AUTHOR'S NOTE: What's good people? Here's another chapter for y'all, hope you enjoy it, hope you like it. I put in a little surprise in this chapter, see if you can spot em. Finally, read, review and lemme know what you think!
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CHAPTER 3: Homecoming
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Namikaze Minato stood at the top of the Hokage monument as the first rays of daylight broke through the morning sky, the village hidden in the leafs was just about waking up, in the distance he could see patrol squads changing shifts and by the gates shinobi leaving and returning from missions passed through. The village hidden in the leaves or Konoha as it was often referred to was more of a militaristic base than a village for it had no civilians on it, furthermore the village inhabitants were skilled warriors who harnessed and mastered the mysterious energy popularly known as chakra, these warriors were ranked by their abilities, capacity and performance with this said energy, the ranks varied from Genin to Chunin to Jounin and sometimes even Anbu. The village was a haven for these warriors and each and every one of them would lay down their lives without question to protect it.
"Hokage-sama, my squad and I have returned" a figure materialized from the shadows and bowed on a knee.
"Report Kakashi" Minato replied without breaking his concentration on the morning sunrise.
"I already have a mission report scroll on your desk sensei" Kakashi yawned as he got up and stretched
"so why did you bother coming all the way here then?" Minato asked with his back still turned to Kakashi.
"well I have some important business I think we need to talk about" Kakashi replied with his famous eye smile.
"all forms of business will be discussed at my office when I'm on the clock Kakashi" minato replied tiredly.
"I know that sensei but this is about Naruto" Kakashi gently pointed out"
"perhaps we should talk this over some ramen?" Minato smiled as he turned to face Kakashi fully.
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(NAMIKAZE RESIDENCE)
"RAMEEEEENNNNN!" Naruto roared as he raced down the flight of stairs leading to the dining room.
"you shouldn't run down the stairs young master" iruka gently chided as he served Naruto a plate of the steaming hot noodles.
"sorry iruka-san, but I can't help it" Naruto settled into his chair and broke his chopsticks, with a quick "itadakimasu" he dug in. "this is really good iruka-san" he cheered after his first few mouthfuls.
Iruka gave a half bow and carried on with his duties which were just cleaning up the dishes at the moment.
"ne iruka-san, where's Kaa-san? Naruto asked in-between mouthfuls of the heavenly dish that was ramen.
"she had a meeting she had to attend for nine-am" iruka responded as he dried his hands with a towel, "she also asked me to tell you to come around the office today" iruka finished as he turned around to make his way to the upper floors of the house.
"Iruka wait!" Naruto stopped him abruptly, a small tinge of pink stained his cheeks because of his outburst.
"is there a problem young master? The ramen perhaps?" iruka asked as he tilted his head to the side a little.
"N-no the ramen is fine really" Naruto quickly replied as he waved his arms in the air frantically, "the thing is I need your help with something and it's a little personal."
"well if this is about Ino-san then I think it was for the best you two split up" iruka said with a tone of finality.
"no it's not about ino-chan either…. it's something my Tou-san(dad) said the last time we met, and when I told sasuke about it he nearly flipped out" Naruto finished as he slurped the last of his noodles.
"and what might that be?" iruka asked as the topic at hand now piqued his interest.
"well I don't really remember all the details but I know it had something to do with the word 'shinobi'" Naruto said bashfully as he idly played with the chopsticks in his hands.
The only thing stopping Umino Iruka's eyes from bulging out of its sockets where his self-respect, poise and lastly his Shinobi training. Umino iruka was a Chunin ranked shinobi of Konohagakure shortly known as Konoha, he was currently the under-cover body guard of the Namikaze family although most of them knew his status as shinobi bar Naruto.
"well that is a strange phrase, but I'm sorry I do not believe that I can be of much help, might I suggest some research?" iruka offered smoothly, he never understood why minato prevented his son from becoming a shinobi it was really absurd because a powerful man such as minato would obviously understand the importance of leaving a legacy behind. Iruka couldn't flat-out give Naruto the answer he wanted but he could at least push him in the right direction.
Iruka looked across the table where Naruto was seated, the young man's brows where knitted in concentration, thinking of where he could perform his research.
"Naruto" iruka called out
"heh?" the blonde dumbly replied
"you said you heard minato-sama use this word right?"
"mmhmm" Naruto nodded positively
"then I suggest you begin your research in his study" the butler shinobi pointed out
"you're a genius iruka-san!" Naruto jumped up in excitement, his joy was short-lived when he realized a major draw-back.
"the door to Tou-san's study is locked with his biometrics" the blonde wailed as he pulled on his hair in frustration "I'm never gonna get in" Naruto started to unleash series of intricate curses aimed at his father
*Ahem* iruka loudly cleared his throat to get the blonde's attention
"what's up iruka, you got a cold or something?"
"No I do not have a cold!" iruka almost snapped with a throbbing vein on his fore-head
"so what's the big idea? I'm trying to curse at my old man here!"
"well I just seem to have an access card here that I use to get into his study when I need to clean" iruka gave an uncharacteristic smug smile.
"Awesome! Can I have it?" Naruto gave a megawatt grin as he held his hands out.
"No! of course not!" iruka stated matter of factly, "handing this to you would be betraying my masters' trust"
Naruto face faulted with a loud thump, he flipped back up and stared at iruka as though the butler had kicked his puppy.
"but If I were to lose it while cleaning the house it would be very unfortunate" iruka said over-exaggeratingly waving the access card as he suddenly 'lost' hold of it and it flew into Naruto's empty ramen bowl with a small clattering sound.
"oh dear! I seem to have misplaced minato-sama's access card, perhaps I should search for it on the upper floors" Iruka bemoaned, he turned on his heel and headed to the upper floors of the house
when iruka finally disappeared up the stairs Naruto took hold of the access card, it had a regular rectangle shape with gold trimmings, the most iconic thing about the card was perhaps the silver leaf symbol on it but Naruto paid it no mind. He finally had a way to get into his father's study to do some research work! Today was already shaping up to be a great day.
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(UCHIHA RESIDENCE)
Sasuke looked himself over in his bathroom mirror as he prepared to go out, he had a black tank top on with the Uchiha family crest on the back, an ash colored jogging pants on with a dark pair of sneakers to match. He was meeting up with Hinata at the gym for some light training and after then he'd probably take her out somewhere nice and they would have lunch together. He's grooming was interrupted when his phone rang "sakura?" he read out the caller id, he was a little surprised sakura would be calling him this early in the morning.
"hey sakura" he greeted cordially.
"good-morning sasuke-kuuunnn!" she greeted a little over enthusiastically
"I have a girlfriend" he replied in a deadpan.
"I know that silly! I'm excited because Kakashi sensei asked us to meet up with him by twelve for team training!" she chided cheerily.
"team training? Why? I'm in peak condition!" the Uchiha groaned.
"well so am I but he says it's the final training we'll get as a team before the Chunin exams, and that's in a few weeks by the way"
"alright fine I'll meet up with you guys at the training ground, I have to meet with Hinata now" the Uchiha concluded.
"awwwww give hina-chan a kiss for me!" sakura cheered once again.
The Uchiha hung up the call swiftly, he silently cursed his sensei for the impromptu training session they were going to have today, all he wanted was to spend some quality time with Hinata but no! the darn universe had to screw with him. He really didn't have a problem training with his teammates today, the thing is he couldn't stand the third member of his team, and in his eyes that was the fourth hokakge's biggest screw up.
"Sasuke-chan, Hinata-chan is here for you!" Sasuke's mother; Mikoto Uchiha called from the kitchen downstairs.
"I'll be down in a minute mom!" sasuke hollered as he hurried to pack up his bags.
(UCHIHA RESIDENCE: KITCHEN)
"So tell me hina-chan how is your shinobi career coming along?" Mikoto asked the pale-eyed Hyuga heiress as she handed her a cup of tea.
"it's coming along fine Mikoto-san, my team and I have completed a large amount of c-ranks and recently we finished one a-rank, Kurenai sensei says were good enough to be Chunin now but we won't really know until after the exams." Hinata finished with a sip of her tea.
"that's really good, I didn't have an a-ranked mission till I was twenty, it seems the younger generation is already outdoing mine." Mikoto smiled.
"how is Itachi-san?" Hinata asked.
"my little Itachi-chan is good, he calls once in a while and from what his father tells me he's planning to retire soon" Mikoto poured herself another cup of tea.
"retire!?" Hinata almost choked on her tea, "but he's barley nineteen, he made Anbu captain at thirteen and has a clean sheet of A to S-ranked missions on his records, how could he possibly want to retire?"
"I really don't know, Itachi-chan has achieved so much in his career and he's not even at his peak yet, but I ultimately respect his decision" Mikoto shrugged.
Anything Hinata was going to say was interrupted as sasuke appeared down the stairs with a duffel bag in tow.
"you going on a trip sasuke-chan?" Mikoto asked a little confused at the duffel bag her son had slung on his back.
"well I've got team training with Kakashi in our training ground in Konoha so I thought I'd stay a few days and get some extra training in" sasuke gave her a peck on the cheek as he moved towards Hinata. He grabbed the Hyuga heiress gently by the waist and planted a passionate kiss on her lips as they both disappeared in a swirl of leaves
*sigh* "to be young and in love" Mikoto sighed as she cleared the tea-set from the dining table, both her boys were growing up to be strong and powerful shinobi that was what any parent would want and she was happy, so she couldn't understand why Minato barred Naruto from the shinobi program.
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(KONOHA: SHOPPING DISTRICT)
Hatake Kakashi walked through the streets of Konoha, he had his trademark icha-icha series out as he read the high-definition smut it contained *giggle* "Akane you naughty-naughty girl" he giggled perversely as he continued his descent down the street. He passed a few stores in relative silence until his peripheral vision caught sight of someone he hadn't seen in a while.
"yo Itachi!" he called out with a friendly wave.
"Kakashi!" Itachi asked in as much shock his stoic nature could muster.
"yep, how's life treating you? I heard you were up for an early retirement"
"you know as much as I do that it's bull" Itachi replied stoically.
"so a high profile mission eh?" Kakashi asked lazily as he turned his eyes back to h is make-out series.
"it's bigger than a high profile this time, the fate of Konoha depends on it" Itachi stuffed his hands in his pockets as he walked side by side with his former captain.
"hmm sounds interesting, mind sharing some deets?" Kakashi asked non-chalantly.
"you know I can't give you mission specs Tai-Chou (captain)" Itachi looked up to the sun now warming the sky.
"mah-mah Itachi I was only testing you, and quit the captain bull-shit, we're the same rank now"
Itachi gave Kakashi a look that was along the line of 'WTF are you serious', but he soon broke into a small smile, Kakashi was always the same and no amount of trauma would change that.
"tai-chou, the next time we see we might be on opposite sides of the battle field, I want you to promise me you will go for the kill" Itachi stated solemnly.
"I would never raise a hand against a comrade Itachi" Kakashi responded idly as he flipped another page of his book.
"I'm not asking you to kill me, I just need you to do some major damage, it's for the sake of my mission" Itachi calmly argued.
Kakashi stared at Itachi for a few seconds, he really couldn't decipher the enigma that was Uchiha Itachi and what was worse was the fact that his new mission might entail defecting from Konoha, even if he was older than Itachi by a few years he couldn't help but worry for the young shinobi.
"mah-mah Itachi you really need to lighten-up, I'll do as you ask but on only one condition" Kakashi yawned lackadaisically.
"what do you need tai-chou?" Itachi asked his former Anbu captain.
"I need to know if your current mission involves one Naruto Namikaze."
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(CITY PARK)
Hinata and sasuke sat under a large oak tree in the middle of the park, they had just finished a light run through a couple of blocks, Hinata had a white tank-top that exposed her midriff, black jogging shorts and a pair of lavender sneakers on her legs. She was currently sitting in-between Sasuke's thighs as he gently stroked her lavender locks, her head was placed comfortably on his chest and her arms wrapped around him tightly, this was pretty much the only time they would spend together until after the Chunin exams.
"sasuke-kun, what's the matter? You seem worried" she asked as she craned her neck up to look him directly in the eyes.
"what gave me away?" sasuke asked inquisitively, because like all other Uchiha's and elite shinobi they were masters of their emotions and experts in deception.
"it's your chakra sasuke-kun, it's unusually erratic and on the edge" she whispered out as she stroked his cheeks with her thumb.
"I'm worried about Naruto" the Uchiha confessed, "he's been asking a lot of daunting questions and I'm scared the hunter-nin will come after him. keeping the shinobi aspect of our lives from him makes me feel guilty and now that he's so close to figuring it out makes me edgy" the Uchiha let out a long sigh of exasperation.
"I'm sure Naruto-kun will be okay, Hokage-sama wouldn't let any harm come to his only son, and if Naruto-kun does figure it out I'm sure he won't be mad at you forever, he's a lot more matured now." Hinata assured the Uchiha.
"Hokage-sama doesn't have absolute power over the hunter-nin corps, but I'm sure he won't allow any harm to befall the dobe, I guess I was really worried over nothing" sasuke concluded as he pulled her in for another kiss, this one was a lot longer than the last.
"w-what was that f-for?" the Hyuga blushed a deep-deep shade of red.
"that was for always knowing what to say" he gave her an uncharacteristic Naruto-trademark grin.
She blushed an even deeper shade of red.
Sasuke's watch let out a loud electronical beep that signified the arrival of noon, "crap it's twelve already! I have to get going" sasuke rose to his feet gently so as to not hurt Hinata he dusted off his pants and then helped the Hyuga up, "I guess this is good-bye for now sasuke-kun," she gave him a warm hug that lasted for about ten seconds and then disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Sasuke turned to face the large oak tree behind him, he dipped his hands into his duffel bag and pulled out a fore-head protector with a metal plate in front, the cloth around it was dark-blue in color and had the insignia of a bronze leaf (signifying his rank as genin) embedded in the silver metal area of the fore head protector, sasuke tied the fore-head protector on his right bicep, he ran through a series of multiple hand seal before he ended on the ram seal, he then proceeded to place his hands on the large oak-tree, the leaf insignia on his fore-head protector glowed a bright green before he too was enveloped in the green light, and in a bright flash he disappeared.
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(NAMIKAZE INDUSTRIES)
Namikaze Kushina sat in front of her two high profiled clients, they were discussing an issue that had been re-occurring for the past ten years. They had finally come to a verdict that would satisfy all three of them and more importantly empower Konoha.
The male on her right had a stoic expression on his features, he had a long smooth mane of brown hair that reached past his lower back, he wore pure white robes that kept his limbs from view and also denoted his status as royalty, his pure white eyes stared at the Namikaze matriarch with something akin to exasperation because he and his associate had been on this issue for the past ten years, it wasn't that Kushina uzumaki was unnecessarily being stubborn or bull headed, she was only being careful because they were about to tamper with powers far beyond them. Hiashi Hyuga's gaze of exasperation soon turned into one of respect as he viewed the contents of the folder given to him by the Namikaze matriarch, "this is amazing Kushina-san, you've really outdone yourself this time" Hiashi praised as he finished reading the contents of the folder.
"may I have a look Hiashi-dono" his associate on his right inquired, unlike Hiashi who was dressed in a white robe, this person was garbed in black silk robes which had the Uchiha family crest on the back, he had long black hair which was tied into a short ponytail with two bangs framing both sides of his face, his eyes were as black as black could get and he had to faint vertical lines running down his eyed to his cheeks. This was Fugaku Uchiha the leader and current clan head of the Uchiha clan. "this is quite impressive" he muttered to himself as he read through the folder Hiashi had passed to him, "it seems you share your husband's genius intellect Kushina-san" he smiled as he handed back the folder to Kushina.
"thank you for the kind words Fugaku-san, as you have both seen the procedure will be monitored by both your doujutsu and some high-tech equipment of my design, we have to be certain that this procedure will be void of any errors because the smallest of miscalculations could raze this city." Kushina allowed the gravity of her words sink into the two clan heads, what they were doing could either make or mar Konoha, when she brought the issue before minato he had told her to do what she thought was best and he would support her either way. She hoped this project would make the rest of the village see that technology and cybernetics could be incorporated into the shinobi arts.
"well if that is all then we shall be on our way Kushina-san" Hyuga Hiashi said as he and Fugaku got up to leave.
Kushina stood up from her chair and offered both of them a deep bow as they both turned and left.
As soon as the door was shut Kushina let out a long tired sigh as she crashed into her comfortable office chair, she couldn't stand long boring meetings, hell she hated anything office related but she knew someone had to do it, while minato ran Konoha she ran Namikaze industries and it frustrated her to no ends she couldn't wait until Naruto became of age and took the reins of the company. Speaking of Naruto, he was supposed to have come by already she wondered what was keeping him "he probably forgot?" she asked herself, "I better call him to check"
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(NAMIKAZE RESIDENCE: MINATO'S STUDY)
Naruto let out a loud whistle as he stepped into the large room that was his father's study, the place was almost as big as his dining room that place could host up to thirty people in it. The floors were made of high quality marble, the walls were lined with rows and rows of books and was that a scroll he just saw? Weird, he hadn't seen a scroll ever! He didn't even know those still existed. On the right side of the wall they seemed to be artifacts and some other junk he couldn't recognize, he ignored those for the time being and headed towards his father's desk. The desk was made out of mahogany, it was dark brown in color and quite large, there was a computer on it, a couple of files, some pens and a brush? He didn't remember his dad being into painting…. but then again his old man was majorly a mystery to him so he didn't really bother with it.
He climbed into the desk's chair and tried to get comfortable, the chair sensed the new weight and recalibrated itself accordingly, he wasn't freaked out by the autonomy of the chair, quite a lot of their household items did that a lot. He went after the desk's drawers first, he rummaged through the wads of files and papers that seemed to be written in kanji, luckily for him he had a rough knowledge on it thanks to his mum nearly pounding it into his skull, she kept going on about culture and heritage and he was forced to learn them. He went through a few documents and couldn't really find anything on the word shinobi, he was about to cut his losses and head out when a shiny object at the bottom of the drawer caught his attention he lifted up the pile of documents that were in his way and pulled the object free, on closer inspection the said object was akin to a knife…the only problem was that it was tri-pronged like a mini trident, now that he thought about it the strange knife did seem familiar…
(flashback: last night)
Naruto slowly unwrapped the strange package he found on his bed, once he was done with the bindings he took the lid off... "no way!... are these for real?!" he asked no one in particular. Inside the box were a pair of strange looking knives and a couple of throwing stars, he knew what these items were, anyone who watched action movies would know that these were shiruken and kunai knives, he couldn't believe someone would send him these…he really didn't know how those things worked…the only weapon he was competent with was a baseball bat and that was simply because that was as simple as weapons got. He looked inside to see if there was a written note or something but there was nothing, he put back the items and hid it under his bed, his eyes caught sight of the card that came with the package, it was pitch black card with a red cloud in its center "well this is new" he had come across a lot of symbols growing up, the top clans in the city usually had some kind of symbol to represent them, but he had never seen something like this before. He tucked the card under his pillow and went to get ready for bed.
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"well now that I think about it this does seem like one of those kunai knives from last night." He got up from the chair and began heading towards the door, he was running his fingers around the edge of the blade trying to determine how sharp it's edge was, "well it's not even that sh- AARGH! damnit" he mentally cursed his own foolishness as his precious life fluids dripped down the cut on his fingers. He tried to hasten his pace to the door so he wouldn't make a mess that iruka had to clean up, he was almost at the door when a strange sound from behind drew his attention. It was low whirring sound as if gears were being turned, he made a U-turn on the balls of his feet to see where the nose came from, upon turning around the first thing he noticed was that the parts of the marble floor his blood had spilled was glowing a bright blue, and the most obvious observation was that there was now a hole in the center of the room with a spiraling staircase leading down into the darkness. "ookayy...that is not creepy at all" Naruto commented with a large sweat drop.
He moved to the edge of the gaping hole in the middle of the room, he peered into the darkness that was below, he was tempted to chuck a pebble down there to see how far it went but alas he had none on his person so he settled for taking the stairs into darkness, he was about to take his first step when his phone rang, "darn it, who could that be?" he swore silently, "ooh it's Kaa-chan(mum)" he said a little abashed for swearing at his mum. "hello?" he picked up the call,
"Naruto-kun didn't iruka tell you to meet me at noon?" his mother asked a little sternly.
"he did, it just kinda slipped my mind ya know?" he grumbled out.
"fine, well I wanted to inform you that your cousin will be coming to stay for a few days, be nice and make him feel welcomed" she huffed at him.
"but kaa-chan, I don't like him, he doesn't like me and most importantly he's a prick!" Naruto whined.
"watch your language young man, do you kiss ino-chan with that mouth?" she chided.
"yes mum I used to" he answered dryly.
"used to? Don't tell me you and ino-chan broke up?... we'll talk about that later, what's important is he's your cousin and he's family and what did I teach you about family?" she inquired haughtily.
"family sticks together" he growled out.
"there you go! Now I know he might be a little bit of a prick sometimes but he's a nice guy when you really get to know him. I have to go now Naruto-kun I have a meeting in five and I need to prepare, I love you!" she hung up.
"love you too kaa-chan" he muttered as the line went dead.
"there's no way I'm staying with that prick for a few days" he muttered as he whipped out his phone….
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{Ramen_Overlord}: Yo teme, where are you at I need ur help ASAP!
{Devil-Eyes}: I had to go over to my grandparent's for a few days, what's up?
{Ramen_Overlord}: my cousin is coming over and I need a place to crash, I can't stand the prick
{Devil-Eyes}: I feel you dobe, but there's nothing I can do, I'm outta town
{Ramen_Overlord}: whatever teme, just don't get hit by a bus
{Devil-Eyes}: ...
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Naruto was pretty much out of options now, he really didn't want to stay with the guy not because he outright hated him, it was simply because his cousin had some air of superiority around him and he also looked at Naruto as if he knew some great secret that Naruto was privy to. "darn, I was looking forward to going into that hole…. well I better get ready to receive 'him" Naruto grumbled as he once again turned to leave his father's study, once he scanned the access card on the door the hole in the center of the room began to close up, marble pieces seemed to appear out of nowhere and filled the hole back up. "like I said, not creepy at all" he mumbled in a deadpan as he closed the office door behind him.
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(KONOHA TRAINNING GROUND 7)
Uchiha sasuke stared as the leaves fluttered in the wind, it was something akin to a complex but fluid dance, his mind was working hard trying to come up with training schedules that could help him in mastering the Sharingan, it wasn't that he wasn't adept enough with it at the moment, he was considered a prodigy with the doujutsu at his current level. The issue here was that his older brother Itachi was considered a beast amongst men because of his proficiency with the Uchiha doujutsu, he could do things that even his father marveled at, Itachi was so talented that some of his clansmen called him the reincarnation of Madara Uchiha whom was the most powerful Uchiha till date. Sasuke did not hate his brother but he couldn't help but feel jealous sometimes, Itachi had achieved so much that he felt he had a lot to live up to.
A loud poof alerted him to the arrival of his sensei, "yo sasuke" Kakashi hollered with a lazy wave.
"you sure took your sweet time getting here" sasuke glared at him accusingly.
"mah-mah sasuke, I saw a black cat on my way here so I had to turn around and take the long route" Kakashi replied with a flippant shrug of his shoulders.
"sure you did" sasuke replied with as much sarcasm he could muster.
The ongoing conversation was interrupted when a bright flash of green appeared in the center of the training ground.
"Kakashi sensei, sasuke-kun look who I found on my way here" sakura cheered as the green flash died down.
"hello Kakashi sensei, hello sasuke, ready to get some training in?" a new male voice asked from beside sakura. He had cropped spiky gold blonde hair and dark blue eyes, he was taller than sakura by at least two inches, he had the Konoha fore-head protector on his fore-head and was dressed in a simple jogging outfit.
This was Namikaze Menma, team seven's third and final member, Naruto's cousin and the yondaime hokakge's nephew.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Bet y'all didn't see that one coming did ya? Well read, review, tell me how you feel and how I can do better and do justice to this brain child of mine. Let me apologize for the long wait on this chapter, it was my fault and I take full responsibility. Anyways what's going to happen next? Will Naruto discover a portal to Konoha? Will Ino get better? Will Itachi betray the leaf? Will Kakashi finish his icha-icha? Find out next time Ninja!
-_-zeetrex22