Uzumaki Estate

Setsuko pulled her black gi out of the soapy water. She fingered it gently. She was surprised at how tough the fabric was even thought it was so soft. Setsuko stared at her pale skin that was tinted a very light blue. A knock caused her head to snap up. Naruto was in the bathroom so she would have to answer the door. She performed the seals Naruto had taught her and her appearance changed once more. Setsuko opened the door to a Tsunade.

"Tsunade-san! What are you doing here?" Tsunade rose an eyebrow.

"What, no 'Come in oh noble Hokage! What a lovely surprise!'?" Setsuko stared at her a few minutes before stepping to the side.

"Noble huh? I thought that I had an ego." She muttered dryly as Tsunade came in. "Is there something you need?" The old woman with an appearance of youth rolled her eyes.

"So you decided that I can't see you." Setsuko gave her a confused look before it dawned on her. A faint blush spread across her cheeks as she changed back to her original appearance. "Better." Setsuko glared at Tsunade.

"It's not better. People hate me like this." She huffed as she leaned against the wall. Tsunade had a faint frown on her face before she choose to ignore it as Naruto came into the room.

"Hey ya old hag!" Tsunade felt her eye twitch before she coughed to try and change the subject.

"Setsuko, now that both you and Naruto are here, I think that maybe the two of you should live in the Uzumaki Estate." Setsuko blinked a few times along with her cousin.

". . . why hasn't Naruto moved in there before now?" The fifth Hokage smiled.

"It's so far out in the forest no one thought it would be safe for only one person." Setsuko rose an eyebrow. "Come, I will show you the estate."

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Naruto walked behind Tsunade with his hands behind his head. Setsuko had changed her appearance to the white haired and violet eyed woman once more.

"So . . . what's up with the Uzumaki Estate anyway? I mean, couldn't I have lived there with a guardian or something?" Tsunade shook her head at Naruto's question.

"I'm afraid not Naruto. The Uzumaki clan was very . . . careless at times. They were as large as the Hyuga clan. However, many never lived very long."

"Why not?" Setsuko walked beside Naruto as his hands dropped to his side.

". . . the Uzumaki clan practiced a type of Jutsu that no one else dared. And only the main family tried it. The darkness devoured many who tried to use it." Setsuko stopped, causing the other two to stop and look back at her.

". . . so you're saying that our clan used some kind of dark magic?" Tsunade nodded.

"You can say that. It was because of that Jutsu that they lived so far into the forest. They had almost everything they needed in order to never enter Konoha. The Uzumaki clan was . . . paranoid at times, with good reason. They never wanted anyone to have the Jutsu. Not even I know the name of it. They buried it deep inside their walls and blood. Because they never wanted anyone to have to pay the price for this Jutsu." Setsuko stared at the Hokage.

"Like us." She whispered. Naruto gave her a questioning look as the Hokage nodded.

"What do you mean?" Setsuko gave her cousin a sad smile.

"The demons inside of us. That was the price. We could contain endless amounts of charka that demons carry. They can be sealed inside of us because of that Jutsu and its price." Naruto looked down at his stomach. "We . . . we have paid the price for our family."

"So we were chosen by the Hokages because only we had the ability to contain the demons without being destroyed?" Setsuko nodded with her eyes downcast.

"The same should be said of our children . . . if we ever have any . . ." She trailed off with a faint blush. Setsuko looked back up at Tsunade after a moment. "Please, let us go to the Uzumaki Estate. I feel anxious to see it." Tsunade nodded and the three continued.

"Setsuko, we appear to have a bit of a problem." Tsunade changed the topic. "I think that the best way you could stay in the Hidden Leaf village is if you contribute more. That way it will be easier for you to be a member and under my protection." Setsuko sighed as she rubbed her arm.

"I see some of my problems from my past has caught up with me." She mused. "What do you need me to do?" Tsunade glanced back at her while Naruto gave Setsuko a funny look.

"One of two things, you can either marry or teach a team of Genin." Setsuko felt her face turn bright red.

"D-d-don't I need t-to be a J-j-jounin?" She stuttered. Tsunade chuckled lightly as Naruto glared at the Hokage.

"I think we can make an acceptation for you. We had a team of Genin but the Jounin that was their sensei was killed on their last mission and I feel that they can learn a lot more from you than anyone else." Setsuko rubbed her shoulder once more before nodded.

"I-I guess I'll t-t-teach them." She whispered. Naruto folded his arms and grunted.

"Good! That jerk shouldn't be given the time of day!" He muttered dryly. Tsunade smirked at Naruto's brotherly behavior. 'Those two have done each other good.'

"Ah! Here we are! This was a short cut so it usually takes alittle longer." Setsuko felt her eyes widen. It was the same estate that she had met the wolf god at.

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Kakashi knocked on Naruto's door. No answer. It had been three days since Naruto had tried to mount his head on a wall. True to his word, Naruto had not shown up for training. Once more he knocked. Finally he sighed and shook his head. Kakashi turned around to leave but bumped into someone. He looked down at the young woman who he had bumped into.

"Setsuko!" She looked like any other person on the street. Setsuko looked up at him. She wore her black gi and her hair was pulled back into a low pony tail. On her forehead was a forehead protect similar to the one she had worn when she had appeared as Uzumaki Yuki. But this one had the leaf symbol on it.

"Hatake-san. What are you doing here?" She had an indifferent tone in her voice. Kakashi seemed alittle hurt at the Hatake-san part.

"I had come by but no one was here. Why?" Setsuko stood to her full height but that was only a few inches shorter than him.

"Naruto-kun and I have moved into our family Estate." Kakashi's eyes widened.

"Setsuko-chan! Do you even know the history of that Estate! It's is said to be cursed! Does the Hokage know?!"

"Yes, she was the one to show us there." With that said Setsuko moved passed him and into the house. "I just came here to get one last thing. Then we will be completely moved in." She went to her old room without a second glance at Kakashi. She knelt down and pulled out the huge weapon out from under her bed and wrapped it in a sheet.

"The 12 Blades of Death?! When did you get that?" Setsuko glanced behind him.

"Why do you care?" She demanded as took it outside. Setsuko slung it behind her head and threw her arms over it. "You have nothing to teach me, you said so yourself." She snapped as she walked away.

"Setsuko, wait!" Setsuko felt Kakashi put his hand on her shoulder. Kakashi gently pushed her hair pins into her hair. Setsuko felt her eyes widening as she realized he had her lost hair pins. Setsuko turned to look at him only to find Kakashi gone. She stared at the ground for a moment before marching back to her new home.

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Naruto laid on the floor in a large living room. The furniture was elegant and comfortable but it was too dusty to use at the moment. Naruto was reading a large leather scroll. It was torn and tattered but the words were still readable. He heard the door open and slam. Naruto winced slightly at his cousin's actions.

"Naruto," Setsuko put the 12 Blades of Death against the wall. "What are you doing?" Naruto glanced back at her as she sat down next to him.

"Just reading more about our family's Jutsu." Setsuko nodded and looked over his shoulder.

"Have you learned anything new?" Naruto gave her a fox grin and laughed.

"It's alittle too hard to translate all those scrolls from those dead languages in a few days." Setsuko shrugged.

"It is in our blood. It comes to us naturally."

"Maybe for you, but I've never been good at that sort of thing. What about you?" Setsuko grinned and stared at her right arm. There was a black wrist band that had ancient writing all over it.

"Kokuei Hando Jutsu and Myou Hintoe No Jutsu. Knowing that these Jutsus are part of us has made it hard for me to sleep. I've had the time to train with them. I know only the simple ones, the others give me a headache when I start to translate them." Naruto sat up and pulled his feet close to him.

". . . do you know what that word says?" He pointed to a word. "I have been spending the past couple of days trying to figure it out." Setsuko stared at it. Her eyes closed as she shook her head.

"No, and it looks like it is an important key to that Jutsu." She pinched the bridge of her nose. "Too bad our clan didn't leave a translating book, huh?" Setsuko opened one of her eyes and stared at him. "A lot less headaches in the long run." She smirked as her cousin rolled his eyes. Naruto tackled his cousin, laughing as she fell back and put him in a headlock on the ground. She let go as soon as he started to tickle her though. "Ahahahahaha! Stop! Hahahahahahahahaha!" Setsuko felt tears gather in her eyes as she begged for her cousin to stop. "I'm HAHAHAHA! Gonna AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Pee!!!!!!!!!! Ahahahahahaha!" Naruto finally stopped.

"I'm not cleaning up your pee." Setsuko whipped the tears away from her eyes as she sat up. She shot him a grin before she tackled him and started to tickle him.

"Diversion silly!" Naruto tried to crawl away but Setsuko grabbed his feet and yanked off the shoes he was wearing as she tickled his feet.

"NO!!!!!! STOP!!!!" Naruto cried in between laughs. Setsuko shook her head as she laughed with him. Finally, after a few minutes she smothered him in a hug. "Ew! Get off!" Naruto laughed. Setsuko shook her head once more.

"Nope! Cousins gotta stick together!"