He sat behind his desk, patiently waiting for Catalina's return. The lack of activity gave him time to think back on the day's events. Specifically, the name he kept being branded with throughout the day.

"Naruto Uzumaki. Why would they refer to me like that? As far as the information leads, the only Uzumakis within Konoha's walls are the Hokage's wife and daughter. The only way I could be an Uzumaki is if I were their son." He closes his eyes and takes the Gendo Ikari pose. "If I was their son, then why am I living on the street? Why do I not carry the Namikaze name as well? Why would they leave me to suffer and devote their time to their daughter?" He leans back in his chair and pinches the bridge of his nose. "I find myself with many questions and a disturbing lack of information to answer them. I need more facts. Or do I?" His eyes open and he stands up slowly, making his way to a large whiteboard on his office wall. He picked up a marker and began to write as he spoke.

"Fact 1, I am a personal associate of two of the Sannin. Those two being Tsunade and Orochimaru."

"Fact 2, in both instances THEY are the ones who sought ME out."

"Fact 3, The Sannin only associate with others out of necessity. The only exceptions made are for their assistants, apprentices and their immediate family."

"First assumption, I am seen as important to two of the Sannin."

"Fact 4, I have blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Fact 5, Minato Namikaze is the only other person in Konoha who displays such traits."

"Second assumption, I am related to Minato Namikaze."

"Third assumption, I am important to the Sannin because of my relation to Minato Namikaze."

"Fact 6, My name is Naruto Uzumaki."

"Fact 7, Minato's wife is named Kushina Uzumaki."

"Fourth assumption, I am the illegitimate son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki."

"Conclusion, The Sannin have deemed me important as I am the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki." He capped the marker and stepped back from the board. His eyes drifted over the words again and again as his anger grew. The marker in his hand snapped and a glare found its way onto his face.

"Son of a bitch! They fucking knew! They knew the entire time! They knew and they did nothing about it." He was absolutely livid. He hated people like that, the ones who would see those horrible things happening and just stood of to the side even though they could have stopped it. Showing pity after the fact did not count as helping. He is a firm believer of the saying 'Evil prevails when good men do nothing' and wasn't afraid to get his hands bloody if it helped someone out. He would help even if the people he helped would attack him afterward. After all, hatred never solves anything, it just creates more problems. "And I have enough problems as it is."

"Master, is something troubling you?" The quiet voice caused him to look to his doorway where his only student. He saw the slight bit of fear on her face and knew she saw his outburst.

"I'm fine Red." She visibly calmed when he used her pet name. "Did you need something?"

"W-well…." She fidgeted slightly. "…t-there's smoke on the other side of town." He cocked an eyebrow at her. "M-more specifically, there's smoke coming from the town."

"I may regret asking but where exactly in town is the smoke coming from?"

"It's coming from the Akihiro compound." Naruto blinked before walking to his desk and retrieving a bottle of Aspirin from one of the drawers. Two of the tablets find their way to his left palm before quickly being swallowed.

"Is there anything else?" He asked before a large explosion sounded in the distance. Naruto sighed at his student's now sheepish smile and another duo of tablets joined their fallen brethren. "Never mind."

"What do you plan to do now Master?"

"I'm going to confirm something at the hospital and pay a visit to the Inuzuka. If our Assassin friend returns before me, then try to keep her here." Velvet sends a quick look to her Master. "Worry not Red, I shall return before nightfall."

"Master, you know what happens when you set deadlines." Naruto gives a barking laugh at her words.

"That is true but I have reason to hurry tonight. Not only that but I have an entire afternoon for two shorts tasks."

"It's four thirty in the afternoon." Velvet deadpanned.

"Huh. It seems I was out for longer than expected." He said with a scratch of his chin.

"To be fair, you did lose quite a bit of blood." A psychic message played in their heads.

"How good it is to hear your voice again Cain. When did you get back?" Naruto watches the teen with clipboard in hand as he walks into the office.

"You and I both know I didn't leave the building." Cain leans against the wall and adopts a serious expression. "What exactly do you have planned for our white wearing associate?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Did you expect her to take it with a grain of salt? How do you know she won't cut us down when she learns the truth?"

"Everything will be revealed in due time." Naruto held his hand out in a calming gesture.

"Will you stop it with that prophetic bullshit? You can't just use her like this!"

"And just what in god's name am I supposed to do? Walk up to her and be all 'Oh I'm so sorry but your entire life is a lie and you're actually a failed genetic experiment being raised by traitors from the Assassins who became the lackeys of one of Those Who Came Before but we don't have any proof to back up anything we say. Also I'm a Templar but don't worry you can totally trust everything I say even though our Orders are mortal enemies'. That will go over SO well." This mini rant filled with dramatic poses bringing sweat drop to Cain and Velvet's heads.

"I'm sure that Cain didn't mean it like that." Velvet waves her hands in front of her attempting to diffuse any situation before it started.

"Actually, I kinda did." Two face faults followed this. "I just didn't realize how stupid it sounded until he said it out loud."

"I'm just going to leave now before I get an aneurism."

"Have a nice day Master."

"May the Father of Understanding guide us."

"Go fuck yourself Cain."

"With pleasure sir!"

(Konoha Main Street)

Naruto quickly made his way through the throngs of people still out on the street, the only signs of discomfort coming from the occasional bump to his injured side. Twelve and a half minutes into his walk he could finally make out the Hospital as it entered his line of sight. He quickly made his way around to the side and found his target, the window to the nurses changing room. The window went along the entire side of the room but was only a foot tall and was placed just below the ceiling. Naruto rolled over a large stone and stood on top to look into the window. He finds the girl he's looking for quite easily at her locker, wearing nothing but a pair of pink panties allowing her VERY generous assets some air. He rapped twice on the window, drawing the attention of the room. Only two or three of the seventeen girls panicked and tried to cover them selves, the rest just went back to what they were doing. Well, except one brunette who sighed and walked into the corner nearest the window and pushed open the secret door. Naruto then walked into the changing, closing the door behind him as he followed the brunette back to her locker.

"What can I do for you today, Messenger?" She held a certain tone in her voice as she removed her last article of clothing.

"Your words wound me so, Mune-chan." He playfully grips his chest, drawing a few laughs from other changing nurses. Mune puts her hands on her hips and smirks at him.

"I'll start being nicer when you take me out to dinner." She shoots back with the same playfulness.

"How about tomorrow then?" He asks completely serious.

"YES!" He's caught off guard by her quick answer. He's also shocked when she wraps him up in a hug and starts spinning around while giggling like a school girl. "I finally got a date out of you! I'm one step closer to getting laid!" The other nurses were laughing once more at Mune's outburst. At 22 she'd become something of a joke with her lack of luck with the opposite gender. The guys she normally went out with usually ended up ogling her so much they ended up having accidents which led to them winding up in the hospital(one guy even stabbed himself in the chest because her jiggling made him forget he had a steak knife in his hand).

"What the hell just happened?" He quietly asked after she finally let him go.

"You just promised to take me out tomorrow." Mune happily chirped while sliding on baby blue panties and attempting to fasten a matching bra.

"Huh." He draws out as he moves behind and assists her. "I didn't even know you owned a bra." A few of the closer nurses develop a slight nosebleed.

"I'm only wearing it for work. If you see me walking on the street then I am unbound every time." Another set of nurses gain nosebleeds.

"Is it an employment issue?"

"Nope." She slides on her white uniform.

"Do you earn more?"

"Not a cent." She buttons it up slowly.

"Then why do you need it?"

"It makes the patients I see to more cooperative." She places the cap on her and sits on the changing room bench.

"I'm afraid I don't understand." She faces him with a triumphant grin as she fixes her shoes.

"I've stumped the all knowing Messenger? I guess you're not that good at your job after all." She giggles at his glare. "I'm joking. I just get a lot of the perverts during my shift so I have to use my womanly charms to make them more agreeable." No one notices as a lone nurse is launched into the wall with an epic nosebleed.

"Still not seeing how that helps but okay. Anyway, I need you to run a blood comparison to someone on file."

"Sure thing. Whose blood am I running?"

"Mine."

"Wait, what? Why do want your blood run? I thought you didn't want to be in the system."

"I think I finally know who my parents are and I want to be sure. Besides, I never said I didn't want to be in the system, I just said that I hated it."

"Okay, follow me to the lab and we'll take a sample." Naruto nodded and followed Mune out of the changing room, sending a wave over his shoulder to the remaining nurses who either giggled or blushed, the latter including a pale eyed girl with long purple hair and bandages covering her forehead who immediately went into the adjoining shower room to 'ease some tension'.

(END)

AN: Yes I know it's short, I've been having a lot of trouble lately just trying to figure out where all my stories are going and I'm starting to blank on a few needed pieces. It's very annoying and I should probably go on hiatus but considering I haven't even been posting for a full year I don't think I deserve one. The only reason I made this one so short is that I couldn't flow the events properly so I got rid of the scene where they draw his blood. Next chapter will pick up with Naruto's visit to the Inuzuka compound. As one last thing, PLEASE give me a review. It is insanely difficult to continue something when the only thing people have to say is 'Oh that's interesting' or 'Keep it up'. What am I supposed to be keeping up? What did you find interesting? The more feedback we authors receive, the better our content gets. I personally don't care if I get flamed just as long you say something! I wouldn't mind if you say my hat looked stupid.

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