CHAPTER 1

After the incident with Pain which resulted in almost the destruction of Konoha, Misaki was walking through the wrecked village when she found a group of shinobis checking the pieces of wood to work on rebuilding the village, they don't seem very positive at the prospect. "Hey guys, I brought some food and water for you. How are the plans going?" Misaki handed them the items.

"Thank you so much, Misaki-san" Genma took the water from her. "It's not looking good, there's nothing left of the village." He says looking glum.

"Yes, there is." She turned to see Yamato approaching them, a smile appeared on her face as she was guessing what he was about to do. "We're all still here. Wood Style: Serial Pillar Houses jutsu!" Placing his hand on the ground two rows of finished houses rose around them.

Everybody cheered but Yamato stood on his knees, completely exhausted. Misaki bent next to him and Yamato placed his arm around her shoulders for support. "Be careful next time, don't make that many houses at once, you seem ready to drop, Yamato-senpai. Let me take you to the medical tent."

"Yeah, I think I went a bit overboard." Yamato struggled to say while breathing hard.

She teleported them to the nearest tent where she found Kakashi and a beat up Naruto being tended by Sai. "Naruto! What happened to you?" She asked him as Kakashi narrowed his eye at Yamato's arm around her. Intimidated, Yamato let go of her and grabbed some water from a nearby table.

"Nothing to worry about, Misaki sensei. I heal fast, I'll be fine in no time!" Naruto replied cheerfully. Misaki looked at Kakashi who simply shrugged. "As soon as I heal I'm going to the next Five Kage Summit and meet the Raikage first. I'm going to convince them all to forgive Sasuke."

"What?" She asked. Misaki is sad to hear that a new Hokage has been appointed in the Five Kage Summit due to Lady Tsunade not recovering consciousness from exhausting all her chakra to protect the village. The first thing the new Hokage, Lord Danzo, did was declaring Sasuke as a rogue ninja and approving his elimination for deserting the village and joining the Akatsuki.

"No way Naruto-kun," Yamato interjected, "you must not leave the village, you went into eight-tails mode when I was away. We're lucky the sealing formula triggered and stop the Nine Tails. Besides, I'm in charge of rebuilding the village and I can't stay close to you all the time."

"It wasn't the sealing formula." Naruto started. "I met the Yondaime Hokage, he'd locked some of his chakra on the sealing spell and stopped me for becoming the Nine Tails when I tried to break the seal. He told me Madara Uchiha, a former shinobi of the Leaf who was defeated by the First Hokage back in the day, was the one responsible for the Nine Tails' attack 16 years ago. He was controlling the Akatsuki then and he must be using Sasuke now."

"Ah, so you also met your father, huh?" Kakashi asked Naruto.

"Wait, you knew?" Misaki questioned Kakashi.

"Yes, I always did. How did you know?" He asked. Misaki smiled at him before turning to look at Naruto.

"My father was Ogata, the Yondaime's advisor. After the Nine Tails incident he brought you to our home and we took care of you while you were only a baby. You won't remember any of those times because after you turned three the Sandaime Hokage assigned somebody else to raise you and kept the truth about your parents from the rest of the village. It was hard letting you go but I always made sure I was close by while you grew up, Naruto."

The room went silent as the male shinobi looked from one another. While the were all surprised at the news, Misaki felt better after letting the truth out.

"Anyway… I also met someone while I was 'away': Itachi." She announced. While fighting Pain she had been killed in action but then found herself in limbo where Itachi had been staying since Sasuke had killed him. She then explained what Itachi told her about Danzo's actions behind the Uchiha massacre, a mission Itachi accepted to save the village and his brother. "We need to keep an eye on Danzo's plans and stop Sasuke from avenging his brother."

"What? Itachi was… and Sasuke still killed him?" Naruto asked her.

"He only found out the truth afterwards. All the hatred he harboured for his brother is now directed to Danzo. We need to stop him."

"Alright, Naruto. Yamato and me will go with you to the Five Kage Summit two days from now." Kakashi announced giving Naruto the thumbs up.

"Agh, Kakashi-senpai are you crazy?" Yamato complained while trying to reach for him as Kakashi left the tent.

"Thank you, Misaki sensei." Naruto said after a moment of silence.

"You don't have to thank me, Naruto. I wish Sandaime-sama let us raise you in our home but I understand his reasoning, it was all for your protection. But then, the truth came out after all. I hope you're not upset with me for not doing anything when all the people in village treated you like they did…"

"I was angry at everyone for a while. After meeting to-san (dad) understand that as a shinobi we must learn to endure things like this. But you know all of this, parents will do anything to protect their children, right?"

"Right." Misaki answered with a nod.

"Are you angry at Sasuke for killing Itachi?"

"No… I'm sad for what's happened. Itachi loved his younger brother so much and I can't begin to imagine what might be going on inside Sasuke's mind now that he's found out the truth. Because everything Itachi did was for him, to protect him and make him strong, so all that hatred he harboured for him which he thought would be gone after killing him has probably turned against him. But I can't be angry at Sasuke, he's like a younger brother for me and all I want is for him to come back and be like we used to be."

"We will bring him back, Misaki sensei. I never go back on my word!" Naruto stated.