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Naruto opens a hidden door and smirks at Tylee. "First rule of ninja. Look underneath the underneath." She frowns. "What does that mean?" "I didn't get it at first either. Basically, a ninja's life is one of deception. If you can't tell when somebody is deceiving you then you will die or get somebody killed. It doesn't just extent to ninja though if my life is any indication." "What was you, life like?" Naruto pauses and frowns seemingly lost in thought. "A story for another time."

After nearly 20 minutes walking through the hidden corridor Naruto smiles. "Here. The Konoha 12. My classmates in the academy and on the other side are those who earned themselves a place in my heart but not of the 12." "Why were they called the Konoha 12?" "Every year at the academy you are given a test to graduate and become gennin. But that's only the start. Just because you graduate does not mean you are gennin. That is decided by your assigned Jounin sensei. That year only 9 passed that test including myself. Just as that is a rare thing just 6 months later the chuunin exams were held."

"It's rare for 1 rookie team to be entered but that year 4 teams entered. So, we became known as the Konoha 12." Tylee stares at him blankly. "Sounds like your sensei were lazy." Naruto smirks. "Kurenai was a bit of an overbearing mother figure for her team and Gai was crazy as a loon but yeah Kakashi and Asuma were lazy as a Nara." "Nara?" Naruto points to Shikamaru who looks sleepy even in the painting. "Shikamaru Nara. The Nara clan were the Strategists of Konoha. Each one a genius but all lazy as all get out. If they weren't sleeping or looking at clouds, they were calling something troublesome or a drag." Tylee giggles. "Sounds like my friend Mai."

"And here is Tenten and Lee." Tylee gazes at her ancestors and smiles. "You were right. I'm glad I look like Tenten." Naruto nods and laughs. "I always thought she would end up with Neji but I think he ended up with a civilian girl. Not a Hyuuga thing to do but then they changed a lot after the exodus."
"Exodus?" Naruto nods. "After I was banished from Konoha my lineage was made known and all laws keeping my status secret revoked. Many people who knew my parents were disgusted with my treatment but could do nothing because of the law. Once Uzu was on its way to being repaired many came to live and work there. 5 years later when I finished my training and gained the power of the Shinju most of the rest left Konoha in a mass exodus."

"I'm surprised that didn't cause a war. That would have crippled the village." Naruto nods. "Had anybody else been Hokage you would be right. Besides I left enough financial support in Konoha for a long time for their economy to recover and the exodus was slow going so they dealt with the changes well. Konoha survived at least until I went to sleep and by that time were stronger than ever." "Who and what is the Hokage?" "I'm not surprised you don't know. Kage or Shadow is the leader of one of the major villages. There were 5 major villages until Uzu was rebuilt."

"Hokage or Fire shadow. Raikage or Lightning shadow. Mizukage or Water shadow. Kazekage or Wind shadow. Tsuchikage or Stone shadow. Later I was known as the Uzukage or Whirl shadow.
A kage is the strongest ninja in a village who serves the people. Make no mistake though these were ninja villages and so while we had civilians, we were a military dictatorship. Only a land's Daimyo had power over a Kage unless they let their council have too much leeway. That's what lead to my life being as it was when I was a child. But like I said that's a story for later."

"The hokage when I was a child was Hiruzen Sarutobi." He pointed to a picture of a kindly old man. "He died during the chuunin exams when a new village and an ally invaded. Killed by his own student. The new Hokage after that was Tsunade Senju. One of the three Sannin and my godmother though I didn't know it at the time." Tylee nods. "Who are the others here?" Pointing each out Naruto tells her a bit about each. "Hinata Hyuuga. She was the heiress to the clan though considered a failure she always strived to improve. She had a real problem with confidence though. I was rather oblivious in my childhood and completely missed her crush on me. She was too shy to confess though. Anytime I came too close she would blush then faint."

Tylee giggles. "Kiba Inuzuka. His clan specialized in tracking and an animalistic taijutsu. They also worked with ninken who were bred to be stronger and smarter than normal dogs. Kiba was a good guy but kinda arrogant. Always believing himself an Alpha as he put it. He was also a womanizer and a pervert. He had a crush on Hinata who ironically was about the only girl safe from his advances. They married soon after me and Samui."

"Shino Aburame. The Aburame clan specialized in bug jutsu. They were unique in that they were living colonies for their bugs who lived inside them. They communicated with them and used them to fight in exchange for their bugs feeding off their chakra. They were highly logical people and often were almost as intelligent as a Nara. Though they were quiet and came off as creepy they were loyal friends." Tylee grimaces. "I don't think I could get past the bug thing." Naruto nods. "Many felt the same and I always liked that they never held that against people. Actually, given what I was the Aburame were rather sympathetic to me as a child even if they never showed it."

"Sakura Haruno. A clanless ninja from a civilian family. As smart as they come this one but sometimes a little slow on the uptake on somethings if it's not in a book. For years you could class her as a fangirl though. She never trained and was always fawning over Sasuke. She was so obsessive that she would beat me over the head if I showed any talent or badmouthed him. Later she was found to have near perfect chakra control because of her low reserves. She started to concentrate on her training more and gained an apprenticeship to Tsunade as a medic ninja. In the end she surpassed her master in every way. In the academy I had a crush on her but after the exams I let it go. She married Sasuke in the end as she always wanted."

Tylee could hear anger in his voice but figured he would explain soon so kept her mouth shut.
"I already told you about the Nara so you can guess most of what I would say about Shikamaru. Though he was a great friend. He figured me out before anybody else. He was the first among us to make chuunin. When I sent for people to build Uzu he was one of the first to come and along with his future wife handled my accounts to pay for the whole thing. He married the sister of the Kazekage. Temari Sabaku. Smart woman, exceptional ninja, strong willed and a woman who would beat you into the ground for suggesting otherwise. Besides myself, she was one of the strongest wind users of the time."

"Choji Akimichi." "Wow he's fat." Naruto snorts. "A clan trait. See Akimichi jused a form of jutsu which could expand their body either in part or as a whole to incredible size. His father could become as large as a Biju. The problem is they burns a LOT of energy and so they needed to eat nearly constantly. One thing you never say to an Akimichi is that they are fat. Always big boned or chubby or something. Say fat and you get flat is what they said." Tylee blushes. "Mind out of the gutter hehehe but yes I heard rumors to that effect from his future wife."

"Speaking of which. Ino Yamanaka. Another fangirl for Sasuke in the academy. Smart and similar to Sakura in most ways but less abusive and violent. Yamanaka were known as mind walkers because their jutsu worked on the mind. Most famously they could transfer their mind into another and take control of them or read their memories. It had its weaknesses though. Anything that happened to the possessed also happened to the body of the Yamanaka. Also, the body goes completely limp when in control of another. Hence the best combos of the Ino shika Cho team. Nara shadow jutsu to hold a team, Yamanaka to take control of another and turn them on their team and Akimichi to flatten what's left."

"You could decimate an army with a combo like that." Naruto nods. "And that's exactly what their fathers did and the origin of that team. Though officially they were a capture and interrogation team." Naruto shrugs. "Neji Hyuuga. Hinata's cousin and member of the Hyuuga branch family. He was angry at the main family as a child and Hinata in particular. He even went so far as to try to kill her during the second phase of the chuunin exams." "Why?" Naruto shakes his head. "The clan head had a twin. Hizashi was Neji's father. As a child a Kumo ninja who was a diplomat attempted to kidnap Hinata. Hiashi killed him and Kumo demanded his head."

Tylee finishes. "But being his twin, they offered his brother up instead and that pissed off Neji." Naruto nods. "There is more to it but that's the short of it. The branch family's duty is to protect the Main. Each member of the branch is branded with a seal that can cause pain or death on command. On death it sealed and destroyed the eyes of the person it's on thus denying Kumo the Byakugan they wanted." "Byakugan?" "The Hyuuga bloodline. One of what was called the 3 great doujutsu. The others being the Sharingan and Rinnegan."

"In the third phase of the exams I beat Neji and changed his views on fate and he became a much better person for it. I also revoked the Hyuuga's rights to the caged bird seal when I was exiled since it was an Uzumaki seal and it was my right." "This is all a little over my head." He smirks. "With time and training you will get it, but this is all information lost for millennia, so I'm not surprised."

"And now for Lee. Born with a genetic condition which affected his chakra coils and prevented him using his chakra for anything beyond the very basics. Instead he resolved to become a splendid ninja with just taijutsu like his teacher. Unfortunately, he became a carbon copy of him in almost every way and it was disturbing to say a lot. If Neji was considered a genius Lee was considered a genius of hard work. During the second phase he shocked everybody when he removed his weights and caused a massive crater just dropping them. Second in speed only to his teacher at the time."

"Tenten Higurashi. Another civilian born and daughter of the owner of Higurashi's weapon shop. She developed a love of weapons at a young age that could almost be described as treating them as lovers. Until she moved to Uzu she was known as the weapons mistress of Konoha. Nobody knew more about weapons. Not even the Hokage or Anbu. We often wondered is Tenten was a nickname because she hit with perfect 10 out of 10 accuracy. Beautiful, talented and a wonderful person. Lee could not have picked better than his teammate." Tylee smiled. She had a great admiration for her ancestor now.

"Last but not least. Sasuke Uchiha." The picture was slashed but the man in it screamed dignity and arrogance. Tylee did not like this man. "Hm seems somebody formed a new hatred for him after I slept. Or one of his descendants. Anyway, as an Uchiha he was bred to be talented and strong but not humble. Arrogant and entitled as any he had his choice of any girl his age and many older. Then his older and more talented brother massacred his clan and he grew worse for it. Pampered and angry. He swore revenge and that's a dangerous thing for an Uchiha. My teammate and rival at the time. After the exams he abandoned the village and turned traitor to go to Orochimaru for power."

"The Hokage ordered his capture and so a large group of his classmates including myself went after him. We encountered resistance in the sound 5. A strong group of ninjas under the command of Orochimaru. My teammates took care of them as I chased Sasuke. I beat him and took him back to the village. A week later I was called to the council chambers. Seems the civilian council went over Tsunade's head to the Daimyo. I was to be banished from Konoha. Of course, Sasuke had his chakra sealed and was neutered to prevent his goals and Orochimaru's as well. That pissed them off a lot."

Naruto laughs which causes her to smile. She likes his laugh. "I did something they never expected at that time. I smiled for only the second time that year. They screwed themselves over in their blind hatred." Tylee frowns again. "I guess that's for later too." Naruto hugs her. "Don't worry I will tell you everything in time." She nods and smiles. "Is this what you meant about healing Sasuke?" Naruto smirks and nods. "After becoming a god, I decided he deserved a second chance. He had changed a lot. Even going so far as to apologize to me. Something I NEVER thought would happen.
I healed him and later he and Sakura married. He even forgave his brother who married Shizune."

"Shizune?" He points to a picture beside Tsunade's. "Niece of Tsunade's dead lover and longtime assistant and keeper of the legendary sucker herself Tsunade Senju. She was her first apprentice."
Tylee snorts. "Legendary sucker? What did she do to get THAT name?" "She had 2 passions. Drinking and gambling. Sadly, she only had talent in drinking. Any time she gambled and won bad things happened. As her debts rose and until she became Hokage she earned that name across the 5 nations. Still better known as the legendary sucker then Pervy Sage or Orochipedo."

"Pervy Sage? Orochipedo?" Naruto smirks. Pervy sage or Jiraya of the Sannin the Toad sage was my godfather and teacher of my father. Though honestly, I still feel nothing for the man for what he did. Once again, a story for later. Orochipedo or Orochimaru of the Sannin. Most infamous traitor to the leaf until Itachi. Had a reputation for liking little boys and with his snake like nature and the way he spoke you could picture it whether it was true or not." Tylee giggles. "Ninjas are weird." Naruto shrugs. "Again, you have no idea."

Continuing through the corridor the come to a dead end with a sealed door. Naruto wipes some blood on it and the door opens into the sunlight. Stepping out Tylee looks back and after the door closes it changes to look like the rest of the wall of rock. "More genjutsu?" "Close. Camouflage seal. Same concept though." "And the seal?" "Blood seal. Will only unlock for me or my family unless I put somebody else's blood into the array." She nods. This is all so interesting. "Hey, we're near my house."

She looks to Naruto and sees he is crying. "Hey what's wrong?" He looks at her and wipes his tears before smiling. "Nothing serious. I suppose it was too much to expect an empire to last more than a couple thousand years." She frowns. "What do you mean?" "Uzu. This island might have changed but…. it's Uzu. My family's home." She hugs him. "Sorry." Naruto hugs her back and cries again.

"Hey Tylee, who's the big baby? Your BOYFRIEND?" Five other girls all giggle. Naruto stops crying and looks at them. Near identical each of them he frowns. Bullies. He hates Bullies. Speaking quietly so they don't hear. "These girls your sisters?" She nods. The girls all frown and the oldest scowls having been ignored. She hates that. Looking so alike in a family so large her parents did that a lot, so she became the boss. The eldest. She called for the most attention and as the youngest and prettiest Tylee was only a bug to be stepped on. How dare she ignore her.

She marches up behind her and moves to grab her hair. "Answer me worm." Naruto grabs her hand and stops her. She makes her second mistake and looks him in the eye. Cold. In those eyes she saw death and pain and in that order. She backed off. "Yes. I am her boyfriend. I also don't appreciate your insensitivity to my pain or your bullying of your family." She snarls. "What's it to you?"

"Family is the most precious thing to me. See I lived many years without one. Hated. Scorned. They tried and failed to kill me. Banished I trained and became strong. I gained my family and I lived happy. So, to see somebody step on their family to me is anathema. Cherish your family for one day you might not have one."

As he spoke, she looked into his eyes and as they changed shape for a moment, she saw images of his life and knew hell. The weight of his words hit her full force. As he walked away with Tylee she was still on the ground and her sisters were asking if she was alright as she cried. "What was that? I've never seen Jaynee cry." Naruto is a little out of breath. That was harder than he remembered and Tylee notices.

"Sorry. That was something I needed to do but it's draining in my condition. It's a jutsu executed through the eyes. But my Doujutsu is sealed until I am strong enough to unlock it again. I refined it with Kurenai and Itachi and is based on the Uchiha jutsu Tsukuyomi. As I spoke, she saw relevant parts of my life. Flashes mostly. Let's say it was not pretty. I only hope she takes the lesson to heart and learns the value of family." Tylee smiles and hugs him. "Okay where to next?"
Naruto smiles. "A place that terrified me as a child." She looks confused. "A library." She laughs and takes him to the island library.

By the time they arrived he had recovered. "It's the oldest building on the island. It's said to be modeled after an ancient civilization." Naruto looks at it and grins. "It's Uzumaki design." "Really?"
Naruto nods. "I'm surprised though it's OLD Uzumaki. It's hard to make it look so nice without seals and expensive. Tazuna did it because he was a really talented builder. I wonder whatever happened to little Inari." They walked inside and Naruto smirked. "So, what's first?" Naruto laughs and rubs his hands in glee. "You are in for a treat. My specialty jutsu." Naruto makes a cross with his fingers and over 100 copies of him appeared.

Tylee's jaw hit the floor. "W-w-what?" Naruto frowns. "Hm my control must be shot worse than I thought. I could make double that the first time I used it." Tylee looks at him and he smiles at her. "Shadow clone jutsu. Dividing the chakra evenly between clones you can make a solid clone which has your memories and upon dispelling relays anything it sees or hears back to your mind. It's meant for recon and spying but I can use it more than anybody else. I use it for training and reading a large amount all at once."

He sees one clone goofing off and frowns. Tylee giggles as he walks up to it and bops it on the head and it poofs out of existence. "Grrr 1000 years and I never did figure out why some of them goof off like that." "You said they have your memories so do you think it's part of your personality?" Naruto shakes his head. "It was one theory but then some of them did things I wouldn't be caught dead doing if my life would end a second later. I also thought it might be the Kyuubi's influence but that was disproved as well. My only theory is it's a flaw in the jutsu itself because I can create so much more than the creator ever expected."

"Who created it?" "Tobirama Senju. The second Hokage. He also created the basic form for my father's most famous jutsu. The hiraishin. Most of the jutsu in the scroll of seals were his or my father's creations. A genius but an idiot and a jerk too." She pouts. "Sounds a little like Azula." Naruto chuckles. "Funny you say that. He hated Uchiha more than most. That's saying a lot given the Senju and Uchiha were longtime rival clans constantly at war before the villages were formed. He hated them but he had so much in common with them. Ironic. And if this Azula is descended from Sasuke as I think then it's even more appropriate."

Tylee practices Yoga and acrobatics as Naruto meditates for 2 hours before Naruto smiles and watches her. "You have great balance." She grins like he used to. "Thanks. So how much have you read so far?" "Most of my clones are done. Only a couple remain who are reading up on history. I never was a fan of History. The people who are often are walking cures for Insomnia. Strange thing is I'm getting conflicting information. Oh well." Tylee shrugs and her eyes lose some light. "History is written by the victors as they say. Fire nation thinks they are the best so a fire nation library will rewrite any history in it to fit them. Doesn't always work right though. Might have more luck getting accurate history in Earth nation."

Naruto places a map of the nations on the table and shows her how much has changed.
"Looks like the continent broke and the land masses had a massive shift."
Tylee frowns. "This is a thousand-year-old map and it's still pretty accurate from what I know. Is it really that different?" Naruto unseals a map from his seals and compares it. "Very. Fire nation drifted far west. Lightning and most smaller nations absorbed into Stone and became earth. Water split north and south which put Uzu within fire. And wind split east and west. Became air. Almost like something changed the way the world works, and the spirits took exception and divided the world."

"A change like that unless it happened over 1000 years or more or was planned for would kill off millions. Humans would have been an endangered species." Tylee nods. "They were before the time of the Avatar. Most think it's all just a load of crap though. I don't think the avatar even knows the legends giving credence to such things." Naruto nods. "No telling what carries over in a cycle of rebirth like that. Orochimaru would have killed for that kind of power and I know for a fact he did."

Shaking himself from dark thoughts he packs up and faces Tylee. "Alright I've ready to leave. Where do you think we should go?" Tapping her chin in thought Tylee considers. "Well air nation is gone, and water nation is a bit reclusive these days. Fire nation is a bit close to home for me right now so why not head into earth nation." Naruto nods. "Got anything you need to do before we leave?"
She frowns. "I should pack and…..I might not like them but I should say goodbye to my sisters."

Naruto smiles. "Family is important even if you don't like them. I'm liking you more and more." Tylee blushes. Almost at sunset they arrive at Tylee's home. Naruto waits outside as she packs. Just as she is almost done Jaynee walks in and frowns. "What are you doing?" "Leaving." "With him? You just met him. Sure, he's cute but what do you even see in him anyway?"

"Well gee let's see. Smart, confident, talented, strong, and most important not afraid of my family."
Jaynee looks down in shame. "I haven't been a good sister. I know. But I can't just let you leave with him. You don't even know him." Tylee walks up to her sister and hugs her. "I will always love you, but this is MY choice. Bye Jaynee." Tylee rushes out the door with Jaynee behind her. "If you won't listen to me then you leave me no choice. I will challenge him." Naruto frowns. "Why?" "She's my sister. She doesn't know you. How can we be sure you can protect her? She may trust you but are you strong enough to keep her safe? Show me!" Naruto smiles. "Is her style the same as yours?"
"Yeah. I'm more agile and flexible but she's stronger." Naruto smirks. "Strength is not always best."

Stepping forwards he slips into a stance none of them have ever seen before. Jaynee slips into the family stance before rushing at him but even in his weakened state she is moving in slow motion to him. What follows is not a challenge or a fight but a beatdown. Stepping into a spin he swings his arms in a spiral taking out her footing before striking her arms. He transitions into a flip and slams his foot into her gut leaving her in a crater dazed and weak.

"Hm loosely based on the Goken. I was right about your ancestry. Rock Lee would be ashamed of how slow you were and Tenten would be ashamed of your disrespect, but both would be proud of your love for your family. When next you see Tylee you will hardly recognize her. She will be far stronger than you can imagine. Until then I will protect her that I promise. And an Uzumaki never goes back on their word."

As they walk away Tylee asks. "I've never seen anything like that. What was it?" "Uzuken. Spiral fist. My mother developed it and it made her feared. Maito Guy was her student and adapted the Goken from it sacrificing lateral mobility for strength and speed. Only an Uzumaki can handle the true Uzuken so he made the Goken in its image. Your family style is loosely based on the Goken as I said with other elements mixed in."

"Seems like so much we should be thankful from your family and friends." "That's what happens when you save and change the world. But even in my time I noticed prominent figures influenced things even after death. The first Hokage for example. He was the reason the village system even existed." "That makes sense. Well it's a little late to catch a boat right now and I would rather not go back so what now?" Nearing the pier Naruto smirks. "Watch."

Going through hand signs he slams his hands into the sand and a wooden house forms before their eyes. "Wow. Is there anything you can't do?" He laughs. "At full power not much but yeah there will always be something I can't do. For example, I'm extremely impatient. I guess it's an Uzumaki trait but apparently, I'm worse than my mother was. I got better but I still find it hard to sit still." She grins. "I can relate." He nods as they walk inside. "That's Lee's influence. Even when Gaara broke his spine and crushed an arm and a leg as soon as he could move, he was doing one armed pushups."

She giggles then gasps as she sees the house. "Wow. I know people who would kill for a house like this. It's simple but has a nice feel to it and it's roomy." He nods. "Wood style is heavily influenced by nature, so a house made by it always feels like that. Come on. Wait til you see the bedrooms." She blushes. "You mean we aren't sleeping together?" Naruto raises an eyebrow. "Well Tylee. Aren't we feeling forward?" She shakes her head. "Not like that. I just…. never had a boyfriend before. I want to cuddle." Naruto hugs her and kisses her head. "It's fine. I was just kidding. If you feel comfortable enough for that then sure."