I DO NOT OWN NARUTO AND/OR THE CHARACTERS
Meet The Namikazes
Naruto and Hinata stand in front of what seems to be a clan compound.
Naruto: Well, this is where they said it'd be.
She looks at him and sees an unusual expression on his face.
Hinata: What's wrong?
Naruto: I'm actually nervous, I've never known any of my family. I wonder what they're like.
Hinata: Well, they can't be anymore screwed up than my clan, can they?
Naruto: Yeah, your clan is pretty twisted behind that front they put on. Wasn't I supposed to change them?
Hinata: You're stalling.
Naruto: Yeah.
Hinata: I thought you were Naruto Uzumaki.
Upon hearing what he took as a challenge from Hinata, a renewed confidence spreads across his face.
Naruto: Believe it!
He knocks on the door to the compound and two guards appear, although they sort of resembled Naruto. They didn't have his blonde hair and blue eyes but their hair was still spiky and their eyes were just as intense, just different colors.
Guard 1: Who goes th…
The guard stops as he scans Naruto over.
Guard 1: It's you.
Guard 2: You may enter, we will take you to the head of our clan.
They enter and follow the guards, the members of the clan watches them and whispers amongst themselves as if they can't believe what they're seeing. Naruto notices that every one in the clan shares the same intense eyes no matter what color they were and all of the males had spiky hair.
Naruto: Must be a clan trait.
They reach the main building of the compound, the two guards leads them to the main hall where an old man that looked a lot like Naruto was kneeling and discussing clan business with other members, he appears to be the clan leader.
Guard 1: Forgive me for interrupting, but this is…
Clan Leader: Minato?
The Clan Leader, in his advanced age mistakes Naruto for his father.
Clan Leader: It can't be, I thought you were dead?
Clan Member: This isn't Minato, this is…
Naruto: Naruto Uzumaki.
Clan Leader: Uzumaki? Wasn't that the name of the women Minato had a son with?
Naruto: Yes, I am the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
Clan Member: We've heard a lot about you, Naruto.
Naruto: Really?
Clan Member: You've seen what type of village this is, the people here crave battle and praise violence. My name is Keiji Uzumaki, the older brother of Minato.
Naruto notes that Keiji looks like his father as well.
Keiji: This is your grandfather and leader of our clan, Raiden Namikaze.
Showing respect, Naruto bows to them.
Raiden: So you're Minato's son, huh?
Naruto: Yes.
Raiden: And who is this young woman?
Naruto: This is Hinata of the Hyuuga Clan, we are…
Naruto looks back at Hinata.
Naruto: …to be wed.
Pleasantly surprised, she looks at him and smiles.
Raiden: A Hyuuga? Their women could never resist us.
Naruto: What?
Keiji: A lot of the members of our clan are children of Namikaze men and Hyuuga women.
Keiji could see the look of concern on their faces.
Keiji: Don't worry, Minato had no Hyuuga blood within him.
Naruto and Hinata both breathe a sigh of relief.
Naruto: That would've been gross.
Raiden: So, what brings you here, Naruto?
Naruto: We've been outcast from the Leaf by Danzo.
Raiden: Danzo?
Naruto: He seized control of the village for himself and had the previous hokage, Tsunade of The Senju clan thrown into prison.
Raiden: He's at it again, huh?
Naruto: You've had dealing with him before?
Raiden: We are originally from the Land of Fire, but were one of the last clans to not be apart of a shinobi village. The Leaf decided that they wanted us to join them as one of the most powerful clans and we refused, we remained on good terms with the Leaf until Danzo started to believe that we were a threat to the Leaf and tried to have us eliminated. He and I fought personally, I took his eye and left him with the need of that walking stick he uses.
Naruto: Why didn't you kill him?
Raiden: I wanted him to live in shame, but I guess I should've done everyone a favor and ended his wretched life then and there.
Naruto: So how did it come to be that my father joined the Leaf?
Raiden: He wanted to bring peace to the world, something he often talked about with Jiraiya when he wasn't being perverted. Jiraiya's clan is an off-shoot of our clan as evidenced by his spiky hair so he spent a lot of time with our clan and he often discussed bringing about peace with Minato, he decided to stay behind with Jiraiya to realize their ideals. It was he who told us of Minato's death and your birth, he usually visits us regularly but hasn't recently.
Naruto: It's probably because of Danzo.
Raiden: I'm sure there's much that you want to learn about your clan, Keiji here will teach you.
Naruto and Hinata spent the next few days learning about his clan history.
Naruto: Keiji, Raiden said that our clan is one of the most powerful why?
Keiji: It's our battle prowess, we just seem to have a sixth sense for battle, it's like we just figure it out on the battlefield and are able to adapt quickly. We enjoy and always welcome a good challenge.
Naruto thinks back to all of his battles and realizes that he's been able to defeat opponents that he should have lost to through sheer instinct.
Keiji: We've also been known to be innovators of battle and often develop new techniques such as Minato's Rasengan and father's Flying Thunder God Technique.
Naruto: I thought my father developed that.
Keiji: Quite the contrary, he was just the first in the mainstream villages to be seen using it. Raiden is the name of the Thunder God, after all. Lastly, it's our special chakra.
Naruto: Special chakra?
Keiji: Some call it a kekkai genkai but we, ourselves, aren't sure. Our chakra has special properties that help us defensively. It's like our chakra minimizes the damage done to our bodies which is why it seems that we heal quickly but really, we just don't take as much damage as normal people do. It's why we are able to focus so much of our techniques in battle on offense, I also believe that why you were able to have the Nine-tailed Fox sealed within you. From what you've told us, we speculate that it's also the reason the Foxes chakra hasn't killed you, yet.
Voice: Father!
Keiji, Naruto, and Hinata find a boy around Naruto's age that resembled Keiji racing towards them.
Keiji: Isamu, back already?
He takes notice of Naruto and Hinata.
Isamu: Who're they?
Keiji: This is Naruto Uzumaki, your cousin, and his betrothed, Hinata of The Hyuuga Clan.
Isamu: Hello.
Naruto: Hey.
Isamu: You're the one everyone's talking about in the village, huh?
Naruto: They're talkin' about me?
Isamu: About what happened at the Chunin tournament.
Keiji: What happened?
Isamu: Let's just say he made a mark. Listen, some of us are going to check out the next festival event, wanna come?
Keiji: That sounds like a great idea, it'll give you a chance to get to know each other.
Naruto: You wanna go, Hinata?
Hinata: Okay.
Naruto, Hinata, Isamu and some of the Namikazes were all sitting in the audience as Jin Suzaku was addressing everyone.
Jin: Hello, everyone, I'm Jin Suzaku and I'd like to welcome you to Day Four of the Festival of Rage.
The crowd cheers.
Jin: Before we kick things off, I want to bring a man who's relatively new to our village up here to say a few words, Sasuke Uchiha.
Isamu leans over to Naruto.
Isamu: Isn't that the guy who…
Naruto: Yeah.
He scoffs as Sasuke come out to speak with Jin in an attempt to hold himself back.
Jin: Sasuke, you came to our village a short time ago. What do you think?
Sasuke: It's better than the Leaf, at least there are no old men who scheme and plot to ruin everyone else's life.
Jin: Now, is it true that you've actually become as powerful as your brother Itachi.
Sasuke: Yes, I will have my revenge and revive my clan. Something I couldn't have done with those people I associated myself with in the Leaf Village.
Naruto is no longer able to contain himself, he starts to make enough of a scene in where he was sitting that Jin and Sasuke notices him.
Jin: Just ignore him, Sasuke.
Sasuke: Naruto, I almost killed you last time we me, you sure want to try me one more time?
Naruto takes a kunai from and points it under his chin to taunt Sasuke.
Naruto: But you couldn't kill me!
Jin tries to go on but is unable to, he and Sasuke go over to confront Naruto.
Jin: What is your problem?
Naruto: Jin-san, it's obvious that I can't be Naruto Uzumaki in the Hostile Village. Last time, I tried to, you know. Now, I'm sitting here with my clan and you won't let me enjoy the show.
Sasuke: Look, Naruto, I've had it with you so I'm gonna straighten you out. Let's step outside.
Naruto just smiles at him.
Sasuke: If you're not walking out the door by the time I count to three then I'm gonna beat you were you're standing and drag you out. One!
Sasuke turns his back to Naruto who puts the kunai back underneath his chin and mocks Sasuke.
Sasuke: Two! Three!
He turns around with a right hand aiming for Naruto's head, he stops when he sees and mother and her child looking at Sasuke in contempt. Naruto was using one of his fellow clan members and her child to shield himself.
Jin: What kind of crap is that?
Sasuke: What kind of man have you become, Naruto? How could you hide behind a woman and child? Come out from behind there.
Naruto cackles at Sasuke as he peaks his head out from behind his human shield.
Naruto: Why don't you show these people just how dedicated you are to it and come through woman and her child for the Hostile Village or just quit like you've quit everything else? You quit Team 7, you quit the Leaf Village, you quit following Orochimaru. I'm a real shinobi, I don't quit, I get ran out of town.
Jin: You know, Sasuke, it just goes to show why you left the Leaf Village when you did. This is what you could've become.
Sasuke: I can't be…
Naruto reaches from behind, pushes Sasuke in the face and takes off with Hinata. Sasuke tries to give chase but the Namikaze's block his way. Later on, Isamu and some of the Namikaze's find Naruto.
Isamu: That was cool, that guys needed to be taken down a peg ever since he got here.