Naruto : Tobirama's Heir

Konohagakure no sato

Senju clan compounds

Tobirama woke up as usual pretty early in the morning as was his routine for so many years. He freshened up and had his breakfast as he put on a simple white T-shirt with a small Senju clan symbol on the back of the T-shirt and simple blue pants with the usual shinobi sandals and strapped the Raijin no Ken to the back of his hip, hidden under his T-shirt as was his habit for so many years. He may not use it anymore, but having it to himself gave him a feeling of self-assurance nonetheless. He walked out into the streets and towards the shopping district of the village towards the White Dragon weapons shop and walked in. Hideki looked up and smiled as he saw the man he was expecting to see. He knew Tobirama was a man who always liked to come either exactly on time or a little early and in this case it was a little early as he had expected.

"Welcome Tobirama-sama you are just in time, I just got your order completed. Here…" he said and handed him a wooden box with a premium expensive feel to it and Tobirama nodded and took the box as he saw the things he ordered and checked its balance and craftsmanship of each of the items. Hideki looked at him inspecting each item carefully and when he kept the last of them and sealed the box, he saw Tobirama give him a nod of approval showing it was near his expectations and he beamed in pride and Tobirama handed him the rest of the money as he started walking out but his eyes fell on the scrolls section of the store and walked there. He walked to the section for chakra theory and opened one as he looked through its contents and scoffed.

"Pathetic to think this passes for details of chakra theory these days. No wonder the shinobi today don't have proper basics and foundations to build upon." he thought in disgust as he resealed the scroll and kept it back while Hideki shook his head at his expression of utter shame and disgust.

"There really aren't any scrolls in my shop that could live up to his expectations. It's no wonder his expression is like that." He thought as he watched Tobirama leave with a curt nod and he waved the man off telling him to come again. Tobirama looked up at the sky and saw the sun was over his head meaning it was almost noon and he still had a lot of time left to go on.

"I should write a scroll myself, that should do good. And maybe then he will have the proper understanding of the basics. Those pathetic excuses for basic chakra theory scrolls will do more harm to him than good." He thought and walked back to his house and took out a blank scroll and some ink and put his brush to the mettle and kanji started flowing from his hand onto the scroll in his perfect and beautiful strokes as he wrote the details of chakra and it's theory in detail to his satisfaction and made the last stroke as he put the brush down and re-read the entire thing and nodded to himself in satisfaction, rolling up the scroll and tied a small white thread over it as he stood up and gazed at the clock to see it was already evening. He was surprised that it took him so much time and stood up and picked up the box from earlier as he put the scroll in it and walked out towards the Uzumaki-Namikaze household with the box under his arm as he walked at a calm pace.

Meanwhile at the Uzumaki-Namikaze household…

Kushina greeted all the guests warmly as she saw the various clan heads and her dear friends come in and welcomed them all with a smile. Inoichi came with his daughter, Shikaku with his son Shikamaru, Choza with his son Choji, Mikoto with her son Sasuke and Hiashi with his daughter Hinata and various other clan heads with their children and she was happy that so many had come to her children's birthday party.

"Hey Kushina I'm back!" she heard a shout and turned to see Jiraiya there and smiled as she gave him a small smile.

"Jiraiya it's good to see you made it." She said and he nodded with a smile as she saw Hiruzen and Tsunade enter behind him.

"Of course I did, I told you I'd be here to help the twins with the training and I am not going to break my promise you know." He said smiling and she nodded with a smile as she ushered him in.

Naruto meanwhile was looking at the door and saw that it was almost the time and thought that he wouldn't come now.

"Who was I kidding? I only met him yesterday, it's not like he would come for me anyways." He thought sadly as he saw his siblings talk and play with the other children and the glances the parents were giving him from the blindside of Kushina and looked down and walked away to the corner not wanting to be in their vision any longer. Kushina stood up and saw that almost everyone had made it and was about to make an announcement to cut the cake as she heard a knock and was surprised wondering who it could be that was left.

She reached to the door and gasped as she saw the stoic face of Tobirama Senju standing there in front of her. She didn't expect him to come, hell he was the last place on earth she expected to come to such a social gathering knowing his reputation of thinking of them as a waste of time. She broke out of her stupor as his voice cut through the silence.

"I was invited here; I guess I am not late." He said stoically and she broke of her stupor and smiled warmly and nodded. She wondered how he had decided to come to a birthday party like this but shook it off as she was happy and honoured that he had come to meet her children as she motioned for him to come in with a warm smile and he gave a curt nod of acknowledgement and stepped in as the whole room became deathly quiet as soon as he stepped in and he saw their stares and was annoyed.

"I hope I am not interrupting this event?" he asked and all of them looked away in embarrassment and a moment later crowded around the most powerful Senju and the head of the Senju clan as he answered all their greetings politely not to sound rude. He was trying to find the boy he came for but could see everyone beside him and their chattering about mindless clan babbles was annoying him to no end. What was clan affairs discussion taking place at a child's birthday party no less he thought in annoyance but kept his stoic mask up listening to them. Naruto was sitting on the snacks table alone going through some chips as he sat with a sad expression that he hadn't come and was wondering about the sudden silence and then the crowded noises but shrugged it off as he couldn't care less at the moment.

Suddenly Kushina clinked her glass with the spoon and gathered everyone's attention as the room became quiet and she smiled as she spoke.

"Well as all of us are here I guess it's time for the birthday children to cut the cake." She said and they all nodded. She brought out a big cake on a trolley and put it in the middle of the room as she called for her children. Naruto heard it and walked up along with Menma and Mito as Kushina took the lid off and the whole room laughed as they saw the cake. It was a Nine Tailed Fox. Tobirama too smirked at seeing the cake. Ironic really, they were going to cut the Nine Tailed Fox he thought in amusement. She brought her children in front as they blew the candles and cut the cake as all of them clapped most of them only gazing at the twins and Mito and Menma ate their slices as Naruto put one in front of Kushina and she smiled at her little blonde bundle of joy and took a small bit as she kissed his cheek smiling at him warmly. He always would put her ahead of everyone she mused with a smile.

"My Naru-chan has gotten really big today. Five already" She said in a cooing voice and he blushed a bit and nodded as she brought a slice to his mouth and he took a bite with a smile. Tobirama saw it and smiled at seeing the child he came to see so happy and saw that almost everyone had gathered up with their gifts as Jiraiya spoke up.

"Alright I have got a special announcement for my gift…" he said as everyone looked at him curiously. "… the toad clan of Mt. Myoboku has asked me that if they find a child from their previous summoner's family worthy enough then I should let them sign the toad contract." He said as they all were wide eyed including Kushina with only Tobirama being indifferent to the matter. A summoning contract promised at such a young age was essentially like taking the children as his apprentice already he mused as he saw through his gift as a means to take the children on as apprentices if the toads approve of them when they finally grow up.

"So I offer the Toad Contract to Mito and Menma." He said and the whole room clapped happily as Tobirama frowned while Kushina was stunned at the announcement as both gazed at the bit sad look on Naruto's face and Kushina took him by the arm forcefully to the side and glared at him.

"Jiraiya what is the meaning of this, why not Naruto too?" she hissed in a low voice and he was confused and then stared at her blankly as he spoke up.

"Kushina the toads need a worthy and powerful summoner by their side. Mito and Menma when trained to control their powers will be a force to be reckoned with, Sarutobi-sensei agreed with me on this." He said and she frowned as she saw the point but then pressed her point.

"Then you could have done this in private later on, why announce it in front of everyone making Naruto feel left out?" she hissed angrily and he was stunned as he thought of it that way and nodded hesitantly seeing his mistake.

"Well I wanted to gift it to them as a birthday present I didn't realize it that way you know." He said and she sighed and nodded. At least he was accepting his mistake she thought and moved back to the party as she saw the children getting gifts and was a little confused as she saw the different sized boxes in Mito and Menma's hands but almost the same sized packages in Naruto's but didn't pay it much heed since they were all gifts after all. Naruto felt the packages in his hands as he saw that almost all of them were clothes from the light weight and softness and gazed at his siblings presents and saw them opening many new kunai and shuriken sets along with toys and several scrolls and looked down a bit but put the gifts on the table not bothering to open them since he knew what they were and moved to the porch and towards his personal spot at his favourite tree branch and sat as he watched the moon while Kushina was there greeting and meeting, chatting away with the guests and Mito and Menma played with the other children happily. Tobirama saw him moving out as he saw him sitting on a tree branch gazing at the sky and moved silently by him as he sat beside him and spoke up suddenly.

"I've been looking for you." He said breaking the silence and saw that once again he wasn't startled and he was sure he hadn't made a single noise this time so this time he was intrigued.

"Did you know I was coming behind you?" he asked before Naruto could speak his answer and Naruto nodded as he raised an eyebrow at his question.

"Yes I could feel you coming from behind me. I always could if I concentrate hard enough. That is why Kaa-chan has so much trouble catching and finding me after my pranks." He said and Tobirama was stoic on the outside while on the inside he was stunned.

"A natural born sensor at such young an age. To pick up my presence even if I wasn't suppressing it much is a feat in itself." He mused as he was broken out of his thoughts when Naruto spoke up.

"Thank you." He said softly and Tobirama looked at him confused as Naruto smiled at him understanding his confusion.

"For coming, I haven't known you for long but you still came and kept your promise. It means a lot to me." He said and Tobirama smiled warmly as he put his hand on his head and smiled at the boy.

"Happy Birthday." He said and Naruto smiled widely as he hugged the man and Tobirama chuckled as he patted and rubbed his back softly. Naruto felt so happy that he had kept his word and had come just for him. He broke the hug off as Tobirama took out the present from behind him and handed it to him. Naruto saw the elegant and expensive looking box and looked at him with a raised eyebrow as Tobirama smirked.

"You thought I wouldn't bring a present? Go on and open it let's see if you like what I got you." He said as Naruto's eyes widened in surprise and he saw the box again as he pulled the thread binding the lid slowly and thought of how expensive the gift must be if the box was any indication. He opened it and his eyes shot open in surprise as he saw the set of twenty shining silver shurikens as he saw how beautifully they were crafted and saw the scroll beside them and looked at him curiously. Tobirama saw his expression as he explained.

"That is a scroll of detailed chakra theory and its basics for beginners. I wrote it myself as I saw the utter disgusting attention to detail of the scrolls at the shop." He said and Naruto's eyes widened as he saw the scroll in his hands and opened it a bit to see such beautiful hand writing and resealed it as he looked at the man stunned.

"You wrote this just for me?" he asked in disbelief not believing he would have wasted so much time for him as he looked at the scroll in amazement.

"Of course I did. You won't be starting out on the wrong path just at the start of your shinobi training if I have anything to say about it." He said and Naruto nodded amazed that the man he barely knew would do such a thing when Tobirama spoke up.

"You haven't seen everything yet. Go on and remove the red cloth at the bottom of the box." He said and Naruto was confused as he kept the shining shurikens on his lap carefully as they looked like a work of art and he didn't want to ruin them. He lifted the cloth up and saw ten shining silver three pronged kunais and his eyes widened as he took out one and held it in his hand in amazement as he gazed at with a tranced look. These were the same kunais he had used his father hold in his pictures. He kept the kunai and the shurikens along with the scroll back as he resealed the box and looked down as his blonde hair shadowed his eyes and Tobirama was confused at his expression when he saw drops fall from his eyes and Naruto spoke up.

"Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me, I feel like I have something from my father with me now. This is the best present I could ever ask for. Arigato." He whispered as he wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his shirt with a sniff and grinned at the man foxily making him smirk.

"Those will help you start down you're a path of a shinobi well. Those kunai and shurikens are special chakra conductive, forged from chakra metal used by shinobi of really high calibre for repeated uses. Those do not rust or dull easily without being used in a deadly battle. And there are other uses for them as well but that you will know later when you grow up. Take care of them, a shinobi is as good as the condition his equipment is in. Remember it alright." He said stoically and Naruto grinned and nodded as he clutched the box to his chest tightly and jumped down as Tobirama did the same and was stunned to see Naruto just shrug off the height and mused he would have already done it many times before as they walked in. Naruto went up to his room for a moment and kept the box on his desk as he came back to the room and he and Tobirama talked for a while as he explained him some rules of the shinobi and how they were important and Naruto listened to him with rapt attention.

Finally, he saw everyone leaving and Tobirama stood up as Naruto smiled sadly that he had to go and Tobirama smiled and patted his head.

"Don't worry, come over to my house tomorrow. After all you still have to beat me at Shogi you know. Drop by anytime, I'm idle most of the time these days." He said and Naruto grinned and nodded as he ruffled his hair and walked out as Naruto walked him to the door and Kushina too came to wave him off with a warm smile. She then saw the happy smile and calmness that Naruto held and smiled. She was worried that Jiraiya's stupid stunt might have hurt him but he didn't mind it in the least she mused and walked back happily as she saw Menma and Mito playing with their kunais and shurikens with Jiraiya happily and she smiled as Naruto yawned a bit.

"Kaa-chan I am going to go sleep alright. I'll see you tomorrow good night." He said and kissed her cheek as he walked up to his room and opened the box as he took out one kunai from it and sat on his bed. He gazed at the kunai in wonder as he saw it shine in the moonlight and took the picture of his father and compared the kunai to his. It was almost the exact same except those strange markings and Kanji his father's kunai held he thought. He wondered what they were and decided to find out more about it later on and kept the kunai and the picture under his pillow as he laid down with a smile.

Kushina sat down with Jiraiya as she sighed tiredly from exhaustion and Jiraiya asked her the question that had been bugging him throughout the night.

"Kushina you didn't give the children any presents tonight. Why is that?" he asked curiously and she smiled brightly.

"Oh I am going to give them the scrolls for the basic chakra theory tomorrow and start their training tomorrow onwards. They were so happy and tired today that they didn't even think about it." She said happily and Jiraiya frowned a bit as he questioned her.

"Kushina are you sure that is wise, I mean to train Naruto with the twins?" he asked and she glared at him.

"What do you mean Jiraiya?" she asked icily and he sat unwavered by her gaze as he answered.

"I mean is it safe for him to be around Mito and Menma, I mean he holds the soul of the beast within him. What if the demon tries to take control over his sealed chakra when his will is weakened or is too tired to resist its influence…" he said and she was about to retort as he cut her off? "I mean when his chakra is low and he comes in contact with the beast, or if the twins lose control in between of their training. You know better than anyone the dangers of using that chakra. And you also know that the twins will need our complete attention or they might lose control and hurt themselves or Naruto in the process. The villagers too might look at them differently if they hear them losing control to those urges. Plus, Naruto doesn't really seem like the early shinobi type, I mean he is lazy and non-chalant. Let him enjoy his childhood and he will have the Academy in a couple of years and you can train him after we have made the twins have enough control over the demonic chakra to suppress their negative emotions a bit. It is all for their safety, think about it with a cool head Kushina for the night and answer me in the morning." He said and walked out of the room as he went to the guest room and left Kushina to her thoughts as she too went to her room and lied down thinking about his words and mulled over her choices.

Finally, after a lot of thought she came to a decision and nodded as she fell asleep not knowing the consequences her decision would make for her in the future.

Next Morning

Naruto woke up with a yawn as he felt the sunrays hit his eyes and his cerulean blue eyes flickered open. He went to the bathroom and freshened up as he put on his simple white T-shirt and blue pants and walked down the stairs to see Mito and Menma already there happily chatting away and Kushina preparing the breakfast. He walked up to Kushina as she felt a tug on her dress and looked down to see Naruto yawning and rubbing his eyes and smiled as she crouched down and he pecked her check. She did the same and ruffled his hair smiling warmly at the little boy.

"Ohayo Naru-chan." She said softly and he smiled and nodded.

"Ohayo Kaa-chan." He said equally softly as he went to the table and sat down. Mito saw the greeting her Aniki gave her mother every morning and smiled with Menma feeling a bit out of place seeing their interaction but shrugged it off and gave his brother a smile who nodded in return. Kushina put the plates on the table as they ate in comfortable silence and just as they finished Kushina spoke up.

"Kids I have to tell you all something." She said and they all nodded looking at her curiously. She looked at Mito and Menma and smiled as she spoke up.

"Mito, Menma me and Jiraiya are going to start training you in the shinobi arts from today." She said as the both of them beamed and Naruto looked on confused at the exchange as he didn't hear her mention him. He too had a dream to be a great shinobi like his father and always wanted to walk the path he did. Mito and Menma looked at his confused face and realized she hadn't spoken his name and they too looked at her questionably.

"Kaa-chan what about me? You didn't say my name." said Naruto in a confused voice and she breathed in heavily and sighed giving him a warm smile.

"Naru-chan your training will have to wait until you start the Academy. Your brother and sister need one on one training to control the special chakra they possess. You will have to wait a little longer my son." She said warmly and he looked at her confused and stunned.

"But what is this special chakra that they have? Don't I have it too?" he asked and she smiled and shook her head.

"No Naru-chan only Menma and Mito possess it. It is very powerful but really hard to control. It is extremely dangerous if it goes out of control and they can hurt you or the others, or even themselves when they train or join the Academy. So for your and everyone's safety you will have to wait a bit longer." She said and he nodded a bit hesitantly understanding her point.

"Then you don't have to train me specially, just give me some tips in between and I'll try and learn things on my own." He said and she shook her head smiling sadly.

"No Naru-chan the wrong basics can ruin your future progress completely. Incomplete knowledge is more dangerous than no knowledge at all. Training in the shinobi arts the wrong way does more harm than good. Please just wait for a little while longer for your brother and sister…" she said holding his hand softly squeezing it and he thought about it nervously as she gave another squeezed and smiled. "… for me?" she said softly and he sighed and nodded with a small smile.

"Alright I understand Kaa-chan, you can train Mito and Menma personally with Jiraiya. I'll wait and catch up to them when you have completed their training." He said and she nodded with a huge proud smile as she pulled the blonde boy on her lap and hugged him tightly and he hugged her back snuggling in her embrace happily. She put her chin on his head as she rubbed his back softly and smiled proudly. He had understood what was important for his family and had made the decision for them, and she couldn't be more proud of her son. She broke off the hug as he picked up the dishes and put them in the sink as he spoke up.

"You go on Kaa-chan. Don't waste your time on the dishes, start training Mito and Menma. I'll do the dishes and then go to meet a friend of mine if that's alright." He asked and she smiled as she kissed his forehead gently and nodded.

"Of course you can go, just be careful alright." She said and he nodded as he looked at Menma and Mito who were looking at him worriedly thinking he might blame them for his loss of training and he grinned at the two foxily.

"Go on you two, don't worry about me. You know me this training that Kaa-chan has planned for you sounds like a lot of work anyways. Now go on and don't worry, I'll catch up to you in no time." He said and they grinned at him and nodded as he watched them leave and he turned to the dishes as his happy mask dropped and a sad expression came to his face and a tear dropped on his hand as he wiped it off his cheek and looked at it confused.

"I am crying, why am I crying? They need the special training more than me. Why am I being so stupid?" he asked himself as he started working on the dishes and washed his hands as he walked back to his room and saw the box on his desk and opened it taking out the scroll that was in there and pocketed it as he walked downstairs and put on his sandals and walked back to the door to the garden as he saw the three of them training happily and smiled at seeing their laughing faces.

"I'm going!" he said and Kushina smiled and waved at him.

"Alright, be careful and be back before it's dark alright." She shouted and he gave her a thumbs up and walked out with his hands in his pockets and the same lazy expression like he didn't have a care in the world marred on his face. He kept walking to the northern clan district where the big Senju clan compounds were and ignored the glances and cold stares he got completely.

Senju clan compounds

He walked through the streets and watched the shops as he got near the house where Tobirama lived asking many people for directions on the way and was surprised that almost everyone knew him. He must be pretty well known in the village he mused as he came up to a large house and opened the gates walking in the stone steps and knocked on the front door and waited as he heard the door click open and the stoic face of Tobirama Senju looking at him and smiled at him lazily.

"Yo!" he said waving his hand lazily and Tobirama stared at him blankly for a few moments and Naruto stared at him right back.

"That is not the proper way of greeting someone." He said stoically and Naruto nodded.

"So I've been told." He said lazily and Tobirama motioned for him to come in and closed the door as they walked to the living room of the house and Naruto slid the glass door open as he looked at the big garden with many trees and a koi-fish pond on the side and smiled as he sat down and watched the butterflies, birds and squirrels and the cold breeze hit his face with a smile as he smelt the scent of flowers and the smile on his face lit up. Tobirama walked back with a tray with two cups of green tea and some cookies as he kept them on the porch in between and saw Naruto admiring the garden happily and smiled.

"So you appreciate the nature too?" he asked and Naruto smiled and nodded.

"Yes but this place is different, there is something about the garden that I can't put my finger on. It's almost lie it's… it's…" he tried to find the right word and Tobirama smirked.

"Alive?" he asked and Naruto nodded with a smile.

"Yes well this garden and its trees were grown by my elder brother himself. He had the ability to create trees and each and every tree in this garden contains a part of his chakra. That is why the calm aura here is different from the rest of the trees in the village. I have kept it maintained ever since he died. It ties me to him." He said and Naruto nodded with a sad smile.

"People can grow trees with chakra?" he asked after a moment and Tobirama smirked and nodded.

"No, only my elder brother had the ability. It was a bloodline the Mokuton, it gave him ultimate control over green life and he could breathe life into the earth with his unique kekkei genkai. You know what a kekkei genkai is?" he asked and Naruto shook his head and looked at him curiously. He smirked at the curious face of the child, he always liked explaining things too.

"A kekkei genkai is a unique bloodline trait passed down within a clan through blood. It is inherited genetically from generation to generation, or sometimes unique to a person like my brother. These abilities are unique to the users who possess them and can't be learnt or used by those who don't possess them first hand. Our village is pretty revered and feared for our clan secrets and strong kekkei genkais. Kekkei genkais give the user a trump card in battle but those who rely in it too much or think they are almighty because of them, have their downfall due to this arrogance." He said and Naruto nodded understanding about it a bit and thought it must be cool to have a special ability like that.

"Wow your brother must have been pretty powerful the huh?" he asked curiously and Tobirama smirked and nodded.

"I believe so after all he did lay the foundation of this village and become the Shodaime Hokage." He said and Naruto's eyes widened.

"Your brother was the Shodaime Hokage?" he asked in disbelief and Tobirama nodded. Naruto wanted to scoff at his claim but he knew the man wasn't one for jokes and then his eyes narrowed at the man. If the Shodaime Hokage was his brother, then…

He ran to the middle of the garden and gazed at the Hokage Monument and then at Tobirama, then at the Hokage Monument and at Tobirama again and face palmed. Tobirama watched on in amusement as realization dawned on the child's face. Naruto slid his hand down his face and sighed.

"How could I have been so blind and stupid. I look at my father's face every day and didn't even realize that the man with the second face there was with me the whole time. Stupid, stupid, stupid…" he said hitting his head and Tobirama's amusement increased as he beat himself up and then sat down beside him and took a cookie and ate it.

"So you must be pretty strong then, huh old man?" he asked and Tobirama looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"You know that I am the Nidaime Hokage, shouldn't you show me some respect?" he asked stoically and Naruto scoffed.

"As if. Take a hike, you may have been the Hokage once but now you are an old man and I respect you but not that much that I would call you Tobirama-sama or something. Respect is earned, not given out by titles." He said and Tobirama nodded with a smile. He liked the kid and his answer made him like him even more. He too agreed with him that respect was earned not given out. If that was the case, then Hiruzen's traitorous student was a Sannin and should be respected by everyone for his title he mused. And he didn't like people kissing up to him anyways.

"You have a pretty interesting views on people I must say." He said and Naruto smirked and nodded as Tobirama pulled out the Shogi board and both of them got into the game. Tobirama won all the games of course and put it off as both were tired and strained from focusing too much. They sat silently as Naruto asked him a question.

"Hey old man you knew my father right?" he asked and Tobirama nodded as he gazed at the trees with Naruto by his side and took a gulp of water.

"What was he like?" he asked and Tobirama smiled slightly at the question and answered it to the best of his abilities.

"He was a great man. A good leader and held kindness and compassion for everyone. I didn't know him too much or too closely but I respected him, he was only one of the few who ever gained my respect. He never once hesitated to do anything for the village or his family for as long as I saw him. He really was a great man indeed." He said and Naruto nodded with a smile.

"You know I want to be like him. Strong and respected, fearless not afraid of anything. I want to be able to look him in the eye and feel confident enough that I would have made him proud if he were here. That's my dream." He said and Tobirama smiled and nodded.

"That's an admirable goal. I believe through hard work and lot of blood and sweat anything can be achieved. Plus, you have the heritage and lineage along with the resources to be great. Not many have the kind of support and parents that could train them from such young an age with the correct things that are needed." He said and waited for Naruto to agree but it never came and looked at him as he had a sad expression on his face.

"Not everyone who has that kind of people gets an easy start you know." He whispered and Tobirama was confused at his answer and was about to ask what he meant but Naruto grinned putting his mask on as he gazed at the sky and saw it was a little time from now to sunset and stood up.

"It's time to leave old man. Kaa-chan told me to come back before it was dark. I'll see you tomorrow alright?" he said happily and Tobirama nodded with a smile as Naruto put his hands in his pockets and walked to his home waving at him. Tobirama watched him go and his last words rang in his mind that he didn't understand.

"Not everyone who has that kind of people gets an easy start you know." The words rang through his mind and he frowned. Everyone who knew Tobirama Senju knew he didn't like unanswered questions and this was one answer he was going to find out. Naruto walked home right before sunset and saw that his mother and siblings were outside training and he went to the fridge and got a bottle of water and went to sit down on the table as they all came in with happy smiles on their faces. Kushina smiled as she saw Naruto and sat down with the twins.

"So Naru-chan how was your day?" she asked and he smiled at her.

"It was good Kaa-chan, I had fun." He said and she smiled and nodded as they started talking about the day's training and he listened in on everything with a smile and had nothing to add onto it. Kushina asked the twins if they wanted to eat out to celebrate their start of training and they smiled and nodded shouting Sushi. Naruto smiled at seeing them so happy, he never really liked Sushi much but he smiled and said nothing seeing their happy expressions. He stood up and put on his sandals and listened to them talk about various things he didn't really get but listened to them curiously in hopes that maybe he could pick up something useful too but didn't have any luck. Their explanations were too vague to be of any use and they entered the Sushi bar as they took a table and ordered their food. Kushina would ask him about him, but he didn't really have anything that interesting to add and just gave her short answers with a smile and mostly listened in on their talks. He supposed they were too excited with the new training and didn't really want to divert their attention from their interests and ate silently. They walked home as Kushina saw the tired faces of the twins and the usual lazy expression of her son and walked on home with a smile. She herself was pretty tired and the rest of the trip was made in silence.

Kushina and the twins instantly went to bed to take off their exhaustion and Naruto went to his room and locked it as he ran a hand through his pocket and touched the scroll and looked at it curiously. He saw the time and saw that it was still only dinner time and they had slept early. He put up an alarm on the clock for early that morning and decided to read the scroll with a fresh mind in the morning and laid on his bed as he gazed at the three pronged kunai in his hand and kept it under his pillow and went to sleep.

Author's notes : There is the next chapter. The twins training starts and Naruto feels a bit left out but is happy for his family. Kushina's decision with agreeing with Jiraiya will be one that she will regret but many small instances make up a large rift as will be the case of the story. Pairings I am still confused on, a young age Kurenai that I should build from the ground up or a pre-determined Hinata. Well, let's see where the story takes me and please leave your suggestions in reviews. For the votes on pairings I'll only be considering non-guest reviews so log in to vote and I will set up a poll too so vote on it and let's see where the story goes. So until next time keep reading and reviewing Ja Ne ;)

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