"Well, the kid seems to be clean senpai, no criminal records, finished high school education, parents are Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, both biologists who went missing some time ago… I mean there's no indication about why he was there."

"Keep digging, there must be something useful to go with…"

"Okay… How about this?" Anko leaned closer to the monitor "One of the traffic cameras caught this picture, of him and another suspect speeding on the highway."

The picture was blurry due to the high speed they were going at precisely at that moment but thanks to facial recognition, Anko could easily identify Naruto's face, the other face however, the driver of the motorcycle, was still a mystery.

"Who's the girl driving?"

"I ran several scans on other databases, including FBI and Interpol, still no records, she's a ghost."

"Check the other cameras in the areas where all the accidents took place, we might be able to backtrack to where they came from."

"Will do, it's gonna take me a couple of minutes thought, might want to grab a coffee while I work on that?"

"I could use some caffeine."

Anko stepped away from the desk to let Iruka work, she indeed needed something to keep herself active, all the office work bored her and she wanted nothing more than to go out and find this kid, whoever he was, to question him. She walked through one of the hallways of the station while looking at several vending machines on the way, she eventually found one that made coffee, pulling a yen coin from her trench coat she proceeded to make the beverage of her choice, then she felt a presence behind her leaning against the wall, it was very hard to sneak up on her but she immediately recognized who this person was.

"Can I help you with something Kabuto?"

Kabuto Yakushi, the man in question, was a rookie just like Iruka. He had been assigned to office work for the majority of the time there meaning he hardly went out to help with a case, he was a young man still, younger than Iruka at least, onyx eyes and ash-grey hair normally kept in a ponytail. His most consistent feature were a pair of black rimmed circular glasses that he constantly kept pushing upward as a habit, just like Ebisu did.

"Good day to you too Anko-san, I'm just making the line to use the coffee machine like you are." he replied with a smirk, Anko felt uneasy.

"Well, I'm almost done here so I'll get out of your way soon." she replied without looking at him even once.

"By the way Anko-san, I don't know if you're the right person to talk about this with, but I was wondering, how long do you think it will take a new recruit like myself to get out of the office and start getting field experience?"

"Tired of your desk already?"

"Maybe, I just thought about Iruka-san, he's been here a bit longer than me but he's already going out solving cases with you."

"He got assigned to me, anyway you need to talk to the chief about that, I can't help you."

Right at that moment the coffee Anko had selected was ready for her and she took it from the dispenser before starting to walk away. Kabuto proceeded to adjust his glasses and walk over to the machine to order his hot beverage.

"I understand, I'm sure the chief will know when to assign me a partner when the time is right."

"Yeah…" Anko decided it was best not to prolong the conversation and continued walking, Kabuto was an odd fellow, she was not very good at reading people's intentions but there was something about him that made her keep her distance.

"Creep."

"Woah! Are you serious?!"

Shikamaru and Chōji had reached their small house complex and were currently showing Naruto how the chakra system running through the place worked. Seals were inscribed to a specific part, the water tank had one, so did the power generator and finally the boiler room in the basement. Inside of the house, where they currently were, those same seals were written in smaller inscriptions on the kitchen's wall, all they needed to do was apply some of their chakra to them and the seal did the rest, it did not matter if their chakra affinity was different, the seals were designed to automatically convert the chakra to its needed nature for each system to work.

"We just gotta keep an eye on them every month or so, when the reserves run low the seal usually starts flashing, hard to miss honestly."

"Yo Naruto, your room is over here." Chōji called. He opened the door and to Naruto's surprise, the room was bigger than he had anticipated, he had more than enough space inside to decorate it as he liked, only problem was all his furniture and clothes were back in Tokyo and he did not need a reminder again that he could not go back. The only thing he noticed was not needed was a bed.

"So, this'll do?"

"It will, thanks guys, but most of my stuff…"

"Hey, forget about that, once you start doing missions with us you'll have enough money to buy everything again, payment for each mission is very good here."

"Did you guys get paid for rescuing me?"

Shikamaru answered "We did, last night while you were still in the hospital we went to get our payment after Asuma-sensei filed the report."

"I don't mean to barge in but, since no rent is necessary here, what do you guys spend the money on?"

"Me, I spend it mostly on groceries and food!"

Naruto was not surprised when Chōji said this, he did look like he enjoyed food far more than he did, he chuckled.

"What about you Shikamaru?"

"Even been to Nara?"

"Heard of it only."

"My clan is very old, that city was founded by them hundreds of years ago, it's mostly a historical place now but I use most of what I earn to help with the restoration."

"Wait… so your family owns a city?!"

Shikamaru scratched the back of his head feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"Kinda, honestly it's such a drag, technically we don't 'own' it, the government does, our clan just runs it a bit."

"Wow… I couldn't imagine, but doesn't that like, mean you clan has more than enough resources?"

"If you're wondering why I'm here instead of Nara the answer is simple, my family was also here when Konoha was founded, and not only us, the Hyuuga, Uchiha, Senju and many other clans helped were also present that day so Konoha is also my home, it's the life I chose to lead."

Naruto pondered on those words, home, family, clan, they all evaded him. While his family was still out there somewhere, he vaguely remembered what it was like to have them around, now that he thought about, things he was supposed to remember as a child like for example their first trip outside of the city or a birthday celebration with them were nonexistent, strangely enough he remembered what he told Ino earlier, it became one of the last conversations he remembered with his mother Kushina.

"You okay there?"

Naruto snapped out of his train of thought and smiled rubbing the back of his head.

"Yeah, I'm good, I was thinking about a good guide or book that could help me with chakra basics, I don't want Ino to think I'm slacking tomorrow."

"Here, this should help."

Chōji reached for a bookshelf and pulled an old small book, on the cover it read 'Chakra Control' without an author, he handed the book to Naruto.

"You'll probably be able to read it in less than 2 hours, the rest is practice, just get used to the material and call us if you need any pointers."

"Huh? Are you guys going out again?"

"Yeah, Asuma-sensei told us earlier he needed to speak with us about something so we'll be out for a while, hopefully we won't take long."

"But what of I need you guys for something like Chōji said?"

"Just don't blow up the house and you'll be fine."

Shikamaru said trying not to smirk "After your display with the Hokage today, I'm sure you can handle yourself pretty well."

"Huh? I'm not so sure, I took a trashing honestly!" he said with a chuckle, both Shikamaru and Chōji now looked confused by that statement, they looked at each other wondering if Naruto had somehow hit his head, this took place just less than one hour ago and unless he had a cranial trauma or a similar condition it was impossible he could have forgotten the events.

"You mean, you don't… remember anything?"

"I don't know what you mean, all I remember was me stuck on the ground from neck to toes."

"I see… in any case, that book should keep you busy, there's food on the fridge if you want to cook something and if you intend to go out, the spare key is over the door frame outside, we'll see ya later on."

With that said, Shikamaru raised his arm in sign of farewell as did Chōji, both friends left the house right after, leaving the spike haired blonde by himself. Naruto figured it was best to start reading that book and get to practice since he had nothing else to do, however he kept wondering why they looked so confused when he stated what he remembered.

Outside of the house and already on their way to meet their sensei, Shikamaru and Chōji walked the streets with questioning looks painted all over their faces, the first one to talk was Chōji.

"Do you think he's lying?"

"I doubt it, he doesn't seem the type, we'll have to ask Asuma-sensei later, maybe he'll know."

"It is a great honor to have you visiting my home prime minister Kaneko." Fugaku bowed.

"Please Fugaku, let's skip the formalities, you know why I'm here."

The prime minister was the type of politician anyone would expect, old, bald, well dressed, confident and very arrogant, he sat on one of the chairs in front of Fugaku's desk looking at him with a condescending smile.

"I do, and honestly I wasn't expecting your visit but in any case..." He sat and reached for an envelope inside one of the cabinets and handed it over to the prime minister "This is what you came for right?" the prime minister immediately rose his hands waving them.

"Oh no no, you misunderstand me Fugaku, I didn't come here for that, I would've told you so if that were the case, this is a bit of a more, 'delicate' matter."

Fugaku looked confused "Something wrong?"

"Yes, very wrong, you see, I'm sure you're aware of last month's failed attempt to murder the Emperor's youngest daughter."

"I'm well aware."

"Well, I remembered we promised the Emperor we would find out who attempted to kill the child and as such, we reached to you and you promised to help us, you see, I spoke with the Emperor this morning, he's very upset about the time that has passed and he's asking for results."

"We're working on that, it's not that simple to find the one responsible for it in the country, even with our resources."

"I'm sure it isn't Fugaku, but you see, the Emperor is now demanding results, he wants to see something, a capture, make headlines, he wants to let the nation know whoever is behind this will be punished severely."

"And how would that help him? The real person behind the attempt will most likely have more liberty to move around if someone else is framed and worse, might try to do it again."

"Doesn't matter."

"Doesn't matter?"

The prime minister adjusted himself and leaned closed to the desk.

"No it doesn't, to be honest with you, I don't care what happens to the Imperial family, heck, most of the Kokkai representatives don't care either, but we still have an Emperor to take care of and we need to show him results in order for us to move forward."

"Move forward with what? And exactly how would Uchiha Corporation fit in all of this?"

"I'm glad you asked that, you see, after the announcement today about your son, you'll be available to start your political career soon, isn't that what you initially wanted?"

Fugaku stopped speaking and pondered hard on those words, while it was true he was one of the richest and most powerful men in Japan, he was not nearly as powerful as a politician was, all the plans he had, the ideas he developed, he could implement them better if he had a place on the Kokkai, or National Diet, Japan's legislature of two assemblies.

"Is that still an option for me?"

"Of course it is, we discussed that some time ago remember? I didn't forget. All we're asking is for you to give us something, someone to frame, to keep the Emperor happy for now."

"That's easy, there are plenty of nobodies out there who could fit the role you need to present."

"It's... not that simple Fugaku. We need... one of those guys you call a 'Shinobi'."

"And why would that be necessary?" The Uchiha leader raised an eyebrow.

"The Emperor is well aware of this Shinobi business, since his family is so old, they have seen their share of people with certain 'abilities' and based on yesterday's events on the news, well... "

Fugaku stiffened.

"All witnesses coinciding about what they saw last night is too much to be a coincidence and it gave him the reminder of who we need to go after, you see what I mean?"

"You expect me to sacrifice someone innocent to please the emperor... Fine, but it'll take me at least a week to get that person, no more, no less. "

"You didn't even hesitate, I like that about you Fugaku. One week then, no problem, I assure you once this is handled we'll talk again about your political aspirations, you will not regret it." the prime minister smiled innocently. Fugaku only remained silent.

"Will there be anything else prime minister?"

"When this is taken care of, I'll drop by to visit. Oh..."

He reached for the envelope that Fugaku had pulled earlier and stood up from the chair.

"Nice place by the way!"

He walked to the door and left the office and soon the mansion, Fugaku remained on his chair deep in thought about his next move, while he deeply loathed the idea of giving up one of his own kin just to appease the imperial family, he knew it would take him one step further into his ambitions.

Neither man however, noticed at any point that Sasuke had been walking through the hallway during their conversation and had stopped just in time to listen behind the door, he ghosted as soon as the prime minister's footsteps were heard.

"What the hell is my father doing?!" he thought.

The Hokage's office fell silent, for the past ten minutes all that had been discussed there was about the development of the day in the form of Naruto. Apparently his powers were an important topic he needed to discuss with Asuma and his team, who were being at the moment put in charge of making sure he got used to his surroundings and new life.

"Are you sure dad?"

"Positive, I honestly don't know if Minato taught him that move but he definitely displayed the same power of the Hiraishin, his movements and speed were almost the same."

"I thought the Hiraishin required a seal to be performed, how is he able to do it without a seal?" Shikamaru asked.

"What's a Hiraishin?"

Everyone looked at Chōji in surprise, Shikamaru sighed and remembered his friend always spent his free time eating rather than updating himself on events.

"Flying Thunder God, it's the name of a jutsu Naruto's dad created years ago, it allows him to teleport instantly to any place."

"Almost any place Shikamaru." Now Asuma spoke "He needs a seal to be placed in an object or even a person for him to teleport there when he wants, the jutsu itself is extremely efficient and was designed as an instant kill move."

"So Naruto's dad is..."

"He's killed before Chōji, yes, while on mission and only when required, he's not a monster if that's what you're thinking."

"No! Not at all, just surprised is all, I always thought he was a biologist ya know, just a researcher for Konoha."

"He is, but he's also a Shinobi, and as such, Naruto absorbed some of his traits it seems, even if it was not a Hiraishin, his speed and movement were oddly similar to it."

"You think this is some sort of new jutsu?" Asuma asked his father.

"No, rather, I suspect his chakra properties are different, he's an Uzumaki, remember what that clan is famous for?"

"Seals..." Shikamaru said.

"Precisely, I might be getting ahead of myself but when we fought I felt a chakra burst somewhat... different, similar to a bloodline power but not quite, the Uzumaki clan didn't possess one."

"I'm guessing you want me to find out exactly what his power is, right dad?"

"Not just you Asuma, Shikamaru, Chōji and Ino as well, now that he's here, not just his training but the way he sees the world will be affected by all of you, I entrust you can ease this process for him?"

"Well if you ask me, I don't have a problem Hokage-sama, he seems like a nice guy so we'll get along great as friends, right Chōji?"

His friend happily nodded.

"What about you Asuma?"

"Don't worry about me dad, I'll be honored to have one more apprentice under my wing, and I'm sure Ino will be fine with it too, she might not say it but it shows she worries about him."

Hiruzen smiled. "Then it's settled, as of today, team Asuma becomes a five-man cell, your mission, until further notice, will be to help Naruto become one of us."

"You can count on us!" Asuma gave his father a thumbs up.

"Good, Asuma, I need to have a word with you, Shikamaru, Chōji, you may leave..."

Both young members of the team nodded and went out of the office, Asuma closed the door behind them and waited until their steps were no longer heard.

"Something wrong dad?"

Hiruzen stood from his chair and walked over to one of the windows, he pulled his pipe and and took a long smoke from it, he let the air slowly be released from his lungs.

"I need you to keep a particular close eye on Naruto."

"You sound almost worried." Asuma smiled but soon dropped it when his father did not change his expression.

"There is a power hidden within his chakra I've never seen before, it could be just a coincidence..."

Asuma turned serious as his old man.

"You tested his abilities right? What happened?"

"At the beginning, nothing unusual, but then..." he turned to face his son "It's one in a million chances, remember he's an Uzumaki."

"You're not talking about a bloodline are you?"

"No, his clan was known for other abilities, not a bloodline, still... just keep a close eye on him and let me know if you notice something different."

Asuma was not entirely sure what his father was talking about, he was well aware of the Uzumaki clan's history, he knew they had specialized in certain arts like sealing and chakra control, yet this sounded more like something new, the Hokage was an old man, during his lifetime he had seen several thing that did not surprise him anymore, Asuma could not remember the last time he saw him concerned about anything.

"Alright, I'll report if anything extraordinary happens with him, would that be all father?

"Jiraiya sent a message, he's on his way to the village, I want Naruto to meet him when he arrives..."

"What?! Jiraiya-sama is coming back? I thought he was still in India!"

"He found it..."

Asuma's eyes widened "So, does that mean..."

"Yes, we need to make preparations soon."

"Dad?"

Ino arrived to her house later after buying some groceries that afternoon, she lived with her father, Inoichi, the leader of the Yamanaka clan and one of the strongest Shinobi in Konoha, he was also a broken man since his wife, Ino's mother, Noriko, had passed away last year. Ino took the news a lot better than people had expected but Inoichi on the other hand, became a very depressed man, while he managed to keep his mask on for most people, his daughter could easily see though it, being part of a clan that could read minds did the task only easier although she never used her techniques for such thing, despite the circumstances she respected her father too much to even think about reading his private thoughts, his face as all she needed to read his emotions, it could have been a lot worse, that's what she always thought to herself.

"Dad, are you home?"

Again there was no answer, she proceeded to walk into the kitchen and lay down her bags, she noticed through the window her father was actually outside watering some plants in the garden, the patio door was closed explaining why he did not hear her calling, she slid the door open and walked over to his dad, as the spoiled daughter she sometimes was, she put her hand on her hip and acted like she was mad with him.

"I called you."

Her faked expression turned into concern when her father stood up to face her, the light in his eyes had all but extinguished that day, his skin was sallow, his eyes sunken, his hair was losing some of his natural color, yet he stood there looking at his daughter as if everything was fine.

"I'm sorry darling, I didn't hear you, how was your mission?"

She was hesitant to answer, at the moment her only concern was her father's well being and from what she saw, he looked like he was about to collapse any second.

"It... went well dad, what are you doing out here?"

"Oh, I was just making sure the plants had enough water, rain has been absent for a couple of days so I was a bit concerned..."

"You know I water the plants almost everyday dad, that's my job, is there something you'd like to tell me?"

Inoichi sighed once she asked, she was too good at reading people, she got that talent from him.

"You know what day is today don't you?"

"Dad... you need to move on, we both do." She placed both her hands on his cheeks "She wouldn't want to see you like this and you know it."

"I know, I just... I keep asking myself everyday why she had to leave us, and well, today is especially harder not to think about her when an exact year has passed." His eyes went to look at the ground but Ino nudged him gently to make them refocus on hers.

"Thinking about it isn't gonna bring her back and I'm still here, I need my dad with me..." she smiled, Inoichi's lifeless eyes regained some of its fire. "More important dad... I found Naruto, he was in Tokyo."

His eyes went wide.

"That was your mission? Please! Tell me everything!"

"Let's go inside, I'll make us both lunch."

Ino took her father's hand and guided him back inside the house, once in the kitchen she took out some of the groceries she had bought earlier as well as some cooking utensils. She took out some raw fish first and started slicing it into thin pieces.

"So how is he?"

"He's fine dad, he was surviving on his own, fighting in some underground club who knows for how long..."

"Does he...?"

"No... he doesn't remember."

"Will you let him know now that he's here?"

"It's not up to me dad, and I don't know if it's a good idea right now, Hokage-sama believes Uchiha Corp is after him, some men with guns tried to take him away last night."

"Uchiha Corp?"

"They're after Minato-san and Kushina-san, they found one of the Bijuu hiding somewhere in the country and we believe Naruto is just the bait."

"Is Naruto able to fight?" Inoichi asked deep in thought.

"He's good but against another Shinobi, I doubt he could win, I'm going to start training with him tomorrow, maybe he'll remember at least what he's capable of."

Inoichi raised on of his eyebrows, Ino as a teacher? that was an interesting scenario, after all, his daughter was not known for being the most patient Shinobi, especially if Naruto was a stubborn boy just like he remembered him. Inoichi shuddered at the thought.

"Don't be rough on him Ino Yamanaka, I know what you're like." Inoichi smirked, for a moment Ino felt happy, at least his humor was still there.

"Me? I would never!" she said with an innocent tone.

"Thank you..."

"For what?" She asked confused.

"For cheering up your old man." His smile returned.

"Don't mention it dad, I'm making us both Sashimi, this will REALLY cheer you up!"

Around three hundred plus kilometers from the city center of Tokyo, a quiet paradise rests in the middle of the Pacific ocean known as Aogashima, an island formerly known as a volcano, now a small inhabited community and town surrounded by water. Truly, this was any adventurer's dream, the views were incredible and due to the small presence of humans, this place remained mostly unchanged. Minato and Kushina were no adventurers however.

Once every week Minato would go to the small town to get supplies for both, he insisted it was better if he went alone, he joked with his wife about being stealthier and less impulsive than her, he did not lie however and Kushina was thankful he was the entire opposite of her when it came to personality traits, she was like Yin and Minato was Yang, they complemented each other perfectly. The local town thankfully had television and radio to keep them informed about anything happening elsewhere in the world so they would not be or feel isolated.

Kushina Uzumaki currently found herself staring at the blue ocean enjoying the majestic view provided thanks to that day's clear skies, they had moved not too long ago to the island but decided to stay away from the locals living at the top of the island and instead built a small cabin from where they could see the only port available, the island itself had a heliport but most of the time it was filled with curious tourists and for the sake of their safety, Kushina convinced her husband it was better to keep a minimum contact with any person.

Her thoughts were ever present on her son, Naruto, she was always worried about him and even though she was almost certain he probably hated them at the moment for vanishing the way they did, she never stopped thinking about him for even a day, even if he could not understand that what they did was to keep him away from danger. Sadly that day, she would realize it was a mistake.

Minato arrived to the cabin and noticed his red headed wife staring sadly at the ocean waves as they gently crashed against the island's rocks.

"I'm back, did any of them contact you?"

"No..." She turned around to face her husband with a smile "How did it go?"

"I got us a few things for the week, we'll be fine..."

Kushina noticed something in his tone of voice was different, she had a sixth sense for these things.

"Is something wrong...?"

Minato remained silent, he walked past his wife without looking at her and entered the cabin to lay to rest the things he had bought earlier, he motioned Kushina to follow him inside, now she was starting to worry.

"Minato talk to me, is it Naruto?"

"... I watched the news while I went into town... Last night they reported a car chase in Tokyo, the traffic cameras caught two teenagers speeding on the highway using a motorcycle... One of them was Naruto..."

Kushina froze, immediately her brain went wild with potential outcomes.

"Where is he?!"

"I don't know... there is no way to know right now, Ino was with him though so I can only assume..."

"They went to Konoha... That means Fugaku knows..." Her eyes sadly diverted to the floor "Do you think..?"

"Worst case scenario, he went after our son to lure us out, he knows we found the Kyuubi..."

Minato and Kushina had ventured over a year ago in an expedition to find plants across the Pacific islands for medical treatments and potential vaccines or medicines, never in their wildest dreams either one thought they would come face to face with the Kyuubi in one of these trips. They accidentally met the creature hidden deep within a cave in South Iwo Jima, a far away island in the Pacific ocean that was completely void of human presence, thanks to their sealing abilities they managed to prevent a potential catastrophe, due to the gargantuan amount of chakra however, it was necessary to split it in two so they could both seal each half within them, the experiment almost killed them but Kushina's chakra managed to save them both.

"We need to go back, Naruto might be..."

"Kushina..." He grabbed his wife by her shoulders "He's safe, if we go back we'll be handing Fugaku what he wants and he could find and destroy Konoha, we can't let that happen."

"You're right... He's going to become like us eventually, we wanted to avoid that..." She responded sadly looking down to her feet.

"Life doesn't always go as planned, does it?" He smiled kindly to his wife, she took a moment to realize he was right and return the smile "Don't worry about him, we'll see Naruto eventually, for now let's make dinner, want to help me?"

Kushina nodded happily.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

THE PLOT IS FINISHED!