Welcome back everyone. Finally getting into chapter two and have to say the incredible amount of support I got after the first chapter was amazing.

I had thought this story would be a little popular but just how much attention it got was completely unexpected. I had this story on my now old laptop and was waiting to fix new one before I continued. I have also been catching up on Trust By My Side and didn't make any time for this story.

Going to say again that is is strictly a secondary story and will not be updated that quickly. The chapters are going to be long to make up for that but that just makes it even slower.

I am going to keep this one short and just welcome everyone to chapter 2 of Fox Hunt.

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"Anko, we passed the border hours ago how far are we going?" Naruto asked. Anko just sighed. They had been heading for somewhere that would at least be fairly safe for a while and decided on Yu no Kuni.

Yu no Kuni had been neutral territory for a while between Konoha and Kumo. Neither side really ventured into its territory to drive away the business that the Yu no Kuni Daimyo sent their way. Ever since Yugakure disarmed itself, shinobi tended to stay a bit further away due to treaties with the Yu no Kuni Daimyo to do so.

The Daimyo accepted the village's decision to stop being a shinobi village and made treaties so it would still be a safe place for his people. It was heavily forested and the lumber they produced was bought heavily in Kumo.

Likewise, Konoha had use for their herbs that grew close to the mountains near Kumo. It was a fair trade all across and it kept them safe. It also meant there wouldn't be too many shinobi poking around. Especially closer to the ocean where Kumo was not a threat.

While being closer to the ocean meant there could be potential Kiri shinobi, Kiri was still under their own civil war and most of their troops were in their own lands.

Being in the middle of three of the five great shinobi nations and it was still quite safe. Their trail went further north until they passed the border as well so they might be ever safer. "Ok gaki, I guess we are about as far away as we can get for now. We will camp here tonight and run again tomorrow until we get further from the border." Anko said finally as they stopped in a small clearing.

"All right, finally." Naruto said as he slumped down to the ground. "Quit complaining gaki, we made enough distance we should be able to sleep tonight. Be happy about that." Anko scolded. Naruto slightly flinched as he was still coming to terms with being a missing nin.

Missing nin not quite being the correct term. He was to be sent back to the academy for failing his genin test so technically he wouldn't be in the bingo books. Anko definitely would be however. She kidnapped the Kyuubi jinchuriki after all.

"All right gaki, we are not going to be able to stop your training until we get hunted down and most likely killed. So, for you first lesson, why do you think I chose this exact location to form a camp?" Anko asked. Naruto quirked his head a bit before looking around.

As he looked, he noticed that it was a very small clearing, small enough that someone would have to get very close to spot them and surprise them. He could also hear quite a few small animals in the general area. He could push his hearing further and hear gentle flowing water a short ways away.

He told Anko what he had thought of and she smiled at him. "Good work gaki. You got most of the reasoning down perfectly. However, it isn't just that there are a few small animals around, there are none large enough to worry us. There is also a small village a few more miles ahead that we should avoid for the time being. If we got any closer we could be spotted." She explained.

Naruto nodded. She made so many good points he had to nod for a while. "So do you want to go hunt something or should we go ahead and eat what we already have? It will spoil sooner or later." Naruto asked.

Anko smirked just a little. "Why don't you go send a few clones to try and catch something to eat while we eat what we already have. We will do this whenever we stop so we always have something fresh with us." Anko said.

Naruto nodded and made a dozen clones to comb the immediate area. As they searched for whatever they could get, Naruto and Anko got to dinner. When Naruto had left the tower, he had cleaned out as much of the tower as he could.

That included all of his clothes, his survival gear, as many scrolls full of kunai, shuriken and senbon he could fit in another scroll. He also got the food out of the fridge that would stay fresh a few days as a start.

He had gotten quite a few resources from the tower and he was glad Anko came with him, she would have killed him otherwise. Anko had talked to him about it as they ran and she told him that he had made the right call.

She had drilled into his head to always be ready for anything while in the forest and he had fully taken it to heart. Now they were in the middle of a neutral land with hunter-nin most likely still following them. If they ever stopped at a village to gear up, there was always a chance that a bounty hunter could intercept them.

With all of their extra gear, they wouldn't need to go to a shinobi shop for a long ass time. That set perfectly well with Anko as she finished off her dinner and packed everything up. They had to be ready to leave with all of their gear at a moments notice so the only thing not ready to go would be their tent.

She stretched and grabbed the scroll that she had with her when she left. It had everything she would need for an extended mission including clothes. She grabbed a clean set and headed toward the stream she could hear nearby. She told Naruto she was taking a bath and would be back. He just nodded and went the other way to gather more firewood.

She smirked to herself when she saw his eyes glance at her a bit longer than normal when she mentioned a bath. 'I still got it.' She thought. Naruto had thought about it a bit but shook it off in trade for the firewood instead.

Anko had come back a short while later and saw a small pile of wood near the fire and smirked once again. 'Gaki is productive, that's good.' She thought. "Well, we are going to have to sleep in shifts. One of us are going to have to stay awake at all times until we get further from the village." Anko said before she went into the tent.

"Why don't I just put a dozen clones around the area that would wake me up if they dispelled?" Naruto asked. "Well gaki, just because you want to share a tent with me, doesn't mean we can afford both of us having to wake up in case of emergency. It is better that one of us is fully awake to protect the other until they can fully come around." Anko said before she closed the flap on the tent leaving Naruto with the first watch.

"Wake me up in about four hours gaki." She told him after a moment. Naruto just sighed and nodded before making a dozen clones to help him keep a survey of the area. It would be a boring night but he took to whittling a few sets of senbon from the logs he had brought. He realized he would be wasting the sharpness of his senbon with hunting small game and didn't want to be that wasteful.

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Back in the village the council was once again coming together. It had been thirty hours and nothing had been found out about Naruto and Anko. Hiruzen had felt horrible when he was constantly lying to the council when he said he had sent Anko on a search mission.

None of them would pull more of the search party to the forest of death because it scared them all. He was sure they had both deserted the village but he had no proof and did not give the council the idea at all. He would hold off as long as he could before telling them.

He just prayed they made it far away where they wouldn't find them. With Naruto's status as jinchuriki as well as the fact he was the fourth's son, he would have to get Jiraiya to search for them with his spy network. After that it was only a matter of time.

He was powerless with the council, but his own student would at least obey orders without question. He was just glad that Anko would have taken Naruto his inheritance with him. Hopefully they realized they had it sooner rather than later.

It was the only thing he had done right since Naruto was born. He had no idea how strong Naruto was, but being close to Anko, he would be safe. She was a special jonin that knew how to assassinate someone very efficiently. Maybe he should have pulled her into anbu.

Hiruzen's mind was a typhoon with all of the guilt and disappointment going through his head. He would do anything he could to try and keep his hunter-nin away from the pair but that were only so much he could do.

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Back with Naruto, he was taking inventory of everything they had with them. They had tons of weapons, enough food to last at least a week easily as well as the rest of his basic survival gear. While a special jonin like Anko didn't really need most of it, the gear certainly helped him a ton.

He was brought to a halt when he grabbed a slightly larger scroll that had 'Uzumaki' written on it with a small swirl next to it. He was a bit confused as to why Anko would have a scroll with his family name on it and swiftly opened it.

As he put a bit of chakra into the scroll a large chest appeared on top of it. He was even more confused at that. He looked at the lock and saw that it was just a flat piece of metal with a seal that had the same swirl design in the middle.

He looked back at the scroll that was now under the chest but he still saw a bit of writing along it. 'Naruto Uzumaki, you are the only known heir to the Uzumaki clan. This is your inheritance that I could save when your mother Kushina died. The council took everything else. Wipe your blood across the seal on the front and push in some chakra should be how you unlock it. I am sorry for everything this village has done to you.' was what it said.

There was no signature but he assumed it was the third hokage who had put it together. Deciding not to waste any time he bit his thumb and swiped it across the seal while channeling chakra. There was a satisfying click as it unlocked.

Naruto had to double check his vision when he saw a huge amount of cash on top of the chest. He dug through it a little bit before he started finding scrolls further down. He pulled one out and saw it was a scroll about fuin-jutsu.

He dug a bit more and found the beginner scroll and put everything else back in the chest before resealing it. He was excited about finding out his mother name, but at this point he knew she was dead and the village obviously did not respect her if they just threw him to the streets. The Uzumaki clan as well must not have had much respect if he was treated so poorly.

He started reading the beginner scroll and found he understood most of it already. He had gotten a similar scroll while he was in the academy. The scroll he had now was far more detailed however and he had to appreciate it because it was from his clan.

His four hour shift went quickly and he put everything away before he decided to wake Anko up so he could get some sleep. He walked in and instantly sighed loudly. Anko was sprawled out half naked over the entire tent. If Naruto hadn't expected it, he might have a nose bleed at this point.

He reached down and shook the safest part of her body, he right forearm. She grumbled a bit before grabbing Naruto by the collar of his shirt and pulling him to the bed with her. "Anko, it's been four hours, it's time for you turn at watch." Naruto said in her ear.

"Don't want to." She mumbled back. "What if we get attacked?" Naruto asked. "Leave clones to take care of it." She mumbled once more.

"You told me not to do that thought." Naruto said once again. "Who cares, we are fine here." Anko said once again. Naruto just sighed again and made a clone to put out the fire. He already had a dozen clones out that would be watching the entire area until they found something or he dispelled them. When the clone that he sent to put out the fire dispelled, the other clones knew what was going on.

He tried once more to at least get Anko to let go of him but she was already out of it. Naruto knew he was going to get bitched at in the morning but didn't bother with that thought process as he was running on fumes as it was. Almost two full days of nothing but high speed sprinting through the land of fire wore him out and he was asleep before he knew it.

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Anko woke up in a bit of confusion when she realized the sun was already up. She looked over and saw Naruto still lying right next to her. She was going to be really pissed that he didn't wake her up but started to remember that he tried. A long sigh later and Naruto started to wake up as well.

"Morning little Naru-kun. Did you enjoy cuddling next to your Anko-chan?" She teased. "After almost two days of sprinting, I slept great." Naruto said sarcastically before he stood up to get dressed. Anko just chuckled a bit as she watched him dispel the clones around their camp.

"So anything come near us?" She asked as she got up and dressed herself. "No, nothing came close." Naruto replied after a second. "Good, then I am going to eat and we can get moving sooner rather than later." She said back.

Naruto just nodded and unsealed the cooking supplies and got some of the leftovers from the previous night cooking again. They ate quickly and rounded everything up before continuing on for another sixteen hours. They stopped shortly for lunch and a bit of scavenging before continuing on.

They had crossed the border into Yu no Kuni just north west of the majority of the shinobi patrols. They went closer to where Kumo was and turner sharply south east going along the majority of Yu no Kuni toward the ocean.

They would try to stay roughly in the middle of Hi no Kuni and Mizu no Kuni. The borders should be the weakest there and the search parties would most likely be looking towards slightly more civilized areas. Southern Yu no Kuni was quite sparse and made a great location to hide out in.

The raw, untamed wilderness was also as close to home as they could get. West would have been desert and pretty much everything north of Hi no Kuni was too neutral and would have allowed hunter-nin to follow easily. While Yu no Kuni was also neutral, it was neutral with hostiles so a bit less obvious.

They would have to stay on the move constantly for at least a little while until the immediate threat of them following a trail was up. After that, well they were free to go wherever they wanted and they planned on moving a ton.

They didn't really have a set destination until Naruto started reading a scroll about his family some more. "Hey Anko, did you know the Uzumaki clan used to have their own village?" Naruto asked as they were sitting around camp after their sixteen hour run.

"Nope, can't say I did. I knew that an Uzumaki married the first hokage though." Anko said back. "Where is their village anyway?" She asked a second later. "We are going right toward it. It is an island a bit out from the border of Hi no Kuni and Yu no Kuni. Not quite half way to Mizu no Kuni." Naruto replied back, looking at a small map drawn into the scroll.

"You said used to have. I take it there isn't anything left." Anko asked carefully. "Nope, apparently they got wiped out in the second great war. The scroll says it is pretty secluded because no one wants to go back after the Uzumaki kicked the hell out of their attackers before finally going down themselves." Naruto replied back, just a little quieter than normal.

"You want to go check it out, don't you?" Anko asked with a sigh. Naruto just gave her a sad nod and Anko just nodded back. "All right, we can go check it out." She said after a moment. Naruto put on a sad smile as he put the scroll away.

They once again decided to get as much rest as they could. They were less than a day from the coast and wanted to be full of energy if they ran into someone. They decided to just hop onto a boat heading past Uzushiogakure.

Fortunately there was a route toward the southern edge of Hi no Kuni that went very close to Uzushiogakure. They shouldn't have to much problem getting toward the ruins of the village but they just needed a full plan.

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Arriving at the outskirts of the small village on the coast, Naruto and Anko watched from a distance to see what it was like. There were only around two hundred civilians in the village by their guess. It was a primarily fishing and transport village.

There was the risk of having a shinobi guarded shipment whenever they went in, but with Kiri focusing inward, that was highly unlikely. Kumo had taken over a few small islands further north and Konoha had secured the land that connected them with Kiri.

Kiri was completely secluded now and that meant Kumo and Konoha could trade over seas a bit without needing to trade through Yu no Kuni. It was all of these little things that were really helping Naruto and Anko find a safer way around inside Yu no Kuni.

"Well gaki, tell me what you see." Anko told Naruto. "Well, there are probably only around two hundred people in the village. I haven't seen any shinobi or anyone that looks like they could be a shinobi. There are a few people that look a bit unsavory, but that would probably just be low class bandits scouting the town out. It seems there is usually a boat that heads toward the former Kiri peninsula that leaves early every morning. I would think hitch a ride on one of those and steal their life boat then just paddle our way to Uzushiogakure." Naruto said after a few moments.

Anko grinned a bit, it was their best bet, but she could tell Naruto didn't think everything through. "Why do you think it was called the village hidden in the whirlpools gaki?" She asked sweetly.

"Uhh, the Uzumaki spiral was a whirlpool?" Naruto answered, knowing he was wrong. "The village was surrounded by whirlpools dumbass. How are we going to paddle a life boat through whirlpools?" Anko asked back sarcastically.

Naruto flinched a bit. "Well, we could just hijack the boat itself." Naruto replied defensively. "Now that's more like it gaki. We are missing-nin so a few more bodies and thievery will not matter all that much if we ever get caught." Anko said with a devilish grin plastered on her face.

Naruto could feel the chill running up his spine but kept a neutral face on. Anko's face got a bit more serious after that. "But, that doesn't mean we can be reckless. We need to stay put and scout out those boats to make sure we don't hop on one full of shinobi." She said evenly. Naruto nodded and started looking back out at the village.

They stayed put for a few days as they watched how the town guard moved and they stalked the dock overseer. They followed him to his home and they stole his ledger that night. It had the list of all expected transportation to and from the harbor.

They saw that on their fourth day of waiting, an empty ship would be heading back to the peninsula of Hi no Kuni. There would only be a few civilians on board, but no cargo. No cargo usually meant that it wouldn't need a shinobi escort.

They decided that would be the boat they hijack. Their only concern, was the crew and civilians. If they held them hostage, they would quickly become dead weight. If they let them go on the life boats, there was the chance that they could tell them where they were going.

Naruto finally suggested transforming into someone else. Anko knew it would work, but who would they transform into. They would have to be shinobi, but whoever they turned into, word would eventually get back to Konoha.

They settled on some low chunin from Kumo. Anko had a bingo book and quickly pulled their pictures up. They chose a pair of men that had both defected after a botched security mission. They were supposed to protect a noble through Hi no Kuni. They were captured and gave away all information they could for their freedom. They were ignored by Konoha shinobi because of this.

It was the perfect cover for what they wanted and should be a safe disguise. Anything they did wrong with them as their disguise would be reported to Kumo, not Konoha. That would help keep the heat away from them as well.

"We still have the problem of the civilians. If we let them leave with the lifeboats, it could bite us in the ass down the road. It would be investigated since we are hijacking something without anything valuable on board." Anko said in a testing manner. She was wanting to see just how far Naruto would go to survive.

"Kill them all then. I am not about to leave our possible survival up to some civilians leading shinobi after us." Naruto said with conviction. "All right gaki, that is probably the best plan." Anko said with a grin.

She kept an eye on him for a moment to see if he would waver. He just signed a death penalty onto several innocent civilians. He didn't flinch and she nodded in approval. They were the biggest obstacle in their survival, and they would need to be taken care of.

"Ok, it sets sail in about four hours. It should stick close to land for a bit so we should water walk and catch it shortly after it leaves. This way, we won't be on board if they search it before it leaves." Anko said after a moment. Naruto just nodded got to preparing.

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The four hour wait went by quickly. They had everything packed and stalked their way a bit past the little village. They could see everyone that got onto the ship and none of them looked shinobi material.

The ship started to pull out of the harbor and they stood up to hop on board. It only took a few minutes for it to be out of sight of the village and they made their move. They checked the deck and saw no one up top and they sprinted across the water and stuck to the side of the ship.

They stayed under the railing for a minute to listen if anyone saw them run to the ship. They didn't hear anything and poked their heads above the rail. They saw three men on the deck and slipped below deck when they saw the opportunity.

They could only hear a few voices below deck and crept toward them. Anko could tell something was wrong. There should have been a dozen or so men on the ship. She had only heard three voices so far. Naruto didn't really notice that there were so few voices but he could see Anko tense up.

He gently tapped her on the back and quirked his head. She flipped through a few hand signs to tell him that something was wrong and to be on guard. He nodded in acknowledgment as he dropped his hand to his kunai pouch. She nodded back and started walking closer to the door.

They got next to it and Anko leaned down to peek through the keyhole. She could see three men sitting around a table drinking heavily. She didn't remember seeing any of them hop onto the ship so she wondered who the hell they were.

She signed back to Naruto that there were three unidentified targets and no one else. Naruto quirked his head at that and pointed to his ear. She nodded and pressed her head against the door.

"Kiri better be worth it. This ship didn't have anything of value other than transport." One of the men said. "Quit your bitching. It will be safer than Kumo was at least." A second man said. "All of you shut the fuck up. I didn't stab Karo in the back to hear about that damn village anymore." the third man said.

The conversation toned down as they started drinking and Anko stepped back. She turned to Naruto and signed missing nin to him. His eyes opened wider before they instantly hardened. She singed Kumo to him and the edge fell off a bit but he was still on edge.

They both slipped further into the ship and listened in at every door they could. There were a few voices but they were all scared whispers. They knew that they weren't the only one trying to steal this ship. The missing nin had beaten them to it.

They knew they would have to kill the missing min and gain the trust of the crew. At least who was left. They just had to kill the missing nin and that was half the problem. Anko checked the bingo book she had, but they weren't in it.

That meant they went missing recently. That could be a major problem as they could have brought other shinobi after them. This stupid boat was a real bundle of joy in Anko's book. They would have to kill them all at the same time or risk them destroying the boat with nin-jutsu.

There was little room for mistakes and that got Anko excited. She licked her lips in anticipation before she started to sign the plan to Naruto. At this point, simple would be the best way. They both poked their heads through the keyhole of the room the missing nin were in once more before they set their plan in motion.

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A short ten minutes later, they were ready for the enemy. They both sat on the outside of the boat, hanging from the side with chakra. They knew there were three men inside and they just had to wait. It didn't take too long, only a few more minutes before it was show time.

One of the men stood up to head out of the room they were in. The moment he did, a small, directional explosive note on the door detonated. The door pulled into the room, when it went off, it blew a large chunk of his torso apart. He dropped dead instantly.

The moment it went off, four shadow clones stormed in through the door. All of them were henged into masked Kumo volt operatives. The shock factor of suddenly facing a squad of volt shinobi in a two versus four fight scared them senseless.

They stood straight up and dove at the window. They barely made it a foot outside the boat before they found themselves impaled through the chest. They managed to turn their heads before they died in time to see the volt disappear in a poof of smoke. The missing nin knew they had been tricked at the very end.

Naruto and Anko had been waiting on either side of the window. They had grabbed the closest ninja by the hair and held them in place to impale them. They held their lifeless bodies for a moment before they tossed them back into the ship.

They followed suit and Anko kept an eye on Naruto again. He was doing fine and was already going through their pockets and pouches. 'He is taking his position as missing nin very seriously. I didn't even need to tell him that we would need their supplies.' Anko thought.

"Salvage what you can from them. I am going to go find the captain. We are going to play it as we saved them and just need a ride. We can kill them when we get there." Anko said. Naruto nodded and kept going through their pouches. Anko walked off to find the captain.

She found him easy enough. After a moment of talking, he thanked her repeatedly for saving the crew. He also agreed to drop them off since it was the least they could do. Anko nodded and said her thanks before heading back to Naruto.

What she saw surprised her a bit. All three of the bodies had been stripped completely and all lie there headless. She guessed he had thought about claiming their bounties. Why he had taken literally everything off their back was a bit more confusing.

"Why did you take their clothes?" Anko asked. "Spare cloth. I do know how to sew you know. Would be nice to build something more comfortable than my armor. My other clothes I brought will start to get too small as well. They won't last all that much longer." He said as he started counting out what he had gotten.

She watched him make a few clones to read through the scrolls they had on them as well as count out their weapons. Just like many Kumo ninja, they had katanas, they also had a healthy amount of kunai and shuriken. One even had some bandages and medical ointments.

A good haul overall. "You got it under control, I'm going to go fuck with the sailors. Probably won't take all that long to get where we are going. Might as well torture a few civilians while we have the company." Anko said before she skipped out the door.

Naruto just shrugged and continued counting his haul. He found a recent bingo book on them and skimmed through it to see if they were in it. Luckily they were, probably got the book just because they were in it. Two C-rank and one low B-rank missing nin. The B-rank had been blown apart by the trap. Lucky them.

Apparently they were wanted for murder of a jonin. Stupid as hell, at least they were worth 450,000 ryo. He was pretty sure that B-rank was just to make him seem tougher than he was. They wouldn't want people to think that a C-rank had killed one of their jonin.

A good stack of cash just waiting to be claimed regardless. He sorted everything back into scrolls and labeled them. They could never have enough stuff, not if it meant the difference between life or death.

A thought struck Naruto after a moment. They were going to kill all of the sailors. He needed to learn how to sail a ship. He could use clones for the man power, but he needed to know what he was doing first.

He henged into a young adult that wouldn't stand out too much before making his way to wherever Anko was. He found her teasing the captain. He was merely going over some documents in his office, but Anko was changing poses every time he took his eyes off her.

He just laughed a bit to himself before he sat next to Anko to talk to the captain a bit. He just asked simple questions about sailing. He made up a story of his father used to own a boat. The captain was apparently following his own father's footsteps so it buttered him right up.

He went through the same motions with several guys around the ship. It didn't take long before they were navigating their way through the whirlpools and made their landing. They got tied down and Naruto and Anko started walking down the ramp.

The crew never saw it coming. Naruto and Anko had both made several clones a few minutes earlier and had them hanging off the side of the ship. When everyone turned toward the mainland to wish them the best, the clones hopped over the rails and swiftly spun everyone's head around, killing them instantly.

They felt a bit guilty murdering so many civilians. They realized it was for their own survival so they dropped that guilt like a lead weight. Naruto's clones started to sort through the sailor's pockets and strip them down. He kept everything and dumped their bodies over the side of the ship, just like the Kumo nin.

Once their clones returned with the supplies, they started too take a look around where they landed. They seemed to be a little ways from what they assumed was the main village. They could see the remains of the walls from the dock and started the trip to the village.

As they approached the wall, their instincts kicked in. The both stopped dead in their tracks, glanced at each other and vanished into the surrounding trees. They took a look around and saw signs of movement. They could see footprints as well as drag marks. It looked like someone dragged a tree through the gate.

They stayed hidden for a full two hours before the sun went down. They slowly made their way to the walls and scaled them quietly. They took a look inside and saw more footprints. These being much fresher than they should be.

As they followed the tracks, they saw a few traps that were far too low grade to be remnants from the Uzumaki clan. They disarmed a few of them before moving on to just avoiding them. They got deeper into the remains of the town before they started hearing voices.

It seemed like idle chatter, nothing that made them think they knew they were being spied on. They listened for a bit before they realized they were shinobi. From the sound of it, they were from Kiri. Uzushiogakure had become a no mans land of sorts after it was destroyed. That made Anko think about why they would be here.

She put a hand up to Naruto so that he wouldn't move anywhere. He nodded as they continued to keep an eye on the Kiri shinobi. It was starting to confuse Anko after a few minutes.

They seemed to have been there for a while. They also didn't seem to have any contact with the main land. Everything they said led her to believe that they had been almost stranded there for months at least. She couldn't think of a single reason why they would be here of all places until it finally hit her.

Her hunch was that they were Kiri runaways. The only thing she had to go on was the fact that no one ever came here. It would be a perfect place to hide and possibly return to Kiri after the war was over. That also posed a problem.

If they had run from Kiri, they most likely had a kekkei genkai. That could make them highly dangerous. There could also be civilians from the bloodline clans. It would be impossible to tell them apart unless a fight broke out.

There was also no real way to know exactly how many there were. They had seen close to a dozen in the few hours they had been stalking around the village. Many more could have been inside asleep. The dozen they had seen were most likely the shinobi from the clans.

She tapped Naruto on the arm and waved him to go ahead and fall back. He looked at her for a minute before he pointed at their feet. There was a disabled trap they had left there. She almost smacked herself in the face for being so stupid.

There was no way they could stay on the island at all now. There was little chance anyway since they had most likely seen the ship. But with so many disabled traps, they would know there were shinobi on the island. They would have to confront them.

Anko decided on a plan of action and signaled for Naruto to make a shadow clone. He nodded and made one. She made one as well but had it transform so it had a leaf headband on. She motioned for Naruto's clone to do the same before she laid out her plan to him.

Both clones nodded and walked straight toward the campfire and the shinobi surrounding it. Once they saw them they instantly went on guard but looked to relax a bit when they fully saw them.

"What are Konoha shinobi doing this far into the ocean?" The oldest Kiri member asked after both clones stopped approaching. Anko's clone finally got a good look at them and saw that all of their headbands were slashed.

'Missing-nin, that makes this easier.' Anko's clone thought. "It is a neutral territory so why not come and see the sights?" Anko asked, trying her best not to sound sarcastic.

Two of the men looked at each other before the oldest shinobi spoke up again. "Well, that was your first and last mistake. There is no way we can let you leave his island. We have been hiding here for too long to get found out by some Konoha shinobi." He said as he drew a sword.

"Which is it? Did you flee from the war, or did you go missing-nin before that?" Anko asked. "Kiri declared us their enemy because they feared our kekkei genkai, and soon so will you." He said before he lunged at Anko's clone.

Anko's clone dodged and put her hands up in surrender. "We are also missing-nin but from Konoha. We do not want to fight. This is the family home of little Naru-kun here. We are only here to see the ruins and pay respects before moving on." She explained before standing up straight.

The leader halted his attack before he looked at Naruto. "What is your name boy?" He asked him. "Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto replied.

The leader gave him a look up and down before calling him a liar. "I have a birth certificate that ties me to Kushina Uzumaki. Don't know my father though." Naruto's clone said with indifference.

"Your mother was The Bloody Fury of Konoha?" He asked completely thrown for a loop. "I think?" Naruto's clone replied before pulling out the picture he had on him. He was rather happy that it was also created with the clone.

"Yeah, that's her all right. Damn kid, she was famous all the way in Kiri. He water manipulation was second to maybe her skill in fuin-jutsu. Her swordsmanship was easily on par with the Seven Swordsman." He replied.

"My mother was that strong and yet I got dumped in an orphanage and treated like shit my entire life? I had thought that whoever my parents were had to be missing-nin or something. She was respected as far as Kiri? The fuck." Naruto's clone shouted.

"Relax kid. I have to admit I find that hard to believe but it would certainly explain why you are here as a missing-nin. I don't see any reason we need to fight anymore. This is technically your home and we are not about to turn away Uzumakis from their home." He said with a small laugh.

Naruto's clone just rubbed the back of his head. "It's nothing like that. I found out I had a clan after I went missing-nin and figured I should at least learn something of my heritage since I can do anything out of the village." Naruto explained.

"What do you mean by Uzumaki's?" Anko asked. Naruto looked at her like she was crazy until the old man spoke up. "Ah, there was another Uzumaki that came through a few months before you arrived. She came alone and managed to evade us for a long time." The old mad said as he sat down.

After he sat by the fire, the other Kiri shinobi to put away their weapons and sit as well. It instantly became obvious the old man was in charge of everything.

"We never caught her name now that I think about it. She was from Kusa however. I believe she was sent as a one man recon team to scout the island for anything valuable only able to be claimed by the Uzumaki clan. She said she found the greatest treasure of all but she left empty handed. Not sure what she meant." He said.

Naruto had a bit of a smile on his face at hearing there was at least one other survivor of his clan. His clone looked to Anko's clone and she sighed and just nodded her head. He would want to try and visit Kusa one way or another so might as well just tell him yet now.

They sat and talked a little more before they decided it was safe enough to swap out with their real selves. They excused themselves saying they were going to go get their stuff they left on the ship. Once they got clear of vision they dispelled sending their creators their memories.

Anko and Naruto both shifted when they got the memories. Neither thought there was any deceit from the old man so they went to the ship and grabbed the stuff they left on board. They got back to the camp a few minutes later and chatted with the Kiri refugees for a while.

They mostly talked about they island a bit and what is had been like and the Uzumaki girl they had met. They had taken seeds and preserved food with them when they fled. They managed to get large farms built as well as fishing enough to feed everyone.

There were thirty two refugees on the island. They were comprised of two separate clans. There was the Yuki clan and the Hozuki clan. There were only eleven that were still fit to be shinobi. Several were just born without their clan's kekkei genkai and others were wounded leaving Kiri.

There were a few shinobi that they knew that would come and go searching for other refugees as well as going out for supplies they couldn't get on the island. They had tried to rebuild the island as a safe haven for their fellow Kiri refugees and were doing quite well.

Naruto and Anko would be there for a few hours before they actually got to exploring the island. The Kiri refugees pointed out a few places with complex seals that were most likely blood seals and they checked those first.

The first they found was a door inside what was most likely the Kage's office at one point in time. Naruto stopped at the door and started looking through the scrolls he had and found one on blood seals. He went through them until he found one that matched.

He found it to be a very simple seal that only required Uzumaki blood and chakra to open. Naruto asked Anko what was up with that as he bit his finger and pressed his hand into the seal. Anko just told him they were all family so locking stuff from outsiders was probably more important to them.

After a moment and a large drain on Naruto's chakra later, the door clicked and swung open. Naruto and Anko both stepped inside and looked around. They were a little confused at everything.

They were expecting it to be an armory or a storage for village secrets, but instead all they found was a room full of birth certificates and marriage papers. There was a full family tree painted on the walls all the way around the room as well.

Naruto started looking around the walls until he started getting toward the end. After a moment of searching he found his mother's name. He went back a little ways up his own line and looked up their own papers. He found out that he was part of a very direct line back to the first Uzumaki clan head and he was rather happy about that.

He continued to look around the family tree before he saw a name that just did not belong. It was far too new and the paint did not look weathered at all. 'Karin Uzumaki.' Naruto said in his head. He followed the name up a bit and found they were pretty closely related.

He went and checked to see if there was any papers about her and found a new looking scroll. It was a handwritten summary about herself. Her inherited abilities and what her life was like in Kusa. It was practically a diary and Naruto almost felt guilty reading it.

That was until he found what her life was like in Kusa. She was treated like a living radar because of her inherent sensor abilities. She had to have only become a genin a year before writing everything but she was constantly moved from place to place and kept awake for days at a time.

She was usually ordered into their Kage's bodyguard detail as a sensor. Naruto thought how much like a slave she sounded and decided he would tear Kusa apart if that is what it took to free his cousin from her personal hell.

He put her scroll back away before he pulled out a blank scroll and started to write his own information down. He spared no details and wrote everything he could.

When he was done, he placed it with his mothers before he went over to the wall. He painted his name in right next to his mothers with blood infused ink. His fuin-jutsu scrolls said that it would last longer because of their natural longevity.

Anko had stayed quiet during the entire time. It was not her place to say anything at all. She was only there in case he learned something he needed to talk to her about. The plan with Karin was the trickiest of them.

She told him that seeking a natural sensor was pretty much suicide based off how important she seemed. There was the chance that she would be guarded as well just because of her status as only Uzumaki they had.

Naruto bit his lip at that. It was frustrating to him that he knew a family member was suffering and he was powerless to do anything about it. He might not have placed much thought about family while he was training to be a ninja, but when he was a kid, he always dreamed that he had family. Now he knew he did, he did not want them to suffer the same isolation as him.

Kusagakure. That name would not leave his head and he knew it would drive him up a wall to leave it alone for too long. He would need to train if he were to bust her out of that god forsaken village.

Steeling his resolve, he started to poke around a bit more. The only documents in the area were related to his relatives and he soon left. Their next location seemed to be a library. There wasn't really anything too interesting left on the shelves. Anything remotely valuable had already been looted.

There was another vault in the back with another blood seal keeping it locked all this time. Naruto bit his thumb again and swiped it across the seal as he pumped chakra through it. He nearly passed out before the draining finished.

Anko had to help him down the steps behind the door until they came into a rather small office. There were only four desks and two small bookshelves. There were still hundreds of scrolls lining the shelves and one desk in particular that was still covered in papers and scrolls.

Naruto sat down and started to shift the papers around until he realized the connection they all shared. They were all notes on a family seal. It looked like it was built as a way to be an absolute method of distinguishing an Uzumaki.

Naruto had to nod, reasoning that is why such a small village had not been invaded before a full on war knocked them out. Any infiltration would be impossible on an island with so few entrances. Those entrances would be able to feel the resonance from any ship entering over a mile before they got to shore.

He kept reading everything he could before he got near the bottom of the small pile. It was a handwritten note made by, presumably, Karin. It was short, she was asking any Uzumaki to seek her out in Kusagakure. She had branded herself with the seal and guessed she would be able to feel anyone with a similar seal at least two miles from Kusa.

"Anko, I am going to be here for a while. I have alot of personal stuff I need to do before we leave. I would guess it could take at least a week but I want to copy everything here to take with us. Can you go ask the Kiri guys if they have a place we can sleep. If not I will probably just sleep in here." Naruto asked calmly. Far too calmly Anko thought to herself.

"Yeah, I got it. Yell if you need anything. I'll stop by later to check on you." Anko said, calmly if Naruto had to admit it to himself. He nodded before looking back at the notes.

A few moments after Naruto sighed before making four clones. He sent three go to fill the other desks and start trying to understand what he could. The fourth he handed his sealing supplies to.

He shrugged off his cloak and top, turning to the clone. The clone understood and started to write the family seal on his chest. Naruto thanked the fact that his calligraphy was passable for a simple seal like this one. It mostly relied on the blood of the user to make it work properly.

It took the clone about ten minutes to finish the seal. It was currently covering his upper torso with few gaps. Naruto nodded to the clone before the clone jammed a chakra covered hand into his chest.

It took a moment, but the seal slowly shrunk down to about three inches across. It glowed for a moment before it faded into his skin. After it was gone, he rubbed it a few times before dispelling the clone that sealed it on him.

He remade a clone, while still shirtless and pushed some chakra into the seal. It reappeared and the clone quirked an eyebrow at the original. He gave the mental command to test it to the clone and the clone channeled some chakra into the copy of the seal on his own chest.

Peace. That was the best description Naruto could put on it. He could feel his heartbeat as well as the clones. It was a very surreal feeling. It would send a message loud and clear to Karin if he ever met her. A feeling of family.

Naruto sighed after a moment before focusing again. He started talking to his clones to get an idea what they had found in the last ten minutes. Jutsu, seals, training methods, history, and a few little things. He took the training techniques and started to go through them personally.

There were seals to add weight to a person's limbs efficiently. There were seals to accelerate muscle regeneration as well as a seal that turned normal chakra into something close to healing chakra. It was quite the theory and he had to admit he didn't understand that one bit.

He started dispelling clones on a rotation so he would be kept up to date on what they were learning. It was nearly ten hours before Anko came to get him. The sun would be rising in just a bit and Anko knew he needed sleep.

The Kiri refugees had done what they could to restore as many houses as they could to house their own as well as any more than fled from Kiri. They offered one such house to Naruto and Anko. Naruto made a note to thank the old man that seemed to be in charge when he finally woke up the next day.

As soon as he made it into the house, a wave of exhaustion finally hit him. Reading complex seals and formulas for a total of nearly forty hours due to his clones was catching up to him fast. Before he had left, he left four more clones to continue while he rested.

Naruto managed to find a bed and was asleep before his head hit the pillow. Anko watched him collapse and sighed to herself. She had been rather bored all day and her fun just passed out like a rock. She had been talking to the refugees and wasn't as tired but decided she might as well get the sleep while she had the chance. She had no idea when Naruto would be ready to leave and she would rather get the sleep in a real bed while she could.

If Naruto wasn't out cold, he would have felt himself being moved under the covers and his head being placed in Anko's chest. She was worried about him quite a bit. He seemed out of it after they got through the vault with all of the Uzumaki clan records in it.

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The next morning came around sooner than either of them would have liked. Naruto was finally roused out of his sleep by the sound of running water. He rolled over and saw the door to the bathroom was closed and light coming from under the door.

Anko was taking a shower he assumed as he stood up to start stretching. He made a clone and dispelled it and braced himself for the oncoming headache. Dispelling the clone had sent a message to the clones he left behind to dispel one at a time.

Naruto guessed he was only asleep for around four hours based off the headache he was feeling. Enough sleep sure, but he would have liked another ten hours or so. His clones and gotten through and sorted everything in a way he could go through it easier. It was a start but he learned relatively little overall.

His family was quite proficient in water nin-jutsu as well as the highest masters of fuin-jutsu. What was rather interesting to Naruto, was his family did not sound cocky in the slightest. Alot of the seals had sister seals that were to be sent to Konoha for their own uses.

They were of course slightly weaker and impossible to reverse engineer but they would have still been a hefty bit of information. The seals were mostly reinforcement seals as well as some security seals that other countries have wanted.

Naruto managed to finish sorting his clone's memories as Anko came out of the shower with nothing on like normal. Naruto took his full second he would normally spend looking and got up to get in the shower himself.

"Glad you still like what you see Gaki. The guys that were on guard last night said we should go introduce ourselves to the morning crowd. I talked to the night shift already and someone is going to stay behind and wait for us so we don't just get attacked. Hurry up because I am pretty damn hungry and we need to go fish or something." Anko said.

Naruto nodded and took his shower. He got out as Anko was finishing getting what little clothes she normally wore on. He stopped and made four shadow clones and they walked out and he nodded to Anko as she followed him out the door.

The clones went to go replace the clones that were going through the scrolls he had dispelled earlier. Naruto and Anko continued on to the camp fire that most of the Kiri refugees had sat around last night. It was in the center of the village and was where most of them spent their day outside of their homes.

They made it into view and saw the old man they talked to when they suddenly found a sword to each of their throats. "What the fuck are you doing on this island?" A female voice asked them dangerously as the sound of metal hitting the ground made it to everyone's ears.

Naruto and Anko had both managed to pull a kunai up to try and block the sword going to their throats but the swords went right through them.

"Enough." The voice of the old man shouted from his spot near the fire pit. "They are not our enemies Ameyuri. Remove your swords and stand down." He called out with authority. Ameyuri clicked her tongue and sheathed her swords before stepping back from them.

"What the fuck are Konoha-nin doing all the way out here." She called out to the old man as she looked to the old man as he motioned everyone to sit down. "They are missing-nin themselves and the blond kid is an Uzumaki. They were welcome here and will be shown at least some form of civility." The old man called out loud enough that everyone nearby could hear him.

"Another Uzumaki huh?" Ameyuri said to herself as she sat down with a look of pain on her face. "Yeah, are you ok?" Naruto asked. She turned and gave him a death glare before the old man started to laugh.

"Kid, you got some balls asking her that. The answer is no but she is still the strongest person on this island. Ameyuri Ringo, former swordsman of the mist." He explained causing Anko to snap her head and look at the woman again.

"No shit? Damn girl you are a legend back in Konoha. One of the youngest kunoichi ever to get A-ranked in the bingo books." Anko said with a bit of admiration in her tone. "And yet I won't live long enough to be the strongest kunoichi. It's some damn bullshit." Ameyuri lamented.

"Yeah Tsunade-sama probably going to live to be over a hundred since she isn't really active duty anymore. Why did you go missing nin anyway? That makes three of the seven I have heard going rouge." Anko asked.

"Well everyone knows Zabuza went rouge because of his attempted coup against the Mizukage. The rest of us were ordered to take him down but hesitated. We were still loyal but while we fought, Zabuza brought up alot of the changes our Mizukage went through and how the blood line purge would be the death of Kiri. We all knew it was wrong but were blindly following orders. After Zabuza escaped, he blamed us and sentenced us to death. He fought us himself and we were torn to shreds. I was the only one that was fast enough to outrun him." Ameyuri explained.

"Well that sounds rather dumb. Why would a kage destroy his own elites over a failed mission?" Naruto asked. "Because he is a crazy fuck. I met with Zabuza a few weeks later and I think he is still trying to get enough cash to fund another coup attempt. I will be right behind him if I make it that far." She replied.

"You have said that a few times now. What do you mean if you make it that far?" Anko asked a moment later. "Not everyone is born healthy. Some of us deal with getting the raw end of the deal in the health department. I got a heart disease that will kill me eventually." Ameyuri said like it was the hundredth time she had done so.

Everyone quieted down at that. All of the Kiri members knew it was a sore spot with the ex-seven swordsman. Naruto and Anko both knew that a ninja's worst nightmare was dying of disease instead of dying in combat.

The rest of the day was rather quiet. Everyone shared a few stores and a few laughs. Naruto would occasionally make a clone to replace one that would dispel itself when it found something interesting. Naruto eventually got bored and went to train.

He was followed by a few of the younger Kiri shinobi that led him to where everyone trained. It was just an area a little ways off the main camp that seemed to be a large crater. Naruto felt a bit of sorrow creep into his heart at the massive damage done to his homeland before casting that feeling aside and replacing it with determination.

In his heart, he knew he had to become stronger so that he could liberate Karin from Kusa. He couldn't do that at his current skill and he knew it. He made a dozen clones to start going over the few fire jutsu he had managed to find.

While the Uzumaki clan had almost primarily composed of high water affinity shinobi, they had traded several seals for a line of jutsu of other elements. Getting a few fire jutsu from Konoha in exchange for the seals they provided was just standard practice.

One jutsu of each rank was the price of a few hardening seals for village walls and a high class silencing seal for personal use by the various Kage of the world. The only country that was against the deal at the time was Iwa. A few years later they instigated the alliance to wipe them out.

Naruto decided to start by training his fire affinity himself as well. It came pretty quick to him before and he still wasn't done with his wind training. The thought of training water jutsu in front of Kiri shinobi seemed rather dumb as well. He read the scroll on his next jutsu twice before putting the scroll away.

Pulling out a few kunai with wire tied to the end, he tossed them at a nearby tree causing the wires to wrap around it before spiking the kunai on the other end of the wire into the ground while keeping one wire in his mouth and starting a string of hand signs. Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu he thought before fire started to swirl around him and travel along the wires and blasting a hole through the tree before causing a crater to form behind it.

He breathed out slowly as he finished the jutsu and looked at his handiwork. The wires that he used as a guide for the jutsu, giving it a bit more shape, were mostly snapped and melted. He was using rather low quality wire so that didn't surprise him all too much. The Kiri shinobi on the other hand were very surprised.

"Damn kid, you managed to melt the wires as well as make a huge crater. How much chakra did you pump into that jutsu?" One of them asked. "About what the jutsu called for. I didn't overload it if that is what you are assuming." Naruto replied.

"Isn't that only a C-ranked jutsu though?" The other Kiri shinobi asked. "Yeah. A pretty low one at that. If I could do it without the wires it would be closer to B-ranked." Naruto said again as he kept looking at the damages.

"So your main affinity is fire then. Otherwise there is no way you could get that much damage from a simple jutsu like that." The first Kiri shinobi asked. "Actually, now that you mention it, I have no idea what my affinity is. Never really thought about it. I had only just graduated from the academy before I had to leave the village." Naruto mused out loud.

"What the hell are they feeding you if you can pull of C-ranked jutsu like that." The second asked, utterly astounded that he could do that at his age. "Oh I didn't learn anything from the academy at all. Anko-chan trained me for the most part. I should figure out what my affinity is. I could train that more than the others." Naruto replied.

The Kiri shinobi looked at each other before one of them pulled out a slip of chakra paper. "Here, channel some chakra into this and it should tell you what you affinity is." He said, handing the slip of paper to Naruto.

Naruto looked the paper over for a moment before shrugging and following their instruction. The paper split in half while the first half burst into flames and the other became soggy with water.

"Damn kid, you are full of surprises. Wind, water and fire. Been a while since I seen anyone that had three natural affinities. Don't suppose you have a bloodline or something do you?" The man who gave him the chakra paper asked.

"Not that I know of. What would I get out of wind, water and fire? Steam or something?" Naruto asked, mostly to himself. "Probably. Can't say I know of any bloodline clans in Konoha that have anything close to that." The second Kiri member replied.

"Well I can only guess that I got the water affinity from my mom. If it is anywhere near as strong as some of the other guys said hers was, I should probably focus on that for a while. Can't say I ever learned any water manipulation thought." Naruto thought out loud once more.

"Water manipulation is pretty easy to start on. Just find a pond or something you can water walk onto and place you hand about an inch from the surface. Try to reach the water and get it to lift up to your hand. After you get the hang of it, just lift your hand higher and higher until you can do it as high as you can reach. Then just try to do it with both hands." The first Kiri shinobi said.

The second pulled out a canteen and put his hand over it and channeled some chakra. After a moment, the water started to pull itself out of the canteen before touching his hand and then receding back into the canteen.

"That's pretty neat. Sounds a hell of alot easier than making a whirlpool in a lake like the family used to do." Naruto replied offhandedly before walking back to where he saw a small pond.

Both Kiri shinobi looked at each other again before following him. The elder tasked them both with following the kid and helping him out if he had any questions. Teaching him basic water manipulation was well within those orders.

Naruto walked out into the middle of the pond and sat in a lotus position. It took a moment to fully gain his balance on the water but once he got it, he extended him arm out and placed it just over the water. He thought back to his basic fire manipulation training and that involved keeping a burning leaf from burning all the way out.

This way seemed like it would be much easier. Going off the feeling he had when he had managed to master the first step of fire manipulation, he tried to instead manipulate his chakra into water chakra. His clan's scrolls had a few good bits of advice on how to do that for the first time and he went off that knowledge as well.

It took him close to twenty minutes but he was starting to get ripples in the water. The two Kiri shinobi also went out onto the water to try and make a small whirlpool. They got it almost instantly but they had to admit it was a much more taxing training method.

A few hours more and Naruto managed to get a pillar of water close to two inches from the surface of the pond, a feat said to be quite impressive by the Kiri shinobi. The average had been closer to a few days to get started.

Naruto just nodded and went with their compliments. He knew he could have done it in a few minutes with shadow clones but he wanted to keep that secret for now. He would send some clones out along the river going through the country. He saw a few spots that were rather secluded that he shouldn't get caught.

He thought about it again and he would need to catch a few fish while he was out on the river. Easy enough to just set a few clones for just that. He was starting to get tired and figured he should go try to get Anko and try to get some dinner.

Getting up, he walked to the two Kiri shinobi that were waiting for him and walked back to the center of town. He barely made it into view range before he sensed something flying at him. His hand shot up to catch it. He regretted it instantly and he nearly dropped a steaming fish Anko had thrown at him. He tossed it into the air and caught it with a senbon.

"A heads up would have been nice." Naruto said as he let out a sigh. Anko just yelled 'heads up' and threw another one at him. This time he managed to catch it with a senbon and didn't burn his hands. "Thanks." He said sarcastically as he too a bite.

Anko just laughed and went back to her meal. Several other Kiri shinobi around the fire laughed as well earning Anko a look of revenge from Naruto. She just laughed some more.

Finishing their meal, Naruto and Anko headed back to the house they would be staying in. "Loosen up gaki. We are going to stick around here as long as we can so you have time to train up. If you want to go get your cousin out of Kusa, you are going to need the training." Anko lectured.

"I know. Training on the run will be risky so we need to do what we can here. I started training my water affinity. Apparently I have wind, water and fire affinities." Naruto said which caused Anko to quirk an eyebrow. "Impressive gaki. I guess I should train your fire affinity some more. At least training you with the basics was easy enough." Anko said.

"Yeah, the Kiri guys were giving me some advice on water manipulation. I also have the scrolls from my clan for when I get my affinity trained that much. The clan also has a few jutsu from every affinity. Except earth, stupid Iwa." Naruto muttered under his breath.

"Well I guess we can go train somewhere tomorrow. We need to get some food though. I told the Kiri shinobi they can take our ship out into open water any time. The river gets pretty wide before the ocean and apparently there is pretty good fishing there. Also be a good place to throw some fire around." Anko said with a devilish grin.

'My danger sense is trying to tell me something.' Naruto thought. He shook those weak thoughts out of his head as he decided to to meditate instead. He needed to dispel the clones he had going through his family library again and he wanted to maximize how much he would retain.

It was about the same as the other day. A few more jutsu they found and discussed. The clones had stopped going through everything and discussed ideas of doing a collaboration jutsu with each other. Naruto had to admit that would be pretty easy to do with a wind and fire affinity. A fireball and a ball of wind chakra would detonate into a real firestorm.

Naruto lifted his head and got stood up before making four more clones for the night. They all walked out and headed to the vault. Naruto himself decided to go ahead and call it a night a little early. He had a few thoughts about collaboration jutsu that kept him up a bit later but still fell asleep relatively early.

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Almost three weeks had gone by. Naruto and Anko had worked on their fire manipulation together. Naruto still learning quite a bit about the element and Anko learning a few of the higher ranking techniques that Naruto had found in the vault.

Beyond that, Naruto had gotten a bit better with his fuin-jutsu. He had at least a bit deeper understanding of what it was instead of copying seals. With that new understanding, he was able to paint resistance seals as well as gravity seals to help him train physically quite a bit more efficiently.

Anko saw how they worked and had him paint them on her as well. Much to Anko's ire, he managed to keep a straight face. Beyond that, they had butted heads with a few of the Kiri refugees over the weeks.

Anko and Ameyuri had made a habit of teasing Naruto while he was trying to work on water manipulation. This caused him to throw walls of water at them. Of course they managed to dodge, a few genin level shinobi had not been quite as fast.

Of course it did only minor damage but caused them to start harassing Naruto more while he trained. He wanted to cause them severe pain, but refrained whenever he saw Anko and Ameyuri hanging out together. He really didn't want to attack a Kiri shinobi with one of the seven swordsman literally right there.

They could all see her disease knocking her down lower and lower but never made a comment on it. It was a touchy subject. They could only imagine feeling your strength fall day to day. It was the ultimate slap in the face for a shinobi.

That all came to a stop abruptly. It would be about twenty three days after they hit the remains of Uzu that a scout came running into the central hub where everyone sat. "A boat just managed to pull in, one man came off, he matches the description of Jiraiya of the Sannin." He said rapidly.

"How the hell did you not see us come in if you had scouts?" Naruto asked. "We didn't need any until you showed up. Shit. You two better lock yourselves in one of the vaults. I doubt Jiraiya of the Sannin would be here for any other reason that to follow other Konoha ninja." The elder said as he carefully stood up.

Anko felt a sense of dread climb up her spine. She knew first hand how strong the sannin were. If one was coming to pick them up and take them in, there was little they could do about it. "You heard him Anko-chan, to the vault. Hurry up." Naruto shouted, starting to drag her along because she was frozen with fear.

"Fuck." Naruto said as he punched her in the gut and threw her over her shoulder. She didn't resist, they were fucked after all. They made it in sight of the vault building before a tall man dropped in front of them. "Quit your running Gaki." The man said firmly.

"Like hell." Naruto shouted as he flipped through just a few hand seals and spat out a fire dragon. He made dozens of clones and had them transformed into Anko and slung them over other clones shoulders. They all scattered while Naruto himself sprinted to the other vault, the library.

Jiraiya was rather put off by the instant hostile reaction but understood it. He quickly dispatched the few clones that fought him before taking off after the ones he assumed were the real ones. He caught up to them quickly and tried to shout at them.

"Gaki, calm the fuck down. I am not here to kill you. Quite the opposite. Sarutobi-sensei sent me to make sure you were safe." He shouted. "Bullshit." Was Naruto's reply as he flipped through a few more hand seals and spat several globs of water at Jiraiya.

He easily dodged and managed to catch Naruto and Anko only a few moments later. "Fuck you." Naruto shouted, still trying to fight. "Calm down gaki. If I wanted to kill you, I would. This one gets it at least." Jiraiya said, pointing at Anko who was still in a daze.

"Just get it over with you fuck." Naruto said. "For fucks sake. Here." Jiraiya said, thrusting a scroll into Naruto's hand and dropping him on his ass. Naruto looked at it, looked at Jiraiya and back at the scroll. He could clearly recognize the third hokage's handwriting and decided to open it.

'Naruto-kun. I am sorry I was unable to sway the council and get them to listen. I received Kakashi's reports on his test and it was full of holes. I had my top mind walker go through young Sasuke's mind and indeed you did everything you could to prevent the accident that originally called for your death.' It started out.

'There is nothing I can do to make up for the hell your childhood turned into and nothing I can do to give you a home once more. There is only one option left and that is to offer you to join Jiraiya-kun in his spy network. You would operate as one of his personal anbu and would be completely off the radar from hunter-nin. This is all I can give you.' The scroll continued.

'I hope you found your inheritance with Mitarashi-san's gear. I had it all in my personal vault from as early as I could. Mitarashi-san also seems to have followed my hope to protect you if you are both still traveling together. Jiraiya-kun should have hopefully given you this message without too much trouble. He has orders to give you the offer and then leave, telling no-one, not even myself if he found you.' The scroll kept going. Naruto starting to believe what he was reading.

'If you do not take the offer, there is little I can do to help you. The council rose hell about putting you in the bingo books but I did not. I was unable to give Mitarashi-san the same however. She is written in as having no direct crimes against the village aside from leaving. Avoid conflict on missions and capture alive if overwhelming odds are availabe. It was the best I could do.' The message continued, it was starting to look a little shakily written at this point.

'There are two last secrets I have for you. One is that your father was the fourth hokage Minato Namikaze. No one knows this aside from myself and Jiraiya-kun. The threat of Iwa marching down the village if you were discovered was the reason it was kept secret. Jiraiya-kun has inherited everything in the 4th's passing due to being his sensei. He will pass it on to you in time.' Naruto read as he gripped the scroll tighter now.

'Lastly, you are the jinchuriki of the nine tailed fox. You are it's container and have been since birth. I tried to keep that a secret from the village as well but word spread quickly. I made it law that no one could tell anyone for fear of it ruining any chance of you having a normal life. By the time I learned that failed, it was too late to do anything more.' Hiruzen's message continued. 'So that was why.' Naruto muttered.

'I give you this information with the hopes that you may some day benefit from it. I know that Konoha is no longer your home. I am sorry for failing you as a kage. The village will never understand what they lost. I hope you take the offer. It will help give you the slightest bit of comfort in a life on the run. Have a good life Naruto-kun. I hope to see you again some day. Hiruzen Sarutobi, Third Hokage of Konohagakari no Sato.' The scroll finished.

"Damn old man." Naruto muttered, tucking the scroll away. "So Jiraiya, do you know what this message is about?" Naruto asked. "Not completely, just that Sarutobi-sensei wanted me to take you into my spy network along with Mitarashi-san. Otherwise, you would have to tell me the rest." Jiraiya answered.

"I'm the son of the fourth and jinchuriki of the nine tails. Why the fuck did I never get told that?" Naruto fumed. "Your father single-handedly defeated Iwa in the last war. As a kid, could you have fought off assassins after you for petty revenge?" Jiraiya asked.

"If I knew they were coming, I could have yes." Naruto said confidently. Anko was slowly coming out of her daze as this conversation was going on. "Why the hell did you bother running?" She asked. "So we didn't die like cattle?" Naruto asked sarcastically.

"As I said, not here to kill you. The offer to join my spy network is there. You will be given anbu identities, have safety from hunter-nin with those identities. Be given spy or assassination missions. Have hideouts available in every country at your disposal. You will also be given several months of training before you are required to start." Jiraiya explained.

Anko sighed deeply. From one sannin's control to another. "I will go, under condition that out first missions help Kiri." Naruto replied. "Why Kiri?" Jiraiya asked. "They have been the first people to treat me like a human as well as their refugees are taking care of my families home. I owe them to return the favor and take care of their home as well." Naruto said.

"Such a softie blondie." Anko said, punching him in the arm. Just then, Jiraiya hopped backwards as a bright blue blur came at him. "The fuck are you doing, keep moving." Ameyuri shouted as she lunged at Jiraiya again.

"Ameyuri-chan, he isn't here to capture us." Naruto shouted. "He isn't? Then why the fuck is he here?" She asked, still attacking. "I came to deliver a message from the Hokage. That is all." Jiraiya said, continuously dodging.

"It is true Ameyuri-chan. Quit attacking him. You know you wouldn't be able to beat him in your condition." Anko called out. "Che." She said as she sheathed her Kiba blades. "Ptwew. Damn your fast girl." Jiraiya said.

"I was a swordsman of Kiri. Of course I am fast." She said before she coughed some blood into her arm. "Told you. You shouldn't fight pointless fights like that." Anko scolded. "Yeah yeah." She replied, easing her breathing slowly.

"You seem to be rather, how to put this, fucked up." Jiraiya said with the tact of a brick wall. Ameyuri just glared at him. "Do you still have contact with Tsunade?" Naruto asked suddenly. Anko looked at him a little funny but said nothing.

"I guess I could find her, shouldn't be too difficult, why?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto just stared at him lazily until he figured it out on his own. "You do know she wouldn't heal a Kiri-nin right?" Jiraiya said. "She isn't a Kiri-nin. She is a civilian." Naruto said simply. Ameyuri just slapping him on the back of the head.

"Pretty much. She isn't stupid you know that at least right?" Jiraiya asked. "Would she do it for the only person she has left with even the slightest amount of blood between them?" Naruto asked. "Huh." Came the reply from everyone.

"Last I knew, her grandmother was an Uzumaki." Naruto replied. "Huh, never thought about that I suppose. That would explain why she liked Kushina so much." Jiraiya replied, stroking his chin thoughtfully. "Still doubt it though." Jiraiya said finally.

"Worth a shot." Naruto said. "Why? I can't leave this place." Ameyuri said. "Not going to be able to liberate Kiri if you die." Naruto said flatly. "Don't have to tell me that. Who knows if Tsunade would even be able to cure me?" Ameyuri asked harshly.

"Again, it's worth a shot. If you manage to liberate Kiri, you can put in word to the new Mizukage that the Uzumaki clan offered refuge for many refugees and even helped in the efforts. I plan on doing what I can to bring my clan back and when I reach the level of fuin-jutsu that my ancestors have, Kiri will benefit." Naruto said firmly.

Jiraiya frowned slightly at this. Naruto was joining his spy network and yet it was sounding like he was on better terms with Kiri than Konoha. He would have to be careful with where he put him, or at least what he learned.

"What about Konoha?" Jiraiya asked carefully. Naruto glared at him a moment before sighing. "I hold no real grudge against the village as a whole. They are mostly ignorant fools but still just stupid people. Jiji tried to help but failed, I can't hold that against him. From what I got in my clan's library, Konoha was their only real ally aside from Kiri. Kiri offering assistance in their extermination kind of killed that but again, I hold no grudges over countries, just individuals." Naruto explained.

"How many individuals do you hold grudges against?" Jiraiya asked. "Hmm, not that many. Mostly just ignorant or stupid people here and there. Mostly just my old squad Sasuke and Kakashi." Naruto said.

Jiraiya nodded slowly. His old teammates. The fact he didn't mention the girl solidified the guess that he killed her. She was technically a civilian so he didn't really care that much, she sounded like a stupid fangirl anyway.

"All right. I said I was going to give you a few months to train in stealth, information gathering, assassination, and so on. I will return to this island in about four months time. I will track Tsunade-hime down in the mean time and try to get her to come here as well. I shouldn't need to tell you if you aren't here then you will lose the chance to live without being on the run. I would really not prefer to do that." Jiraiya said, rather quietly.

"Whatever. Let's go Anko-chan. We need to train." Naruto said flatly, leaving Jiraiya to think. Ameyuri went with them as well. Stealth and assassination were some of her specialties after all. 'I hope I am doing the right thing Minato.' Jiraiya thought as he turned to leave the island.

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Well that is it. Didn't think it would take this long to write but had to rewrite it like 3 times. Anyway, hope you liked it. See you next time.