Naruto held the scroll tight in his hands. It had been calling to him, calling out to him, begging to be opened and its contents to be released. There was no writing on the orange scroll, no title, no indication of what it contained. All he had to believe was what was written on the top of the chest he had pulled it from.
He wasn't sure if it was a weapon or armour that was calling out to him. He'd doubted it would be a book, but he never was one for reading. He wasn't too sure what an heirloom was, so he wasn't able to deny that it could be that. It could have something to do with Fuinjutsu that his mother had left for him.
"The only way to find out is if I open the scroll." Naruto said to himself quietly.
He moved away from the chest and over towards an empty section of the room. There was a reason why this scroll was calling out to him and he wanted, and needed, to know why. If his Kaa-san left it for him then he knew that there was a reason that she did and he would do everything that he could in order to do everything that she had wanted him to do.
He broke the wrapping on the scroll and felt an enormous burst of chakra radiate from the scroll, it filled the room. The power and thickness of the chakra was suffocating, so much so that Naruto found it noticeably harder to breath, as though he only had one functioning lung despite having both.
It felt like minutes but could have easily been seconds until the chakra thinned out and he was able to get his breath back. There was something powerful locked inside the scroll, if it was powerful enough to fill the entire room in a moment then Naruto was more curious about what was inside the scroll than he was concerned about what it held.
So he slowly and carefully rolled out the scroll, revealing the sealing formula inside.
It looked similar to the storage scroll formula that was inside the scroll the Hokage had placed his parent's scrolls, acting on a hunch he placed his hand on the scroll and pushed a small amount of chakra into the seal, carefully adding more chakra until the contents within the scroll were released.
It took a minute but after there was enough chakra inside the seal the familiar sight of smoke revealed that he had unsealed whatever was sealed inside the scroll. Once the smoke cleared Naruto was greeted with the sight of a worn leather tome.
The powerful pull that Naruto felt earlier was nothing compared to what he was feeling now. It felt as though he wouldn't be able to breathe if he wasn't touching or within a few inches of that book, it was as if it was a part of him, like a lung or a part of his heart, and he needed it to live. The sensation was powerfully pulling, coercing him to touch the book.
It was like a small, weak, defenceless, rabbit had just found itself in front of a hungry predator. A predator that was stronger and more vicious than anything else in the world, but at the same time it was calling him forward. He could feel the power and the danger that it seemed to promise but there was nothing he could do but follow his instincts as they lead him into the jaws of the large predator.
As soon as Naruto's finger lightly brushed the cover of the tome he couldn't move. He tried to move his hand, his arm and the rest of his body but he wasn't able to move.
A second later black symbols started flowing over the book. They seemed to come from within the cover of the book but there was nothing that Naruto could do to move away from it. He started to panic, vigorously pulling his body with the small movement that he was able to manage.
It was a feeble and pointless attempt. The slight shake that he was able to do was not enough to release himself from the powerful tome. He could only watch helplessly as the seals covered the front of the tome, transforming it into a seemingly solid mass of symbols before they started flowing over the small physical connection that he had with the book, as soon as they touched his skin the black symbols started flowing over the tip of his finger then slowly making their way up towards his knuckle. Once they touched the knuckle it was as if a dam had broken and the symbols swarmed over his skin, within a few moments his hand and forearm were covered with symbols. A few seconds later his shoulder had been covered, another second later his back and torso. His legs a second later. Then slowly almost agonizingly slow the black symbols started to cover Naruto's neck working their way over his mouth, then his nose, ears, hair and then finally they covered his eyes which he had barely squeezed shut.
If anyone was looking at Naruto right now they would see a young boy somewhat kneeling on the ground, a black rectangle touching a small black finger. The young boy a solid statue of black squirming seals, it looked as if his body was covered in small black insects that were crawling all over his body and each other. There was no movement on the boy's body, his bright blonde hair was now as black as the rest of his body.
Suddenly a small white symbol appeared on his head.
It was small but would draw the eye of anyone that would be looking at him, slowly that small symbol became more pronounced. Glowing brighter and brighter the white light breaking away the black squirming symbols, replacing them with a dull crimson, almost blood, red shell.
As soon as all the black symbols on his body were replaced with the same blood red shell the symbol on his head stopped glowing and the black shape that was connected to his body returned to the way it normally looked. A thick worn tome.
If anyone was looking at his head they would see the same symbol that was present on the back of every Chuunin and Jonin in the village, although this symbol was white instead of the black on red swirl that was seen everywhere on the flak jackets worn.
The white Uzumaki swirl started to bleed into the red shell that was covering Naruto's body. But the white didn't diminish and fade amongst the red, it overpowered and replaced the red. Turning the blood red shell into a shell of white.
Once Naruto's body was covered with the white shell it started to glow softly before fading away.
It was as if it was never there.
Naruto's eyes had been open under the symbols and the two shells that covered him, but after his body had been covered in the black symbols he had been unable to see, in a manner of speaking. He had started to learn and understand what the symbols had been. For some unknown reason he had started to learn about them as if the symbols were telling him everything that he needed or wanted to know about themselves. The sensations that followed the information, whilst he was under the shells, was a peaceful bliss. He had no pain, his body didn't ache as it has always done since he had been beaten repeatedly. It was as if everything that he had gone through was a dream and he was waking up the next morning while remembering it but grateful that it had all been a dream.
As he had been enjoying his pain free bliss, he had started to learn about the seals. He had learnt that they were nothing to be feared, for him anyway. It was just the books nature to test his blood, chakra, spirit and near countless other things to see if he was worthy of learning the knowledge that was contained within it. The tome had found him more than worthy to read and learn its extensive collection of knowledge.
The seals had told him that the worn Tome was actually known as the 'Uzumaki Tome of Seals' it was part of a set that he was entitled to, but it was actually the one most important for him. The tome would find someone from the Uzumaki clan that held a special seal within their blood, the seal was actually linked to the Uzumaki Royal Family, and anyone that they allowed to hold the seal.
The Uzumaki Royal family seal was given to his mother Kushina Uzumaki when her mother had passed away and she had been chosen by Mito Uzumaki, along with the acceptance of the Uzushiogakure leaders permission, as it was required by their laws, Kushina was named the successor of the clan's royal family since Mito Uzumaki didn't have an Uzumaki heir when Kushina was named to replace her as the Kyuubi's host. Then it had been passed to Naruto when he was born and he was now the only living person with the correct seal to touch the book.
There was a small rush of information about the book but it was clear that he would know more about everything if he actually read the tome itself.
Some of the things of note that he learnt was the Uzumaki clan's method of determining chakra natures. They had used a special method to determine the different chakra natures, the method would test the basic five natures, Fuuton, Raiton, Doton, Suiton, and Katon, it would then test to see if there were any sub elements that the person had been able to use.
Back in the time of warring clans there had been many fights between clans that had developed the ability to use new elements, from the Mokuton of the Senju, Hyoiton of the Yuki clan, along with various others. The Uzumaki clan had 'accepted' many clans that were able to use sub-elements, which had allowed them the chance to develop the impressive method that they had. It was even better, although less convenient, than the Chakra paper method that had been developed.
He had learnt some minimum level of Fuinjutsu, as was his heritage, to start him on the journey of Fuinjutsu. Basic information about swords and how to hold them in his hand, along with various other things that the Uzumaki clan had developed skill in.
Though there was a slight downside to all the knowledge that he had obtained. He had learnt that ALL Uzumaki loved Ramen, just as he did, it was in their blood, for some reason that was unknown to the clan. Because of this he had learnt how to make basic ramen and his cravings for the dish would slowly grow over time. Then again with the amount of Ramen that he consumed a few extra bowels or instant ramen cups weren't going to cause anyone to raise an eyebrow.
After all the knowledge had assimilated itself into his mind Naruto was able to move again.
He blinked once.
Twice.
Three times.
He rubbed his sore dry eyes and had to use a hand to stabilize himself before falling over.
Once he was fully awake Naruto looked at the book and decided that he didn't want to look at the book, at least not right now. He touched the cover of the book and channelled some chakra into its cover, as it had taught him. The book responded by turning itself into a black cube and flowing into Naruto's arm, though now he knew what it was doing. Black veins showed on Naurto's exposed arm and started making its way up his arm. It stopped half way up his arm and formed a small Uzumaki swirl where the black veins faded away.
'It's stored in my arm and I can summon it wherever I am at any time.' Naruto thought. It was something that the book taught him about itself.
Since the powerful sensation that had been distracting him earlier was gone Naruto looked back into the chests that his parents had left him and decided that he would take a look at everything that they had left him in his mother's chest. After all the sudden information about Fuinjutsu and Uzumaki Kenjutsu had piqued his interest, plus he had a sword that he was able to use. There were also a few Anbu that were watching that could train him how to use it, hopefully.
Looking back at the orange scroll that the book had come from he saw that the seal the book had been contained in had vanished.
'Was that scroll just for the book?' Naruto thought as he began unrolling more of the scroll.
It was quite a thick scroll to use just to seal one tome, so there had to be more things sealed inside it…right?
Naruto's curiosity paid off, there was several other things sealed inside the scroll. He was happy to see that there was also a short list of what was contained inside each seal, it saved him some time as he wouldn't need to unseal everything then reseal it all away, he could just read the list and if there was something that interested him them he would just unseal it.
There were a few things that interested him contained inside the scroll, which, after reading through a small description that was contained within the scroll, named itself the scroll containing all the Uzushiogakure heirlooms that had been saved for him. There were lists of things that previous rulers and leaders had used during the time of warring clans, most of which were either weapons, armour or seals that said person had used during their lives. After reading through the scroll for a while Naruto had thought about everything that he had been looking at and decided that he would make a small list of his own.
He wrote down all sorts of things that he had found interesting within the scroll. Names, items, and seal numbers were written down in exited and rushed handwriting. It might comeback to bother him at a time when he needs to find something quickly but he would be fine with it for the time being, after all he was just making a short list of things that he wanted to look at later, or things that seemed to call out to him. There seemed to be two people in particular that called out to him, since there were so many things that they owned sealed away in the scroll it seemed as though they were the most important to the clan in particular. They were Ashina and Mito Uzumaki.
After Naruto had made a list of things that interested him in the scroll, he rolled it back up as neatly and respectfully as he could, after all the scroll held decades of Uzumaki clan heritage that belonged to his entire clan. Not just him, at least in the future it would be.
Looking around Naruto found a new wrapping for the scroll and wrapped his list around the scroll itself before putting on the new wrapping and labelling the scroll so he could find it later.
After returning the scroll back into the chest he picked up a new scroll to look at.
He smirked seeing that this scroll was labelled.
Training gear.
"It's never too early to start training to be a bad ass" Naruto grinned.
He slid the wrapping off the scroll instead of breaking it this time, mostly because he didn't have that many scroll wrappings in the desk. He unrolled the scroll and was slightly annoyed that there was no list telling him what was contained within the seals that he would find.
So he did what any person would do he just went to the first seal and unsealed everything that it contained, which oddly enough was another chest. There were no labels on the chest but when Naruto opened it there were no scrolls inside it this time. There was actual equipment inside, some of which he was able to recognize others he didn't.
He picked up two small sweatbands and looked at them curiously.
'Why would there be sweat bands in here?' he thought. 'Sure we get sweaty but why sweatbands? Most people just wipe it off with their hands.'
He turned them over in his hands and noticed the Fuinjutsu that was written on them, though it was barely visible against the black of the bands themselves. Naruto activated his Dojutsu and looked at the sweatbands again.
Now he was able to see the seals properly, his eyes started to dissect the seals that were written on the bands. He wasn't sure what their effects were but he could tell that they were going to be used by him they did what he thought that they would do. Unknown to Naruto the tome sealed within his arm was linked to his eyes, and had started giving him small amounts of knowledge linked to what seals he was looking at.
Naruto placed them on the ground and looked back through the chest. There were some training clothes, a few more sweatbands, and other small things inside the chest. All in all the chest just had some very basic training gear that anyone could buy and use, though now he wouldn't have to buy his own.
He put everything back inside the chest and sealed it away, looking through the scroll to find any more storage seals. He found that there were plenty of seals, just like the other scroll.
'I wonder if all the scrolls have multiple seals in them?' he thought to himself before he stopped "I thought that scrolls could only have one seal and the rest of the paper was unusable for another seal." He completed the thought aloud.
There was a strange feeling coming from the tome in his arm, but as it only lasted a second Naruto thought that he was just imagining it and didn't bother to think on it. He just continued to look through the contents of the scroll, finding anything that he thought he could use right away he would place it on the bed or somewhere else so he wouldn't lose it or put it away and have to go looking for it.
Naruto had removed from the chests; several scrolls on Taijutsu forms, two scrolls on Kenjutsu along with smooth black boken (wooden practice sword), that was so smooth that it seemed to be made of metal, he had found a scroll containing some seals that would help him train, he had found some low level jutsu scrolls that he wanted to learn before he returned to the academy. There were also a small pile of books that he thought would be helpful to training his medical skills with Tsunade, speaking of there was also a scroll that he had come across that had listed a low level version of her strength boosting jutsu that also came with a Taijutsu style, it was labelled Ten yari no kōhai (heavenly spear devastation)
Just reading the name alone caused the hair on Naruto's neck to stiffen with excitement. Opening the scroll Naruto read the basic requirements of the Taijutsu style. It required almost perfect chakra control, which was just the basic requirement to use the style. There was also a list of body parts that needed to be strengthened, which mainly consisted of the joints, i.e. elbows and knees, since they would also be used to release large amounts of chakra to cause pinpoint perfect hits.
There was also a special technique that Naruto had come across that really seemed special to him. It was inside a scroll that he had found that talked about the chakra chains that he, and some members of the Uzumaki clan, had been able to use. Since his mother was able to use the chains as was her mentor, Mito Uzumaki, there was also a scroll that listed a technique that had been developed as a bastardized version or replacement technique for other members of the clan.
The tool creation technique, as it had been named, was created to give members of the Uzumaki clan that had been unable to develop of inherit the Chakra Chain ability, to fight on a level with them. Although from reading through the scroll it seemed that even the low level ability was beyond a vast majority of the clan, even those that had Chakra Chains. He wasn't sure if he would be able to use it, but the ability itself was something that interested Naruto greatly and he would surely attempt to develop the ability himself.
There were several different Kenjutsu styles and basic Taijutsu styles that he had come across but none of them seemed like something he would be able to use until he had undergone something called the Chakura shizen rirīsu no gishiki (Chakra nature release ritual) that all members of the clan had to undergo before selecting a style, it was also the clans method of determining the clan members chakra nature. Reading through some scrolls he finally found the ritual that he needed to perform and it needed a lot of preparation to make.
There was a jutsu that needed to be performed to make the basic array for the ritual. The jutsu had no real name listed but had a long string of hand seals that had to be performed. After the basic array was completed there had to be chakra containing seals placed in exact locations and at set heights. Thankfully there was a completed diagram that showed what had to go where and at what positions.
Thinking it would be useful Naruto started packing everything away that he hadn't purposely left out, he packed everything back into the chests that they had come out of then sealed away the chests and scrolls that he had released in the same order that he had done so before. Afterwards as he was about to place the scrolls back where he found them he remembered something that the Tome had taught him when it taught him things from before. Rolling up his sleeve Naruto unsealed the tome and opened the front cover.
Inside the cover were some nine small squares, they were big enough for a single scroll to be placed on top of them. Thinking that he was crazy he did as the book had taught him. Picking up the first scroll Naruto placed it on one of the squares and gasped when it slid into the small square.
Amazed that it actually slid inside the square Naruto lifted up the page and looked on the other side. There was no square. The sudden rush of excitement at discovering something that was extremely amazing as placing a scroll inside of a piece of paper and then being able to take it out at will caused Naruto to place the other two scrolls in their own places. Afterwards he placed the empty scroll in the bottom right hand corner, separating it from where he had placed his parent's scrolls, in the three upper squares, he closed the cover and sealed the tome back inside the whirlpool on his arm.
"I love this thing –Dattebayo!" He exclaimed. Naruto scooped up the scroll with the Chakura shizen rirīsu no gishiki (Chakra nature release ritual) inside it, he ran to show Tsunade and the others, with the determination that they would let him set it up and use it.
Naruto burst into the clan courtyard and saw that Tsunade was sitting with the Hokage and Tsume Inazuka, he ran over to them.
"Tsunade-baachan! I need you to show you something amazing –Dattebayo!" he shouted as he ran.
Suddenly disturbing the peaceful conversation that they were having Tsunade gave Naruto a bone chilling smile that froze him in his tracks.
"What's soo important Naruto-kun that you had to shout and disturb my conversation?" She asked peacefully while releasing small amounts of KI.
"Tsunade." The Hokage said calmly.
Rolling her eyes Tsunade stopped the KI she was releasing.
"I found this thing in the things Kaa-san left me and it says that I have to use this before I can select a Taijutsu or Kenjutsu style from the ones that I have." Naruto explained.
This got the interest of all adults and the Anbu that were listening. It mostly got the interest of the Anbu because there was nothing else to do besides listen in on whatever was being said, and this was better than what the Hokage was talking about before.
"What do you mean Naruto-kun?" the Hokage asked him.
Naruto spread out the scroll on the floor showing them the diagram that was depicted in the scroll.
"This is what I found, it says that it was used to determine the chakra nature of the person that activated the seals, and it was used to figure out what style and jutsu they should be learning." Naruto explained.
Looking at the diagram the Hokage was able to determine that this was a very high level design that he could never had dreamed up during the best of times. At first glance he was able to recognize the five element wheel but he was unsure about the other ten circles that he could see, that was until he remembered something that he was shown some time ago by the research and development division of the village, shortly before the Kyuubi attack.
"These are the main elements, and the outer wheel are sub-element positions." He said aloud, partially asking a question and stating a fact.
"Sub-element? What's that Jiji?" Naruto asked.
Tsunade took the opportunity to explain to Naruto what they were.
"Naruto do you know what the First Hokage was famous for?" She asked him.
Thinking for a moment Naruto replied "Making the village?"
It was true after all, but it wasn't the answer that she was expecting him to give.
"Not just that. My Grandfather was famous for his Mokuton (Wood Style) it was his Kekkei Genkai, and before you ask 'What's a Kekkei Genkai?' I will explain." Tsunade started.
"A Kekkei Genkai is something that a clan has developed over time, such as the Dojutsu that you have, that would be an Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai. There are clans in some villages that can use some elements other than the five natural elements. A clan in Kirigakure can use the Yoton, a Kunoichi in Sunagakure developed the Shakuton, in Kumogakure they have the Ranton, in Iwagakure there is the Bakuton, and there are many other clans that can use other elements."
Tsunade had moved to stand over Naruto's shoulder to point to the element wheel in the diagram.
"For example the Mokuton was a combination of Doton and Suiton, so it would be here." She pointed to the circle between the two elements.
"So the sub-elements are a mix between two of the five normal ones?" Naruto asked.
"Correct Naruto-kun." The elderly Hokage replied. "But some Kekkei genkai are not based on using different elements for jutsu. There are clans who's Kekkei Genkai are physical, there is a clan in Kirigakure who have the Shikotsumyaku, which allows them to use their bones as weapons."
Naruto soaked the information in like a sponge. Already he was picturing amazing battles with people that could use these different elements, he had pictured some battles of the First Hokage using his Mokuton in battle already.
"Then can I use this then Jiji?" He almost shouted in his excitement.
Picking up the scroll and reading through everything that was needed the elderly Hokage thought for a moment, mentally weighing the uses that the diagram could have, not only for his surrogate grandson, but for the future generations of the village and its shinobi population.
"Dog" The Hokage summoned.
Stepping out of the shadows the Anbu in question appeared.
"Hai, Hokage-sama." He said kneeling.
"What do you make of this?" he asked the Anbu.
Rising from his position Dog took the offered scroll and read through it, unknown to all but the Hokage and Tsunade, he was using the Sharingan under his mask to read through and memorize everything that he was reading about the ritual.
"It seems to be a more detailed way of determining a shinobi's chakra nature, similar to the Chakra paper method but it offers a bit more detail about the elemental affinities that they have. From what I can see the elemental affinity or affinities show themselves in a somewhat physical form allowing you to visibly gauge how strong they are linked to an element." The Anbu explained.
"Continue." The Hokage said.
Nodding Dog continued to speak "For example if someone was to use this and had a fire affinity it would cause a flame to blossom in the corresponding circle, then the stronger the affinity the more powerful flame it would cause. If the person using this method had a small affinity of fire then they would have a small flame, or something like that. But if they had a strong affinity then you could have a powerful flame which could cause some issues during the process."
Finishing his explanation Dog handed back the scroll.
"Do you think that it would be worth setting up?"
Dog seemed to think for a moment. "There seems to be a good side to this as much as there is a down side to it."
"How so?" Tsume asked, seemingly forgotten in the conversation.
Dog turned to look at the female clan head. "To use this method would mean that you would need a sizeable amount of chakra, something that every Uzumaki clan member had in spades. It was said that a single fresh genin level shinobi from the Uzumaki clan had reserves similar to that of our chuunin level shinobi."
Tsume understood what he was talking about "Then wouldn't a regular chuunin be able to use this method as well. If it was set up right it could be used as part of the chuunin's promotion. After they receive their vests, and they have large enough chakra reserves to use this method safely, they can use it to determine what element they can use and we can add it to their file."
Tsunade cut in "And if any of them have an affinity towards a sub-element then that would be nothing other than a benefit for the village."
The elderly Hokage just nodded as he listened to the thoughts of those around him, he could see that Naruto wanted to use this method regardless, if only because it was how his clan did it and then he'd be able to use their styles. He could actually see the desperation in Naruto's young eyes.
The elderly Hokage let out a deep sad sigh.
"Dog, from this moment forward you are relieved of your duties as Anbu, you will retake your former rank as Jonin, and you will still be called on for missions that require your skills, which I know you have stopped training." He ordered.
Dog let out his own sigh and removed his mask as he was instructed.
The first thing that Naruto noticed was the former Anbu's gravity defying silver hair, something that he hadn't noticed before. Being who he was he called the former Anbu on it.
"How come I couldn't see your hair from behind your mask? It sticks up higher than what the mask should have hidden."
The Jonin looked at Naruto as he tied a Konoha Hitai-ate around his head then slid one side down to cover his left eye and the scar that was there.
"Oh did you say something Naruto-kun?" he asked giving Naruto a strange smile with his one visible eye. It actually caused a chill to run up Naruto's spine.
"Don't terrorize the kid Kakashi." Tsume scolded the Jonin.
"Your no fun Tsume-san" he pouted.
Clearing his throat the Hokage answered Naruto's question.
"Some of the people that are in the Anbu division have noticeable features, like Kakashi's hair, so some of the Anbu use a small genjutsu seal on the masks to hide them so they aren't able to be recognized while they wear the masks."
Looking at Naruto he chuckled seeing that Naruto had cocked his head to the side and crossed his arms.
'His thinking pose' he mused.
"Does that mean that if I put on his mask then it will hide my hair as well?" he asked.
"No, it wouldn't. The seals are linked to one person alone, so if you wore it then it would be a normal mask." He replied.
Oddly enough every shinobi in the village ranging from Chuunin to Anbu, even the Hokage, developed a small sense of foreboding at the same time. Just as sudden as it appeared the foreboding was gone.
"So will you let me set this up Jiji?" Naruto asked while using his best puppy dog eyes to entice the Hokage.
Looking at the young blonde the Hokage had a hard time answering, Naruto's puppy dog eyes were something that he had developed and honed many times over the years. The young blonde had developed them to a level where many found it hard pressed to deny the boy anything, when they weren't ignorant civilians that only saw him as the Kyuubi's container or the second coming of it.
After a few moments the Hokage's defence against Naruto crumbled with an audibly guilty sigh.
"Kakashi." Was his only reply and that was enough.
Looking at his Hokage defeated by the young blonde was oddly concerning to the seasoned Jonin, though he didn't say anything, he just nodded and took a look at everything that he would need to set up the ritual for Naruto to use.
"I'll need Tenzo." He stated "Not right away, but for the set up he'll need to be there."
The Hokage just nodded.
"I'll also need someone to make the seals as well." Kakashi said, as he pointed to a diagram of the seal needed "I think Naruto will need to be the one to make them."
"Why would Naruto have to make them?" Tsunade asked as she looked at the seal "Couldn't a seal master make the seals?"
Kakashi shook his head "Just looking at this seal I can tell this is more advanced than anything that I have come across in the village, it's more advanced than anything Jiraya can make. It says here that you need to mix in 'Blood of the Royal whirlpool clan' and as far as I know Naruto-kun here is the only Uzumaki left in all the elemental nations."
"But does that alone make him the right person or is he part of another branch of the Clan?" Tsume asked, getting immersed in the conversation like everyone else.
"I am a part of the Royal family." Naruto stated drawing all eyes to him.
"How do you know that Naruto-kun" Tsume asked as she was the first to recover.
Naruto rolled up his sleeve to reveal the whirlpool seal on his arm "This is a symbol of the Uzumaki clan, it's also a blood seal."
"How do you know? And how does that indicate you're a part of the Royal Whirlpool clan?" Hiruzen asked, he was concerned because if this was true than Naruto had just about every right to demand retribution against the clans of Konoha, both civilian and shinobi alike.
Naruto was about to reply before he stopped and looked up at a random tree just as some birds were flying from the branches.
"I'll explain later, it's not something I should show you when anyone can be watching." Naruto said with a surprising air of seriousness.
Hiruzen turned to look at Tsunade "How about he use the meeting chamber beneath the building, if that's alright with you Tsunade-chan."
Tsunade nodded "Sure, we cleaned the room the other day so it should serve its purpose nicely."
Without another word the four adults all entered the Senju clan main building and followed Tsunade as she guided them through the house. Realizing Naruto wasn't following Kakashi stopped and turned around to see Naruto looking at the tree that he had looked at before.
"What's wrong Naruto-kun?" he asked the boy.
Naruto shook his head and looked at the Jonin "Dunno." Was his simple answer.
With that Naruto closed the door and started walking towards the meeting chamber that the others had been walking towards. Kakashi's visible eye was narrowed at the blonde, there was something that he wasn't telling any of them.
(Unknown location)
(5 minutes later)
"Danzo-sama" a voice announced itself in the shadows of Danzo Shimura's office.
"Report" He calmly stated.
"Mission was partially successful." The voice said "Uzumaki-san has the use of both eyes, he has fully recovered from the attack that confined him to the hospital."
Danzo nodded, his face not showing emotion.
He noticed that his operative had not left. "Was there something else?"
"Hai Danzo-sama. Uzumaki-san revealed a scroll to the Hokage, Tsunade Senju, Tsume Inazuka and Kakashi Hatake, who has also been retired from Anbu to return to active Jonin status." The unknown voice reported.
"Interesting, what was on the scroll?" Danzo simply asked, still not revealing emotion whereas his mind was reeling. He was attempting to think of something that the boy would had that was worth his operative taking note of it.
"I overheard that it was a new method of determining a shinobi's chakra affinity." The operative reported.
This time Danzo raised an eyebrow "Why was that of note?"
"Because this method also reveals if they have an affinity for sub-element Kekkei Genkai."
"Explain."
"I could not gather much from my position but what I was able to see that there were two elemental wheels, there was the five element wheel which had two lines drawn to a circle on the outer wheel. It would seem that if a person had a dual element affinity, as it was explained, such as a water and earth affinity that was strong enough a person may have the ability to awaken the Mokuton without having a clan Kekkei Genkai." The operative explained to Danzo, who had taken to tapping the desk in front of himself.
The hidden operative saw this and readied himself for another mission, after all with Danzo tapping on the desk was akin to anyone else shouting in outrage.
After a quite few seconds the tapping stopped and Danzo looked at where his operative was hiding.
"Why did you return instead of continuing the mission?" he asked.
"I was detected by young Uzumaki-san, or so I believed." The operative stated "He looked directly at the tree where I was sitting, then stated that what they were about to discuss was something they should not talk about where they could be overheard."
Danzo sighed and waved his operative away, he would return to base and await new orders.
'Just what is this child? Hiruzen what are you trying to keep from me?' Danzo thought to himself. 'What kind of weapon are you protecting, allowing too dull during this time of peace instead of sharpening for the war that will follow?'
Now that Danzo was alone he allowed himself to grin slightly.
"I will have to adjust my plans." He mused.
(Senju compound)
(About the same time)
The door to the meeting chamber shut with a deep solid thud that seemed to echo through the wooden room. The room itself seemed to be filled with power that both soothed and comforted everyone but at the same time it gave off an energy that seemed to overwhelm everyone present.
Hiruzen gave a small sigh "It's been some time since I've been in this room."
Tsunade smiled softly "I think the last time we were all in this room together was a week before we left for Amegakure."
Tsume and Kakashi had never been inside the room and respectfully said nothing and allowed the two to reminisce and think before they did anything. Naruto looked around the room and was interested in everything that he could see and feel inside the room. Currently he was attempting to pinpoint where the odd feeling he had was coming from.
Hiruzen walked over to the rosewood table and sat down on a chair, this was followed by Kakashi and Tsume, with Tsunade taking the seat at the head of the table, as was her right as current leader of the Senju clan. Hiruzen sat on her right with Kakashi next to him, Tsume sat across from Kakashi leaving the seat on Tsunade's left open for Naruto to sit.
"What are you doing Naruto-kun?" Tsume asked as she saw the boy running a hand along the wall.
He stopped and turned to look at everyone "Can't you feel that?"
"What do you mean?" Hiruzen asked.
"There's a strange feeling coming from the room and I want to know what's causing it, its distracting." Naruto simply stated before returning to his search.
"It's most likely the wood that was used to make this room. It was created from the Hashirama Senju's Mokuton." Hiruzen told him.
"So that means the strange feeling will always be there?" Naruto pouted.
"Yes now sit down so we can talk." Tsunade said as she was starting to get impatient.
Nodding Naruto sat down at the empty seat beside Tsume and Tsunade.
"So Naruto, is this safe enough for you to explain what you were unable to speak about before?" Hiruzen asked the young blonde.
Naruto shifted slightly in his seat, now somewhat nervous about talking about something that he himself had learnt not long before. It wasn't that he had just learnt about it that made him nervous, it was something that he didn't know how to describe. He didn't know if he ever would.
"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto took a deep breath before revealing the blood seal on his arm once more.
"As I said before this is the symbol of the Uzumaki clan, which also doubles as a blood seal for me." Naruto said, repeating what he said to remind them that it was important.
"What's the blood seal for Naruto?" Hiruzen asked. Naruto noted that he had dropped the suffix from his name as he did when he went into serious Hokage mode, as he called it.
"This seal contains the Uzumaki Tome of Seals." Naruto replied calmly.
A look was passed between Tsunade and Hiruzen, a look that was not missed by anyone else at the table. It was a look that Naruto had never seen the Hokage make in his presence before, or was at least not conscious when he did.
Naruto continued talking, hopefully either one of them would explain the look that passed between them.
"The Tome can only be accessed by someone who has the blood seal that the book recognizes, which belongs to the Uzumaki clan Royal family. When I first touched the tome it did the check to see if I had the correct seal or not in my blood, I didn't even know what the tome was when I first saw it. But it was calling out to me even while it was sealed in a scroll." He said.
"Called out how?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto looked at Kakashi "It was like someone placing your favourite food in front of you after you haven't eaten in a week and telling you that you're not allowed to eat it and can only look at it as someone else eats it in front of you."
He didn't really have a better way of explaining it, since he didn't have that much experience in desperation or anything that could help him explain what he was talking about.
"That was all while it was sealed away, right?" Tsume asked.
Naruto nodded "Yeah, when I broke the wrapping on the scroll the whole room seemed to fill with chakra, it was so strong that I wasn't able to breathe for a few moments until it cleared up."
"Can we see the tome Naruto?" Hiruzen asked as Naruto had stopped talking for a moment to absentmindedly rub his throat.
He nodded and extended his palm holding it above the table a second later the tome appeared seamlessly under his palm as if it had always been there.
Everyone saw the tome, Tsume was impressed by the general appearance of the tome and how it had appeared, Kakashi raised his visible eyebrow shocked with how it appeared, he had only heard of a Tome when his sensei and Kushina had been talking about seals once or twice when he had arrived to speak with one of them, Tsunade and Hiruzen looked at each other with concern, they both knew a small amount of information about the tome, but what they did know did not fill them with confidence. Just from the name of the tome itself, they had already determined the power that the tome had. They had both pondered the mysteries that it held and realized after they had talked about it to Kushina and Minato, once, where they were told that the tome listed instructions of how to perform the Uzumaki clan's signature Fuinjutsu style – which was easily the strongest style ever used in the elemental nations.
"This is the Uzumaki Tome of Seals." Naruto said, as if it wasn't clear to everyone in the room.
They all saw the golden Uzumaki swirl that decorated the front of the tome, the silver seals that made up the borders of the covers and spine of the book.
"The tome can only be touched and read by a member of the Uzumaki Royal family, I don't know what it would do if someone attempted to touch or read the book forcefully." Naruto stated "I haven't looked through it yet, the furthest that I have gone into it is the front page, actually you might be able to explain something for me Jiji."
Naruto placed the book on the table, front cover up, and opened to the first page, revealing the scrolls that he placed in there earlier. He then reached into the book and pulled out the empty storage scroll that the Hokage had used to contain his parents scrolls, showing that it was deeper than it seemed to be.
"So that books a fake?" Kakashi asked suspiciously.
Naruto shook his head and lifted the page, showing that the book was not hollowed out to contain the scrolls.
"I have no idea how this is even possible." Naruto said.
Hiruzen toyed with his beard while in thought "I believe it could be the dimensional scabbard seal, if what I can recall from various discussions about seals with my sensei and students."
Tsunade looked at the Hokage "But didn't you say that the dimensional scabbard seal was something that could only be used on certain objects."
"The Uzumaki clan was known for their unique sealing styles, I don't think it would be hard to find that they had seals that make what we believe impossible possible. After all we have a perfect example here." The elderly Hokage said as he gestured at the scroll "and should Naruto develop the skills to do something as impressive like this with the knowledge contained within the Tome, then I see a new seal master in the villages future."
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