Rating: PG-13.
Warnings: Swearing.
Word Count: 1,651
Edit: 6/23/19 - 2,396 - Lengthed and Edited.
Pairings: None.
Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Naruto nor any characters from it.
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"So let me get this straight. Hanzo was going to ambush us at the 'meeting' and that's why you killed him before he could kill me?" Yahiko asked the long-haired red-headed man.
Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan were all sitting on a couch in one of the many rooms located in Rain Tower. Across from them was a tall, slim man with waist length crimson hair and mesmerizing golden eyes that reminded him of a fox. His hair was actually near the color of Nagato's now that Yahiko looked at it more, just a few shades darker.
"Yeah. Let's just say that if I didn't arrive when I did… well somebody in this room would be very dead right now." He gave a pointed look towards Yahiko and all three of them blanched a bit at that.
The three of them were suddenly very glad that this strange person showed up when he did. Nagato and Konan didn't know what they'd do if Yahiko had died. He was practically their older brother. He had saved both of them and pushed to keep going during the really hard times of the war. He was their hero.
As the man stood up to leave he suddenly stopped and turned like he forgot something and looked right at Nagato. His intense golden eyes boring into the other redhead's steady gaze.
"Ah right, almost forgot. You're an Uzumaki, Nagato," the redhead's eyes widened, "You have a distant aunt, the current Matriarch of the clan, and her son, your cousin, waiting for you in Konoha. I suppose I'm your cousin too... well anyways you'd all be welcome. I'm sure Kushina would be happy to have you." and after that bombshell was dropped, the man left the three Ame Orphans with their jaws practically touching the ground from the shock.
The only thing they even saw before he vanished was a red flash and a light breeze.
Yahiko was the first to recover from the shocking revelation and spoke after a few moments, "So, when do we leave? I've always wanted to see Konoha!" He said excitedly and was already moving around the room mumbling about what they'll need to pack and how much money to take.
Nagato gaped and sputtered, "What about Ame? We can't just drop everything and head to Konoha on a whim, Yahiko!" His friend always tried to be the voice of reason, even though it looked like he wanted to go too.
"Ehhh, Konan will stay here and watch over the village for us. Seeing your family is much much much more important, right Konan?" Yahiko gave her a threatening smile and she nodded quickly.
She knew better then do get on Yahiko's bad side. She didn't want to wake up from a bucket of ice water or frogs hopping all over her again. The man was a prank master and he would never forget this and she'd have to deal with it for weeks.
With that, the orangette grabbed Nagato's arm and led him out the door to go and pack. "Oh, this is going to be such fun!"
"Make sure to visit Nagato!" Konan yelled after them. She had a feeling that their resident redhead wouldn't be coming back permanently. She was okay with that since he was going to be with his family. Everyone deserved that.
Nagato just sighed and followed his pseudo brother and hoped that everything would turn out okay. He was curious to meet this so-called aunt and cousin of his. Nagato smiled, 'maybe this won't be so bad.'
But then Yahiko started chattering away and he really wished he could just ditch him and make the journey alone. It would be quicker and less likely to leave him with a massive headache.
Kurama sat up from his perch on the roof. He hadn't actually left the Tower. He opened the window, hopped on the roof, and sat back to listen to the show.
"Heh. That was far too easy." He said aloud while playing with his long hair, "The brat had better be grateful to me for helping to get one of the few remaining members of his clan to Konoha." Kurama laughed.
He sat up and flipped his hair behind him, "Oh they have no idea what it means to be an Uzumaki. Maybe I should just rescue Karin for the hell of it… Ah well got nothing better to do." and with a decision seemly made he raced off in the direction of a certain redheaded girl.
Kurama looked down at the little five-year-old girl from his perch in a tree. Now that he was here he didn't think that he had completely thought this through…but how hard could it really be? Now how to get the girl, bring her back to Konoha, and then have Kushina adopt her...
So many decisions…
"Your chakra is really warm mister, and it is such a pretty red color." He was so startled that he actually fell out of the tree he was perched in. He straightened up into a sitting position on the wet grass and found the brat giggling at him.
Or he could just be straightforward about it.
"...Thanks. Now, what are you doing out here all alone? Where are your parents, girl?" he looked Karin up and down and saw a few fresh bite marks but nowhere near the massive amount she had as an adult.
Kurama still wanted to slaughter the village for putting a little girl through this though. The things humans did to their kits. It never ceased to amaze him how their race survived with all the vile people ruining it. But he guessed that people like Naruto were what kept it going.
"My mom's dead and… I ran from the hospital," she admitted in a quiet voice.
"Hm, I see." He nodded and didn't ask more since he already knew why she ran. So he shot the girl a grin, "You know you look like an Uzumaki with that red hair of yours… I know where a few of your relatives are if you want to leave here." he offered with a shrug and a casual flip of his hair. He was seriously considering chopping the length off but he felt that he'd end up missing it too much. Even if it was annoying.
"How would you know?" she demanded while crossing her arms in front of her chest in a defensive manner.
Kurama grabbed some of his hair and held it up for her to see, "I think I would know what an Uzumaki looks like, brat." technically he's not lying since he never said he was an Uzumaki - which he still technically is but not by blood.
He was apart of it by adoption into it after Naruto became head of the pretty much extinct clan. He was pretty sure most if not all of his siblings also took a liking to the Uzumaki name and donned it after the blond offered it to them as well. It just clicked with their names.
Naruto considered all of them his family and said something about how since they were his family they should carry the name. Sage, that kid never ceased to surprise him. He'd never forget the look on their faces when the boy had said that to them.
"I'm really an Uzumaki? And I have a family that you'll take me to?" Karin asked timidly as if she thought Kurama was going to take it back and laugh in her face. He really wanted to go slaughter that village. She was just a kit.
"Yes, I believe you are and your Clan is in Konoha, are you positive you want to go?" he said as he held out his arms for her to be picked up.
She nodded and he picked her up and prepared himself for the journey back to The Leaf before he remembered something. He looked down at the child in his arms.
"What's your name, kid?"
She seemed to think about it for a second before her face split into a wide grin and she responded with, "My name is Karin Uzumaki!"
Oh, Kushina is sure gonna be shocked that her 'near extinct clan' isn't as gone as she thought it was. She's just going to love Nagato and Karin. The young redheads are going to enjoy gaining a rowdy family like Naruto's. After all, it's made up of Konoha's Yellow Flash, Red-Hot Habanero, Kakashi of the Sharingan, and Hero of The Hidden Leaf.
(Even if Naruto and Kakashi hadn't actually gained their titles yet)
"You are sure going to like it there, kids." He muttered under his breath with a ghost of a smile on his lips.
Naruto was playing outside of his home while his mother sat on the porch watching him with a fond smile. He had been slightly worried since Kurama returned just that morning with a huge smug look on his face. He tried asking the fox what happened but he was ignored and has been ignored the entire time so he had stopped asking.
He was just waiting for the other shoe to drop and hoped that it was nothing too bad. He went over to his mother to sit with her but before he could sit down he heard footsteps approaching them. He saw Kushina lift her head and her eyes go wide so he spun around and ended up with the same dumbstruck look.
Nagato and Yahiko were walking towards their house. The Nagato and Yahiko that were supposed to be in Ame… and are they holding a child that looked suspiciously like Karin?! What did Kurama do...
The group stopped in front of the house and Nagato came forward with the child still in his arms and spoke quietly. Hesitantly he looked up and met Kushina's grayish-blue eyes with his purple ones.
"Are you... Kushina Uzumaki?" he asked with a level tone.
His mother stood up and nodded, still a little wide-eyed because of their hair that looked so much like her - even if the shades varied. Naruto had since recovered at that point since he knew about them. He was pretty sure they were all that was left of their clan. Besides Tsunade of course.
"Our names are Nagato and Karin Uzumaki," he boosted the child up onto his hip a little more, "We were told about our heritage and to come here and meet the Clan Head."
Kushina was still staring at the two of them and then tears had started to cascade down her face. Naruto was about to ask if she was okay but before he could his mother launched herself at the small group. She even dragged Naruto and Yahiko into the hug as well. Naruto saw Nagato, Karin, and Yahiko go a little wide-eyed and stiff at the sudden contact and at the tight hug until they calmed down a bit and relaxed. Then Kushina spoke again ad managed to shove herself even closer to their long lost family.
"W-We aren't the l-last one's anymore," she hiccuped and shoved them all a little closer. The hug lasted for about a minute after that until she - reluctantly - released all of them from her grasp. She then backed up a bit and started pacing back and forth in front of the house, her red ankle length hair swaying with her every step.
"I didn't even know there were any of us left, ya know? I'm just so happy and oh my god you guys definitely need to stay." She beamed at them and then went back to her pacing before they could even respond. "We have enough room since this house is so big and all." she gestured to the house and seemed to stop for a second.
She turned and looked at Yahiko, "Are you an Uzumaki too?" she asked hopefully, hands clasped together in front of herself.
The boy looked slightly sad, "No, I'm just here for my brother," and he gestured to Nagato.
Kushina looked dejected for all of three seconds until she registered the rest of what he said.
"An adopted Uzumaki is still an Uzumaki, ya know?" She smirked and held a little bit of a threatening glint in her eye until Yahiko just agreed quickly.
It was fine anyone since in her opinion orange was close enough to the color red. And one learned not to question her decisions on who she allowed into her Clan whether by blood or other ties.
"Okay well, I'm obviously adopting you three into the main household," Kushina couldn't stand the thought of 'branch families' and Clan Hierarchy. Who gave a damn if they weren't closely related to her. It disgusted her to see how lesser members were treated like in the Hyuuga. Hiashi's own twin brother - therefore apart of the main family - was demoted to serving his brother because he was born a few seconds later. It was appalling.
The kids just gaped at her which she pretended not to notice. "And of course you are going to live here now, can't have the rest of my family out Kami knows where." She nodded her head like it was all decided and smiled at her three new kids.
Naruto just shook his head slightly and smiled up at his mother. He really was like his her. He would've done the exact same thing.
Kushina grabbed Nagato's left hand and Yahiko's right and started dragging them into the Uzumaki compound all while Naruto heard the Kyuubi cackling in the back of his head. Naruto shook his head again and followed them inside. As long as his mother was happy, then he was happy. Even if he now had three adopted older siblings.
He was just glad that the creepy paper girl wasn't there. Naruto would not stand for her getting adopted into his family. It's not like he hated her or anything… she just made him uncomfortable with her weird paper body.
As Naruto continued to follow his mother through the house a thought suddenly occurred to him. He was really looking forward to seeing how Minato and Kakashi were going to react to this… Well, it was sure to be entertaining at least. Naruto smirked, ah yes, now that was going to be fun.
