Gate and Shadow

I don't own Naruto or The Gamer

"If you don't take risks, you can't create a future!" -Monkey D. Luffy

Previously on Cloud Gamer

Today had been a big day, and tomorrow, no doubt even bigger, especially with me meeting more Uzumaki, the brash bunch will never be quiet.

~~~~~~~We say life's short, isn't it the longest thing we do though? ~~~~~~~~~

"You know, we could just rest in the outpost and head to Konoha in the afternoon." Natio said, I had just gotten back and placed Miya on the floor. She was rubbing her wrists that hurt from rope burn.

"And sleep near a bunch of burnt corpses? Yeah no, lets head closer to Konoha." Miya replied, seemed she was pretty peeved about being left behind and then tied up, go figure.

"Well let's head out then I guess, Miya, who do you want to carry you?"

"Sho, since Shin was tossing me around like a sack of potatoes."

"Pff, you are much heavier than a sack of potatoes. Plus, you kept wriggling around." Miya smacked my shoulder while storming towards Sho, jumping onto him quickly. He caught her and blasted off into the woods with Natio following, I waited behind for a second and put my finger onto my stomach.

'Mum, you better come visit again.' I thought, before jumping off into the trees to follow the group. It was going to be another day's trip until we reached Konoha so we would need to set up camp again later.

8 hours later

We had been travelling for the entire day and I was starting to get hungry, we had to spread rations thin over the past few days to keep us fed until we reached the next city. One ration bar each except for Miya who got 2 to keep her happy, needy bastard. So, I was basically running on fumes all day, especially after combat and being healed which used any stored fats I had as fuel.

The sun was starting to set when Sho finally stopped and placed Miya on the ground. We were in a lush clearing with trees all around and a river not 300m away, I set up the campfire while Natio grabbed firewood and Sho restocked water.

"Shin, we can finally bathe after 3 days!" Sho yelled out, surprisingly Natio didn't mind the hygiene stuff nor did Miya. He grabbed two towels out of his backpack and ran back to the river, pulling my arm along.

"So why did you want me to bathe so badly?" I asked, kind of pissed that I was dragged through the dirt and then over stones just for Sho to talk to me.

"Well, we need to talk of course, you also stink." I rolled my eyes and started to get undressed, removing my shirt first and then my pants. Sho followed and we both hopped into the water, freezing as expected.

"So, what did you need to talk about."

"First, what's up with the new hairdo?"

"No clue, Natio pulled me out of some void using a chain and this is what happened when I woke up."

"Alright second, have you had the talk? You know, birds and the bees."

"If you mean about sex, then obviously. You have heard me make innuendos before."

"I know but you could have just been spouting shit as usual."

"The fuck do you mean by as usu- "

"Anyways, third, what else can you tell me about this pocket dimension you have access to?"

"I knew this would come up. Its just that, like a backpack that can store currently 64 unique items, but multiple versions of a single one."

"What do you mean by currently?"

'Ah shit' "When I turned 5 it suddenly increased from 32 to 64. It could increase more or decrease as I get older, I have no clue."

"Hmm, something we need to experiment. Can you store living things?"

"Haven't tried."

"Do the things in their carry any weight at all? Or a factor of their weight?"

"No weight, I can just put things in there and summon it whenever or wherever I want."

"That's all for now from me. Y'know, for a kid that died earlier today, you are pretty chilled out."

"No point in agonising over it if I don't plan on it happening again."

"No one ever does."

"Hey Sho?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you end up doing any of the things you said you would with Natio while we were talking at the café?"

Sho instantly blushed up and I heard some rustling from the bushes around the river. "W-w-why do you ask?"

"Just wondering, I don't know why you are so embarrassed though, its nothing you haven't done before."

"W-well uhh, I know but like, its different?"

"How so?

"I uh, won't be sharing that."

"Oh yes you will." I pulled out my blade from my inventory and slowly walked towards him, activating my dojutsu and putting him under a genjutsu. My true red world genjutsu levelled up while I made Sho watch his balls get stomped on by a stampede of angry women.

"FINE I WILL!"

"Heh" I cancelled the genjutsu and sat back down in the water. Submerging my lower half while right next to him.

"Well, my wife was into some, not so vanilla stuff."

"How so?"

"I really shouldn't be talking about that with a kid."

"Oh, but you promised, would you really want me to tell Natio that you are a cowardly man that puts no honour behind his words?"

"You little shit, you wouldn't dare."

"Oh really?" I hopped out of the water and headed over to the bush that moved earlier, Sho watching my back with a raised eyebrow. I dragged out Natio using chakra and my strength stat, chucking her on the shore by the collar.

"OOF! Shin you asshole!" She yelled out, I snickered while Sho was trying to submerge his entire being in the shallow river.

"Uh, hey Natio. Kind of, bathing here?"

"I can tell" She looked down at the water and blushed a bit before looking away with a nosebleed. "A-are you even cold at all?"

"Yes, I am?" He looked to where she was and covered it with his hands.

"Wow, real smooth miss Uzumaki."

"Shut it brat, with your little pecker."

"Hah, I haven't even hit puberty, so your words have effect on me."

"This still does though" She walked over to me and leaned in front of my face, looking like she was about to kiss me. Sho gasped before she flicked her entire body back and kicked me in the nuts, Sho starting to break down laughing while I chased Natio around the river.

"COME BACK HERE BITCH!"

"NOT IN A MILLION YEARS CHILD!" She darted across the water, and I did several hand seals, taking control of the water in the river to form several tendrils of water.

"I win." I trapped her legs where she stood and used two more to grab her wrists, she struggled to fight against them and I sent another to her neck, forcing her to look up.

"Want to kick me in the balls? I'll teach you!" I grabbed out a kunai and split her clothes down the middle before jumping backwards to escape her wrath. Her pure anger had boiled the water to the point where I lost control, but now I was fighting a very angry naked female Uzumaki.

"Hey Sho, do you have battle lust or are you just glad at the sight?"

"What are you talki- AH! Just glad at the sight." Natio stopped and blushed while looking over at him. Now, I am not a homosexual in any way shape or form, but just for future reference. SHO WAS FUCKING PACKING.

The sight of Natio's nice figure had certainly activated good old mini-Sho and it distracted her enough for me to grab a towel and escape. They did not come back for over an hour, so I assume mini-Sho got to have some fun before they went to sleep.

"Miya, what position do you think they're in right now?"

"No clue, hmm, let me listen." She put a hand cupped to her ear over to the river and closed her eyes. "Maybe doggy? Wait, why the fuck are we talking about this?"

"Cause it's fun."

"True."

"I'm so bored right now so I'm going to head to bed, goodnight, Shin."

"Night Miya, you using my bag again?"

"Yep!"

"Ugh." I groaned, boiling some water over the fire and prepping my teapot. This shit was good even if it didn't use milk, which I usually preferred. I poured a few leaves in the mesh compartment at the top and poured the boiling water in, smelling the fresh mist that permeated the air from the brew.

"Wow that smells good." Natio said, walking back into the clearing with a blush and slight limp, wearing an extra towel from her bag. "Yeah, it was pretty expensive. Is Sho as limp as how you are walking?"

She blushed up a storm and looked like a tomato, sitting across the fire from me. Sho walked back into the clearing with a big smile on his face. "No, he's a fucking animal" Natio sighed, looking back at her partner who was carrying a goofy grin on his face while he hugged her from behind, massaging her breasts with his hands.

"Wow, so touchy feely." I remarked, Natio slapped his hands off of her breasts and he sighed, giving me a glare from behind Natio. I poured a cup of tea for myself and sipped it slowly, the hot liquid warming me up from the inside.

"Can I have a cup?"

"Sure, you want one Sho?"

"Yes please!"

I grabbed out 2 more cups and filled them up before handing the two of them their drinks, they sipped them slowly and sighed with glee. 'Guess it was worth the price' I chuckled mentally at their faces, comfortable glee, I would describe it as. After our drinks I put the teapot back and went to bed, finding a nice branch to sleep on.

"C'mon Michael! Live a little!"

"I'm living just fine, and I have no reason to jump in the river with you."

"Such a soil sport. Can you give me a hug?"

"Sure, why though?"

"For this!"

"WAHHH. OOF, god damn it Hanako! Now I'm gonna need to have a shower before sleeping."

"Meh, I guess we'll both need one"

"What do you mean?"

"WAHOOO! OOF, WOW, that isn't as deep as I thought it was."

"Now you know why I'm complaining."

"You're such a baby sometimes, c'mon let's go home."

"Fine, but you're cooking."

"What!?"

"Its only fair since you threw me in a cold ass river."

"Be ready for some cup ramen then."

"Oh, come on, you know you can make something. We just went out shopping yesterday!"

"Maybe so, but I don't feel like cooking, so I won't. Heh."

"Don't get all smug you lazy ass! I'll do it tonight, but you have to do it tomorrow, you fine with a frittata?"

"Sure, but its not what I really want though."

"Ugh, and what do you really want?"

"Hmm, I want tenderloin!"

"What's with your fuckin' gourmet taste buds!?"

"Behehe, I like meat, that's all."

"Fine I'll order some to be brought tomorrow, so frittata tonight?"

"Sure!"

"Hana- "

"Oi Shin, you're mumbling in your sleep."

"Hehe, told you I could cook."

"OI!"

"Yeah sure, tenderloin tomorrow"

Sho finally had enough and slapped me across the face, causing me to roll across the ground in pain. Wait ground? Sho had an annoyed look on his face while telling me about how I fell while talking in my sleep.

"So, you good to go? Or does baby's little head hurt?"

"Fuck up, lets just get to Konoha before I go crazy."

"Long past that, Hanako must have done some weird shit to you. Is she your ex?"

I didn't respond and walked ahead, those memories hurt, much more than my nose that still hadn't set, especially after the battering yesterday. I stretched my arms a bit and greeted Miya and Natio, who was fully recovered from last night. She was wearing proper clothes now with a black shirt and black pants that reached her ankles, Miya was wearing the same trench coat that she usually did, holding her dark green hair up in a bun using a hair tie.

"Alright Miya, which one of us are you riding today?" I asked, not caring about wording in my tired stupor. Sho put his hand on my shoulder and gave me a thumbs up, obviously approving of the use of speech.

"I guess I'll ride the child like a cougar."

"I can understand that, wouldn't want the pervy old man anywhere near me either if I was a woman." I replied, grabbing her in a princess carry while I yawned. Sho hopped up to one of the trees and brought out the map with a compass, Natio standing over his shoulder and looking at it.

"Alright group, we should only be a half a day away from Konoha if we head straight north. It might be a bit hard to meet Kushina without our guides but I'm sure we'll figure it out when we get there." Sho announced, we started our trip in full swing with all of us moving with renewed vigour from the events of the past few days, combat was tiring you know?

Something that had totally slipped my mind was the special quest for snagging a sharingan around kanabi bridge, that didn't mean I couldn't go back there later and steal a sharingan from someone I captured and brought there, (loopholes would work I hoped), but still, no kamui for me, I guess.

Miya had been poking my cheeks for the past 10 minutes while we were travelling and I finally looked down when she started to pinch and stretch them.

"What is it Miya?"

"I need to pee."

"Oh, sorry." I let her down on the ground immediately and activated my dojutsu for the chakra sensing. She moved towards a bush out of view and did her business while I waited, Sho moved up ahead from us with Natio and we would catch up later.

That's what I planned until a certain snarky laugh came out from the tree across from me, a brown figure started to form, starting with the legs first and then torso before the head was formed and the skin started to change colours. From brown, to white.

"Kukuku, that's a dojutsu I have not seen before. Boy, who are you?"

I tensed up at the tone and stared at my snake eyed opposite, taking one of the basic stances of my kata. "Is it not polite to introduce yourself first?"

"Kukuku, you do have a point. I am Orochimaru, one of the legendary sannin if you recognize that title."

"I do, since you belong to the leaf village. Would you be willing to escort us there? I can tell you all about my blood limit while we travel."

"Sadly, I'm on a mission. But you can tell me now before I have to drag it out of you."

"You know, I don't doubt you will do that for some reason. I am Shin, a remainder of the Chinoike clan and part of the Uzumaki clan, though I take neither of those names since they mean nothing to me."

"Ah, I see, very interesting indeed. An Uzumaki and a Chinoike hybrid? I was hoping to get a specimen of each, but both in one body. That's just too good to pass up!" He rushed at me before I could even blink, kneeing me in the sternum and pulling me up to eye level by the throat.

"Very interesting indeed." He stared into my eyes deeply, showering the area in his outrageous amounts of killing intent. "Alright, I'll let you live if you can do me a favour. Actually 2. First, please give my creation a bit of a test drive and write notes on any side effects or conditions you may be afflicted with as a cause of use. Second, pass along a message to Kushina Uzumaki, 'I have my replacement'." His neck stretched out and I squirmed to escape the grip, to no avail as he lunged his teeth down and injected me with the imperfect cursed seal.

A fire burned under my skin around the area and veins began to bulge out from my muscles. He let go of me and brought out a notepad, jotting down several things and taking a few steps back. I writhed in pain all over the floor, scraping at the dirt below me and howling to the sky, everything was burning, like an inferno inside of my body.

He flipped the page and wrote down something else before ripping it off and chucking it on the floor. "It's been a pleasure Shin 'Chinoike', please do make use of my gift. You can find Kushina here and make sure to write anything down when you make use of its power." He left in a swirl of laves while my shoulder became branded with the 3 tomoe pattern of the cursed seal of heaven.

I lost consciousness soon after and was woken up by Natio carrying me across her back after 9 hours of rest. I grabbed my shoulder and felt a bruise swelling up around the curse mark's origin, the burning feeling stopped but my chakra was feeling weird.

Instead of the gaseous, easily malleable form it usually was. It was hotter, and far more viscous than usual. Even after activating my dojutsu, my chakra control was no where near as good as it usually was.

I looked over Natio's shoulder and saw the afternoon sun glaring down at me. Sho was carrying Miya and looked back at me with a concerned look, that was like the 4th one today.

"Hey Shin, you up?"

"Yep, swell as usual. Or as swell as you can be after getting branded by a snake pedo."

"Snake pedo?"

"Orochimaru, the fucker gave me a hickey and now my chakra control is shit."

"Orochimaru? You mean a sannin went out of his way to attack you? Stop pulling my leg here kid, its more likely that someone dropped Kushina's address down into our hands magically than you getting targeted by a sannin."

I pulled out the note with her address on it and held it towards Sho, making everyone stop to read it. "No fucking way. What would he even want with you?"

"My dojutsu, and my Uzumaki blood." Natio quirked an eyebrow at me and I closed my eyes to get more rest. "I'll explain it later Natio, but just assume we are distant relatives for now until we can explain my carbon copy of your hair colour, my increased vitality and chakra level and how Orochimaru called me a replacement for Kushina. If that's even what he meant."

"Fine I won't harp on, but you better explain when we get some blood work done. If you are an Uzumaki, I'll teach you the good sealing shit, not just the basics I was planning on. That's if you are one."

"Thanks, and goodnight."

"Goodnight Shin, rest well." Everyone said and I slipped back into blissful sleep, but for some reason, I ended up in my mindscape.

Shin's Mindscape

Everything was destroyed, and when I say everything, I mean everything. Buildings were on fire and dark clouds of smoke filled the air with rubble scattered across the city.

"Oh? How unexpected!"

I quickly turned around to look at the intruder and saw a ghastly image of Orochimaru. I imagined my sword falling into my hand and a projection of it was created, he didn't bother to dodge my first slash and caught the blade before breaking it.

"Now that's not very nice, you should treat guests with respect."

"Guests that aren't welcome don't get any."

"Ah so true! I'm a piece of Orochimaru's soul, I am embedded into the seal I placed on you."

"That was obvious when I first laid eyes on your ugly mug." I took a step back and sat into a throne I imagined, something fit for a king. Red cushioning and onyx black stone surrounding it, I rested my head back and looked down at him with a smirk.

"Feisty little twerp, aren't you?" He snapped his fingers and brought an equally large throne into existence, so we sat at eye level. "How about we chat for a while? I can give you a rundown of the seal's abilities and in return, let's say… I get to look at your memories?"

"Absolutely not, how about a comfortable living space instead?"

"I can just think one up, don't need you to do that. Just a few years' worth to keep me entertained sounds fair?"

"Do I get to choose the years?"

"Nope, I'll be doing that."

"Then no, I won't let you sift through my memories like a sitcom."

"Sitcom? Do explain what that is if you would so please."

"Situation comedy, making jokes about funny situations or whatever, not my thing."

"Ah, like those plays Tsunade likes. They are detestable, aren't they?"

"Yes, they are. Alright what if I give you access to my senses somehow?"

"I highly doubt that's possible because of the way I have designed the seal of heaven, or at least this prototype. I will also not be giving you the knowledge to tamper with my hard work."

"So, what other deal can we settle with? I'm not giving you any memories, hmmm, actually. If I can choose, I'll give you 5 years of memories to watch and research."

"5 huh? That sounds fair. Which years are you planning to choose?"

"Something I haven't shared with anyone else." It was a risky move, but if I wanted to get the maximum knowledge from him, my best chance was to give the spectre something he would value greatly. Like knowledge of another world.

"I have no use for your childish gossip if that's what it is."

"It isn't, and I think you will enjoy it greatly." I materialised a projector from my world and created a USB drive, Orochimaru watching with great interest. I plugged it in and flicked a switch near the back, showering a screen I created in front of us in light.

"What technology is this? From the land of lightning perhaps? But this far exceeds anything they've had over the past few years. Who are you, what are you?"

"I'm Shin, the person who is going to be recording the effects of the cursed seal. Others know me by a different name, Michael Sandro, but if you have to label me as something, I would say… Otherworlder perhaps? Actually, Regressor sounds like a nicer title."

"Michael? Otherworlder? Oh, ho ho, you are certainly interesting." The ghost chuckled, I put out my hand towards him palm facing up. "Now hand over the knowledge of the curse seal."

"Ah yes, I had almost forgot. I may be a snake, but I am a man of my word, in some form." He summoned a scroll into his hand and dropped it into my hand, I flicked on the projector and started playing the memories of my childhood. My other childhood.

Orochimaru sat back in his chair with interest sparking in his eyes, he looked like a kid in a candy store even if it was the most mundane thing. Like a microwave, that one had caught his interest greatly, morse so than a TV or even a brick telephone, a relic of the old days.

"Hey Orochimaru, any other nickname you want me to call you?"

"Hmm? Yes, I think one should be in place because of my new residence perhaps. You decide on one later, I'm busy."

"Alright, you can be Gomi. You alright with that?" (Gomi means garbage in japanese)

"Yes, yes whatever, just shut up and let me focus child."

I slowly healed my entire mindscape and replaced a lot of the city with open forest with lots of trees and lush green grass. A waterfall ran from the top of the village and separated into several canals, on the opposite side of the city was a huge plains area with beautiful flowers. Animals weren't currently possible for me to add for some reason, but I absorbed the information on the cursed seal and gained 2 new skills and a few level ups.

"Skill gained 'Curse mark stage 1 transformation'!"

"Skill gained 'Natural energy absorption'!"

"Skills 'Fuinjutsu' and 'Calligraphy' have gained 10 levels each!"

"You have levelled up 4 times!"

"Due to a surge to your chakra system, chakra capacity has been increased to compensate!"

I exited my mindscape and exhaustion still rung through me. I looked up above Natio's shoulder and stared at the moon that was towering over us, Natio noticed my movement and placed me on the ground. She cracked her back ad did a few stretches while Sho did the same.

"Everyone up now? Good! We are near Konoha based on this trusty map." He brought out said map and stared at it intently, like it was some kind of enemy. "Only a few more hours until we reach those gates and meet a new Uzumaki."

"Wahoo" Natio said tiredly, yawning into her palm before moving into another stretch. "You good to run Shin? My back can't handle much more."

"I should be fine to move, I'll go get checked at the hospital though when we get there. Sho can't put me fully back together unless there is equipment, right?"

"Yeah, your nose is pretty fucked up so I'm going to let the authorised people use the authorised equipment on your ugly mug."

"If anyone's mug is ugly its yours old man."

"I'm not old ya little shit! Even if my face is ugly, at least I have something to compensate for it." He looked down at my groin and I flipped him off, did he expect a seven-year-old to be rocking a 9-inch schlong around naturally?

I put Miya into my arms this time and we all started to hop again, and after 3 days of rough travel, combat, stress, and laughter, we had finally arrived at the green gates of Konoha. They looked awfully dead right now, but I could hear the sounds of the bustling late-night traffic around the village from outside.

2 shinobi dropped down in front of us with weapons poised to attack, we put our hands up and I sighed heavily. "Is there anywhere where I don't get interrogated as soon as I enter?"

"The land of tea wasn't like that though." Sho replied

"We literally fought a shinobi on the border, so I count that."

"If that counts then I guess we have had combat everywhere."

"Can you two both shut up!" Natio said sternly, giving us a glance from the side of her face. We both shut up quickly and stood straight to face the leaf shinobi who were closing in on us.

"State your purpose of visit and certification."

"What certifications?" Sho replied, rummaging through his bag and pulling out several cards.

"Any licenses or identification will suffice."

"We are here for a quick visit and here are my and Shin's hunter licenses, Natio's merchant license and, Miya do you have anything?"

"Uhh, I have my id as a bartender?"

"That will be fine."

We handed over the identification and they both vanished in a swirl of leaves, I was starting to get a bit worried we had been robbed when they finally showed up after 10 minutes.

"Miss Uzumaki, you and your group will be led to the hokage immediately."

"Well shit, there goes our plan to grab an inn."

The huge green gates opened, and a bright flash of light peeked through, all of the streetlights and lanterns making the city look like a bright sun. The shinobi moved with us through the village until we got to the hokage mansion.

The city itself seemed quite joyful, especially since there was a war going on in the world, but that feeling seemed to be emanated from every city or town we went through, so I dismissed that as some sort of important information.

A secretary came out of the building from behind us and guided us through, winding up a couple of orange staircases and passing tons of paintings and trophies. I looked out the window and stared at the hokage mountain, the three heads of all the hokage watching over the village like guardian angels.

A large brown door was opened before us with the secretary vacating the room quickly after we shuffled inside. A middle-aged man sat at the table, blowing on a pipe while looking over the city.

"I did not think… after so many years, another Uzumaki would make its way to my village. For what its worth, I'm sorry for our lack of action during the times when you clan needed us most."

"Your apology is appreciated lord third, but why have you called us here?" Natio responded, as the one addressed, she became the de facto leader of the group.

"There is another Uzumaki in this village, Kushina, she believes most of her clan died during those attacks. I would like you to stay with her for the duration of your stay, if only to just meet another of your clan."

"Perfect, we needed lodging anyway. Do you have directions, or a key to give us?"

"Directions yes, but you won't need a key, just slip some blood on the seal out front and Kushina will come running. She just returned from a mission so she should be awake." He wrote a note down on a piece of paper and flicked it to Natio, who caught it easily.

"Alright, lets go guys, we can set up our stuff and go to bed before going around the village tomorrow." Natio finished, facing towards us with a calp of her hands.

"You can all go; I have something to ask the hokage." I said softly, not following the group out of the door while they left.

"What is it young man?"

"My name is Shin, and sorry to be disrespectful, but this is kind of urgent." I pulled off my shirt and turned around, showing the old man my new hickey power up.

"What is that?"

"You don't know?"

"I don't remember seeing anything like that in my life, but I am not as well versed in seals as my student Jiraiya or even Kushina so you could ask them for advice."

"Ugh, well guess I'm going to have to explain it. This is not a normal seal, it's a cursed seal. A seal given by way of hickey."

"Wow you certainly are getting action for such a young age, but how does this relate to me?"

"I'm getting there, it was given to me by your snake student, Orochimaru. It gives a power boost in return for the user of it becoming reliant on the power, so they go to Orochimaru. That's all so he can take the body of the person sealed to attain immortality."

"I see. Are you sure this was Orochimaru?"

"Absolutely, no one else has that amount of killing intent and uses snakes, and wears a Konoha headband, and looks like Orochimaru."

"I'll get someone to look into it, but why would he even want your body?"

"I have a few special things he would like."

"As in?"

"Well, what are you going to give me in exchange for the info?"

"I'll actually file something for you instead of trusting my student. All he has done so far are great things for the village in the combat and medical fields, I have no reason not to trust him."

"Fine, he probably wants my bloodline. The dojutsu of the Chinoike, the ketsuryugan and also the blood of an Uzumaki, which I supposedly am, but I need to get my blood tested."

"Alright, I'll file something. Now go meet up with your group so you can get settled in, I have more paperwork to get too."

"A little tip for that, just use shadow clones." I left the room soon after to escape the old man's pained screams about how stupid he was for not thinking of that. I activated my dojutsu and jumped onto a roof to try and spy for Sho or Natio anywhere.

I saw a mop of red hair sifting through a crowd on the street below me and landed right in front of her, startling the woman who landed on her ass.

"What the fuck, ttebane!"

"Huh? You aren't Natio."

"Who the hell are you? Dropping in like that!"

I looked down at the lady and felt my face light up a bit. I was standing in front of a woman with beautiful D – cup breasts wearing a white top with long black pants. Her mop of red hair sitting neatly on her back while she rubbed her tailbone.

"I'm Shin, you must be Kushina right?"

"I am, but what do you care?"

"Well I was looking for you, can you guide me back to your house?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because my group is there and you wouldn't leave a little kid like me all alone right?"

"I would, and I am." She turned around to leave and jumped onto a building, I followed right behind her but she increased her speed using chakra, which I mimicked. She sped up more before stopping in front of a large 3 story house with a metal staircase going up the side, into a normal looking second story with a third attic and balcony story on top. Next to it was a large silo shaped tower with red tiles over the roof and a green door on the outside.

Kushina bit her thumb and rubbed it across some kanji on the front of the mailbox, opening it up and grabbing out all of the contents. Then she walked up the stairs and tried to unlock the door with her key, only to see more blood smeared on the blood lock instead. She opened up the door cautiously and I shuffled in behind her, moving in front and plopping myself on the couch.

"You followed me home? Get out of here kid!"

"Hell no! I'm waiting for Sho and Natio before I go anywhere."

"Who the hell are they!?"

"My partners."

"Ugh, fine whatever, there's a few people upstairs in the guest bedrooms though so I'm assuming they are your group?"

"Maybe, you can go check if you want."

"You are so infuriating!" She huffed up the stairs and banged loudly on the doors. I heard some stumbling around before Sho was thrown down the stairs into the kitchen in a sprawled out mess, after that I heard some crying and then Kushina head down the stairs with Natio consoling her before Kushina stepped on Sho's ass at the bottom off the stairs and made him screech.

I laughed at that but was mainly focused on Natio guiding Kushina to the green couch opposite mine. Natio sat beside her and was rubbing circles on her back while hugging Kushina.

"Did you already tell her?"

"Yeah, she did." Kushina responded through sniffles, I laid my head back on the couch and looked at the ceiling. "I might also be one ya'know, just gotta get my blood tested."

"Or we could just use the lock outside to test it." Natio said, giving Kushina a tight hug before standing up.

"Oh yeah, true." I replied, standing up and walking out the door along with her. I bit my thumb and drew a line of blood along the kanji, it glowed a bright red before settling and I grabbed the door, pulling it open easily.

"Wow, well I guess that adds another one to the mix" I remarked, looking back at Natio's shocked face. Kushina was equally shocked and tackled me with teary eyes.

"I HAVE MORE, I HAVE MORE!" She cried out, I fell to the ground under her weight and she hugged me tightly, I chuckled lightly and looked up at Natio who was smiling brightly.

When Kushina finally calmed down I stood back up and walked inside where Sho was boiling some water. I chucked him my packet of tea leaves and he used them to brew some while we chatted with Kushina on the couches.

"Guess I'll have to start calling myself Shin Uzumaki now huh?"

"If you want to do, no one is forcing you." Natio replied giving me a happy look while Kushina was still wiping her eyes.

"I like it, far better than carrying the name of a bloodthirsty clan who's sealed."

"I suppose. So Kushina, what's it like in Konoha?"

"It's great! Everyone is so respectful and nice to the shinobi and each other, I even got myself a husband!" She held up her hand with the ring on it with glee, showing her entire set of teeth to us with a smile.

"Minato, right?" I said, thanking Sho silently for the tea as he sat next to me.

"Yep! He's out on a mission right now with his genin squad. You can meet them all when they get back!"

I tried my best not to flinch at the mention of Minato's team, since they were in the land of grass right now, Obito was going to be dead before they came back. "Oh yeah, Kushina, Orochimaru told me he has a replacement now."

Kushina put her tea down gently before sighing and looking out the window. "Replacement huh?"

"That is what he said, after he gave me a hickey." Sho spat out his tea laughing while Kushina stared at me in shock, anger coursing through her veins.

"He gave you WHAT?"

I took off my shirt and flipped around on the couch, showing off the curse mark. "A hickey, see?"

"So that's what he wanted to know about sealing for. It looks to be a containment seal, with some sort of absorption quality. Can you activate it?"

I did so and flinched at the cold feeling filling up my chakra system. My chakra felt ice cold as marks started to surface over my body, in the pattern of lightning bolts. Kushina gasped and started to seethe in anger.

"That, BASTARD, HOW FUCKING DARE HE USE MY KNOWLEDGE LIKE THIS. I'LL FUCKING KILL HIM!"

"Calm down Kushina, what is it?" Natio asked, moving beside her and gasping at my marking. "That fucking pedo…"

"Anyone want to explain it to me?" Sho asked, sipping on his tea while looking at my body. Kushina punched the table, causing a crack to form in it before sitting back down.

"Sure, I guess I will, since I am the one who sort of helped him with it. It's a seal that can absorb nature chakra while releasing a highly addictive chemical into the blood stream directly. It also contains a piece of Orochimaru's soul and some other DNA from a different person, all of them work in tandem to create something akin to a bastardised sage mode." Kushina huffed, swallowing the rest of her tea in one gulp and filling up the cup again.

"Bastardised sage mode huh?" I wondered out loud, Natio was feeling the seal over my body. The markings made my skin coarser where they lied but my entire body was amplified greatly in every aspect, it felt great.

I deactivated the seal and started to feel a bit sad at the loss of power, something not missed by Natio. "Shin, you can't use that until we fix it. I will place a small seal on it for now and I will work hard to find a fix for the addictive properties part, or even just to get it off you altogether."

"Yeah, sure"

"Anyways group, lets all head to bed! Miya is already asleep in the other guest room so I guess Shin will be sleeping on the couch."

"Shitty old man, don't force me to sleep on the couch just because you want to have some fun."

"Fuck you kid, just get better at calling dibs." He stuck his tongue out at me and the Uzumaki girls laughed, I growled lowly while Sho led Natio up the stairs by her hand. Kushina was still sitting across from me on the other couch and sipping on her tea.

"Hey Kushina, can we do something real quick?"

"Uh, depends on what it is."

"Hold my hand." I stretched it out forward and closed my eyes to focus, when I felt her touch it I used the shared mindscape skill to bring us both in there.

"Where are we?"

"Mindscapes, neat huh?"

"No! Not neat! Let me out of here, there is stuff here you shouldn't see!"

"Like the big fluffball?"

"You know!?"

"Well, it was kind of hard not to tell when I activated my dojutsu and saw the chakra inside of your system." I lied, I hadn't activated my dojutsu at all during the time with her and even then, my eyes couldn't see that clearly.

"Look Shin, lets just get out of here so we can both sleep."

"I want to speak to them first."

"Stop being a little shit!"

"You wanted to speak with me, child?"

"Yeah, I did ya overgrown door mat, show yourself!"

A large fox faded into existence with their tail and body being speared to the ground by a bunch of golden chains, the largest one groing through the middle of the body having the kanji for 'seal' engraved into it.

"Shin, stop right now."

"Why?"

"Because you can't do this, I can't let you talk to them."

"Just for 5 minutes, and you can listen in."

"Fine, five minutes is all."

"So, what is it?"

"Meh, just wanted to meet another tailed beast. Matatabi said you were quite grumpy Kurama, but I didn't expect you to be this nice."

"Do not call me that. That is not a name you can use."

"Hey Kushina?"

"Yes?"

"You should call him Kurama from now on, its his name after all."

"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT!"

"Kurama!? Such a cute name for a huge fluffball!"

"NOOOOOOO, NOT THE BOTH OF YOU!"

"Hehe, that's all I wanted to do Kushina. Sorry for the inconvenience."

"I think it was worth it, but don't just drag me places."

"Yeah, I got ya."

The mindscapes faded out of existence, and we were sitting back on the couches once again. I picked up the tea pot and cups and brought them to the sink, Kushina vacating the area to go to her bedroom.

I laid back on the couch and turned off the light for the living room. The couch was by no means uncomfortable just not as good as a bed, if you catch my drift.

The next day

I woke up with the cold steel of a kunai against my neck. It was about 3:00 in the morning so nobody had woken up, piercing blue eyes stared into me with a serious expression.

I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and yawned before looking at all of the features of my attacker, there was only 1 person this could be so I wasn't worried. Who could access the house of a trained seal master without alerting anyone, nobody.

"You must be Minato; did you just return from your mission?"

"Who are you. Nothing else."

"Shin Uzumaki, a traveller."

"Minato Namikaze, Kushina's husband and the owner of this home. Why are you here."

"Old man hokage told us to live here while we were staying in Konoha, if you have a problem with that go talk to him cause I'm tired."

"Ugh, lord third is really annoying sometimes. Whatever, if he said that then you can stay, are there any more of you?"

"3, they are in the guest bedrooms though, so how did the mission go?"

His face somehow got darker while he didn't answer, instead taking the time to walk up the stairs and enter the master bedroom. I yawned a bit more before going back to sleep for a few more hours, hopefully I wouldn't wake up to KI again.

*Yawn* hey didn't that go a bit fast? Chapter is over and I'm tired so no long-winded shit this time.

Bye bye - tired