I do not own Naruto in any format, this is a fan fiction.
Hinayo wanted everything to be perfect, she was doing her best to try and make Naruto feel welcomed, something inside her just made her feel like all Naruto needed was a loving family, and the cold exterior that everyone saw would melt,and show the real Naruto that simply was trying to protect himself from future harm. She of course had no clue, that the Naruto she was thinking off, was not the one in the village, this was not a child, but a battle hardened knight who fought dangers they could not even imagine.
Naruto considered telling the Hokage that he was actually too busy to show up, and that he would have to reschedule his little visit, but he knew that the man simply would not take no for an answer and he would continue to pester him to visit his family. So might as well as get it over with and then he could do what became to do, to hunt demons, the faster he got rid of them, the sooner he would get to pay Arturia a little visit.
"Is this a house or a palace compound!?" Naruto could not believe the size of the property or the size of the man's home. He kept comparing it to the home he grew up in and the contrast was not difficult to see. Merlin's home could probably fit inside one room in the house he was looking at. He walked up to the front door and tried to open it. Try being the keyword. Something was clearly wrong with the door. He knocked, and no answer, he punched and kicked the door, again no answer.
"And just when I felt this town could not make me feel less wanted, this happens.. If they did this to waste my time with a prank, I will pick a new town as mybase of operations and let this place be a distraction for the demons." Minato did not like the sound of that,clearly Naruto had no knowledge of blood seals. He stepped outside and saw Naruto just starting to walk towards the exit.
"Naruto, you only need to touch that circle on the door, with a little of your blood. It will register you, and let you in. It's a home security seal." Naruto gave the man the benefit of doubt and sure enough the door opened to find five people look both rather happy and surprised. Happy that he actually listened, and surprised because they had believed everyone knew of the blood seal on their door. Minato was smiling, at least till he saw the frown on Naruto's face. He entered the home and saw Hinayo standing with three boys.
"I guess you will need a few introductions, Hinayo you already met, my sons Romrun, Ron, and Rozo. Boys this is your big brother Naruto Uzumaki, come on and get to know him. I am sure he will be very happy to tell you all about his adventures." Naruto looked at the three boys, and their mother, "If that is all Hokage, I have a busy day tomorrow, so I will excuse myself for now." Naruto was about to walk out when he was stopped by the youngest, "Is it true that you can use magic?" Naruto had always had a weak spot regarding kids.
He made a small piece of paper appear out of nowhere, and with a few hand movements as the paper was falling on the ground it became a fluffy white dove, as the dove landed on the ground he moved his hands again, and the dove became a kitten, the kitten ran towards the young boy and began to purr in his hands. No one knew it, he had been afraid to say it, but Rozo always wanted his very own kitten. He simply loved cats, which did not make him that popular with the Inuzuka Clan for obvious reasons.
Romrun then asked him if he had ever killed anything tough? Naruto looked at him and simply decided to tell the truth, "No, I have not, unless you consider demons tough." Romrun could not believe what he heard,the guy talked about killing demons, like it was taking out the garbage. Naruto waited for Ron to ask his question, but the only thing he asked was how many books could he read in a single day? Naruto told him that not that many 50 to 60 at most.
Hinayo wondered how in the world could he do that? Minato whispered in her ear the answer that she clearly needed, two little word, shadow clones. Minato sure surprised her with that. "Naruto, how in the world can you do the shadow clone jitsu, and still not consider yourself a shinobi?" Because he knew only that and a few other simple techniques that according to him where simply too few to consider them that impressive, and he had no formal training to speak of in the ways of a ninja. He was a mage knight and that is all he would ever consider himself as.
Minato asked him who taught him his few skills he did know, Naruto evaded that question saying that he needed to go out and hunt, or else he was not having anything for dinner. This was a chance for Hinayo to show her stuff, "Why not join us for dinner? I made more than enough." Naruto wanted to tell her that he did not want to be s burden, but his code forbade him to dismissing an invitation given by a lady, as an act of kindness.
So he went and sat down in the largest dining room he had ever seen. The seats were so comfortable, he almost began to wonder how much did they pay for it. When the three brothers sat down and Minato was seated at the head of the table, he saw Hinayo clearly with her hands full, and before he even heard a single comment he went and decided to help her. With a hand gesture he made four shadow clones and all five of them actually set the table, at least how they would do it, if not how she planned. Hinayo was seated looking at the clones and Naruto work, all the while smiling.
"Thank you, boy cooking and seating the table can make a person tired." Naruto looked at the three brothers with a very disappointed glare. He clearly did not like the way the brothers behaved. Romrun was the first to speak up. "What!? Mother always set the table by herself, she could have done it today, if youlet her." Naruto did not like the tone of his voice or thee attitude. "If you are going to eat, the very least you can do is help carry the food, ifnot help prepare it. I'll have you know I learned to cook when I was ten years old. How will you ever be independent if you don't even try to learn?"
Ron was surprised by how Naruto talked. Romrun asked if the lecture was over, so they could start eating. "Boy, do I feel welcomed, I am almost wishing that I had slept in the forest back there, I think a pack of wolves would have better manners than this." Hinayo tried yo tell him that her sons were simply hungry, they had been waiting for him for quite awhile.
Rozo was looking st Naruto almost like he could not believe it, they were arguing almost like they had been living together their entire lives. Brothers don't always agree on things, and Naruto being as formal as he was would not stand for ungentlemanly behavior. Th y ate the food and Rozo kept asking him question after question. Naruto answered most of them, but some others he simply could not. The most obvious example was when he asked if he had a girlfriend? He flat out refused to answer, but the kid simply would not take a hint.
He took off his left gauntlet and he let the people on the table see his ring. Rozo of course had no clue what that meant. Minato, Hinayo and even Romrun knew what the ring signified. "So Naruto, when do we get to meet my daughter in law?" Hinayo wanted to make him feel like he truly was a part of the family. "Never." Naruto put back his gauntlets and sat down to continue his meal.
The entire table could not help but to stare at him, as he ate with such a sad expression on his face. "Son, what happened to your wife?" Naruto finished his meal, and took a sip of his juice. "My beloved Arturia and I are separated by both a great distance and our duty. How I long to heat her laughter, and see her smile but as long as demons appear here, I can not return home." Minato could not help tomzee the sadness in his son's eye, this Arturia was indeed someone his son loved very much.
"Well do you even know what these demons are doing here?" Romrun was clearly not believing a word of it. Naruto told them if he answered that they would have to swear a vow of secrecy, and if they brake it he would kill that person , no matter who it was. They all looked at each other and they were trying to figure if he was kidding around, but Minato knew he was not kidding, the look in his eyes when he said it, he was dead serious about it. "Very well everyone who will not make this vow, kindly leave the room, and if you as much as try to listen through the walls, your life is forfeit."
Minato and Hinayo said they would swear the vow, but she instructed her children to leave. No secret was worth their lives. Minato placed a privacy seal on the room. As soon as he took out his blade he told them to swear on his blade. The two repeated the vow as Naruto mentioned the words, a strange energy came off the blade and wrapped around their necks, and a dark tattoo appeared around their necks. "Should that disappear I will know you broke your vow."
Naruto made his sword disappear and the mark was not visible anymore, it seems it could only bee seen when he had his blade. "The old one is the thing that is sending these demons here, he is the oldest, most ambitious, and cunning demon who has ever lived. He sends demons here to harvest souls, he then eats those souls and grows in power. My magic is the only thing that can free the souls after the demon takes them, and my blade is made of special metals to let me kill them. My magic can not be taught and you lack the skill and materials to make blades like mine. So trust me, I am doing my best to keep this world safe, you would not wish that anyone be eaten that way, not even your worst enemy."
They began to give him an almost weird look, almost like their feelings were hurt. "On and in case you are wondering the vow you made becomes null and void in about one month, not even I can keep a magical contract active forever. And you should really not be surprised, don't you test the loyalty of foreign trained men when they join your forces? I just need to know how much to trust you. But their is a reason for the time period, I hope that I will be able to kill off these demons by then."
Minato wanted to know why the secrecy was so important. "Naruto, why can't we tell anyone?" Hinayo clearly wanted to know. "If you tell part people that none of their weapons or techniques can save them, people tend to lose hope, desperate people tend to do foolish things, say for instance sell the lives of their fellow men to bargain for their own lives."
Mjnato understood where he was going with this, it was sad but absolutely true, Danzo in particular would sell the entire council just to save his own neck. "So these demons would bargain with us, they would leave us alone if we gave them the lives of others?" Naruto gave him a rather vicious glare, "Yes, they would. To them an innocent soul, taken from someone who can still feel pain, it is very valuable. The old one would gain tremendous power and so would they. The stronger he is, the stronger they become, you didn't think they served him for nothing did you?"
Naruto was quite clear in what he had told them and they understood the need for secrecy, the demon's would trade, but accepting the trade would endanger everyone else on the planet, in other words they would use the people they sacrificed as a way to get stronger, and once they eliminated all the other human settlements, they would come after then, the desert at the end of the banquet.
Minato understood that better as he began to think on the repricutions. "Son, I know that you do not want to stay here, and I don't want to force you. But all as I ask is that you give this family a chance, to prove to you that we really do care about you. You said that you wanted to return home, but Naruto this could also be a home for you."
As they walked him to the guest room, he could not help but to wonder how truthful were those words. Minato proved that he cared more about the village than him once, this magic contract would give him the perfect instrument to see how trust worthy the Hokage really was. They told him to have a pleasant night, at least that is what Naruto believed as they told him to have sweet dreams.