CHAPTER 6

Shinachiku bolted upright without warning, as he gasped for air like a dying man taking his last breath. Naruto was instantly by his son's side, as Sakura left the room to get a glass of water for him. "Are you okay?," Sakura inquired eagerly. "Does anything hurt?." "I'm okay," Shinachiku managed to say after a few sips of water. "Dad," Hanami's voice was suddenly heard. Naruto turned to see a confused Hanami, standing behind him now.

"Hanami how do you feel?," Naruto inquired. "I feel fine Dad. What happened to Shinachiku?," she asked concerned about her brother. "All that will be explained in time young lady." Macarov said suddenly appearing. "Naruto I hate to interrupt, if you want to get some answers pertaining to your kids' newfound powers, the real Porylusica will be able to answer your questions. Which is why I'm going to see her, and release her from being trapped in her home. I suggest you all eat something. You're going to need your strength."

"That's fine." Naruto agreed. "Sakura, Hanami, why don't you girls go get something to eat. I wanna speak to Shinachiku alone." "It's not the end of the world you know." Naruto assured his son as soon as everyone else left. "What?," Shinachiku arched his eyebrow in confusion. "I had no idea for a long time how you and Hanami felt about not being born with the Kekkai Genkkai." "Easy for you to say," Shinachiku grumbled as he looked grimly into his lap. "I was considered a loser, dead last some would say. I had a demon within me that I couldn't even control at the time."

Naruto looked Shinachiku in the eye earnestly, as he placed a firm hand on Shinachiku's shoulder. "I didn't become a great Shinobi on my own Shinachiku. Iruka, Jiraya, Kakashi, and your mother are just some of the people who supported me, to become who I am today." "You were bound to succeed from the start." Shinachiku argued. "Even if you had help you had something extra in you. You can't deny that." "So did your Uncle Sasuke. Look what happened to him." Shinachiku didn't respond.

Although Shinachiku had met Sasuke a couple of times, since Sasuke was hardly in Konaha, he couldn't deny what his father was saying. From what Shinachiku knew about Sasuke's reputation, not just from Naruto and Sakura but also from the villagers was a pretty bad reputation. "My point is Shinachiku is that being powerful doesn't necessarily mean you'll succeed. I want you to take my words to heart, because you don't know what tomorrow will bring. Which is why you need to be prepared for not only success but also failure."

"Ok I'll bear that in mind." Shinachiku responded. Shinachiku tossed the covers off him to get out of bed, but paused when his father got up and pulled him into a hug. "I'm sorry you had to feel inadequate to your peers at the Academy, but you're gonna be fine. It may not feel like it now, but in time you'll understand…"

(SHINACHIKU'S P.O.V)

"So do you feel different?," Hanami pestered me as we watched our parents, along with Macarov, have a private conversation with Porylusica on the other side of the room. "How come you were unconscious?, all I got was a bad taste in my mouth. Shinachiku are you listening to me?." "Hanami I feel fine," I finally responded to her incessant questions. "Why do I get the feeling you're hiding something?." "Hanami considering everything we just went through, I'm not up for a friendly conversation." "You're such a buzz kill." Hanami muttered turning her back to me. Usually my sister and I would talk serious issues among ourselves, but I was too preoccupied with my thoughts at the moment.

What was going to happen now, now that interfered with some sort of forbidden magic?. I had so many questions that needed answering. Hanami was right about one thing:

I was hiding something.

The only reason I didn't reveal it to Hanami, was because I was having second thoughts on what I had discovered while I was unconscious. "Kids," Naruto called over to us drawing us out of our thoughts. "Why don't you join us." I sat next to Dad, while Hanami sat with mom. "Hanami I'm so sorry that we have to meet under these circumstances, but I'm the real Porylusica. I know your mother informed you about the devil fruit, but I need to ask you a few questions, and I need you to be honest with me. Okay?."

"That's okay with me," Hanami responded bravely looking Porylusica in the eye. "Are you sure you feel physically and mentally okay?." Porylusica questioned. "Nope nothing unusual…" Hanami answered. "The reason why I asked you Hanami is because the devil fruit you ate, is a very rare one called Shekra devil fruit. Shekra devil fruit is one of the rarest, and the few people that actually know about it are dead. Which means now that you've eaten one, we are not even certain what sort of powers it will give you. So are you sure nothing seems out of the ordinary?."

"No," was Hanami's response.

WOW… So Hanami could also have a special ability like myself. Talk about timing. "As for you Shinachiku," Porylusica stated turning her gaze on me. "Your situation is a bit more complicated. Of all the forbidden magic Macarov and I have encountered, we definitely don't know the origins of this forbidden magic. The only way we came to this conclusion that it was forbidden magic, was the seal that Nathan described that appeared under your feet, when you pushed your hand into the chest."

"I didn't say anything before," I abruptly stated. "Because I thought it was a strange dream, but while I was unconscious. Something happened…"

FLASHBACK:

My eyes shot open at the sound of water splashing nearby. I'm alive? I thought to myself remembering that I felt like I was being burnt alive. Thankful that I was in one piece, I stood up as I took in my surroundings. The first thing I noticed, was that I was literally standing comfortably on water, without using my chakra. To make it even more bizarre, it seemed I was standing in the middle of a calm ocean. So calm there was literally no waves, just still water. While the peaceful sky reflected off the water, I heard giggling.

This had to be a dream. I probably slipped and hit my head, and now I was dreaming, I told myself as I stared at some sort of creature, that peered at me from behind a gigantic diamond crystal that stood erect in the water. The creature was a baby that had a mermaid tail, with eight eyes staring at me thoughtfully. Just as I was about to wonder what creature it was, I heard a flap of wings behind me. I swung around in surprise, as I tried to get into a defensive stance. A flock of tall green elves shrieked at me, as they flew at top speed towards me. I did the only thing I could do, which was dive out the way.

The flock of elves laughed as they flew away. "The hell is going on here?," I asked aloud completely baffled. "It's good to finally meet you Shinachiku Uzumaki." "Who are you!," I demanded startled that I didn't hear or see the person approach me. There stood a blonde blue eyed girl about my age. Her hair rested on my shoulders, while she wore a pink dress. "How'd you know my name?." I inquired cautiously. "Because you are the chosen one." She simply replied.

"Why am I here?." "You were brought here for a special purpose." "Where are we?." "You're in Arcadia. It's a different realm or reality. Listen carefully Shinachiku, a evil presence is approaching and you need to be on guard." "On guard from what?. I don't understand…" I was convinced that I was caught up in some kind of Genjutsu now, because I didn't understand any of this. "Heed my warning…" was the last thing she said, as she pointed behind me. I turned to see a tidal wave coming towards me.

END OF FLASHBACK

I watched as my Mom and Dad shared worried glances, while Porylusica and Macarov shared grim ones. "Well young man it wasn't a dream," Macarov spoke up. "Seems to me you travelled to another realm. Unfortunately I know nothing about Arcadia." "Neither do I which makes this a lot harder. However the mysterious girl did give you a clue. Something is coming and it seems to be heading directly towards you." This is what I was afraid of. I knew there was a fifty fifty chance that my Mom and Dad didn't know, but the fact that Porylusica and Macarov were just as stumped as me, meant that I had met a dead end.

So what now?.

If I really possessed this unknown forbidden magic, shouldn't it have revealed itself by now?. "In the meantime where going to the beach, before we head back to the guild. I need to be sure of something." Dad announced.

(GENERAL P.O.V)

"Do you think this will work?,' Porylisca asked Sakura and Macarov who were standing on the side lines now, observing Naruto and his kids fighting. "It's the only option that we have right now, in order to figure out what type of power they possess." Naruto blocked the kunais that was aimed at him , that Shinachiku and Hanami had thrown. "Shadow clone jutsu,!" Naruto shouted as he created a clone that immediately attacked Shinachiku. Naruto then disappeared and reappeared behind Hanami, as he grabbed her left arm and twisted it.

'What am I going to do?, I can't move.' Hanami thought to herself. As she struggled to get away, Naruto called forth another shadow clone, who immediately began forming a blue ball with Naruto's other free hand, since he was holding Hanami with one hand. 'IS DAD INSANE?!, DON'T TELL ME HE'S DOING WHAT I THINK HE IS!.' Shinachiku thought becoming alarmed. "Remember your training Hanami." Naruto said twisting her arm even more. "When you're trapped it's either you give it your all or die."Naruto said.

'I didn't want to do this….' Naruto thought, as the clone completed the blue ball that formed in his hand. 'But it's the only way….'"RASENGAN!." "NO DAD DON'T!." Shinachiku screamed afraid for his sister. A loud explosion went off, as a bright light blinded everyone except the immediate fighters, causing everyone else to shield their eyes.

"HANAMI!," Sakura screamed rushing forward as the bright light cleared. However Macarov held her back. "Don't interfere. We need to know what her hidden power is." Macarov said holding back a distraught Sakura. However Sakura stopped struggling at the sight before her. 'NOWAY…' Shinachiku said to himself shocked at what he saw.

Naruto's Rasengan hadn't destroyed Hanami, instead it was being blocked by Hanami's own clear ball of energy.