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The story of Naruto::


Naruto was born the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. Soon after his birth, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked their hometown of Konoha, leaving destruction throughout the village. In order to stop the fox's attack Minato sealed it within Naruto's body, giving Naruto access to its great power at the cost of Minato's life. Before his death, Minato requested that Naruto be viewed as a hero of the village rather than a container for the fox. Many villagers chose to ignore this request, leading to the enactment of a law forbidding anyone to speak of Naruto as the fox's host. With his father dead and his mother presumably sharing the same fate, Naruto has spent all of his life as an orphan, not knowing who his parents were.

With no family to speak of and the villagers of Konoha always showing him animosity for being the container of the demon fox, Naruto never had a source of love or attention during his early childhood. Desiring that which he has lacked all his life, Naruto's dream is to become Hokage, the village's protector, hoping that it will bring him the villagers' recognition and respect. To assist him in gaining this title, Naruto possesses a fierce determination, always confident he can complete a given task with relative ease. Naruto's efforts have proven successful as the series progressed, as many characters have reached the conclusion that Naruto will someday be an excellent Hokage.

Since his introduction, Naruto's determination has resulted in some of his traits rubbing off on those around him, such that in Naruto: Part II his teacher, Kakashi Hatake, notes this to be Naruto's unique power. Gaara, after being defeated by Naruto in battle, discovers that true strength is found in fighting for one's friends, not for oneself. These changes that other characters experience serve as the moral for the part of the story they take place in, and subsequently become the creed for the particular character's life.

Through his ability to change others, Naruto has gained the friends that he lacked during his childhood. Among the many friendships he has formed, none are more prominent in the series than those he has with his two teammates: Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. With Sasuke, Naruto shares a highly competitive relationship that he likens to brotherhood. Though Sasuke betrays Naruto and the rest of Konoha at the end of Naruto: Part I, Naruto maintains his attachment to Sasuke, readily lashing out at anyone who speaks poorly of him.

Because of the demon fox within him, Naruto has access to its great chakra reserves, allowing him to perform jutsu that someone of his rank would ordinarily be incapable of using. Though portions of the fox's chakra constantly mix with Naruto's own, Naruto can forcibly draw upon its reserves in one of two ways: by submitting to rage or by directly asking the fox for a donation of its strength. Once doing so the fox's power begins to consume Naruto, eventually creating a fox-shaped shroud around him complete with a number of tails indicating his current level of strength. While each tail drastically increases his fighting strength, Naruto begins to lose his sense of self as more tails appear. Because he can quickly become a danger to those he cares for in these situations, Naruto has begun to limit his usage of the fox's power.

The Shadow Clone Technique, used to create solid, completely identical copies of the user, is Naruto's most frequently used jutsu. In addition to using these clones to overwhelm his opponents, Naruto often uses them to help him form his preferred form of attack: the Rasengan, an attack that grinds into whatever it touches. By using the copies of himself to spin and mold his chakra into shape, Naruto can form the Rasengan without the hassle required to create it single handedly. In Naruto: Part II, Naruto trains with his shadow clones to infuse the Rasengan with his wind elemental chakra. This culminates in his creation of the Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken , which damages what it contacts on a cellular level. Though this massive level of damage is useful against opponents, the hand he is performing the technique with is damaged as well, making it a double-edged sword.

As the main character of the series, Naruto is present in every arc and typically plays a prominent role for its duration. During Naruto: Part I, Naruto's involvement in the plot is relatively indirect, as he spends his time improving his ninja abilities and pursuing his own goals while the overarching events occur elsewhere. During the Return of Itachi arc, Naruto is introduced to Akatsuki, a fictional criminal organization that seeks to extract the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox from his body. Though Jiraiya drives them off during this first meeting, Akatsuki's interactions with Naruto become a more central conflict in Naruto: Part II. It is not until the Sasuke Retrieval arc that Naruto takes a leading role in the plot, joining a team of ninja dedicated to stopping Sasuke from joining forces with Orochimaru. Naruto and Sasuke ultimately have a one-on-one battle, though neither is able to bring themselves to finish off the other. The two go their separate ways, but Naruto does not give up on Sasuke, leaving Konoha together with Jiraiya for two-and-a-half years of training to prepare himself for the next time he meets Sasuke.

In Part II, Naruto receives less attention than he did in Part I. As other characters begin to receive additional development and the plot begins to cover multiple incidents across large distances, Naruto's role in the story is considerably lessened. Upon his return to Konoha, Naruto begins to deal more actively with the Akatsuki threat. He first saves Gaara from Akatsuki's clutches, and in a subsequent arc he proves instrumental in the downfall of Kakuzu. Most of Naruto's actions, however, are dedicated to finding and retrieving Sasuke. He and the rest of his team are briefly able to locate Sasuke during the Sasuke and Sai arc, but Sasuke's rapid development leaves them no match for him. After creating his new jutsu, Naruto and company try once again to find Sasuke, but once again their mission is a failure when Akatsuki member Tobi finds Sasuke first.Upon returning to Konoha, Naruto recalls when he met with Itachi during the hunt. Itachi had transfered some of his power to Naruto before he died, and asked could Naruto kill Sasuke if he ever became a threat to the village. Before he could ponder this issue further, Kakashi, along with Gamabunta and Gamakichi, told Naruto that the Fifth needs him. When he arrived at the Hokage Residence, the full members of Team Yamato/Kakashi, several Toads, and Pa were waiting for him. There he was told that Jiraiya died in his battle with Pein. Grief stricken, Naruto blamed Tsunade for his death and departed. He spent the rest of the day mourning the loss of his teachers, musing over the fact he had wanted Jiraiya to be there when he became Hokage. Iruka comforted Naruto, telling him that Jiraiya had always been proud of him and what he had and would become.

After trying to assist Shikamaru in deciphering Jiraiya's code, Naruto was dead set on destroying Pein. Pa offered to train Naruto in the sage arts, seeing as Naruto stood no chance of killing the apparent Akatsuki leader. Naruto readily accepted his offer. Then Naruto and Pa travelled to Myobokuzan through a reverse summon from Gamakichi. The sage arts is a way to make a ninja's chakra mixed together with nature, or the ground, atmosphere, and all the things that are related to nature. Pa demonstrated it to Naruto by lifting a giant statue, and Naruto has a hard time understanding about the sage arts.

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