I fucked up!!! I messed up the masks, Kushina's mask is suppose to be a Tengu mask because she is a warrior and Rumi a Oni mask because she is a seal master.
I had made the masks meanings on chapter 5 and went back to reference it but for the life of me I could not find it and remade the meanings on chapter twelve for the Shrine! I will be fixing this error and I do apologize lol
Also I have made a timeline. The main base was Karin being born June 20 which is cannon, Meaning Mizuko was born on September, And I have established birth months and the current month.
Kaida was born in January ( Same time Yukio was kidnapped) Tadashi and Hayami are both born on February. Kenta, Nanami , Fumiko Hisashi and Yukio are born on april. Karin and Ryuu on June. Story is currently at July. And they had made it to konoha around November sometime after Naruto's birthday! So Complete Timeline. We are also going to act as if Mizuko did celebrate everybodies birthdays because I had not done this sooner.
Naruto has only been with his fam for an average of 6 months. Meaning that he went through 3 levels of Uzumaki sealing in that small amount of time.
He has already shown great improvement and we will not continue to see such high speed learning because this is not a mary sue kind of fic. Naruto will learn at a steady pace and he will have his difficulties and will have to get his little hard head in gear to study.
As for Fumiko she is four years old and a bit shy. The reason she is so good at sealing is because she excels in Science and Math. (Like those kids whose favorite subject is math smh) Thats why she is so good at sealing.
Naruto also isn't able to study as diligently as his young non academy siblings because he has to study for the academy, Uzumaki culture (Dancing and singing included), Sealing, chakra control and learn how to use his Kekkei genkai. He will not be able to study sealing as much and sealing is like a language the younger you start the easier it is to learn.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk
(Song is vivir la vida by Marc Anthony)
"I am going to laugh, I'm going to dance, Live my life lalala, I am going to laugh, I am going to enjoy, and live my life lalala, Sometimes the rain comes to clean the wounds, sometimes only a raindrop can defeat the drought! And why cry, Why? If a pity hurts, Then forget! And why Suffer, why? If life is like that! You'll have to live it!" Mizuko sang loudly as she played on the drums.
The children around her were singing loudly and trying to keep up with Karin, Ryuu and Kenta who were dancing. Naruto was also among his little siblings trying to get the dance right as his mother sang loudly.
"I'm going to live in the moment, so I can find destiny! I'm going to listen in silence! To find the path and why cry? Why? If a pity hurts! Then forget! And why suffer? Why? If a pity hurts! Then forget! Lalala !" Mizuko sang louder as she grinned.
It had been one of those days where they were all home, it had been Ryuu who asked Mizuko to sing and soon enough the children crowded around her listening to her sing songs from the Uzumaki.
Mizuko grinned as she began singing the next verse."I'm going to laugh, I'm going to dance, Because why cry? Why Suffer? Begin to dream! To smile! I'm going to laugh, I'm going to dance! Feel the dance and enjoy! Because your life is one! I'm going to laugh! I'm going to dance, Live! Follow! Forever my people! Always Forward, don't look back! Onward my people! Because life is one!" She sang loudly as she hit the drum and the kids twirled and sang along.
She sang louder as the kids started to get the beat of the song and they sang loudly as well. Even Kaida was grinning as she laid on a blanket beside Mizuko and chewed on her blanket.
"Live my life Lalala!" Naruto sang out as the music was coming to an end. He had a grin on his face and was trying to mimic Karin who was moving gracefully to the music. His heart was racing and he could feel his blood pumping. He loved hearing the songs of his people.
Somehow the Uzumaki songs seemed to get his blood pumping. Every time Mizuko showed him a new one he did his best to remember the lyrics or tunes. He would find himself humming it for days and it made him happy to have something to call his own.
"Mama! You dance!" Hisashi grinned as he gently tugged on her Kimono. She grinned up at him and left the drum as she stood up. She sang loudly and twirled into a rhythm. Naruto watched in awe as her red hair fluttered in the air.
Her feet fell in practiced steps and her voice rang loud and clear as she sang. Her chakra pulsed and seemed to resonate with their own. Naruto felt his own chakra trying to mimic Mizuko's and he let it as he closed his eyes and felt everyone's chakra move in sync.
It was liberating as if his chakra was always held tightly and finally, the dam broke loose. It was overwhelming and exhilarating, he could feel his breathing quicken as his chakra was unleashed and he began dancing again. Unlike Mizuko who was graceful with her every move, his was a bit sloppy but it didn't matter as he sang his heart out and let his chakra flow.
"Alright Wake up." Mizuko shook the sleeping kids and they all let out loud groans.
"I don't want to go to school." Naruto grumbled loudly. The night before they had danced and sang until it was late at night, now all he wanted to do was lay in bed and sleep off the chakra exhaustion from using so much chakra.
"Up you go, the academy starts in one hour and I want y'all up washed and dressed before 7:30 so you can eat before we all walk there." Mizuko frowned as she was carefully walking through the room and making sure she wasn't stepping on anybody.
Naruto looked over and noticed he was curled up against Kenta, who was trying to hide under the covers and snuggling against his chest. "More sleep." Kenta grumbled as he hid away. Mizuko was currently changing Yukio's diaper and changing his clothes while humming. Yukio was half awake and dozing off as his clothes were being changed.
"Get up." Mizuko shook Karin who was at arm's length and Karin snorted and pulled the cover over her head and ignored her as she fell back asleep. Mizuko grunted and went over to Hayami and changed her diaper as well as she began dressing her for the day.
"This is the last time you brats are staying up late." Mizuko grunted as she stood up and began snatching blankets from the oldest kids. They simply grunted and scooted to the closest body and snuggled against each other as the dozed off.
"Unbelievable!" She half yelled as she reached down and grabbed Karin and Ryuu by their ankles and dragged them off the cluster of futons and left them on the tatami floor. "I said wake up!" She shook them and they both groaned.
Mizuko let out a frustrated sigh as no one was waking up. She took a couple of deep breaths as she began dragging everyone out of bed and down the hall where she was sure she wouldn't wake up the youngest.
"Wake up!" She yelled as she dropped a bucket full of lukewarm water on them and they all jolted up.
Naruto rubbed his eyes when he noticed it was just Ryuu, Kenta, Karin and him soaked with water in the middle of the hall. "How did we get here?" Ryuu asked as he looked up to see an angry Mizuko. " You have ten minutes to get washed and dressed... Run." She glared down at the four of them and they all hurried down the hall to the bathroom.
All of them hurried to wash themselves. "Scrub my back."Karin grunted and Kenta hurried to help her out. "Man, I'm still sleepy!" He yawned loudly as he scrubbed Karin's back.
"We should have gone to bed earlier." Ryuu grunted as Naruto washed his back. "Yeah, but I guess I'm wide awake now." Naruto huffed as he rinsed his brothers back and let him scrub his own back.
"We have to hurry, we have ten minutes to get ready." Karin huffed as she rinsed off and put conditioner in her hair. "Wack, Why can't we start the academy tomorrow." Kenta grumbled as he rinsed himself off.
There was a loud banging on the door. "You have 6 minutes!" With that, they all hurried to finish bathing and were hurrying to get dressed.
They left a pile of their wet underwear where Mizuko could see it and hurried to dry and get dressed.
"Man, I wonder how much we slept in."Naruto grunted as they were dressed and combing their hair and brushing their teeth. "Dunno but best not make mama mad." Karin stated as they all hurried to the kitchen.
The rest of the kids were sitting at the table half awake and waiting for breakfast.
"Man, How are you guys so awake." Nanami groaned as she laid her head down on the table and started to doze off.
"Well we have to be at the academy by Eight so we have to be dressed and ready." Naruto stated as Mizuko started to place plates on the table and everybody began to eat.
Mizuko made sure to make four bento boxes and started to lead everyone out of the temple and towards the academy.
"Since it's your first day I will be walking with you!" She smiled widely as they all followed behind her.
Kenta, Ryuu, and Karin were excited for their first day in school and were asking Naruto all kinds of questions about what they would be doing and learning.
By now everyone was wide awake and chatting loudly. Mizuko was grinning as Naruto let them know that they would eat lunch together and not to worry about anything because he was sure that they would do great.
Once they arrived at the building they gave Mizuko a big hug and were waving goodbye. Nanami was throwing a bit of a tantrum since she wanted to go with them but Mizuko quickly told her no and ignored her as she made a scene.
"Make sure all three of you walk home together later, alright." Mizuko stated and the three of them nodded.
"Yes, Mama!" Kenta grinned as four of them hurried to the academy.
"I'll walk you to your classes. Meet me at lunch okay." Naruto stated and the three smaller Uzumaki nodded eagerly.
Naruto made sure to walk all of them to their respective classes and gave them a hug before they walked in. He was happy, he could feel his chakra brimming inside of him.
Family, having a family made him the happiest. He walked into his classroom with a massive grin on his face.
Naruto hurried to his seat and plopped down with a grin as he waited eagerly for Iruka Sensei to come in. He wanted to practice his dancing when he got home and he was excited to play with his siblings at recess.
"Morning class." Iruka called out and the class greeted him back. Iruka called out roll and started off with his history lesson after going over the syllabus for the year.
"Alright, now I know we covered the Second war last year but the textbooks have been updated very recently." Iruka stated as he began to pass out the year 3 textbooks.
"Now class, who remembers how the second war ended?" Iruka asked and Sakura instantly raised her hand.
"The enemy forces were weakened and Konoha was able to take advantage of their weaknesses and exploited them." She recited and Iruka smiled. "Great job Sakura. Now that information is correct, but recently some more documents of that time period have been brought up and we now have a clearer view of what happened. Please turn to page 245."Iruka instructed and the students listened.
Naruto quickly hurried to do so and smiled as he saw the entry, Uzushiogakure.
"Now, We are going to learn a new term in for this chapter. One clan Village." Iruka wrote down the term on the board.
"As you know all of the Hidden Villages were created by two or more shinobi clans joining together and taking over the nation's ninja needs. They set a price rate and ranking to the missions and take missions from the Daimyo. They are a separate government. A Military Dictatorship to be exact."Iruka explained.
"A one clan village refers to the fact that there was one singular clan that made up the village and in Uzushiogakure's case they were also like the Daimyo of the country meaning they were completely independent." Iruka explained as he wrote down the definition on the board.
"Uzushiogakure's symbol is a swirl like this, you will see that Konoha vests have the symbol on the back." He stated as he turned around to show off the bright red swirl.
"The reason for this was because the First Hokage was married to the first daughter of the Clan Head of the Uzumaki. Meaning that Konoha was their sister village and we were tied to them by marriage. We had a complete treaty and ninja were allowed to change allegiance at will from Konoha to uzushio and from uzushio to Konoha." Iruka explained as he wrote the information.
Naruto smiled as Iruka explained his homeland, Mizuko had already taught him this but he didn't mind Iruka explaining it again.
At that one of the civilian kids raised their hand. "Yes?" Iruka called on them.
"So ninja were traded among the two villages. Weren't they worried about village secrets being stolen?" The kid asked confused.
"Our villages traded secrets. From letting them set up our defenses to giving them staple Konoha techniques we shared a lot with Uzushiogakure. They were an extension of Konoha and we were an extension of Uzushiogakure. The Uzumaki prided themselves of never having a traitor in their ranks and in their history there was never a Nuke ninja. So Konoha trusted them completely." Iruka stated and continued with the lesson.
"Twenty-four years ago at the tail end of the second war Iwa, Kumo and Kiri banded together to destroy Uzushiogakure. Due to recently found Journal entries by the Jonin Rumi Uzumaki, we know the size of the forces and what really happened." Iruka stated.
"Please turn to 246 and look down to the third paragraph. From the last census we were able to get from Uzushio we can see the population was around 24,873 and around 8,993 ninja and the remaining 15,880 civilians. They were once the biggest modern clan. Unlike other villages, they married many lone shinobi and small shinobi clans into them and adapted their cultures into Uzushio so they remained being a one clan village." Iruka stated as they were going over the numbers.
"This means that the people married in took the Uzumaki name and had Uzumaki children."
"Now you can also see that their clan head was the Daimyo of the Island as well, so they were royalty. Now you can see at the bottom of the page we see an excerpt of the Journal of Rumi Uzumaki. Who would like to read it?" Iruka asked and Naruto's hand instantly went up.
Iruka smiled slightly. "Naruto, go ahead."
"The defenses have been raised, we have inscribed sealing arrays to the outskirts of our city and we have stirred the ocean. The whirlpools are raging and it seems like the calm before the storm. All man, woman and child has been armed and we are ready to die. The enemy force seems to be around a million. They are fools, our god the god of death will feast on their flesh and our dead will rise from the graves. We will strike the fear of our clan into their hearts. They will vomit blood at the sight of our clan symbol. We will leave their wives and husbands as widows and even then their nations will rue the day they stepped onto our home. We Uzumaki are stubborn to the core and demand blood for the transgressions against us. Godspeed." Naruto read out loud a small smile on his face as he read the quote from Rumi-obasan's journal.
"Thank you, From this verse, we know a rough estimate of the attacking force. Kumo, Kiri, and Iwa sent about 300,000-400,000 Ninja each. It is speculated that the force would first attack Uzu and then proceed to Konoha. They would use the gained knowledge of the uzumaki clan techniques to destroy konoha. Since Konoha and Uzushio were so close and shared most designs to our security measures they would have been able to conquer Konoha as well." Iruka commented
"Take a look at the picture of the Kunoichi at the bottom left of the page. That is the Bingo book edition 43: page 352. That image is of Rumi Uzumaki. Everything we are able to learn from uzu was because she survived the massacre." Iruka added.
"The Uzumaki clan had also once been known as the long-lived clan because they had massive chakra reserves and multiple Kekkei Genkai. By long-lived, it referred to how long they could live. Some documentation shows that they could live from 100-200 years and the oldest record was a 208-year-old Uzumaki merchant."
"They also were seal masters and it is noted that even their civilians were also very talented in the art of sealing. Who wants to read the next excerpt?" Iruka asked and a few hands went up. A civilian girl was called out and she began to read.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen. We lost all humanity. All I can see is children covered in red, their bright red hair swaying in the wind as they hunt down the enemy. Their grins as their small frail bodies explode and kill all of the transgressors. Our masked priests dancing on the bodies of the evil Kumo ninja as they force my brethrens dismembered bodies up and force the dead to demand revenge. My last memory is of plunging into the ocean. The saltwater surrounding me and darkness. When I awoke The soft beaches of the mainland held me in its arms, the ocean was made of the crimson blood of my brothers and sister and the enemy bodies floating belly side up as their body dries up and rots in the afternoon sun. I have crawled my way through the flesh and blood, return to my home and nothing was left."
"Charred bodies laid waste. Our temple stood strong but nobody remains to care for it. I am gutted and left with nothing but ash. Nothing left as the houses were ransacked. I laugh, I laugh at their loss. We of small humble home made sure that their million died with no gain. I'm sure some escaped and they laugh with me as well. We left them nothing. " The girl read out loud to the class.
"There were no secrets left in our abode. They must be crying the sourest tears and cursing our name to the high heavens, there was nothing here. We took it before they came and we died with it on our flesh. I wish to see their Kages face and spit on their misfortune, They came to our lands with armies and left with empty scrolls and the bodies of their people. Yet they gained nothing, I tell you I laugh at their misfortune, I laugh from the ashes of my people. Death? We have never feared. I have yet to see a dead Uzumaki. The god of death favors us and we do not know eternal rest." The girl finished off her face in a slight grimace.
Some of the class was glancing over at Naruto who was grinning. He agreed with Grandma Rumi, they had no reason to fear death. One day his mama would finish her priestess studies and then they would all follow in her footsteps. Then all of the lost techniques would be brought back.
" As this excerpt states. Kumo Kiri and Iwa won, but at a price. This attack was what weakened them. From what we can gather every citizen of Uzushio that was present fought in the battle from the young children to the elderly." Iruka stated as he began writing on the board.
"We also know that they used explosive suicide seals. Can anybody take a guess about what they are?" Iruka asked and the class was silent. Naruto slowly raised his hand and Iruka called on him.
"The seals that they used were triggered when they died. It would cause a really big explosion that would kill everyone around them." He stated and Iruka nodded.
"That is correct, with these tactics they were able to subdue battalions of the incoming enemy ninja. They were outnumbered 50-1 and to be honest with only 9,000 ninjas to hold them off they defeated all odds. It was supposed to be an easy takeover. Civilians don't count as much even if they made up, up to 16,000 and that is because they lack training." Iruka added as he was writing out the numbers on the board, making sure to round up the numbers so that they could get a clear view of how the battle went on.
"So Iwa, Kiri, and Kumo lost Thousands of soldiers to Uzumaki and made no gains with any of the Uzumaki knowledge that was hidden away. For the longest time, anything regarding the Uzumaki was regarded as a lost technique. Konoha now has it's own portion of the uzumaki clan, they have recently joined and are now one of the noble clans that are here in Konoha." Iruka stated with a nod.
"They weakened three of the nations enough for konoha to deal the final blow. Hopefully, more of the scattered survivors make their way here to konoha now that they have a clan established here." Iruka stated with a nod and all of the students glanced over a bit of Naruto.
"Now let's go over the fine details, who wants to read the next paragraph?"
Once the class was dismissed for lunch Kiba called Naruto's name out. "Hey, Naruto! Was the clan we covered today yours?" He asked and Naruto grinned widely. Some of the students stopped and listened in as well.
"Yeah, that was my clan." He responded as he was putting his things away in his desk.
"That's pretty crazy. You're clan members sound pretty strong!" Kiba stated a bit wide-eyed. "Yeah, my real mom wasn't there when they were attacked because she was here in Konoha being a princess and all. But Grandma Rumi was able to escape them. My mom Mizuko recently came to konoha though." Naruto stated as he picked up his bento box.
"Wait! A princess?!" Ino gasped out as she looked over at Naruto who grinned. "Yeah, she was the youngest daughter of the Daimyo. She had been sent here to become an ambassador for Uzushio. I never met her but I heard she was an amazing shinobi."He gloated, It felt good to say that he had a family. A loving mother at some point, He was proud to be an Uzumaki, proud to have Mizuko as his mom, proud of his family and their history.
"But they're all dead, what use are they if they are dead?" Sasuke stated as he snorted. "So, I have my sisters, brothers and my mom now. Besides, the Uzumaki don't fear death." Naruto snapped back at Sasuke. Sasuke glared at Naruto and walked away. Naruto angrily cussed as he hurried out of the building.
"Big Brother!" Kenta grinned as he ran towards Naruto who ruffled his hair.
"Heya, Wheres Ryuu, and Karin?" He asked and Kenta quickly pointed them out. Naruto grinned and they both hurried to sit with their siblings.
They were chatting loudly as they talked about seals and Naruto told them about his history class.
Karin suddenly turned away and the four of them quieted down knowing that she probably felt someone approaching them. "Hey Naruto." shikamaru smiled lazily as he was walking with Kiba and Choji.
"Hey, what's up. Oh, this is Shikamaru, he's a Nara. Kiba, he's an Inuzuka. And this is Choji, he's an Akimichi." Naruto pointed out his classmates.
Shika gave a lazy wave and Kiba grinned at them and waved. Choji smiled at them as well.
"This is my little sister Karin, Ryuu, and that's Kenta." Naruto pointed out his siblings. "Ya'll are Uzumaki?" Kiba asked and Karin nodded.
"Yup, The four of us are Uzumaki." She smiled as she pointed to herself and her brothers.
"Since when did you get siblings?" Shikamaru asked and Naruto grinned. "They moved to the village bout half a year ago. Ma adopted me and I have been living with them since." He nodded and Kiba chuckled. "No wonder you stopped skipping class." He stated and Naruto chuckled and nodded.
"Yeah, Ma is kinda strict and she makes me study a lot but I don't mind." He stated as he scratched the back of his head.
The end of the school day came quickly and the four Uzumaki were making their way to the temple. They chatted loudly about class and Kenta complained about the amount of work they had.
"Wait, We have to see Jiji!" Naruto stopped abruptly and his siblings glanced at him in confusion.
"Jiji? I didn't know we had a grandpa." Ryuu stated as he wrinkled his nose. "Yeah, the Hokage is my Jiji. Since we are family and we already share Rumi obbasan so we can share Jiji too. I always go to his office after my first day of school." Naruto stated.
"Hell yeah, let's go see our Jiji!" Kenta exclaimed excitedly.
"I don't know, Mom is always calling him Hokage-sama." Karin stated and Ryuu crossed his arms. "I guess we can, if he is family then he's family." he shrugged and Naruto bumped his shoulder. "That's the spirit Otouto!" Naruto grinned as he began leading them down the street to the Hokage tower.
"Tch, I guess y'all have a point." Karin sighed as she followed her headstrong brothers to the Hokage tower.
Naruto quickly led them through the tower and easily got passed the secretary.
"Jiji!" He yelled as he slammed the door open.
The old man couldn't help but chuckle as his favorite knucklehead stormed into his office. He was a little surprised as he noticed the three kids following right behind Naruto.
"Good afternoon Jiji." Karin smiled brightly as they made their way to his desk.
"Heya Jiji!" Kenta grinned as he put his hands behind his back. "Hi, Jiji." Ryuu smiled and the Hokage glanced at them and gave them a small warm smile.
"See I told you it was fine. Your obbasan is my obbasan and my Jiji is your Jiji! Cause we're family." Naruto grinned as he ruffled his younger siblings' hair.
The old hokage leaned back, although Naruto was teaching his sibling's horrible manners. The boy had adjusted very well with his new family and matured in some aspects. He could already tell that allowing Mizuko to adopt him had been a good gamble.
The old Hokage kept up with Naruto's grades and his well being. The boy had thrived in more than one aspect. He studied more diligently, stopped skipping classes, he even seemed to be having a growth spurt as well. Mentally the boy was striving as well, he didn't have to be a Yamanaka to realize that the boy was happier and cared deeply for his siblings. The arrival of the Uzumaki had been a big boon to the young boy and the village.
"Now, now what brings you four to my office." The old hokage smiled as he looked at the four of them. The younger three slightly flushed and grinned as they looked to their older brother for guidance. "It's the first day of school, I always come here to tell you bout my first day." Naruto smiled and the Hokage chuckled.
Soon enough all four of them were talking animatedly to the Hokage telling him about their day at the academy.
The old man listened and ruffled their hair affectionately. He didn't mind listening to them talk and he found it interesting. When they got excited they would pulse their chakra and tell him everything he supposedly missed.
"You should've seen it old man, Mama can dance all nice and stuff." Naruto nodded rapidly. "He can see'em! Ryuu, Kenta and I know the songs and dances. We can show him!" Karin squealed excitedly as she spun around and the old hokage chuckled. "Maybe one dance." He replied and they all cheered.
They all scrambled to the middle of the floor and began dancing, Naruto was trying to copy and keep up with them singing and showing off the Uzumaki traditional dance. Alike when they were at home their chakra moved in sync and melded together.
The old Hokage sat back lightly smoking his pipe. He had to signal to his anbu to stand down since the children were releasing a lot of chakra as they danced.
Yes, his decision had been right. Who best to raise an Uzumaki than an Uzumaki? Sure he probably gained some new kids who would probably see him as a grandfather figure. Maybe he could even have Konohamaru to play with them. He didn't mind more grandkids, besides they were good kids.
After a while, they left the Hokage tower and hurried back to the temple. It was late in the evening and they probably made Mizuko worry.
"We're home!"Ryuu yelled as he opened the door. They all shuffled into the temple. "We are home." Ryuu repeated and bowed at the shrine when he stopped on his tracks as he saw a picture of Rumi at the shrine.
"Ain't that 'Lady'?" He stammered out and they all stopped and looked over to the shrine. There was a picture of Rumi in her Jonin uniform in the shrine.
"How? She died in Kusa." Karin stammered out as she approached the shrine.
"I saw it in the new academy textbook. Iruka sensei said it was from a bingo book." Naruto pointed out and Karin shuddered and looked away.
"She was helpful, but... she was never too kind." Karin muttered glancing over at the picture hesitantly as she remembered the fear she always had towards Rumi. Karin had always feared the older Uzumaki woman and for good reasons.
The girl shivered slightly as she remembered how cold and uncaring Rumi could be when she was in one of her moods. "Yeah, she was... I don't know how to describe her." Ryuu stated as he began taking his shoes off.
Naruto bowed to the shrine and glanced at his siblings. "I never met her." he stated as he stared at the picture.
She had shoulder-length red hair and her skin was a pale color, her eyes were shaper like Mizuko's but the color was a bright red like Karin and Kenta's, her lips were full and her skin was clear. She wore an Uzu headband and her expression was serious.
"Where have you four been?" Mizuko asked and they all turned to look at her. "We went to see Jiji." Kenta stated and Mizuko looked confused. "Jiji?" She asked and Ryuu nodded.
"The Hokage." He stated and Mizuko's face went pale.
"Tell me you four behaved?" she asked and they all glanced at each other and nodded. "Yeah, and he promised to get us a treat if we did well in class!" Kenta stated.
Mizuko pursed her lips before sighing in defeat. " I guess I can't stop you from calling him Jiji anymore, huh?" They all grinned at her mischievously.
"Come on, I baked you four a cake. To congratulate you for your first day in the academy." She smiled and the four of them cheered and hurried to take their shoes off and get to the dining room.
Mizuko quickly served them some food and they began eating. Naruto was playing with Yukio who was showing him a new toy that Mizuko had made him.
"So what did you do in class today?" Mizuko asked as she sat down with Kaida on her lap and began drinking tea.
"Well we went over our reading, a lot of kids ain't know how to read or write. Sensei went and started teaching them Kanji." Kenta stated as he ate.
"We did a review of last year since I was new. There a lot of civilians in my classes as well. " Karin added as she took a big bite of food.
"My class reviewed last year's history book. They added a section for the Uzumaki." Naruto stated and glanced at Mizuko.
"Well, Mother had a journal. I spoke with the Hokage a while back and let them skim over some of the details on it. I made sure they didn't take anything classified." Mizuko stated as she spoon-fed Kaida some food.
"Was that how you got a picture of Rumi obaasan?" Naruto asked and Mizuko nodded.
"A few ninjas in the archive searched through the older bingo books and found mothers bingo book entry. The picture was gifted very recently and I set it up in the shrine." Mizuko stated as she took a bite of food.
"Oh, anything else happened?" Ryuu asked and Mizuko nodded.
"In a few months the probation process will be completed and we will be official Konoha Citizens. As a shinobi clan, I will be expected to represent y'all until Naruto becomes Chunin or he's old enough to become clan head." Mizuko stated and Naruto froze.
"Clan head?" He asked confused and Mizuko nodded.
"As the son of Kushina-hime and last heir of the main branch of the family. The village expects you to take the place as the leader especially if you have a shinobi career. That doesn't mean you can misbehave though. You could be thirty years old but I'll still spank your behind if you are acting out." Mizuko stated firmly.
"But don't worry about it now. I'll deal with the clan head position and the responsibility the village expects of us. Take your time mama will take care of everything else." She stated and Naruto slowly nodded.
She could see the pensive look on his face and let out a sigh. "You know there are many years before you have to take the clan head position and when you do it will be like practice for when you become Hokage." Mizuko gave him a soft warm smile. The tension seemed to roll off Naruto's shoulders and he smiled a smiled as he looked up at Mizuko.
"Yeah, Naruto-nii gonna be Hokage."Tadashi grinned as he messily chewed on his food; with that, the tension in the room dissipated and they all laughed and continued to talk about their day.
Mizuko left the house early in the morning. She had left Breakfast and lunch ready for the kids to eat. Naruto, Karin, and Ryuu had been left in charge as she went out for the day and she left a list of things they were allowed to do and things they were not allowed to do.
She wore her green kimono with light green butterflies and an orange color obi kimono tie.
She was carrying a large scroll on her back and was heading to one of the training grounds. Jiraiya had asked her to bring samples of the seals she would be selling for further field testing.
She walked through the village with a soft smile greeting some of the other merchants who waved at her. "Morning Mizuko-san." Sino waved from her stand and Mizuko waved at the Suna Merchant that usually set her stall beside hers.
"Morning Sino-san." Mizuko waved as she continued down the street enjoying the peaceful buzz of the morning.
By the time she arrived at the training ground, there were a few dozen ninjas standing around, Jiraiya was standing there as well a serious expression on his face as he overlooked the other ninja. His arms were crossed and he noticed Mizuko as she arrived.
He grinned and waved at her as he started to walk over to her. "Jiraya-sama." Mizuko bowed as she greeted him. "None of that Mizuko-chan." he laughed loudly. Other ninja took notice of her arrival as Jiraiya began leading her to the other ninja.
"Alright, boys. This is the lovely Mizuko-san. She will be providing the seals we will be testing today. I will remind you that she is a civilian and will not be able to get out of blast zones or dodge anything if things go bad so make sure nothing happens to her or we will be having a problem."Jiraiya stated as he patted Mizuko's shoulder.
"Mizuko-chan, these are some of the specialists of the barrier department and the research department." He waved over the ninja who greeted back and introduced themselves.
"Alright, let's get started." Jiraiya called out and Mizuko nodded and removed the scroll from her back.
With one swift motion, she unfurled the scroll completely. The scroll was covered in a massive sealing array with tiny individual seals. "First, let's get the barrier seals set up so we can test their strength and have them up so we can then move on to the explosives." Mizuko stated as she quickly placed a hand on the scroll. "Fuin: Unseal Matrix." She called out unsealing smaller scrolls that contained a few hundreds of the barrier seals each.
"Well, what are you waiting for, start testing." Jiraiya called out and they quickly began working.
They ended up testing the strengths of the barriers towards different elements and attacks. Then they moved on to explosives, they measured the size and destruction the seals left. They even checked to see if the larger explosions could destroy the barriers and the amount it took to break them down.
All of the data was compiled and a few charts were created in order to label each seal. Explosive seals had a Heat and Size chart made while the barrier had a time limit, maximum damage resistance, and area coverage chart made for it.
Other seals like enhancement, paralytic, chakra suppressant, chakra draining, stasis, storage and modified seals were tested and charts were made for them as well. It ended up taking a few sessions to get all of the needed data for them and even then some of the Ninja from the research department were wanting to run more tests on them.
They ran the tests for a couple of weekends and by the time they were done Mizuko was happy to say she had learned more about her seals and found ways to improve the designs of some of her seals.
"Do you think people are really gonna come?" Karin asked as she sat at the steps of the temple.
"I don't know." Fumiko replied as she plopped down beside her older sister. "Hmm, what do you think Yukio?" Karin turned to Yukio who was carefully climbing down the steps. "Play!" He grinned as he pointed out to the backyard.
"There will definitely be customers. Jiji said he placed signs all over the tower." Ryuu stated as he walked out of the temple. Karin turned to look at her brother.
"But what if they get lost? The village is pretty big, ya know." Karin replied as she wrinkled her nose. "Didn't you look at the signs there was an address and even directions on how to get here. Besides, you won't see anyone arrive back here. you have to be at the front of the temple where the shrine and storefront is." Kenta stated as he bit down on a mango.
"Ahhhh."Hayami hummed loudly as she opened her mouth and Kenta carefully let her take a bite off his fruit. "Mmm Yummy." She grinned.
"Mama said we have to stay out the storefront for now. And says y'all gonna get fruit juice on the floor or make a mess." Naruto sighed as he placed a hand on Kenta's head and ruffled his little brother's hair.
"No I won't... well-" Kenta started to protest before glancing at the mango juice running down his fingers and dripping on the floor and then at Hayami whose face was covered in the sticky mango juice.
"Okay, so I get why we aren't allowed up there." Kenta sighed and Ryuu chuckled.
"It's only for the first couple of weeks. Besides, mama is going to need help keeping up making seals." Ryuu stated and Naruto nodded. "Yup, before you know it you won't want anything to do with the seal store." Naruto added as he walked forward and plopped down beside Karin.
"I wanna be with mama." Hisashi groaned as he walked out of the temple sniffling. "Awe Sashi-chan, Here sit with your nee-chan." Karin cooed at her little brother and the smaller boy hurried into his sister's arms. Karin easily picked him up and sat him on her lap.
"*Cough* Crybaby *Cough*" Kenta fake coughed before he was elbowed on the side by Ryuu. " Be nice, no need to be mean to Hisashi-chan." Ryuu scolded as Kenta huffed.
"How'd ya do it?! Kaida is impossible to babysit." Nanami groaned as she walked out of the temple carrying little Kaida who was about eight months olf
"I told you to tie your hair back. But no Karin doesn't know any better. " Karin teased as she glanced at Nanami who glared right back at her.
"I didn't know she was going to be pulling my hair." Nanami pointed out as she tried to unclench Kaida's tiny hand and remove her hair from her tiny fingers.
"Here I'll take her." Ryuu sighed as he took his little sister. "I wonder what kind of ninja are going to be coming." Karin huffed as she looked back out to where Tadashi and Yukio were running around.
"We can always hide nearby and take a look." Kenta pointed out and Naruto snorted. "You know we can't really hide from mom. Let's just wait it out and ask her about it later."
"Yeah, Naruto-nii is right. Anyways don't we have school till Monday." Ryuu stated and shrugged. " So we can do our homework Sunday afternoon. ha, a man of culture. Ryuu you sly dog."Kenta chuckled.
"Well, mama did decide on the time and dates the shop will be opened. Monday through Friday from eight in the morning till two in the afternoon for the fruit stand. Then the seal shop will be opened Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoon. The weekend will be the days mom says she will be busy making seals." Naruto told them and they all nodded.
"Makes sense. I wonder if she will let us help her make seals." Nanami stated as she plopped down beside Fumiko.
"Maybe." Fumiko shrugged.
"Thank you for coming." Mizuko stated as she handed the wrapped package to the shinobi.
The shop was full to the brim and many of the shinobi were looking at the catalogs. She had made several copies of the books that way there could be more than one ninja looking over them.
She was busy writing down special orders and selling her premade seals. Many of the ninjas were just there to look and most of her sales were coming from the Chunin and Jonin since they had a better understanding of what the seals could be used for and being that they were ranked higher they had more money to spend on the seals.
"Yes, you must bring the articles of clothing that you want to have reinforced with the seals. I will be opened till 10 only for today since it is opening day. regular hours will be from four till eight and that would only be on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays." Mizuko answered to another Jonin.
"Hi, how can I help you?" Mizuko turned to another ninja. "Yes, I am looking for the seal 58033 and 30582. I want twenty of each please." The Jonin stated as he handed her his identification card.
"One moment please." Mizuko stated as she went ahead and turned to the drawers behind her and unsealed the needed cards and easily wrapped them in paper. "Your total is 684 Ryo." She stated as she took the card and scanned the seals and checked the picture on it.
The guy handed her the money and she handed him the ID and seals. "Thank you, Come again." Mizuko smiled as another ninja walked up to the counter.
"Hi, I am looking to get these seals." The Ninja gave her the slip of paper where he had written the numbers.
"Oh, Okay and can I get your ID?" She asked and the man nodded as he handed it over to her.
"Thank you... Yakushi-san." Mizuko smiled as she read the name that was written on the ID.
"Kabuto is fine. Yakushi-san was my mother." The white-haired genin smiled as he fixed his glasses.
"I understand. Here's your order." Mizuko stated as she took the ID and scanned the seals. "Your total is 734 Ryo." She stated as she smiled politely at him.
Oops I missed my usual deadline. I just moved out of my parents' house a few days ago and I didn't know what else to write after the 5,000 wordmark. I went back several times to add more drama. I might edit this later sooo.
I will not abandon this story, I just need time and I have an outside life and it takes days for me to plot out the chapters. so please don't assume I left the story. If I were to ever abandon it I would let you guys know or finish it in an overall summary ( Which would suck and I ain't an asshole to do that.)
Anyway Kabuto what are you doing in the seal shop?! Are you going to snitch to Orochimaru ah ha ha. Unless (Does fuckboy face.)
Anko
Gai
Genma
Kakashi
Iruka
Tenzo
Jiraiya
Those are the names asked for in the comments to be the pairing. I feel Jiraiya is too in love with Tsunade so he's out
Everyone else is fair game though.
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