October 13th

33rd year of the Sandaime Hokage


Fallowing an ecstatic Sasuke down one of the many dirt roads that lined the Uchiha Clan Compound, he felt an odd sensation over take him- Nervousness. Yes, Naruto Uzumaki was nervous... Weird huh? As he walked on Naruto felt this sense of anxiety bubble up inside his gut, though it was a good feeling to him- he was going to make some more friends!

Holding his hands behind his head in a nervous manner he followed after the Uchiha heir. Their air of anxiety wafting up as the two got closer to the house of Sasuke's cousin Ichirou.

Ichirou Uchiha, Sasuke's cousin, was a kid of about three years of age, he had short scruffy looking black hair, the same flint colored eyes, but he was rather short for his age, standing roughly two foot and some change. Said bundle of energy suddenly came flying out of his house not ten feet from the traveling duo- somehow flying through the air the whole way, and slammed himself into Naruto's chest. The little boy missed his intended target by a good three feet... And seeing as he was now sitting on top of a very dazed five year old with blond hair and blue eyes, he noticed this as well.

Sasuke on the other hand was mortified that his little cousin had gone and just glomped his new friend like that... Where as a few seconds later several more bodies came flying out the front door and onto the very same blond, burying him under a troop of maybe ten Uchiha children (devils).

Screaming at how his new friend was pry now choking to death under the combined weight of his cousins, Sasuke ran over and began to pull his family off the blond- all of whom ranged in ages one to four.

"Come on guys! You're gonna kill him!" Sasuke yelled, ushering the brats off and to the side to give the boy some breathing room. Suddenly the remaining Uchiha brats were moved like water as a laughing Naruto rose out of them like a Zombie from a grave- cackling all the way.

"That was awesome! Dattabayo- Believe it!" Naruto yelled as he shot his tiny fists up into the air, making the little Uchiha's beam at his enthusiasm. Sasuke on the other hand sweat-dropped and looked to the skies for guidance- getting none he sighed and looked at Naruto.

"Everyone, this is Naruto-kun, Naruto-kun, this is most of them... The rest are inside..." Sasuke grimaced at thinking of what his baby cousins were going to do once they saw a new boy playing with all of them... Most likely swarm him and demand that he 'play' with them... Little heathen demons...

"Hi everybody!" Naruto shouted with his usual enthusiasm as he looked over the gaggle of kids sitting before him.

"Hi Ruto-san! I'm Ichirou! The boy that had body slammed the blond exclaimed, he then began pointing around the informal circle around him naming many of the kids present. "That is Jirou-kun, he's my brother, and that's Nami-chan, she's the Shinigami incarnate!" He paused as he shivered from her childish glare, though he quickly continued, "And this is Shin-chan and Mai-chan, they're twins! And then there is Maki-chan and Mito-chan, they're also twins!" Ichirou continued on and on, naming each of the kids all in one breath. The young boy beamed up at the new boy his aniki had brought over to play with, he was funny looking and hadn't screamed yet!

"WOW! Sasuke-kun! You got a big family... That's awesome!" The blond beamed at the eldest Uchiha present, making the boy blush in embarrassment. "Ichirou-san, thanks for introducing me, and before you ask- I would love to play with you guys!" Naruto beamed at the younger child, making the Uchiha spawn shine with unbridled glee as he looked up at the over active blond.

"Thank you Ruto-kun! And just call me Ichirou-chan! I can tell we'll be great friends!" The boy gleamed as he stuck out a hand and took Naruto's, shaking it with all his worth.

At the show of acceptance all the kids cheered and quickly swarmed the Uzumaki Heir and dog-piled him into the ground. All of them laughing as the older blond quickly made it a workout for them to keep their spot on top of the pile of bodies.

Seeing their fun, Sasuke quickly joined in, landing on top of Naruto when he was getting ready to try and climb to the top... Making both boys slide down to the ground. As the two blinked at each other in confusion, having somehow come face to face in their tumble down hill, they laughed and jumped back to their feet before trying again to worm their way to the top. Ichirou and Jirou then poped out on either side of the duo and latch onto their legs, halting their assent atop the other Uchiha children as Mai, who was a two year old wearing a pair of tan shorts and a thick white T-shirt, rose above them all and claimed the hill as her own- her baby like voice echoing across the grounds.

"I am Queen Mai! Bow toos me!" She said in her adorable commanding voice. Sasuke and Naruto looked to each other and shrugged, smirking as they quickly got out of the younger Uchiha's hold and kneeling at the foot of the mound of bodies.

"Hai, Mai-sama!" They shouted in unison, surprising not only themselves but the Uchiha siblings as well. They turned their heads to each other and shot the other a large grin at how well that sounded- even if it freaked them out just a smidgin.

Soon the kids broke up and they helped Mai get off the mound of bodies, calling her Mai-sama or Mai-dono all the while. Getting an idea, Naruto turned to Sasuke and told him about making a makeshift throne for their new 'Lord'. Several minutes later, after they had gone inside and grabbed a chair, they were setting up a large throne like area in the front yard of Ichirou's home; Naruto had somehow gotten banners and a few things of paint, with that they painted the banners red and white- Uchiha colors. They then hung them up in a row using string going from Ichirous house to the one next to it so it looked like they were on poles.

Sitting on her 'throne' Mai, the first Uchikage, proclaimed that her guards would be one Naruto Uzumaki and one Sasuke Uchiha. The two boys were giddy at the fact that they had somehow turned a game of 'king of the hill' into 'Ninja'. The two boys were almost the only ones, beside Ichirou and Jirou, to stick with their new ruler. Maki, Shin, Mito, Nami, and the other kids ran off to appoint Shin their Nidaime Uchikage... Turning the Uchiha compound into a proverbial battle zone as the two forces of kids played tag and threw clods of mud at each other to simulate Jutsu.

Everything was going just fine until another group of Uchiha kids came rushing out of nowhere and began to decimate the Shodai and Nidaim's forces... Clods of sopping wet mud and inexplicably fast runners flooded the compound as the Nidaime and Shodaim Uchikages declared an alliance and war on the 'Missing Nin of the Uchi'. This turned Ichirou's house into the Shodai and Nidaime's base of operations as the 'Missing Nin' suddenly turned into the 'Liberators of Uchi' when one Uchiha by the name of Kaze declared himself the rightful heir to the Uchikage position.

Needless to say, this didn't fly with the Shodai and Nidaime Uchikages... Hence why we now find Sasuke, Naruto, and Shin Skulking about the compound looking for the enemies Kage. Since during the beginning of the game the majority of the kids had agreed that when the Kage of their team is tagged, then that team has to reform. That being done by one person tagging any and all who he want on his team. If the team disbands after the Kage 'dies' then they can all be lone wolfs and tag whom ever. Once all the Kages were tagged the game would end, last team with a Kage standing wins.


"Naruto-kun, do you see anything?" Ichirou asked as he and Sasuke watched the blondes back, making sure their scout master wasn't tagged while looking for their target.

"Nada Ichirou-kun... Nothing on the scopes... Lets move to the next corner and we can look there," Naruto asked as he crouched back into the bush they had taken refuge in. Naruto had a small container on his hip, roughly the size of a thermos for soup. It was strapped to him with some cord he had found lying around the back alleys of the compound as they played. He had stuffed the thermos with lukewarm mud, enough for a good little firefight if the team of three was ever in a pinch.

Sasuke and Ichirou also had similar instruments strapped to them, though on a slightly smaller size. They didn't have the stamina that Naruto had to carry such a heavy piece of metal around with so much mud stuffed in it.

"Sounds like a plan Naruto-kun, Ichirou-chan?" Sasuke turned to his cousin, his mind thinkning of the different ways they could go about finding their target.

"For now that's about all we got Sasu-kun... I guess we just need to make sure we arent seen for now, right guys?" Ichirou asked his two friends, both of whom were smiling at him. Smiling back they quickly, and fairly silently, for kids, made their way across the intersection and to the next house without being seen by the rival group of Uchikage rebels.

As the three boys came to a sliding stop at the next house, all they could think was 'Oh crud...'. The reason being that right in front of them was none other than Fugaku Uchiha... and he did not look all to pleased with the boys in front of him.

"Sasuke-kun...What is this... Game that you and these boys are playing? I thought I told you to go and train after you got back..." Fugaku said with an even tone, freaking the boys out even more as Ichirou and Sasuke began to sweat under the mans intensive stare.

"Um... Mr. Uchiha-san... But he kind of.. Is? Training... we're playing ninja, and none of the other kids have been able to stop us..." Naruto said as he nervously scratched the back of his head, trying to come to his new best friends defense, not wanting him to get in trouble.

"Naruto what...?" Ichirou asked when Sasuke suddenly placed a hand over his mouth, silencing the boy before he said something that not even his mother could fix.

"He's right Tou-san, not even Kaze has been able to spot us, in fact we're looking for him our selves, Mai and Shin want this game over with anyway. But seeing as we agreed that it can only end with the other Uchikage-" Sasuke was cut off when his father gave them a look of 'Say what now?'.

"Uchikage? What exactly have you children been doing out here for the last five hours anyway... Mata and her husband have been sending me messages about a ruckus the size of Kyuubi going on out here... So would you three explain what it is you are doing?" It wasn't a suggestion, it was an order- as Fugaku gathered a chair from nearby he sat down and gave the three boys a look that said 'tell me now or bad things happen...' So they spilled the beans.

"Well, it all started of with a game of King of the kill..." Sasuke started as Ichirou and Naruto sat down next to him, all three getting comfortable for the long story they were going to haft to tell the Uchiha Clan Head.


An hour and a half later- and one 'executed' Kaze Uchiha- they had explained their whole game; going from how the rules had been agreed to, to how the kids had come up with how to replicate Jutsu and other ninja arts with Mud and tag... Granted it was fast paced tag, but it was still tag. They told Fugaku how Mai had been the first leader in their game of Ninja, calling herself queen and then later the Shodai Uchikage... Which made Fukagu chuckle at the mental picture of a little two year old wearing the Hokage uniform. They then told him about how Shin and the rest of their group had rebelled and named himself the Nidaime Uchikage... And how later he and his group teamed up with Mai when Kaze and his 'Missing Nin of Uchi' came in and began wiping the floor with the kids. They recalled how Kaze had claimed that he was the rightful heir to the Uchikage line and began to challenge the rest of the Uchiha Kage's for the title of Shodai. During their last bit of storytelling they saw Kaze and several other Uchiha kinsmen walking down the road just a few streets over. Telling Fugaku to wait and watch, they quickly took off and skipped to he next street over and hid in a bush.

Kaze then turned the corner and quickly came into view of Fugaku, who only kept a watchful eye on the older Uchiha. Suddenly, from the right side of the small formation of 'Rebel' Uchiha Kaze followers, a wave of mud and water came flying out at them, drenching half their number. Naruto then flew out of the bush and into the crowd of Uchiha, ducking under a few swings as he tagged a few of them in the chest- the ones he had got with the mud already running off to get cleaned up and back in the game. Sasuke and Ichirou rushed out of another bush opposite Naruto's and rushed into the fray as well, chaos and mayhem running rampant in the enemy force as the three of them tore them apart, figuratively speaking that is. Sasuke then got in behind Kaze and dumped his whole container of mud on top of kaze's head, telling everyone there that it was game over. Naruto then ran off to tell Mai and Shin that they would have to decide who got the short straw- though when he got there he saw that Jirou had already taken care of Shin and had placed most of everyone under Mai's command.

Running back he saw the smirking visage of Fugaku and the slightly blushing faces of Ichirou and Sasuke as the clan head had his hands on their shoulders. Seeing Naruto coming back he shot the boy a smirk as well, lifting his hand form Ichirou's shoulder to motion him over. Seeing this, the boy ran over, smiling all the way.

"Boys, I must say, that was rather impressive, for a couple boys no older than three, five, and six... I am... Proud of you Sasuke, Ichirou, that was a rather cunning strategy," Fugaku said, but was cut off when both Sasuke and Ichirou looked to the other and then laughed childishly. They then smiled up at Fugaku, each wrapping an arm around Naruto.

"Tou-san, that wasn't our idea, it was Naruto-kuns! He came up with the idea, he had made sure to bring enough mud to deal with most of the people on Kaza's team... he just thought that a two sided attack would help make it easier to get to our target!" Sasuke said with a grand smile on his face as he praised the boy next to him, Ichirou smiling all the same as he looked up at Naruto with admiration in his eyes.

"Is that so Uzumaki-san?" Fugaku asked, slightly amazed that a boy outside of the clan could get a drop on them, even if they were just children, but children almost twice their age.

"that's right Uchiha-san... But it wouldn't have happened without my best friends here!" Naruto picked the two boys up in a massive bear hug and swung them about slightly before they all fell backward and landed on Naruto. Much to Fugaku's amusment, Naruto started laughing along with his son and nephew, the stress of what he was planning suddenly vanishing after watching the three boys and their antics.

"Well boys, its getting late," Fugaku said as he looked at the afternoon sky, "I know you mother wants you to be back for dinner Ichirou-chan. Uzumaki-san, do you have dinner waiting for you?" Fugaku asked, not really thinking as he picked the tired boys up off the ground, Ichirou taking a rid on Fugaku's back while Naruto and Sasuke took up his arms. Naruto fit snugly in his left arm while Sasuke's larger frame required him to be held on the mans hip.

"Um, I go over to Ten-chan's every so often for dinner... But not as often as I'd like... And I'm not at the orphanage anymore... So I guess not Uchiha-san..." Naruto said quietly, his body finally noticing how tired it truly was. He then fell asleep in the clan heads arm(s), though what he had said before passing out shocked all three of the Uchiha clan members... Sasuke and Ichirou were shocked that their new best friend was an orphan- yes they knew what that meant, more so Sasuke than Ichirou though. Fugaku on the other hand was floored, this child- a sweet child none the less, was forced out of the orphanage?! His anger was almost palatable as he looked ahead with his stoney gaze, his eyes flashing their Sharingan red as he thought about what the child had said.

'He doesn't even have any food?! What the hell Hiruzen!? Did your old age finally rust your mind into nothingness or have you just gone crazy with all the things the council has poured on you lately.' The clan head shouted in his mind as he first took Ichirou home, handing him over to his slightly irate mother, the same mother that quickly cooled her heels as she saw that it was Fugaku carrying the boy and that he was also carrying his own son and another boy she had never seen before.


Not half an hour later, and some coaxing from a very surprised Mikoto, Naruto, Sasuke, Fugaku, and Mikoto found themselves having a rather pleasant dinner with their blonde guest. Naruto, not wanting to seem too excited, tried to control himself- having one hyperactive child at the dinner is one thing... Having a blonde hyperactive ADHD child at the table was another. But thanks to Mikoto and the others asking him questions about himself periodically, they kept him from bouncing off the walls... And the food.

"So, Naruto-kun, where do you live?" Mikoto asked, she then gestured to her son Sasuke, "Sasuke-chan and I met you at Ichiraku's, so do you live near there?"

"Oh! No, I just love going by their ever since Ten-chan and her Kasan Momo-san saved me!" He smiled up at Mikoto, almost making her spit out her food upon hearing that last part. Fugaku and Sasuke were also a little stunned about that part.

"What do you mean Naruto-kun?"

"Well, It was about a year a go, on my birthday... I was being chased by these people, I don't know why I swear! ...But they found me when I hid in one of the alley ways near 'Jirou's Delight'... They beat me and stuff... I don't remember much, but Then ext thing I remember was Jiji walking into my room at the hospital and telling me that Momo-san had saved my life..." Naruto finished the short version of what happened with a slight smile, the joy in his eyes could not be mistaken when he said the names of his saviors.

Hearing all this, all the members of the Uchiha, even Fugaku, that were present at the table were unable to finish eating their dinner at that point. Who, in their right mind, would try to kill such a sweet little boy... Mikoto and Fugaku knew right then that this boy WAS the container of the Kyuubi no Kitsune... Sasuke on the other hand, was mortified that his new friend was almost killed- his thoughts were along the lines of him not being able to find such a good friend as him if not for the family that cared for him.

"Uzumaki-san... Where do you live again?" Fugaku asked, his suspicions rising as he took a small drink of his evening sake. Mikoto had then excused herself from the table and went to gather a glass for herself; not wanting to let her husband be alone in his drink, also so she could try to stomach anything else the boy told them.

"Umm, I really don't live anywhere Uchiha-san... I mostly stick to the... What'd they call it?" Naruto said as he scratched his head, until he suddenly sat up straight, having remembered what they people called it. All that, right as Mikoto walked back into the room as he blurted out where he lived. "OH! I live over by the 'Red-light district'... They at least don't treat me as bad as most the other people I run into- But not you guys you're all great!" Naruto yelled as he waved his arms back and forth, trying to make sure they didn't think he was talking about them being bad people.

"..." Mikoto and Fugaku were then gobsmacked, and for once in his life Fugaku actually let his emotions run free as he tried to comprehend a child living in such a decrepit and seedy side of Konoha.

"Why in the world would you live over there Naruto-kun?!" Sasuke asked with a horror stricken expression on his face- one that made Naruto want to laugh at how hilarious the Uchiha heir looked right then.

"Well, They don't throw things at me as often as the others do, and I can usually get a place to stay the night from Naomi-chan... Though she can't give me one every night, something about work and needing to make a living. Though it doesn't bother me," Naruto said with a happy grin, not really caring about not having a place to sleep some nights. This little revelation made both the Uchiha adults pale slightly at how that might affect him later on in life... But the fact that he could smile about it all really worried them.

"Uzumaki-san... After having answered our questions, and then some... I, Uchiha Fugaku, would like to know if you would like to stay in one of the empty houses here on the Uchiha compound... If you say ye-"

"OF COURSE!" Naruto shouted, his eyes beaming up at the Uchiha clan head as he flashed them his megawatt smile. The clan head could almost barely hold back a tear as the child showed such positives for just being offered a place to stay.

"Now Naruto-san, if you really do want to stay here, you will have to do some chores around the compound- we don't take lightly to freeloaders," Fugaku sternly admitted, making the boy straighten up in his seat, showing a serious side to the boy that none of them thought could exist in a boy so young- not even Itachi showed that level of calmness at that age...

"I understand Uchiha-san... I wouldn't let myself live here without paying you back either... You all are my precious people... And I don't treat my precious people badly!" Naruto finished the last part with his usual enthusiasm, making the two elder Uchiha smirk at the young boy with admiration. Sasuke looked at his friend as well, his eyes filled with awe and admiration for the blonde as he showed such determination in the eyes of living in the home.

"Very well then, it's settled- tonight, you and Sasuke will be sharing a room, and then tomorrow we shall all go and look for a suitable house here on the compound for you to live in..." As Naruto and Sasuke shouted for joy, and Fugaku turned away to get the room ready for his son and his new friend- he turned back and shot the boy a look that could only be seen as determination. "Naruto, remember this," Naruto and Sasuke looked up at Fugaku quickly, not wanting to miss anything. "The clan protects those that protect it... And family looks after family... Always remember that- seeing as you are now apart of this family, and the clan... I'll get you room ready Sasuke-koi, Naruto-koi," Fugaku internally smiled as the boy he addressed almost cried- suddenly clinging to his son and doing just that Mikoto and Fugaku had to suppress a chuckle at the child's antics.