As Kurama sealed the items that he was planning to give to Naruto on his eighteenth birthday, the words that his father had said to him caused him to worry that he may never see the young blond again.

"Depending on our other agents, we may not have need for the Leaf..." As the words rolled around his head, Kurama quickly shook his head to clear his mind.

Though his father had never said the words, Kurama knew if his father decided that the Clan didnt have a use for the Leaf Village than Naruto may not be coming back to the Clan.

"I really hope that it doesn't come to that..." Kurama muttered out as he placed the scroll into the satchel that hung over his shoulder. "...though ill have to worry about that at another time, Naruto wont have long before he will have to head out on his mission." Kurama concluded as he pushed his way out of his living chambers.

Naruto sat across from the only other person within the village that he trusts besides Kurama and his students.

"So you are being sent on a mission back to the village that once tried to end your life and you want me to go with you? Now why on earth would you want me to go with you Naruto? You know just as well as everyone else within our Clan that I am not the greatest of warriors, I'm much more comfortable with my books." the male sitting across from Naruto proclaimed.

Naruto knew that it was going to be difficult getting his friend to join him on this assignment but he knew if it was going to be successful he had to have a team that he could trust beyond all doubt.

"Rai, you know that I am not a very trusting person so if I am going to be going on a mission where I have no idea when I will be able to return home; then I am going to want my closet friend to come with me." Naruto proclaimed to the other male.

As he was staring at his friend, Naruto could see that Rai's normally pale skin had started to take on a red hue. Seeing this Naruto was about to speak once more to help put his friend at ease though before he could, Rai beat him to it.

"Ok. Ok. You win Naruto, I will join you on this mission though you will have to give me a few moments to say my farewells to my family as well as gather my belongings." Rai replied to Naruto.

Naruto nodded his head in acknowledgement of Rai's request, which caused the other boy to get up from the table so he could do just that. A moment after fully standing up, Naruto watched as Rai vanished in a puff of crimson smoke. Knowing that Naruto shouldn't dawdle much longer, he to vanished in the same fashion that his friend has chosen to.

The remaining hours that Naruto and his team had within their village were dwindling down quickly and though they now only had around an half hour left before they had to leave, Naruto still wouldn't go through the gate that would take them to the realm that he was born in.

"What are we waiting on..." Misui spoke out though before he was able to finish what he was going to say he received an elbow to his side from his white haired companion. "...why did you elbow me Asara?" Misui growled out as he turned to face said boy.

Though when he got to looking at Asara, the boy was holding a lone finger to his lips. Even though it was plainly written on Misui's face that he was not done with this yet he kept himself from uttering any other words.

If Naruto had been paying attention to anything other than what was going on inside his head then he would have seen the altercation between his students and quickly put a stop to it, though since this was not the case they got away without getting any repercussions. "Come on Kurama. Just show up..." Naruto cried as his eyes scanned every conceivable line of sight looking for the man that raised him.

As the minutes ticked ever closer to the time that they had to leave by, Naruto started to lose hope that Kurama would show. When it got to the point where he was unable to wait much longer, Naruto decided that he had waited enough. "Rai, please open the gate. We no longer have any time to spare..." Naruto called out.

Not even half a breath later, Naruto heard movement from behind him which was followed by a language that he had become extremely accustomed to hearing. "It is done Naruto." Rai called out from behind his team leader.

"Alright, thank you Rai. You three go ahead through and wait for me, ill be there in a moment." Naruto informed his team. Knowing that they would listen to his order, Naruto continued to scan the area in hopes that he would catch sight of Kurama before he too had to go through the gate.

Naruto only waited a few more minutes before he started to head towards the gate. Though before he could get to the gate, a familiar voice called out to him. "After all this time together, you are just going to leave without saying goodbye?"

Though Naruto was happy that Kurama had finally shown up, he was quite aggravated that he had been kept waiting for so long. "If you would have shown up on time then I would have already said my goodbyes to you..." Naruto grumbled as he turned to face the elder Demon. As Naruto faced the man that had raised him his anger was replaced by an overwhelming need to hug Kurama and before Naruto could stop himself he was embracing the older man. "...I am going to miss you, father." Naruto muttered into Kurama's chest.

"I am going to miss you as well Naruto and though I was not involved in your creation, I have always thought of you as my son." Kurama responded to his surrogate son.

Knowing that he didn't have long before he had to leave, Naruto started to push away from Kurama. Though as Naruto was pushing away from the man he considered to be his father, Kurama started to speak. "Before you go, there is something that I want to give you." Kurama informed Naruto as he pulled out a scroll and held it out for Naruto to take.

Though Naruto wanted to question Kurama on what was held within the scroll, he knew that he didn't have the time to get into another conversation. "Thank you Kurama. I will contact you soon." Naruto spoke out as he grabbed the scroll from the crimson haired Demon, though soon after Naruto turned away from Kurama and made his way through the flickering gate that would take him back to his home realm.

Authors notes: Thank you all who read this chapter and I know that it has some issues I feel that it is good enough to publish. As always please review and comment on your likes, dislikes and other general comments that you may have.