Ok A/N's will still be at th end, but I'm adding translations at the end.
What do we do now? We live. Thats the best thing we can do to honor their memory. Don't give up and just move forward. We are Uzumaki, and we are strong afterall~ Kunia uzumaki, with the survivors of Uzushiogakure.
It had taken a week before everything calmed down for the group, and despite at, everyone was on edge. While Shiba was still trying, and failing, to get Sasuke, Naruto, and Kira to stop with their speech patterns, it wasn't because of that. No the reason for everyone being on edge was because of the fact that Zabuza, was supposed to be coming back with Gatō. The two groups had been in contact constantly during the week break they had, and it was going to be today that everything went downhill, because Gatō was expecting Zabuza to kill the old man. From Zabuza's reports, there were close to three-hundred men, enough that it would give someone of chūnin rank or lower a tough time. Considering there were three jōnin, one of which was an S-ranked jōnin, for her skills in Kenjutsu, as well as Fùinjutsu, the battle wasn't going to be that hard.
That added with the fact that Sasuke had unlocked his Sharingan during of one his 'speech lessons' and the group wasn't going to last long, especially when Naruto was able to use a ton of shadow clones to even up the odds. The group together was honestly overpowered, but it honestly didn't matter in a situation like this. The enemy, Gatō, was trying to kill an innocent man, just because of a stupid matter of keeping power in a country that was on its last legs. It honestly made Shiba sick of the fact that Gatō was even breathing at the moment. The little troll was going to get his, but Zabuza was the one who was going to get the kill, as the little troll was going to betray and kill him to begin with. No one in the group complained, though Shiba did state that at least two of the idiot mercenaries had to have most of their body interact, meaning the most damage they could receive was a slit throat, or a stabbed out eye. Much more, and it would affect the age of the body that they were going to use to resurrect Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
While everyone was anxious, Naruto and Kira were for different reasons compared to the rest. In Naruto's case, it was because he was finally going to have some family. That and the fact that his dad was his hero as well, made him extremely anxious. As for Kira, it was because she was going to meet her aunt, and uncle, the two that had died to save Konoha, as well as her cousin Naruto. Shiba had told Kira not to long ago that her memory on future events was deteriorating, and she only remembered anything before the wave arc, in chronological time, but it didn't mean anything, as she had wanted to have her sister back as well as give Kira her aunt. It has been stated before, but Uzumaki cherish family above all else,many they will be damned if they don't think that they should give someone their parents above all else. That was just how the clan ran.
"Ok, once the hired idiots that the troll has comes, make sure to leave two bodies, doesn't matter what gender, as in tact as possible. The two will be the same age they were when they died, but it will had or take away months depending on when their birthday is." Shiba stated as they planed out what was going to happen in the bridge.
"Got it. I'm excited to know that I'll be able to see Sensei, and Kushina again without needing to die. Though it will be weird to be the same age as them." Kakashi stated with a slightly happy tone.
"Ne... Kira-san... What was the summoning contract your mother had you sign the other day" Hinata asked quietly.
"Well Hinata... It was a lizard summoning contract. The boss is a dragon!" Kira stated with a happy look.
Shiba hit Kira in the back of the head Gibbs style (A/N: NCIS Gibbs slap, look it up if you don't know it) as she said "He's not a dragon Kira. Sure he flys and breaths fire, but he's not a dragon. The term used for a lizard like him is Wyvern."
"Mom. He breathes fire and flies." She stated with a deadpan look.
Shiba sighed deeply at this before she said "We are not arguing about this right now Kira. Just don't blame me when you get roasted when you call him a dragon."
Kira gave a sour look towards her mother before she turned away from her and sped her walk up towards the bridge. She wasn't going to deal with arguing, especially when everything was going to change today when it came to her family. While it was normal for family members to fight, now wasn't the time or the place for the two to fight. This place was going to be be a battlefield soon, well, that and if the two started to argue they were going to continue throughout the battle while they were fighting. Just goes to show you that even the most stubborn person will back down if there is something important on the line.
The group of 12, if you counted Tazuna, went towards the bridge as it was finally time to deal with the little troll know as Gatō. Shiba, not taking any chances, Had left a shadow clone with Tazuna's daughter, and grandson, who had the same speech given to him as before when it came to Gatō and this country. The only difference when it came to things at the moment, would be the fact that Zabuza wasn't going to try and kill team 7 this time around.
When they arrived at the bridge, it was obvious that Zabuza was all ready here, as there was a thick fog, and every worker on the bridge was knocked out, instead of killed like last time. When the three jōnin walked forward, Zabuza appeared as well, with a Hunter Nin beside him. Shiba knew that the hunter Nin was a fake one, but she didn't say anything, as Kurenai placed a massive genjutsu on everyone on the bridge, so that if anyone looked, it looked like they were fighting each other. Once everyone was there, Kira gave a questioning look towards the Hunter Nin that was beside Zabuza.
"Do you need something?" The hunter Nin asked in an almost monotone voice.
"Your not a hunter Nin are you?" Kira asked in a slightly bored tone.
"No, I'm not. The reason for me wearing this, however, is so that I can trick people. We used to be missing nin after all." The hunter Nin stated in a monotone voice.
Kira gave a nod, before she said a question that a little kid would ask "Are you a girl?"
It was either, because the person in front of her didn't know how to react, or that they were good at hiding their emotions, that they didn't say anything at first. When the Hunter Nin finally did they said "I'm male. You aren't the first to think of me as female though."
After that the two were pretty much silent, but when Naruto and Sasuke started to bicker, Kira walked up to the two, her hair in Nin tails mode, and she punched both of them into the ground "Shut the hell up!"
Naruto was holding his head, while Sasuke was pretty much knocked out. Sakura didn't say anything, as she was slightly scared, even if Kira hit her precious 'Sasuke-kun'. When Naruto actually recovered he had tears from pain in his eyes as he asked "Why did you do that?!"
"Because the two of you are bickering! Sheesh, even in a tense situation like this, you two don't know when to stop." Kira sighed "Look, I'm sorry I hit you, but you need to stop fighting with Sasuke so much. Your a team. I mean look at my team! I don't care much for Kiba (Hey!) but you don't see me fighting him ever second."
Naruto gave an indignant look at that as he looked away slightly "The Teme gets on my nerves more then anyone else!"
Kira, giving an exasperated sigh, grabbed Naruto by the back of his shirt. When Shiba asked where she was going her response was "I'm going talk to him. He can have destructive therapy once the idiots come around."
When the two were far enough away from the group that was waiting, Kira made Naruto sit down, and she said "Now that no one can here us, I need to know. What do you think of Hinata Naruto?"
Naruto gained a confused look as he said "She's my friend of course."
"Baka!" She yelled causing him to flinch "I'm her friend as well, yet you don't see me asking anyone else what they think of her. Now think a bit. What do you think of her?"
Naruto gained a thoughtful look, before he said "Well she's really nice, but she seemed to faint when I was near her earlier in the year before you came around. She also accepted me for who I am, even though she knew my secret without anyone telling her. I honestly don't know what I think about her."
Kira started to rub her temples as she felt a headache coming on. Once it resided enough she asked "Have you ever noticed Hinata looking at you in a way that's different the she looks towards me, or any of her other friends?" At the shake of his head, she hit him in the head again "Your dense! Naruto. I swear if you hurt Hinata by being so dense you don't notice her feelings towards you, family or not, I will hurt you."
Naruto gained a confused look once again as he asked "What feelings?"
Kira gave an angry sigh, before she said "I'm not going to tell you, it would be besides the point Baka. If you can't see Hinata's feelings for you without my help, then you are a lot denser then I believed."
Naruto gained an angry look on his face as he yelled "Why won't you just tell me then?!"
Kira glared straight at Naruto, her hair going into nine tails mode, and she growled out " I'm not going to tell you Dattebane! What would the be point of me telling you something that is glaring you in the face!"
Not even waiting to hear Naruto's response, she turned around and stomped back over towards the group that were waiting, not even caring about the fact that she had just made everyone look in her direction. Once she had gone a good distance from both Naruto and the group, she sat down, pulled out a scroll, and started to work on it, as she was still trying to figure out a way to get rid of the caged bird seal. Naruto, on the other hand, walked back over, confused about what had happened. He knew he made her mad, but he didn't understand why she was so adamant about him finding out about whatever it was on his own.
Shiba, wanting to find out the reason of Kira's yelling, walked over to the blonde Uzumaki and quietly asked "What did you do to piss her off Naruto?"
"She kept telling me that I had to find out something on my own. It involves Hinata, but I don't know anything else." Naruto staged in an equally quiet tone, hopping that Kira wouldn't hear.
Shiba's eyes widened at the revelation before she said "I think my daughters right in this case Naruto. You need to understand this on your own. Remember your teachers words, look underneath the underneath. How has Hinata acted towards you for one?"
Naruto gaining a confused look said "She's usually really nice, and she defends me at times as well."
Shiba nodded and continued "Ok, next. Has she ever been nervous around anyone besides you, in the same way."
Naruto shook his head "Not that I know of. She tends to stutter and her face gets all red likes she's sick when I get to close. Does she hate me?"
Naruto asked the last question in a worried tone, but Shiba just laughed and shook her head "No Naruto, that doesn't mean she hates you. In fact it's the opposite. Your going to have to figure out the rest on your own, though. I gave you the pieces now you need to put them together."
Naruto, who was still confused, but not as much as before, nodded his head before he walked off to actually think about what was said. He didn't get to contemplate it much longer, however as a nasally voice said "Oh. Your getting your ass kicked, how disappointing, Zabuza."
Everyone getting into position on the bridge to fool the little troll, Zabuza said "Gatō... Why are you here? And what's with all these men?"
Gatō laughed a bit as he looked condescendingly at Zabuza "The plans changed, well I can't really say that, as I planed to do this from the beginning. Zabuza, I'm going to have to kill you here. Well I never planned on paying you any money to begin with. Hiring a normal Shinobi from a hidden village is expensive and they may betray me... So I get you Missing nin, who are easy to take care of afterwards. I have Shinobi battle it out, and weaken each other, and then I take them all out using numbers, and it doesn't cost me anything, good plan right? The only problem in the plan was you Zabuza, kirigakure no Kijin? Sounds like a joke to me. Your just a little baby devil, we can easily kill you now."
Zabuza gave a bored look towards the group on front of him before he said "That, where your wrong, little troll."
Not even a second later, half of the men that Gatō had behind him, fell to the ground, with lifeless eyes, the only thing showing where they were hit, was a small cut in there back the size of a knife blade. The men fell the second there was a 'clink' sound of a sword hitting a sheath. Behind the group, was Shiba, who had just sheathed both of her blades at the same, a fine red mist hanging behind her, that was obviously a blood tail showing where she moved.
Shiba looked back towards the men who looked at her, and there was a vicious, almost wolf like, grin on her face "Run while you can little boys. It's gonna be a massacre!"
In reality, Shiba was not as bloodthirsty as she made herself out to be, but she was mainly trying to scare the group that was in front of her. The fact that it worked like a charm helped in everyone's opinion, as they all backed away from her scared. Not even a second later, however, the whole area had mist cover it. Zabuza gave an evil smirk from behind the bandages that covered his mouth, before he disappeared in the mist followed by screams of terror. Kira, rushed forward as well into the mist, followed by even more screams of terror. The only ones who actually didn't act, were the rest of the genin, and the two jōnin of Konoha, as it would have been overkill. Well that and the fact that none of the genin had killed anyone yet. While to was good to get your first kill in your Shinobi career out of the way as soon as possible, it wasn't a good thing for a genin to experience so soon into their career, as it could leave them mentally scarred. That could also, lead to mental disorders later in life due to it.
It honestly didn't take long for the group of mercenaries to fall, and the mist to disappear, to show Zabuza holding the little troll Gatō by his throat. Zabuza actually had a bored look on his face, as he dragged the troll towards the town, which Gatō had gone after the most. Zabuza threw the little troll towards the town after he reached the end of the bridge, right as the townsfolk had appeared to deal with Gatō themselves. When the townspeople looked in shock, Zabuza said "I've had enough of killing for today. You decide what happens to him. Your the ones he terrorized after all."
The Kiri-nin walked away from the group at this point as he looked back towards the other Shinobi on the bridge. He gave a nod towards Shiba and Kira, before he motioned for Haku to follow him, and the two disappeared without a trace. Naruto, for whatever reason, actually had a happy look on his face as the two left, and when questioned by his team he said "Despite everything, they were good people."
Shiba ruffled Naruto's hair as she walked up to him and said "Yep. Can't wait to see him again though."
Kira paled at the implication as she yelled "HELL NO!"
Shiba actually pouted at that as she looked at her daughter "Please? I like him."
Kira glared straight at her mother as she continued "No! I don't want the Kirigakure no kijin as a step father!"
Shiba pouted again at her daughter, before she sighed and got back on track. By walking back towards the area where all the dead mercenaries were, she took two of the dead bodies from the group, and put them into a stasis scroll. After she did that, she requested that Kakashi burn the bodies for clean-up. He gave a nod towards the Uzumaki clan head, before he burnt the bodies. The one who was affected the most from the burning flesh was Kiba and Akamaru, due to the terrible smell obviously, be Kira had actually given him something to cover their noses with.
After everything was finished with the burning bodies, the ones who personally knew both Kushina, and Minato, as well as their family, walked into the woods while leaving everyone else behind. Hinata had actually joined them, as she was adopted into the clan, but everyone else understood that this was for the ones they considered family.
"Once this starts, I'm going to need you to do this Kira. I don't have as much chakra as you do. Normally I'd have enough for one, but since there is two, we're going to need your chakra instead of mine." Shiba stated with a no nonsense tone that quickly told Kira that she needed to use isobu's chakra.
'You ok with this Isobu?' Kira asked her partner.
'I'll be fine with it. Sure I'll be tired afterwards, but it should be no problem, especially if it means you get someone close to you back.' The giant demon turtle responded back with a carful tone.
Kira understood why Isobu was saying that in a careful tone. Everyone, but Kakashi, knew that she had the demon turtle in her, and she wouldn't be able to use the seal that they were going to use unless she used at least a two tailed cloak. She understood the fact that it would literally force the chakra through her system so the seal could run, but it was just the fact that Kakashi didn't know about the turtle that set them both on edge. With everything she thought in mind, she turned to Kakashi and said "Kakashi. I don't want you to react in any way with what I'm going to do. You need to remember that you are goin to be fine no matter what you see or feel."
Kakashi gave a confused look towards Kira, but she didn't notice it, as Shiba placed the bodies, and the objects used for the revival on the second that her mother gave the nod, Kira let loose a very potent amount of the sanbi's chakra, forming a two tailed chakra cloak around her body. Immediately, it sent Kakashi into a alert mode, while the genin around tried their best to stay conscious from the pure intent of the chakra, that to them, felt almost evil. The only rhi stopping Kakashi from attacking Kira at the moment, was the fact that A: Shiba had him pinned not the ground, and B: the words that Kira told him before.
When it came to the two bodies on the seal, that had the properties that needed to be used to revive both Minato, and Kushina, a flash of purple light, that was almost unnoticeable went off in the seal, before the whole seal array started to glow white. Almost the second that the seal array glowed, did the chakra output from Kira drop to almost nonexistence. Though while she had finished with using the chakra to power the seal, she didn't step away from the seal, as her mother had a hand on it as well, sending the guidelines for the revival process, though when everything finished, no one would have expected what had happened.
The light died down almost right away, but that wasn't what anyone noticed. The first, was the fact that there was a blonde and red head side by side, that was normal, but the fact that the blonde as female, and the redhead was male, was the problem. The blonde, looked like Minato Namikaze alright, but there was a lot more femininity to the face. Well that and the fact that the clothes that had been on the bodies, seemed to be tight around the chest area. As for the red head, it was the same case. It looked like Kushina Uzumaki alright, but there was a more masculine feel to the person.
Shiba was the first to react to this as she said "I knew there was a possibility, but this is ridiculous. I'm expecting Kushina to wake up first, but when she finds out what happened..."
Kakashi, the next to say anything, was just staring at the blonde woman in front of him with an almost confused look "Sensei...?"
Kira, at this point was knocked out due to chakra exhaustion, but Shiro was just staring in absolute shock along side Hinata at the fact that the Yondaime Hokage had been turned into a female.
The last one to react, was Naruto, and instead of saying anything, his just fainted at the sight of his new 'mom' and 'dad'. It honestly wasn't a surprise that he fainted, as it was just to much shock on him in one day.
With a deep sigh Shiba grabbed her daughter, as well as Minato, while she had Kakashi pick up Kushina and Naruto. Shiro, and Hinata decided not to say much more about this, as they followed they followed the other Uzumaki back to the house. No one questioned why they brought in two people, not even Tazuna and his family, but it wasn't until the next morning that things got out of hand.
The first thing anyone hears on the house was two groans of what sounded like people just waking up. As it was, Kira was the only one in the room that both the fourth Hokage and Kushina were in, she was the first thing that either of them saw. Kira was in a small sundress, as she didn't really want to get into Shinobi attire at the time. Her red hair was pooled around her, and to the two adults she was extremely cute, in an childish sort of way. The two looked towards each other, not really notice any difference, as their hair was the same length as before, before they turned to Kira, and gently touched her shoulder to wake her up. Or at least that's what they were planning it do.
The second Minato reached out to touch Kira, her eyes snapped open, and her katana Akai Kiri no Kiba (1), was against both of their necks. After blinking the sleep out of her eyes, Kira looked to see both of the startled adults, and she quickly put her sword back into its sheath with a sheepish look "Ah hahaha... Sorry about that. I'm a bit jumpy when someone tries to touch me in my sleep."
Before anyone could say anything, a voice from down stairs yelled "Hey Kira! Are the two up yet?!"
"Yeah they are mom! I'll tell them what happened, and then I'll bring them downstairs for breakfast!" She yelled right back before turning towards her 'Aunt' and 'uncle' with a small smile "I'm glad to see your awake you know. I'm Kira Uzumaki by the way."
Kushina's eyes widened at the proclamation as 'she' yelled "Your an Uzumaki?!"
Kira nodded, but she help up a hand "Before you say anything, look towards each other would you? I mean look closely at each other."
The two did, and right away they noticed the differences. Kushina, more specifically, looked at Minatos new 'assests', while in turn, Minato looked toward Kushina with a deferent look then before. They both obviously still thought of each other In the same way as before, but now that the other was in their previous place, they were going to need to help each other out, even with embarrassing topics.
"What happened to use?" Minato asked in a confused tone.
"We used the Sō fukkatsu(2) seal on you two. Something went wrong, obviously, but you two are in the world of the living once more. I guess you could say, that instead of taking your actual soul we needed to make a new one, since you got sealed into the shinigami's stomach." Both of the Uzumaki gave the Namikaze a pointed look that caused her to flinch "Guess this is just natures way of making sure you two aren't the same as your old selves. Sure, you two are still Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki, but you two are completely different people now, even if you are still related to pretty much everyone you were before."
"So, you pretty much created a new us, correct?" Minato asked and she received a nod "Does that mean we retain everything we could use before?"
Kira shrugged "Don't know. Seals are different then normal abilities that are hereditary. Like I don't know if Kushina would be able to use his chakra chains anymore."
Kushina made face at that, before she asked "What about the Kyūbi? Is the beast still sealed?"
Kira nodded "Yeah the big fox is still in your kid. Got to say though, my cousin isn't the sharpest knife In the drawer..."
While Kira had mumbled the last part, Kushina still heard her, and he glared at her with his hair going into a familiar nine-tails mode "What was that about my son Dattebayo?!
Kira just stared blankly at Kushina, and she said "I said he isn't that smart. He's better then before, ever since the Uzumaki arrived in Konoha, like 60 people by the way, but he's still not on top, especially since he never had anyone to teach him things like a parent would."
Kushina, actually calmed down slightly from the explanation, before he sighed and said "I knew more then just me survived, but so little? We used to have close to two thousand people..."
Kira was about to say something, when a voice said "Most of the higher ups decided that having the civilian part of the clan get away was better then having the Warriors get away. Gotta say, as much as I hated it at the time, they were right." In the doorway, leaning against the frame, was Shiba who had a smirk on her scarred face "Welcome back to the land of the living little sis, or should I say bro now?"
Kushina's eyes widened at Shiba, before she quietly asked "Shiba? What happened to you? Why do you have so many scars?"
Shiba gave a grim look as she said "The war was a lot harder then you believed it to be Kushina. Every Uzumaki who could fight, did so to their last breath, even going as far as to activate a Shinda otoko no suitchi (3) seal as a way to buy more time for the people escaping."
Everyone's eyes widened at that proclamation. That seal was labeled under Kinjutsu, even by Uzumaki standards, due to the fact that the explosion was enough to send a Biju flying. It would never kill a biju, obviously since you can't, but it would disorient one enough for it to be sealed. Kushina, being the seal expert he was, knew this, and he said "So that's what you meant by 'to their last breath' huh? Stubborn old coot! Why couldn't have just ran away like the rest of the them Dattebayo?!"
Shiba gave an amused smile at her new brother's reaction, before she said "You should come downstairs. There are some people who want to meet you, as well as some breakfast." She paused as she heard a loud crash "I SWEAR TO KAMI, IF THAT WAS ANY OF YOU BUYS, ILL TAKE YOU BACK TO SPEECH TRAINING!"
Shiba stomped down the hall with an evil look on her face, and the demon wolf forming behind her. Minato just sweat dropped at her husbands (A/N: so freaking weird to say that -_-') family's antics. Looking towards the on,y Uzumaki still in the room she quietly asked "Is she always like that?"
Both of the red heads looked towards each other hand said "Yep." At the same time, which caused Minato to sweat drop once again, shaking her head, and mumbling something about crazy Uzumaki antics. Both of the Uzumaki decided to ignore her words, before they walked down the stairs leaving Minato to her thoughts. Not to long after Minato walked down stairs preparing herself for the carnage that was the Uzumaki family.
So? What did you guys think?
when it comes to the poll, it is almost unanimous. Neji wins! They will start the beginnings of a relationship when I decide, but it will be a NejiXOC thing.
Ok another thing. I've had someone complain about there not being enough Naruto, well he will be introduced more into the story later, but this is more of an OC centric story. In fact, I'm not going to have a time skip. Instead I'm going to write some original stuff instead, so your an look forward to that.
Finally translations:
(1): Akai Kiri no Kiba = Fang of the red mist- Shiba's original blade, that she gave to her daughter. This blade is considered a demon blade, due to the evil presence that it has when the use pulls it out, and has a killing intent towards their enemy. It is still unknown where this blade was forged, but the blade has never even chipped, and the color of the weapon, leaves many in awe
(2): Sō fukkatsu= Total revival- A seal that revives a person, by not only creating a new body, but, new soul as well. By taking a dead body, the seal takes whatever DNA that you put with the body to give the person their structure back, and it rearranges the body at a molecular level. There will always be something different between this body and the last, so that they will be different, but it is unknown what the difference is most of the time.
(3): Shinda otoko no suitchi = Dead man's switch- A seal placed on the body that activates upon the stopping of the Brandee's heart. When activated, it releases an explosion the size and strength of which, that could knock a Biju out for a minute or more. This seal is labeled as a Kinjutsu in the Uzushiogakure seal archives, and is forbidden to use, unless given explicit permission from the Uzumaki clan head.