Hey this one is a bit shorter than the last but... it just seemed like a good place to leave off :P

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Chapter 4: A Balanced Gift

Naruto started to shift groggily at the sound of someone… crying? The boy got up off the ground tiredly but quickly remembered what had happen; the sun was setting so he must have been out all day. He turned until he found the source of the crying, and then stopped frozen. There wasn't just one crying infant inside the seal that he remembered making the day before, there were two.

The sixteen teen year old sage walked slowly into the seal approaching the newborn babies. He stopped right in front of them completely stunned, one looked exactly like Sasuke which he was expecting since he never had a chance to change that but it was the other that had him holding his breath. The other baby, that wasn't supposed to exist in the first place, had sunshine blond hair and slightly tanner skin then the black haired baby.

However what really caught Naruto's attention was that the boy had two whisker like birthmarks on each cheek… the same way he had three on his own cheeks. They were both newborns that was easy to tell as the babies were so small, and still looked a little blue. Both also had traces of blood on them, most likely from the blood seal under them.

Another weird thing was the way they were laying; they looked like the yin and yang symbol. Upside down from each other, one with blond hair like the white dot with tanner skin, and the other with black hair like the black dot and lighter skin. Naruto was pulled out of his thoughts as the blond baby that resembled him so much cried louder.

"Okay, it's okay lil guy." Said the teen gently, he had always been good with kids if Konohamaru and the kids he had to babysit on 'missions' were any indication. He bent down taking off his orange and black jacket and wrapped it around the blond baby, doing the same with his red sage cloak and the now baby Sasuke.

Both babies quieted down now that they weren't so cold. Naruto made a clone and it picked up Sasuke while the original picked up the little blond, the babies stopped crying seconds after being held to something warm. Naruto and his clone jumped back with the babies away from the seal and Naruto still holding a child that looked an awful lot like him used one of the few fire jutsu he knew on every inch on the large seal where Sasuke's old clothes were so they were also fried.

"We need to get out of here; I've been gone for almost the whole day they might have realized I'm missing and sent someone after me by now." Naruto spoke mostly to himself and handed his clone the blond child he had been holding. With his hands free he bit his thumb and summoned Gamakichi. The toad arrived in a big cloud of smoke.

"Naruto! What happened! I was waiting all night!" fumed the toad, he had actually been worried.

"Sorry Gamakichi, I kinda blacked out and just got up a few minutes ago." The teen explained sheepishly, still looking a little tired. Then the clone with the infants caught the young toad's eye.

"Alright, what's with them?" asked the toad quickly changing the subject with his curiosity. Naruto turned to them.

"Um, well there're… complicated. But right now I need to get out of here before someone finds me. So could you summon me back to the mountain and we'll talk there?" Naruto said looking around as if someone would find him any second. Gamakichi frowned but nodded, and looked at the babies again.

"If you plan to bring them with, you have to cover them in your chakra, and hold onto them." explained the young toad.

"Thanks!" called the teen as the big toad dispelled. He went to do as his friend said and dispelled his clone after taking the infants. He cocooned his chakra around the small newborns and took one more look at the partially destroyed Valley of the End before he was summoned to Mount Myoboku.

"Today Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha died at the Valley of the End." He whispered as he disappeared.

Hours later Naruto had explained everything to Gamakichi and the two old toad sages Fukasaku and Shima (Pa and Ma toad). In detail from when he left the village to how the seal acted up and what he wanted to do now. Fukasaku shook his head.

"It's amazing; some people devote their whole lives trying to create new life. And here you do it on accident." sighed the old toad but he still looked a bit amused. "Your seal didn't 'mess up' Naruto-chan, you did. I don't know much about seals myself but I do know they must always be balanced. You tried to take an almost fully matured body and turn it into a baby, and then tried to put in some of your own genetics. While it was all for a good cause you were putting too much in without taking anything out. The seal it seems balanced itself by taking some of what you gave it and… well making him with it. " Fukasaku nodded toward the sleeping blond child.

"He seems to be mostly you though, the only difference is he only has two whisker marks on his cheeks instead of three and I don't sense even the slightest trace of Kyuubi's chakra in him. While the other boy looks like the Uchiha; just smaller and without any memories but you still could have changed his genetics." said the old toad thoughtfully.

"You should have both of their DNA checked." Shima put in. Naruto frowned in thought.

"I know and they should be looked over by a doctor anyway but I can't go back to Konoha, for Baa-chan to do it." explained the boy sadly. "I'll have to find a doctor somewhere away from any ninja villages." he stated. Shima (Ma toad) frowned worriedly at the boy.

"Naruto-chan you know you don't have to do this, you can still go back to Konoha." She spoke with concern clear in her voice and her husband nodded. Naruto got up and smiled, he really didn't feel like smiling but their concern was touching and he wanted to reassure them.

"No I can't. Its better this way, I can't keep putting them in danger. Not until I'm strong enough to protect them. Besides I still gotta figure out what to do about Sasuke and… chibi me. I should really get him a name." the last part was mumbled but everything before sounded like he could've been talking about the weather. The old toads sighed catching onto how the boy was acting and knew he wanted to go back but also knew he wouldn't. As he had already convinced himself it was best for everyone. So they changed the subject.

"Well he does look a lot like you, you could call him Toshi." Shima recommended a name that meant 'mirror image'. Gamakichi snorted.

"Yea or you could call him Yukio!" the larger toad laughed at the name that meant 'gets what he wants' and Fukasaku chuckled. Naruto pouted at them.

"I don't always get what I want!" the blond half yelled half whispered to not wake the babies. The younger toad stopped laughing enough to talk.

"You got Tsunade-sama to become Hokage when no one else could. You turn that sand kid from a psycho killer into someone that became a kage. And you just brought back Uchiha Sasuke, just like you said you would… sort of." finished the toad as he looked back at the baby Sasuke and chuckled. Naruto sat back on the floor and pouted but soon there was a small smirk on his face and the older toads chuckled.

"Okay but were not naming him that." Naruto stood up and picked the tiny blond baby up; he couldn't have weighed more than eight pounds. The teen was still awed at how much the boy looked like him. Shima saw him just watching the infant sleep and smiled, maybe this would turn out to be the best jutsu seal flaw ever made.

"You should name him, Naruto-chan." Everyone looked to her confused, "By all rights he is yours. He has your blood and you made him. Maybe not in the conventional way but you did; and you're already attached." Shima spoke softly but without any hesitation. Gamakichi raised an eyebrow while Fukasaku smiled and nodded but Naruto looked like he had stopped breathing. The teen looked back down at the boy in his arms.

'Is she serious? I mean I've always wanted a family, but I can't take care of a baby. Can I? I'm just a kid! But she's right it's obvious he has my blood running through his veins… I can't just abandon him. He'd be alone… I couldn't live with myself if I did that to someone, and I… want to keep him.' The older toads saw their young summoner's eyes sharpen taking on a determined look that they were happy to see.

"I want to keep him." Naruto stated his voice clearly said he was going to and the toads smiled. The teen looked back at the child in his arms and smirked turning back to his audience. "And his name is…"

In Konoha

"Damn it!" shouted Tsunade slamming her hand down on her desk. "Where is he!"

Flashback

In the morning Sakura had gone over to Naruto's apartment to see why he hadn't been around the day before. She had already looked around the village for him and no one had seen him, so she knocked on his door for a good five minutes before breaking the lock and barging in. The pink haired girl looked all around but her teammate was nowhere in sight.

Sighing Sakura was about to leave when she spotted a letter open on Naruto's bed just begging to be read. The pink haired girl frowned, wondering if she should read it or not finally she shrugged hoping it could tell her where her missing friend was. Reading it silently, her eyes got wider with every line and she had to force herself to keep reading. When she finished there were small tears in the corners of her eyes and she ran out the door as fast as she could headed straight to the Hokage tower.

End Flashback

Tsunade rubbed her face her whole body tense from nerves and re-read the letter again.

Hey guys,

I don't know who will find this first but just know that this was my decision no one forced me and no I wasn't caught by the Akatsuki. Now I bet your wondering what I did well, I went after Sasuke. Sakura if anything happens don't blame yourself, it wasn't just because of my promise to you that I'm doing this, I want to. I will save him, whether he wants to be saved or not. Yes I remember we said we'd save him together, sorry… Maybe one day I can tell you why I couldn't bring you.

Baa-chan, yes I do have a plan. Don't be mad! It's a good plan! …If it works. Anyway this will be better for everyone you'll see! I can't tell you my plan or it would really mess it up but if I survive everything will be fine, if not… well Madara will have one less biju and a ruined 100 year old plan.

Kakashi-sensei sorry about all this, your students must give you grey hair! Haha! Iruka-sensei try not to worry too much. And everyone thanks for everything, it meant more to me than any of you could imagine knowing that you all stood up to Nagato and protected me…

Naruto Uzumaki

PS: Remember what Kakashi-sensei always said about me

The Godaime glared daggers at the letter, trying to find something, anything that hinted what Naruto had done or where he was. She had already sent tracker ninja after him, including Kakashi with his summon dogs, and Sakura just in case something happened. Which something probably did.

At Mount Myoboku

"And his name is… Jiraiya." Naruto finished softly hoping the toads would be okay with it since they were close to the old sage too. All three toads looked surprised especially the older two but within seconds their faces melted into contentment.

"It's perfect, Jiraiya-chan would be proud." Fukasaku nodded to him. Naruto let out a breath as the other two nodded their consent as well and he turned back to the infant he was holding and grinned at him.

'That settled, but then… what about Sasuke?' Naruto thought lifting his head to see his sleeping newborn best friend, yea like his life wasn't already complicated.

AND CUT!

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