AN: Hm, I don't know if I'm on a roll or something.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

There was no calendar for me to know what day of the year it was as the days passed by. I wouldn't know if it was my birthday or anyone else's. I only knew that the day ended and began with my daily routines.

When we finally began with my kenjutsu training, and I arrived at Mirus' house she threw a scroll at me.

"You have a message from your Hokage via Toad delivery." Mirus told me. "It's on the table."

Iruna, I understand that you are busy with your training, but can I ask you to come to Konoha for just a day? There are somethings I want to ask you.
—Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage

Well, that's unusual, what would Minato-san want to ask me personally? It would be nice to see the village even though I won't get to see Itachi or Sasuke. Well, I can see them as long as none of our clan members recognize me.

A henge, no, they'll see through that. My hair isn't brownish black, but the ends are black. I wonder how much our clan pays attention to other villagers. I grinned to myself, maybe not that much if they won't recognize me.

"Looks like good news." Mirus said her eyes on me.

"Not really, just shinobi business, I guess. I'll be going to Konoha tomorrow."

"Sure, come find me before you head there. As your guide, I'm the one that can send you back or our governor."

I nodded and headed to my room. It's a bit of a coincidence. Mirus did ask me if I wanted to visit Konoha for a bit.

ooo

After losing sight of Mirus, we found ourselves at the monument of the Hokage. It was morning and judging from the sun, it was close to ten. Minato-san was already in his office.

I showed the secretary the seal of the Hokage at the end of the scroll Minato-san sent me and we were allowed entry into the office.

"Good Morning, Hokage-sama." I greeted when we entered his office.

The blond hokage lifted his eyes from the paper he had been reading and met my gaze.

"You sent me a letter asking me to come to Konoha because you had questions for me?"

"And you are?" He asked me.

"Iruna" I answered grinning when he didn't recognize me.

"What's the name of your clan?"

"Uchiha"

"The name of your sibling?"

"Which one? My twin or my younger brother?" I don't look suspicious, do I?

"Both, if you can provide it."

"Itachi and Sasuke"

"When was the first time you met me?"

"When you babysat us, mother had a mission and that time Kakashi really stuck to the rules. We also met Uzumaki Kushina at your home after you found us in the academy." I said. "During the Kannabi bridge mission, I saved Team Minato then from being buried alive. There's also the seal that—"

Minato-san held up his hand then stopping me before smiling at me. "You've gotten good with your disguise. I didn't recognize you, not even your chakra signature, but you're not even hiding your chakra." He said frowning. "There's something different about your chakra."

"You can tell Minato-san?" I asked surprised.

Tohru mentioned that my chakra signature will change after we remove the kyuubi chakra. I don't know how much, but it would.

"I am the Hokage." He answered raising an eyebrow.

Well, there is that. He didn't become Hokage if he didn't know that.

"Well, some things happened while I was there." I replied.

"Is it something I should be worried about?"

I shook my head.

"Okay, but just to ask did you dye your hair grey? I thought you hated doing that?"

"Er, this isn't something I wanted to happen it's kind of a side-effect."

"Is it the Kyuubi chakra?"

"Not really." I said laughing wryly. I wonder if the kyuubi chakra just dispersed.

"Okay. I'm glad you seem to be doing well. You're training must be easy if you're not tired."

I pouted. "My training is tiring. I don't even know if my training before was brutal compared to the one I do have."

Minato-san laughed a soft expression coming onto his face.

"So, what did you want to ask from me?" I asked.

"Did Kushina have you come with her when she checks on the seals around Konoha?" He asked.

"Only once" I answered. "She told me she would teach me how to maintain them when I become jonin, but…why are you asking about those seals, Minato-san?"

"The seals around Konoha that would detect any intruders were taken down. It had been disabled at the beginning of October." Minato-san answered staring at me.

"It wasn't me if that's what you wanted to ask me." I replied evenly. "When I saw those seals, I knew there were still a lot of things about fuinjutsu I needed to learn. Is that what you called me here for?"

"I'm not blaming you on anything, Iruna-chan. I trust you." Minato-san said. "I'm just trying to figure out something. Can you show me the points Kushina went to when she checked on the seal?"

"I can. Do I also show you how to reveal it?"

"Yes."

There were seven points of the seal around Konoha. Three of them were easy to locate, as they were found near the gates. The other four? One is on the chin of the Shodaimes monument, the second is in the garden of the Hyuugas' main house, the third—in the center of the village and the last one—in the Uchiha compound.

It was easy enough to enter the Hyuugas' household with Minato-san there telling the head about an inspection of a seal and he added it was only known to a number of individuals. They didn't question my presence with Minato-san and left us alone.

When we stepped out of the Hyuuga compound and headed in the direction of the Uchiha compound, I froze when I saw two from the Uchiha Police Force. I jumped a bit when Minato-san placed his hand on my head.

"Nothing to worry about." He said to me.

They nodded to the Hokage, when they saw him and glanced at me, but they continued to walk away.

"See?"

I nodded and we continued on our way to the compound.

We stood outside the house for some minutes before it was opened by Mother. The first person she looked at was Minato-san then me.

"Hokage-sama, what brings you here?" Mother asked confusion showing on her face on the sudden visit.

"We're here to check on a seal connected with the village."

"I don't know of any seals connected to the village in our house." Mother answered.

"You wouldn't be able to see it." I replied. "It's hidden away both from the sharingan and byakugan."

"Can we come inside? We'll only see to the seal then leave." Minato-san said.

"It's okay." Mother nodded glancing at me. "I'll just go back to the kitchen."

I entered the house and went to the backyard, right away. The seal here was the trickiest to reveal since it was in our koi fish pond. Sensei said since it was the last point, it was often the most difficult to deal with even for her.

I was on the fourth hand seal, did it appear when it should have been after the fifteenth hand seal.

"How?" I said staring at the seal.

"What's wrong? Was it destroyed?"

"This was re-arranged. You had to be versed with the Uzumaki seals to be able to re-arrange this. How?" I stared at it dumbfounded.

"It's possible that someone stole the Uzumakis' records on their seals." Minato-san said.

That's possible, but that was years ago.

"What now, Minato-san?" I asked. Should I have activated my sharingan that time?

"It's fine."

"Fine?"

"Even if we return it to its original state, no one here in Konoha about the Uzumaki seals. It would be useless to us, and if the one who did this knows of the seals they can just re-arrange it again."

Right. "Then, we just leave it like this?"

"Not unless you can make us a replacement seal for the one that was disabled?"

I didn't have an answer for that. I know that I wouldn't be able to do that for one lifetime. I would need to be immortal.

"It's okay." Minato-san said. "This is my problem to handle. I only asked you to show the seal points to me to find out what happened. You've done your part."

Before leaving the house, Mother gave us some tea and crackers, she didn't want us to leave without even eating one cracker or taking a sip of tea.

"We'll be going then, Mikoto-san." Minato-san said. "Thank you for the tea and crackers."

"You're welcome. Is Iruna okay?" Mother asked then. "I only heard from Itachi that she's on a long term mission, but she reports to you every now and then, doesn't she?"

"Yes. She's doing fine." The Hokage answered.

"Want to get some lunch?" Minato-san asked when we were outside of the compound.

"We were offered crackers and tea, Minato-san." I said frowning.

"I know, but it's not everyday I get to eat with someone."

"The anbus are there."

"They're on duty. They can't eat with me even if I order them."

He ordered them to eat with him? How lonely is Minato-san? He can always eat with Naruto. I wonder who's babysitting him now.

"I missed eating ramen." I said breaking the chopsticks when my bowl was placed in front of me. We were at Ichiraku ramen. "They don't have this over there."

"What do you eat over there?" Minato-san asked taking his own chopsticks from the container.

"It depends on what Mirus makes. Most of the time it's lizard meat." I replied.

"That's…exotic."

"It's actually good, close to what chicken tastes like."

"No chicken?"

I gaped at Minato-san.

"Oh, are they there too?"

I nodded.

"So, why did you order the anbu to eat with you?" I asked.

Minato-san laughed embarassed as he rubbed the back of his head. "I was thinking they must be hungry watching me eat. They can still do their job and eat with me, but rules are rules."

"When do they even eat if they have to watch you for 24 hours everyday?"

"You can ask Kakashi about that."

"Why did Kakashi enter anbu? He's not feeling guilty about Rin is he?"

"You would have to ask him that. It's his to tell."

"If he's even willing to tell me, if I tried to pry it out from him he'll just clam up."

Minato-san chuckled. "Kakashi isn't as open as you are, but he has his reasons. Well, you can try, who knows he might just tell you."

Minato-san continued to tell me about everyone. Obito-nii still went to Mothers' house even though he had learned all he can about the sharingan from her. If he's not on a mission he would be at Minato-sans' house babysitting Naruto.

Kakashi was wrapped up in his missions. He's only present in Konoha for a week before leaving again. There's no reason for Kakashi to run himself ragged or to keep taking missions, did he still blame himself for Rin?

Itachi and Shisui started in the academy, and while it hasn't been that long they were already getting the attention of everyone. They had the highest scores in quizzes, and their first year wasn't even over yet! Itachi was often seen in the hospital helping the medics there, something other Uchihas' looked down on him for.

"I'm gonna pulverize them for looking down on him!" I growled. "Itachi is already doing great! I mean being a medic is no easy fit! They don't even realize how awesome it is to be one."

"Choosing to be a medic means they would rather save than kill someone." Minato-san said.

I would prefer that for Itachi. "Then, what about me choosing fuinjutsu?" I asked.

"You're the one who can answer that." Minato-san answered. "The same way Kakashi chose to be in anbu."

I turned to my bowl, with only the broth remaining.

I chose fuinjutsu because…it's not cool, I know that, but when I was able to make the seal work, it was worth it. I enjoyed making the seal, while it was still a pain to work on at the end when you see it working all of that just disappears. I guess the reward out-weighs the pain I went through to create the seal.

"Do you think Minato-san that there are still records out there of the Uzumakis' sealing techniques?" I asked.

"If there's a place that records most of the events taking place at the present or taking note of all of seals made."

"In the center, you'd find a lot of knowledge, there are records of creations made by certain individuals or clans in the human realm. We also have knowledge here on your kekkai genkai if you want to study on it. If you want a better grasp on your sharingan, even on some principles of fuinjutsu." Mirus explained to me before when I asked about the tower that most young avians head to.

Maybe they have records of the Uzumakis' sealing technique in the center, but someone or Madara Uchiha knows about those. So, it would be better to make my own sealing formulas.

"When are you going back over there?" Minato-san asked.

"I was thinking in the evening."

"Dinner? I'll be the one cooking."

I chuckled. "I'll see you later, Minato-san."

Minato-san headed to his office via Hiraishin. Now, that I had some time for myself. Itachi and Shisui were in the academy in the middle of classes, so I wouldn't see them either. I already saw mother and from the cries above when we were about to leave. Sasuke was fine, too.

I decided to go to the KIA monument. I wanted to buy some flowers, but I remembered that Minato-san is holding onto my money for me and I didn't have any on me either. I'll just pick some wild flowers for the mean time. Now, where was the flower field again?

When I got to the flower field, there was a kunoichi class on going and their sensei was teaching them about flower arrangement. I never went to any of those classes. One because it's too feminine and second seducing was not my thing. That's a form of manipulation, and one I prefer not to use. Just doing that makes me shudder.

It made me wonder if Kushina-sensei ever seduced anyone on a mission, but with the nickname that she had, maybe not. I didn't see her flirt with anyone during any of our missions to gather information. There's also Mother, did she ever…oh, kami, that I never ever want to know.

I payed my respects to Rin-san, Father, Kushina-sensei and the Sandaime Hokage before I headed back to the village. I went around letting my feet lead me. I didn't have a particular place to head to, but I ended up in front of the academy.

I stayed by the swing there until the students were coming out to head home for the day or something else. I saw Itachi and Shisui walking together and there were some glances made in their direction. Oh, kami, don't tell me they already have fans…or is it haters? Maybe both.

"Where to Itachi?" Shisui asked when they were bypassing me.

"I'm heading to the hospital." Itachi answered, his expression was stoic reminding me of Father.

"All right, just remember to get back before your mom gets worried. You were helping out too much last time you didn't even notice it was midnight already!"

"I will."

"Iruna told you to take care of yourself. You never know she might have eyes on you right now. She might come right back to force you to rest like you sometimes did with her."

Huh, he has a point.

"What do you think she's doing now?" Shisui said all of a sudden, getting my attention.

"If it's Neesama, it would either be training or fuinjutsu." Itachi said. There was a bit of amusement in his tone, too.

He knows me too well.

"We have to catch up to her." Shisui said. "We're not going to let her deal with things by herself anymore. We'll be there, next to her the next time something happens."

"When you do catch up, I'll be happy to have you guys with me." I said to myself.

I was happy to see them. Although to awaken one's sharingan, does it always have to be traumatic? Hm, it made me think of when I awakened mine. I was dubbed mentally stable. That's interesting.

The village had an orange hue covering it then and I went to the Hokages' tower. I entered Minato-sans' office and found baby Naruto on his lap. Naruto was in a fit of giggles, while Minato-san was reading a scroll. I wish I had—oh, right, I have my sharingan.

I activated my sharingan and smiled when Minato-san turned to me.

"Maybe I should be the one to make dinner Minato-san? You seem to have your hands full right now." I said with the paperwork on his table and baby Naruto with his saliva falling from his mouth.

"If you don't mind" He said smiling. "The ingredients are at the house."

"No locking me out?"

"No."

ooo

Minato-san was in the bathroom giving Naruto a bath, while I was cleaning the dishes at the sink when the door opened and seconds later I feel the point of a kunai on my back.

"Don't move." He said his voice muffled by the mask.

I pushed my back towards the kunai, but instead of impaling myself the sound of a breaking plate sounded. Kakashi dropped to his knees avoiding the kick I aimed at his head. Time slowed down for that moment, my foot was still in the air and Kakashi made to sweep my other foot off the floor. Not like I'd let him, he was close enough for me to push myself off using his head and to jump away. I was on the opposite side of table.

"You know, I don't want to owe Minato-san for wrecking his furniture. I already broke one plate."

Kakashi narrowed his visible eye at me, and he wasn't going to listen to me. Well, I know where he's coming from. This is one way to learn. I found that thought a bit amusing. The avians thought process was rubbing of on me.

"What's so funny?" Kakashi asked after the chuckle escaped me.

"You two stop right now, before I do have you replace the furniture." Minato-san said with Naruto in his arms.

"Aww, Minato-san, I was so close to gauging myself!" I said disappointed.

"There's another time for that, you dropped the plate, right?" He said raising his eyebrow.

"I wouldn't have if it weren't for the idiot grey head." I mumbled aloud.

"You also have grey hair." Minato-san said chuckling.

He got me there, but… "Not me, some other grey head." I said walking around the table and picking up the broken plates off the floor.

"Welcome back, Kakashi." Minato-san said. "If you're hungry, we have some leftover curry and roasted eggplant."

Kakashis' eye shined a bit when he heard eggplant. I chuckled, and that instantly disappeared. He turned away.

"I'll be in my room." He said over his shoulder.

"Nice to see you, too." I said when he disappeared around the corner and we heard the sound of his door closing.

Typical Kakashi, when embarassed making his leave.

"I'm done with cleaning the dishes." I said entering Minato-sans' office. "Thanks for having me over."

"You're always welcome here." Minato-san said smiling.

"Before I leave can I ask you a favor, Minato-san?"

"Sure."

I went back up to the monument, where Mirus was waiting on the railing.

'Ready to go back?'

I looked at the village one more time. Even if it was bathe in the moonlight, it was beautiful as always.

'You just have to tell me if you want to visit this village.'

"Thanks, but I'm good."

I returned to the realm of the avians, and during our break from training on taijutsu and chakra control. Shouyou sat down next to me on the sand, something he never did before.

"What's it like in your village?" He asked me.

I smiled at Shouyou and I decided to tell him about the village hidden in the leaves. I guess, it was almost the same as their village, but their village is hidden in the branches. It didn't have the monument of the Hokages and the view I loved the most. Konoha is my village, but home…is those that I consider as family.

I don't have to worry about them, but just to be on the safe side. I'll have my summons visit the village from time to time. The most dangerous of all enemies are those that are the closest.

POV: Minato

It was a short visit, but a lot of things seem to have changed with Iruna after a year and a half away from the village. She allowed her hair to grow past her elbow, when she said before that she preferred to have her hair short. Her chakra, it was warm and fiery, it still is, but there was a calm and gust with it.

"Who was the girl from the other day, sensei?" Kakashi asked after handing me his report for his mission.

"You know her." I answered amused while looking through his report.

"I do?" Kakashi was confused himself.

"Yes."

"I don't recall meeting a girl with grey hair before."

"Don't worry you'll meet her again."

"I forgot to write it in my letter. If there are any reports of Uchiha children missing, can you inform me?"

Irunas' favor echoed in my mind, why would she want to know that? Is it connected to the snake and mummy? The only ones that seem to apply to those two words is…I can't apprehend them not without any evidence.

Iruna, why can't you tell me everything?

AN: And the next will be... I don't know, bec my job is really sucking, right about now. I won't know if I would still have the brain to make this in a week anymore! Or I can use the stress from work to make this, but I don't want that! There's still a lot of things I have to think for the coming chapters and I maybe be needing red threads for this. Maybe...

Anyway, leave a review, for your thoughts on this chapter. Until the next! Thank you for the time! Ja ne!