Our Will of Fire

by tymaxion

A world reforged by strength of Will, one child has a fateful encounter that will shake the foundations of history and change the future for himself and the world. Possible M rating for future content, Smart/strong/op naruto/pyra/mythra, Hyuga and civilian council existence and bashing, smart(er) Team 7. Back at writing, will re-write chapter 1-4 at some point.

11. Chapter 10, Our Genin Test

Our Will of Fire

Chapter 10

Review Q/A: chaosb91 (guest): Ok, your last suggestion sounds funny so I'll keep that in mind. As for the flesheater blades I will be doing what XBC2 does and have them as core crystals, hence they're on the table. As for the suggestion with Kurama, I simply have to say read the previous chapters.

Pandabear247 (guest): Some of your suggestions are now added to the pool, I haven't decided on a blade for Shino but Adenine is already assigned to a driver in the future and one of the options you've given me is one that I will absolutely do.

AN- ALL BLADES ARE ON THE TABLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHULK AND FIORA! After the release of Torna the Golden Country I may start considering any blades that may be added in that expansion. I do not own either Naruto or Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in any way shape or form and they are the property of their respective owners Masashi Kishimoto and Monolithsoft respectively. I make no money from this story. Also if I swap between English and Japanese sporadically I am sorry.

Warning: Naruto and others will become quite overpowered compared to most others for most of this story.

Biju Speaking

'Biju Thinking'

"Telepathy"

'Person thinking'

Flashback Speech

PLEASE READ AUTHORS NOTE AT THE END

xXxXx Location: Training field 7, 6:30 AM

Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra having gotten ready the night before and eaten a healthy breakfast decide to head to the training field so they can practice a bit before their sensei arrives. Arriving at the field they find Sasuke running through some basic katas, "Hey Sasuke, you ready for today?" Naruto asks and receives a nod from the young Uchiha.

"Yeah, and I took your suggestion Pyra and Mythra, even if I throw it up it's better to have the energy a breakfast gives you than to not have it at all, especially in a situation like this." Sasuke says never stopping his katas.

Giving the boy an approving look Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra proceed to take out their swords, without igniting them, and start running through some of their basic stances and combo strikes.

About 10 more minutes pass before Sakura arrives at the training ground and is greeted by the rest of her teammates who arrived earlier. "Good morning Sakura, how are you?" Pyra greets Sakura while Naruto and Mythra continue practicing while Sakura looks on in shock that they're training this early and on such an important day.

"I'm doing ok, a bit tired but otherwise fine." Sakura says while stifling a yawn, "I did take your advice and eat some breakfast though. Has sensei arrived yet?" Sakura asks the red headed blade who smiles and shakes her head.

"No, Kakashi-sensei hasn't arrived yet, and I'm happy you took our advice, imagine showing up here at 5:00 AM and having to wait three hours for him to show up all without having eaten breakfast. Then having to go and do this test without any of that energy, it would be a nightmare." Pyra says making Sakura nod in agreement, happy that she decided to listen to her teammate,

Sakura does some warmup stretches and watches Naruto, Mythra, and Sasuke train, "Pyra?" Sakura asks causing the red head to look at her with a quizzical expression, "Why do you three, you, Mythra, and Naruto train in such a weird style? Wouldn't it be more effective for all of you to use a sword individually?" she asks causing Pyra to think.

"Hmmmm, I guess you can say it's because we've always had near flawless teamwork, we always did everything together no matter what it was so we've had practice working together as one cohesive unit." Pyra explains while Sakura continues to listen intently, wanting to know more about those she'd be working with for a few months or years. "Our fighting style signifies that, among other things between us. But once again we'd prefer to keep this between ourselves for now." Pyra says to a now semi-hurt looking Sakura, "It's not that we don't trust you two Sakura, it's just that our abilities are not exactly normal and it's because of Naruto that we're able to use them to their fullest, hence why we created a style around fighting while moving the weapons between us.' Pyra explains causing Sakura to nod.

Sakura finishes another set of stretches and then proceeds to lay against one of the training posts, "Thank you for telling me that much at least Pyra, I hope that we can earn your trust to learn more about you three." Sakura says with a warm smile on her face which then turns serious, "You don't like Sasuke do you Pyra?" Sakura asks which causes Pyra to look at her strangely.

"Of course I like Sasuke, he's our teammate isn't he?" Pyra says a bit defensively.

"So… you don't LIKE him?" Sakura asks, making Pyra understand finally.

"OOOOH!" Pyra says causing Sakura to face palm, "No, I don't like Sasuke in that way, I'm a kunoichi first and foremost so my work is my focus for right now. After a few years I'll think about finding someone, but for right now there's no one I particularly like so if you like Sasuke go for it." Pyra encourages Sakura who simply smiles and looks elated.

Sakura walks over to Pyra and gives her a quick hug, "Thank you Pyra." Sakura says ending the embrace, "You did say that you had some jutsu scrolls that I could use right?" Sakura asks causing Pyra to nod and take out a scroll.

"This scroll contains the jutsu scrolls for the Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu, Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu, Doton: Doryuheki, Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu, Mizu Bushin no Jutsu, and Suiton: Suihachi no Jutsu. Once we get some more experience as a team I'll go ahead and give you some more to practice but these are all jutsu perfect for your chakra nature and though your reserves are small you have excellent control from what I've seen at the academy, but we'll increase those reserves as well." Pyra says to a gaping Sakura who is astounded that someone would just give away this many techniques for free, teammate or no.

Taking the scroll into her now somewhat unsteady hand Sakura asks, "Where did you even get all of these? We only just graduated so I doubt you had time to go to a jutsu library and copy all of these in one night, and some of these are low chunin level techniques that genin, let alone academy students, can't get their hands on easily." She says while Pyra looks at her a bit surprised.

"If I'm honest, we got permission from the Hokage to access these techniques. The three of us have rather high levels of chakra, Naruto has absurd amounts that I'm not going to even try to measure, while me and Mythra both have at least low to mid jonin level reserves, possibly even low kage level reserves." Pyra says to the shock of Sakura and Sasuke who was listening in. "We needed techniques that we could use that required some large chakra requirements or in Mythras and my case techniques which required some good chakra control, so we talked to Hokage-sama and asked if he'd be willing to lend us scrolls to study such techniques and he approved." Pyra finished leaving a jaw dropped Sasuke and Sakura standing there, Sasuke frozen mid strike.

Sasuke finally manages to get himself together and decides to say, "That's pretty impressive, though why do you three have such huge reserves?" he asks causing Pyra to look at him.

"We were just born with it I guess. As far as I know I'm not from a clan and neither is Mythra as we're sisters." Pyra says looking over at Naruto and Mythra who just finished another set of practice strikes, "We just have these large reserves, though Naruto is from the now near extinct Uzumaki clan and they were renowned for their large reserves and strong life forces alongside their skill with fuinjutsu and kenjutsu." Pyra says catching the attention of Sasuke and Sakura. "To our knowledge Naruto is the last of the Uzumaki clan of Uzushihogakure and it seems the legends about their skills and reserves were true." Pyra says causing Sasuke and Sakura to look at the whiskered blonde in a new light. Pyra turns back to Sasuke and pulls out a scroll, "Oh, I almost forgot. Here's a scroll of jutsu for you as well Sasuke. There was an extremely limited amount of Raiton techniques. All I managed to find for Raiton was Raiton: Sanda. However Katon was another story, there was a plethora of them, must be because we're in Hi no Kuni." Pyra jokes causing the three to chuckle a bit, "The scroll contains Katon: Endan and Katon: Kaen Senpu. Being an Uchiha you have access to plenty of scrolls but these ones I thought you might not have had so we copied these from our personal library, we'll practice with you when we're able, alright?" Pyra says while receiving a grateful nod from Sasuke. "Now let's have a break until Kakashi-sensei arrives." Pyra says earning nods from everyone including Naruto and Mythra.

1 hour and 15 minutes later, 8:00 AM

The team of five genin hopefuls was sitting, waiting for their sensei to arrive when Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra perk up. "He's finally here." Mythra says while Naruto and Pyra grin.

A moment later a swirl of leaves appear in front of the group and standing there is Kakashi holding a familiar orange book, "Sorry I'm late, I got lost on the road of life." Kakashi says causing everyone there to deadpan and glare at the man making him laugh nervously.

Sakura gains a tick mark on her forehead, "There's no need to lie to us sensei, we all heard from our families, Mythra, and Pyra, how lazy you can be and how you never show up on time for anything short of an A rank mission." Sakura says in a bored tone while the others all nod in agreement. Kakashi looks dumbfounded at this, 'Her file is way different than who she actually is, the academy staff is getting lazy.' Kakashi thinks to himself as he mopes in response to her harsh words.

Kakashi recovers in a moment, "You shouldn't insult your sensei…" Kakashi says in a depressed tone but quickly perks back up, "Anyway, I'm glad to see all of you. It's time to begin out little test." Kakashi pulls out three bells, "These three bells are your goal, those of you that obtain a bell before noon hits will pass and be allowed to eat lunch, those of you that don't get a bell will be tied up to those posts there and watch as we eat our lunch, oh and those that don't get a bell will be sent back to the academy." Kakashi says shocking Sasuke and Sakura while the Uzumaki trio just smirks slightly. Kakashi takes out a small clock with an alarm set for noon, "You have four hours to take these bells, you are allowed to use kunai and shuriken and any techniques you know because if you don't come at me with intent to kill you won't pass this test." He says causing everyone to stiffen slightly, "Now, BEGIN!" he yells and the members of team seven disappear into the surrounding forests.

A few moments pass before Kakashi starts talking loud enough for the kids to hear, "Shinobi strike from the shadows and hide in plain sight. Use the terrain and area to your advantage and keep yourselves hidden to wait for the right moment to strike." Kakashi says, waiting a moment and looking around he notices Sasuke and Sakura but can't find Naruto or his siblings, "At least they understand stealth as an important part of the shinobi life." He mumbles.

With Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra

"Ok, so we need to get those bells, you thinking of distracting him with some swordsmanship with Pyra while I go underground with the Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu to wait for the right moment to strike?" Mythra asks and receives nods from her siblings.

"It's a good plan but I think that we should bring in Sasuke and Sakura, he's a jonin who was assigned a team of five members, he might be testing us for something more than just retrieving the bells from him." Naruto says earning thinking looks from the two, "He's a jonin going up against genin, if we didn't have you two on the team we wouldn't have a chance in hell to get those bells alone, I think the key here is to work together to retrieve the bells from him." Naruto says with a thinking look on his face.

Mythra turns to Pyra, "What do you think sis? Even though he said that only three of us will pass I felt like he was lying a bit. His body language was that of one studying his students, trying to see if they'll solve something that should be obvious. Maybe Naruto has a point." Mythra deduces while Pyra nods in agreement.

"I think he's right too, let's make some shadow clones to go search for the other two and then we'll make a plan." Pyra says and the other two nod in agreement, all of them standing up say "Kage Bushin no Jutsu" and two sets of the Uzumaki siblings appear and they run off to the positions that Mythra can sense Sasuke and Sakura are in.

15 minutes later

The clones of Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra come across a rather odd sight, "So I guess Kakashi-sensei caught you in the Doton: Shinju Zanshu no jutsu when you expected him to come from above?" Mythra asked Sasuke who was buried up to his neck in the ground.

"Yup" Sasuke says simply.

"He's probably waiting for us back at the starting point?" Pyra asks.

"Most likely." Sasuke says with a sagely nod.

"Bring it on." Naruto says with a straight face as he digs up Sasuke and he then proceeds to tell Sasuke about their theory and takes him to the originals.

At the same time

The second set of clones of the Uzumaki family come across an unconscious Sakura lying in the middle of the forest, "Genjutsu, with her skill with it I'm amazed she hasn't broken it yet." Naruto says with a rather disappointed tone.

"Well what's done is done, let's wake her up." Pyra says as she puts her hands on Sakura and proceeds to channel some chakra into her disrupting her chakra network quickly and breaking the genjutsu.

Sakura wakes up slowly and looks around seeing Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra, "Y-you're all ok!" Sakura says and jumps up to hug Pyra. "I saw you all and Sasuke perforated with kunai and shuriken… There was so much blood." Sakura said with a small amount of tears in her eyes as Pyra returned the hug.

"Don't worry Sakura, it was a genjutsu, it'll take a lot to get us like that." Pyra said while calming Sakura down. Once Sakura is completely calm Pyra helps her stand, "We're just clones but our creators had a theory and have a plan they'd like to discuss with you." Pyra said causing Sakura to look at the clone quizzically. After explaining to Sakura their theory she nods and follows the clones back to the originals.

25 minutes later

"So you two understand the plan right?" Naruto asks Sasuke and Sakura who nod in response. "Ok so let's run over it one more time; first up me and Pyra-neechan will engage Kakashi-sensei in the open while Mythra-neechan waits underground waiting for an opportunity to use the Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu, during which time Sakura will cast a minor time distortion genjutsu on Kakashi-sensei hopefully catching him in it and reducing his reaction times while also throwing out some kunai and shuriken, while me and Pyra engage him Sasuke will come from the forest and start launching some low level Katon jutsu to force Kakashi-sensei into Mythra's range and if necessary engage in some close quarters taijutsu, hopefully we can wear him down long enough for Mythra to catch him unawares and we can retrieve those bells, any questions?" Naruto asks and Sakura raises her hand.

"What about the bells, there's only three, who's going to get them?" she asks in a bit of an upset voice.

Mythra speaks up, "Personally I agree with Naruto on the test not even being about the bells, it's something else. Why else would they put a team of five genin against an elite jonin like Kakashi Hatake without a way to pass without completing the obvious objective?" Mythra asks causing Sakura and Sasuke to think about the possible real test.

"Hmmm, maybe…. I don't know but maybe teamwork?" Sasuke suggests causing everyone to look at him in a bit of shock. "You're right about no one being able to get those bells solo, so if we all work together we prove that we work as a team, that's gotta be the real test." Sasuke deduces while the others all look between each other and nod.

Pyra smiles at Sasuke's thoughts, "Good thinking Sasuke. Well lets go and get this plan in motion." Pyra says causing Sasuke to smile at the praise and to move into position for the plan

10 minutes later

Kakashi was standing in the middle of the field reading his orange book when a blonde and a red head walked out of the forest, "I thought I said stealth was a shinobi's greatest tactic. Yet here you are in the open against a superior opponent." Kakashi said in a bored tone but keeping himself slightly on edge due to Pyra's presence as he knew a small bit of her capabilities.

"Yeah well…. Stealth might be a shinobi's greatest ally, but sometimes you gotta get in the thick of it to really get one up on your opponent." Naruto said pulling out Pyra's sword from its sheath, "You said to come at you with intent to kill Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said and ignited the blade while an aura surrounded the two yet in addition to the normal gold glow there was a very slight red tint to it, "and we're going to get those bells no matter what." Naruto finished before charging his sensei at an extreme speed that shocks Kakashi to the point he has to dodge and put away his book.

"Well it seems I won't be getting any reading done today." Kakashi says a bit upset as he dodges a horizontal slash by Pyra after Naruto threw her the blade, Kakashi pulls out a kunai to block the various strikes that Pyra is throwing at him but she's pushing him to his limits, 'Damn she's good, I knew she was skilled with that sword of hers but to think she could push me this far and it doesn't even look like she's giving it her all, to think I'd be force to use jutsu at this point….' Kakashi thinks to himself as he uses a chakra enhanced jump to leap backwards and starts running through some handsigns at a rapid pace, "Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu" Kakashi calls out and moves to start spitting water as he notices a fireball coming from the tree line forcing him to move out of the way and then start spitting bullet shaped water at Pyra who uses her natural athletics to dodge each bullet and then tosses the blade to Naruto who blocks the rest of the water with his sword.

At the opposite tree line Sakura is keeping an eye on Kakashi while subtly using a weak version of the Kori Shinchu no Jutsu to make Kakashi think he's not moving towards the training poles, hoping to catch Kakashi in their trap while Mythra waits underground beneath the training poles. 'Come on, just a bit further!' Sakura thinks to herself as Sasuke and Naruto engage Kakashi in a tag team of sword strikes and taijutsu which Kakashi is having a hard time keeping up with despite the lack of experience Sasuke has in a real fight and Naruto's skill with a sword which Pyra definitely makes up for in this battle.

"Sasuke, get back!" Naruto yells as he pulls back his sword and the glow between him and Pyra intensifies, "SPIRAL FLARE!" Naruto shouts as he swings his blade forward releasing a tornado of fire from the blade that practically melts everything in its path, surprising Sakura and Sasuke at the power released, Kakashi has to dodge by jumping near the training poles when he thinks he's jumping on the water, at the last second he realizes that he's made a mistake as the chakra he would use to stand on the water isn't being disturbed by the water's surface.

'Oh shit, no time!' Kakashi thinks as a pair of hands comes out of the ground and pulls him down to his neck. Mythra climbs up out of the ground in front of him and in her hands are three silver bells….. "Ok, it seems you got the bells. Now get me out of here." He orders his students who all look at each other with Sakura having come out of the trees. A few moments later and Kakashi was dug up, "Now then, when exactly did you put me under a genjutsu?" he asks and Sakura answers.

"Mythra, Naruto, and Pyra came up with the plan for me to place you under a weak genjutsu to make you think you were in a different position, letting Naruto, Pyra, and Sasuke force you into a position where Mythra was waiting underground to use the Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu on you so she could retrieve the bells. The five of us worked together to force you into a position where we could complete our mission in the quickest manner we had available." Sakura explains surprising Kakashi at the simplicity of the plan but it's near flawless execution, 'If even one of them didn't do their job properly then their entire plan would have fallen apart, a bit reckless but they worked together perfectly.' Kakashi thinks to himself and gives team seven an eye smile.

"So you all understood the purpose of the test?" Kakashi asked those present and Sasuke nodded.

"The test was about teamwork, to fight as one cohesive unit and trust one another to get the job done." Sasuke said causing Kakashis heart to skip a beat a moment due to the wording.

"Well said Sasuke, and for that I have one thing to tell the five of you…. Team seven passes the genin test." Kakashi says causing everyone to smile and start high fiving each other in celebration. "Alright settle down my cute little genin." He says causing them to quiet down and start listening intently, "We are Konohas first five man cell not including a jonin sensei, and we are going to be held to a higher standard due to this. So starting tomorrow we will start training in various chakra control exercises and then we'll test your nature affinities so I can figure out what jutsu to teach the five of you. Yes Sakura?" Kakashi asks Sakura who raised her hand.

"Kakashi-sensei we already know our chakra natures." Sakura says shocking Kakashi. "Pyra gave us some chakra paper yesterday after we were assigned to team seven together; I have an earth and water affinity, Sasuke has lightning and fire, Naruto has wind and water, Pyra has fire, wind, and earth, and Mythra has wind, water, earth, and lightning affinities." Sakura says making Kakashi almost foam at the mask causing the students to look at him in worry.

"Kakashi-sensei, you ok there?" Naruto asks his now calming teacher.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. It's just….. A team with all base elemental affinities and three of them being wind usersm, which is the rarest affinity, is taking the meaning of 'Assault Squad' to an extreme." Kakashi says trying to regain his bearings. A few moments later Kakashi returns to normal and continues speaking, "We'll since you already know your affinities we'll do chakra control for the next few days and move on to some jutsu for you to study. Now I've gotta go report to Hokage-sama that the five of you have officially become team seven. Have fun my cute little genin!" Kakashi says before disappearing in a swirl of leaves via Shushin.

The genin all look at each other and give each other grins of approval, "So, who wants to celebrate?" Pyra asks the group and earning questioning gazes from Sakura and Sasuke while Mythra and Naruto nod.

"Ummm, what do you mean, go out to eat?" Sakura asks.

Pyra shakes her head, "No, I'm asking if you two want to join us at our place for dinner, I'm cooking a bit of a celebratory feast." Pyra says earning looks from Sasuke and Sakura.

Sasuke thinks about it for a second, "I'd have to go inform Itachi-oniisan that I wouldn't be home for dinner tonight but I don't see any problems he might have, I still gotta talk to him." Sasuke says.

"Well if you want you can invite him as well, the more the merrier." Pyra says with some excitement in her voice and her siblings just smile at her sister's love of cooking.

Sasuke thinks about it for a minute, "Sure, I'll invite him, what about you Sakura?" Sasuke asks.

Sakura looks a bit surprised at Sasuke asking her if she's going, "Ummm, I'll have to ask my mother, if she says yes then I'll be there, if not then I'm sorry." Sakura says shyly.

Mythra waves it off, "Don't worry about it, we'd love it if you all could come over but if you can't you cant. We can celebrate with whoever can't make it down the line at a restaurant or something." Mythra says with a straight face.

Sasuke and Sakura look at each other and nod. "Alright, what's your address?" Sasuke asks and Pyra proceeds to write down their home address on two slips of paper. "If we can make it we'll be there, when do you want us to show up?" he asks.

Pyra puts her finger to her chin and thinks before turning back to her siblings, "You guys thinking around 6:00?" Pyra asks and receives nods of agreement. "Six it is, don't worry about bringing anything, if you have any preferences let me know now." Pyra says.

"A tomato dish or two would be wonderful, and if I can get Itachi-oniisan to join then some sweets would be great as well but there's no need to go out of your way for us." Sasuke says.

"I don't really have a preference, I trust whatever you make will be wonderful Pyra." Sakura says making Pyra blush a bit.

"Thank you, I'll try to make a couple of dishes to suit your guy's tastes, but for now we have an appointment with Hokage-sama." Pyra says which causes Sasuke and Sakura to shiver at the tone she used when she finished that sentence. The Uzumaki family looking slightly downcast at the mention of the Hokage worried their two teammates, "It's nothing bad, at least not for us. A civilian decided to harass Naruto yesterday and it got under our skin a bit so we decided to bring that matter before the Hokage since at that point Naruto was a ninja, meaning anything involving his shinobi is his jurisdiction." Pyra lies cleanly to the two making Sasuke and Sakura calm down a bit, "We've gotta get going so we'll see you tonight possibly." Pyra waves good-bye along with her siblings before heading off to Hokage tower.

xXxXx Location: Hokage tower, 9:30 AM

Hiruzen is smoking his pipe while taking a very short break from his paperwork that seems to have taken a break from breeding like rabbits, a moment into his current drag he hears a knock at his door that fills him with a minor sense of dread, "ENTER!" Hiruzen yells, 'This better not be more paperwork Aikawa or you're going to regret it!' he thinks to himself with a tick mark on his forehead. The door opens and reveals not another mountain of paperwork but rather three of his favorite people in the village, "Naruto, Pyra, Mythra, it's wonderful to see you three, but aren't you supposed to be taking your genin test right about now?" Hiruzen asks the siblings.

Naruto smiles, "Jiji we already finished, we'll let Kakashi-sensei give you the details though." Naruto says while Hiruzen looks at the three in surprise. "Though we're not here to discuss our genin test Jiji… Mythra-neechan, is there anyone else in the room?" Naruto asks to Hiruzen's surprise.

Mythra nods, "There's two others in the room, and one right above us in the ceiling." Mythra says looking at where his ANBU guards where and a spot in the ceiling shocking Hiruzen who takes out a kunai and throws it through the ceiling faster than anyone could see with the naked eye, a moment later a bit of blood comes out through the hole that the kunai went through. A moment later a squad of ANBU appears in the room standing at attention.

"ANBU, find out how that person got into the ceiling and search the building from top to bottom, leave no stone unturned!" Hiruzen yells causing the squad to bow and disperse. Hiruzen looks over at the Uzumaki trio, "Mythra, while I'm happy you exposed someone spying on me in my office, why did you find it necessary to sense for my guards?" Hiruzen asks a bit on edge.

Pyra steps forward, "Hokage-sama," Pyra says in a tone that Hiruzen hasn't heard since the day he met Mythra for the first time, but this was coming from sweet Pyra, "we have something of grave importance to speak to you about, and it was better to have no one hear this information than who was necessary, hence why we're requesting that you dismiss your guards for the duration of this conversation and to put up some privacy seals." Pyra says in a cold tone that makes even Hiruzen shiver.

Hiruzen sees the serious face all three Uzumaki are wearing, and the face Naruto especially is wearing… Sorrow, betrayal, anger, his face is showing all of these emotions even though he's hiding it well, realizing how serious the situation is for Naruto to have such a look Hiruzen speaks, "Guards, leave us until I call for your return, you are to stand guard outside and let no one enter, not even members of the council until I say otherwise." Hiruzen says in a serious tone causing his two guards to materialize and bow before leaving via shushin. Hiruzen proceeds to activate the built in privacy seals and a moment later he closes the blinds to all of the windows. "Now, what is this about you three?" Hiruzen asks in his grandfatherly tone.

Naruto steps forward, "Do you have any photos of my parents Jiji?" Naruto asks in a sad tone.

Hiruzen sighs, "Naruto, I told you that no one…." Hiruzen begins but is cut off by Naruto.

"DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME JIJI, NOT ANYMORE!" Naruto screams at Hiruzen who looks at the boy baffled, "I want to see a photo of my mother and a photo of my father that isn't a part of the monument I see every single day!" Naruto says shocking the old man to the point of a near heart attack, something that doesn't go unnoticed by Naruto. "S-so it was telling the truth…. Jiji…. My parents were Minato Namikaze the Yondaime Hokage and his wife Kushina Uzumaki weren't they?" Naruto asks the now shocked old Hokage.

Hiruzen looks at the boy, now streaming tears down his face while Pyra and Mythra glare at him with looks in their faces that make them seem like they would gladly kill him if he lied. Hiruzen gets up out of his chair and walks over to a painting of the Shodaime Hokage before taking it off of the wall, behind which is a safe. Turning the dial in the correct combination and entering the correct 16 digit code Hiruzen opens the safe, inside of which is a box which he takes out of the safe before going back to his seat and opening it. "Naruto…" Hiruzen beings with sadness in his voice, "This was the secret meant to be told to you when you became chunin. From what I could interpret the Kyubbi told you the truth didn't it?" he asks the still crying boy who nods alongside Pyra and Mythra which confuses Hiruzen slightly, "I hid the truth from you to protect you my boy… Iwa and Kumo were our great enemies during the last two wars and while Kumo would love to get their hands on you for your abilities you may have inherited from your parents, Iwa would want your head on a platter, we would be facing a war or at the very least daily assassination attempts just for the sake of ending your life." Hiruzen explains causing Naruto to calm down, Hiruzen gives him a minute before continuing, "Naruto, I'm not going to ask for your forgiveness, I don't deserve it, all I ask for is your understanding." He says causing Naruto to look him in the eye while he continues to speak, "Inside of this box contains a number of items your parents wished you to have should they have perished that night, all of which I have not looked over as it is not my right to, you are the only one with that right." He says before passing Naruto the box, inside of which is a number of letters, one with the Uzumaki spiral and the other with the Hokage seal both of which with the same words with one difference, 'To Naruto Namikaze, from your Mother Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze/your Father Minato Namikaze' Naruto reads the words on the letters and falls to his knees with Pyra and Mythra coming to his sides to comfort him. "Naruto… I can't let this become public knowledge." Hiruzen says causing Pyra and Mythra to look up at him with death glares, "At least not yet. You are already very strong, but should this become known publically you will need to be able to fend for yourself against High ranking chunin, jonin, and possibly even ANBU from other nations. We'll figure out a proper time for you to announce yourself as the Namikaze heir but for now we must keep this secret." Hiruzen says while Naruto is still crying, but he still heard every word.

A few minutes later Naruto finishes crying, "I-I understand Jiji…. I understand why you kept this from me and why we need to keep it secret." Naruto says as he stands with his sister's help, "Did my parents leave me anything else Jiji?" Naruto asks his voice still cracking a bit.

Hiruzen nods and pulls more items out of the box, "This is the deed to your parent's estate and their account book, both of which have been moved to my name for the foreseeable future." He says while holding a rolled up scroll and a small black leather-bound book.

"My parents had an estate?" Naruto asks while Pyra and Mythra also have looks of shock on their faces.

Hiruzen nods, "Yes, it's where your father and mother kept many of their prized possessions and also a large number of their secrets." Hiruzen says and hands the items to Naruto. "To claim the house Naruto we'll need to come up with an excuse, would saying you had used the money you saved from the reparations you were paid as a down payment on the compound work? It'll allow you to live there without fear and you'll own all of the items still inside." Hiruzen asks and receives a nod in return. "Wonderful, as for the account I'll need you to sign a few papers today to have the money transferred to you." Hiruzen says and pulls out a few documents, which upon seeing the amount in his parents account the three Uzumaki, soon to be Namikaze, siblings start foaming at the mouth. "Your parents were extremely wealthy, your mother inherited the fortune of Uzushihogakure, what remained of it anyway, and your father made a fortune doing A and S rank missions over the course of his career. You are now probably among the top five people in Konoha in terms of wealth." Hiruzen says to the three stunned siblings, a moment later Naruto snaps out of his trance and signs the paperwork. "Wonderful Naruto, I'll take you to the estate tomorrow and we'll explore it then as well as there are a number of seals on the premises that are blood seals, meaning that you are the only one who can unlock most of the building. Even the front gate has a blood seal but only I know that little detail, except for you three of course." Hiruzen says with a smile on his face before it turns into a frown again, he gets up and walks around to Naruto, pulling Naruto into an embrace Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage and Kami no shinobi starts crying, "Naruto, I'm so sorry… I'm sorry for having to hide this from you even for the sake of the village, and I'm sorry for so much more." Hiruzen starts saying while tears steam down his wrinkled face, until Naruto returns the embrace.

"Jiji….. I'm upset that this was hidden from me for so long…. But I already said I understand." Naruto says causing the old man to relax slightly. "There's nothing to forgive because you did what was best for the village much like Tou-san did, he could've chosen any other child to bear the burden of the Kyubbi but he chose his own son for the sake of the village, like any good kage should. I'm happy to learn that I had a mother and father, to learn that both were so strong. It just motivates me more to surpass them and make them proud of me no matter where they are." Naruto says with a conviction that has Mythra and Pyra in tears, joining the embrace. "Besides, I didn't grow up entirely alone did I? I grew up with Ayame-neechan, Teuchi-ojisan, You Jiji, and then I wound up with Pyra-neechan and Mythra-neechan, even the Kyubbi now…. I'm ever the more happy to just know who my parents were, so stop crying Jiji." Naruto says, all of those present in the room giving a small chuckle to that.

"Naruto, you're crying too." Pyra said while tears ran down her face.

"S-so are you Pyra." Mythra said, sniffling while holding her family close.

"I guess we all need to stop crying then, what do you say Naruto?" Hiruzen said trying to calm his tears. Naruto and his sisters nod and end the embrace trying to calm themselves alongside Hiruzen. A few minutes pass and all of them stop crying, "Naruto, thank you. Thank you for letting an old fool like me gain your forgiveness even though you say there isn't anything to forgive… I just hope Minato sees it that way when I see him and Kushina." Hiruzen says after having sat back down in his chair. "Naruto, there are more things I want to tell you about Kushina and Minato but that will have to wait until tomorrow when we go to your new home." Hiruzen says causing Naruto and his siblings to nod.

"Ojii-san, I'm sorry about my tone earlier but Naruto was just so hurt by this I…" Pyra starts saying but Hiruzen puts his hand up to wave her concerns off.

"It's no trouble Pyra, I deserved all of that and a hell of a lot more, goodness knows what I'm in store for in the afterlife once I meet Kushina…." Hiruzen says as he starts shivering. "But Naruto, Pyra, Mythra, it is imperative for now that none of you reveal this secret, yes Naruto?" Hiruzen says as Naruto raises his hand.

"Jiji…. There is one person I wish to tell… technically two." Naruto says causing Hiruzen to raise his eyebrows in concern. "I want to tell Hinata and Brighid, those two know a number of our secrets as it is and have proven to be extremely trustworthy so far, I want to tell them about my parents…. And my tenant." Naruto says causing Hiruzen to put his head behind his interlocked hands to think for a moment.

"Naruto…. As long as you clear it with me first you can reveal your heritage to people I approve of for now is that acceptable?" Hiruzen asks and gets an approving nod, "As for your tenant, that is something that is only yours to reveal. If you wish to reveal it just make sure whoever you tell knows it's an S-class secret punishable by death. You may reveal your heritage to Hinata and Brighid alone for right now, and those two are the only ones I'm clearing for now. Anyone who figures out the secret, bring them here and I'll explain to them the situation." Hiruzen says getting a grateful smile from Naruto.

"Thanks Jiji, if you don't mind we're gonna head home. Pyra's cooking a celebratory dinner tonight, but… Do me a favor and hold onto these letters. At least until tomorrow where I can read them in the safety of our new home." Naruto says and Hiruzen takes the letters and places them back into the box.

Hiruzen stands up and heads to the safe to place the box back in, he locks the safe and places the painting on the Shodaime Hokage back into its rightful position in front of the safe. "Naruto, I'll ask Kakashi to allow the three of you to have tomorrow off, given the revelations today and our plans for tomorrow I want you to take the day off." Hiruzen says getting grateful nods from the three.

"Thanks ojii-san, we'll meet you here around 8:00 to check out the compound?" Mythra asks and gets a nod in return. "Alright, we'll see you in the morning ojii-san." Mythra says before Hiruzen disables the privacy seals and the Uzumaki family leaves the room.

A few moments pass before Hiruzen sits back down, "ANBU!" Hiruzen yells and his two ANBU guards appear in front of him kneeling. "Report on those who attempted to enter the room." Hiruzen orders the two guards.

The ANBU on the left who was the closest to the door when they were ordered out speaks up first, "Hokage-sama, Danzo-sama and your two councilors Koharu-sama and Homura-sama tried to enter while you were still in discussions with the members of the Uzumaki family, they tried to order us to allow them in but we turned them away as per your orders Hokage-sama. Aside from them no one else tried to enter the room."

Hiruzen sighs, "Thank you, the two of you are to return to your normal duties now." Hiruzen says and the two ANBU go back to their previous positions. Hiruzen goes back to the small amount of remaining paperwork on his desk when he notices a small note on the desk, opening the note he sees a chibi Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra at the top pointing at a message that says, 'The secret to defeating paperwork', Hiruzen being intrigued at the secret to defeating the eternal enemy of all kage he continues to read the note, 'Thanks for the talk Jiji, as thanks we decided to tell you the secret to defeating paperwork and other tedious tasks, and it's amazing to us that no one has thought of it…. Two words…. Kage Bushin.' Hiruzen decides to re-read the note about six times to really process the information. A few moments pass before he finally starts laughing like a mad man, and all throughout the village everyone stopped for a moment after hearing a very loud and very happy Hokage, something that makes the councilors nervous as a happy Hokage promises pain, and hears him shout "I'M FINALLY FREE!"

2 hours and 30 minutes later, 12:20 PM.

Hiruzen's secretary walks into the room, "Hokage-sama, the jonin senseis are here to report on the status of their prospective teams." Aikawa says before she really looks around the room and sees two Hiruzens sitting at the desk while another is sitting at the couch smoking his pipe and reading an orange book that makes her growl upon seeing it.

Hiruzen looks up at Aikawa, "Ah thank you for telling me Aikawa, please send them in." Hiruzen says and she leaves the room to fetch the senseis. A few moments' later 9 jonin senseis enter the room and notice the three Hokage's sitting in the room. "Welcome everyone, please give me your reports on how your teams performed." Hiruzen said, the one sitting on the couch.

One of the sensei's steps forward, "Team one failed." He said, the rest of the first six jonin senseis has announced that their teams failed until it hit team seven's sensei, "I bet you he fails this group as well." He said to the sensei to his left and the two chuckle.

Kakashi steps forward, "Team seven…. Pass." Kakashi says which makes everyone, except Hiruzen and his clones, stare at him in shock. "Team seven passes with flying colors, they not only displayed excellent teamwork but also managed to obtain the bells from my person. Konohas first five man squad consisting of Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Mythra Uzumaki, Pyra Uzumaki, and Naruto Uzumaki are now officially genin of Konohagakure no Sato under my instruction." Kakashi says with pride that makes everyone almost faint from shock.

Hiruzen chuckles, "I knew they had it in them, thank you Kakashi. Kurenai Yuhi, your report?" Hiruzen says to the red eyed beauty.

Kurenai walks forward, "Hokage-sama, team eight passes with flying colors. They all displayed excellent teamwork and in addition have a rather unique skill set, even more so in the case of Hinata Hyuga. Furthermore they completed the test in a very short time." Kurenai says to Hiruzens' interest.

"Please explain Kurenai-san." Hiruzen said rather intrigued by this report.

Kurenai rubs the back of her head and blushes a bit, "Well you see…"

Flashback, With Team 8

Kurenai is standing before her three prospective students who she had trapped in a signless genjutsu, she runs through their objective once more in her head, 'I'll wait for them at Anko's favorite dango shop, their task will be to track me there… provided they can escape that genjutsu of course.' Kurenai thinks to herself before she turns to leave.

The moment Kurenai turns around and walks away Hinata places her hands on her teammates shoulders and sends a pulse of chakra into their bodies and breaking their genjutsu, "Ok you two, let's follow her at a distance, I'll keep an eye on her with my Byakugan but in case we lose her we have the insects Shino placed on her when she entered the field and we'll have Kiba track her scent." Hinata says earning nods from her teammates.

As the trio follow a good distance behind their prospective sensei Kiba decides to ask the big question, "Hinata, how did you break out of that genjutsu so quickly?" he asks.

Hinata smiles, "The thing is Kiba, I was never trapped in the genjutsu in the first place." Hinata says causing Kiba to gape at her. "A friend taught me a way to be near immune to anything less than a B-rank or higher genjutsu, since that training was private and no one other than me, Brighid, Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra know the details none of the jonin senseis had any idea I was immune to this trick of hers. I let her think I was caught and after she started leaving I woke the two of you up with a chakra pulse, and here we are now." Hinata said to Kiba full of confidence that he never knew the girl had in her early years at the academy.

Shino pushes up his glasses as they move down the street, "A rather useful ability, do you think it would be possible for others to learn such a skill?" Shino asks causing Hinata to think.

"It might be, but it requires certain conditions to be met to learn the skill, I'll let you know what Brighid thinks." Hinata says earning a nod of gratitude from Shino.

A few minutes later just as Kurenai is sitting down at the restaurant and pulls out her menu a trio of figures sit down at her table without her permission, getting ready to tell them to buzz off she sees team eight sitting in front of her with grins on the faces of Hinata and Kiba while Shino just looks at her with his passive gaze. "H-h-how did…?" Kurenai asks and the trio explains how they found her so quickly.

Flashback end

All of the jonin present can't help but look at her in shock, even Hiruzen is a bit put off by this, "She's immune to genjutsu?" Hiruzen asks causing Kurenai to shake her head.

"No, she's highly resistant to genjutsu at or below a certain power threshold, anything short of a genjutsu of B-rank or higher she can just completely shrug off after a moment, anything below high C-rank genjutsu she is outright immune to. If I'm honest Hokage-sama, I'm kind of terrified about where she learned such a skill even if she is like a daughter to me." Kurenai says with a hint of pride in her voice. "Though I am happy she is so strong, it makes me curious as to whom this Brighid is that gave her those odd weapons and taught her over the years. Do you think you could get me an audience with this Brighid Hokage-sama?" Kurenai asks a little desperately.

Hiruzen sighs, "I will call Hinata and Brighid here the day after tomorrow and ask if it would be ok for the two of them to see you and explain a few details about their training, though all of that information is theirs to give, not mine." Hiruzen says causing Kurenai to nod while the other jonin senseis present are still looking at her in shock at this revelation. "Asuma Sarutobi, report on your teams performance if you would." Hiruzen says causing Asuma to step forwards.

"Team ten passes; I have nothing of note other than I need to work out the fangirl from Ino Yamanaka." Asuma says in his usual laid back tone of voice.

As that was the last sensei to have a potential team he orders the senseis who had failed their students to leave the room, "Alright, so the three of you now have your teams assigned and in order, I wish the three of you luck in teaching them, and Asuma, don't get lazy with their training, they're shinobi now." Hiruzen says causing Asuma to flinch a bit but nod in understanding. "Everyone except Kakashi is dismissed from this room for now." Hiruzen orders and everyone, even the ANBU, leave the room except for Kakashi and Hiruzen. "Kakashi… Naruto has made contact with the Kyubbi…." Hiruzen says much to Kakashi's shock, "And even more so it told him about his parents." He says sadly while Kakashi looks down at the ground.

Kakashi looks up at Hiruzen and gains a serious look in his eye, "What are your orders Hokage-sama?" Kakashi asks.

END

AN-I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. I wanted Naruto to have whatever his family had left behind, it isn't fair that he doesn't get his families things in the series so I wanted him to have a proper home and finances he would've had had his parents been alive. I also wanted Naruto and Hiruzen to have that moment of weakness in front of each other as it will only make their bond stronger in the end and increase Naruto's desire to protect his loved ones no matter what. I decided to go ahead and throw in Team 8's test but thanks to Brighid, guess what, immune to genjutsu as she just disrupts Hinata's flow in short bursts while she's around Hinata's neck, giving Hinata a huge advantage in a battle, I don't know if I'll have this work with ALL types of genjutsu as some like Kin's sound based genjutsu are a bit trickier to explain as they cause physical changes that induce the genjutsu. There are many more things I would love to say in this AN but I'll save them for next chapter, next up we have Naruto celebrate with his teammates, explore his new home, and the teams begin their training and missions… Possibly more so keep an eye out. REVIEW! Ja ne!