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Apologies for the long gap. I hope to update reegularly from now. The story continues from the previous chapter.

CHAPTER 03 : THE STARS

"I am actually excited to see the village again after a long-long time. I wonder how it has developed ha ha!" said Hashirama. He was running up front along the other hokages and jiraya and kushina. They were closely followed by kakashi's group which had itachi sizunne and Naruto. Not far behind was sasuke's group who were the last. Narumi was at the front leading the group back to the village. It is not that he is the only one who can find the way back to the village but it is to check for anymore unusual chakras along the way.

Tsunade frowned at her Grandfather's statement as it brought back memories of Pain leveling the village. "I hate to tell you but konoha was already destroyed once by the enemy and we just rebuilt it from scratch"

"what!" exclaimed hashirama.

"Don't tell me it's orochimaru again" said the third hokage in a concerned tone.

"No no…It was the leader of Akatsuki" said Tsunade. "His power was beyond anything I had seen. It took everything I had to protect the villagers but still couldn't see it through in the end" she continued.

Jiraya's expression changed hearing Tsunade. "So it was nagato who did it. I should have killed him when I fought" he thought. He felt guilty he put Tsunade in a tight spot.

"How did you manage to stop him then?" asked the Second Hokage.

She turned to Naruto behind her and said "A new hero was born that day. He not only defeated the enemy all by himself but also succeeded in reviving all the lost lives back to life."

Suddenly everyone was looking at Naruto making him nervous. He was not comfortable with all the attention he gets from the villagers nowadays but this is the great shinobis we are talking about. He was blushing so much and didn't know what to say.

"I didn't do it alone. I had the help of the Fourth Hokage" he said faking a smile. It again caught everyone's attention including Narumi's who didn't care for the conversation till now.

It was news to everyone except kakashi since Naruto told him and minato who knew what he meant.

Kushina too understood what Naruto meant. "So finally you met Naruto through your chakra. That means the seal…" Kushina trailed off.

"Yeah" Minato said. "But I just redid the seal. Everything else he did it on his own" he finished.

"It must be a sealing jutsu which can seal chakra and a presence along with it" assessed tobirama.

"Yes. It was the Shiki Fujin seal. The same seal I used when orochimaru used Edo Tensei to bring you and Hashirama-sama back" Sarutobi added.

They continued chatting about the incident as they reached the border of the village in no time. They stopped well ahead to discuss on the next step of action.

"What do we do now? We cant just explain to the villagers that somehow all the hokages have come back to life. And there is also the issue with these three" She said. She looked at sasuke's group when she finished her sentence.

"I had marked the Hokage tower. So we can jump there directly so that we can avoid passing through the village. We can use Henge to cover-up but this is much easier" Minato said.

They formed a circle around Minato holding each other's hands as Minato used Hirai-Shin to jump to the tower. Once they reached it seemed a bit cramped up having this many people but it was only for few minutes as they planned what to do next.

"If madara is also revived, we need to stay in caution. We'll never know when he might attack the village. The same can be said for other villages too. The closest village is the Sand village. We need to stay on alert." Said Tobirama.

"Hold on a second, Gaara is the Kazekage. I am sure he wont do such things." Naruto came in defense for Gaara. After his rescue from the Akatsuki, Naruto became more close to Gaara and it established a friendly relationship between Sand and Leaf.

"Naruto, the second is just going through the possible outcomes. If the previous Kages have been ressurected just like ours, then it's a matter of security of the village. We know Gaara might not attack us but it's a whole different story of other Kages are there." Kakashi explained before this escalated. He figured others may not really understand naruto's mindset so soon. That might land him in trouble.

"Anyhow…." Started tsunade. "We'll leave that for later. We will keep this discreet for now. You must all staw low tonight. Once you decide where you want to stay, don't move out unnecessarily. Also if you tell me where, I can make arrangements accordingly." She said.

It was pretty much decided where the hokages are crashing. All three hokages will be with sarutobi while minato, Kushina go with Naruto and Narumi. Sasuke's gang and Itachi decided they'll go to the abandoned uchiha village which was not re-constructed after pain's attack. Jiraya and Tsunade wanted to go have a drink after talking with the hokages for a while.

Once it was decided, everyone went their own ways. Tsunade said she'll notify when and where to meet again. She warned this is the only free night they might get to catch up on.

As the moon aluminates the sky with its faint distant light, Four people were walking down the empty streets of the village as their shadows followed them. There were two small shadows walking in pairs while two big shadows walked on two corners of the street.

Naruto and Narumi walked on either side of the street as Minato and Kushina who used Henge to turn into their kid stage were walking in the middle. They walked quite far from the tower but all four remained silent for some reason. Even Naruto who was always talkative remained silent.

"Man…I am so nervous. The ones walking with us are actually our parents…It's no dream but cent percent real" Naruto thought in his mind. He looked at Narumi walking on the other side seemed nervous himself. Narumi turned around noticing Naruto was staring at him and turned away in an instant. This pissed Naruto off as he gave an angry look at his brother who of course didn't see it.

Minato was just smiling at both of his sons. He kind of understands how they would feel now because he himself was a bit nervous. He was still waiting for the right moment to strike a conversation. It was very similar to one of his missions when he was a kid, sneaking behind an enemy and slowly waiting to kill him without him noticing. But everything ruined when he saw a small red haired figure walk straight up in between the two of them, Just like how it happened in the mission when he was a kid.

Kushina took hold of both naruto's and Narumi's hands and pulled them towards her on either sides and never stopped walking. It took Naruto and Narumi by surprise as they both were glued to the side of their mother.

"The last time I held you both like this was when you were babies. I was able to hold both of you in my arms like this…." She opened up her hands and showed how she was holding them. "At that moment, I thought I was the happiest woman in the world watching both of your faces peacefully sleeping"

Minato noticed both of them were keenly listening to Kushina. They didn't even blink their eye such was their focus. "I guess they were also waiting to strike a conversation and ask a lot of questions but as usual Kushina beat all of them…" he thought to himself. Just like how she succeeded the mission during their childhood.

Kushina continued "I don't know how many years have passed since then, but holding you both like this, I still feel am the happiest woman right now" she said with her trademark smile.

Both Naruto and Narumi felt emotions rushing through their veins but kept it locked up and were even silent than before.

"16 years…. We have missed 16 years" Minato joined the three. He went towards Naruto and caressed his hair.

"Oh yeah. Naruto mentioned you appeared and helped him during the fight." Kushina said as they stopped in front of Naruto's apartment. They climbed up the stairs and went inside the house.

"So this is where you both live" she added.

"No no…This is my place. I've been living here ever since I was a kid" Naruto said as he locked the door behind him when all of them entered. Minato and Kushina removed their henge and they sat on the bed.

"You both don't live together?" asked minato. He saw a poster of himself stuck on naruto's wall next to his bed.

Naruto moved things aside and sat down on the floor in front of the bed. "I didn't know Narumi was my brother until the old man third died. I grew up all alone" he said.

Kushina could see sadness in Naruto's eyes. She knew what he meant when he said he grew up alone. Probably Naruto didn't mean it that way but he face says it all.

"Then where do you live narumi? She asked her son who was just standing there against the wall.

"In an orphanage. That were I grew up" Narumi said. "But I hardly go there anymore. Most of the time I crash here" he added.

"I see" was all Kushina could answer. Again the room became silent as everyone were looking at each other's face. This time, Minato wanted to ask something but Narumi interrupted.

"About what I said….." he said looking at Minato. " to the first hokage in the cave, I didn't really mean it. I am sorry." Minato looked at Kushina as she looked back at him. He wanted to say something but he stopped again when narumi continued.

"It's just that, ever since I was a kid, I knew you were my father and all my life I grew up contemplating how you could die. I just couldn't accept the fact that I am the Fourth Hokage's son and I am still a orphan" Narumi said as he clenched his fist.

Minato forgot what he wanted to say but went to narumi and tried to console him. Narumi was actually crying.

Kushina was surprised. She thought Narumi was not good at showing his emotions from what she had seen till now but she was wrong. In the end, he was the first to let out his feelings. But after hearing what he said, she couldn't blame him for asking that question. The truth was, even she was asking that question to herself. But her thoughts were held up when she saw something she didn't expect.

Before minato could reach Narumi, he felt a shadow swish past him. When the picture became clear, He saw Naruto punching Narumi in his face. It all happened in a flash as narumi went crashing to the ground.

Even Kushina was a little confused to comprehend what just happened.

"What the heck was that for?" asked narumi as he used his fist to wipe the pain off his cheeks where the punch landed. He saw a angry figure of Naruto with those fox clit eyes. Even he was not sure this time what he did to make him angry.

"Naruto! What just happened?" asked Kushina.

It was like Naruto didn't even hear what Kushina said. "You knew all this time about our parents. Didn't even bother to tell me bout it. Don't you know how eager I was to know. I would have given anything to know them" Naruto said angrily at his brother.

Narumi just sat there on the floor looking at him. Minato and Kushina finally understood what this is about. In another second, Narumi kneed Naruto in his gut as this time, Naruto fell to the ground holding his stomach.

"Chotto! Hold on a second you too! Knock it off" Kushina said as she tried to stop them. "Minato…do something she said" as her husband was just standing there watching.

"If you were so eager to know, then you should have made more effort to find out. Do you even know how many times I used to ask the Third and he never used to tell me. That's when I decided to look for my self and honestly it wasn't that tough to make the connection. That too I made it through you and your Kyuubi. I can't believe you never saw it. That's why you are just stupid." Narumi finished.

"What was that!" Naruto shouted and tried to hit narumi again. But this time Minato came in between and stopped them.

"That's enough…" he said. "All this that happened, it's neither of your fault. Its all mine. I failed as a father that night and as a husband. I know it effected you both and am sorry for that." Minato said in a light tone… "Some father I am, all I did was give grief for my children"

"No wait minato… It is not your fault.. that's…." kushina and minato were arguing over whose fault it was when suddenly Naruto came and hugged them both.

"It's true I had a hard time growing up but I never for once blamed you both for it. And as I already said, I am the fourth hokage's son. I can handle it"

Kushina was so happy to hear that. She again hugged both Naruto and Narumi and said "You both are the stars of our lives. So please don't fight amongst yourselves."

The light slowly paved it's way through the windows as the sun rose up to the sky. They had been talking all night and didn't notice the time passing by.

"That's all right. It's a new day and we assure you both that we'll make up for our lost time." Minato said.

CHAPTER 03 END

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