Disclaimer: Anything you recognize aint mine

AN: Hi! This is my first serious fic and I hope ya'll like it!

BTW, this won't be harem (sorry! I like them tho). I want to really flesh out the relationship between Biwako (fem!Sasuke) and our favorite Knucklehead. English ain't my first language but I use Grammarly and have a pretty good grammar regardless, but! If you find some mistakes don't be afraid to scream at me :-).

I will be using some elements from other fandom but they'll be tailored for Narutoverse and no knowledge is needed (other than Naruto).

This won't be OP Naruto nor OP Biwako. They will be strong, but it will be realistic and no vibe checking the Juubi (for now anyways-)

I accept and welcome criticism with open arms as long as its not in flame formatum.

(Hi! This is author from the future! A dear Guest pointed it out that Asuma calls Naruto blonde when he clearly isn't! Thanks for telling me!)

Without further ado,

let us start this epic journey

Yujo no ki, the Tree of Friendship. An enormous oak tree located atop the Hokage Mountain deep in the forest, in the middle of a clearing, while still within the walls. It is said that the name Konoha was coined here by Madara Uchiha. Later, before Madara's defection, Hashirama-sama grew a tree here with the Senju and Uchiha clan crests carved into the trunk. A gift so to say.

A friendship bracelet basically. A political one.

This is where Biwako spends most of her time, high up on one of the branches. People don't bother to come here due to, you know, the whole ass mountain. The only ones that come close are quiet, you would be quiet too if you were in ANBU. Ita- healways told her stories about Captain-Commander Dragon, and how he believes all ANBU are his children. He also believes in tough love.

So yes, people are quiet here.

''I swear that Nidaime was an absolute mad lad high on some weed that Shodaime grew! Don't get me even started on Yondaime! He decided to just go 'LMAO' and remade it! Fucking Hiraishin,'' Except one.

A sigh '' Are you still trying to decode it?'' She glances up from the Katon scroll she's been reading.

''Yes! This Sage-dammned seal is staring into my soul and taunting me! Me! An Uzumaki!'' This has been going on for a few months now, ever since Naruto found a Hiraishin kunai –presumably from the Kyuubi attack.

He continued,'' Okay, stop. Let's go back to square one; theories'' he turned to her.

The ever-changing blue eyes caught her attention first -she always liked how expressive they are. Then the wild, –even wilder than usual, what with five hours of staring at a kunai- long crimson hair held back by a low ponytail. And of course the whisker mark, three pairs on each cheek. His clothes are his usual 'I'm doing Fuuinjutsu and I don't care if they'll blow up' namely a black, slightly-ragged-at-the-hem long-sleeved shirt with the Uzumaki symbol occupying his back and black long-sleeved pants with a makeshift drawing kit on the hip like a kunai holster.

'' Do you want me to listen or offer thoughts?'' She asks just for clarification's sake.

'Thoughts, anyway. The Hiraishin in itself is a simple summoning technique-''

''-In written form. Yes, we already know that.''

''Yes. But unlike the Kuchiyose instead of the summoner you are the summone,''

''But there is a reverse Kuchiyose.'' A statement rather than a question.

''There is, but the hand signs are tailored to the summons' domain, like Mount Myoboku, so it doesn't count as a real Ninjutsu and is, instead, classified as Senjutsu,'' Huh, good to know.

She raises an eyebrow in question, 'Then what is the problem?'

''The problem is, is that it doesn't work!''

She blinks and realizes something, now she feels like an idiot,'' Say-''

''Hn?'' He gets a glare for that and he flinches –good.

''-Was Nidaime a summoner?'' She sees the exact moment he understands it in his eyes. The facepalm helps. The scream too.

''So we have been wasting three months, twelve days, and 17 hours on a wrong theory?!'' So he keeps track?

''Well,'' she tries to be comforting,'' At least we know what doesn't work?'' without success

''No!'' No? '' I won't let this get to me!'' ah that,'' we start from scratch. We use another Jutsu as a base''

You could see the fire in his eyes. How?

He looked up as if screaming at the heavens, ''Kawarimi!'' What? The E-rank jutsu? She would ask but his face has the 'I'm 'bout to rock yo world' look.

''The Kawarimi is a Jutsu that Nidaime was feared for, not as much as his Suiton, but still! Most people disregard it 'cause of its randomness and its inability to improve, but most people don't realize that it's the most basic Space-Time jutsu in existence! Your chakra literally punches a hole through space and switches you with The Log –may Kami bless The Log. The only reason it can't be improved is 'cause of the unholy amount of calculations needed to punch a hole through space!'' He looked at her with maniacal eyes, the same one she saw when he found the kunai,

She has an idea where he is going but,'' What about the vacuum?''

''Wind chakra. It'll spread instantly around the moment I activate the seal, due to being compressed, and I'll swap places with it. The Yondaime was as much of a genius with Wind as Nidaime was with Water,'' He started playing with his spiky ponytail,'' I'd only need a simple Chakra Storage Seal and learn some basic Elemental Manipulation to seal Wind Chakra at its basest form. Someone like the Nidaime could do the manipulation in a week tops!'' he pushed the kunai into her face and pointed at the seal,'' The seal you see is just a –''

''- A decoy,'' She breathed out.

''This can't be decoded 'cause it's not a real seal!''

There is something to be said about doing math in the moonlight. Namely how much of a pain in the ass it is.

'No pain, no gain,' Naruto thought while making yet another correction to his formula. He has been calculating for the last –he glanced at the clock- four hours, ever since he cracked Hiraishin. After around an hour of checking all the bases of the theory Naruto and Biwako reached the conclusion that 'Yes, this is probably how Nidaime and Yondaime achieved it. And that, yes, the Kawarimi theory can work!'

The only thing he has to do now is work out the kinks. For the foundation.

''I'm gonna go crazy,'' Naruto sighed out and flopped back on his bed making it creak, and smiled wrily. Who would have thought a simple meeting would get to this? But then again, Biwako always had this effect on him.

Ever since they met when they were five, something always happened when they were together. From little pranks to nagging Itachi-

Itachi

Naruto made a grimace and turned towards the moon. He doesn't know what to do with him. On one hand, he still remembers the caring big brother that Naruto always wanted, another piece to his family consisting of Naruto and Biwako. On the other hand, he will never forget Biwako's face after that day. She didn't despair, she didn't rage, she didn't do anything! She just sat still. It was maddening.

Blank face, this isn't his Biwako stop-stop-stopstopstop!

It took Naruto all his waking moments to glue her together. She isn't the same, she isn't perfect but she doesn't need to be. He just wants her to be happy!

He glanced down at the tri-pronged kunai in his hands. Even this was mostly for her, not that he doesn't want to crack it. It's just that Biwako idolizes Yondaime even more than he does. She told him –in hushed tones, with a small, sad, smile- how Fugaku-san and Yondaime were friend-rivals, about how her father felt so much pride at being his friend, about how he always told Biwako tales of their missions without the gory details.

Fugaku Uchiha was there when the Yellow Flash was born. He saw one, single man destroying an entire army of shinobi. So yeah, he had a few stories to tell.

Even as tired as Naruto was, he couldn't keep the grin off his face, not that he wanted to.

She might not have realized it but she was smiling throughout the whole brainstorming. Most people say that Uchihas are cold, arrogant jerks. Either that or they are power-hungry fools.

Naruto will break their legs. Uchihas simply show emotions differently. Little smiles, a widening of eyes, twitches of hand, even how they stand. It all shows how they feel. And in the years since he befriended Biwako, Naruto became an Uchiha-Whisperer.

He heard a small shuffling making him turn to his reason. There, sleeping on his couch was Biwako in all her glorius Uchiha-pyjama. She needs all the sleep she can get so he didn't move her to the bed, and she's liable to cut off his amazing ponytail when she is grumpy-sleepy. They moved in with each other since she came out of the hospital. Well, it was more like he refused to leave her alone to wallow in grief. The people didn't like that their 'precious Uchiha' and the 'demon brat' lived together. It came to head when Hokage-sama tried to separate them and Naruto almost bit off his hand. Literally. He still remembers the taste of his blood.

'Anyway,' he sat back up with renewed resolve. 'I need to finish this soon. The faster I finish, the faster we can leave.'

Something has been buggering Biwako.

How does Naruto know? Easy. She has been staring at the same Katon Jutsu for an hour next to him. Face curtailed by her shoulder-length hair glinting in the morning sun.

''You know I won't be mad if you ask something right?'' He asked but kept staring at notes from his 'Seals and other BS things'.

The silence went on for a few more minutes interrupted only by paper shuffles.

''The Hiraishin,'' he hummed questioningly,'' could you explain it again?'' she mumbled.

He looked up, locked onto her form, and beamed, ''Of course!'' He took out his crude, unfinished formula before pausing,'' The theory or the seal?''

''The theory,'' the 'duh' was unsaid but not unheard. Right, she doesn't really understand seals. He doesn't get why she can't, but then again he is an Uzumaki. He put away the formula, it's not needed then.

''It's basically an advanced Kawarimi written down,'' she hummed,'' But, and this is a big but, this could only be achieved 'cause it is written down,'' she tilts her head at her scroll, '' imagine it this way. When you are doing a Kawarimi you add 2 and 2 together. You know it instantly no?'' She nods. Still looking at the scroll with thoughtful eyes, ''But the farther you go from switching with The Log –may Kami bless it- the harder the calculation. If you tried switching with a thick and long, stick it would be something like 2x - 4 = 56, on the fly. Still pretty easy if you have time right?'' She nods with an absolutely adorable thinking frown,'' But if you tried to do a Hiraishin without seals –that is, switching place with air- you would need to calculate how to time-travel using pickles,'' her eyes snap up with a heart-melting confused expression,'' That's just an estimation but I think you get it,'' she hesitantly nods, ''I, and probably the other two, use the Hiraishin seal as a crutch. A super-multidimensional calculator so to say,'' he grins unrepentantly and manages to get a small smile out of her before she blinks and tilts her head.

He answers the unasked question,'' Once I finish one equation it can be applied anywhere with air. And when I'm done with I can just copy it again and again with some seal,'' her head tilts harder, '' I know seals can't be multiplied, what do you think I am, an idiot?'' she just stares and he roles eyes,'' Har har, very funny. But this is a calculation. I can copy it thousands of times. I just need to link it up to the hand-made matrix.''

''The Wind chakra holding seal?'' she questions.

''Yeah, and everything else to discourage grubby hands'' he grumbles.

She nods and goes back to studying Katon.

Naruto shrugs and leans on her shoulder and smiles when she just adjusts her position.

''FUCKING HIRAISHIN!'' The fourth scream in the last –Biwako checks the clock- hour. It's starting to annoy her.

She closes her scroll on her lap –Raiton this time- and stares at her oldest and only friend. He looks around the same as that time on the tree a few months ago. Just with less sleep and more coffee.

''Naru?'' He snaps at attention. She doesn't tend to use that nickname.

'' Sorry,'' he scratches his cheek, more specifically the whiskers, nervous tick,'' am I being too loud?''

She deadpans, ''I'm glad you put up the privacy seals.''

A bone-weary sigh is her answer prompting her to take another look at him. To put it simply he looks like a maniac. Tanuki-brand eyebags, clothes full of burn marks, holes, and unidentifiable stains. Sluggish movement cluing her in that even an Uzumaki can get tired. A gaze that is an equal amount of focus, sleep deprivation, and Orochimaru.

He needs to rest. 'No shit?' A voice, that sounds suspiciously like Naruto, snarks in her mind. She ignores it with practiced ease.

''Naru,'' she makes a 'Come here' gesture.

He hums a question but comes anyway. In an impressive show of dexterity, at least to his sleep-deprived mind, he was pulled down into her lap. He struggled just for the hell of it until she pulled a Head Pat Release: Whisker Petter on him.

To call him a purring mess of red hair and whiskers wouldn't be inaccurate.

Konoha has a strange relationship with Naruto Uzumaki.

The civilians fear him and resent him in equal measure. They do not attack him, make no mistake. What use there would be to anger the Fox. The shinobi wouldn't take this lying down either. No, they just simply try to make his life harder. Everything is overpriced if he isn't kicked out, though fortunately this was solved with Biwako doing the shopping. Whispers follow him like crows follow death. If they can help it they just straight-up ignore his existence.

The shinobi respect him and are wary of him. The Yondaime was a seal master no doubt about that. If the Uzumakis were still active he would have been an Honorary Uzumaki much like Nidaime, the greatest achievement a seal master can get. Anyway-

How could a child hold that back? A valid question, Mito-hime was already a twenty, wife of Hashirama –the man with the Biju suppressing bullshit- and the best seal master of her generation.

Kushina Uzumaki –Mom- was a well-kept secret and only a few knew of her under the last order of Mito-hime.

How does Naruto know all this? He just grilled Hokage-sama bit.

When Naruto first got into Fuuinjutsu he constantly run over the name Uzumaki, he first thought it was a coincidence that his name was the same. But after running into the name for the nth time he got curious, who was this clan? Why did every Fuuinjutsu book praise them like Kami-sama? So he took the 'Every Clan Ever' book from the Library –one of the few places people like him- and looked them up.

And hoooo boy! Uzumaki name? Check. Red hair? Check! A kink –he didn't get that word until later- for sealing? Check.

'I'm an Uzumaki.'

That's how Naruto ran screaming ''I HAVE A CLAN!'' into the Hokage Tower.

Apparently, he knew! Hokage-jiji knew!

'He never told me' even when Naruto asked so many times. He never told him.

That day Hokage-jiji became Hokage-sama.

He still had to force his own mother's name out of his mouth. But after that, he told Naruto how his mother was 'Strong' and how she was 'The Red-Hot Habanero of Konoha' of how she held back the Kyuubi for the Village until the Yondaime could kill it.

'WRONG!' A voice shouted in his mind,' It was for me! Not the Village! She protected me! I did it to protect him!'

One of the few –so very few- reasons why Naruto stayed in the village, was no more.

Biwako has a strange relationship with Konoha

At first, the village treated her with the same wariness as her brethren –if not as harsh with her being a child at the time.

A child she is no longer one. She might not be considered an adult, but she is no child.

Who could remain as one after seeing her family slaughtered by her own brother?!

After that day she went from 'Another Uchiha' to 'The last loyal Uchiha' and she was treated like a glass doll. Like she will break any minute!

She is not weak! She is not broken!? She is strong!

''Of course, you are!'' Naruto's voice filtered through her muddy mind,'' You survived! You are here!'' He sucked in a breath,'' and I'll stay with you-

''-forever''

It's amazing, what a few sentences can do to her. How no one could get through to her in the hospital. That was the day Biwako promised herself a few things. Carved it into her very soul.

She will never betray him. She will never hurt him.

The first real step is closer than ever. They can soon leave this poison of a Village. The Village that holds a clan that did them no wrong –a clan that founded Konoha- in contempt! The Village that shuns the child that holds back Destruction itself! Her only family left!

No, Biwako will not stand for this. But what can she do? Take him away from this accursed place. But how? She thought long and hard about it. If they just up and left they would be hunted and brought back in hours. That's assuming they could get out. The only option left was to wait until they are Genin, make sure they are placed together in Team 7 –the only team with known parameters on how to get into besides the Ino-Shika-Cho trio- and hope for an opportunity.

And then the gift from Kami-sama came. The Hiraishin. The S-rank jutsu that is unofficially SS-rank. The jutsu that many just straight up consider Kinjutsu. The pinnacle of Space-Time jutsu as far as anyone is concerned.

And what did Naruto –her amazing knucklehead- do?

He just straight-up remade it!

He finished the first workable –without blowing them up like water balloons dropkicked by Tsunade-sama- version of it! That was around a week ago and he is close to perfecting it as much as he can. That is, adding defenses, refining the formula, streamlining the matrix, and putting them on a few of his kunai.

'But can't you just place the matrix like the Yondaime?' she asked and apparently, he is not quite on Yondaime's level –what a surprise- and there is a difference between using an already existing matrix and just 'spamming it like an Uchiha uses Katon' which rude, but true. It also needs near healer-level chakra control so it is unlikely he will ever do that.

Naruto's version of Hiraishin is right now little more than intimidation tactic and a perfect escape route. But then again, it's not like either are helpless. They might not be very strong but they have a lot of surprises in their sleeves without the Hiraishin so it is okay. For now.

Now they just need to get out of the Village, preferably far enough, place a kunai and cause a big enough distraction –with an 'Ultra-mega-Giga prank' as he calls it- and just teleport there.

And they already have a perfect plan.

''If you glare any harder you will incinerate the papers, Hokage-sama,''

'' Why do you think I'm doing it, Hound?'' A chuckle answered him.

''Those papers are important Hokage-sama,'' Cat decided to remind him before The Great Paperwork Massacre happens again.

''Exactly,'' Hiruzen sighed before brightening up,'' but, I have been doing this for a long time. I deserve a break!'' He started to bring out his ball –the crystal one!

''Hokage-sama,'' the supremely unimpressed voice of Tiger stopped him,'' those papers are two days too old.'' That made the ANBU hiding snicker.

He shot a glare at the ceiling,'' I'm hearing people wanting to train with me.'' Sweet silence. Now to check on the women, to make sure they are safe of course-

''Jiji!'' His head snapped up at the door hitting the wall. 'I just fixed that,'

And in came the duo he hadn't seen in some time.

Naruto had the Uzumaki symbol on all his clothes, proudly displaying where he came from, all black T-shirt with dark red long pants with shinobi sandals –was practicing seals- his mind supplied and the makeshift kunai holster with 'Seals' embroidered on the side. His longer-and-longer-each-day crimson hair was held back in a low ponytail similar in style to Jiraiya if not in volume and spikiness. Blue eyes so similar to Minato's deepened by Kushina's and under it three pairs of whiskers.

Biwako went for a simple black shirt with white linings and blue long pants with shinobi sandals. Hiruzen doesn't see the Uchiha symbol so it's probably on the back. Short, black hair excluding the two bangs curving around her face similar to Minato. Black eyes that would frighten lesser man 'Mikoto's daughter to the bone.' She simply stepped in with a little bow and a quiet ''Hokage-sama.''

His lips curved into a smile,' Has been a while since he called me Jiji,'

''Naruto-kun, Biwako-chan,'' he nodded at them, '' how are you two?'' His ANBU has been quite ineffective at gathering information since Naruto put up the privacy seals in his apartment. They could get it down if Naruto wasn't an Uzumaki, meaning he always checks on his seals. Uzumakis protect their seals jealously and will tear anyone apart if they try to force it. If Naruto noticed it he would lose even more in faith Hiruzen and Konoha by extension and he can't risk that. Not when Naruto's loyalty is questionable no matter how much Hiruzen hates himself for saying it. As far as he knows his only goal is to be a strong shinobi and become a seal master. Both can be done outside the village and Konoha can't lose her Jinchuuriki.

Biwako is another matter altogether. Her loyalty is unknown as far as the Council is concerned but Hiruzen is not as blind, he sees the unbreakable bond between the two. How one would burn down the world for the other. Though the Council raised a fuss when they moved in together, would've raised a bigger one if they knew about the privacy seals, they are growing children after all. His only attempt was more of a show than any real effort. Didn't help his poor hand from being almost bit off.

'He sure has one hell of a bite.' Hiruzen thought wryly, 'It still throbs sometimes.'

'' Lets' make a deal Jiji!'' Naruto grins

''Hoo? A deal you say?'' He really wants to mend bridges with Naruto. It would also be two birds with one stone, what with the children's bond.

The two nods and Biwako takes over, '' There is an old Scroll Collection in a close village. We wish to go there Hokage-sama,''

'Ah,' he can't let the two out of the Village, it's too dangerous. Hiruzen is about gently let them down when he is interrupted.

''And in exchange, I'll give ya something that'll blow your mind, ya know!'' Without even waiting for a response Naruto reaches into his makeshift Fuuinjutsu holster and pulls out a Kami dammed Hiraishin kunai?!

You can hear the moment ANBU stops breathing. Can't blame them, Hiruzen just went through a heart attack.

''How,'' he chokes out, 'where did he find it?! He knows?! Or did he-'

He just chuckles like he hadn't found one of the strongest weapons in existence. '' It was close by to Yujo no Ki,'' 'The what?' '' I was running to meet up with Biwako when I tripped and I found this!'' He grins up at the Hokage and beams all the while Biwako just has a slight sadistic smile on her face –Mikoto's daughter indeed.

''Can I- could I see it?'' He asks just to be sure. You don't mess with Uzumaki and their seals. Naruto nods and places it on his desk.

Hiruzen brings it up to his face, 'it's the real deal,' he can't believe it. 'Looks pretty clean and new besides the dust and dirt. Minato probably dropped it in his fight against Kyuubi.'

'' Well,'' he looks down at the smiling faces ''I suppose I can assign a mission to one of my shinobi to check it out. And if two volunteers were helping them out it can't be helped right?'' He grins down at them and Biwako gains a gleeful gleam in her eyes while Naruto grins up at him foxily.

'They really wanted to go huh?'

A week. They're leaving in a week for the Scroll Collection.

Fun Fact! The collection they are going to is actually real and they actually wanted to go. Supposedly it's a hub of sorts for old and faulty scrolls where they repair and resell them. There have been a few times a diamond in the rough was found so they want to go and see if there's anything from Uzushio there. Although almost everything was sealed away when Uzushio was on her last leg –literally, even people- a few families were outside the village either on a mission, expedition, or something. Legend says only an Uzumaki can open the Gates of Uzushio no one did. One of the reasons why people believe 99% of Uzumakis are dead.

They aren't wrong.

It's within their blood to be close to home and their family and to slaughter everyone threatening it. That is why when Uzushio's fall was inevitable the remaining forces –kind way to say to civilians- and the Uzukage decided to go out with a last big 'Fuck You'.

No one really knows what exactly happened. Most Uzu shinobis were already dead and the Kiri, Kumo, and Iwa attackers were knocking at the last defensive seal. Only for The Great Lady Uzushio to seal itself away and the entire island.

But how?! You would ask. The larger the effects of the seal, the greater the cost. What could be used as a payment?!

Uzumakis protect their own.

The adults knew what would happen if those bastards got in. They would be slaughtered. The children used as breeding stock.

They won't allow this.

That day everything in a 5 km radius just died.

Sealing the island away forever.

"Man, this shop sure is dusty," that's the professional opinion of one Uzumaki Naruto. Biwako doesn't even deign him a response and continues to look through the scrolls.

"Boring as hell too! There are no scrolls for me." He grumbled, still salty about not finding himself anything for the last three hours.

It has been exactly a week since their deal with Hokage-sama and escape has never been closer. They've been accompanied by one Asuma Sarutobi. A tall man with olive skin, brown eyes, and spiky hair. He dresses rather like the next Jonin, that is, Headband on the forehead and the flack jacket. The only modification that stands out are the sheathless holders for his rather cool trench knives and the sash around his waist with the kanji 火 for fire.

A little sound from Biwako snaps him out of describing their babysitter to the readers.

"Did'ya find something?"

"Hn." Translation; Yeah, look!

She held a rather old scroll in her hands with yellow and slightly ripped paper, but that isn't what caught their attention.

"Woah," he can feel the stars in his eyes, "cool!" Biwako inclined her head.

In the scroll were basic katas for a martial art that seemed to incorporate water elemental manipulation. Very cool if you ask him and, if his eyes aren't deceiving him, Biwako likes it too.

"I wonder if there is some for lightning too?" he wondered out loud.

"There aren't, brats!" A harsh voice brought them out of their awe and made Naruto step in front of Biwako slightly. Not enough to obscure her but enough to protect.

In front of them was- a typical pirate? The hell? A red vest with unexplainably many buttons and a dirty-white shirt peeking out under it with a yellow slash over his stomach. Long, wore down pants that disappear in heavy-duty boots. He has a rather cool eyepatch that doesn't have straps. A hat adorns his head. Honestly, the only things missing are a parrot and missing limbs!

"What do you mean?" Biwako's cold voice washed over him from behind.

The pirate snorted," 'cause that thing was brought here by me! Last o' its kind," 'Kami-sama save me, does he not now hygiene?!' He seemed fine with just saying that and walked off.

They glanced at each other for an eternity and went back to searching.

"Do we really need this many swords?" Uzumaki Naruto does not whine.

"Stop whining," bitch

They are currently in a run-of-the-mill forgery buying stock wakizashi. Why? Well, after they had the creepy encounter Naruto found a rather interesting manual on the importance of breathing for samurai and showed it to Biwako. After that, she seemed to gain a gleam of 'I have an insane plan' in her eyes with a 'and you'll love it' grin.

His heart might have stopped a bit.

It took some probing for her to explain it but by the end of it, he was sporting a foxy grin. Apparently, she decided to, as neither has interest nor affinity in Suiton, remake the martial art –henceforth called waterbending- with Raiton instead. But Biwako is an overachiever and decided on being extra.

So she'll use swords for the hell of it. But then again, she is rather weak hand-to-hand, preferring tools. She has some serious talent for swords and makes sure to hone it.

She didn't have a name for it so she just calls it Thunder Breathing. 'But isn't Raiton, lighting and not thunder?' That got a 'don't ask' glare so he backed off. For now.

Why is he whining about swords, specifically wakizashi, tough?

' 'cause I'm carrying six!'

Unfortunately normal, non-chakra-conductive swords wear down quickly so she needs a lot of them.

'My poor Gama-chan won't survive this!' he internally cried.

"That's a lot of swords brats" Asuma never seen so many swords on a person.

"They are wakizashi," came the cold voice from the little Uchiha. It still unnerves him to hear a kid, barely twelve, speak like that. Asuma was always someone that wanted to protect the children. Now that he thinks about it, it might have to do with when his little sister, Kanna, was born. Dad made him promise to always protect her.

Asuma is proud to say he never broke that promise.

"But why you need 'em?" He takes out a cig 'cause it is late and he had the last one an hour ago. Too long in his opinion.

"Secret!" The ever-cheerful redhead adopted a rather mischievous expression. 'Wouldn't look out of place on a fox.'

Asuma hummed," must've cost a fortune." He's a shinobi 'kay? It is perfectly normal to fish for info.

'I take back what I thought,' he sweatdropped at the depression clouds appearing over Naruto. Biwako just pointedly looked away. 'Kid's not even twelve and already bankrupt 'cause pretty girls.'

He could just barely make out various 'Poor Gama-chan' and 'Uchiha woman' as well as his favourite, 'Troublesome'.

'Never knew there's a redhead Nara'

"Oh well," he cleared his throat, "let's get going then," he just ignored the muttering and started walking towards home.

Missing the 'we did it!' eye exchange of his wards.