Chapter 1

Reishi, formerly known as Naruto Uzumaki, could only smile behind his mask at the dead-pan look on everyone's faces. Or at least some of them had that look, others looked at him as if to kill him, those being Kakashi, Ino, and Sakura. Hinata however looked at him in awe as she saw what he had done for her with her Byakugan. However she was extremely concerned with not being able to see his chakra points. It was as if a solid block appeared. The only thing she was able to see was his movements. Shaking her head she walked up to him and bowed. "Thank you for helping me, Reishi-san was it?" she asked.

"Okay, for one thing its just Reishi. No 'Reishu-kun' or 'Reishi-sama' and DEFINITELY not 'Reishi-chan'. I don't like formalities." Reishi smiled as he stood Hinata up from her bow. "And unless I deserve it, I don't deserve to be bowed to either."

Hinata was at a loss for some reason. No matter what, it seemed like this boy was familiar, as if she knew him already. But as she looked at the different aspects of the boy in front of her, she could not tell anything other than his eyes that struck her as familiar. Taking a step back, she bowed again. "I am sorry, Reishi-san, but I am sorry to say that I must offer my gratitude either way. Since you saved me from being attacked by my fellow shinobi."

"You being attacked? You attacked Sasuke-kun and he didn't even do anything to you!" Ino yelled, preparing a series of handseals. I'll make her apologize and then become his slave. She thought, looking at the Hyuuga. After all, she was all over that deadlast Naruto.

However, while Ino was preparing her jutsu, Reishi however was not going to let it happen. Taking out a rather small plushy that he stashed in his pocket, he smiled as the jutsu finished. Pulling Hinata away in time, Ino was placed inside the plushy dolls own stuffed body.

Ino seemed to immediately realize what had happened, but couldn't do anything with her hands the way they were so everyone in the room was treated to having a jumping plushy doll before Ino came back to her body, screaming for whoever did that to come forward so that she could kill them, all the while rubbing her arms against some invisible chill.

At that time however, Kakashi had somehow gotten Sasuke out of the chains, and neither of them were unhappy. "Hokage-san," Sasuke growled, grabbing another kunai. "I want these two arrested for assaulting me."

"Shut up, Sasuke." Sarutobi growled, his eyes rolling to the back of his head. "I don't care about what the elders have put into your head, little boy. But you don't get whatever you want here in this office."

"Hokage-sama? Shouldn't we wait until the Gennin are out of the office to talk about who gets what?" Kakashi asked.

"Kakashi-san," Reishi growled. "Considering your own rules, I would suggest you shut up before I call into question of what happened to your former teammate." He said with a growled.

"How dare you!" Sakura growled, running at the boy only to receive a smashed in face from a yawning Reishi, who had had to reach back just for her face to connect with his fist.

"I read up on this Uzumaki Naruto." Reishi growled, looking at the three members of team seven. "And from what I read, the only reason your team left on that C rank turned A rank, was because of your incessant need to kill him off, and the need to prove how special the Uchiha is." He growled, staring now dead center at Sasuke. "So, Sasuke-teme, how does it feel to come out of the closet?" he asked, making several of the other people in the room laugh at Sasuke's expense.

"I've never come out of the closet."

"Oh wow, such a closet case, Hokage-sama. You should maybe ask to have him evaluated to make sure he can even reproduce. I would hate to have all this bullshit happen, and still need to call for Itachi to come back, just to keep the Sharingan in check and in Konoha." Reishi smirked.

"Alright, everyone CALM DOWN!" Sarutobi roared, his own Killer Intent reaching everyone, to which only caused Reishi to smile while Sasuke looked about ready to piss himself. Now looking at everyone in turn, Sarutobi sighed. "Now, before everything here started, I had a meeting planned out. I am now going to go on with what I was going to do. Reishi, sit down please." He began, gesturing to a chair facing the village landscape while everyone sat staring at the old man. "Now, as you all have heard, one of our dear friends died recently. Naruto was a good shinobi who didn't deserve to die. He loved this village very much and died because of unforeseen complications in his latest mission."

At that point Reishi was immediately drawn into it when he turned around and saw Hinata begin to tear up again. Looking around, Reishi smiled in his mask before a chain walked itself from his bracer to tickle her instep, causing her to jump ever so slightly, but she stopped crying.

"Now, seeing as we have one less for obvious reasons, I was able to swindle an old friend of mine to send me his most promising student, someone who left Konoha a very long time ago with his uncle. And due to his bloodline limits, he has been granted a shinobi status and clan head status at Chuunin." Sarutobi began.

"Hokage-sama, my team just got back from mission," Kakashi began. "I can't possibly take another student when Naruto's death is so fresh." At this, the wood on Reishi's chair splintered under the force of his grip. "Is there a problem, Genin?" he asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Hatake-san." Reishi spat. "I just get involuntary muscle spasms around bullshit. I'd guess you'd say its my bullshit meter." He shrugged, giving the Jounin a smirk.

"As SUCH," Sarutobi interrupted. "Reishi is not going to your team, Kakashi. He's joining Team 8 since they are also going to be receiving a little bit more training later. I want to try something of a test with his abilities combined with their tracking expertise."

"If your wanting to test a teams abilities, Hokage-sama, why not have Sasuke-kun test them?" Sakura asked, looking at everyone except Reishi.

"Hold your tongue you pink haired banshee." Reishi growled. "You have no idea what the test is so go suck a dead donkey off or something."

"Reishi, calm down." Sarutobi warned. "You know what we talked about earlier." He explained. "You go with my rules, I go with yours. Got it?" he asked the boy.

"Yeah yeah yeah." Reishi sighed. "Kurenei-sensei? Where does your team meet for team meetings?" he asked.

"Well our next meeting is in a week at Ichiruka Ramen so you can meet us there about eight oclock I guess." Kurenei began, looking at the immediate blush from Hinata.

"Well then, next week at seven it is then." Reishi smiled a farewell to them before walking out of the door.

"I want his…" Sasuke demanded, or he would have if he hadn't received a stapler in the back of his head.

"Nothing of mine, Sasuke-teme, is up for your decision, much less your wants. So go away." Reishi growled coldly. And with that, the newest shinobi of the Rookie 9 group left the office to parts unknown.

Hinata stared at his back as calmly as she could, holding onto her emotions ever so tightly. Barely stopping herself from crying, she stood up and walked shakily out of the office, followed by her team, each of them expecting her to drop from fatigue. I miss Naruto-kun. She thought as she walked.

Kurenei however could only stare at the remainder of the people in the room. Sasuke however wasn't even paying attention to the Jounin. He was staring at the office door, anger and rage present in his eyes. She calmly glanced to Kakashi only to see him glaring over a scroll that the Hokage had given him. "How can this be, Hokage-sama? We just got back! How can the mission have already been turned in?!" he growled, looking over the mission report. It almost looks like someone delivered it… but Tazuna told me that Naruto had been given the scroll already and was on his way! Kakashi thought, his eyes widening as he heard Sakura asking Sasuke out again in her high-pitched voice. "Where is Naruto, Hokage-sama?" he asked.

"I don't know honestly, Kakashi." Sarutobi smiled. "Why don't you tell me where you buried him."

"We burned the body, Hokage-san." Sasuke growled as he fought off his fangirl. "He didn't deserve a proper funeral so we burned the body."

"Uchiha Sasuke, for being as disrespectful as you are being, I should arrest you and detain you for a full month in the ANBU Headquarters." Sarutobi frowned, barely keeping his own anger in check. "But this is the last time I am going to let it slide." He said, his frown turning upside down. "Now, for the three of you being pretty much AWOL for four days," he began. "Hatake Kakashi, step forward. Kurenei, I will need a witness for this, do you mind?" he asked snidely as he looked at the genjutsu mistress only to grin at her nod. "Good."

"Hokage-sama, we weren't AWOL, we were in Wave completing the mission!" Sakura shrieked, causing Kurenei to wince and shake her head to relieve the tension in her ear and neck.

Sarutobi could only sigh. "I already know that the bridge was completed several days ago, and already received the payment from the client for an S rank mission." He began. "And as such, you are entitled to your pay of it. HOWEVER!" he smirked at the look on everyone's face. "You will be donating it to the orphans hospital that is being erected in Naruto's honor. He will be most pleased with having a hospital named after him." Sarutobi laughed.

"Is this some kind of joke, Hokage-san?!" Sasuke yelled, standing erect in front of the older shinobi.

"I'll give you points for bravery, BOY. Just none for smarts." Sarutobi growled as his anger surfaced on his own face. "You will be donating it to the orphans hospital that is being erected in Naruto's honor. That is an order. The money has already been dealt with, so maybe next time you wont dawdle in returning from a mission." He said sternly. "You three don't have a third person so don't even ASK about having another C rank mission tomorrow, Kakashi. All you three will be dealing with for the next YEAR are D ranks so get use to it." He said before Kakashi exited the office.

Now that he was alone, he could only smile before taking out a list of sensei's that he felt could help the newly named Reishi with his dream and his plans for the future. He just hoped that he could pull it off. Some of them were not exactly the best for being a sensei. The list included:

Anko Miterashi

Might Gai

Genma

Sarutobi Asuma

Other than those few, Sarutobi would have asked Kurenei to teach him some genjutsu but he didn't think that he could count on Reishi actually having the qualities necessary for genjutsu. He would still need to ask Hayate to possibly teach him some kenjutsu since he was kind of the only one who could really teach.

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Apartment Complex ~ Later that night

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I wonder why I would have to stay at a new apartment. He thought as he walked with the owner of an apartment complex, watching the shinobi coming and going from their own apartments. "So the only one you have available is a two bedroom?" he asked the owner in front of him. Somehow, since he had found out that he was dead, something kept happening, like he was finally able to think a lot easier. Hell he hadn't had an emotional outburst since he had talked with the old man. He had even discovered that he was able to learn everything that happened with the Kage Bunshin, and it almost scared him about how much more he could learn from just that alone. He rarely felt winded when he used the technique, so he had sent earlier today several dozens of clones out to both the library and the Hokage's Vault to try and learn everything that they could. I just don't get in trouble for learning on the fly like this. He thought, remembering that it was not supposed to be allowed to break into the Vault just to learn from the scroll of seals or anything else in there.

Thankfully his clones had yet to be caught, and since the librarians had closed up the library over an hour ago, he would learn much sooner rather than later. But now what was truly concerning him was the staring that he seemed to be doing at not only his surroundings, but to what must have been the most perverted actions that he could think of while looking at the blonde owner of the apartments. She must have been like twenty five years old from the looks of her, far from any bad age or anything like that. She had a nicely shaped rear and from what he had noticed when he had talked with her face to face, she wasn't that bad looking in the front. Reishi was quite happy to note that she did not seem to notice his staring, or she just didn't care about his looking at her.

"Yes, in fact the last tenant was so into training he turned the other room into a sort of dojo. Wooden weapons, a few training dummies, stuff like that." The woman explained a show of excitement in the air from the way she looked at him over her shoulder.

"That's a good thing. I'm used to having room to train." He smiled at the lie. The woman in front of him only cared about making a sale, and as such would be all to willing to tell him everything that would make him want to have the sale done. And with the bounty that had been given to him, thanks to his former self being given the money for killing Zabuza.

Entering the apartment, Reishi was greeted with the plain decorum of an apartment that looked like someone had left the apartment in a hurry, but did not come back. Hanging his head low, the newly reborn shinobi could only frown as he looked around. Nothing seemed to be in order, and it looked like it had been ransacked already. Looking at the main bedroom, which looked like it belonged to a married man with pictures of loved ones that never knew their husband, brother, nephew or father was deceased and would not be returning. "Do you know who the family is? If I get the apartment I would like to send his stuff to them." He began as he closed the door to the main bedroom.

"As near as I remember, Reishi-san, the last tenant had no family. He kept pictures of them so that he may remember them." The blonde sighed as they walked through to the rather large bathroom. A large sauna tub with a separate shower were the most evident thing in noticeable. The tile on the floor looked to be black marble with blue lacquer lining around each peace. The sink and the toilet looked to be casted from what looked like solid bronze. Rather with the bedroom, the only thing that looked oddly out of place in the bathroom was a picture of a female kinouichi above the toilet. Reishi actually took a closer look at the picture to realize the particulars of the women. She wore a trench coat, but with mesh clothing under it with a skirt and a sports bra the only thing covering it. Thankfully to Reishi, his mask covered the small nosebleed that he got for his trouble. "Ma'am, who is this?" he asked, scratching his neck absently.

"I think that that would be Anko Mitarashi. That's the only woman that looks like that. No sane woman would ever dress like that so yeah." The blonde laughed.

"Okay." Reishi smiled absently, wishing to move on as he tried to ignore a tightening in the place between his legs. "Moving on." He frowned as he saw the woman looking at him, an odd look in her eyes.

Just as soon as it was there, the look was gone and Reishi was escorted to the other bedroom, or as it was now labeled in his mind, his own wet dream of a dojo. It looked enormous, wooden plank flooring, training dummies and targets littering every wall, wooden weapons on a rather large stand with some dull metal weapons there as well. Looking at the ceiling, the boy was greeted with a sight that made him smile: The dojo had a open roof skylight!

"Do you like it, Reishi-san?" the blonde asked as she looked at his open mouthed expression.

"Yeah." He stammered, his grin not even faltering. The two proceeded to the kitchen where she gave him some water that surprised him further. Its clean water! He thought. No more bottled shit!

He loved water, especially fresh from a stream. This water seemed to taste much better than that. Looking around the rest of the kitchen, Reishi was glad to see that everything seemed to be state of the art at least for some of his own perceptions. It had a large refrigerator, a decently sized stove with black and silver countertops. It held a two sink design for the faucet, and a dishwasher.

Smiling at the owner, he could only nod his head before he said something that made the women's day. "I'll take it."

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Hyuuga Estate

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Hyuuga Hinata was still not happy. She had been pacing in the practice yard of the complex for the last two hours, trying as much as she could to at the very least to come to grips with Naruto's death. She hated that he was dead. He was the only thing that she could call hers, even though she was too scared to tell him that she loved him. She had drawn at his own courage for as long as she could remember. Everything she had been able to do, starting from the time that she had met him, was because of him. Becoming a kinouichi, making her father accept her even a little, even the way she acted in her team had been part of her drawing on his own attitude. His never backing down much less his whole demeanor, had told her that she could be something better than herself. She could become something that would help her clan.

Looking around at the rest of the compound, she barely restrained her own growl as she saw her cousin, Neji. He was once again training, this time on another Branch House member. He had been becoming angrier lately. He had practiced with her and had almost killed her, saying that she was just a weak Main Branch member. The whole idea that she was weak had set her off so much that Neji had received something that he never expected from her: a swift chakra enhanced kick to his testicles. She had gotten into so much trouble for it, but it had made her cousin think twice about insulting someone. But this time as she watched him, she saw him not even trying to use the Juuken. He was just punching his opponent as hard as he could. As if hitting his opponent as hard as he could would just make everything all the better. "Neji, stop it!" she ordered, finally finding something to think about that would alleviate her sorrow. "You don't need to keep doing that if you are just wanting to hurt someone!" she yelled, looking at his downed opponent as he struggled to get up. "You've damn near crippled him!" she screamed in outrage.

"If he is so weak as to not be able to do his job, Hinata-sama, then he is not meant to be in the Branch Family. He should have his eyes sealed and banished from the clan." Neji growled as he looked at his opponent.

"Well that would make nobody happy but you, Neji-san." Hinata said, walking up to the downed Hyuuga. "Are you okay? What is your name?" she asked the boy.

"My name, Hinata-sama, is Gohiji. Son of Hyubuken." The boy mumbled, holding his stomach. "Do not worry about me, Hinata-sama." He muttered before he passed out from pain.

Pulling out a soldier pill, Hinata slid it into the boys mouth and forcing him so swallow the pill. Gohiji was immediately awakened, only to cry out in pain again from the sudden movements. Hinata however would have none of that. She clamped her hand over his mouth and nodded her head at the boy. She just hoped that she would be successful in concealing the medicine that she had given the boy.

The boy slowly swallowed again, hoping deep in his mind that she had not given him a poison pill. But after only a second, his pain slowly ebbed away, leaving him feeling almost as good as new. When he gave her another nod, she helped him stand up. He smiled at her affectionately as he then looked at his tormentor. Taking a small bow, Gohiji left the training yard, a little bit of hope in his steps. "What did you do to him, Hinata-sama?" Neji growled, angry at the loss of his opponent.

"I don't care for your tone, Neji-san." Hinata began. "But I think I will let it past, since you already know that I gave him a soldier pill, so that he could get back on his feet."

"You're a liar, and a cheat." Neji growled as he walked to move past her. "And weak."

"You have no idea." Hinata sighed before hitting the ground on her knees.

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Reishi's Apartment - Dojo

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Reishi had been walking around his new apartment before he entered his new dojo. Just as he sat on a bench to think, he was pulled into his mindscape.

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Reishi was instantly on alert as he looked around at a new visage in his mind. Instead of the sewer that he had always experienced, he was greeted to the same place that he had last thought of… Zabuza's gravesite. And on top of his own grave, stood the light blue form of Zabuza. "Zabuza?" he gulped. "What is going on here? Why did your sword break up? What are you even doing in my mindscape?" he asked, confused beyond measure at the sight of the man in front of him.

"Kid," Zabuza grinned. "Oh sorry, NARUTO." He chuckled. "I told you that I would train you in my ways of fighting. I didn't say how I would do so."

"Okay so your going to be giving me tutor lessons in my mindscape?" Reishi asked. "I mean no disrespect, but your dead."

"I know I am dead. But did you have a chance to look at that scroll that I had transformed to?" the former missing nin asked.

"Uh yeah, it had your jutsu in it, along with stuff on kenjutsu." He sighed. "But I don't have a teacher to help me." He whispered to himself. He tried to back himself into a corner of his mind in sorrow at his current situation.

Only, he would have, if Zabuza hadn't gotten behind him and smacked him upside his head, causing him actual pain. "Shut up kid and listen." He growled as Reishi scowled at him. "That scroll can also allow me to come into the physical world and train you. As in having a physical body!" he growled.

Reishi was now smiling as brightly as a solar flare, his teeth shining white in the mindscapes sun. "You would train me, the one who killed you?" he asked, his grin returning to his frown.

"I don't care that you killed me." Zabuza began. "First of all, one of the many traits of the swordsmen is this: Kill, or be killed. There is no make-believe on that fact." He smiled as Reishi seemed to think it over. "I am not someone to make someone kill. The only reason I wanted Haku to kill was so that we can finally be free of shit like the hunter-nins." He explained when Reishi was about to ask the question. "But second, I am going to be having every single one of your precious Kage Bunshin learning my techniques. And any others that I can't see a reason for is continuing at that library you so happen to like." He smiled, his shark-like teeth showing through.

Reishi on the other hand, was giving another sort of predatory look, one of a fox. Just as he was about to ask when they would get started he was interrupted. "When you wake up from your little nap, Reishi, you and I are going to train until you can't walk anymore. Smear blood on the left most corner of the scroll and it will send me into a corporeal body for us to train." Zabuza explained with a grin.

Inuzuka Clan Estate ~ Six days later

The dogs on the Inuzuka clan Compound were beside themselves somehow. They kept howling out in pain and misery. Or maybe it was longing that they are experiencing. Hana Inuzuka was looking around the kennel in worry. She had been trying to talk to them about why they wouldn't be quieted and trying to understand their answers. "What do you mean that you were all betrayed?" she asked. Even her own pups, the Grey Triplets were looking at her in question. "Why have the Inuzuka Clan dogs felt betrayed, guys?" she asked, looking them each in their eyes. Only to be barked at.

"We feel betrayed by liars." The eldest began. "People have told us someone died. He was pack." He explained. "We feel betrayed by the clan. We cannot go find out if it is true."

"Wait a minute," Hana panted, finally realizing what was going on. Standing up from her kneeling position. Looking to do the dogs in their cages, she shouted. "Is this about the Uzumaki?" she called out. The dogs were instantly quiet, all of them with their heads down. "That's it, isn't it?" she asked, whipping her own eyes against the pain of it. "I can only have the triplets look out in the village while I am at the clinic. Is that enough of a look for the rest of you?" she asked with a slight smile.

"No need, Hana." The middle child called out from the door of the kennel.

"Why do you say that?" Hana asked.

"SOMEONE is at the compound door."

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Door of the Inuzuka Clan Estate

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"Oi, hello Inuzuka-san!" someone yelled at the guards, calling them to attention. As they stared down the street trying to find out who was coming, they saw a young child with long black and red hair, wearing a pair of cargo pants and long-sleeve padded shirt. As soon as he was aware that he was watching, he was in the air landing right in front of them. "I am sorry for startling you." Reishi bowed at the two guards separately. "I had no ill intent towards you or your clan."

"Then why may I ask are you here, shinobi-san?" the guard on the right began. "I do not recognize you as someone who would visit us this late in the day." He explained, looking at the boy before him.

"Well that is because I am new to the village." Reishi smiled at them. "My name is Reishi Navumo. I just joined the village several weeks ago." The boy smiled a toothy grin that made both guards lower their heads. "What is wrong?" he asked, worried.

"We knew someone, who died recently." The guard on the left began. "He wasn't really loved by some of us, but the rest of us who loved the boy have not been the same. Your smile made me realize that he really is gone." He said, a lone tear running down his cheek.

"Oh, I am sorry." Reishi sighed. What was I THINKING coming here! He thought. These guys were some of my only friends. Of course they would be hurt by this. He thought, throwing a smaller grin at the guards. "May I ask your names? I mean no intent with them but I happen to be wishing to talk with Tsume Inuzuka and see the nin-gen. I wish to be friends with the entire clan. I am partial to animals, but I will not enter a place that I do not know the names of the guards of the compound." He explained in a mildly excited tone.

"Umm, my name is Choyingai." The one on the left began, looking at the kid in wonder. He smells so… familiar. He thought.

The one on the right however was bending over as to look at the boy in the eyes. "My name is Soruguza." He said after a minute. "Do you realize that you have a rather odd scent to you?" he asked.

"My smell?" Reishi asked, lifting his arms to smell his armpits.

"You smell of the wilderness." Sorugunza began. "Its an odd smell that we of the clan like." He smiled. "Be careful of our females little one." he chuckled as Reishi's laughter wrung out in their ears. "I will send for someone to call for you an escort. Maybe Hana is here." He explained, opening the door a crack and stepping inside.

Reishi was instantly worried. "Hana Inuzuka is here? I thought she might have been at the clinic at about this time." He asked, looking around.

Choyingai was looking at the boy in wonder. "Yes, she is here on business. Something is troubling our nin-gen and it worries us."

"There's something wrong with the animals?" Reishi called out, struggling against himself not to tear the door down and go inside running. He was barely able to hold out before the door flew open and the Grey Triplets came tearing out of the door, crushing into Reishi and making him hit the ground. He willed them to stop as he chuckled. Oh I missed you three! He thought to himself as he tried to fight off the light licking and pawing of his face. His mask had been forgotten and the only thing covering his marks was a set of tattoos that he had made to hide them. "Hey now you three you shouldn't act like this to a total stranger!" he admonished when he was able to fend them off.

"I am soooo sorry that they did that shinobi-san." Hana stumbled at seeing the boy in front of her. "They do not usually lock onto people like this."

"It is okay, Inuzuka-san." Reishi smiled, petting two of the triplets while the last one sat on his back as he sat there. "I have some kind of weird affinity for animals. Dogs and Foxes were some of my best friends in the old days when I was in the forest." He lied, looking at the two he was petting. Please don't ruin this, I will explain later. He pleaded in his own head.

"I can believe that." Hana sighed. "I can smell the both of them on you." She said with a chuckle. "Now what is it you were wanting to do that has to do with our clan, boy?" she asked.

"I was wanting to talk with the animals in the clan." He began. "I have several things I would like to discuss, but I would like to discuss with the Inuzuka clans animals before I speak with Tsume and Hana Inuzuka. But I must speak with them alone. I will even surrender all weapons in my possession to appease any clan ordinances." He explained humbly.

"Well that hasn't been requested in forever." Choyungai said behind them as he stood at the compound doors.

"I can smell that you have no ill intent. So I will let you into the grounds. But you will be escorted everywhere you go." Hana growled at the guard as she spoke to Reishi. "The Triplets are my companions so they will accompany you anywhere you go. But I will take you to the dog kennels myself." She smirked at his downcast frown, not realizing the smile on his face.

Raising his head, Reishi smiled. "Let the way, Hana-san." He said, standing up after the dogs got off of him.

Leading him to the kennels, Hana could not shake the sense of déjà-vu hitting her. Then sadness stiffened her as she realized that she had only done this once before. Naruto had come to see the dogs for forever, ever since he had joined the academy and met Kiba.

Arriving at the kennel, Hana was shocked to see that the dogs in the kennel were quiet and talking to each other about something or other. Looking back at the boy behind her, she wasn't really surprised now to see her own dogs practically hovering over him. She had taught them to protect the compound over anything in the village. As they entered the kennel, Reishi smiled as the dogs began to pant at him in welcome. "Is this all the dogs, Hana-san?" he asked.

"All the ones that's partners aren't out on patrol." Hana smiled, not even counting her mother's own companion who was at her side at all times.

"Oh okay. Is there a way I could talk to them when their patrols get in?" he asked. At her wide eyed stare, he had to back up. "I swear its nothing bad. I just need to seriously talk with them." He pleaded, holding his hands out in front of him.

Somehow, everything went into chaos as soon as the scent of fear entered the air. Every dog in the kennel began to bark, but not at Reishi, but at HANA! Looking in bewilderment, she tried to look to her own dogs for a sort of protection but only saw them standing in front of Reishi. "Are you growling at me?" she asked the triplets in fear. The Triplets were her companions, and they were acting strangely. Looking back at the new person in their compound, she glared at him. "What have you done to them?" she asked.

"I swear, I have no idea what is going on." Reishi cried out. "Everyone please calm down!" he shouted. The instant quiet unnerved the both of them. "Umm, thank you?" he frowned.

"If I find out you have done anything to our dogs, you will be executed in front of the compound. Dogs be damned." She growled as she forced her way out of the door, leaving him and the dogs alone. I know that something is going on. I'll just wait outside for now. I think anything is going on, then I'll come in and kill him if need be.

Reishi smiled as Hana left him alone with the beasts. Looking at the dogs each in their own way, he smiled ever slowly as the dogs were immediately yipping at him, all wanting him to let them go. Smiling as he walked through to them. "I know you guys wanna come out and play with me. You know who I am, but you need to hold on and let me talk okay?" he asked, giving the dogs in the cages a large foxy grin when all the dogs tails started wagging to the point that they looked like their butts would start flying off. Chuckling lightly, the former blonde created the necessary Kage Bunshin and opened the gates, asking the dogs not to jump and that they would get their usual treats.

Smiling at the dogs as they circled around him, he could only sigh. "I hear you all have miss me." He sighed as they lowered their heads. "But I was betrayed." He began. "That stupid ass sensei of mine told everyone that I was dead. Killed in action!" he growled in outrage. The dogs however were growling in menace, making a pack with each other to treat a certain number of people savagely during their walks out of the village. "Can you believe that?" Reishi asked, a tear falling down his eye. "I mean, I save his ass from drowning and that is how they repay me. By KILLING me!" he shouted, making a few of the dogs whimper. Those dogs immediately got some treats. "I'm sorry guys." He sighed. "I shouldn't still be angry. I can FINALLY walk around without having people stare at me like their gonna kill me. I have a chance to be something!" he groaned. Looking at the collection of his dearest friends. "I know that you guys are not gonna be missing me." He smiled. Hearing the collective whining from the dogs, he could only sigh. "Didn't the triplets already told you? I'm going to be talking to Tsume-sama and seeing about making an alliance with the Inuzuka clan." He grinned. "I'm gonna be seeing you guys as much as I can. MORE so since one of my new teammates is Kiba!" he shouted, only to be tackled by the dogs again, this time over a dozen licking tongues getting to his face. God I am glad I came here today! He thought as he wrestled the dogs off of him. "Hey now, don't be getting fresh!" he shouted, looking at several of the dogs. "Wait a minute." He sniffed the air. "When where you two females gonna tell me that you were pregnant?!" he asked. The two females in question, both of the same breed really, hid their noses beneath their paws. "Ah, I see." Reishi smiled. "You guys didn't even know." He sighed. "I'm sorry that I embarrassed you." He said, holding out his hands to the two. "I want you to know that I am not mad at you so go ahead and take a bite if you want. I don't mind it." He shrugged.

The two females came up to his hand and gave him small bites on his hand each taking their turns. "All better?" he asked, getting a response from the two in the form of getting his bite marks licked as they healed. "Okay, so here is what I would like from you all. I don't need your partners coming into all this and realizing what is so important with me. I love coming to play with you guys. And if I had my way about it I would be asking several of you that lost your partners to come be mine." He smiled, catching a few of the more vicious snarls coming from the back of the circle. "Wait a minute. How many of you don't have partners?" he asked, getting several more barks then he would have expected. "I'm… I'm sorry everyone. It was insensitive to talk like that." He whispered, feeling worse for even making the comment. "Is Chiromue still here?" he asked, looking over the dogs.

"I see that the dogs have gotten out." A female voice called out, striking all the dogs out of their happiness before all but the triplets bolted to their cages, which closed behind them.

Standing up quickly, Reishi was immediately tackled to the ground again, this time by the clan heads dog, Kuramaru. His single eye seemed to bleed into both of Reishi's before he sat back on his haunches. "Hi." Reishi smirked. "Could you get off of me now, big guy?" he asked, looking to the two women at the door. Tsume looked at her dog like he was a complete stranger, while Hana hung back and frowned at the display. "I'm sorry, Tsume-sama, I have been getting this behavior since I got here, and I actually somewhat like it." He frowned at the women's scowl in his direction.

"I know you… brat." Tsume growled, causing Reishi's eyes to widen. "Your that brat who the Hokage made into a shinobi from outside of Konoha." She explained to her daughter. "He came from some out of the way area in Fire Country near the border with rock. Something about one of the Hokage's friends having a group there learning the ways of being a shinobi. Sarutobi-sama said that he had sent for the best of his students to make up for the slack from when Naruto was killed." She said, not even listening to the growling that was coming from both the dogs around her and Reishi himself.

"I'm sorry if I offended the clan somehow by coming here, Tsume-sama." Reishi said, slowly managing to push Kuramaru away from him for a short while. "But with my affinity for animals I was wondering if when I made Chuunin and was granted my clan head status, I would request an alliance with Inuzuka clan." He explained as he stood up painstakingly.

"Well," Hana smirked. "Who would have calculated that?" she asked.

"I would think that the Aburame clan would have." Reishi laughed, shocking the two clan members. Sobering himself, he smiled. "Sorry, bad habit of mine." He sighed.

Looking at the kid in front of them, Tsume was bewildered at the sight of this kid. "What makes you think that I would be willing to make an alliance with a kid wanting to be clan heir?" she asked. "I don't even have a real reason to believe that you even have a bloodline that would be good for my clan!" she growled

"Kaa-san, please don't growl at him." Hana whispered. "The nin-gen got near to attack temperament when he came in and I yelled at him." She explained as soon as she was whirled around on by her mother.

Turning back to the boy, she did in fact notice several of the other dogs in the kennels having their hackles up. "Tsume-sama," Reishi whispered. "I know that my request for an alliance before a clan is even announced, but I assure you, my bloodline is a good one. It may not be as noticeable as the Hyuuga or even the Uchiha, but it is something that not even the Uchiha can ignore." He explained, petting the triplets to calm them down. "There are other things that are not needed to be known right now, but I know for a fact that you are in fact an honorable clan head and treat both your people and your animals with the utmost respect. Something I admire." He smiled, pulling out a rather weird looking scroll. "Not many people know of this existing. But I came into contact with it recently, and in fact on my way to Konoha. I ran into the dying form of a small blonde haired boy." He began. "This is the diary and will of Naruto Uzumaki. He wanted me to have it and to have things fixed here in Konoha." He said, holding it to her. "He would want you to be one of the first to read it."

Tsume could only gap at what Reishi had told her. Looking down at the scroll, she could only hope that nothing bad were to happen to her clan any time soon. "I will read it and think about what is in it. If you would like, you may continue to come visit the kennel, and us." She said, surprising Hana as she moved to open the scroll. "If I remember correctly, my son has a team meeting at eight tomorrow. It is as of now, eight thirty." She smiled. "Shouldn't you be getting your rest?" she asked.

Reishi simply smiled as he walked from them to the end of the kennel, whispering to some of the dogs. Turning back to them, he smiled at Hana again before giving her a wink before leaving in a puff of smoke.

"What the hell?!" Hana shouted. "A Kage Bunshin?" she asked, looking at the happiness in the dogs. "How is that possible? Even for a Genin!" she shouted.

"Apparently your brother never told you about the only thing one Uzumaki Naruto could do…" Tsume smiled. "Mass Kage Bunshin." She said with a smile. "We were talking to the original. Somehow he has already mastered the Shunshin Technique."

"Oh great, ANOTHER Naruto." Hana growled with a blush. "Just what we need."

AN: Please Read and Review. I have decided to not give him the Iron Sand Bloodline limit, since it would take a lot to explain in-story. I am however not just giving him the chains from the bracer. He will have four weapons combined in each of the bracers. One of them will be announced in the next chapter. Please continue with my story. Thank you.