AN: Back with another story. Yeah, its like that. Some announcements: Crimson fox of the Coil is on a month long break. I need to get that story straight before I can continue. Next, I have been working on Dishonored Kitsune's story and am putting the finishing touches on the story. And finally, my dream of owning a Waffle hut has yet to happen. Send my your pity. It feeds me.

-Chapter 1-

The Jack of Blades didn't know where he was. He knew he was dead. The hero of Oakvale had seen to that. All he could see through his mask was an empty blackness. It had been like this for a while. He just floated there, not doing anything.

All of a sudden, he felt a presence. Looking around, Jack saw a beautiful woman with flowing white hair, a white kimono, and the looks of a being with incredible power. She waved her hand and a table with tea prepared.

"The Jack of Blades, a pleasure it is to meet you. Please, have a seat." She said this in a voice that no doubt would make any man swoon for her. Doing as instructed, Jack sat and watched as the woman drank the tea, a smile on her face. Jack felt his face heat up at seeing that smile. Dammit, he was The Jack of Blades! Not some pathetic normal person! Deciding to start a conversation, Jack voiced his thoughts.

"Excuse me Miss, but if I might be so bold as to ask, who are you and what need of me do you have?"

Smiling again, the woman answered his questions as they came," My name is Kami. The reason you are here is so that you can help guide a young boy, who my foolish sister, Shinigami, sealed a terrible beast into. The boy is a long lined decendant of you, through his mothers side. He is not what the people of the village in which he lives thinks he is. He is not an Uzumaki. He is a Blade. Your descendant."

Jack was shocked, although you couldn't tell with his mask on. He had a descendant? How? That's when it hit him. Once, in his younger years, had met a woman named Briar Rose, after his resurrection, he had spent some time not doing anything, just recuperating. He had met her in a bar. The rest, as they say, is history.

The fact that she had been impregnated with his child had never crossed his mind. Now he was paying his absolute full attention to the woman named Kami. Seeing his attention on her she continued." The boy is a long lined descendant of Briar Rose and yourself. He is also a hero. When your blood mixed with hers, it created a sort of, for lack of a better word, Demigod. The boys power will not manifest until he is eight. However, his mother doesn't know he is alive. Her name is Konan of Ame. She is your descendant. She was lied to about her son, because of the beast inside of him. The people of Konoha would seek to control that which cannot be. The child, Naruto Blade, is the child of the great prophecy. He will either save the world or destroy it."

"And what does this have to do with me? I died. Have been dead for who knows how long."He stated with a sad sigh. Kami grinned. She had been waiting for him to say that.

"Well, what if I decided to send you back? To atone for your sins in your first life? If you except, you basically have three tasks: The first is to go meet the boys mother. Then get the boy and train him. The final task is to basically guide the boy to unlocking his full potential. You don't need to accept. But before you do, watch his life up to this point."

With a snap of her fingers, Jack saw every beating, every night he would cry himself to sleep. How the Sandaime Hokage manipulated the little five year old, blue haired boy into becoming only loyall to Konoha. It enraged Jack. How dare that filth do this to his legacy.

Seeing the fire in the eyes of the man before her, Kami knew she had made the right choice.

"Jack, when you meet the boy, tell him to come with you. I will make it so he will trust you. Do not ask why. Just know I will do it. I am also bringing back Briar Rose. She will prove helpful to your quest."

At that moment, a fairly tall, busty woman, wearing black shades, a black corset and red jacket, with red pants and black, knee high boots. She was smoking from a pipe and had a small smile on he face.

"Well, if it isn't the man who bumped and an. How ya doin? Lif- er- death treatin ya okay?"

A tic mark appeared on his forehead." Now listen here, I was not my intention of impregnating you. I merely wished to partake in the pleasures of the flesh. If it is any consolation, I am sorry."

"S'okay. The little sprog was quite the hand full growing up, but, I couldn't complain."

Kami smiled, her secondary objective of playing match-maker was just beginning. She frowned when she saw the little boy who's life was filled with so much pain being beaten again." As much as you two's reunion is entertaining, Naruto needs help now." Without further ado, she sent them off.

-With Naruto-

It was his birthday. He had just wanted to go out to get food. He had even taken extra precautions and stayed as far away from the festival as possible. But, a drunken cillager found him, and had started to beat him. His spiky blue hair was matted with blood on his body. His torn black shirt hung loosely from his frame. His grey pants ripped at the knee.

Pain shot through his body as he was struck again. Why? Why was he hated? What had he done? Did he have parents? Did they love him? These were the questions he asked himself on a daily bases. The man was suddenly stopped. Looking uo, Naruto saw a masked, hooded man and a lady with short black hair and round sunglasses. The man currently had the village that was beating him by the neck.

"How pitiful. Such garbage picking on our descendant." With a twist of his wrist, the mans kneck snapped. Briar was currently comforting the bluenette as he, for some reason he couldn't explain, felt safe with them.

"Oi, Jack, we need to leave for Amegakure, was it? Anyways, we need to bang out." Jack nodded with agreement. Using a simple spell, he put Naruto to sleep. Briar picked him up and used their heroic speed to run through the village. Once they reached the outskirts, they took off in blurs of speed to Amegakure.

-Three days later-

They had spent three days with the blue haired child, explaining their pasts. He had been a bit shocked, his five year old mind working overtime to grasp what had been told to him. He had a mother! Granted she didn't know he existed, but still!

The group of travelers made their way through the village towards the Amekage tower. Jack had noticed the men with orange hair in black, ed-clouded cloaks watching them. He kept tense when all of a sudden, a man with short, spiky orange hair with multiple piercing in his face appeared. Next to him was a woman with an emotionless face with a origami flower in her hair. The man spoke first.

"Who are you?"

Jack sighed." It is polite to introduce yourself first."

The man nodded." My name is Pain. This is my partner, Konan. Now again, who are you?" Pain asked with more of an edge to his voice.

Jack paid him no heed. Instead looking at Briar who nodded and set Naruto down. The boy immediately got closer to Konan, looking at her intently with his amber eyes. She looked at him with disinterest. The boy hung his head and walked back to Briar with a dejected look on his face as she rubbed his back.

"My name is Jack of Blades. My female companion is Briar Rose. The boys name, is…. Naruto." Jack saw how Konan tensed at the name, her eyes filling with sorrow, before they hardened into steel. Jack grinned behind his mask.

"Interesting. Why are you here?"

"To find young master Nauto's mother. It was apparent that she abandoned him, and all he knew was that she was in Amegakure. He said her name was, K something. Ko- Konin-Kona-Konan! That was her name!" Konan glared hatefully at the man. How dare he say that! Her son died when she went to Konoha to give birth!

Snarling she said as much," My son is dead. Do not imply that this, thing, is him!" Naruto stared at her with wide eyes before he burst into tears and ran away. Briar went to get him, but a hand on her shoulder from Jack stopped her.

"Let him go. A little rejection from narrow minded fools is good for the boy. Teaches him not to trust everyone." Turning to Konan he continued," My dear, we speak the truth. The boy that you just sent away in tears is your son. He hasn't had the greatest life, and I imagine that hearing his own mother say that, tore his heart out. If that is your final answer, we will take him and leave. Briar, let us go."

Konan eyes were wide. Could it be? Could he REALLY be her son? The words she said rang in her mind and she cursed. Taking off in search of the boy named Naruto she only thought, 'Could it really be? Is it possible? '

Jack looked at where she went, and turned to Pain. "We need to talk."

-With Nauto-

Naruto ran until he was exhausted. He fell and just laid there. Why? Did she hate him? Was he truly a monster? One so bad, his own mother hated him? For the first time in years, he gave into despair. No one loved him. No one cared. He should just die.

That was the scene Konan came up on. Naruto, laying in the mud. Just staring off into space with dead, amber eyes. She walked cautiously to him. Crouching down, she flipped him over. His blue hair fell into his eyes as he looked at her. A single word escaped his lips.

"Why?"

Confusion was evident on her face.

"Why do you hate me? Why? What did I do? Why does everyone hate me? Please tell me?1 WHAT DID I DO?1"

She recoiled from his sudden outburst. His tears clearly visible in the mud on his face. Her heart tore itself asunder as she saw the face of her dead husband Yahiko, in him. She noted his hair and eye color, and it didn't take a genius to figure out their relation. Acting out of sheer emotion, she hugged him. She felt him go rigid, as if being hugged hurt him. She whispered to him that she was sorry, and that she did love him.

And they just stayed there as the rain, for the first time in Amegakure history, stopped, because the lost son and Prince of Ame had returned.

AN: So yeah. New story. This one, I wrote, not my brother. I cut a lot out because I want to put it in another chapter. As for Konan's fast acceptance of Naruto, he looks like a young Yahiko only with her eye and hair color. Jack and Briar will be a pairing so deal. Naruto will be paired with Fuu. So eat some waffles and enjoy. Also, I may or may not be updating my other fics tomorrow and Wednesday at the latest. All of my family is arriving so I haven't had much time to publish or update this past week.