Sarutobi walked over and waved a small vile of liquid under naruto's nose. To deidara's surprise naruto jumped up and started to look around franticly.
"What's in that vile hokage-sama?"
Sarutobi glanced over at deidara and grinned, "Super concentrated ramen broth."
At that deidara perked up, eyes sparkling, smile traced across his face and a glow around him. Kakashi paled at this, minato-sensei had the same look when ramen was mentioned.
The third had to step in fast before a ramen craze started. Minato and naruto both had put him through enough of those.
"No ramen right now."
The glow and energy fell from both blonds. It had to be a family thing.
Deidara was about to speak when he saw the look on naruto's face. The five year old was showing emotions that should not be present in a child so young. The two most visable were despair and rage. This greatly saddened all in the room. Deidara spoke,
"What's wrong?"
Naruto swiftly looked at him, with a glare fashioned on his face.
"What's wrong? What's WRONG! I'll tell you, im all alone, everyone hates me and glares at me. They call me 'monster' and 'demon' for something that ain't my fault. Yes I know the truth, when I was three a man gave me a scroll. He said it was rightfully mine. After that I had to teach myself to read cause no one would help me. It told me about the Kyuubi and my bloodline but It said nothing about my family. Where were you? Why did you leave me all alone?"
Deidara sat there tears poring down his face. To hear how this boy was treated was almost too much. Deidara wrapped his arms around the child. He could feel the child struggle but slowly go limp with each word deidara said,
"I would have come a lot sooner if I had known. I knew my brother was having a kid, but im not from this village. I haven't even been in fire country. When I learned about you and your cousin I went to get my family. I won't let it go again."
Kakashi was finally able to see again. After everything that has happened to his sensei's brother, after all the loss the man won't give up. It was time for the lone hatake to do the same.
"Cousins" the hokage said which caused the other three in the room to look at him.
"When you said yashimaru and mina, those names sounded familiar. Mina was the name of the kazekage's late wife. Yashimaru is the name of the children's caretaker as well as their uncle. His late wife had a daughter and a son. She died giving birth to her son."
Deidara lowered his head. Thou he already knew, it still hurt to hear it.
"Well deidara what are your plans now."
"Well hokage-sama, im going to take naruto, and his cousins and train them all in their bloodline. I will bring them back to their villages for their genin exams. If any of them choose to, they will resign and join their family in the other village. Once they become genin I will come by for a few days a month to help them train. I won't be able to stay in ether village thou. I can't say why."
Sarutobi did not really want his 'unofficial' grandson to go. He knew it was best for the boy and besides, he would come back in a few years. So the third filled out the paperwork to make it all official so the council could say nothing about it.
As the two blonds started out for suna naruto took in the appearance of his uncle. The tall blonde's hair was lighter them his own, but also strait. The man wore his hair in a partial high ponytail so when his hair was down it went half way down his back. He had his bangs on one side of his face smoothed and curved just enough to cover one of his eyes. He wore black shinobi shoes and pants. Instead of weapon holders he had a dark brown silk bag tied to his belt. The bag had an odd drawing on it (seal). He also wore a long sleeve blood red shirt with a thick black vest over his chest.
Naruto was finally starting to warm up to the tall blond about half way to suna. Deidara couldn't be happier about it and got an idea.
"Oi naru-chan,"
Naruto glanced up at deidara as they stopped.
"How would you like a ride the rest of the way to suna? That way we can get there faster. Besides you're starting to look tired."
Naruto stood there in shock. No one ever offered him a ride or cared if he were tired. Sue he'd seen adults do that for other kids, just never for him.
Naruto nodded as deidara picked up the child. He mentally growled at the village. The boy did not weigh nearly as much as he should. He could feel the small body tense as he was held.
Deidara started out in a jog and slowly started to go faster til he was only a blur. Deidara looked at the child as he was running and saw a huge grin and shiny eyes which caused one thought to go through his head, 'speed must really run in the blood'.
He slowed down as he came to the gates of suna. The small blond was fast asleep as he walked up the gate guards.
"Your reason for coming to suna."
Deidara could tell the guards were wary, but who could blame them, it was the middle of the night.
"Im just here to see my family."
As one was checking him the other continued the questions.
"Who is your family?"
"Since I heard my sister mina passed away, I came to see my brother yashimaru and my niece and nephew."
The two guards froze stiff at this and did not look as if they would move any time soon. Deidara poked on of the guards a few times but after receiving no reaction he just shrugged and went on into the village.
As he was heading towards the kage tower he felt a strong chakra spike. He took off towards it and what he found unnerved him. A ninja appeared to be attacking a small child. The ninja appeared to be an assassin having his whole body covered. The child had aqua-green eyes and fire red hair. The most eye catching thing through was the sand around the boy was blocking every attack.
Deidara was about to put naruto down and stop the attacking ninja when he recognized that ninja's chakra signature. Thou it had been so many years he knew who it was and deidara was PISSED!
"STOP"
Deidara's yell and chakra spike had an interesting set of reactions.
Gaara jumped realizing someone else was there causing his sand to drop. The masked ninja fell to his knee's in shock he could never forget that signature. But the best was that it awoke naruto. Being woke form sleep that way and not remembering right off that his uncle was holding him, add in the treatment of the villagers, the boy started jerking away causing deidara to fall on his ass and naruto to tumble away and stop not to far from Gaara.
As deidara composed himself, he glared hard at the masked ninja, "maru you idiot. How could you attack a child?
As the ninja took off his mask Gaara felt utter betrayal. The one person to ever be nice to him, his uncle yashimaru, just tried to kill him. He felt anger start to build in him but suddenly vanish as two small comforting arms wrapped around him from behind. A tuff of blond hair on his shoulder. He was about to panic when he heard a soft whisper of "please don't go." Hearing this caused Gaara to relax in the hold. He felt safe and warm for the first time in his life.
Deidara glared at yashimaru as he said "explain"
Yashimaru grinned he knew his brother would understand and agree.
"Brother, because of him, mina is gone. Dei she's dead, she would still be here if it wasn't for him."
Gaara's body tensed but relaxed as the hold on him tightened.
Everything clicked in deidara's head. Not only was maru attacking a child, but their nephew. Deidara's nephew. There would be hell to pay.
"So maru, not only were you trying to kill a small child, but mina's baby boy? Our nephew? One of the only family we have left?
