Disclaimer; I DON'T OWN NARUTO.

Kushina calmly waited for the teenage Shinobi. To buy time she had changed the twins' diapers and sorted out her equipment for traveling. While she had been changing the twins she had also taken the time to give them middle names.

Suddenly there was a distortion in the air from the Shunshin and Hiruzen appeared with two scrolls and some paper along with ink and a brush for her to write out their birth certificate. No words were spoken as Kushina took the papers and filled it out. Soon afterwards their names were Uzumaki Keito Naruto and Uzumaki Mito Naruko.

"This scrolls is a peace treaty between Konoha and Uzu, Konoha Shinobi will not be permitted to enter Uzu or Nami for the next eight years." Hiruzen said giving her a scroll to which she took. "And this one is the Forbidden Scroll." He said giving her the other scroll as her eyes widened.

"I can't take this! It belongs to Konoha!" She said pushing it back into his hand but he chuckled and gave it back to her and pointed at the twins. "What's wrong with them?"

"The Forbidden Scroll doesn't belong to Konoha…it belongs to the Senju clan, being an Uzumaki you have some Senju blood in you making you three the owners of the scroll." He said with a smile and Kushina sighed.

"When the council and the Shinobi find out that you just gave away the Forbidden Scroll you surely will be out-ruled." Kushina warned but Hiruzen chuckled again and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"As for what the council knows…Uzumaki Kushina was given a mental evaluation from yours truly and was given permission to leave Konoha with her children: Uzumaki Naruto and Uzumaki Naruko." He said and turned just in time to see Team Minato arrive in a Shunshin. Kushina was impressed with what they wore and what they brought.

Kakashi wore a black ninja shirt with arm plates on his forearms along with baggy ANBU pants also in black, he had ninja bandages around his right thigh holding his weapons pouch in place, a pouch around his black belt filled with who knows what. A scrolls on his waist and an orange book in his hands. His mouth and nose mask was also their and lastly he had a dark blue cloth covering his Sharingan eye.

Rin had on a full body mesh suit, a green jacket with short sleeves and the Kanji for 'Turtle' on her back, a miniskirt that was also in the color green with two weapons pouches on each thigh and two pouches on her waist for medical purposes. Unlike the others she had three scrolls on her waist.

Obito wore a dark blue jacket with red trimmings and the Uchiha clan crest on his back. Like his jacket his pants were the same color scheme and same material. Like Kakashi he also had some bandages wrapped around his thigh but it was around his left leg and also held a weapons pouch. He had one ninja pouch on his waist and one scroll, and lastly, he had on an orange swirling mask with one eye whole on the right side of it for his one eye.

With a satisfied nod and a bid good bye to Hiruzen she turned to Team Minato. She sighed.

"Let's go."

"FUCK!"

The voice rang through a cave with intensity. It was a man who ha shelled the curse and said man wore a black cloak with a white mask and had gray hair and his face looked wrinkled and old. This ladies and gentlemen was Uchiha Madara.

"What is wrong Madara? Are you upset because you failed to get the Kyūbi? It would have been possible had you not been old and brittle. What do you wish to do?" Coming out of the ground was a half black half white…substance…in the mouth of something resembling a Venus fly trap.

"If only we had obtained the Uchiha…" Madara didn't get to finish as he began coughing. Groaning all the while he went over to a tree where a branch connected to him and his breathing returned to normal. "Should we have obtained that Obito boy when he was on the brink of death we could have manipulated him into stealing the Kyūbi which would have been easier, I may have experience but I'm old…but, my plan must be accomplished." Madara finished and the Venus fly trap moved over to him through the ground.

"If it helps Madara, we have information on something you might find interest in." It said which in turn made Madara raise his eyebrows and furrow them in anticipation.

"What is it Zetsu?"

The now named Zetsu smirked. "In the Land Of Rain we have gathered some interesting information, three orphans formerly trained by Jiraiya no Sannin has started a group known as Akatsuki, so far all the members are either former Shinobi from a village or orphans themselves, but the most interesting thing is that one of the leaders has the Rinnegan, he has deep red hair." Zetsu explained which in turn caused a deep chuckle from Madara.

"That is Uzumaki Nagato, I gave him the Rinnegan, this is very good news to me Zetsu, continue to investigate the Akatsuki." Madara ordered. With a swift nod Zetsu dissolved into the ground. "My plan will proceed."

Nothing but deep chuckles were heard after those last four words.

Four hours and nine miles later Kushina and Team Minato were closing I on the border that separated the Land Of Fire from the Land of Waves. They ran with Kushina in front; Rin behind her and the boys on either side of Rin. Both Kushina and Rin had the one of the twins in a special baby carrier.

The baby carriers was designed for Chakra to be used to envelope the children in order to keep them save from all harmful elements. Normally run at the speed of a Shinobi with a baby could easily snap their necks but the carriers were able to hold their bodies still.

All of them were tired but they weren't going to stop until they got into the Land Of Waves where Konoha Shinobi wasn't allowed and where they could get a room to relax. They were about a couple miles out from Wave Country and they were tiring as the minutes ticked away casually.

"Hey Kushina!" Obito called as he increased his pace slightly to a point where he could run at Kushina's side. Kushina turned to him and rose a brow indicating for him to go on. "What's going to be our first plan of action, I know you said we'd discuss it at a motel but my curiosity got the better of me."

This action caused all of the others to raise their eyebrows. There was no way in hell this was Obito. After his near death experience he had become more level headed than any of them, even Kakashi. Speaking of Kakashi, he was watching Obito with a rather calculating gaze when he noticed something, his eyes widened.

Running through three familiar hand seals to Rin-who was watching him-he dashed towards Obito and plunged a handful of lightning into his chest. "RAIKIRI!" Blood was spilt as the body of Obito was sent into a tree crushing it instantly.

The two teens and Kushina stopped in their tracks and formed a back to back formation looking for any sign of trouble. They remained quiet as they listened for any sign of the real Obito. Kakashi's eyes narrowed as he sensed some movement in a bush and sent a kunai into the underbrush. A 'thud' was heard an out fell the body of what appeared to be a man in a cream cloak with blood on his chest.

"That's ROOT." Kushina warned as she took out a pair of kunai and made a Kage Bunshin to run into the bush. They waited quietly for a minute until Kushina spoke again. "They've got Obito, probably when we stopped for a bathroom break." She explained as she got ready to charged into the bushes.

"What's the plan?" Kakashi asked seeing the elder of the three get into position. "Do we rush right in of do we play it smart?" He asked and his answer came in the form of Kushina running through seals.

"Rin; provide the water, Kakashi I want you to provide some lightning." She said then turned towards the spot where she knew Obito was. "OBITO, INCOMING." She shouted as they all finished their hand seals and did their Jutsu, Rin and Kakashi waiting for Kushina to name it.

"Collaboration Ninjutsu; Electrifying Torrent!"

Kushina shot out a powerful ball of wind that collided with Rin's water blast and then Kakashi's Lightning Jutsu mixed in with that to form a high speed electricity powered water blast. The Jutsu ripped through the trees of the forest and kept on heading until it died down and Obito came running out of the shrubbery with his clothes singed in multiple parts.

"Great idea." He muttered under his breath sarcastically. "Send a three way collaboration Jutsu to where someone is being held hostage by Chakra restrictions seals." He said and everyone chuckled. Walking up to him Rin held out her hands and began to heal him.

He blushed under his mask as she had to touch his skin in order to heal it properly and when she was done he was practically a red rose. He muttered thanks to her and walked over to Kushina.

"Sorry I was caught Kushina, I was careless." He apologized looking down but Kushina chuckled and placed a hand on his shoulder. Looking up he saw her grinning.

"It's okay, you being safe is most important, but all jokes aside, what did they tell you, did you hear anything out of the ordinary and did they ask you anything?" She asked and Obito took off his mask and took a deep breath. Kushina frowned when she saw the wrinkles in his face from his accident.

"They were careful not to say anything around me, they were smart, as for what they asked me they only asked what our plans were…but I kept shut." He said as he took the mask and put it back on.

"Very good." She complimented with a smile as she began walking away. "I'm assuming they had wireless communication devices in their ears?" Kushina asked and Obito nodded.

"Obito, did out Jutsu leave behind any survivors?" Rin asked and Obito turned to her and shook his head in a negatory state. "Okay, I was just wondering that maybe we could have gotten some information out of them." She said with a sigh.

"That's okay, they were here illegally, Danzō's ROOT were supposed to be shit down years ago but he continued to work with them underground and in the shadows." Kushina informed them as they all started to gradually pick up pace as they ran. "Danzō and the other two elders were the ones who forced me to activate Operation BlackBird, with Naru-kun and Naru-chan being Jinchuriki they wanted to kill me and kidnap them to use them as weapons to over throw Hiruzen." Kushina explained and they looked confused.

"Why couldn't you have just reported them?" Kakashi asked as if it was the most common question in the world. "If he gets locked up there is nothing he can't do from jail." He said and Kushina shook her head.

"That's not how it works: being an elder Danzō gets anything he wants, and even if we were to get some solid information on him he would always try and try again…he was always a persistent man, but his persistence was heading to the wrong things." Kushina said and the others nodded. Picking up speed Kushina was now running again with Team Minato right on his tail.

They ran for another hour and a half until they reached the border. The border wasn't on land but on water as water had to be crossed in order to get to Wave Country. They ninja ran across the water for a half hour until they came to the country itself.

Once they were in the Land Of Waves they slowed their run to a walk in order to not alarm any civilians. The four former Konoha Nin were impressed with how the country was doing. For a country as small as it was it was doing fine, some motels, a residential area and the shopping area along with the business area and a beach.

As they got closer and closer into the town people began to watch them wearily, ninja didn't always come into their country. Kushina and the others knew they were watching them because they had ninja gear and were carrying babies.

Their thoughts were cut when a man came in front of them. He reeked of sake and the scent made Kushina and Rin crinkle their noses in disgust and they used their hands to cover the noses of the twins.

"What are ninja doing in Nami?" The man's voice as gruff and sounded as if he was a little drunk. "You don't have headbands but you have ninja gear and two babies." He pointed out and Kushina sighed.

"My name is Uzumaki Kushina, the babies are my twins, my companions are Uchiha Obito, Nohara Rin and Hatake Kakashi." She introduced holding her hand out for the man to shake but he didn't.

"You didn't answer my question." He said and Kushina took her hand back and sighed.

"We were former Nin of Konoha but after recent…events, we left in order to go to Uzuoshigakure." She answered and held her hand out again. "May I ask you name?"

The man took her hand and shook it firmly. "I'm Tazuna, sort of the unofficial mayor per-say of the town." He introduced himself and brought his hand back from Kushina and put them in his pockets. "Do you wish to spend a night in Nami?" He asked and Kushina nodded.

"That would be delightful, we are tired from walking from Konoha and I have to feed Naruto and Naruko." She said gesturing to the babies she and Rin had. "Naruto and Naruko?" He dead panned. "Their names are practically the same with one letter changed."

"It wasn't my idea to name the girl Naruko, it was my husband." She dead panned this time. Tears then stung her eyes as her mind went back to the very day they had decided in the names for the twins.

"Speaking of your husband, where is he? These two guys here look like kids." He said and Kakashi and Obito grew tick-marks from the the shot at their age.

"My husband is dead…now can you please carry as to a motel or something." She said fighting back tears from spilling. "We're really tired and could use the rest." She said and Tazuna nodded and turned around gesturing for them to follow him. By this time the civilians had already returned to their business so the former Konoha Nin followed Tazuna.

Kakashi, Obito and Rin felt the sad aura circulating around Kushina from the loss of her husband. The man she had loved died protecting a village that had some people who practically wanted to kill his children for what they held.

Life was how it was; a journey for those who know how to play…by the rules.

A.N; That was my second chapter, hope you liked it. I would just like to give you guys a heads up and say that the action really wouldn't start until about chapter five or six, there still are some kinks my co-authors and I need to work out but expect another chapter on Wednesday.

Author;

Sir. Shutter Boi.

(SSB)