Chapter 3: Secrets and Alliances

"Minato's son is alive and well." Kushina proclaimed. No one said anything, but nodded in agreement. "True. But I heard some where that Naruto wasn't related to Minato by blood." Said Jiraiya questionly. Kushina let out a heavy sigh as she sat down. "That's because of the seal." She said. "The seal?" asked the group. Kushina looked directly at the group. "I found out a week ago. Before Minato decided to try and use Naruto as the Junchuuriki for the Nine-tails, he placed a seal on him. In the event he died, the seal will overwrite his DNA and allow the Uzumaki blood to take over. Thus saving Naruto from Monato's enemies." Kushina explained. "That sound about." Said Kakashi. "What? How?" asked Tsunade. "Sensei was always a little parinod about his son's safety." Answered Kakashi.

Flash Back

"You called sensei?" asked Kakashi. "Yes. I need to ask you a favor." Minato said. "Your wife is about to give birth to your son and you want me to watch over him. Right?" Kakashi asked nonchalantly. Minato looked at his student shocked, but relaxed. "Yes. How did you know?" he asked with a hint of amusement. "You've been going paranoid for the past month." He said bluntly. The two men had a nice, hard laugh. After a few minutes of good hard laughing, Minato spoke. "Well I'm glad that's over." He said. Suddenly, the door to the room opened to revel Kushina. "What the hell is so funny?" she yelled. Minato gave his student a frightened look. "Now would be good time to run." He said. "I agree." Said Kakashi as they began to run from a pissed off Kushina.

Flash Back End

"Crazy times." Said Kakashi. Every one was laughing. "Listen Kushina. It'll take a long time for the wounds to heal. But the first step is learning to forgive. And in Minato's memory, I want to take care of Naruto." Said a teary Naruto. All needed in agreement. "But, what about being a rouge shinobi?" asked Rin. Every one realized this and started to panic. Kakashi suddenly took off his and Rin's head-band. Every one looked at Kakashi confused. "What was that for?" asked Rin. "Simple. If we want to be there for Naruto and not worry about hunter-nin from other villages coming after us, we join Whirlpool." Kakashi said.

"He's right. It's the best solution." Said Jiraiya. All nodded. Kushina looked down at the now quiet Naruto. She smiled at him and he let out a small giggle. She looked at every one and asked them to be silent. "There's one more thing I need to tell all of you." Kushina said. Tsunade looked at her and asked, "What?' Kushina paused a bit, as if in thought and said, "I managed to make an alliance with the Hidden Cloud village and the Hidden Waterfall village. Cloud is sending Yugito Nii and Waterfall is sending Fu to marry Naruto." Kushina said. All looked in shock. Seeing their reaction, Kushina continued. "When Fu and Yugito turn five, they will be sent here to train along side Naruto and eventually marry him. Also, the Hidden Rock village, my husband's enemies, upon seeing my son not in anyway related to him, signed a treaty with us. The treaty was set up to welcome us as one of the 5 major hidden villages." She finished.

Five years later

"Naruto!" yelled Yugito and Fu. Naurto ran up to the girls and gave them a big smile. This caused both girls to blush. Naruto still had short, buzz cut like, red hair. He wore a blue t-shirt with the Uzumaki clan crest and black shorts. Yugito had on a pink shirt and blue pants. She had blonde hair and had a nice tan. She had her hair in a pony-tail. Fu wore a black shirt and orange pants. She had green hair and dark brown skin. It was bright and sunny out, with blue skies and few clouds. A few feet away, Rin was watching the trio play with a smile on her face.

Later that night

"Good night my little Naruto." Said Kushina as she kissed Naruto good-night. As she closed the door behind her, she noticed Tsunade off to the right. "He seemed happy." Tsunade said with a smile. Kushina gave her a smile of her own. "It's been five years now. And it's going to get better I suppose." Tsunade said jokingly. "Yup!" said Kushina. With this, the two women headed to their rooms for the night.