A/N: Okay this may be a long A/N and I'm sorry for that but I needed to add some info so no one gets confused. First it was brought to my attention by a Guest review that at the time that Naruto was born Itachi and Shisui would have been about 5 and their Sharingan not activated and that is completely correct and I appreciate it being brought to my attention. I was so focused on getting the time line right that i forgot about their bloodline activation and I have since fixed that also i did some additional research and it seems Itachi activated his Sharingan around the age of 8 so for the plots sake I made both Itachi and Shisui the same age and with the upcoming conflict will have both their Sharingan active. I am very happy to see how many hits this story has gotten and I hope everyone continues to enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I wish they were mine!
Chapter 2
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I am from roughly 16 years in the future." He told them gravely.
With that one sentence the ripple of shock was visible through every occupant of the room. It was like an invisible puppeteer pulled a string connected to all of their spines snapping them upright in ridged silence. All heads swiveled in Kakashi's direction for verification who could only nod in wide eyed disbelief not once removing his eyes from Naruto's prone form. If the circumstances hadn't been so dire Naruto would have laughed when all heads turned back in his direction in one synchronized movement.
His eyes never left his parents and he had to take another deep fortifying breath before he spoke next knowing what was to come with the next words he spoke. "You," he inclined his head in Minato and Kushina's direction, "are my parents." This time only the two of them looked to Kakashi and with the nod saying he was telling the truth they both made to jump up before Naruto raised his hand palm facing forward to stop them.
As much as he wanted to rush into their arms and break down he needed to get this all out before hands so he could only look at them with love, sorrow and regret. He clenched his hands into fists and tried to gather himself before continuing. "Just wait, I need you to hear this before…." He trailed off and blinked his teary eyes to clear them. "Please." He pleaded with them.
Minato's hands clasped the arms of his chair tightly trying to force himself to stay still and not go to this boy, to hug him to his chest and comfort him and wipe that all-consuming look of sadness from his eyes, who would be his son. Now he understood the resemblance between him, Kushina and Naruto. He looked up at his wife who had grabbed a hold of his Hokage robes with one hand and covered her mouth with the other while silent tears streamed down her face, crying for their son who would not let his out. She gazed down at him with a pleading look and he gave her a loving smile but shook his head no before looking back at Naruto. Minato smiled at him and motioned for him to continue.
Naruto breathed a sigh of relief and gave them both a watered down version of his happy grin. He sat himself down on the floor cross legged and rubbed at his face tiredly before speaking again.
"First I am only going to tell you the highlights and try not to interrupt until the end then we can do a question and answer and I'll tell you what I can. Second if I can't tell you or I know who may have the answer I'll let you know and last any personal question I'll answer at a later time when we have a moment of privacy," he told his parents.
"Now everything starts seven days from now on October 10th, my birthday. During your delivery a masked man will come to the secret location where you will deliver and kill all the ANBU guards stationed there and the midwives. When Dad goes to strengthen the seal he will take me hostage and place an exploding tag on my receiving blanket and tossing me to Dad causing him to teleport me and him away from the blast and the masked man to capture Mom. He finds a safe place for me and rushes back to Mom just in time to keep her from dying after the Kyuubi's extraction. He brings you to me and teleports back to the village to see the beginning of the Nine-Tails' attack and has just enough time to teleport a devastating tailed beast bomb away from the village. Dad tried to get back to the Third multiple times but was intercepted by the masked man every time. After realizing the Kyuubi was being controlled by the masked man you knew you needed to defeat him first but had a hard time landing any type of hit on him. Finally you were able to hit him with a Rasengan and put a Hiraishin Seal on him. The next time you teleported to him you used a contract seal to release the Kyuubi and that caused the masked man to flee. You weren't able to follow him because even though the Kyuubi had been released and was leaving the village it still was going after the Shinobi who were pursuing it.
You summoned Gamabunta and dropped him on top of the Kyuubi to restrain it until you gathered enough chakra to teleport it to Mom's location. That's when Mom restrained the Kyuubi and put up a barrier to give you two time to figure out what to do. Even though you had saved her from instant death she was still dying and offered to have it resealed in her so it would die with her but Dad figured that the Kyuubi's power might be needed in the future he didn't want to do that and on top of it Dad thought that I might be the 'Child of Prophecy' and might one day be able to control it he decided to seal the Nine-Tails in me. When the Fox realized what Dad was planning it tried to kill me and you both jumped in the way to be impaled on its claw. Because Dad knew that the Nine-Tails chakra was too much for an infant he used Shiki Fuujin to seal the yin half in himself and the yang half in me. As you both were dying Dad seals a little bit of both your chakras in me to be activated when certain requirements were met. With all that done Dad made a final request of the Third who was nearby wanting me to be seen as a hero and not as the demon itself. Then you were both dead," the last word was spoken so quietly it almost wasn't heard. He took a moment to breathe and rub at his face again.
"If you have any questions I'll answer a few of them it will give me a chance to take a break from talking for a minute."
"Are you alright? Do you need anything?" Kushina rushed to ask before anyone else could say anything.
Naruto was so startled by unexpectedly caring questions he laughed brightly causing everyone in the room to grin with him. "I'm fine and water would be much appreciated I would think we should be asking you that. This is a lot of stressful information for a regular person never mind someone who is under the stress of a pregnancy. Now that I think of it I have a question myself before we go on. Do you guys mine me calling you Mom and Dad? After all it's not like you know me but I've already met you in my time as my parents and I'll explain that later on. I'll call you whatever you want though," he shrugged with seeming indifference.
Kushina jumped up and started shaking her fist at Naruto, "you dare call us anything else and I swear to Kami I'll beat you child."
He laughed happily again while his Father chuckled at her statement. "Its fine," Minato told him reassuringly. "We will have plenty of time to get to know you later and you better listen to your Mother she's very serious." Naruto nodded along all the while remembering how scary Sakura could be when she was upset with him.
"Now dear sit back down before you get yourself worked up," He said to his wife holding her by the hips to ease her back on to his lap. Meanwhile the two Uchiha boys looked on intrigued and slightly sympathetic, for what the older boy had gone through even though at the moment he hadn't been born yet, despite their stoic façade. Though they were both still young at only 8 years old, Itachi wasn't known as a prodigy for nothing and Shisui wasn't too much below his level either. Their minds were working overtime trying to figure out who the masked man was but they didn't have enough information yet.
Kakashi on the other hand had his eyes glued to Naruto not able to tear his eyes away. For once in a long time, probably since before his Father killed himself, he didn't feel quite so alone. He knew he had Minato-Sensei and Kushina-Nechan who treated him as if he were their own child and he appreciated it but, after his Father and then Obito and Rin, it seemed like no one truly could understand him. But he saw the emotions in this person, someone not much older than him and he wanted to erase that look from his eyes, the guilt and regret. The deeper sorrow and despair. He could see both Minato-Sensei and Kushina-Nechan in his physical features but he could also see the same charisma from his Father and mischievousness from his Mother and his smile and laugh were contagious. He vowed to himself he would spend more time with Naruto and try to ease some of those negative emotions he saw and maybe in the process he would find his first friend.
Minato watched Kakashi, had been watching him for a long time worrying about his mental health after the Third Shinobi War, and saw the slight upward curve of his lips through the ever present mask. He smiled inwardly and heaved a silent sigh of relief. This boy, his Son, hadn't been here for long and already he couldn't be more proud. In merely a matter of hours he has already saved countless lives just by telling his story and he may have just save another young boy from himself. Already Minato could see that fire in his eyes that had all but been extinguished by the actions of himself and others. He turned back to Naruto to see him looking much more relaxed after have been acknowledged by his parents. He had already been through too much for him and Kushina to not allow their son to at least call them his parents and Minato couldn't help but feel he deserved so much more than that. He was happy for the moment though to have been able to make the boy smile happily at them and that was enough for now.
Feeling a tap on his shoulder, Naruto arched his back and looked up to find one of the ANBU standing above him holding a bottle of water out for him to take. He started for a moment and realized he didn't even sense the ANBU leaving the room. Naruto ginned and grabbed the bottle from the agent. "Thanks ANBU-San," he said and chugged down half the contents without taking a breath.
"You can call me Neko please," was the warm reply. He may have been ANBU but that didn't mean he was a heartless bastard. He watched as the boy held himself rigidly earlier in order to keep himself from his parent's arms and he commended the boy on his self-control. He received a nod in response and went back to spot he was standing in before.
With everyone back at attention Minato decided to voice the question that was on everyone's mind. "Do you know who the masked man is?"
"Uchiha Madara and before you ask yes he is still alive." He heard a couple of gasps and looked over to see the Uchiha boys gazing at him sharply.
"How?" Itachi asked.
"Do you know anything about Izanagi?" He asked the two boys who both shook their heads at him. "Neither do I and that is something the two of you are going to have to research because that's what he used to cheat death. You two," he said pointing between them, "are the only ones who will be able to find out what it is and does. The only thing I know is that it has to do with the Sharingan but I need to forcibly impress on the both of you do not allow the rest of your clan know what you are looking into." He looked right at Itachi for what he was going to say next. "Itachi-Kun I have to apologize for what is coming soon. You, Shisui-Kun and Sasuke-Kun are going to suffer needlessly and for that I am sorry. I can change a lot but some things just aren't meant to be. No matter what you hear though you right now are not your future self that I know and I will never see you that way so just keep that in mind. While I am not able to change everything I swear I'll save you and your two most important people." Itachi nodded his understanding and braced himself for what was going to be said next.
He turned back to his parents to continue his story. "After your death the Third came and grabbed me, despite your dying wish Dad, He had to fight with the council and Danzo to keep me from being killed or turned into a weapon. When the villagers saw me as nothing but the Demon and shunned me he made a decree saying that none of the older generation were allowed to speak of the Nine-tails in hopes that their children would treat me the same way. I was given Moms last name since he thought it would be too dangerous for anyone to find out I was your child and I was told nothing of who my parents were until I was 15."
He threw a glare at the Third and pointed a finger at him. "You, Ojii-chan may have been like a grandfather to me, but now that you're here and I know everything I know I should kick your ass. Not only for my childhood but for the Uchiha Clan, Orochimaru and Danzo. I understand you wanting to settle things peacefully but sometimes there is just no choice." He said passionately. He looked over to Itachi apologetically when he spoke again.
"Next is what was dubbed The Incident or more commonly known as the Uchiha Massacre." Itachis stoic façade broke at that statement and all he could do was look at Naruto with shock. "After the Nine-Tails attack relations between the Clan and the village's leadership went bad. The leaders put the blame on the Clan and relocated them to a corner of the village to keep a better eye on them. The Uchiha Clan resented that and began planning a coup d'état with your Father as chief conspirator as head of the Clan." He said all of this to Itachi his gaze never once wavering. "He encouraged your advancement into ANBU as a means to spy on the village and to start another war but you didn't support it so you became a double agent and reported to the Third and his Advisors hoping to find a peaceful resolution."
"The Clan had an idea that you were spying on them so they dragged Shisui into it to keep an eye on you but he was like you and wanted to prevent another war but when it became clear that there were no peaceful means to be had he tried to use Kotoamatsukami on the Clan leaders to try and persuade them. I am not exactly sure what happened then but he ended up killing himself by drowning in the river which you witnessed and that awoke your Mangekyō Sharingan. You were accused by your family of murdering him and staging the suicide and that caused a rift in your family. The Third was still trying for a peaceful outcome but Danzo decided that the only way out was to kill off the Clan so he went behind the Third's back and gave you a choice watch the conflict and have everyone including your brother killed or kill everyone in the Clan and spare Sasuke. You chose your brother. While making your final preparations you found the masked man and somehow figured out his identity. Madara wanted to start some sort of conflict but you offered your help in taking out the Clan if he would spare the village."
"The two of you wiped out your entire Clan with the exception of Sasuke but because of your grief and guilt you felt you should be punished so you made your brother hate you and told him to get stronger so he could kill you." He lost his train of thought for a moment as he remembered his best friend in their younger years. He smiled wistfully at Itachi, "You know he was my first friend. We were put on the same team as Genin. He was the first of my peers to acknowledge me as a person, my best friend and rival. Do me a favor Itachi-Kun, when he gets old enough don't push him away when he come to you to train with. Your Father won't give him the recognition that you will and you will be the only one to show him the right reasons to become stronger."
"Of course. I can do no less than what you are doing here and it's such a small thing to ask. You are surprisingly unselfish considering we all will owe you our lives in the near future," Itachi stated absently. Naruto had to laugh at that lightening the situation considerably. They all looked at him questioningly.
He pointed a thumb at himself. "I had a nickname in my time," he told them smiling. "The Number One Unpredictable Ninja. I have a habit of surprising a lot of people I guess. But back to the issues at hand." He said clapping his hands together.
"You reported your mission complete and left Sasuke to the Third to look after and keep safe. You left the village as a traitor but with a new mission to infiltrate a notorious organization lead by Madara and full of Nuke-Nin. They will come into play later I don't want to start confusing everyone by messing up the timeline."
"My Childhood wasn't very good and I'm not going into detail about that needless to say I was shunned by the villagers and their children by proxy. To gain any type of attention I could, I became an annoying loud mouthed prankster. When I entered the academy most of the teacher except one sabotaged my learning making it more difficult than it already was and since I learn best by hands on experience with no one to show me anything I was considered the dead last of my class. It took me three tries to pass the graduation exam because I have such huge stores of chakra, I couldn't master a basic Bunshin no Jutsu, it required too little chakra. After the third time I failed a teacher who was a spy convinced me to steal a forbidden scroll from the Thirds office and then tried to use me as a scape goat. I got into the office and use a Jutsu I created myself to knock out the Third and stole the scroll. That's when I taught myself Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, I was 12 at the time, it's took me only a couple of hours to master it and when me and Iruka-Sensei took out the other teacher he passed me on the spot."
When he paused he received a couple chuckles from around the room. "What type of Jutsu did you create and can you show us if it's not too dangerous," his Father asked him. Naruto's eyes darted to his mother and back to his father as he paled imagining what his mother would do to him if he did that Jutsu in front of her. He shook his head rapidly at his father it's not dangerous at all but I refuse to do it in front of Mom.
"It's fine sweetie. It can't be anything I have seen before and if it's not going to hurt anyone I don't see why we can't take a small break to see it," Kushina insisted.
Naruto's shoulders slumped in resignation. He just didn't have it in him to say no to her. Standing he pointed at his father, "keep her still I'm sure I've received worse beating from Tsunade Baa-Chan but I'm still sore and I'd rather not be hit right now." He made three hand signs and said, "Oiroke no Jutsu."
He stood there quietly for a moment head bowed and waited for the inevitable explosion. That….Never…..Came. He peaked through his bangs in time to witness the Third going down and hear a couple other thumps from fallen bodies. He watched his parents as their heads bounced back and forth between his female for and the Third's fallen body. After another minute of this they both decided it was the funniest thing in the world and proceeded to laugh until they cried. Naruto smiled at them and released the Jutsu. He looked at the three younger boys who all sported wide grins and notice a couple of the ANBU shaking in silent laughter. "I guess I should rethink the dangerous statement. It's only dangerous to perverts, may cause massive blood loss and/or a concussion," He said with some amusement.
"You're going to have to teach that to me," Minato said still gasping for breath. "Maybe it'll help me get out all this paperwork," he motioned to the desk covered in papers. That caused Naruto to double over and giggle madly.
"I'm surprised neither of you have figured out the secret to getting the paperwork done," he said to his Dad and the now recovered Third. Both Hokage looked at him waiting patiently for his answer.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. You know that whatever your clone experiences so do you. So whatever the clone reads and signs once you dispel it you automatically know," he pointed out. Both Hokage looked at each other in exasperation and slapped their foreheads.
"How did we over look that Hiruzen?" Minato asked the Third who just shook his head. "Not only have you saved my life now you have also saved my sanity and for that I'd give you anything you wanted," Minato said gratefully to Naruto.
Naruto smiled and shook his head as he sat back down in his previous position. "All I want is everyone happy, healthy and alive. Now let's finish this there's still so much to say." He looked over to Kakashi with a wide foxy grin. Kakashi just looked back at him wearily.
"After that whole incident I was placed on a three man Genin team. It was me, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. I was the annoying hyperactive loud mouth, Sasuke was the brooding Avenger and Sakura was the rabid fan girl. With Hatake Kakashi as our Jounin instructor." The look of horror on his face made Naruto laugh. "Team 7 was the only team to ever pass your bell test. You were a legend in my time they called you Copy Cat Kakashi and you taught us the most valuable lesson we would ever know. 'Those who don't follow the rules are trash but those who don't care for their teammates are lower than trash.' I followed those words since you said them to us and even though you don't remember it or haven't done it yet I never did get the chance to tell the older you thank you for everything you did for me. Watching out for me when I was little, being my friend and not seeing the demon in me when I joined your team also," he paused for a minute dramatically. "You help me surpass Dad," he mock whispered loud enough for the room to hear.
"What? How?" His Father said startled.
"Well when I was 13 I mastered the Rasengan with Ero-Sennin's help it took me 3 months and last year I took it a step farther and added my wind chakra to it to create Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and Kakashi is the one who help me figure out how to do that. Not only that but I can do multiple variations of the Rasengan with Sage Mode and Bijuu Mode."
"Really?" Minato said excitedly. "Wait you learned Sage Mode and can control the Nine-Tails?"
"Kurama." Naruto stated.
"Huh?"
"The Nine-Tails name is Kurama and I don't control him it's more like a partnership the old fur ball isn't so bad once you get to know him."
"You befriended the Nine-Tail Demon Fox?" He asked incredulously.
"Sure. I became friends with all the Tailed Beasts not that long ago. I'd let you talk to Kurama but whatever the Jutsu was that forced us back here seems to have drained a good portion of his chakra and I am not waking him up to listen to him growling in my head. He's cranky when he first wakes up." He rolled his eyes as everyone looked at him like he had grown another head and a few extra limbs. "What? It isn't that big of a deal I was just aggressively persistent toward gaining acknowledgement from him, gave him a little bit of respect and talked to him like he was an intelligent creature and not a mindless drone. I think he also got sick of listening to me claim he was going to be my friend. Sometimes I like to tease him for being friends with a puny human like me just for a laugh." They all Deadpanned at that. "He's a big softy. Big roar, little bite." He motioned with his fingers when he heard the deep rumbling chuckle of Kurama in his head.
If I had a real body I'd bite you in the ass and show you how small my bite is Gaki.
Naruto let out a bark of laughter seemingly at nothing. He rubbed at the back of his head in embarrassment when he got odd looks from the others. "Ah…He woke up and heard what I said. Told me if he had a real body he'd bite me in the ass."
Minato opened his mouth to speak when Kurama spoke again. Naruto held up a finger to signal silence for a moment.
Yo Gaki.
"What's up Kurama?" He spoke out loud so the others in the room could hear part of the conversation.
Do you remember after our chakra fight how you communicated with Bee? You were able to show him how the fight went and how you met your mother.
"Ya. What does that have to do with anything?"
Aren't you forgetting that at this point in time your mother has my past counterpart sealed inside her? How you communicated with Bee, you can also do that with your mother.
Naruto slapped himself in the forehead, got to his feet and started pacing while cursing himself much to Kurama and everyone else amusement. "Kami I'm an idiot sometimes. That would have made things much easier."
Not only that but I'll be able to talk to my counterpart and get him on our side and while one of me is great two of me will be even better.
"Kami help us all we're going to go insane. Mom would you mind coming here for a minute I'm going to show you something." She got up and went around the desk to stand in front of her son. He was only an inch or so taller than her so he was able to look her in the eye without either of them straining themselves. He hesitated for a moment before he spoke. "I will be able to show you my life through touch but only because you are a container too and Kurama is going to have a chat with your Kyuubi to get him on our side. Trust me?" He placed both hands between them with his palms facing up. Without hesitation she placed both hands on top of his. He gave her a weary smile before letting the memories flow.
She locked eyes with those so familiar blue ones in front of her as memory after memory flickered through her mind. She never once took her eyes away from her son and when they blurred with tears she never blinked just let the tears flow down her cheeks to drip off her chin and land at their feet. When it got to a certain scene she gasped in surprise. Naruto shook his head at her. "Not yet that will come later." She nodded an affirmative. It wasn't long after that, that the memories stopped. He tensed as she lifted her hands, she saw it but didn't point it out. She gently placed her hands on his face one on each cheek.
"Never," she spat out venomously. "Ever think we would be ashamed of you for something like that."
He knew what she would see but the only thing he was scared of was how she would react when she found out how he felt toward his former male teammate. He buried his face in her neck and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She wrapped one arm around his shoulder and ran her other hand though his hair soothingly while she whispered in his ear.
"It's okay you can't help who you love trust me I already told you about me and your Father the only thing I would have been upset about would have been grandchildren but you already have that figured out and I think it's a very good idea."
He lifted his head slightly to answer her. "It doesn't matter He is in my past and he won't be the same in this timeline. I'm fine with that but I will also be 16 years older than him and I won't go that far for love. I am okay with how things are right now I got to love him even if I was never able to be with him. Now I have a chance to love again and until that happens I have you and Dad and that's more than I could have ever asked for."
"Hmmm… I think Kakashi's been eyeing you since we got here," she murmured to him.
"Mom," he snapped exasperated looking her in the eye sternly or as much as he could while blushing. "Don't start you're going to be as bad Tsunade-Ba-Chan. Everything will work out in the end and if you try to play that game with me I'll teach him Harem no Jutsu," he threatened her pointing at her stomach.
"What Jutsu is that?"
"The one I did earlier only a room full all over each other."
She looked mortified at that and they once again heard a couple of thumps. The same people from before all passed out again just from their imagination. She held her hands up in surrender. "You win but I hold the right to butt in if I think it's needed." He shook his head and said fine knowing that was the best he was going to get.
"Okay everyone lets wrap this up for tonight we're all probably overloaded on information and starving on top of it all. So Naru-Chan and Kakashi-Kun you two are coming to our place for dinner and Itachi-Kun and Shisui-Kun you two are more than welcome also if you wish."
"Wait just a minute before we go anywhere there are a few things we need to take care of, Dad you need to send a toad to Jiraiya and get him back here we are going to need him and he needs to know what's going on so we can utilize his spy network. Next send someone with a message to Tsunade. If you mention complications with Kushina's pregnancy it should get her here in fact it may be the only way to get her back here. The last thing is I need a new identity and you're going to have to instate me as a Konoha Shinobi."
Minato pulled out two scrolls and wrote encoded messages to Jiraiya and Tsunade respectively. When he was finished he summoned a toad. "Get this to Sensei immediately it's extremely important."
"Right boss." The toad took the scroll and left with a small puff of smoke.
Turning to the room he asked for the fastest ANBU who came forward and took the scroll. "Find out what you can on the whereabouts of Tsunade and get this to here as soon as you find her. I don't need to tell you how important this is." Naruto spoke up after the ANBU Shunshined out.
"You can use the name Kitsuke it's what I used on undercover mission but I don't know what last name I'd use.
"That's easy," Minato assured him pulling out the paperwork and filling it out quickly. "I have to say though this is one piece of paper I am more than happy to fill out." He handed the paper to Naruto to sign.
Naruto looked it over and saw where his Dad had printed his new name, Kitsuke Namikaze. He looked up at his Dad, "are you sure?"
"Of course I am you're already family this is just official. We may not be able to tell anyone you are our son but that doesn't mean I can't have discovered a long lost little brother and considering I am an orphan it's not entirely impossible. If anyone questions the validity all we have to do is a blood test and that will prove we are related. Unless you don't want this."
"No! That's not what I meant. It's just I've never been so terrified in my life. Not when I faced Orochimaru, not when my best friend shoved his hand through my chest, not even when I faced the other 7 Tailed Beasts. I'm scared as hell that I'm getting my hopes up for nothing and I'm going to wake up from the best dream of my life to the hell that is my actual life." He rubbed at his face tiredly.
"It's okay to have doubts," Kushina came over to him and placed a hand on his arm. "Just don't let them rule you. Breathe and take it one day at a time. I would make a promise that we aren't going anywhere but if you think this is a dream or your own mind playing tricks on you, you won't believe me anyway. I wish I could ease all your fears but just know when you wake up tomorrow we will still be here waiting for you."
He nodded, signed the paper and handed it back to his father who handed it over to the Third to sign as a witness. As the Third was signing the paper Minato opened a drawer and pulled out a new hitai-ate and handed it to Naruto. "Welcome Home," he said warmly. Naruto grinned widely and tied it around his neck.
"Now one last thing now that all the important stuff is taken care of for now. I want to see your Rasenshuriken and Bijuu mode before we get too busy to do anything else if you're up for it." Minato said to his son who nodded excitedly. He pulled out a scroll and wrote a quick note before motioning to another of the ANBU and handing it over. "Take this to Fugaku and anyone who wants to leave feel free otherwise meet us over at area 44 that should be far enough out of the way to do what we need. I just need a moment alone with my son we will meet everyone over there."
"I've already seen the show so I am going to head home to start cook for all you boys," Kushina stated before leaning over to kiss both Minato and Naruto on the cheek and then walking out the door. They all Shunshined over to area 44 and was shortly followed by the ANBU who had went to deliver the scroll to Itachi's Father.
"So you want to tell me what that was all about?"
He rubbed at the back of his neck nervously. "I'm gay," he answered ducking his head and hiding his eyes behind his bangs.
Minato laughed lightly. "Is that all? I was worried that it was something worse than that. You know what I said earlier still applies listen to your mother she's always right. You certainly aren't the first nor will you be that last and now a couple things make sense like the look you got when you were talking to Itachi about his brother."
"Like I told Mom that's all in my past and even if he were the same person now or I even had a chance, I wouldn't take it the age gap would be too much for one and he won't be my Sasuke but I did love him in my time and I'm happy with that for now if I find someone else to love who can love me back knowing everything than it happens if not at least I had the chance to be here with you and Mom."
"Well that's a very optimistic way to look at things and never doubt we are very happy you're here and we get to know you now otherwise we would never have the chance to raise you properly in this timeline. Now enough with the depressing topics lets go and you can show off how much more powerful you are than your dear old dad."
He clapped a hand on Naruto's shoulder and they both Shunshined off to meet the others. When they arrived Naruto quickly pulled up his mask forgetting that he needed it now while he was outside. He looked around quickly and noted it wasn't too much different than his time.
"Okay you guys might want to stand back a bit and Kakashi if you uncover your eye you might be surprised at what you see." The silver haired boy nodded and pushed up his hitai-ate.
Naruto relaxed and let Kurama's chakra flood his system. A long fiery chakra cloak covered his Haori. His seal lines appeared and darkened and he pulled down his mask to show his whisker markings which had formed into solid bars. The group looked on in wide eyed awe and Minato walked up to his son curious as to what it would feel like to touch him in this form. He reached out his hand and brushed it down Naruto's arm. The feeling was completely inexplicable it was warmth and comfort and safety all at the same time.
When Minato went to pull away Naruto grabbed his wrist and gave him a foxy grin when he was covered in a transparent cloak of red chakra. He looked at the younger boy questioningly. "It protects as well as helps replenish chakra. I can give this to anyone I touch as long as Kurama has enough chakra." He motioned Minato to move back to the group and formed enough chakra arms to touch each person in the group to give them each a cloak. He then retracted all arms except two. He held out his hand and with one chakra arm he formed the Rasengan and with the other arm he added his wind element to form the shuriken shape he held it there for a moment so everyone could see it then turned to a cluster of trees some distance behind him and threw it. He heard the gasps of surprise and waited for the explosion.
Minato watched as the Rasenshuriken paused at the tree line spinning rapidly and then it expanded before exploding in a wash of bright white light. Then came the splinters from the trees raining down around them and they all stared at Naruto in stunned silence. He dropped Bijuu mode and pulled his mask back up over his face.
Kakashi raised his hand and spoke to Naruto, "Can I just say I am very glad you're on our side and you are kind of scary." Everyone nodded in agreement and Naruto threw his head back and laughed loudly.
"You saw what it did right Kakashi-Kun?"
"I think so."
"Good lets go eat and you can help me explain it. I'm too hungry to think right now." With that they said there good byes with Minato ordering everyone one in his office at 7 am to commence planning and Shunshined to their respective places.
