I OWN NOTHING BUT THE PLOT which is © by Hikaru Uchida.

What if after getting caught by Madara, Kyuubi sends Naruto back? But what if he makes everything change, yet it gives Naruto a chance to set everything straight?

I'M BACK! Oh, and There will be an explanation as to why Mitsuko is so well developed in her ninja skills, but that won't be until later on. I know that it was too much for a 4 year old, but you'll get to know why later.

Uh, I had this review from jjj and I felt it was a complete waste of time and space. Naruto's name has nothing to do with Minato in the canon, so I don't get why Mitsuko should. Mitsuko means child of light and Naruto means maelstrom. Minato's name has nothing to do with either, his name means harbor. I'm sorry for taking your time, please continue to read, I just dislike when people review without fully knowing facts. (Plus, this is FanFiction so we can almost do whatever we want with our stories).


HAPPY BIRTHDAY ITACHI-SAMA!

Returning to him

Chapter 8:

Surprises

The small amphibian turned to look at her and blinked, "Naruto? Why the hell are you doing in that henge?" he asked but the girl could only gap at him.

She closed her mouth and then grinned, "You remember! How? Why? And yes, but no; I'm not the 'Naruto' you remember," she said cheerfully.

Now everyone looked confused once more, Minato and Jiraiya looked at each other, "…B-but… you're dead," he realized as his strength left his legs.

"Gamakichi… what's the last thing you remember?" she asked softly.

"You… that bastard stabbed you on the back and then took you away. That copy ninja tried to save you, but the traitor killed him," he said and looked down.

Mitsuko gasped shocked, "What else?" she asked not caring the glances flying from her to the tadpole.

"Dad was fighting; you had summoned me to help save the Hyuuga girl, but she tried to go after you. She was killed along with Tsunade's apprentice and… Gaara," he said lowly.

The blonde fell to her kneels stunned, "N-no," she said as tears ran down her face.

"He took a good portion of the enemy, but after he got to you… That freak with the mask killed him. One of our generals died, and soon followed the most important. The Commander general… after Gaara died, things began to look bad for the shinobi," he said.

The little girl was looking down, her eyes shut and baring her teeth. All of the others now looked stunned; another war? One they were loosing? "But… when you died, you took that masked bastard's key to fulfill his goal," he told her softly.

"That still wasn't enough!" she snarled glaring at him. The killing intent even froze the Sannin and Future Yondaime, "Hinata-chan, Sakura-chan… Gaara died for me! All I could do then was make a deal with Kyuubi! They died only for me to let my life end!" she hissed and shook her head. "That bastard may have lost Kyuubi and my body, but if I don't find a way to stop him before he strikes on this time, their sacrifice would have been in vain," she told him. "I need you to begin your training with Pa and Ma, take Gamatatsu with you," she told him.

"Huh? You want me to take that idiot with me! Are you serious?" he asked.

"Yes… in fact, I'll summon him right now," she said and did the same hand signs as before. The small orange tadpole sighed as smoke appeared.

Everyone looked at the yellow tadpole smaller then Gamakichi, "Huh? Where am I? Oh, Gamakichi-nii-san," the lazy voice of Gamatatsu said and looked around, "Can I have a snack?" he asked raising his back paw, then blinked, "Huh? Why am I small?" he asked and both the blonde and his brother blinked.

"You remember, too?" they asked.

"Nii-san, you're small, too!" he said and got hit on the head with the left leg of his brother.

"Shut up! I asked you a question," he snapped.

The yellow tadpole whined, "Last thing I remember was talking to Dad about the chances of winning the war, General Kitsuchi had just gotten badly hurt," he mumbled.

"WHAT!" they asked loudly.

"Yes~ that masked guy almost killed him," he stated. "Can I have my snack now?" he asked but the blonde was thinking hard.

She looked at the intelligent brother and frowned, "What else happened after I, uh…died?" she asked seriously.

Jiraiya was looking at them confused and had a deep frown, Minato and Kushina were looking at her worried, Kakashi was trying to figure out what was going on while Itachi was now sitting next to her and watching her carefully. The dried trail of tears still bugged him, but he knew this was serious, "That Crow user you wanted to capture had been fighting, but when he saw you, he just stopped. Even when his brother asked what was wrong, he didn't respond. It was like he had frozen once he saw you in the creepy man's arms," he said and sighed. "Then he seemed to snap out of the jutsu he was in and attacked him, but that stupid doctor dispelled his jutsu and he was gone."

The blonde blinked at this, "I-he what?" she asked stunned.

"Snapped out of the manipulation and tried to save you," Gamakichi told her.

Mitsuko smiled softly, "Did he now?" she said glad.

The tadpole blinked at her, "Is that a good thing?" he asked confused.

"It is," she mumble gently and then sobered, "what else?" she asked.

"Let see, oh! Soon after you died; the summoned ones stopped confused, some even joined our sides… it's like the summoner was killed and the bounds that kept them from doing what they wanted, were cut off," he said and then sighed.

"That's about all I know, you were the last Toad summoner after all. We couldn't stay there for too long after you passed away… now what's going on?" he asked narrowing his eyes.

Minato and Jiraiya had gasped at that, "Wait! Mitsuko was the last Toad summoner? What happened to Minato and me?" the white hair ninja asked.

"Both of you died," Gamakichi said uncaring, the blonde hit her forehead.

"Gamakichi, do you think Gamabunta will remember if I summon him?" she asked. "I don't want to repeat myself again," she sighed.

The tadpoles looked at one another, "I don't know, but we better try it," he said and both hopped on her shoulders.

"But can I have something to eat first?" Gamatatsu asked, the girl sighed tiredly.

"Mom, do we have any pocky?" she asked standing up and smiling down at Itachi.

The redhead blinked, "Uh, yeah, I think we have," she said and left to go look for them.

"Dad, can we go to the forest of death? That's the only safe place I can summon Gamabunta without alarming anyone," she said looking up at him.

Minato blinked and considered it, "Alright, but everyone is coming," he said and she nodded.

"That's fine, I'll show you that there," she smirked.

Kushina came in with the box of candy, the yellow tadpole instantly brightened up, "Candy!" he said.

The blonde and his brother sighed, "Why did you summon him again?" he asked but the girl looked at him blankly.

Itachi and Mitsuko had been set in the middle of the four ninja as they went in into the forest. She looked around and was amazed by how it looked the same as the future one. Maybe things won't change that much in the future, just like this forest.

Mitsuko skipped to a stop and nodded, "This is fine," she said but the adults were tense looking around. "Oh, don't worry," she told them and bit her thumb as she step in front of them. She slammed her hand down and a huge puff of smoke appeared, when it disappeared, there in the middle on the clearing stood the great Gamanbuta.

"Huh? Jiraiya? Minato? Why did you summoned me in such place?" he ignoring the little girl.

The questioned men shook their heads stunned, "We… we didn't do it…" Jiraiya said after a while of his glaring.

"Daddy!" Gamatatsu cheered.

"Gamatatsu! Gamakichi! What are you doing here?" he asked and looked at the little girl who was still standing calmly, not a hair out of place or hard breathing.

How the hell is she still standing? The summoners asked themselves.

"Who are you?" he asked lowering his head to look at her better.

"Uzumaki Mitsuko," she said seriously, her blue eyes scanned his eyes to see if he had any idea of who she was, or had been.

"What are you doing with my kids?" he asked and she frowned.

"You don't remember?" she asked and he blinked.

"Remember what?" he asked.

"About Naruto!" Gamakichi said.

"Naruto? Who's Naruto?" he asked and the three kids looked at each other.

"Okay, so only you two remember me…. Why?" she asked.

Minato decided to come closer as well as everyone else. Itachi was frozen as well as Kakashi, they both knew summoning was hard, but for a four year old girl to summon something that big was insane and impossible. "Uh, Gamabunta, this is my daughter… and the one who summoned you…" he said and waited for what the other would say.

"BWA-HA-HA-HA! She summoned me? That's a good one Minato, now why did you summon me?" he asked sighing.

Jiraiya frowned, "Jeez, at least he's not threatening me to kill me this time," they heard the girl whispered.

The man blinked and shrugged that thought, "Minato's right. Here, see for yourself," he said opening the scroll and showing her name.

The toad looked at it with narrowed eyes, "You let a child get a hold of something like this?" he asked glaring at the two. "Are you insane!" he question in a yell.

Mitsuko sighed "Oii, Boss!" she called and looked deeply into his eyes, "I need you to ask, Ma and Pa, to train these two. I'll need them for my Sage mode," she told him with a smile.

Gamabunta and Jiraiya blinked, "A child like you? Jiraiya what the hell have you been telling this girl," he asked but the man shook his head.

"I never motioned it to her," he said. The girl snarled and sat down crossed leg. Both tadpoles hopped off of her and she closed her eyes and started to gather senjutsu chakra. Their eyes widened as her eye lids started to get an orange shade, "No way," Jiraiya whispered while the big boss put his pipe down.

When she opened her eyes, she gazed up at him as she stood, "If you are thinking I will be unable to do something like this, then you are underestimating the former No. 1 candidate for title for Rokudaime Hokage!" she told him throwing her arm to the side. "Before I came here, I was about to be named Hokage… so better watch your words. I've seen too many things in my life, not all of them good. I've seen family fight, friends and brothers kill each other; ninja become One! I will not tolerate something like this; this stubbornness you have. I will become what I want because I have the power to be so!" she stated.

Mitsuko then moved to the right side of the clearing leaving stunned animals and humans, "Dad, you helped me with this so much… Why… why did you create the Rasengan?" she asked not facing him.

"Huh?" he asked dumbly.

"Why did you create the Rasengan?" she asked calmly.

"… I wanted to create something that would protect this village, something to protect this world. The Shape Manipulation; I want it to bring it to its maximum level… but you already knew this, so why are you asking me this?" he asked.

The young girl turned around and smiled at him, it was small and gentle, yet full of respect and appreciation, "Because-" she said raising her hand and chakra formed on her hand, "-this technique-" the chakra started to take the shape of a sphere, "-made me into the first Jinchuuriki to ever be able to use the beast power at it's maximum in human form," she said finishing the Rasengan and held it up.

Jiraiya and Gamabunta gapped; "Did you know, that a Biju has to do the same process to create their greatest power?" she asked lightly, "I bet you didn't. When I was training with my Jinchuuriki-sensei, I showed him this while in human for with Kyuubi's power," she said and raised her hand high up in the air. "I saw the difference between the two, and then he asked me who taught me that; 'Jiraiya-sensei, but the Yondaime, my father, was the one to create it' I told him. He had been so excited; called me lucky even. But I knew, that somehow, you had created this for me," she whispered filling the ball with nature chakra.

All of them gapped at the huge size of the Rasengan, "I mastered the steps in three months on my timeline as Naruto, and mastered in within a week, back then I had been 12. Now, it only took me less then a day," she said and decreased the size; she made it as small as she could. "With Sage Mode, I was able to create it easier. Before, I needed a clone to help me, but now I can do it on my own hand" she said making the sphere the normal size, "And I still have to figure out how I'll make the next step… nothing like the present right?" she asked as the Rasengan dived it self into five small balls and each moved to a finger tip.

They all watched her display in awe, with a blow, the spheres disappeared and she made a clone. The girl nodded to herself and started to make the Rasengan, she made the Shape, while the clone put Nature manipulation into it. An intense screeching buzzed around to their ears, Mitsuko smiled as the clone puffed away and the Rasenshuriken was re-born.

Jiraiya and Minato fell on their knees while everyone else took a step back, Kushina had to help Itachi stay in place, "This, is the complete Rasengan," she said and turned around. She made sure that no one was where she was going to throw it at, and smirked getting ready to set its course, "Rasenshuriken!" she said shoving her hand forward, everyone watched amazed as the dense chakra was thrown.

Their eyes widened as the jutsu expanded and then multiplied its size; wind blew their way almost knocking them over. Kushina had to cover Itachi while kneeling down; Kakashi was crouching down trying to stay put while the tadpoles braced themselves for the technique. The brothers were safely behind one of their father's legs. Minato and Jiraiya covered their faces, but watched the beautiful technique die down.

Mitsuko panted and fell down, "Che," she said as her Sage Mode came to an end, "I guess… I still need… to practice…" she gasped out.

"Mitsuko!" Minato scream running to her side.

"Don't worry, even back then I was only able to do two Rasenshuriken, in Sage Mode. It's surprising that I can even do it once right now," she said and smiled at him. "I hope, this was what you wanted to achieve," she said and closed her eyes.

The blond looked down at her worried; he held her gently and got up, "Na-Mitsuko," Gamakichi said from Jiraiya's side.

"Hmm?" she asked looking at him.

"… If you're already this powerful, we'll work hard to reach your level!" he said determent.

His father looked down at him stunned, "As long as I get my snack, I'll help," Gamatatsu said, but she knew he was ready to help her.

She smiled gently at them, "Thank you," she whispered and looked down at Itachi, "I'll help you, too," she assured him.

The Uchiha blinked, but nodded. Mitsuko sighed, "Home?" she asked making her father laugh.

"Home," he nodded.

She smiled, "I'll see you guys later," she told the tadpoles; they nodded and puffed away.

"Chia- … Mitsuko," Gamabunta nodded before following his kids' home.

She stared at the empty space wide eyed, "D-did he just say what I think he said?" she asked the equally stunned summoners.

"Uh, yeah," Minato told her.

The blonde blinked, who knew she would get his respect in this world much, much faster than in her last? She shook her head and looked back at were she had thrown the jutsu, "It still needs work," she mumbled to herself.

Minato stopped and looked down at her, and then at the destroyed trees, "I think it has enough power," he told her.

The little girl looked at him funny, "Not the same as it did when I mastered it completely," she sighed tiredly.

Jiraiya, Kakashi, Kushina, Itachi and Minato looked stunned at her, "What's that supposed to mean?" her mother asked.

"It's not fast or big enough. The rotation still needs work, and I need to add a bit of more power into it," she told them looking up at the sky.

"So? How did I die?" Jiraiya asked suddenly, the little girl froze in her fathers arms. The blond felt how she went from clam, to tense in a second.

The white hair man seemed to notice too, but he was curious as to how he would die. Mitsuko closed her eyes, "I went looking for my friend's brother while you went on a mission to gather information on the organization that's after the Bijus. I didn't know, you never told me anything. When I got back… Gamabunta and Gamakichi were waiting outside the Hokage Tower for me. 'Kichi knew about you, but Gamabunta stopped whatever he was going to tell me," she said softly.

Minato looked down at her worried while Kushina walked over to him with Itachi in her arms, "Baa-chan, Fukasaku-san, and another toad; the one that had held my key to the seal along with my team were there, too. That old toad started telling me about 'The child of prophecy,' and that he's one of the two Great Sages of Mount Myōboku, and that he was your master at Sage techniques…then he just dropped the bomb on me. 'Little Jiraiya died in battle'… hehe" she closed her eyes, but snapped them opened as the memory of everyone watching her carefully appeared.

Itachi looked at her concerned, she was starting to shake, "I-I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it… you… I wanted you to see me become Hokage. I wanted you to always watch me… I wanted you to finally see me shine and not see the un-cool side of me. Me, the one that always needed you to protect me… I just wanted you to see me become great," she whispered as tears broke free.

Minato held her tightly while Jiraiya looked at her stunned, "You were my family, the grandfather I always wished for… later I found out you were my godfather. You have no idea how happy and devastated I was. No one even thought of how I felt, they only looked for me to get that code you had left… nothing more. No one wanted to find me and let that hurt free. I hated it. I hated it so much… that loneliness that fell upon my heart once more," she said weakly.

Jiraiya's hand twitched, "I hid in my apartment for a while. No one bothered me… one night I had gone to buy a double popsicle," she smiled sadly. "We always shared one. Then, Iruka-sensei came to me. He told me how you used to praise me, how you were so proud of me and… thought of me like your grandson," she mumbled. "How you always believed in me, that one day I would be a great Hokage… that you were always watching," she choked out and reached for him. "I loved you so much… I wanted you to stay with me longer. To watch me grow into the great man you and my parents wanted," she cried.

The man reached for her and hugged her close, "I was afraid. I didn't know what I was going to do next. Even if you left to gather information I knew that you were there. I could just reach you with a toad and you would come…. But… b-but you l-left!" she sobbed. "I hated that man, I wanted to kill him myself and avenge your death," she choked out. "I missed you," she whispered softly. "And…I needed you…" she buried her head on the crook of his neck. "Please stay," she begged holding on to his shirt tightly.

The sannin looked at Minato and Kushina shocked, then he closed his eyes resting his chin over her head, "I will," he promised and she cried her heart out.

Minato looked at her sadly and his eyes searched his wife's. She turned to look at him and smiled sadly, "We need to stay, too," she whispered to him.

"We do," he agreed and looked at the boy in her arms.

Itachi's orbs looked at the crying girl; he wanted her to stop. He wanted her to smile and talk in her carefree matter like usual. He didn't like her crying at all, it was not something normal for her, but he knew she needed this. He sighed and looked down; he wished he could start to train more. The boy wanted to be strong to protect her and her heart; he wanted to do as much as he could to stop her tears from ever falling again.

Determined eyes looked at her face; he would do that. Itachi would make sure she never cried again if he could stop it. This was a promise to himself.

Minato narrowed his eyes a bit; he then noticed the sad look on Kakashi's eye. He was looking at her concerned, when the little girl calmed down he spoke, "Mitsuko?" he asked her softly.

Red eyes looked at him, "Hmm?" she asked.

"What… was I a good teacher for you?" he asked, but was afraid to hear the answer.

The blonde looked at him for a while, "No," she told him after a minute of debate with herself.

Kakashi tensed and looked down dejected, Minato felt an urge to kill him but blinked at what she said next, "You were always too carefree. You were always late when ever we met up for a mission. The Teme was the one you taught, not me," she said resting her head on Jiraiya's shoulder. "I always tried for you to look at me, but you never did. You thought I was reckless and an idiot; that I was weak," she told him.

The boy's eye widened by the second, "You knew since day one who I was. The son of your beloved sensei, yet you did nothing for me," she whispered and sighed. "When I fought with him, you stopped us. You knew that the Chidori and Rasengan would be pretty nasty if they coiled together, yet you only looked at your precious prodigy," she told him. "Always, you were always late for everything and the one thing you had to be on time; you were late again," she sighed.

Her blue eyes were blank, "I never hated you and I never will. I was just disappointed. The Teme had left and you took me in…" she said softly. "… Then I left with Jiji. When I came back, we got together once more. You had us do a survival test and we beat you. Our first mission as a team was to save Gaara from that organization, we fail. We found him too late, Gaara was dead," she told him closing her eyes.

Her orbs opened and looked at him strangely, "I asked why, why him? Was he not enough? You tried to calm me down, but it didn't really work. You used the new power of your new eye, but fail somewhat. I lost control back then, I went up to two tails, but Jiji had given you a seal to suppress the power of the Kyuubi. A medic that had gone with us, brought Gaara back and then we went back to Konaha," she told him and frowned.

"Team Kakashi didn't last long with you as leader either," she told him and he frowned. "An ANBU especially chosen to protect and lookout for me was made leader while you recovered. A ANBU Root spy was made part of our team, too," she mused. "Danzo was pissed at this. He had hoped to kill the Teme and find everything about me while on the job, yet he never thought I would bring his spy's emotions back," she told them. "Anyway, when you recovered my special training began and finally you started to teach me something, but you only guided me through the process to make the Rasenshuriken," she sighed.

By now, Kakashi was feeling like crap, while two pissed off parents were looking at him from time to time, "Sure, we spent more time together and all, but you didn't really try and get close to me. Even after he was gone, I was more of Ero-sannin's student than yours… Then, the whole Ero-jiji's death came up; again, you did nothing to really cheer me up. I left to train on Mount Myōboku and when I came back, you were dead," she told him.

The teen gasped while the others looked at her stunned, "I fought against that man and its human puppets. I won against all of them and I went to search for the real body," she stated to them. "I didn't fight him, only talked to him. I opened his eyes and with his last powers, he revived everyone, including you," she declared. "Soon after that, it was the kage meeting and the news about the Teme's head had been requested by one of them, came to us," she told him.

"I went after them with you and the other Capitan by my side. I couldn't do much with that man, but we stayed after to wait. That man, the leader and killer of my parents, came to us and told us about the Teme's family clan and why his brother did what he did," she whispered softly. "We decided to keep it to ourselves, but soon our teammate, the only girl, came to us. She confessed her love for me, but she was lying. She loved the Teme with her life, she lied to me so she could kill him herself and so that I would stop chasing after him," she told them shrugging.

"The Root spy told us this, but I had a panic attack and passed out. When I was up, you were gone," she told him in an accusing matter, making him shrink a bit. "I followed after you; when I found you, you two were trying to fight him," she sighed. "I stopped you and I fought him. I saw what would happen if we had been serious about it… 'When you and I fight, we will both die' I told him," they gasped once more. "I was the only one able to help him then," she murmured looking up at the trees and watched the light wash over them.

The girl looked at him, "No matter how much you loved him, you couldn't reach him. You knew nothing about real loneliness… you didn't know the real meaning of hate like we did," she whispered and her eyes softened. "It's not because you were a bad teacher, it was just that you didn't understand the pain we had completely," she assured him. "I was confident in this: 'If you attack Konaha, I will have to fight you. So save up your hatred and take it out on me. I'm the only one who can take it. It's the only thing I can do… I will shoulder your hatred and die with you'… those were the words I told him," she stated coolly.

All of them gasped, "I was willing to die with him. I knew his pain as he knew mine. We were brothers of pain and loneliness… I was the light while he was the darkness," she sighed. "You were only there to set the pieces down, nothing more. We had reached out of your hands when the Third died," she told him softly. "Either way! You wouldn't have been able to teach me unless you put down your book and take me seriously. I learn with my body, not my mind; that's why I mastered Sage mode so quick," she told him with a smile.

Kakashi looked wide eyed at her, "I considered you a good teacher, just not my teacher. I was too like Obito back then, so I guess that it must have been painful teaching someone who had died for you," she told him. Mitsuko looked at her hand, "The Uzumaki clan is not an ordinary clan… related to the Senju and more powerful then the Uchiha," she said and looked at Itachi with a small smile. "Seems like my rival will be you," and it soon became a grin. "We will grow together. You with your eyes and intelligence, while I with my body and spirit," she stated proudly.

The young boy blinked and smiled at the challenge, "I'll still be stronger than you," he told her and she snorted.

"I don't think so! I have so much better chakra control then back then!" she pointed out and smirked at her parents, "So? When will I start my sealing training?" she asked but suddenly everything went black, 'Damn… emotional rollercoaster…' she thought as darkness conquered her mind.

"Mitsuko!" everyone called out to her, the man carrying her just smiled down at her, he looked up at the worried faces of her parents.

"Don't worry, she just fell asleep," Jiraiya told them with a smile.

"She's going to give me gray hair before my thirties," Minato grumbled and looked at Kakashi, "Don't worry about what she said. You have plenty of time to make it up to her," he told him with a small grin.

Kakashi looked at him wide eyed and then looked at Kushina who nodded, he dropped his head and bowed, "Thank you… I promise to take care of her better," he told them before straightening up and looking at the girl.


And I know there were a lot of questions about Gamakichi and I kind of got this from An Unexpected Beginning by Crystalzap (I recommend this fic, for those that haven't read it), but I twisted it a little bit, and added a bit of a Harry Potter into it. So let's say that they are-kind of, Naturo's (Mitsuko's) Familiar…. I'll explain it more on future chapters. Please Review! And thank you all for reading!