What If Naruto Was Neglected But Met The Daughter Of Madara Who Wanted To Change His Fate

What's up everyone? How are you all? Today we are back with another blazing Naruto story. If you enjoy then please like, share, and do comments. And also check the description to original creator of this beautiful creation. Deep within a dark cave in an unknown land, an old man can be heard coughing harshly. The old man sitting on a chair with several cables connected to his back. He had frail wrinkled skin, long dull white hair that hung freely on his face with a bang covering his left eye. His only visible eye was a deep red color with three black tomoes in them. The old man slowly raised his right hand as though signaling someone. A few seconds later, the ground in front of him slowly rose upwards and a plant-like figure emerged. "You called Madara-sama?" the plant-like man asked in a deep dark voice. "Zetsu, when is he going to attack?" the now named Madara asked, not referring as to who this he was. "On the day the jinchuriki gives birth. Two weeks from now, the seal will be at its weakest at that moment." Zetsu replied. Madara nodded his head and dismissed the black Zetsu. "Two more weeks before my successor shall be conceived." He thought with a bit of excitement. He suddenly hunched forward in a coughing fit. Bringing his hand forward, he grimaced at the sight of blood on his hand. Setting himself on his throne-like chair, >> [music] >> he looked down at his frail body with his sharingan and frowned. "Not much time left." he thought bitterly. Some might say that he already had a successor in Obito. However, that was not so. While he might have trained Obito and manipulated him into continuing with his plan, or so to speak, Obito was but a stepping stone for him to further his goals. Someone he would cast aside when his grand plan was at play. He wanted someone of his own blood. Someone who would one day surpass him in his prime. Someone to carry on his blood. "Who knows? He might even provide me with a good dance when the time comes." So when he heard about Kushina Uzumaki being pregnant with triplets, he couldn't help but be giddy at the thought of one of them being his successor. Being the child of a jinchuriki and Uzumaki no less. The child of the famed Fourth Hokage and Kushina Uzumaki. The child was bound to be brimming with so much potential. He would inject the child with his and Hashirama's DNA. Should the child survives, he would become a force unlike any other. A god amongst men. A true successor to Madara Uchiha. A small chuckle escaped from his old dried lips, which soon turned into a dark, loud laugh that rang throughout the small dark cave. Two weeks later, ah, the pain screams of a woman giving birth could be heard. "Damn you Namikaze Minato. I'm going to remove that thing that makes you a man." the red-haired woman shouted again. "Come on Kushina-chan, just a little bit more." replied a very nervous and very worried blond-haired man who was by her side holding her hand. "Don't Kushina-chan me you aw." Her pain grunt was cut off when she felt all she was feeling greatly relieved. The sounds of three babies crying brought the panting, exhausted Kushina back to reality. She opened her blurry eyes and saw two nurses hold three blankets in their arms. "Congratulation, you gave birth to three." Whatever the nurse was going to say was cut off when a kunai lunged into her head, killing her instantly. A swirl-like ripple suddenly appeared in the air and before they could even question what it was, a man wearing a black cloak with an orange mask with a single eyehole suddenly appeared from the ripple. And he had somehow gotten one of the children and was pointing a kunai at the young infant. "Step away from the jinchuriki or this baby dies at the tender age of 3 minutes." the man demanded. Pushing the kunai closer to the child. "And now let's all calm down." Minato said nervously, his mind racing through the many possible ways to save his child and family. "I'm perfectly calm. Maybe you should take your own advice." the masked man responded back into the horror of the two new parents. He threw the child in his arms in the air. "Minato!" Kushina shouted in horrified alarm. Minato jumped from his position and in a display of speed worthy of his title, he disappeared and instantly reappeared in midair with his child in his arms. His eyes widened in horror when he heard the sounds of burning explosive tags. He saw that the explosive tags were tied to his child's blanket. Without a moment to waste, he quickly removed the explosive notes and disappeared from the house to get them away from his wife and his other two newborn children. He reappeared a second later in one of his well-hidden safe houses and placed the crying infant in a small little baby crib. "Stay safe, Naruto." he said lovingly. A second later he vanished in a bright yellow flash. Moments later after Minato had disappeared, a dark cloaked figure slowly made his way towards the child. He stopped right next to where the child was and hovered above him. Blood-red eyes glowed momentarily as the man looked at the child. The man gave a small nod confirming something before his eyes stopped glowing and he reached into the pockets of his coat. He took out two injections from the pockets in his cloak, both with a red liquid in inside each. He took hold of the first syringe and injected it into the infant. The young child cried even louder in obvious pain, but the man ignored it. He took the second syringe and repeated the same processes. When he was done, he disappeared into nothingness as though he was never there to begin with. Three months later. Three months had passed since the masked man had released the Kyuubi from the weakened Kushina and summoned it in the middle of the village. A lot of people were killed. Ninja and civilian alike, none were spared. The day marked the greatest disaster in the history of the Hidden Leaf Village. With the majority of the outer sector of the village being destroyed and thousands of lives lost, the great hidden village had a long way to go before it could reach its former glory. The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sacrificed himself and used the Shiki Fujin to summon the Death God and sealed the Kyuubi within an infant, Hitomi Namikaze. He sealed the Yin half of the Kyuubi within the Death God's stomach and the Yang half within Hitomi. Kushina spent two months in the hospital recovering from childbirth and having the Kyuubi forcefully extracted from her. Only a few people were told about Hitomi being the new jinchuriki of the strongest bijuu. Everyone else were told that the Third Hokage died dragging the Kyuubi with him into the Shinigami's stomach, which technically wasn't a lie, simply a half-truth. [music] Whilst everything seemed to be going well as the village was being slowly rebuilt and getting back to its feet, all was not well in the Namikaze household. The youngest child of Minato and Kushina Namikaze, Namikaze Naruto, was terminally sick. When Minato had come back to take Naruto from the safe house after saving him from the masked man 3 3 months ago, he found him pale and breathing heavily. Minato quickly rushed to the hospital to find help for his son. However, even their best medics couldn't find what exactly was wrong with the child. Jiraiya had once suggested that maybe it was because Naruto's body had become reliant on the Kyuubi's chakra within the womb and without it was shutting down or was not functioning well. However, that idea had quickly been shot down. If that had been the case, then why was it that Hikari, their second child, was not suffering the same fate? In desperation to find a cure for his son, Minato had sent Jiraiya to find and bring Tsunade back to the village. If anyone could find what was wrong with his son and cure him, it was her. That is where we currently find them now, in the hospital room with Tsunade standing in front of the bed where a baby Naruto was lying. He was plugged into several machines, cables, and had a breathing mask on him. His small body was frail with very light pale skin. On top of his head a mash of bushy blood-red hair could be seen. He looked to be at [music] death's door and the only thing keeping alive being the beeping machines that he was connected to. "Shizune." Tsunade called. A brown-haired girl, who looked to be at least 9 years old, rushed into the room holding a large file in her hands. "Yes, Tsunade-sama?" the girl practically squeaked out. "Get me his files. I want to see all the results of his blood test." Tsunade asked as he ran her glowing hands over Naruto. Shizune handed the large file that was in her hands to her. Tsunade took the file and started looking through all the pages. After a little while, she closed the file and addressed the worried family who were looking at her intensely with a serious face. Tsunade saw Jiraiya who was leaning on the window with arms crossed and a grim look on his face. Minato was holding his two daughters and looking at Naruto worriedly. Kushina, however, was the worst of all. Her hair was a mess. Her eyes were puffy and red, showing that she had been crying. She had dark rings around her eyes. She was sitting on a chair which was right next to her son's side, looking at him with worry, love, and guilt. Tsunade coughed into her hand to gain all their attention. Kushina jolted up from her seat and looked at her. Minato moved a bit so that he was facing her. "Shizune, could you leave us for a while?" Shizune looked at Tsunade and was about to object, but when she saw her serious face, she nodded her head and left the room. She knew better than to question her master when she was serious. Whatever was going on had to be very important for her master to not only kick her out, but to be this serious. Tsunade rarely ever became serious. After making sure that no one was listening in on them and that her apprentice was out of earshot, Tsunade finally spoke. "Your son is suffering from what I can tell is that his body was injected someone's DNA. Two people to be exact." she began. Everyone in in room gasped. She waited for a few seconds to allow them to digest what she had just said before she continued. His body is rejecting the new DNA, which is why he is in this state. By all rights, he should have died during the first few hours that his body had come into contact with the new DNA. However, because of his strength and healing factor, his body has slowly been accepting the new DNA, combining it with his own. His Uzumaki genes and a small amount of the Kyuubi's chakra within his body can be thanked for that. Tsunade finished. The room is silent for a few seconds before what? You mean to tell me that someone did this to him? I swear to Kami, when I get my hands on that son of Kushina, Minato called out before said woman could continue with her murderous angry rant. Kushina looked at her husband with anger clearly visible on her tired face. She saw the serious and worried expression on his usually calm face. He looked down at their sleeping daughters in his arms. The two babies stirred a bit from the noise and looked as though they were going to wake up. After a few seconds of waiting, the two calmed down and went back to sleep. But that makes no sense. Why would anyone do such a thing? More importantly, who did it? Jiraiya asked, standing up straight and speaking for the first time. Whoever did it had to be someone very powerful to be able to break into my safe house without my notice, or it was someone close to us who knew about Kushina giving birth and the location of where she gave birth, Minato speculated, his eyes narrowing in deep thought. Oh, why is that? Jiraiya asked. When Kushina and I were separated, I took Naruto to one of my secret safe house not even my personal Anbu guard knows about. The house is surrounded by several barrier seals that make it nearly impossible for anyone to enter that house without a special key that only me and Kushina have. Not only that, but anyone that tries to enter the house will set off an alarm that will warn me. Everyone became silent after that before Kushina spoke. Maybe it was the masked man. He managed to break into a house guarded by the best Anbu in the village and took Naruto before any of us could even notice. His ability to teleport anywhere and become intangible would allow him to easily get inside, Kushina suggested. Minato shook his head negatively. It couldn't have been him. I was with him during the whole ordeal. Maybe he sent a clone whilst he fought you, Jiraiya added. Whatever the case may be, it still doesn't explain why they did it, Minato replied with a frustrated sigh. Can you tell us whose DNA was used, Tsunade-sama? Kushina suddenly asked, bringing everyone's attention to the blonde Sannin. Tsunade opened the file she was holding and skipped past a few pages before stopping at a seemingly random page. She was silent for a while as she read through the information on the page. Everyone watched as she suddenly froze. Her eyes widened and she started going over the page again and again until she dropped the file altogether. W- What does it say? Kushina asked worriedly after seeing her reaction. The results show that your son was injected with the DNA of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. Both DNA have almost completely merged with his own, Tsunade said. Her body was shaking slightly and Jiraiya was doing the perfect impression of a gaping fish. It also showed that the DNA will fully merge within 2 months. By then, he can in all accounts be considered as a Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki and Namikaze. Talk about a long surname, Jiraiya added jokingly. However, no one even paid mind to him. All of them were still frozen in shock from what they had just heard. In the early morning of the great village of Konoha, the sun slowly rose enveloping the entire village in its golden warm rays. All was silent as the village slowly rose from its slumber. The wind was softly blowing, gently caressing the many house and buildings. A few Anbu and ninja could be seen jumping soundlessly from rooftop to rooftop and Naruto Namikaze, this is the last warning I'm giving you. Wake up. The voice of Kushina Namikaze could be heard all the way to Suna. A small red-haired boy who looked to be 6 years old groaned from the comfort of his bed as he reluctantly raised his head. He blinked a few times before rubbing the sand in his eyes and got up from under the covers of his bed and made his way to the door. The young boy gave a small sigh as he slowly opened his door and started to do a mental countdown. 5 4 3 2 1 Naru-kun! Two excited shouts was all the warning he got before he was tackled by two red blurs. He groaned in obvious pain and discomfort. Having experienced the same thing every morning, you'd think he would have been used to this by now. However, that was not the case. Hitomi, Hikari, get off me, Naruto said after trying and failing miserably to get away from their morning death hugs, as he had called them. For a few seconds, nothing happened before two pairs of arms unwrapped themselves from him. Morning, Naru-kun, the two sisters said simultaneously. The first person who Naruto saw was Hikari. Like all of them, she had red hair and deep blue eyes. Her hair was long, reaching her waistline. She looked much like their mother when she was young. The second red-haired girl, Hitomi, looked much like Hikari. Though unlike her sister, her hair was shorter, reaching barely past her shoulders. Her hair was a lighter shade of red. As for the rest, well, they were pretty much alike. Morning, Hikari-chan, Hitomi-chan. Do you have to do this every morning? The two girls pouted and looked at him with teary eyes, slightly quivering lips and hugging each other with their faces pressed together. Come on, Naruto, stand strong. Don't fall for it. They're just doing His thoughts were cut off when both girls' shoulders started to shake. Fine, you win, he said with an annoyed sigh and muttered something under his breath that both girls did not hear, which did not stop them from instantly cheering and giving him a big hug. Naru-kun, Ka-chan said we have to get ready. Hikari was the first to speak. She tried to put on a serious face and for further emphasis, she put her hand on her hip copying what she had seen her mother do a few times already, though that only made her look cuter. Ready for what? Asked a now confused Naruto. He heard Hitomi giggling and turned to her waiting for her to answer. The Academy starts today, remember? At this, Naruto froze, then slowly his eyes lit up in excitement. A large smile slowly made its way across his face and faster than the two could blink, Naruto rushed to the bathroom. A few minutes later, he came out wrapped in a towel. He went back to his room and they heard clothes being shuffled around and when the door opened again, Naruto could be seen wearing a dark blue hooded jacket with a white shirt inside. He was also wearing black shorts and blue ninja shoes. Let's go already, we're going to be late, >> [music] >> Naruto shouted to his sisters who were still standing at his door with a stupefied look on their faces. Naru-kun is weird, they both thought and a second later, they followed him down the stairs. In the kitchen, Kushina smiled when she heard the footsteps coming from upstairs. Her smile got even wider when she saw her son followed by his sisters. Good morning, Ka-chan, Naruto greeted his mother. Morning, Ka-chan. Morning, Ka-chan. Hikari and Hitomi greeted their mother after coming down the stairs. Kushina walked towards her and kissed them on their foreheads. The children knew their father usually woke up early and left for work whilst they were still asleep and seeing that he was not in the kitchen where he usually was in the morning, they knew he had already left for work. Kushina knew how much her husband wanted to be there with them on their first day of the Academy, but there had been an emergency at the Hokage Tower, so he had to leave earlier than usual. Good morning, Naru-kun, Hika-chan, Hido-chan. Are you all ready for your first day of the Academy? The triplets nodded their heads excitedly. Though she noticed Naruto was the most excited one of them all. Honestly, it did not surprise her at all with that blood flowing strongly in his veins, it was to be expected. How about we stop at Ichiraku ramen stand on the way to the Academy? Kushina suggested, earning two excited squeals of agreement and one grunt of disagreement, which did not surprise her at all. It was a surprise to everyone when they discovered that Naruto, unlike his mother, father and sisters, did not like ramen. In fact, he actually hated the food. This came as a shocker to everyone, especially Kushina with how much both she and her husband loved the stuff. They expected all their children to love it, too, if not more. Though he did have a favorite food, which he loved just like his family loved ramen, and that food was Pocky. The first time he had tasted it, which came as a gift from Jiraiya, who had forgotten that it was their birthday and had searched his pockets for something to give them and had produced a packet of Pocky. While the two girls found the Pocky a nice treat, Naruto had loved it and became obsessed. Till this day, Minato still cursed Jiraiya for that packet of Pocky that he gave his son. Don't worry, we will get some Pocky for you on the way. At this, Naruto smiled excitedly. Nothing outdid Pocky. At the Academy, Kushina and her children saw the Academy building a few meters away. She looked at her children and saw them walking a few paces ahead of her. She smiled knowingly. They sure are excited, she thought to herself. She frowned a bit when she noticed that Naruto was covering his head with the hood of his jersey. She knew why he was doing it. When they had discovered about Naruto being part Uchiha and part Senju, Tsunade had done a bloodline test and had discovered that he indeed had the capacity to activate the Sharingan, but did not know about the first Hokage's wood release as it was never documented as a bloodline and no other Senju, even his children, had awakened the wood release. Jiraiya had suggested that they release the information to the rest of the village. Kushina, like the protective mother that she was had refused the idea, not wanting to point an ever bigger target on her child. In the end, it was Minato who convinced her by asking her how they would explain to everyone how he had activated the Sharingan if he did, and even that was a big if. He managed to use the First Hokage's wood release. In the end, she had reluctantly agreed with them telling the villagers. On a lighter note, Tsunade had agreed to stay in the village and was now the head of the medic department. Her reason for staying, you might ask? Well, it was rather simple, really. She now had a living blood relative. With Naruto having Senju DNA, her grandfather's no less, he unknowingly had become a member of her family. >> [music] >> So, after a few hours of deep thinking and weighing the pros and cons of staying, Tsunade had chosen family over adventure. She decided to stay. Both Minato and Kushina had asked her to become their children's godmother, a position which she tearfully agreed to. When the news was released to the village, naturally everyone was shocked at first, and eventually they got over their shock, and many had accepted the news with happy, excited faces. A few cough Danzo cough had even gone as far as to suggest that the child be trained as village weapon. With the amount of potential that the child possessed, [music] he would easily become powerful, a fact that many agreed to. His idea, however, was quickly shot down, rather painfully, by a very angry Kushina. The Uchiha clan was the only ones who were against Naruto possessing the ability to activate their precious bloodline, the Sharingan. But, when Minato had explained just whose blood was used and what that exactly meant, they all seemed to suddenly change opinions. Madara Uchiha may have been considered one of the biggest traitors in the history of the Hidden Leaf Village, but no one could dispute his strength. He was, after all, the strongest Uchiha ever born. The fact that someone alive had the same blood and would hopefully have the same talent as he once did in his prime easily shut them all up. The Uchiha elders better improve their image of the young Namikaze by explaining to the clan how they could use him as a way to improve the clan's reputation and power. When the boy managed to become very strong, which everyone knew he would, they would claim it was because of their mighty Sharingan. Their reputation would rise exponentially as the boy became stronger, and even better, it would show everyone, especially the Hyuga clan, just whose dojutsu was superior. So, Naruto had become the talk of the village with everyone holding high expectations for the poor boy. As Naruto grew older, many of the villagers would treat him, and to a far lesser extent, his sisters like a prince and princesses, [music] which technically they were. Shops often gave him free food or treats. People would sometimes gave him a small bow as he walked past them, and this only got worse as he grew older. Minato had to daily refuse marriage proposals from many nobles and families. Naruto was constantly the center of attention wherever he went. This, unfortunately, had the side effect of making him avoid going outside of their house, and at one point refused to go to the park on their usual family outings. More unfortunate was that he mostly spent his time in the house and avoided people like a plague aside from his family. And sad to say, because of his distant and avoidance of people, Naruto did not meet any children his own age, and because of that he did not have any friends. Hikari and Hitomi were treated like princesses because of them being the children of the Hokage, but their treated was not as severe as their bothers. Sure, people greeted them wherever they went, and a few shops gave them free treats here and there. It was nothing that was bad enough to deter them from having a normal childhood. And unlike their distant brother, they had friends whom were all the children of the clan heads, Yamanaka Ino and Hyuga Hinata. Kushina increased her pace when she saw the many villagers that were looking at them, specifically her son, and whispering to themselves. When she was beside him, she reached down and took hold of his hand. He looked up at her in confusion, and she gave him an encouraging smile. He smiled back at her and nodded back at her. By now, the academy building was very close. Inside the academy, all the parents with their children were led to an empty hall, where the ninja hopefuls were introduced to their new senseis and was shown to their classes. And so came the time for each parent to say goodbye to their children and leave them in the care of their new instructors. Unfortunately for a few, what was supposed to be a simple gesture of hugs and a few words of encouragement turned into an embarrassing scene. Now, remember, don't start a fight unless you have to, and if you do get into a fight, make sure you beat the little punk into a pulp. That way they will know never to mess with you, Kushina advised her children, who all sweat dropped. "What kind of advice is that?" they all thought. "And another thing, don't let anyone bully you. If they do, tell your teacher, or better yet, tell me." So, Naruto ignored her from that point, choosing instead to look around. He saw a few adults that he recognized either from one of the shops he had visited earlier or from having met them on the streets. A few kids that he recognized were those that usually played with his sisters. One of them he recognized clearly was a platinum blonde-haired girl with light blue eyes, Yamanaka Ino. She usually came to their house and played with his sisters. However, even though she frequently visited their house, he had never said a word to her. The other girl that he recognized was an indigo-haired girl with lavender pupil-less eyes. Her name was Hinata, heiress of the Hyuga clan. From the brief meeting between the two of them, Naruto had noticed that she was very soft-spoken and very shy. She rarely came to visit his sisters, and when she did, she was always accompanied by a guard. Before Naruto could continue with his observation any further, the angry shout of his mother stopped him. "Naruto, Hitomi, Hikari." The three children almost jumped in fright when they heard their mother shout at them. They looked at her and gulped when they saw the angry expression on her face. "Were any of you even listening to what I was saying?" Kushina asked with a sigh after calming down. "Yes." They all answered, asked at the same time. Kushina's shoulders slumped, and she muttered something under her breath that none of them heard. The instructor that had previously addressed them all and asked all the parents to leave as it was time for the young students to go to their classes. Kushina hugged all her children one last time, giving them all a kiss on their foreheads. She stood up straight, wiping the tears that were threatening to fell from her eyes. "Remember to stay together. I'll be waiting for you at the gate when the academy ends, okay?" She looked at her children and took out a camera from Kami knows where and asked them to stand together. Naruto was standing in the middle while hugging Hikari on his left and Hitomi on his right, both girls giving a peace sign. She took the picture and with one last wave, watched them follow the other students to their classes. She waited for a few more seconds before wiping the fresh tears in her eyes and followed the other parents out of the hall. "They grow up so fast." When Naruto first heard that he would attend the academy, words could not begin to describe how happy he felt. He had begged his parents to start training them early, and they agreed. So, at the tender age of 5 years old, his parents started training them. Although his sisters took the training seriously, as seriously as they could for their age, Naruto was more dedicated. He practiced his kunai and shuriken accuracy every morning for at least 3 hours and would go through the taijutsu stances his father taught them every day. Now, one would wonder why a child so young would train so extensively at such a young age instead of playing with other kids or doing other things that children his age would be doing. Truth was, Naruto knew people treated him differently. He was not stupid, far from it, actually. What he did not understand, however, is why people treated him the way they did. Sure, his parents were very powerful and known throughout the entire elemental nations, but he could not help but feel that there was a deeper reason for it. The fact that everyone he met treated him with far more respect and prestige than his sisters further helped prove his point. He hoped that by becoming powerful and making his own reputation, people would finally recognize him for him and not for the name he carries. So, day after day, he would train aimlessly, wanting to prove to others his own worth. When his parents told him that he would be attending the academy, he was ecstatic. This was his chance to prove himself. He could not help but be giddy at the thought of the things he would learn, all the powerful jutsu and techniques that they would be taught. Like many children that were attending the academy, he was sorely disappointed when during the first week of the academy all they learned was the history of Konoha and other minor things. In all honesty, he had no idea what those lessons had to do with being a ninja, since it wasn't something one could use to save their life or the life of someone else. His sisters, though, seemed to actually enjoy the academy. Perhaps it was because they got to spend a lot of time with their friends. Still, friends aside, he was seriously regretting ever attending the academy in the first place. And to think, he still had 6 more years to go before he could graduate. Minus 6 months later, Naruto sat in his usual place in the class, which was at the back. He looked around the class and saw his sisters, like always, sitting a few rows in front of him. Not much had really changed in the past 6 months. He still disliked the academy and the fact that had yet to be taught anything noteworthy. Annoyed, he had asked his father when they would start teaching them real ninja stuff. His father had just chuckled and told him that they would eventually be taught. To Naruto's eternal frustration, however, his father never did say when that would be. Although, there There something that had happened that made him happy. He had made a new friend, his first friend ever to be exact. Flashback, five months earlier. The bell had just rung signifying that it was break time. All the students excitedly rushed out of the classroom. Not that anyone could blame them. After all, they were free from the boring preachings of the teachers for a few minutes at least. Naruto walked around the school playground looking for somewhere to sit, preferably somewhere where there were no other kids. He saw his sisters sitting under a tree chatting happily with their friends, Ino, Hinata, and a pink-haired girl who they had just recently made friends with. After a few minutes of walking, he found an empty bench which was thankfully hidden by a few trees. He looked around to see if there was anyone around who might have been using the bench and after finding no signs of anyone around, he sat on the bench and was about to open his bento when he heard a few shovels in the nearby shrubs. He waited for someone to appear, but no one showed up. However, the shovels continued. Curiosity getting the better of him, he stood up and walked towards the bush. He stopped right in front of said bush and spoke up. I know you're there. You might as well just come out. He called out [music] trying and failing miserably to make his voice as stern and commanding as he could. With him being so young and his body not yet having gone through puberty, his voice came out more like a cute squeak than anything else. There was a moment of silence before whoever was in the small shrubs started to come out. The person who came out was a tad bit taller than Naruto, meaning that he at least had to be the same age as him. He was wearing a long-sleeved, hooded, light green jacket that completely covered his body from the waist up with a tall collar that hid part of his face. The hood was up covering most of his short and spiky dark brown hair. Inside his jacket, he wore a green shirt with dark brown pants that ended midway down his calves. He was also wearing the standard dark blue shinobi shoes. Round and thin wired black sunglasses hid his eyes. His name, [music] from what Naruto could remember, was Shino, heir of the Aburame clan. Like most of his clansmen, he was a very silent person who only spoke when spoken to and even then he would only say a few words. Not that Naruto had ever spoken to him before. He had noticed all of this because they were in the same class. There was an awkward silence between the two before Naruto spoke. What were you doing [music] in the bushes, I mean? Shino raised his hand and on his finger was a small black bug. I was studying the types of insects that I have found here at the academy, Shino said looking at the insect on his hand. Oh, was Naruto's intelligent reply. Honestly, he had no response to that. The awkwardness further increased as the two boys stared at each other unsure of what to do or say next. My name Naruto, by the way. Namikaze Naruto. Naruto introduced himself stretching out his hand. Aburame Shino. Shino introduced himself bringing his hand up to grasp and shake Naruto's outstretched one. Flashback end. Ever since then, they had started hanging out more and more and before long they had become good friends. His mother had been really happy and slightly relieved when he had told her that he had made a friend at the academy. She had been worried that her son would never make any friends of his own. Now if only she could convince him to make more. Naruto was brought out from his walk down memory lane by the sound of the bell ringing signifying the end of the school day. After saying goodbye to his friend, he made his way to the academy gate where he saw Hitomi and Hikari waiting for him. Hurry up, Naruto. Ka-chan is not here to pick us up, Hitomi shouted out excitedly. Their mother had started taking missions again three months earlier. She probably got bored of being alone the whole day, Naruto thought to himself. She would usually come home before dinner since she did not take missions that would take her far from the village. Nor would she take those that would take her a long time to complete. He knew why sisters were so excited and to an extent, so was he. Their mother only allowed them to eat ramen pocky once a week and with how much they loved those foods, it was torture for the four of them, their father included. So whenever their mother was away like today, they would visit the Ichiraku ramen stand. In Naruto's case, the pocky store and treat themselves to several bowls of ramen and pocky sticks. Picking his up pace, Naruto walked to the gate and the three made their way to their destinations. One hour later, after their little snack, the trio made their way home. As they approached their house, they all felt a deep feeling of foreboding. Feeling slightly scared, they slowed down their pace and slowly opened the door into their house. The house was silent, too silent. A very bad feeling slowly rose from the pits of their stomachs. Tee-two san, Ka-chan, Hitomi called out nervously, her stuttering voice ringing throughout the empty house. They slowly walked into the dining room and were about to turn and go upstairs when suddenly, before they could even blink, they heard a whistling sound like something cutting through the air at great speeds. Acting on his gut, Naruto jumped in front of his sisters. For a very tense second, everything was deathly silent before >> [music] >> Naruto. The horrified shrieks of Hitomi and Hikari rang through the now not so empty house. Naruto looked at them in confusion wondering what had made his sisters scream out his name in obvious horror. He felt something sticking out of his stomach. He looked down and found to his shock the end of a kunai knife sticking out of his stomach. He saw that the area around the kunai was turning red. Oh, was the only thing that he managed to say >> [music] >> before he saw the ground getting closer to him and heard the screams of his sisters. Two men dressed in black ANBU attire wearing blank white masks suddenly appeared inside the room. Both of them were holding a kunai in each hand. However, the two distressed girls were at their brother's side crying and screaming for their brother to wake up completely oblivious to the two men behind them. They didn't understand what was going on. All they knew was that someone had had hurt their brother and their brother was now on the ground bleeding. Normally, in a situation like this, you would have to run away and get help. However, both girls were only six years old. Add on to the fact that they were too shocked and scared to do anything, so they did what any normal child would do, cry. Naruto could see and hear his sisters crying and he could feel an extreme pain in his stomach area. Through his hazy vision, Naruto could see two black figures moving slowly towards his sisters. He tried shouting for them to run, but every time he tried to speak, the pain would intensify tenfold and all he managed to do was to try to rasp out something that made sense. Despite his efforts, however, both girls did not even hear it what he was trying to tell them. His mind was shouting, screaming for his body to move, but it would not respond. Move. Move. Move, he chanted in his mind. At the very last second, just when the dark figures were about to reach his beloved sisters, he felt it. Something warm, something powerful rushing through his veins like fire. The pain in his stomach suddenly disappeared. His vision cleared and became even sharper and time slowed down for him. With a primal roar, he jumped to his feet and with lightning fast speed, he yanked the kunai from his stomach and stabbed it into the first ANBU's heart. The second ANBU was shocked at what he had seen and froze for a second, a mistake that proved to be his downfall. At that very moment, Naruto with all the strength he could muster through the bloody kunai in his hand at the ANBU's head. He could clearly see the kunai traveling in slow motion to the surprised ANBU's head. He saw as it ever so slowly plunged itself deep into the man's head. He saw the man's eyes change from that of being surprised to that of horror, finally to the emptiness that accompanied lifelessness. All this happened with the fraction of a second and this was all forever recorded in his brain. When the man fell to the ground, Naruto blinked surprised at what he had just done and his surprise soon turned into horror. Before he could even mutter a single word, his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fell to the ground. However, he never felt his body reach the ground as he felt two rather soft arms catch him. The last thing he saw was a red blur and a flash of yellow before everything went black. A few minutes earlier, Hokage office. Minato sat in his chair with a very bored look on his face. He was almost [music] finished with the paperwork of the day and would soon heard home to his awaiting family. He glanced at the clock and saw that it was already 3:00 feet o'clock. Kushina had yet to report in which meant that she had not picked the children up from the academy. They probably stopped for some ramen on the way home, he mused. Yes, he knew about their little stops when Kushina was not there to pick them up. He had caught them one day using the crystal ball when he was checking to see how they were. He did not tell Kushina. After all, he too ate ramen a few times during the day. Telling her would not only make him a hypocrite, but would also make her become suspicious of him, too. Speaking of Kushina, he could feel her chakra signature approaching. Minakoi, without knocking, Kushina barged into his office. He smiled at her and stood up to give her a kiss. How was the mission? He asked her after breaking off from the kiss. Same old, same old. I had to kick some evil mercenaries ass, ttebane. Kushina responded unconsciously adding her verbal tick at the end of her statement. Minato just sweat dropped at the vague mission statement that she gave him. Are you ready to go home or should go on without you? She asked him. I'm finished. Let me just grab my jacket and I'll hear each of us both home. At the house, when both parents flashed home, they immediately knew that something was wrong. For one, they could both smell blood in the house. Minato could not sense any of the Anbu that were always guarding their house and children. And lastly, yet most importantly, their ninja instincts were telling them that something was wrong. One does not make it far in the ninja career when you don't listen to your instincts, for they are almost if never wrong. Now on guard, husband and wife made their way into the dining room where the stench of blood was strongest. Through the corner of his eye, Minato could see Kushina struggling with not just rushing in there to see if their children were safe. Only years of being a kunoichi stopped her, just barely. When they finally reached the dining room, what they found shocked them. Hikari and Hitomi were kneeling on the ground with tears in their eyes looking at where Naruto was standing with his hand outstretched with a large amount of blood on his stomach and hands. They looked at, [music] more specifically, his eyes. They were surprised to see two red eyes with a single tomoe in each eye, looking at the dead figure with a kunai lodged in his head. Kushina was the first to recover from her shock. When she saw his eyes turn into their normal deep blue and roll into the back of his head, she moved quickly and caught him before he could reach the ground. Minato recovered a second later after Kushina. He instantly created two shadow clones that disappeared after nodding at him. He then moved to the Anbu's to check if they were dead and saw that they indeed were dead. After that, he went to see if his daughters were hurt and saw that they were fine and were just traumatized. He pressed the back of their necks and they both fell into his arms, unconscious, giving them a chance to recover from the shock. Kushina had caught her son before he could fall to the ground and she noticed instantly that he was pale, which was probably from the loss of so much blood. She cradled him into her arms and turned to see Minato holding their daughters, who were both passed out in his arms. Now extremely worried, she quickly voiced her concern and question. "W- What's wrong with them?" she asked, trying to stop herself from breaking down and freaking out, which she knew would only make things worse. "They are both fine, just a bit traumatized. I knocked them out so they could rest. How's Naruto?" he replied, showing far more control over his emotions than his wife. "From what I can tell, he has lost a lot of blood. We have to take him to the hospital immediately before his situation gets any worse." At this, Minato nodded his head and moved closer to where his wife was holding their son. She grabbed his shoulder and there was flash of yellow light. When the light died down, they were all gone. They never noticed a single plant root spread out on the ceiling. At the hospital, the only warning that the hospital staff got was a yellow flash of light before the Fourth Hokage suddenly appeared with his family. Upon seeing the limp, bloody children, Tsunade, who had luckily been at the front desk collecting some medical files, quickly rushed to the family. She grabbed the attention of a few nurses working and guided the family to an empty emergency room and made quick work of attending to the wounded children. Minus two hours later, after two hours of waiting, the emergency doors opened and Tsunade stepped out. Kushina immediately rushed to her with Minato not far behind. "How are they?" Kushina [music] asked worriedly. Her eyes were red from crying and fresh tears were already gathering. "Both Hitomi and Hikari are fine. They had no physical injuries on them. However, both of them were traumatized and will likely be suffering from nightmares for a few days." Tsunade explained, receiving a sigh of relief from both parents. "Your son, on the other hand, he lost a lot of blood. This caused his body to go into shock during the operation. It took us several minutes to stabilize him before we could give him the blood replenishing pills. He was the most traumatized and I had to put him into a drug-induced coma-like state to allow his body and mind to fully heal." Both parents were silent before Minato asked Tsunade a question that was plaguing his mind. "How long will he be in the coma for?" "With his higher than normal healing rate, he should be awake in a week's time. I would suggest that one of you be here when he wakes up. Seeing a familiar face might help." The two worried parents nodded their heads and released breaths that neither of them knew they were holding. "Now, would one of you please tell me what happened to my godchildren?" Tsunade asked sternly. Minato sighed and looked at his wife, who was already at her children's bedsides looking at them with so much love and worry, deep emotions that only a mother could bring out. "We arrived and so Minato explained to Tsunade how they had arrived at their home to find their daughters crying on the floor and Naruto standing in front of two dead bodies." Tsunade was shocked and horrified at what she had been told, having guessed that Naruto, at six years old, had already made his first kill. One week later, the first thing he felt upon waking up was a splitting headache and the constant beeping sound was not making it any better. He slowly opened his eyes and quickly closed when he was assaulted by bright light that hurt his eyes. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes again and looked at the window. He noticed that it was bright outside, probably midday. Growing confused with each passing second, he sat up from the bed and tried to remember how he had gotten here. Like a dam exploding, [music] his memories came rushing back to him and he remembered everything. How each had been stabbed in the stomach with a kunai while saving his sisters. Taking said kunai and stabbing the kunai deep into the man's heart and then throwing it with dead accuracy at the other man's head. The lifeless expressions from the men stared at him, the images playing over and over in his head. He did the only thing he could. Ah! He let out the loudest scream he could ever muster. He held his head with both hands as he continued to scream. He never heard the door open. All he felt was the warm presence of his mother hugging him. He slowly stopped screaming and started crying as his mother continued to hold him and was now making cooing sounds to calm him down. After 30 minutes of crying, his wails quieted down into small sobs. "Shh. I know, I know. It's all okay. Nobody is going to hurt you. Kekka-chan is here." Kushina said soothingly with tears running down her face. This continued for another hour before Naruto finally fell asleep in her arms. By then, she was humming a soft melody to help calm him down and thus allowing him to drift off to sleep. She looked at the door and saw Minato, Tsunade, and Kakashi standing there looking at her. She blinked and wondered for how long they had been standing there for. Her face turned serious when she addressed them. "Did you find out who was responsible?" she asked, not looking at any of them, but at her sleeping son. "I'm afraid not. Whoever was responsible made sure to cover their tracks. I had Inoichi search the minds of the dead Anbu. However, their minds had already been wiped clean. A memory seal had apparently been placed on them to wipe their memories clean should they have been caught or died." Minato answered her with his hands clenched, clearly angry. Kushina's hair slowly rose and started flowing angrily in the air behind her. "When I find out who is responsible, I'm going to sure they suffer death." she said darkly and Kakashi, who had been silent the whole time, slowly backed away from the ever-increasing killer intent that Kushina was releasing. Thankfully for him, Naruto, who was still sleeping, stirred a bit, his body slightly shaking. Instantly, the key disappeared and Kushina was now holding her son even closer and was muttering soft words to him. Everyone in the room sweat dropped at the 180° change she had just gone through. "Women," the two men thought to themselves. Unknown location. In a dark building hidden underground, an old man with a bandage covering his left eye and his left hand wrapped in bandages stood, holding his cane in front of two kneeled men in front of him. "Report. Mission successful, Danzo-sama. Subject Namikaze Naruto has awakened both the Sharingan and showed signs of using wood release." One of the men reported in an emotionless voice. Danzo nodded his head and tapped his cane on the ground and the two men vanished. "Good. With the boy's power growing steady and from such a young age, he shall become a force to be reckoned with when he grows older. A pity I could not take him under my foundation." Danzo thought to himself as he turned around and walked towards his own office. Three days after Naruto had awoken from his coma, he had been released from the hospital. He had been dreading the day when he would have to go back home. Not that he did not love his home or anything, rather he was not willing to go back to the place where he had killed someone. Fortunately for him, his parents had anticipated this and were about to move to a new home when Tsunade suggested that they come live with her at the Senju house, which in all honesty was big enough to support several families and still have extra rooms. The young couple had first been against the idea, not wanting to impose. However, Tsunade had retaliated saying had she want more privacy, she would have bought a smaller house, like she could afford it. To persuade them more, she had even suggested that it would be best they move in with her so that she could monitor their children, especially Naruto. She could help him more if she had more time with him. And so with a bit of hesitation, they had agreed, much to her ever-increasing joy. So when instead of going to their home, Naruto found himself being led to a different house altogether, Naruto had asked his mother where they were going. She had smiled reassuringly at him and told him that they were moving in with their grandmother. He was relieved and scared at the same time, relieved that he would not have to go back to their new house and scared because his grandmother's hugs were far more than his sister's morning death hugs. The trip to the Senju house seemed far longer than what he had remembered. Maybe it was because he was now more self-aware than previously. The looks of the villagers had turned from that of admiration and respect to that of pity. It seemed like news of their attack had spread throughout the village rather quickly. He could hear them now more than ever, muttering to themselves about him and his sisters being attached. Many of the people that they passed would offer their apologies to him. Naruto found himself getting angry with each apology he received. He did not want that. He wanted for them to respect him for his actions. The fact he was thinking about how people would have respected him more for killing two Anbu did not register to him. He wanted for them to talk about how he at the age of six had managed to kill not one but two Anbu to save his sisters, not offer him pity. What was pity ever good for? He decided then and there that he hated pity more than anything. Unconsciously his Sharingan activated with the single tomoe spinning angrily. He did not hear the gasp of surprise from people when he did that, nor did he feel his mother place her hand on his shoulder. Kushina had been watching her son. She could feel his anger slowly increasing every time a villager would offer him words of pity. She could understand why he was angry. Nobody liked to be pitied, and with so many people willingly showing so much pity, his anger was starting to show. His Sharingan activated and she could feel him release a very small amount of key, which in all honesty was quite impressive for a six-year-old boy. Wanting to calm him down, she put her hand on his shoulder. She frowned when she noticed that he had not even reacted to her touch. Later at the Senju house. Arriving at the Senju house both mother and son walked into rather large house. Having been there already, Naruto already knew the layout of the house, so the need to explore had long since been sated. The house was very silent giving Naruto a deja vu feeling, something that he did not like. He wondered where everyone was. As though reading his mother answered him, "Everyone is not home at the moment. Your grandmother was kind enough to allow us to live here." Naruto nodded his head in both agreement and relief. They moved into the living the living where Naruto sat on the large sofa with his mother sitting beside him. "Would you like to talk about it?" She asked not mentioning what exactly it is, already knowing that he knew what exactly she was talking about. He shook his head in disagreement. Kushina nodded her head at that. She had expected him not to want to talk about it. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about now, but when you're ready come to me and we can talk about it, okay, dear?" Naruto nodded his head once more. They were silent before Kushina took in a small breath preparing herself for what she had originally been wanting to talk about. "Naruto," she began. Naruto, who had been staring at the ground, looked at his mother. She had addressed him by his full name instead of her usual "Naru-chan". She rarely ever called him by his full name except when she was either angry or when he had done something wrong. She was also seemed nervous, evident by how she was shifting a bit in her sit. Whatever she wanted to say had to be very important for her to act like that. Kushina took a few short breaths. She had decided to be the one to tell her son about it. Minato had agreed with her with a bit of hesitation. His son was closer to his mother, so he knew that the best person to tell him would be Kushina. He knew his son was smart for his age and would understand what they would tell him. It was his reaction that he was afraid of. It was for that very reason they had refrained from telling their other children about it. They did not want for their children to start treating their brother differently. Though there was little chance of that happening with how much the two girls loved and adored their brother, it was always better to be safe than sorry. And so Kushina told her son about how he had been injected with the DNA of both Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara just a few hours after being born. She, however, did not tell him about him about the masked man or that the Kyuubi was sealed inside his sister, Hitomi. After his mother finished speaking, Naruto was silent. His young mind trying to digest everything he had just heard. Then everything suddenly started making sense to him. Why everyone treated him like some prince. He contained within his blood the DNA of the strongest people in the history of the Leaf Village. He knew exactly who those two men. He had read several books on them after all. Hashirama Senju, the first Hokage, the god of shinobi, the man who single-handedly captured all of the tailed beast except the Kyuubi and handed them to each hidden village as act of trust between the villages. The man who is said to have created the forest that surrounds Konoha, one of the strongest man ever born. Then there was Madara, co-founder of Konoha, the strongest Uchiha to be born. The man who could single-handedly destroy an army and continue to fight on. The man only man who could ever fight Hashirama on even terms. And let's not forget his own parents. His father, the fourth Hokage, the fastest man alive. The man who killed an entire army with one technique ending the third great shinobi war. His mother was not far behind either, one of the the seal experts in the world. Her sword skills are said to equal if not greater than those of the seven great swordsmen of Kiri, one of the strongest woman alive second only to Tsunade Senju. All these great and powerful, very powerful, and he was related to them. Nobody said it, but he knew that everyone was accepting him surpass them. Suddenly he felt as though all the weight of the world was placed on his shoulders. How could he even hope of becoming that strong? Could he even become that strong? It was not fair, he thought to himself. Why was he, out of all the people in the world, given such responsibility? Why, out of all the children born on that day, was he injected with their DNA? For once in his life, Naruto became jealous of his sisters. Jealous of the fact that everyone treated them normally. Jealous that they had made many friends whilst he only had one. Not that he had anything against his only friend, but he wanted more. He wanted to play with other kids like his sister did. A small part of him, a part that he had long ago buried deep within himself, hated them for that. Hated how his life was. Hated how everyone treated him. Hated how unfair his life was and hated whoever it was that had given him those genes. Unknown to Naruto, his Sharingan, which had been active since he had unconsciously turned on in the streets, had been spinning faster and faster as his thoughts turned darker and darker. When they finally slowed down, instead of the one tomoe in each eye, now instead were two tomoes in both eyes. Kushina had worriedly looking at her, wanting to how he would react to what she had told him. She watched as his face changed from emotions, from that of deep thought, uncertainty, jealous, and finally anger. His body started shaking in obvious anger. Wanting to calm him down, she took his small soft hand into hers and squeezed a bit for support and to get his attention. When he looked at her, she almost gasped when she saw the two tomoes in his eyes instead of one which she had first seen him with. He has already progressed into the second stage so quickly, she thought both proud and amazed at the same time. Her son had only awoken it one week ago and now he had progressed into the second stage. Not even Itachi, the Uchiha prodigy, had managed to mature his that quickly. She couldn't wait until she told Makoto. She could only imagine the look on her face when she told her how her son had managed to progress his Sharingan into the second stage a week after awakening it. It would be priceless. "Naruto, so does that mean I'm related to baa-chan by blood?" Kushina blinked at that. Of the questions to ask, she had not expected him to ask that. "Yes, I guess it does. Can I also use the Sharingan like the other Uchiha?" Kushina first chuckled then proceeded to laugh. "You haven't noticed, have you?" she asked and Naruto shook his head. "Yes, you can the Sharingan like the other Uchiha. In fact, you've had it active the whole time." Naruto blinked at that. He had it active? Then why did he not feel any different? Now that he thought about it, everything did seem different. It all looked much clearer and mother seemed to glow blue. He yawned. He felt tired, whether from having his new bloodline active for Kami knows how long or from having to digest so much information in one day, he did not know. "Why don't you go and get some rest? I can see that you're tired." She suggested to which he nodded and stood up made his way upstairs. "Your room is the third on the right." Naruto continued his way upstairs until he reached his new room. It almost the same as his old one, but there were a few differences here and there, but the room pretty much looked the same. Instead of going straight to bed, Naruto made his way to the dresser that was in his room. He looked at the mirror, more specifically his eyes. "So this is the Sharingan?" he wondered to himself looking at the two red eyes with the two tomoes in them. "Now, how do I turn it off?" The next day, Naruto slowly opened his eyes to find himself not in his room. He was about to freak out when he remembered that they had moved in with their grandmother. He felt tired. He did not get much sleep the previous nights. Firstly, he had had taken him close to an hour to learn how to shut down his Sharingan. Then when he had finally gone to bed to take a well-deserved rest, there came yet another problem. Every time he closed his eyes, images of that dead man he killed would instantly appear in his mind, forcing him to stay awake the majority of the night. He slowly sat up from his bed and made his way to the door. He was slightly disappointed though when he did not hear two shouts of his name like usual or the morning death hugs he had been so used to. He made his way downstairs and much to his surprise, he found everyone seated around the kitchen table chatting happily as each enjoyed their morning breakfast. Even his father, who was usually by this time already gone to work, was there as well. "Naruto-kun." Shizune, his elder sister figure, was the first to notice him. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him. "Good morning, Naru-chan. And how are you feeling today?" His mother asked him in an affectionate tone. "I'm fine." He answered her lowly that she almost did not hear. His grandmother stood up and with a gleam in her eyes walked towards him much like hungry lion would stalk its prey. "Morning, Naru-kun. Come give your baa-chan a morning hug." Naruto took a step back and was about to turn and run for his life when suddenly he found his face being buried deep within the generous bust of his grandmother and getting the life squeezed right out of him. Fortunately for him, his savior came in the form of Shizune who had seen his face turning blue. "Tsunade-sama, I think you should let Naruto-kun go before he passes out." Tsunade pouted a bit before letting him go. Naruto sent Shizune a thankful look for saving him. "Morning, son. How was your sleep?" His father asked him with a slightly amused look on his face after watching his interaction with Tsunade. "It was nice." He said in the same tone he had used to answer his mother. "As if. I barely got any sleep at all." He shouted angrily in his mind. He glanced at his sisters who were both silently looking at him. He had expected them to be the first ones to actually be the first to greet him. Instead, both girls were quiet, something he never thought possible, and nervously stealing glances at him. "Are they afraid of me?" He thought worriedly. Maybe they were afraid that he might hurt them. He couldn't get the images of those men he had killed out of his mind. He wondered how his sisters viewed him now. Did they think he was a monster for killing those men? He looked at both of them right in their eyes and they both looked away. "So they are afraid of me." He thought sadly, his eyes watering a bit before he blinked the tears away. Hikari and Hitomi were nervous. Their brother had risked his life to save them and worst of all he had to kill two men to save them. They were both ashamed and worried at the same time. Ashamed of themselves for not trying to even put up a fight. Ashamed that their brother, the youngest of them, had to do all the fighting for them and even got injured in the process. They were also worried of what he would think of them. Would he hate them for not helping him? Angry that they did nothing as those two men were about to kill them? "Why don't you join us for breakfast? Your food is in the warmer." His mother suggested, unknowingly cutting into her children's depressing thoughts. Naruto shook his head. "No, thank you. I'm not feeling hungry." He said already going out of the room. Sometime later, Naruto walked aimlessly in the streets of Konoha, ignoring their usual whispers. They did not matter to him. Nothing did at that moment. His sisters, the people he loved more than anything in this world, were afraid of him. His chest hurt. The pain he was feeling was unlike any other. It hurt far worse than when he had been stabbed in the stomach by the kunai. It felt like a thousands of daggers were constantly being stabbed in and out of his heart. What was he going to do? He did not notice that he had walked into the local park that he once refused from ever going. He was about to turn back when he saw them. Both his sisters sitting on the swings, gently moving back and forth. The lump in his throat suddenly increased. Slowly with hesitant steps, he made his way to them. "H-Hikari-chan, H-Hitomi-chan." Both girls stiffened a bit not having realized he had been there. "Naruto?" Hitomi asked, called looking up. Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat before speaking. "I just w-wanted to say that I'm sorry for killing those two men." He swallowed hard, his voice cracking even more. "A-And t-that e-even if you are afraid o-of me, o-always love y-you and" Whatever he was going to say was cut off when both girls tackled him to the ground sobbing. "What?" He asked in surprised. "We are sorry that you got hurt saving us." Hitomi said between sobs. "We are afraid of you. Nothing you do will ever scare us." Hikari continued. The two girls continued apologizing. The pain in his heart instantly vanished. All his worry about his sisters being afraid of him vanished. They continued holding each like that for a few more minutes before getting up. "Let's go and get some game. My treat." Naruto suggested, rubbing the remains of tears in his eyes. His sisters cheered at that before taking his hands dragging him to the ramen stand. Watching his sisters smile happily as they dragged him along, Naruto made a promise to himself. >> [music] >> He would protect his sister. He would become strong enough to protect them against anyone or anything. He would go through hell and back if it meant he could protect them. And should anyone hurt them, his sharingan activated spinning madly. He would hunt them to end of the earth and make them pay. A few days had passed since Naruto had had his little heart-to-heart with his sisters and everything had gone back to normal. That of course is what he would have hoped to say, but alas it was not so. Although the relationship between him and his sisters had been repaired, strengthened even, there was one problem left for little Naruto to solve. No matter how hard he tried, no matter what he tried, Naruto couldn't get some sleep. He couldn't forget the images of the dead man looking at him with those dead haunting eyes. So he had gotten very little sleep in the past few days, evident by the dark rings that had developed around his eyes. His baa-chan had suggested he refrain from going to the academy for a few days and his mother had stopped taking missions again so she could spend the days with him and monitor his health. Kushina was in the kitchen cooking up a meal for her and her son. Her son, she thought sadly. She was very worried about him. She could see that his was not getting enough sleep lately and was getting paranoid of his surroundings and she knew the reason behind it. Everyone did. Tsunade had suggested that she wait for him to come to her and tell her about his sleeping problems. However, she was getting impatient. Her motherly instincts were demanding, screaming for her to help her distressed son, but she had held strong and had not yielded. She looked outside through the window of the kitchen and saw her son sitting on the swing absentmindedly pushing himself. Instantly her will broke. "Screw Tsunade. My baby needs me." She shouted in her mind. She stopped what she was doing and walked outside, making her way towards her son with a determined look on her face. "Naru-chan." Naruto almost jumped in fright when he heard her voice. "Kaa-san." He said in surprised. Kushina nodded her head with a smile and moved behind him and gently started pushing him. "Is something wrong, Naruto? Something you might want to talk about?" She asked carefully not mentioning what it was she was referring to. Naruto hesitated before he shook his head. Kushina inwardly sighed. He was going to need a bit more push. "You know, Naru-chan, when people are having problems with something, talking with someone usually helps. Even I at times talk to your tou-san when I have problems just like he does the same thing when he has problems." Naruto looked up at her in surprise. "You do?" She nodded her head to him before she smiled and stopped pushing him. Moving in front of him, she kneeled to his level and took both his small hand into hers, >> [music] >> giving him a warm motherly look and in a very soft gentile voice she spoke. "I do. Now, Naru-chan, tell your kaa-chan what's been troubling you." Naruto looked at his lap seeing his hands being covered by his mother's. He was silent for a while. "I can't sleep." He said lowly, but Kushina heard him. "Why is that? Why can't you sleep?" She pressed on. "Every time I tried to sleep." He stopped there and took a small breath. "I keep on seeing the dead person always looking at me and I end up not sleeping." He finished with his head still facing down and a small tear dropped and fell on his hands. Kushina instantly hugged him. "Shh, Naru-chan." He continued to cry for a few more minutes before coming down enough for Kushina to talk to him. "You know, I too reacted the very same way you did when I first killed someone." She began, rubbing the remains of his tears with her hand. "Why, you did?" "Yes. And do you know what your grandmother said to me at that time?" Naruto shook his head. "She said when you kill someone, remind yourself why you did it. Was it for money? Revenge? Or was it to protect the ones you hold precious in your heart? Form your own nindo and always follow it no matter what." "Your own nindo?" He said softly. "Yes. A nindo is a rule you live by, your own ninja way." "What's your nindo, Kaa-san?" Naruto asked curiously. "I never go back on my words and will always protect my family at all costs." She said passionately before standing up and kissing him on the forehead and walking back towards the house. Her work was done. "My own nindo, huh?" Later that day, Kushina was sitting on the kitchen table writing up some seals on scrolls to pass the time and stopped what she was doing when she heard some small footprints making their way towards her. She looked up from her scroll and saw her son standing on the door nervously. She raised a single eyebrow at that. "Kaa-san, I was wondering if you please allow me to go to the Uchiha clan library." She blinked a couple of times and slowly thought about what he had said. "Kaa-san, I was wondering if you could please allow me to go to the Uchiha clan library." Instead of exploding like Naruto expected her to, Kushina's eyes narrowed at him. "And pray tell why you want to go to that library." Naruto shifted a bit before he responded. "I thought about what you said earlier about forming my own nindo and came up with one of my own." Kushina nodded her head wondering where he was getting it and also wanting to hear type of nindo he had come up with. "My nindo is that I will become the strongest ninja in the world and protect my family and precious people with my very life." Kushina gave him a proud smile. "I'm very proud of you, Naru-chan, but that still does not explain why you want to go to the Uchiha clan library." She said with her eyes softening a bit. "Um, since I want to become very strong, I want to master my sharingan to help me become stronger and the only place I can learn how to use it is in that library." Naruto responded. Kushina looked at him and thought about telling him about Kakashi and asking him to help him with his Sharingan, but decided against it. It will help him learn the value of hard work, she thought to herself. I will allow you to go. Naruto was about to celebrate when she cut him off, but you will only go there for 1 hour and after attending the academy tomorrow. She finished in tone of finality. Naruto visibly deflated at that, but gave her a smile before going to his room. Thank you, Kaasan. Naruto shouted back at his mother as he excitedly made his way to his room. He had to prepare for the academy tomorrow. At the academy the next morning, Naruto walked into the academy building with his sisters beside him. His head was covered by the hood of his jersey. Some of the students, those who saw him were either giving him looks of admiration. Some were giving looks fear and some looks of envy. He paid no mind to them and continued his way to his class. When he entered inside the classroom, everyone became silent. All their attention and eyes fixed on his form. He made his way to the back of the class where he usually sat. Sitting down, he glanced at his only friend who was sitting beside him wanting to see his reaction. Shina looked at him and nodded his head at him. Welcome back, Shino said with his usual stoic face. Thanks, Naruto responded with a small grin on his face. Naruto nodded his head back at him and looked back to the front of the class where their sensei had just entered and was now teaching. A small smile made its way across his face. Shino, for all his quietness, was a very good friend. He did not judge him like all the other students and instead he just accepted him for him. No questions asked, a true friend. After the academy, instead of going straight home, Naruto started walking towards another sector of Konoha. His sisters had asked him where he was going, but he had just told them he would back later. They had tried to convince him to take them with him, but his mother had come to his rescue and convinced them to let him go alone. As Naruto walked towards the Uchiha district, he was well aware of the ANBU following him. Ever since he had woken up from the hospital, he had been able to feel people or so to speak and knowing his father, his grandmother and his mother, he wouldn't put it past them to have some ANBU tail his every footprints. The Uchiha district was quite far from the village, so it took a little while to reach it. Arriving at the Uchiha district, Naruto made his way to the clan head's house, passing the many Uchiha's on the way. He was bit surprised at the many respectful looks of approval he was getting from many of them. Though there were that few that were giving angry and disapproval looks. He arrived at the house that was in the middle of the clan compound. It was several times bigger than the other houses and more spacious. He knocked on the door and stopped knocking when he heard a feminine voice respond. Coming. He waited for a few seconds before he heard the door open. The person to open it was a woman with long, straight, black hair and black eyes. She was wearing a purple blouse with a red skirt and a yellow apron. She [music] looked around in confusion before her eyes landed on the small red-haired boy on her doorstep. She blinked in surprise before she smiled warmly at him. Naruto-kun, what are you doing here? She asked, opening the door widely for him to come in. Good afternoon, Mikoto-obasan. Naruto started after coming into the house. I was wondering if I could speak with Fugaku-sama. Mikoto looked about to ask what it was that he wanted to speak with her husband for, but stopped when she heard her husband walk down the stairs. She looked back and saw said husband walking down the stairs and looked as though he had heard everything. Naruto, follow me into my study. We can speak in private. Fugaku said seriously glancing at his wife who had the decency to blush. Naruto said nothing and followed him upstairs to the study. In the study, Naruto sat nervously watching as Fugaku looked at him with a very curious gaze. After what seemed like an eternity for Naruto, Fugaku finally spoke. You wanted to see me. It was not a question. Naruto nodded his head a bit before speaking. Fugaku-sama, I would like to ask you to grant me permission to enter the Uchiha clan library. For a long time, Fugaku was silent making Naruto get nervous. Why would I grant you such a privilege? Many of our clan secrets are documented within the library. Fugaku said seriously with his eyes narrowed. I understand that, but ever since I awakened my Sharingan, I have been reading on how best to use it. However, most of the things I've read is become knowledge. Naruto said. Fugaku agreed with him on that point. Most, if not all the clans, keep the knowledge of their techniques a secret to anyone but their clan members. So he was not that all surprised that Naruto had come to him seeking to access their clan library. Though he had expected the young boy to come on a far later date, not at this age, not whilst he was still so young. Allowing him to access the library will possibly gain us a favor with the Hokage and will look good on our image if the boy keeps coming here. Not to mention the clan elders would [ __ ] on if they learned that I refused him, Fugaku thought. He looked at Naruto for a few more seconds and smirked a bit when he saw him shift in his seat in nervousness. The library is at the far end of the compound. He gave Naruto his answer, his face still serious. And remember, what you learn within the library should never be disclosed to anyone else. He finished, leaking a small amount of key at the end and putting an extra emphasis on never. I won't. Naruto blurted out and blushed in embarrassment when he realized what he had said. Done. Make sure you don't Fugaku replied in a slightly amused tone and indicated for Naruto to leave. Thank you, Fugaku-sama. Naruto said bowing his head and walking out of the room. When he opened the door, he was surprised to find Sasuke falling inside. He had been listening in on them, Naruto realized. He looked at the downed figure of Sasuke and stretched out his hand out to help him up. However, Sasuke just huffed and ignored his hand and stood up on his own. Naruto blinked then shrugged his shoulders before walking out. He gave Sasuke one last curious look and saw said boy giving him an angry and jealous look. He blinked again and walked out. What's his problem? Come in, Sasuke, and close the door behind you. Sasuke gulped when he heard father say that. With Naruto. Arriving at the library, Naruto walked inside the building and was surprised to find an inscription on the door. Only those of true Uchiha blood can access the knowledge within these walls. The ability to understand our knowledge is hidden within those of Uchiha blood. He stopped to think for a while before walking inside. Inside the library, he saw several sections branched into three different parts. History, Sharingan, jutsu. He read out loud. He almost jumped at the jutsu section, but stopped himself. First things first, he thought. Walking towards the Sharingan section, he searched for the book he was looking for and found it on the very top part of the shelf. He almost screamed out in frustration when he realized that he was far too short to reach the book he needed. He was about to go and find someone to help him when a tall figure reached for the book and looked at it before handing it to him. He accepted the book and looked at the person who had given it him and saw a teenage boy who looked to be at least 15 years old. The boy had short, unkempt, black hair and was wearing a high-collared, dark-colored outfit with a tanto strapped on the right side of the back of his shoulders. Thanks, Naruto thanked the young teen who smiled at him. It's no problem. I'm Shisui, by the way. The now-named Shisui introduced himself. Naruto. Naruto introduced himself already knowing that Shisui knew who he was. Pretty much everyone knew who he was. Shisui looked at him quizzically as though there was something he wanted to say but held back. Well, I must be on my way. It was nice meeting you, Naruto-san. Shisui said turning around and stopped for a second when he heard Naruto's small reply. Nice meeting you too, Shisui-san. He smiled and continued walking. After seeing an empty table, Naruto walked towards the empty seat and sat down. He opened the book and after skimming through the contents page looking for the information he wanted, Naruto found the page number listed under abilities. He opened the page and was surprised to find it blank. Thinking back to the inscription on the door, he activated his Sharingan and was both pleased and surprised when the words in the book materialized right before his very eyes. He briefly wondered how they had done that before continuing on and started reading. The Sharingan grants the user the user several ocular powers. When Naruto finished reading, he looked at the clock and what he saw made his eyes widen in shock and horror. 3 hours had passed. Not even bothering to close the book or put it on the shelf, he bolted out of the library like he was on fire. It was already dark outside, he noticed an alarm. Kaachan is going to kill me. He shouted in his mind as he ran as fast as his small legs could take him. Arriving at the house, he slowed down, took a few breaths to calm himself down, and slowly made his way inside the house. He slowly opened the door and almost squeaked when the first thing he saw was the angry image of his mother standing a few feet from the door with her hands crossed and her left foot angrily tapping the ground. Evening, Kaachan. He began nervously. Naruto-kun. Kushina said sweetly, too sweetly. Why yes, Kaachan. Naruto stuttered out, taking a step back and almost cried out in horror when he realized that the wall was right behind him and there was nowhere else for him to run to. His eyes almost watered when her hair started raising and swaying in a nine-tail like ponytails, her eyes gaining a glow like image. How long did you say you would go for? Kushina asked taking a slow, predatory step towards him. 1 to 1 age hour. Her angry, murderous look increased tenfold and Naruto could swear he saw his life flash right in front of him. "And how long did you take?" Naruto almost pissed his pants then and there. "T3HA hours." She took another step forward and Naruto tried phasing through the wall and running for his life. She finally reached him and faster than he could react, she grabbed him by the scruff of his jersey and raised him to her eye level with an amazing display of strength. "Do you have any idea how worried I was? The next time you decide stay for Kami knows how long, make sure you tell someone." She screamed out shaking the poor horror-stricken boy like a ragdoll. "From now on till I decide when, you are grounded." "Now, what do you have to say for yourself?" She finned her rant and blinked when she saw him looking at her with a blank gaze with white foam coming out from his mouth. "Naruto?" Kushina shook him a few times wanting to get a reaction out of him. Kushina was about to run and take him to Tsunade when she turned around and saw everyone expect her other two children looking at her barely holding back their laughs from the commercial scene between mother and son. Tsunade calmed herself and walked towards them. She placed her hand which was glowing green on Naruto's forehead. "Don't worry about him, he's just unconscious. You should take him to bed." Kushina nodded her head and almost jumped to the stairs taking her son to bed. When she was out of sight, Tsunade and Minato burst out laughing. Shizune's laugh was muffled by the sleeve she was holding to her face. Time skip, two years later. >> [music] >> Fire Style. Dragon Fire Jutsu. A large dragon made purely out of fire rushed towards the training dummies at the end of the small clearing and when it struck, an explosion sizable to that of a hundred explosive tags going off at once rang throughout the training ground. When the explosion calmed down, only the charred ground remained of what were once three training dummies. An 8-year-old red-haired boy could be seen smiling in accomplishment of the destruction caused by the fire dragon. "Yada, I finally mastered it." Naruto said to himself loudly. Not much had changed about Naruto. He still wore the same outfit which he wore 2 years ago and the only noticeable difference about him was that he was a few inches taller and instead of the two tomoe in each Sharingan eye, he now had three. Naruto had managed to fully mature his Sharingan 3 months ago whilst having a taijutsu spar with his father. Well, a clone of his father to be precise. He had been so excited about it that he had constantly kept it active for almost an entire month, only turning it off when he was about to sleep or when he was inside the house. His mother, getting rather annoyed, had thoroughly reprimanded him about showing off his abilities and how a real ninja would keep their abilities a secret to surprise their enemies. He had stopped showing it off after that. >> [music] >> Their parents had decided to tell his sisters a year before about his condition to his sisters. They had taken it rather well and Hitomi had even gone as far as saying that no matter what anyone might say or do, they would always love him and would see him as their brother no matter what. All was not perfect in his life, however, it never was. Ever since that day 2 years ago when he had asked permission to enter the Uchiha clan library, Sasuke had started giving hateful glares and would always ask him to be paired with him during the taijutsu spars in class and when he lost, which was every [music] time, he would become very angry and storm off. He did not know what his problem was and honestly, he did not care. To him, Sasuke was acting like a spoiled brat who couldn't take anyone being stronger than him. Another thing had happened at the academy. He did not know when or how it started one day, the day he would forever curse. A lot of the girls at the academy had decided that he had the best boyfriend material and had suddenly developed a crush on him, leading to him having the one thing he had never dreamed of having, fan girls. And the leader of said group was none other than Ino Yamanaka and her friend rival was the leader of the Sasuke fan club, Sakura Haruno. He wondered what had happened to her. From what he could remember, she used to be such a quiet and shy girl, but now she was different. The one thing that happened that made him smile was that he had discovered a lot of jutsu in the Uchiha clan library. Apparently, they were ranked by how much you had mastered the Sharingan. ED ranked jutsu were accessible by those who activated the first stage of the Sharingan. CB ranked jutsu were accessible to those who had managed to activate the second stage. BA ranked jutsu were accessible to those who had fully matured their Sharingan. Though he had tried reading the S ranked section and found that he could not, which made him wonder if perhaps there was another stage of the Sharingan that people he did not know about or maybe they were only accessible by a special password. When he had told his parents about how he had access to CB ranked justu from the library, both his parents had immediately stopped him from reading and trying to use those ninjutsu, stating that it was too dangerous for him to attempt such dangerous jutsu at such an early age. After a long session of him trying to convince them allow him to try them, thank Kami for [music] the puppy dog eye jutsu, they agreed. Though they put up a few rules for him to follow. First, he had to master three D ranked jutsu before he could attempt any C ranked jutsu. Secondly, he was only allowed to learn five C ranked jutsu and would only be allowed to attempt a B ranked jutsu after he had fully mastered all the C ranked jutsu and getting an approval from both parents and lastly, he was only allowed to learn one B ranked jutsu. He had immediately hugged his parents and run off to quickly learn the required D ranked jutsu. So not to make their daughters feel left out, both parents had decided to teach them each a jutsu and teach them more should they master the jutsu that they had taught them. And so after learning the three D ranked jutsu which were replacement jutsu, clone jutsu and the fire style >> [music] >> cinder technique which in all honesty did not take that long, about 3 weeks to master them all. He had told his parents and had gotten permission to learn the five C ranked jutsu. Surprisingly, he had chosen all five of them to be fire techniques. For some reason, he found fire jutsu more appealing and much easier to master than other jutsu of different natures. That is where we find Naruto now, having just finished mastering his third C ranked jutsu which had taken him 2 months to master. He looked at the sun and saw that it was just about set. "Better go home before Kaasan freaks out again." he thought to himself and started back toward the village. As he walked down the streets of Konoha, he could not help but feel as though something was wrong. He quickened his pace to a jog to get home quickly. XXXXXXXXXXXXXX When Naruto got home, he still could not shake the bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. Entering the house, he was not all that surprised to get tackled to the ground by his sisters. He wondered when and if they would ever stop doing that. "Good evening to you two, Hitomi-chan, Hikari-chan." [music] he said as he gently pushed the two giggling girls off him. "Hello, Naruko." Hitomi greeted him first with Hikari following after. "Hi, Naruko." They grabbed his hands, each taking one and proceeded to drag towards the dining room where his mother and Shizune were seated chatting amongst themselves. "Good evening, Kaasan, Nee-chan." Both women turned their heads and their faces brightened when they saw the three little red-haired children. "Hello there, Naruko. How was your day?" his mother asked after giving him a hug. "It was great. I finally managed to master the dragon fire technique." he said proudly. His mother blinked in surprise before kissing him on the forehead, much to his chagrin and her amusement. "Well then, congratulations. How about we go out for a little celebration? Let's all go get ramen." Kushina suggested happily. Naruto made a disgusted face and his sisters cheered. "And pocky." she added after seeing his reaction. "Shizune is paying." she added walking out of the room with her children in tow. She laughed when she heard a small feminine shout. "Hey." The following morning, like usual, Naruto woke from his sleep grunting, not wanting to get up, got into his usual clothes and walked downstairs. Only to find his older sister Shizune sitting on the table watching his sisters gulp down three bowls of ramen each within seconds. Raising an eyebrow, usually it was their mother who sat with them every morning when they ate. He wondered where she was. A smile made its way across his face as he greeted everyone. "Good morning." Everyone looked at him and smiled. "Morning, Naruko. Naruko." their voices chorused back. "Where is Kaasan?" >> [music] >> he asked Shizune. "She had to take care of something and will be back later today." Shizune responded and Naruto nodded his head in understanding. It wasn't like this was the first this had happened. His mother often left on important meetings or emergencies, Shizune would babysit them. Today was Saturday and there was no academy today, so Naruto headed outside to play on the swings where he knew his sisters would soon join him. Later that day, to say Naruto was shocked would have been an understatement. The Uchiha clan, one of the founding clans of Konoha, a clan known throughout the elemental nations for their nin, gen, tai, Sharingan jutsu prowess had been wiped out in a single night by one man. Itachi Uchiha had somehow managed to kill off his whole clan including his family and had managed to escape before anyone managed to realize what he had done. To kill an entire clan in the span of a few hours at 16 years old, that made Naruto shudder. How strong and how ruthless was Itachi to be able to kill his own family and hundreds others? His head could not get around how a single person had managed to accomplish such a feat, killing an entire clan in a village filled by Anbu and Jonin alike monitoring the village regularly and yet he had done it. A small amount guilt started building within. He had felt that something was wrong the previous day, but he had ignored it. Maybe if he had told someone they would have checked. "No!" he shouted in his mind. "It was not his fault." How was he supposed to know that something like this would happen? He was only eight for crying out loud. That's what he told himself trying to convince himself that there was nothing he could have done. He curled in his bed hearing his mother's whimpers through the walls as she mourned her best friend's death. Maybe he should have something, then things might have turned out differently. Time skip 4 years later. Academy. "Okay class, settle down." Iruka stated loudly, but no one seemed to have heard him as they were all preoccupied with their own conversations. Getting irritated his heard enlarged in a comically large way and on top of his lungs he shouted, "Shut up you little brats!" His voice boomed throughout the entire class. Everyone became silent and Iruka continued, "Thank you. Now as was about to say, today is the day where some and hopefully all of you will pass and receive the rank of Genin." He saw many students giving each other confident looks and the majority of them showing a lot of excitement. "However, before you can be ranked a Genin, you will have to pass the graduation exam. The exam will consist of three phases. The first portion will be a written exam. Ah, the second will be a Taijutsu spar and the final part will be an Ninjutsu test. We will be asked to the three Ninjutsu you were taught here at the academy." The once confident looks of some of the students had turned to that of uncertainty and nervousness. "Yahoo! This is going to be piece of cake, right Akamaru?" A brown haired boy wearing a gray hooded fur lined coat with a white small dog on top of his head said. The little dog barked in agreement making the boy smirk confidently. "Quiet down Kiba. Okay everyone, you may begin when I place the question paper on your desk." 1 hour later. "Okay everyone, put your pencils down and please line up outside for the second portion of the exam." When the students got outside, they found Mizuki standing inside of a ring with circle drawn on the ground by white chalk. He beckoned for the students to separate into two groups, boys and girls. "Okay then, for a pass you will have to last for 3 minutes within this ring. I will increase my speed as time goes on. The time limit is 10 minutes." Everyone nodded their heads. The first person to go against Mizuki was a civilian girl by the name of Amy. "Watch me Naruto-kun!" she shouted, making said boy shiver in slight fear. He had had many close encounters with that girl. She with her two lackeys would often chase him, wanting to get a date or sometimes, shiver, a kiss. Fortunately, thanks to his prior training, he was much faster and had more stamina than them and always managed to escape from their clutches. His best friend Shino turned out to be a great buffer for fan girls as they found him wired and creepy and would always run away or avoid him. They would leave Naruto alone as long as he was with him. When the match began, Amy seemed to be doing great, but after 3 minutes her stamina had run out and she had forfeited the match, ending with a time of 3 minutes and 43 seconds. "A n, I'm just going to skip the matches and just give you the results. Amy 3:43, Haruno Sakura 3:10, Yamanaka Ino 3:56, Hyuga Hinata 5:13, Nakamakazi Hikari 7:53, Nakamakazi Hitomi 8:01." After that, Naruto zoned out, not at all interested in the other matches. There was a 15 minutes break as Mizuki regained his energy before it was the boy's turn. Aburame Shino 5:33, Akimichi Choji 4:12, Inuzuka Kiba 7:22, Nakamakazi Naruto 9:34, Nara Shikamaru 3:00. Everyone, including Naruto, sweat dropped. "Okay students, the final portion of the exam will start in the 30 minutes times. Be sure be in class when the bell rings." Iruka stated before going back to the class and marking the answers to the first portion of the exam. Naruto sighed when he saw Ino giving him a wink. He walked to his usual spot where he sat with Shino. After the 30 minutes lunch break had passed, all the students returned to their class and waited for the final part of the graduation exam. "Shino Aburame." And so each student were called to do the academy three feet as they were dubbed. Surprisingly, all the students passed the exam and proudly wearing their new Konoha forehead protector. "Congratulations all of you for passing. Your teams will be announced in a week's time. See you then." Iruka looked at his class one more time and for a second saw all the students transform into their young 6 years form and 7 year olds. He blinked and saw that they were back to their normal 12 years old. "Must have been something in my eye." he thought as he walked down the hall, not noticing the single tear sliding down his face. 1 week later. Naruto looked at his sensei and was a bit surprised not to see Mizuki sensei with him. He blinked when he remembered hearing his parents talk about how someone had tried to break into the Hokage's library and steal the scroll of seals and had been caught by Anbu before he could even break in. He inwardly huffed. Only a fool would try to steal something as important as that scroll and not think it would be guarded. "Unfortunately, Mizuki won't be with us today. He had ehm a mission to go do." Iruka announced, rubbing the back of his head nervously. Instantly, everyone perked [music] at the mention of the mission and Iruka inwardly cursed. "What kind of mission, sensei?" Sakura was the one to ask. "Ehm, a secret mission. Sorry, I can't tell you about it. It is against the law to disclose important mission statement." He sighed in relief when he saw that all the students believed him. Well, almost all the students. Shikamaru was asleep. Shino's face was stoic as ever so he really couldn't tell and Naruto was looking at him with a raised eyebrow, showing he clearly did not believe him. Of course, his father is the son of the Hokage so he must know the truth. He glanced at Naruto's siblings and raised an eyebrow when he saw they, like the rest of the class, believed his excuse. Though that doesn't explain why they believe me. "Anyways, I will now announce the teams." Team 1, Naruto stopped listening then and instead chose to rest his head a bit on the desk and dozed off. It was Shino who noticed that his friend was sleeping and woke up. "I believe that our names are to be called. You should pay attention." Shino said after Naruto had woken up. "Thanks." he mumbled under his breath. "Team 7 under the leadership of Kakashi Hatake will consist of Haruno Sakura, Nakamakazi Hikari and Inuzuka Kiba. Team 8 under Kurenai Yuhi will consist of Hyuga Hinata, Aburame Shino and Nakamakazi Naruto. Team 9 is still in circulation so team 10 will consist of Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino and Akimichi Choji." Naruto blinked. "What about Hitomi?" "Due to there being an extra student left without a team, they will be apprenticed by one of the Jonin and will join other teams regularly." Iruka answered their question before they could ask him. Everyone looked at Hitomi who looked dejected at not being placed in the same team with any of her siblings or any of her friends. "Hitomi, your Jonin sensei will be waiting for you at training ground 14. As for the rest of you, your Jonin sensei will be here to collect you in 1 hour. Good luck and remember your teamwork." And with that, Iruka left the class. After Iruka had left, all the new Genins got out of the class and sat with their new teammates trying to establish a friendly relationship amongst themselves and get to know each other better. With team 8. Team 8 sat on the bench where Naruto had first met Shino. This had become their usual meeting place to sit during the breaks. They sat there in a very awkward silence as neither team members were willing to say anything first. Surprisingly, it was Shino who broke the silence. "I believe it would be in our best interest to introduce ourselves." "Why?" "To better know each other and know our strengths and weakness." The other two members of team 8 nodded their heads in agreement. "My name is Shino Aburame. I like learning about new insects, looking after my hive and Naruto-san. I dislike those who kill insects and people who show prejudice towards my clan members. My dream is to one day become the clan head and make my clan proud. I specialize in tracking and mid-ranged fighting." Shino finished not once showing an outside emotion. He looked at Hinata and she knew he wanted her to introduce herself. She gulped before nervously speaking up. "Hi, my name is Hyuga Hinata. I like cinnamon rolls, my family and my friends. I dislike people who look down on others and senseless violence. My dream is to one day become a respected Kunoichi and rejoin my family. I specialize in tracking and I a short-range fighter." She finished and bowing her head at the very end. Naruto looked at them for a bit and inwardly sighed when he saw Shino glaring at him from behind his glasses. He knew what he was about to do. Sighing inwardly again, he spoke. "My name is Nakamakazi Naruto. I like my family, my friend Shino, training and Pocky. I dislike those who hurt my family, friends and those who make fun of Pocky. My dream is to surpass my father, all the previous Hokages. I specialize in close and mid-ranged fighting." Naruto introduced himself lastly. They sat there for a while, the uncomfortable atmosphere lifted after their introductions. The bell rang and the new team made their way to the class and meet their new sensei. Inside the classroom, after a minute of waiting, the Jonin senseis of each team started coming in and taking their Genins with them. After the Jonin sensei of team 6 had left with his Genins, the door opened and in walked a young woman with long black hair that reached her upper back. She had very distinctive red eyes that looked almost like the Sharingan with a ring in them, though without the tomes. She was wearing a red mesh armor blouse with only the left sleeve visible, which resembled bandages with a pattern on it similar to thorns. Her hands and upper thighs were wrapped in bandages. Ultimately, she was a very beautiful woman, and Kiba, who had seen her, had whistled loudly and even drooled at her form. "Team 8, come with me." She called out seriously with a stoic face and turned around to walk out of the class, not before giving Kiba a very cold glare as she walking out, with Team 8 close behind her. "Your test begins now." As soon as those came out from her mouth, she disappeared in a swirl of leaves. The three Academy graduates looked at each other, not saying a word. "Hinata, can you tell me if you can see her?" Naruto asked, taking command of the team. "Byakugan." Hinata shouted. The veins around her eyes bulged and her pupil-less eyes gained a more defined look. A second later, her eyes widened a bit before she spoke up. "She's hiding inside of a tree, 100 m north from here." "We need to come up with a plan. If we were to go against her separately, we'd fail. Why?" "She is a jonin, has more experience than us, and not to mention we are all freshly out of the Academy." Shino explained, and both teammates could not help but agree at that sound logic. They stood there in silence once more, each thinking on how best to best to approach the situation. "If I can distract her, Shino, you can drain her chakra with your insects, and Hinata, when Shino has drained her chakra and she is disoriented, you can get in close and finish her off with your gentle fist." It was a sound plan, but of course, no anything ever went right on the first try. Hinata looked a bit startled when Naruto mentioned what her role would be. Naruto glanced at her through the corner of his eye. She's nervous, he thought. That was not good. When people were nervous, they tended to hesitate, and when people hesitated, they put their team in danger. He sighed inwardly. Kami, he hated doing this, and he was not good at helping people emotionally. "Where are Hitomi and Hikari when you need them?" He groaned inwardly. His sisters were more open with their emotions than he was. Instilling his resolve, he forced a smile. "Don't worry, Hinata-san. We'll pass this test, as long we [music] work together as a team." He said confidently. "Naruto is right. As long as we work together as a team, we will pass." Shino added. Hinata looked at her new teammates and seeing how confident and supportive her teammates were being almost made her want to cry. She looked at them and with a determined look in her eyes, she nodded her head. "H-hi." She said, trying to sound as confident as she could be. "Has she moved?" Naruto asked seriously, turning back to the matter at hand. Hinata activated her Byakugan once more and shook her head. "No, she's still hiding in the same place." They looked at each other once more before jumping into the trees and headed towards their sensei. With Kurenai. Kurenai hid patiently inside of a tall oak tree. She knew that her students would easily find her, which was the whole point. She knew that her students would easily find her, which was the whole point. She would test their tracking and observe their teamwork skills, if any. She felt a strong chakra signature heading towards her and was disappointed since the person was alone. "No teamwork." She thought. A red-haired [music] figure landed on the ground a few meters in front of the tree she was in. "He's either very arrogant in thinking he can take me on his own, or the other two are hiding somewhere." Her eyes narrowed as she noticed two other chakra signatures hiding closely. It's probably the latter. Going through a few hand seals, she looked at her target and smirked. "Demonic Illusion, False Surrounding." Naruto landed on the ground, where he could sense Kurenai hiding in the tree in front of him. His sensory ability limited him to 70 m, 230 ft, only when he had first discovered he could sense people. He had tried to develop it more in order to extend the range, but honestly, he never got around to it. He was either busy with trying to master his Sharingan or learning the fire jutsu from the Uchiha clan library. So, the time to properly learn and master his sensory ability never came, thus the limited sensory range. He was a bit surprised when the environment suddenly changed and instead of standing in front of the tree in a forest, he found himself standing in his old parents' house and it was night time. "And to finish it off." Kurenai thought, going through a few hand seals once more. "Demonic Illusion, Vision of Hell." She whispered and waited to see the results of her jutsu. Naruto found himself lying on the ground with a kunai sticking in his stomach and his sisters crying over his bleeding form. His eyes widened in horror. "It can't be." The two men slowly descended upon his oblivious sisters and ever so slowly raised their kunai and in slow motion, plunging their kunai into his sisters' back. Their eyes widened and slowly the life in them dimmed until they were dull blue instead of their bright youthful {asterisk} shiver {asterisk} crystal blue. He let out an inhuman scream, "Ah!" before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he promptly fell to the ground unconscious. Inside the tree, Kurenai's eyes widened a bit before narrowing in suspicion. "That shouldn't have been that easy. From what I read, Naruto is the most talented student in his graduation class. He should have been able to break free from that genjutsu easily. >> [music] >> More importantly, why didn't he activate his Sharingan?" Her suspicions were proven correct when her instincts told her to dodge. Instantly, she jumped away from the branch where she was standing on and a second later, five kunai struck the area where she had been hiding. She looked around trying to pinpoint where the attack had come from and found no one. She looked at the downed form of Naruto and was surprised when he crumbled into dust. "An earth clone." She thought, both surprised and impressed. P H S S S S That was the only warning she got before the branch where she had moved to in order to avoid the kunai, >> [music] >> exploded from the use of several explosive tags. When the smoke cleared, only a little piece of a log could be seen, indicating a substitution. An unscathed Kurenai crouched on a new branch, looking at where the explosion had gone off. "That was close. Not close enough to have seriously hurt her, but close. He's good." She thought, looking around, trying to locate the young red-haired boy. She could feel several chakra signatures surrounding the area she occupied. "Very good." He was using clones to hide his presence and was attacking from multiple angles. She looked up at the sun, calculating that only 27 minutes had passed. "Not much time left. Time [music] to take this up a notch." She whispered to herself, taking out a kunai. From his hiding spot, the real Naruto looked at his two teammates. "Get ready. [music] It's almost time. Hinata, as soon as you see an opening, attack." Ignoring the nervous nod she gave in return, Naruto jumped from their hiding spot and landed on the ground in order to gain clear view for an attack. He closed his eyes and when he opened them, a fully matured Sharingan could be seen. He flashed through a few hand seals and taking a deep breath, "Fire Style, Fireball Jutsu." and blew out a huge ball of fire that easily tore through the forest. [music] Upon reaching the tree where he had sensed Kurenai, the fireball erupted in a huge fiery explosion that blew away many of the trees and surrounding landmass. When she had felt him channeling a large amount of chakra in his lungs, Kurenai had done what her instincts had screamed for her to do, run away, and she had not regretted it. When the explosion had died down, she was surprised at how much damage the explosion had caused. "And to think he is only a genin." Jumping down from the tree she was in and now standing a few feet in front of him, she looked at him and was surprised to see him only a bit winded from all the jutsu he had used so far. His Sharingan was spinning madly before slowing down. Now, his slowly Sharingan was looking at her as though he was sizing her up, but then again, considering who he is and who his parents are, I shouldn't be all that surprised seeing as he was not going to initiate the attack. Kurenai held her kunai in a reverse grip and was gearing up to attack when she suddenly felt her strength being sapped away. "W-what the" She tried moving, but found she could not. So, she forcefully turned her head to the side and saw Shino standing there with his arms stretched and a horde of insects flying out from the sleeves of his jersey. "You're within my range of division." She heard a soft voice whisper and easily recognized it as Hinata. Before she could even utter a single word, "Eight Trigrams, 32 Palms, Two Palms, Four Palms, Eight Palms, 16 Palms, 32 Palms." She felt her chakra being closed off and more of it being drained from her. She blinked too surprised to even react. She had completely forgotten about the other two. Even worse, she had lost to a group of genin. Fresh out the Academy genin. Her, a seasoned jonin, defeated by mere Academy graduates. This test was supposed to test how well they worked as team, and they were supposed to be in no shape or form expected to defeat her. She tiredly looked at Naruto, her strength almost completely drained from her, and he still had his Sharingan active looking at her expectantly. She had underestimated him. No, she had underestimated all of them. Kami, if Anko learned that she had lost to a group of genin, fresh genin even, she would never hear the end of it. A smile made its way across her face. "Congratulations. You managed to both track and capture me. You exceeded my expectations and for that" They all tensed. "You pass." Okay, not the reaction she was going for. With Hitomi. Hitomi grumpily made her towards training ground 14 with an angry pout on her face. It was not fair. She thought angrily stomping her foot on the ground. Why wasn't she placed with any of the other teams? Better yet, why out of the entire academy students was she the one not to have a team? She was not even at the bottom of the class, far from it actually. Sure, written exams were not her strong point, but still she was ranked fourth in the class. As she got closer and closer to the training ground where she would meet her to be Jonin sensei, Hitomi's mood turned sour and sour. Arriving at the training ground, she almost screamed in frustration when she found the training ground empty and no sign of her Jonin sensei. "Great, even my Jonin sensei is not here." She grumbled loudly. Something hard hit her forehead. Having not expected the attack, the object, which she identified as pebble, hit her head-on. Bringing her hands to the now sore forehead, all her previous anger which had calmed down somewhat skyrocketed and much like her mother, she exploded. "What the fuck?" She started, but froze when she looked up at who she was about to give a piece of her mind to Ka-san. There standing on top of a branch in a tree a few feet from her was Kushina Uzumaki, arms crossed with disapproval look on her face. Instead of her usual clothes she wore every day, her hair was tied up in a high ponytail with strands framing the sides of her face. She was also wearing standard Konoha flag jacket, showing her position as a Jonin, over a black short-sleeved shirt and black form-fitting pants that reached her calves. "Language, Hitomi." Kushina chided, jumping down from the tree she was standing on. She approached her still frozen daughter. Breaking from her frozen stupor, Hitomi pointed an accusing finger at her mother. "You're my Jonin sensei." She shouted out, obviously surprised. But who could blame her? It was not common that a parent teach their own child, Ren, for obvious reasons. For one, the parent might avoid taking dangerous missions trying to protect their child. Another reason, which was the most important, was that should their child get in danger, the parent would instantly drop everything and try to save them, regardless of whether they were on an important mission or a guarding important cargo client. So, it was very, very rare for parents to lead their own children, especially in a hidden village like Konoha. "Yes, but whenever we are on duty, you refer to me as Kushina sensei, all right?" Kushina explained, ignoring her daughter's surprised yaw. She had expected her to react like this after all. Hitomi just nodded dumbly, her mind still processing what was going on. Regaining some of her composure, Hitomi asked the first question that came to her mind. "B-but you're my Ka-san." She stuttered out. "And now I'm your Jonin sensei, ttebane." Kushina said excitedly, unconsciously adding her verbal tick at the end of her sentence. Upon realizing what she had said, she sweat dropping coursed under her breath. Turning serious, Kushina looked at her daughter and spoke up. "Now, [music] Hitomi, I'm sure you are wondering why you were the one chosen to not be in a genin team. More importantly, why am your Jonin sensei?" Seeing how serious her mother was, Hitomi gulped audibly and nodded her head. "What I'm about to tell you is very important and you should not tell anyone except those people you really trust, okay?" Now Hitomi was worried. What could be possible be so important that she could not tell anyone but those she trusted and what did it have to do with her? Something inside of her told her that whatever it was, she was not going to like it and her mother's serious demeanor helped confirm it. "H-hi." Hitomi responded nervously. Kushina took a small calming breath and taking a small moment to check if anyone was listening, finding no one and satisfied that nobody was close, she spoke. "Please don't interrupt me until I finish, okay?" Kushina said with her voice becoming softer. Hitomi did not respond. Taking this as a cue to continue, Kushina started talking. "In the academy, you were told that when the Kyuubi attacked, the third Hokage sacrificed himself using a Fūinjutsu to seal it within the Death God's stomach, saving the village." She paused and Hitomi hesitantly nodded her head, not understanding what any of that had to do with her. Kushina took another deep breath and continued. "That is not the truth." Hitomi gasped. "What?" She was about to continue saying more, however, her mother's glare quickly shut her up. "As I was saying, that is not true. It is impossible for a mortal to drag something as powerful as the Kyuubi into the Shinigami's stomach. So, the third Hokage did what he could at the time. Sacrificing himself, he sealed the Kyuubi into a newborn infant whose chakra pathways had not fully been formed." She paused and looked directly into Hitomi's eyes. "He sealed the Kyuubi within you." Silence. Hitomi froze. Her face went blank, no emotion could be seen on her face. The entire training ground became silent. The trees frozen, not even the blow of the wind could be heard. Kushina could swear she had a leaf fall and hit the ground. The air became very tense, so tense it was almost suffocating. After what seemed like eternity for Kushina, Hitomi finally reacted. "Seal it within me." She screamed out. Her breath became labored and tears started gather in the corner of her eyes. "Why me?" She whispered out so slowly that Kushina almost did not hear her, but she did. Taking a step closer, Kushina hugged her daughter, though Hitomi did not respond to the hug. Her arms just hang to her sides. Slowly, her shoulders started to shake. The tears in her eyes started to freely flow down her face. Kushina just continued hugging her daughter as she continued to cry, not minding that her clothes were getting soaked from the tears. After a few minutes, Hitomi finally calmed down enough for Kushina to talk to. "He had no choice. The Kyuubi attacked so suddenly that none of us could have prepared for it. [music] So, the third did what he could to save the village." Kushina explained and Hitomi, whom she was still hugging, had retuned her hug sometime when she was crying, nodded her head. "What about the Kyuubi? Will it ever break out?" At this, Kushina chuckled. Hitomi looked up from her position quizzically, wondering what she had said that made her mother laugh in a situation like this. "Trust me, the Kyuubi is safely sealed and won't break out. Not only is it sealed with the strongest seal ever created, but also both me and your father are Fūinjutsu experts. So, trust me when I say this, the Kyuubi will never break out." She said reassuringly. They continued talking with Hitomi asking questions about the Kyuubi and Kushina answering them trying her best to set her daughter's fears. After about an hour of talking, Hitomi asked the one question that was still confusing her. "Ka-chan, m-hm, there's still one thing I don't understand though." Kushina raised an eyebrow. "Oh, what's that? I get that the Kyuubi is sealed in me and everything. What I don't get, however, is why you are my Jonin sensei." Kushina blinked and almost face palmed. How could she forget? She laughed sheepishly rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment. "Hee hee hee, sorry, I forgot about that." Hitomi sweat dropped. "Seriously?" "The reason why I was chosen to be your Jonin sensei is because I can help you control the Kyuubi's chakra." Hitomi's eyes widened slightly. "You can? How?" Kushina puffed her chest proudly and closing her eyes for a dramatic effect, a [music] second later golden chakra chains burst out from the ground. They hang loosely in the air still connected to the ground. Hitomi could only stare mouth open doing a perfect impression of a gaping fish. "That's That's so cool." She shouted with stars in her eyes, but then her awestruck expression turned to that of confusion. "That still doesn't explain how that will help me control the Kyuubi's chakra though." Kushina smirked. "These are chakra chains. They are only accessible to me and are nearly indestructible. They can be used for various purposes like direct combating or physically restraining targets, even tailed beast." She explained proudly. Hitomi's eyes widened slightly now understanding what her mother was saying. With her chakra chain, she could restrict her when and hopefully never, she lost control. "Wow, so only you can use them?" Hitomi said with a frown on her face. Kushina looked at her daughter's disappointed face with an understanding look on her face. She could understand where her daughter was coming from. If the situation were reversed, she too would have been unhappy to learn that she couldn't do what her parents could do. "Well, technically not really. Just because neither you or your sister and brother have not been able to use the same chakra chains as me doesn't mean you won't be able to one day." Kushina said trying to bring up Hitomi's spirits. Instantly, Hitomi's eyes had a hopeful glint in them. "Now then, normally I would have to give you an additional test to determine whether you are ready to be a genin or not, but since there is only you and no one else, I'll just skip the test." Kushina said offhandedly, much to Hitomi's joy. "Now, let's go get us a mission. Since you are just a genin, we'll start with D-rank missions." She smirked. She couldn't wait to see the look on her daughter's face when she discovered what D-rank missions were truly about. Hitomi's earlier happiness was suddenly replaced by that of nervousness. She felt as though a thousand souls screamed out to her warning her for something that was to come. "I can't wait for you to meet Tora." Kushina said evilly. Hitomi froze. Her mother wasn't going make her do dangerous missions, was she? And what? Who the heck was Tora? Whatever it was, she was going to kick its ass. She was Hitomi Namikaze. Her mother was one of the strongest woman in the world. Her father was the fourth Hokage and both her grandparents were two of the three legendary sannin. Nothing could scare her, especially not this Tora person/thing. Poor Hitomi, if only she knew. Later at the Senju compound, a tired and battered Hitomi walked into the Senju compound with an angry snarl on her face, which had several claw marks and a blue swelling eye. Upon seeing her, Shizune rushed to her in worry. However, Hitomi just stomped past her muttering something about evil cats. Shizune looked at Kashina quizzically. What was that about? Kashina just chuckled humorously. Tora, she said simply walking past Shizune who blinked before gaining an understanding look on her face which quickly turned into that of sympathy. Tora, aka the hellcat was known by nearly every ninja in Konoha who had the unfortunate luck of meeting her. Even Shizune had had her run with that rebellious cat until this date. Just a mention of Tora made her cringe. She unconsciously reached for her face rubbing phantom wounds that had long been inflicted by Tora when she had tried to catch her back then. Shaking her head in sympathy Shizune continued what she had been doing before. The following morning, it was early in the morning. The sun's rays barely passing over the mountain. The dew on the leaves and grass was still visible and team seven was waiting impatiently for their Jonin sensei to arrive. Where the heck is this guy? Kiba screamed out stomping his foot on the ground in frustration. For the 100th time Kiba, no. Sakura shouted back. I mean not only did he arrive three hours late yesterday and gave us some lame excuse about why he was late. He also told us to be here at 5:00 a.m. and still doesn't show up. What kind of Jonin does that? Man, now I wish I had been placed in the same team with Naruto and Shino. At least their Jonin was on time. Not only that but she is very and I mean very hot. He ended his rant with a drool at the end only to receive a fist to the face courtesy of an angry fuming Sakura. Pervert, [music] she shouted in female fury sending the drooling Kiba flying and hitting a tree. Surprisingly a second later he was up and in Sakura's face. What the hell you crazy [ __ ] That hurt. Faster than he could blink a fist hit him on top of his head sending him crashing into the unforgiving hard ground. Call me? Sakura asked darkly putting an extra emphasis on each word with her head down and her hair covering her face. Kiba who was now lying on the ground did not see this and mumbled a response that sealed his fate. Me [ __ ] Sakura exploded. She started punching the still down Kiba into the ground until half his body was buried deep into the ground and his legs raised high into the air. The only sign to show that he was still alive was the constant twitching of his legs. Dusting herself Sakura huffed and turned around to see a whimpering Akamaru who upon seeing that she was looking at him run away as fast as his little legs could carry him. Sakura smirked and walked towards the other female in their team and her smirk turned into a frown when she saw Hikari. Hikari had not been paying attention to any of her teammates since arriving at the training ground. Her mind here was preoccupied with something else. More specifically what their parents had told them about Hitomi last night. It had been a shocker to her and her brother when they learned that Hitomi was a jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no less. At first she had been afraid that sooner or later the Kyuubi would break free and kill them all. However, her father had quickly intervened and put her fears to rest by explaining to them how the seal was safe and the chances of the Kyuubi breaking free being impossible. After that the three children had spent some time talking to each other, mostly her and Hikari before going to bed. But Hikari did not sleep. Something kept her up for the majority of the night. As stupid and ridiculous as it might sound Hikari was jealous. Not for not being the one to get the Kyuubi sealed within her mind you. No, Hikari was jealous because unlike Naruto and Hitomi she did not receive some kind of curse power upon birth. As silly as might may sound she felt left out. When she was told that Naruto had been injected with the DNA of Madara and Hashirama. She had felt sorry for her brother and that had been that. Now however, her sister too had had the Kyuubi sealed within her and that changed everything. She now felt like the odd man out. She? Hikari? Huh? Was her intelligent reply. She saw the worried look on her friend's face and wondered for how long she had been thinking for. I've been calling you for over a minute now. Are you feeling okay? Sakura asked worriedly. Her personality in direct contrast to what it had been like a few minutes ago. Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just have something on my mind that's all. Hikari said offhandedly. Sakura looked at her friend with narrowed eyes before frowning. Oh H K, if you're sure. Hikari just nodded her head. So how long do you think sensei is going to make us wait for? Sakura asked changing the subject. Hikari's brows frowned a bit and she sighed loudly and hit her forehead with her hand. How I could forget? Kakashi is always late for everything. Kasan is always complaining about his always late for every single thing. So how long is he usually late for? Sakura asked. He couldn't be that bad could he? Three hours, Hikari groaned out. We might as well get comfortable. [music] Sakura said in a defeated tone walking towards a tree nearby and slumping down Hikari right behind her. Three hours later.