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The Frozen Will of Fire. Chapter 1: Enter Ashina Uzumaki.

Walking towards the village he hoped would be his home was a 27 year old man with short black hair, the tips of which were red. He was wearing white shirt with an open blue hoodie that had their sleeves rolled up. These were all shown beneath an open black flak jacket. The flak jacket itself as similar to Konoha's but there were no pockets to hold any scrolls. Instead he carried two small scrolls in a hip holster that was dangling from his left hip.

On his left forearm it appeared to be a black gauntlet but it didn't cover his fingers and over his right forearm there was the clear sign of a tattoo that covered most of top of his hand and wrist. Slung over his right shoulder as his blade.

'So this is the famous Konoha gates huh?' The man thought to himself as he continued walking towards the open gates. To his left he could see the sign in station.

"Hey, wake up. Someone coming to the gates." Izumo slapped Kotetsu rudely waking up his best friend.

Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes Kotetsu spoke to the stranger. "Please state your name, your reason for visiting and the duration of your stay here in Konoha."

"The name's Ashina Uzumaki. I'm here to speak to your Hokage. And my length of my stay will depend on your Hokage's answer." The now named Ashina responded with a smile before he was accepted into the Village with no problem.

Izumo and Kotetsu watched his back and he walked towards the Hokage's mansion. "You heard his last name right?" Izumo asked with a serious tone.

"Yeah... Uzumaki." Kotetsu responded with a serious look on his face which wasn't like him. "It looks like the civilian council's lie about the gaki being clanless is about to end."

"About time."

(Meanwhile in the Hokage's mansion)

Standing in front of the Hokage's desk were several of his Chunin and they all appeared to be extremely upset over something.

He won't get away with this one! Hokage-sama!" One of the Chunin's shouted out.

"Yes, those are dangerous scrolls forbidden by the previous Hokage. If used in certain ways, it can cause incredible trouble." Hiruzen Sarutobi informed his chunin. "It's been half a day since the scroll was taken. We must hurry and find Naruto."

"Right!" The chunin all replied before scattering away in different directions.

After a tense few moments alone Sarotobi sighed outwards in slight annoyance. 'That boy doesn't make things easy does he.' The Third Hokage thought to himself.

"Seems like you have had quite the rough night Sandaime-sama." A voice spoke out to the old Hokage. He knew nearly everyone in the village but this was a new voice speaking to him.

"I'm sorry but how are you?" Sarutobi asked the voice. He turned around to find Ashina smiling back at him.

"The name's Ashina Uzumaki. Is it alright if we talk?" Ashina responded grinning madly as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Uzumaki!?" Sarutobi's voice was full of shock as his eyes bulged out wide. "How is that possible!?"

"Well after Uzushio was destroyed I kind of wondered around the Land of Valleys and the Land of Tea..." Ashina responded by grinning as he rubbed the back of his head.

"But after training for nearly 20 years I thought i'd surprise Kushina-nee by visiting her ttebaku." Upon hearing Kushina's name as well as the well know Uzumaki verbal tick the Third Hokage's eyes went wide but thankfully this was not noticed by Ashina.

"I was hoping I might be able to stay with her for a few months before heading back to Uzushio to salvage what I can. Most of the trap seals around the island should be nearly wearing off now but I'd rather wait a few extra weeks, just to be on the safe side haha." Suddenly Ashina looked around as if he had lost something or someone. The third Hokage looked at him with a hard to read expression.

"By the way where is Kushina-nee? I can't sense her Chakra anywhere... Is she out of the Village along with her team?" Ashina asked the Third Hokage.

"Well..." Hiruzen was about to speak but he was cut off by Ashina.

"Found her Chakra!" Ashina announced.

'Wait how did he?' Hiruzen thought to himself in a panic. "How did you find Kushina so quickly?"

Ashina looked at Hiruzen as if he had grown a second head. "Simple... I just searched for the Nine Tails instead. Anyway i'm off to surprise her here now. I'll be back soon!"

"Wait!" Hiruzen shouted out to Ashina but he was already gone before his words left his mouth. 'This might not end out well... For both Naruto and Ashina.'

(Naruto)

"Naruto. There's no point in you having it. I'll tell you the truth." Mizuki stated to Naruto as he watched above both Naruto and Iruka from the tree branch he was standing on.

"NO DON'T!" Iruka shouted out but he fell down to his knees in pain after shouted out.

"12 years ago. You know about the demon fox being sealed right?" Naruto slowly nodded to Mizuki.

"Since that incident a new rule was created for this village."

"... A rule?" Naruto asked in confusion.

"But Naruto, this rule was never meant to be told to you."

"Not to me? What is this rule? Why?" Naruto shouted out as he asked Mizuki but when he seen the Konoha Chunin chuckle he began to fear what the answer was even though he didn't know it. "What... Kind of rule is it?"

"The rule is that nobody is allowed to talk about the fact that you are the demon fox."

"Huh?" Naruto asked in shock as he face became white in fear. "What do you mean?"

"NO STOP IT!" Iruka shouted out trying to stop Mizuki but he continued anyway.

"It means that you are the Nine Tails Fox that killed Iruka's parents and destroyed the village. You were sealed up by the Hokage you admire and."

"STOP IT!"

"You have been lied to by everyone!" Mizuki finished off before bursting into laughter. "didn't you find it odd how everyone hated you? EVEN IRUKA IS THE SAME! HE HATES YOU AS WELL!" Mizuki stated as he began to swirl his large shuriken in his right hand, reading himself to throw it.

"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" Naruto shouted out in frustration as a sudden surge of Chakra swirled around his body.

"No body will ever accept you!" Mizuki continued to taunt Naruto as he threw the large shuriken at the boy. "That Scroll was used to seal you up!"

(Boruto OST: Hard Battle)

Iruka wanting to protect Naruto threw his body in front of the shuriken in the hopes of protecting his student but he didn't feel any pain. Suddenly a different voice spoke out to the three of them. "Good job blocking the kid."

Iruka slowly turned his head around to find an unknown shinobi holding on to the shuriken which was now frozen solid. "Thank you, but I have to ask how much did you hear?"

"I hope not much. But I did hear enough to know that the kid here has the Nine Tails sealed inside of him. Along with knowing the fact this scumbag broke one of your village rules. So I'll be dealing with him but i'm gonna have to ask a few questions to the kid after this is done."

"I won't let you harm Naruto!"

Upon hearing Iruka defend him twice in the space of a few seconds Naruto weakly asked. "Why Iruka sensei?"

"Because I know Naruto. You must have been in a lot of pain too... I'm sorry Naruto. If I had done a better job. You wouldn't have had to feel like this." Iruka answered.

Watching the exchange between the student and teacher the newcomer chuckled. Which made both Mizuki and Iruka give him weird looks. "Well Iruka-san. Don't worry i'll make sure not to bring any harm to Naruto when I question him. After all he does more or less have my cousin Kushina's face."

'Wait who is this guy... And how does he know the name of the previous Jinchuriki?' Mizuki asked himself. "Who the hell are you!?"

"Sorry but I don't really like giving my name out to dead men." The man coldly replied before vanishing.

Mizuki panicked and began to look around him but when a sudden burst of pain was felt on his back and chest he looked down to find that a sword and been pierced through the center of his chest. "What the?!"

Mizuki then noticed the sword's blade then slowly became shrouded in blue flames. The area of his body which had been pierced by the sword then began to feel cold as a small amount of ice began to flow away from the sword's blade.

The man then appeared in front of Mizuki but he didn't have his sword in his hand. However he did open up his right hand and placed it in front of his body. The three then noticed that the markings on his hand and wrist began to glow along with the handle of the sword that was still stuck through Mizuki.

"Uzu Fuin Style: Boomerang Sword." The man calmly stated as the sword violently began to shake before shattering the ice around Mizuki's chest like glass. Quickly flying through the air the sword stopped perfectly in the right hand of the man's extended arm.

With now a larger hole in his chest Mizuki felt his life force leave his body as he collapsed forward. Iruka and Naruto watched on shocked and in awe.

The two of them were speechless and the man walked over to the now dead Mizuki and pulled out one of the scrolls from his hip holster. After a few brief lines drawn on the scroll he performed three quick hand signs. "Seal!" Mizuki's body then began to glow before the light was lifted and sealed into the scroll in front of the man.

(OST End)

"That was amazing!"

"Thanks kid but it was really nothing special just a simple seal i came up with about four years ago. ." The man responded to Naruto before checking Iruka. "Are you feeling any better Iruka-san?"

"Yes but how is it you know my name when I don't even know yours?"

"Oh! Sorry about that ttebaku hehe." The man responded with a nervous laughter as he rubbed the back of his head. Naruto and Iruka's eye however widened as he said ttebaku.

'Wait, I(Naruto) do(does) that as well.' Naruto and Iruka both thought at the same time.

"Anyway the name's Ashina Uzumaki! and I kept calling you Iruka cause I over heard the kid call you that." The now named Ashina stated out proudly with the biggest of grins plastered on his face as he pointed towards his chest with his thumb.

'... Uzumaki. But i'm not from a clan. How does he have my last name?' Naruto was again brought back to being speechless.

Iruka meanwhile could only smile. 'I suppose that explains the sealing ability. Looks like you'll finally have a family Naruto.' Iruka thought to himself as he stood up and placed his hands over the still stunned Naruto's shoulders. "Then allow me to introduce you to a citizen of Konoha Naru."

"Wait Iruka-Sensei I still have to show you that jutsu I learnt in order to become a shinobi!" Naruto shouted as he snapped himself out of his own thoughts.

"Oh you learnt a jutsu. Show it to me." Ashina stated in slight excitement which paled in comparison to Naruto's own.

"You got it! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" with a large puff of smoke covering a large area around Naruto Iruka and Ashina watched on before seeing around 21 perfect replicas of Naruto standing in a circle. In fact they both couldn't make out which one was the real Naruto.

"Shadow clones huh. Whoa kid that's quite the high level ninjutsu for your age. Colour me impressed dattebaku!" Ashina stated with a grin which cause Naruto to instinctively do the same.

"Naruto... I want for you to close your eyes for me." Iruka calmly stated to Naruto. As he looked up at his teacher and when he seen the smile on his face he had done so.

"Now then open you eyes." After a few seconds had passed Iruka softly spoke to Naruto before placing him in front of Ashina. "Now allow me to introduce you to proud Shinobi of Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki."

"Uzumaki huh?.. Well I think the Third Hokage has some explaining to do to the both of us... Eh Naruto?" Ashina stated with a smile before extending his fist out towards Naruto.

(An hour later in the Hokage's office)

"I presume you are both looking for some answers." Hiruzen looked at both Ashina and Naruto from behind his desk. He face was showing that he was not going to look forward for the following conversation.

"I only have three questions to ask but I think Naruto needs his answers before I ask my own questions." Ashina stated with a cold stare.

"Ask away Naruto." Hiruzen's face softened as he looked down the boy who he viewed as his grandson.

(Naruto Shippuden OST: Shirohae)

"Why?.." Naruto could only softly ask. Both faces of Ashina and Hiruzen softened even more and Naruto began to softly cry as he stood.

"I mean, why me?.. I can get why you created that rule. And now I get why the village hates me... But why me? What made me so special ttebayo?"

'Maybe with his family nearby I can tell him about his father... And his mother.' Hiruzen thought to himself.

"I think I might be able to answer that one for you Naruto." Ashina stated as he placed his hand over the boy's shoulder and brought himself to his height by going down on one knee.

"I'm guessing Naruto's mother was Kushina." Ashina didn't ask but early stated. The Third Hokage didn't respond verbally but instead nodded back in agreement. "How old are you Naruto?"

"I'm 12." Naruto responded as he rubbed snot away from his nose.

"Whoa... You're actually taller than what I was at your age hehe." Ashina smiled as he rubbed Naruto's hair. This caused Naruto to stop crying for a moment.

"You mean you were a short stack!" Naruto stated in shock.

'This fucking brat!' Ashina shouted in anger in his head before he calmly continued. "Well I wouldn't exactly say I was a short stack but I was shorter than most other kids my age... But anyway. Naruto the reason you are the current Jinchuriki of the Nine Tails is because you are special."

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.

"Only an Uzumaki is able to hold and suppress the Nine Tail's Chakra Naruto. Our grandfather's sister held the Nine Tail just like your mother had done before you." Ashina stated to a wide eyed Naruto.

"My mother had the fox sealed inside of her?"

"Yeah... It's the reason she left our home for Konoha... I was only a two year old when she left our village but I did she her when she visited with her Genin team 21 years ago."

"But that doesn't explain why I was chosen."

"Naruto... The night your were born was the night the Nine Tails managed to break from your mother's seal..." Hiruzen butted in but paused for a moment. "This isn't easy to say Naruto but... When a Tailed Beast escapes it's seal. The one who was holding the beast, they only have a few seconds more to live. I'm sorry... But by the time we managed to subdue the Nine Tails your mother had already passed away." Hiruzen stated to Naruto.

"DAMMIT! Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" Naruto shouted out in anger as tears flowed down his cheeks. "It's bad enough to have this thing sealed inside me but knowing that it killed my mom as well... Dammit..." Naruto softly stated.

"It's okay Naruto... It'll be okay from now on... I promise you that." Ashina responded as he tightly hugged Naruto.

"You said our Grandfather..." Naruto softly spoke to Ashina.

'So he picked up on that huh. The kid's smarter then what I was at his age as well.' Ashina smiled at Naruto. "That's right. we both have the same grandfather. Because your mother and my father were brother and sister... But, even though i'm technically your cousin i'm going to be treating you like you're my little brother. Cause if your Kushina-nee's son that's what you are to me ttebaku."

Naruto didn't respond for a moment before he launched himself at Ashina hugging him tightly. "Aniki... I finally have an Aniki ttebayo..."

Ashina and Hiruzen both smiled. The latter even wiped away a stray tear. It must've been the dust in the room from the old paperwork. "And you finally that will look after you and train you, Otouto..." Ashina responded as he tightly hugged Naruto back.

(OST End)

"I suppose you still have your questions to answer Ashina-san."

"Yes... Is the Uzumaki temple still within the village?" Ashina asked which confused Naruto.

"Wait, why do the Uzumaki have a temple I was always told there was no Uzumaki clan."

"It'll be the opposite of that actually. The Uzumaki clan were one of the most powerful clans of Shinobi in the world at one point. Right behind the Senju and Uchiha of course." Ashina stated back with pride in his voice.

"It is true what he is saying to you but this is the first I have heard of this." The Third Hokage stated to both Ashina and Naruto. 'And I can guess who told the boy that as well.'

"But to answer your question Ashina it is still there however it has been sealed off."

"That won't be a problem at all. However I'd like to ask my remaining few questions tomorrow if that's alright."

"Certainly... I will have a meeting set up for tomorrow around noon."

"Actually Hokage-sama. I'd like to ask my question to the Konoha councilas I'd like to request bringing back the Uzumaki clan here in Konoha."

And Cut!

So that's the first first chapter over a done with. Now i'll be trying to follow as much as canon as possible however there will be several alterations and well as my own additions in the next few upcoming chapters.

Of course you'd all have probably guessed that anyway lol. Now i'll be trying to have most chapters at roughly this length maybe a bit longer around 4 or 5000 word in the future as well.

So that's all for this chapter folks. If you have a question do feel free to post a review or PM myself. If I don't answer your question on next chapter's Q&A I will try to reply via PM. No spoiler question though. they won't be given full answers. But anyway thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you've all enjoyed it. Till next time!