Naruto whistling a merry tune as he closes up the shop for the night. Yawning, scratching his arm from the irritation of sweat, the blonde locks it up. Not only had his mother stiffed him with the morning shift, but she also turned around and called the night shift for being Kitsune. Great, fantastic, because that's what he wanted to do all day!

Definitely felt like working all day, what time was it? Ah yes, it was currently ten o'clock at night. He's been here for over twelve hours, and if it wasn't for the fact with the ninja training, he'd done passed out. Popping his neck, getting on his scroll, the blonde couldn't still shake the feeling that he knew that girl from somewhere.

Especially thought about Menagerie, because mostly that was a blank period in his life. He was a child, trying to find his way, minus the fact of the giant fox in his gut. So, people went by him day in and day out during his training to take up the mantle of Kitsune. Lovely, flipping, joy that was. No social life unless you count rescuing people out of a burning building.

Getting yelled at that night for using ninjutsu openly, with only a clothed mask, didn't help!

Every single week, of every single year was always her rattling on about The Masked Man this, and The Masked Man that! Yes, Naruto got it, he killed his father. The blonde would make sure that if anything, the man would eat a rasengan before leaving this world!

However, standing on the foothold of seventeen, he stood with no social life once so ever. Well, if his mom wanted to hog all the fun for the night, then so be it! He grabbed his wallet, checking it for some liens, and nods to himself. Naruto rarely broke his mother's rules, but he was burned out! So, small wonder why he didn't wonder over to a little store.

Intending to buy some music, nothing big, just a few CDs from the newest bands. Heck, not his problem he got into alternative music, blame the mother. So, not minding the fact that the old shop keep also had a dust crystal display, which he noticed. The blonde made his way over to the Nu Metal section, and pop.

"I swear to the Gods if he has nothing but Throstle Beaver, I'm going to a shit an egg!" Naruto frustratingly scoured the section, "Ooh Perturbed!"

He grabs the case, looking at it, noting that was an older album. About to give in, he suddenly heard the doors to the shop fly open. Men wearing suits, and obvious mob suits walked into the store. Biting his lip, Naruto just thought happy thoughts, because there was no way this place…was totally getting robbed.

The first men pointed a gun at the store clerk, while two others walked over to a girl in a red hood. Groaning, pinching his nose as he felt the sword near his neck, he turns his head. The mafia man just sneered at him, obviously, Naruto could've reacted a little better.

"You gonna shave with that dull as blade, or are you cut me?" Naruto questioned the man, who continued to sneer.

"Playing brave for the girlie over there isn't going to help you, kid! Just give the money, and any dust ya got, got it!' The man yelled in his face, only to watch the other two from earlier go flying. "The fuck?!"

That brief moment was the man's last mistake, as his teeth were knocked down his throat. The blonde then used some of Kurama's chakra and sent out a pulse that destroyed the cameras across the block. Slipping his mask on Naruto then pulled his hood over his head. Taking the CD case, applying the Flying Thunder God Seal to it before throwing it a shuriken toward the other two. He appeared in between them and then launches a nasty split kick. Both men went flying off to the sides, crashing into merchandise along the way.

He sucks on his teeth, "Shit…I could've really held back a little bit on that."

"Not my store!" The old man wailed before Naruto landed on the case, "Are you going to pay for that?!"

"Um, how does thirty-five liens sound?" He sheepishly inquired before placing the money on the counter, "Sorry old man gotta go!"

He backflips off the counter before running out. Watching as the girl from earlier was giving them the business! She moved faster than anyone normal, the way she handled the scythe was pure perfection. He was about to just cut his losses when he saw another group coming up behind her, groaning he just intercepts them.

The first part of the group wasn't too hard, he jumped into them with dynamic flying kick. Sending each one crashing into each other on the side right into the walls of an alleyway! Pretty simple, not a bad start, but the shotgunner at the front managed to squeeze off a round. It bounces off his aura, which was thankfully something he trained on secret. Still going to leave a mark, but it was better than having Kurama push out small pellets.

Furball was not gentle if he thought Naruto made a mistake!

"Motherfucker!" Naruto yelled out as he waved his hand about before launching himself forward.

A spinning kick sent that man flying over the others, leaving their center vulnerable. He lands inside of it, quickly punching the others that were around him, using their weapons to block more bullets with ease. He sweeps someone charging at him, grabbing their other machete before using both to slice apart any guns he came near!

Leaping up he catches another two people in a heavy double dragon kick before sliding to a stop! His eyes darted to where he had a kunai hanging out of his back pouch. Grabbing it, he throws just in time to teleport out of the way of several men stabbing towards him. Appearing in a golden flash on the street, he came to be back-to-back with the girl from earlier.

No words were said, simply both jetted off each other rapidly. He slashes two of the men with his kunai before seemingly dancing through them with kicks. All kicks were aimed high, either catching them in the chest, or in the neck. His intent wasn't to kill, which he could've easily done, but to disable.

He dodges back in time to avoid a stab before sidestepped and delivering a high knee. Smashing his right knee into a large man's face, making him fall back. Naruto slides him to the ground before jumping off the man's chest. Rolling forward after landing, and cutting several people's bottom legs near their feet, he heard them cry out in pain before falling down.

Standing up, he was about to help out little red riding hood when his senses blared warnings. A girl with strange hair and eyes leapt out from the broken men with a sword in her hand. She nearly got him but found a high knee in her sternum for her trouble.

Only thing was, no sooner than he made impact, she disappears. An illusion and judging by his sudden senses blaring warnings from behind, it had been! He leapt upwards, backflipping over the girl as she appeared from behind him. She turns around, sliding the blade back into its umbrella hilt. She was twirling it, waving at him.

Confused at first, Naruto's senses picked up on something hot behind him. He looked behind him to see fire dust igniting, rolling his eyes he merely took this chance to teleport back into the old man's store right before the explosion. The old man nearly had a heart attack, but just started going on a tirade about hunter children and their stupid powers.

"Alright, I get it, put a sock in it, jeez dattebayo!" Naruto complained at the old man, "I mean seriously, how about just take my thirty-five liens back!"

"No refunds!"

"Of course, there's not," the blonde ninja groaned before twirling his kunai around. "Back to the regularly scheduled fighting challenger!"

He leapt out of the door in time to intercept her from interfering with Hood's fight. She looked slightly annoyed, even pulling out a sign from thin air with a question mark on it. Apparently, she hadn't seen him disappear in the fiery explosion!

Blocking the kicks with her umbrella, she backed away before suddenly getting besieged again. Naruto unleashes a tornado kick that nearly broke through her aura around the umbrella. She dodges the next tornado kick by leaning under it and rolling to the side. His Kitsune mask obscuring her view from his face. She noticed a strand of blonde hair poking from the hood of hoodie.

Rolling backwards to avoid an axe kick that would've crumbled under the ground. The ice cream looking girl leapt upwards, twirling her umbrella before bowing. Naruto smirked, giving her a standing ovation of one. Even whistling, absolutely not even taking the fight just a little bit seriously.

It made her nervous, so she formed a sign in her hand, "My next performance is to die for!" Before tossing it away preparing herself. She gathers dust from her pocket, lacing her umbrella with it before creating a firestorm around her. He whistles before she prepares herself and leapt down. Swinging her umbrella that forms a wave of fire.

Instead of dodging, he just charges forward, blasting right through it. She bobs and weaves away from jabs launched by him. Attempting to kick him when any opening presented themselves. Each kick was met with the challenge of steel hard forelegs. He leapt up, delivering a triple front kick that he cycled through before backflipping.

Reaching into his pouch he puts in the two kunai he had before he pulls out three shuriken, throwing them. They whistled into the air right toward her. She somersaults, twirling in the air to avoid them. Holding out her umbrella to slowly float down, when she landed, he watches while she went back twirling her umbrella.

He held one hand behind his back, splitting his stance, while holding his other hand up. The girl smirked, was she having fun as well?! Yes, yes, she was feeling ecstatic! She charges out slashes with her umbrella and kicks. He blocked each with the one hand before she suddenly twirled her body into her own form of a twisting dragon kick. He barely blocked the blow with the one before she suddenly pivots and slams her other foot into his face.

It didn't budge the mask one bit!

He merely throws her off, smirking as he wipes the smudge off the porcelain. "Been a while since someone kicked me, got to admit, you're amazingly good at it!" He praised before watching her get on top of a flagpole. He welcomed her.

"Let's dance, shall we?!" Naruto yelled out, dropping back down into another fighting stance.

She leaps down toward him, pulling her sword out. Kunai and blade clashes with sparks flying all around them. A thrust from the blade was countered by a slash from the kunai he pulls out from the pouch, and so forth. Both of them moved equally in speed, but that was more or less due to him being tired from working. He then noted her hair color, and eye color.

He leans close to her, smirking, "Mind if I nickname you?"

The girl was confused before slashing upward, throwing off his guard before disappearing. His senses expanded out, easily sussing out where she was by using his ability to sense negative emotions. He blocks the first strike by turning, acting engaged before feeling her leap up above him. This time dodged by stepping backward, watching as dust scattered around him.

The dust suddenly starts to crackle with electricity, leaving nothing to chance he slings the kunai he had upward. Teleporting to it, dodging shoots from her umbrella weapon as it channeled dust energy. He lands with a slide in front her, sweeping her legs from under her with a low backward spin kick.

He blocks the next two thrusts with his kunai. Eventually he detects her moving to his back, and now he just decided to be dirty. Without even looking back, Naruto blocks the slash before wrapping her arm under his joint. The illusion broke, with him smirking at her.

"Yo, Ice Cream, now that was a dance!" Naruto commented before back kicking her across the street.

She gets up, growling under breath before seeing that she was standing there looking absolutely excited. Her eyes widened when he suddenly throws a kunai out at her. She was about to dodge back before he appears in front of her with his body angled in a backflip. He pivots, angling himself to deliver a powerful super axe kick. She barely had time to bring her sword up to block the strongest kick she ever felt!

It brought her to knee, and he didn't stop, he raises the leg back up to deliver another axe kick. He yawns before stopping for a second, backing off to avoid a slash. He looks over to where Hood was, finding that she is chasing after a man with orange hair. He points at him with his thumb.

"Hey, Ice Cream," Naruto called her before smirking. "I think your dad Orange Cream is calling it quits!"

She looks over his shoulder, pouting.

The blonde chuckles before looking back at her men, "Shit, I really went nuts. Hey, Ice Cream, want to try and run me again?"

She growls, getting ready. Rolling his eyes, he merely sidestepped when she attempted to stab him. Suddenly she slashes toward him, but instead of dodging, the blonde merely blocks it with a kunai. He goes to punch her in the face, only to stop mere inches away, her hair blowing with the force of the punch. She was standing there, eyes shaking a little before gathering herself.

"Aww, I can't hit you, Ice Cream, I'm not going to be beat on a little girl~" He cooed before getting headbutted, "Damn it, set myself up for that!"

He moved back, only to see her standing there blushing. She held up her hands, holding out two fingers with one, and a single finger in the other. Then she pointed at herself, pouting childishly. The blonde rubs his head, then figured out.

"Huh, you sure you don't have those in reverse?" Naruto questioned before she pulls out a pistol and fires while making an angry face at him.

He dodges the shots with ease, easily sidestepping the last one. That's when he hears explosions in the distance. He looked over toward a rooftop, seeing a transport aircraft fly off along with police sirens. He turns back to her, smirking while suddenly dashing toward her. She didn't have time to react as he suddenly appears behind her, kunai extended out.

She shook, feeling extremely vulnerable. That's when she herself slowly turned around, watching as her gun to pieces in front of her. She expected to be like those anime moment's where her hands, and then her vision would fall to pieces. It never came though, just her gun. Some type of energy swirled around his kunai, which made her think of a certain woman that paid her and her boss an appearance the other week.

They both heard the sirens getting closer.

"Well, Ice Cream, I guess that's my cue too. By the way, you might want to hold up your pants!" Naruto screamed out before dashing into the alleyway.

She was confused at first until she tried to give chase, until her buckle fell to pieces. Her eyes widened as she held up her clothing. Blushing madly, had he been that fast?! 'Ice Cream' found it both infuriating that she got dog walked…and also exciting.

Hopefully she ran into him again!

Entering the apartment, Naruto activated the sound suppression seals throughout the rooms. Whistling while falling onto the couch. The blonde humming whilst scouring inside of the sofa. He pulls out the TV remote, clicking on the VPO Max. Placing his feet on the coffee table, Naruto hums while he clicks on his new favorite show.

House Of Wyverns, in which case he saw where someone screamed, "They're bastards!" Only to watch his top part of the head deeply miss the other part. At least he kept his tongue, grossly enough. Pursing his lips, the blonde yawns before leaning back. Drinking a bottled water, he may, or may not have taken as compensation from the store keep and hid earlier.

"Naruto…"
"Oh c'mon, I gave the man thirty-five liens for free."
"Still, that's stealing unless he was clearly stated to be receiving compensation for it."
"Cry me a river, my night got ruined."
"So…are you going to message that girl?"
"I've seen movies, Kurama, I don't want to seem desperate."
"Well technically you are…"
"Well technically go suck an egg!"
"Be nice, after all, I won't tell you the password."

Naruto took breath, pinching his nose, "She put a password…on the network again?"

"Well since last used it, and got viruses…brat."

"Okay first off, I don't have a girlfriend. I have Rosie Palms. I date the righty and occasional visit the lefty. So, excuse me, if I have my urges!" He complained to the giant fox inside of his gut, "I mean seriously didn't mom have urges?"

"You're here."
"Okay…and?"
"Let's just say, your mom broke your father."
"Okay, that's a little much information, I wouldn't being an oopsie more than that dattebayo."
"…"
"Oh damn, I was, wasn't I?"
"I mean, they always wanted children, but you were a surprise."

"You know, there's thing called tact, try using that sometimes! Nobody wants to hear the fact they're an oopsie. Let alone that their mother pretty broke their father in the act!" Naruto yelled at the giant fox mentally.

A pregnant pause follows, only for Naruto to hear cackling, "I was joking about that part."

"Ahh fuck you!" Naruto yelled aloud before hearing the door slam, and turning pale.

"You wanna run that by me again dattebane?" Kushina growled, glaring right at her son, "What did I even do I just walked through the door!"

"Mom didn't mean you! I mean Yang Kurama, he sucks at joking!" The blonde corrected nervously, sweating bullets as she glared over him, "C'mon mom, I didn't mean you I swear!"

She slightly cracks, and then starts laughing, "I can still make you whimper like a pup!"

"Aww, can this night get any worse? I mean I closed up the shop, went to a store, got robbed. Well, by robbed, you probably already know how that would've gone down for the offender. Not too well, and I mean this with all sincerity, I am tired from today." He whined before flopping back on the sofa, "I mean I've been so busy I didn't even get to make myself dinner at the restaurant."

"Wait…you got robbed?"

"Yeah, I went to dust shop that sells music. I ended up fighting this one woman though, she looks like Ice Cream." Naruto stated before putting both hands behind his head, "And yes…I wore my mask, so no emergency move needed."

"Okay, this isn't a Menagerie situation. No Masked Man coming are way, so hopefully we can continue living here in peace." Kushina breathed before walking into the kitchen, tossing Naruto a footlong sandwich. "By the way, did you think I'd let you starve?"

"Oh, I love you mom," he said with a smile before tearing open the paper. "Ooh meatball, by the way I had the weirdest case of Deja Vu."

"Do tell, is it the one involving making the same ramen order three hundred times?" She inquired before getting the cupboard, and pulling out a bowl.

Naruto pensively thought, "Um no, there was this girl that came in this morning. She looked very familiar to me, um golden eyes, raven black hair."

Kushina hums as she starts to get out some milk, "What was her name?"

"Blake."

The redhead stops and drops her bowl immediately. Naruto confused raises his head up, "You alright mom?"

"Oh, silly me, hands must be little tired from using the frying pan on some bandits tonight. Matter of fact, I'm going to go clean this up!" She stated before quickly getting into the cupboard where they kept some hand towels.

Naruto took a deep breath, no way she knew who he was talking about, "Do you know who Blake is?"

"No, of course not, I just got thrown off a little. Because, you know, Blake is a very masculine name for girls. So, maybe I thought that you were coming…out?" Kushina reasoned before turning to the corner to see her son glare at her, "What?"

"Mom, I literally got us a two-hundred-dollar lien bill three years because I had an issue with…you know…" He blushes before speaking up, "Porn."

"Well, you can be gay and watch porn,"

"I can't believe conversation right now, dattebayo!" Naruto whined childishly before taking another bite of his sandwich.

"So…what do you think you remember about her?" Kushina asked curiously, slightly sweating bullets.

Naruto swallowed the piece in his mouth, humming, "I could've sworn I've kissed her before."

"Really now, that some first impression, doesn't she seem like a hussy or something…" The redhead outwardly kept calm, but internally was freaking out, "I thought I got them all, damn it!"

"What no, she's a not hussy, she was really sweet…" he replied before sipping on some more water.

Kushina just pinches her brow, "Yin red alert…"

"I warned that you needed direct eye contact."
"Okay, look, holding a sobbing child's gaze was never strong suit."
"No kidding, well now we may have an issue."
"Well, he didn't say she remembered him fully…"
"It doesn't matter, if something stimulates the memories…"
"Okay, so I just tell him to delete her number, that I saw her working a corner somewhere."
"That's not how this work Kushina, and you know it."

"My son deserves to be happy, yes, but I don't think there's any girl out there that could fully accept him. I mean, this world has strange things, but it doesn't have Tailed Beasts walking around." Kushina reasoned with Yin before getting another bowl out, "Besides they were seven years old."

"May I remind you. You and Minato were younger when you first met. You developed an instant crush on him. Besides they were childhood friends for years before erased the memories." Yin pointed out before he took a deep breath, "If it wasn't for the bastard Masked Man…"

"Maybe my son…could've had happier life there…" her face fell while thinking about it, "Minato tried to save us by dragging us into here…and somehow he followed."

"Can't think about the past, only the present. But if it really is Blake Belladonna that The White Fang were hunting along Eis Schnee. Then it remains a high probability that she ran back into Naruto." Yin told her before she looked over the kitchen bar, and watching her son watching House Of Wyverns.

"If things turned out different, perhaps I could accept that she and him tied to a red string. However, as long as she doesn't fully remember she may not end liability." Kushina replied mentally before feeling guilt weigh on her mind, "He deserved better than that. All he did was save those people, in doing so, led him right to us that."

She walks over to the sofa, cutting the mental link for the moment. Yin sighing reverberated throughout her mind, but she didn't want to talk further about the situation. The redhead flops down on the sofa by her son, watching as the characters on the show start arguing over something. Naruto sips on the bottled water.

"So, we're gonna watch House Of The Wyverns before Game Of Queendoms?" Kushina questioned before watching the blonde focus on the screen, "Naruto?"

"Oh, sorry, I was drifting. For some reason, I just…can't get her out of my mind." Naruto stated before sighing, "You know she isn't a hussy. I mean she wasn't awkward with me, but…I guess it's the smile"

"Well, describe it me, what does her smile look like?"

"It looks like a smile that is only given by someone who truly feels happy," Naruto admitted before frowning. "Not like she was depressed, but I'm talking about soft and joyful."

"You sure weren't thinking about other things?"
"Shut your damn mouth, you pervy fox."
"Well, then how is it you kids say it nowadays, peace out."
"Wait you're cutting the men- "

"Connection…" Naruto breathed aloud before sighing, "Of course he did."

"Naruto, a boy your age thinks about things like those all the time. Your father was bad about it," Kushina waved before eating more of her cereal. "I got morning shift tomorrow, you wanna take night?"

"Yeah, sure why not, I need follow up on that dust robbery anyway. Who knows I might just run into Ice Cream again. She wasn't half bad. I mean, she has some really powerful Genjutsu going on." He told her before taking another bite of his sandwich.

Kushina nods while thinking about it, "So, I ran into something interesting. Apparently Roman Torchwick was making moves near the shop."

"Might be the orange haired guy then," He confirmed with a shrug before taking the last bite out of the sandwich.

She pensively looks at him, watching as he crumbles the wrapper, "You remind more and more your dad each day, dattebane."

"Since when do I not?" Naruto muttered after finishing the sandwich, which Kushina heard and felt a little crestfallen. "I'm sorry mom, it's just…I don't want to be dad I wanna be me."

"I know sweetheart," Kushina replied before placing a hand on his. "I just want you to be safe, so…are you going to contact this Blake girl…or?"

"Well, she seemed mostly interested in coming back for the food, but I'll contact in three days. She's actually a Beacon student…well going to try to be one. I think she's got it, something in the gut, dattebayo." Naruto stated before thinking about her, "I hope that I do see her again, I heard those tests can be brutal."

"I hope she lives, but for her sake I hope she doesn't see you again." Kushina remorsefully thought before clutching him closer to her.

He was confused, looking at her with bewilderment, "Mom, what's up?"

"I just wish you were still the small child I used to carry to bed. Seventeen years goes by quickly, I love you son…just don't ever forget that." She told him before kissing his forehead, "My little fishcake."

"Oh yeah, speaking of that, she thought I was the owner because of it." Naruto stated before yawning, "Narutomaki…she likes those…next time…"

He went out like a light, figures once he got a little bit comfortable. She sighed before getting up from the sofa. Getting him a pillow and blanket. She walked over to him, placing his head under a pillow and a blanket over him. She held her grip on him just a little bit longer, scared to let go.

"I love you son, just know that if all else, fails I did what I do for you."

Sixteen Years, and eleven Months ago

Minato was kicked back as a Masked Man knocked him back. He teleported to a kunai just above the man's head before he suddenly blocks a fully powered rasengan with a fan. "Uchiha Return!" The Masked Man announced before blocking Minato into the air. Kushina saw the body of The Third Hokage laying out in the open.

She was lucky in sealing back the Nine Tails into her. However, her son was currently having issues breathing. Minato and the Masked Man clashes over and over again. With both of them not gaining any kind of advantage over one another. She calls out to him when she feels her baby start struggling to breathe.

"Minato, it's Naruto!" She yelled out while holding him close, "He's not breathing!"

Minato, the yellow haired ninja hero of Konoha, kicked the Masked Man away before forming clones. He ran over to her, and his son. He slid to his knees in front of him. Noting that the pinkish color of his skin had faded to a dull gray. Then he saw it, using his sensory awareness as a sage, his son had a hole in his lungs. With no choice he looked at his wife.

"Kushina, you trust me, right?" Minato asked her straight away before weaving hand seals. "I need you to let me into the Nine Tails."

"W-what?!"

"Kushina, just do it, do it now!" Minato yelled as he felt one of his sage enhanced clones getting destroyed. "Please, I cannot hold him back…Uchiha Madara…"

"That technique will kill you," Kushina begged him while holding his sleeve. "Please, don't do this to me Minato…don't…"

"It's my duty to protect my village, and my family. I'm going to able to do both, so I choose my family tonight. I'll split The Nine Tails between you both, and you'll be transported out of these lands using the emergency Flying Thunder God Seal." He instructed her before forming the hand seals, putting Naruto on a pedestal that appeared out of a smoke cloud.

"No, you bastard, I don't think you'll end our dance this early!" The Man in The Mask, Madara screamed out before killing two more clones, "I didn't steal your student's body just to let my prize go!"

Havin no choice, Kushina opened the seal up as a reaper's hand reached inside of her. She groaned as she felt the Nine Tails fight every step of the way. Only to watch as a massive chunk of orange chakra got pulled out of her. He turns around, placing it into Naruto. The boy's wounds already healing the as the seals for the eight trigrams sealing formation began to appear.

Coughing up blood, Minato began to weave hand seals before forming the emergency seal around them. A seal designed to teleport them randomly throughout the world. Anywhere, but where Konoha could possibly fall. She cradled their child in her arms, watching as he gave them one last smile before activating it.

"Take care of our child, Princess. I love you."

"Minato!" She screamed only to watch as Madara appeared behind him and run him through with a discarded spear on the ground, "No!"

Madara shoved him off, going for her only the seal to work. His eyes widened behind the mask before everything went up into a bright flash of light!

Next thing Kushina knew she was free falling with their baby. Landing in a great desert, just near a small settlement of some kind. Madara wasn't anywhere to be found, instead, what happened was storm began to gather overhead. She breathed hard, coughing up blood before hearing people chatter.

She looked up to see someone running over toward her, a woman with catlike ears, and yellow eyes. The large, burly man, with claws, and also yellow eyes ran over with that woman. Kushina was too weak to say anything, only that she needed help before passing out.

"Take care of our child, Princess…I love you."

Present Time.
September 10th year 80 AGW (After Great War)

"Minato!" Kushina shot up, breathing hard with sweat rolling down her body.

She held her hands on her head, sobbing as she gathered herself. Every time she had that memory pop into her mind it was a fresh opened wound. She watched as her husband die, over and over again some nights. She growled punching the bed, crying while rocking back and forth. One day, and one day soon, she may get the chance for revenge. Yin Kurama and her united on that sole purpose, while Yang's was more sentimental. She got up from the bed, going to brush her teeth before walking into the living room. She saw where Naruto was gone.

Her breathing worsened before she walked toward his room. Opening the door to see him lying in his bed. She leaned her head against it, looking at him with empty violet eyes. The true looks of her eyes, knowing that if she lost him…her world might as well burn. Madara Uchiha, that what the masked man called himself, yet he wore the skin of Obito Uchiha.

Someone she considered a son even before Naruto came along. Perhaps Obito had been turned, but somehow, she doubted it. His eyes were too feral, and bared extreme hatred. She just knew, whatever parasite masqueraded itself around his body, it wasn't Obito. Perhaps the myths about Madara being immortal were true, just in the most horrible ways possible.

A parasite of pure hatred.

She checked the time, walking over to the clock to see it was five in the morning. Getting work clothes out of the dryer, she got dressed in her room before grabbing her Kitsune mask. Walking out of the apartment, locking it up tight before applying the seals too it. Leaning her head onto the door, the woman wanted to imagine a world where Madara didn't find them in Menagerie.

The very reason her and Yin erased their memories was because it made them useless to Madara. Madara was a cruel, sadistic, bastard, but from what she gathered he'd only kill those who'd aided her. Ghira, Kali, and their little girl Blake were saved by the mere fact they couldn't remember them no longer.

It broke her heart to watch that little girl begged not to forget Naruto, but Madara was walking their way. She had made the choice, with none other available, she erased the girl's memories of her and her son. The redhead took a deep breath and submitted herself to the fact that if the time came, she'd have to do it all over again.

Walking down the hall, the violet-eyed woman watched as her neighbors walked past her. Greeting her, and she automatically responded. All she could do was function on autopilot during these swings of depression. Pray for the return of her son at night, and that he wouldn't go too crazy on his side of the missions.

Getting down the stairwell, and walking out of the lobby, she makes her way to a bus stop. Boarding the bus as it comes, she heard the news about a street brawl. Then the news of a supposed masked man, which made her heart skip a beat, before she knew it was talking about Naruto. How he used some aura techniques, which she trained to use just in case she got caught out in the open and needed some type of excuse.

If there was another lifetime, perhaps even her son could join the ranks of the Huntsmen. Hunters, Huntresses, and those heroes. Leaning her head on the bus window, the redhead watched as cars travels past her.

"Kushina…"
"Yes, Yin, what is it?"
"About what I said about the girl last night."
"Don't worry about it, Naruto has a right to have something in his life."
"Do you think he'll forgive you, when he finds out you not only erased hers…but his too."
"Yin, what choice did I have, we couldn't fight him back then."
"What about now, what stops you from trying now?"
"Fear…mostly fear, he took Minato down with ease back in Konoha."
"Alone you wouldn't stand a chance, but perhaps you and Naruto can ambush him."
"What if you're wrong…then what? He'll die, and I have to watch it all over again."
"We'll need to do something soon, because this won't keep doing…eventually you have to live."

Kushina stared out of the window as it came to her shop. She got up, walking out, and made it to the storage door. She unlocks it, leaning her head against it before taking a deep breath.

"I know…"

The Cook Is A Ninja!

Naruto was hopping along rooftops at night. Jumping across gaps in the street while listening to music in one earbud. Electronica pop, while slightly dancing to the music between jumps. He felt the one superhero character, Silk Man. Who would use his silk to hop and swing from building to building.

He flips backwards before landing on another rooftop. His scroll buzzes before her looked on it. It was his mother, who was just texting to let him know that she was getting ready to close shop. Sighing, surprised at how silent the city had been as of lately, he sat on the edge of the roof. He looked up in the sky, having had a weird dream last night.

Something about him, and this girl with two missing front teeth, pretending to get married? It was weird, but for some reason he remembered that soft smile. He didn't know where to place it. Getting a look at the hustle bustle of the city, he took a moment before taking a picture out of his father. From all the stories, and depression, this man he barely knew must've loved his mom so deeply that she was still broken over him to this very day.

The Masked Man, if he ever gets a swing at him, he'll shove a rasengan down his throat. Not for just killing his father, but for ruining his mother's life and by extension his own. In just a few more weeks, he'll be seventeen. Seventeen long years of constantly on the road from a threat that him and mother were probably more than capable of taking on.

"That there is your hubris."
"What?"
"That Masked Man is one of the most powerful ninjas from your world, a God some would even say."
"Then I'll slay a God, because I'm so tired of running!"
"Brat, listen to what you're suggesting, do you want to make you and mother run again?"
"Is this even living, Kurama? Because I'm just wanting a normal life."
"You, and I both know you'll never have that."
"So, what if I want to take a wife and have children? Just forget about that?"
"You'll have vet your mate and prepare them for the day you'll not come back home."
"That bastard can't possibly live that long."
"That bastard has learned how to take over bodies."
"Fucking parasite…I'll rip his soul out, we'll crush it."
"That would be the game plan, but we can't do it alone."
"I know…but until then Kurama, what can I even do?"
"Train and prepare."

Smacking his face hard, Naruto just groans, "Same thing I've been doing for as long as I can count."

"You're rambunctious, young and hotblooded." Kurama warned him before growling slightly, "You've got company!"

Naruto stood up, turning around to see a man in glasses with silver hair. He stood there, wearing some fine clothing. He held his hands up when Naruto got up and ready to fight. The man looked at him, a smile gracing his lips.

"Fine night for moonlight, isn't it?" The man asked before placing his cane back down on the roof.

"Yeah, it is, what do you want?" Naruto inquired before making sure his mask was secured.

The silver-haired man merely conjured a thermos out of nowhere. It threw Naruto off, but he didn't mind the reaction. He poured two cups of hot liquid into it. Levitating the cup over to ward the boy, who watches it hand there for a minute. He grabs the cup just as it falls. Not feeling any hostile intent coming from the man, the blonde raises his mask just a little bit to sip the hot coco. It was by far, and hands down, the greatest cup of hot coco he had ever tasted. The blonde took a moment before setting the glass on his open palm while still holding the handle with the opposite hand.

The man smiles, "Good coco, isn't it? I make it myself, but enough about me I want to know about you."

"Sorry, but I'm just some stupid moonlighter, nothing much to know about me." Naruto lied before watching the man smile, "What?"

"Yes, like the fact you and your partner don't use magic?"

"I beg your pardon?" He questioned before sipping more of the coco unintentionally, "I think you're a little crazy, magic doesn't exist."

"Oh, it indeed does, or well did. However, tell me, Fox are you one yearning for using their powers for the greater good?" He inquired before walking toward the edge of the building, "These people, even our Huntsman…they don't understand what it means to hold true power to change the world."

"How do you even know about me?"

"Criminals talk, especially those who claim to get bullied by someone who could warp space-time. Wearing a fox's mask, but don't worry, your secret is safe with me." The man answered before sipping more hot coco, "My name is Rowan Ozpin, but you might know me as Professor Ozpin."

Naruto's eyes widened behind the mask, "The Headmaster of Beacon?"

"Yes, that would be me, and I'm going to offer an agreement. Yesterday, you ended up fighting a group of bandits. Our newest student was the one who took on Roman Torchwick." Ozpin told him before watching the blonde finish his hot coco.

The blonde raises his cup up, "I called him Orange Cream."

"His partner's name was Neapolitan, a girl who is best described as look like the ice cream." The man told him before snapping his fingers, and refilling the boy's cup. "Her real name is actually Trivia. Poor girl had a hard life…still you supposedly handled her very well."

Naruto shrugs while going back to sipping his newly formed coco, "Maybe she isn't as good as you think?"

"Heh, cocky one aren't you. Still," Ozpin tosses him over a card with his number. "I'm quite interested in their comings and goings…perhaps we arrange something of a partnership?"

"And why, pray tell, would I partner with you when I'm doing fine on my own?" Naruto questioned with a raised eyebrow.

The man shrugs, simply taking another sip before replying, "I can make sure that whatever information you need is given."

"Okay…if that's the case, have you seen a Masked Man in orange swirl mask wondering about the city?" The young ninja questioned while crossing his arms, "I have a score to settle with him."

"Revenge is for fools who wish to dig a grave for their enemy, and their humanity. I expect, Fox, you are carrying a great deal of humanity in you. It would be a shame to see it go to waste…you think about it along with your mother." Ozpin stated before walking away, only to have a kunai whip past him and the mask wearer to appear in front of him. "Did I say something?"

"How, and don't lie to me, do you know?" Naruto warned while pointing the kunai at him.

Ozpin merely chuckles, "Because we're mutually exclusive to enemy's dear boy. We carry the same weight, banner, and side on this battlefield."

"So, what you're saying is, my enemy is working with your enemy…thusly," Naruto took a deep breath before putting the kunai away. "I should work with you."

"Precisely, ever thought about going undercover as a student? Surely, a smart young man like you would fit in perfectly." The Headmaster of Beacon offered up, watching the boy's gaze shifted from under the mask.

"I'll have to think about it, but it's only because I'm already deep undercover in something else!" Naruto countered before watching the man chuckle.

"Sure, you are, boy, don't hesitate to call me. Perhaps we can help each other out." With that the man disappeared in a blink, he saw reality move around him, as if he just blinked out.

He looked down at the card, seeing the number, his mother wasn't going to like this…but if it gave them the chance to take down The Masked Man…

"Kurama, do you think could be our chance?" Naruto asked mentally before watching as a bullhead flew over them.

"It could very well be, but Yin and Kushina may not like the fact that you were tracked…prepare to get three kinds of hell." He warned the blonde before cutting the mental link, leaving him there to stew with it for a little bit.

"Yeah…but if this is our chance, I can finally live a normal life."

End note!

BANG!
What a chapter of action, and suspense. As part of this lighthearted take on my usual seriousness. I love that you all have supported the heck out of the first chapter. Hopefully you love this chapter as well, and don't mind the timeline too much. Just relax, take a deep breath, because let's be honest…even RT can't tell us what exact month RWBY started in Beacon.

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