Inside the restaurant, both Mikoto and Hana watched with wide eyes as Naruto left with Kushina and the other two children.
"This isn't going to work, " David said to the two of them as he sat down
"What do you mean?" Heku asked him
"I have the feeling that people might try to stop us" David answered Heku
"Not to worry, I have taken the liberty of telling the other clans, so that no one takes your game seriously," Han said to David as a dog walked into the restaurant.
The dog carried a letter in its mouth that it gave to Hana, then immediately left.
Hana read the letter and placed a hand on her cheek while letting out a small breath.
One letter began to arrive after another, each one either being carried by some sort of animal or some kind of summon, but they all said the same thing, Hana's petition was rejected.
"Great," Heku said as he looked at the plate of half-eaten food in front of him
"Boss, you can't give up, You're the boss after all," Sonia said to Heku
For a moment Heku closed his eyes and then turned to look at Maria.
'Okay we will accept that they said no to us, but that doesn't mean we have to listen to them our plans are just changing" Heku said to everyone
Sonia what do you got"Heku said to Sonia
"I say we take something from every clan," Sonia said to Heku but stopped talking when she saw Mikoto standing up
"Absolutly not I forvid it!" Mikoto said to everyone, causing everybody eating to turn and look at her
"You children were already told no, by the heads of those clans, meaning that you are declaring war should you chose to enter their areas," Hana said to everyone
"Then I guess well invade" Heku answered Hana
"No," Maria said to Heku
"We can't we just came back and if we get in trouble again," Maria said to everyone
"Then how about Hide and Seek, we have the map and we have the teams so why not?" Ana said to everyone
"Okay, so who is going to be the black team, and who is going to b the white team?" Mark asked Heku
"The same as last time, everyone that was trained by Hana versus everyone that was trained by Mikoto" Heku answered Mark
"Do we wear our uniforms or not?" David asked Heku
"Yes" both Mikoto and Hana answerd David
"Itachi are you and Neji playing this time?" Mini asked the two boys who were sitting on different tables
"No" both Itachi and Neji answered her
"Now before we leave, why don't all of you move the date of your game, I mean that because everyone rejected your petition they will be waiting for you, so how about tomorrow?" Mikoto said to everyone who immediately noded
"Alright then tomorrow we go to war," David said to everyone before they all walked out of the restaurant.
Meanwhile, Naruto was happily showing Kushina around and he noticed that a lot of people were looking at him with wide eyes, but he figured that it must have been because Kushina had created a white coat that looked exactly like his.
The only difference was that while his coat was completely white hers has a red whirlpool drawn on the back of it.
He showed Kushina his favorite ramen shop, where the best place to hide away from people and just take in, the top of the heads of the Hokage mountain.
Aand finally Naruto unwillingly led Kushina as well as Ino and Shikamaru to the Senju Compound and they were immediately greeted by the smiling faces of the rest of the orphans that lived with him.
As Kushina watched Naruto interact with the rest of the children she couldn't help but genuinely smile, despite all of the children having some sort of uncontrol ability they were good kids.
She followed Naruto home and she watched as Naruto opened the front door to her surprise she was greeted by a Tsunade that looked as if she wasn't any older than seventeen.
Both Kushina and Naruto wouldn't be able to describe everything that had happened during their short time together as everything seemed to happen as if it was a dream.
Kushina watched enjoyed looking at the stunned expressions of both Tsunade and Jiraiya had and she listened to all three of the children tell Tunade of what had happened.
She couldn't understand why but she was happy to know that even if she wasn't around before Naruto had a place he could always belong to.
Soon everyone including their two guests was seated at the table and began to eat lunch and Kushina could sense the spirits are with their masters.
For a moment Kushina didn't understand why she thought that, after all, she is a spirit just like the ones with the other children.
She watched as the entire group arrived and greeted everyone before excusing themselves and running to their rooms.
Yet before they left Tsunade asked them what they were all doing, yet for whatever reason, they all answered.
"Nothing"
Kushina immediately noticed the expressions of the three adults, but she didn't say anything about it.
As the day passed, she watched both Shikamaru and Ino say goodbye and go home.
"Why does this all feel like a dream?" Kushina thought to herself as she laid down to sleep next to Naruto
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Tsunade and Jiraiya listened to the elder toads report and she had to admit she was relieved to know that David wasn't planing anything serious, but her worries were far from gone.
The girl sleeping next to Naruto was, no is his mother Kushina but she looks exactly like when she was still just a kid.
"It seems that all of them can perform this technique but a price has to be paid," the elder toad said to them as he made an exact copy of the paper doll Mini had given to Naruto
"This is too dangerous for them to be using it randomly like this" Jiraiya said as he picked up the doll
A knock on the door caught their attention and they watched as Hinatas maid walked in.
'Sorry to interrupt, but David asked me to hand this to all of you" she said to them before leaving the roo
Tsunade- Jiraiya and Shizune opened the letters they were each handed and were instantly irritated, by what they read.
"My friends and I are going to have a contest, don't interfere unless everybody else does" were the words written underneath them were the names of the person who wrote the letter.
Shizune looked at the letter and couldn't help but smile at least they were being honest about what they were planing.
"Sorry to interrupt," a guard said as Fugaku stood behind him, yet Fugaku wasn't alone.
Standing next to him was Hiashi Hyuga, Hanas husband, accompanying both men were their guards.
"What's going on?" Tsunade asked them as she welcomed both men into her office
Fugaku took out a black plate and placed it in front of him and immediately Hiashi placed his hand on it, the moment his hand made contact with the plate it turned white.
"As you know your husband and his team will be competing against Mark and his team," Fugaku said to Tsunade
"Originally it was going to be a game of hide and seek, but there would be no way of knowing who won so, t prove which side wone, we decided that the team that manages to change the other teams color wins," Hiashi said to Tsunade
"No," Tsunade said to the two men who looked at her with confused expressions
"The last time both of your clans interfered it started a huge mess, I'm not blaming either of you, but you have to admit things got out of hand after it stopped being just Mikoto and Hana who were the only ones involved," Tsunade said to them
"Sounds like a good idea but, wouldn't it be easier if we just flipped our masks over," David said as he walked into the office.
"Sorry for interrupting," he said to everyone before picking up the plate
"You know she is right, sorry guys but I have to say no with both of your clans getting involve this time' he said to Hiashi and Fugaku
"Very well," Fugaku said before excusing himself
Hiashi just bowed and left after Fugaku left.
"Anyway, tomorrow my friends and I are going to have a contest, it's nothing important just something we always do. I just came here because I saw Fugaku and Hiashi coming in" David said to everyone in the room
"Waite, we have to talk about the summoning technique you used today," Jiraiya said to David who just looked at him
"You can't just use something like this" Tsunade said to David as she showed him the paper doll the elder toad made
"Sorry can't do that, we need to get it right," David said to them
"This alone can get you put away," Jiraiya said to David as he tried to make him see reason
"Why?' David asked Jiraiya
"Because it can bring back people that died years ago," Shizune said to Davi
"No it can't, the person that died is gone, what you are holding is something that remakes the person but without their memories"
"Think about it this way, you grow up, but you only knew nothing but pain"
"All of your experiences all of the powers and skills you had during that life stay with you and become a part of your instinct"
"So when the doll makes a new body for you all of your memories and connections to this world are gone, so you can have a fresh start" David explained to everyone how the doll works
"So when Mini gave Naruto the doll, she was aware he would summon someone related to him," the elder toad said to David
"No, we thought he would get that spirit that's inside him but in a form that he could control, I have no idea who that girl he summoned is"
"Maybe she is his sister or an aunt maybe even his mom who didn't leave the world because she was attached to him" David answered the elder toad
"Why did you make something like this?" Tsunade asked David
"I'm planing something, it's nothing dangerous, but it's something"
"By the way Tsunade where are our parents?" David asked Tsunade
"I sent them to look for the missing members of my clan" Tsunade answered David
"...So that's your choice," David said to Tsunade
"Shizune come here, I want to ask you a question, but I need you to stand in front of me for it," David said to Shizune
"If you have to choose between Mark and Tsunade who would you chose?" David asked Shizune who just looked at him with wide eyes
"Calm down I don't need to hear your answer," David said to Shizune before turning to look at Jiraiya
"What would you do if you could change one moment in your life, to go back and fix what went wrong, knowing everything about the world"
"Would you do it?"
"Would you go back and help your younger self get the girl? save someone that died? or would you try and stop someone you knew from becoming something awful?' he asked Jiraiya
"Let's say that we're together for years and we grow to care for each other like Fugaku and Mikoto, if I gave you the choice to use a perfect doll would you do it?"
"Will your bond with the one that was before me be stronger than your bond with the older me," David asked Tsunade
"You made your choice and I acted just like I said I would."
"And Tsunade I wouldn't hold that doll so freely if I were you because you might end up calling someone that already passed," David says to Tsunade before leaving the room
"Why did you say all of that?" Mark asked David
"Because I want to see what they will do' David said answered Mark as they walked back to their rooms
"Then I'll do something to muddy the waters," Mark said to David as his eyes began to glow with Flares presence
Inside the office, Tsunade was about to let go of the paper doll when it began to glow in her hand, immediately all of the spirits entered the room and Tsunade could barely believe what she was seeing.
She felt her eyes widen and her heart sink with a mixture of grief and joy.
"Tsunade" she heard her brother say to her
"A price has to be paid," Flare said to everyone as he reached for Nawaky
"No!" Tsunade screamed before graving her brother and bursting out of the room
"Why are you running?" Blade said to her as it flew beside her
"You want to take him" Tsunade cried\ answered Blade
"What we take is the life that was gone, not the life that was given," Flare said to her
Tsunade stopped running as the ground began to open in front of her and around her massive trees formed a cage.
"Look, he remembers how he died and how much it hurt, let him forget his pain and raise him as your brother," Innocentius said to her
"I can't," Tsunade said to them
"Why not?' Lili asked her
"Then you will have to pay, look at the boy."
"Do you see his pain?"
"Do you see his confusion?"
"Can you live with knowing that you took him away from the afterlife and took away his second chance at life?" Shadow asked Tsunade
"The world that is now, is not the same world that existed when he was first alive, can you keep him sane?" Tears asked her
"Tsunade" Nawaki held his sister and then reached out to the rest of the spirits who took a piece of his energy and gave it to Tsunade
Tsunade held her brother's unconscious body and looked at the spirits with desperation.
"A price has been paid, he will believe that a forbidden skill was used to keep him alive, it's up to you to maintain that lie"
"For trying to go back on the deal you made, now you must pay the price, our masters care for you, for they see you as one of them," the spirits said to Tsunade before vanishing
Tsunade walked back to the main house and ignored everyone that came out to see what was going on, she soon found Mark and David sitting on their usual spot with Ana and Hinata.
"I told you not to hold it like that" avid said to her as she walked past him
Tsunade walked past Shizune and Jiraiya and entered her oom and her brother tightly fearful that he might disappear if she were to let go.
Nawaki Senju; has lost part of his memory
Kushina Umazaki; was returned to the same age as Naruto and lost most of her memories