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INARI BLESSED

Uzumaki Kenta…Sora Minami…Namikaze Ren…Uzumaki Misako…Namikaze Mia…Namikaze Hana…Sora Airi…Namikaze Megumi…Sora Isamu…Namikaze Hideki… Sora Yasu… So many names… so many memories… Who am I? Am I a girl or a boy? Am I Namikaze Hana or Uzumaki Kenta or someone else? Everything was so confusing… too many memories… too many lives… Who am I?

"Naruto! You are awake… Naruto! Naruto! Look at me." The voice was familiar, but he couldn't pinpoint any of them… Who was that? Who was he calling for?

"Na…ruto… Is that who… I am?"

Kyoshiro looked at the now conscious boy worried. What happened to him? He doesn't even remember his own name?

"Yes… Yes that's your name… you are Naruto… Naruto Uzumaki."

Kyoshiro saw a spark of something within the vacant blue eyes.

"Uzumaki… Uzumaki… Naruto? Then who is Kenta? Am I not Uzumaki Kenta?"

"Who?" Kyoshiro was startled. Who the heck was Uzumaki Kenta? "I… no. You are not Uzumaki Kenta… You are Uzumaki Naruto."

"Then what about the others? Namikaze Hana… Sora Yasu… and the others…" Naruto said with a confused frown.

"Look I don't know what happened… But no you are not any of them… You are Namikaze Uzumaki Sora Naruto. You are the son of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina. You are the grandson of Sora Atsuko and Namikaze Takumi. You are the grandson of Uzumaki Akane and Sora Kaito. You… You are the legacy of Inari sama. You have precious people… Yumiko, Hokage jiji, Akemi san, Kakashi, Jiraya, Ayame, Teuchi oji san…and… and me… You were born on…"

As Kyoshiro kept talking the vacant blue eyes gained more spark… more realization…

"I… I remember… Ahh…" he clutched his head and cried.

"Are you okay? What happened?"

"Too many memories… sage sight… Need time…" and then Naruto fainted.

Kyoshiro froze as he heard it, sage sight… He didn't understand what exactly happened. But he has heard of the legendary bloodline of the Uzumaki; a bloodline that led to the destruction of their clan. It was forgotten as a myth, because no Uzumaki ever activated the sage sight. Everyone believed that such a bloodline didn't exist at all. It was better that way.

Making sure that Naruto was comfortable he left a clone with him and went downstairs.

Yesterday had been their encounter with Zabuza. They reached the house by evening; this was the first time Naruto woke up after he lost consciousness during the fight. Team 7 had arrived the same evening and had handed Uzume the authorization for the mission; an A rank assassination mission. Now team 7 was training tree climbing, which Sakura was the only one who didn't know and Kakashi ended up helping the Uchiha brothers perfect their water walking.

Uzume would be doing the mission tonight. Kakashi will be assisting her. And if things go right, there will be no problems after tonight. But the advent of the sage sight was a matter for worry. He would've to make sure that no one else would know of this, because if anyone did Naruto would end up being hunted just like the rest of the Uzumaki were.

"Everything alright Kyoshiro?" Yumiko who was sparring with Uzume paused to ask him. Uzume looked at him as well.

"Naruto woke up."

"Really how is he?"

"He's… something's wrong. He seems to have problems with his memory. He didn't even remember his name."

Uzume frowned and Yumiko gasped.

"Is he awake now?" Uzume asked.

"No… He seemed to have remembered once I told him about everything… but he soon fainted afterwards."

"I see." Uzume said. Then she wordlessly left the clearing. She had spent enough time with her genin to know that they hid many things from her. She didn't mind, after all she had her own secrets and she believed her hokage. So she didn't pry. Just like this instance, she knew that Kyoshiro skipped something, and she knew that he would've told her about it had she needed to know. So she left them alone so that they could talk it out.

"What is it Kyo?" Yumiko asked.

"It's something serious, but we will have to wait till Naruto wake up to know more."

"Okay then… Want to spar?"

"Sure why not?"

"Why are you not teaching us something else? We already know water walking…" Sasuke said irritated.

"Because you need to perfect it" Kakashi said nonchalantly while he turned another page of his favorite 'literature'.

"Admit it; you are just being a lazy pervert." Sasuke grumbled to which Kakashi answered with a perverted giggle.

"Sasuke chan, you need to respect sensei. It's not appropriate for you to act this way." Sakura said in what she thought was a sisterly caring tone; since she would be his sister once she marries Shin kun.

"Like I care." Sasuke scoffed.

"Shin kun…"Sakura whined at Sasuke's disrespectful tone.

"You need to stop being so rude to others brother." Shin said with a soft smile.

Three things happened then; 1 Sasuke sunk down in shock. 2 Sakura fell down from the tree she was climbing in surprised delight. 3 Kakashi dropped his book in surprise.

Did Shin just smile? At Sasuke? That too a completely gentle and loving smile?

Sasuke sputtered as he climbed out of water. Shin looked concerned. Kakashi picked up his book and eye smiled. Sakura squealed and threw herself at Shin that caused Shin to lose focus and both of them got drenched.

"So-Sorry Shin kun" Sakura moved back fearfully. Shin was quite cruel when angry. And surprise number two of the day was when Shin; instead of burning Sakura into crisp; laughed. That's right he laughed; a completely normal mirthful laugh. And what was the result? Sasuke who had somehow regained his balance fell back into the river.

The second time Sasuke climbed out of the water.

"Are you okay, brother?" Shin asked.

"What are you planning?" Sasuke asked suspiciously. His suspicion was confirmed when he saw Shin stiffen. Shin lowered his head so that his hair shadowed his eyes.

"Do you think so lowly of me brother? That I won't be nice to you unless I have some 'evil plan' in my head?" He scoffed slightly. When Shin raised his head, the hurt and somewhat bitter acceptance was visible in his eyes.

"I…I am sorry for how I acted till day brother… I'll be training alone for sometime sensei." With that Shin ran out of the clearing with his head lowered.

"Look at what you did Sasuke baka. You hurt Shin kun." Sakura wailed for her beloved and ran after him to comfort him.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. He looked at Kakashi and was relieved to find that he wasn't the only one who found that entire thing suspicious.

"Just a little longer Zabuza sama" Haku wheezed as he half carried half dragged the weakened man. His own injuries forgotten in favor of his master's injuries.

It was a mistake to trust Gato. Once they healed, that midget was going to pay. But right now they had to focus on not getting caught by Gato's men. They were still too weak from the earlier fight. They needed a place to recuperate.

Gato paced around his quarters.

"I need all of you find them and kill them. Whoever finds them first gets a bonus." He bellowed out to the thugs standing before him.

He had done a mistake in letting Zabuza and his loyal pet escape. There is no doubt that once they recovered they would come back for his blood. And they are not weak like the people of wave. Gato will be dead before he could say 'wave'. After all Zabuza was a master assassin. Damn it all to hell. They needed to find him while he was still weak. Gato cursed loudly at his own foolishness and the incompetence of the thugs.

"Well well well… What do we have here?" a voice announced from the shadows.

"Who's there? Show yourself." Gato announced terrified. All his thugs dropped unconscious like sacks of potato.

"And what can you do if I show myself?" the man whoever he was chuckled mirthlessly.

"What do you want? Money? Women? Power? I'll give it to you, just don't kill me." Gato was bowling like a kid; a fat ugly kid.

"What I want… is a good fight… and some cash would be nice as well." A man stepped out of the shadows.

He was tall, with light brown hair and narrow black eyes. He had an almost wiry frame. He wouldn't look that much menacing if it wasn't for the insane grin he was sporting. Gato saw the scratched head band and knew the man was a missing nin.

"Listen here midget. I'll protect you when Zabuza comes for you, and I am sure he will. And you will pay me a handsome price when I save your life… See I am not an unjust man. So now be a good little scum and call off your dogs. Give Zabuza time to heal so that he can fight me at his fullest." The man finished with an insane giggle.

All Gato could do was nod terrified.

"Shin kun wait!" Sakura yelled as she followed him into an isolated clearing in the forest.

He stopped in his tracks. Sakura felt her heart thumping in her chest. She was alone with her crush in a clearing.

"Shin kun… don't be sad… Sasuke was just being a baka…" She said tentatively.

His shoulders started shaking.

Sakura didn't know what happened next everything was a blur as Shin somehow ended up in her arms crying his heart out.

'Don't faint don't faint don't faint' Sakura kept repeating in her mind. 'Oh god let this not be a dream…'

'Of course this is not a dream. Shin kun finally realized that we are his soul mate' inner Sakura shouted victoriously.

"He really hates me Sakura… My brother hates me… I know I've been cruel to him in the past but… But I want to change… will he ever forgive me?"

"Oh shin kun… of course he will forgive you. You are such a nice person. Even if you have acted a little distant in the past, that was because you wanted to get strong right? He will see that you are a good person Shin kun."

"You… you are the only one who understands me… Sakura chan…" Shin said in a quiet voice that had Sakura blushing up a storm, any moment her heart would burst through her ribcage. "Would you like to… umm… could you… I mean…"

'He's stuttering… that's so cute… and he's blushing… OMG he totally loves us'

"Will you go on a date with me Sakura?" He finally mustered up the courage and asked.

"Please tell me this is not a dream." Was all she could say. He chuckled.

"Of course this is not a dream Sakura chan… I can give you more proof if you want." There was a certain twinkle in his eyes and the next thing she knew, he was kissing her. He, the undeniably hot and strongest genin (according to his fan club alone) of the village; Shin of the great Uchiha clan; was kissing her.

A moment of shock and after that Sakura returned his kiss almost desperately. She finally had her dream come true.

"Let's just go… or I am going to puke my guts out." Yumiko droned in a zombie like voice. They had been training in the same clearing before the two lovebirds entered. Let's just say that their curiosity traumatized the cats.

"And I thought I had seen it all…" Kyoshiro said remembering all the revolting sights he had seen in his long life.

They silently walked away, leaving the newly made couple to suck their faces off and whatever else they decided to do.

"He is planning something… We should be careful. I can sense his feelings and they are not particularly good for anyone." Kyoshiro said.

"We should warn Sasuke."

Kyoshiro nodded and they continued towards the house.

Dinner at Tazuna's home was somewhat awkward and strange, at least for the shinobi it was.

Sakura was chatting nonstop towards Shin who was smiling and listening to her. Kakashi was reading his smut. Uzume was conversing with Tsunami. Sasuke, Kyoshiro and Yumiko were eating silently.

"So, how is Naruto?" Sasuke asked Kyoshiro.

"He woke up once but not for long." Kyoshiro said.

"What do you think happened to him?" Sasuke asked frowning.

Sakura who heard this scoffed, "He probably got scared of Zabuza and fainted." She then frowned when she noticed that no one paid any notice to her. She huffed and turned back to talking with Shin.

Kyoshiro suddenly smiled, "My clone just dispelled… Naruto woke up."

Shin was staring at Kyoshiro when he said that.

"Oh, I'll take some food to him then." Tsunami was about to sit up when,

"No need for that Tsunami san." A voice spoke. Tsunami turned around and saw that Naruto was standing there.

"How are you doing Naruto san?"

"I am fine now. Thank you for asking."

Sasuke moved over so that Naruto could sit in between Kyoshiro and him.

"So, what really happened to you?" Sasuke asked.

"A chakra disruption" Naruto answered nonchalantly, surprising and confusing everyone at the table.

"What's that, baka?" Sakura asked. Naruto seemed unfazed by the insult.

"That fake hunter nin, he has ice release. It belongs to the Yuki clan, a branch clan of Uzumaki. My Uzumaki chakra and his Yuki clan chakra reacted and since I am more in tune with my chakra and that I am a sensor, this reaction affected me more than him."

"How many branch clans does the Uzumaki clan have? I remember you saying something similar about the Kazama clan." Shin asked politely. Naruto stared at Shin intently. The gaze made Shin nervous as well as a little excited, Naruto's sole attention was on him and that made his heart race.

"Stop staring at Shin kun, baka." Sakura screeched. Naruto shifted his gaze on to Sakura who fidgeted under the heavy gaze and averted her eyes almost instantly.

"The Uzumaki clan has many branch clans. The branch clans are actually not related to the Uzumaki main line, but the clans were adopted into the Uzumaki clan." Naruto said.

"How do you adopt a clan? That sounds stupid." Sakura scoffed.

"I suggest you keep your mouth shut Haruno. We Uzumaki do not take insult to our clan lightly." The killer intent that accompanied those words made Sakura shake and latch on to Shin for support.

"During the era of clan wars, many smaller clans perished. Some of them asked refuge from the Uzumaki clan which was the most peaceful clan at that time. The Uzumaki clan gave them refuge. The clans were officially made the branch clans of the original Uzumaki line. Even though all of the branch clans keep their clan names, in the end all of them are Uzumaki. Each member of the Uzumaki clan including the branch clans has a seal on them. They are placed at the time of birth by the parent. The seal helps another from the clan to identify a member of the clan. It was that seal that acted up and caused me trouble."

"Will this be harmful in the future if you ever face that shinobi again?" if Naruto didn't know better he would've thought that Shin was concerned, but he did know better and thus had no such illusions.

"No. It is a onetime thing really. It only serves for recognition. It only has such explosive reactions on the first meeting, but the seals will keep us from killing each other." Naruto said with a knowing look that set off Shin's alerts.

Shin purposefully avoided meeting Naruto's eyes; there was something in those eyes that set off Shin.

"So, anything interesting happened while I was out?" Naruto asked Uzume.

"Nothing much, no one knows that Tazuna is alive. And tonight will be the end of it all." Uzume said.

"I see." Naruto said softly and continued his meal silently. "The food is great Tsunami san. Thank you." He praised with a smile.

Tsunami blushed slightly, "Oh, I had a lot of help from Yumiko chan."

"Come on Tsunami chan, you did most of the work." Yumiko said smiling at the bashful lady.

As the dinner progressed Naruto was well aware of the pair of eyes fixated on him.

Kyoshiro could not pinpoint it but there was something different about Naruto. Those eyes… still as sparkling sapphire as ever, but there was an edge, a hidden depth that confused Kyoshiro. Naruto and Yumiko no matter how much they had been through, how much they had trained, they had an aura of innocence, and childishness that only time could remove. But now, looking at Naruto, he seemed older, not physically but spiritually. Those eyes sharper and more… knowing? Experienced? Kyoshiro was confused by his own thoughts.

"Hey Naruto, I want a spar tomorrow." Sasuke said.

"Sure Sasuke." Naruto said with a smile.

"You are all acting so happy. You are all fools acting like you could change anything. Why do you guys bother to try so hard?! No matter how hard you train, you're still no match for Gatō's men! No matter what glorious claims you make or how hard you work, the weak will only end up getting killed!" Inari yelled as he jumped up and yelled.

The only one who was surprised by the outburst was the genin of team 7. The others had been expecting this for sometime.

"Who are you calling weak, you little squirt?!" Sakura jumped up in outrage. "Shin kun is stronger than everyone." Proclaimed the love crazed girl.

"You are all fools. You are all going to get killed."

"Why you!" Sakura was about to hit the boy when a hand stopped her fist. She looked up to see Yumiko holding her fist. When she looked forward she saw the original Yumiko still sitting calmly and eating.

"You are a ninja Haruno, act like it." The cold words were enough to make Sakura step back.

"What do you propose we do, Inari?"

Inari looked startled at Naruto who asked him the question with a calm yet grave expression on his face.

"Wh-what?" Inari stuttered.

"What do you propose we do? You already said that we are wasting our time trying… So what should we do?"

Inari scowled, "Just give up. None of you know anything about us. You all live in your cozy homes and come here. You don't know anything about suffering."

"I see…" Naruto was still calm. "And what do you think will be the consequences of an action like that?"

"What are you saying stupid?" Inari bellowed.

"Inari!" Tsunami called angrily.

"Once we give up as you say, it will be a matter of time before Gato finds out that Tazuna is alive. He will surely send more men to kill him. This time, your grandfather will die and god knows what they will do to your mother and you. And if you somehow manage to survive, you could then see how Gato slowly kill Wave. With their last hope erased by the death of Tazuna, the bridge will never be finished. People will suffer more, they will die of hunger and those that don't die will be sold as slaves or massacred by Gato's men. Is this what you want?"

Inari looked stunned, then angry. "And you think you can stop this if you try?"

"No."

This time everyone looked at Naruto shocked.

"We can kill Gato. We can defeat every one of his thugs, but we can't save you… that are up to all of you. There are thousands of people like Gato out there. Once we leave, another Gato will come and as long as you stay as weak willed no one will be able to save you. No one… Your father was a great man and do you think he would be happy seeing his son, his people wallowing in your fear?"

Tears welled up in his eyes at the mention of Kaiza, he was about to leave but Naruto held his hand and didn't let him.

"Let me go…" Naruto ignored the boy's sobs and weak protests.

"Tell me… What would your father have done?"

More sobs. Tsunami was silently crying.

"A hero is not someone who saves thousands single handedly, a hero is someone who can bring hope through his actions. A hero is someone who can give courage and empower the weak. What a hero needs more than power, is a heart; a heart to protect others. Your father was one and instead of nourishing the courage he passed on to you, you extinguish it. You are his legacy and is this how you repay him and his actions? By not giving him any peace even in after life, because the people he love so much is suffering every day. We would rather die trying than live as cowards and slaves… and I think your father would understand that."

Inari didn't know what to do. No one talked to him like this. Was he making his dad suffer? The only thing he could do was cry. And when Naruto's hand shifted from his wrist to his shoulder, he didn't waste any time in jumping into Naruto's arms. And Naruto held him silently, letting the boy cry out the emotions that was plaguing him since his father's death.

Everyone watched silently as Naruto held the crying child tenderly. They watched as Naruto stood up with Inari in his arms and after a nod to Tsunami, went towards Inari's arms. Inari did not notice.

Kyoshiro and Yumiko could feel the waves of energy wafting off of Naruto; the energy bought a sense of calmness with it.

The table grew silent as Naruto left.

"Kyo… Yumi…"

Kyoshiro turned to face the newcomer while Yumiko kept silently staring at the full moon.

"Is Inari asleep yet?"

"Yeah… Sensei and Kakashi?"

"Already left."

The three were standing in a clearing near the lake. Privacy seals already active in case someone bypassed Yumiko's senses; which was nearly impossible, unless you consider someone like Uzume. It was midnight and the moon was bright.

Silence prevailed for some time.

"What's different Naru? What changed while you were unconscious?" Yumiko asked the question that had been plaguing her ever since Naruto woke up.

"What do you guys know about sage sight?"

Yumiko looked at him startled and a little fearful. Kyoshiro was impassive.

"Do… do you have…" Yumiko whispered.

"I do."

"What the fuck is going on? Who was that man?" Uzume gasped as she staggered while supporting Kakashi. Their chakra levels were dangerously low.

"I don't know… Gato might have hired someone else. But why? Did they know that Tazuna is alive?" Kakashi spoke strained.

"We'll talk once we make it back safe. This is getting more and more troublesome." Uzume said.

They slowly walked away from Gato's base. It was supposed to simple. The most they should've faced were a lot of thugs and perhaps two wounded missing nin, but this crazy and most likely an S rank shinobi was not part of the plan. They had walked right into the trap. Damn it all. Now their priority was to get back safe.

Up in the tree a figure watched the two staggering shinobi.

"What's this? two leaf worms… and Tazuna's alive huh? This is interesting… Should I let them go or should I play some more? Hmm… I'll let them go for now, I'll get a chance at mass murder once they bring their back up… yup… definitely interesting."

"Fancy meeting you here, fake hunter nin san."

Haku turned around startled, ready to launch his ice senbon at whoever had spotted them, but that voice…

"You…" Haku whispered once he saw the blond kid that he fought.

"And us too." A soft feminine voice called out from her other side. Haku looked and saw the brown haired girl from their team. And on top of the tree was the red haired boy sitting calmly while polishing his sword. A silent warning. Haku's mind was on fire.

"What are you still doing here? Your mission was over…"

Naruto shrugged, "we needed time to recuperate."

"And by the looks of it you need it too." Yumiko said looking at the unconscious Zabuza. Haku also looked like he was about to drop dead any moment, and was only staying awake through sheer will power.

"Look… since we no longer work for Gato and your mission are over, we could move on without a fight." Haku knew that if a fight broke out now, they're as good as dead. But he will try to protect Zabuza till last breath.

Naruto quirked a light smile as he sensed the boy's feelings. "Or… you could explain to us what happened and we could then help you."

Haku was taken aback by the boy's offer; none of his teammates disagreed with him either.

"What about your sensei?"

"She'll understand." Yumiko shrugged.

"So… what happened?" Naruto asked again. Haku was desperate so he took a leap of faith.

"Gato betrayed us. Once he told him that Tazuna was dead, he refused to pay us and tried to kill us with his thugs. We were weakened severely by the fight between us and had not much energy to fight the thugs, so we had to run. Gato has his men looking for us as we speak. Please, I… we need your help."

"And you have no plan of joining Gato again?"

"No."

"Are you sure that Zabuza won't?"

"Yes. He said so himself."

Naruto nodded. He looked over at Yumiko and Kyoshiro who had looks of approval.

"So let's get you fixed then." Naruto said with a genuine smile.

"Thank you." And with that Haku fainted.

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