everything to be able to rebuild it. It took him two months of observation to recreate it, but the time was worth it.
He learned fast, way too fast. It was so logical to learn and he could put his bottled-up emotions into it. The first time he played, had him crying for hours, all his emotions put into the music. It was so relieving like a burden was taken from his shoulder.
He left the academy in his second year, the teachers had all sabotaged him and he also didn’t want to be a shinobi under such a Hokage. Hiruzen was too old and yet he didn’t choose a new successor, he was too stubborn to change with the village.
He was ten when he learned that he had the Kyuubi sealed inside him, it was reassuring to know why they hated him. He hadn’t talked with the old man in years, and the Hokage probably didn’t even know that he left the academy.
How dumb they were to drive the Jinchuuriki from them, how they risked the village's power just because of a few feelings. It was just laughable, they were ninjas and yet they couldn’t control their emotions.
At eleven he started a new experiment, strengthening his own body via chakra. However, he didn’t mean like Tsunade, no he meant permanently. He didn’t know when their hatred will reach far enough that they would want to kill him, at least he will be prepared.
He started with this skin, slowly and steadily, inch for inch. He modified his entire skin, mutated it with his will. His will formed the chakra as he wanted, and his chakra formed his skin.
That continued until he had modified his entire body, his skin had turned pale and was resistant enough that a normal blade couldn’t penetrate it. His bones had become as hard as steel and his muscles had become strong enough that he could destroy a rock without chakra.
His eyes though, his blue eyes had turned into the ocean. Deep blue and if you looked into them it felt like it draws you in, he had improved them so that he could see chakra even through walls and wide distances.
His hearing had gotten better, and his smell has gotten sharpened. The most noticeable change however was his hair, it turned white as he completely purified his chakra system. His white hair also fell, instead of its usual spiky structure.
This change had a very positive side effect, nobody recognized him. Gone was his tanned skin and yellow hair, he now looked more like a ghost. It became a habit that he started to wear white clothing.
This change felt so good as he thought that he maybe should learn more medical knowledge, it could help improve his body. It didn’t take long for him to finish reading the books in the library, now that everybody was friendly to him and didn’t hinder his progress.
Soon Medical-Ninjutsu was his second passion, it was so logical and easy to understand. It was his balance for music, one was emotional and intuitive, while the other was logical and clear.
He trained with animals he caught in the forest until he had reached the point where he was satisfied with himself. It was now time to practice with humans, the only option was the hospital, but would they take someone that was this young, well only one way to find out.