I want to thank Kisame Hoshigaki for being the beta of this chapter.

Hello. Sorry for the delay on my updates, I got an opportunity on my work, but I needed to take some extra classes and that reduced my free time, but as I said before I had the full intention to complete all my stories.

This chapter is about Kushina.

Kushina journey

Inside Kushina's dream.

Kushina was now standing right in front of her worse nightmare, the same bane that she has been holding for more of her life, the Nine Tailed demon fox that she receives from Mito-sama is now free and is attacking the village.

How can this be possible? If it were not for that man with the strange mask with only one eye this would had been the happier day of her live, the day where she become a mother.

She has awaited this day for so long and has many plans and dreams but now they will be over, the Kyûbi was extracted from her, that means that she will not survive to see her son, Naruto become a man, this will be her last moments.

She could see how Minato was doing his best to stop the Nine Tails, but she knew that he needs an opening, looking at her son, she gives him a goodbye kiss on his forehead, she knew that she was about to died, so she will use her last minutes to give Minato the chance that he needs to stop the Kyûbi.

So, gathering her last energies she uses her special jutsu, the Chakra chains.

It worked and she could see how the Kyûbi stop moving. Looking at Minato she told him to hurry up.

The next thing that she saw was how Minato summon the altar to make the sealing process, that is when she knew what he was planning to do. He was planning to seal the Kyûbi inside their son.

"No Minato, leave me do the seal that way Naruto will still has one parent to help him, you do not know what is like to grew up alone with a monster inside you and the people looking at you with hate"

"That is why you are going to be here for him" was Minato answer

Before she could ask what he is talking about, she saw how the Kyûbi was about to kill their son with its claws, her motherly instincts give her the energy that she didn't had to use her body as a shield to protect her son, but her husband has another idea in mind and push her out of the way as he use his body to protect their child.

"I am sorry Kushina, but you are right, Naruto will need a parent in the future and you are the only one that understand what he will be facing" said Minato as blood come out from him mouth.

Before she could protest Minato make the last hand signs of his live and said his finals words.

"Seal"

In that moment the Kyûbi began to turn into chakra, then, divide in two parts, one goes towards Naruto and the other right towards her.

She could feel that energy coming inside her as she saw how the Shinigami began to devour Minato's soul.

"Minato!" Kushina scream, but in that moment her surrounding change and she is now in a hospital room, she knew because she has been here after many times after she got injured on any mission.

She moves her hand towards her stomach, she could fell the chakra of the seal and she knew that the Kyûbi, well at less half of it, is inside her.

In that moment a panic look appears on her face.

"Naruto!"

Kushina was about to get out of the hospital bed and look for her son, but.

"So, the Kyûbi was divided in two" said a voice from the other side of the room.

Kushina turns around, she could not stop the hate showing from her face as she saw the masked man responsible for all this. She knew that there must be an ANBU close around and was about to call them as she began to face him to avenge Minato's death. But sadly, her body didn't have the energy and before she could call for help, he was right in front of her with his hand covering her mouth.

"This will cause a delay in our plans as we aren't expecting to make two extractions, but do not worry I will come back for you and your son, but I do not want him to grew knowing how to control his power, so I will give you a little present"

With that she could see that his only visible eye from his mask change to become a Sharingan as her world turn red with a black spiral, and in the center of that spiral she could see a baby, her son as it is moving far away but for some reason she cannot run after him.

"Naruto!"

In the moment Kushina wake up.

She went to the bath room to wash her face, hopping to remove these images. Over the last few weeks, she has been having that dream more often and she didn't know what to do.

But what bothered more is this felling of void and guilt that she was felling.

It has been over twelve years since she leaves Konoha and her son. But even now she does not understand why she did, sometimes she believe that she was protecting him because the seal will become instable if the two of them remain close, sometimes she believe that her son died with her husband and that the Kyûbi is taking control of his body, sometimes she believe that it is only a matter of time for the Nine Tails to escape.

All of those ideas that are in the past keep her moving and staying as far away possible as she can from Konoha had become weaker as the time move on, and all the fear and rage that she use to feel had disappear.

But they were replaced for other feelings, shame and fear. How was possible for her to feel that way about her own son, the son that she has been waiting for too long to have. If Minato would see her now, he would be ashamed.

"Kushina sensei, are you awake?" come a voice from outside the room.

"Yes Karin, what it is?" answer Kushina as normal as she could.

"Do you want me to order the breakfast?" asked Karin.

"Yes, please" answer Kushina as she began to get ready and then leave the room of the inn where she and her group spend the night.

She got out of her room and went to the dinner tables where she could see that the others were already there.

They were Karin, Guren, Shizuka and Tokiwa.

As she seats on the table as they way for their food, she can't help but remember how they came to be a group.

Looking at Karin she recalls how she was on a bar one night, it has been raining and it was late at night, that was the only place that still opens in that little town, she was about to order something to get warm when she hears a conversation between two shinobi that were on the other table. Normally she would not had paid them attention but there they said one word that she couldn't ignore.

"Uzumaki?" said one of the men.

"Yeah, I just sell the information to those Kumo ninja about where they can find an Uzumaki family and they give me a lot of money so we can drink all that we want" said the other man as he was about to take another cup of sake a kunai hit his hand.

"ARGGGR"

"What did you said?" asked Kushina as she was now right in front of their table.

"What is wrong with you, bitch!"

That reply only got him a new Kunai right on his shoulder. All the while the other man chose to remain still to avoid get hurt.

"I will ask one more time, did you say Uzumaki?" said Kushina as she took another Kunai.

Seeing that this crazy woman was serious that drunk man decides to answer.

"Yeah, there is an Uzumaki family of three, two miles north of this village but you are late if you wanted the reward because I just sell this info to a group of Kumo ninja"

In that moment Kushina remove her hood showing her red hair, the mark of the Uzumaki clan.

"Two miles north, hum" said Kushina

"You are an ..." whatever that man was about to said ended when Kushina throw her kunai that pierce his throat as she leaves that bar.

Kushina hurry up in that direction hopping that she will make it on time. At the distance she could see fire and the sounds of battle. She used more chakra to speed up.

When she arrives, she could see a lot of dead bodies in front of an old house, but one of them stan up, it was the body of a red-haired man, it seen that he has faced the Kumo team and has manage to kill six of them. She was about to get close to see if he was still alive when she hears a scream from inside the house.

"MOOOM"

In the moment she remembered that it was supposed to be a family of three and that scream from inside the house she hurries up to see how two Kumo ninjas were standing next to a woman in the ground as blood come from under her body and a little girl was trying to wake her up.

In that moment, the two Kumo ninja turned around just to be pierce by two chakra chains. She didn't waste any time with them as she was worry for her fellow Uzumaki.

But as she got closer, she could see that it was to late. She then turned to the little girl that was crying as still try to wake up her mom.

"Hello little one, you do not have to worry I already deal with the bad guys"

"But my mommy does not wake up, please help me to wake her up so we can find daddy" told the little girl.

That actually hurt Kushina because she now has to inform that girl that her parents are gone and that this will be the last time that she will see their faces.

"My name is Kushina Uzumaki, what is your name?"

"Uzumaki? Like my mom and dad?" asked the little girl.

"That is correct, and you are?"

"Karin Uzumaki"

"Nice to meet you Karin" said Kushina as she looks at the body of her mother, it was obvious that she used her body to shield her, she tries to see she could recognize her face, but she was a little girl when she leaves the Uzumaki village and couldn't remember her.

"Karin I am sorry but your mommy will not awake, she is sleeping just like your dad"

The little girls seem to understand what Kushina is trying to tell her as silent tears come from her eyes.

"Will my mom and dad sleep together forever?"

"Yes, they will, I promise that I will make them a nice place to sleep."

Kushina took the body of Karin's mother and place her next to her husband.

Then she moves to a clear next the house and using an Earth jutsu she made a grave long enough to have the two bodies, then she proceeds to place them on the grave in a position where they were holding each other hands.

Now standing before the two bodies where Kushina and Karin.

"Hello, I am Kushina Uzumaki, I am sorry for not arriving on time but believe me, that if I had known that fellow clanmates were close and in trouble I would had arrive faster, I know that you are worry about Karin but I promise as a fellow Uzumaki that I will take care of her and make sure that she grew to be a strong kunoichi that has the power to defend herself and her love ones."

After she said this, she places her hand on Karin shoulder, to give her conform and to indicate her that she can said her goodbyes to her parents.

"Mommy, daddy, I hope that you can sleep well and that in your dreams you look after me because I will dream with you and I promise that I will be fine, maybe not today or tomorrow, but I will be fine one day and them you will feel happy for me, so now you can rest and thank you for me my mommy and daddy" and with that more tears escape from her eyes.

In that moment Kushina used an Earth jutsu again to bury their bodies and in case that you are wondering what happened to the Kumo ninjas, the answer was nothing, she leaves them in the open for the wild animals to take.

Karin was the first of the girls to join her.

Next to Karin is Guren, Kushina still can remember how she meet her and how she stops her from commit the worse mistake of her life.

It happens over two years after she meet Karin, they were traveling for all over the continent when they hear the rumor that the old bastard of Orochimaru was nearby.

She has lost a couple of friends because that monster and wanted to make justice for them, but she wasn't alone and with Karin knew that she was not in condition to face him. But she can at less find off the information was correct, so she can send a message to the old man, and he can send somebody.

It was in the middle of the winter so there was snow all over the place when she saw a small town ahead of them.

"Look Kushina-sensei, a town! that means that today we will sleep indoors," said Karin.

"Who knows, this town is too small to had an inn, so unless that we manage to convince someone to allow us to stay in their home we will had to camp again" Kushina could see how Karin dropped her shoulders.

It was in that moment that she saw a woman walking before them, but she was carrying someone else, a girl for what she could see.

"Excuse me, but do you need any help?" asked Kushina.

The woman turns around to see Kushina and Karin.

"Hello, I see that you are travelers," said the woman.

"Nice to meet you, I am Kushina, and she is Karin" replay Kushina, trying to be more friendly as possible, to show them that she is not a tread.

"I am Yukina"

"My pleasure, but I see that this little girl is hurt, did something happen?" asked Kushina.

"I don't know, I just found her in the snow on my way back, I knew that if I leave her alone, she will die by the time that the night fall" declare Yukina.

"If you need help it will be my pleasure to assist you?" express Kushina.

"Thank you" replay Yukina.

With that Kushina took the unconscious girl from Yukina and began to follow her until they arrive to her home, when they were about to get to the door, someone come out really fast.

"MOMMM" yell a small little boy that has just come out from the house.

"Yukimaru, you should not come out of the house, it is freezing" tell Yukina.

"But I miss you mom" said Yukimaru.

"But I only leave for two hours as I went to give the medicine that I make to the old Sasame" comment Yukina as she returns the hug of her son.

In that moment the young boy saw that her mother wasn't alone.

"How are these people?"

"They are Kushina and Karin, we do not the name of the girl but she was unconscious on the snow"

"Really?"

"Now why do you get inside and put to boil some water to make some tea to our guest."

"Yes mom" with that the little kid got inside the house.

"He seems to be a nice kid" said Kushina.

"He is my treasure"

"Where is his father?" asked Karin, but after seeing the look on Yukina face she knew that she shouldn't ask that.

"He is no longer with us"

"I am sorry, I didn't mean to bother you"

"Do not worry, he was a fine man that make me happy on the time that we were together and he give me my little treasure"

Upon hearing this, Kushina couldn't help but feel a hassle in her head, that was show on her face.

"Are you feeling all right?" asked Yukina when she saw Kushina expression.

"Yes, it is nothing"

"We better get inside" and with that said Yukina lead to into the house.

At the inside of the house, they put the girl they found outside on the couch.

Inside the dream of Guren.

There was fire all over her clan complex, she could hear the screams of her clan members all over the place as a little Guren was running over the place looking for her friend Mina.

Mina was years older than her, but she is the only friend that she has in this complex, ever since she awakens her bloodline everything changes for her and not for the better, because she has more talent than the other kids, they call her a monster and the adults were always talking about how they could use her to improve their clan's position.

Literary she feels like a stranger in her own clan and with her both parent's death she feels no real connection with them.

The only one that mattered to her in her clan was Mina, she was like the older sister she always wanted, it seems that when she lost her parents, Guren's parents took care of her and when they also died, she promised that she would be there for her, and she did it.

Mina is the most important person for Guren, she didn't care if the entire clan was destroyed as long as she and Mina can escape.

But as time passed and the screams become stronger, she began to worry about her, she was not only her big sister figure but also her sensei, she has taught her to use her Crystal release better than the old men in her clan, she even teaches her many techniques.

She just turns around a building on the complex when she saw a couple of enemies that she kills with her Crystal release. Guren keeps advancing until she finally found Mina.

"MINA! NOOOO!" yells Guren as she sees her sister figure in the ground with blood coming from under her.

"Mina please open your eyes" request Guren as she turned her over her back to see her face.

"Guren?" asked Mina as she opens her eyes, they feel heavy, and she was cold. "You need to escape"

"I will take you with me" stated Guren.

"I am not going to make it and you know it" replied Mina as she coughs blood.

Guren turn her eyes to see the injuries on her chest it was made by a blade.

"What happened? how can someone hurt you like this?"

"The blade grew" replied Mina as her strength began to leave her body. "He led the attack on the clan, I try to stop him but he was a monster, and his blade grew" Then looking at Guren she said her last words. "Run as fast as you can, you had to live" and with that Guren saw how Mina leave this world.

"NO MINA!" Guren tries to wake her up, but it was useless. However, her cries have drawn the attention of some of the enemies.

"Looks, it seems that we miss that little girl" said one of the men.

"We need to finish the job them" said other one.

But at that moment when they began to attack her.

"I am going to kill you all" states Guren as Crystal spears come from her arms and kill the two enemies.

"I am going to find the man with the growing blade and I'm going to kill him!" said Guren as she began to run, leaving the clan complex.

It was at that moment that she noticed a traveler right before her wearing a white Yukata, she got ready to kill him but that is when she saw that he was surrounded by the dead bodies of many ninjas that were using the same clothes as the ones that killed her big sister.

"Do you have any trouble with me?" asked the traveler.

It was then when Guren saw his face, it was as white as the snow, black mark around his eyes and his eyes looks like the ones of a snake.

"Do you had anything to do with that?!" asked Guren, pointing towards her former clan complex, even at this distance she can still see the fire from where they were.

"I have no interest in that place, I was getting away from here because I do not like the smell of charred corpses, particularly if I do not mind about this place. But those people do not understand that and try to kill me, so I returned the courtesy."

"I see" he must be a traveler, that is what Guren guessed at that moment. "By the way who are you?"

"My name is ..."

At that moment, Guren began to wake up only to see that she was in an unfamiliar place.

"I see you've woken up; I'll tell the others." said a red-haired girl.

"What happened?" asked the little kid that was with the red-haired girl.

"My mom found you lying in the snow, you are lucky because you could die from the cold you know." said the little boy.

"I see"

At that moment two adult women got inside the room, one of them was carry some soup.

"Are you ok? how are you felling?" asked the brown-haired woman.

"I am fine, but how I ended here?" asked Guren.

"I found you on my way home and carry you here, thankfully I meet Kushina and Karin that also help me with you, I am Yukina by the way and you already meet my son Yukimaru" said Yukina.

"Thanks" answer Guren.

"You still have to tell us your name and why you were in the snow." asked the red-haired woman that now she knows her name is Kushina.

"My name is Guren, I went to find my master, he told me to wait in our camp but as he didn't return, I become worried and chose to go out and try to find him. That is when I got caught in a snowstorm." told them Guren.

"Is your master strong? Or has any special power?" asked Kushina.

"Why do you want to know?" replied Guren.

"Because we came here to confirm if a highly dangerous criminal is in this area. He is a monster that tries to take special people under his side, but if they refuse, he will kill them."

"Is that true?" asked Guren and Yukina at the same time.

"Yes, he is a S class criminal wanted all over the continent" replied Kushina.

"What is the name of that monster?" asked Yukina.

"Orochimaru" was Kushina reply.

That cause a reaction on Guren that she tries to hide, but Kushina still manage to see it.

"This must be very hard for you, so why don't you rest for the night, and we'll talk in the morning, here Yukina-san makes you a little soup" after Kushina said that, she leaves the room been followed by the others.

When they were gone, one single thought come to her mind.

"I must warn Orochimaru-sama that someone is looking for him"

"GRRRRRR" that was the sound of her stomach.

"After I eat that soup".

However, she was so tired that after she got her stomach full, she fell asleep. When she wakes up in the morning, she realizes that the woman named Yukina was next to her, and spend the entire day taking care of her, making sure that she will recover. She was a nice lady, and she was thankful with her, but that woman Kushina, she looks at her like she knew something, she needs to leave this night.

Guren waited a couple of hours until she knew that all the other members in the house had gone to sleep, then opening a window she leaves in the middle of the night.

After a while, she arrives at a cave.

"Orochimaru-sama!"

"You had finally returned; I was beginning to believe that you had betrayed me and leave on your own" said the Snake Sannin.

"That will never happen, I just got worried and went looking for you, but I got into trouble, but that is not important, someone is looking for you."

That is how Guren began to tell him all that has happened to her.

"So Kushina is here, that is interesting."

"Do you know her?"

"Yes, I do, and she is a strong enemy and to face her I would need your help."

"I would do anything for you, lord Orochimaru"

"Good, because I need you to go back and kill that woman that took care of you as soon as Kushina leaves that house."

That surprised Guren.

"But she is a civilian, she is not a danger."

"Yet she saw you and when Kushina see that you had left she will know that there is a connection between us and many more shinobis will come after us, that is why we cannot leave witness."

Guren could see the logic of her master words, but the idea of killing a person that has helped her and cannot fight back is something that she did not like.

"Maybe I was wrong about you, and you do not have what is needed to be by my side" the words of Orochimaru get a reaction.

"No, Orochimaru-sama. I will carry on your orders." said Guren, afraid that her master will abandon her if she does not follow all his orders.

"Good, because I want you to kill that woman and her kid while I take care of Kushina after she has left the house and is far enough."

"As you command."

The next day Guren has been spying on the home where she stayed, waiting for an opportunity to carry on her orders.

That is when she sees how Kushina and Karin said their goodbyes to Yukina and Yukimaru and then leave the place, that is great, now she only had to wait for a little so they move away enough and she will have no obstacles to complete her mission.

She was about to move to get closer to the house when she saw Yukina come out and began to walk towards a small road that was next to her home.

This was it, her opportunity to kill her, but she was having second thoughts, yet she must follow her master's orders. So, she jumped in front of her.

"Hello Guren-chan, I was worried about you after you leave last night" said Yukina.

But Guren didn't said anything, she just look at her.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Yukina.

"I am sorry, but you need to die for Orochimaru sake!" and with that, she uses her Crystal release to make some crystal spears that come from the ground and pierce her.

An explosion of smoke revealed that it only pierced a wooden log.

"So, you really were part of Orochimaru's group" Guren hear a voice behind her.

When she turns around, she sees Yukina standing there but a moment later the henge was release, showing Kushina.

"But you leave early this day!?"

"Those were Kage bunshin."

"Well, it does not matter, when Orochimaru-sama see that those are Kage bunshin he will come here and take care of you!"

"Oh, he is already here, in fact, he has been here all the time, isn't that right you dam bastard!" said Kushina while looking in one direction. "Probably waiting for a chance to sacrifice you"

"That is a lie, he will never do that?"

Kushina then look at her and spoke.

"Tell me, do you have a bloodline limit or a special talent?"

"How can you ask that in this situation?"

"Because that is the kind of monster that he is, he finds a way to manipulate the people that he wants and then dispose of them when they no longer have a utility for him."

"That's a lie! He saved me when my clan was attacked and gave me a purpose, you wouldn't understand what it's like to see your entire clan get destroyed because they had a power they were born with."

That touched a nerve in Kushina, she raised her hand and before Guren could react, a chain of chakra came out of her hand capturing her.

"ARRG, what is this?" Guren yells.

"This is my clan bloodline, not even a tailed beast can break them, because of this power many hidden villages tried to control us, and when they couldn't, they joined forces to destroy us, now only a few of us are still alive." Kushina, surprising Guren "But that's something you already know, you snake bastard."

In that moment with her other hand, she launches another chain toward some tress, destroy them, but from that place she saw the figure of the snake Sannin jumped and landed where they could see it.

"Is this the way to treat an old friend Kushina?"

"We were never friends and by the Kami, I still do not understand why the old man didn't kill you when he has the chance."

"Those words hurt you know."

"In a few moments, I will make you feel something that really hurts when I kill you."

"Brave words, but I am curious, how did you know that I'd be here?"

"Because I am a Jinchuriki, the moment I met Yukimaru I feel that he was special and that a monster like you'd want him."

"Impressive"

"Your compliments make me nauseous."

"As you guessed I'm here for that little boy and I will take him."

"That won't happen, I put a barrier that not even you would be able to break anytime soon, and I already send messages about your location to all your enemies, they are heading here as we speak."

Orochimaru face shows that he did not like that news.

"I guess that I will have to settle with your death."

"You are forgetting that I have your little student here as a prisoner" said Kushina as she tightens up the chains around Guren.

"ARRG, Orochimaru-sama"

"We both know you will never do that."

"And we both know that I've been through a lot, and I am no longer the same person that you knew anymore."

"If that is the case feel free to kill her, after all she was nothing more than a replaceable pawn."

"Orochimaru-sama?" asked a confuse and scare Guren.

"You were the one behind the attack on her clan? Don't you" that wasn't a question.

"OH! I have to admit that I underestimated you, but how did you find out?"

"Because what she was going to do is the same thing that happens to her and after she'll kill Yukina-san, she would go after Yukimaru, you'd show ups out of nowhere, kills Guren and earn Yukimaru's loyalty, and because I'm knowing your sick mind, you'll find it funny that she did the same thing as the men you send to kill her clan."

"No that can't be true!" said Guren.

"HAHAHA" the laugh of Orochimaru was the only answer that she got.

"They said that the stupidity is contagious but, in your case, you got your husband intelligence, no bad Kushina, not bad at all."

"You had not right to talk about him" said a mad Kushina.

"I only need to say one more thing" and with that he opened his mouth only to have his sword grew from it and pierce Kushina, only to find that she was a Kage bunshin.

"Don't tell me that you really expected that trick to work on me" asked the real Kushina as she appears behind him.

"Can't blame me for try."

While this was happening Guren was in a state of shock.

"His blade grew" said Guren remembering the last words of her sister. "His blade grew!" then she looked at Orochimaru.

"You attacked my clan and kill my sister? WHY?!"

"To get my new tools."

"TOOLS!" said a mad Guren.

"Yes, after all, that is what the shinobi are, just tools" said Orochimaru.

"And you kill my sister for that!"

"Don't waste your time trying to understand his reason, he is just a coward that is afraid of death and is willing to commit the worse of the crimes in order to find a way to escape from it"

That seems to bother Orochimaru.

"I am not bound with your simple morals; I will achieve my destiny."

"So, to find immortality you had you kill innocent people, that's sick" replied Kushina.

"I just say that they are tools and tools are mean to be used."

After Orochimaru said those words a couple of crystal shuriken were launched towards his head, but he just dodges them.

"You kill my sister; I will kill you!" Guren yells.

"It seems that she already knows the kind of dirty snake that you are."

"Then I will have to kill her as well, after all, I was getting bored of her."

"Do you think that I will allow you to do that?" said Kushina as she began to walk towards Orochimaru.

"What makes you believe that you will be able to stop me?" ask a sarcastic Orochimaru.

"THIS!" announces Kushina as a mantle of golden chakra began to surround her body.

"So, you have finally mastered that power. But I hope that you do not believe with just this you'll have the victory on your pocket."

"Maybe not, but I know that you will not come out from this fight unharmed, and with your enemies coming to this place you may not survive, particularly if Jiraiya is the one that comes to this place, after all, we all know that he was always better than you."

"What did you say!?" asked an enraged Orochimaru.

"Come here so I can repeat it to you slowly in your ear" answer Kushina.

All this was bluffing after all Kushina has just learned to control the Kyubi power and she can only keep that form for five minutes, but she knew that if she can convince that coward that his life is in danger he will leave.

"Maybe on another time, if I can get my prize there is no reason for me to stay here." said Orochimaru.

"Do you think that I will allow you to escape you monster!?" Guren yells.

But then she feels Kushina's hand on her shoulder, when she looks at her, she only said. "It is not the time for your revenge but in the future, you will have your opportunity."

Guren did not know why but she ended following Kushina's instructions, but she keeps looking at how Orochimaru retread. "One day I will kill you."

Then she began to cry, remembering her sister, how she was a fool to follow the man that killed her, and how she was about to do the same thing that happens to her to that little boy, Yukimaru.

She followed Kushina back to their home, and when she saw how Yukina and her son were there, happy and waiting for them she feels guilty about what she was willing to do. Kushina just told her.

"You need to decide what kind of person you want to be from your own free will, not to please someone else" said Kushina.

That night, Kushina told them about her encounter with Orochimaru, keeping the actions of Guren to herself. When Yukina learns that that monster was after her son she was so worried that she asked Kushina what they could do.

The next day all of them leave that place, heading to where some of Kushina's old friends live, she knew that they were good and will help Yukina and Yukimaru began a new life.

About Guren, she asked Kuhsina if she could come with her and Karin and be her student as well and of course, Kushina agrees.

And that leads us to the present time.

"I looked at the schedule for the next ship leaving this island towards the Elemental Continent. If we hurry up, we will be able to buy tickets and leave this place by noon" said Tokiwa.

"Thanks a lot" replay Kushina as she saw how Shizuka eat in silence.

Shizuka is the quieter of the three girls. But she could understand why. Even after she hears her story.

It all began when she and Karin and Guren were traveling trying to find a place where they could train alone and away from trouble until they were ready. They had arrived at a group of islands and were hoping to find an insolate place.

So far, the trip seems to be normal and there was nothing out of the ordinary until they got into a restaurant, they stop to eat something before continuing their journey.

They were eating their meals when a couple of little kids that were playing stumbled on Kushina's luggage, making that some of the things that were in fell to the ground.

"I am sorry" said the kid that stumbled.

"Don't worry, just be more careful the next time" Kushina told him as she began to pick up some of her belongings. At that moment she picks up her forehead protector. She was about to continue with her meal when some call her.

"Excuse me, but by any chance are you a shinobi of Konoha" said a tall woman with a Katana on her back, she was sitting on the table next to her in the company of a dark-haired girl.

Kushina could not sense any hostility from her, so she answers her.

"You can say that I was in a former life, but who are you and why do you want to know."

"My name is Tokiwa, and she is Shizuka-sama and we are looking for one Shinobi from your village, and I am wondering if you can tell us where he is."

"Before I answer I would like to know why you are looking for him? and who is he?"

"Understandable, the reason why we are looking for him is that he makes a marriage contract between the daughter of our clan leader and one of his students."

"Really? Even in these times, these kinds of deals are still happening. I wonder who was the one that has that crazy idea" said Kushina.

"His name is Jiraiya from the three legendary Sannin"

When Kushina hear the name of the old pervert she almost fell from the table.

"Of course, I should know that he would be the only one that could come with something like that."

"So do you know him?" asked Tokiwa.

"Yes, he was the master of my late husband" answer Kushina.

"I see, what can you tell me from his others students."

"Sadly, they are all dead."

"I see" said Tokiwa in a worried tone. "Do you know where Jiraiya-sama is?"

"With his status as a Sannin he can go anywhere he wanted" when Kushina said that she could see how the face of Tokiwa turns into one of worry. But also, Shizuka's, who standing up from her seat walked right in front of Kushina and ask her something.

"Is Jiraiya really that strong?"

"Yes, he is" was Kushina answer.

"Can he help me to become strong?" she asked Kushina.

"He taught the yellow flash of Konoha" replied Kushina without mentioned that he was the student that she was married.

"I need to become strong, even stronger than my grandmother and she told me that Jiraiya was the only one that she has meet that was stronger than her" said Shizuka with fire in her eyes.

There was something wrong here and Kushina could feel it.

"Why do you need to become stronger? and why your grandmother didn't train you?"

When Kushina saw the look in their eyes, she already got an idea about what happened, but she still needs confirmation.

"Why don't we finish this conversation in a more private place." After Kushina said that they leave to an isolated part in the forest that was close to the town.

"Can you tell me what all this is about?" demanded Kushina.

"We used to live within Nadeshiko village, normally only women are born there, that is why we had to find a husband from outside" said Tokiwa. "That is how Shizuka-sama grandmother and Jiraiya-sama meet each other"

"I do not see Jiraiya getting married in any scenario" added Kushina.

"That is why they make the deal that one of their descendant or students getting married, but sadly a couple of months ago our village was destroyed" said Tokiwa.

"What happen?" asked Karin.

"We were attacked by a single man, and he destroys our village in order to take a treasure that has been in our hands since the times of the sage of the six paths" declares Tokiwa.

"I will kill him, that man with the spiral mask and one eye" announce a mad Shizuka.

The last part attracted Kushina's attention.

"What did you say?"

"That I going to kill that man with the spiral mask and one eye, I was hoping to find Jiraiya-sama because grandma told me that he was stronger than her and asked him to teach me" said Shizuka.

"The man that killed my husband also looked that way, I am going to use the Henge Jutsu to show you the man of my memories, tell me if he is the same that attack your village" said Kushina as she used the henge and after the smoke cleared up, the figure of the masked man that destroyed her life was standing there.

When Kushina saw the reaction of Tokiwa and Shizuka she knew the answer to her question.

"It is him, isn't it?" said Kushina.

"That is the monster that attacks us for no reason." answer Tokiwa.

"It looks that we have a common enemy" told Kushina.

"What is going to happen next?" asked Shizuka.

"What is going to happen is that we are going to get ready so the next time that we see that bastard we can kill him" told Kushina.

With that said, Kushina with the help of Tokiwa, began to train Karin, Guren, and Shizuka to be the best Kunoichi possible, so the next time that the danger finds them they will be ready.

That was about three years ago and she has to admit that she is proud of their progress, but also about the same time, the images of the night and the few memories that she has of her son are becoming numerous frequent and stronger and as the guilt becomes unbearable, she makes the decision to finally face her past and even if she still can explain why she leaves, if her son chose to hate her and even attack her, she will be fine with that. It is time to finally had a mother and son talk.

She confessed to her team what had happened to her and how she has a son of their age, to said that they were surprised was an understanding, but after the surprise has gone, they promise her that they will be there to reconnect with her son.

And that is what led us to this moment as they get ready to go back to the Elemental countries, to avoid been detected they have been training into a group of islands far away in the ocean, they are so far that it will take them a couple of months to get to their destination. But they were ready, for this is the new chapter of their lives.

"Let's go" said Kushina as she led her group to the ship.

But they were not the only ones that are heading to the village hoping to meet Naruto.

"I am going to kill that old monkey."

"Please Tsunade-sama, calm down" asked an ANBU, but he shut up when Tsunade look him in the eyes.

He and his two teammates were ordered by the Hokage to track down Tsunade and give her a letter. He believes that it will be an easy mission that a team of chûnin could do, but because it was a letter address to a Sannin he believed that it must be of great importance. Now that he is seeing a furious Tsunade, he wished that he should ask for a complete platoon of ANBU as a backup. So far, the harder part was to find her but now that they did, they wish that they had failed the mission.

"Is the content of this letter true?" asked Tsunade.

"I receive the letter from the Hokage himself" was the only answer the ANBU provide, hoping that answer will make her lose interest in him.

"Tsunade-sama, what happened, what said that letter?" asked Shizune.

Tsunade only gives her the letter so she can read it. When Shizune was done she could understand the reaction of her master.

"Oh Kami" said Shizune.

"We are heading back to Konoha" declares a mad Tsunade.

In case that you are wondering about what could possibly say that letter that causes that reaction on Tsunade. Well, it was a simple letter that said:

"Tsunade, recent events have forced me to reveal information that your clan keeps under secret. Tsunade, you had a half-brother that you never knew about and that while he died in the Kyubi attack, he had a son that became an orphan the same night, in recent days he has shown that he has the Mokuton powers of Hashirama-sensei, keeping that event secret for much longer will be impossible as Orochimaru already made an attempt to kidnap him, thankfully he fails and because you are the only relative of the boy that I can hope to find I have the duty to inform you about this, so you can make the choice if you want to be part of his life or not."

"I will beat that old monkey until his face looks like a pudding."

End of the chapter.

Well, this is the end of the chapter. I know that I leave many elements open on the plotline but that is because I want to develop them in future chapters.

The next story that I will update is Unlimited Chakra Works.