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To Live Again

Uzumaki Ancestry

Everyone present watched in awe at the sight.

"Adamantine chains…" A ninja standing near them whispered in awe. All of them knew of only one ninja capable of creating the chains and that ninja had died seven years ago.

Orochimaru and Hiruzen felt a pang in their hearts as they saw the familiar golden chains coiling in the air.

"He's an Uzumaki…" Someone said amazed.

"Not just any Uzumaki, idiot! Only those from the royal line have the sacred bloodline!" Another said. The Uzumaki Sacred bloodline; the Uzumaki chakra manipulation was the only other bloodline other than the Sharingan and the wood release, which has the power to subdue the biju. It was also a very strong bloodline.

"Is he related to Kushina sama?" Hiruzen heard a nurse standing by whisper. He cursed under his breath; this news would be known throughout the village by evening. He had managed to keep the council off Arashi's case till now, but if news about the chains reaches them, there would be no stopping them.

Orochimaru was thinking along the same lines. He watched as the chains kept everyone away from the boy who was sobbing and crying. His cries were truly heart shattering. But no one could get close enough to Arashi with the chains present.

"Hey you, Stand back!" Someone said to his left and Orochimaru looked towards the direction.

His heart froze for a moment when he saw Naruto on the direct path of a chain that would hit him head on. His horror however turned into amazement as the chain stopped centimeters away from hitting Naruto.

Naruto took one more step forward and the chain moved away, letting him through. It was almost as if the chains saw him as a friend?

Then it clicked, of course, Naruto was an Uzumaki.

Kushina had told him once about how the Uzumaki's were all connected by their chakra.

Everyone watched surprised as the chains that violently held them back from the boy earlier, gave way to Naruto.

Naruto had no idea what he was doing but he was guided by some instinct to go forward and comfort the crying boy.

"No… No… Please don't…"

Naruto tried to remember the boy's name, "Arashi…" He said softly as he reached the boy's bed.

Arashi was thrashing in his bed, moving his hands as if to fight off some invisible enemy.

Naruto stood uncertain for a moment, what should he do now?

"Stop… Please I beg you… just stop…"

Naruto placed a hand on Arashi's shoulder uncertainly and Arashi leaned into him; he didn't fight his touch like Naruto had expected. So with a new found confidence Naruto pulled Arashi into a hug.

Arashi crumpled against his chest still sobbing pleas to stop. Naruto never realized that he himself was crying, but everyone else who was watching did.

"Shh… It's alright… I'm here, I'll protect you… No one's going to hurt you…"

Naruto had no idea what he was doing but it worked. Arashi's cries quieted down.

"I promise I'll protect you…" Naruto cooed again.

"You…promise?"

Naruto looked down surprised at the words to find Arashi staring at him with those blue eyes glazed over, making it clear that he was not really conscious.

Naruto nodded, "I Promise…"

Arashi smiled at him, a soft sad yet hopeful smile, and Naruto felt his heart clench.

"Please… don't leave me… nii san…" Then Arashi buried his head into Naruto's chest and fell limp as his struggle left him.

Naruto was dumbstruck while looking down at the sleeping boy.

"I won't…" He said even though Arashi was already unconscious.

Everyone was watching the scene in awe.

Most of them started to rethink about their opinion on the redhead. Would a demon really do this? And they all know about the chakra chain's ability to subdue biju, so if the chains didn't harm Naruto, doesn't that mean that he's not a demon?

As soon as Arashi was unconscious the chains dissipated into wisps of golden energy that soon vanished. And the Uzumaki special chakra that they all had sensed earlier once again vanished from their senses.

"Hiruzen, you better tell me who exactly this Arashi is."

Hiruzen only sat there watching his friend quietly.

Danzo had his one good eye narrowed as he looked at his friend for an explanation.

Danzo cursed out loud, quite uncharacteristic of him; if anyone except Hiruzen was the one witnessing it. To Hiruzen, his friend cursing him out whenever he had to clean up after Hiruzen was a characteristic occurrence.

"Hiruzen goddammit! The whole council already knows about the kid and his bloodline. And if I hadn't managed to keep them down, the whole village would've known by now. There are already crazy theories going on in the council about Kushina being alive and having a child in secret. Some even say that he is a child of Kushina and Minato." Danzo paced the room impatiently. He heard Hiruzen snort at the last statement.

"Wouldn't be too far from the truth…"

Danzo looked wide eyed, "What the fuck are you saying Hiruzen? EXPLAIN… NOW!"

Hiruzen sighed, not wanting to provoke his raging friend any further.

"He did it…" Hiruzen said with closed eyes.

"He?" Danzo had a pretty good guess about who this 'he' was, but he needed confirmation, not assumptions.

"Who else? My star pupil of course..." Hiruzen chuckled mirthlessly "My Pride and Joy…" There was no pride in his words, only bitterness and guilt.

"Kabuto…" Danzo whispered,

"What did he do Hiruzen?" Danzo asked calmly.

Naruto was sitting beside Arashi.

The doctors had let him stay, because Arashi, though unconscious, started thrashing around when Naruto got too far from him. The doctors finally agreed that it would be best to let Naruto stay with the boy.

It was only the afternoon, but Naruto suddenly felt drowsy. Usually, he was a very energetic boy, afternoon naps were not his thing. But today his eyelids felt heavy as he tried to blink away the sleep.

Naruto was asleep even before he knew it.

Dark grey mist swirled around the room and an old man materialized among the mist. He was wearing white robes, his skin was wrinkled and he had long white beard along with a head full of snow white hair. His eyes were jet black and they fell up on the forms of the sleeping boys.

He moved forward so that he stood besides Arashi and placed a palm on the boy's forehead gently.

Memories filtered through his vision. Memories of a village that no longer existed, memories of friends that had died to protect, memories of happiness that had been so brutally ripped apart, memories of pain and anguish… Memories of a hero that had been worn down by the darkness of his world.

"Not yet my child…" The old man whispered gently, "The time has not yet arrived for you to remember."

Arashi's struggles ceased as the memories that were torturing him were swept back into the depths of his mind and were put to rest… for now.

"Your memories will return, but only after you have known and accepted this world… I will not have you judge this world through eyes haunted by pain... I will not have you suffer another lifetime my boy. The blessings of the Divine shall stay with you and both of you will not be alone again."

With that, the man vanished, with the anbu guards being none the wiser.

Arashi curled into Naruto's side; a small smile blooming on both their faces unknowingly.

"Orochimaru had always expressed his doubts on Kabuto… But I simply ignored it." Hiruzen said sadly.

"It's not really your fault Hiruzen. Although I believe you were an idiot for taking on only creepy or crazy kids as your students; Kabuto was a very convincing actor. Even his father didn't know the depth of the boy's darkness until he had got a kunai shoved up his gut." Danzo said matter-of-factly. Hiruzen gave him an exasperated look. But continued on with his explanation.

"When you bought me the clues about the missing children and all, I began watching Kabuto more closely. I even had Jiraya look up Kabuto's connections outside Konoha. And the news I found was disconcerting. So I had Orochimaru have one of his summons trail Kabuto. We got the location of an underground lab."

Danzo's eyes widened, "An underground lab? How come I didn't know of this? All I knew is that Kabuto was behind the kidnappings and escaped during his detaining."

"I was planning on telling you, but then you got caught on the daimyo's case."

Danzo nodded frowning.

"What happened in the lab?"

"It was horrible. He experimented on most of the children, a lot of them were already dead when we got there and the others were… well they were beyond recovery."

Danzo nodded grimly. Hiruzen began speaking again,

"Then we found some files…" He clenched his hands, "Apparently Kabuto had collected the DNA of all the previous hokage and as well as some important bloodline holders in the village, including Uzumaki Kushina. He wanted to create a child capable of using all the bloodlines, but only one was successful."

Danzo's eyes widened in realization, "Arashi…"

"Yes… But according to the files, Arashi rejected all other DNA's other than Kushina's and Minato's."

"So basically, he is a child created from Minato and Kushina's DNA…"

Hiruzen nodded, "Kabuto wasn't satisfied with just treating the boy like a lab rat… He tortured him."

Danzo was silent… Kabuto had hatred for Minato from the start. Minato had taken both the hokage seat and Kushina, from him. He took it out on a boy created from their genes. A very good thing that Naruto's parentage wasn't known to the boy, although Danzo was sure that Kabuto had a good guess.

"What do you plan on telling the council?" Danzo asked.

Hiruzen looked hopefully at Danzo and Danzo sighed, "Fine. I'll take care of it. But I must know; is there a chance of Arashi having the Namikaze bloodline as well?"

Hiruzen shook his head unsure; even Kabuto's files had no more information on that matter.

"I'll see what I can do… " Danzo said as he stood up.

An anbu appeared and bowed to the two of them, "The clan heads have requested for a council meeting, Hokage sama."

Hiruzen and Danzo sighed.

Orochimaru entered the hospital room that evening; till now he had been busy taking care of the staff who had witnessed the chakra chains earlier.

He took in the sight of Arashi and Naruto cuddling each other. It was pretty cute.

He moved over to the chair beside the bed. It was strange seeing Naruto asleep during the evening like this. That boy was usually a limitless bundle of energy.

As he sat down and waited for the boys to wake up, he observed Arashi. He was pretty sure that some; if not all, of Arashi's memory had resurfaced. And if that was the case, he dreaded the state of the boy's mind when he wakes up.

It was then that he felt two familiar presences outside the room.
Hiruzen and Danzo entered the room. Hiruzen smiled at the sight of the boys and Danzo was busy observing Arashi, the boy was the perfect mix of the Uzumaki and Namikaze genes, just like Naruto.

"How was the meeting?" Orochimaru asked them. Hiruzen gave a sly smirk and looked at Danzo, who looked rather smug. Orochimaru looked at the both of them amused.

"The result was good I presume." Orochimaru said as Hiruzen and Danzo sat down.

"It depends… Orochimaru, how do you like to play babysit?" Hiruzen asked amused.

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes at the two and then looking back at Arashi, he sighed.

"So you convinced the council to let Arashi stay with me…"

Danzo smirked; "Arashi and Naruto…"

"Come again!" Orochimaru said surprised; eyes wide.

"Danzo here convinced the council to let you take care of both Arashi and Naruto." Hiruzen chuckled.

"But how? The council always denied my request to take in Naruto…" Orochimaru whispered still shocked.

"Arashi was the turning factor actually. He, having the Uzumaki bloodline made him a celebrity of sorts. We managed to convince the council that Arashi needed to stay with someone who he trusts in order to help improve his mental state and it was obvious that the people he trusted included the Hiruzen, you or Naruto. Since Hiruzen had his hokage duties to pay attend to, the only choice was you." Danzo explained.

"That's understandable, but how did you convince them to let Naruto stay with me as well?"

"We saw how Naruto was able to calm Arashi down when his chakra went wild. So we argued that Naruto and Arashi being together would help Arashi with his mental state and help keep the Kyubi's influence off of Naruto." Hiruzen said.

Orochimaru nodded. It seems the arrival of Arashi was a blessing to all of them.

"What about when I go on missions?" Orochimaru asked.

"I am sure that the boys could handle themselves, for sometime…" Danzo said.

"But I sometimes have missions that extend up to months." Orochimaru deadpanned.

"Oh I am sure you can arrange someone then." Hiruzen waved it off.

Orochimaru sighed and then he frowned in thought, "Does the council know about Arashi being Kushina and Minato's?"

"No" Danzo said.

"We gave a cover story that Arashi was the son of Kushina's twin brother and that his mother was an unknown female of the Namikaze clan." Hiruzen explained.

"It is prudent that no one knows that Arashi is the result of an experiment nor him being of Kushina and Minato, but his clan status had to be revealed since there is also a chance that he might show the Namikaze bloodline. The Uzumaki bloodline is proof that he is from the Uzumaki royal line, which would also prove that one of his parents was from the royal line."

Orochimaru nodded in agreement. "Other than Kushina, only her twin brother fits the role. And this unknown Namikaze female? Did the council really buy that?"

Danzo nodded, "Since the Namikaze clan was originally from Mist village and had scattered to the winds after the shinobi war started it is not hard to believe that the Namikaze have members wandering around. After all, Minato's parents were one such wandering family."

"But you do know that there is high chance that Naruto might also have the bloodline, right?" Orochimaru asked.

Danzo and Hiruzen looked at eachother surprised, they had honestly forgot that fact.

"But Naruto didn't show the bloodline till date, so maybe the demon chakra is suppressing his bloodline." Danzo said frowning.

"No," Orochimaru said, "The bloodlines only activate when the child from the royal line achieve maturity. Naruto is still not mature enough, but that means that Arashi is. And I am sure that Naruto would show the bloodline."

"Why so sure?" Danzo asked.

Orochimaru frowned, "In the Uzumaki family, only one child from a parent of the royal line would ever have the bloodline. That is, even if Kushina had two or three children, only one would ever inherit the chakra chains. Since Kushina has only one child technically, Naruto will inherit the chakra chains. And any one who knows of this particular fact about Uzumaki will know that Naruto is also from the royal line and not some wandering Uzumaki survivor as we had made up. Earlier, when Naruto show the bloodline we could've passed it off as Naruto being the son of Kushina's twin, but now..."

Hiruzen frowned, "Since Kushina's twin apparently already have one child that inherited the chakra chains, he cannot have another child who have the chains."

Danzo cursed, "That leaves the possibility of only Kushina being Naruto's parent. And everyone knows about Kushina and Minato's blooming romance. It would only be a matter of time before everyone figured it out that Naruto is their son... But this is all if Naruto have the bloodline."

Orochimaru snorted, "Not 'if' Danzo, 'when'. Because Naruto will have the bloodline if Kushina doesn't have another child that is. And as far as I know, she don't. But thankfully not many people know about this certain fact about the Uzumaki clan. But I am sure that some of the clan archives does mention it. And anyone who was close to the Uzumaki royal family would know as well."

Hiruzen frowned, "When is the typical age when the Uzumaki members achieve 'maturity'?"

"Excluding special cases like Arashi when children are forced to mature under certain 'situations', the Uzumaki bloodline shows up at the age of ten to thirteen." Orochimaru said.

"That's too soon. If the secret about his parentage gets out at that time, he won't be strong enough to protect himself from his parent's enemies. Not mention his jinchuuriki status puts an even bigger target on him." Danzo said calmly.

"Orochimaru..." Hiruzen began but Orochimaru cut him off before he could finish.

"I understand sensei. I'll start their training as soon as I can. Both of them will be in danger soon. In Arashi's case because of his bloodline and the fact that he is supposedly, the only surviving royal family heir."

They sighed. Everything was going too fast, they wished that the boys weren't put in such risks, so soon. But they all remembered how Kushina had been almost kidnapped because of her bloodline. Hiruzen often wondered why he listened to Minato's foolish wish to let everyone know that Naruto was the jinchuuriki.

Hiruzen looked silently at the two younger boys still sleeping; he felt a deep sorrow whenever he looked at Arashi. Just then, Arashi stirred. He opened his eyes blinking slowly and watched the three of them with glazed eyes; still not totally awake.

The three of them were apprehensive as they saw Arashi wake up.

When Arashi moved a little, Naruto woke up suddenly, shocked and worried. "Arashi?" He called softly looking at the younger boy.

Naruto looked around and his gaze fell on the three other individuals in the room.

"Jiji… Oro-chan… Danzo san" He greeted each of them relaxing when he saw that he and Arashi were in no danger. It was a habit for Naruto, to wake up suddenly when disturbed, years of being attacked while sleeping had created such a habit.

"Nii san…" Arashi looked at Naruto with his wide eyes unsure.

"Yes?" Naruto asked gently, smiling. The feeling of being called a big brother by someone was enthralling.

Arashi shook his head shyly, he felt right calling the boy as nii san, but the truth was that despite how close he felt to the boy and how much his entire being trusted the boy, he didn't know much about him.

"Wh-what's your name?" Arashi mumbled quietly.

Naruto heard it and his eyes widened, of course he had never got a chance to introduce himself to Arashi.

"Oh!... Uh, I am Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto."

Arashi looked clearly surprised, 'Uzumaki? Does that mean he is really related to me?'

Before he could say anything, he noticed that they were not alone. His sense must have been pretty jumbled if he didn't notice the three other individuals inside the room.

Arashi then looked at the other three occupants of the room. He recognized Orochimaru san and hokage san. But the third one, he didn't know. He was nervous about the newest person, but being held in Naruto's arms was a comforting feeling.

"Hello Arashi. My name is Shimura Danzo." Danzo said, smiling.

Arashi nodded giving the man a slight shy smile, but tightened his hold on Naruto, a little.

"Arashi…" Hiruzen began, "Do you remember what happened earlier?" He asked carefully. Seeing as the boy hadn't woke up panicked or crying, he was surprised.

Arashi frowned. Then he tried to remember what happened. He remembers meeting Naruto, then the pain… and then nothing.

"Arashi are you alright?" Naruto asked concerned. Arashi looked at Naruto surprised, there was an unmistakable connection between them; he wasn't sure if Naruto could feel it but Arashi sure did. It was like there was a string of energy connecting them together that made them sensitive to each other's feelings. Arashi was about to panic again, but Naruto's voice alone had anchored him. Arashi could feel the concern rolling off of Naruto in waves. Sure, he could feel the other people's emotions as well, but with Naruto there was more clarity and understanding.

He wondered if Naruto knew what he was doing.

"I remember seeing you nii san and then the pain… but after that I don't remember anything else."

The three older men frowned, but were relieved. Still, how come the boy's memories got suppressed again? Inoichi had warned them that if his memories resurface again, it would be hard to protect his mental state and they were all pretty sure that Arashi did have a flashback of his memories during that breakdown he had. Maybe luck was on Arashi's side this time…

"Naruto, Arashi…" Orochimaru called. Both boys looked at the man.

"How would the both of you like to live with me?" Orochimaru asked smiling.

Needless to say Naruto was shocked at first and then his happiness was beyond boundaries. Naruto almost yelled out a yes.

Arashi was unsure and skeptical, but he trusted the man and he trusted Naruto's choice and it's not like Arashi had much of a choice, so he nodded. With is memories gone, Arashi had no one to depend on other than the people he just met. But still, to be sure he analyzed whatever emotions he could sense from Orochimaru; he knew how to do it instinctually and all he found was happiness, relief and many other conflicted emotions but none of the negative emotions he felt were directed towards either him or his brother.

"Rashi kun, did you hear that? We are going to live with Oro chan from now on…" Naruto asked beaming with happiness.

It took a moment for Arashi to understand that, 'Rashi kun' was actually him. He smiled back at Naruto. There was deep welling protectiveness he felt towards Naruto, he wondered if it was normal for him to feel that towards the older boy. Wasn't it the older siblings that were supposed to be over protective? But then again, Arashi was sure that there was something strange going on with him; so he was not exactly normal to begin with. Arashi felt like an adult trapped in a child's body; but he had no idea why he felt like that either.

He heard Orochimaru grumble under his breath about how he was called 'chan' while Arashi gets called as 'kun'. They all heard that and everyone laughed, even Arashi gave a small chuckle.

Arashi was sure that he could get to the bottom of the mystery regarding his own self eventually. He didn't like being left out of the loop especially when he was somehow involved. Mean while, he was happy that the fear and panic he felt the first time he woke up, had faded to dulled warning bells in his mind. It was irritating whenever he felt the overwhelming fear without any reason.

All of them resumed talking ignorant of the watchful eyes.

The old man smiled watching the scene from the window, unseen by any one.

That's it for now.

SO Arashi has the chakra chains and obviously the Uzumaki bloodline is almost revered as much as the wood release and sharingan in this dimension. And the Uzumaki is quite famous as well.

And Danzo is good too...

Oh, if you didn't figure it out already, the old man is actually the god of space and time; the one who sent Arashi here. Also I would like to tell you that Kabuto is actually Hiruzen's fourth student. The sannin is still there; with Jiraya and Tsunade outside of Konoha.

I hope I was clear about the whole Uzumaki bloodline thing.

Hope you liked it.

Review your opinions please… And thanks to those who did review.