Chapter 12: Go big and go home.

talking

thinking

biju/Boss summon talking

biju/Boss summon thinking

[Justu]

None of the three spoke as they looked up at the large, hulking figure that now stood over them. A similar thought going through all of their heads.'Time to call for help.' They thought together.

"Hey mom, if you and Kakashi want to step in now and give us a hand then I see no problem why." Naruko said sheepishly.

Kushina chuckled and drew her sword, she figured the kids were going to ask for help eventually but, she waited until they actually asked instead of stepping in and protecting them like she wanted to.

"Don't worry, this fight isn't going to take long." She assured as she bit her thumb before flashing through the seals for a summoning jutsu.

"[Summoning Jutsu.]" She declared and a large burst of smoke appeared, when it added she now rode on the back of a large white seagull armored with crimson red armor.

"Kushina? You better have a good reason for summoning me." The bird said in a stiff tone, all kushina had to do was raise her eyebrow and point at the huge beast in front of them and he understood."Never mind, that's good enough. Dinner can wait." He said before flapping his wings and took off to engage the guy from the air.

"You three step back and rest, we can take it from here." Kakashi said giving them his signature eye smile before he returned his gaze to the man and uncovered his sharingan before running at him from the ground.

Naruko, Mito, and Naruto jumped back to where the others were with the bridge builder. Sighing as the drain from using the multiple jutsu's throughout the two fights they just had they all slumped a bit.

"Well, that was fun." Naruto commented looking at the three.

"It seems this fight will be over soon if the rumors of Kushina-Sensei's sword skills and aerial mastery with her summons are true." Sai commented slightly curious to see if that was true.

"Just who the hell are you anyway." Sakura demanded ignoring sai and looking at Naruto instead.

"Didn't you pay attention to a word I just said Pinky." Naruto said making Sakura bristle at the nickname. "I'm their brother who has been gone for a few years." Naruto answered leaving out a few things that only should be discussed with his family.

"How did you get that strong, I demand you teach me!" Sasuke said next clearly not liking that someone was stronger then him, the wind, jutsu, fight all proved that much.

"Ok first off, never demand something from me. Second, no." Naruto said narrowing his eyes, he honestly hated greedy people and this kid was acting just like that, like he was entitled the world.

"NO, I'M AN UCHIHA, AN ELITE AND YOU WILL DO AS I ORDER PEASANT." Sasuke yelled… A moment later he was laying on the ground out cold with twin fist marks embedded in his head.

"DON'T YELL AT ARE BROTHER YOU FUCKING DUCKASS." Both Naruko and Mito roared at him.

Naruto chuckled and turned his attention back to the fight which honestly seems very one sided as of this moment, Kakashi weave in and out of the slow but powerful blows of the giant and sent low level lightning Jutsu and fire Jutsu at its legs to bring it down but the real powerhouse was in the air.

"[Wind style: Drilling Air Bullet.]" Kushina yelled launching another barrage of high speed wind blasts that dwarfed Naruto's own in both size and power.

Kushina smirked and jumped off her partner and drew her sword, the blade of which began to hum with chakra.

"[Uzumaki Blade technique: Maelstrom Slash.]" She yelled as the wind picked up and began to whip around the blade like a funnel, she slashed and cut off Osore's left arm from the shoulder making him howl in pain.

"How dare you harm me women, your power should be nothing next to mine." He yelled at her as she landed back on her partner.

"Wasn't that hard, your about as powerful as my shoe!" She mocked seeing how weak he was, as she circled she noticed something on his back and smirked her old mischievous tomboy smile.

'So that's how he has all this power, no way would that snake let one of his subordinates have anything even close to this without some kind of catch.' Kushina thought as she caught sight of a seal that just from the look of it seemed to be feeding this guy chakra.

"Kakashi, i got a plan." Kushina yelled, the Seagull swooped down and picked him up as they took to the air to talk in private.

"What do you have in mind Kushina?" Kakashi asked, he rarely saw her current smile and when he did doom for those that were her target usually followed.

"This guy isn't that much of a threat, he isn't even alive. Orochimaru just rigged up some cadaver, stuck a seal on its back and probably some prisoner and is using that to power him." Kushina explained while at the same time revealing what they needed to do to end this.

"It's really that easy?" Kakashi asked surprised.

"Yep, just need to give me two minutes and a well placed [Chidori] when I say so." Kushina said.

Kakashi nodded and hopped off when they were low again, resuming his word of distracting the giant while Kushina got to work on a seal.

"[Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Justu.]" Kakashi said as he fired off a round of fireballs and burned the wraps on the mummy's feet.

"Gahh, you will pay for that." Osore yelled trying to swat him.

"I don't really think so." Kakashi said as he stuck the giants hand with explosive tags and destroyed nearly all of it.

"Kakashi, now." Kushina yelled hopping off her summon and landed on the giant's back with her brush, faster then most could even process she speed drew a seal over the old one and pumped chakra into it.

"[Uzumaki sealing art: Power Backlash.]" She said as the seal glowed and forced the previous one to work in reverse, now it sucked the charka right out of the hulking males body, leaving him stiff as a board.

"[Chidori]" Kakashi yelled shoving his signature jutsu right through the monster's heart and making it shatter into debris.

The two jumped away and watched in mild amusement as the once powerful and hulking mass turned to dust in front of him.

"THAT. WAS. AWESOME." Naruko yelled behind them reminding them that they were still there.

"Well, glad you enjoyed the show." Kushina said smiling and chuckling at her daughters enthusiasm.

"I best be returning Kushina, call on my aid again if the need requires it." The seagull said.

"Thank you for your help Shawgo." Kushina said bowing to her partner before he disappeared back to his summoning realm.

"That was rather impressive mom." Mito said as the group of six kids and one bridge builder walked up to them.
"Of course it was, I don't do anything less." Kushina said semi arrogantly.

About that time they heard a noise from the end of the bridge, turning they saw the town had arrived armed and expecting to have to help fight Gato and his men, what they weren't expecting was the bridge to look worse for wear and a ton of dead bodies including Gato.

Tazuna smirked as he looked over at the townsfolk and yelled the one thing they had hoped to hear for so long.

"Gato is dead, we're free." He yelled happily as the whole crowd burst into cheers of excitement.

"Well, looks like the hard part of this mission is over." Kakashi said chuckling as everyone gave him an odd look.

"Now, lets celebrate." Tazuna yelled with the town cheering in agreement.


It was evening now with the town all in a festive mood, lights were hung, song filled the air, food raided from Gato's mansion was enjoyed and the town had hope for the first time in a long time.

Back at Tazuna's house however, four people didn't join the festivities as they had family issues they had to discuss. Naruto looked a bit sheepish under the glare of his two sisters and the half hearted glare from his mother.

"Why didn't you tell us it was you when you came back?" Naruko asked upset their brother who they had searched for was right in front of them the whole time.

Naruto—knowing lying would get him a beating—decided to tell the truth. "Honestly, because I was nervous, even though I knew you were trying to find me and rekindle are family is was scared that it was all a big hoax or something. I wanted to make sure that it was the truth before I actually decided to show myself." He said.

The girls hung their heads a bit as even though they saw the logic, they were saddened their own brother had to do that with them.

"Why did you leave in the first place?" Mito asked, it was the big question that had plagued them for years.

"Haa, at first it was because I thought I wasn't strong enough to be worth you time, that I was weak and didn't belong in the family." Naruto said making them feel very guilty. "But, after I started training with mom I realized it wasn't that, I realized it was because I wanted to get stronger so I could help you and show you I was able to take anything you threw my way and you didn't need to be nervous around me with the fox sealed in you." He said.

"Sweetie, I am so sorry we made you feel like that." Kushina said hugging him, she wanted to badly to make up for what she did to him, the girls quickly joined the hug feeling the same thing.

"It's ok, I decided not to dwell on the past and just let it go, you showed you really did care about me so you already made up for it." He said smiling making them feel a bit more happy.

"You know, when we get back to the village dad is going to want to know all about this and talk with you right." Mito said.

"Yeah I know, and I planned to talk to him, no sense leaving him out of the family secret." Naruto said chuckling.

"Speaking of family, I plan to have a long talk with Mira about all this, she could have at least told me my son was with her instead of keeping me in the dark." Kushina said slightly irritated, as far as she could see her best friend practically kidnapped Naruto.

"Mom, please don't be to mad at her, she helped make me how I am today and raised me just as good as you would have, plus she wanted to wait until I was ready to tell you since it was my secret." Naruto explained hoping to quell his Sensei's anger.

Kushina deflated and nodded, she couldn't deny her son had grown up into quite the good man under Mira's guide and she would give her friend a break for that.

Suddenly, from behind them the door slid open and Kakashi poked his head in.

"Sorry to interrupt the family moment but, Inari is hoping Tenzo or Naruto was going to join in the festival and everyone else wants you four to be there as well as the guest of honor. We leave tomorrow since it looks like the bridge will be finished then so, might as well enjoy the night of festivities." Kakashi said.

"We'll be out in a few minutes Kakashi, we're just finishing up." Kushina told him breaking the hug with her children before standing, the copy ninja nodded and left them to finish up.

"All right, I think we should finish up this conversation when we get back to the leaf and meet up with your father. He is gonna want to hear about this as well." Kushina said making the three nod.

"Now come on, lets go relax and enjoy the festival!" Kushina cheered and bolted off.

"Mom is such a kid at times." Naruko said chuckling as they walked after her.

"And I hope it never changes." Mito replied.


The next morning after everyone had packed up there belonging's, the group of leaf ninja stood in front of the large crowd of wave citizen's that had come to see them off.

"We really appreciate all that you have done for this place, you gave us hope when we didn't have any." Tazuna said smiling, for once in his life not drunk.

"It was no trouble at all, just doing are job." Kakashi told them.

"You sure you can't stick around a little while longer?" Tsunami asked them hoping they could.

"We can't, we have to return home now that are mission is complete." Kushina answered sadly.

Inari—who was standing by his mother—looked about ready to cry, seeing them have to leave was hard for him. Seeing this, Naruto smiled and ruffled the kids hair.

"Take care of yourself squirt, be the man that Kaiza would want you to be now. And know if you ever need us, we'll come running. And kid, no more crying when your sad" He said cheering him up, Inari rubbed the tears out of his eyes and nodded.

"Don't worry Naruto, I won't cry anymore unless they are tears of joy." Inari promised him making Naruto nodded.

With that the group of ninja turned and waved goodbye as they walked off, Tazuna chuckled as he watched them go over the now completed bridge.

"You know, I think the name we gave the bridge suits it." He said to himself, above him written on the stone was the bridge name 'The Great Bridge of Heroes.'


Three days later, having returned from their mission in wave country, the two teams had returned to Konoha and now stood in front of the Hokage who seemed like he was trying to keep his calm composure and not burst into tears of joy at seeing his son.

"And that about sums up everything that happened Sensei." Kakashi finished with his report, explaining the events that happened in the wave country and the actions they had taken to save it.

"Well, certainly can't call that a C-rank mission, more along the lines of an A-Rank mission borderline S with this zombie man you told me about. In which case, Team seven will be payed for an A-Rank mission and Team Eleven will be payed for a C-rank mission and A-Rank backup mission." Minato said filling out the forms needed.

"Team Seven you're dismissed. Team eleven, if you could stick around." Minato said, Kakashi nodded and herded his team out seeing where this was going and it wasn't for them.

The moment Team Seven was gone Minato stood and rushed over, hugging his son and daughters.

"I'm so glad you're all safe, you especially Naruto. I'm so, so sorry for what I did to you all those years ago." Minato said, he wanted so badly to make it up to his son and now he would have the chance.

"Forget about it dad, its over and done with and I already forgave you." Naruto said chuckling.

"Well, be that as it may I still am making it up to you anyway I can." He said firmly and not going to back out of that.

"All right dad, tomorrow we can spend some time together." Naruto said chuckling.

"Hey, leave me some time to see my son." A voice said,appearing in the window was Mira with a smile on her face, the moment she appeared Minato went wide eyes and whipped his head between her and Naruto so fast he nearly got whiplash. He then proceeded to yell in despair.

"How could I have not figured it out?!" He yelled, it had been right in front of him and he was to tired and an idiot to figure it out.

"Figure what out?" Kushina asked looking at her husband then to her friend.

"Oh, just the fact that about four hours after Naruto ran away Minato let me legally adopt him." Mira said smirking, the room became icy cold as Minato stuttered and looked at his wife apologetically, however she looked like the fox she once carried and was ready to kill him.

"YOU LET ARE SON BE ADOPTED THREE HOURS BEFORE WE EVEN FIGURED IT OUT, THEN WHEN WE DID, COULDN'T PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER. MINNNNNAAAATOOOOOO." She roared and was on his ass so fast it wasn't even funny, not even the ANBU stationed in the room to protect him were stupid enough to help him with the current beating he was receiving.

When Kushina finally calmed down Minato was beaten black and blue and smoke rose from the bruise on his head.

"Mira, regarding Naruto being adopted I hope you would—" Kushina started but, Mira cut her off.

"Wow, wow Kushina hold up. Naruto wasn't adopted by me, my son's name is Tenzo." She said smirking, Kushina was flooded with joy as she realized thanks to an epic loophole Naruto was still her son and from the look he was giving them still going to be apart of their family.

"Hooray for loopholes." Naruto, Mito, and Naurko cheered when they realized they were still family even legally.

"In that case thank you for looking out for my son." Kushina said hugging her friend, Mira smiled and shrugged it off before leaving so they could go.

"Well, I hope that about wraps everything up, Naruto again I'm sorry and I will make it up to you." Minato said slightly recovering but, he was gonna need Tsunade to help heal a good amount of those bruises. "Team Eleven, you are free to go but, I need to speak with Naruto privately quickly." Minato said growing serious, the girls were shocked but nodded and left the two blonds to talk.

"Son, I know I have no right to ask you this but, I need a favor regarding your sisters." Minato said surprising Naruto.

"Sure dad, what's up?" Naruto asked, this had to be important, Minato returned to his seat and winced a bit before speaking.

"As you no doubt are aware the halves of the nine tailed fox are sealed in Naruko and Mito, because of this I am worried about their safety regarding a certain individual." Minato said and told him the tail about the night the girls had the fox sealed into them and the man who almost destroyed their family.

"So you want me and the dragons to keep the safe?" Naruto asked, masking the harsh rage he felt at the man who nearly killed his parents.

"Yes, the dragons I believe could keep the nine tails suppressed should it ever try and break free, Mira did it a few times for your mother and for Mito when she held the beast." Minato said nodding, he could feel his son's rage and he honestly didn't blame him for feeling like he did.

"Dad, you don't even need to worry about that. As far as I am concerned if this guy comes even close to my sister's he'll be dinner for Infernous and the dragons so fast his head will spin." Naruto told him putting some of his father's fears to rest.

"Thank you, you have no idea how much relief that brings me knowing my boy is a protector." Minato said smiling, in a way he saw himself in Naruto when he was younger.

"You know, now that I think about it, I think it is long past due for you to learn the family Jutsu. So I think starting tomorrow we are gonna get you started on the Rasengan." Minato said smiling firmly, his son deserved to learn his blood line and this was as good a start as any.

"I won't let you down dad." He said, Minato smiled and nodded letting him go, Naruto gave him one last smile before jumping out the window, back in his Tenzo disguise as he didn't want the village to find out quite yet.

Minato chuckled and watched his son go, for a long time he dreamed of having his son back so he could make it up to him and now here he was, a strong man ready to take on whatever life threw out him with a vengeance.

'World, you better watch out, cause my son is gonna rock you to your very core.' Minato thought happily before returning to his dreaded paper work and thinking about the coming days of bonding with his boy.


Hello, ladies and gentlemen, it's me Tenzo.
So a few things, first sorry about the new schedule for my stories, life has just gotten crazy now with me getting ready for college so I don't have a ton of time but, fear not as I will not abandon them.
Second, HOORAY FOR LOOPHOLES, I know already people are gonna bitch about Naruto forgiving his family so easy but, I am going to say this. THAT. IS. NARUTO. I mean in the canon he forgave pain after he attacked the village didn't he, he still forgave the village for putting him through hell didn't he. That's who Naruto is.
I hope you all enjoyed what I thought should be Kushina's summon if she had one, her village was an island so gulls made sense to me.
Anyway, that's all for now, like, review, and all that. PEACE.