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On top of the Hokage building, sat Naruto with an old man working a camera. "Okay, what about this one…" Naruto said, as he sucked his cheeks in a bit, pursed his lips and raised an eyebrow, while adjusting his lips. "…I call this one my Blue Steel." He said, as he struck a pose.

"Whatever it's your photo." The old man rambled. "Just don't regret it." He added, as he took the photo.

An hour later, Naruto was sitting in a large office, waiting. 'I wonder how Mizuki's doing.' He thought to himself with a smirk.

After he got control of the Chuunin, he learned what the guy was planning. He honestly thought it was pretty stupid, but then again, he didn't like Ninjutsu.

What he did thought, was 'program' Mizuki to 'want' to 'collect Genjutsu scrolls' for himself. They weren't scrolls in which he would learn Genjutsu techniques. That was stupid. If a technique was as mainstream as to be free for everyone's use. Everyone would know its weakness and the signs of said technique.

No Naruto just wanted higher-degree books and information in Genjutsu. He understood the basic stuff the books the academy had. But he wanted more advance knowledge of it. He wanted to create his own techniques, techniques special to him, that only he could utilize at the highest efficiency.

Naruto glanced around and sighed. The Hokage had 'summoned' for him and he's been waiting for almost half an hour. "What the hell is taking this guy so damned long?!" He said irritated.

The door opened, before three people walked in. Naruto didn't seem too concerned with them, as he was leaning back in his chair, looking out a window.

"Usually when you 'call' for someone, the polite response is to usually be there." Naruto said with a smirk, as he looked out of the three people who entered the room. He recognized two of the three, one was Boruto, the boy he saw a few days ago, the second was a man with bright blonde spiky hair, or the Hokage Minato Namikaze and the third one was a middle-aged woman with red hair.

Naruto merely glanced at them, before his eyes landed on the wall, to the left of the three and made an amazed/confused face. And like he predicted, Minato, Boruto and Kushina looked at the area he was looking at.

When they were looking for what he saw, Naruto took that time to study the three people. He mentally took down their facial details, their hair colors, their outfit, their relaxed posture and the similarities and differences they had with each other.

The reason he had them look away, was so they wouldn't know he was studying them. 'People tend to put on a face when they learn they're being studied. They try to act their best or try not to act at all.' Naruto mused.

After a few seconds, the three looked back at Naruto, to see he was smiling playfully. "What was it you needed me for, Hokage?" He asked.

"There's no need to be so formal, just call me Minato. And you don't have to just sit in that chair, you can move around." Minato said kindly.

Naruto almost instantly stood up, before he began to leisurely walk around the office. "I must admit it is an 'honor' to be requested by someone of your prestige." He said uncaringly, not even looking at the three.

"It's alright. I'm a normal person, same as anyone else." Minato said, as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Sure you are." Naruto replied, before he looked at a younger picture of Kushina. "Oh my, you take pictures incredibly well. I'd saw you were at least eighteen in this photo." He commented, as he glanced at Kushina.

She smiled. "No, I was twenty when I had it taken." Kushina admitted.

"Huh, how foolish of me." Naruto said, as he put the picture down and looked at the Hokage desk.

"Anyway there's something we wanted to…" Minato began.

"Such a fine desk, I'd hazard a guess and assume it's made out of Mahogany." Naruto said randomly.

"Yes, yes, Naruto…" Minato said, causing the teen to look at him. "…Along with your Shinobi registration, there comes a certain type of responsibility." He informed. "With that responsibility, comes a certain burden." He said seriously, while Kushina looked down and Boruto looked away.

"Yes, I'm well aware of the 'mantle of the Will of Fire' and all that jazz." Naruto said uncaringly. "I doubt you'd tell that to every guy that's passed a test." He added.

"You're right. I wanted to talk to you about the other…burden you carry." Minato informed, as he stood behind his desk.

Kushina glanced at him, before she stepped forward and looked at Naruto. "Naruto, do you know what a 'Jinchūriki' is?" She asked kindly.

"It's a word, with a meaning, tied to an emotion." Naruto replied with a shrug. "But I personally don't know what it is." He informed.

"It means the 'power of human sacrifice'. Jinchūriki are humans that have tailed beasts sealed within them." Kushina said. "But just because they have a beast sealed inside them, doesn't make them the beast itself." She reassured.

"…Okay…" Naruto said dryly, as he reached up to the side of his head and pushed a bit, cracking his neck. "Is this what you brought me up here for, to learn remedial lessons on Fuinjutsu?" He asked shamelessly.

Kushina's eye twitched, as she clenched her fist. "Listen to a woman when she's telling you something important, you know!" She announced angrily.

Naruto opened an eye, as he looked at her. "You know, you're kinda noisy." He commented.

"Yeah, well you're dull, you know!" Kushina yelled.

"Eh, I take that as a complement." He replied with a sigh. "You could be an announcer or a singer with how loud your voice is." He added.

Kushina's red hair flared out behind her, as she moved towards the teen. But she was stopped by Boruto, as he moved in front of her. "Mom, calm down." He said.

"I feel like you don't like me, don't be mean." Naruto said with a grin, before he noticed Kushina glaring at him angrily, trying to swing her fist at him. "Tut, that's cold…" He said with fake sadness. "…I'm going to remember you as Liquid Nitrogen, because that's how cold you are." He said.

"Okay, okay…" Minato said, trying to hide his smile at how Kushina was reacting. "…Naruto, there's a reason why we're telling you about Jinchūriki." He said, as his smile fell and he looked serious. "Do you know what happened to the Kyūbi fifteen years ago?" He asked curiously.

Naruto gave him a look. "I have a very good memory, but, not that good. I just know it attacked, and I know you defeated it." He replied.

"Naruto…fifteen years ago, my wife was the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi…the seal the held it back 'broke', and it rampaged across the village. In order to protect the village and the Third Hokage gave his life in helping me seal the Tailed Beast. I split the Kyūbi in half and sealed its Yang or physical half back in my wife, something she volunteered to do…The Yin half, the spiritual energy that governs imagination. That was sealed into you that very night." Minato informed.

"That night, when I sealed the Yang half into Kushina, it saved her life…but it also crippled most of her Chakra Pathways, leaving her weakened…" Minato said sadly, as he looked down.

Naruto blinked a few times, as he glanced down and gripped his stomach. '…Yin Chakra is what is used to make Genjutsu…I guess it explains why I have such a knack for it.' He thought analytically. "Huh." He sounded.

"Huh?" Boruto repeated. "All you could say is 'huh'?" He asked.

"Would you prefer that I cry? That I yell? That I demand?" Naruto asked sarcastically, as he looked at the younger kid.

"I'm sure this is something you weren't expecting to hear. I'll let you go and get your mind together, just know this is a great secret, I'm sure you know why." Minato said seriously, causing Naruto to nod. He blinked a few times, as Minato finalized his Shinobi files and handed the blonde some of the paper, before the teen left.

Once Naruto was gone, Boruto looked at Minato. "…Um…how come you didn't tell him that we're related?" He asked.

Minato sighed. "I already told him I placed the burden like that on him. If he learns that I gave him up as a child…I…Don't know how he'd react." He admitted, as he looked down in shame.

Kushina put a hand on his shoulder and smiled. "It'll be fine." She informed.

"I hope so." Minato replied, with Kushina looking down too.

After the attack on them during her pregnancy and the Kyūbi being subsequently being released by the Uchiha that attacked them. When he resealed the part of the Kyūbi in Kushina and into Naruto, Kushina's chakra pathways were almost destroyed. She was incredibly weakened. Even a Chuunin could get the better of her, and along with the Third Hokage dying, Tsunade and Orochimaru being out of the village, and Jiraiya doing his 'finding himself' thing. Minato was by himself protecting the village.

He had to make tough decisions that could harm his family, and he had to choose between his family and the village. If any of the other villages discovered he had a son and he was a Jinchūriki, they would try to kill him or abduct him. And since Kushina was weakened, she couldn't protect him.

If there was a situation where a village launched an attack on him and his family, he would be forced to choose between his family and the village. And he wasn't sure which one he was supposed to do. So he gave him up and changed his surname to Uzumaki. It almost killed him and Kushina to do it, but no one would know his connection to Minato if they did, which would lessen the chance of someone actually trying to kill him. The only people who actually know of his Jinchūriki were the Shinobi that actually participated in the Kyūbi's attack and the Civilians who were affected by it. They all regarded Naruto as a ticking time-bomb, basically fearfully and trying to keep their distance.

But no one spoke about it, so the word didn't spread. So Minato and Kushina knew he was safe, and they were content with him living his life. But once they had Boruto, his younger brother and with Kushina steadily getting her strength back, and the Shinobi forces steadily growing. Minato was confident he could protect his family and the village.

But there was a problem now. They couldn't just say 'Hey, we're your parents. We gave you up. Even though it was to protect you, it still doesn't change it. Love us.' They knew that wouldn't go well. And they knew they couldn't force him back into the family, they didn't want their son to hate them.

Minato sighed as he looked down. 'It was either give him up and let him live his life…or keep him with us and have him live his life in fear of what was in the shadows…' He thought to himself. And he wasn't going to just lock his kid inside his house and hide him from society. That would be horrible for a child. '…If I am the enemy in my son's eyes for what happened…I'll take it. He deserves betters.' He thought.

A while later Naruto was walking down a sidewalk with a silver-grey haired teen walking with him. "Heh, nice 'Blue Steel'." Mercury said, as he looked at Naruto's ID picture. "But mine's better." He added, while handing the card back to the blond.

"Yeah because you're a douche that styles your hair and all that stuff." Naruto said sarcastically.

"Eh, eh, eh…" Mercury said, as he glanced around. "…I don't 'style' my hair. I work it." He corrected.

"Do I get bonus points if I act like I care?" Naruto asked with a wily smirk.

"You could." The silver-grey haired teen replied.

"I'll pass." The blond said, before he looked up. "The industrial parts of the village are only a few kilometers away, right?" He asked.

"Uh, yeah." Mercury replied unsure, as he glanced at Naruto. "You okay man?" He asked.

"Yeah, yeah…and it's around four in the afternoon, right?" Naruto questioned, getting a nod from his friend. "Hmph, I guess my blade should be finished." He admitted, getting a look from Mercury.

"Your blade?" Mercury asked with a raised eyebrow. "Did you request one to be made by that ninja-shop place?" He asked, not really knowing the name of it.

"No, the industrial plant, the same place their metal girders and steel wires smelted and formed." Naruto replied, as he walked casually with a long thin box in his hand.

"Right…why?" Mercury asked.

"You could saw I 'convinced' some of the workers there to forge a blade with Ultra-High Carbon Steel. Steel that's used to cut through stone, industrial grade metals and for supporting large buildings." Naruto said with a smirk, as he spun the thin brown box in-between his fingers and rested it on his shoulder. "The blade I have in mind is going to be thin and about a foot and a half long, I'll need it to be structurally stable and durable." He admitted.

As they walked, Naruto rolled the long thin brown box a bit, before he used it as a make-shift cane. "So, you have a demon-thing sealed inside you." Mercury commented. "I gotta admit. I didn't see that one coming." He admitted.

Naruto gave him a look that said 'who do you think you're talking to?' He knew very well that the news was a shock to him. He personally didn't see it coming, but he really didn't care enough to react.

"So can you use the things power or something?" Mercury asked. "It'd be pretty useful." He admitted.

"No shit." Naruto replied, before he smirked. "If the Kyūbi is inside me, it's probably the reason why my Chakra is so…untamed." He said, before he glanced down in thought. "That would mean that my body is naturally assimilating its Chakra. That could mean that it's linked to my body and soul, if I can communicate with it…it could be very…useful." He trailed off.

"A giant-ass demon fox that almost decimated one of the 'Great Villages'…" Mercury said. "…Oh, Please, Mr. Naruto. Please don't kill us with your demonic powers." He said mockingly.

"Uck, shut up." Naruto replied with a sigh, getting a smirk from the silver-grey haired teen.

A half an hour or so later, Naruto and Mercury were walking through a large industrial. The place smelt like burnt metal and plastic, along with coal, fire and sweat. Mercury glanced at the glowing scarlet liquid metal that was in large stone containers, along with people working on them.

"Eh…" Mercury sounded, as he made a face. The two continued forward until they reached the colder part of the factory, where the metal was smelted, hardened and shaped into their useful forms. Eventually the two were stopped by a man.

"What do you think you're doing here?" He asked gruffly.

"We're here for order…" Naruto began, as he held his box and smirked. "…115." He added, before the man's pupils dilated.

"…I see…" The man said unsure, as he glanced around. "Come with me." He said, as he turned around and dumbly walked forward.

"I wish I could hypnotize people." Mercury muttered.

"Pfft, no you don't. You'd rather read manga." Naruto replied dryly.

"…You're not wrong." He said with a nod.

After a few minutes, Naruto and Mercury stopped, as the man stopped in front of a few other works. He yelled orders to the other workers, before one of them left and eventually came back. The man held a wooden case and handed it to their boss, who then handed it to Naruto.

Mercury glanced at the hypnotized people, before he looked back to Naruto, to see he was opening the wooden case.

Naruto reached into the case and pulled out a silver sword, before he tossed the wooden case aside. He held the silver sword by the hilt, which seemed to be a dark grey crook handle. All together the sword was forty-six centimeters long or around a foot and a half. The sword's blade was around two and a half centimeters wide.

"Hmph, made out of Ultra-High Carbon Steel, along with a titanium silicon carbide coating." Naruto said, as he looked at the blade and smirked. The sword had a similar size and dimensions to a Wakizashi. He rolled the sword and held the crook handle over the back of his hand.

Naruto held his long thin box up and opened it up. He turned and box and shook it a bit, before an object fell out of it.

Mercury looked at Naruto weirdly. As he looked at the object he pulled out. It was an umbrella. It had eight 'ribs' which held up a black fabric canopy. On the top of the canopy, it was elaborately decorated in lace-like fabric. Mostly around the middle of the canopy it was dark orange, which seemed to be arranged in unique looking tribal symbols at the edges were red colored tribal sigils. But what was unusual about it was the end of it, it was about an inch and a half longer than a normal umbrellas' and it seemed to be hollow, being around nine point seven millimeters in diameter and it seemed to have two slots on the side.

Naruto glanced down at his sword, before he slid the blade into the shaft of the umbrella and it fit perfectly. Mercury watched as Naruto twirled the umbrella around his finger but seemed to have some trouble at first, like it was heavier or something.

After a twirl, Naruto smirked as he opened up the umbrella and rested it over his shoulder. "…That's kinda gay." Mercury said, as he crossed his arms.

"Dude…" Naruto said as he shook his head. "…This isn't the dark ages, have some respect." He said with an eye roll.

"Uh-huh." Mercury said uncaringly, as he glanced at the umbrella. "So did you spruce that thing up, or not?" He asked.

Naruto held the umbrella at the center of its mass, as he glanced at the end of the umbrella which seemed to be a muzzle-break, before he looked at Mercury's greaves. "You could say something like that." He added.

He glanced at the dark orange and red tribal designs on his umbrella. Some could say he stylized his own Fuinjutsu seals, not only would no one be able to recognize them as Fuinjutsu. They also looked good. But what the Fuinjutsu's main focus was to 'seal' the kinetic energy of attacks.

It can basically negate every physical attack, such as Taijutsu, Ninjutsu and Kenjutsu. It could also make every water, earth, wind, and to some extent Lightning and Fire Jutsus useless. As long as the attack requires a 'Work' or a force that's needed to move an object and accelerates that object at a velocity.

The Fuinjutsu array Naruto integrated into the entire canopy of his umbrella could 'seal' that kinetic energy. Along with the fact that the fabric that makes the canopy is fire retardant and is waved in a way that disperses electrical currents.

'Though…that kinetic energy has to go somewhere.' Naruto thought with a smirk, as he and Mercury walked out of the factory. 'All I have to do is filter all that kinetic energy into one 'funnel' so to speak and I can turn all my opponents 'attacks' against them.' He thought, as he gripped the crook handle to his umbrella tighter. "Wanna get some ramen?" Naruto asked as he glanced at his friend, only to get a smirk from Mercury. "…and, our friends will be paying." He added, as he pulled out a few wallets from the factory workers, getting a wider smirk from the silver-grey haired teen.


I know some people are going to be upset that Minato is alive or something. I am not going to do that chiche family bashing that seems to be around. Basically Minato, in this story, made a decision he believed was the right one. I am not painting him out to be some asshole douche or some saint, he's just a guy with powe, but he's not God. Just because he says something, doesn't make it smart. He made a tough decision and he has to live his life, not knowing if it was the right one or the wrong one.

Some might say he could've ordered Tsunade or Jiraiya back, but he doesn't know Tsunade well enough to order her around without her retaliating. And with her current mindset towards Konaha, being indifferent if not a bit hostile towards the village, she wouldn't care what state it was in. And if he threatened with marking her a Missing Nin, who would actually fight her. Jiraiya was his father-figure, you can't really order your father around, unless you're a weirdo.

Anyway that's what I wanted to add.