CHAPTER 1

"Dad…" ten year old Hanami said her father's name in amazement, as she stood there entranced with a group of wizard's street performance. "This is so cool!," Hanami exclaimed in delight. "Is it some kind of jutsu Dad?, how come their not using any kind of hand seals?, why haven't you told me that people in Fiore could do these things?.!" Hanami bombarded her father with nonstop questions. "Pretty cool huh?, Naruto chuckled light-heartedly, as he rested his hand on her hand.

'Finally I'll be able to see my good old friends again,' Naruto thought to himself, as he glanced up into the peaceful sky. Naruto had decided the time had come for a well needed vacation, so Sakura and he decided that this was the perfect time to visit Fairy tail again, considering they never taken their children there before.

A small smile crept on Naruto's face, as he reminisced of his adventures with the guild. A sudden mix of emotions of overwhelming happiness and anticipation came over him. "Is something wrong Shinachiku?," Sakura's voice snapped Naruto out of his thoughts. "You seem sad…" "Uh no!," twelve year old Shinachiku responded giving a radiant smile. "I was thinking about all the stories you told Hanami and I growing up, and that we were finally going to see what Fairy tail was like."

The worry in Sakura's eyes disappeared and was replaced with relief. "You've been overly quiet lately, since your father and I decided we all would vacation here in Magnolia. But are you sure there is nothing you want to talk to us about?." Sakura asked gently. "Everything's fine Sakura," Naruto interjected before his son could say something. He then draped his right arm around Sakura's neck.

"You know how our son is. I don't know why you're surprised, honestly that sort of behaviour was inherited from you." As soon as he said that, he was smacked in the head. "You got some nerve!, Then whose to blame for him turning out to be a troublemaker huh?." Sakura uttered in annoyance, as Hanami giggled in the background. Sakura then sighed, and folded her arms and sauntered. "Come on now, we don't want to keep our host waiting."

Sakura simply said. Naruto glanced at his son, whose back was now turned to him, since Shinachiku was now walking ahead of him. Naruto's cheerful expression switched to a bleak one, as he continued to stare at his son. Thankful that his family were walking ahead of him, so that they couldn't see his expression on his face. The truth was Naruto suspected from the start that something was up with Shinachiku.

As a matter a fact, he knew exactly what was the cause for his son's peculiar behaviour. The truth was Shinachiku suffered from inferiority complex due to the fact that since he discovered he and his sister didn't possess the Kekkei Genkai. Compared to her brother, though, Hanami was also disappointed but choose to look at it from a different point of view, which surprised Naruto. Naruto never forgot when she was six years old, she declared to him that even though she couldn't be as powerful as him, she would at least become a very skilful ninja, to the best of her ability.

It was then he learnt Hanami had inherited his never giving up attitude. However, Shinachiku was a bit different. It's not like he didn't have potential in becoming a great Shinobi, but rather he lacked discipline and motivation.

BEGINNING OF FLASHBACK:

Naruto had come home early to an empty house, since Sakura was still at work, and the kids hadn't come home from the Academy as yet. He was about to go take a nap, when he saw the front door slam open. There stood a tearful Shinachiku who was eight years old at the time, who was covered in blood and bruises. "Shinachiku who did this to you!," Naruto demanded as his expression became haunted at the sight of his son.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!," Shinachiku shrieked as he cowered back from Naruto. "Why are you acting like this?," Naruto responded in confusion as he tried to get close to him again. "Why didn't you come and get me when you realized you were in danger?," Naruto asked as he watched Shinachiku wince in pain. "FOR WHAT HUH?!," Shinachiku screamed in anger now causing Naruto to be taken aback by his tone.

"YOU THINK I ENJOY KNOWING THAT I WILL NEVER BE AS POWERFUL AS YOU, AND THAT I WILL ALWAYS NEED SAVING!. JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!." With that Shinachiku sprinted upstairs to his room where he slammed the door. Before Naruto could go after him again, Hanami came through the open front door panting. As soon as she saw her father she froze her movements altogether, as if caught doing something wrong.

"Dad where's Shinachiku?" she asked cautiously. "Tell me who did this to your brother Hanami?" Naruto murmured, which made Hanami tense up. Hanami knew what that tone of voice meant .It meant that her father was very angry, and choose to restrain himself. "He got into a fight with some of the boys at the Academy," she revealed as she glanced down at her feet. "They were stronger than him, considering that they possessed the Kekkei Genkai which is why he was badly beaten. However that's not all they did."

"What did they say?," Naruto urged her to continue as Hanami kept her gaze at her feet. "They told him…" She then paused as she glanced at her father. Her eyes pleaded with him not to make her tell him. "Hanami…" was the only warning she got as Naruto was staring at her sternly. "They told him he would never be like you, since he didn't have something extra in him!." Hanami choked up at the few last words. "They told him he would never be a hero like you!," she whimpered as she began to cry.

END OF FLASHBACK

Naruto had said nothing to Sakura, since the incident and neither had his kids. He knew if he had said something to her, she would've been unnecessarily worried about their son. Which is why he was going to use this opportunity to have a heart to heart with Shinachiku.

"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE TWIRP!," A boisterous voice boomed up ahead, as people scattered out of the way. Fruits and vegetables went flying everywhere, as a fruit stall came crashing down. A coconut that was among the flying fruit, hit Naruto smack in the face causing him to curse lividly.

"COME BACK YOU HERE YOU THEIF!," the voice boomed again. Suddenly a steel beam from above managed to somehow get loose. Hanami was standing directly beneath it.

"HANAMI!," Naruto screamed in fear, as he lunged himself into the air. He activated the Kyuubi's chakra, and smashed the steel beam into pieces. At the same time, Shinachiku tried to find his family, since he was separated, because of the chaos that was now ensued. People were desperately trying to get out of the way, which meant Shinachiku was dodging them every now again to avoid crashing into someone.

Straight ahead he saw a boy around his age with orange hair, and chestnut eyes. Shinachiku noticed that the boy was hiding a small box under his right arm, as the boy glanced over his shoulder in fear at the booming voice. 'That must be the thief.' Shinachiku thought to himself. Without a second thought, Shinachiku pushed a little chakra into his right hand then as the boy drew closer, punched him directly in the stomach.

The boy's eyes widened in pure shock, and pain as he froze dropping to his knees. The box easily slid from under his arm to the ground. "Why'd you…" the orange haired boy managed to splutter. "Do that for…. Jerk…" "You're lucky I didn't knock you out cold thief." Shinachiku replied as he hold a glazed expression on his face.

"GET UP!," the loud voice boomed now jumping the orange haired boy, who immediately stood on his feet at hearing the voice. "What's going on?," Hanami appeared confused, with Naruto and Sakura as they stood on the side-lines and watched. The boisterous voice belonged to a man wearing a red vest, blue trousers with cuffs, scandals, and a straw hat, that was now standing before the boys. "How many times have I told you…" The guy's right eye twitched in irritation, as he kept his voice surprisingly low now.

"NO STEALING!,"He roared into the orange haired boy's ear. "Honestly I don't know what I'm to do with you!," The guy complained as he picked up the box that the orange haired kid dropped. At that moment Naruto who stood there watching all this time, began to chuckle. "Dad what's so funny?," Hanami questioned clearly confused at her Dad's behaviour. "Dad I'm sorry-" the orange haired boy began to say. "Can it Nathan!. You're in a lot of trouble right now!. Honestly I swear you don't just look like your mother, but you also picked up her little habit." The guy grumbled.

"Well it's a good thing my son was here to stop him. Crisis averted,"Naruto grinned as he approached them. "Hi I'm Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto said extending his hand. "You got a really strong kid," the guy complimented Naruto shaking the extended hand. "I saw how he stopped my son. By the way my name's Monkey D. Luffy." He said returning the friendly smile.

"Oh and this is the rest of my family. My wife Sakura, my daughter Hanami, and my son Shinachiku." "Well aren't you cute," he complimented Hanami who just smiled. "You remind me of my daughter Lina a very sweet girl." Luffy said. "It's a pity you couldn't meet her though," Luffy pouted as he adjusted his straw hat."I got to go find guild called Fairy tail, and see their guild master called Macorov."

Luffy explained. "Well you're in luck Luffy, Naruto spoke up. " 'Cause that's where we are heading." "Just my luck!," Luffy exclaimed for joy.

"HEY LUFFY," A female's voice boomed from a distance.

"DID YOU FIND THAT SNOT NOSE LITTLE BRAT WHOSE OUR SON!." She had orange hair and chestnut eyes like Nathan's with a girl that resembled Luffy, with Onyx hair and eyes, that looked about Hanami's age.

"I SWEAR I'M GONNA SKIN THAT BOY ALIVE WHEN I FIND HIM!."

"Mom?," Nathan whimpered and gulped in fear. "Told ya you were in trouble…" Luffy simply said over his shoulder, as he and the rest of them watched her approach.