( Time Skip - 3 years, Naruto is 10 )

"So how's the training going?"

Naruto raised his eyes as he looked up to see the excited eyes of his friend Satoru. Naruto gave a sigh. While he was seated on the forest floor, he pushed off the trunk he was leaning against and pulled himself up. He locked eyes with the slightly shorter boy in front of him, and pointed to his cracked eyes

"I have gotten nowhere."

Satoru frowned

"Really? It's been like 3 years! How is this possible!?"

Naruto shook his head "I'm not sure, I've been doing everything Izumi has told me to do. Channeling chakra to me eyes and all my coils. Pushing my body to my limit in hopes to awaken something. I've been working on my chakra control everyday, and even trying enhance my body with chakra."

After he first met Satoru he was quickly introduced to his friend Izumi Nitashi. As Satoru said, she was cold and somewhat mean to most people. She was one of the only females in class that didn't have an infatuation with either Sasuke Uchiha, or Menma Namikaze. He tried his best to be polite, he wasn't one for first impressions since Satoru was his only friend. Luckily, as soon as Satoru mentioned Naruto's unidentifiable bloodline she was quick to jump the gun and offer to help.

And that brings us here

Even after 3 years he made as little as zero percent progress on his bloodline. Izumi has given him instructions and ways that would at least give him a hint to awaken it.

Everything failed, over and over again they just continued to fail.

He trained with Satoru and Izumi everyday after school. Sometimes bringing Kotomi along since Naruto didn't like to leave her alone for to long. Thankfully after everyday the grief of his family started to disappear. Satoru, Izumi, and Kotomi all helped him overcome his sadness and he finally started to move past it. Focusing all his time and attention on his bloodline and his friends.

"BUT HOW! WE HAVEN'T FIGURED ANYTHING OUT!"

"Baka you haven't even helped."

Satoru and Naruto looked to the side seeing Izumi walk through the bushes and into the clearing with her arms crossed. She gave a chilling glare to her first friend "You have only been here, you were born with your bloodline already activated."

Satoru pouted as he crossed his arms and looked away. A small blush staining his cheeks.

"And if you stopped drooling over that Hyuuga girl in our class maybe you could help."

Izumi felt herself chuckle as the words escaped Naruto's mouth. Satoru jumped to his feet and pointed dramatically at Naruto. Naruto's face remained passive as Satoru looked like a ripe tomato at this point.

"Here name is Hinata! And I don't drool over her! I don't even like her!"

Naruto felt a smirk come to his face as he rolled his eyes, He saw Izumi try and hold back her laughter as Naruto teased Satoru. Satoru stomped the ground angrily "I don't! You have to believe me!"

He yelled as he swung his arms wildly, at that moment Satoru's chakra started to fluctuate from the embarrassment. His chakra flared to life making a bolt of lightning shoot out from his hands. Izumi and Naruto's eyes went wide as the soft blue bolt came flying off directly at our favorite blonde. Izumi, while she was too far from Naruto. She tackled Satoru, in hopes to at least change the trajectory of the bolt at least a little. Naruto felt his body freeze up, for a split second his eyes quickly scanned over Satoru's body. Time seemed to slow down as Naruto tilted his head making the jutsu fly by him, missing my mere inches. A small explosion was heard as the jutsu impacted with a tree in the near distance. Naruto's eyes stayed wide in shock as the bolt missed him by a hair.

Izumi got up from her position. She hoped that Naruto wasn't nailed by Satoru. She looked at Naruto and sighed in relief.

"Thank Kami you weren't hit by that. I thought that-" she stopped abruptly as she stared at him.

"I'm sorry I'm so-so-soooo-sorry! I swear I didn't mean to it's just that my bloodline isn't fully controlled yet! Please I didn't me-Woah"

Satoru quickly came to a stop as he stood next to Izumi with his eyes wide as saucers.

"Y-your eyes!" Izumi exclaimed as she shakily pointed upwards. Satoru became silent, not trusting his voice at the moment.

"There p-put t-together!"

Naruto snapped his head up, his broken iris was now completely reformed and now had the visual of a full complete mirror. His silver sclera gave a soft shine as Izumi and Satoru could clearly see their reflection within his eyes. Naruto felt his chakra started to fluctuate as he looked eyes with Satoru. He raised his hand abruptly as Satoru's previous bolt formed in Naruto's hand and shot off and impacted into the nearest tree to them. Another explosion went off, the wind from the explosion started to pick up making their clothes start to flutter.

Izumi and Satoru looked at Naruto in shock, Naruto kept his eyes wide as he lowered his hand. He flipped his hand over as he examined it carefully. "That was-"

"That was my Jutsu. H-how did y-you do t-that."

"His bloodline…"

Naruto and Satoru shifted their attention back to the only female. Izumi took a few hesitant steps towards Naruto. Naruto didn't move, he was in too much shock. "What do you mean?" Naruto spoke up this time, barely above a whisper

Izumi leaned in as she got closer to his eyes. She saw herself perfectly within his "mirrors"

"His bloodline. I think we figured it out. He was able to replicate what you did Satoru. I can't say the speed or power was perfect or as strong as yours, but it seemed almost identical." She watched as his iris cracked upwards and finally shattering, returning to the 'natural' cracked state.

"So what does that mean? Are you saying he was able to copy my Jutsu?"

Satoru said walking up to Izumi. Naruto watched at Izumi gave a nod

"I do, his eyes represent a mirror. A reflection maybe, he was able to fully replicate what you were able to do Satoru."

Naruto tore his eyes away from his hands and looked over to the decisive expression Izumi held. He couldn't believe he was hearing, "But how is this possible?"

Izumi snorted

"Anything is possible. The Uchiha have a doujutsu that can copy Jutsus, cast a genjutsu with just a single glance, and will even increases their speed. Need I say more?"

Naruto shook his head, he looked back at his hands. He felt his muscles start to tense up. He lifted his hand again "But isn't it Satoru's Justus a bloodline? Even the sharingan can't copy bloodlines."

Izumi crossed her arms at that, her eyes closed shut as she racked her brain. "Well did you see anything when you copied it?" Naruto and Izumi both turned their heads to meet Satoru. The black haired boy felt himself sweat a little under the intense gaze of his friends "I-i mean the sharingan has to at least watch the jutsu to copy it. Granted they need to watch the hand seals. But you didn't need to see hand signs to copy it."

Izumi looked at Satoru in surprise "He's right, you would have to at least see something."

Naruto shook his head, he felt a massive headache start to come on.

"I barely remember. All I saw was his chakra, how it flowed, where it went, and how much he channeled…"

Izumi snapped her fingers, her eyes shining with delight "That's it!" she said loudly making both boys jump slightly in surprise. She quickly pointed at Satoru "When you threw your little tantrum, your chakra fluctuated making you perform your small jutsu." She shifted her direction until she was pointing at Naruto "Once he performed his Jutsu, your eyes reformed, becoming a full mirror. You were able to see Satoru's chakra, where it went, and how it worked. You were able to replicate exactly what he did, like a reflection!"

She exclaimed with glee making her two friends go wide eyed. Naruto momentarily forgot about his shock and his new revelation and subconsciously pushed it back. Satoru was quick to congratulate him by tackling him into a hug. Naruto felt himself smile wide, as Izumi gave him a high five. Naruto forget about all the pain he experienced in his young life, he looked at this like a turning point for him. That he was finally past his grief and anger. He could accomplish anything, as long as he had his friends with him.

"You know I wasn't really throwing a tantrum…"

"Oh yeah you were."

( Scene break )

"Okay class is dismiss-!"

Irkua couldn't get his sentence out when children already started to run out of his room in bunches. Iruka frowned somewhat, he didn't think he lectures were that boring. And teaching the new first years of the academy was always the worst. Only the slower people remained in class as he started to pack up his things. He did have grading to do after all.

"Hello Iruka?"

Iruka raised an eyebrow and he turned his head to see a tall man with spiky blonde hair. His eyes went wide "Hokage-sama!" he squeaked out as he dropped the papers in his hands and almost slipped on the floor. Minato laughed sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head "Sorry to scare you Iruka"

Iruka nodded with a small blush, he bent down to pick his papers up "It's fine Hokage-sama, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Actually yes, I wanted to know how my children were doing in class."

Iruka nodded, it made sense after all. It's not the first request from a parent to see how their children were faring after all. Iruka grabbed a lone folder on his desk and flipped it open. "Ah yes, Menma is tied with Sasuke Uchiha for rookie of the year, their grades are about even. Luckily enough, there doesn't seem to he a rivalry between them. He excels at ninjutsu and taijutsu, Sasuke can barely keep up." Minato smirked at that, he knew the training was coming in handy. Menma was slowly becoming a strong shinobi, and still so young he had more time to advance and become stronger.

"Mito is considered top kunoichi, her grades are second to none and has perfect test scores. She seems physically weaker than her sister Natsumi, but makes up for it in her intellect and her cunning mind. Natsumi while she is smart, is very rash and usually doesn't think before doing. She's been improving in the past year, her ninjutsu is top between all the females and even better than most males." Minato laughed at that, he did know about Natsumi's very rash way of thinking. He considered her the brawler of the Namikaze siblings, while Menma was overall stronger and bulkier, Mito was the intellect, she thought ahead and while less vocal, she was still strong in her own right. Minato smiled happily "Thank you Ir-"

"Naruto on the other hand is a different story"

Minato felt his eyes go wide and he looked at Iruka in shock. His finger slumped down and his mind seemingly broke down "N-naruto?"

"Naruto is at the bottom of his class, he scored the bare minimum on almost every test score, his shrunken and kunai throwing is about a little under average. He seems to drift off during class a lot. If he isn't drifting off he usually sits with his hands over his eyes and talking to another boy named Satoru. His Jutsu scores, while still passing are at the lowest in the class. He usually losses taijutsu spares pretty quickly. His ninjutsu is again, the worst in the class."

Minato stood there with his eyes wide, and his body frozen in shock. He barely registered what Iruka said describing Naruto's school life. "T-thank you Iruka. I have to go now thank you." he said quickly leaving the room in only a yellow flash. Iruka faltered at the speed, he swears he would never get used to that...

Not even a second later Minato appeared in his office and already seated in his chair. His forehead started to sweat and a weight felt like it was thrown at Minato. He racked his brain around, trying to pinpoint anything he could about his son Naruto.

"My son Naruto?"

Even those words felt foreign to him. He tried to remember even the smallest details. He couldn't remember his favorite color, what his favorite food is, or even his friends. He moved some of his files around, he felt his guilt increase tenfold

"Menma, Menma, Menma, Natsumi, Mito, Mito, Natsumi, Mito, Mito, Natsumi,

MenmaMitoMitoMenmaMitoNatsumiNatsumiMitoNatsumiMenma Oh my kami-sama!"

He jumped up from his chair, kicking it back as he went through file after file, not one belonged to Naruto. He pushed past all the files, even knocking some of his pictures and files over onto the floor. He felt his eyes start to gloss over as he frantically looked for any thy regarding his child.

"Hey Minato how ar...are you okay?"

Minato snapped his head over to his now open window. In another flash he appeared in front of the holder of the voice, he grabbed the color of the shirt and brought it close to his face "Jiraiya-sensei I can't find anything!" The now identified Jiraiya raised his eyebrow at the distraught Hokage.

"Minato what's wrong? Did something happen?"

"I can't find anything! Nothing is here, nothing at all!" Minato said as he flashed back to his desk. Jiraiya eyed the frantic Hokage with concern, "Minato, what's this about?" The Sannin asked as he took a few steps towards the blonde man. Jiraiya quickie scanned all the files Minato was looking at and raised an eyebrow

"Sensei I can't find anything on Naruto!"

Jiraiya watched the frantic Hokage run around his office. He felt his head tilt slightly "Naruto? What about him?"

Minato looked at his sensei

"Nothing. I can't find anything, I can't remember anything. Look!"

Jiraiya flinched back as Minato shoved what looked like a picture frame towards him.

"Look even this family photo doesn't even have Naruto!"

"Yes I can see that. Barely of course."

Jiraiya said as he pushed the picture back as it was only inches away from his face. "I don't even remember training him! I don't even remember him asking!"

"Minato I don't see the big problem here. Menma, Mito, and Natsumi all hold 3 tails of the Kyuubi's chakra. Of course we need to focus more attention onto them."

"Well yeah but-!"

"And if he never asked for training than that's his fault. He doesn't have any of the Kyuubi's chakra, he doesn't have anything about him really." Jiraiya said making Minato go wide eyed. The white haired Sennin put his hand on his student's shoulder and offered a reassuring smile "We have to teach the kids how to control the Kyuubi's chakra. When Naruto is ready I'm sure he will come and ask you for anything he wants. He is just a kid."

Minato looked down, "That's my point Jiraiya-sensei, he is just a kid. I can't- I did leave him alone. Me and Kushina both." He said as his hair started to shadow his face. He clenched his fists "What kind of father would I he if I left him alone for even longer."

Minato said making the room go silent. Minato didn't dare to look up, he didn't want his sensei to see him in a state like this. He felt Jiraiya squeeze his shoulder.

"Minato your kids need to control their power. The Akatsuki are planning to move in 2 years. Maybe even earlier if they so please. My informative is doing all they can in giving me information. So please, for the sake of your children and even the world, we need to focus on the important people here, the Jinchuuriki."

Minato inwardly flinched at that. He couldn't jutsu neglect his son line that!

"But I already have for the last few years…"

"And Menma now has the clan head spot…"

Would Naruto even let him try and bring him back into the family? All those years of being alone, would he want to? Or would he be even more angry. And Jiraiya was right, Naruto didn't hold any of the Kyuubi, so the attention would automatically go to the kids who are the current jinchuuriki. And it's not like he can't make a shadow clones to check up on Naruto. Maybe he could train both at the same time? What he found from Iruka his other three children were more advanced and faster learners.

"Maybe it's for the best?"

He didn't know the answer yet, he wasn't sure if he wanted the answer. Would Naruto hate him? Would Kushina? His other kids?

Now he really didn't want the answer.

Jiraiya sighed softly and reached into his pockets and handed a file to the blonde Hokage. "This is all the information I have regarding the Akatsuki. The last few pages are suggestions for how to control the Kyuubi's chakra." Minato nodded as he reached out and grabbed the file from his sensei. He felt Jiraiya's hand leave his shoulder and the soft footsteps get further away. He looked up slightly to see Jiraiya on the window sill looking him dead in the eye.

"You're doing the right thing Minato. Even if you think your not, you are. Nothing bad wIll happen and I promise you that."

Seconds later Jiraiya was gone only leaving a small pile of leaves and a soft gust a wind. Minato stood there alone, he tossed the file Jiraiya gave him. He leaned back and fell into his chair. His usual spiky blonde hair now started to fall into his eyes.

"Is it really the best thing to do?"

He thought as an anbu came into the room.

"Hokage-sama, a council meeting it starting in 10 minutes."

Minato frowned, he gave a small nod to the anbu "Thank you Bear. You can leave now."

"Hai Hokage-sama!"

He stood up from his chair and in a yellow flash he vanished from sight leaving his office now empty.

"Was Jiraiya right? Is this the best thing to do?"