Chapter 8: Enter Shinobi Nations

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Pain looked out over the city, he suddenly turned and looked off in the distance. "I will be back in a little bit, Konan," he said and then jumped out the window. Several minutes later he found himself confronted by a black hair shinobi wearing a facial mask and flowing with chakra. "Why are you here?" he asked accusatorily.

The shinobi chuckled and replied, "Good to see you Nagato. Good to see you are using Yahiko as your Diva body. My name is Tendo Uzumaki and I have a message for you." The clone's eyes suddenly changed from blue to gray with concentric rings. He then continued, "I'm getting the clan back together and I know that you have a problem with Konoha, but you WILL leave Naruto Uzumaki alone or face my wrath."

"So a fellow Uzumaki with the Rinnengan. Shall we see who the true god is?" Pain asked.

Tendo chuckled and replied, "I'm only a clone, but understand that I know your power and I can beat you. My partner will train Naruto to control the Kyuubi and I will also defend the other Jinchuuriki, since you do know pain, but had friends and family from the start. He had it taken from him by the man that you call Madara, but he is a fake. He says that by using the statue he will help you build a weapon that will bring the current system to its knees and help people learn what pain is, but he is more interested in taking your eyes and make the world fall under his genjutsu, thus enslaving the world. That isn't peace. Do you wish to be either dead or enslaved by that man?"

"How do I know that you speak the truth?" Pain asked.

Tendo chuckled, "I know about Akatsuki and its original goal of creating peace, but the men that you've assembled except for Konan are not the peace loving type. Deidara, Hidan, both psychopaths that only enjoy killing. Kakuzu and Kizame only like to fight, how do those make for peace? I don't really know about Sasori and Zetsu, but Orochimaru is a war hawk of the level of Danzo who you know well enough for killing the current body you're using of your friend."

"You know a little too much," Pain said angrily and threw a rod at Tendo, who just avoided it easily.

"I know your moves and think that your master would be very angry with how you are going about setting up peace, but hey you think that causing deaths will cause peace then go ahead and let Tobi, Madara or whatever his name is cause the fourth shinobi war. He will cause countless deaths. I know that we are family and that Madara sent the Konoha shinobi here that killed your parents and caused you to have your eyes unlocked. Now we will talk again cousin," Tendo said with a wave and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

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It was a day that a particular whiskered blonde would call a bad day.

Although he studied hard and trained like there was no tomorrow, he wasn't able to graduate the academy earlier than his classmates. He didn't turn into a ninja because of that stupid Bunshin no Jutsu, his worst technique.

He was able to pass the minimum requirements in the kunai and shuriken throwing, he was graded as average in taijutsu, below average in genjutsu (he finally managed to perform a decent henge and look like the Hokage, dattebayo!), and way above average in the written potion which was surprising due to the fact that it was his worst subject. (Ninjas are not bookworms! As soon as he becomes Hokage he will suppress the written part of the exams!)

Surprisingly he was graded as the second best in stealth of all the students who took the test. It looks like that the time that he spent pranking was not wasted, being able to "redecorate" the Hokage Mountain without being caught and escaping from the angry ninjas was proof of it. Plus he had the disadvantage of doing it all with that orange outfit that he found in front of his door on his last birthday which reminded him that he needs to find out who kept on giving him things for his birthday without him knowing. Speaking about defiling the Mountain, he didn't do anything wrong! He only added some words on the side of the Yondaime's head: "SPACE RESERVED FOR UZUMAKI NARUTO". He was going to be on that mountain someday so he had all the right to do it!

What was he thinking about before that? Oh yes, that stupid Bunshin no Jutsu that messed up his chances to become a ninja. Iruka sensei said that it was too soon for him to take the test and that he should wait to take it with his class mates and work on his book knowledge (did he mention how much he hated that part?).

Then came that part of the day, the students exiting the academy to meet their families... Those students who graduated were being congratulated by their parents, but the worst part was when the four (aside from him) who failed the exam were encouraged by their parents to try again another time, he didn't have anybody to cheer him up and tell him to try again next year. He only had the cold looks of the adults and children staying away from him.

Well, not all. Shikamaru's, Chouji's, and Kiba's parents didn't scold them for being with him so they were what he considered the closest thing that he had to friends. However, he could not avoid feeling the same envy that he had for the other children with parents.

He was so busy thinking about how awful his life currently was, hanging in the swing in front of the academy, that he didn't notice that everybody had left.

Wait not everybody. Naruto noticed the shadow of a boy nearing him and he turned to see who it was.

The boy was obviously a ninja, he wore black ninja sandals, black pants, a matching semi-open jacket showing half of his well-built chest and he also wore a black mask covering half his face. The last part of his clothing was a black cloak with a hood that covered his spiky black hair so the only visible part of his face was his eyes and a lock of hair. Oh, he also had a brooch for the cloak with the leaf symbol... so the boy determined that he at least was from Konoha.

Unlike most of the adults he had encountered, this boy's eyes didn't have the look of scorn or disregard. Instead they had a mixture of sadness and happiness to see him.

"Hello, what are you doing?" Said the boy with a kindness to him that Naruto had only seen in the Sandaime.

"Um, nothing important..." Replied the boy nervously. He was not used to an unknown person taking to him so politely.

"You don't look that well. Do you want me push you in the swing? Maybe it will put you in a better mood". Asked the boy in an almost hopeful way.

"Uh, oh, okay..." This was the first time that somebody wanted to play with him! For the first time in a long time, Naruto was honestly speechless.

The unknown young boy pushed him on the swing for fifteen minutes. It didn't take nearly that long for Naruto to really enjoy his current new situation until the stranger stopped for some reason.

"How about we play some other games that we both can enjoy?" Asked the boy in a gentle and happy tone.

Naruto was excited, he not only met a guy who didn't disrespect him, but also wanted to play with him too!

The two spent the next few hours playing football, hide and seek, and other games, until it became apparent it was getting late as they noticed that the sun was setting.

"Well", said the boy, "You should go back home or your family will get worried about you".

"That? It's not a problem. Problem" "replied Naruto with a forced smile, "I live on my own so I can go back home whenever I like."

Suddenly the boy radiated such a contained rage and killer intent that Naruto almost pissed his pants.

"Ungrateful bastards..." He mumbled with hate while staring to the village. "... You'll regret this." He paused as he noticed Naruto backing away from him slowly. "Oh, did I scare you! Sorry! I'm not angry at you, it was to a group of traitors." The boy apologized with a worried look in his eyes.

"Ehh... you didn't scare me", lied Naruto while he calmed down, "By the way, what's your name? I'm Naruto Uzumaki. Future Hokage of Konoha, believe it!"

Instead of mocking him as expected, the boy put a look of melancholy and seemed to smile beneath his mask. "Future Hokage?" He asked while he removed his hood and mask, showing the face of a young boy with spiky black hair and a look in his blue eyes of somebody at least five years older. "I could give you some tips and help so you could reach that position... And as for my name, I have many names but my true name is... Frank Uzumaki..." said the boy with a sad smile.

Naruto was speechless. He looked at the boy, then at the ninja book, then at the boy, then at the ninja handbook and finally at the boy trying to process the idea that one of his hero's son was alive

"Y-You a-a-are t-he the death flashes..." stuttered Naruto with a face that was a mix of confusion, surprise, fear, and hope?

"Yes, I am..." he said with an amused face, however the boy was trembling inside with fear about the news that he was going to deliver to the child...

"We were told that he died slaying the juubi no shinju..." Said an increasingly excited Naruto "...So that was a lie?"

"No..." Frank replied shaking his head in what seemed like shame. "...It was not a lie. He died that day. I shouldn't be alive in this place and time but I am, and this time I won't leave." He said with a determination and conviction that infected Naruto.

"Yeah!" Shouted Naruto excitedly. "Everyone in town will have a party to celebrate your comeback, and there will be a ceremony for you taking back the Hokage rank and all of my class mates will be jealous of me for being the first one to meet you and..."

"There won't be a welcome back party for me." Interrupted Frank with an irritated look "And I won't retake the Hokage seat. The villagers don't deserve me." He stated with poorly disguised fury.

"But... why?" Asked a confused Naruto. "Being a kage is the dream of all ninjas..."

"It was the dream a long time ago... but not now after what they did to you." Frank sighed as he looked Naruto in the eyes with a deep sorrow.

"Uh?" said Naruto with a confused look, "What do you mean by that?"

Frank breathed slowly, the moment that he feared and expected was coming.

"Naruto, this is not the first time we meet... it was October tenth, yes the day you were born..." said Frank with a sad smile.

Naruto was again speechless while he was listening what Frank was saying.

"You were the most amazing baby in the world, with your father's hair your mother's beautiful eyes..."

"My parents! You knew parents? Please, please tell me who they were!" Exploded Naruto with a despair that made Frank's heart melt.

"Naruto, my poor brother. I never imagined that you would feel so alone, don't worry my brother things will change, I swear it", Frank promised to himself silently. It was now the time to tell him the truth.

"Your mother... she was..." Frank was not able to think about Kushina without that pain and sadness in his chest. "She was the most beautiful woman on Earth. She was your sun, your father's best friend, his twin soul, his love... his wife...and my aunty" said Frank trying to stop the tears in his eyes.

Naruto was shaking with the emotions that he felt: fear, surprise, pain... and hope, trying to comprehend what his new friend had told him.

"T-Then t-that means... that... that... you are m-my..." said the boy with tears starting to emerge from his eyes.

"Yes Naruto, I'm your cousin but now brother", said Frank with a slight smile and sad eyes, getting closer to his brother. The boy's thoughts were filled with fear as to what could happen next.

"Naruto, please, don't reject me and give me a chance. I don't think I could live with myself if you didn't, allow me to be your brother"

Naruto's world had been radically altered in the span of less than 5 minutes. First he discovers that the man that he wanted to surpass, his role model, his hero was alive, and then he says that he is his...

"N-Ni-san...?" Whispered Naruto in an already failing voice...

Frank's heart almost exploded, the words that he wanted to hear since Naru told him that she had a sibling...

"My brother..." Whispered an equally teary Frank as he slowly opened his arms.

"NI-SAN!" Naruto exclaimed as he rushed to his brother's arms. HIS BROTHER'S ARMS!

Naruto was hugged by his brother for the first time since his birth, ten years ago.

He cried for first time in five years.

"bro... brother... I-I 'm glad to see you... I f-felt so lonely..." eept the boy between sobs.

"Naruto, brother... my young friend... I swear that you'll never be alone, I will by your side on your graduation day, I will give you the TALK, I will meet your girlfriend, I will watch your chunin exam, I will be in your wedding and I will be with you the day that you become the Hokage, the greatest of all... we will be a family again."

Unnoticed by them, behind a tree, a young girl saw the scene with a smile and tears in her pearl like eyes.

"Naruto-kun I'm so happy for you..." she thought happily to herself before leaving, not wanting to intrude on such a private moment.

NARUTO'S POV

Naruto woke up alone in his room in an unhappy mood thinking about happened.

"I had one of those dreams again..." he thought sadly.

It was not the first time he had a dream where one or both his parents came back to him: In some they didn't die in the Kyuubi attack, in others they came back from a long term mission, there was one where the attack didn't happen and they were a happy family. He loved those dreams while he was having them but awakening in his true reality was made him scorn them, reminding him of what he didn't have.

But yesterday's dream was definitely the most painful of all, it was so real... The death flash, his HERO, had a son coming back from another world saying that he was family and then the hugs and the promising to never leaving alone...

Enough He thought. If the frank was family, the old man would have told him, and the people would treat him with more respect and he would have a better house and fan girls like Sasuke-teme...

Unwillingly he got up from the bed. Without dressing, he went to the kitchen to prepare a special ramen breakfast to cheer himself up. He decided to not go to the Academy that day, he was not in the mood for boring lessons and cold glares at the entrance to the building.

Then he noticed that something was not right in the home. The floor could actually be seen without the clothes he left for laundry and was completely mopped. Going to the living room he also saw that the empty ramen packages that he left through the house were also gone, but that was impossible! There was still a month left until his annual cleaning! The only explanation he had for this strange event was that someone broke into his apartment and stole them, but who would like to steal empty ramen packages and then clean the home they stole them from? There were also some boxes in the hallway, confusing the boy even more. Since when did thieves bring things into the houses they stole from!

He noticed that someone was in the kitchen and tried to move as quietly as possible. Good, they were still there. He would show that intruders to mess up with his things!

He entered the kitchen and saw...

"Good morning Naruto-kun. Did you have a good rest?" Asked a smiling Frank.

FRANK'S POV

While preparing breakfast Frank thought about what happened in the last few hours: The talk with Sarutobi finished better than he expected, he was able to convince him that he was really the death flashes son, although the reasons of his return were hard to believe, even for himself.

He spent almost all night watching his brother sleeping, giving thanks for being with him.

"He looked so cute with his hippo pajamas!" He thought though he would bet that if Naruto went out walking through Konoha with it, people immediately would stop to scorn him and the female population would fight for squeeze and huge him. My mom would have drooled at the sight of him and..."

Thinking about her put him in a depressed mood.

"NO! I must stop having those thoughts every time she comes to mind. My bro needs to have a better environment, not a man brooding for the lost. I must remember how happy we were and bring that happiness to Naruto", thought the ex-kage.

That morning he put his demi-bunshins to clean the apartment while he went to start the breakfast.

"... He is almost as messy as me when I was his age, normal for boys living without parents... but now that I'm here he can learn to be more organized..."

Thinking about it he noticed Naruto entering the kitchen.

"Good morning Naruto-kun, did you have a good rest?" Asked a smiling Frank.

Before he could say anything more he was tackled by his bro. "It's not a dream! You're real!" Shouted Naruto, trying to contain the tears.

You also had dreams with your family coming back Naruto-kun? Thought his father with a sad smile remembering his own childhood.

Noticing that his son was trying to not cry he decided to give the boy a few wise words. "Naruto-kun, a great ninja said that there is nothing wrong with crying when you are happy."

"W-who was that ninja, ni- I mean aniki?" Asked a slightly embarrassed Naruto, whipping the tears.

"The best of all times, greatest than all the kages" said Frank proudly. "And Naruto, you would make me very happy if you call me Ni san or aniki, or bro, like yesterday..." said his father with a pleading look.

"Alright ni- I mean aniki..." Said Naruto happily, "Ne... can you tell me about that ninja?"

"Yes, but later. Right now we have a lot of things to talk about. You must have a lot of questions in your mind, don't you? I'll answer you while we have breakfast." Frank replied with a gentle smile.

"What do we have bro?" Asked Naruto, remembering that he didn't have anything to eat since yesterday's breakfast.

"The only thing I know to cook..." Replied Frank, a little embarrassed with a huge smile showing his teeth. "...The Uzumaki Special Ramen."

"YES!" Naruto shouted, happily dancing through the apartment to the amusement of his father.

The two ate and talked happily about how wonderful the ramen was and the types of ramen they enjoyed eating.

"Hmm, he has better table manners than I expected" Mused Frank.

The real reason Naruto was not devouring the ramen like an Akamichi after a month of diet was because he wanted to taste it slowly, recording in his memory the texture and taste of his first home made food... But it was something that the Yondaime would know soon.

"Um... Dad, why did you put mask on for beating that guy?", asked a puzzled Naruto.

Frank looked at his brother with a serious face under his black mask:

"Naruto-kun, have you wondered why the Sandaime never told you that I was your relative?"

Naruto took a saddened face. "Jii-san never told, he said that dad and Mom died in the Kyuubi attack and that he would tell me about you or the family when I were older, bro, why did he keep it from me?"

"There were many reasons... First he made it for keeping you safe from my enemies", said Frank sadly, "the other reason was to not start a fight between the families and clans of Konoha for your custody, perhaps you don't know it, but we're a very rich family, with properties around all Fire Country...", said proudly, "...but the true reasons for a fight would have been the scrolls with our family jutsus and techniques".

"WHAT! ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO EAT ALL RAMEN THAT I CAN! AND THAT WE HAVE FAMILY JUTSUS THAT WOULD START A FIGHT BETWEEN CLANS!?" said and excited Naruto with starts in his eyes.

"Yes.", said Frank rising the chin. "And they even didn't know about our secret bloodline limit..."

"What is a bloodline limit?" asked a confessed Naruto, "what does it do?"

Frank sweat dropped "He wanted to pass the exam without knowing it?" thought slightly embarrassed.

"I'll tell you another time..." said with a sigh and turned more serious.
"Naruto-kun, until you don't get strong enough,
we'll have to hide my true identity has the Yondaime, but don't worry, with the exclusive training method that I have thought for you, you'll be more powerful in a few weeks than most academy students. I warn you, it will be very exacting but it will make you the strongest ninja of Konoha."

"Yes bro! Don't worry I will deal with anything you throw to me, I'll make you proud. Believe it!" said a happy Naruto.

"I'm already proud of you my brother..." thought Frank.

"By the way, how are you going to hide your true identity, bro?" asked Naruto.

"Good question son" "I'll never have enough of him calling me that..." thought his brother.

"This is what we are going to do..."

They spend the rest of the morning chatting forgetting to go to Ichiraku's Ramen.

Iruka couldn't stop to think all morning about Naruto, yesterday he almost passed the genin test but failed in the bunshin jutsu, not gaining enough scores for pass. Being such a good hearted man, it was very painful to fail one of his students, it made him feel a bad teacher, especially after the hostility he had for the blond boy at the beginning, fortunately his duty has teacher overcome his hate and later he saw that there was no way that the kid would be the fox that killed his parents.

He planned to take the boy to ramen for cheering him up but he didn't come to class.

"Damm, he took it worse than I expected" thought concerned.

"Ok, class, that's all for today" said.

While the students were exiting the class he couldn't stop murmuring for himself.

"Naruto, what I'm going to do with you?"

"Ano... Iruka-sensei, a-are you talking about N-Naruto-kun" said a shyly voice.

Iruka saw the shy Hyuuga heir playing with her index fingers, obviously regretting the question.

Iruka smiled at the girl. "Yes, Hinata, I'm going to check why Naruto didn't come to class."

"P-Perhaps i-it is be-because his b-brother came back yesterday and..."

"WHAT! Are you sure about you are saying!?" said the teacher in a shock.

"Eek!" the shy heiress almost jumped for her teachers' reaction, obviously scared.

"Sorry Hinata-chan... I didn't want to scare you. Are you sure about what you are saying?" said him with a concerned look.

"Y-Yes...", said the girl calming down, "...h-he was hugging a man while c-crying of h-happiness calling the man Tou-san...", she could not avoid to smile dreamily thinking about the brother-brother reencounter, "I-I could not see his face,
I-I left b-because I thought t-they needed to be a-alone..."

Before she could finish to talk the teacher rushed out of the Academy heading to his student's apartment.

He arrived to the building where his student lived and opened the door with the copy of the key that the Hokage gave him the day he found out that he invited Naruto to eat eventually.

"So that's the reason because I will wear this mask, Naruto", said a black dressed boy with matched cloak and mask.

"Yes, now I understand, he, he, he... do you think I'm going to need one too?" said a smiling Naruto.

"Probably as soon as I start walking through the streets without mine... You, know people shouldn't enter other's houses without invitation" said the cloaked man to Iruka.

"Iruka-sensei!" said the happy blonde without noticing the glares between his father and teacher, "I want to introduce you to someone: this is Min— I mean Arashi Uzumaki, formerly known as Arashi mallque, MY BROTHER! He lost his memories in the Kyuubi attack and was wandering through the world and then, when he regained them, came back", he said triumphantly.

"Dad, this is Umino Iruka, my teacher, he also babysat me occasionally when he was a genin", Naruto said to his father.

That last phrase only reminded Frank of the years of his brother he lost forever, deepening the wound in his soul.

"Glad to meet you, Iruka-san," said Frank in a forced tone.

"Same goes for me, Arashi-san" responded the chunnin in the same mood.

"Naruto, go to the stand without me, your teacher and I have to talk about some things", said the masked ninja.

"Ok dad, don't be late... oh, Iruka sensei, sorry for not coming today to class", said the happy jinchuuriki leaving the building, not noticing the tension between the two adults.

"Well, Iruka-san now that we are alone you can start with your questions..." said Minato.

He couldn't help but feel a mix of gratitude and resentment to the man before him, gratitude for looking after his son and resentment for taking the role of father figure that should be his.

Said man step forward and before he noticed, gave him a punch to the face. Now the proportion of resentment was raising.

"How you dare to come back and act like nothing happened!?" shouted a furious Iruka while gave a punch to the gut, and after that punch, came another, and another...

Frank didn't said or did anything while he received a beating at the hands of the teacher.

"You know what the kid you call bro had to pass!?" said Iruka with rage in his eyes.

The masked boy didn't say anything while he received another punch.

"Being shunned by the parents of the kids he wanted to play with..."

"Ignored by the people, forcing him to do pranks to recall their attention..." said sadly.

"Waking up alone in the mid of the night for a nightmares and not having nobody to comfort him" said with flaming eyes.

"Those eyes... are these the eyes that the Sandaime saw in me?" he started to laugh.

"WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?" Iruka grabbed the man by the mask with the left hand and gave him a punch with the other, sending him to the other side of the room leaving the mask in Iruka's hand. "AND WHY THE HELL YOU DON'T FIGHT BACK", yelled.

"I'm laughing because I'm happy to know that Naruto had you looking for him..." said getting up "...and I don't fight back because I deserve the beating for what I did to my family", said Frank showing his face.

"You are the...", then realization hit the teacher."Y-You, s-sealed the shinju in your own son, sacrificing your life..."

"Yes, my dad did", said Frank with a disgusted face, taking back his mask. "As Hokage he couldn't take another child having my own; kages cannot demand to their subordinates something that they wouldn't do.", said painfully.

Iruka realized the nobility of the sacrifice that the boy did, giving up his life and his son's happiness for a village that didn't respect his last wish, he felt dirty for being part of it and he also realized in horror that he tried to kill that man in an attack of anger and jealously.

"Frank-san, forgive me!" said the chuunin kneeling before Frank with tears forming in his eyes. "I thought you left him all those years and then I saw him talking happily with you like nothing happened, I couldn't stand it..."

"Iruka-san, I told you I deserved it", said Frank pulling out a paintbrush from his pouch. "You must have a lot of questions for me", said while he wet the brush with the blood from his cheek.

Then he discovered that Iruka was also an enthusiast of chained questions.

"Naruto knows that you are his relative? How are you alive? What are you going to do, are you going to be Hokage?" asked a nervous Iruka.

Frank answered the questions while drawing something in his mask.

"Yes, he knows that I'm his family... I'm not in the mood of telling again the history of my comeback so ask the Sandaime, I told him yesterday... and about your last question my response is NO, I won't lead this filthy town after they did to my brother", said with contained rage.

"I... understand Frank-san", said Iruka remembering his name from the books.

"Frank Mallque, the Death flashes son is death..." said the boy, "...he died the day that the Third's Law was necessary to protect his son from the hate of those he saved..."

Then he put back his mask and continued talking.

"...All that remains is Arashi Uzumaki, the brother of the future Hokage".

The mask had now six red whisker marks, thicker than Naruto's, made with his own blood.

Naru and Menma just arrive in the world in front of konoha, just the naru had a flashback

Flashback starts

She was running, running from…whatever those tiny blue things were!

Her short blonde hair whipped around her face at the speeds she was running, her ocean blue eyes showed fear at the thought of those things getting her, her whisker birth marked cheeks went in and out as she breathed heavily at how tired she felt from running so long.

She couldn't feel her legs anymore and climbed up a tree in hopes those things wouldn't find her.

It was quiet for a few minutes and she looked out from the tree to see if the coast was clear.

She shouldn't have looked.

They had the tree surrounded and started climbing it.

"Help! Help me!" she shouted with tears coming out of her eyes as she closed them.

Her cries went unanswered and the creatures came closer till one was destroyed.

"Hey, get away from her!" a feminine voice shouted.

Naruko opened her eyes to see a woman wearing a black and blue, high-collared halter top, two pink, intersecting belts over her chest, and black shorts.

She wore an odd silver badge in the center of the belts. On her arms are white bell-sleeves and tan, fingerless gloves. She also wore a small, segmented piece of armor on each of her upper arms.

She also had on what appear to be black stockings or socks on her legs which reach to about halfway up her thighs, leaving a small area of bare skin on her upper thighs.

The final article of clothing she saw was two strips of blue cloth that drape over either side of her hips, along with a smaller, white strip of cloth tied around her waist, draped in the same manner.

For foot ware, she wore pointed, armored, silver boots with a sharp hook on the outer side of each.

She was holding an odd shaped sword that looked like a key.

"Thundaga!" the woman shouted and lightning came down on the blue things.

The woman flipped in the air and landed in the center of them and started to slash them with her weapon and aimed it at one of the things, "Firaga!" she shouted and a large fire ball shot out of her sword and incinerated the creature.

She waved her sword and pale yellow circle panels came to her sides and moved to hit the remaining creatures and got them all.

She sighed in relief and dismissed her sword and looked up the tree with a securing smile, "its okay now, you're safe." She said softly to Naruko.

The four year old blonde looked at her and slowly climbed down the tree.

Aqua watched the blonde who was wearing a black shirt with a red swirl on the front with a pair of blue shorts and sandals jump off at the last three feet of the tree and gave her a big smile.

Aqua knelt down and looked her over, ""Are you okay little one?" she asked with concern.

"I'm okay. Thanks for saving me nee-chan!" the blonde chirped.

Aqua looked the girl over for a second and felt something powerful radiating off the girl; her light was astounding, so pure and shined like the sun itself.

This made the blonde fidgety as she stared at her.

"Perhaps you are the one." The older woman said in a whisper.

"Huh?" Naruko said cluelessly.

"Your light is strong, very strong for one so young. Perhaps I can pass it to you."

"Pass what?" the blonde asked as she tilted her head to the side cutely.

"I'm Aqua by the way." Aqua said with a smile.

The blonde smiled at her, "I'm Naruko!"

"Naruko, a beautiful name." Aqua said in praise.

She then held out her hand and in a petal like pattern, her key-like sword appeared. She turned it around and pointed the handle towards the blonde.

"In your hand, take this Key. So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend—no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love." Aqua said

The blonde girl was mesmerized as she looked at the blade and placed her hand on the handle and grasped it, while Aqua let go.

Nothing had happened and that confused the blonde, but Aqua just smiled and patted her head and took her weapon back, which disappeared a second later.

'You will do great things. I can feel it.' Aqua thought

"What was that about nee-chan?" Naruko asked with interest.

"You'll see in the future." Aqua said while evading the question.

Naruko pouted at her and the woman laughed slightly.

Naruko looked up to see the sun setting almost and her stomach growled.

"It's time for dinner I guess." Naruko said to herself and she looked at Aqua, "Nee Aqua-nee-chan, do you want to come over for dinner?" Naruko asked

Aqua saw the setting sun too and knew she had two options; one was leaving for a new world or make sure Naruko got home safely, also a warm meal sounded good too.

"I'd love to Naruko." She answered

Naruko pumped her tiny fists in the air, "Yeah, I hardly ever have guest and you can see my secret base too!" the blonde cheered.

Aqua had a slight frown on her face when she heard the I in that statement, shouldn't it have been a we?

They walked through the woods till they came across a crudely made tree house that was surprisingly very well hidden.

Naruko had Aqua sit down on a sanded stomp that was in the little fort and the tiny blonde pulled out some berries and nuts. Naruko turned to Aqua, "It'll take a bit since I have the fire pit down by the river a down there, also I have fresh caught fish too, so sit and wait, I got it all under control." The blonde said cheerfully as she started to head down the tree to the river that was just outside the window.

The blonde stopped mid-way and looked at Aqua, "Um, feel free to read if you want." Naruko said as she pointed to the small make shift bookshelf that had a bunch of tattered books in it.

Aqua gave a nod and smile and the blonde skipped away with a cheery tone.

Aqua looked around the place and saw some child-like drawings that looked like Naruko with two people without faces.

Most likely her parents.

She saw on her way down to land that there was a village nearby, why didn't she live there?

About 20 minutes later, Naruko came back with a big plate of cooked fish with roosted nuts and berry juice.

"Dinner is served~" the blonde sung cheerfully with a bit of a dance in her step.

Aqua couldn't keep the smile off her face at the little bundle of energy.

She placed the plate on the small wooden table and started to eat with her fingers.

Aqua shrugged and joined in, but in a more lady-like manner.

"Why do live out here when there's a village nearby?" Aqua asked

Naruko blinked at her and scrunched her nose a bit, "I do have a place there, but it always gets broken into and wrecked, so I live out here. I find it safer then there." She spat out with resentment.

"Doesn't anyone take care of you?" Aqua asked further in concern.

Naruko looked thoughtful for a second and nodded slightly, "One person is at least nice to me, the Hokage, the village leader, he comes to see me like once a month, and so he isn't really there all the time. Usually he asks me questions, tells me stories, and asks me what I want to be when I grow up. I usually say I wanna be Hokage and he likes that, but I don't want to do that." She said wistfully as she stared out the window and looked at all the stars.

"What do you want to do?" Aqua asked with interest.

"Hey, what do you think all those stars mean?" Naruko asked with curiosity.

Aqua raised an eyebrow at the familiarity of the question.

"What do you think they are?" Aqua asked back.

"I think each star is its own world…and I wanna see them all." She said with a megawatt smile.

"I think that too." Aqua said and Naruko snapped her head to look at Aqua.

"You do? Everyone I ever said that to called me a weirdo." The blonde said with relief that her new friend didn't think she was weird.

Aqua frowned in her mind at that, "If you could travel to other worlds, what would you do there?"

Naruko just continued to smile, "I would make lots of friends and have lots of fun." She said with a giggle.

They finished their meal and Naruko changed into a big white shirt that went down to her knees.

"You can sleep with me if you want?" Naruko offered as she scooted over on her big mattress and patted the open spot.

Aqua looked with a smile and sat down and took off her boots and her waist clothes and laid down.

When was the last time she just stopped and actually got some sleep anyway?

"Night Aqua-nee-chan." Naruko murmured as she snuggled under the battered blanket with some holes in it.

"Good night." Aqua said as she was about to close her eyes, but felt Naruko snuggle up to her. She heard the blonde say she was warm and let the blonde sleep on her. Her own eyes felt heavy and she closed them with a peaceful expression on her face.

Dream

Naruko was walking on an endless path of light panels and all she could see was darkness around her.

She continued till she saw a large platform in the distance and ran to it and saw three pedestals and a voice in her head to pick one of the three items, there was a sword, a shield, and a wand.

Her instincts were telling her to pick the wand and she did (1).

The power of the mystic.

Inner strength.

A staff of wonder and ruin.

She held it tight and her vision was blinded by a powerful light.

The closer you get to light, the greater your shadow becomes.

-But don't be afraid.

You hold the mightiest weapon of all.

So don't forget: You will be the one to set things right.

0 End of dream 0

Naruko woke up hyperventilating.

That dream or maybe some kind of vision was telling her something, but what was it?

She looked next to her to see that Aqua was gone.

Her head looked downwards, that's right, who would want to be with her, that's what all the adults say anyway.

"Well someone's awake." The voice of Aqua said.

Naruko looked in the direction of the voice and saw Aqua, "You're…still here." Naruko said in surprise.

Aqua raised an eyebrow, "Why wouldn't I be?" she asked

"It's nothing." The blonde said shaking her head.

"I really want to thank you for your hospitality Naruko, truly." Aqua said with a smile.

"No problem." The blonde said with a blush as she stared at her feet.

Aqua just patted her head.

The blonde suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, I had a really weird dream." Naruko said

Aqua blinked, weird dream, no, no way it would happen so quickly…could it?

"What was it about?" Aqua asked with authority.

Naruko told her about the dream and Aqua looked stunned.

The Dive, she had taken the Dive to the Heart so soon, but she just had the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony!

Her light must truly be strong if her heart was ready for the Dive.

Aqua knelt down and placed her hands on Naruko's shoulders, "Naruko, listen carefully, do you remember how I summoned my Keyblade?" she asked

Naruko nodded, "Yeah, you held out your hand like this and it just-whoa!" she said as she summoned a Keyblade in her left hand.

It had a grey colored blade with crown-like teeth at the end. The handle was gold with a square shape and had a weird shaped thing that looked like one big circle and two smaller circles on the top of it attached to chain hanging from the bottle of the handle guard.

"Key…blade." Naruko murmured in awe.

'She'll need training.' Aqua thought, 'But I'm on a mission, so the best thing to do would be to take her back to the Land of Departure and let Master Eraqus look after her till I can take over.' She thought

"Naruko what if I told you I was from another world?" Aqua questioned

Naruko's eyes grew wide, "That would be so cool! What's it like there? Do you guys have lots of fun? Do you have really good food? Do you-" the tiny blonde was stopped as Aqua covered her mouth with her hand.

'I can definitely see Master Eraqus losing his patients with her.' Aqua thought, but that didn't stop her lips twitching into a small smile.

"You have a great gift and you need someone to train you on how to use it." Aqua said sternly.

"So does that mean you're going to teach me?" the blonde beamed.

"Well, I'm in the middle of a mission, but you will be learning from my Master though." Aqua reassured

"Well if he taught you he has to be amazing!" the blonde chirped.

Aqua laughed, "Yes, yes he is."

"Let's go then." Naruko stated with glee, she'll finally see what's out there!

"But don't you want to say good bye to your village leader?" Aqua asked

That stopped Naruko for a second, while she cared for the old man, he was only there for her once in a while, and don't even get her on the rest of the village in general.

She walked over to her small table and started writing. She finished and smiled at her message.

Jiji,

I'm going to see all those other worlds out there. Don't know if I'll be back, but thanks for looking out for me.

Uzumaki Naruko

She did a cute little drawing of her face that was smiling and it was giving a peace sign with a little drawn hand.

Yep, perfect.

She packed her stuff and pulled the drawing she made off the wall, the one of her and the two people without faces, she folded into her pocket.

She turned to Aqua, "Let's go." She whispered

Aqua nodded and transformed into her Armor and casted a bubble-like spell around Naruko and picked her up as her Keyblade transformed into her glider.

They mounted the glider and head for…home.

Flashback ending

While frank was walk in forest of death he pause, Frank then went into sage mode and looked around worriedly while saying, "I've felt this chakra before… This isn't good!" He then took off away from Konoha. Frank shifted his cloth mask over his mouth and nose. He then moved with blinding speed and found a concealed door only a kilometer away from Konoha's main gate. He saw two of what appeared to be ANBU standing guard. He quickly moved in and knocked them out. He then destroyed the door and moved inside quickly. Menma and naru appeared next to the destroyed door moments later. They followed the path of carnage through the facility until they found Frank standing over a woman in a bed with red hair. He appeared to be channeling the juubi's chakra into the woman.

The woman's eyes fluttered open and she looked up at Frank and said, "Jake-kun?"

Frank shook his head, pulled his mask down and said, "No aunty, it's me Frank."

She smiled and said, "Frank-Sochi… I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. We tried…"

Frank pulled up his mask, he then lifted her up off the bed and carried her towards the exit. Naru on the other hand was gathering files and documents from the room. Menma was helping Naru. She then said, "I thought she was dead, let's hope that Frank-chan makes it to help in time or else Konoha is not going to survive."

XxxxXXXxxxx

Frank ran as fast as his legs could carry him. He flew past the gates and entered the hospital only moments later. He then exclaimed, "I need some help here now!"

A nurse came running and offered him a gurney for him to lay the woman down. A doctor soon appeared and began to run a diagnostic on the woman. "She is suffering from chakra exhaustion and malnourishment. Get her on an immediate IV feed and I need someone with a huge chakra to assist me with a chakra infusion."

Frank then said, "I'll volunteer, since she is my aunt, our chakras should be compatible."

The man nodded and did several hand seals and said, "Place your hands on top of my hands while we do the transfer."

Frank nodded and a similar feeling to when he had help Lady Chiyo. He noticed the color returning to his mother's complexion. He smiled warmly and waited for the doctor to let him know that he was done. After a few moments the doctor then said, "That was close she might not have made it without your help son. Now can I get her name?"

Frank replied, "Kushina Uzumaki."

The doctor nodded and then asked, "And your name?"

Naruto was interrupted by Menma who replied, "He is an Uzumaki. That is all you need to know."

The doctor nodded and headed off to further treat Kushina. Menma waved Frank over to Naru who was holding a large collection of documents. The three began to go over the documents in the lobby of the hospital. Menma began to seal them away as they were read. Frank appeared to get angrier and angrier. He then went into Sage mode and closed his eyes. Menma and Naru watched as Frank's head shifted between three distinct directions. He then said, "I think I found them all. I need to get Tsunade here as quickly as I can."

A sage clone appeared and ran off. Frank then walked out of the hospital followed by Naru and Menma. He moved up to a residence and recognized it as Sakura's building. He jumped up to the second floor and looked in to find a sleeping baby with red hair. He smiled warmly, but then scowled. He then asked, "What do you want?"

The apparent leader replied, "You will come with us for breaking into one of Danzo-sama's facilities."

Frank smiled behind his mask and asked, "And if I don't want to come along?"

"You will be branded a threat to Konoha and dealt with appropriately," the man replied coldly.

Frank disappeared and all four men fell to the ground. Frank then looked up to see a long, almost forgotten face. "Jiji," he whispered under his breath, but also noticed the man beside him and he angrily said, "Danzo!"

Sarutobi then said authoritatively, "You will surrender yourself to my men or face my wrath!"

Frank shook his head and replied, "If you arrest that man for raping an Uzumaki and leaving her die. I might think about it. I am ashamed at how an Uzumaki was treated by that man. I have documents that prove that he had her give birth to three more children after Frank. You know that the releasing of the Kyuubi nearly killed her and the nail through the gut should have finished her off, but that man took her away and nursed her to some semblance health and then got her pregnant, not once, but three times more to get a hold of her chakra and her chakra chains. Now you will release my kin or I will make life hard for you, even if I thought of you as an honorable ally to Uzushiogakure no Sato!"

"Sarutobi-ji san I would advise that you listen to my brother. He knows what he is talking about and is the second Sage of six paths," menma said authoritatively.

Sarutobi looked on at the yellow haired girl and the black haired boy in surprise. "menma-chan, you don't mean that this boy is a Sage?" he asked worriedly.

Menma nodded and replied, "And he is more proficient at it than Jiraiya-sensei. You would also be upsetting Jiraiya-sensei if any harm came to my bro."

Sarutobi nodded and said, "Danzo, you and the others will accompany me to my office, ANBU please follow the clones to the ones he has labeled kin and bring them to my office also along with the parents of said kin."

Frank created four clones and an ANBU followed each to their destinations, while Frank, Naru, Menma and Danzo followed Sarutobi to the Hokage's tower. The group arrived and entered his office. Menma was on Frank's right side, while Naru was holding his hand.

XxxxXXXxxxx

Iruka had just avoided being impaled by a kunai from Naruto. He then saw a blonde about sixteen, wearing a mask over his lower face, but also had blonde hair similar to Naruto. The young man was accompanied by an ANBU. He then looked at Naruto and said, "Naruto Uzumaki, we need you at the Hokage tower."

Naruto looked worried and then jumped over the fence, but as he cleared the fence he found himself being held by the young black boy that was on the other side of the practice area. "Let me go!" Naruto exclaimed.

The elder Frank clone chucked and then asked, "Is that any way to talk to a relative who has some good news for you?"

Naruto looked up in surprise. He then asked in trepidation, "Frank?"

A dark haired boy then said in annoyance, "A loser relative for a loser."

He jumped when he heard the voice of the stranger behind him say, "Watch your tongue, Uchiha. The Uzumaki are an honored clan and have been allies with Konoha for a long time, especially the Senju and if you know what is good for you, you will not anger me more or insult my relative, since you have no clue how his life has been. While I sympathize about your loss, he lost more than you can ever know before you did. Now go play with the girls while I take care of my clansmen." The man then disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

The clone that had held Naruto escorted Naruto to the tower along with the ANBU that was with the both of them. He chuckled at the onslaught of questions, but said nothing. He then thought, 'Sasuke might mellow if I can get him on the straight and narrow, but did I really act like that?'

XxxxXXXxxxx

Frank sighed, but Naru took his hand and squeezed it gently. Naruto looked between the elderly pair in the Hokage's office. Hiruzen then asked, "What is your name and how did you come across that woman?"

Frank then replied, "I'm from the Uzumaki clan…" but then was interrupted.

Danzo exclaimed, "Uzumaki have trademark red hair."

Frank glared at the man and said, "Not all of us have red hair, but we all have the Uzumaki blood running through our veins. I am a blood relation to the woman I brought into the hospital today. I will not explain myself, but if you want you can have me tested."

"What about that woman?" Danzo asked as he pointed his cane at Naru.

"She is my friend and an Uzumaki by birth right," Naruto replied.

"Remove the mask," Danzo ordered.

Frank chuckled and replied, "Not going to happen when I can't trust you."

Danzo glared at Frank and then said, "I'm a respected elder of the village."

Naru finally spoke up and said, "Yes one who is quite well known in Forest country, and also maintains a secret army along with experimenting with the traitor Orochimaru. By the way how are the Sharingan eyes that you had implanted in your arm along with the Senju chakra running through the same arm? The documents along with the men we stopped from killing Kushina-sama all point to you and Orochimaru doing something untoward to the Uzumaki clan. Almost as if you're trying to kill off the Uzumaki clan. We take issue with our old ally trying to kill us off."

Hiruzen wore a look of surprise and then Shima spoke up, "We found each of the men in the facility that imprisoned Kushina-chan had a seal upon their tongue. The will speak no evil of Danzo here, but with them trying to recover Kushina-chan, which by the way would have killed the poor girl."

Danzo growled, but Hiruzen sighed and asked, "You have evidence?"

Frank then nodded and handed a couple of folders with documents in them to the Hokage. He then replied, "We have lots of documents dealing with experiments, impregnation without consent and now she is again with child, that is the main reason that she is about to die. We were able to stabilize her, but I want my clan to be protected or I will pull them out of here. Also any parents of the children that are not working for Danzo will be under my clan's protection."

"How dare you stipulate how a child is to be raised," Danzo exclaimed.

"I do when they are my family! You think that you're protecting the village, but you're not. You will return the girls and Naruto to my custody and we will raise them," Frank explained.

"What is your name, before I even decide to offer you a clan status here in Konoha," Hiruzen explained.

"I will after this man leaves, but he can refer to me as Arashi. I will not discuss my family entering the village and bringing back the Uzumaki," Naruto said as he glared at Danzo.

Hiruzen nodded and then said, "Danzo I need you to leave, since this is a diplomatic matter."

Danzo nodded, but glared at Frank and said, "Very well, Hiruzen." He left the room and nodded to a couple of the waiting parents outside of the office.

Hiruzen then sat down and said authoritatively, "Explain yourself Uzumaki…"

Frank sighed and then pulled down his mask. "I am Frank Uzumaki, son of Sayo Uzumaki and Jake Mallque. I was born almost seventeen years ago and am the jinchuuriki of the juubi. I have traveled here to try to make sure that the Uchiha don't destroy the world," he explained.

"How can you prove it?" Hiruzen asked.

Frank was surrounded by a golden aura. Frank smirked and then shifted to his single tail form with the chakra cloak. This then dissipated. He the lifted his shirt and channel some chakra, thus showing the seal on his stomach. Hiruzen noticed that Frank's eyes shifted between a cerulean blue and gray with several concentric rings, but put that off till later. Frank then asked, "Proof enough? There are now three jinchuuriki in Konoha, Naru-chan, myself, Menma and Naruto."

Sarutobi sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm not sure how I want to deal with this," he said with a heavy sigh.

"You are going killed during the chuunin exam by Orochimaru in a couple years. Tsunade-baachan then took over as Hokage for you. Jiraiya-sensei and Naruto brought her back. I want to bring my clan back and help to bring peace to the world. I think that I can help both my aunt and my younger brother," Frank said in a pleading tone.

"If naru-chan wasn't here I would have put you in prison and then had your memory scanned. With her here I have to trust you." Frank chuckled at that, but Hiruzen continued, "I understand that you could with the power of just the Sage at your disposal you could nearly destroy the village. I will agree to protect the Uzumaki now," Sarutobi said in resignation. He then asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"I need to find several people, Tsunade, Karin in Kusa, who are both Uzumaki. I would also like to bring them both to Konoha and bring the clan back to prominence. We are opposed to the Uchiha, but would like to help Sasuke before it is too late for him to be recoverable. He is being driven to darkness by trying to get revenge on his brother, who only killed the Uchiha under orders from the elders, specifically Danzo," Frank explained.

The group spent the next ten minutes discussing what the clan would do. They then let Naruto, the girls and their parents were led in to the room. Hiruzen then said, "I am here to announce the reestablishment of the Uzumaki clan. Kushina will be the head, but this man will be acting head until she has recovered."

Frank had replaced his mask and said, "My name is Arashi Uzumaki. I look forward to helping my clansmen." He then turned to the parents and looked them in the eyes and demanded, "I want to see your tongues."

The parents of the eldest girl opened their mouths without incident and shrugged when Naruto nodded. The father of the four year old shook his head and demanded, "Why should I do that?"

Frank (Arashi) sighed and said, "If you are under the influence of Danzo I will end your relationship with my clansmen. She is of Kushina's blood and was put in your wife without Kushina's consent. Her egg was the one that began her and it will be her clan that helps raise her not an emotionless drone that will be at the beck and call of Danzo, who right now is an enemy of the Uzumaki for raping and impregnating Kushina for the oldest and with the child she now carries. So will you open your mouth and remove all doubt that you work for Danzo or shall I just assume that you do and remove you from this office not?"

The man pulled out a kunai and moved towards 'his' daughter, but was intercepted by an Arashi with yellow eyes that were horizontal rectangles for pupils and was soon being dragged out of the office. "I will stop you Uzumaki, I guarantee it," he exclaimed as an ANBU took the man into custody.

Arashi's eyes returned to normal and he looked at the last two parents who opened their mouths, but the woman turned and pulled up her black hair to reveal a seal on her neck. She then said, "If you can remove it I will swear allegiance to the Uzumaki, since this was put on me without my consent."

Frank nodded and moved to the seal. He looked at the seal and then at Menma. They both nodded and he replied, "It will take a day to remove it, but you must not be in contact with Danzo until after we remove it."

The younger Naruto was looking at the masked boy in awe the whole time, but also was wondering who this woman that he was talking about was. "Man you're cool, but who is this Kushina chick anyways?" he asked in confusion.

Arashi knelt down and looked Naruto in the eyes and replied, "She is your mother and I just recently rescued her from that man Danzo, but also these are your sisters. I'm not sure of their names, but they are your sisters, so you need to be a big brother and get to know them."

Naruto smiled widely and asked, "Are you my big brother?"

Arashi laughed and replied, "You could say that. This is my friend naru and we are happy to meet you all."

Naru bowed and smiled warmly at the gathering. She then asked, "So what are your names?"

XxxxXXXxxxx

Danzo was pissed, he had lost the Uzumaki woman and the genetic samples of the Fourth Hokage which he had used to create the girls that the man Arashi was now taking charge of. He had hoped that the girls would begin to show the signs of having the chakra to keep the Kyuubi at bay, but only Ami the four year old seemed to be on track. Now this man had a clone blocking him getting to Kushina in the hospital and now seemed to have sway with the Hokage. Even worse he had the toads and more than likely Jiraiya. This did not bode well for his plans for the future. He then turned to his subordinate and said, "It is time to leave." The man nodded and disappeared. Arashi's clone smirked as he saw a pair of women holding a pig and walking out of a gambling den. He jumped down and announced his presence. The blonde woman turned to the young man now in front of her. "What do you want and don't tell me that I'm going to return to that hell hole," she exclaimed.

Arashi chuckled and replied, "You can do what you want granny-Tsunade, but I want you to know that your daughter-in-law and your grandchildren await you in Konoha."

Tsunade looked at the young man in awe, but then scowled and said, "I have no children or grandchildren. My lover, brother and child all died years ago."

The clone pulled down his mask and said, "Minato was your son, Sarutobi hid it from you along with what Orochimaru and Danzo had done. I am the eldest son of Jake and Sayo who we all thought dead just after the juubi attack. Danzo apparently rescued Kushina after the attack and returned her to some semblance of health. He then created four children with her eggs and Minato's sperm. She is currently pregnant, but I was barely able to save her. Danzo is currently sending an attack against her, but he is also running to Orochimaru. I want to revive the Uzumaki and you're going to play a big part of it since your grandmother was an Uzumaki."

Tsunade looked at the whiskered young man in awe and asked, "Who are you?"

He chuckled and replied, "It's a secret, but since you're my grandmother, I'll tell you. My name is Frank Uzumaki Mallque Senju, but don't tell anyone. Since you're one of the last of the Senju we can have you become one of the matriarchs of the Uzumaki. As for family you have me, a six year old time travelling Frank, the ten year old Naruto and Naruko, Yuki a six year old, Ami a four year old and Sasami a two year old granddaughter. I know personally that Jiraiya is their grandfather, but we all will keep that between ourselves."

Tsunade growled, but then asked, "Why are you here? Really?"

The clone pulled up his mask and replied, "I need my mother figure to help my actual aunt recover. Afterwards we can move the clan elsewhere if you like, but I need your help to keep her safe, since I couldn't before."

She noticed the dejected tone in his voice and then asked, "You said that you're from other world, how far?"

The clone chuckled and replied, "About six years, where you became the Hokage. We got to mourn Jiraiya-sensei, and I became the next Toad Sage. We went to war against a man who we thought was Madara Uchiha, but it was some other Uchiha, along with Kabuto Yakushi, and Sasuke Uchiha. Ah the memories…"

Tsunade sighed and said, "With all the heartache there why, other than you and your siblings should I return?"

"It is our home and we can make it better than it was before and help so many people along the way."

Tsunade chuckled and said, "You're just like that brat Jake and Frank sr. They wanted to bring peace to the world."

Frank frowned and said, "Yeah, so does another one of our kin, Nagato Uzumaki. He was one of Jiraiya's students. Remember the trio of kids you guys saved in the Rain village during the war?"

Tsunade nodded and replied, "Yeah, I remember those kids, but what does that have to do with them?"

"They are the figurehead of Akatsuki. An organization that wants to kill your grandson, Naruto and my friend Naru, both are jinchuuriki, like I am, but Akatsuki doesn't know about me, yet," Frank explained.

Tsunade looked on at Naruto in surprise and asked, "You're in love?"

Frank nodded and replied, "Only a few days ago, but we haven't had a proper date, whatever that means."

Tsunade suddenly closed on the clone and hugged him, while she said, "So my grandson has become a man, or will soon. So what rank did you achieve?"

The clone blushed and replied, "I was only a genin, but I could take on an S class missing Nin with some difficulty."

Tsunade began to laugh heartily and then asked, "Why were you only a genin if you could take on an 'S' class shinobi?"

Frank scowled and replied, "Jinchuuriki, bigotry and poor training."

Tsunade scowled and asked, "What do you mean poor training?"

Frank sighed and replied, "Look Tsunade-baa, school wasn't my best subject and I wasn't helped in any sort of way to learn what was needed to be a shinobi. I was at the bottom of my class, both by my own doing and by the teachers in the academy. I admit that I skipped class and didn't study well, but that didn't mean that they helped me out. At least not until Iruka-sensei became my teacher, but it took him quite a while to actually become a good teacher."

Tsunade smirked and said, "What is in it for me to return?"

Frank smirked and replied, "Well, you get to enjoy being a mother figure and remember to call me Arashi, instead of Frank."

Tsunade smiled, put her arm around the clone and asked, "Tell me more about my grandchildren."

XxxxXXXxxxx

Karin was having a bad day. She had just been assaulted by her fellow classmates and was now fighting to get back home in one piece. She jumped when a warm feeling passed over her and a blonde haired teen with a mask over his nose and mouth appeared before her. "Must be tough being a picked on at school," a Frank clone said in a happy tone.

"I would give it all up to be away from here. My family is gone," Karin said in a dejected tone.

Frank chuckled and said, "Well, Karin Uzumaki, my name is Arashi Uzumaki and am bringing the clan back together since we lost Eddy village. I promise you family if you come with me. I have already talked to the leader of the village. He only took a little persuasion, but he agreed to allow you to come with me to Konoha. I promise that things will be better there and you will be with family. Do you agree?"

Karin smiled warmly and jumped into the clones arms happily. The clone and Karin disappeared.

XxxxXXXxxxx

Frank's clone standing outside of a hospital room door suddenly changed his stance to a defensive one and this alerted the ANBU standing next to him. One of the three clones disappeared and the other two turned in opposite directions. The group was suddenly attacked by a dozen shinobi in white masks. The clones were making quick work of the rogue shinobi, as were the ANBU. Suddenly there was an explosion in the room they were guarding. Both clones looked at each other and one headed into the room while the other continued to battle the Root forces attacking him and the ANBU.

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Frank felt the dispelling of the clone guarding his mother and he jumped out the window. He transitioned into Sage mode and sped towards the hospital. He quickly leapt into the window and pulled the trio with the explosive tags off the window, while attaching the tags to the men trying to put them on the window. All three exploded just outside the window, thus blowing the windows back inside the room. Frank had slipped in and pulled Kushina behind a second over turned the bed to shield her from the blast. Frank growled and said quietly as the ANBU and the last clone entered the room, "Danzo…" he growled angrily.

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Naru had stayed at the Hokage's office and got to know the children. She was pushing the limits of human contact for herself, since she knew this was for Naruto and she wanted to make sure that her future husband would not abandon her. She would do anything. Deep down she knew that he wouldn't abandon her, but part of her told her that humans couldn't be trusted, but Frank wasn't exactly human, since he was like her. This put her mind at ease, but when Shima hopped up on to her shoulder and smiled warmly at her. Naru felt warmth wash over her.

She smiled warmly when she watched her young brother Naruto talking with his newly introduced sisters. A jinchuuriki having a normal interaction with siblings was a heartwarming experience. Even the surrogate families didn't seem to act badly towards young Naruto. She watched this transpire and it warmed her heart just a little more.

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Danzo scowled at the latest reports that his effort to destroy Kushina had failed and he had lost more than a dozen operatives. He had hoped that the training of the eldest Uzumaki girl would have started within the year and she would have been a good operative, but now that was null and void. He had sent word to Orochimaru that he was no longer in Konoha, but hadn't heard back from said operatives. 'This Arashi Uzumaki has become a thorn in my side and will need to be eliminated. The Uzumaki were becoming a real problem and would have to be eliminated,' he thought to himself.

He sighed as he continued to head away from Konoha at a good clip with his forces.

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Yet another clone came upon a camp with four people sitting around a campfire. He chuckled and then said from the trees, "Zabuza Momochi, Demon brothers, and Haku Yuki. I, Arashi Uzumaki have come to try to hire your services. What do you say Demon of the Mist?"

"You have a death wish don't you kid?" Zabuza said as the mist began to thicken.

Frank began to laugh heartily and then pulled out a kunai. He then said, "Lungs, liver, jugular vein, carotid artery, brain, kidneys, spine, heart, and I could list a few others, but you will get no satisfaction in killing me, since I'm a clone and I can sense you and your partners. I'm a sage and want your help to save the future and more than likely get you to help me to fix the future."

Frank's clone caught Zabuza's butcher's blade with a kunai. "What are you proposing?" Zabuza asked.

Frank chuckled and replied, "I'll give you some jobs and also make some requests of your services, along with making sure some people are taken out of the picture. I would also like for you to convey my opinion to Mei Terumi when she becomes the next Mizukage after Yagura is deposed."

Zabuza smiled and began to sweat when his sword was being cut by the boy's kunai. "You've got my attention, but how does it pay?"

Frank smirked and replied, "I'll keep the hunter-nin off your backs."

Zabuza pulled his sword back and smiled. The mist began to clear, but then saw that the Demon brothers and Haku were being held hostage by clones of the boy. Zabuza put his sword on his back and nodded to boy and said, "I'll listen to your terms."

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Frank's clone quietly whispered into the ear of the sleeping dark haired woman, "Hello Guren…"

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A clone sat in front of a white haired man and his disciple. "I would like for Amaru to also train with my family in Konoha, Shinno. I'm sure that you can both learn a lot there. I also understand your dislike for shinobi, Amaru, but you will also learn from both Tsunade and you, Shinno. After a couple years you can go about the world and help him more," the clone explained.

Shinno was worried inside since the boy had ignited hope in the girl which he had been trying to extinguish slowly and drive a wedge into her heart so that she would actually hate shinobi, but the boy appearing out of nowhere and saving their lives from a group of bandits was both a godsend and a curse for him, since Amaru had become enamored with the older boy. He sighed and replied, "Very well, we accept your offer, Arashi-san."

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Frank smirked and said, "We have the support I expected and we will have less problems down the road. I think that Ero-sennin helped make a good plan."

Naru kissed him and replied, "Good. We need some good news. Now we just need to make sure that we get at least some of the Uzumaki fortune to pay for the compound we need to house everyone."

Naruto smiled and replied, "I don't think that it will be a problem, since both the Land of Grass and Fire both have given their support to the Uzumaki, both financial and physical. With Tsunade and my mother we should be fine as far as finances go. We just need to get my younger self up to speed."

Naru nodded and then asked, "So when do we get our date?"

Frank paled and replied, "As soon as you want…"

Naru smirked and said, "I knew there was a reason I love you Frank … I mean Arashi-koi…" She kissed him passionately and pulled him back and went to their bedroom.

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Somewhere in the land of Rice fields, a red haired girl is awoken by a young man with his hand over her mouth and a kunai to her throat. She looked worriedly at the boy with a face mask standing over her. She wondered how he had gotten into this facility. The boy than asked quietly, "You can be quiet, can't you?" She understood his question and nodded in reply. His face seemed to soften and he then asked, "Are you an Uzumaki?" She nodded in response. The boy's voice seemed pleased with his next question. "Do you want to be a plaything for Orochimaru?" Her eyes showed anger and she shook her head. "Do you want to meet some of your family?" The boy watched the girl nod her head again. He then said, "I'm going to lift my hand, but I swear if you scream I'm going to end it for you. I can't have you be in Orochimaru's hands."

She sighed when he lifted his hand and then pulled the kunai away a moment later. She then was about to berate him, but thought better about it. She decided to say quietly, "I'm Tayuya, what the fuck is your name?"

The boy chuckled and replied, "Arashi Uzumaki, the temporary head of the Uzumaki clan. Come with me if you want to live." Tayuya threw the sheets away to reveal a nude girl. Naruto's clone sighed and said, "Get dressed quickly and in something that doesn't bring attention to yourself. Also are there any other Uzumaki that you know of?"

Tayuya replied, "Yeah, he captured a couple of us, but I'm not sure if they can be saved. I was scheduled for receiving that damn curse mark from him, thanks for the save Arashi-kun." She quickly got dressed and the pair left the base and headed towards another base.

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Dream sequels starts

The first memory of a boy watching his mother crying. He did not understand at that time. As he grew older, he began to learn. One day, he asked his pale skinned uncle, why his mother cried. The pale man answered that she cried because of his father.

"Why is my mother crying?" the child asked curiously to a pale skinned man.

The man looked thoughtful, "I believe it was because of your father. He died the day you were born."

He did not fully understand. However, he knew that his father was to blame.

That day, the boy learned hatred.

Whenever his mother held him and smiled at him, he felt indescribable emotion. He liked it. He craved it. He tried hard to make her proud, he learned faster than a normal child. He acted more mature than normal child. Whenever he showed what he learned, his mother smiled proudly.

"?-Kun, what did you learn today?" a red haired, blue eyed woman asked her son.

"Orochi taught me how to do bunshin no jutsu!" he answered with a smile, "Watch!" and he showed her.

Her mother smiled proudly. He felt strange and he liked it.

That day the boy learned happiness.

When he was eight years old, her mother told him tales of his father. How he had saved her when they were young. How he had trained hard and became one of the greatest shinobi known to the world. He was fascinated. Not by the story, but by the love and adoration in his mother eyes when she thought about his father.

"To this day, I have never met a man like him. He was both gentle and strong. He was both a leader and a man," his mother showed a wistful smile at him.

He stared, he never seen his mother that vulnerable since she cried long ago. He felt dislike to his father. The father who managed to make his mother showed such expression.

That day, the boy learned jealousy.

One year later, he noticed that his godfather and aunt have always compared him to his father. Whenever they trained him, he tried hard to understand and master whatever they taught. And yet, they would say that his father would have mastered it faster, would do it better. He did not like it.

"How did I do Jiraiya-jiji? Tsunade-baachan?" he asked, turning to the white haired man and the blond haired woman who watched him showed the result of his training.

"Good job!" the man congratulated him, "though Minato would have done that faster..." he muttered.

He heard his aunt reprimanding his godfather. Saying how his father was a shinobi while he was not. He resolved himself to prove that he was better than his father.

That day, the boy gained an ambition.

Sometime after that, his mother called him one day and asked a strange question. Why would he love the village? He felt nothing towards them. So he stared at his mother, confused. When he saw the expression in his mother's face, he learned a new emotion.

"?-Kun, what do you think about Konoha?" at his confused glance she elaborated, "Do you love it?"

He stared blankly. He rarely interacted with the villagers. And even then, most of them simply called him 'Son of Yondaime'. He continued to stare until he saw his mother sigh.

That day, the boy learned guilt.

Another year passed, he found one person in his life who did not compare him to his father. His uncle. Even his mother sometimes compared him to his father. The man told him that he was the only one who did not judge him. Therefore, he did the same. When he was told the reason, he was confused. But he accepted it. Glad to find someone who cared about him without his father's influence.

"Hey Orochi, why aren't you like Jiraiya or Tsunade?" the man gave him a questioning look, "they always praised my father and compared me with him."

"...well?-Kun, when you was a baby, you stared at me with a curious face. Most people stared at me with respect, awe, fear and other expressions that came from my reputation. Whenever I met you, you would talk to me normally. You do not judge me, so I do not judge you," the pale skinned man explained.

He felt confused. But he was assured that the man would be with him, no matter what. Because the man was his friend and not his father's.

That day, the boy made a true friend.

The next year was the graduation of the academy. He passed without any trouble. The training his family gave him was more than enough. And yet, as he stood outside academy when his godfather picked him up. He was happy. He thought that his godfather was proud of him. His godfather was proud, but he added a statement that broke his happiness.

"Your father graduated when he was ten," his godfather absently mentioned when they walked home.

He stared. This was his moment and yet, his godfather thought about his father? He did not know which was worse, his godfather's words or the fact that he felt nothing.

That day, the boy learned apathy.

The boyentered his and his mother's house. It was a small house with two bedrooms, a kitchen and living room. The house was located near training ground 44, nicknamed forest of death. He had lived here for all his life. The forest was used often by him and the sannins for training. He saw his mother standing, waiting for him.

"I'm home okāsama," he greeted.

"Welcome home Naruto-kun. How did it go?" Uzumaki Kushina asked with a smile.

"I passed," the boy answered shortly.

"Good job!" Kushina hugged him, "as a celebration, do you want to go to Ichiraku Ramen?" Kushina asked, referring to her favorite restaurant. Smiling happily.

The boy lost any desire to celebrate when Jiraiya compared him to his father. But seeing his mother's happiness. He nodded. His mother's smile widened and he felt that it was worth seeing such expression on her face.

The mother and son left to the restaurant.

Ayame was the daughter of Teuchi, the owner of Ichiraku Ramen. She had worked at her father's restaurant since she was a kid.

She accepted it. She liked seeing people eating her father's ramen happily. She liked how they would leave with satisfied expression. She truly respected her father for all his hard work.

However, since four years ago, she found a goal. It was just another day in Ichiraku Ramen when a woman with red hair entered, bringing a child with her. Her father greeted the woman as his number one customer. While her father talked with the woman, she observed the young boy. He ate her father's ramen with blank expression. When the pair left the restaurant, he thanked her and her father in a calm tone. She felt that her father's honor had been insulted. She learned the boy's name, _. She wondered why did the boy had a ramen-inspired name. Watching the boy's mother eating ramen with a big smile she understood.

Ever since that fateful day, she begged her father to teach her how to cook. After that, every time the boy came with his mother, she served the ramen she made. At first, the boy stated that her ramen was inedible and refused to eat it after a bite. She worked harder. She felt thankful that the boy at least tasted her ramen each time he came instead of refusing it. After years, the boy finally ate the ramen and asked his mother for a second bowl. Ayame felt a sense of victory. However, after they finished, the boy still left with the same blank expression.

Today was the day he graduated from ninja academy. She knew for sure that they would come to Ichiraku Ramen. She swore that she would make sure he left with a smile on his face.

She saw two guests came into the restaurant. She smiled.

"Welcome to Ichiraku Ramen!"

When the boy heard the familiar voice, he saw the girl he had met many times. Ayame was the name. She was an interesting girl. She seemed to make it her mission to cook ramen for him years ago.

At first, he was disgusted by the taste. He ate one bite and politely refused to eat it. When he saw the disappointed face of the girl, he felt guilty.

The second time he was given a bowl, he saw her anxious expression. He ate one bite and found that while the taste was still inedible, it had improved. He again refused to eat the ramen.

It continued for many times, he believed that his mother and the owner of the ramen stand enjoyed seeing their interactions. Until one day, she managed to cook an edible ramen. He stared at her hopeful expression and ate another bite. She smiled a bright smile that could light up the entire ramen stand. After he finished it, he thought about her smile. It was alien to him, an unknown. He wanted to see the smile again and he ordered another bowl.

He was sure the taste of the ramen matched the smile she wore.

He stared at the girl. Today she acted more cheerful than any other time. He wondered whether she managed to cook a ramen more edible than the last time.

When his ramen came, he took a bite.

He smiled.

She saw the boy entered. He wore a black t-shirt with a red spiral mark on the back and black long pants. She noticed that he favored dark colors long ago. She also noticed that he always kept a red spiral on all his clothes.

She gave the boy the ramen she cooked especially for this day.

She watched him as he looked at the ramen closely. She saw his mother and her father watching him as tense as she was. He finally brought the chopsticks to his mouth.

Ayame felt her heart stopped. In front of her, the boy, the emotionless boy she knew smiled. She believed such smile could only came from an angel. When he was emotionless, he could be seen as a statue. A masterpiece. However, when he smiled, she could only describe him with one word. Perfection.

She wondered why her knees felt weak and why she was staring at the ceiling before all went black.

The boy stared at the fainted girl. He felt disappointed. That meant he would be unable to order a second bowl of ramen. While the girl's father could cook a delicious ramen, he felt it was not right.

The ramen she made could be considered as a tradition. He had done that for years and eating another ramen did not feel right.

He suppose he did not regret eating in this place. As he heard sound of slurping and watched his mother ate bowls of ramen, he smiled again. Yes, he was not regretting it.

As she walked home with her son, Kushina wondered (not for the first time) how did he became like this?

She took care of him as her best friend, Mikoto taught her. With love and care. She assisted him when he needed her. She told him stories of his father and his legacy. She had hoped that he would grew up into a kind, gentle and strong man like Minato.

The boy also received influences from other people, particularly the sannins. From Jiraiya, he adopted his will to keep trying and to never give up. From Tsunade, he gained a critical attitude and the lack of hesitation to point it out. But the greatest influence came from Orochimaru. And that was the problem.

She did not dislike Orochimaru. She knew that he was a bitter because he failed to take the Hokage position. Especially now as Uchiha Itachi became the youngest Hokage in the age of seventeen. She noted that the man seemed to enjoy The boy's presence and The boy seemed to be more comfortable with him rather than anyone else. Anyone except her at least.

That was another problem. The boy seemed to be too attached to her. While he was able to act mature and self-sufficient, whenever he saw her, his thought would focus to her. It was nice to know that he loved her. However she noticed that it went beyond the point that was healthy.

Whenever she offered something, he would not refuse. Whenever she bought something for him, he would take care of it like it was his most important possession. She knew that as a fact. The accident two years ago proved it.

Two years ago, she bought him a book for his birthday. The book was a beginner guide for fūinjutsu. A normal gift for a member of Uzumaki clan when they reached the age of ten. He thanked her and after the party, he was engrossed by the book. One day, he brought it to the academy. Nobody knew that it would lead to an incident.

She heard that a group of bullies demanded him to surrender the book. He stared at them blankly as if confused by their attitude and returned his attention to the book. The bullies took this as a challenge and grabbed the book from his hands. He ordered them to return it but they laughed. He stated that it was a book given by her and they should return it. They mocked him as a mama's boy. They scrawled a huge cross mark on the cover of the book.

That was their mistake. She did not know what happened. But Naruto returned home earlier than scheduled. He apologized to her for letting them ruined the book he gave her. She answered that it was fine, she could buy him a new one. He shook his head, stating that the book was an irreplaceable gift.

She wondered whether she should be flattered or angered that he beat the bullies up to the point where they were declared unsuitable to become shinobi.

Many times she thought that she had failed in raising him. However, each time they came to Ichiraku Ramen, she saw The boy and Ayame's relationship and she concluded that she did not fail.

Because her son had proven himself to be a kind boy.

Though she lamented the fact that he was completely clueless in the matter of relationship. He was confused when she teased him about Ayame and other girls he met.

As she saw some of the girls on the road blushed when they saw him, she smiled.

He was Minato's son after all.

The next day, The boy wondered walked into his classroom at the academy. He saw no one but his teacher, Iruka inside the classroom.

Then again, it was one hour earlier than the scheduled time.

He walked to his seat and opened his book.

He read. Ignoring everything else in the class.

Umino Iruka was a chunin. A teacher in the shinobi academy of Konoha.

He grew up with his parents as a normal boy. When he saw a teacher guided an unruly student and made the student into a respectable shinobi, he was impressed. He decided that he would become a teacher.

By now he had experienced years of teaching. Each time he felt more confident than the last. He cared about all students in the academy. Whether they were a 'bad' kids or 'good' kids did not concern him. He firmly believed that all students should have chance to change themselves for the better.

Or at least that was what he believed.

When he heard the door opened, he froze. A student of his entered and sat at his assigned seat without any word. This student was Uzumaki _, the son of Yondaime Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina, a former kunoichi of Konoha. He knew the boy personally. They met two years ago. As he saw the boy opened a book, he saw its cover.

The cover with a large 'X' mark on it.

His mind flashed back to that day.

Two years ago, he was chosen as a substitute teacher of another class. After he taught the class, he decided to hide and watch how his temporary students interact without a teacher.

He saw a boy reading alone. No other students talked with him. In fact they seemed to avoid staring at the boy entirely. He recognized the boy as the son of Yondaime Hokage. He remembered that the original teacher of that class warned him that the boy could not connect with his peers. In the teacher's words, 'He is beyond them.'

He kept observing the boy until he saw a group of students approached the boy. He thought that they wanted to befriend him. He was wrong.

He stared as the boy's book was taken. He thought it was a joke. But when the group of students laughed at the boy and wrote on the book, he moved to stop them.

He was stopped by his surprise. He thought the boy was shy and a reader. He thought that was what the other teacher meant when he said the boy was beyond the others. He was mistaken.

The boy struck one of the bully. 'At his right knee's joint,' the bully fell, screaming in pain. By now, the other students watched them as the bullies jumped at the boy.

When he snapped out of his shock, he moved to intervene. He was too late.

By the time he stopped the boy, the boy was chocking a bully. 'The one who scrawled on the boy's book,' he realized. He stopped the boy and called other teachers to take the injured students to the hospital.

He received the hospital report shortly after and read it. What he read made him chilled to the bone.

Each of the boys' injury were in specific places. Each of the injury also made sure that they would never be a ninja. With one exception. The bully who scrawled on the book could still become a ninja, but he was in critical condition when he reached the hospital. Only the great medic, Tsunade managed to save the boy.

He brought the 'victim' to his office. He asked the boy, why did he crushed the bullies' chances to become a ninja. The boy stared at him blankly and answered without any hesitation.

"Because they dirtied my mother's gift. Trash should know their place. They are weak and yet they pretend to be strong."

For the first time since he first taught at the academy, Umino Iruka was left speechless.

After he recovered, he informed the boy that one of the bully survived and could still return to the academy. The boy arched an eyebrow and asked which one was the survivor. He answered that it was the one who scrawled on the book. The boy nodded.

"I suspected that Tsunade would heal him. Then he came back here, all his friends gone and he will be alone with the one who nearly killed him."

And Umino Iruka understood. He did that deliberately. He knew that the bully would survive. If the bully stopped learning in the academy, the bully would live in regret. If the bully return to the academy, he would live in fear of the boy.

This boy was not normal. He was ruthless and efficient. Cold and calculating.

He told the boy to avoid doing such thing as it would endanger his career. He told him that what he did was not right.

The boy looked at him as if he was something unknown. The boy then walked away without a word.

He noticed that the boy clutched the book possessively as he left the classroom. At that time he wondered whether the boy was a ruthless shinobi or a scared boy with strong attachment to his mother.

He chose to believe the second.

And now, seeing he read the same book he read for two years, with a hint of fondness on his face, Iruka decided that his suspicion was correct.

Uzumaki _ was not a cold shinobi who coldly destroyed everyone who wronged him. He was nothing more than a fearful boy.

He felt the teacher's eyes left him. He continued reading. No matter how much time he finished the book. Even though he completely memorized the whole book. He liked reading this book. He suppose that was because the book was his mother's gift.

He remembered the trash he nearly killed. He did not know the trash's name and he had no wish to learn it. Ever since the trash returned, it would flinch when he was close and would ran away from him whenever they saw each other.

That suited him just fine. He had no interest in worthless beings.

Especially not the one who touched one of his mother's gift.

He felt other students arrived.

He ignored them. None of them interested him.

Inuzuka Kiba was a bully.

He was no longer a bully. He learned his lesson two years ago.

It was supposed to be a joke.

When Kiba was young, he grew up with the stories of yondaime Hokage. He admired the man. He wished to become like him. An Alpha. A leader everyone recognized.

Born in a clan that respected strength, he trained since he was young. He was loud, brash, and wild. A typical Inuzuka, most would said.

When he entered the academy, he heard rumors about the son of Yondaime. He was interested. When he got the son as his classmate he was excited. That feeling did not last.

The son ignored everything. He was content to be alone, reading a book or watching something. He never spoke expect to the teacher and even then only when he was asked to answer a question. Whenever someone called him, he just stared at them blankly until they were uncomfortable and left him alone.

One day, Kiba had an idea. He would provoke the boy and make him react, make him act more like a normal kid. When the teacher left the class, he and his friends gathered around the boy and demanded him to give the book to them. The boy stared at them and then returned to his book.

Kiba exploded. He stole the book and watched as the boy's eyes showed a flicker of anger. He felt glad. The boy was a human after all.

When the boy demanded them to return the book, one of his friend teased him about his mother. Kiba knew that was a mistake. His clan valued family. Insulting one's family means death. As he saw the boy's eyes burned he knew that they would be in trouble.

One of his friend encouraged him to doddle on the book. He did not want to do that but they pressured him to and he did. To this day he regretted his weakness.

He stared, surprised as the boy attacked one of his friend. He tried to counter the boy with his friends but it was futile.

Then his world exploded in pain.

When he came to he was in the hospital. His mother and sister around him as he laid down on the bed. Broken.

His mother demanded an explanation. He told them his story. How he tried to provoke the boy, how one of his friend mocked the boy's mother, and how he was pressured to doddle on the boy's precious book.

His mother was furious at him. His sister scolded him and told him that when he recovered, he would have to apologize.

When he returned to academy after he healed, he tried to apologize to the boy.

He failed. Every time he tried to apologize, his words died in his throat and he felt fear gripping him. He ran away.

Now he was a ninja. He swore that he would apologize to the boy one day.

Definitely.

Uchiha Sasuke was the brother of the Hokage.

He was born in the Uchiha clan, the strongest clan in Konoha.

Since he was young, he tried his hardest to match his brother. His brother who was known as the prodigy.

He failed and after his brother was chosen as the Hokage, he felt the gap between them increased.

When he heard the Yondaime Hokage's son would be in the academy with him, he was interested.

He thought that he could find someone who was like him. He was mistaken.

The boy acted like a statue. He never accepted any attempts to befriend him. He ignored other people.

Uchiha Sasuke hated him.

When the boy proved his strength two years ago, his hatred grew.

Uchiha Sasuke did not hate the boy because the boy was stronger than him.

Uchiha Sasuke did not hate the boy because the boy ignored him.

Uchiha Sasuke hated the boy for one simple fact. Because the boy reminded him of Uchiha Itachi, his brother.

Both of them were stronger than others. Both of them closed themselves off from the society. Both of them stared at the world with eyes filled with disinterest.

And that angered him.

When he saw the boy in the class, reading with his usual blank expression, his hatred grew.

Uchiha Sasuke swore he would surpass both the boy and his brother one day.

Hyūga Hinata was the heiress of Hyūga clan.

When she was a child, she was kidnapped by a Kumo shinobi. She was almost taken away when a boy saved her and subdued her captor. That day, Hyūga Hinata found her Light.

She never forget His face.

Thanks to her Savior, the Hyūga clan met no trouble from Kumogakure. As if they tried to ask for compensation, they would need to reveal that their shinobi was defeated by a child.

She trained hard since then, hoping to see Him once again. To serve Him with her entire body and soul.

When she entered the academy, she was beyond happy. Her Savior was here. In the same class as her.

She thought about approaching Him but decided not to. He ignored everyone who tried to initiate a conversation with Him. She concluded that He must consider them not worth His time until they have proven themselves.

Two years prior, when a group of heathens dared to challenge her Savior. She watched in glee as He struck them down. He punished them by destroying their future as shinobi. But her Savior was forgiving. He allowed one of the heathen to return. She swore she would smite the heathen should he tried to harm her Savior again.

The day the team would be announced, she hoped that she would be in the same team as Him.

Haruno Sakura was an ordinary girl.

She came from an ordinary civilian family. She was fascinated by the story of ninjas in Konoha. She decided to enter the shinobi academy in a whim.

She was glad she did so as she met her best friend. Yamanaka Ino saved her from bullies who insulted her large forehead. They became friends since then.

When she entered her class for the first time, she was excited. The son of yondaime Hokage and the brother of current Hokage were both in her class.

She was disappointed when she found the son of yondaime Hokage was a jerk who ignored everything.

She joined her friend who was a member of Uchiha Sasuke fan club.

She was a fan girl until two years ago.

She remembered how the emotionless boy crushed a group of bullies with ease.

Her eyes were opened that day.

She started to train to become a better ninja, a stronger ninja.

Because she realized one thing.

In the shinobi world, might ruled everything.

If you are weak, there is no hope to survive.

Aburame Shino was a member of Aburame clan.

His clan valued rationality in making decision and he agreed.

He watched every situation with neutral position and made decisions best for all of the ones involved.

Therefore, why did he stood still when he saw Uzumaki Naruto engaged in a battle against a group of students?

The answer was because it was logical. His kikaichū warned him not to engage the boy in hostile manner. He obeyed.

He questioned his kikaichū why did they feared the boy. They answered that he was an unknown.

As the team announcement was made, he made sure to follow his plan.

If he was on the same team as the boy, a negotiation and alliance would be preferred. If not, engage Uzumaki boy with caution and only when necessary.

Yamanaka Ino was a member of Yamanaka clan.

She would admit that she was a girl before she was a kunoichi.

She admired Uchiha Sasuke, the Hokage's brother. Or at least that was what people believed. She was not a fan girl. Her father just told her that deception was one of the greatest tool a shinobi have.

Secretly, she admired the boy, the enigma more than she admired Sasuke. Not to the extent of obsessing about him.

She admired how he acted calm and cold in every situation. Acting like true shinobi her father told her long ago.

When he was attacked two years ago, she was worried.

She saw as he ruthlessly broke the bullies' future as shinobi. She was amazed. Her admiration grew.

As she thought about him, she wondered what it would be like if they were on the same team.

She decided that it would be interesting.

Nara Shikamaru was a member of Nara clan.

He thought that life was troublesome

He was a genius with IQ over 200. He was also a lazy person. His best friend was Akimichi Chōji. One of his most troublesome friend was Yamanaka Ino.

When his mother ordered him to enter the academy, he thought that it would be troublesome.

He was proven right two years ago.

A group of students tried to mess with the son of yondaime Hokage. He liked the boy. The boy did not care when he sleep through the class. The boy alone was not troublesome but he seemed to be a magnet that attract troublesome situations.

When the group of students were sent to the hospital, he sighed.

At the team announcement, he hoped he was not with the boy. If he was with the boy then his life certainly would be...

Troublesome.

Akimichi Chōji was a member of Akimichi clan.

He, like most people of his clan liked to eat.

He liked his friends, his best friend was Nara Shikamaru. One of his friend was Yamanaka Ino.

He met the mysterious son of yondaime Hokage once before academy.

They met at Ichiraku Ramen when the boy was given a bowl of ramen completely unlike what Chōji had ever seen.

The boy took a bite and then saw his expression. The boy offered the ramen to him. He declined and later accepted after the boy insisted.

That day, he considered the boy as his friend.

Two years ago, when his friend was attacked, he was about to help him. But he could do nothing but watch as his friend defeated the group of students without any mercy.

That time, he felt scared of his friend. For his friend.

Scared of him because of his power.

Scared for him because of the loss of his innocence.

At the day the team would be announced, he wished to be in a team with Shikamaru and Naruto.

Then Shikamaru and he could teach the boy to relax and to become their friend.

The boy continued to read his book. Ignoring other students and Iruka.

When he heard Iruka about to announce the teams, he slowed his reading.

Iruka opened his mouth and he listened.

Dream sequels ends

The younger Naruto woke to his alarm and got up lazily. He then headed to the shower and got ready for his day. He put on some long shorts along with a white shirt with an orange Konoha symbol on the front. He was a little happier today, since he knew that he now had a family and a lot of members too. He had three sisters, all red heads, but still little sisters. He wasn't sure how to deal with them, but would just wing it like he had always done. He had just put his shuriken in the pocket of his shorts when there was a knock at the door. He went and found his older brother and his wife, who both were sporting blushes. He shrugged and closed the door behind himself.

The trio walked the streets, he did notice that Naru was walking irregularly and asked, "You alright, sis?"

Naru turned bright red and replied, "Yes, Naruto-kun, I just pulled a muscle, nothing to worry about. You ready for the academy today?"

Naruto sighed and replied, "Not really, I think I'm still in trouble with Iruka-sensei. After the incident with the Taki shinobi I think I got in big trouble for skipping."

Arashi chuckled and replied, "Nah, you did well with those ladies. You actually helped the village, but you'll find that out later. Now have a good day at school." Arashi then put up two fingers and said, "Two things, first, relax and don't try to show up Sasuke-teme. Second, just listen to the lessons, I'm sure there is a reason that they teach them. Tonight we will be doing training and lessons also."

Naruto scowled, but nodded to his brother and replied, "Okay brother, but why?"

Arashi sighed and replied, "You might miss something important and then need to learn it later. Also stay away from the girls for today. We will have some people for you to meet tonight after training."

Naruto nodded, waved and headed off to school.

Arashi then sighed, but perked up when Naru hugged him and said, "You're doing well. Now for the dreaded meeting."

The pair headed to the Hokage's tower. While arashi was think of the boy in his dream," who was that boy and what his connection with me".They entered a large room with a large group of people sitting at tables to either side of the room, while the Hokage and his two advisers sat at a table facing the entrance of the room. Arashi sighed, but smiled when Fu squeezed his hand. The pair sat in the chairs in the middle of the 'U' that the tables formed in the room.

Hiruzen cleared his throat and then declared, "This meeting to allow the Uzumaki clan to join the council is now underway."

Not a second later the door opened and two people entered the room, a clone of Arashi and Tsunade. "Sorry I'm late," she said tiredly, as the clone disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Hiruzen smiled and replied, "Not at all, Tsunade-chan. You can take a seat behind Sakaki." She nodded and sat behind a man with dark brown hair. She then began to whisper to the man, who just nodded. Hiruzen then continued, "Since the actual head of the clan Kushina can't be here, her eldest son, Arashi and his wife are here in her stead."

Koharu asked, "What are you talking about, Hiruzen, Kushina is dead, has been for over ten years."

The Hokage sighed and replied, "It was found out that Danzo had kept Kushina alive after the sealing and had done some reprehensible things to her. She is currently in a coma at the hospital. Arashi is the cousin of Naruto Uzumaki and nephew of Kushina. This has been proven with DNA tests. Currently there are six Uzumaki with a seventh on the way, in the village…"

Tsunade spoke up and said, "I'm also an Uzumaki along with being a Senju, so the number is eight."

Arashi then said, "I also have some more on the way from other locations around the elemental nations. I will have as list for you after the meeting. The number should be around twenty or so."

"That is preposterous! You think that you can bring a bunch of people into Konoha and call them a clan?" Hideki Chiku, a merchant, exclaimed.

Naru sighed and replied, "More so than you can call a single person the heir to a clan and the Uzumaki have been ally to Konoha if not the Senju for a long time. They even sacrificed their village to save Konoha, thus the reason for our clan symbol on the backs of your jounin and chuunin vests."

"So the Uzumaki should fall under the protection of the Senju?" Shibi Aburame asked.

Sakaki shrugged his shoulders and replied, "I guess that could work, but we do need to figure out what we are going to do with that large an influx of clan members."

Arashi chuckled and replied, "I have expenses covered, I just need to have area off of the Senju compound allotted for building, so that we can house my fellow clansmen. Also I would like the council to return the moneys that it confiscated from the fall of Uzushiogakure."

The room erupted in angry shouts. Arashi smirked under his mask and asked innocently, "Are you saying that Konoha is going to mistreat us along with mistreatment of my brother and stolen the Uzumaki monies? What happened to the clan scrolls?"

Koharu replied, "They were given to the Uchiha after the death of Kushina."

Arashi stood and growled at this revelation. He then angrily said, "I find out that an Uchiha is responsible for the state of my brother, the near death of my mother, the death of my father and now you tell me that they received my clan's scrolls? You realize what you have done? Who authorized this?" He looked at Sarutobi who shook his head.

Koharu replied, "The elders thought it would help to alleviate the tension between the Uchiha and the village. It worked."

Arashi took a step forward, but was halted by a firm grasp from Fu. She smiled, but the smile was that of someone who was going to kill you. She then sweetly asked, "How do you 'elders' plan to compensate the Uzumaki for illegally passing clan secrets to an opposing, if not enemy clan? Does the Uchiha boy have access to them? If so we demand compensation along with the monies stolen by this village, especially for the sacrifices that our clan has made for this village. One of your supposed elders took ovum from my mother-in-law and fertilized them. He then put those fertilized eggs in three woman, worse yet she is with child as we speak. You have a decision to make. Either compensate us, along with returning the scrolls or we will do it ourselves and I assure you that it won't be pretty."

"How dare you threaten this village and Uchiha-sama!" another council member exclaimed.

"Because your Hokage understands that he will not be able to stop me. My cousin, Tsunade and my master Jiraiya will not attempt to stop me and your Hokage doesn't have enough power to stop me. I am the second Toad Sage and am surprised by your ignorance. My brother should be thought of as a hero, or at least given a neutral standing. Is he? No! He is ridiculed for something that was beyond his control and who among you has lifted a finger to help him?" Arashi asked, knowing the answer.

Naru then interjected, "We also know that some of our clan's knowledge has become common village knowledge. Specifically several of the scrolls had fallen into the hands of specific jounin or a specific Sannin. Just understand Konoha that the Uzumaki have returned and you can either be with us or against us. Those of you who are shop owners who have abused Naruto-chan will see our wrath. We are not going to get revenge. We are going to make you understand the depths of your stupidity. Arashi lower your mask." Arashi lowered his mask to show the whisker marks on his face to many gasps of surprise. Naru then continued, "Blood tests prove that Arashi-koi is an almost twin of Naruto-chan, a billion to one, but also understand that the whisker marks are the product of males being exposed to the Kyuubi's chakra over a certain amount of time. For those of you that can't understand, Kushina-sama was the previous host for the Kyuubi. Arashi-koi and Naruto-chan both were exposed to said chakra and developed the whisker marks. The chakra also might have made the genetic similarities possible. The Uzumaki have carried the Kyuubi for this village and there have been three vessels for the fox. Tsunade-sama's grandmother was the first container. Yes, the esteemed wife of the Shodai! No any of you care to guess who is the third container? Yes, it is Naruto-chan."

Arashi began to chuckle and then said, "I already knew that you bastards had taken the Uzumaki fortune and the clan rights. I just wanted to figure out who did it. What you did was tantamount to giving a clan complete control of the village. Like the Hyuuga being able to put caged bird seals upon you all. We knew we were fighting an uphill battle mostly because of my brother, but this is ridiculous. I'm just asking for the return of what is ours, I understand that the money is excessive, but the scrolls are not negotiable. If I have to rip them from the Uchiha compound I will. I also want compensation for what wasn't kept in sacred trust. I'm sure that my aunt when she recovers will be a little angry at what you've done."

Hiashi then asked, "You've commented on your uncle, but have yet to name him."

Arashi chuckled and replied, "Now that would be telling and would make this village look so bad for what they have done that the damage would be irreparable."

Inoichi then asked, "So you come here and demand that we prepare for an influx of your clan along with the demands that we return things that were taken over ten years ago?"

Arashi smiled widely and replied, "That's about it."

The room again erupted in shouts of anger, while Arashi sat down with a smirk on his face. He knew because of his conversation with Hiruzen that the scrolls had been instrumental in Konoha surviving the Third Shinobi war. He was less worried about the lost knowledge than showing the council that there would be some justice for how he was and his younger self had been treated. Poor training, information held from him that would have helped him be better able to cope with life and his favorite a prank that would shake the very fabric of Konoha itself. He knew when the knowledge of who his father was, it would cause ripples in the village. He had already had a clone talk to the Daimyo and they had agreed that what had been done could not be fixed, but returning clan property, things like scrolls and weapons were imperative. He had found that his grandfather's sword was now a display item in a shop that wouldn't sell the younger Naruto shinobi tools. The owner was of course a council member. He knew this much airing of dirty laundry and village secrets would cause trouble, but he had the permission from the Daimyo and grudgingly the Hokage.

Hiruzen sighed at the trouble that 'Arashi' had started. This was almost worse that the troubles that young Naruto would cause for him. He understood that the boy was trying to get some justice, but also was hoping that he would have been a little more delicate. He did thank Naru for being a little more diplomatic, if only a little, but better to have the girl tempering Arashi than allowing him to get angry and show all his cards. Hiruzen knew that he stood no chance against Arashi unless he wanted to use a sealing technique and that would only seal his death quicker since Naru would have killed him in the attempt. He knew for a fact that his student Tsunade wouldn't help him after what he knew the boy had told her. He had it run twice and it was final that he was caught hiding the fact that Minato was Tsunade's illegitimate son with Jiraiya, making Naruto their grandson. This coupled with the other family tie, the Uzumaki clan, he was trapped in a master stroke of genius by the boy. He knew that his family was going to suffer for taking funds from the Uzumaki clan along with the other clans, except for the Nara, which refused the funds at every turn. He mused now that the Senju clan which only had five members including Tsunade, if you didn't count Minato's children, was a dying clan. Now the big problem was finding the Uzumaki clan scrolls in the Uchiha compound and not getting Sasuke all riled up. This would cause him more headaches. He watched as Arashi sat smugly smiling at the arguing council members and hoped that this meeting would be over soon.

Sitting in the noisy council chamber room Arashi began to laugh heartily at the arguing between the members of the council. This stopped the arguing in its tracks. Hiashi, who had gotten fed up with the pointless bickering decided to ask, "What do you find so funny Uzumaki-san?"

Arashi looked at the Hyuuga head and replied, "The mighty village, Konoha, has been brought to its knees by a single clan with whom they owe so much, but refuse to admit to their debt. I'm not seeking revenge for your transgressions, but I am asking for you to own up to your failings. Don't get me wrong, I do want the Uzumaki scrolls and heirlooms returned. We can negotiate an arrangement for at least some of the money taken from our family and former village. I don't want to bring this village to its knees, but others might have done just that. I want you to treat my clan members better than they have before. I don't care if you loath us, but you will stop mistreating Naruto-chan! I will work on his training, no matter what some of you think. He is going through a lot and you shun him while he protects you from a force of nature brought to life by the Sage of the Six Paths, the progenitor of the Uchiha and the Senju clans."

He then glared at each member of the council in turn before he continued, "All of you think that treating a jinchuuriki badly is a good idea? Think of the destruction that would happen if you in your infinite wisdom had driven Naruto-chan insane and he couldn't live with the pain anymore and thus let the Kyuubi out. You would have destruction on a grand scale and then you would have to figure out how to seal it again or lose the village, since you couldn't drive it away. You have some real soul searching to do after what you've done to the boy who the Yondaime declared as your hero. You show no reverence to your fallen Hokage. Heck you even trod over a fallen ally, while you show your lack of memory for their sacrifice. I was taught by Jiraiya-sensei and the toads. Understand that the Uzumaki are here and can do with or without the help of the village," Arashi explained.

Color had drained from many of the members of the council while Arashi shamed the village council. A civilian looked at Arashi and said, "I will not submit to the demon and his kin demanding anything from this village."

Arashi chuckled lightly at the man and said, "This from the man who adorns his shop with my grandfather's sword above his storefront. Return the sword or I will take it. It is sealed and only an Uzumaki can unsheathe it. You took from my clan and have not returned it, even knowing who the proper owner is, now I'm asking you to do the right thing."

The man glared for a minute before he began to shrink back into his chair. Shikaku Nara looked at the man and said, "I would return the sword if I were you. It would be too troublesome not too. Heck he could steal it from you and you couldn't say anything. Be happy he isn't asking for you to pay him for using it."

The man looked surprised at the Nara head, but also felt the killing intent focused on him by the Uzumaki, the Senju and a couple of the clan heads. He just nodded as sweat rolled off his face.

Sarutobi sighed and said, "That is enough. We as a village will return the items that the Uzumaki owned before the clan was thought to be dead. I'm sorry Arashi that you've had to deal with this, but it is politics. We can't return all of the money that was taken from the refugees from Uzushiogakure, but we will work something out. Any who oppose this will be dealt with severely."

Arashi nodded and helped Naru to standing. This meeting had taken most of the day and the annoyed Uzumaki couple wanted to get their scrolls and see his mother. As they left Hiruzen came up to them and said, "I will take you to the Uchiha compound so that we can reclaim your scrolls."

XxxxXXXxxxx

Naruto was standing at the gates of the Academy with his hands behind his head watching a girl with dark blue hair debating something with herself. He thought, 'She is kind of weird…'

Hinata was debating whether to talk to Naruto or not, since he was just standing at the gate of the academy and she still wanted to talk to him. After about a dozen minutes she found the resolve to talk to the blonde. She walked up to him and said to him in heavy stutters, "Naruto-kun, I would like to thank you."

Naruto eyed the girl wearily and asked, "What for?"

Hinata began to turn red and her vision began to blacken at the edges. She swallowed hard and replied, again in stutters, "For protecting me when I was younger." She couldn't take the feeling anymore and ran from the area, right into her handler, Kurenai Yuhi. She looked worriedly up at the chuunin and said, "I did it. I just hope that he doesn't hate me."

Kurenai knelt down and asked, "What did you do Hinata?"

Hinata wiped tears from her face and replied, "I thanked Naruto-kun."

Kurenai smiled warmly at the girl and said, "You'll have to tell me the whole story on the way home."

Hinata smiled and nodded as the pair headed away from the academy.

Naruto was standing there with his mouth open when Fu, Arashi and the Hokage approached. Naru got a grin on her face and said, "I would close your mouth, Naruto-chan. I'm sure that Aburame-san would appreciate that you don't swallow any of his insects."

Shino blushed at the woman having noticed him, but showed no other sign of his being pointed out. Naruto looked at Naru and said, "Hey Naru-neesan! You're back!" He ran up and embraced the young girl. Naru for her part smiled and accepted the hug.

Naru then asked, "Who was the girl and what did you do to chase her off?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head and replied, "I have no clue really. She thanked me, but I don't know what for."

Arashi chuckled and said, "Hinata Hyuuga, heir to the Hyuuga clan. Have you rescued many girls in your life, Naruto-chan?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head and replied, "Yeah, I rescued Sakura-chan…"

Naruto was immediately on the ground and his face on the ground. "You have done no such thing!" Sakura Haruno yelled, while holding a fist where Naruto's head used to be.

Arashi sighed and said, "Haruno-san… I would run if I were you."

Sakura looked around in confusion and asked, "What? Why?"

Arashi replied, "Because you just hit my little brother and I don't think that his sister is happy at how you treated him."

Sakura slowly turned her head to see an angry mint haired young woman. She smiled meekly and said, "Sorry."

Naru replied with a sadist smile and said, "Not good enough." She then grabbed the girl by the front of her shirt and said, "You have struck my little brother without provocation. I should turn you into the ANBU for assault or I could just make you disappear. Which would you like?"

Naruto groggily said, "Leave Sakura-chan alone."

Naru growled and asked, "Why? She treats you worse than the other villagers! I will not have my brother treated as such. I don't care if you like her or not. She is to treat you right or I will make it so that this girl doesn't mistreat an Uzumaki again."

Arashi sighed and said, "Naru-chan. We can't have you doing to her what she is doing to Naruto-chan."

Naru looked worriedly at Arashi and said, "But she is abusing him."

Arashi sighed, leaned into her ear and said, "I wish I had you around when I was younger. I might have seen Hinata sooner." He then leaned back and said, "Sakura-san, I would stop your treatment of my brother. If you don't like him then tell him nicely. I'm sure that we can try to steer him to a more appropriate girl for him."

Sakura glared at the young man and said, "Just make sure he leaves me and my Sasuke-kun alone!"

Arashi sighed and replied, "That will not be possible, since you're all in the same class. I will talk to Naruto-chan about unwanted pursuit of others, but I would also heed this advice yourself. Think about this. Does the Uchiha boy really want to have girls chasing him right now? Or does he want to work through his personal issues?"

"What do you know of Sasuke-kun's problem?" Sakura asked angrily.

Arashi smirked under his mask and replied, "More than you know. I know his older brother and what actually happened. I would give him some space and try to become stronger. If you want his attention then get it by being stronger and different from the other girls. I'm not saying that you shouldn't show some interest, but don't go overboard. Swooning and declaring your love can get annoying."

Sakura growled, but quickly stopped when Naru again lifted her and said, "You would disrespect my husband?"

Sakura swallowed roughly, but then said, "Any relative of that baka deserves disrespect."

Arashi was now angry at his former crush and pulled down his mask, revealing his whiskered face. He then said in a threatening tone, "Sakura, what Naruto sees in you is now beyond me. You are shallow and external beauty will fade with time. I just hope you're not related, since you would fall under my direction and that would not be a fun experience. I see why he sees you as cute, but you just wore on my last nerve and I hope he sees you for you, a shallow girl only worried about herself and her shallow ego. You would say that Naruto-chan is bad because he doesn't have parents." She nodded at his for this statement. He then continued, "His family was taken from him and he doesn't know why. Something I will remedy soon, but also understand that his mother was hidden from him for his life so far and he needed to learn how to grow up himself and this village never gave him any good examples of what to do or how to act. You helped in this. He thinks that your beating him is a sign of affection."

Naru growled and said, "It is a psychological disorder that a victim becomes in love with their tormentor. He would never accept a person who beat him like you did. All he said was that he saved you from bullies and you hit him."

"Naru-neesan, aniki, please don't hurt Sakura-chan," Naruto said in a pleading tone.

Naru sighed and looked at Naruto with a warm smile. She then asked, "Have I hurt her yet?" Naruto shook his head and Naru then asked, "Did she hurt you?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head and replied, "Not really, I'm used to it."

Naru growled and looked at Sakura, while she said, "You shouldn't be. Occasional bops on the head are okay, but from what my clone saw, I will have this girl brought up on charges of assault." She turned to Sakura and asked, "Would you hit the Uchiha boy if he did the same things that Naruto-chan did?"

Sakura looked at Naru as if she had grown a second head and replied, "Sasuke-kun would never do anything that the baka would."

Naru dropped the girl and said, "Hokage-sama, I want to have assault on fellow student added to her permanent record, or I could just make her a stain on the pavement, your choice."

Hiruzen sighed and said, "Sakura Haruno, for assaulting Naruto Uzumaki, your record will be amended for abuse of others. Now go home, we have things to do."

The girl got up, dusted herself off and left quickly.

Naruto frowned and said, "You didn't have to do that neesan."

Naru knelt down, pulled Naruto into a hug and said, "Yes I did. You haven't a clue about women, so I have to look out for my little gitei." Naruto blushed at the affection.

Sarutobi sighed and said, "Shall we go. We have to pick up Sasuke-kun also."

Arashi looked down at Naruto and said, "Well it will have to wait till later. We have to go search the Uchiha compound for clan scrolls and then go see mom. Tsunade-baa-chan should have done some work on her by now."

Naruto looked at Arashi in confusion, but then shrugged his shoulders and followed his brother to a waiting Naru, Sasuke and Hokage. "We're ready," Arashi explained.

The group headed to the Uchiha compound where Sasuke angrily asked, "What are we doing here?"

Arashi then replied, "We are here to get something that was given to your clan without permission. Basically it was stolen from my clan and given to yours. Naruto-chan should have been given the scrolls, but instead some of the elders decided that since our mother wasn't around they could take advantage of us and not hold them or just give them to the Uchiha."

Sasuke scoffed at the notion that his clan would steal anything and said, "Like we would want or need anything from a loser clan like yours."

"Self-righteous bastard! You will take that back now!" Naru exclaimed to the surprise of everyone present. She then continued, "You thieving Uchiha! You take what isn't yours, but scoff at the idea that you should return what isn't yours. Stolen property is stolen property!"

Sasuke shrugged and said, "Like I care. It was given to us…"

Arashi cut him off, "Just shut it teme. I'm here to retrieve the Uzumaki clan legacy and help dig this village out of a hole they dug themselves into. We can do this the easy way, where I just find and retrieve the scrolls while you just answer my questions, or we can just take acquisition of you as a slave and claim the whole of the Uchiha compound as property of the Uzumaki. Understand that we would also destroy your clan's reputation, since you would no longer be able to give assistance to your vassal clans. The Hokage has been nice enough to take care of that for you, since your clan met its unfortunate or fortunate, according to some people, fate." He then turned to Sasuke, who was now beginning to sweat. "You understand that I'm being nice and you WILL treat my brother with more respect."

"Why? He's just a loser. I can beat him in just about everything," Sasuke replied.

Arashi laughed and said, "You pale in comparison in chakra capacity. Also understand that he had to do all of his learning basically by himself. You have a family to teach you things for the first eight years of your life. Also I know more about you then you want to know. Your quest for power will only end in bloodshed and pain for you and those who care about you. So get off your high horse and start thinking about someone other than yourself. Understand that my clan will be keeping an eye on you and if you stray into the darkness… we will bring you back, either alive or dead. Only you can determine which it will be, since I'm convinced that you will take the path of the avenger."

He then moved next to Sasuke and whispered, "Naruto has taken the path of the virtuous pariah. He is nobler than you could imagine."

Sasuke looked confused by the statement, but then said, "Search until your heart's content."

Arashi smirked under his mask and made a hand seal. Hundreds of clones appeared and took off into the Uchiha compound. Sarutobi looked at him in confusion, but then remembered who he actually was. Naruto looked on in awe and said, "Wow! Can you teach me that too?"

Arashi nodded, but then replied, "Yes I can, but you will have to do better in your studies. Do you want to be on his team?" He pointed at Sasuke and then continued, "He more than likely will be Rookie of the year when you graduate, but it isn't the brightest star that will keep you warm."

Naruto looked at a blushing Naru and then back at Arashi. He then said, "Ew…"

Arashi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Would you say that about your abusive friend Sakura?"

Naruto was confused as to how to answer the question and kept making broken advances to protect himself and Sakura from the insult. Arashi smirked as several clones appeared a few minutes later with scrolls with the Uzumaki swirl on them. They also appeared with several nearly destroyed scrolls. After about an hour Arashi had concluded that most if not all of the Uzumaki property that was in the Uchiha compound was no in front of them. Naruto whistled in awe at the stack of scrolls and equipment. Also there were a few other items that raised an eyebrow for the Hokage. Several of the scrolls bore the marks of other clans inside of Konoha, Yamanaka, Nara, Aburame, Akamichi, Kurama and other clan symbols on the scrolls.

Arashi glared at Sasuke who was leaning against the wall in an indifferent look on his face. He then said, "Sasuke Uchiha… The Uchiha clan had in its possession scrolls from other clans which I'm sure that weren't given to them. If this were found out your clan would be the laughing stock of the village. Also know that I'm going to return the scrolls to their rightful owners. I'm sure that the Kurama clan will want to disassociate with your clan. Also Hokage, I have an idea on how to help the heir of that clan, if you're willing to listen."

Sarutobi glared at Sasuke and replied, "Yes Arashi I would be most interested." He then thought, 'It looks like the elders were right in taking down the Uchiha when they did. If they could have used even a portion of the Uzumaki scrolls and had an understanding of the other clan scroll we would have had a real problem with an actual rebellion.'

Sasuke glared at Arashi and said, "What do I care? I'm the only Uchiha left in the village."

Arashi gathered the scrolls and put them into several sealing scrolls. He then said, "You are not so important that you can't be eliminated. I know that the Hokage would have a real problem fighting my clan, especially since we aren't actually opposed to him, just a little annoyed at him. You've had it good for the last couple years, but that will end and you can learn what it is like to have a normal life. I know that loneliness is a terrible thing, but understand that you've not hit the true depths of loneliness."

Sasuke looked confused at Arashi and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Arashi sighed and replied, "Think about this. What if you didn't know your parents, those that you trust will not tell you even who they are and don't give you a reason for why they won't tell you. Now add to that children around you are told by their parents, in front of you I might add, to actively avoid you, sometimes violently. Now you go home without being able to talk to anyone, not by choice like you do. Humans need some feeling of belonging or else they go insane."

Sasuke glared at Arashi and then said, "Like anyone would ever have to endure that kind of treatment."

Naruto looked down and Fu put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. Arashi looked at Sasuke and said, "Again you cut off your nose to spite your face. If you can't see who has dealt with that then you are not as smart as you purport to be. Enough, we have a family reunion to have, Naruto-chan time to go meet your mother."

Naruto seemed to perk up and took Naru's hand. The trio of Uzumaki headed off to the hospital. A chuunin suddenly appeared next to the Hokage and whispered, "We have a problem at the front gates, Hokage-sama."

Sarutobi sighed and knew that this was Arashi's doing.

xxxxXXXXxxxx

Naruto entered the hospital and walked hand in hand with Fu, but every time a nurse attempted to brock their progress a burst of Ki was sent their way from Arashi. They quickly found the room with Tsunade and Shizune standing over a conscious red head. Naruto looked at the woman and back at Arashi. Arashi nodded and Naruto was instantly wrapping his arms around the red head. The woman giggled and said, "Well that is something I have wanted to have for a long time. Well sort of… Hello again Naruto-chan. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, but thanks to your big brother I'm here."

She continued to hug her son and tears came down from the duo, but no words were exchanged. Arashi felt Naru pull herself into his side and hug him with a longing stare. He smiled beneath his mask. He then chuckled and said, "Hey Baa-chan, we're needed at the main gate. Hope you have a lot of rooms at the Senju compound."

Tsunade glared at the boy, but nodded and headed out with Arashi. Naru stayed behind and cautiously approached Kushina.

xxxxXXXXxxxx

Arashi and Tsunade appeared next to a frustrated Hokage. "So what's the holdup?" Arashi asked.

Sarutobi replied, "You didn't tell me that you were bringing all the lost remnants of the Uzumaki clan and several from other villages."

Arashi smirked and said, "Well I know that we have one from Grass, over a dozen from Sound, those will have to spend some time talking to with Ibiki, but be nice, please… I found a couple here and there. I also found one that might be coming later and she is a doozy."

Tsunade chuckled at the sea of red heads and asked, "So let me get this straight. You want me to test if they all are Uzumaki?"

"Oh they're Uzumaki, but I just want to figure out some lineage. I know that Karin is a medical and sensor type. She is from Hidden Grass. Amaru is from a small village that we need to talk about later. Tayuya and her friends are from around, but were being training in the Sound village. Let's just say they escaped and leave it at that for now," Arashi explained. He then cleared his throat and said, "With the permission of the Hokage I would like those of you from the Hidden Sound to accompany my clone for a debriefing." A clone appeared and a group broke off from the rest and followed the clone.

Tayuya smirked and said, "Did you like the view from when you rescued us?"

Arashi chuckled and replied, "You will fill out very well Tayuya-chan."

Tayuya blushed heavily as she followed the clone. Guren smirked and said, "I got you first…"

Arashi then said, "Guren-chan, Naru-chan accomplished that first, sorry. She would also like a few words with you about taking something from a boy when his future wife isn't around."

Guren wore a worried look upon her face and quickly followed the group with the clone.

Sarutobi chuckled and asked, "Marital troubles already?"

Arashi shook his head and replied, "No, she just took advantage of a clone in an intimate way. Naru is perturbed, but not really mad, since it was only a clone. She will also determine what Guren is soon enough."

Sarutobi blushed and said, "Polygamy isn't illegal."

"No, but it can be hard to handle," Arashi replied with a chuckle.

The rest of the assembled people moved towards Arashi, Tsunade and the Hokage. Arashi gently grabbed the hand of Amaru and led her and Shinno to Tsunade. "Amaru-chan, this is Tsunade of the Sannin or as I like to call her Tsunade-Baa-chan. Baa-chan, this is Amaru Uzumaki and her mentor Shinno," Arashi introduced the young girl with stars in her eyes and her master to Tsunade.

Tsunade glared at the blonde, but then said, "Welcome Amaru-chan, an unusual name for a boy."

Arashi chuckled and said, "Amaru-chan is girl. She will become quite pretty when she gets older, I'm sure of it."

Amaru blushed at the compliment. She then said, "It's a great honor to meet the legendary medic, Tsunade Senju."

Arashi looked at a dejected Karin and said, "Karin, since you're also a medical type. Why don't you go along with them to begin your training?" She smiled widely, nodded and joined the group.

Tsunade, Karin, Amaru and Shinno began to walk off talking amongst themselves. Arashi then said quietly to Sarutobi, "Shinno is the leader of the former Sky Country shinobi. We should keep an eye on him, but not too close a one, since his disciple will be staying close to Baa-chan. The ones from Sound will more than likely give you all the information they can about Orochimaru. I would keep that he is the leader of Sound under wraps until we have an effective counter to him."

Sarutobi nodded and replied, "You have brought a large group to Konoha. Many skills will be useful, but can we trust them?"

Arashi smirked under his mask and replied, "They trust me and I won't fail them. I failed before and won't fail this time. My worries are that I will have to fight my cousin from Rain village and the fake Madara Uchiha."

Arashi led the remaining Uzumaki to the Senju compound and with the help of the remaining Senju they got them situated.

xxxxXXXXxxxx

Arashi arrived at the hospital, but sighed when Karin came up to him and grabbed his hand. Not wanting to push the girl away to join the group known as the Sasuke fan club, he endured the girl's affection.

Naru smirked when she saw Karin holding onto her husband's hand. She wondered if she could keep sole custody of her husband or would have to share. She then smirked and thought that the younger Naruto might have similar problems. She knew that Hinata Hyuuga liked Naruto and with things going the way they were it might be more girls knocking down his door. She then asked is a seductive tone, "So Arashi-kun, are we sharing our bed with a ten year old?"

Karin blushed profusely and then glared at the mint haired girl. "Who are you and what are you talking about?" she asked accusatorily.

Arashi smirked and replied, "She is my wife and I don't think that you're ready for being in my bed just yet Karin-chan. Maybe in a few years, but you might have moved on to another boy by then. If you do, please let me meet them first."

Karin nodded and replied, "Anything for you Arashi-kun." Suddenly she felt a similar chakra to Arashi. She looked around the room and saw another blonde, who was holding on to an older red head's hand. They seemed to be talking, but she was drawn to his chakra, but there was also a more malevolent chakra underlying it. This intrigued her. Arashi led her over to Kushina and Naruto.

"Aunty, this is Karin. Karin, this is my aunt, Kushina Uzumaki and my younger brother, Naruto-chan. He also is my near twin, only one year younger," Arashi explained.

Kushina motioned for Karin to move forward, but Amaru came out of the dark corner of the room and said, "Kushina-sama, you need to take it easy. You are still recovering from a ten year long coma."

Kushina smiled warmly when the girl placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder. She then replied, "Very well Amaru-chan. I guess we will have to get together again Frank-chan." She turned to Arashi and said, "Thank you. You have made me happier than you could ever imagine."

Arashi pulled down his mask and smiled. "Anything for you, aunty," he replied happily. He then continued, "Naruto-chan, Karin-chan, you both will be training tonight and attending the academy tomorrow. Amaru-chan, I leave my mother in your capable hands."

Tsunade smirked at the comment, but took no offense to it. She knew that Arashi considered her his mother in a way, so she just kept an eye on the girl while Shizune kept an eye on her master, Shinno. Tsunade noticed the way that Amaru treated Kushina and would give an occasional longing glance towards Arashi. She smirked and thought, 'Watch yourself Naru-chan. He is attracting a lot of attention. He even told me about Guren having her way with a clone. Jeez some women and their thirst for power.'

xxxxXXXxxxx

Orochimaru was fuming. He had lost at least one base and many people that he considered at least somewhat valuable. The worst part was that their genetic samples were ruined and he would have to track down where those people had gone to get another sample. The news of Guren and Tayuya defecting to someone else was also troubling. At least he hadn't lost Kabuto and his skills. The only clue was a message on a wall that stated: 'you lose, you pedophile. I've saved them, even the ones you forced me to kill and this is only the beginning.'

"Kabuto, who do you think could have written this message?" he asked his most trusted associate.

Kabuto shrugged and replied, "I have no clue, but they had to be powerful, since I found no evidence of jutsu used against our people. It was an infiltration and then assassination mission, but what puzzles me is who would know about this base and who would, knowing that, take several people who are of Uzumaki lineage."

"Uzumaki you say. Kushina is dead and I don't know of any others besides the ones we picked up," Orochimaru explained out loud. He then continued, "Well enough thought about this loss. Head to Konoha and check on the progress of our former village."

Kabuto bowed and said, "As you with Orochimaru." He then left the room to prepare for his trip to Konoha.

XxxxXXXxxxx

Arashi's clones worked on sorting the items and scrolls found in the Uchiha district. Arashi, Naruto and Karin gathered the scrolls and began to walk to the various clans with the possessions of said clan. Arashi's first stop was the Yamanaka. The trio entered the flower shop and was greeted by Ino. "Welcome to the Yamanaka flower shop. How can I help you? Oh it's you, Naruto…" Ino said in an annoyed tone.

Arashi sighed and held Naruto by the shoulder. He smiled under his mask and said, "Ino-chan, would you be a dear and get your father for me?"

Ino scowled at the masked blonde in front of her and replied, "Sure…" She walked into the back room.

"She seems mad," Naruto commented nervously.

"She is a nice girl once you get to know her, but don't let your guard fall," Arashi warned.

Naruto looked up at him in confusion and asked, "Huh, why?"

Arashi chuckled and replied, "She is a fan girl, just like Sakura is and will not appreciate you for you until you're older. I advise getting to know, Hinata, Karin Amaru, and possibly Yakumo Kurama. They can help you attempt to understand girls, not that you'll ever be able to… I still can't"

Naruto began to laugh and said, "You're with Naru-neechan and you don't understand her! That's hilarious." Karin giggled, but kept to herself other than holding onto Naruto's arm when he would let her.

Arashi chuckled and said, "Yes, but that type of ignorance is good. Just make sure you can understand when they don't want you around, like Sakura didn't. Learn when they are in a mood and when they are not. It will save you from a lot of unnecessary injury." He then turned to see Ino an Inoichi entering the room. "Inoichi-san, I would like for Ino to witness this," he said authoritatively. Inoichi nodded and put a hand on Ino's shoulder to stop her from leaving. Arashi took a deep breath and then said, "I am Arashi Uzumaki, I am here to present you with things that I found while searching the Uchiha compound under the supervision of the Hokage in the hopes of retrieving my clan's property. I present you with scrolls that I found there with your clan's markings."

Ino looked confused and asked, "Why were you searching Sasuke-kun's compound?"

Arashi was about to speak, but Naruto replied, "The Uchiha were given items and scrolls that were the property of my clan."

Ino looked at Naruto and said, "He mentioned you being from a clan before, but I didn't believe it, but given that he and you look alike I can't argue that you might be part of a clan."

Inoichi went through the scrolls that Arashi handed him and became more enraged with each scroll he saw. He sighed and finally said, "I Inoichi Yamanaka take possession of the returned gifts from you, Arashi. The Yamanaka clan is grateful and offers our support to your clan." He then turned to Ino and said, "You do realize that your infatuation with the Uchiha boy must end now."

Ino wore a worried look and asked, "Why? What is going on and why do I have to?"

Inoichi wore an angry look upon his face and said, "The Uchiha stole these scrolls from our clan and our archives. Some have been missing for years and some for only a few years. I will not have you associating with a boy whose clan has stolen from us."

Ino began to tear up and said, "What? That is a lie!" She turned to Arashi and Naruto and said, "You did this! You ruined my life!"

Naruto looked sorrowfully at Ino, but Arashi said, "Ino, you can check with the Hokage and Sasuke himself, but I wouldn't expect Sasuke to say much, like he ever does to a girl. I will also advise you to treat my brother with the respect due a clan heir. Given the support of your father our clans will become closer, so please don't do anything you might regret. Naruto will also be on his best behavior… well as good as he can that is, since he practically raised himself."

Ino looked at Naruto who lowered his head and nodded. Ino then asked, "You mean that…"

"Yes, he was a clan heir that was raised by the village and poorly I might add," Arashi replied to the unasked question.

Inoichi put his hand out and Arashi took it. Inoichi then said, "Again thank you for returning this to our clan. If you need anything don't be afraid to ask."

Arashi nodded and replied, "You're quite welcome and don't worry about it. It's not like I'll ask for Ino to marry Naruto." Ino and Naruto's eyes went wide and Arashi chuckled. He then said, "Like I said, "I'm not looking to marry them off to each other."

Inoichi smirked and then said in a joking tone, "That isn't a half bad idea…"

Ino screamed and exclaimed, "Don't even joke about that!"

Naruto began to laugh and said, "Now that was a good prank, Mr. Yamanaka."

Inoichi smiled at Naruto and said, "Thank you that is quite a compliment coming from the prank king of Konoha."

Arashi bowed and then said, "Well we have several other clans to return their stuff too, so we'll be off."

Arashi, Naruto and Karin bid the Yamanaka a farewell and headed to the Akamichi next, followed by the Nara, the Hyuuga, several smaller clans and finally the Kurama clan, while Karin headed to the Senju compound when the boys headed to the Kurama clan compound. Arashi was given a switch of loyalty from the Uchiha to the Uzumaki from the Kurama clan and a possible marriage with Yakumo at a later date. He sighed and asked that it might be better if Naruto be put on that marriage arrangement. Arashi and Naruto argued, but Arashi pointed out that Naruto would at least have one girl who would agree to marry him. Naruto relented at that, but didn't understand quite what Arashi meant.

They then went back to the Senju compound. They were met by Tsunade, Karin, Amaru and another girl from Oto named Mito. Arashi raised an eyebrow, but figured that the Mito had gone through questioning and now was ready for entrance to the clan. Tsunade waved for Arashi to come with her, so Arashi looked at the assembled ten year olds and said, "I want all of you to work on chakra control. Please Karin, help Naruto with it, since he really needs help." He then left an annoyed Naruto with a group of girls and grin on his face. He walked with Tsunade and asked, "What's up Baa-chan?"

Tsunade sighed and asked, "You're going to keep calling me that aren't you?"

Arashi chuckled and replied, "You're my grandmother and I have a mother, so yeah."

Tsunade then asked, "What are we going to do, since you said we have several years before the fake Madara moves?"

Arashi sighed and replied, "Well, first I pissed off Orochimaru by taking all the Uzumaki from his base and eliminating the others who opposed me. I also took some of his key players from later on. I really am only playing this by ear and don't really have too much of a plan. Ero-sennin wasn't sure that I should even come to Konoha and hide myself away until I could really be more help, but I couldn't just let my mother die."

Tsunade smiled warmly. She then reached up and pulled down Arashi's mask and kissed him on the cheek. She then said, "My grandson had grown up into a strong man." She then sighed and asked, "So how do you want to do this? You're acting head of the Uzumaki clan, but have no rank. I'm an Uzumaki too, by my grandmother, but also I am the figurehead of the Senju clan. You've really caused a firestorm here in the village, you know that?"

Arashi smiled and chuckled. He then replied, "Yeah, I always did cause some sort of ruckus. I'm guessing that Jiiji will want me to do some task to prove my rank. I also have to hide the fact that I'm the jinchuuriki of the juubi, so I guess it is mostly Sage mode for important battles." He then sighed and said, "About the clan, I'm not sure, since I've never really had much of a family and that was broken from the start. I had Sasuke who I thought of like a brother, but he tried to kill me on several occasions, then there was Sakura who never returned my affection… You and Ero-sennin, who were like silly parents, who… I don't know… and Iruka-sensei who was like a father or brother to me later on, well after that little incident with Taki is when it happened."

Tsunade pulled Arashi into a hug and said, "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you."

Arashi returned the hug and said, "We didn't know and you're here now. As for Sasuke, I'm going to be watching him and Sakura… well we don't have to worry about Naruto chasing after her anymore." He chuckled and said, "I sort of arranged for him to marry Yakumo Kurama when they are older. We can change that later, but it would be good for him to learn to work with the girl. I figure that I can get her back into the academy in a few weeks. Once Naruto and I help her either shackle or destroy Id she will be better."

"You did what?" Tsunade asked as she was surprised at what Arashi had done.

Arashi sighed and replied, "There was a connection when they met, and one when I met her before. I also know she really became infatuated with me, similar to Hinata, but different. I need to figure out what to do, since I know now that I affected a lot of girls during my life. I just have recently realized what it means to be rejected and don't want Naruto to feel it anymore. I know Karin likes both me and Naruto, but it is because she is a sensor type." He chuckled and said, "I watched her closely when she saw Naruto, since my Kurama isn't so vexed my chakra isn't so malicious underneath. She seemed to like the feeling she got while she was around Naruto, so helping them will help us all."

Tsunade nodded and said, "Let me know if you need anything to help."

Arashi nodded and replied, "We need Naruto's chakra control to improve dramatically. I will work on his other skills, since they were neglected. Luckily we weren't abused too much as a kid."

Tsunade chuckled and said, "You turned out okay."

Arashi chuckled and said, "Yeah, I'm perfect, no problems at all." Both chuckled and then headed back to the children, while Arashi pulled up his mask. Arashi clapped his hand and then said, "All of you will be entering the Konoha academy alongside of Naruto. You are Uzumaki and there are two rules. First, never give up and second you are stronger working together than you are working alone and for only yourself."

"Easy for the guy who can use Sage mode," Naruto said in a derogatory tone.

Arashi chuckled and said, "Sit down, we have a family secret that needs to be put out in the open, but it is only for the clan. First, you must never discuss this no matter what with anyone outside of the clan or outside of the compound. Second there is a village secret that can get you in trouble so no sharing no matter how much you feel you need to say this information to others to show them up, Naruto." Arashi glared at the younger blonde, only for him to shrink under the gaze and then nod. Arashi sighed, as Tsunade watched and she sat with the group. He then began, "The first secret is that there are several jinchuuriki in the Uzumaki clan. Now before you panic, understand what a jinchuuriki is. They are described as the cost of human sacrifice. They all have a demon sealed within them. This doesn't mean that they are what they hold. Now we will talk about my wife, Naru, she holds the hikari kyuubi or the light nine tailed fox. You've met her, so you can see that she isn't the fox. We then have Amaru, who holds Riebi or the Zero tailed leach. She didn't know this, so go easy on her. Next we have Naruto who holds Kyuubi or the Nine tailed fox." He then looked at Amaru and Naruto and said, "Now you understand why you've been persecuted. That will not happen here in this clan."

Mito raised her hand and asked, "Why won't it happen here?"

Arashi smirked and replied, "First, I won't tolerate it. There is also some information you need to know. The Kyuubi has had three Uzumaki vessels, the first was Mito Senju-Uzumaki, and the second jinchuuriki was Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto's mother, and finally Naruto. The cause of the sealing of the Kyuubi can be traced to an Uchiha, along with the severe injury that my aunt is now dealing with." Arashi sighed and took off his shirt, this caused both Amaru and Karin to blush. He then channeled chakra and the seal on his stomach appeared. "I am also the keeper of the shinju, or as you know him, the juubi. I am really Frank Uzumaki from plant earth. I can and will help Naru, Naruto and Amaru deal with and eventually work with their sealed beast. That is the reason I will not tolerate any of them being persecuted. Also refer to me as Arashi, since I've become used to the name and don't want to confuse Naruto. Now let's get to training. Also Amaru, we need to talk."

Amaru looked down and replied, "Yes, Arashi-sama."

Arashi sighed and said, "You're not in trouble. It is more information for you. Now let's get to training."

The next hour was put into intensive training led by both Tsunade and Arashi. Arashi and Tsunade took Amaru aside and Arashi explained, "Amaru, what I'm going to tell you is hard to believe, but it is the truth." He took a deep breath and then started, "Shinno is the head of the Sky country shinobi. He sealed Reibi in you. He both cares about you and also doesn't… it's confusing, but know that Tsunade and I are here for you. Don't confront Shinno about this or it could be bad." He then lifted her chin and asked, "Remember when I said that you would become a beautiful young woman?"

Amaru with tears rolling down her cheeks nodded and replied, "Yes."

Arashi pulled down his mask and said, "I told you that I'm from the future, so I know what you'll look like and you become beautiful."

Amaru lurched forward and embraced Arashi. She then said in a pleading voice, "Don't ever leave me."

Arashi began to rub her head and replied, "I would never do that to someone that I love."

Amaru pulled back and looked into his eyes. She then asked, "You mean that?"

Arashi smiled and said, "I loved the woman that you became. You are still young and need to mature, but right now I love you like a sister." He then sighed and said, "Speaking of sisters… here they come grandma…"

Tsunade glared at Arashi, but braced for the trio of Uzumaki girls, as they came running towards the area that Arashi, Amaru and Tsunade were at. Yuki led the trio of red heads. Yuki slammed into Arashi, followed by Sasami. He captured both and asked, "So how are my sisters doing?"

Ami blushed and replied, "We saw mommy… I mean our other mommy. She was nice."

Arashi chuckled and replied, "Good, I'm glad to hear that. Now I would like you three to meet, Amaru Uzumaki, she will be in Naruto-Chan's class."

Ami bowed and said, "I am pleased to meet you Amaru-chan."

Sasami got down and jumped up onto Amaru's lap. She then said, "I'm Sasami and I'm two."

Amaru smiled and said, "I'm glad to meet you Sasami-chan." Sasami nodded emphatically.

Yuki moved behind Arashi and wore a worried look on her face. Arashi then said, "Yuki-chan, please don't be impolite. Say hello to Amaru-chan. She is sort of like a cousin." This caused Yuki to come out from behind Arashi, but still stayed close to him.

She then said, "Sorry… hi…"

Amaru nodded and said, "It is good to meet you Yuki-chan. I'm glad to meet all three of Kushina-sama's children and Arashi-kun's sisters."

Tsunade then asked, "What no greeting for me?"

All there forgot about Amaru and encircled Tsunade exclaiming, "We didn't forget about you, Tsunade-obaasan!"

Tsunade glared at Arashi who just shrugged and Amaru began to giggle.

XxxxXXXxxxx

Frank opened his eyes.

He was standing in a plain. He looked around. No matter where he looked, there was only the grass plain.

Frank looked at the sky.

He saw the moon. No, it was not the moon.

It was a ball with four concentric circles and nine tomoe. The three tomoe closest to the middle glowed red.

"...where am I?"

Uzumaki Frank walked.

He did not know how long had it been.

He just picked a direction and walked.

Walked, and walked.

Frank glared at the giant shining ball in the sky. He began to wonder whether the operation failed and he had gone crazy because of it.

After what felt like a few hours of walking, he lost his composure.

"WHERE THE HELL AM I?!" he tried to gather his chakra but failed. It was as if his chakra was gathered but they were not there.

"What is wrong with my chakra?" he wondered and tried to gather his chakra again.

He saw a wisp of blue chakra in a distance. He immediately ran towards it. As he drew closer, the blue chakra became clearer.

He found himself on a cliff. He noted that the blue chakra was floating at the edge. Sounds of waves crashing at the cliff filled the area.

"Welcome, Uzumaki Frank."

Frank blinked. "Did the chakra just spoke?" he asked himself. The chakra has no mouth and the voice sounded similar to his. He had no proof that it was the chakra who spoke but his instinct told him that it was the chakra, and he believed it.

"Chakra? ...it seems that you are still unable to gaze upon my true form," the chakra 'spoke' again.

"Who are you?" Naruto instantly became cautious. He was unable to use chakra and a strange being appeared in front of him. If it was a hostile, he doubted he would win the battle.

"...I art Thou. No, I suppose, Thou art I would be more appropriate."

"What?" Frank tilted his head.

"This form is unsuited for Us to communicate," the chakra transformed into a Naruto version of himself. The same clothes, the same black hair. The other Naruto opened his eyes, revealing a ripple-like patterned light purple eyes. In the instant Frank saw the eyes, Frank was captivated.

"Hm? Do you like the Eyes? It is ours," the other Naruto told him. Then he chuckled, "no, it should be ours. It was ours."

"...you are confusing," Naruto bluntly told 'him'.

"Am I? I suppose I consider it as a compliment then," 'he' saw Frank's expression and chuckled, "ask me your questions, perhaps I may answer."

"Why do you look like a fusion of Naruto and me?" Frank asked.

"I would answer your question, but before I do, would you care to try answering?"

"Are you my chakra?" that was Frank's guess. 'He' first appeared as a chakra, it would be logical to assume that 'he' is his chakra given form.

"I suppose that was close. However, I am afraid that is not the answer."

Frank tried to think again, "...those eyes are dōjutsu right? Then are you some kind of sentient dōjutsu?"

"Again, it was close. However, it was still not the correct answer," the being gave another chuckle.

"Alright, what are you then?" Frank asked.

"You may call Me, Tendō," the other Naruto, Tendō gave a bow.

"...Tendō..." Frank remembered the voice, "Are you the voice in my head?"

"...I am quite offended. I would prefer not to be identified simply as the voice in your head."

"My apologies, but am I correct?" Frank asked him. If his guess was correct, then he could ask the man many things. Especially about how he had information Naruto did not know.

"Correct, I am the one who spoke to you."

Now this was a welcome surprise. He was not expecting the positive answer. Then again, it might be that all of this was a genjutsu or his hallucination because of the failed operation.

"I am neither an illusion, nor a hallucination," Tendō informed him, frowning as if he had been insulted. Then his frown transformed into a smile, "what is your next question?"

"...Gedō... what is it?" Frank asked. His mind flashed back to the image he saw of his mother being bound by his chains. The last thing he remembered was the word, Gedō.

"First, I should return your memories of that battle," Tendō waved his hand at the 'moon' and it began to glow. "Watch the water," he told Frank.

Frank moved closer to the edge of the cliff and watched as the area of water that was bathed by the light of the 'moon' showed a familiar sight.

When his eyes met with Darknarok, his mind went blank.

He changed. He was not Uzumaki Frank anymore.

He was Gedō. The Outer Realm.

"...evil one, corrosive substances. Able to hurt others..." he then turned to Darknarok. "... Darknarok, various powders. Dangerous effects..." he muttered.

"What is it, Naruto-kun?" he heard a woman voice asked him. He ignored it. He must neutralize the berserking beasts first.

He saw Darknarok flapping his demon wings. He recognized it.

"Darknarok, Rinpungakure. Prevent," he must stop the attack. Darknarok's blinding powder was a threat. He sent his chains to held Chōmei's wings.

He heard heartless trying to help Darknarok and moved his chains to prevent it.

"Darknarok, Kuzaraseru. Substitute target," the chains he used to divert the attack was hit and they melted.

Then he realized that his body was not in an optimal state. The damage would prove to be a trouble. He wordlessly unleashed the Second Limiter and felt his body healing instantly. With that done, he moved to end the battle.

"...Gedō: Kusari..." Darknarok and the heartless roared in pain. He tighten the chains and saw them revert and dissapear.

Target neutralized.

However, there were two more presence. If left alone, they might hurt him. He must neutralize them.

"...Gedō: Kusari..." he sent the chains at the white-haired man and the red-haired woman.

The man and woman avoided his chains easily. He increased the speed of his chains and attacked them again. The man created a swirling sphere of chakra and destroyed one of his chain. Impressive. The woman summoned her own chains. He noted that the chains were similar to his. Was she a relative?

However, in face of Gedō, no mortal weapon could survive. His chains crashed onto the woman's and her chains broke. His chains caught the woman.

He stood before her as she screamed in pain. He flinched, her voice sounded familiar. His musing was cut short when he was struck by the man. That swirling sphere was quite powerful. It matters not. Gedō only had one mission.

To eliminate any who stood against the Paths of Samsara.

Gedō noticed that the man had different eyes. Does this man possess a blessed eyes? No. It was clear that he did not. The man was nothing more than a mere mortal.

When he sensed another chakra exploding, he realized that he had released the woman.

The woman was surrounded by a familiar chakra. Kurama, one of His. The woman's eyes met his. He noted that it was Kurama's.

It seemed that the vessel of Kurama was a hostile. With that confirmed, he unleashed his chains once more.

However, he noticed that his chains could not reach the man. The man was blessed by nature. Such a surprise. It would not do for him to fight against a Blessed of Nature. He decided to stop his chains and allowed the man to knock him out.

Gedō relinquished the control of the body.

His mission would wait for the next time.

Frank stared at the now clear water blankly. 'What was that?' whatever controlled his body managed to match his mother and father only by using chakra chains. He also managed to unlock the second gate. But most importantly, he managed to defeat two the dark one easily.

"That was Gedō. The Seventh," Tendō informed him as the 'moon' stopped glowing. His voice as he called Gedō could only be considered mocking. It was as if he considered Gedō beneath him. "Truly, He was foolish. He almost caused an irreparable damage to Our body by unlocking the Second Limiter. No, not unlocking, He forced it to open. He tore it apart." Frank guessed that the Limiter was the gates.

If what Tendō said was true, then the reason why the second gate was opened permanently was because of Gedō. "How could he defeat the bijūs like they were nothing?"

Tendō met his gaze and answered, "Gedō is effective against beings of destructive nature. His power is increased when facing any kind destructive force. On the other hand, he was unable to hurt a Blessed of Nature. To put it simply, he is an anti-Bijū weapon."

"Blessed of Nature?" Frank has never heard that term before. But he seemed to be referring to Jiraiya.

"A sage. Someone who is able to communicate and work together with nature. Our power would not be as effective against them. Gedō is rather unique. As you saw, The Seventh was unable to harm the sage."

Frank nodded, he did saw the chains disappearing just before they struck Jiraiya. He needed to ask his godfather about this 'Blessed of Nature'. Maybe Yen Sid could give him more information. Then he realized what Tendō said. "...the Seventh?" Frank asked, if that was the Seventh, does that mean there are at least more of them?

"Indeed, there are eight of us. I am the First," Tendō smiled proudly as he stated it.

"What are you?" Frank asked again.

"We are the Paths of Samsara. We are the Cycle of Rebirth. We are the Realms of Existence," with each sentence the pressure around Tendō grew.

Frank stared at the being, speechless. After some time, Frank finally found his voice. "Why are you in me?"

"Because you are chosen. The moment you have awoken the Eye of Samsara, the Rinnegan, We exist inside you. You are Our Master."

"Rinnegan..." Frank tested the name. It sounded right. Then he realized one thing. "But I have never activated the eyes..."

"Then I will show you. The moment of my ascension."

Again, the 'moon' glowed and Frank watched the ocean again.

He was walking back home from his training.

He suddenly saw a shadow and decided to follow it. He sneaked around and arrived in a training ground.

"Sochi!" he heard his mother shout and turned. He immediately wished he did not turn. His mother laid bleeding on the training ground. A shinobi near her.

He felt his world break. His mother. His lovely mother was dying. Dying.

Dead..DEADDEADDEAD...

Immediately, his vision went white.

He stared blankly at the man who was carrying a girl.

"The genjutsu worked. He must be in shock now," the man told another shinobi beside him.

"What was the genjutsu about?" his accomplice asked.

"Just about that bitch mother of his dying. With the Death flashes' son with us, they will reward us more. Let's take him."

This man showed him an illusion of 'his mother' dying.

This mortal dared to insult 'His mother'.

DIE

Just as the man was about to reach Him, he and his friend was pushed back by an invisible force. He saw from the corner of His eyes that the girl was dropped.

He felt His eyes transforming.

He knew the feeling. He recognized it.

When His eyes began to create a ripple pattern, He knew.

He was Tendō. The Heaven Realm. The Path of God. He was the First.

He saw a ball of thunder approaching Him and lazily sent it back with a wave of His hand.

"Mortal, you dare raise your hand against me?" He asked. "Your bravery is commendable. However, it is foolish. Trash should know their place."

He raised His hand.

"Ten Sei." (Heaven Conqueror) He made a fist and the mortal exploded. The other mortal shook from fear. Good, at least he recognized his Superior.

"I am not unforgiving. I shall allow you one chance to beg for forgiveness, mortal," He declared to the mortal. The mortal shook even harder, pathetic. Truly he represented the sad state of the mortals.

"P-please f-forgive me!" the mortal knelt. The mortal threw away all pride he had for a chance to live.

He laughed. "Shinra Banshō." (All of Creation) everything around the mortal suddenly crashed onto him. The mortal screamed as he was buried under the ground, mud, and trees. The power of the pull kept increasing and He felt the mortal lifeforce fading.

"Disappear from my sight," the mortal and everything that stuck near him exploded.

He noticed that the mortal girl watching Him.

"Who am I, mortal?" He asked the mortal girl. Her answer would decide whether He would allow her to live or not.

"You are a God," the mortal answered. He laughed.

"Indeed, I am the First Path of Samsara. I am the Realm of God," He told the girl as He floated away.

Frank stared, this time, he could not contain his shock.

"...that was...?" Frank turned towards Tendō.

"That was my punishment for the foolish mortals," Tendō stated it as if it was obvious. Frank stared at the boy who called himself God. Even from the memory, he felt Tendō's power. It was massive, greater than anyone he knew. Even Gedō's power could not match it.

"It seems that you have recognized my superiority," Tendō chuckled. "Worry not, My Master. Right now, I shall assist you. However, the moment I consider you to be unworthy of my power," Tendō's Rinnegan eyes seemed to glow.

"I will end you."

After Tendō's declaration, the waves calmed down, as if it were commanded by the Heaven.

Frank met Tendō's eyes.

"I will control your power one day, however, the moment you hurt my love one, I wil end us both and stop the cycle" Frank promised.

"I expect nothing less from My Master. As a prize, I shall send you the realm of Shuradō. The Second," Tendō waved his hand towards Frank and he was sent flying, away from Tendō's location.

"I hope that you could impress Us, Master. It would be a pity to end a being such as you," Tendō moved his gaze towards the 'moon' and disappeared into chakra. "For now, I should protect our brain from any damage those mortals may cause. Perhaps after this I should speak with Gedō. His recklessness almost cost Us, Our body."

Frank fell to the ground. He groaned and looked around.

He was in a mountain, then he looked below. A volcanic mountain, he amended. He also noted that this time, the moon was normal. The patterns and the tomoe were gone.

"You must be our Uzumaki Frank," a voice spoke to him. Frank turned to the voice and saw another him.

This time, the other him had six arms and each of them held a sword. He had three faces, each with different expression. One calm, one angry, one smiling. Each of them had the Rinnegan. Currently, he was facing the calm one.

"I am Shuradō. The Second. The Realm of Demon," Shuradō observed him. "Prepare yourself," then he suddenly attacked.

"Wait!" Frank shouted as he avoided Shuradō's sword swings. "Why are you attacking me?"

"You are not my Master, unless you prove yourself to me," Shuradō growled, his face changing into the angry one.

"I cannot use chakra. How am I supposed to fight?" Frank protested. Indeed, he doubted he could win against a Path, if what he saw Gedō and Tendō did were any indication of their strength. His chance of winning was shot down, especially without any chakra.

Shuradō threw two of his swords to the ground. "Use those then," after Frank picked the two swords up, two more swords formed in Shuradō's free hands.

Then he attacked again.

Frank cursed. He never trained with swords and facing an opponent who had three times swords as he had, he doubted he could win.

"Did Tendō forget to tell you?" Shuradō asked. "If you lose, the one who killed you will take control of your body."

Frank's eyes widened in surprise. He did not know that. If they were allowed to control his body, he had no doubt that they would cause chaos. He avoided another swing of Shuradō's sword and countered with a stab. Shuradō deflected it.

"If you can defeat me, I will grant you my strength and return you to your body," Shuradō declared, face returning to the calm one. "I doubt you could survive facing the other Paths now. For now, my power is enough for you," Shuradō stopped attacking.

Frank regained his breath. "So, I will face each one of you. And if I win, I will gain your powers?" he asked for confirmation.

"Yes, first you shall face me. After that, you can freely return here to challenge the others," Shuradō explained.

"Can you tell me who they are?" Frank asked.

"The Third, Ningendō, the Human Realm. The Fourth, Chikushōdō, the Animal Realm. The Fifth, Gakidō, the Preta Realm. The Sixth, Jigokudō, the Hell Realm. And the Outer One, Gedō," Shuradō listed. "After you defeated Gedō, you may challenge Tendō, the God Realm. Then you might be ready to face your past life"

"...so he was the strongest after all..." Frank muttered.

"Strongest? No. In terms of strength, I am the strongest," Shuradō boasted.

Frank smirked, "all right, bring it on!" he instantly moved and cut one of Shuradō's right arm. Caught off-guard, Shuradō screamed in pain.

"Curse you!" Shuradō's face became the angry expression and he began attacking wildly. Frank noticed that while his swings became faster, Shuradō's defense was virtually non-existant. He avoided the slashs and cut another arm of his.

Shuradō calmed down and the face transformed back to the calm one. He jumped away from Frank. He threw his swords away and formed a giant bow on one of his left arm. And a giant arrow on his right. He positioned them and pulled the string with both of his right arms. Naruto swore he heard the bow creak.

"...damn, that could be dangerous," Frank commented. He prepared himself to avoid the arrow.

"Die!" Shuradō unleashed the giant arrow towards Frank. Frank had to admit, the speed was impressive, but he could avoid it. When he jumped away, the arrow suddenly exploded and he was blown away by the explosion. He skidded on the ground and seemingly fell to the volcano.

Shuradō moved to check on Frank. When he peered at the volcano, his eyes widen. Frank was using one of his sword to stop his fall. He did this by embedding the sword to the mountain. Frank spun using the embedded sword and flew back to the edge of the mountain. He rolled aboved Shuradō's head and slashed his back. Shuradō turned around and was kicked by Naruto to the volcano.

"This body is mine!" Frank shouted. Shuradō fell and was consumed by the volcano. Frank panted and fell to the ground. He laid there and closed his eyes. When he was about to sleep, the sound of volcano woke him up. He stared in shock as Shuradō jumped out from the volcano.

Shuradō's body was broken. He lost all of his right arms, and all but one of his left arm. His angry and calm faces were burned, leaving him with the smiling one. "That was impressive, my master," Shuradō laughed happily. "I accept you! We shall work together towards our goal! I am Shuradō, the Realm of Demon. The Second Path of Samsara. My power is yours to command!"

Shuradō disappeared into blue chakra that entered Frank's body. Frank smiled, "One down, six more to go."

A white door appeared at the place where Shuradō stood before. Frank examined it. 'Master, that is the way out,' Frank looked around for the source of the voice. 'It's me, Shuradō, I am in you.' Frank nodded.

He looked at the door again and opened it with a confident smile.

"I'm back," he muttered.

Uzumaki Frank opened his eyes.

"Frank-Sochi, are you alright?" Kushina asked him. Her face was filled with worry.

"I'm fine aunty," Frank answered her with a smile. He noted that he was more relaxed now. 'That would be beacuse of me,' Shuradō told him. 'I am the Realm of Demon. I embody your jealousy, struggle, combat or rationalisation of the world. Each of the Realms embody certain parts of life. To put it simply, with each of us you absorbed, your mind will grow.'

Kushina smiled happily and hugged him. "When Tsunade said that you did not wake up, I was so worried..."

"How long did I sleep?" Frank asked his mother.

"You've been asleep for three hours," Kushina informed him.

"Three huh? Feels longer in my mind," Frank muttered.

"I'll inform Tsunade that you are awake," Kushina kissed him on the forehead again and left the room.

'This feels like a Déjà vu...' Frank commented in his mind. Then he turned serious. 'Shuradō, what are your abilities?' he asked.

'In my full strength, I am able to summon mechanised armor, augment our body with extra limbs and various weapons,' Shuradō infromed the boy. 'I can also greatly enhance our strength.'

'Full strength?' Frank wondered. What did Shuradō meant?

'Without Rinnegan, I expect my ability to weaken. I doubt I'm able to create giant weaponeries as easily as I should.'

'I still don't have the Rinnegan?' Frank asked, he thought that defeating one of the Paths would unlock his Rinnegan. It seemed that he was mistaken.

'The key to our power is in the Realm of Heaven. In Tendō's world.'

'...so I have to defeat him first...'

'Most likely. I doubt the arrogant bastard would give it up easily,' Shuradō growled as he 'said' it.

'You don't like Tendō very much, huh?'

'The Paths sometime gathered to talk with one another. He was a prick,' Shuradō insulted their other self. The last time they met, the arrogant bastard used one of his technique to send them all away, simply because he decided to postpone their meeting.

'But, he is strong. Stronger than anyone I know,' Frank 's mind could not forget what he saw before. How Tendō easily crushed two Kumo shinobis like they were nothing. 'Though, I agree with you he is arrogant.'

'And a bastard,' Shuradō added, causing Frank to smile.

Frank narrowed his eyes, 'wait a second, how come you can use chakra while I can't?' Frank asked, referring to their fight in his mind. Shuradō could create weapons in the fight against him but he was unable to use chakra at all.

'You fought me in my realm. In my realm, I control everything and so I can control what can be done and what cannot be done. Before, I forbid you to use chakra.'

Frank looked thoughtful. 'Is there any rule for the Paths?'

'Yes, we have to make it fair for you. We can't simply create a realm where we are invulnerable. For every rule that benefit us, another rule that benefit you will be created. In my fight against you, you cannot use your chakra and I cannot use my enhanced strength and most of my weapons,' Shuradō explained.

Frank nodded. Then he heard a sound of the door being opened and turned his head towards the door. He saw his mother and Tsunade. He nodded as a greeting.

"Looks like the operation was a success," Tsunade observed.

"Yes, is there any side-effect I should know?" Frank asked as he thought about the four possible effects Tsunade told him.

"...you certainly are not stupid. But, you could never open the second gate anymore," Tsunade answered. "We had to seal it to prevent it from opening again."

Frank nodded, certainly the loss of the second gate did not affect his fighting style. But it was quite a loss. Especially after he saw how effective the gate was when Gedō controlled his body.

Frank thought about telling Tsunade or his mother about the Rinnegan. He decided not to. He would prefer not to be considered crazy or anything. After all, hearing voices in your head definitely was not normal.

"For now, you'd better rest. You might be able to be released tomorrow," Tsunade informed him. Frank nodded.

"Okāsama, can we eat at Ichiraku after I'm released?" Frank asked his mother.

Kushina smiled happily. This would be the first time Frank asked her to eat in a place of his choosing. Usually he would just follow her without a word. "Of course, Frank," she patted his head.

Frank allowed himself to weaken under his mother care and he half-listened to Tsunade's explanation about what he must do while in the hospital.

He had to thank Shuradō. If it was the normal him, he would not be so content when his mother patted his head.

'You're welcome.'

Frank smiled.

After they finished eating at the Ichiraku, Naruto decided to follow Frank and his mother again. They finally stopped at the Uzumaki family's training ground.

"Naru, what is the effect of the war?" Frank whispered to Naru. He would know about it. "And, what happened to the jinchūriki from Taki, Suna and Kiri?"

"Well, Konoha managed to defend itself and there aren't many casualties. After the villages were defeated, most of them surrendered without fighting. About the jinchūriki, I don't know."

Kushina's enhanced hearing managed to pick up what Frank asked Naru and she answered him, "the jinchūrikis are fine. But as we are at war, we took this chance to place them in Konoha, for 'protection'. I heard that they will be living with us starting from tomorrow. There are Gaara-kun, Utakata-kun and Fū-chan."

Frank frowned. "It's not that I don't like jinchūriki. I know that you and I were one, aunty. But... will it be safe?" Frank doubted the two of them could handle three jinchūrikis at the same time. 'Though, if I have to, I could ask Tendō to call Gedō.' However, he had no desire to repeat what happened last time Gedō controlled his body.

"Don't worry, their seals were reinforced by Jiraiya. They won't be able to cause any trouble," Kushina assured him.

Frank nodded. Trusting his aunt.

"What are you whispering about over there?" Naruto asked them.

Naruto shook his head, "Nothing you need to concern yourself with." Then he had an idea. "Naruto, let's fight. This time, all out," Frank offered.

Naruto smirked, "I'll show you the power of Naruto -sama!"

They stood a distance away from one another.

'Shuradō, how do I create a weapon?'

'Visualize the weapon and send chakra to your arm. The weapon would appear. The problem is, I don't think you can create anything more than a sword,' Shuradō 'told' him.

'Why?' Naruto frowned. He thought that he would be able to create any weapons he wanted.

'You need to understand how the weapon was built and how it worked. If you just randomly imagined the weapon, you might get an unstable bow and other defective weapons.'

"Begin!" Kakashi shouted.

'Fine, a sword is enough anyway.'

Frank immediately imagined a very long sword and send a large amount of chakra to his right hand. Immediately a long sword was formed in his right hand the sword was long enough to reach the place where Naruto stood and he swung it at the stunned Uchiha.

Frank was slapped away by the back of the sword. Frank released the chakra and the sword disappeared.

"What was that?" Frank asked as he rubbed his cheek that was struck by the sword.

"Oh, I thought that since I am able to create chains using my chakra, I might be able to create other things. The sword was an experiment," he lied as he smiled innocently. He created another same sword and smacked Naruto away again. "It's so easy to toss you around like a rag doll, Naruto..." Frank taunted as the sword disappeared again.

"Now, you've done it! Die Uzumaki!" Naruto shouted as his chakra blazed.

"Bring it on, little brother!" Frank cracked his knuckles and moved into a defensive position.

'Master, I have an idea.'

Frank avoided Naruto's sweep. 'What?' he asked shortly. He could not afford to lose his concentration in this fight. If he lose in front of his mother, he would be ashamed.

'I have a jutsu that the bastard taught the other Paths,' Shuradō explained about the jutsu and it's effect.

Naruto smirked. He jumped away from Sasuke and moved his hand through a series of seals.

Naruto copied them in reflex but realized that Naruto's usual technique would burn too much chakra from him and he stopped. Now he know what Kakashi meant when he muttered about 'Uzumaki and their crazy chakra capacity'.

"Shuradō: Bunshin." (Asura Path: Clone) a clone of Naruto appeared beside him. The spectators were confused. Naruto's trademark clone jutsu was Kage Bunshin but now he used a strange technique to create a clone. Kushina wondered about the connection of this Shuradō with the Gedō chains that Naruto used at the invasion.

'Tendō told me that this technique created a clone under the Path's control. The clone can only use the Path technique. It would last until its chakra ran out or until it was struck by a strong strike. However, with my weaponry, I doubt they could hit me at all.'

Naruto and Shuradō looked at each other and grinned. Time to double team the Uchiha.

Shuradō created two clubs in his hands. 'It seems that without Rinnegan, I am unable to manifest my six arms. Well, two is enough...'

Frank summoned two chains. "Get ready, Naruto. We won't hold back."

"It's unfair for Naruto to be alone. I'll help," Naru joined the battle on Naruto's side.

"Fine, the more the merrier," Naruto summoned two more chains.

Naruto went through several handseals and took a deep breath.

"Futon: Shinkūha!" (Wind Release: Vacuum Blast Technique) Sasuke shot a volley of solitary blade of wind to Frank and his clone. Frank stayed still and Shuradō moved to protect Frank.

A giant shield was formed on his left hand that covered both Shuradō and Frank. The small fireballs bounced ineffectively on it. After the volley was finished, the shield cracked open, revealing ten circular barrel in the shield. Naruto and Naru gasped in surprise.

"Fire!" Shuradō shouted as a barrage of chakra blasts were shot from the 'shield'. Kushina and Naru avoided most of it but one of them struck Naruto and he was blown away.

Naru immediately moved to heal Naruto but she fell as Frank's chains coiled themselves on her legs.

"That's a checkmate," Frank declared. Then, he heard Naru's chuckle and narrowed his eyes. The Naruto that was blown away disappeared into smoke, a kage bunshin.

"Chidori!" Naruto stabbed Shuradō from behind and Shuradō exploded.

'I forgot to tell you, if the clone is destroyed, it will explode,' Shuradō 'spoke' to Naruto. Naruto smiled as he heard Sasuke cursing from behind the smoke. He wordlessly sent his chains towards the Uchiha.

Naruto, seeing the chains moved to avoid it. But Frank enhanced the chakra inside the chains, making it move even faster. The movement of the chain and Naruto were almost like a dance. He jumped over the chains and the chains would curve and chased after him.

'Shuradō,' Naruto called.

'Yes?'

'Do you know how to unlock Kaimon? Properly?' he asked the Path. He would rather not have a repeat of what Gedō did. Hearing an affirmative, a plan hatched in Frank's mind.

Frank brought the chains closer to Naruto and jumped away. The chains stopped and turned just before they struck Naruto. "...Naruto, just give up," Frank told the running boy.

"No way!" Naruto made several handseals and prepared to cast a jutsu.

Naruto decided to use this chance to conduct an experiment.

"Kaimon," the chains moved faster than before and bound Sasuke before he used his jutsu. Naruto felt a sudden rush of strength and asked Shuradō to close the first gate. When the rush of strength disappeared, he relaxed. It seemed that the first gate was still available. Though it was not him who unlocked the gate but Shuradō. After watching the effect of the gate, he resolved himself to learn how to unlock at least the first gate.

Part of him felt disappointed at the fact that he could not unlock the second one anymore. 'Oh well... it was what caused me to meet Tendō and Shuradō.' Naruto decided that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

"Frank!" he heard a shout.

Turning his head to the source of the shouting, he saw his aunt worried expression. Frank prepared himself for a scolding.

This battle showed him how strong he was with the help of Shuradō. He could not wait to see how strong he would be after all the Paths joined him.

Especially Tendō.

That god-complex bastard was strong when he was a kid. He could only imagine his strength now.

After he was scolded by his mother, they returned to their home.

Frank watched the ceiling in his room.

"Shuradō," he called.

'Yes?'

"What is that 'moon' in Tendō's realm?" he had been curious about that. It showed his memory and seemed to serve more purpose in his mind.

'...I do not know. It was always there in his realm,' Shuradō sounded confused. He just attributed the 'moon' as part of Tendō's god-complex.

Frank nodded, accepting the answer. Then he decided to inquire more, "...can you tell me more about the Paths?"

Shuradō was silent and for a moment, Frank thought he would not answer. 'Ningendō represents your passion, desire, doubt, and pride. He is a free and spirited one. He and I get along well.'

"Is that so? He is the Third, is he not?" that meant that Ningendō would be the next Realm he had to face.

'Yes. Chikushōdō is like a beast. He acted according to his instinct. Only Ningendō and Tendō can control him. he represents your ignorance, instinct, survival of the fittest, and servitude to humans.'

"...the Animal Realm, huh?" he wondered what were the abilities Ningendō and Chikushōdō had. Seeing Shuradō's abilities made him excited.

'Gakidō is uncontrollable and insane. He is based on the preta, a humanoid creatures who are always hungry and thirsty. He represents your possessiveness and desire from your previous lives.'

"Previous lives? Reincarnation?" Frank asked out loud. He was familiar with the term reincarnation but he never really cared about it.

'We are the Paths of Samsara, Master. We represents what you will go through in each reincarnation. Jigokudō is calm and always rational. He represents the plane of rebirth where a mortal will be judged according to their karma. Next to Tendō, he is our leader.'

"...karma..." Frank wondered, whether he would be judged guilty or not. "After all, killing is bad..."

Shuradō continued, 'Gedō is similar to Chikushōdō but I know that he is actually more intelligent than that. He never listened to anyone except Tendō. I don't know how did that bastard managed to get the Outer Realm to listen to him.'

"Outer Realm?"

'Yes, Gedō is outside the Circle of Rebirth. He represents anything that is outside the other Paths of Enlightenment. The first time the Paths and I met him, he tried to attack us. Tendō defeated him though.'

"...and Tendō?" he was very curious about the self-proclaimed god. When he met Shuradō, he felt familiar. He knew that Shuradō belonged in him. But when he met Tendō...

"He... I don't know how to describe him. But I can tell you one thing I am certain of...' Shuradō trailed off.

"And that is?" any information about that enigma would be useful. He waited for Shuradō's answer. When he did not, he repeated the question.

Finally, Shuradō told him.

'Tendō is not Uzumaki Frank.'

Arashi sighed as he and several clones began to go over the paperwork that had accumulated for the clan. While the Senju were dealing with some of the expenses, Arashi, Tsunade and Sakaki were trying to work out how both clans would be dealing with things. The Uzumaki was now a lot larger than the Senju. The Senju sported only six members, while the Uzumaki was now over twenty. There was also the petition for the Uzumaki to protect the Kurama clan. Sakaki got a laugh out of the marriage proposal as assurance of the clan's support of the Uzumaki. The change from Uchiha to Uzumaki was a political boon for Arashi and the Uzumaki, but also had some consequences too. Arashi was already talking to Unkai, which Arashi was beginning to dislike immensely.

Over the next couple weeks Arashi was able to, with Naruto's help, deal with Id and bring Yakumo into the academy, much to the annoyance of Unkai. Arashi was pleased that Naruto was able to get the support of Mito, Karin and Amaru in the academy. He did watch carefully when the girls were first exposed to Sasuke, but stopped worrying when Sasuke spurned a friendly advance by Amaru and did so in a very insulting way. Arashi was also please when Ino and the other clan heirs stood up for Naruto when Sasuke insulted him and his clan. While Sasuke held the advantage in most of the realm of physical skills, he seemed be distancing himself from any type of help. Ino had even called him a 'jerk'. This had brought a smirk to Arashi's clone that was watching the antics of the students.

The next month saw the birth of the fourth daughter of the Kushina. Arashi was there for the delivery, much to his annoyance. He really didn't want to see his aunt giving birth, but Tsunade didn't give him a choice. At least he didn't have to see the actual birth, since he only had to hold her hand while Akimi Uzumaki came into the world. There was much joy and celebration in the Uzumaki and Senju household.

Over the month Naruto and the other Uzumaki had improved in their classes, thus earning the ire of several individuals around the village. Arashi had also taken a test of his abilities in front of the council. His only weakness appeared to be genjutsu, but that didn't stop him from embarrassing Kakashi. This earned him a promotion to jounin and allowed him to start doing missions when Kushina finally took over the mantle of leadership of the clan.

Guren had finally been released to the Uzumaki clan's protection. She had promptly asked to become a member of the Uzumaki clan. The women were civil when he was around, but when he was away they would fight and only Tsunade would be able to stop them from fighting. After that Arashi learned to take mission with both of his wives, because it easier than leaving them at home to cause problems around the village. This taking of mission had helped the clan's finances and helped Fu and Guren to learn about getting along. Amaru got angry that Guren had become close Arashi, since she held a special place for him in her heart. She was hard pressed to say that she wasn't in love with him.

After hearing about the betrothal between Naruto and Yakumo, Hinata did her best to befriend Naruto. This worked, since the boy would accept just about anyone who showed interest in him to be his friend. Her romantic advances were clumsy and timid, so Karin attempted to show her how to do it, only to end up kissing the boy, much to her enjoyment. The closeness of the boy and his chakra was intoxicating. Now Naruto had his own following of girls in class, all of which were being trained by Tsunade, Arashi, Naru and Kushina, meaning that they would not lose unless they wanted too to the other girls in class. Yakumo not wanting to be outdone by another girl had cornered Naruto and kissed him aggressively. Naruto was useless the rest of the day and commented on not minding have to marry Yakumo later.

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Frank was walking in training ground 7 to find I floating keyhole, he seal it stopping the darkness from spreading. And went to the next world.