"He's sustained major wounds, and his clothes are ragged, it's like he's been through war." Tsunade said to Jiraiya and Minato as they waited outside the Hokage's bedroom for the results on his condition. "He's beginning to wake up, but I think you both may want to come in and see this before he does."
"Why, what is it?" Minato asked as they followed Tsunade into the room, she held her hand out to his stomach. "That's my seal! You two are the only one's who have seen it! How's this possible?"
"I don't know, but watch this." Tsunade said and began healing him; a thin layer of red chakra came out and began assisting. "It's defiantly something evil, but it's healing his body." She stopped and the chakra became thicker and thicker and his wounds began to sizzle away. "It's amazing and terrifying."
His head turned and Tsunade shoved them out of the room. "When I figure out who he is, I'll let you know, stay out there Hokage-sama, just in case." Tsunade shut the door and walked over pulling a stool up as the chakra disappeared and his eyes opened. "Hello there."
"Hey Granny, what's going on? Did we win?" He asked tiredly.
"Who are you calling Granny? I'm only thirty… something." Tsunade said hitting his face. "Who are you?"
"Tsunade, what's gotten into you? It's me, Naruto. I'm like you're pride and joy if you have one besides gambling and Sake." Naruto said sitting up. He stopped, "hey, why'd you take the First's necklace back?" He stopped and grabbed it on his chest, "why do we both have you're grandfather's necklace?"
"You know me?" Tsunade asked her head cocking. "What's your name?"
"Are you having like a really bad memory day? It's me Naruto Uzumaki, you first met me when Jiraiya and I came to tell you you made Fifth Hokage. You said I couldn't learn Rasengan in a week and bet the necklace, I blew your bet out of the water and got it and you kissed me on the forehead."
Tsunade stopped. "You do know me. You said Uzumaki, right? How old are you?"
"I'm turning 16 in October. You know all this, are you alright, Granny?" Naruto said and stood up and stood her up and laid her on the bed. "You look like you've seen a ghost or something. "Stay here and I'll get Shizune."
"Wait!" Tsunade called. "You're really Uzumaki?"
"Yeah, here." Naruto said turning around and pulling out a piece of paper. "It's my information paper work, I was suppose to turn it in but forgot." He handed it to her and she stood up. "You should really lie down."
"Stay, I'll be back in a minute." Tsunade said reading it over. She stepped outside the room and closed the door behind her. "He' fully recovered, and he has his paperwork with him. He knows who Jiraiya and I are, he says we met when you and he came to name me Fifth Hokage and that he learned Rasengan so I gave him my necklace."
Minato took the form and read over it. "Uzumaki?"
"He says his sixteenth birthday's coming up in October." Tsunade said. "That's when your wife's due. He's your son, Minato. If it weren't for the sheet, you could also tell be his look, he acted exactly like you when he thought I was losing my memory."
"He's my son?" He looked over the paperwork and pointed out a section, "parents: unknown presumed dead. This can't be right."
The door opened behind them and Naruto popped out with his coat on, "hey listen, I have to… Jiraiya… Some things wrong. Granny why am I seeing Jiraiya?" Naruto yelled grabbing her, "He's dead, I saw his body on the table! What's going on?"
"I'm dead…?" Jiraiya asked Minato. "At least I'm not the only one, eh Minato?"
"Wait, and you, you're the fourth Hokage… You've been dead for nearly sixteen years!" Naruto was against the wall and looked at them. "Granny, did we die? I knew I was close to dying… I was going to sacrifice myself… I remember the kunai… I am dead." Naruto said dropping to the ground. He whimpered quietly to himself. "I failed Sakura-chan."
Naruto put a hand to his head and sighed. Jiraiya thinking quickly pulled out a book, "here, it's my latest, why don't you distract yourself by reading it?"
"I've already read it. Pa toad had me read it in breaks between Senjutsu training." Naruto said putting a hand up to shoo it away. "I'm named after the main character in it. It's your only book that I ever liked, all the rest are just too boring."
"How's the book do?" Jiraiya asked excitedly.
"Pa has the only copy, never got far, didn't have time with the war and everything. Are dead people supposed to get hungry because I could eat an entire building out of it's Ramen right now."
"First off, we're all not dead, we haven't died yet. And we're pretty sure you're not dead yet either, Uzumaki." Tsunade said. She reached into her ninja pouch and pulled out some trail mix. "Can you go inside and let us discuss the situation?"
"Whatever." Naruto said still in mild distress over thinking he died. Naruto walked over to a table where there were all his things laid out fro inspection. He took off his jacket and grabbed his back opening it and pulling out an old white shirt with an orange swirl on it. He then put his jacket back on and moved through the bag pulling out his Senjutsu coat and put that on over it.
Lastly Naruto grabbed the scroll and the bag and put them on and sat on the bed, eating the mix, waiting for something to happen.
"So, your guys theory, is that that vial transported my son from the future, back here, because for some reason I never get to meet him?" Minato asked as the two Sasnin nodded. "That's a little crazy."
"It's the only theory we have, and there's no way he's not your son. We can run blood tests if you like." Tsunade offered. "We'd have them done in an afternoon."
"No, I know he's that, it's just, how does he not know who he is." Minato asked.
"For every good question, there is a good answer, Minato." Said a voice walking down the hall. The Third smiled up at them. "So, what is our collective knowledge solving?"
Minato quickly repeated the story and the Third looked at them and smiled. "You have a good opportunity to know him then. All of you, maybe he even knows me; it'll be a good learning experience for us all. Why don't you take him home, Minato, let him meet his mother and tell him who he is."
"If you really think it's best." Minato said smiling. "Kushina going to freak out."
"Why don't we come with you, Minato-chan?" Jiraiya asked putting his hand around Tsunade who quickly punched him in the face. "Alright, I'll come with you."
"I have work to do, I'll stop by later though and see what's going on with everyone." Tsunade said and nodded as she walked away down the hall. The third bowed out as well and went down to his office.
"Well, let's get him then." Minato said opening the door and walking in. He looked over and saw Naruto staring off at the wall. "Are you alright?"
"I think I remember this room… Yea, that's it, I put graffiti all over the walls when I was little! I can believe they let me get away with that, they even bought me ice cream." Naruto said and turned to them, "Say, Fourth, you guys decided what you're going to do with me yet?"
"Well, you've traveled back in time, if that will make any sense to you."
"I've had weirder experiences." Naruto said shoving the last of the mix in his mouth. "Try having a weekly conversation with a demon."
Minato and Jiraiya looked at each other, both shrugged. Jiraiya put his hand on Minato's head and leaned foreword, "we've decided to place you in a home while you're here."
"Really?" Minato asked looking confused.
"The fourth has been kind enough to take you in."
"I have?"
"You old pervert, stop it." Naruto said quickly. "I can see you're making this up off the top of your head, he didn't agree to any of it and you guys didn't even discuss it I bet. I have enough money; I'll go stay at a hotel until I can get back home."
Naruto stood up and began to walk out but Minato stopped him, "no, it's alright, you can come stay with me. We have an extra room and everything, it wouldn't be a problem. I insist." Naruto nodded and followed the two out of the room.
