Hey guys, welcome to another new chapter. This is more of a filler chapter, next chapter will be a time skip to Naruto days in the academy, then we really get strated on the fun.

I'm still undecided on Naruto weapon, so next chapter I will have my decision on what he will be fighting with and what his summoning contract will be.

Reminder for the is summon contract is either Fox or snakes

For weapons is three swords, battle chain, or dual wield tomahawks. I might combine tomahawks and the battle chain. But either way I will come to a decision come next chapter.

Anyway enjoy.

JUSTSU

tailed beast/ inner sakura

thoughts

REGUALR


Chapter 2: New family and Friends

Naruto groggily woke up and yawned himself awake. The blonde rubbed his head before he took in his surroundings. The blonde widened his eyes when he remembered the events that happened yesterday.

He had just gained a mother and he was more than happy about that. He also got an older sister and while she was kind of weird Naruto still liked her nonetheless. He also felt well rested in his new bed that Kurenai gave him. He hadn't had such a good sleep in such a long time especially in such a comfortable bed like he had.

"I wonder if Kaa-san's up?" Naruto said aloud before he smelled something in the air. His stomach grumbled and the blonde gulped as he stood to his feet. He quickly walked to the door and opened it to see Kurenai setting plates while humming a soft morning tone. Naruto smiled at his mother's singing and walked close alerting the Genjutsu Mistress to her adoptive son's presence.

"I see I didn't need to wake you up." Kurenai said and Naruto sheepishly grinned as he sat at the table. Kurenai followed in suit and placed a glass of fresh milk in front of Naruto. The blonde looked at it then back at his mother.

"I thought you might like some western food for a change." Kurenai said placing some toast, eggs, and bacon on the table in front of him.

"Thank you, Kaa-san!" Naruto said as he took a fork and started to eat the delicious breakfast in front of him while Kurenai sipped some coffee. She smiled at her son's behavior and wondered how long it had been before he ever had a home cooked meal.

She only had herself and maybe Anko to go by when it came to cooking, but the look of joy on Naruto's face told her that she had done a good job with the breakfast.

Naruto looked up from his food to see Kurenai smiling at him and the blonde blushed as he took a bite of his toast.

"Kaa-san why aren't you eating anything?" Naruto asked and Kurenai giggled which made Naruto more confused, but he waited for his mother's reply.

"I don't eat this early. I just need my cinnamon coffee for right now." Kurenai said and Naruto wondered what that could've tasted like, but he forgot it after a while and drank his milk which ended his breakfast.

Kurenai watched as her son picked up his dishes and walked towards the sink and started to clean the dishes which really surprised the Ice Queen while she drank her coffee.

"Wow Naru-kun, I didn't expect you to wash the dishes." Kurenai said and Naruto allowed a smile to come across his face. He turned to his mother and gave her a thumbs up.

"I had to wash the little bit of dishes I had back in my old apartment and I want to do what I can to make you happy even if it's this." Naruto said placing one clean dish on the counter making Kurenai smile at her son for not acting like most six year old boys.

"He knows how to be responsible, most normal boys his age would immediately go outside to play. That's my son." Kurenai thought before getting up and placing her coffee cup in the sink and Naruto turned to that next. It was then that Kurenai grabbed Naruto into a small hug which made the blonde pause from washing the dishes.

"Naruto-kun when you're done I want you to get dressed in some of your new clothes. We're going to see Hokage-sama today and tell him about your training. Anko will be coming with us also. After we leave the Hokage mansion we're going to go to the library and start your training with us alright?" Kurenai asked and Naruto nodded understanding his mother's words. So on that note, Kurenai released her son and went into her room to go get dressed. Naruto finished the dishes and went into his room also.

Naruto rummaged through his closet and looked at all the new clothes he had. He still couldn't believe this his mother managed to get all this stuff for free yesterday. It really made him wonder what she did, but he didn't care. He was just happy that she cared that much about him to get him these clothes.

The blonde put on a black short jeans and a red short sleeve shirt which really reminded him of his mother's eyes. He also wore the black sandals that his mother got him and checked over his body. He went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth.

Naruto came out of his room and waited for his mother to arrive as he sat on the couch. He didn't even have to wait long before saw Kurenai appear in a red mesh blouse armor and over that was a white bandaged looking dress that came down to her thighs.

"Looking very good, Naru-kun. Well are you ready to go?" Kurenai asked and Naruto nodded with his mother. She grabbed his hand and walked towards the door, but immediately there was a knock coming which made Kurenai and Naruto raise their eyebrows. The Genjutsu Mistress opened the door and both smiled when they saw who it was.

"Looks like I'm right on time." Anko said making Kurenai and Naruto nod at her.

"Kaa-san and I were about to leave. It's good to see you again big sister." Naruto said which caused Anko to give him a hug.

"It's good to see you too Naruto-kun. So what are we waiting for? Let's go," Anko said and Kurenai nodded in agreement with her best friend.

"Alright then let's hit the streets!" Anko said grinning like mad making Naruto chuckle and Kurenai sigh. She wondered how she was going to handle Naruto's growth with Anko being an influence like she was.

As they walked through the streets, Anko and Kurenai could feel the glares more than usual, but they still didn't mind. Kurenai ignored them as usual since she was sort of used to being glared at, but for a different reason while Anko glared right back at people as she twirled a kunai in her hands. Naruto shrunk under the stare's making his mother and older sister worry about him and see that Anko grinned.

"Hey Naruto, wanna see a good prank?" Anko asked and Naruto instantly gave her the attention she wanted. Kurenai glared at Anko wondering if she was about to do something that would give her a headache so early. Anko walked up to a civilian man who had been glaring at them and smiled.

"Hey sir, good morning to you." Anko said while the man narrowed his eyes at Anko's smirk. Naruto felt a prank coming while the man responded.

"What do you want demon lover?" The man asked and Anko's smile slightly waved while she grew a tick mark on her head. She slowly patted the man on the back and continued to smile.

"Just wanted to say good morning to you is all." Anko said walking off confusing the man as he continued to glare at them. Meanwhile, Anko and the others walked away as she held up three fingers to Naruto.

"3...2...1," Anko counted and immediately the blonde and two chunin heard a yell and turned around to see a snake slithering around the man's neck making him yell his lungs out while the other civilians screamed and ran from him before they got bit which caused Anko and Naruto to burst out laughing and Kurenai to slightly giggle.

"Anko-nee that was awesome, I thought he was going to pass out from the shock." Naruto said making Anko ruffled her little brother's hair.

"Yep, I have a lot more that I could show you. Don't think you're the only prankster in Konoha," Anko said while Kurenai smiled at them.

"Anko, Naruto unless I give permission don't do that again." Kurenai said while Anko sighed at Kurenai's slightly boring sense.

"Alright Kaa-san!" Naruto said not wanting to upset her. Anko nodded also and Kurenai gave a true smile as they walked towards the Hokage Mansion leaving the screaming masses behind


Hokage Mansion

Sarutobi sighed as he went through some of the paperwork that he was doing. It was a gruesome thing that every Kage had to endure, but he still hated it and to think he could be reading his favorite Icha-Icha book.

He remembered how many of the council members came into his office yesterday about Naruto being adopted by Kurenai, but he told them that he had filled out the paperwork and made sure that it was safe simply because he always kept it near him.

He knew that the group of people who actually liked Naruto was really small and he had no idea who would tamper with the documents so he always kept them with him though where no one knew. It was then that he heard a knock at the door and stopped signing documents.

"Come in." He said and was slightly relieved to have a break. The old Hokage was then surprised to see Anko, Kurenai and Naruto come through the door. His heart lightened when he saw Naruto smiling at Kurenai before everyone turned to him.

"Hey old man, how have you been?" Naruto asked making Kurenai raise an eyebrow and Anko to snicker at her little brother.

"Naru-kun, be respectful to Hokage-sama." Kurenai said and Naruto apologized, but Sarutobi stopped Kurenai.

"No Kurenai-san, it's alright. He's always called me that and I hear enough Hokage-sama everyday so it's good to not hear it once in a while. Beside Naruto is like a another grandson to me, so I don't mind it." Sarutobi said and Kurenai nodded while Anko smiled.

"How about Sarutobi-sama?" Anko asked making a suggestion while Kurenai widened her eyes at how easy they were all talking with the Hokage.

"I don't see a problem with that. Now then what can I help you three with?" Sarutobi asked while Anko turned to Kurenai and gestured for her to proceed. Kurenai stepped forward and turned back to Naruto.

"Well umm… Sarutobi-sama Naruto told us that he wants to be a shinobi so Anko and I were considering training him then I would enroll him in the academy when he was old enough." Kurenai stated and Sarutobi turned to Naruto who nodded in agreement with everything she said. The Sandaime took a puff of his smoke before speaking.

"Well I certainly have no problem with him learning anything. Also it's not like you had to come to me for confirmation. Since you are Naruto-kun's 'mother' you can train him at your leisure if you wanted, though knowing this is much better than not knowing. Well is that it?" Sarutobi asked and Kurenai nodded.

"Well that's good, but you really shocked everyone Kurenai. If you saw how many people protested to you adopting Naruto-kun I'm not sure what you would've done." Sarutobi said and Kurenai sighed.

"It doesn't matter Sarutobi-sama, Naruto-kun is my son and I won't let anyone take him." Kurenai said determined and the third Hokage nodded with a gentle smile.

"So let me guess, Anko you wanted a part in this also." Hiruzen said and Anko chuckled.

"Yep, he's my little whisker-faced brother." Anko said making Sarutobi sigh. He then turned to Naruto and watched the blonde laugh with his family.

'At least he's happy.' Sarutobi thought before he heard another knock on the door. The Hokage sighed while Kurenai, Anko and Naruto turned their attention to the door.

"Come in." Sarutobi said and the door opened to which Naruto saw a man in his mid-twenties just like Kurenai. His grey-ish hair and his Konoha headband covering one of his eyes.

"Hokage-sama you wanted to see me?" The man asked with a lazy expression. Kurenai and Anko rolled their eyes at his lazy attitude while Naruto tugged Kurenai's arm.

"Kaa-san, who's that?" Naruto asked pointing to the man and Kurenai narrowed her eyes as the man looked at her son.

"That man is the biggest pervert, Naruto-kun. He is Kakashi Hatake and he reads weird books. It's best if you avoid him." Kurenai said making Naruto glare at the man. Kakashi sighed as he rubbed the back of his head with an eye smile.

"Come on Kurenai don't say that. You'd enjoy it too if you read it." Kakashi said to which Kurenai glared at him coldly making the jonin sweatdrop.

"Okay… I guess not." He said while Kurenai glared at Kakashi. Meanwhile Naruto tugged Anko's trench coat making the purple haired woman kneel down to her brother as Naruto whispered into her ear.

"Does Kaa-san have something against Kakashi?" Naruto asked and Anko smirked as she watched the exchange.

"Not that I know of, but she just acts that way with all perverts. It's not just Kakashi though you know Naruto if you want to be like Kurenai then you should adopt her gaze also. Your blue eyes are the perfect form of coldness just like Kurenai's red ones." Anko whispered making Naruto widen his eyes. He looked up at his mother's glare and mentally told himself that he would try to glare like that someday.

The cough from Sarutobi stopped Kurenai's glare and Kakashi passed Kurenai, Naruto and Anko then bowed before his Hokage.

"Kakashi why did you fail another team?" Sarutobi asked and Kakashi narrowed his eye.

"It's because they weren't fit to be shinobi Hokage-sama." Kakashi said simply and Sarutobi sighed. He took a deep puff of his smoke and turned to look out the window.

"Kakashi that's the third team you failed. You said you wanted to teach the next generation, but you're making it difficult. Try and pass a team this time." Sarutobi told Kakashi and he nodded before walking towards the door, but then he stopped and turned to Kurenai.

"Well Kurenai congratulations on adopting Naruto. I guess despite your title as Konoha's Ice Queen you are quite soft." Kakashi said with a chuckle while Kurenai narrowed her eyes, making the lazy jonin flinch.

"At least Kaa-san isn't a pervert jonin!" Naruto suddenly yelled making Kurenai widen her eyes and Anko snicker. Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the blonde while Naruto glared coldly at him. Kurenai giggled as she looked at her son's glare.

'He's not bad. That glare would make any normal kid flinch.' Kurenai thought before Naruto grabbed her hand.

"Come on Kaa-san, you and Anko-nee said you'd train me so let's go." Naruto said running out the door while holding Kurenai and Anko's hand.

"I think you just made him hate you." Sarutobi said with a smile and Kakashi sighed with a nod. He honestly didn't mean anything by it, but he knew that he shouldn't have said it like that. Kurenai already tolerate him and his pervert tendencies as it was. He probably just made it worse.

"I never thought that she would adopt Naruto of all people." Kakashi said and Sarutobi nodded.

"Yeah it's a shocker, but I'm happy for him." Sarutobi said and Kakashi nod his head while he took out an orange book and walked off leaving Sarutobi to his work.

'Minato-sensei, I do hope you and Kushina-san look after them.' Kakashi thought as he walked away while reading his perverted book.


With Kurenai, Anko and Naruto

Having left the Hokage Mansion, the group left the area and Kurenai grabbed Naruto's hand. She took him in the direction of the library while she turned to Anko.

"Anko prepare our regular training ground for Naruto-kun, we'll be there later." Kurenai said and Anko nodded as she gave Naruto a goodbye and hopped along the rooftops while Kurenai and her son walked into the library.

They were both met with a bit of hostility, but there was nothing the civilians could do so Naruto entered the library for the first time. He looked at the mountains of books in the shelves while Kurenai took him to the shinobi section of the library.

"Alright Naruto, what do you want to learn? We'll get the books on whatever you want learn on. There are some for ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu." Kurenai said and Naruto thought it over. He rubbed his head for a few minutes while Kurenai slowly waited for her son's response to her question.

"Well Kaa-san I'd like to learn everything. I want to be a well balanced shinobi. I heard lots of people calling you the Genjutsu Mistress so I want that to be myn one of my primary arts. I'd like to have taijutsu and ninjutsu just so I don't focus on one thing." Naruto said and Kurenai chuckled, but she remembered Kyuubi's large chakra reserves which gave Naruto nearly Kage level chakra just at the age he was. Genjutsu would be a bit of a struggle for him, but this was her son and the least she could do was believe it was possible and teach him.

"Well Naru-kun, I'm glad you want to be well-rounded and you have two perfect teachers. Anko leans more to taijutsu and ninjutsu while I lean towards genjutsu and tactics. With your Kaa-san and Nee-chan you will be a very well balance shinobi. Now then we will get to work on your chakra control. Do you know what chakra is?" Kurenai asked and Naruto racked his brain.

"Umm… no Kaa-san I'm sorry," Naruto said and Kurenai patted his head.

"No problem Naru-kun. For now I'll tell you and later I'll show it to you. Basically chakra is the energy within our bodies. It's the thing that allows us to perform amazing techniques. In essence, chakra is a shinobi's best friend. Now then let's get you some books. We'll mostly take some on chakra control and some on genin to chunin techniques," Kurenai told her son and Naruto nodded as the Genjutsu Mistress handed Naruto the books and when they were done they carried them out and walked towards a training ground.

"Kaa-san, when did you start genjutsu?" Naruto asked out of nowhere as they walked for a few minutes. Kurenai smiled and looked up at the sky.

"I started in the academy. There weren't many genjutsu users during that time and I had a peculiar knack for it, so I went with it. Mostly I wanted to prove that genjutsu was just as good as taijutsu or ninjutsu," Kurenai said and Naruto nodded.

"That's a cool dream Kaa-san!" Naruto said and Kurenai giggled with a bit of thanks to her son.

While they walked Kurenai raised an eyebrow when she saw two other people walking. She knew the oldest right away while the younger she had a vague memory about. Of course she couldn't really forget them.

They were the last of their clan after all. It was Mikoto and her son Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto looked at Sasuke and the brunette looked at Naruto. They both shared a glance at each other as the two mothers stopped to talk.

"Kurenai-san, it's good to see you." Mikoto said and Kurenai nodded. She had seen Mikoto around multiple times. There was a few other times that Anko, and Yugao would invite herself and Mikoto to a woman's night out.

"It's good to see you too. It was quite a shock when I learned what you did." Mikoto said taking a glance at Naruto which Kurenai did notice. While Naruto looked at the woman curiously.

"Well that's life isn't it? My son is quite responsible for his age." Kurenai said smiling and Mikoto chuckled.

"Sasuke-chan's no slouch either though I wish he wouldn't mop all the time," Mikoto said and Kurenai raised an eyebrow as to what she meant.

Meanwhile Naruto was staring at Sasuke and Sasuke was staring at Naruto. The two young boys glared at each other before the Uchiha spoke.

"What are you lookin' at?" Sasuke asked while Naruto narrowed his eyes.

"Well I'm looking at your mopey face. You need to lighten up." Naruto said making Sasuke gritted his teeth at the blonde.

"Hmph, maybe you should mind your business." Sasuke returned and Naruto's eyebrow twitched. This guy was seriously pissing the blonde off.

"Whatever broody." Sasuke gritted his teeth at the blonde, he noticed the books in Naruto's hands and chuckled.

"So you want to be a shinobi. Please I already know a jutsu maybe you just suck." Sasuke said and Naruto grabbed his collar. He scowled at the Uchiha while the brunette was sort of surprised by the action a little.

"Wanna say that to my face emo?" Naruto asked and Sasuke grabbed Naruto's collar in return. Mikoto and Kurenai watched the exchange and sighed. Boys would always be boys.

"Who you callin' an emo loser?" Sasuke retorted and both gritted their teeth at each other.

"I bet I could be a better ninja than you any day," Naruto told Sasuke and he scoffed.

"I'd like to see you try. When I become the best I'll kick your ass so far around this village that you'll never get up again," Sasuke said and Naruto was about to say something, but both boys got grabbed and pulled away from each other.

"Come now Sasuke, be nice," Mikoto said with a smile while Kurenai smiled at Naruto.

"Naruto you too. Don't fight… yet." Kurenai said and Naruto nodded with a quick apology as the two ladies dragged their sons away from each other.

"Hey loser I intend to win that bet. You better be up to it!" Sasuke yelled across the streets and Naruto gave a hidden grin.

"Just be prepared to lose when I beat you to a pulp, dattebayo!" Naruto yelled and he could've sworn that he saw Sasuke smirk.

Meanwhile Sasuke grabbed his mother's arm and quickly shot off for the Uchiha compound. Mikoto was surprised at her son's strength in his grip as he pulled her along.

"Sasuke, what's gotten into you?" Mikito asked and Sasuke turned to her.

"Come on Kaa-san, we're training. I'm not letting that loser pass me." Sasuke said as he continued to drag his mother back to the compound and Mikoto saw a smile across his face.

'Kushina, I'll have to thank your son some day for that.' Mikoto said in thought as she ran with Sasuke to give him the training he wanted from her.

While that was going on Kurenai and Naruto entered the required training ground as they walked through the trees.

"Kaa-san, train me hard or I'll never beat that jerk." Naruto said and Kurenai giggled with a simple nod.

"That's fine and all Naruto-kun, but don't forget that you must also train for yourself. To improve and exceed your limits as a shinobi." Kurenai told him and Naruto nodded his head.

"I understand Kaa-san." Naruto said and Kurenai nodded. They soon entered a lush field with a pond in the center of it. They saw Anko sitting on a tree branch waiting for them as they came into the field.

"Anko-nee, we're here!" Naruto yelled and the Snake Mistress smiled with a somersault to the ground.

"Alright I was almost tired of waiting. Now then Nai-chan, what shall we do to help him with first?" Anko asked and Kurenai put the library books on the ground.

"Before we start anything I think we should start Naruto-kun on some chakra control exercises. Maybe two hours of that then we'll go into the basics for taijutsu which should be for an hour then another hour for ninjutsu and we'll end the day with him reading about genjutsu." Kurenai told her friend and Anko nodded. She turned to see Naruto staring at them and nodded.

"Alright then Nai-chan. If I remember correctly you have a mission with some other chunin in a an hour or so right? Why don't you go and I'll take care of Naru-kun?" Anko said and Kurenai sighed.

She knew Anko was right. It wasn't a mission that was long, it was just babysitting a prince for about half the day for some country.

"Alright I guess I'll go. It shouldn't be long. Naruto-kun listen to your sister and you'll learn a lot. For now I have to go do a mission alright?" Kurenai asked and Naruto nodded.

"Alright Kaa-san. Be safe." Naruto said and Kurenai responded with a light kiss on his forehead and ruffled his hair before she jumped to the trees and left the two alone.

"Well I'm in your care Anko-nee." Naruto said making the Snake Mistress smile.

"Alright Naru-kun, Kurenai wanted to start on chakra control. We will begin with a simple exercise. Simply balance this leaf on your forehead with nothing but chakra. It will take a while, but I know you'll get it. Just like this." Anko said placing the leaf to her head as she sat in front of Naruto. The blonde watched the leaf stick and it stayed on her forehead for about 3 minutes before it dropped.

"A jonin can keep this up for about three hours flawlessly while chunin can do it for an hour. Now then you try." Anko said and Naruto nodded. He took a leaf and closed his eyes.

During his walk with his mother, Naruto was taught how to direct chakra to the points in his body where he needed them. He had gotten lost on a few things, but he could tell what his mother was talking about. So the blonde wasn't entirely confused on the matter.

Naruto sighed and slowly tried to channel chakra to his forehead as he stuck the leaf on it. The blonde slowly removed his hand as Anko watched him. She was amazed that it didn't fall immediately, but after a minute or so it did while Naruto pouted.

"Man, I had it dattebayo." Naruto pouted and Anko patted his shoulder.

"A small step back Naru-kun. I honestly expected it to fall immediately, but you have some degree of control. I wonder why," Anko said and Naruto scratched his head.

"Well there were those times when I was being chased by a mob and when they would nearly catch me I would almost immediately run so far ahead of them. Does that mean anything Anko-nee?" Naruto asked and Anko narrowed her eyes.

"You must have unconsciously applied chakra to your feet to give you that extra speed. Civilians don't really know how to use chakra so you could outrun them easily. I'm both amazed and angry at that, but not at you so don't read too much into it. Anyway that was a good try. Now Nai-chan said to try for two hours so I'll watch you and correct you on anything I see that needs to be changed," Anko said and Naruto nodded as he closed his eyes and tried the leaf exercise again.


With Kurenai

The chunin woman just got back to her house and opened the door. She quickly got all of her stuff together and got ready to leave. She had to met up with Genma, Guy and unfortunately Kakashi. Out of them all Kakashi and Guy were the only jonin while Genma and Kurenai were the chunin, but Kurenai was possibly the only real chunin since Genma said he was going to do the jonin exams in the next month.

Kurenai would've taken the exams also, but with her new responsibilities to Naruto she knew that if she made jonin then she would be called out a lot more and that would leave the village to chase him at their leisure and she would be damned if that happened.

"Well I guess I can wait till he's about ten or so then I can become a jonin. For now, Naruto-kun is my primary concern." Kurenai said to herself before heading for the door. She opened the door and almost walked out before seeing two council members at her doorstep. They were Koharu and Homura.

"Kurenai-san, glad we caught you. May we have a word?" They asked and Kurenai narrowed her eyes. Her womanly instincts pointed this to Naruto or something that had to do with her adoptive son.

"Well I'm kind of in a hurry so I can't really talk long." Kurenai said and the two council members nodded.

"That's fine. We hope this won't take long either, so we'll get right to the point. We want you to relinquish Naruto Uzumaki from your care,"

"No." Kurenai said just as fast as their request came out. Homura and Koharu narrowed their eyes at her and Kurenai stepped out of her doorstep and closed the door.

"Kurenai-san, you're a smart woman so you should know that you can't raise him. He's not normal." Homura said and Kurenai turned to them.

"I also don't think it's normal for people to maim a six year old boy just because of hatred. Now then if your done." Kurenai said as she walked down the stairs and was about to leave while Koharu sighed.

"That thing must be controlled Kurenai-san if we aren't careful he'll destroy us all. You have to think about the safety of the village." Koharu said and Kurenai sighed.

This was exactly why she wanted to wait for Naruto to grow a little then for her to become a jonin. It was all for the purpose of her to stay close to her son. Kurenai stopped walking and glared coldly at the two council members making them both shiver.

"Never call my son a thing. He is Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki and I'm not abandoning him for anything. I'd rather die." Kurenai said as she shunshined away from view. Koharu and Homura narrowed their eyes and sighed.

"What do we do Koharu?" Homura asked and Koharu sighed.

"I don't know. With two clans backing her up, Kurenai and Naruto are virtually untouchable," Koharu said and the two council members quickly walked off.


Back With Naruto

The blonde sighed and panted while he laid on his back while Anko laughed at him. Naruto had done the leaf exercise down to three minutes which was the optimum requirement for most academy students, so Anko took him to tree climbing and the blonde's clothes were in tears.

"Wow Naru-kun, you must have it rough." Anko said laughing while the blonde glared at her.

"It's not funny Anko-nee, man that hurt." Naruto said rubbing his head and Anko nodded while getting control of herself for a bit.

"Yeah, maybe it's beyond you at the moment. Let's get you started with my taijutsu. It's still a new form, but it's an effective one." Anko said and Naruto nodded. He got to his feet while Anko slipped into her taijutsu form.

"This is all about movement and dancing around the opponent almost to taunt them. It also relies on being flexible so let's go at it." Anko said and Naruto nodded. He ran at Anko and the chunin chuckled as she 'trained' her little brother.

Anko was brutal. She really didn't hold back for Naruto and the blonde was cursing her mentally at the moment. He had been kicked, punched, slapped, back slapped, and kneed in a certain place. He didn't know his sister could be so damn cold.

"Anko-nee you're evil." Naruto said panting and Anko chuckled.

"Exploit all weaknesses little brother. Now then, let's forget about ninjutsu tonight and simply taijutsu the day away." Anko said and Naruto gulped. He hoped he would be alive enough to see his mother again or this wasn't his day at all.

Just like Anko said, they spared the day away and not once did Naruto hit Anko. She was so damn slippery just like a damn snake. His sister called her taijutsu form the snake style and Naruto could now see why she moved like a snake. She based her entire persona off of it.

Anko taught Naruto the beginning katas to her form and at the end of the day when the sun was going down they stopped with a little jutsu lesson. Needless to say, Naruto's clothes could almost be considered rags and he was completely beat down, but the blonde smiled and hugged Anko.

"Thanks for the… ouch training, big sister. It really… ouch… feels good," Naruto said as it completely hurt to move his body. He had learned a lot from Anko, but at the end of the day his body was aching like hell.

"You're welcome little brother now then come on and get on my back." Anko said and Naruto raised an eyebrow to which Anko smirked.

"I know you can't move so I'll piggyback to Nai-chan's house." Anko said and Naruto slowly got on his surrogate older sister's back. Anko grinned as she trudged back to Kurenai's apartment.

"Anko-nee?" Naruto said and the Snake Mistress turned to him.

"What's up, Naru-kun?" Anko asked as Naruto leaned on her back. He sighed and yawned.

"Sorry if it's personal, but where did you get this marl?" Naruto asked making Anko flinch as she felt Naruto touch her neck. She slowly calmed down and stopped walking.

"It's a story I'll tell you one day, but for now let's just say it's a tattoo." Anko said and Naruto nodded not wanting to interfere in his surrogate sister's privacy anymore than he already did.

"Alright Anko-nee, just curious." Naruto said as he closed his eyes went to sleep on Anko's back making the woman chuckle at how cute he could be.


With Kurenai

Kurenai was walking down the road on her way back from the mission she came from. She was tired and she missed her son. Kurenai chuckled when she thought of her blonde ball of energy that was her son. As she was walking she saw a man in front her wearing a black trench coat and had a black hood on him. Everything and everyone stopped when she saw the man. Kurenai widen her eyes and believed she was in a genjutsu, and tried to release herself from it, but nothing happened.

"Take care of my nephew." The man in black whispered to Kurenai as he disappeared and everything went back to normal. People began to move and saw a in shock ice queen. 'Take care of his nephew. Could he mean Naru-kun? Better question is, who was that man?' Kurenai thought as she quickly made her way back to house. Her thoughts still on Naruto and this man in black.

Kurenai made it back to her find that Naruto wasn't here, and she began to worry. The man in black message worried her greatly. Her worry would be put to ease as Anko came holding a tired and dirty Naruto on her back. Kurenai released a breath when she saw that her son was safe. 'So, that was a mother worry.' Kurenai thought as she Anko carry Naruto to his bed.

"Anko you didn't have to go that far." Kurenai said as she saw the way Naruto was and the snake mistress scratched behind her head.

"Sorry about that Nai-chan, but he's really persistent. He's gonna really be something in the future," Anko said and Kurenai nodded in agreement.

"I guess now would be a good time for me to go to a new rank." Anko said and Kurenai raised an eyebrow.

"I'm gonna help you take care of him. He's my family too Nai-chan" Anko said and Kurenai sighed.

"Anko, did anything strange happen while you were training Naru-kun?" Kurnai asked and Anko could tell there something wrong with her surrogate sister.

"No, everything was pretty normal. Why?" Anko asked and Kurnai responded. "There was some man that came to me on my way back here. He called Naruto his nephew." When Kurnai said the word nephew Anko widen her eyes.

"What!" Anko whispered as she didn't want to wake up Naruto. "I know. I going to see the Hokage when I get the chance and ask him about this." Kurnai told Anko of her plan and the purple haired woman nodded her head. After their discussion Kurenai shook Naruto awake and the blonde yawned.

"Kaa-san, you're back!" Naruto yelled, as he hugged her and Kurenai nodded.

"The mission wasn't as long as I thought. Let's get you to bed Naruto-kun, you look exhausted. We'll do your genjutsu training tomorrow." Kurenai told him and the blonde nodded.

He quickly got up and walked to his room. The blonde took of his clothes and took a quick shower then went to bed just as easy while Kurenai and Anko sat at the table in the kitchen.

"Nai-chan I think I should give him the contract." Anko said and Kurenai narrowed her eyes.

"Anko, I don't think he's ready for that. Maybe after a few years of training, but not right now." Kurenai said as she sipped some water. Anko sighed and tapped the table with her finger.

"I'm not saying it has to be now. I'm just saying that I would want to." Anko returned and Kurenai sighed while holding her glass.

"I suppose so, but lets Naruto decide." Kurenai said and Anko nodded with a grin.

"I never would've thought that you would become a mother even an adopted one." the Snake Mistress said and Kurenai snorted.

"I know that's right, but it's fulfilling." Kurenai stated and Anko nodded while laying her head on the table before looking at Naruto's door. She walked over to the door and slowly opened it to see Naruto sleeping soundly and closed the door.

"Well our lives just got that much more exciting. So when are we going to tell Yugao about this? She'll have a fit." Anko said and Kurenai knew that. Despite being the most composed one of the group, Yugao did tend to overreact to somethings, but that's what made her fun.

"I don't know, but that's a situation for another time." Kurenai said and Anko nodded in agreement with her. She could wait for now.

"Well I guess I can go home now." Anko said and Kurenai waved goodbye.

"Anko thanks for being Naruto's sister." Kurenai said making the Snake Mistress chuckle as she opened the door.

"As I told you Nai-chan, I've always wanted a brother with whisker marks," Anko said as she left while Kurenai sighed. She began to wonder if this was something to worry about, the man in black was one thing, and now Anko influence on her son.

Kurenai decided to let it go as she got up from her seat and walked towards her bedroom to go to sleep. She stopped to take a peek into Naruto's room and smile when she saw her son sleeping peacefully.

"Naruto Yuhi, I think that has a nice ring to it." Kurenai said with a nod as she closed the door and went to sleep. She couldn't wait to get Naruto's training done so she could be certain that he could protect himself.

Unknown to the genjutsu mistress and the rest of Leaf Village there was someone watching the family from the outside. It was the same man in black that Kurnai met earlier. "Hmmm… I guess I'll leave for now. There nothing else for me to do, and the boy will be fine from here on out. The next time we meet Naruto I hope you are strong." The mysterious man said as he shunshin away.


Naruto Mind

Naruto was dreaming or he thought he was as he walking in what to be a sewer filled with water. The young blonde didn't know what was happen as he kept walking and came face to face with a cage.

"What the?" Naruto said as he looked into the cage and saw something. Naruto widen his eyes when he saw a giant fox behind the cage.

"So, my tenant comes to visit me. I didn't think we meet this early kid." The nine tails spoke to the still in shock Naruto. Naruto through all his shock was able to find his voice and began to speak to the tailed beast.

"Who… what are you?" Naruto asked and the beast responded. "I am one of one mighty tailed beast. I am the Nine tailed Fox or you can call me Kyuubi. " Naruto widen his eyes when he heard the beast name. Naruto remembers hearing people calling him a demon fox. Could this be the reason why?

"So, that why they chased me." Naruto said lowly, but Kyuubi heard him. "Yes, I was sealed in you when you were just a baby. The Fourth Hokage wanted everyone see you as a hero, but some humans are too stubborn. They let their hatred and lust for revenge cloud their judgement. Which resulted in you having the childhood that you did." Kyuubi explained to Naruto and they boy nodded.

"Why were sealed in me?" Naruto asked and beast looked at him curiously before telling him. "I was sealed because someone took control of me and made me attack the village. I didn't want to, but I had no control over my actions." Kyuubi told Naruto and this time Naruto felt sorry for the beast.

"I'm sorry that happened." Naruto said in a child like tone, making the Kyuubi widen his eyes. "Why are you apologizing? I made your life a living hell, hell I'm the reason for it being the way it was." Kyuubi told the boy and Naruto continued to look up at him.

"But because of you I also got to meet my mother and my sister. So, I guess everything wasn't all bad." Naruto said and Kyuubi looked at him before laughing. "You're certainly a strange one, Naruto." Kyuubi laughed and Naruto smiled.

"What's so good about being normal?" Naruto asked making the tailed beast laugh even louder. "Nothing at all kid, nothing at all. Hmm… it seems our time is up for now." Kyuubi told him and Naruto saw that things were starting to darken.

"Will I see you again?" Naruto asked wanted to meet the tailed beast again and Kyuubi answered. "Whether we meet again is up to you. You brought yourself here, you can bring yourself back." Kyuubi told him and Naruto smiled.

"Good, I would like to see my new friend again." The fox widen his eyes at being called someone friend. "What makes you think that we could be friends." Kyuubi said and Naruto gave him a Naruto answer.

"Why not, everyone needs a friend." Naruto said and Kyuubi turned his head away. "Whatever kid." Kyuubi said as Naruto vanished from the mindscape with a smile on his face. 'What a strange one indeed.' Were the last thoughts of Kyuubi as he drifted into sleep himself.


One Year Later

"Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki, it's time to get up and go to the academy!" Kurenai yelled and heard a crash from her son's room. She sighed as Naruto came out of the room and chuckled.

"Sorry about that Kaa-san, I'm still a heavy sleeper." Naruto said and Kurenai rolled her eyes. Kurani went to give her son a kiss on his forehead and Naruto hugged his mother.

"What am I going to do with you?" Kurenai asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders. He quickly at his breakfast and put on his clothes. Much has changed in the one year that Naruto had been with Kurenai. Naruto had gotten taller over the year. His blonde hair was more wild looking and his body just a bit more developed thanks to Kurenai and Anko's training.

He had also learned a lot much more than the average genin did. Thanks to his sister, Naruto developed completely in the Hebi-style taijutsu. His moves were more fluid and he could spar with Anko a lot longer than he could a year ago. The blonde also gained a few jutsus underneath his belt and while they weren't his nature he still learned them for the sake of being well-balanced.

Much to Kurenai's happiness and relief Naruto, with time and chakra control, was able to use genjutsu. She could only be happy that the whole year wouldn't have to be repeated anymore. That was one of the hardest times she had tried to teach someone genjutsu and the chakra control Naruto needed was quite large for his age, but as expected of her son he did it all without fail. Kurenai also instilled in Naruto her dislike for perverts and the blonde had the same cold gaze that his mother had.

Aside from Sarutobi, Kakashi, Anko, and a few other people no one knew that Naruto was adopted by Kurenai. She didn't feel the need to keep it a secret, but she thought that it might be best for Naruto if she didn't come completely out with it not that Naruto minded at all.

Kurenai also told Sarutobi of the man she saw and that he called Naruto his nephew. Sarutobi told the mother that he would look into it and have anbu shadow Naruto for his protection. The man in black never did return to Kurenai.

The elderly hokage kept the name of Naruto birth parents from the woman, for protective reasons. As much as it pained him to keep from Naruto, the man promised his mother and father that he wouldn't tell him till he was old enough or strong enough. Neither Kurenai nor Naruto are ready to take on high level shinobi.

To everyone else Kurenai was still the cold, untouchable woman that she always was, but in front of Naruto she was the nicest woman around. Kurenai was still a chunin and wanted to stay that way for about another year or so, just to be sure for Naruto's safety. Anko had been promoted to special jonin and started to work in the Interrogation Department with Ibiki or who Naruto called 'Uncle Ibiki'.

Naruto only had a small group of friends, but they were still good friend nonetheless. Sasuke was more of a rival/ friend, Mikoto the woman that Naruto would often call 'Aunty Mikito' appreciated Naruto for being around her son and also was glad that he was helping him move on from that night.

He also made friends with the Nara heir, Shikamaru Nara, the Inuzuka heir, Kiba Inuzuka. He was sort of acquaintances with the Aburame heir, Shino and the Akimichi heir, Chouji.

He tried to be friends with the Hyuuga heir, but she always ended up fainting so Naruto sort of stopped going at her. Kurenai laughed when her son told her of how the young heir was acting.

Naruto also made friends with another girl named Sakura. Naruto along with Sasuke saved the young girl from a group of bullies that were making fun of forehead. Ever since that day Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke have been good friends, and Sakura has saw the two boys as her big brothers.

Naruto also kept meeting his new friend, the Kyuubi. Naruto didn't tell anyone that he could talk to the beast yet. Kyuubi advised him not tell just yet, saying that it would only bring trouble. Naruto nodded his head and followed his advice. Kyuubi would never admit but he enjoyed talking to the young child. Being the cage all alone was fine once in while, but he would rather have some company.

"Alright Kaa-san, I'm leaving." Naruto said and Kurenai nodded. She gave him his lunch, kiss goodbye, and the blonde left.

"Have a good day Naruto-kun." Kurenai said as she looked out the window and saw Naruto running for the school.

"I guess I can take the jonin exam soon, I heard Mikoto would be a jonin sensei. I wonder if I should be one also." Kurenai thought as she sipped her coffee. Soon there was a knock on her door and the Genjutsu Mistress opened it.

"Hey Nai-chan." Anko said coming in and Kurenai waved.

"Is Naru-kun gone?" Anko asked and Kurenai sighed with a nod.

"Well he'll be fine, though Nai-chan watch the Academy. Who knows what they'll try with Naru-kun." Anko warned and Kurenai took that warning to notice.

"I know that's why I told one of the chunin who knows Naruto. He's Iruka Umino. He'll watch Naruto-kun for me and report to me if anything happens that looks weird." Kurenai said and Anko nodded.

"Then send them to me and I'll make them straighten up." Anko said while Kurenai chuckled.

"Your definition of straightening up is very twisted Anko." Kurenai retorted and Anko scoffed.

"How mean Nai-chan." Anko fake pouted and Kurenai giggled before she went to get dressed also. She had a long day of missions to do with Anko and now was the perfect time to get them done. She also couldn't wait to give Naruto something very special.

"So Anko, do you think he'll like it?" Kurenai asked and Anko nodded.

"I know he will Nai-chan. With it he'll be quite the ninja. I can't wait to see people's reactions," Anko said and Kurenai nodded in agreement with her. Her son would really be quite the shinobi, she could attest to that after all.

To be continued