Raising a Fox

by The Pyroman

Naruto's worst beating yet happens on a night when the fox doesn't feel like cooperating. Anko finds Naruto just as things start to go bad, and neither of them expected the events to unravel because of it!

10. The Party

Hello everyone, it's me and Ogremen again. This chapter is a doozy if I do say so myself, and we really have been caught up in doing this one. It's a pretty important chapter, with a lot of things going on, and we hope that it all flows well. I'd also like to say that from here on, we're going to really be taking this story away from what canon has going on. Of course, we've been setting the foundation of change for the past few chapters, but this one is a big mark. As such, I'd like to dub all chapters before this one "The Introduction Arc." Not the prettiest thing, but it gets the job done. This next ark for… quite a while, actually, is "The Uzumaki Clan Arc." If you haven't gotten it by now, then you'll see why shortly.

Without further ado, let's get to the chapter!

Another week had passed and Naruto had spent most of his time training with this friends and family. While his chakra was for too potent and large to use genjutsu with, Kurenai had taught him a thing or two that were helpful in many occasions, and he seemed to have gotten them down rather fast. Since they were just starting on jutsu, Anko had also taught him the kage bunshin, with the permission of the Hokage, of course. The normal clone was much too simple for his boundless levels of chakra, every time he tried they came out sick looking, most likely from chakra poisoning, or a too large chakra dosage, and they hadn't gotten far enough into jutsu and chakra to start him on elemental training. Simple things that any kid with his limitless chakra could pull off were what they were working on, though, they did utilize the kage bunshin to its full effect with him though, using it to improve his chakra control quickly.

Currently, the mother-son duo was standing at the gates of the Uchiha clan compound. The two guards has asked why they were there, and Naruto responded by telling them that they were at the compound because they had to pick up the rest of his winnings from the poker game. While the guards weren't entirely sure what he was going on about, something about being naked and betting jutsu, it had something to do with the clan head, Fugaku, because it involved the weekly poker game. One of the guards left the gate to go tell Fugaku about their presence and intentions, and the other stood there, still watching over the compound.

Sasuke and Itachi were in the back of the compound sparring together with the standard Uchiha taijutsu style. Sasuke had a long way to go, Itachi noted, but when he did get to the top of his game, there wouldn't be much in the way of stopping him, or little that could challenge him.

Suddenly, Itachi caught one of Sasuke's legs and twisted it away from him. He then walked back into the compound without a word, not even responding to his little brother's questions about what was up for suddenly leaving.

Itachi knew his father was going to have his ass kicked, and he was more than sure that his father had the same sense of dread that he had just felt as well.

The guard entered the room in which Fugaku and Mikoto were sitting at, and bowed to the clan leader.

"Fugaku-sama. Naruto Uzumaki and Anko Mitarashi are at the gates of the compound with the intent to 'collect the rest of their winnings', as Uzumaki-san said."

Before the clan head could speak, Mikoto stood up and began to walk to the door. "I will go see that our guests are escorted to you, Fugaku-kun. And hopefully find out what the rest of these 'winnings' are…" She muttered the last part just as she left, and the guardsman soon followed, leaving Fugaku with a sense of dread.

Back outside, Naruto was looking around at the clan compound with awe. All of the compounds seem to be different, with the Uchiha compound having a traditional, yet intimidating feel to it. The entire area said that they were the kind of people that were not to be messed with.

Anko was looking around as well, but for different reasons. She hoped that Fugaku wasn't planning some sort of a coup or kidnapping on them so that he could keep his stolen jutsu. Fortunately, that didn't seem to be the case as she noticed Mikoto and the guard from before walking to the gate.

"Anko-san. It's good to see you again, and the same to you, Naruto." Mikoto said kindly, smiling at the both of them and bowing shortly. While it was more than uncommon for an Uchiha to bow to someone other than Fugaku or the Hokage, Mikoto was one of the few who respected the people around her, instead of looking down at them, like a superior looking down on bugs. She also had a fair amount of respect for Anko because she was taking care of the son of her best friend. Naruto's clan was also from an equally as powerful clan, even if he didn't know it yet.

"Anko-san?" Anko repeated, shaking her head with a somewhat nervous laugh. "Just Anko is fine, please. I'm the one who should be saying that to you, you're the one married to a clan head after all."

Mikoto then nodded. "Then I would like for you to just call me Mikoto." She said with a smile before looking at Naruto. "I heard that you were at the last poker game, Naruto. How was it?"

Naruto smiled at the older woman. "It was great! I won all of the games, and Fugaku-san bet all of the stolen jutsu that the sharingan has! He told me that he's gonna copy them all down and give me the original copies!"

Upon hearing this, Mikoto simply twitched an eyebrow in irritation. Now it all made sense as to why Fugaku had Uchiha clan members make duplicate scrolls of every jutsu in the Uchiha library.

"I see." She said quietly, obviously holding back the anger that she was going to unleash upon her husband for doing something as stupid as that. "I'll be right back to bring the two of you inside." She told them before leaving the gate, heading back into the compound to have a little chat with her husband.

His screams of pain and agony could he heard all throughout the village, making many wonder who was torturing little girls, judging by the screams, what other age group could it be…

Several minutes later, Naruto and Anko were escorted into the Uchiha compound, into a room where both Mikoto and Fugaku were sitting at. It was obvious that Fugaku had just been through the wringer, as his hair was messy, he had several bruises all over him, and his clothes were in horrible condition. Despite this, he remained as calm and stoic as ever. In front of him lay a scroll. The scroll itself was black with red edges, and the Uchiha symbol stood out on the black cover.

Fugaku looked at Naruto from his current spot just as she boy entered the room. He waited until everyone was situated properly before speaking.

"Here are the jutsu, as promised. All of them are sealed within the scroll, and have been divided into sections for easier accessibility. Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, kinjutsu, and even taijutsu. There are also the training methods, divided into new and old, and also as well as the elemental training styles."

The taijutsu part surprised Naruto just the slightest bit, he remembered Fugaku talking about giving him jutsu, but nothing about taijutsu. "Taijutsu?" Naruto asked, tiling his head in the adorable way that only a six year old could.

Fugaku nodded. "Yes, Taijutsu. Hopefully, with this addition, you will look at the Uchiha clan more favorably, and we will do the same with you and yours."

Anko raised an eyebrow at the Uchiha head, while Naruto looked at him with even more confusion. "My clan?" The little boy asked.

Fugaku nodded with a calm look. "Yes, your clan. Like with the Yondaime, you will be given clan status upon becoming Hokage. That will be the only possibility with you learning and mastering all of the jutsu within the scroll." A ghost of a smile could be seen on Fugaku's face.

Naruto then smiled and jumped into the air, happy that someone believed that he could make become the next Hokage.

Anko sighed lightly. Fugaku was walking on thin ice there by talking about his clan and the Yondaime, but she assured herself that Fugaku wouldn't say things like that without reason, and even the clan head had to know that it was too early to talk about Naruto's heritage.

Suddenly, the door behind Naruto and Anko opened, and a young man who looked like an older version of Sasuke with more visible laugh lines took a step in.

"Father, I just wanted to make sure that you were okay." The man stated, looking at his obviously beaten father.

Fugaku nodded. "I am fine, Itachi." He then motioned to Naruto and Anko. "This is Naruto Uzumaki and Anko Mitarashi."

Itachi nodded back and bowed to the two guests. "Welcome to the Uchiha compound, my name is Itachi. I believe that you're here to collect the jutsu?"

Naruto nodded with a smile. "Yeah! How'd you know?" He tilted his head once more, getting Itachi to smile.

"Word travels fast, especially when Members of the Sarutobi clan are also in the ANBU." He explained himself, taking note of the light scowl his father placed on him. "If you would like, Naruto-kun, I can help teach you all of those jutsu. I have been one of the largest contributors to the Sharingan library."

Naruto jumped once more. "You can teach me cool jutsu!?" He asked, getting a nod from Itachi. Naruto then turned to his mother, who nodded back with a similar smile. Naruto wanted to explode, but if he did, then he wouldn't be able to learn the jutsu.

A knock could be heard from the door, and looking into the room was Sasuke, who was unsure what all of the commotion was about. "Naruto?" He asked just as he saw the blonde boy.

"Hey Sasuke!" Naruto said in response, smiling as he picked up the scroll and showed it to his friend. "Fugaku-san just gave me all of these cool jutsu! I don't know what's in here, but I bet they're cool!"

Sasuke had a look of surprise on his face. It wasn't like his father, or really anyone in the clan, to just give out jutsu, especially the entire Sharingan library, and he was curious to know what happened for such events to occur. "How'd you get all of them?"

"I won a game last week, and got a bunch of cool stuff! You should come to my house some time and see all of it!" Naruto told Sasuke, who looked at his mother before nodded.

"She says it's okay, so okay!"

Mikoto then stood up and walked over to her son. "I hope you don't mind if I come along as well, Anko. I'd like to have a small chat with you once we get to your house." Her request made Anko shrug.

"I don't see why not, come on." She replied, turning around to the door.

The group left the Uchiha compound and headed towards Anko and Naruto's house.

Naruto and Sasuke talked to each other during the walk, and Mikoto and Anko had their own conversation a few feet behind the children.

Once they reached the house, Naruto opened the door to let everyone in side before shutting it behind himself.

"Hey Sasuke, are you going to be a ninja like your brother and dad?" Naruto asked, tilting his head at Sasuke as they both sat down on the couch.

Sasuke nodded in response. "Yeah, Itachi-nee and Tou-san are training me in the clan stuff. Are you gonna be a ninja too?"

Naruto nodded back with a smile, happy that his friend was going to be a ninja as well. "Yeah I am! Anko-kaasan is teaching me cool stuff, and Fugaku-san gave me some of your clan stuff!" He told Sasuke, who gave him a quizzical look. "I think he's just trying to butter me up for when I become Hokage, though." He muttered somewhat as he smiled, assuring himself that it was what Fugaku was doing. Anko was teaching him to read between every line for a deeper or alternate meaning. He was getting the hang of it, but still had a problem of seeing through the words of people he had recently met. He had yet to start taking notice of a stranger's natural talking habits.

"You're going to be Hokage? They're the best ninja in their village, so you have a lot of training to do if you want to be the best." Sasuke told Naruto in a knowing tone. Becoming Hokage sounded like a cool deal to the little Uchiha, but he just wanted to do what he could to make his family and brother proud, and becoming the best of the best in his village sounded just a little farfetched to him.

"I know that! I'm going to be the best kage in the entire elemental nations and make everyone respect me!" Naruto said with a fire in his eyes. "I'll even fight you to prove it!"

Sasuke was mildly confused. "Fight me?" He asked.

Naruto nodded. "You're the one doubting if I can be the hokage, so I'll prove it to you in a fight!"

Sasuke was silent for a moment, thinking over the situation. He had never fought someone that wasn't a part of the clan yet, and fighting someone his own age might do him some good. "Sure." Sasuke said. "But we should let our parents know so we don't walk over to them with a bunch of random bruises and no proper explanation."

Naruto nodded back and hopped off of the couch. The two headed to the kitchen where Mikoto and Anko were talking about how their sons were doing, and turned when the two boys in question entered the room.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Anko asked, looking at the two kids.

"Me and Sasuke are going to spar out back." Naruto told the two of them, Sasuke nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, he wants to prove to me that he can be Hokage in the future." While Sasuke didn't really understand his friend's logic, he was going along with it anyway to see how far he himself had gotten.

Mikoto and Anko both nodded. "Alright, but don't overdo it you two." Mikoto said in her motherly voice, getting them to nod in response before heading out.

Out behind Naruto and Anko's house, Sasuke and Naruto stood several feet away from each other, looking into each other's eyes.

"Just Taijutsu, okay Sasuke?" Naruto said, getting the Uchiha to nod.

"Okay." The boy said in response, readying himself in the starting pose of the Uchiha taijutsu style.

Back inside, Anko and Mikoto were having a calm conversation, with the topic being none other than Naruto. Like the last time they had spoken, it was mainly about how Anko was planning on telling her son who his biological parents were.

"So you have it all worked out?" Mikoto asked, thinking back on Anko's plan.

Anko nodded with a calm look on her face. "Yeah. Hopefully it goes well. Not all kids react well to being told their father sealed a demon into them." She shrugged lightly, hoping that things would go the way she planned once they had gotten that far.

A faint knocking could be heard from the front door, and both Anko and Mikoto turned to look over at the door in the living room.

"It's open!" Anko called to whoever was outside. Seconds later, the door was opened to reveal both Kurenai and Ibiki.

"Is Naruto alright?" Kurenai went straight to the point, looking around the house as she made her way to the kitchen.

Anko looked at her quizzically. "Yeah, he's fine." She told her surrogate sister. "He's just out back sparring with Sasuke. Why, is something going on?"

Kurenai was quiet for a moment, taking in small breaths of air, "Nothing, but I just felt like something was going to happen, so I came as quickly as I could."

Anko nodded with a smile. "Ah, I see." She turned to Ibiki, who stood in between the kitchen and the living room. "Why're you here?"

Ibiki sighed, "Day off..." He said simply, getting Anko to nod again. It wasn't an uncommon thing for Ibiki to get so carried away with interrogating that he would walk into the other interrogation rooms and take control of the operation, even if it wasn't his prisoner to get answers from. This happened quite regularly, and often cleans out the Interrogation and Torture for days at a time, if not weeks sometimes.

"So you're just going to be spending you're time here when you have days off now? No whips and chains like usual?" Anko said with a smirk, getting both Mikoto and Kurenai to look at Ibiki with wide eyes and curious looks.

Ibiki said nothing, but the air around him told Anko all she wanted to hear, as did the blush that was only partially shown on his face.

There was a minute long silence and nobody spoke a word, Ibiki lightly glared at Anko, who grinned back with confidence that was unmatched in the room, after all, she had loads of juicy, dirty, little secrets on him, and the two other women in the room were starting to blush as ideas filled their head about the master interrogator.

"Let's go see how the boys are doing!" Mikoto said quickly, not wanting to think any more about what Anko had suggested, or maybe hinted at having knowledge of. Kurenai was quick to agree, and Ibiki and Anko agreed not long after, with Anko grinning at the glaring Ibiki. The whole group headed outside to watch the spar, where they found Hana sitting with her pups in her lap.

Anko looked at Hana with curiosity. "Whatcha' doing here?" She asked.

Hana looked at Anko and petted two of her pups. "We were out for a walk, and they wanted to see Naruto. They really like him, you know." She replied with a smile. It was rather difficult for Hana to keep the triplets from wandering off to go and find Naruto, so she eventually relented and led them to Anko's house. While she also wanted to see what Naruto was up to, her dogs wanting to see him was a better reason to go.

Anko looked up to see Naruto and Sasuke still in their starting positions. "They haven't started yet?"

Hana shook her head. "Nope, they've been like this for five minutes, each waiting for the other to make a move. Either that, or they're stuck and don't know what to do."

The entire group looked at Naruto and Sasuke, who stood almost motionless in front of one another.

"Come on Sasuke, make a move." Naruto said cockily, trying to take notes on every little detail about the Uchiha style. He would be able to fight against Sasuke better once he looked at the scrolls Fugaku gave him.

Sasuke smiled, but it was a small but friendly smile, "How about you make the first move, Naruto," he said, while he was itching for the fight to begin, Itachi had told him that, the first advantage, always came to the second person to strike in a fight, as they would have the first counter strike opportunity.

If it hadn't been for the taijutsu-only rule, Naruto would have brought out his clones to surprise Sasuke. Suddenly, Naruto dropped out of his stance and crouched low to the ground before lunging at Sasuke and throwing a fist in the direction of the Uchiha. While he didn't have the same thin and lithe frame that both Anko and Orochimaru had, he could still use the form he was taught well.

Sasuke was unfamiliar with the style Naruto had suddenly switched to before lunging at him, as a result, he reacted like most would in this situation of having someone flying at you with intent to beat you...he jumped out of the way ungracefully, before rolling and coming into an awkward position due to his feet slipping out from under him and thus causing him to do an unintentional split, one that he immediately felt the effect of before letting out a quiet, but clearly audible squeak of pain.

Naruto cracked a smile at the sound of Sasuke squeaking. His style was meant for catching your opponents off guard, and that was exactly what he did. The blond haired boy lunged over to where Sasuke was and launched a leg out to get him to fall down.

Sasuke suddenly felt his feet knocked out from under him from behind, as he fell on his ass, letting out a loud 'OOF' as he landed. While he was glad the split had ended, and was unaware he would be feeling the strain from it later and a day after, he slowly got up and turned around, before getting back into the position he had been taught. Thinking about possible moves for a moment, he saw what, to him, he perceived as a weak spot in Naruto's style, and struck, lancing an arm out at Naruto's unprotected side.

Back with the group, Anko simply smile as she watched Sasuke go for an open spot in Naruto's style.

Naruto was taught to have the smallest amount of open or weak points as possible. He was also taught that the snake style was deceiving, and had very little weak points, if any. Naruto moved his arm to deflect Sasuke's strike, but with his current speed, he was only able to swat away the attacking hand just before it made contact with Naruto's body. The boy then attempted to distance himself away from Sasuke by back flipping away, but ended up falling on his stomach and face instead of his feet. With an audible groan, the boy then rolled onto his back and spun himself to get back to his feet, tilting just the slightest bit as he stopped.

Sasuke wanted to grin in amusement when Naruto did the faceplant, but instead chose to smile before assessing how his attack had failed, obviously, the style Naruto used either had obvious weak spots that were actually traps, or Naruto was very fast, or both, now that he thought about it really. He then began to think, before he remembered a move his brother had taught him, one that, while cheap, could work on inexperienced fighters. Sasuke suddenly widened his eyes while looking over Naruto's shoulder at the forest behind said boy, before pointing, "Hey, what's that?" he said in shock.

"Huh?" Naruto said in curiosity, turning around to see what was in the forest that was so important that made Sasuke stop the fight and point it out. "Where?" He said as he looked around.

Everybody sighed at the tactic at hand, but Anko added to this by placing her hand over her face to keep her from seeing such a stupid and obvious move being executed flawlessly.

Grinning now, Sasuke suddenly charged at Naruto, and managed to catch him by surprise with a punch to the side of the jaw, which, due to Naruto being unprepared for the attack, sent him flying backwards a few feet, before skidding to a stop, with blood leaking out of his mouth, and missing a tooth since it had been both a hard punch, fueled by speed and momentum, and it being unexpected, not to mention Sasuke had unintentionally channeled a small portion of his chakra into the punch, even if he didn't realise it.

While Hana said nothing about the unexpected hit, she did become just the slightest bit tense. If Naruto was going to fall for tactics as simple and easy to see through as that, then the fight would be over soon.

"Hey..." Naruto dragged on as he slowly rose to his feet, giving his opponent a rather neutral expression. It was odd for a boy who constantly flickered between emotions, but the expression told Sasuke that he was going to be a bit more serious now. He made a mental note to not fall for that again, and charged at Sasuke again, but sidestepped just inches away from Sasuke. He went for a low sweep, hoping to catch him off guard with his speed and unexpected change of plans.

Sasuke noticed the missing tooth and couldn't help letting out a snort of amusement, after all, it was hard to resist what would follow, "Nice grin," Sasuke said, smiling at Naruto, before seeing the sweep and just barely jumping in time to avoid it, but not without resulting in another split as he landed causing another squeak of pain, he would REALLY need to learn to land better...

The two continued to fight for the next thirty minutes, both of them getting a better understanding of how the other fought. The fight began to pick up speed and they were starting to get tired.

Watching from the sidelines, Anko and Mikoto knew that they had to make sure that their children put some more effort into their taijutsu training, but were still good for being at such a young age. Anko would be sure to teach Naruto to not fall for stupid tricks like that one from earlier again, and Mikoto would tell Itachi and Fugaku to work on Sasuke's recoveries, after all, he couldn't be allowed to keep injuring his groin by not landing properly.

Naruto threw another kick at Sasuke, hoping to land another hit on his friend. Suddenly, a thought entered his head and he jumped back, looking around the area rapidly. It seemed like he had heard or felt the presence of something nearby, by the way he was acting, and even raised a hand to Sasuke to tell him to pause for a moment while he investigated. "Hold on." Naruto said, continuing to look around. "I think I heard something." He continued looking around and walking around the area, confusing everyone around him. Apparently he was hearing something that they weren't, and nobody could understand why. Suddenly, Naruto became wide-eyed and looked at Sasuke with alarm and horror. "I hear a bunch of crazy fan girls! Run!" He almost shouted, walking up to Sasuke and shaking him by the shoulders. "Why are you still here!?" He asked, not letting go of Sasuke, suddenly, Naruto clashed his skull with Sasuke's and kneed him in the stomach before slowly setting him down. "I can play dirty too!" He said victoriously.

Sasuke groaned as he passed out from both the head-butt and then the knee to his stomach, all he could do as he fell was think, 'I guess I deserved that in the end really...'

While shocked and alarmed at the dirty play, Anko couldn't help but to applaud Naruto for such a believable act, before looking at him in pride for pulling off that performance. Mikoto was worried for her son, who had just been knocked unconscious, and ran over to pick him up. She also had to commend Naruto for his acting, even if it was to gain the upper hand on her son. Ibiki and Kurenai had similar reactions to Naruto winning.

While Hana was alarmed about the sudden dirty play, she was more concerned about the bruises and marks that covered Naruto's body, as well as his missing tooth. She quickly stood up and went to inspect him, and the triplets circled Naruto to make sure he was alright as well.

Naruto wasn't sure what to say about Hana's actions, but it felt nice to have someone care about him enough to look him over, even if he did heal almost instantly.

After looking over Naruto, Hana let go of the boy and smiled at him, giving him a nod of approval. "That was pretty good Naruto." She said to him, the pups barking and yipping in agreement.

"Thanks Hana!" Naruto said back, happy that he was the one to come out on top in the spar. "But I should say sorry for hitting him like that when he wakes up." He looked in the direction of Mikoto and Sasuke, the former tending to the latter and giving Naruto a nod that told him that he was okay.

Soon after, Mikoto took Sasuke back to the clan compound to rest, and all of the remaining people hung out at Anko and Naruto's house for a little while longer before leaving and heading back to their respective homes.

Several days later, Naruto was behind his house with Anko to work on his taijutsu forms, they were also using his shadow clones to speed up the process of correcting his use of it. While he did do alright for his spar against Sasuke, there were several problems with his form that Anko could have taken advantage of if she were the one fighting him instead of Sasuke.

The original Naruto was standing in front of Anko, low to the ground in his fighting stance. They had been practicing for a good hour on different things having to do with the stance, and Anko made slight alterations to it to better fit Naruto's body.

Naruto sprang over to Anko to punch her, but the older woman caught his fist and spun him away. Naruto managed to catch himself before he hit the ground by planting his fists into the ground and flipping back to his feet.

"Good, good. Didn't fall on your face this time." Anko nodded and ran at him with a kunai in each of her hands. She had to up the ante just a bit to make sure Naruto knew that she was going to be hitting with open fists. He had to see that there was danger even when training or sparring.

Naruto smiled back as he dropped out of his snake stance. "Of course I didn't! Naruto Uzumaki doesn't make mistakes twice!" He said with confidence, his smile shifting into a smirk.

Anko smirked back and disappeared, only to reappear behind Naruto. She held both kunai against his neck as she bent down to whisper into his ear, giving the boy chills. "That's right… he makes too many of them to count."

Naruto was frozen in fear by his mother's tactics, and only watched as she reappeared in front of him, smiling as if nothing had happened. "Come on, Gaki, Let's take a break."

Naruto sighed deeply and fell onto the ground. He couldn't stand it when Anko did crazy and scary things like that, but at least she didn't taste his blood like last time.

Just before Naruto could get up though, an ANBU agent appeared before Naruto and Anko.

"Hokage-sama has requested to see the both of you at the tower. I'll be your escort." The ANBU said, bowing to the two.

"Dragon?" Anko asked curiously as she looked at the ANBU's mask. "Is it just chance that Hokage-sama always seems to send you to get us?" There was a light smile on her face, but it didn't seem to be recognized as the ANBU continued to speak in a somewhat monotonous tone.

"Purely chance, as far as I can tell." Dragon replied with a calm tone. His thin and slightly muscled arms moved to get Anko and Naruto to move. "He would like to see you as soon as possible."

Anko nodded looked at Naruto, who finally rose to his feet and looked at Dragon with curiosity. He had always recognized the mask that Dragon wore, but he had never taken in the other details about him, as there weren't many to differentiate himself from other ANBU.

Like the Typical ANBU, Dragon wore the typical ANBU Uniform, but it was a little large for his body type, and had a sword on his back. To stand out among ANBU, he wore a balaclava that kept his hair concealed. He had a thin build that was somewhat similar to Anko's, but only his arms could be seen, so many were unsure if the rest of him was thin and wiry.

"Come on, Naruto. Let's go see what the Hokage needs from us." Anko said walking around the house with Dragon at such a slow pace that Naruto could catch up easily. Once he was with the group, the three took off in a sprint.

It wasn't long until the three reached the Hokage tower, and once they did, they slowed down considerably as to not run into anything. They quickly passed through the door and over to the door that lead to Hiruzen's office, not having any need to stop at the secretary's desk as they had their ANBU escort with them.

Once they reached the door, the group of three stopped and waited for a signal to come in, which was voiced by Hiruzen himself after hearing knocking upon his door. Dragon opened the door and disappeared with a bow, as he was no longer needed by the Hokage at the moment.

"Thank you, Dragon." Hiruzen said with a nod just as the ANBU left. He then directed his attention to the two people in his office and glanced at the open door behind them. "Anko, could you close the door for me?" The old man requested, getting a nod out of the Snake Mistress. A second later, the door was closed and he was finally ready to get down to business.

"Naruto-kun, do you know why I've called you here?" Hiruzen asked, smiling softly at the boy as he sat in his chair.

Naruto turned his head sideways in curiosity in the adorable way that children do, as he took on a thinking look, one that most women would fall for cause of its adorableness, "Hmm," he said, as he thought about it, before shrugging his shoulders and saying, "Nope, sorry, no idea Jiji," Naruto then looked to his mother, seeing if maybe she knew.

With a nod, Hiruzen laughed softly. While he could easily see Naruto enveloped in curiosity, he could also see the wary gaze that Anko sent his way. He was sure that she had ideas of why he had requested their presence, but shook his head slightly at her, telling her that there was nothing to worry about at the moment. "Well, Naruto-kun. I managed to find a nice, large house, near the compounds, and I have decided to give it to you and your mother. I put a seal on the gate so nobody could get in; it just needs your blood to unlock the gate. Okay?"

Naruto looked at the Third Hokage and tilted his head again in curiosity, "Why would we need a bigger house?" he asked in both curiosity, and innocence.

"Well..." Anko dragged out, stepping into the conversation as she looked at her son. "We only have one bedroom, and as warm as you are at night, you do need your own bed and room."

Hiruzen nodded. While it wasn't the explanation he had expected from her, he understood her reasoning and smiled at Naruto once more. "Not to mention, there might be some things in there left by the previous owners that you might be able to use."

Again, Naruto tilted his head to the side in curiosity, "But, why do I need my own room?" He asked the Third Hokage and his mother.

Anko took this time to simply stare blankly as she searched her brain for an answer. She had forgotten that Naruto never had a mother or parent figure before her, so it was somewhat obvious that he wouldn't know why he needed his own room. "Well..." She dragged out once more, the awkwardness being evident in her voice. "It's uh, hmm..." She didn't know what to tell her son, and looked to Hiruzen for a way out of this.

Hiruzen caught the look Anko gave him, and began to think as well. Suddenly, an idea formed in his head and he smiled at his surrogate grandson. "Because, Naruto. Lots of ninja sleep alone or by themselves because... What if they had an enemy? If they shared a bed with someone, surely the attacker would go for whoever is with them and use them as leverage against the person they were after. Not to mention, with your new house, you do have some rooms to fill, and since it's just the two of you, it would be best to take different rooms."

Again, Naruto tilted his head to the other side this time, as he thought about it, "So, are you saying its bad to sleep with another person?" he asked curiously, oblivious to the things that could be inferred by what he was speaking about, given that he was young and innocent, and had no knowledge of such things. He just said what he said as a son talking about sharing his mother's bed for comfort, and protection from bad dreams, something that had caused him to share his mother's bed, the reason being all his nightmares, so far, had more or less been when he was unconscious, not when he was asleep, she was keeping his nightmares back, he just didn't realise that was the reason he had not had nightmares since she adopted him.

Hiruzen was silent for another moment, as was Anko. The two of them had to think through how to answer his question without it biting them in the ass sometime in the future. "Not necessarily, no." Hiruzen replied unsure. "It isn't uncommon for people to share a bed when they're in a relationship of sorts, but it's best if you have your own room separate from your mothers."

Naruto, yet again, tilted his head to the side in curiosity, probably making them wonder why he kept doing so, "Relationships? What kind of relationships Jiji?" Naruto had heard this word before, but had never understood what it had meant as no one had explained what that, along with many other everyday terms, he had heard meant, and so he was often wondering about what he heard some people talking about when they thought he wasn't listening.

If Hiruzen had been drinking something at that moment, he surely would have spit it out and choked on whatever liquid made its way down the wrong pipe. He cursed the boys curiosity, but knew that it would have caused trouble if he didn't say something. He really didn't want to answer the question, as Anko gave him a cold, yet motherly glare that just dared him to answer that question. "Well..." He started off shakily, trying to think of words that would articulate the point he was trying to make, but still, be simple and innocent enough to not damage Naruto's young mind. "Usually when two people are close to each other, they decide to share a bed. Like when they are married or really old. Nothing for you to concern yourself with." He had started off rather well, but began to rush out his words as he reached the end of his sentence, before deciding to change the topic from a dangerous one, back to the one that mattered at the moment. "Your house is locked down by seals, and I believe the physical keys to it are inside. Good day."

Naruto looked at the Third Hokage again, obviously still full of questions, but, looking at his mother, he could see that the meeting was over, and got up and followed his mother from the room.

The mother and son duo then left the Hokage tower to go see their new home. As they left, they were neither able to see or hear the old man that had just dodged the most dangerous bullet of his life. He nearly had a heart attack as Anko reappeared in the office a moment later and requested to know where the compound was. He shakily told her that it was in the forest behind the Inuzuka clan compound, and near the Aburambe compound.

On their way to the compound, Naruto and Anko were walking through the market to pick up anything they might want or need for their new home. They would have to start moving things out of Anko's house and into the new one as soon as possible. It would be much easier, though, as both she and Naruto could use shadow clones, and storage seals.

While walking through the market, the two came across Kurenai, who was looking around in the Higurashi weapons store. Anko decided to take Naruto into the store and go talk with Kurenai for a bit.

"Hey 'Nai-chan!" Anko called as she walked into the store, Naruto following behind her.

Kurenai looked up as Anko called her pet name for her, "Hi Anko," she said, smiling, before seeing Naruto looking at some of the swords on display, before rushing over, hugging him, and petting his whiskers a bit, causing the usual reaction to happen, before saying, "So, what's my one and only godson and surrogate sister up to today?" she was still hugging Naruto, with one hand over his whiskers still.

Naruto was only slightly surprised to see Kurenai hugging him and petting his whiskers. Like normally, he had purred because of her touch, but only because it was something he was unable to control. It was much like Kurenai to hug him and pet him when they met up, and was a regular thing for her to do.

"Going to check out our new house." Anko replied to Kurenai, using a certain tone of voice to tell her that there was more to that sentence than just what she had said. Naruto, because of his lack of skill, was unable to interpret what Anko said as anything other than the face value of what she said, and simply stayed in Kurenai's arms while looking at all of the cool swords in the shop.

Seeing that Naruto was distracted by the swords, Kurenai used that as a distraction to look back at Anko and ask, "So...Your moving into his family house then?" she said the quietly so that only Anko could hear her, even though she was still hugging Naruto in front of her.

Anko nodded in response and glanced at the weapons around them before landing her gaze back on Kurenai. "Yeah. The old man Hokage decided it was time." She said in an equally quiet voice, making sure to not be heard by Naruto, despite his close proximity. She then went back to her normal tone of voice and looked at the door. "Want to head over with us? There's probably a lot of ground to cover, and three people will make it easier."

Kurenai looked down at Naruto in her arms, and then nodded, "Sure, I want to see my godson's new home too, after all, I will need to know where to go to visit him and my sister, won't I?" she said, as she hugged Naruto to her while standing up, causing him to bring his attention back to her and his mother.

"Sounds like a plan!" Anko said confidently as she began to walk towards the door, motioning for Kurenai and Naruto to follow along as they headed for their new home.

Kurenai nodded hugged Naruto to her still while walking out of the store, giggling as he struggled in her grip to get free. "Now, now Naruto," she said as she set him down on the ground, "We are going to see your new house together, so, while you may be excited, you need to calm down, alright?" she knew he wasn't completely excited about a new house, but she could see some excitement in him, she then followed Anko and Naruto as they headed towards the compounds district of Konoha.

The trio walked into the compound district of Konoha, and all the people around them felt the air around them change. They couldn't explain why it happened, but they knew that something important was going to happen now and in the coming weeks, kind of like the buildup before a massive storm. The normally talkative people in the district became rather quiet, and the ambient noise dropped significantly. They walked into the woods on a path that started next to the Inuzuka clan compound, and just as they reached the back of the Inuzuka compound, a certain triplet using ninja ran into them and joined the party. Hana looked around as they walked along the path with a somewhat confused expression. She had never been down this path before, despite it being right next to her home, she had seen it many times, but her mother had always told her not to go down that path, so, just like everyone else, she was curious to know what was at the end of it.

Once they reached the end of the path, the group of four was met with a large gate with a familiar spiral right on the center. Within the spiral was an intricate seal, with several runes and markings all around.

Naruto turned to look at his mother, a questioning look on his face as he waited for her to confirm or deny if he should touch it or not.

"It's a blood seal, Naruto." Anko said, glancing at her son as she pulled out a kunai and gave it to him. Hiruzen had told them at the office that it was a blood seal keyed into him, but Anko was sure that Hiruzen only assumed that, as he probably hadn't used Naruto's blood on the seal before.

Naruto tilted his head to the side, not hearing the two squeals of excitement from the beside him as he looked adorable doing so in the eyes of Kureani and Hana, as he looked at his mother and said, "So..." he started, looking at the kunai she had given him, before looking at her, "I need to cut myself, draw blood, and apply it to the gate?" he asked her curiously, his head still tilted to the side.

Anko nodded at her son. "That's right. Apply a little chakra to it as well. That way, if you use a seal like this in battle and get all bloody, all of your stuff doesn't go flying out."

Naruto looked down at the kunai. While it was no secret that he had seen his fair share of blood, nobody knew that there was actually a few times where he had given into the beatings, allowing the villagers to do as they pleased. Sighing once, he raised the kunai to his other hand, and hesitated, before his hand began shaking, obviously going through something inside his mind as he held the kunai against the skin of the palm of his hand. Taking a deep breath, Naruto exhaled before raising his free hand and slitting it open with the kunai in the other hand.. He then dropped the kunai and held his bleeding hand against the seal, allowing it to become stained with his blood. Afterwards, he sent out a pulse of chakra into his hand to use the seal.

The boy took his hand off of the seal and watched as the markings and runes flared to life, the spiral in the center of the seal spinning rapidly as it processed the blood, and undid all of the access seals and wards placed upon the house. Suddenly, a rather large banner unfolded from the top of the gate with a bang, spelling out 'Congratulations on the Baby!' in various colors, with markings that looked like seals and somewhat crude drawings all over it.

Upon seeing the banner, Anko and Kurenai went quiet. Kurenai was aware of Naruto have great ancestry and birth parents, but neither she nor Anko expected something like this. Suddenly, the two were overcome with sadness. If something like that was at the gate of the compound, untouched and unused since the day it was put there, then they would only take guesses about what kind of things were inside, or left inside. Naruto's father, or mother, or some of their friends must have done that hours before she gave birth.

Hana was mildly confused at the banner. She took note of the crude drawings, and how there seemed to be a woman with pale violet eyes and long red hair, a man with short red hair and what appeared to be large shovel head, a man with blonde hair with sparks all around him, and a woman with red hair that was much longer than the first's, all tied up into a large pony tail that wrapped loosely around her. There were others as well, such as a man and a young girl dancing around in possibly noodles, and a dog with a muzzle and an eye patch, but the one with the pony tail seemed to be the most defined out of all of them. She didn't understand who those were pictures of, except for maybe the one with the blonde hair and lightning bolts. There was also the dog, which made Hana look at that specific picture once more. Without the muzzle, it would have looked almost exactly like Kuromaru, the ninken that her mother was partnered with.

"C'mon." Anko said simply as she guided Naruto inside the compound. She was much more tense because of that banner, and if she was going to be honest, she was scared about what she would find inside. All of the things that Naruto might have gotten, but was denied the right to have because of what he contained, and because a bunch of old and civilian pricks thought he should be nothing more than a weapon for them to control and beat around.

Naruto, looked at the banner, and, to be honest, was confused, cause as far as he knew, his mother did not have a baby, and neither did his godmother, after mulling it over, he decided he would ask his mother later about it, before following her and Kurenai into the compound. When they entered, they noticed that the grass had grown to be about four to five feet high in some places around the buildings, and even higher in others, obviously untended to and uncut in a long time, and as they walked past the buildings, it was obvious that what had once been a thriving and happy compound, was now an empty, cold, and dusty shell of its former self, as it stood empty of all the life that once thrived here. Finally, they came to the heart of the compound, where stood a massive building, one that could be called mansion, or even a castle, with towers, terraces; compared to the other houses of the compound, and on its doors stood another seal, but also a note, a note that was faded in colour, but still readable.

Anko was the first one to take notice of the note, and as such, she moved at a slightly faster pace than everyone else so that she could take it and read it, and decide if Naruto should see it or not. Anko read the note quietly to herself and didn't know what to say or how to react.

To my loving wife,

There's been some business I had to take care of at the office personally, but everyone's inside and enjoying the party. They're all excited to see little Naruto, but they know better than to ask too much. Well, maybe not your uncle, but everyone else knows that Naruto stays with you during the party, and won't be passed around to everyone to see and admire.

Minato.

Anko had no idea what to say. She was on the verge of tears by the end of it, and she felt so bad for Minato and Kushina. They had an entire party planned for Naruto's birth, and Kushina couldn't even be there because of the fox being released.

Anko then folded up the piece of paper neatly and stored in in the pocket of her jacket. She then motioned for Naruto to undo the next seal as she calmed herself down.

Naruto, seeing his mother motioning for him, walked to stand beside her, before repeating the process he had done with the gate, to the door of the compounds main building, as the seal released itself however, there was a suction of air and a hissing sound as new air was sucked into the house for what was obviously the first time in a while. Naruto then hesitated a moment before opening the door and letting the three ladies enter first, like a gentlemen would, just like his godmother had been teaching him.

As the three women walked in and looked around, they would find that the entire main room of the compound was decorated for a party. Everything in the house looked new, and almost nothing in the house showed any age. More banners with crude drawings were hung up around the main room, all of them bearing the same characters from the first banner, but doing different things on each banner. On one, the woman with the shorter red hair was standing next to the man with the blonde hair, their hands together and a heart above them. On another, the red haired man with the shovel head was covered in dirt and was laughing evilly by how the picture portrayed him, and had the symbols of several of the elemental nations surrounding him.

Naruto looked around as he entered, "What's with all the decorations? I thought Jiji said that the people before us left some things behind, but I was not expecting whatever this is..." he said, obviously confused and not sure what a party theme was which was this, and that alone would sadden the three women, by its obvious implications, and make Anko, Kurenai, and Hana all later agree to help rectify. As Naruto looked around though, he finally noticed the pictures on the walls before Anko could, "Hey, that looks like an older me...without any whiskers though..." Naruto said, drawing attention to the pictures on the walls in frames and causing Anko to realize that he was realizing something before she could tell him.

Kurenai looked at Naruto and Anko with concern. She had no idea how he was going to react to the news, especially after seeing all of the party decorations in the main room. She then looked at Hana and her triplets, who were sniffing around the house and taking in the new scents eagerly. "Hana." Kurenai said using her motherly tone. "I think that you should head back to your home, and we'll come and bring you back later, okay?"

While Hana would have normally went against the idea and suggest that she stay and see what happened, the air around the compound, along with the vibes that Anko, Kurenai, and Naruto were giving off told her that it was for the best if she did what she was told…for now. The young Inuzuka girl nodded and whistled, getting her pups to come to her so they could walk out.

Once Hana left, Anko knelt down next to Naruto and put a hand on her son's shoulder and looked at him with concern and care. "Naruto, there's something I need to tell you. Something about this place, and something about you."

Naruto turned to look at his mother, suddenly feeling uncomfortable, like he was expecting an attack, or that something wasn't right. Still, he looked at his mother, waiting for her to speak, not understanding why he suddenly felt some sense of foreboding at what she was about to tell him.

Anko looked around the house and then back to Naruto. "This house, this compound, it's all yours." She told him, pausing for just a short moment before continuing. "And not just because the Hokage gave it to you. This is the house, the home, of your clan. The house of your parents..." She paused once more, looking around and taking note of the pictures of Minato, Kushina, and several others like Kakashi and the Ichiraku's altogether. "You know what happened on October tenth, right?"

Naruto thought about it for only a second before replying, "It's the day the Kyuubi was killed by the Fourth Hokage, the greatest Hokage to ever come out of the Leaf Village," still not quite fully grasping at what Anko was trying to tell him, though to others it would be obvious, but Naruto was the exception, as he lacked the education that most kids his age had. However, he knew what was inside of him, and was just telling Anko what she wanted to hear, rather than what he knew.

Anko nodded with a small frown on her face as she looked at her son. "Right... But also wrong as well." She told him. "The fourth didn't kill the Kyubi like everyone says. He sealed it into a little boy called Naruto Uzumaki, his own son."

It was silent for a moment, then another, and another as Naruto slowly processed what his mother had just told him...then, suddenly, it clicked, in Naruto's mind, it clicked, "I'm...the Fourth Hokages...son?" he said, pausing every so often, his words full of disbelief, as if he couldn't except the fact that his father had been one of the most powerful men to ever grace the Elemental Nations, to have been known for killing over 200 enemy ninja in under 10 seconds using the jutsu that made him both famous, and infamous, these were the things that Naruto had been told by the villagers who had beaten him, stabbed him, tried to kill him many times in the past, always being the most vicious on the 10th of October. Then he remembered what else his mother had just told him, "Wait, you say he sealed the Kyuubi in his own son...me?" he said, as his eyes widened, before he began to vibrate, then shake, then began to thrash as his eyes rolled back into his skull before collapsing and convulsing, obviously going through the trauma of having too much emotions of conflicting natures and information that was just too much for his young mind, that had been through more than most middle aged men, could handle, not even feeling the floor as he was caught by his mother, or hear the snake mistress shout for Kurenai to help her.

Kurenai looked around and began to walk in various directions. She had no idea what to do in this situation. Her head moved to look at Anko as she heard the woman shout for her.

"Go and get Inoichi!" Anko called out, holding her son and cradling him in her arms. "He HAS to help my son!" She cried, tears starting to form in her eyes as she cradled Naruto in her arms, hoping he would be alright and able to recover, and that Inoichi would be able to help him when he gets there.

Shakily, Kurenai nodded and took off at a speed that she didn't think she could move at, then again, she was worried about her godson, and so was in a panic. The woman quickly exited the forest and found her way over to the Yamanaka flower shop, which was connected to the Yamanaka compound itself. Quickly, the woman hurried through the door and looked around, moving towards the counter to see a rather tall woman with brown hair, pale skin, and light brown eyes. She was wearing a simple green dress with a pendent just under the collar.

"I need to find Inoichi Yamanaka!" Kurenai said urgently. "It's an emergency!"

The woman took in Kurenai's appearance and atmosphere. By the looks of her, it seemed like the woman had just seen someone snap or have a heart attack, maybe even both. She didn't spend much time thinking, and nodded to Kurenai before walking away from the counter quickly. "I'll go and get him as soon as possible. Please wait while I go get him." She said as she walked out of the store and through a door that led into the Yamanaka compound.

Kurenai waited, but she paced around the store impatiently before seeing the door open with Inoichi himself walking through.

The Master Mind Walker looked at Kurenai with slight confusion. "What's going on?" He asked her, only to see her walk up to him, grab his hand, and pull him out of the flower shop.

"It's Naruto, we have to go now!" Kurenai said quickly as she pulled on him harder, urging him to move faster so they could get to the compound in the quickest time possible.

Naruto opened his eyes slowly to look at the area around him. He could no longer feel any presences other than his own, and he was no longer in the home his birth parents had lived in. He was now in a ruined hallway, with flickering lights, some of them swinging from side to side, while other lights weren't even on, leading to patches of darkness between lights in some areas, cracked walls and ceilings, and large amounts of debris everywhere, clearly, something terrible had happened to this place. He had remembered a few weeks ago how he had woken up in a sewer to find the Kyubi sealed within him. He assumed that this was the same case, and that this was a different part of his mind.

While he was curious about the area around him, he didn't want to move at all. Even in the depths of his mind, he was suffering from the shock of finding out that his own father, the man who he had looked up to as a shining beacon of hope, had given him a curse that supplied pain far worse than any scolding could ever amount to. He was filled to the brim on anger and betrayal towards a person who he had never met, and now never wanted to ever meet, however, there was also great sadness, pain, and torment, but these were not for the man who was his father, but because of his actions, and wondering if the man had even cared about him like a father would about his son.

Despite this, he felt himself getting up because he was pulled towards a faint presence in the area. He dragged his feet across the ground as he made his way through the hallways, weaving through turns as if he knew where he was going.

As he continued to move, he began to feel a familiar, yet foreign presence around him. It wasn't in a particular direction that he felt the presence of someone, but all around him. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of walking, he reached a large room with a familiar cage.

Inside the cage was a woman. She was rather tall and had a strong build, but that only added to her beauty. She had long flowing hair and a crimson red Kimono with orange accents. Her eyes were the same shade of red as her dress, which was a blood red, and had a beast-like black slit in place of her pupils. Her facial features were somewhat well defined for a woman, but they weren't accentuated in any way as she gazed into the distance with a calm and stoic expression. Overall her physical appearance gave her the air that would belong to a queen or ruler. It was obvious that she was a serious woman and not one to joke around…well, not much anyway.

As the woman in the cage took notice of the puffy-eyed Naruto, her facial features softened even more as he approached the gate. She had felt the disturbance in her cage just as Naruto began to unravel, and was sure that something was wrong, as her new and clean surroundings began to crumble and decay at a rapid pace before slowing as Naruto entered the room that her cage was contained in.

"Naruto," The woman said calmly, getting the boy to focus on her words. "Do not hate your father for what he-"

"He SACRIFICED ME!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs as he interrupted the woman. Tears started to flow freely from his face as he sobbed. "He put a DEMON inside his OWN SON!"

The woman growled at Naruto and attempted to reach out and grab him, even though he was several feet away from the bars of the cage. "He did what he had to do to keep his people safe! If that meant sacrificing one weak little boy for everyone else's safety then so be it!"

Naruto became quiet once again, but continued to sob and cry as he fell to the floor. "How could he do this to me...? I'm his own son!" Naruto said to himself as he continued to blast all of his rage in the direction of his father. "He could have found someone else... He could have..." He then started to mumble incoherent words as he sat on the floor, holding his knees, and rocking back and forth.

Naruto's actions made the Kyubi frown. She was well aware of his fragile and broken state, and all she was doing was driving the point he was focusing on home when she should have been helping rebuild him, not reinforcing his anger. She didn't want for her container to become like the ones Shukaku had been in, mad sociopaths who did nothing but kill.

"Naruto..." She started off again, looking at him once more with a calm and somewhat remorseful expression. "Your father did what was needed of him at the time. I knew of Minato through my previous host, and if there was another way out, any other way that didn't involve sealing me into you, then he would have taken it. It was the last thing he wanted to do, but also the only thing he could do."

Naruto continued to mumble incoherent things about his father as he sat on the ground, rocking back and forth still and it was obvious to the Kyubi that he wasn't going to listen to her. She sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. She looked back at Naruto upon hearing the ground below her start to rumble, and was somewhat surprised to see that a dome of stone was forming around Naruto. She smiled slightly at this. Even if it was a subconscious effort, Naruto had created a way to keep himself from being harmed in his currently vulnerable state, and to also be isolated from any and all people.

Suddenly, the Kyubi could feel another presence within the mindscape. She hadn't felt this presence before, and was enveloped in swirling flames. The flames grew twenty times in size, and eventually died out to reveal the Kyubi in her giant fox form. The giant fox then laid down on top of its legs and continued to stare at the dome that protected Naruto.

Minutes later, a thirty-two year old man with a blonde ponytail walked into the large room housing the Kyubi. While he was frightened of its presence and frightening chakra, he needed to steel himself and stay on track.

5 minutes earlier

Kurenai had just rushed into the Uzumaki compound with Inoichi close behind her. He had always been aware that there was some Uzumaki clan members, or people with heritage in Konoha, but he had never actually seen any proof. There was the Uzumaki clan seat in the council, but he had simply assumed that the seat was there because the Uzumaki clan and the former village Uzushiogakure had always been close to Konoha, not that they actually had enough people for the clan within the village.

Kurenai directed Inoichi to Anko, who was currently holding and rocking a convulsing Naruto in her arms. The look of worry and pain on Anko's face told the mindwalker all he needed to know. Inoichi sat in front of Anko and made multiple hand signs before falling onto the ground.

Back within the mindscape, Inoichi continued to steel his reserve as he looked around. He had taken notice of the small dome of stone, and could faintly feel the broken and shattered presence of Naruto Uzumaki. Inoichi felt horrible for not being able to care for Naruto, but he also felt horrible because he knew that there was only so much he could do for Naruto.

Inoichi looked up at the magnificent fox with a calm look in his eyes. He could tell that the fox's attention was centered on Naruto, by the look in its eyes and how it didn't even bother to look at him.

"I'm partially to blame for his current state, excluding my magnificent presence within the boy, of course." The Kyubi said as it continued to focus on the boy. "I drove the point home and made things worse." The large fox then turned its large head to face Inoichi. "Do what needs to be done to make him better, to make him whole again."

Inoichi nodded and walked out of the room, trying to navigate his way to the Hall of Memories. As he made his way through the corridors, and the patches of darkness, he could hear shouts of anger, cries of pain, he could feel the fear, anger, and torment around him as he made his way deeper into the hallways, and closer to the Hall that he sought. Finally, after about five minutes of having left the chamber containing Kyubi, Innochi came across the Hall of Memories, however, there was a problem. What should have been a massive orb of memories, was instead divided into rooms, rooms that had doors with plaques on them, examples of what was on the plaques were, Bad Times, which seems to be the most worn down, as if having seen VERY heavy use over a long period of time, clearing indicating it was the strongest of the rooms, or in other words, most filled room. There was also doors with plaques saying, Happy moments, which seemed to be the newest, but also have seen the least amount of use, there was Sad Times, which had also apparently seen a lot of use, Subconscious, that one was typical as everyone had that section, there was also Forgotten Moments, obviously suppressed or forgotten memories, among other doors with other names. Deciding to go for the one door that mattered most at the moment, Innochi went for the door labeled, Recent. As soon as Innochi entered the door, he was sucked into the room before the door shut behind him and he found himself watching the scenes that played out just earlier that day. He was almost crushed by the anger and sadness, and pain and torment that Naruto felt when he found out who his biological father was, however, he barely managed to stand and exit the memory room and back into the Hall in time to avoid being crushed by the intensity of the emotions tied to those recent memories. He panted several times, his hands and knees on the ground as he caught his breath for a few moments before getting back up, he then decided, he should view the Bad Moment

s room next.

Inoichi knew well that Naruto undoubtedly had the roughest life in Konoha, and that there would be several horrible and painful memories on the other side of the door. He could already feel the emotions coming from the other side as he put his hand on the doorknob. For a Yamanaka, going into someone's memories was a dangerous thing, as they were also affected by the memories. If a weak willed Yamanaka were to go into the mind of someone like Naruto, there was no chance that they would come back out as the same person, or even come back out at all.

As he opened the door, Inoichi was assaulted by the memories of Naruto. In the short time that he experienced the memories, he had already developed a deep hatred for the majority of people in the village, with MOST of them being civilians in the village.

One memory that was from when Naruto was four, was of waking up in a white room, that, while unknown to Naruto, was clearly an operating room to Innochi, he wanted to vomit as he watched the experiments the doctor performed on Naruto, things like, creating new poison antidotes by giving the poisons to Naruto, only for the formulas to be created by Naruto's own body, though, the poisons had also been created by the doctor himself, so, really, the cures were pointlessly cruel and a way to torture the boy as he withered in pain and agony from the poisons as they coursed through his system, or the organs the doctor would cut out, like a kidney, and a lung, and then wait for them to regrow so he could use Naruto as an organ donor farm, before the door was kicked in by Anbu, who promptly arrested the man, and took him away, while a barely conscious Naruto was taken from the room, which just before Naruto passed out, was revealed to be inside a hospital. Inoichi had heard of the many escapes Naruto had had from the hospital over the years, considering this seemed to be the first memory Naruto had of hospitals, it was now obvious why the boy detested them and was always escaping from it.

Inoichi saw several other memories that made him hate the village much more than he had just moments before, and with every handful of terrible memories, he would create a good memory or two. Usually, the good memories would involve the people that were close to him, like Anko, Kurenai, Ibiki, Hana, and Kakashi and Yugao in their ANBU uniforms and masks. He even left a few of himself in there to let Naruto know that he was there if the boy ever needed someone to talk to and sort problems out with, especially ones that dealt with mental problems, or stress.

Inoichi had even seen what Naruto saw during his poison induced high, and unfortunately, he was unable to do anything about that, much as it pained him to leave that one untouched and unchanged. The hallucinations were created from his subconscious thoughts and worries of Naruto himself brought to life by the poisons in his body at the time, and to get rid of them, he would have to remove the worries from the subconscious, which could easily alter and reshape Naruto into someone entirely different.

Inoichi picked now to take a small break and check up on Naruto and the Kyubi, and he was rather surprised to see what was before him. Apparently, with all of the memories he created, and with the help of the fox, he assumed, Naruto's dome dissipated, as well as the bars to the cell. In place of the bars was a simple fence. Inoichi assumed that the fence took the place of the bars because Naruto placed trust in the Kyubi, as the fox had allowed the boy to lay on one of its paws to sleep. However, Inoichi failed to see that the fox now had a collar with the seal on it, rather than the seal being on the fence.

Some unknown time later, Inoichi decided that he had done enough to help heal the boy's mind, and left the mindscape. As he left, he could feel the entire area being better, happier, brighter, more stable, than when Inoichi had come in.

Back in the physical world, Inoichi woke up with a start, quickly sitting back up and looking around him. The first thing he had noticed was that Naruto was no longer thrashing around in his sleep. Anko was smiling at the boy tenderly as she held him in her arms, slowly petting his whiskers with one hand, and stroking the hair on his head with the other. Slowly the snake mistress looked up at Inoichi, and smiled at him with a genuine smile, a very rare occurrence.

"Thank you." She whispered to him, still smiling as she was glad that her son was going to be okay.

Inoichi nodded in response and glanced at Naruto. "He's seen more than any ninja should in their lifetime. I'm just glad that I could improve his condition." He told Anko, who was listening intently. "I also put some memories in his head to make him better. I'll need to see Kakashi, Yugao, Ibiki, and Hana, as well as the two of you, and put the according memories in for the best results in regards to helping Naruto heal from what he has been through in his life, if you don't mind." Seeing her questioning look, Innochi sighed, "If he has memories involving you, and you don't have those same memories, from your perspective of course, he could reference one of them in a conversation or question to you, but because you do not also have the memory, he would get suspicious, or even paranoid, and could fall further then he did today, and possibly be far worse than he would have been, had I not helped him and done my job as a Mind Walker." He said, getting the two to nod in understanding now that they had had it explained to them. "Also," Inoichi added, looking at them, "It would be best that, one of the two of you stayed with him till he woke up, preferably Anko," when they looked at him with curiosity, he explained, "I saw the memory he had of his time from the Poison High…" as he mentioned this, Kurenai took on a neutral look while shooting a glance at Anko, who in turn, had the decency to look down while looking sad, obviously still hurt by the memory of what she had done to her son, "Anyway," Inoichi continued, "Do not worry, I won't say anything to anyone, that's part of the doctor patient confidentiality part of my job," he said, smiling, "But, what he saw during that poison high, it's going to give him nightmares once all these changes to his routine life settle down, I have mitigated the amount he should end up having, but still, I couldn't erase all the damage of his life," he said, frowning sadly, "My point is, during his recovery from the poison high, he could not be left alone," he looked at them now with a serious look, "His current state, is much more serious then back then, if you leave him alone, even for a second, he could miss your presence, and start shaking, it would be best if you," he looked at Kurenai now, "Or Anko," he turned to look at her, "Stayed with him till he woke up, he is going to need comforting words, hugs, reaffirmation that you both love him as family and your relations to him will need to be reinforced, so that he knows you really do care about him, his greatest fear," here Inoichi had to pause and sigh heavily, "His greatest fear, is that you, Anko, and the others, will abandon him, turn him away, hate him or fear him, that is his greatest fear, and you will have to help him deal with that, but never out right state it, as that is never something to do with a person when trying to help them overcome their fears,"

Anko looked down at the sleeping child in her arms and nodded to Inoichi. While she and the others would probably be able to easily find out which memories were placed in their heads, it was still important that they had them in there for future reference. "If it helps him, then do what you need to do." She looked down at Naruto again, smiling as she pet his whiskers. She then looked back at the Mind Walker and nodded thankfully. "Thank you Inoichi, really."

Inoichi nodded, "Your welcome, Anko-san," he said, smiling back, not truly aware that, for her to show him a genuine smile, makes him one of a very lucky few that could be counted on a one armed man's hand, "Now, bear in mind, this should be painless, but, you may feel joy, happiness, when you view the memories I will be adding, keep in mind, they are not real, but, for Naruto, they are, and so, in essence, they are real, in a sense," he then performed the jutsu, and began copying the memories he had created for Naruto that involved his adoptive mother, when he finished, he waited as Anko assimilated the new memories.

[6:36:04 PM] Kevin Pal: When Inoichi activated the jutsu, Anko closed her eyes and her breathing slowed. These were the obvious signs that the jutsu worked and that Inoichi was inside her mind. She was still conscious, but her mind's eye allowed her to 'see' what Inoichi was doing in her head. 'You in there yet?' Anko thought in her head as she herself looked around in her mind.

Inoichi, who had just been transported into Anko's mind, nodded upon hearing her voice. "I'm here, and I've gotta say," He said as he looked around, taking in the environment that was before him. "What's with the black fog in this place?" He squinted in the fog and was just able to make out the walls around him. "I can barely make out anything two feet away from me."

Anko wasn't sure what to say about the fog. She had honestly never been inside her mindscape before, so she had no idea what it looked like. But by the way he was talking about it, it seemed like this was an unusual thing for mindscapes. 'I don't really know...' She told him in response. 'Maybe it's from my curse mark? The damn thing is always talking to me, so maybe you can hear it in here too.'

Inoichi nodded and became silent. It was quiet, but he was able to hear the voice Anko was talking about. He could hear the faint, dark whisperings all around him. The voice was close and far away all at the same time, and a thing like this wasn't common at all to Inoichi. He had never faced something like this in someone's mind.

From what Anko could see, it seemed like Inoichi was having a little trouble navigating his way through the fog, but with her help, he was able to get to her memories and plant the correct ones into her mind.

Back in the real world, as Inoichi created the memories, Anko smiled and continued to pet Naruto, already feeling the effects of the memories. Not long after, she opened her eyes again and Inoichi returned to the real world.

The same thing was done for Kurenai, who took Naruto into her arms while Anko left to get the other subjects of Naruto memories they would need. They all agreed for Naruto's sake, but were all unsure if it would actually work or not. Much to their surprise, they could recall the memories as if they had actually happened, and thanked a tired and chakra exhausted Inoichi for what he had done. That day, Inoichi had used family justu to add memories to Anko, Kurenai, Hana, Ibiki, Kakashi, and Yugao. That many people in such a short amount of time wore the man out faster than one would expect.

~Several minutes ago~

As Kakashi and Yugao left, Ibiki decided to stay as he saw his surrogate nephew asleep in Kurneai's arms. "So," Ibiki started, "Someone want to explain why my nephew is asleep in Kurenai's arms?" Hana nodded, agreeing with Ibiki, who still creeped her out a bit, but, he seemed close to Naruto, and Anko and Kurenai too, so he couldn't be too bad, even if he was scary.

Anko looked at her son in Kurenai's arms before casting a glance at both Ibiki and Hana. She was bound to find out eventually, even more so if she was going to be around them more often. She was quiet a moment as she gathered her thoughts. "He...he learned something about his father." Anko told her, hoping that it would be enough for the girl.

Unfortunately, Hana was not satisfied with the answer, and glanced at Naruto with curiosity, "What could he learn that would make him like this?" She asked, looking at the adults in the room expectantly. It was obvious to her that they knew something that she didn't, and she wanted to find out what that something was.

"S-ranked secret." Ibiki said quickly. Inoichi, Anko, Kurenai, and Ibiki all shared glances, silently agreeing on what the master interrogator had just said.

"Only Naruto is allowed to tell you about it. We'd tell you ourselves, but we aren't at liberty to say," Kurenai added to it, getting nods from everybody but Hana, who wasn't happy to hear this.

Hana now had a burning desire to find out what all of the hullabaloo was about, but she knew she wasn't going to get it out of any of them. She also knew that she couldn't bombard Naruto with questions because he would still be in a fragile state for a while after he woke up, not to mention it would just be rude, and nosey, to do so. Like the others, she had just been briefed on what was going on and how Naruto was going to react to everything upon waking up. Kakashi and Yugao took down all of the decorations as they left, but Kakashi had taken a considerably longer amount of time than Yugao to clean everything up...naturally, of course.

Hana sighed in defeat as she sat in front of Inoichi, and gave the man a nod before closing her eyes and be partially transported to her mindscape.

~Present time~

Several minutes later, everyone had been given the memories that would help Naruto, and Inoichi sighed as he looked around him to see the faces of the people that cared for Naruto. The Yamanaka clan head then looked at Naruto himself. He smiled at the boy and stood up. "I'll tell Hokage-sama what happened here. It's best if you all stay with Naruto. Also, I will be stopping by tomorrow to check up on him, after all," he said, smiling, "I am his doctor in regards to his mental health now, so, I should do a follow up session with my patient."

Anko said nothing as she simply gave Inoichi a smile. There weren't any words that she could supply to tell him how thankful she was for everything that he was doing for her sun, and simply watched as he left.

"Take care, Yamanaka-san." Kurenai said as he watched the man leave. The others all bid him farewell before turning their attention towards Naruto.

Slowly, Hana stood up as well and looked at the people around her. She turned to Naruto and gave him a soft smile before heading over to the door. As was suggested by Kurenai when she had showed up at the compound, Hana left her triplets at home as to not disturb Naruto, so it was just her walking back to her house, saying goodbye to the three remaining people as she headed out the door.

It became dark rather quickly in the village of Konoha, and Kurenai, Anko, and Ibiki all stayed in the Uzumaki compound to watch over Naruto.

Anko was thankful that Yugao and Kakashi took down all of the decorations, even more so when she had been told that they put the presents that were meant for him in one of the rooms of the branch building, which was just nearby. That way, they weren't disposed of if they had something important, but were kept away from naruto for the moment to keep him from relapsing.

The trio had stayed in the main room of the main building for the most part, just going around to the kitchen and through the hallways to find a bathroom. The main house had several bedrooms, not counting the master bedroom that had most likely belonged to Minato and Kushina when they lived in the house. The hadn't checked any of the branch or side buildings yet, and it had seemed that in the past, a more than decent amount of people lived in the compound, or Minato and Kushina had plans on populating the compound on their own.

Well into the evening, Naruto woke up slowly, looking around curiously to find out where he was at the moment. As he took everything in, he frowned, feeling a panic slightly, like when he woke up from his poison immunity training. As he tried to remember, it came back in a rush, and, in a moment of panic, he bolted up...or rather, he tried to, only to find himself being hugged by someone. Looking closely to see who it was, he saw it was his mother, and without hesitation, he hugged her, latching on with all his strength and refusing to let go.

For how long he had stayed like that, he didn't know, but he was sure that more than a few hours had passed before he felt Anko stir in her sleep. Naruto had not slept a wink as he lay there with his mother. He felt too unnerved to even think about leaving Anko's side, and the entire area made him uncomfortable. He was currently laying with his mother on the couch in the main room of their new home. He of course felt much better than he did when he fell into shock, but he wasn't as good as new. He still had the memories of being told that his own father was the one who had, in a way, cursed him, by sealing the fox into him, and Naruto still truly did hate him for that. He was just the slighest bit more okay with living in this large house, so long as his family was with him while he was there.

Slowly, Naruto looked up at Anko, who had wrapped the boy up in her arms as she slept behind him. When he looked up, he was able to see the bottom of her chin and her neck, as he was placed rather low in front of her. He took note of her not wearing her standard trench coat, and instead just had on her wire mesh shirt and skin-toned undershirt on her upper body.

When Naruto took notice of the curse mark, which he was barely able to see due to his position, he slowly maneuvered himself to touch it, getting a pained reaction from Anko. Because of her reaction, Naruto flinched in her embrace and decided not to touch it again. It wasn't the first time he had seen it, but it was the first time that he had ever touched it. Anko had told him that her curse mark was exactly what it sounded like, and it made her life awful.

"Kaa-san?" Naruto whispered quietly, poking her face to the best of his abilities in order to wake her up.

It didn't take long for the woman to wake, but when she did, she looked down at her son with a smile. "Naruto." She said softly, seeing the boy that was leaning into her body. "Feeling better?" She asked him.

Naruto looked down sadly, as he nodded, "I..." he paused, a little unsure, how to phrase what he wanted to say, in the end, he decided to just say the basics, "Sorry for what happened..." he said, still looking down, worried about how his mother would react to his apology, after all, he had basically allowed his emotions to rule him and cause him to pass out, and it worried his mother, that much he could tell just from looking at her, and while he was calming down from his panic since he was in his mother's arms, he was also sorry for making her worry.

Anko smiled down at him and sighed, bringing the boy closer to her by hugging him tighter. "It's alright, Naruto. It was a lot to take in, with the fox being inside you, and your father being the one to seal it into you, really, it's understandable." She looked around the main room to see Kurenai asleep on another chair, and Ibiki asleep leaning against the doorframe. It was pretty late as far as she could tell, as it was still dark outside, and it was probably best if they were to get home soon.

Seeing Ibiki and Kurenai over Anko's shoulder, Naruto's eyes widened in surprize, "What are Ibiki and Kurenai doing here Kaa-san?" Naruto asked innocently.

Anko looked at her two friends as Naruto mentioned them and looked back down at him. "They were worried about you, so they stayed around.." She responded to him, looking down at him. "Really, Naruto. I'm sorry that nobody told you about the fox sooner."

Naruto looked down sadly, before he began to stuttered out a reply, "I...I alrea-d-dy knew about her..." he said, trailing off. Trying to think of how to change the topic, he looked back at Anko, then at Ibiki and Kurenai, he felt happy that they had chosen to stay around and keep him safe, much like a family would.

Anko looked at Naruto with confusion. "Her?" She asked. As far as she knew, giant masses of sentient chakra didn't have genders like actual organic beings did, but she assumed that it made its own choices, and decided to be a woman. "You mean the Kyubi?" She asked her son, making sure that they were both on the same page.

"Um..." Naruto said with uncertainty, trying to make sure that he was absolutely sure that the woman he had seen in his mindscape truly was the Kyubi. She had the same aura as the fox, terrible and powerful, and she even acted like the fox as well. With a small nod, he answered. "Yeah, I met Kyubi." He said quietly.

'Kimiko.' A mighty, yet feminine voice in his head spoke.

Naruto looked around confusedly for a moment before remembering that the fox had spoken to him like this before. 'What did you say?' Naruto thought in his head, hoping that she was able to hear him.

The voice in his head became amused, and he could almost hear the smirk that she had put on her face. 'My name,' She said to him. 'Is Kimiko.'

'Oh, okay!' Naruto said with a smile, acting as innocent as any six year old would. Naruto looked up at his mother and corrected himself. "The Kyubi said her name was Kimiko."

Anko sighed as she thought about the name. "She must think highly of herself to have that kind of name..." She muttered to herself, but this did not get past Naruto.

"Whadda 'ya mean?" Naruto said just before yawning.

'Insolent!' The now named Kimiko huffed inside her prison. 'My name isn't to be given out to every person you find on the streets!' She told her jailer in a rather angry voice, making it known that she only wanted to be known as the Kyubi to the public.

Naruto winced as he realised that he should not have told his mother Kimiko's name without having first asked for permission to do so. Of course, the wince did not go unnoticed by Anko of course.

"What's up, Musuko?" Anko asked with concern as she noticed how he winced at seemingly nothing. She wasn't sure what it was about, but she believed that it might have had something to do with the fox inside of him. "Hungry? We can go out and grab something since all of the food here is old and inedible."

Naruto shook his head, looking down, this time ashamed, "I-I wasn't supposed to tell you her name," he said, "She says her name is not to be told to just anyone..." he said, looking away as he knew he could trust his mother, but apparently Kimiko didn't want Anko to know her name yet.

Upon hearing the two talking, Kurenai slowly woke from her spot in one of the chairs. The genjutsu mistress yawned and stretched as she looked around, taking note of the still sleeping Ibiki and Anko and Naruto talking. Seeing Naruto, Kurenai smiled and slowly got off of her couch. "Naruto, I'm glad to see you awake." She said to him, getting Anko's attention away from her son momentarily.

Giving a squeak of surprize and burying his head in Anko's shoulder for a moment, Naruto blushed in embarrassment from being caught by surprize by his godmother.

Anko was mildly surprised by Naruto reaction, because not only did he bury his head into her shoulder, but he was also dangerously close to her breasts because of his current position. Kurenai was also surprised, but assured herself that it wasn't on purpose. Kurenai gave her godson a nervous smile and looked at him. "Sorry, Naruto."

Naruto slowly peaked over Anko's shoulder, like cats sometimes do when looking over an edge or something, needless to say, an adorable sight, and looked at Kurenai,"Its ok Kurenai," Naruto said, still blushing in embarrassment, but it was hidden by Anko's shoulder, but not from his voice though, "Um...I was wondering...if it is ok with you Kaa-san, that is..." he paused, unsure of how to ask what he wanted to say.

Kurenai and Anko looked at the boy with curiosity. Both of them were curious on what he was going to ask, but Kurenai had just remembered something as she looked at her godson. "Oh, Naruto." She said to him, putting her hands out in front of her. "Before you say anything, I want to say something first." She glanced at Anko, who was still unsure of what she was going to say. "Because I'm you're godmother and all, and it really isn't safe to leave you alone with Anko for more than a few days without her doing something insane," She verbally jabbed at Anko, who grinned sheepishly but continued to listen. "I have decided to stay here in the compound with you and Anko. Don't worry, I'll carry my own weight and help around too. I won't be a freeloader."

Naruto couldn't help but smile happily at her words, "Thank you...," Naruto said, smiling still. He was also pleasantly surprised that she had happened to ask that, as it was what he was more or less going to ask originally, as it was, it was all the more easier to ask her his next question. "Can you take us out to Ichiraku's!?" He asked excitedly, the thought of eating Ramen making him whole again for the moment.

As soon as Naruto mentioned the Ichiraku Ramen shack, Kurenai could already feel her pockets emptying, thus causing her to let out a groan, not wanting to pay for all the ramen that boy could eat, but also wanted to make him feel better. She had to do a few tough missions to get back the money Naruto had, quite literally, 'eaten up' last time, and she was not going to do that again. Though, he had been through a lot throughout the day, and deserved a little treat for soldiering through it as best as he had. Before she could say anything though, another person made their presence known in the room.

"I'm willing to chip in." Said the grizzly voice. The deep and slightly gravelly voice of Ibiki surprised everyone, and Kurenai even jumped a little as she had almost forgotten that he was even there.

After they had traveled to the Ichikaru Ramen Shack and eaten their rather late dinner, much to Ibiki's horror at just how much Naruto had eaten by himself; Ibiki split off from the group and went home for the evening, telling them that he would be back in the morning if he didn't have any work to do. Kurenai split off as well, as she had to pack her things to move into the compound. She knew it would be difficult to move everything and decide where to put things in the compound, as she had just a room now, even if it was bigger than most, but now, all of the rooms of her old apartment combined, but she promised herself that she'd make it work.

In the morning, Naruto found himself waking up to another new area. It was obvious that he was in a bedroom of sorts, but it obviously wasn't his own, nor Anko's room. With his mother in mind, he could feel her presence right behind him, enveloping him within her arms like the night before when they slept on the couch. He felt better in her arms, safer, and though he didn't want to leave her, he wanted to explore the house that they would be living in now.

The boy carefully maneuvered out of Anko's grasp, making sure not to wake her or disturb her sleep. Even at his young age, he was fairly skilled in ninja arts, thanks to his mother, godmother, and uncle, and would make for a fine shinobi once he entered and graduated from the academy.

Once he escaped his mother's grasp, the young boy looked around the bedroom that he was in. It was rather large, probably just a little bit smaller than his old apartment, the one he lived in before his mother adopted him, and it had decorations and ninja trophies all over the walls, most likely from his birth parent's exploits.

As he thought about his parents, he realized that he hadn't heard much of anything about his birth mother. He knew who his father was, and was curious if his mother had been just as famous as his father had been.

Moving the thoughts aside, he looked at all of the ninja gear on the walls that obviously didn't belong to any Konoha shinobi, or any that were still around. There were different Hitai-ate's of different colors, styles, and villages, some of them being much different than the others, like one that had the Kumogakure symbol engraved into a metal shin guard. There were others that were clothing or armor accessories, but he pulled himself away from them to look at the variety of weapons on another wall, one of which was a large two handed war hammer with intricate and complex designs, not unlike the runes and symbols used in sealing, however, it also gave off an aura of strength and power, as well as the kind of fear that made you picture your own death by the weapon in your mind.

Everything that they had collected amazed Naruto to a point where he was actually thinking kind things about his bastard of a father again, instead of the dark; if not evil thoughts about what he wished he could do to his father, which he had been thinking of since the night before.

Naruto continued to look around the room, but the more he viewed each item, the more he developed an odd feeling in his chest. He began to find himself not wanting to go and see the other rooms. Not out of hate, but out of fear of what he would find, and this feeling would continue to develop slowly over the week whenever he was in the compound.

Over the course of the week, Naruto, Anko, and Kurenai all slowly adapted to their new surroundings, their new home, even if it was currently limited to some rooms in the main house because of all of the blood seals and preservations seals all over the place that had to be released. Anko had even moved out of Naruto's room of her own accord, to allow his parent's room to become his room. This led to a very interesting although also troublesome problem. The first time that Naruto slept in his new room alone, he was fine for about the first five minutes before screams of terror could be heard coming from Naruto's room, causing Anko and Kurenai to rush to his room to see him withering in terror in his sleep and sweating profusely. However, as soon as Anko held him, he calmed down, his breathing evening out and going back to sleeping peacefully. After a bit of experimenting, they found that Naruto could manage to sleep for about four nights a week on his own, with one day between each night he slept alone, the others being where he would share his mother's bed to chase away the nightmares, often with him waking up in terror, rushing to her room, and snuggling in under her arm.

Early one morning, Anko decided to head out to replace everything in the fridge so they wouldn't have to go out for food every time they wanted to eat. While she was out, she decided to stop by the T&I building to see how Ibiki was doing. Unfortunately, he wasn't there at the time, so Anko had taken that moment to sneak into Ibiki's personal office for a look, as she had never been allowed to go inside. Much to her surprise, the entire office was modeled into a bedroom and office combination, much to Anko's anger. The next time she saw the master interrogator, she made it clear to him that he was going to move out of his office and into the compound with the three of them.

-Present-

Naruto woke up like he had for the last few days, in the room that was formerly his parents' bedroom, and by himself. It was odd to no longer sleep in the same bed with Anko every night like he had gotten used to, but he had gotten used to the new routine by now as well. As he looked around the room, he couldn't help but look back at the two handed warhammer longer than he had for any of the other items. There was just something interesting about it, something that pulled him to it, but he couldn't place what it was he found interesting about it, what it was that pulled him to it.

Naruto hopped out of the bed and went into the closet to get dressed as usual. As he did, he couldn't help but to look at the bed, which had a simply white and red color scheme to it. There was nothing truly fancy about the bed, but it did look nice, and stand out in the room.

After getting dressed, Naruto walked out of the master bedroom and entered the hall with several other bedrooms. His room was at the end of the hall, and Anko's and Kurenai's were just in front of his, to the right and to the left respectively. Ibiki slept in a room that was to the left of Kurenai's. There were more rooms down the hall, and it seemed fairly obvious that this was where the most important people of the main family slept.

As he walked down the hallway, he could smell food being cooked, and smiled as he made his way down the stairs and into the main room of the building. Kuenai had started to slowly teach Naruto how to cook, starting with simple foods, so that he would be able to cook for himself should Kurenai, Ibiki, and Anko all be out on missions for a few days, Kurenai had told him that in a year or two they would start teaching him to make more complicated foods and how to cook animal meats from hunting trips so that he would be ready for when he goes on missions later in life, interestingly enough, the food that Naruto made, often tasted 'divine', to quote his mother, even if Kurenai had made the exact same thing, the exact same way the day before, it apparently didn't compare to Narutos. The boy entered the kitchen and saw Anko and Ibiki sitting at the table, while Kurenai cooked the food.

Upon seeing Naruto make his way to the dining room and kitchen, Anko and the others directed their attention towards him.

"Morning, Gaki." Anko said with a smile, using one of the many nicknames she liked to use for him, and that he had grown used to being called by when she was referring to him. "What's your plan for the day? More training, relaxing, it's your choice for the day." Since his checkups with Inoichi had started, Anko made sure to let Naruto have some say on what he would be doing for the day to make him feel more in control of his life, as Inoichi had put it, doing so also made Naruto love his mother all the more, for allowing him to make more decisions for himself.

Naruto sat down at the table and thought about it for a moment. Really, the only two things he had been doing that week were training and relaxing with his new family, and having Hana come over to visit since she was, technically, their next door neighbor. For the most part it was training, but he had chosen one day to just do nothing. "I want to go see the rest of this place." He said somewhat quietly, getting Kurenai to stop cooking for the moment to concentrate on him.

"Are you sure? I'm not disagreeing with you, I think you should see the rest of your home, but you know how you reacted last time..." She was just looking out for her godson, and her worried expression told him that.

Ibiki was also curious if Naruto was serious about opening the rest of the doors. While not to Inoichi's extent, he was a master of the mind, and knew that even now, Naruto could have a relapse into what had happened little more than a week ago.

Once again, Naruto was quiet for a moment before speaking. "Yeah, I wanna see what kind of cool stuff they have in other rooms, like all of the headbands and weapons that were in the bedroom."

All three of them smiled at the boy. It sounded like something he would say, and it told them they he believed that he was ready to see what else there was left for him, and by extension, his family, which was them.

"Then it's decided." Anko said to everyone. "After breakfast, we'll check out the rest of the house." She looked at Naruto and smirked at him. "Better have a kunai handy," she added with a smile, "Just in case, you know?"

After breakfast, Ibiki and Anko helped Kurenai with the dishes while Naruto went back to his room to go and get his weapons. Once everyone was ready, the group began to unlock the rest of the rooms and buildings in the compound. There was a room much like a bath house, with both natural and seal powered hot springs with separate hot springs areas, such as co-ed, male, and female only sections, another room for trophies and weapons, many more bedrooms, a room with indoor plants and gardening supplies big enough to provide a village with all the ingredients it would ever need for medicine, and a massive library room that appeared to only be half full, which had many old stories and scrolls within it, among many other rooms in the building, there was even what appeared to be the beginnings of a distillery, and a powerful one at that, and while it appeared finished, there were apparently a few pieces that still needed to be connected, oddly, it also had the Uzumaki clan symbol stamped on the main pieces of the machine, implying it was of Uzumaki origin, this room in particular had caught Anko's attention.

After finding the distillery, they had decided to break up into separate groups and explore the house for a bit, and Kurenai decided to visit the bedrooms to see if any of them showed any signs of people living there, before they moved in of course that is, or if Anko, Kurenai, and Ibiki had missed anything that might cause problems for Naruto and his current mental health. Despite what she had been led to believe, one of the rooms had been used before, and showed slight signs of wear on the back wall. When she inspected it, she was horribly surprised to see what she found, and quickly shut the door, she would need to tell Anko about this room, so they could warn Naruto that it was off limits for now, due to the fact it would damage his mental health if he saw it too soon, had she been listening carefully though, she would have heard a 'click', followed by several cogs and heavy locks moving into place followed by a seal array spreading over the door she had just closed, before fading to the naked eye. While Kurenai found the room that would later worry Anko just as much as it had shocked Kurenai when she looked inside, Anko found a room that had the Uzumaki clan symbol on it, underneath it said, 'For Uzumaki members eyes only!' with a picture of an angry chibi Kushina shaking a fist underneath that. Anko paused, on the one hand, she wasn't actually an Uzumaki, on the other hand, she was, technically, the Matriarch of the clan, due to the fact she had adopted Naruto as her son, and loved him like he really was hers, and he was still ineligible to take the position of clan head, thus making her the clan head until he was old enough or eligible to take the position. Making her decision, she pushed the door open...and stopped, inside the room was row upon row of shelves, each shelf holding a massive scroll. Looking closer at the closest scroll title she gasped at what it said, 'Uzumaki Clan Whiskey Recipe and Brewing Techniques and Methods', instantly, Anko grabbed it and hid it in her coat, "I think I will hold onto this until I get a chance to test this stuff's strength and until Naruto is older...or at least allowed to drink anyway…"

Looking at some of the other scrolls, another one caught her attention, this one, because of what it was called, 'Uzumaki Adoption Ritual for Non-Clan Members into the Clan As Full Members', Anko was actually taken aback by this, 'Hmm, perhaps this could prove interesting...' she thought, as she took the scroll, and tucked it into to her cloak for later, when she could look at it with Ibiki and Kurenai at her side.

While Anko found the Uzumaki Vault that Kushina had left behind in the compound, and Kurenai found the room that Kushina and Minato had left protected by locks, a few seals, and gears, along with additional protections added by some other people, Ibiki had gone looking for categorizing what was in the different rooms so they could share their discoveries later. As he entered one room though, he found himself, in, what was to him, heaven. Scrolls, stacks of scrolls, all labeled with Uzumaki interrogation techniques, some involving seals, poisons, serums, plants, drinks and concoctions, and various devices like special chairs, tables, and other things.

Kurenai after leaving the room that had the room she found went on to look through different rooms of the house. Upon looking at the jutsu library she had found though, she found a small little sub-room with interesting tags of paper with small, intricate seals on them. There were notes and papers left beside them that said that the seals on the tags could be placed on a person, and then the person with the tag would be subjected to a genjutsu that could only be dispelled by removing the paper tag. She found them quite interesting, but wanted to know more about how they worked. There were more scrolls around in the room, but Kurenai decided to save checking them out for a later date.

Naruto and the group walked through another hallway, they had decided to meet up around this time, but this was hallways was rather void of doors compared to others. At the end of the hallway was a single door, but it stood out next to all of the other doors. It was rather ornate, with the Uzumaki crest under another clan crest that he couldn't name off the top of his head, but yet he someone how seemed to find it familiar. The boy walked over to the door and cut his hand once more, a little blood flowing out before the wound closed and healed. Like the previous doors, Naruto unlocked the door and took a look inside. The room appeared to be a study of some kind, if the scrolls scattered about and the room looking like a madman's workshop/room/laboratory/study.

Slowly, Naruto walked over to the largest desk in the study, making sure not to step on any of the scrolls on the ground, after all there was no telling if some of them had storage seals, which he was getting better at using with help from both Anko and Kurenai, and they were always careful to watch him, ever since that first time they had caught him trying to train with using his storage seals...the work room was still having to be repaired from that incident, and the disasters that followed. Whoever this room belonged to though, they sure didn't know what cleaning was. There were fuinjutsu theories and jutsu theories all over the place, but among them were a few letters. Naruto hesitantly picked one up and read through it. Two names that he was unfamiliar with appeared in the letter over and over again, but he had no idea why.

Anko, Kurenai, and Ibiki were all trying to clean up the place to the best of their abilities when they caught Naruto looking at them with curiosity. "What's up?" Anko asked her son, who simply turned the paper around for them to see.

"Who are Dympna and Jigan Uzumaki?" He replied.

~Omake - Fun With Storage Seals~

Anko and Kurenai had been teaching Naruto to use storage seals as part of the training they had decided to give him, this way, he would be able to use them when he eventually made genin from graduating the academy. The first attempt at teaching him had been...explosive, to put it simply. Much to their horror, Naruto had channeled so much chakra into the scroll, that it had started to glow causing the scroll to overload and explode, even more unfortunate still, the scroll in question, had had over five hundred kunai stored away in it, so when it overloaded, Kurenai and Anko had just enough time to grab Naruto and pull him out the door and close it behind them before there was an explosion and the sound of hundreds of impacts as the kunai in the scroll exploded outwards and destroyed the room. Needless to say, since then, Naruto had been strictly forbidden from using storage seals unless Anko or Kurenai or both of them, were there to watch him, and prevent what happened, from happening again. It took weeks of trying, but, eventually they had managed to get him to use a small amount of chakra for the seals, course, they ended up going through about two hundred storage scrolls before they had reached that point, and the room they had been using, was trashed to the point you would think someone was doing a makeover restoration of the room by tearing down the walls first. Sadly, having been emboldened by his recent successes with supervised training, Naruto had made an attempt to help Anko unpack some of her things in the Uzumaki Compound, this being a few days after he found out who his parents were, unfortunately, he had grabbed Anko's weapon scroll, needless to say, Anko and Kurenai called his name just as he was putting chakra into the scroll, and accidentally overloaded it, needless to say, senbon, swords, kunai, daggers, a few axes, some knives, and even a massive scythe, they all came exploding out of the scroll, barely giving Naruto time to dive under the bed as the weapons embedded themselves into the walls and door and some even going through and out the window. When they heard the explosion, Anko and Kurenai came running, needless to say, they had made it clear, Naruto was to be kept away from any storage seal not made through Uzumaki seals, as anything else, was just too weak for his dense, and powerful Uzumaki chakra.

Tada! I hope you guys liked this chapter, since it was a lot of fun to write, and there were so many ideas formed for future chapters. As I said before, but not in the exact same words, there are pretty heavy implications in this chapter. Not to mention the emotional scene, which hopefully got you feeling something. Anyway, I'd like to hear what you guys have to say about the chapter and how well I did at parts like them first going to the compound, and how Naruto reacts to everything. Remember though, he is a six year old boy who lived believing that he had done something horrible to everyone, and looked up to Minato as his idol. His entire world crashed down on him because he found out that his own father was the one who had given him this horrible curse, and he just wants to hide and be safe for a while. With everything this chapter presents, Naruto won't be as loud or as obnoxious for a month or two, maybe more, that is if I don't surprise you guys. Oh, and starting with the next chapter, I will be adding segments for music to better convey emotions. Hopefully it'll go well, but we'll have to see.

As I said before, reviews are appreciated!

Until next time!