(A/N) Hi! Ruru, Yes. The matron had a stroke with the Kyu stunt. For everyone: The color of Kyu's eyes changes depending on how much biju chakra is put in him. Purple when there's a bit less, red when there's a bit more. They'll learn to control it at some point.

Itachi tilted his head. "I think I remember her, but I was a little kid."

"The real question is why didn't Mikoto take in Naruto. I remember Kushina writing her will, just in case, and it stipulated that Naruto was to be given to Mikoto. Naruto's dad had agreed."

Itachi sighed. "No one ever saw the will, I suppose the council went against it. They forbade any of the Uchiha to take in Naruto."

"Let me guess," Kurama all but growled. "No one but Danzo will ever be allowed to take him in."

"What do you know of Danzo?" Shisui asked, eyes hardening.

"His roots are hidden in darkness, and should be cut completely," Kurama replied. "Kyu, take Naruto somewhere else, he doesn't need to hear this."

Kyu scooped Naruto up before he could protest, darting off.

Kurama watched them go, then turned back to the two Uchiha. "Danzo has plans, none of them good. I can sense his agents, most are little more than cannon fodder, but some can rival even you two."

"What did you mean by 'the only person who could take in Naruto would be Danzo'?" Itachi asked urgently.

"He most likely wants Naruto as a weapon. It's not hard to figure out. He may be the one who leaked Naruto's jinchuriki status to the village."

"Naruto is one of the few jinchuriki not being used as a weapon," Shisui pondered. "Not that I've seen that many. They aren't usually out in public."

"None of my hosts have been used as weapons. Not yet. Kushina and Mito Uzumaki's status as jinchuriki were hidden, barely anyone knew. Kushina had to give birth outside the village because there is a high likelihood of the seal breaking during childbirth, whether I'm trying to escape or not."

Itachi frowned. "Who was his father? If Kushina Uzumaki was his mother, he must look like his father…" Itachi trailed off, looking up at the Yondamine's face on the mountain. "Hey, Shisui, you'll remember better than me, wasn't Lord Fourth blond haired with blue eyes?"

Kurama decided to let them figure it out for themselves.

"Yeah, that's right," Shisui agreed. He blinked, opened his mouth, then closed it again. "Wow, um, the resemblance is uncanny."

"And it would make sense, who else could be his father? Who else is famous enough for the kid to not know his parents?"

"I think Kushina was close with him," Shisui agreed, shell shocked.

"You're right," Kurama told them. "Minato Namikaze was Naruto's father."

The two Uchiha were dumbstruck. Itachi's face had barely changed, but Shisui's face was just comical.

"You can pick your jaw off the floor now, Uchiha," Kurama said dryly. "Bugs will fly in."

Shisui shut his mouth with a 'click'. He blinked bashfully. "Sorry, that's just… wow."

Kurama sighed. "I don't know how no one noticed this before, especially people who knew both Kushina and Minato. Unfortunately, Naruto picked up his mother's verbal tic, it gets worse the more excited he is."

"So it is genetic," Shisui said, grinning. "I told you, Itachi, I told you it was genetic and you refused to believe me until Naruto started doing it. What's he say?"

"Dattebayo," Kurama replied, flicking his tail. "I'll get out of your way. Perhaps I will see you around at some point."

"Why don't you three join us for dinner?" Itachi asked. "Mother will be excited to see Naruto."

Kurama smiled gently. "Sure. I'll tell Naruto. What time?"

"Around 6," Itachi told him. "See you then."

"What, I'm not invited?" Shisui asked, fake hurt.

Kurama rolled his eyes, leaping away into the undergrowth as Itachi's flat answer reached his ears. "You're over all the time anyway."

He lept through the undergrowth, trying to avoid anything that could dispel him. He reached the nearest training ground, finding Naruto asleep on Kyu's lap, the teen shadow clone sleeping as well, leaned up against a tree. Kurama smiled fondly, curling up on Naruto's tiny lap and falling asleep as well. They might as well take a nap to waste away the afternoon. Not like they had much else to do.

"Are you sure that's the best idea?" Shisui asked his long-time friend. "Who knows how Fugaku-sama will respond!"

"My father will have to respect that I brought him over. Mother will be delighted, and Father will not go against her so directly," Itachi replied, his face betraying no emotion.

"And Kyu and Kurama? They're both shadow clones. Can they even eat? Have we even tried that?" Shisui got distracted quickly, musing about whether shadow clones could eat.

Itachi mentally facepalmed. His friend, despite being around 3 years his senior, could be so immature at times. And so very easily distracted.

Shisui sighed, abandoning the thought for later. "Spar? Or shuriken jutsu practice?"

"Spar," Itachi decided, after a moment of deliberation.

Shisui moved so he was a little ways away from Itachi, and facing him. He made the seal of confirmation, and Itachi did the same. A feather from some birds flying overhead floated down, and as soon as it touched the ground, both Uchiha opened their eyes, sharingans blazing.

After the two Uchiha finished their spar, they set off in search of Naruto and the two shadow clones. Itachi remembered which way Kurama ran off, so it wasn't that hard to find the three.

"Aww," Shisui cooed. "Aren't they cute." He activated his Sharingan for a moment, just enough to permanently burn the adorable image into his mind. An asleep Kyu had a sleeping Naruto on his lap, arms curled loosely around the sleeping four-year-old. The tiny Kurama was asleep on Naruto's lap.

"If you say so," Itachi agreed blandly.

Shisui sweatdropped. "Right, should we wake them?"

"If they don't want to be late for dinner, it would be advised," Itachi replied.

Kurama lazily lifted his head, staring them down. He yawned, showing them his very sharp teeth. "Good afternoon."

"Good afternoon," Itachi replied politely.

Kurama flicked his tail underneath Naruto's nose, making him wake up with a sneeze. Kyu also awakened, spotting Itachi and Shisui.

"Good afternoon," Kyu greeted.

Shisui grinned, leaning over to ruffle Naruto's hair. "Afternoon, you awake now?"

Naruto yawned hugely. "I guess." He rubbed one eye sleepily. Shisui internally cooed at the kid. He was adorable.

Kurama nosed the kid with his nose. "Come on, up you come."

Naruto got to his feet, blinking the sleepiness away. "Where are we going?"

"I believe we're going with Itachi. He invited us over for dinner."

Naruto lit up at that. "Really?" He paused then frowned slightly. "Do you have to go away?"

"Dispel? You'd have to ask Itachi," Kurama said gently. "I will probably have to. Kyu may not. He does have the purple eyes right now."

"Does he not always have purple eyes?" Shisui asked, offering Kyu a hand.

Kyu took the hand and pulled himself up. "I had red eyes the first time I was summoned."

Itachi tilted his head. "I wonder what causes the eye color change?"

"Don't we have to go?" Kurama interrupted, glancing up at the sun.

Itachi also glanced at the sun and nodded. "If we don't want to be late for dinner, yes." He headed off into the undergrowth, Shisui shooing Naruto, Kyu, and Kurama that direction, before following.

Naruto followed the nice Uchiha through the bushes, Kyu right behind him, and Kurama sitting on his head. He wondered if Itachi's parents would let him play with him after they met him. Maybe they were nice Uchiha too! And Kurama-sensei had said something about Itachi having a little brother, maybe he'd be Naruto's friend too! Then he'd have three friends! Or none at all, if Itachi's parents weren't nice Uchiha. What about Shisui, was Shisui related to Itachi? Would his parents tell him he couldn't be Naruto's friend?

Kurama sensed Naruto beginning to get distressed, and sighed, nosing the head he was sitting on. "It'll be fine kit. Mikoto knew of me when I was sealed in Kushina, and I'm pretty sure Fugaku knew too. They probably won't stop their kits from playing with you."

"I am old enough to make my own decisions," Itachi said, twisting slightly to glance back at them. "They cannot stop me from being your friend."

Naruto nodded, relieved. Well, that was one friend he'd still have.

"Well, you don't have to be worried about me either kid, I don't have any parents to tell me no!" Shisui said cheerfully, a sad look in his eyes. It disappeared soon after, and Shisui moved like he was going to ruffle Naruto's hair, but stopped, as Kurama was still sitting on Naruto's head.

"But Kurama-sensei says that if you didn't have a mother, you couldn't exist," Naruto protested.

Shisui laughed. "Oh, I had parents, they died."

Naruto made an 'ooh' face and smiled at Shisui. "I'm sorry you don't have any parents."

Shisui blinked. "Why are you sorry? You don't have any either."

Naruto thought about it. "Yeah, but Kurama-sensei says they died protecting me, so they must have loved me lots."

"You're their kid, of course, they loved you lots," Shisui replied, twitching like he wanted to ruffle Naruto's hair. Kurama rolled his eyes, and used chakra to enhance his jump so he could sit on Shisui's head. If he wanted to ruffle the kit's hair, that was fine. Kurama would just have to use his head instead. And his hair was quite soft.

Shisui grinned, not seeming to care that his head was Kurama's new perch. He happily ruffled Naruto's spiky blond hair, and Naruto leaned into the positive touch.