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The Weasel and the Sorceress
Chapter Nine: Secrets of the Uzumaki clans.

"I can't believe that you lost most of our money sensei." Sakura yelled at Tsunade. The older woman just rubbed the back of her head. Next to her Naru who had an uncanny ability to win every game was counting the countless winnings that she had made.

"You sure you didn't cheat brat?" Tsunade asked her granddaughter. Naru looked at Tsunade and stuck her tongue out at them. "Naru You sure you really want to train in Whirlpool?" Jiraiya who had met up with them a few hours ago asked. Naru looked at the old man and couldn't believe that he was her grandfather.

"Yes, supposedly there's a vault with a few things that belong to the Uzumaki clan." Itachi looked at the teen; he had heard this a few nights ago. "Who knows what's in there." Tsunade sighed, she too heard about this so called vault, it was in the main house of the Uzumaki clan, and that wasn't the only thing that she had heard about it though.

"Is it true that it contains the history of the clan as well?" Tsunade asked, as she had heard tales from her grandmother, but she wasn't too sure. Naru looked up at Tsunade and gave her a thoughtful look. "Mama's journal said something about the secrets of the clan being in there that's why only an Uzumaki with Royal blood can open it."

"Troublesome and what makes you think that you can open it?" Shikamaru asked. Naru glared at him but then gave a soft sigh. "Mama thinks that I may hold the key to opening the door; if I can, I wouldn't have enough time to read all of the scrolls in there."

Kitsuna, are you sure I can open the door? Naru asked the snow fox. There was a moment where Naru thought that the Priestess might have been asleep, and then she heard Kitsuna's soft voice. I have no doubt in my mind that you are of the real heir of the Uzumaki clan. Naru didn't really know what that meant though.

"How many scrolls are we talking about?" Itachi asked, speaking up for the first time since they've been on their training trip. Naru jumped a little forgetting that he was even with them. "I don't know, but I'm guessing that there's a lot, Mama even thinks that there are scrolls in there that dates back to the formation of Whirlpool, and the Sage of six paths."

Everyone eyes widened at that. The vast knowledge in that vault must be worth, well a lot more than Tsunade's pendant. And to think one little girl may be the holder of all that. Jiraiya thought. Then something hit him like a ton of bricks. "Wait you said the Sage of Six paths. Did you mean the founder of the Ninja system that we know today?" He asked.

Naru turned to look at him. "Yes, although his real name was lost in history he was very much real." Naru said taking something out of her pocket. "He died a very old man; some say he was around one hundred and thirty years old when he had passed." Naru said reading from her mother's journal. "Although two of his children are known; one though the Senju clan." Tsunade smiled at that, like she knew she was a part of the clan that came though the sage's line. "The other though the Uchiha clan." Itachi blinked at that. His clan was related to the founder of Ninjutsu? He would have to ask his mother about this later. "However it was with very little knowledge that the Sage also had a daughter." Everyone looked at Naru as she read.

"The daughter, like the rest of her family her name was lost in history. She had the strange powers to harness the magical field the surrounds her. She named this field the mana field and it would give her powers that were unseen by anyone, a power that had not been seen for over ten thousand years." Naru closed the book and placed it back in her pocket.

"Mama goes on to writing that in her history classes back at Whirlpool she was taught that the heir of the Sage through the daughters line was alive, the problem was no one knew who it was, so the door to the vault of the Clan was forever closed."

Shikamaru looked at the blond sorceress. "So then why does she think that you are the heir?" He asked. Naru took in a deep breath before she looked at her team mate. "She doesn't, Mama never got the chance to check the vault herself before…" She looked down and away from the others. Tsunade and Jiraiya were the only other people to know about Kushina and the fact that she once held Kurama, the Kyuubi.

"Anyways, while I'm there, I might as well check it out." The young sorceress said. Sakura looked at her teammate with a questioning look in her eyes. "Hey Naru, why does the Iwa girl think you're a fake Uzumaki? I mean surely she can see that you can use spells."

Naru looked at Sakura. "You mean Karin? She thinks I'm a fake because I look nothing like an Uzumaki." The others blinked. Sure her hair kept changing color, something that they really want explained to them, but she mostly looks like her mother, Kushina.

"An Uzumaki clan member will always have red hair and dark blue eyes." Sakura blinked. "Sakura she met me when my hair was blond, and then again during the prelims. She doesn't really believe that I'm an Uzumaki, even though she can talk to me though telepathy." Naru sighed. "She just can't expect the fact."

Jiraiya was listening to the young teen. "To think that there were other Uzumaki's out there." Naru looked at him and sighed. "Mama said in her journal that the survivors of the clan left Whirlpool and went into hiding, she thinks that those were mostly civilians from within the clan." Naru had a frown on her face and once again took out her mothers' journal.

"Let's see she did say something about an Uzumaki, ah yes, his name was Nagato he was a baby by the time Whirlpool was attacked but he is related to me, he's my uncle and was mama's baby brother and although his real mother died in child birth, he was raised by an aunt."

Jiraiya turn around so fast that the others thought that he neck should be broken. "That's impossible!" Jiraiya yelled. Naru looked at him. "Nagato died shortly before the end of the second war." Naru blinked at him. "They were young, foolish and I shouldn't have left them." Jiraiya said as he looked down.

"It doesn't matter, Sensei." Naru said. She walked up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "My family is in Konoha now; I want to get strong so that I can protect those that I love." She looked at Itachi and smiled before she turned back to Jiraiya.

"You trained the fourth Hokage, I would like you to train me as well, and that's why I asked you to come along." Naru then turn to her team. "As well as train Sakura and Shikamaru." Jiraiya smiled at the young teen, and gave her a nod. Naru turned to look at her grandmother. "Sensei, you better tell Jiraiya the truth, or I will."

With that said Naru walked ahead of the group. Jiraiya looked at his teammate and blinked at her. "What do you have to tell me?" Jiraiya said. Tsunade looked at Naru, who was followed by Sakura and Shikamaru. Itachi wasn't that far behind them.

"Brace yourself, I been keeping this a secret for over thirty-five years." Tsunade said as she looked at Jiraiya.

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Konoha
a few days later…

Hiruzen was sitting at his desk, doing paper work that he has longed hoped to have been done with for a while now, somehow though it kept piling up. It's time to decide to pick a fifth Hokage. Hiruzen sighed as he had signed his name.

Just as he was about to read another report his two former teammates walked in followed by a man that had made Hiruzen growl. "Danzo, what the hell do you want." Hiruzen cursed at him. Ever since that day at the Uchiha compound the leader of Root had stayed in the shadows. Until now that is.

"Is it true that the demon left the village?" Koharu Utatane said. Seconds later she backed off as she saw the look in Hiruzen's eyes. "I mean the Uzumaki girl." Hiruzen took out his pipe and lit it, knowing that he will not hear the end of it from Shizune. "May I ask why she was allowed to leave the village on a non-mission assignment?" Danzo asked.

"She felt that training in the village was too dangerous."
"Dangerous for who Hiruzen?" Homura Mitokado asked. Hiruzen crossed his arms and glared at the three of them. "She thought this might happen." Hiruzen said as he took out a letter. Upon opening it he started to read it.

"Hey you old bags leave Grandfather Hiruzen alone, I left the village to train, don't worry your ugly little heads, I have several people with me. If I stay in the village I feel that not only would my life be in danger, but the secrets of the Uzumaki clan would also be in danger, not to mention that the village maybe destroyed when I practice some of my most dangerous spells.

If you really want to help the village, then get off your hands and do something, like finding Orochimaru or something like that. Danzo, if you so much send Root after me, I'll be sending them home in a body bag.

Naru Uzumaki.

P.S

If you want a Monster I'll give you a monster."

The three looked at Hiruzen. "Once again she threatens the safety of the village." Koharu said and Hiruzen just shook his head. "You fail at life Koharu you old goat." Hiruzen said, causing the old woman to sneer at Hiruzen. "She's training not only for the Exam final but an upcoming war." The three looked at him shocked. "Naru had a vision. In it a snake like man attacked during the finals."

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Whirlpool the destroyed village of the Uzumaki clan
a week later...

It's been two days since the small group has gotten to the Village that had once belonged to the Uzumaki clan. "We don't have a long for us to train Naru." Sakura said. Naru turned to look at her team mate. "Oh don't worry about that, I know of a spell that I can use." She said with a smile. "I learned it when we stayed in that inn the other night." Naru set her bag down. "But first." Naru closed her eyes and started to chant.

"Time which has passed, be called back once more." A small ball of light appeared in Naru's hand, with a small wave of her hand she sends the ball flying into the ruins of the old village. Then a second passed as a blinding light made everyone, including Naru, cover their eyes.

Once they were able to see again everyone but Naru had a look of surprise on their faces. "Naru, what the hell?" Shikamaru asked. Naru turned to look at her team mate. "It's a restore spell, learned it while I was in Wave." Naru turned around and started to walk into the restored village.

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While walking around looking for the perfect place to start placing the mana seals. Mana seals are like regular seals, only instead of Chakra it uses mana, and a spell. The spell Naru planed on using was a Time spell, it would form a bubble anywhere you put it, and speed things up inside the bubble, after checking the risks Naru found out that Humans wouldn't age.

She had spent a total of one month inside the bubble when it had only been an hour outside of the bubble. The down side to the time bubble though is that you would need a lot of food. Kitsuna do you know any good place to put the first part of the seal? Naru asked her guardian. Like always Kitsune was quiet, Naru had learned that the goddess was thinking when that happened.

I'm not sure little one. Kitsuna said. I haven't been here in over a hundred years. However Kitsuna did point out that the village square would be the best bet into setting up the seals for the time bubble. Naru made her way to the square getting there with Kitsuna's help.

Meanwhile everyone had spilt up to have a look around the newly replaced Whirlpool, Jiraiya was lost in thought, earlier that day Tsunade had told Jiraiya the truth. He didn't take it so well, and he had told Tsunade as much, meaning he wasn't talking to her until he sorts out his feelings.

Jiraiya had followed Naru, watching his godchild/granddaughter. He could see Minato, his son and Kushina in the young teen; however she looked mostly like her mother which was either a good thing or bad. Kushina had enemies, mostly from Iwa, Cloud and another nation that Jiraiya couldn't really remember the name of.

Jiraiya smiled as she looked up and saw him standing on a building not that far from her. Then she went back to whatever it was that she was doing. After all she did say something about a spell she had studied that can help them train, He guessed that she was looking for the perfect place to set it up.

Jiraiya had heard about what had happen to her when she was ten; He wanted to kill his sensei after he was told. Having that happen to a child was unforgettable. Worst yet she had several scars on her back, one would even bleed from time to time causing her to be in pain when it happened. Jiraiya regretted not being there for her when she needed a family; however the elders had demanded that he stay away from her and to go look for Orochimaru.

He watched as Naru placed another seal on other pillar. He still couldn't believe at how powerful she had become. Having mastered several spells and she was only thirteen, and that is what was bothering him, Naru was still young and she could easily fall to the dark side of her powers. If that were to happen all of her loved ones, himself included would lose the Naru they knew to a much more powerful and darker Naru.

Jiraiya watched Naru as she went back to check to make sure that the seals were in place. Thats when he had sensed Itachi land next to him. "Well?" Jiraiya asked. Itachi looked at him. "The village seems to be fully restored." Itachi said. "There isn't ever a sign that there has been a battle here so many years ago." The two watched as Naru sat down and brought out a scroll.

"Do you think she's okay?" Itachi asked. Jiraiya looked at him. "Before we left the village a ninja was attacked. Naru had tried to save him, but she failed, several of the doctors and a few the nurses has accused her of murder." Jiraiya nodded, he had heard about that from Hiruzen when he had sent a scroll telling him where to meet Naru and her team.

"She's holding in her pain." Jiraiya said as he watched his granddaughter. "Minato was like that when he had learned about your uncle." Itachi looked at him. "You mean Obito?" Jiraiya nodded. "Kushina had found him getting drunk at one of the bars, and she pretty much let him have it." Itachi nodded, he was only three by the time the third war ended. It still gave him nightmares.

"Go down there and talk to her." Itachi told the sage. Jiraiya looked at him. "Shouldn't a grandfather get to know his granddaughter?" Jiraiya smiled and stood up. Jumping down Jiraiya landed next to the teen. "So kid what are you reading?" He asked. Naru looked up.

"It's a scroll for a time bubble spell." Naru answered. "Once we're inside the bubble, time will speed up, but we will not age." Jiraiya eyes widened at that. "I know what you're thinking, and I have been thinking about the possibilities of letting the village Ninja use it, to train genin with in a one year time frame and only it having it be a day in real time." Naru sighed. "It would make Konoha the leader in the five nations but who to say that a war would not start?"

Naru started rolling the scroll up. "Everything is set, but for something of this high of a scale it needs twenty-four hours to stabilize." Naru said. "I would like to get to know you better." Naru said. Jiraiya smiled. "I would to, but it's hard, if I known that your father was one of my students…" He trailed off afraid he may have told her too much. Naru sighed. "I know who my father is." Naru said. "He was the fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze."

Before Jiraiya could ask Naru held up her hand. "I've known for a while, I just don't know who my mother is." Naru said with a sad face. "She was an amazing woman Naru, and she loved you before you were even born." Tsunade said. "I'm sure that you could have learned more from her than you know now."

Sakura had hugged her from behind. "Don't forget that you have me and Ino as your sisters." Sakura said. Naru gave Sakura a cute little frown. "How does that work? We're the same age." Naru said. Everyone around the two smiled. Itachi couldn't help but smile, there was once a time he had only cared about his little brother, even going to far as to take him with him after he would have completed killing his family.

That was put on hold after Naru had found out that the order was a fake. He looked at the young sorceress, then suddenly Itachi's sight had started to blur and he had placed his hand on his head. He quietly hid himself in the shadows hoping that Naru hadn't seen him. When he was able to see right again he had placed his hands where he had felt something wet on his face.

Pulling his hand back and looking he could see blood in his figure tips. This had been happening ever since Shisui, Itachi's best friend had died after giving his eye in order to protect it from Danzo. He wasn't sure if he was dying or just going blind because of Mangekyō Sharingan, the next stage of the Sharingan eye.

After cleaning his eye he stepped out of the shadows and met up with the small group. "While we wait, way not go and check out that vault." Itachi suggested. Naru nodded and had an Idea as to where the vault would be. She just didn't know how to get there.

After a few minutes of checking her mother's journal she knew where to go. The others followed with Tsunade walking next to Itachi, she handed him a small bottle. "I saw what happened, Naru doesn't know." She said. Itachi nodded his thanks. "I would still like to do a checkup tonight though." Again Itachi nodded.

It wasn't long before the group stood in front a large circular door. "Okay this is it." Naru said. She looked around and found a pad of some kind. Taking off the glove on her right hand Naru took out a knife and placed it on her palm. "It has to be flesh blood." Naru said. With that she sliced open her hand, making sure she had blood on her palm and fingers, Naru placed her hands on the pad.

At first it seemed that nothing was going to happen, but as Naru hand kept bleeding on the pad they could hear something from within the walls. Soon the door to the vault had started opening. Naru removed her hand and walked to the door. Her eyes widen as she saw a hologram of a woman wearing a hooded cloak.

The woman looked up and you could see a smile but nothing else of her face. "Hello little one. " She said. "I can't tell you who I am but I know who you are." Everyone was now looking at the two. Tsunade, Jiraiya and Itachi all knew who she was. Tsunade had to wonder though as to when Kushina had time to make this though.

"What you are seeing is a recording. I don't have much time to tell you though so please listen." The recording turned and looked behind her. "What you and I will assume is your team, is about to read, not only contains the history of the clan but secrets that were once thought only as legends. The reason why the clan was so feared." The woman turned to Naru once more.

"Child, the secrets within must ever fall into the wrong hands, if they do the world as you know it will forever be in danger." With that the hologram ended, leaving the small team wondering if it was a good idea to go in. The group stepped in and looked around. "I can see why it was sealed." Jiraiya said. "If anyone from Iwa, Kumo, or anyone else that had attacked Whirlpool got a hold of these there would be no stopping them."

Naru nodded her head. "That is why I'm going to seal it back up when we leave here." Naru said. "Grandmother, You and Sakura may use any scrolls containing medical Ninjutsu." She then turned to Shikamaru. "Shikamaru, if you find any you may use any scrolls that contains shadows skill." Naru walked over to Itachi. "I must ask you to leave." Itachi gave her a look. "Please, your eyes can easily copy anything in a scroll." Itachi sighed. He then placed his hand on her cheek.

"As you wish, Princess Naru." He said with a smile. "I will be outside if you need me." He turned and then left as Naru turned to Jiraiya. "You too Pervert." Tsunade gave the white haired man a look. "I told you not to peek at us at that Hot spring." Jiraiya sighed and followed Itachi out of the room. Naru hit a switch and the door closed. "Don't worry it's not sealed but they can't get inside."

Naru walked around a little. "Jutsus are marked by a blue and gold scroll, while spells are red and gold, you may read whatever you like however, and you must never teach it to other without my permission." Her team nodded, before they split up Naru said one last thing. "This room is a time bubble, but much slower than the one I will set up for our training." Tsunade gave her a look. "One minute outside the room is only seconds in here. Keep an eye on the time, I'm sure Itachi and Jiraiya will come and get us when the training bubble is ready." Everyone nodded.

As time went on the team had found what they had been looking for. Tsunade and Sakura had found several powerful medical Jutsu that they could use. Shikamaru was having a hard time finding any scrolls that he could work with his shadows skills, he did find one a few minutes later though.

Naru was looking though scroll after scroll looking for a certain summoning spell. She had read about it in her mother's journal and while it had it limits it would be very useful in the long run. Naru had closed her eyes and for only a second she saw Hiruzen laying on the ground a wound that came from a sword was clearly seen.

The vision of Hiruzen placed his hand on Naru's cheek. "Do not be sad, I will always be in your heart." Naru opened her eyes. I can't let that happen. Naru said as she looked through another Summoning scroll. Tears were running down her cheeks. "Naru." The teen looked up to see Shikamaru standing next to her. "I was wondering if I could use this summoning scroll." Naru looked at the scroll.

Unlike the summoning that Naru calls for this one was from the Uzumaki Ninja force. The scroll was a contract for wolves. Naru looked up at Shikamaru. "You do realized that summons often ask for something in return right?" Shikamaru nodded his head. Naru placed her hand over the scroll and let some of her mana call forth a one of the wolves. Smoke appeared and sitting before the two was a small white wolf with blue eyes.

"Who has summoned me?" It had asked. Naru knelt in front of the wolf. Following her was Shikamaru who had caught on to what Naru was doing. "I did honorable one." Naru said. The wolf looked at Naru. "You are of the Uzumaki clan." Naru nodded. "How were you able to summon me?" Naru held up her hand, her palm face the wolf and had shown her that the slash she had made earlier was still there.

"I used my mana and the blood within my hand." Naru said. The wolf sniffed her hand; he could smell the blood of the clan with in. "Why have you summoned me Princess?" Naru blinked, that was the second time she was called princess. Naru looked at Shikamaru who had yet to say anything.

"My Team mate wish to use you as a summon familiar." The wolf turned to Shikamaru. "This one has the smell of dear on him." He said. Shikamaru was sweet dropping. "Tell me young one, why do you wish to use us?" Shikamaru didn't say anything at first. Then he slowly looked up. "Wolves are known to be cunning creatures, they are both smart and stealthily. It would be an honor if you would let me work with you."

The wolf had to think on this. "If you summon us I must ask you to give use some deer meat as payment." Shikamaru looked up. He then did something that surprised Naru. He reached into his bag and pulled out some deer jerky. "Take this to your leader, I assure you, I will have more the next time I summon you." The wolf took the bag of jerky and left. Naru looked at Shikamaru.

"Sign the scroll before they change their mind." Naru said. Shikamaru sighed. "This is going to be troublesome for me." He said as Shikamaru signed his name next to a Mito Uzumaki. Shikamaru blinked. "I know that name from somewhere."

Nothing much happened after that. What had felt like a few minutes on the inside or the room was in fact a few hours on the outside. Naru found several spells along with the summoning spell she had been looking for. As the team left the vault some looking over some notes that Naru gave permission for. As long as they don't show anyone and they destroy the notes after they mastered the jutsu, she was okay with it.

"I'm going to seal the room again." Naru said. "I would like nothing more than to leave it open but I can't take the risk of someone from the other Nations finding the scrolls." No one said anything; they understood what she was saying. She was just protecting what her family has given their lives for.

As night fell Naru was sitting on a cliff side reading the summoning scroll she was looking for. She had made a copy leaving the original in the vault. What she didn't tell anyone though was that the time bubble was keeping the Scrolls in their original form. While reading scroll after scroll Naru learned that the scrolls in the vault can't really be removed. If they were, time would catch up to them and aged them to the point that they turned into dust.

"Hey." Naru looked behind her to see Itachi. "May I join you?" Naru blushed a little but nodded. Itachi sat next to the teen and looked out over the ocean. "I'm not mad at you." Itachi said. Naru shook her head. "It's not that." Naru said. "I trust you, I really do, it's just that your eyes can copy any one of the scrolls." Naru looked down.

"Do you like me?" Naru asked out of the blue. "I mean umm." Itachi looked at her Naru was looking at him. Itachi smiled and moved some hair out of her eyes. "I do." Itachi said. "I just don't think that I'm right for you." Naru tilted her head to the side. Itachi sighed. "I was five years old when I first meet you." Naru blinked at him, she could see him smiling. "So small you were, and cute too."

Naru blushed again. Itachi sighed. "I was one of your Anbu guardians, did you know that?" Naru shook her head no. "That night when I was about to do something I would later regret, I was stopped by you." Naru smiled at that. "From the time when you were very little, and growing up. I had liked you." Itachi turned his head. "But it's impossible for us to be together." Itachi said. He gently placed his hand on her cheek. "I'm five years older than you. It wouldn't work."

Naru looked away but she did move her head. "I heard that you lost your fiancée in the Uchiha attack." Naru said softly. Itachi nodded. He didn't say much about her. "I don't know how you feel, but I can tell you that what you just said is a bunch a bull." Itachi blinked. "It's no lie that everyone knows that I like you. I had to go throw a lot of your fan girls to make it a point that I would one day date you."

Naru took Itachi's hand and held it in her hand as she stood up. "What you say is bullshit Itachi Uchiha." Naru said. "I like you, I want to give this engagement a chance and I don't care what the hell you say." Naru wrapped her arms around Itachi's shoulders. "Age doesn't matter when you care and love someone." With that she kissed Itachi full on the lips. The Young man eyes had widen and just as he was about to return the kiss Naru had pulled away.

"We'll talk about this some more." Naru said as she let go of his hand, and walked away. Itachi watch as she left not saying anything. For someone who thinks he's not good enough for her. A voice said in his head. You sure didn't stop her. Itachi looked out at the ocean, the waves calming his nerves. "You are such a troublesome girl Naru Uzumaki."

To Be Continued…

Next Time:
Team Tsunade starts their training for the finals. Everyone works hard to improve. Jiraiya also starts training Itachi as well. But when Naru suddenly starts to get sick, no one has a clue what could be wrong with her. Next time on The Weasel and the Sorceress:
Chapter 10: Naru's Evolution of Power.

Author Notes:
I like to thank beta. Yeah that's right after being on the sight for over ten years I FINALLY gotten a Beta. Anyways I like to thank PseudoDreams for doing a good job. Well that's it. Now on to my notes.

Well there you go. Chapter Nine, now before I go there should be a few things you should know.

The Spell Naru used doesn't seem to have a name. The chant for the spell can be heard in Slayers Episode 3 near the end. As for the Time bubble well that a somewhat made up spell. The Idea is the same as the Time chamber from DBZ. The effort of the spell depends on which way the first character of the seal is face.

If the character is facing up Time inside the bubble will speed up, while if the Character is facing down, Time inside the bubble slows down. The length of the spell is set in between the first and last character. The Library where the Uzumaki clan has their scroll is inside an infinity time Bubble. It also a reverse type compared to the one Naru has set up.

Naru's seals are set for one year, one day. This means that The bubble will stand for one day on the outside while on the inside One year would have to past before the seal can drop. Now while in there they don't age, but they can get tired and hungry, so a year's worth of food will be needed.

Well there you go. I hope that you liked this chapter, Next one will also mark the end of the month of training and the chapter after that you will see the end of the finals. So I hoped I will see you then.

Kidan out.