"Naruto!" Fuu yelled as she jumped on Naruto giving him a bone crushing hug. "How have you been? Oh have you done any cool missions since you were in Taki? Are you taking the Chuunin exams?" Fuu bombarded him with questions.
"Hahaha hey Fuu, how are you? I'm fine and yes I am in the chuunin exams. What are you doing here?" Naruto hugged her back.
"For the chuunin exams silly. I told you I would be here. But that isn't even the best part. I am moving to Konoha!" Fuu shouted jumping up and down. Sadly depending on who you were. Fuu was on top of Naruto who was laying on the ground. When she started jumping Ayame couldn't stop laughing as it looked like Fuu was riding Naruto. Naruto at this point was blushing as Fuu's movements made him feel weird.
"Honey maybe you should get off of Naruto." Tsumiko suggested.
"Oh sorry Naruto." Fuu chuckled as she helped him up.
"No problem Fuu." Naruto stuttered.
"Well Naruto you never told me you had a girlfriend." Ayame teased.
"We aren't dating!" Naruto and Fuu shouted at the same time.
"Yeah, yeah anyway Naruto, Fuu has been looking for you all day so why don't you show her and her mother around the village." Ayame smiled as Naruto perked up.
"Yeah sure common Fuu." Naruto grabbed her hand and started pulling her away from the stand.
"Nii-san, wait up!" Naruko called as she chased after them with Narumi giggling happily.
"Well I guess I better pay for our meal and catch up to them before they start trouble." Tsumiko sighed.
"Don't worry ma'am, this time the food is on the house." Ayame smiled as Tsumiko sighed in relief.
"Thank you."
"No problem." Ayame waved her off.
*With Naruto*
"Say Naruto, where is Luna? Is she back in Shinkyo?" Fuu asked. Naruto slowed down before exchanging a quick glance with Naruko.
"She is at my apartment right now sleeping. We shouldn't disturb her. She can be really cranky when she doesn't get her beauty sleep." Naruto said.
"Oh, alright. SO what is there to see in Konoha?" Fuu tried changing the subject.
"Well there is obviously the hokage monument but I want to save that for last. Then we could visit the academy and maybe run into Iruka-sensei. DO you have any other places Naruko?" Naruto was glad for the subject change.
"Well we could show her Luna's favorite park and Narumi's favorite Ice-cream shop." Naruko suggested.
"Great idea, so academy first, park second and then ice-cream that we can eat on the monument." Naruto declared angling the group towards the academy.
"So Naruko, how have you been and I'm guessing that adorable little girl is your sister?" Fuu asked.
"Yes she is, Narumi this is Fuu say hi." Naruko pointed towards Fuu making Narumi focus on her.
"Hewwo Fuu!" Narumi waved enthusiastically.
"Oh aren't you just adorable." Fuu cooed, causing Narumi to giggle.
"Yes she is." Naruko agreed.
"Wow you kids move fast." Tsumiko said as she caught up to them.
"Oh hey Kaa-san. Sorry about leaving you behind." Fuu laughed nervously.
"Hello Tsumiko-san." Naruto and Naruko greeted.
"umiho?" Narumi questioned.
"Oh Narumi this is Tsumiko, Fuu's Kaa-san." Naruto introduced them. Tsumiko-san, this is my baby sister Narumi."
"Hello Narumi-chan it's so good to meet you." Tsumiko greeted the giggling Narumi. "SO where are we headed?"
"We are almost at the academy where I learned how to be a ninja." Naruto stated.
"Oh I can't wait to see what Konoha academy looks likes." Tsumiko replied.
"It's not much to look at trust me." Naruto muttered remembering his childhood and how often he was picked on.
"Something wrong Naruto?" Fuu asked.
"Nothing, just thinking of the past." Naruto sent her a reassuring smile. Or at least he hoped it was reassuring.
"Oh, ok." Fuu stated.
"We are here." Naruko stated hoping to change the mood.
"Wow it is much bigger than the one we have back in Taki." Fuu explained.
"Well of course it would be, this village is much larger than Taki." Tsumiko explained to Fuu.
"Come on let's see if Iruka-sensei is inside." Naruto suggested moving towards the doors. Only to be stopped by two chuunin.
"Sorry the academy is closed until after further notice." One of them spoke up.
"Why?" Naruko asked.
"The first part of the chuunin exam is taking place here and to prevent cheating we have been ordered to stop anyone from entering." The other said.
"Oh. Well we can still go to the park and relax while we catch up." Naruto said turning in the direction of the park.
"Oh can Luna come? Please didn't you say she loved the park when we were in Taki?" Fuu asked. She took note of Naruto and Naruko's flinch.
"Uh well you see she can't this time. I'm sure she will be available next time though." Naruko answered before Naruto had time to reply.
"But Naruto said she was sleeping." Fuu stated with a confused expression on her face.
"Well…" Naruto started only to be interrupted by Tsumiko.
"You know why don't we have this conversation in the park ok?" Tsumiko offered.
"Yeah I like that idea." Naruto grabbed onto the lifeline Tsumiko offered.
"Then lead the way young Naruto." Tsumiko smirked at his questioning gaze. "Just take us there Naruto."
"O-okay." Naruto sped off down the road.
"Nii-san wait up!" Naruko called as she ran after Naruto while Narumi was squealing in delight.
"Come on Kaa-san. Don't want to lose them now." Fuu laughed as she raced after them.
'I definitely made the right choice convincing Kushina to get us to move here but why do I feel like we are in danger.' Tsumiko followed after the children, her sense of dread slowly building.
*With Minato*
"It appears my seal on Kushina has failed." He gazed out his office window towards the crowds of people going about their lives.
"What do we do now?" Jiraiya asked.
"We let the games begin." Minato answered simply.
"What are you talking about? I thought you wanted to reunite your family?" Jiraiya questioned.
"Jiraiya the greatest plans take time and while my recent plans haven't been very effective, I have underestimated the children's resourcefulness. Of course if you hadn't failed at getting Naruto to drop the fox contract I might have my family together. Besides the exams will bring a time of change for this village. Whether it helps us or hurts us remains to be seen. All I know is that if they don't get in line then they are liabilities and liabilities need to be extinguished." Minato stated calmly.
"What kind of storm are we talking about?" Jiraiya asked concerned.
"It appears your old teammate has created a village of his own called the hidden sound village. They have a team entering the exam and if he is anything like he used to be then he will use the opportunity to destroy the leaf. With the Uchiha on my children's team then they will have to get stronger to protect each other. I will use the opportunity to either get on board with me or destroy them should they oppose me." Minato stated with conviction. "Are you with me jiraiya?"
"I am always with you Minato." Jiraiya nodded.
Sorry about the small chapter. I had some trouble writing this chapter as I want action again. Funny as you might say I could have done it and it may be true but now is not the time. In the next two chapters the exams with heat up with political dealings and hopefully nice fights. Anyway I need some ideas for a summon for Naruko and Luna. Note I will only use actual animals. Meaning no dragon's phoenix or any other fantasy animal. Also should Narumi get the fox contract or get another contract? I will leave it up to all of you. So what will tsumikos reaction to Kushina's condition? We will see next time.