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Hokage Tower

"You don't have to explain anything, Iruka. I have known what was going one. The scroll will be returned to its rightful place and Naruto will be cleared of any trouble." The Sandaime spoke as he saw the instructor and the said boy come into his office. "I think I can't hide the fact of Naruto being a jinchuuriki anymore. His parentage, however, can wait until he becomes chuunin." The Hokage cleared his throat as he remebered another scene from his watch through the crystal ball: crimson tentacles piecing throught traitor's body; he was sure he had never seen it before, even from Kushina and Minato; if Naruto could somehow control those tenctacles, he would be a hell of a shinobi. But he would find out later, when he has done dealing with the matter of a bijuu inside Naruto's belly.

"Naruto, I know you are in a state of shock right now, but you have to listen to me. You are NOT the Kyuubi like Mizuki told you. The Yondaime chose to SEAL it into you, Naruto. You are like a scroll holding a kunai, not the kunai inside it. Thanks to you, the village was save. I am sincerely sorry that I hid it from you. I thought I could give you a normal childhood but it seems like was wrong."

Suddenly, Naruto bursted out, "THEN WHAT ABOUT THOSE TENTACLES THAT KILLED MIZUKI –SENSEI. I SAW WITH MY VEY OWN EYES HIS TERROR. I HEARD WITH MY VERY OWN EARS THE WORDS HE WHISPERED BEFORE HE DIED. MONSTER…."

The blond was unable to speak anymore as he broke down into tears for what seemed like the tenth time. Iruka rubbed his back to comfort him has Hiruzen spoke again "Listen, Naruto. That may have killed Mizuki, but he was a traitor; what you did was the right thing to protect your friends and village. I have yet to know what it was, but think of it like a gift – a gift to help you protect those that you hold dear and aid you on the path to becoming a Hokage."

Hearing those words, Naruto seemed to have calmed down. He have not thought about it that way before. Maybe those uh… stuffs… and the Kyuubi was something meant to assist him with his dreams. He just needed to do what shinobi do: endure. Then, something clicked inside his mind: could jiji, as he called Hiruzen, have hidden anything more from him, some things about his parents…"

The blond asked innocently, " Ne, jiji, what about my parents. Don't you hide it from me too?" The Hokage sighed, "I apologize, Naruto; I can't tell you now. But I promise I will tell you when it's time." The boy looked the Hokage into the eyes, "Promise?" "Promise."

Hiruzen continued to speak, "Now, we need to analyze the skill that you, Naruto, showed before. And Iruka, you can stay as long as no word of this leaves the room."

Hiruzen lit his pipe. "Naruto, can you create the tentacles you used back in the forest for me please?" "But I am not sure how to…. I just did it." "Don't worry, just try to focus and will it to appear. Maybe recalling what you felt during that time may help".

Naruto did as told. After three minutes or so, two glowing blood-red tentacle sprouted out of his lower back, further destroying his favorite orange jumpsuit. The two examined it closely. The blond found out the tentacles seemed to move according to his will. He pieced through several metal plates that the Hokage showed him and cut a bunch of Kunai into halves. He later used one tentacle to cut a little piece of another (luckily, it didn't hurt), being asked to do by the Hokage. Ten minutes later, as he lost his concentration, the tenctacle softened and retracted to his back. Hizuzen quickly sealed away the cut off pice into a scroll, "I will have brought it to the lab and get examined. I think we both agree that this information should be classified. I will have Iruka also informed about this. It is better for you in this situation. And it will keep Danzo away from you." He added as an afterthought.

Hiruzen summoned a trusted ANBU, "Deliver the said scroll to the lab and have its contents analyed ASAP. Every data related to it is now S-class secret; when the research is done, destroy all traces! Naruto and Iruka, please just stay a bit longer and see if we could get it done here". As the blond and his teacher waited for the results, Iruka suddenly seemed to remember something, " Oh Naruto, I forgot something important. Just close your eyes." Naruto did as told and close his eyes.

After a while, "Hurry up, Iruka-sensei!" "There! You can open your eyes now. " The boy opened his cerulean orbs and noticed his green goggles on Iruka's hand. Something seemed missing. That was when his looked at his sensei's forehead only to see no Hitai-ate there. Realization came to him as he traced his hand to his own forehead. "You've passed, Naruto!" Iruka smiled. The blond cried happily as he tackled the chuunin to the ground.

An hour later, the ANBU came back with the results and was dismissed after he had handed the Sandaime the results, which he showed Naruto and Iruka:

The cells were blood red and resembled the fetus. These cells show remarkable ablity to convert between almost liquid-like state that could somewhat "flow" to an extremely hardened state. They also showed tremendous durability, being as much as a hundred times stronger than the finest , we were not able to dispose the sample and it would be sent back to you, Hokage-sama.

The old man sealed the sample back into a secured scroll with blood seals and turn to the instructor and his student (now Genin), "Seems like you have a very rare and useful gift as a Shinobi, Naruto. I will talk with your jounin instructor to help you work on it more. Hopefully, we will discover something new about it. And by the way, since no similar jutsu was seen before, you have the honor of naming it." Thinking for a while, Naruto said,"I think I'm naming it Kagune (Red child". I think the name suits it and also sounds kinda cool, dattebayo!"

Naruto and Iruka were dismissed so that they could have some rest. Before they left, the Sandaime tapped Naruto's shoulder, "One more thing, know that your parents always loved you. They were also very also very talented shinobi who dedicated their hearts to the village. They would be proud seeing you now." A little silence before the blond broke it, "Thank you jiji! With my Kagune now, you will have to hand me the hat pretty soon-ttebayo! I will become the best Hokage, then I will be able to protect the village and those whom I hold dear. Then people will have to acknowledge me as part of the family of Konohagakure!" Hiruzen chuckled, "I will wait until that day, Naruto. I can see the will of fire burn brightly in you! Now you can go home and take some rest. I will delay the team placement due to this incident; you can have the whole next day for yourself." The Hokage could still hear the talk and laughters of Naruto and Iruka as they were walking out along the corridor; he sighed peacefully; every hadn't turn to a mess and add a few more piles to his paper work…yet; how Minato had been able to deal with the paperworks was beyond Hiruzen's comprehension.

As the blond got home, he got into bed without changing and snored immediately after; he'd had a hard day (or night) after all. Yet he will soon realize the unrest of the creature inside his belly starting. With the now named Kagune and a fuzzy tenant, his life would never be the same. But, hey, Naruto wasn't Konoha's Number One Unpridictable Ninja for nothing.

Naruto woke up in a sewer whose floor was filled with water. He pondered where he was as he walked along the corridor of the sewer. "Over here, kid!" He followed his growing curiosity to the source of the voice.

And…..cliff hanger! I know this chapter is still short and I will try to improve as the story goes on. Also, the first few chapters may be slow-paced so that I can build the story and Kagune better for later on. Thank you for reading!

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