Journey Of A Soul - A Naruto Fanfic

next day

i woke up refreshed and did my morning rituals after which completed my usual workout. just as i started walking back to the orphanage, i sensed jiraya coming towards me.

jiraya- morning gaki, ready to see sarutobi-sensei?

'morning ero old man' i replied with a wide smile which caused jiraya to pause a bit.

'let me get ready, i will be out in 5 mins' after that i quickly got ready told the matron i am going out to play and went out with jiraya.

we were talking and walking for 30 mins till we entered clan district.

clan district as name suggests is the special place reserved to clans the whole north side of the village which houses all the clan homes and grounds. it has special security and seals which wont allow outsiders to tresspass without knowing the code kinda like gated communities.

the clan members do routine checks for any abnormalities and the security is usually tight. konoha clans have very strick hierarchy and even hokage residences are here with anbu guarding the district its very hard to come here.

after walking for a while we entered sarutobi clan compound and its very picturesque with mountains and hills. we entered the main building or can say a mansion and jiraya dissapeared asking me to wait for some time. after a while some one came to guide me to a room.

the room was filled with books upon books and has distinct smell of wood combined with smoke and calligraphy ink. after enterning, i saw sarutobi hiruzen for the first time or rather felt his aura which is masked for the first time. he is sitting on a cusion with a table and calligraphy suppies on it smoking with his pipe.

after making eye contact, i had a larger than life feeling eminating from him which held my breath and drummed my heart. anyone who watched naruto underestimate the third hokage when compared to monsters like madara, hashirama etc, but the wisdom and intelligence in his eyes like he is disecting me on Genetic level has goose bumps on my skin.

jiraya was sitting casually sipping tea on the side watching all this with interest.

hiruzen after a while started speaking in a scerene tone- welcome sasaki-kun, come sit

i nodded and sat down on one of the custions in front of him. then before i can start to talk someone came inside from th side room.

??- grandpa, we need to get going for hokage residence in a while, i came to check if you are ready.

i turned to see who it was in confusion since konohamaru should not be born yet. is it another divergence from manga? i saw a girl my age entered the room wearing a white sundress, she has shoulder lenght brown hair and brown eyes along with a cute face. i bet she is going to grow up fine, i thought automatically and immediately blused a bit but forced down to serious expression.

i looked towards jiraya to find him grinning towards me which annoyed me too much. i gave him a sharp glare and looked towards the third to find him looking at our exchange in amus.e.m.e.nt.

suddenly i thought how the both of them are perverts and started thinking about my decision to come here.

just then i saw the girl from earlier looking in my direction and is that a blush? i cursed inside my mind 'wtf we are only 3, at least i have previous life memories but what the heck is this chicks deal'

i lamely said 'Hi' for which she looked down and said 'hello' queitly.

i again turned towards the two perverts who had a smirk on their faces and my eyes twitched with anoyance. i thought 'thats it, let s get to the point and get out of here' with that i seriously stared at the third hokage.

hiruzen with a calm smile - so sasaki-kun, what do you want to talk about with me.

i straightend my back and looked straight in his eyes and declared.

'my name is sasaki haruno, 3 years old, and i am going to be the strongest'

the girl from before was looking at my outburst in shock and curiosity, while jiraya smirked.

hiruzen looked at me seriously for a while and nodded his head.

i immediately stood up and bowed towards him and asked the most important question.

'please take me as your personal disciple sandaime-sama'.

now its everyone else who are shocked even jiraya has not guessed my intension of coming here.

hiruzen slowly started filling his pipe and started thinkiny while smoking and looking at me. after a while i was still in the same position and waiting for his verdict. he asked one question

'why'