Twelve years had passed since she had left the village and Naruto had more blood on her hands than even Kazar had. She also didn't look any older than she had when she left the Hidden Leaf. Prolonged youth and life is a side effect of the curse mark which can be a good thing or a bad thing. Depends which way you look at it.
As it turns out that the people who had been going missing those many years ago were being tested on but if the tests failed they became part of Kazar's army. They completely obeyed Kazar but Naruto knew that was because their minds had been tampered with during the tests. Kazar had given up trying to put a demon's power inside a person without sealing the demon inside of the person when Naruto had joined up with him. His new project was creating demons. His only successful demon, when put inside a human, turned its carrier insane so he studied Kurama and Naruto and he was in the process of creating a new demon. It takes a long time to get the demon just right. That was what he wanted Naruto for, to study her and the demon and figure out what the demon needs to be able to be sealed inside a person.
After Kazar learned that Naruto had the demon he made her have those dreams to bring her to him so he could study her. Kazar had also said that he just wanted to test the curse mark on her and see how it worked but then he found out about the demon and he wanted to dig deeper.
The Leaf Village had sent many skilled ninja after Naruto but they could never find her. She figured that she was just trained so magnificently that they couldn't trail her. She was disappointed in herself for leaving the Leaf Village and leaving behind everyone who she had ever known. But Kazar had launched no attacks on the Leaf Village so everything was ok.
Naruto was up in a tree at one of the towns in the Land of Waves when she spotted three Hidden Leaf Genin down below. Trailing behind them was a person who's face she could never forget; Anko. She fell out of the tree and landed right on top of Anko.
Anko kicked the rude person who had fallen on her to the side and stood up, brushing dirt from her coat. When she saw the person who had fallen on her she stopped and stared, jaw hanging wide open. "Naruto...?" Anko said. Tears sprung to her eyes as she picked the girl up off the ground and spun her in a circle. "Why, Naruto? Why did you do it?" Anko said, hugging the girl with yellow hair. "And why do you look so young?"
"I left to save the village Anko. And I look so you because of the curse mark." Naruto said, wiping tears from her eyes. "You must not tell anyone about our meeting. I am an S-ranked Criminal and you not killing me right now will get you in so much trouble from the Hokage."
"I have to! Your dad hasn't smiled in ages and your mum goes through the daily motions of life like a zombie! Think of your brother! He just made Genin and he only got a pat on the back from his parents!" Anko said. Naruto stopped moving, stopped breathing. Her brother. Not a day had gone past when she hadn't thought about her brother. What he must look like, how he might act, what might happen if they ever met.
"Whose squad is he on?" Naruto asked, almost too quiet for Anko to hear.
"He is on Team Anko with Sakura's daughter and Sasuke's son." Anko said.
"Team Anko...? Sasuke's son...?" She turned to face the three Genin who Anko had been following. There was a girl with spiky brown hair and two red triangles on her face, a small boy who looked exactly like Sasuke did when he was a boy and then there was a boy with the most obnoxious red spiky hair she had ever seen. Tears flowed freely down her face as she stared at the boy. She knelt down in front of him, "Hi, what's your name?" Naruto asked, holding out her hand in greeting after wiping away tears that were easily replaced by more tears.
"I'm Toshiro Namikaze and my dad is the Fourth Hokage!" Toshiro said, shaking this mysterious crying girl's hand.
"I'm Naruto Namikaze. And my dad is also the Fourth Hokage." Naruto said.
It took Toshiro a few seconds to realise what this girl was saying. "Wait! Rewind! Did you just say 'Namikaze'?" Toshiro said shocked. This beautiful girl was his sister. Then he realised she had bright yellow hair. There is only one other person who had hair like that; his father.
"Why didn't anyone tell me about you? That's not fair!" Toshiro said. He was about so say something more but he was pulled into a hug. The hug was warm and familiar for some reason although he hadn't gotten many hugs at home. His parents were always so sad over something they refused to talk about, When Naruto let go of him he looked at her. "Are you the reason that mum and dad are always so sad?"
"I'm sorry, Toshiro, but I think I am." Naruto said, sadness showing in her eyes. Naruto then got punched in the face by her brother.
"You have to get back to the village! Mum and dad might actually smile again!" The little boy was close to tears and Naruto felt like she had just had her heart crushed.
"I can't go back to the village." Naruto said, looking down at her hands in her lap.
"Why? Why not?" Toshiro said.
"Because I am an S-ranked criminal. They wouldn't let me back in." Naruto said.
"I don't care! I will make them let you back in!" The boy argued. Naruto knew it wouldn't work.
Anko saw this conversation as an opportunity to do something that she would have never had to do if Naruto had never run away. She punched Naruto in the head. Naruto fell to the floor unconscious. She picked up the girl's body and called to the genin, "Let's go brats! We have an S-ranked criminal to take back to the village and we have to do it before she wakes up so let's get moving!"
The whole way back to the Leaf Village, Anko had questions thrown at her from every which way. "Hey, brats! One at a time! Uchiha, you're first!" Anko said.
"Who is the unconscious girl you are carrying on your back, for starters." Hoshi Uchiha said.
"Well, this here is Naruto Namikaze, the eldest child of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze. She's red-head, here's, big sis." Anko said, not slowing down. "Eimi, you're turn."
"What relationship do you have with this person?" Eimi Inuzuka asked, brown spiky hair bouncing around her face.
"She was my best friend." Anko said, sad. "Any questions red-head?" The little boy frowned and didn't answer. "Ok, then. Back to you Hoshi." Anko said.
"I have heard my dad say her name when he falls asleep sometimes. What kind of relationship did he have with her?" Hoshi asked, looking at Anko expectantly.
This was a tough subject because she wasn't sure if Sasuke wanted his son to know about Naruto or not. She decided to take the plunge and tell him, "Oh, as teens, your dad and Naruto were all over each other. And when I say all, I mean all! When Naruto left the Village he had his heart broken so badly I didn't ever think that he would love anyone again. And then along came Ino and he well, you know what happened after that." Anko said.
"Teens? This girl looks like she's still a teenager but my dad is 30." The Uchiha boy said.
"Oh, Naruto is about the same age. I guess it's the curse mark that makes her look so young." At Hoshi's next question, Anko had to explain the whole curse mark thing and soon the story of the events leading up to Naruto's disappearance was known to the three Genin with her. The question and answer session continued until they made it to the Hidden Leaf. It was miracle that Naruto hadn't woken up during the whole trip. When they got to the gates of Konoha they went straight in, everyone stared at the group as they made their way to the Hokage's office. They all whispered and chatted among themselves. Naruto was beginning to wake up by the time they had reached Hokage Tower so they sped it up and she woke up as soon as they entered the Hokage's office.
Minato's eyes widened as he saw who Anko had with her. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He leapt over the paper covered desk, sending the papers flying everywhere. He pulled his daughter to him and hugged her with all his might. He couldn't hold back his tears and they fell from his eyes at high speed.
Once Naruto realised where she was and whose arms she was in, she could help but allow the tears to fall as she held onto her father. "Daddy, I'm so sorry for leaving." She cried into his shoulder. She had cried so much today and she could tell that there was more crying to come.
"I just want to know why you left us, honey. Why did you leave us alone without anything but a letter vaguely detailing why you left?" Minato asked, holding his daughter's hands in his.
"Kazar, he said that he would attack the village again and kidnap Toshiro. I only wanted to keep the village and my family safe." Naruto said. She also gave details about the cuts and bruises, causing Minato to tear up even more.
"We must take you to see Kushina! Thank you, Anko, for bringing her back. Let's go. Come on, Toshiro. I'm pretty sure you want to know some about your sister." Minato dismissed everyone from the room and used the Hiraishin to get to the house with Toshiro. Naruto used the Hiraishin herself and met them there.
Kushina almost squeezed the living daylights out of Naruto when she saw her daughter. What went down in the Hokage's office happened again in the kitchen of Naruto's old house. They talked about the last twelve years that they had spent apart from each other for hours. Conversation was flowing as easily as it always had before Naruto had left. Naruto noticed that Toshiro had been very quiet during the whole conversation. She looked at the red headed child and tapped him on the nose. "Why so quiet?" Naruto asked. This was the happiest she had been in the past twelve years.
"You wanna know why I'm so quiet? It's because I have tried all my life to get a smile from one of my parents and then you come along and you make them happy like there is no tomorrow! If you hadn't of been so selfish as to leave the village and my parents then maybe we would have been one great happy family and I would have someone to look up to and not have to wonder what a parents love felt like! At first I was so happy to find out that the pretty girl that had fallen on top of my Sensei was my sister but now I wish that you were never born!" The little boy yelled. Naruto felt her heart split in two.
She barely even knew the boy and he was already judging her on something she had done for his sake. She stood from the table with so much force that the chair was propelled backward. "You know what? Maybe it really would have been better if I hadn't of been born. You know, maybe it would have stopped me from going on that mission and being attacked by a guy I had never met and getting a curse mark that made me feel like I was insane and then learning that I had a demon inside of me and not to mention being tortured and then spoken to in my dreams by the same man who placed the curse mark on me. Then, just when my baby brother is born I find out that that same man is planning another attack on the Hidden Leaf and learning that he is going to kidnap my newborn brother before he has even been given a name while he's at it. Yeah, I guess if I wasn't born I wouldn't have had to abandon my village, my family and my friends to protect them from a man I knew was capable of taking it down. I did all of this for you. My motivation was keeping you safe, Toshiro. I never even knew your name until today but that didn't stop me. I do not control how my parents act and if they moped around after me it was only partially my fault. How hard do you think it was for me to live those twelve years, knowing that you were growing up and I wouldn't get to be part of your development? I can't believe you would call me selfish when all of it was for you, Toshiro. All for you!" Naruto's voice rose as she got to the end of her rage filled speech. She could see the fear in Toshiro's eyes but she didn't care, she was angry and nothing mattered. She knew that her eyes were now glowing, as well. The glowing was from Kurama's chakra and always happened when she lost her temper. "Is my room still intact?" Naruto asked, quieter now. Kushina nodded. "Good. I'm leaving tomorrow." She said before leaving to go to her room. There she fell asleep almost instantly. A dream awaited her.
"I know where you are, child." Kazar said. Unlike before, Naruto wasn't afraid of this man.
"I was brought here against my will. I'm coming back soon." Naruto said.
"Good. You know what will happen if you don't." Kazar said. Naruto knew full well what he would do if she didn't come back. What she didn't know is if she stayed, would Konoha be able to defeat Kazar and his men.
Yay! A long chapter to make up for all the small ones! I got carried away while typing! Sorry if there is any spelling and grammer mistakes! Credits to AndCueTheAnimeFreak for Kazar, credits to NarutoRox for all your ideas and for Naruto's little bro's name! Credits also to Sieler for all your idea too! I promise they will be used soon! Should Naruto stay at the village or should she go back to Kazar? Its the readers call! Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed, you're all legends! peace out!
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