At the gate Izumo and Kotetsu along with their friend Gekko Hayate were sitting at the check-in station by the main gate bored out of their minds. Because the Fire Daimyo, the Hokage, the Wind Daimyo, the Kazekage, the Water Daimyo, the Mizukage and the royal family from the kingdom of Whirlpool were going to be in Konoha for two weeks of alliance meetings the security had been tightened and the three Sannin had been recalled so they could help as well. The three were now playing cards, bored out of their minds when they heard someone clear their throat and say in an emotionless tone: "These may be peace times but that is not an excuse for such atrocious security." The three looked up and fell back when they saw a man completely in black wearing a snarling fox mask standing there with his arms crossed, an official looking scroll in one of his gloved hands: "I am here as a representative for the royal family of Whirlpool."
In the Hokage Tower Minato was looking out the window with a faraway look in his eyes. Lately he had been thinking about his deceased wife Kushina. During the 4th Shinobi war with Stone, Ame, Lightning and Cloud she had fallen ill and could not fight so in order to protect herself she went back to her homeland of Whirlpool. Once the fighting had ended and they had finished rebuilding he had sent for her but was devastated when they told her that she had died from her illness. He had not wanted to believe it and thought they were trying to keep her from him but then they gave him a copy of the death certificate and a letter that she had written him a month before she had passed away. He was so into thinking about his wife that he did not notice Kotetsu come into the room with a scroll: "Pardon me Hokage-sama but I have a scroll for you from the representative from Whirlpool."
Minato took the scroll and after he read it asked: "And why did the representative not bring me this himself?" "Because he adamantly refused to step foot into the Hokage Tower or anywhere near it. He said that he will be staying at the Golden Leaf Family Inn to inform him of the meeting time." Minato just sat in shock for a moment but then he wrote something on a scroll and handed it to the Chunin: "Please deliver this to the representative and report back to your post once you are done." Kotetsu nodded and disappeared in a leaf shunshin to complete his task: "Having trouble with Whirlpool again gaki?"
Minato turned to the window to see his father Jiraya sitting there with a goofy smile on his face. He came into the room and his son said: "The king and queen did not come old man so they sent someone else in their stead and that person refuses to enter the tower." "So they sen Akuma Kitsune then?" "What are you talking about old man? Who or what is Akuma Kitsune?" Jiraya settled down on the couch on the other side of the room and said as Minato went to sit next to him: "The Akuma Kitsune is the strongest ninja Whirlpool Kingdom has ever seen. And it is known throughout all of the Elemental Nations that he absolutely loathes Fire Country and Konoha most of all for some reason."
"And why is that old man?" "STOP CALLING ME THAT! And to answer your question I have no idea. I would always try to meet with him when passing through Whirlpool but when he heard where I came from he refused to see me and also put seals on all of their onsen so I could not do my precious research!" While they were talking at the tower Genesis was in his room meditating. After awhile he opened his eyes and saw that there was a message scroll waiting for him on the table by the door. He opened it to read the message about being at the council building at 7 the next morning for the introductory meeting. Once he had burned the message he took the scroll that had his clothes in it and went into the bathroom to take a shower to wash the dust from the road off. He unwound the bun on the back of his head, took apart his braid and carefully combed out his hair to get rid of the tangles before stepping under the water in relief.
Once he was done he combed his hair dry and left it loose, put on some comfortable clothes and took his book scroll after covering his face with another fox mask he sometimes wore when not on an assassination mission. He cast an invisibility jutsu on himself and roof hopped to a beautiful area of the river where he sat down on the ground by a large boulder to read, a content smile on his face behind the mask.
A few hours later teams Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai and Asuma were going to the river to have team training and a picnic for lunch. They were walking out of the treeline when Shino stopped and said: "There is someone here and I do not believe that they are from Konoha sensei-tachi." The group fully came out of the trees and saw a young man about the age of the genin sitting there wearing a red mask with silver lines forming a fox on his face. He was calmly reading a book whose name they could not understand because it was in another language they did not recognize. They all just stood there trying to figure out what to do when a look of recognition came to the face of Sai: "Kitsune-sama is that really you?"
The figure looked up and said as the person closed his book: "Sai Shimura is that you my friend?" Sai moved around the others and went to the now standing figure, throwing his arms around the person with a genuine smile on his face, shocking everyone there except said person. The group shook their heads to clear them and Sakura was stalking forward: " Get back over here Sai-baka! Stop pretending..."
She went forward a few more steps and before they knew what happened she was on the ground screaming in agony because there were 2 shuriken buried in her hands, the figure holding Sai in a very protective manner: "You DARE attack my fiance like that you glorified whore? You are very fortunate that I am unable to terminate your filthy existence at this very moment. But doing so would jeopardize the alliance we have with Fire Country." The jounin took a step forward and Kakashi asked as Kurenai and Ino took Sakura to the hospital: "And who may we ask are you young man? I don't remember you from any of the lists that we were given for the alliance meeting."
The figure just looked at them and disappeared with Sai, leaving the others rushing off to the Hokage Tower to see who the strange man who took Sai and attacked Sakura was. Once they were gone there was a ripple in the air and the two reappeared in the same spot as before, Sai laughing and Genesis sitting on the rocks with Sai lying next to him with his head on his lap: "I have a report from the Wave Medical clinic where grandmother and grandfather sent your elder brother Shin." The eyes of the young man shot open and he sat up with panic on his face. Genesis put the mask on the side of his head, took the hands of his beloved and said with a barely noticeable smile on his face: "He has completely recovered from all of his injuries and will be at Whirlpool palace when these meetings are over in two weeks."
While the two were talking at the riverside Kakashi and the others had gone to the tower where they saw Minato coming out to look for the representative from Whirlpool when they stopped in front of him and Asuma told him everything that had happened. Minato listened and when he was done Minato looked at them and said: "Then I am going to have to find replacements for Sakura and Sai after all. Whirlpool has a rule that they sent to me that if a ninja or kunoichi were to assault this man then they will be removed from active duty and sent back to the academy. But if they attack any of his loved ones they will be removed from the ninja program permanently and have their chakra sealed." "You seem very well informed for a Fire Country lapdog Yondaime-san." They turned around and saw the Akuma Kitsune standing on a building opposite of where they were standing, his black cape flowing in the wind and his snarling fox mask glinting in the light with Sai nowhere in sight.
He jumped down and leaned against the wall, looking Minato up and down from what they could tell: "I do not comprehend the reasons she fell in love with a weak dog such as yourself." Kakashi growled and dashed forward but in the blink of an eye he was on the ground covered in bruises and small scratches: "General Kazama how is it that you are here?" Genesis turned to the side and saw a red-headed young man with a gourd of sand on his back running towards him with a smile on his face and sea green eyes sparkling with happiness. He pushed himself off of the wall put the mask on top of his head and took Gaara into a hug, spinning him around: "Gaara! Oh Kami it has been many a year since we last met. I have really missed you." "HOLY SHIT THE YONDAIME HAS BEEN CLONED!"
The two turned around to face the group and they gasped when they saw that Genesis was almost an exact duplicate of the Yondaime: "Who in the nations are you?" he whispered into the ear of Gaara, put the mask back on his face and disappeared before they could say anything. Gaara folded his arms, looked at them and said: "He is General Genesis Kazama, ANBU Black Ops General and Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Whirlpool." Minato and the others widened his eyes and then he asked: "I thought my Kushina-chan was an only child though!Did the king and queen have another child?" Gaara shook his head and said before he disappeared in a swirl of sand: "Lady Kushina, may she rest in peace was not his sister she was his mother. Farewell Lord Hokage and we will see you again at the meeting tomorrow morning."
Once Gaara disappeared Asuma said with his eyes wide: "That explains why he hated Fire Country so much. I mean, Whirlpool may be our allies but they have always hated Konoha for taking their princess away when Hokage-sama fell in love with her." Minato just stood there quietly mumbling to himself and then he walked away in a daze to his home to meet his mother and father for lunch as they did when they all had time. Once he got to the Namikaze mansion he took his shoes off at the door, went into the living room and threw himself onto the couch, tears falling down his face as he wept like he never had before. A few minutes later Jiraya and Tsunade came in to hear the sobs of their son echoing through the halls. The two dashed to the living room and on the couch they found Minato curled into a ball crying while clutching a picture of Kushina the day before she left.
Back at his hotel Genesis was sitting in his room sharpening his weapons and conditioning his whips: "You seem to have grown up well Kaza-chan." Genesis put his clean whips down and said as he turned to face the intruder: "Why do you insist on calling me that Kami forsaken name Kyofu Orochimaru?" He just looked at his godfather for a moment but then gave him a hug, a very small smile on his face: "I missed you Kyofu. It has been far too long since you last came for a visit. There is something that I found that I have wanted to give you for three months." he reached into his pocket and pulled out a medium sized scroll: "I happened to 'acquire' the Forbidden scroll from Wind Country and found your Kusanagi within so I brought it with me."
The golden eyes of Orochimaru widened as he watched his stolen pride and joy the Kusanagi appeared in his hands from the scroll: "Oh thank you Genesis! You have no idea how much I have been missing this!" He gave his godson another hug and then disappeared so he could train with it once again. Genesis took a different book from his scroll and sat down on the been, a content look in his eyes as he heard "WHAT?" echoing through the village.
Now I know that there is no mention of Ouran yet but not to worry, it is coming soon so please be patient and stay tuned for the next chapter, which should be up next week. See Ya then! Obi-chan.
