Sorry it took me so long to update, I was having some minor difficulties with my computer. I have some good news, I have gotten a beta. If it wasn't for her, this update would look like crap. She fixed so many of my errors it wasn't even funny, hell she pratically had to rewrite the whole chapter. I also apologize for the shortness of this chapter, their always seems to be some sort of limitation to the leangth of my chapters. Iwill try to impove on that short coming, but I wont make any promises. Hopefully I will be able to update soon. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
It is the day after the stranger known as the Black Dragon made his appearance in the Namikaze household, we find Kushina asleep in her bed. She had stayed up for the better part of the night worried sick over her son. She knew that she would have to train him to become stronger than she and his father combined, if he wanted to see past his twentieth birthday. And what worried her the most at the moment was the fact that soon her son would have to meet the dreaded nine tailed fox, one of the most feared beings of all time. She had seen the power of the fox first hand, her encounters with the fox were far too many to mention. Even after all these years she is still plagued by the nightmares of what that damn fox did to her friends and family.

In fact if it wasn't for her son, she was sure that she would lose what was left of her sanity. She remembers that night clearly when she regained custody of her son.

Flashback

Kushina had gotten back to the apartment that she and Naruto shared, at least until the third cleared up the paperwork that prevented her from going back to the Namikaze estates. Kushina had just set Naruto down to sleep in a small crib that the third was letting her borrow. She had changed into a comfortable set of clothes to sleep in; a loose fitting t-shirt that once belonged to her late husband and a pair of cotton shorts with a secret pocket to conceal a small bladed weapon should the need arise. The shirt she wore had the scent of one of her most loved ones hoping that it would fight away her nightmares of also losing her son.

However that was not the case, as she had nightmares watching everyone she ever knew die, what really got to her was when she began to see images of her son dying in her sleep. Before the nightmares could go any further, she was woken up by her son crying. Getting out of her bed she heads over to his crib that is at the other side of the room. Within a blink of an eye Naruto was in his mothers arms.

"Shh, it's alright honey, mommy's here," Kushina says while she begins to hum a lullaby. Naruto soon fell back into a blissful slumber that only the love of a mother could bring. Kushina starting to feel even more tired decided just to lie down for a while. With that came the most peaceful slumber she ever had since her husband's death, with Naruto sleeping in the protective embrace of his mother.

End Flashback

Kushina is snapped out of her trip down memory, by her son standing in the doorway looking scarred. "What's the matter Naruto," asks Kushina in her sweet voice reserved only for her son.

"Mommy I had nightmare," says Naruto holding in his tears, trying to be brave for his mother. Sadly Kushina saw through his tough guy act, and sought to comfort him. He always had the same nightmares, every single one of always included that accursed nine tailed fox, and all of the lives that it had destroyed.

"Come here sweetie," says Kushina while scooting over to give her son some room. Naruto then climbed under the covers and snuggled up to his mother, where she just wraps her arms around her son bringing him into a hug. And so they both fall into a peaceful slumber.

It is now morning, and Naruto is just waking up. He begins to try to escape from his mother's arms, but something catches his eye. On his mother's right arm is a tattoo of sorts, there almost seems to be nothing special about it. However, Naruto takes a close look at the tattoo; on her arm is the number 39872. Now Naruto being the curious toddler that he is decides to wake his mom.

"Mommy wat that on you arm," asks the little boy pointing at her tattoo. With that Kushina began to stir from her slumber.

"What was that sweetie?" grumbles out his mother, who apparently is not that much of a morning person. Naruto instead of asking his question again just points out the tattoo on his mother's arm. Kushina soon registered what her son was asking about, and her eyes became the size of plates. "Now , Naruto why do want to know about that?"

"I dun know. Hey, does it mean you were ANBU like Unca Kashi. He has really cool tattoo," asks the little blond haired boy. His mother never really talked about herself before, and whenever somebody asked about her past she would always dance around the subject. Kushina knowing that if she didn't change the subject soon, she would have to answer her son's questions.

"Who wants RAMEN for breakfast?" As soon as those words had left her mouth Naruto was already in the kitchen waiting for his mother to cook his favorite food. "Hmm, maybe I can use that for motivation during our training." And with that she heads down into the kitchen to cook her son's favorite dish, but before she left the room she made sure that her tattoo was covered by her sleeve.

After breakfast is served Kushina decides to ask her son an important question, "Naruto what do you want to do with your life?" At this her son gives her a confused look.

"What do you mean mommy? I want to be a ninja like you." says Naruto curious as to why his mother would ask such a question from him.

"Well honey, today we're going to start your training," says Kushina while Naruto sits there in complete silence. However that silence was very short lived.

"Yay! I get to be a ninja!" shouted out Naruto so loudly that over half the village had heard him. While Naruto is running around the kitchen doing his patented and trademarked "I'm going to be a ninja" dance, Kushina is busy banging her head against the table at her son's antics.

"Why, Why me, what did I do wrong," she asks no one in particular, Naruto stops with his dance to look at what his mother is doing. She then turns to face her son and says, "Gotcha!" Kushina then launches herself across the kitchen and tackles her son to floor tickling him to death. Kushina begins to furiously attack the spots where she knew he was the most ticklish. After a while she decides to stop.

"Mommy you going to teach me a really cool jutsu?" says Naruto bouncing up and down on his feet in pure excitement. At this his mother couldn't help but laugh, happy to see her son so full of life.

"In time honey, in time; but first I want you to tell me what is chakra," says his mother ready to tell her son exactly what chakra really was. What most ninjas were told was an accurate guess as to what chakra is comprised of, however it still wrong. And not having the right information can lead to meaningless deaths, which could have been easily prevented all because of one little piece of information.

Naruto for his part scrunches up his face deep in thought, ignoring his mother who is giggling at the face he is making, trying to remember what Hizashi told him about chakra. "Isn't chakra what ninja use to do jutsu and stuff?" Earning a nod from his mother he continues on with his explanation. "It's also the mixture of fizz-cal and spiritual energy mixing together," says Naruto with a smile on his face proud that he could remember what Hizashi told him

"That's close, however the correct answer is that chakra is a chemical reaction of conscious thought and certain acids from physical activities mixing together in a violent and sometimes explosive compound," says Kushina sitting back down taking a sip of herbal tea that always helped with calming her nerves. "Oh yeah, before I teach you any cool jutsus, I will be teaching you some chakra control exercises." With confusion clearly written across her son's face she explains by saying, "for you to be able to do any type of jutsus you need to learn to control your chakra to be able to make it do what you want."

"So, when are we going to start my training mommy," asks an eager Naruto ready to become strong, and make his mother proud.

"Right after I finish my tea, but I also need to introduce you to a friend of mine, she might even bring one of her kids over. So you might make a new friend," says Kushina with a devious smile plastered all over her face, which is skillfully hidden behind her cup of tea.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Remember the two stories that I have share a few connections linking them toether, whitch will be explained further on as the story goes. Also don't worry about Naruto being too strong, still he will be immensly strong for his age group and rank. The most he could handle once he graduates from the academy would be a slightly seasoned chunnin, if they don't underestimate him. I would also appreciate any comments or opinions, any thought that can help my stories counts. I will try to update as soon as possible, however due to the strange hours that I have at work it might be a little while.