Naruto the Elemental Star

Chapter 2: A Bloodline in Demanded

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Last Update: 04/21/2018

Scene I

Under the moonlit night, Naruto was moving around trying to bite off her own gag and finding no success. So instead, she tried to get fellow captives' gag off by biting through her gag and the girl's gag near the girl's lips. Naruto lightly nipped the girl's cheek, trying to grab onto the cloth. The nicks woke the girl up just as Naruto pulled the other girl's gag down. The girl's eye stuttered openly until everything came rushing back as her eyes open up wide as the sky as she looked around frantically. She attempted to get up, but all she could do was a struggle.

The girl shook when she notice Naruto asked with a stutter, "W-Where are w-we?"

Naruto raised her head to reveal her own the gag. The girl mumbled, "Sorry," before pulling the gag down in a similar fashion that Naruto attempted, with a blush and better success since she did not have to work through a second gag.

Once the gag was down, Naruto stretched her jaws, working the taste of cloth out of her mouth. With her mouth cleared, Naruto jabbers out as she stared into the girl's lavender-eyes, thinking they were pretty, "Thank you for freeing my mouth from the terrible taste of cloth. Now to answer your question, we are somewhere outside of Konoha after being kidnapped by a Cloud-nin who seems to be gone. My bet he's scouting out the area and looking for his buddies. He's probably didn't want to carry us looking for them."

The girl blinked rapidly as Naruto answered her question calmly, even though both of them had been kidnapped. She also realized that they were both tied up somewhere in the woods, alone for some scary man to come by later to take them away. The girl began to panic and hyperventilate to the point Naruto noticed.

In response, Naruto tried to calm the girl down starting with a question, "What's your name?"

The girl calmed herself sufficiently to stutter, "H-H-Hinata."

"Well Hinata, my name is Naruto, Naru or Naru-chan to my friends. Please to meet you despite the circumstance." Naruto introduced herself before asking, "What is the last thing you remember?"

"I was finishing a standard training regimen my f-father put me through to try and make me s-stronger but in-ins-instead I-I d-dis-disappointed him," Hinata explained with a stuttered. "I then began to w-walk around the c-c-compound and the garden for i-it s-soothes me. The next t-thing I know, I-I felt something hit me from behind, and then I found myself in an s-sack a-a-and heard that h-he and…" Hinata then stopped as she remembered what she heard while in the sack.

The next thing Naruto knew, Hinata slammed into her, and the two fell down onto as she cried in her chest. "I-I'm s-sorry. I-I'm s-sorry," Hinata stuttered out in tears. "I-I'm sorry I was too w-weak to stop them, w-we both wouldn't have been k-kid-kidnapped."

Naruto was not sure how to deal with crying people, so she let Hinata cry for a minute before she tried to comfort the other girl. Naruto first wanted to hug her, but one pull from her binds reminded her that she was tied up. Therefore, Naruto decided to rub Hinata cheeked affectionately to calm the girl. It calmed her down and made her develop a blush out of embarrassment.

Naruto then delivered the blunt, comforting truth, "It's not your fault. This man was Jōnin while we're not even in the academy. I was told six-year-olds start in the fall or spring term. As for me, well I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Do you understand me; this isn't your fault, and even if some bizarre, illogical reason it was, I could never blame you, especially as a friend, or soon to be one, okay."

Hinata looked up revealing her eyes as she stared at Naruto. Lavender eyes that were beautiful, even without the pupils seen in most humans. Eyes that were used by Hinata to show she had hope and admiration. Admiration for someone that was kind and strong in the face of danger. Hinata gave a small, shy smile that she had not shown in her life, a smile of a child that finally found a friend and Naruto was happy as well as she moved on.

"So Hinata, do you know any techniques that can get us out?" Naruto asked.

Hinata nodded shyly, "I-I know how covered m-my h-hands and feet with c-c-chakra. I was t-t-trained in the Gentle Fist to be used in d-disabling chakra points. So, I c-can cut m-my restraints but the way I-I am t-tied u-up, I-I can't get to t-them to cut my-myself free."

Naruto then looked at Hinata's restraints to see that they both were hog-tied in a way that ensures they could not break free or cut themselves free. She also noticed there were tied into knots she might be able to untie each other with her teeth. Therefore, she had a plan, "Alright, seeing how I rather not bleed while you try to cut my restraints. Why don't you lay on your stomach while I try to free your arms with my teeth? That way you can safely cut or untie restraints. Sound good?" Naruto asked.

Hinata nodded shyly before laying down on her stomach while Naruto crawled over to get at Hinata's restraints. Before Naruto began working on them, she stated, "Since I will be working on this for a while, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself and I promise to tell you everything about myself once were free."

Hinata shyly nodded before she began telling her as Naruto worked on the rope, "Well, I-I am the h-heiress of the m-m-main branch of the Hyūga clan."

Hinata heard Naruto mumble sarcastically through the rope, "Ah, royalty."

Sarcasm lost to Hinata as she continued her story, "Not i-if my f-fa-father had anything to say about. H-h-he views me as an f-failure, which only g-got worse e-ever since m-mom-mommy died."

Naruto stopped to ask, "How did she die?"

"G-g-giving birth to m-my sister t-two years ago," Hinata stuttered sadly while Naruto went back to work on Hinata's binds. "I-I m-m-miss her, and I-I feel a-alone without h-her. The o-others think I-I'm weak, that I am not s-strong e-enough because I want to be k-kind to e-every-everyone. M-my f-father, m-my f-father t-t-tells me I-I'm u-u-useless to m-my face. They are all so c-cruel, especially to-to those t-they considered to b-be socially below t-them. The w-worst p-part is t-that I-I don't th-think m-my f-father ever cared about me and p-probably d-doesn't know I-I'm gone. H-he's always so cold and s-strict, e-especially w-when it comes to-to me."

After Hinata laid down her sad story, Naruto could only mumble with the rope in her mouth, "No offense Hinata, but your Clan is bastards with your mother and present company excluded, of course."

After Naruto's reply, Hinata could not help but giggle as Naruto undid the last knot on Hinata's binds around her hands. Once freed, Hinata did quick work of Naruto's binds, and the two were free. Released and ready to run towards freedom, which Naruto knew nothing about navigation and depended on Hinata, who figured Konoha was to the west. So they ran as fast as their feet could carry them towards Konoha. She only stopped for a breather after running non-stop for nearly twenty minutes. During said break, Naruto told her about how she was an orphan, and how she hated that others only wanted to use her as a tool. She only related her story after Hinata's promise to keep it a secret. She also explained what her bloodline unlocked among other things. Naruto did not know why but felt she needed to tell the truth to gain her trust.

Naruto heard Nine of Nine's thoughts and agreed with her in her mind, 'As you should. Trust is key to any relationship. I certainly would not have told you everything if I didn't trust you Naru-chan.'

"I-I'm sorry," Hinata said sadly.

"Don't be, compared to other Jinchūrikins and to your life, I have had it easy; though I could do without the power-hungry morons or the plain ignorant. I must say you are strong just being you. You are able to be kind to others after a life like yours, that trait shows a real strength in character," Naruto emphasized dramatically with a smile, while Hinata could not help but giggle and blush at the complements.

The two were then about to leave when they heard a crack and turned to see a storm of kunais coming down on them. Naruto reacted quickly and pushed Hinata out of the way before she was littered with kunais. Hinata looked up in silent horror to see the Cloud-nin without the wrapping appeared and was marching over, towards them. Hinata could clearly see a tall man that had a short black beard and black slanted eyes. His face, a dark tan skin turned red with his anger as he stared at the two girls before him.

"You damn bitches!" The Cloud-nin yelled out. "I spent months on this operation. Paying off the right people in Konoha before having them all killed. Having those merchants in a caravan killed while leaving enough evidence to lay the blame on a small village. Then having my men use their wagons to sneak past Fire Country's patrols to a rendezvous spot. Then to spend several days personally observing the Leaf-nins and Hyūgas' patrols so I can sneak in and out easily. All this I plan, and I'm not going to have my plan spoiled by two little runaways."

The man was panting in anger before he calmed down to be reasonable, "Now, you two will surrender, and maybe when your time comes to ensure Kumo have your bloodlines, I will make sure your time will be gentle instead of a living nightmare."

Naruto glared while Hinata stared at Naruto's defiance. The heiress could not believe how strong Naruto was. She was down on the ground, at the mercy of this man and yet she was not giving up. She wanted, no needed to be as strong as her. While she had a moment, she remembered what Naruto said, "I have to say you are strong, just being you." Hinata decided what she would do. She summoned her chakra into her right hand and eyes.

The flow of chakra in her eyes activated her Byakugan, apparent with the veins around her eyes as she moved into a forward fighting jab stance as her hands began to glow. That glow was the Cloud-nin's only warning just before she attacks the man once he was close enough to strike. She hoped to hit at the chakra point near the heart to paralyze his heart so they both could escape. She had succeeded in hitting him, but not in his heart as she intended as he brought his arm up to block her attack. Hinata was only able to disable the chakra pathway and a nerve cluster in his right arm, making it useless for several hours.

"You damn bitch!" the man yelled as he smacked Hinata hard into a tree. As Hinata slowly tried to get up, but she was kicked down while the Cloud-nin threatens her, "I am going to break the bones in your arm and legs. Let's see how you run and attack me then."

"You will do no such thing to my daughter," a voice growled behind the Cloud-nin.

The Cloud-nin turned to a man with long hair and white robes. However, what honestly intimidated the ninja was the marked contrast of veins in Hiashi's white eyes and his grimed expression that held complete rage at the man before him. The rage that bubbled to the surface as the older man said slow, steady dark tone, "There is nowhere to run. Your men are being captured or killed by our ANBU as we speak. Surrender or die!" Hinata's father demanded while taking an attack posture with hands pointed straight and chakra poring through them.

The Cloud-nin decided not to surrender as he rushed Hinata and grabbed her by the neck, "Move back, or I'll snap your daughter's neck, Hiashi."

Hinata's father, Hiashi looked wide-eyed at the man as his anger dispersed to fear for his daughter. If they were not in danger, Hinata would be surprised father cared about her as he backed away in fear. Giving the man time to plan for an escape as Naruto laid on the ground having a private conversation with Colonel Nine of Nine in her head as she slowly pulled out the kunais one at a time. 'Nine, am I healthy enough to move?'

'You are,' Nine of Nine replied in her head. 'However, I asked you to be careful; you nearly gave me a heart attack when you were covered by those kunais. Don't scare me like that again Naru-chan.'

'I'll try not to mom,' Naruto said with sarcasm, expecting a snide comment, but got silence instead. 'Nine are you all right?'

'It's nothing dear, just kick some butt,' Nine of Nine told Naruto happily as Naruto silently nodded.

Naruto then held onto one of the kunai while she summons her chakra from wind, fire, and lightning before making a dash to the Cloud-nin to save Hinata. The older man did not even realize Naruto was up and about until she came up behind the Cloud-nin and struck. It was a clean cut of the man's hand and arm, which she cauterized while also made into a twitching mess to force the man to release Hinata. Naruto then grabbed Hinata and ran a short distance away while Hiashi moved in for the kill.

The Cloud-nin looked at Hiashi with fear when he stated, "You're within my range" before using 'Eight Trigrams One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms.'

He struck the ninja in order of slowest to fastest by attacking two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two, sixty-four and one hundred and twenty-eight times with his open, flat, pointed, palm. By the time he was done, the Cloud-nin had fallen backward, dead as every chakra point, every nerve cluster and every living part of the Cloud-nin was shut down.

Naruto only said, "That's cool!" before falling down exhausted. The last thing she remembered was Hinata gently holding her as Hiashi looked at them with a small smile trying to form on his face.

Scene II

It was a bright white world Naruto slowly awoke to with a blurry vision as her eyes adjusted to the light. At the edge of her version, she noticed she was not alone as she turned to the image. The image started to clear to a distinctly elderly man in robes that gleamed white, along with a pointed hat that had the words "Third Hokage" on them. A man Naruto felt she should recognize the man and realized why as the image cleared up. A face she recognized with every boil, wrinkle, and grey hair on his short white bread. A face that held two eyes that was stern, yet caring.

"Hokage-Jiji?" Naruto asked grudgingly.

"Good morning Naru-chan, how are you feeling," the Hokage asked his unofficial granddaughter.

"Like I went to sleep too many times, too early to sleep and also slept too long," Naruto stated as she stretched.

"Yeah, I think it is unusual for you to sleep less than six hours and not be able to sleep again unless awake at least another sixteen hours of your usual case of insomnia," Hokage nodded while remembering the insomnia problems she has due to the energy surge she gets from the Kyūbi.

'Hey, that is not insomnia. Trust me, I knew people who did not sleep for five hours after a full day of being awake! Don't accuse Naruto of having insomnia!' Nine of Nine screamed loud enough for Naruto to wince.

"Naru-Chan, are you all right?" the Hokage asked genuinely concerned.

"I'm fine, just Nine yelling at me in my mind," Naruto explained.

"Nine?" Hokage asked with a bit of worried in his voice.

"Colonel Nine of Nine, you know her better as Kyūbi," Naruto bluntly answered the Hokage.

Now the Hokage was about to have a heart attack as he chorused answer from Naruto, "I think you better explain what you mean."

Therefore, Naruto explained how the Kyūbi was actually Nine of Nine, how they met, her history, and the changes that Kyūbi had made in Naruto. All the while, the Hokage thought about what this all meant and how he was going to explain this to the Council. He could already see that there would be a heavy debate and a mountain of paperwork for weeks to come if he does not come up with a solution right now or at least one before rumors have spread if they had not already.

"Well, Naruto that is an interesting story, and certainly explained a lot about you," the Hokage nodded before he continued to speak. "However, this presents some serious problems on what to do with you. As you may no doubt be aware, you hold a very rare bloodline, and we need to think of ways to protect it while preventing others from exploiting you, that's including several influential clans and members on the Council."

"Why would clans be interested in my bloodline?" Naruto asked.

Hokage sighed before he continued to explain, "The Elemental Star is a very old bloodline that was thought to be a dōjutsu and an elemental bloodline. Its power is the ability to use all five of the main elements. When you master them, you can use the secondary elements with the primary elements combined.

"Also, after mastering each element, a triangle will appear with a specific color per element. Red for fire, blue for water, brown for earth, yellow for lightening and finally white for wind. Once completed, it will resemble a five-point star. However, what truly makes it such a valuable bloodline is that it can be combined with several other bloodlines."

"Is that possible?" Naruto asked. "I thought you couldn't combine bloodlines."

"In rare cases, you can be combined with different types or closely related bloodlines. Like two elemental bloodlines were one of them is the same main element," the Hokage explained. "However, the Elemental Star can be combined with other bloodlines, no matter how incompatible they may be. It was even rumored that the Senju and Uchiha Clans had combined them with their Mokuton and Sharingan bloodlines and their bloodlines evolved to new lines of power and beyond what they imagine, at least according to legends."

"Well that's great news," Naruto said sarcastically. "So, what needs to be done to prevent me from being a first come, first served toy?"

Hokage snorted at Naruto's joke, "The only way would make you a new clan, using your father's resources under a different name."

When the Hokage had said the words 'Father's,' Naruto had honed in on it to ask, "So am I mature enough to know who my father was?"

"I believe you are, in fact, I was going to tell you yesterday, like the house you were moving to belonged to your father." The Hokage pulled out a letter addressed to her.

Naruto opened the letter, and she began to read it to herself.

"My sweet little Naru-chan,

"If you are reading this, then you are considered old enough by your mother. If your mother isn't there, then the Hokage thinks it's best to give your inheritance and this letter.

"First of all, I want to say I am sorry I made you a Jinchūrikin to the Kyūbi, but I had no other choice. The Fox could have destroyed us all if I don't stop it, and I couldn't ask a parent to do what I couldn't do. I just hope Sarutobi or my successor is able to protect you with Kushina-chan, your mom. Especially as I never applied Clan Status for added protection, assuming that would even help.

"Now, I hope the villagers are treating you well, but I know some will not. I can only hope that most will honor my wish to see you as a hero. If not, then I damned them and myself to hell and hope you find happiness in whatever you pursue. I wish you a long life my sweet Naru-chan, and I hope that you find friends that will be with you for life. And never forget that I always love you and please take care, my sweet little girl.

"From your loving father, Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage

"P.S. You better not being seeing any boys until you are at least sixteen."

Naruto smiled before she looked up at the old man to ask, "Is there anyway just to take my father's name and just call it a clan?"

"I am sorry Naruto, but that is not possible," the Hokage sighed. "If you take up your father's name, then you make yourself a commoner. That makes it easier for others to lay claim to you for their family or clan. I am sorry, but you need a new family name to be given clan status. I can still give your father things to you by saying it was given to you by your father's will, you just can't take the name with it."

Naruto was bewildered, "So I can't take my father's name as his name is that of a commoner, but I can create an entirely new name, and that can be made into a clan name. How exactly does that make sense?"

"Its politics, it's not supposed to make any sense," the Hokage explained.

'He speaks the truth Naru-chan, no matter what era you are in, politics never make sense,' Nine of Nine explained mentality.

"Okay, how about Ryū?" Naruto asked.

"Dragon?" the Hokage asked. "Why would you name your family a word that means Dragon?"

"Well, Dragons are supposed to be able to master a single if not multiple elements and protect what they consider precious. I don't see why not," Naruto explained as if it was simple.

Hokage chuckled before stating, "Well, Ryū it is."

While the Hokage chuckled, Naruto remembered another part of the letter, "Hokage-Jiji, what about my mother, Kushina? What happens to her?"

The Hokage lost his chuckle as he looked down sadly, "I'm afraid things are not going well for your mom. You see, she is very much alive and before you become upset, let me explained why she is not there for you," the Hokage quickly explained to cool Naruto's righteous anger that would have formed. "You see your mother belongs to the Uzumaki Clan, a clan that your mother went out of her way to say she was never from.

"The Uzumaki is a royal clan that originally held the Elemental Star until they breed it to extinction. However, even without the bloodline, they are the wealthiest family in the known world and very influential with several bloodlines in their family tree. At one time, they were clan dedicated to peace but change under the leadership of Yokoshima after her husband died. Now they've become a hated clan as they used their influence for their own gain or amusement. The Bloodline Civil War in Water Country being a prime example, as they use their power to make the war dragged on by making sure neither side gained too much power," the Hokage explained. Naruto was appalled at what the books called a war of genocide by the Mist Forces with only the Bloodline Clans and the Mist Rebels fighting against them.

"Your mother was the best of the Uzumaki Clan and was the clan's heiress despite being considered too soft for showing mercy to enemies that are no longer a threat. Though on a lighter note, she is also known to have a fiery temper and stubborn attitude. I can see you have inherited the stubborn attitude." the Hokage chuckled before continuing. "When she met your father and decided to do what others in the past have done, she ran away and married into the other's family.

"Unfortunately, they wouldn't let your mother go unlike the others for she is the granddaughter of Yokoshima," Sarutobi admitted to a shock Naruto. "The Uzumaki tried for years to grab Kushina, and they succeeded the day Kyūbi… um I mean Nine of Nine attacked. The Uzumaki came forward with an ultimatum to your mother while she lay exhausted in the hospital. She could disown you and come with them, or you both would die. To prove their point, they brought her a child from the Aburame Clan, a clan known to bond with deadly insects and having the best security in the whole village, to kill in front of her. Needless to say, she agreed, and we had to review security."

It was deathly quiet when Naruto asked, "And now?"

The Hokage sighed before continuing, "Now she is an informant, giving us information whenever she can with whatever they have trusted her with. Generally, it is the only information that most of the Clan already knows. She would try to get more, but she has been protecting her second daughter, your younger half-sister, Naruko."

"I have a half-sister with an actual girl's name?" Naruto asked with a small twitch.

"Well, that was what Minato wanted to name you Naruko after they discovered you were a girl instead of the boy they expected. However, Kushina was too stubborn to change the name that they had chosen for you the moment you were born. So Minato rolled with it. On the bright side, you are named after the main character of what they considered the greatest book of all time," the Hokage chuckled before he got serious again. "As for how your sister came to be, Kushina doesn't remember how it happened and I won't go into any more detail."

Nine of Nine had explained it to Naruto in her mind, 'In other words, she was given something of what is called a date rape drug, and she was made submissive towards acts no child should ever hear. This is specifically why you should never accept anything from strangers or people that you do not trust. Especially, if they try to give you free candy or food, or words they say it's true without proof.'' Naruto nodded to herself in understanding and grateful. She also began to notice that Nine of Nine was acting like her mother, and oddly enough, those thoughts gave her a bit of warmth.

"From what Kushina explained, it was apparent her child belonged to some clan chief in the jungle wastelands down south," Sarutobi explained. "Later the clan chief, his advisors and most of the village's leadership mysteriously died, and the Uzumaki claimed their lands. That was one of many events that make the Uzumaki famous and why they are known as bastards."

The room was silent for a moment before Naruto blurted out, "Where do I sign to make sure that the Uzumaki can't claim me."

"Just sign here, and once I find a witness willing to sing along with your former guardian Lily, it will be done," Hokage explained.

"You don't have to look far, Hokage-Sama," a stranded voice carried behind them. The two turned to see it was Hiashi speaking while Hinata timidly stood beside him along with an elderly woman. "I hope you don't mind, but I would like to sign as a witness as a thank you to Miss Naruto for helping my daughter escape."

"It was just as much that she was helping me escape as me helping us escape," Naruto smiled to a blushing Hinata who was happy to receive the praise. "Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind if you help me out as well," Naruto quickly added before she said hello to her caretaker, "Hey Lily-Obaasan. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine, just watching you give me a heart attack when the Hokage said you never showed up at home," Lily said with a smiled as Naruto was all right.

"Sorry about that, but I didn't see the Cloud-nin coming, honest," Naruto joked before switching gears. "Speaking of Cloud-nins, what happens to them?"

"Both the dead and survivors were turned over to the Daimyo of Lightning Country," the Hokage explained. "He was not too happy that the Raikage went against his wishes and attacked a caravan from his Country. He especially didn't like how this made him looked like an evil man. I believe he killed the Raikage using his most trusted Clan, the Bestia, while he appointed Elite Jōnin Ē as the new Raikage. Lightning was all too willing to pay compensation to prove he was serious about peace. So it was a good day for the Fire Country as are skirmish war is finally over."

It was quite as Naruto signed some papers to create the Ryū Clan under the Hokage's protection, with Lily, Sarutobi, and Hiashi signing them to be official. Once the papers were signed, the Hokage asked the girls to leave while he and Hiashi had a talk. Lily promised to watch over the two while the two men talked.

As soon as the girls were out the door, Sarutobi looked at Hiashi and asked, "Why did you help Naru-chan?"

"I told you, I love my daughter and would do anything for her," Hiashi told Sarutobi. "I may not be able to show it, but I do care, but Hana was the only one that could show her any affection."

There was a brief moment of silence before Hiashi asked, "Who do you plan to watch over Naruto Ryū while she is training to be a ninja."

"I plan to have two of my ANBU, Inu, and Tenzō, train her in elemental manipulation and Jutsus," Sarutobi explained. "They already have experience teaching her, and I can easily assign them to train her and have someone else deal with their training. I also plan to add two kunoichis to the group. One is a Special Jōnin, borderline Jōnin who is a master of martial arts, torture, assassination, and seduction. The other is a newly minted Jōnin who is a master in genjutsu, chakra control, and seduction as well."

"Why would you pick kunoichis that specialized in seduction?" Hiashi asked. That kind of career choice, while rewarding, is considered the most demeaning to kunoichis that serve the Leaf.

Sarutobi nodded in response, "While it is true they were trained in subduction, especially since both had served on the seduction corps, it is not their main specialty or primary mission. In fact, they are two of my most talented ninjas, and more importantly the only ones available of my elite kunoichi. It will bring a well-rounded team that will train Naruto, along with anyone else that joins Naruto as I going spin it as group training section. She won't accept private tutoring nor would Council approve of it with so many ninjas out of the way I need to protect her until she is old enough. This way, I can also easily suggest to the Council that it can be an after-school function to help those who need help, or just want extra training before they become Genin."

Hiashi nodded at the proposal, "In that case, I want Hinata to train with Miss Naruto." The Hokage raised an eyebrow to asked Hiashi to elaborate. "Hinata made more progress in a day with Naruto then years training in the Hyūga's compound under traditional methods. The fact she won't receive any more training from the Clan when her sister Hanabi turns three will be enough of an excuse to have the two train together."

Hokage nodded in agreement and let Hiashi go before calling one of his ANBU, "Cat!"

A purple haired woman with a Cat mask appeared and bowed at the Hokage. "Get me Elite Jōnin Kakashi Hatake, aka Inu, Jōnin Yamato, aka Tenzō, Jōnin Kurenai Yūhi, and Special Jōnin Anko Mitarashi. Tell them I have a special project for them that are very important to the village. I also want you to appoint two new ANBU to train the recruits. Now go."

"Yes sir, right away sir," Cat bowed before disappearing in a mirage, leaving the Hokage time to fill out the paperwork needed to get this project going before selling the idea to the Council. Never knowing his actions would set things in motion.

Scene III

In a distant land, a tanned five-year-old girl with long, light red hair danced around her speared opponent. Her green eyes flashed no emotion as she circled around her opponent in an arena. She paid no heed to the silent spectators, as only one of the spectators was concerned about her, her mother. Her mother, a beautiful young woman whose red hair resembled that of a ripe tomato while her dark blue eyes were shadowed by kindness and sorrow. She could not look at her mother's eyes as her darker skinned, ten-year-old combatant was fighting for his life, a life that she would soon take.

As soon as the boy jabbed with a spear, the girl struck by first batting away the spear before bringing the sword down to the boy's knees. The boy screamed as he fell to the ground, but he soon stopped as the girl stabbed the boy from behind into the boy's back and through his chest. She quickly pulled out her blade, and the boy's body bleeds out on the ground. A pool of blood slowly formed from the corpse she had created, and as she bowed to the boy that would so be thrown out like trash.

The girl showed nothing as she sheathed her sword. Silently giving a mental bound of sorry to the dead boy as she received a single clap from a woman that looked eerily like her mother. Except for a few strains of grey in hair and a few wrinkles that made her look like she was in her late forties. Instead of her actual age, which was around her eighties.

The girl felt her skin crawled as the woman said in a happy, yet calm voice, "Well done, my granddaughter. Don't you agree, Kushina? She was almost as skilled as you were at that age."

"Yes, mother," the girl's mother reluctantly agreed before turning to her daughter. "Come Naruko."

Naruko nodded quietly as she left the stage to be with her mother, Kushina, while the clan's servants removed the body. Naruko was given small comfort by her mother as an elder got her grandmother's attention. "Lady Yokoshima, while this grand showing for a girl so young, you did say you have important news."

"You are quite right. You there, give us your report," Yokoshima ordered a redhead Uzumaki ninja to report.

"We received information from Konoha that the half-breed from Konoha had something extraordinary happen," the ninja reported. "The Elemental Star is reborn in one Naruto, formerly Uzumaki. And with her bloodline, Konoha had decided she be given a new clan called the Ryū Clan."

There was quite a commotion when they heard the news that their long-lost bloodline was reborn in the form of the banished mutt of the family. "How is that possible?" an elder asked.

"From what we know, the bloodline was stabilized by her father's genetics while the Kyūbi's chakra reactivated the bloodline," the ninja answered.

"Which means any chance of our clan having the Elemental Star again will be zilch without little Naru," Yokoshima smirked. "Well Kushina, I guess we were too quick to make you disown your daughter. Too bad she will hate you for disowning her, but I bet you're proud of her being the first Uzumaki in centuries to have the bloodline."

"I am very proud," Kushina had stated while she silently smiled. Kushina hoped Yokoshima never finds out that Konoha knows she is the Leaf's informant or she would be used as bait for Naruto before she is killed, if not torture for a lifetime.

"I bet you are and will be even prouder once you hear this," Yokoshima added while telling her ninja to continue. "Naruto also seems to have been in contact with Kyūbi, who apparently is named Colonel Nine of Nine. A synthetic creature made several centuries ago. The creature had downloaded information into Naruto's brain that includes basics of chakra and technology that had long forgotten. Technology that could change the balance of power in the Elemental Countries, perhaps even the world." There was now loud mumbling and demands to call her back to the clan.

"We can't call her back. We had disowned her, and they're not going to give her up," Yokoshima stated. "However, we can still retrieve her outside the village, or if need be inside once a certain snake attacks." Many nodded in agreement while Yokoshima turned to Kushina, "And you will help us retrieve her or face some dire consequences."

Kushina almost growled as she held her youngest daughters hand for comfort, "Yes mother."

"Good girl and don't think for a second of trying to delay the recovery or fail our purpose. If you fail beyond reason, then I would regretfully have to kill your daughter. Please don't make this old woman kill her second grandchild," Yokoshima stated while holding up her left hand that had the seal array on it as a reminder that all she needed was chakra to kill the two. Yokoshima then dismissed Kushina and Naruko, with a smile on her face. Kushina glared while Naruko tugged on her to leave. The two moved silently away from the elders.

When the two were gone, an elder turned to Yokoshima to state, "She is becoming more and more stubborn and bold, Lady Yokoshima. It may be a good idea to kill them both now before they could cause trouble."

Yokoshima disagreed with the elder, "She is my late husband's daughter even after his terrible 'accident.' However, despite her nature, she is too valuable as a ninja. She always succeeded in numerous critical missions, and she was instrumental in pushing back the natives in the Southern Jungle Wastelands. Not to mention her daughter is too skilled to ignore. Who will also be loyal once we break her of her mother's kindness, which will be soon if the match was is any indication. Besides, we have only been giving her basic information, and we will continue to limit her knowledge as we complete several of our top secret projects."

Yokoshima then held up her hand to indicate that the discussion was over, as her face took on a predatory smile, "Also, if Kushina even thinks of betraying me, then both she and her daughter's lives are forfeited thanks to the death seals drawn on them. It will take Jiraiya years to disarm them without killing them, and that's assuming the elected Counselors and Representatives of Fire Country's Assembly or the Hokage will order Jiraiya to do since they probably believe she is a traitor. So don't worry about Kushina, I have her on a tight leash."

Yokoshima then moved to the council to give her speech, "Retrieving little Naru has come from a laughable proposition to a position of prime importance. We need not only her bloodline that is ours by right but the knowledge from the Kyūbi that was lost to the whole world. The knowledge that little Naru will soon acquire as the Kyūbi helps her. We must get her at whatever the cost, and I have a plan on how to do it. A plan that will not only restore the Elemental Star to our clan but also give us tools long lost that will place the Uzumaki Clan where they rightfully belong as the Supreme Lords and Ladies of the Elemental Nation among the rest of the world! We will succeed for WE ARE THE TRUE UZUMAKI!"

And like many other tyrants throughout history, she was met with thunderous applause.

Hope you enjoy the second chapter, and hopefully, I will have the third out soon. Also, review and tell me what you think of the Uzumaki.

Author Note

A) I like to thank Leaf Ranger in convincing me in changing Naruto's sister name to Naruko.

B) To all the reviewers that think the Republic Alliance is based on Star Wars Galactic Republic, it is not. If anything, it is more based on the UN and possibly Star Trek's United Federation of Planets, when it was finally represented all the countries, and all the many republics put together. The Republic Alliance was formed during WWIII, mainly to help coordinated all the different militaries working together to face the People Republic of China and her allies. After the war ended, the global economy nearly collapses, and several governments destabilized. More power was given to the Alliance to police outside while diplomats, scientists, and engineers worked out trade agreements to stabilize the economy. Eventually, it was formed into an actual government with a head of state and representatives for every region. I may go into more detail later.

As for the name, no one had a problem in the first story when I called it the Republic Alliance. However, if anyone can think of a better name that is not the UN, as China is part of the UN, I am willing to replace the name. Especially for those who think it too similar to Star Wars, which is based on the Roman Republic and Empire.