The teen couldn't remember how long he'd been chained up in the cold room. He was kept chain to the wall, his neck on a chain and his arms suspended above his head. When he was feed once a day his arms where unchained, but not his neck nor was the metal covering on his eyes taken off. Almost all of it covered in chakra supressors. His body was almost always poked and prodded. They took every fluid they could. He knew who they were and he knew what they were planning. One day the cuff on his left wrist wasn't properly fastened. He kept silent and kept his face blank, even as he felt something he hadn't felt in a long time; his chakra. He let it build, calculating. When his cell door was opened again, he was gone.

Minato had thought the drama for the night was over. His guard had just made it to his office and the group that had traveled with him to Suna had just entered the village. He was proven wrong when a mostly unconscious body appeared on his desk. Long, matted silver and black hair were the first thing Minato registered before a voice croaked, "They...plan...attack...soon..."

"Genma find Jirayia and Tsunade. Raidou find Shikaku and Inoichi. Not a word to anyone else," commanded the hokage. They vanished. Minato took in the boy who he suspected passed out. He was clearly emancipated, barefoot with only torn pants on. A metal band covered his eyes and a metal collar with some chain pieces attached was wrapped around his throat. Scars and bruises littered his body, with Minato spotting an ANBU tattoo on his left shoulder.

"It can't be..." mumbled Minato, so lost in thought he didn't hear those he summoned arrive. Tsunade reacted first. Her hands glowing green, she examined the unconscious teen while Minato straightened his body out. Tsunade was wincing at her findings.

"Is that who I think it is?" asked Jirayia. Inoichi frowned as Shikaku used his shadows to gently unlock the band on his eyes and throat. Minato gently removed them. Tsunade shook her head, tears in her eyes, healing as much as she could.

"Can I view his memories?" asked Inoichi, grabbing Minato's hand so he could see memories as well.

"He doesn't have any head trauma, physically. He couldn't throw you out even if he wanted to. He doesn't have the chakra. But do not linger," warned Tsunade. Inoichi made the signs and him and Minato were back in past.

Jumping from tree to tree, the ANBU teen finally reached his destination: a former hideout of the Snake Sannin. The ANBU's orders were simply to investigate the empty facility, thus why his partner was not with him. He made his way through the dark cavern, his coal eyes transforming into red. The rough stone walls gradually smoothed out. A building was hidden at the back of the cave. The teen opened the door he found, his right hand going to his sword's hilt on his back as he cautiously entered the room. An eerie green light filled the long room, illuminating empty and broken test tubes. The teen thought of one of his teammates and shook the thought out of his head as he heard a rustling noise. Pushing chakra to his feet he jumped high, drawing his sword as he avoided a strike from the huge snake. His eyes narrowed. This was the personal summons of the Snake Sannin. The teen landed and charged towards the snake, swiping his blade into the snake's side. He jumped again, aiming for the ceiling. He flipped and planted his feet to the ceiling with chakra. Sheathing his sword, his flew through several hand signs. Wood sprang from the floor, wrapping around the snake and pinning it to the floor as it hissed in protest.

"Now that wassss not vvvery nice. Perhapssss you would rather play with me?" called a voice. Pain erupted in the teen's shoulder as a sword pierced him. The teen tried to use the Hiraishin, but found he couldn't. He turned to face the grinning sannin as the sannin removed his blade.

"Looksss like the ssssnake catchesss the wolf...the only thing better would have been the fox or the turtle," said the smirking Orochimaru. The teen swore, kicking the sannin and putting distance between them. Flying through hand signs again, the teen blew a tidal wave of water at the sannin. Knowing chances of beating him alone was slim, the teen summoned his pack of five wolves and the wolves flew at Orochimaru. Orochimaru summoned snakes to distract most of the wolves and dodged the other two. The teen drew his sword and jumped over two of his wolves to engage Orochimaru in a sword fight, adrenaline making it easy to ignore the pain in his left shoulder. The teen might have beaten the sannin, if he hadn't gotten thrown against a wall and cut up by a wind jutsu cast by a new arrival. A second new arrival had the teen covered in bugs in less than a minute. His chakra being sucked away and his summons dispersing, the teen knew he lost. His eyes faded to coal black as the wind style user grabbed him by his collar and forced him to stand.

"A Uchiha, Hatake, and a Senju? I believe he will work nicely for our plans. Wouldn't you agree Orochimaru? He is after all one of your own experiments," called Elder Danzo Shimura.

"Yessss. Do you wisssh to apply the ssseal or ssshould I?" asked the Sannin. The teen struggled in the elder's grip as the Sannin pulled out a piece of paper with a seal on it.

"You. I will apply my chakra after so he will be under my influence as well," said the elder. Orochimaru slapped the seal on the teen's neck and applied his chakra. The teen yelled in pain. The elder then did the same, letting go of the teen and letting him slide to the floor. The teen went silent, the seal disappearing into his skin.

"I command you to eliminate the Uchiha Clan tonight. There is to be no survivors, understood?" ordered Danzo.

"Yes sir. It will be done," droned the teen.

Inoichi released the jutsu, him and Minato breathing hard. The two men exchanged glances. The Fourth Hokage struggled to hold in his killing intent.

"Jirayia I need you to go to the toads and see if they have a place safe to remove a type of control seal. Tsunade I need you to heal him as much as you can. I am going to send him to the toads as soon as Jirayia gets back," commanded Minato.

"What did you two see?" asked Shikaku.

"The Uchiha Massacre was orchestrated by Danzo and Orochimaru. They put a mind control seal on Raiden to force him to do it. But why eliminate the Uchiha?" said Minato.

"The Uchiha was the most feared clan in the village. It was probably to either obtain or eliminate the Sharingan. What is unsettling is that they appear to want Akari and Naruto," answered Shikaku.

"Could they have been responsible for the attack on the night of Naruto's birth?" asked Tsunade.

"It's possible. While Akari's status as the host of the Nine-Tails is no secret, Naruto holding the Three-Tails is. So whatever is going on now Danzo and Orochimaru are working on together. We need evidence to go after Danzo, and Raiden, as a missing nin, is not a credible source. We need more than that," said Minato.

"If the two are planning an attack, when would they attack?" asked Inoichi.

"Most likely would be the Chunin Exams," answered Jirayia before Shikaku could.

"That's six months away, and we are co-hosting with Suna," said Shikaku.

"Tsunade. How long of a recovery time does Raiden need to get to full strength?" asked Minato.

"Four to five months with the toads should do it. Are you going to rescind his status as a missing nin?" asked Tsunade.

Minato thought for a minute. If he did, Danzo would immediately know that Raiden had went to Minato. On the other hand, where else would Raiden have went?

"No. Not yet. After the attack and we have Danzo and Orochimaru we will let the public know, but for now that is a secret for those in this room, except Lord Rasa. Since the chunin exams tournament will be held in Suna I will explain the situation to him. In the meantime, Jirayia needs to go to the toads about Raiden. When you get back I want you working on a seal to eliminate the mind control seal. If they managed to use it on one of my strongest shinobi there is no telling who they have used it on or will use it on. Shikaku. I want you working with Tsunade to get chunin and higher in the best shape you can. Schedule monthly physicals with jonin, including ANBU. Bi-monthly physicals for chunin. Inoichi. Issue reevaluations for clearance levels. If we have a leak I expect you and Ibiki to plug it. One traitor has been executed tonight by me and he was an academy sensei. Because of him three genin are in the hospital, one of whom is my daughter Naruto. The other two are Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha. Dismissed," said Minato. He was alone in minutes and collapsed into his chair behind his desk.


Akari jumped over the rooftops as she ran to the Hatake Compound. Shisui and Itachi had agreed that it would be better to wait until the morning to visit the genin. There was no point in risking Tsunade's wrath over visiting hours because they knew the kids would be fine. So the three teammates had split up to go to their own homes. Akari had a conversation she needed to have, and since Genma would not leave Minato's side until Minato went home or ordered Genma home, now was the perfect time to have it. It helped that the person she needed to talk to was standing on a roof, flaring his static like charka lightly.

Kakashi was a genius. So when he woke up in the hospital expecting chakra exhaustion and not having any, he knew. The only person alive capable of giving Kakashi a chakra infusion was Akari. Now he stood on the rooftop of the Hatake Compound and waited, having sensed her chakra coming from the Hokage Tower. Wearing only sweatpants, he waited, barefoot, on the roof. He brushed silver hair off his bare face as he felt Akari go from jumping on buildings to jumping on the trees to get to the Hatake Compound that sat in the forest. He opened his sharingan as she came into view. Her chakra was flowing normal, and Kakashi knew Kurama would not let Akari remain injured for long if he could help it. Kakashi was not surprised to see the Hound mask swinging at Akari's side. Finally she landed in front of him. Neither spoke or moved for a minute. Kakashi took in her dirty uniform as she took in his weary appearance. Finally Kakashi moved and wrapped his daughter in a hug.

"I don't care that you left. Just...Thank you. For coming back home," said Kakashi, his daughter returning the hug.

"I'm sorry I took so long," said Akari.