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.

12. Chapter 11, Our New Home

Our Will of Fire

Chapter 11

Review Q/A: rantu1324: I haven't written a single thing out in advance, all ideas are tucked up in my head ready to be put to paper, like every single one of the chapters so far.

darkwarp: Indeed, Naruto's life and the shit he gets from everyone all while dealing with that alone, I wanted that to be helped by a familial bond outside of the anime. As for Tora, there's already a plan for that in this chapter, one single word is the plan.

AN- I AM NOW ACCEPTING OC BLADE SUBMISSIONS! PLEASE PM ALL IDEAS WITHIN REASON AND DO NOT MAKE THEM TOO OP, SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE A NAME, WEAPON, APPEARANCE, AND A BRIEF PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION! I WILL NOT ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS FROM THE REVIEW SECTION! All blades are on the table except 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'

"Biju Telepathy"

"Telepathy"

'Person thinking'

Flashback Speech

PLEASE READ AUTHORS NOTE AT THE END

xXxXx Location: Uzumaki Residence, 5:45 PM

Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra were getting the last of the food set out onto the table in preparation for the arrival of their guests, Naruto's enhanced senses kicking in he's practically drooling at the smells Pyra's cooking is giving off. "Naruto, don't drool on the food we spent the last 3 hours getting ready." Mythra says causing Naruto to snap back to reality and back away from the food. "Good, I'd hate to have to punish you on a day like today." Mythra says in a tone that promises pain if Naruto fucks up.

Naruto flinches at the tone, brief flashes of memory of the last time he fucked up bad enough to warrant a punishment from his sister, resulting in 2 hours of him being chased by an angry blonde with an activated blade. "H-Hai, Mythra-neechan. Though the food smells amazing, honestly I'm kind of hoping that the others don't show up so we can dig in!" Naruto says earning a slap on the back of the head from Mythra. "OW!" Naruto yelps in response to the hit, "What was that for Mythra-neechan?" Naruto asks his now smirking sister.

Mythra puts her hands on her hips and leans forward at him and then proceeds to put a finger in his face, "That was for hoping our new friends, teammates, and their family in Sasuke's case don't make it when we worked so hard to make all of this food, and while I know for a fact that the three of us alone could eat this by the end of tomorrow I'd rather all of us get something." Mythra lectures Naruto like he's a 5 year old again.

Naruto pouts a bit, "Sorry Mythra-neechan, Pyra-neechan." Naruto says and Mythra flicks him on the forehead.

"Don't worry about it Naruto, we just have to wait a few more minutes before people start getting here and then we can start celebrating." Pyra says from the other end of the kitchen. A few seconds later the Uzumaki family hears a knock on the door, "Coming!" Pyra yells to the person knocking. Pyra opens the door to reveal Sasuke Uchiha and his older brother Itachi. "Welcome you two, come on in!" Pyra says in a jovial tone and starts practically pushing the two brothers into the building.

As the three enter the kitchen they see the spread on the table ranging from cuts of meat to sweet cakes and dango, even a little bit of sake. "It's nice to see you three again, I hope you remember me?" Itachi says earning smiles and nods from those present. "I'm glad, I never got a chance to thank the three of you for what you did that night as it gave me the chance to be with my brother." Itachi says with a smile and low bow shocking Sasuke at his brother's actions.

Naruto waves him off, "Don't worry about it Itachi-san, we were just in the area and when Mythra-neechan heard about why you did it she just couldn't let you leave." Naruto explains and Mythra nods before Naruto's smile turns into a large smirk, "Anyway, we're here to celebrate becoming a genin team, now all we gotta do is wait on Sakura and then we can dig in." Naruto says.

Sasuke walks up to Naruto and gives him a quick high five, "Hey Naruto, that jutsu you launched from your sword, that was the one from a few years ago right?" Sasuke asks and earns a nod in response, "So how much power did you put behind it this time?" he asks causing Naruto to enter a thinking pose.

"I think I used 10% against Kakashi-sensei, though from a few years ago that was around 35%, to get the same effect as a few years ago I'd need to use about 25% power now because we've gotten stronger." Naruto says earning an exasperated look from Sasuke.

Sasuke shakes his head out of his stupor, "Jeez, remind me never to piss you off." Sasuke mumbles earning laughs from everyone present including Sasuke.

A few minutes later they hear a knocking on the door again, "One minute!" Mythra yells before going into a low speech tone, "Alright, everyone who's coming to his party is in the loop about us except for Sakura so make sure you avoid talking about our abilities until she's in the loop." Mythra says and everyone present nods, Mythra runs to the door and opens it to welcome in Sakura. "Hey Sakura, glad you could make it!" Mythra says with a small smile on her face.

Sakura smiles back as she walks into the house, "Thanks for the invite, my mother was a bit nervous about me going over to a boy's house but relented when I mentioned that he had two sisters living with him." Sakura said with a small bit of mirth in her voice, a moment later the aroma of the food hits her like a freight train on fire, "Oh… my…. God….. What is that smell?" Sakura asks while Mythra chuckles.

The two enter the kitchen and they see the spread of food, Sasuke, and Itachi. "The smell was all of the delicious food Pyra, Naruto, and I cooked, but it was mostly Pyra. Why don't we take a seat and have a toast." Mythra suggests and everyone takes a seat at the table, Mythra raises a glass full of homemade tea, "To completing our graduation exams and to officially becoming team seven!" the others raise their glasses and they all put them to their lips and down their drinks, proceeding to dig into the food with most of the sweets going to Itachi who's already eating his third dango stick.

1 hour into the party, 7:05 pm

The party having been in full swing for a while with some rather miscellaneous topics being discussed the group hears a knocking at the door that no one was expecting. "Did you invite anyone else Naruto?" Mythra asks skeptically while Naruto shakes his head. Mythra heads out of the kitchen, grabbing her sword on the way out, making sure to keep the blade hidden she cracks the door and sees a face she wasn't expecting, "Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" Mythra asks the eye smiling Kakashi.

Kakashi looks at Mythra, "Mythra, I came to deliver a message from Hokage-sama. Do you mind if I come in as Naruto and Pyra need to hear it as well." Kakashi asks the blonde to which she nods in response and lets the cyclops in. She leads Kakashi into the kitchen where a plethora of smells assault his enhanced senses along with a sight that even makes him drool behind his mask slightly.

Pyra chuckles, "Hungry Kakashi-sensei?" Pyra asks and receives confirmation in the form of his stomach growling slightly causing everyone present to laugh, "I guess that answers that question, come on and take a seat Kakashi-sensei." Pyra says as she gets up and pulls a chair out of a nearby closet.

"Thanks, so you guys made all of this?" Kakashi asks as he sits down and receives proud nods from Pyra, Naruto, and Mythra. "I'm impressed, the food smells delicious." He says before Pyra hands him a plate full of food.

"Eat up Kakashi-sensei, it's a celebration and we're happy you came, you left before I could invite you." Pyra says as she sits back down in her chair with a huge smile on her face.

"Yeah Kakashi-sensei, though why did you come here anyway?" Naruto asks.

Kakashi looks at the three people he was originally sent to see, Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra, and the looks at Sasuke, Itachi, and Sakura, "Well I guess it's alright since I would've had to tell Sasuke and Sakura anyway, tomorrow is going to be a day off as Hokage-sama wants the three of you," he looks at the Uzumaki siblings, "to take a day off after the Mizuki incident since you haven't had too much time to rest since it. So tomorrow we will not be meeting as intended and will meet the day after at training ground seven, this goes for you two as well Sasuke and Sakura so make sure you either rest up or do some solo practice tomorrow." Kakashi says getting nods from everyone present except Itachi who looks at Kakashi with a slight suspicious gaze that only Kakashi and Mythra presently catch. Kakashi picks up some chop sticks and puts his hands in prayer, "Itadakimasu." He says before going for the sushi while putting his fingers near the top of his face mask.

Itachi looks on in shock, 'Kakashi-sempai is going to remove his mask, I don't think there's a ninja alive who's seen him without it….' Itachi thinks before discreetly activating his Sharingan to hopefully capture the moment for eternity. As Kakashi puts his fingers on his mask Itachi hears the sound of glass breaking and realizes he knocked over a glass by mistake after looking at the ground, when he looks up he sees Kakashi putting his mask back on his face and his plate is cleared. Itachi slams his head onto the table with streams of anime tears falling down his face while Pyra gets up to grab a dust pan, thankfully the glass was empty, and everyone just looks at Itachi with questioning gazes. "I… was so close…." Was all Itachi said before he went back to eating his food with a bit of a downcast expression on his face. "Sorry about the glass." Itachi says and just earns a dismissing wave from Pyra as she cleans it up and throws it away.

1 hour later, 8:15

Having celebrated enough everyone except Kakashi is getting ready to leave, "Thanks for the amazing time, hopefully we can do this all again soon." Sasuke says while Itachi nods, "Especially if you're making that tomato soup again, I don't think I've had anything that good since my mother died." Sasuke says earning a bit of a glare from Itachi, "Not that your cooking is bad oniisan, but if I'm honest Pyra's cooking puts yours to shame, it's no contest." Sasuke says earning a bit of a reluctant nod from Itachi.

"I don't disagree… but that was a bit harsh Sasuke." Itachi says crying fake anime tears.

"Thanks for the food you guys, tonight was fun. I hope we can do this again sometime, maybe at Sasuke-kun's place?" Sakura says and surprisingly earning a bit of a smile from Sasuke and Itachi.

"You know, that doesn't sound half bad. We all head to each other's places on a rotating schedule for lunch or dinner every so often. We at here today so we'll do dinner at my place next, sound good Itachi-oniisan?" Sasuke asks his brother who smiles and nods in agreement over the proposal. "How about you guys?" he asks.

"I'll have to ask my mother Sasuke-kun, but I don't think she'll disapprove." Sakura says hopeful that her mother will allow Sasuke and the others to join her for dinner every so often.

"That might be a bit of an issue for us at least for the next few days." Naruto says earning questioning looks from everyone present. "The girls and I are moving into a new house tomorrow on our day off, we were planning on moving in on our team day off but since we have tomorrow off anyway we're going to get it done and over with." Naruto says shocking everyone who didn't know about the move.

"So where are you moving to?" asked Itachi while Naruto grew a huge grin on his face.

"Well… We bought the Yondaime's old compound with a bunch of money we saved up." Naruto says shocking everyone present except Kakashi, Pyra, and Mythra. "Jiji was going to put the house up for sale tomorrow but I was in the room when he had the papers on his desk and I offered a down payment on the compound and he accepted it." Naruto says while his guests stare at him in shock at this information, a fly or two trying to enter their mouths which were swatted away by Naruto.

Itachi regains his composure first, "Y-you bought the Yondaime Hokage's house? Where did you get that kind of money?" Itachi asks only knowing partial details.

Naruto rubs the back of his head as the other two come back to their senses, "Well the down payment came from an amount of money I received from fines given by Jiji to some civilians and shinobi. Regardless we're moving in tomorrow so once we get settled in and break in the property we'll invite you guys over for a housewarming party and then go ahead and start the schedule, that sound fine?" he asks and receives nods from those present. "Awesome, anyway have a safe trip home you guys!" Naruto says to the guests who are waving good bye.

A few minutes after Sasuke, Sakura and Itachi left, Kakashi pulls out a sealing tag and places it on the ground creating a decent level privacy barrier. Kakashi gains a serious look in his eyes, "Naruto, Hokage-sama tells me that you've been in contact with the Kyubbi?" Kakashi asks despite knowing the answer.

Naruto nods, "Not just me Kakashi-sensei, or should I say Inu-san." Naruto says shocking Kakashi, "Don't worry Kakashi-sensei, I won't tell anyone, your scent is unique so I knew it was you when you walked into the classroom." Naruto explains causing Kakashi to sigh.

"Very well, but what do you mean by it wasn't just you that met the Kyubbi?" Kakashi asks intrigued but also on edge.

Mythra sits back down at the table, "Me and Pyra share a mental connection with Naruto as well due to our bond with him, because of that when Kyubbi brought Naruto into his mindscape when he fell asleep he also wound up bringing us for the ride." Mythra explains making Kakashi ponder how deep the bond goes.

"I see, however Naruto I must explain to you how dangerous the Kyubbi is." Kakashi starts to say before Naruto gives him a glare that makes him feel like he's looking at an angry Tsunade.

"Kakashi-sensei, I'm going to say this. The Kyubbi isn't as evil as you think it is, true it does think most humans are beneath it but so far it's treated me better than most of the people in this village. And don't say it's manipulating me as Pyra and Mythra would notice any differences in my personality. Kyubbi regrets what it did and never did any of it of its own free will. Kyubbi was being manipulated by a man that my father fought, he called himself Madara Uchiha." Naruto says, the entire chain of sentences further driving in the shock Kakashi started feeling.

"Naruto's right, we were there when Kyubbi explained the situation, and though he disliked his previous hosts due to their actions he never had a desire to kill them or destroy the village, in fact the only times Kyubbi has shown up with ill intent in recorded history was when it was used against Hashirama Senju at the valley of the end and during the attack on the leaf, by someone claiming to be Madara." Pyra explains. "And if I'm honest, Kyubbi is pretty nice…. Fluffy too." She says under her breath earing a mental "OI" from their joint tenant.

"Kyubbi even made a deal with us, after we decided to show it some of the trust it honestly deserves after being treated like property for the last hundred or so years, Kyubbi agreed to share a max of one tail of its chakra due to the strain it puts on the body, and yes it shared that little detail as well. Much like we are partners to Naruto, Kyubbi is our partner as well." Mythra says with conviction in her voice making Kakashi relent and her siblings smile.

Sighing, "Alright, I understand, just please be careful with that power and with Kyubbi, it is still the most powerful Biju in existence." Kakashi says and earns nods from the Uzumaki family. "Ok, onto the next bit of information, your parents." Kakashi says and Naruto's smile disappears slightly. "Your father was my sensei Naruto, and I'm happy that I don't have to hide that detail anymore." Kakashi says with a bright eye smile. "Your father was so excited when he told me Kushina was pregnant, and asked that I view his son as my little brother, something that I'm sorry I couldn't do due to Hokage-sama's decision. But as you know I kept my eye on you and watched over you as you grew, and thanks to these two," he motions to Pyra and Mythra, "you grew up so much better than if you were alone, so for that I thank you two from the bottom of my heart." Kakashi says in a solemn tone.

Pyra walks up behind Kakashi and slams her hand into his back making him jump from the force, "You don't need to thank us in the slightest, we wanted to look over him." Pyra says in a stern tone like a mother talking down to a child and then her face grows soft, "Besides, you've lost a lot too, and despite everything you still watched over Naruto alongside us, you never left him alone so for that we thank you." Pyra says making Kakashi tear up slightly before he looks over to a smiling Naruto giving him a thumbs up almost making him break out into tears.

"Thank you…. Thank you all." Kakashi says before he finally lets a few tears fall down his face. The group gives him a moment to let him regain his composure before he continues. "Back to your parents Naruto, I don't have access to any of their techniques except one which I have yet to fully master myself, so any scrolls involving jutsu that you find in there are yours and yours alone to figure out how to master." Kakashi says making Naruto grin even wider.

"Don't worry Kakashi-sensei, and hey, if you want to you can come with us and Hokage-Jiji to the new house tomorrow, we'll be heading there around 8:00 after we meet with Jiji." Naruto says making Kakashi start thinking about it.

After a moment of thought Kakashi nods and gives an eye smile, "I think I'd like that Naruto." Kakashi said in a very happy tone. "That's all I came here to talk about tonight, I'll see the three of you tomorrow… And Naruto-ototo, thanks." Kakashi says before getting up and giving Naruto a hug while Pyra and Mythra look at them with smiles on their faces as Naruto returns the embrace. Kakashi ends the embrace and waves good bye after taking the privacy seal off of the floor.

After Kakashi leaves the group starts cleaning up the mess, "I'm looking forward to tomorrow even more so now, I not only have two awesome sisters but I also have an awesome yet perverted older brother!" Naruto says excitedly as he helped his sisters get all of the plates together to be cleaned before the three of them remember something, "Kage Bushin no Jutsu" the three of them say simultaneously creating 9 total clones 3 clones for each sibling, "You all know what to do, once everything is done then dispel." Naruto instructed them and all 9 of them nodded and got to work, walking over to his sisters, "Let's get to bed shall we?" Naruto suggested and his sisters nod in agreement starting to yawn and the three head to the bedroom to go to bed.

xXxXx Location: BBQ restaurant Private room, 5:10 PM, Earlier that same night W/h team 8

Kurenai Yuhi and her brand new team consisting of Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame were sitting in a private restaurant room to celebrate their success on becoming official genin of Konohagakure. Holding her glass up high her students match this movement, "Alright team eight, everything is on me tonight to celebrate so order whatever you want!" Kurenai says happily to her newly christened team who all smile happily at this with the exception of Shino who gives a quick but happy nod.

Hinata is sitting right next to Kurenai when she decides to speak, "Kurenai-sensei, I believe you wished to speak to me and Brighid about what training I've gone through so far correct?" Hinata asked a somewhat shocked Kurenai, "Hokage-sama told me that you requested to meet with Brighid and I spoke with her, she's agreed to meet not only with you but with the rest of the team as my training was hers to supervise over the last couple of years." Hinata says after taking a sip of the tea she had asked for earlier. "If it's alright with you I invited her to this celebration to meet you, I hope that was alright." Hinata says making Kurenai look at her with a quizzical look in her eyes.

Kurenai puts her hand on Hinata's shoulder and gives it a reassuring squeeze, "It's alright Hinata, in fact I'm kind of glad that I finally get to meet this Brighid, even more so in such a nice setting." Kurenai says with a genuine smile but her eyes filled with suspicion. 'I asked all around the village and no one remembers a Brighid ever living in the village, let alone someone carrying such unique weapons around, something is up.' Kurenai thinks as she drinks her tea. A few moments later the waitress knocks on the door.

"Excuse me, but there's a woman here that says she's a member of your party for the evening." The waitress said in a respectful tone.

"Ah, that must be Brighid, does the woman have purple and blue hair?" Hinata asks the waitress and receives a 'Hai' in return, "Yup, that's Brighid, please send her in." Hinata tells the waitress who leaves to retrieve their new guest.

A few moments later the waitress returns and lets in a woman that even Kurenai had to take a second look at, a beautiful blue and purple haired woman with fair bordering pale skin wearing a blue dress with black lacing, elbow length blue gloves, blue heels, and deep purple eyes, around her neck was a blue flame like crystal akin to the one on Hinata's swords. The woman thanks the waitress before walking over to Kurenai, "It's wonderful to meet you Kurenai Yuhi, my name is Brighid Ladair." Brighid says in a respectful tone with a low bow, her right hand over her heart. Kurenai returns the bow but not as deep.

"It's nice to finally meet you Brighid-san, Hinata has spoken highly of you and your teaching style." Kurenai says to a now straight standing Brighid. "But let's discuss that over food, I trust you brought an appetite?" Kurenai asks a smiling Brighid.

"But of course, to join friends at a dinner table with anything but hunger would be an insult to the friend and the chefs." Brighid says in a wise tone of voice, Brighid decides to sit next to Hinata while Kiba and Shino look her over. "Oh and please don't use honorifics for my name, I much prefer to be called only by my name." Brighid says and everyone nods.

"So you're the famous Brighid who helped our shy Hinata here break out of her shell." Kiba states, "It's nice to meet you, my name is Kiba Inuzuka but please call me Kiba, and this here is Akamaru." Kiba says while pointing to the dog in his hair who barks in response to being called.

"Oh so this young wolf pup is one of the Inuzuka ninken correct?" Brighid asks and earns a smirk from Kiba while Akamaru barks happily, "Well it's nice to meet you Kiba, Akamaru." Brighid says in her regal voice that Kurenai thinks would be appropriate in a Daimyo's court. Brighid turns to Shino, "It's nice to see you again Shino, I trust you've been well?" Brighid asks to Kurenai's and Kiba's surprise.

Shino pushes up his sunglasses, "I've been quite well Brighid, how have you been?" Shino asks in a slightly more friendly tone causing Kiba and Kurenai to look at him in further shock.

"I've been quite well, the weather has been lovely and life has treated me quite kindly. It's good to see that you became a shinobi, and ever the better that you're on Hinata's team." Brighid says in a friendly tone that just adds onto the appeal of her regal sounding voice.

Kurenai decides to ask the big question, "I'm sorry if this sounds rude Brighid-san, but how exactly do you know Shino as well?"

Brighid smiles, remembering their meeting the day she met Hinata, "I met Shino the day I met Hinata actually. They were traveling together with some classmates and came across me, I was interested in Hinata from a glance and could tell she held immense potential so I asked her if she would like to learn the style of the Hono no Ki Koshi, which she accepted and has nearly mastered." Brighid said causing Kurenai to ponder her words, 'The style of the Radiant Young Noblewoman of Flame huh? A bit of a grandiose title for a kenjutsu style' Kurenai thinks. Brighid looks over at Kurenai, 'She's studying me like a hawk, curious and deadly, she's seems to be as protective of Hinata as I am…. I like her already.' Brighid thinks with a regal smile on her face.

"Brighid-san," Kurenai says causing Brighid to look at her with a small frown, "after we eat I would like to see this style in action if you wouldn't mind, I don't believe any of the jonin senseis including myself have seen it in action before, the only details we have on it involve the swords that Hinata holds." Kurenai finishes causing Hinata to look at Brighid with a small smile.

Brighid smiles back at Hinata and stares Kurenai straight in the eyes, purple meeting crimson, "I would love to, aside from Hinata and the Uzumaki's I rarely fight myself anymore so I accept your challenge Kurenai Yuhi, if only to prove myself as Hinata's teacher." Brighid says causing Kurenai to narrow her eyes at the purple eyed woman, "I noticed the way you were looking at me from the moment I arrived, your body language and mannerisms along with the way you have decided to address me despite my insistence on forgoing the honorifics means that you obviously either don't think much of me due to my not being a ninja or you are suspicious of my being so close to Hinata." Brighid says earning a very, VERY, minor flinch from Kurenai, "Ah, so it's the latter." Brighid says with her smile back on her face and grabbing her tea. A moment later a knock is heard and a few people enter the room each with a plate of food, cooked and uncooked so that they can cook it to their own specifications on the provided built in stoves, and a bunch of dipping sauces that vary from mild soy sauce to spicy pepper spreads. Brighid places a few pieces of meat onto her side of the stove she's sitting near and proceeds to start eating a pre-made salad she requested while Kurenai looks at her with a seeming rage.

"Of course I'd be suspicious, I've been looking after Hinata since her mother passed and all of a sudden some woman I've never heard of, hell most of the village hasn't heard of, arrives and just takes a sudden interest in a young girl I consider like a younger sister and proceeds to train her in a style I've once again never heard of! Of course I'm suspicious of why you've decided to get close to Hinata." Kurenai says to Brighid practically spitting out the words while Kiba, Akamaru, and Shino look on nervously, Shino knowing the bare minimum of what Brighid is capable of due to Pyra and Mythra's existence. Kurenai proceeds to place some meat she ordered onto the stove and drinks some more of her tea to calm down while Hinata is just sitting there with a small smile on her face while she waits for her meat to cook to her favorite temperature. "Hinata, given your position and your history, why would you trust a complete stranger?"

Hinata looks over at Kurenai for a moment and enters into a thinking pose, "I guess it's because it felt right." Hinata says to Kurenai's shock, "When we met Brighid she was practicing, almost dancing it seemed, with her swords. I was entranced by the style, its uniqueness, and its beauty much like a rose with thorns. When we approached her she didn't attack when she could have, instead we talked and she allowed me to hold her blades for a moment to see how they felt in my hands." She says as if recalling a fond memory while Hinata is happy she practiced this story with Brighid many times, "The moment my hand grasped the swords they felt perfect, like they were molded for me despite my shyness I felt like I could walk proud with these blades at my side no matter where I was." Hinata said before sipping her tea and flipping a few pieces of meat. "She taught me, told me stories of the previous masters of this style, and gave me confidence alongside my new friends. To say I trust her is an understatement, she's like a mother to me as you are like a sister to me Kurenai-sensei." Hinata says to the shock of Kurenai and Brighid pulls her into an embrace.

Brighid looks down at Hinata in her arms with a warm and motherly smile, "Thank you for those words Hinata," Brighid says before ending the embrace, "but you might want to keep an eye on your food more than the conversation as your meat is about to start burning." Brighid says in a joyful tone while Hinata blushes and starts fumbling to get her meat off of the stove while Brighid, Kurenai, Kiba, and even Shino chuckle a bit at the sight. Brighid turns to Kurenai, "I know you don't trust me Kurenai, however it was Hinata and Hinata alone who decided to trust me." Brighid says with a happy tone in her voice. "I will still demonstrate and prove myself to you through action after we eat, but no matter what I will continue to teach her and look over her much as you have since her mother's passing." Brighid says, her smile never leaving her face as she takes the meat off of the stove and starts dipping it in some sauce.

Kurenai looks at the woman who she's suspected since hearing about her of manipulating Hinata in some form, yet the woman before her has been very rarely anything but courteous, aside from not using honorifics, and has still agreed to prove herself despite Hinata's obvious trust for the woman, 'There's still something off about her but I think she doesn't mean to harm Hinata, she's had years to do so and even now seems to be as on edge about her safety as I am…' Kurenai thinks to herself as she removes some meat from the oven and leaves some on to give them a bit of char.

45 minutes later, 6:10

As the group finishes their meal, Brighid included, Kurenai asks the waitress for the bill and pays her. Walking back to the table she motions for everyone to follow. "Brighid, we'll be heading to training ground 8 for our little demonstration, would the rest of you like to accompany us?" Kurenai asks her team who all nod in agreement and the group all leave the restaurant and head to their team's training grounds.

15 minutes later

Arriving at team eight's training field Kurenai begins explaining the rules of the fight, "Obviously there will be no killing or crippling blows and no outside interference except to end the match." Kurenai explains and Brighid nods in agreement before walking over to Hinata.

"Hinata, do you mind if I borrow your weapons for this spar?" Brighid asks politely and Hinata starts unsheathing the blades before handing them to Brighid who smiles slightly before closing her eyes and walking to her starting position. Brighid enters a close knit stance with her right arm and blade above her left arm with the right blade facing away from Kurenai and the left blade facing towards Kurenai (The stance she uses the first time you see her in XBC2), "I am ready to begin." She says in her calm tone while Kurenai, Shino, and Kiba look on in shock at her current state.

Kurenai gets angry at this, "Are you mocking me?" Kurenai asks angrily and receives a shake of the head from Brighid, "Then why do you have your eyes closed?!" Kurenai shouts.

Hinata steps forward before the fight can start, "Kurenai-sensei, Brighid has normally fought without her usual sight, she can accurately fight you without it and mostly prefers to do so, it's not a handicap to her nor is it an insult to you, it's actually an advantage for her and that's all I will say." Hinata says to Kurenai who is stunned at the information.

'Someone who is more skilled fighting blind than fighting with their sight, who is this woman?' Kurenai asks herself before she shouts, "BEGIN!" and she dashes away from Brighid and starts running through a set of handsigns and disappears in a faint mist. Kurenai seeing that Brighid isn't moving moves in to strike after pulling out a kunai, dashing forward she moves to put the kunai at Brighid's throat only to find that her kunai has been blocked by one of Brighid's blades.

Brighid still with her eyes shut looks down at Kurenai, "I'm impressed, it took me a second to break that illusion, however…" Brighid says before pushing Kurenai away with her swords and then putting the blades to her sides, "You seem to have forgotten something…. I taught Hinata how to be immune to most genjutsu, you might want to make the assumption that I have even more skill with that technique." Brighid says as she walks forward and the ground starts singing slightly with each step and Kiba starts sniffing the air.

"Why… Does something smell like its burning?" Kiba asked while Hinata chuckles, "What's so funny Hinata?" he asks and Hinata looks at him.

"Brighid is about to start the fight for real." Hinata said mysteriously.

Brighid with the blades at her sides raise them into the air before slamming them down, segmenting the blades into bladed whips that have been ignited by blue flames, Kurenai and Kiba looking on in shock, Shino looking with interest, and Hinata looking at her with pride. Brighid raises the weapons, whose blades seem to be floating on their own, and then swings them towards Kurenai and shouts, "WILL-O-THE-WISP!" before launching a few fast flying balls of blue flame that Kurenai manages to dodge, thinking that that was it she charges before her senses kick in and tell her to dodge as the blue fireballs came from behind and hit the ground where she was just standing. With her attention occupied by the fireballs that nearly hit her, Brighid charges with the swords no longer being segmented and starts engaging in a deadly dance of kenjutsu with the genjutsu mistress of Konoha who only has a simple kunai. After a few quick exchanges which kept Kurenai purely on the defensive Brighid jumps back slightly while twirling to the right and segmenting the left blade which forces Kurenai to jump back to avoid the horizontal slash from the whipswords.

Kurenai now a decent distance away starts thinking of a plan fast, 'She's nearly immune to genjutsu and Magen: Jubaku Satsu is one of my more powerful ones, if that didn't work then I don't think their advanced forms will either. She has both close range and medium range offensive capabilities with those weapons and to top it off she can box me in with seeking balls of fire, and this is the way Hinata fights?' Kurenai thought rapidly, 'Ok, so my best bet is to get in close by casting a genjutsu and using that split second of her being in it and breaking it to take her out, that's my one shot at winning this.' Kurenai thought as she pulled out a second kunai and put them both in a reverse grip.

Kurenai prepares to move forward, before she can however Brighid raises her whipswords to her sides and coats them in blue flames before charging forward at a rather fast pace, Kurenai gets ready to dodge an incoming strike from the whipswords or to begin dodging the blue fireballs but Brighid jumps into the air slightly and raises her swords in the air and segments them causing the flames to become more intense, "AZURE STRIKER: FORM THE SECOND: RADIANCE!" Brighid yells before slamming the whipswords onto the ground creating a fast moving wall of blue flames to shoot towards Kurenai who dodges to the side but still gets singed by the flames quite a bit, looking around she tries to find Brighid only to see two familiar blades in a cross formation around her neck from behind, "It seems that I win this little spar." Brighid says, her smile never leaving her face and her eyes never opening the entire fight.

"H-how?" Kurenai asks as Brighid removes the blades from Kurenai's neck.

Brighid opens her eyes and begins to explain, "I simply used my natural speed and evasion skills to get behind you while you dodged and quickly assessed your own damage, during the time between then and when you started searching for me actively I was already in range to finish you, this was just safer for me as I was away from your weapon and in a position to segment my blades to take you out of necessary." Brighid says causing Kurenai to look down in shame at having been beaten so easily. Brighid puts her hand on Kurenai's shoulder, "You fought well despite facing a superior opponent, if I didn't have my near immunity to genjutsu you would've had me with that technique the first time, even without experiencing the entire jutsu I could tell it was quite…. Nasty is the term I believe. I can tell Hinata will improve her skills even further with your tutelage Kurenai." Brighid says causing Kurenai to look at Brighid with analytical eyes that eventually turn soft.

"I'm sorry for disrespecting you… Brighid. And I'm also sorry for assuming without proof that you were a threat to Hinata." Kurenai says, prepared to say more before Brighid puts a finger to her lips.

"Don't worry about it, to be suspicious of those new around those you care about is human nature, and as for disrespecting me, we'll the food was good and the fight was entertaining so I guess we're even." Brighid says causing Kurenai's jaw to drop. Brighid chuckles and holds out a hand, "There's still more to me than you know but you'll learn eventually if Hinata wants you to, though for now can we at least be friends and watch over Hinata together?" Brighid asks causing Kurenai to look at the outstretched hand before mentally saying 'Why not' and shaking her hand.

"Whatever your secrets, if Hinata knows them and still trusts you then I'll give you the benefit of the doubt Brighid. You're free to join us for our training sessions, it'd be interesting to see how Hinata handles those blades in a fight as well." Kurenai says causing everyone present to smile at the budding friendship. "Come on, it's late and I'm tired, not to mention I need to get these minor burns patched up when I get home so we'll be meeting at 10:00 AM tomorrow to give everyone some proper rest alright?" Kurenai asked earning nods from everyone present before they all left to go their individual ways home.

xXxXx Location: Hokage Tower, 7:50 AM

Hiruzen is walking out of his office to inform his secretary Aikawa about his set appointment for the day, "Aikawa," Hiruzen says, catching the attention of his secretary while she sits at her desk, "I have an appointment with a new family of homeowners that purchased some property yesterday, I'll be going to the house with them in a few minutes to help them unseal the entrance and to give them a tour of the property, I'm leaving behind 5 Kage Bushin so anything to be reported by my ANBU is to be told to my clones who will dispel to inform me, anything short of a shinobi emergency is to be considered trivial and my clones will not dispel or you shall tell whoever it is to make an appointment for tomorrow, understood?" he asks Aikawa who knows it's an order, she stands up and bows in understanding. "Good, I'm going to wait outside for the Uzumaki family." Hiruzen says and he leaves the building. Not even a few moments after arriving outside Kakashi joins Hiruzen in waiting, "Good morning Kakashi, I trust that you're waiting for Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra as well?" Hiruzen asks.

"Hai Hokage-sama, Naruto invited me after we had a little chat last night, he cleared up a lot of regrets I had about him but I was worried for nothing." Kakashi says in a low but happy tone while Hiruzen looks at him with a grandfatherly smile.

Placing his hand on Kakashi's shoulder, Kakashi looks at the old Hokage, "Kakashi, I'm happy to hear that, truly so. It hurt me as both a Hokage and as a friend of Minato's that you were suffering so much and that I could do little to ease that pain, and I am truly happy that Naruto helped you find some solace when I could not." Hiruzen says as Kakashi nods in agreement with a bright eye smile on his face Hiruzen hasn't seen since the boy had created the Raikiri.

Kakashi looks up, "He's going to go far isn't he. Farther than me, you, the Shodaime, and maybe even Minato." Kakashi says in a fond and happy tone.

Hiruzen chuckles, "It's not a question of 'maybe' he's going to surpass Minato, he is GOING to surpass Minato, that's his goal alongside becoming the greatest Kage in history. And with Pyra, Mythra, and the others at his side I believe he'll succeed without a doubt that he'll achieve that dream in your lifetime Kakashi…. Though I don't believe I'll be there to see it." Hiruzen says in a happy but sad tone.

"You've got plenty of good years in yourself Hokage-sama, just make sure that you're ready to give him the hat once he proves himself." Kakashi says happily making Hiruzen laugh.

"Too true Kakashi, too true." Hiruzen says before he turns in the direction of the residential district and sees Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra jumping along the rooftops. "They're here." Hiruzen says and a few moments later Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra land in front of the jonin and Hokage, "Good morning you three, I trust you slept well after the party last night?" Hiruzen asks the smiling trio.

Naruto puts on his traditional fox like grin and puts a thumbs up in front of him, "You bet we did Jiji, last night was awesome and we intend to do it again after we get settled into the new place, now come on let's go!" Naruto says in a rapid pace, one might think he's on a sugar rush, but no, this is just an excited Naruto.

Everyone laughs at Naruto's antics, "Alright then Naruto, let's go and get you onto your new property." Hiruzen says after managing to calm himself down from laughing so hard.

20 minutes later

After a leisurely walk, due to no one except Naruto being in a massive hurry, the Uzumaki family, Kakashi, and Hiruzen arrive at the Yondaime's compound. "This place is HUGE!" Naruto yells as he looks over the property which is larger than the Uchiha compound during its hay day. Even Mythra and Pyra are agape at the sight of this place, the main house being a visibly beautiful three story tall building with the symbol of Konoha painted over the property along with some yellow lightning bolts. To the left of the main building was a small yet long building with lamps and simple decorations adorning it, while to the right of the main building was a sort of greenhouse and garden that looked like it needed some serious attending to, though there was more to the compound that they couldn't see as clearly from the gate.

"Welcome to the Namikaze compound you three, well technically now the Uzumaki compound." Hiruzen says in a happy tone as he chuckles slightly at the reactions the size of the compound is getting. Hiruzen walks up to the gate, "Naruto, come here for a moment." Hiruzen says and Naruto walks up to the gate with him. "The gate has a blood seal on it; the only way to open the gate is to channel your chakra into the gate while a bloody finger is pressed against the gate, after that the gate will open for you normally. If anyone asks, I put that safeguard in place when I took possession of the house." Hiruzen says earning a nod from Naruto who walks up to the gate and bites his thumb enough to draw blood before placing it against the metal gate and begins channeling chakra into the gate. After a minute or so of channeling chakra into the gate it begins to glow a bright blue for a moment before reverting back to its normal black metal coloring. "That's enough Naruto, the seal has recognized you as the owner of the building, you are now free to open the gate." Hiruzen says while remembering that only a Namikaze could break the seal on that gate.

Mythra tenses up for a second before speaking up, "We're being watched." She says in a low voice that puts everyone on edge, Hiruzen looks her in the eyes, silently asking 'Where?', Mythra closes her eyes for a moment, "South, 97 meters away, and one other to the east, 43 meters away." Mythra says in a low tone before Hiruzen nods.

"I understand, let's get inside everyone, tell me if they get within 30 meters of the compound Mythra." Hiruzen orders while Mythra nods in response before the group of five head inside the compound and shut the gate behind them. Approaching the front door Hiruzen stops Naruto, "Same thing as the gate here Naruto, it should take roughly double the amount of chakra this time though as this was the main house." Hiruzen says and Naruto nods before approaching the door. Biting his thumb and channeling chakra into the door he spends about two minutes doing so before the door glows blue and the seal shatters. "Welcome home Naruto." Hiruzen says with a hand on the boys shoulder.

Naruto puts his hand on the door knob and smiles, "It's good to be home Jiji." Naruto says before opening the door and entering followed by his family, Kakashi, and Hiruzen. Naruto and the others take a look around the living room after turning on the light switch, "It looks like a single day hasn't passed in this place, I know no one has been coming in here just to clean so why is it so clean?" Naruto asks Hiruzen who is smirking.

"Minato was a master of seals on and above the level of Jiraya of the Sannin, as was his wife due to her being of the Uzumaki clan. The two of them made a handful of useful seals such as time displacement seals that basically prevent anything inorganic from deteriorating while within the seals radius. I can only assume Minato put this seal on the building before he passed." Hiruzen explained while the Uzumaki family looked around the building in amazement. There were numerous photos on the walls that they could see, most of them being of Kushina and Minato in and out of uniform, some photos of them with a white haired man and even some with Hiruzen and Kakashi.

Naruto walks into the living room, seeing a large couch which could fit about 6 people on it, a nice coffee table sitting in front of it and a large bookcase on the wall holding many books, the kitchen and dining room attached to the living room having a rather large table for about 8 to sit at with ease, a fully furnished kitchen that makes Pyra nearly faint upon seeing the 6 burner counter stove and separate oven and granite countertop. The room was perfection in the eyes of the three Uzumaki.

After looking through each of the cabinets and seeing the silverware still intact, only needing to replace the food that has spoiled over the years but thankfully hasn't attracted rodents, the group starts looking around the rest of the main house and come across various empty rooms, and eventually a large library. "Oh…. My… GOD!" Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra yell simultaneously as they see the size of the library and notice the staircase leading to the second and third floors of the library. There are several shelves each of them with their own subjects and sections for subject variations. "This place is massive; I could spend probably all of my time in here and still not master all of this material by the time I'm in my late 50's….." Naruto says in awe while Pyra and Mythra simply nod in agreement at that statement, "Though…. There is Kage Bushin." Naruto says with an evil smirk which his sisters and Hiruzen mimic.

They head to the second floor and find that this was the guest room floor with about 6 bedrooms on each side of the hallway, each room simple yet rather large and fully furnished already. The hallway was lined with the Uzumaki spiral, symbols of Konoha, and yellow lightning bolts painted onto the walls. The top floor however was the family floor, with 4 total rooms on the floor, one immediately to the left which was a storage closet full of sheets, futons, and other bedroom items, two empty rooms that seem to be rather large with blank plaques on the doors, and lastly a room with a plaque that reads 'Minato and Kushina' on the door. Naruto reaches for the door handle as Hiruzen puts his hand on Naruto's shoulder, "Are you ok Naruto?" Hiruzen asks the now slightly trembling boy.

Naruto sighs, "No… Not really. I'm happy, don't get me wrong… But to think that I'll never have the chance to knock on this door and have my father or mother answer it…. I guess it's finally hitting me you know?" Naruto says in a sad tone while everyone else nods in understanding, "But I know they're never coming back, even then seeing all the photos with them over the course of their life has hit me harder than the last few years put together, all I can think about is what would we have been like if we were still together, would I have found Pyra-neechan and Mythra-neechan, and would my parents like them…. I just have a million and one questions running through my head and the only two people who can answer them are dead." Naruto says sadly as he grasps the door knob and opens the door. "But at the same time I know the answers to all of those questions." He says with a now growing smile on his face as he takes in the room, a large four poster bed sitting against the far wall, photos of Minato and Kushina lining the walls along with beautiful paintings, and as he explores the room his heart jumps into his throat as he sees a crib with a few toys hanging above a tiny pillow with stuffed animals surrounding the pillow.

Naruto stares at the crib for a full minute before Pyra and Mythra come over to his side and see the name etched into the wooden frame of the crib, 'Naruto Namikaze', the two sisters look at his smiling yet tear stained face and embrace him while Kakashi and Hiruzen watch. A few minutes pass before Pyra breaks the silence, "You ok Naruto?" she asks her brother who's trying to stop the tears, he wipes his arm over his eyes to clear the tears a bit and gives a quick nod.

A few more minutes pass and the siblings end their embrace, "Thanks you two, I needed that." Naruto says, his tears having dried finally. Naruto turns around to face Hiruzen and Kakashi, "Jiji, thank you for giving me the chance to come here… It feels like 100 tons have been added onto my shoulders but I've never felt lighter." Naruto says sagely earning chuckles from everyone present.

"And you call me the old man Naruto, you sounded like you were in your late 80s for a moment there." Hiruzen says causing Naruto to laugh, Hiruzen walks to Naruto and puts his hand on his shoulder, "Naruto my boy, this house and property are yours and your sister's property to do with as you please from here on out. Its secrets are yours to discover and whatever you find is yours family's alone, so use them well." Hiruzen says with a proud and happy smile on his old face while Naruto smiles back at him.

"I will Jiji, you don't have to worry about that." Naruto says before the group leaves the room and heads back down to the living room, "We'll spend the rest of the day exploring the compound, but you gotta get back don't you Jiji?" Naruto asks and Hiruzen nods with a small frown on his face, "Don't be upset Jiji, next chance we get when you're free come on by and we'll have a housewarming party." Naruto says and Hiruzen perks up at that and smiles at the boy giving him a nod, "You staying Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asks.

Kakashi nods, "Sure, at least for a while, if you don't mind that is." Kakashi says and Naruto gives him a thumbs up, "Do you mind if I take a look at the library then, I want to see if any of the scrolls Minato-sensei left behind might give me the knowledge I need to complete a technique I've been working on for a long time." Kakashi says.

Naruto nods, "Alright Kakashi-sensei, you have free reign of the place, it's as much your home as it is ours." Naruto says and Kakashi gives Naruto, Pyra, and Mythra a grateful eye smile before heading back to the library.

11 hours later, 8:15 PM, Pyra and Mythra's room

Kakashi had left for the night a few minutes ago after reading a number of scrolls and thanking Naruto for the opportunity, with Naruto giving Kakashi access to the entrance and estate whenever he wanted by feeding his chakra into the gate at the same time as Naruto. Naruto and the girls were now settling in for the night after having moved the beds from their old house to their new one and earning some odd looks from the civilians as they carried a bed covered in a bevy of items with a bunch of clones of them in tow. A few disgruntled civilians followed them and saw the 'Demon' brat and his siblings not only approach the old Yondaime's compound but also open the gate and enter it which made them furious that the brat was defiling the home of their beloved Yondaime, a number of them agreeing to bring the matter up to the Hokage at the council meeting the next day while some tried to open the gate only for the gate to not budge a millimeter. "Woo, today was a long day wasn't it Pyra?" Mythra asks her sister as she puts on her nightgown and she nods in response, "Those hot springs should be ready by the morning; I can't wait to try them out." Mythra says excited over the long building obstructing a trio of hot springs that needed to be cleaned due to how long it's been since the last time it was done.

Pyra giggles, "I agree, it'll be so nice to be able to relax in them at the end of a long day…. I remember the hot springs back in Mor Ardain were wonderful as well due to the heat the titan gave off, they felt wonderful." Pyra says remembering the fond memory while Mythra sighs happily in response, "You really like hot springs don't you Mythra?" Pyra asks sarcastically due to her knowing the answer.

Mythra drops onto the bed and chuckles, "Of course, it's like washing away all of the stress you have in you all at once." Mythra practically purrs out as she recalls the last time she was in a hot spring. "Let's get to bed and let those Kage Bushin keep working, besides, we gotta meet Kakashi-sensei at the mission office at 6:00 anyway and I'd rather get a full night's rest and a good breakfast." Mythra says as she lays her head on her pillow followed closely by Pyra. "Good night Pyra." She says before closing her eyes.

"Good night Mythra." Pyra says before closing her eyes.

Same time, Naruto's room

Naruto just lay there staring at the ceiling above the large bed his parents once shared, which in Naruto's words 'Is too comfortable to be legal', decided to keep the bed only replacing the sheets and blanket. "Tomorrow is the real start isn't it?" Naruto thinks to Kurama over their mental connection.

"Damn right it is Kit, get ready because things are about to pick up around here." Kurama says to Naruto who smiles in response, "Get some sleep Kit, I want you up and at 'em before 4:30 or I'll wake you up myself!" Kurama says causing Naruto to yawn.

"Thanks Kurama, night." Naruto says earning a huff in return and Naruto falls asleep in his new home for the first time.

xXxXx Location: Hokage Tower Mission Room, 6:15 AM

Team seven arrives at the mission room alongside their jonin sensei Kakashi Hatake who walks up to the chunin distributing missions, "Hello there Izumo, off of guard duty with Kotetsu today?" Kakashi asks the brown haired chunin whose hair completely covers his right eye.

"Hey there Kakashi, finally passed a team did you? And yeah, for the first time in about three months we got put on mission duty, only for today though." Izumo says to Kakashi with a smile on his face, "So what kind of mission are you looking for today?" he asks Kakashi.

Kakashi chuckles lowly for a moment and Izumo notices the change and puts on a rather sadistic looking smirk, "I think we'll take the 'Standard' D-rank mission for our first one." Kakashi says with a hint of cruelty in his voice.

Izumo reaches over into the D-rank mission box and pulls out a red scroll, "I just need you to sign Kakashi, both the form to take the mission and waiver and I'll inform Madam Shijimi of your acceptance of the mission." Izumo says in a serious tone that makes his grin all the more terrifying.

The five genin get chills up their spines and all had the same thought, 'Why would we need a waiver?' they all think. The team heads outside to hear the mission details, "Ok everyone, today we're going to be cat hunting." Kakashi says in a straight voice while everyone else deadpans.

"Ummm Kakashi-sensei, why would ninja be hunting cats?" Sakura asks while everyone else nods at the question.

"Because you are genin, and we are presently going to be doing D-rank missions until I deem you fit to take higher ranked missions." Kakashi says much to the displeasure of everyone present, "What, you thought that we'd be assassinating tyrants and rescuing princesses right off the bat?" Kakashi asks but the look he receives from his students says that they thought they would at least be doing something other than what is basically a chore. "Allow me to explain, D-rank missions are usually missions that relate to basic labor, nothing fancy or exciting but necessary to build teamwork and trust among a genin team. C-ranks usually take the team outside of the village and run the risk of running into bandits during their missions, B-ranks usually are targeted assaults of bandit fortresses or other higher risk objectives that usually wind up in combat, they also include espionage missions, A-ranks are assassinations, search and rescue of VIPs and any other type of mission where at least high C-rank nuke-nin is involved. S-rank missions are rare and usually involve the safety of the village or nation at large and can vary greatly in their requirements." Kakashi explains earning reluctant nods from his students, "Since we're a fresh genin team we're stuck with D-ranks for now, so let's get to the hunting of Tora the cat, he has brown fur, three stripes on his forehead, amber eyes, and a red bow on his head." Kakashi explains the description of the cat before handing everyone a wireless communications kit, "Turn them to channel seven and we'll be using code names, I'm Cyclops, Naruto will be Whiskers, Sakura will be Bubblegum, Sasuke will be Tomoe, Mythra will be Emerald, and Pyra will be Ruby, understood?" Kakashi asks his students who all respond with 'Hai, Cyclops!', "Alright team, disperse!" Kakashi says causing his team to begin their search.

30 minutes later

Putting her hand on the communication button she begins speaking, "This is Emerald, I have located the target, he's moving from point eight in the administrative districts' park to point 6. Requesting assistance Cyclops." Mythra says into her mic.

"Roger Emerald. Ruby, Tomoe, and Whiskers, approach from the north, east, and west respectively, Bubblegum meet up with Emerald and approach from the south and make the target move to point seven where I will be waiting." Kakashi's voice is heard from her earpiece.

"Understood cyclops, moving into position to wait for Bubblegum now." Mythra says into her mic and she moves across the tree branches to wait for Sakura to push the cat into Kakashi's trap.

A few moments pass and a pink haired girl lands on the branch to Mythra's left, "Cyclops this is Bubblegum, I'm in position with Emerald, waiting for your word." Sakura says in a serious tone as she sets eyes on the cat.

"Ok, Tomoe, rush in and push the target towards Whiskers, Ruby follow suit and ensure that action and the three of you will push the cat towards Emerald and Bubblegum. After that Emerald and Bubblegum will attempt capture or ensure the target moves to point seven." Kakashi said over their headsets before Sasuke jumped out of the tree scaring Tora to where it jumps away and starts running towards Naruto at fast speeds while Pyra jumps out of the bushes nearby and corrects the course of the target. Naruto jumps down out of the tree when the cat gets close enough and attempts to catch the cat only for the cat to jump over his arms and scratch Naruto's face before jumping away towards Mythra and Sakura while Naruto wipes away the blood on his face and joins the chase. With the cat close enough to the tree Mythra and Sakura jump down and dog pile the cat allowing Sakura to get a good grip on the cat before standing up, cat snug in her arms.

"Cyclops, this is Bubblegum, target secure." Sakura says happy while the cat struggles in her arms for a moment before calming down. Sakura turns the cat around and brings him close to get a good look at the supposed bane of all ninja, before Evil glint in his eyes and starts clawing Sakura in the face creating a number of comical scratch marks on her face causing her to drop Tora thankfully into the waiting arms of Pyra who dived to catch him. Sakura starts feeling her face to get the gist of the damage before Naruto pulls out a first aid kit he keeps on his person at all times and starts cleaning the wounds with disinfectant. "Thanks Naruto."

Naruto grins, "No problem Sakura, me, Pyra-neechan, and Mythra-neechan all keep a first aid kit on us in case we need it." Naruto explains as he finishes cleaning the wounds on her face. A moment later Kakashi arrives in the field with a cage which Pyra places a nervous looking Tora into.

"Congratulations team seven, wonderful work." Kakashi says with an impressed tone of voice. "Let's head back to the mission room to hand over the target and grab our completion forms." Kakashi said and the group proceeded to head back to the tower.

15 minutes later, Mission room

Kakashi and the members of team seven enter the room with Tora the cat in tow, the moment they enter Izumo clicks a stopwatch, "I'll be damned Kakashi, you managed to break the previous record by 16 minutes and 54 seconds. Congratulations on completing your first instance of 'Capture Tora the Cat' team seven." Izumo says as Kakashi approaches with Tora and taking him out of the cage after signing the completion forms, a moment later a large woman wearing many jewels enters the room and sees Kakashi holding a now frantic Tora.

She rushes forward so fast one might have assumed she knew the Hiraishin and takes Tora into a bone crushing hug, "Ooooh Tora, mommy missed you!" Madam Shijimi says as she holds Tora close to her face while the cat howls for freedom. She stops tort- embracing Tora to look over at team seven and their sensei, "You're the ones who brought home Tora?" she asks and receives nods in response, "Wonderful, thank you very much for returning my wonderful Tora to me!" she says before pulling out a wad of cash equaling around 50,000 Ryo and hands the wad to Kakashi who accepts it with a bow. As she begins to leave Pyra calls out to her.

Madam Shijimi turns around, "I'm sorry to take up your time Shijimi-sama, however I believe I know the reason why Tora seems to run away so often." Pyra says getting a shocked look from Shijimi who motions for her to continue, "From what I've seen you care for Tora deeply, much like a mother to a child, however your affection seems to be a bit too rough for Tora to handle so often, your hug a moment ago with Tora made him howl in pain." Pyra says causing Shijimi to look at her with teary eyes before looking at Tora, who is looking at Pyra with eyes that have gratitude in them.

"Oh Tora is that true?" Shijimi asks her cat who meows lowly before snuggling her arm slightly. "Oh I'm so sorry my dear Tora!" Shijimi says and pulls Tora into a non-lethal embrace which Tora purrs into, causing everyone in the room who has done this mission before to look on in shock, horror, and confusion as a number of them try to dispel a genjutsu. Shijimi looks up from a now content looking Tora and looks at Pyra, "My dear what is your name?" she asks Pyra.

Pyra bows, "My name is Pyra Uzumaki Shijimi-sama." Pyra says before ending her bow and giving Shijimi a smile that could light up the bottom of the sea.

"Pyra-san, I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart for you and your team finding dear Tora, and thank you especially for making me realize that I was hurting someone I loved. I will remember your name Pyra-san." Shijimi says before leaving the room with a now content Tora in tow.

Izumo tries to make coherent words but fails, Kotetsu is in a similar state, and a number of Chunin are still trying to break out of a genjutsu not believing what they just witnessed. Kakashi walks up to Pyra and taps her shoulder, "Pyra, do you have any idea what you just did?" Kakashi asks nervously.

Pyra turns around with a questioning gaze, "I fixed the problem?" Pyra says in a questioning way causing most of the chunin to fall flat on their faces.

"Never mind, anyway here's everyone's cut for the mission." Kakashi says as he gives everyone 8,000 ryo and takes 10,000 ryo for himself and then team seven leaves the mission hall and heads home for the day on Kakashi's orders.

xXxXx Location: Training ground seven, 7:45 PM

"RAIKIRI!" Kakashi yells as he charges a boulder for the third time today and manages to completely destroy the boulder with the strike. After the strike Kakashi is left huffing in exhaustion over using the Raikiri several times in the same day, "O-one more… One more time." Kakashi says, eyeing the cliff face in front of him as he charges chakra into his hand past the point necessary to use the Chidori, having gathered enough chakra in his hand he once more call out, "RAIKIRI!" and charges the cliff, arm outstretched as it reaches the stone wall, the impact releasing a large amount of electricity and causing stone to be chipped away by the power of the attack. A few moments pass and Kakashi runs out of chakra to supply the jutsu and pulls his now exhausted arm from the now semi crumbling wall. Kakashi begins to walk away, happy that he didn't outright collapse on his fourth use of the Raikiri he stops when he hears more stone falling that should be normal after a strike like that, turning around Kakashi sees an opening in the cliff face from where his arm was removed from, the rocks falling away from the wall further opening the hole until the rocks stop falling. Kakashi walks to the new hole in the cliff and looks in, only seeing a small blue glow from the inside, but as the clouds in the sky disperse away from the now rising moon light begins to enter the cavern. Kakashi sees a single rounded stone with the blue glow coming from behind it. Kakashi, suspicious over something like this being hidden enters the cavern and sees that it's relatively stable inside, walking around the standing stone he sees a small blue gem sitting on the ground in front of the stone that he can see now has etching on it, "A grave it seems, but for who?" Kakashi asks himself out loud before looking at the gem closely, feeling an odd draw to it, Kakashi reaches forward to touch the gem, with his fingerless gloves.

END

AN- WOOO! 12K WORDS! I hope you all enjoyed that chapter as much as I REALLY enjoyed writing it, despite the tears I got writing the bit when Naruto entered his parent's bedroom and his crib. I wanted to do something a bit fun with Tora and thought the names that I gave team seven for their mission were appropriate and I wanted no genin team to have to deal with Tora again as I like cats so I gave Tora a happy ending. Next time we deal with the consequences of the Uzumaki family owning the Yondaime compound, Kakashi's discovery, and if I can get the chapter this length again the beginning of a new arc. REVIEW and Ja ne!