AN: Hey guys, here's a new chapter. Don't really have much to say about it really... So yeah, constructive criticism, writing tips, story suggestions, whether or not you like crab legs... Just comment whatever I'm sure I'll be etertained.

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UNTIL NEXT TIME!

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It would be a full eight years later when we saw our little blonde Iwa friend again. Diedara was steadily making his way towards the gates of Konoha on a diplomatic mission (well, at least officially anyways... To Onoki, it was just a way to get the 12 year old off his case about his sibling). He had graduated 2 years ahead or his peers and was immediately sent to Iwa's demolition corps when it was discovered he inherited his mother's kekkei genkai of explosion release.

It wasn't even five steps into the village when he was surrounded by ANBU forces demanding his reason for being there. All he could do was tell the truth, it wasn't like there was a reason not to.

"I'm here on a diplomatic relations mission. I have a message for your Kage...and for him only."

Deidara held up the scroll given to him by the old man. The ANBU seemed a bit apprehensive for a few minutes, until a certain white haired one spoke up.

"Very well, I will escort you there."

Exceptional ninja or not, he was still just a 12 year old boy. Prone to impulsive outbursts and what not.

"Yay! Someone who's not an idiot!"

A few grumbling ANBU and one thoroughly amused Kakashi later and Deidara was being escorted through the village. Well, actually he was chasing down a pickpocket who had taken his wallet. And his escort did absolutely jack shit. Just one eye enjoying what he was watching.

"Get back here you little shit!"

"You said a bad word!"

"Who cares!?"

"I'm not giving it back because you said a bad word!"

Honestly, the sight of one blonde chasing another was entertainment the whole village could enjoy. Naruto didn't even want the money, to him it was just another prank. That, and good exercise...which would be important if he wanted to be Hokage as he often shouted in everyone's faces.

Everyone else found they were strangely alright with his presence and pranks when they weren't on the receiving end. The fact that the target was an Iwa-nin was just icing on the cake. Hell, a few citizens even cheered him on. All to the frustration and annoyance of Deidara.

Naruto's luck had to run out sometime. A fact he learned the hard way when he took a turn down an alleyway... Only to be met with a dead end. Then the shadow appeared behind him and he was promptly picked up by the back of his shirt like a misbehaving puppy (of which he was doing his best impression). A small sense of fear snuck into his head as he was face to face with his pursuer.

"Alright pipsqueak, fork it over and I won't beat you up." It was an empty threat simply because if the older blonde did do something to the younger one it could accidentally a war.

"Fine, here...have your stupid wallet."

He wouldn't be Naruto without doing something stupid in the face of fear...and getting lucky.

Deidara could only growl a bit and take his wallet back. When he exited the alley he realized something very very important

He was lost.

It would seem that in the process of retrieving his money from the little punk he had managed to both ditch his escort (not that the bastard even tried to keep up) and lose sight of the Hokage tower. Being the ninja that he was, he came up with a quick solution for his troubles and turned right around.

"Hey kid."

"Yeah?"

"You wanna be a ninja, yeah? How about I give you your first mission?"

The kid was bouncing in excitement. His first mission as a ninja! Sasuke could suck it!

"What is it!? What is it!? GIMME!"

"Calm down short stack."

The older one ignored the undignified 'hey!' And continued.

"You see, I have a very important message for the Hokage. Your mission is to escort me there. How about that, yeah? Might even take you out to eat when I'm done." He was lying of course, he wouldn't spend a damn cent on this brat if he could help it.

Not like Naruto cared anyways, he just stood up with his chest out and marched in the direction of the tower. To say he was eager to complete his first ninja mission would've been an understatement. Deidara simply followed behind the kid.

"Hey, you're a ninja right? What's it like?"

Now Deidara wasn't expecting conversation but decided it was best to just play along.

"It's fun as hell, I get paid to blow stuff up! My true passion, however, is my artwork."

"I don't get art. The blowing stuff up sounds fun though."

"You uncultured swine! I'm sure your brain's just too tiny to understand you little runt."

"Hey! I'm not that small!"

"Actually, you are."

"No I'm not!"

"Face facts kid, you're a tiny little peanut."

"Yeah!? Well you're hair looks like a girls! You have girly hair! Anyways, we're here."

Naruto led the foreign ninja up the stairs to the Hokage's office and kicked the door in announcing his presence loudly.

"Hey old man! I got a ninja from another village who says he has a message for you. Hey, I never did get your name."

"It's Deidara kid. Oh, and good work, yeah."

He was starting to like this kid, the lack of formality certainly gave a good impression. The old man behind the desk just gave a small chuckle in response.

"Well young man, what is it you have to say to me? I can't imagine Iwa would send anyone for something trivial, especially not to this village."

"Well, the old man told me to deliver this message to you."

Deidara fished out the scroll and placed it on the Hokage's desk. Hiruzen promptly took the scroll and read it. The information contained within came as quite a shock to the aged Kage.

"The blonde brat standing in front of you is Minato's kid. I don't really know how it happened either so don't ask. In the storage seal in this scroll is a copy of his official ninja record."

Undoing the seal confirmed the words he just read.

Full name: Deidara Namikaze

Blood Type: AB

Date of Birth: May 5th

Unit: Demolition Corps

Registration number: IW-08721

Setting down the paper and looking up, he caught sight of Deidara messing with Naruto. Seeing them side by side, it became a bit more believable. Their hair and eyes were the same shades of yellow and blue respectively. He couldn't help but laugh, partly at himself for not seeing it earlier. When he finally calmed himself, he noticed the twin looks of confusion on the two blondes. Naturally, it didn't take long for Naruto to speak up.

"Hey old man, are you okay?"

Before he got a chance to respond, Deidara chimed in.

"I don't know kid, maybe the stress of the job made him go senile. I'd be worried if I were you."

Hiruzen made a comment of his own.

"Well, it seems a lack of respect is a family trait."

And with that the confusion returned, prompting the Hokage to explain.

"Naruto, I would like to introduce you to your older brother."

A few precious moments of silence, the calm before the storm. Then they both exploded (figuratively speaking) and began yelling at the same time.

"No way short stuff here is my little bro!"

"This guy's way too girly looking to be related to me!"

Then they turned to glare and growl at each other. Hiruzen knew he had to intervene or a fight would break out, and that was something he did not want happening in his office.

"It's true I'm afraid, you two are brothers. Now then, Deidara was it? Feel free to take a tour of the village, I have a feeling you'll be visiting here quite often. Naruto, would you mind showing our guest, your brother, around?"

Naruto looked as if he'd just been reminded of something.

"Oh yeah, that's right... YOU OWE ME FOOD!"

He began tugging on Deidara's sleeve, intent on getting free ramen out of his newly discovered girly looking brother. The older blonde was having apprehensive thoughts.

'Crap, now I have to feed this little demon.'

As they left Hiruzen had one thought cross his mind.

'Minato, just what kind of complicated mess did you leave for me?'

Walking down the street to Naruto's favorite restaurant, the pair passed by another set of brothers. Naruto didn't even give a second glance. Deidara just took a quick glance over his shoulder and noticed the older one eying him suspiciously. He didn't like it.

When they sat down in the small ramen stand, Deidara just had to ask.

"Okay kid, just who were those two weirdos eying us back there?"

"Oh, that was just Sasuke and his older brother. He's kind of a bastard."

"Yeah, the kid did have that look. I haven't even talked to them and I hate 'em both already."

A new voice decided to join in as their food made its way in front of them.

"Hey Naruto, who's your new friend?"

"Hi Ayame! He's actually my older brother... I think."

The girl was about Deidara's age give or take a year. She had started helping her dad around the shop starting a year and a half ago.

"Really? I didn't know you had a brother. Why haven't we heard about him before?"

"He's from another village."

Naruto leaned in and whispered (a bit too loudly to keep any kind of secrets).

"He also looks like a girl."

This caused Ayame to chuckle a bit and truly take in Deidara's appearance. She was not above a little good natured teasing herself.

"Now that you mention it, he kinda does."

His visible eye twitched in annoyance at being left out and made fun of.

"You know, it's rude to talk about someone like they're not there... Especially not when they're right next to you!"

And his little outburst got him a ladle to the head, leaving him rubbing the spot he was struck in.

"Ow...what was that for?"

"No yelling inside the shop. Not our fault you look like a girl."

All Deidara could do in response was pout and mumble curses about "dark haired menaces." Naruto tried to laugh at him...only to be met with the same fate. It seemed the blow to the head was exactly what the younger blonde needed to get his brain working and ask a question that had been on his mind.

"Hey, if you're from a different village, how are we brothers? That's just weird."

"Eh, our dad met my mom by accident somewhere... I don't know the details, she'd never tell me. Always the same old, 'When you're older' whenever I asked. Maybe I'll ask the old man when I get back, he should know. Dad's old teacher might know too, but I doubt I'll ever find the guy. I heard he's something of a hermit."

"So, um...what was dad like?"

"Hm, well, he's where our eyes and hair come from. He ninja skills were awesome! The cool things he could do were...um, I don't know how to describe it. Don't really remember much else, I like 4 when he died."

Unknown to them, ANBU were staged nearby in the shadows listening intently to the conversation, preparing to intervene if the older blonde said too much. Knowledge of Naruto's parents were still an S-rank secret in their village after all.

"Did he know any cool jutsu!?"

Now Naruto was getting excited. Luckily for him, his big bro had just the answer he needed (or, actually, wanted) and responded with a big grin.

"Oh hell yeah he did! He even left me a few notes to work on them. Though, he sucks at writing instructions. It took me 4 years to figure out that teleportation jutsu, and I had to pretty much learn it from scratch! I still can't even understand this other one he was talking about. Something about a blue ball of chakra? Didn't even say if he ever finished it or not."

Now his little bro was beaming at him.

"Oh wow! You think you could teach me that one!?"

Deidara had to chuckle a bit.

"I don't know tiny, I think your brain might be too small for it."

"Hey! I'm not that short!... Or stupid! Besides, I'm going to be the Hokage one day so I must be an awesome ninja, believe it!"

"Alright little one, if you really think you can handle it. I'll leave this homework with you. If you get all the answers right, I'll teach you the jutsu, yeah?"

Deidara then pulled out a small note book and handed it to Naruto. This caused the younger one to deflate and pale a but at the thought of homework, his confidence was quick to reassert itself. He grabbed the book and jumped up on his stool.

"Just you watch! When you come back I'll have all this done and you'll have to teach me!"

"Alright shorty, if you really believe that."

Deidara just ruffled his hair, paid the bill, and left the small stand. Naruto had some objections to that and filled him out.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Kid, my mission here is done. I gotta get back to my village or I won't get paid for it. Oh, and they might think I defected, yup, there's also that."

"You'll be back, right?"

"Yeah, sure thing kid. Can't leave me little bro here alone for too long, can I?

Deidara handed the Naruto a very familiar three pronged kunai.

" If you ever really need me... And i mean emergencies only...just channel some chakra into that and I'll be right there. Anyways, see ya next time."

And like that, his long lost big bro was gone. He simply couldn't wait to tell everyone about this. That dream, however, was squashed when the old man had brought to his office and warned him against telling anyone.

Needless to say Naruto would spend the rest of the say grumbling about about stupid rules and politics that made no sense to him. Of course, being who he is, Naruto would still brag about it. He just wouldn't tell people anything else.

Also, just what the hell was this "catra" stuff?

Hiruzen couldn't dislike the timing of this new development any less. He already had a delicate situation with the Uchiha clan as it was, he didn't need anymore on his plate. That plus the report from Naruto's guards was giving him a headache. Iwa now had a ninja capable of using the flying thunder god technique? This could be disastrous if an agreement couldn't be achieved.

God the future looked to be a mess. It was times like these he cursed himself for not staying retired.