Hello and welcome back to my story "Why?"

Summary: Akatsuki is gone, Orochimaru is dead, Uchiha Sasuke has returned, and the Shinobi Nations are at a standing truce. Everyone is happy right? Well that is the idea, but for one it couldn't be any worse. Will start out as Hurt/comfort but will progress more into an adventure, humor, and romance. Rating high T low M though might turn high M.

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"Yo" Normal

'Yo' Thought

"Yo" normal Demon

'Yo' Thought Demon

Yo without quotes are Jutsu

Disclaimer: "I do not own Naruto!"

Chapter Four

Current time was 07:45, it was at this time that Naruto finally woke up from his slumber after a night of hard work. Naruto shifted around in the bed not directly wanting to get up, though it was just then he heard something. He paid no mind to it till he heard it again. Naruto shifted in his bed and rubbed his eyes clearing them. It was then that Naruto noticed the toad that was sitting on the head board right above him. At first Naruto just thought it was a figment of his imagination, but that was ruled out when said toad jumped right on to his face. Naruto brought his hand up to push the toad off his face, but stopped when he felt a scroll on the back of the toad. And once he grasped it the toad automatically poofed away. Naruto shook his head and sat up in his bed and opened the scroll. As he read he couldn't help but grin. The scroll was informing him that his clone was about twenty miles opposite of Konoha and heading towards the border between Hi no Kuni and Tsuchi no Kuni which greatly surprised Naruto since on average a civilian can make that in about a week's time, and with and average shinobi speed might be three days. and now he had his clone beat the record with traveling it in the span of six hours. Though then again this is himself he is talking about and nothing, is normal about him.

It was then that Naruto looked at the time and saw it was quarter till eight and remembered he had a new student to tortu… train and with that renewed vigor he shot up out of bed went through with this morning rituals finally getting dressed and grabbing a piece of fruit he took off to the Daimyo's house.

Across the village in said place only a hour or so earlier there was a young teen that was just waking up for the day as if it was any normal day for him. Going through his morning rituals getting dressed and going down for breakfast. As he walked into the kitchen he was met with a very health feast of many fruits, breads, and so on. Inari looked to his mother questioningly, and she just smiled and turned and walked away.

About an hour later the door bell rang. Not thinking anything about it Inari got up and started to head to the door to answer it. Though as he rounded the corner to the door he couldn't help but get a chill run up this spine. It was then that Inari saw he mom open the door to meet their guest.

Tsunami walked up to the door knowing full well that her son was right by the stairs. At first she had the idea of telling him to run and hide, but then thought back to how he said he wants to be strong, but what did he do…. Nothing. So she stood there at first doing a little self searching for anything that may resemble a concern or sympathy, though in the end it seemed like nothing of that sort existed so without further wait she opened the door. When Tsunami opened the door she was met with the site of Naruto sporting an evil grin, "Ah Naruto-kun good morning and welcome. How are you this morning?" She said with a smile.

"Ah and good morning to you Tsunami, and I'm just splendid now where is the gak… sorry I mean lovely son of yours? We have much to do today."

Tsunami's smile grew a bit and silently motioned to the stairs where Inari was currently hiding.

Naruto just smiled then nodded. "Inari-kun…" said Naruto in a sickly sweet voice that made Inari's skin crawl. "…You ready for your first work out? I hope you are since I got some good sleep last night, I'm happy and, I'm bubbling with energy so…" he disappeared and reappeared behind Inari laying a hand on his shoulder, "… lets train. See you later Tsunami and don't worry I will take good care of him." With that he Shunshined away with the teen that was sporting a look of pure terror.

Tsunami just looked at where they were standing and then just shook her head mumbling, "Troublesome blonde…"

Random clearing in the forest

Naruto reappeared with Inari in a secluded part of the island which he found last night when he sent a few clones to scout the area. It was neither small nor overly big and it was far enough away from the village so they wouldn't disturb them and or start a national crisis. Since training with Naruto could get exciting.

As they reappeared Inari stumbled forward landing on his face, which made Naruto laugh out loud, "Ok, first lesson, stay on your feet as much as possible. You want to be able to move and being on your back or in your case having your face in the ground, you won't be getting anywhere fast."

Inari scrambled to his feet and turned to Naruto, "NII-SAN THAT WAS MEAN!" yelled the young teen.

Naruto just shook his head, "You know Inari they never said I was an angle, actually quite the opposite really."

After a short moment of silence Naruto looked back towards Inari and smiled, "Well kid, today we are going to be working on your body mostly. This will help you become stronger, increase your stamina and helps with your chakra reserves since your body need to be able to handle the extra chakra. Also later on we will be going over some chakra theory. For example reviewing hand seals, properties of chakra, and so on… its everything you should have learned in the academy." explained Naruto.

Inari though a little reluctant since he was a bit scared nodded so he didn't have to face the wrath of Naruto.

"Good, good, well then lest start, your first task is to run around this clearing ten times shinobi speed. Let's see how that is and we will go from there."

"Hai, Naruto-sensei!" exclaimed Inari and then he took off. Naruto observed the teen's speed which was ok… but that would be sugar coating it, the teen was almost the exact replica, in training, as his former teammate.

After about…oh… thirty minutes later Inari came to a stop and was panting a bit heavily. Naruto shook his head giving a very blunt response. "Inari, to tell you the truth you are basically the exact copy of my former teammate. You have chakra but no control, she had control, and you have hardly any physical conditioning which is almost the exact same deal with her. Your stamina and chakra coils… well suck. Though once we start to work more you should be able to grasp it quiet quickly. Ok?" asked Naruto.

Inari looked up to Naruto and saw he was dead serious, "Hai Naruto-sensei."

"Good, now let's continue you will do twenty push-ups and sit-ups, then do twenty-five, four-count jumping jacks, and then twenty, four-count squats."

Inari just paled before nodding trying to get some determination back. That is when something stopped him in his tracks. "Umm, Naruto-sensei what do you mean by four-count?"

Naruto just palmed his forehead, "It's simple, you count three repetitions before you call one, as in one, two, three, one, one two three, two… and so on. It in a way is to fool your mind into working your body harder. One four count is actually four repetitions, so twenty-five, four-count jumping jacks is actually one hundred jumping jacks, but your mind will think twenty-five. It's all about mind over matter."

With another nod Inari got back to work.

In town roughly thirty minutes earlier

The resident shadow of water was waking up. Terumi Mei, Mizukage of Kirigakure no Sato, was at least to the people that knew her an earlier riser due to her being a kunoichi. Though due to the events of the previous day she couldn't help but sleep in. Actually the cause of this elongated sleep was the man she met yesterday.

Uzumaki Naruto.

The man plagued her dream. Currently she was in the middle of a wonderful dream it was a night on one of the mountains that rimmed the mist village, herself and Naruto was walking along viewing the village from above taking in the site and enjoying each other's company. It was then that Naruto turned and wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her close. Mei was a little surprised at first but sighed as she melted in to the hug he provided. It was then when he pulled back and Mei looked up to him with a questioning look, he just smiled and started to speak. Though it was all muffled, it was then when he move closer their faces only being millimeters apart and he started moved to close the distance just before their lips met she jerked forward in her bed.

Mei was looking around frantically trying to figure out what the hell just happen till she saw that she was in her room in Nami no Kuni. Then she heard someone knocking on the door. This only made Mei mad… well more like furious actually, "Whoever is knocking on the door better leave now or you will die. I will be out in a few." Explained Mei in a not so subtle voice, but it got the desired result since she heard whoever it was dash off and tripping over themselves. 'How dare they disturb me, and it was such a nice dream…. DAMN IT!'

After her mental rant she finally looked over to the clock that was sitting on her night stand and saw the time. With the discovery she fell back on to her bed. 'I guess I should apologize since I did ask them to wake me up if I wasn't up before seven and now it's eight and I am going to be late for my meeting… Sigh.'

With that and might I add very reluctantly she got out of bed to start her day, with the hopes of meeting the man that is plaguing her thoughts.

Back with Naruto

"…ahh choo! DAMN IT!" sneezed Naruto and resulting falling towards the earth. Naruto was doing pushups on the underside of a tree branch while watching Inari work and throwing out pointers.

Inari stopped his training and looked over to Naruto, "Naruto-sensei, are you ok?"

Said blonde just shook his head clearing it, "Yeah I'm good. Someone must have been talking about me. By the way who said you could stop? GET BACK TO WORK! Oh also I will be leaving here soon, but I will be leaving a clone to continue your training. I myself have to get ready for work." With that both parties got back to work. Within the next thirty minutes Naruto made a Kage Bunshin, and had him take over, and finally take his leave.

In Town

Naruto appeared in his room and took off to get cleaned up and ready to meet the two leaders.

After about fifteen minutes, Naruto was dressed and ready and via wind Shunshin he disappeared and reappeared in front of the gates of the tower startling the guards. "Hehe, sorry guys didn't mean to startle you." Said Naruto sheepishly while scratching the back of his neck.

With a sigh the guards nodded, "I assume you are here to meet Tazuna-sama, Uzumaki-sama?" asked the captain. Which he got a nod from said blonde. "Very well then, you know where his office is and he will be expecting your arrival." With another nod and quick thanks Naruto disappeared in another gust of wind.

This time making sure not to startle anyone Naruto reappeared a bit down the hall from the Daimyo's secretary's desk. As he walked up he observed that the sectary just walked out of the Tazuna's office. Assuming she either dropped off some paperwork or escorted the Mizukage in.

He arrived at her desk right as she sat down. As she sat down she looked up and met with the sight of Naruto standing in front of her. "Ah good morning Naruto-sama, I am safe to assume you are here to meet with both Tazuna-sama and Mei-sama?" inquired the women.

Naruto nodded, "Yes you are safe to assume that."

"Right well they are expecting you so you may go in." said the sectary. With a bow Naruto turned to the door where with a quick knock and the order to enter he went in for his first day on the job.

As he entered the room he viewed Tazuna sitting behind his desk looking over some scrolls and Mei sitting in front of his desk in one of the chairs provided. As Naruto walked up both Tazuna and Mei turned to their newest member.

"Ah, glad of you to join us Naruto. Now we are able to start with the meeting today." Spoke Tazuna.

Naruto just gave a quick though low bow in respects to the two leaders and with a quick hello he strode over to the other chair across from Tazuna and next to Mei. As he sat down he looked over to Mei and she in return gave a small smile and nod, "Welcome Naruto, glad you could join us."

"Thank you Mizukage-sama it's a pleasure to be here." Said Naruto with a smile.

"Ok, you two where here to work not to hook up." The old man said with a devious grin, as he gauged the two's reaction, and he wasn't disappointed as he got a nice blush from both of them.

With a little sputtering and defending themselves Naruto sat back in his chair waiting for the two leaders to begin he sat there wondering how it may turn out, 'I know politics can be boring and stressful though I am hoping that it won't turn out like that today .'

"Well Mizukage-dono, how shall we proceed, we have finally completed the alliance treaty, what would you like to start on next Trade routes or possibly get a head start on the prep work for the Chuunin Exams?"

"Well there is still a couple months till the Chuunin Exams so let's start with the trade issues." Replied the Russet haired woman.

"Very well, with that in mind we, what do we need?" Tazuna went in to a thinking pose before pulling out a piece of paper and a pen. "Hmm… caravan protection, ports, goods to offer and what you are looking for and… tariffs" He continued to write.

On the other side of the room where Naruto was sitting he mentally sighed. 'Damn not my luck today, sigh…'

Training Field

"RINNNNG!" It had been roughly three and a half hours since Naruto left. The clock he set went of signaling that it was 12:00, "Ok Inari it time to lunch you got an hour to rest and eat then be back here and we can start training again."

When Inari heard this he shot off in the direction of his home, the clone just sat there shaking his head, ' For one I wonder if he knows where he is going. Also gaki could have asked for a lift, just hope he is glad we will be going over chakra theory after lunch. Hmm maybe I should check to make sure he got back alright...na...' With that lingering thought the clone dispelled itself sending all its thoughts to the original.

In Town

Speaking of the original Naruto was currently sitting at the local ramen stand grabbing a bite to eat before heading back to the Daimyo's tower. It was then when Naruto was about to stand, he gained a rush of information making him fall forward. When this happened the patrons at the ramen stand moved to help him, but he waved them off saying he just got up a bit too fast and was a bit dizzy.

After regaining his bearing he turned and thanked the chef for the meal and for the help of the patrons for the help even though he didn't need it really. With that he turned and walked off before he disappeared in a gust of wind.

He reappeared in his hotel room and strode over to the desk where he had a note book laying. He flipped it open and started writing down what he had learned from his clone. 'Even though he didn't work out physically he was still able to keep up with the exercises and not complain that much. Surprising enough the gaki has some hidden stamina somewhere in his body and showed it especially when he bolted off after my clone let him free. This only means more training since he shouldn't have that much energy. He must have gotten it while working for his dad since they did do a lot of building after Gato's reign.'

Naruto couldn't help, but chuckled a bit at the memory of Inari sprinting off, and already deduced that he will most likely be wiped out for the second part of his training.

Naruto took this time to review the schedule he set up for the young teen seeing what was in store for him.

0700-0800 Wake up/ breakfast

0805-1000 Physical Training

1005-1200 Chakra Control

1205-1300 Lunch

1305-1500 Jutsu/Chakra Theory

1505-1700 Weapons/Physical Training

1705-1900 Chakra Control

1905-2055 Dinner/Family time

2100-2130 Meditation

2135-2200 Sleep prep

2200-0700 Sleep

'Schedule set for time being, but will change as time progresses to compensate. Also when deemed ready for missions will also be altered for since he should have his own team by then… Hopefully…'

(A.N. I'm not going to go into detail of the training at most highlights)

Naruto sighed, 'Lucky for him, he will need the rest.' And with that he shut the cover on his notebook and leaned back in his chair popping his stiff joints. It was then that he looked over to the clock and noticed that it was almost one o'clock. He sighed for a second time before getting up from his chair and making a quick clone, sending him off to the training grounds. After seeing him Shunshined away Naruto did so himself and reappearing back in the Daimyo's office.

Office

When he arrived he noticed that he was the only one present in the office. Naruto saw this and decided to get a small nap while he waits. So with that he made a quick clone and he blended in with the shadows. Once seeing this Naruto pulled his Hitae over his eyes and drifted to sleep.

Our hero was an odd character. The reason for this was because when he sleeps, he is one of the calmest of sleepers. But on the flip side when he only takes a nap he is a very restless sleeper, and within the few minutes that he fell asleep he had moved quite a bit. Currently Naruto who was sitting in a chair when he first fell asleep was now sprawled out spread eagle on the floor. This is what Mei was met with when she entered the room.

When met with this site the young Kage couldn't help but giggle, though she also couldn't stop a blush from rising on her face since in his movements, the flaps on his coat were open giving her an eyeful of his muscled body. As if in a trance she moved forward ever so slightly to get a better look.

The clone that was previously made to wake him when someone arrived was sitting in the corner videotaping the proceeding, and trying to muffle a laugh that was edging to breakout. It was what happened next that made it break out.

When Mei moved ever so close she never noticed the slight twitch in the blonde's movement. At the moment she was almost completely over his body, it was then that everything happened in a flash and the next sight was Naruto on top of Mei with a kunai at her throat. Though with the quick roll the two happened to end up in a very intimate position, at first it didn't register between the two but when their minds finally rebooted Naruto realized what a compromising position he was in, and in a flash he jumped back with deep blush.

"S-s-sorry M-Mizukage-sama…"stuttered the blonde.

On the other side of the room said Mizukage was sitting there letting her mind catch up, and when it did she couldn't help but blush… and hard."N-no problem Naruto-kun, its fine…" she stated, though in her mind she just remembered what she said, 'Oh no did I just call him Naruto-kun? Sure he's handsome and those muscles… and Kami him being on to…."

"STOP!"

'Huh, who is there?' asked Mei.

"It's me your inner self." The newly identified inner self said.

"I actually have one of those? Interesting…"

"Yes, yes you do, and I'm not only your inner self, but also or reasonable self kind of…"

This threw Mei into a bit of a loop, "What do you mean kind of?"

"Well that's simple usually I'm actually your fun loving perverted side… though since you happen to be doing that yourself I have to be the responsible one… And since you have a meeting to get to, you need to shape up and quick. By the way I don't think Naruto-kun caught the kun part." Explained the inner Mei.

Mei mentally nodded though before cutting connection, "So are you going to be sticking around or was this a onetime deal?

The inner version thought for a second before answering, "Eh not really often, but I will be around more likely than not… especially when your dreaming of a particular blonde man." Concluded the inner persona with a perverted giggle.

Back to Real Time

"Mizukage-sama…. Mizukage-sama?"

"Huh…what… who?" asked Mei looking around. Though when she turned she was meet with a concerned look from the resident blonde, which made her blush a nice cherry red.

"Ah good to see you back with us, well me. You gave me a bit of a scare since you weren't responding to anything I was saying." Explained Naruto with relief clearly in his voice.

"Oh thank you Naruto-kun, though how long was I not responding for?"

"Eh, maybe five ten minutes not too long but still enough time to though a flag up in concern. Since you wouldn't respond to anything. "

Mei couldn't help but notice his face that held genuine concern for her, which caused her to smile.

"Are you two love birds done, or should I wait for another five or ten minutes?" Both Mei and Naruto snapped around in the direction of the voice. There standing behind his desk was Tazuna with a wide grin plastered on his face.

The two said people just sat there sputtering out incoherent words. Tazuna couldn't help but let out a deep hearty laugh at the sight of the two. "Oh, wow, I wish I had a camera you two had priceless faces. Though before you take your revenge, I was just joking around." He said with a smile. "Though why don't we get back to work here, if everything goes well we may be able to call it an early night." Which Tazuna got a nod in return from both ambassador and leader alike.

For the next few hours they worked on hammering out the trade agreements, till it hit about six in the evening when they were ready to depart.

"Well great job today. I would say another week or so and we will be finished with everything." Said Tazuna as he was packing up his items.

Naruto and Mei nodded in agreement, and bid the man farewell. As they walked outside it was Mei that spoke up first. "Hey Naruto-kun, would you like to grab some dinner?"

Naruto stopped in his tracks and turned to her. "I would be honored Mizukage-sama. Though what of your guards?"

Mei just giggled a little. "Well first off stop calling me sama, since we are off duty there is no real need to be formal. Also don't worry about the two they are most likely at a bar right now. Choujuurou has this thing for me and well Ao has been trying to break him of it and trying to show him there are other women in the world so my guess Ao is trying to get him drunk and find a girl."

"Wow no disrespect Mei but aren't your guards supposed to be protecting you?" Asked the blonde man.

Mei let out a small laugh to this. "Yes that is how it usually works but since you're in my company they believed I was safe enough, though they still walk with me in the morning and covering my room and such. Though actually I gave Ao the mission to find Choujuurou a girl so since you're here now he has more time to do it."

"Ah ok, I can handle that." Replied Naruto.

"Good now I saw this good barbecue place in town so let's go there." Said the russet haired Kage.

"Sure why not." Said Naruto with a smile, and with that the two took off towards the restaurant.

(I'm going to skip the dinner for now)

That evening the two returned back to Mei' s living quarters, and were met with a sight that was…well hilarious. Mei's guards were piss ass drunk lying back to back swaying back and forth singing some sort of drinking song. Blissfully unaware of their two new occupants. Making sure not to miss a chance like this again Naruto pulled out a camera and quickly got three pictures of the two one of the two together and the other two are individual pictures. What was odd though is that when Naruto took the pictures the two seemed to always know it and posed for the shot.

After getting the pictures and getting a nod from Mei Naruto laid his index finger on the temples of the two men and with a quick medical jutsu the two sobered up quite fast. Though for what they did and with consent from the russet haired Kage behind him he left them with their massive throbbing headaches.

"Well at least you have your guards back for the evening. Though not sure how effective they may be." Said Naruto with a chuckle.

Mei just laughed, "So it seems though you know Naruto-kun you could stay the night and be my body guard…" she said in a sweet voice, which made Naruto blush quite nicely.

"As much as I would love to Mei I have some things I must take care of for the next few days. Though I will keep that though in mind." He said with a sly smile. "Well I better be taking my leave so I guess I will see you tomorrow Mizukage-sama."

"Yes, yes we will, Naruto-kun. Now get out of here this woman needs her beauty sleep, so shoo."

"As you wish, and goodnight Mei-chan." Said Naruto who quickly disappeared via wind Shunshined. If and only if he stayed a bit longer he would have be witness to a surprised Mei.

It was only after a minute or so that she snapped out of her stupor, and with a smile. "You to Naruto-kun goodnight." With that she turned to her room for another night of good dreams.

Scene Break/ Time Skip

It was about mid afternoon on October 7th and Naruto was walking back to his hotel after having some lunch with Tazuna and his family. He couldn't help but smile, it had been a beautiful day and he could tell it was going to be a great night as well. One in which you could walk under the stars and not have a care in the world, let all the troubles that plagued his life melt away, nothing could beat that. As he walked he couldn't help but remember the week that just passed. It was a week full of insight, accomplishment and some failures, and to say one of his most accomplished things were working with Inari.

At first Naruto was actually doubtful of Inari. The teen didn't show much promise, his attitude was towards the idea of training was a bit lacking. Though that was not the case, Inari had surprised Naruto with how well the teen was able to pick up on the stuff that Naruto taught him. He kept up with his exercises, sometimes even being there before Naruto already working out, and all of it under a week's time. Naruto was also surprised at how far Inari came with increasing his chakra reserves since the first time Naruto was able to sense his reserves they have increased by a quarter if not a bit more, which now allowed him to start the tree climbing exercise. Though that is where the failures began for some odd reason the teen literally sucked at calling and molding his chakra. Naruto took him to the hospital where they did an examination on Inari and it all came out good his coils where aligned perfect condition, they where full and whatever else there may be but he just couldn't make it happen. The only thing the doctors advised was to keep trying.

Secondly, his job, as an ambassador though boring at times was actually fun also. It kept him on his toes. He was actually surprised that he enjoyed leaning something else than a jutsu, and he had the privilege to learn from the best in all fields, especially medical. Though he was only granted the privilege after the battle with Pein and when the Kyuubi attempted to break free. When the Yondaime came and replace the seal, most of the Kyuubi's chakra flooded Naruto's system allowing his system to adapt to the yoki quicker. Which in turn allowed him to control and harness the power faster allowing for more advance chakra control and enabling him to learn medical and Genjutsu. Though this was totally new to him and he was actually enjoying it. (During the Pein invasion Naruto didn't learn of his father)

Then last, but not least was the resident water shadow Terumi Mei. The two of them were becoming friends surprising fast. They had a couple nights that they shared a dinner together getting to know each other better, and with learning Naruto came to the conclusion that she was a bit of a wild card. She was a bit of a mystery to the blonde especially when it came to her mood swings. She could be the happiest person in the world then in one quick second be your worst enemy. Also there was something about smiling and threatening to kill you didn't sit too well with Naruto. Though as long as it is not directed towards him he is fine with it. But, even though it freaked him out a bit; it was also a bit of turn on at the same time. Something about sexy yet deadly women appealed to Naruto.

By the time Naruto finished his personal refection he found himself staring at his hotel's door. As he unlocked his door and walked in he took a look around. It was then that his eyes fell on his bag he was traveling with and then it clicked in his head. There was still the scroll that Tsunade gave him that he hasn't opened yet.

He pulled out the scroll that Tsunade gave him, and sat on his bed. The first thing he noticed was it was a sealed by a blood seal, which could only mean it was something important. Either being a secret message or more likely a family hist…

That stopped Naruto in his tracks, 'Family, no it can't be…' In a flash he bit his thumb and swiped his blood across the seal. For a second it glowed red then blue and fell off. When the seal finally broke he pulled it open. When he pulled it open what it contained confused him immensely, at the top it said Namikaze/Uzumaki Family Scroll, and at the bottom there were five seals. He only assumed that two of the five were his parent's letters from his mother and father. The other three was a mystery to him.

So just to get it started Naruto bit his thumb and swiped it across the furthest left seal under Namikaze. A second later there was a puff of smoke and a small scroll sitting in front of him over the seal. Naruto gingerly picked up the scroll and carefully pulled it open, and he began to read.

Hello my boy,

If you are reading this then the sealing has been done. You are probably wondering what this has to do with you and if you haven't been told, you are the container for the Kyuubi no Kitsune, and as I said you're the container and not the demon itself and whoever says different are to say the least are morons. Now if you already knew that then its old news and hope you are doing well in your life.

Now you are probably wondering why you're learning of me and your mother now. Well it was by our order that you would not learn of us until you are sixteen, at least a Chuunin, or skilled enough that you could defend yourself. The reason for this is because of who I am, I had enemies across all Shinobi Nations especially Iwagakure, if they knew you were my child they would stop at nothing to kill you. Though now since you are reading this the current Hokage which be it either old man Sarutobi, Tsunade, or Ero-Sannin Jiraiya, then they believe you are safe enough. Now as for my name please don't think little of but if you do then I understand, just understand that there was no other way. I am Namikaze Minato, more commonly known as Yondaime Hokage or the Yellow Flash of Konoha. But as I said please understand I had no other choice because as much as I hate it, who would want to offer their child to hold the beast. Though I will say in knowing it was my child I know that you will succeed since I know you're strong and you could handle it, I couldn't trust anyone else like that. Though I'm still really sorry.

Now if you're looking at the family scroll then you will see it says Namikaze/Uzumaki Family Scroll and you see five seals, well you opened my seal, as for the other four; one is a letter from your mother, two are presents from us, and finally the one in the middle it contains some money if you're traveling right now and also the deed to our land in Konoha, directions to our clan house… yes house, we were a quiet people we didn't want anything big like a compound. We were also located in the far back of the forest on top of the Hokage Monument. The scroll holds the directions and the way to access the house... In the seal that corresponds with me I give you my prized technique my Rasengan, and also my Hiarishin no Jutsu. As for what else is withholds it also contains some of my notes on sealing, if you want the rest of the notes and see my works, all of it is located in the basement of the house, and you better read up because you need to figure out a complex seal to enter the house. Well I believe that is what I can share with you until now, more scrolls are located at the house.

All I want to add is that your mother and I loved you dearly, so if you had any thought that your parents hated you or anything like that, you have nothing to worry about. I'm proud of you son and keep up the good work, I will always love you and look over you from above.

Your loving father

Yondaime Hokage, Konoha's Yellow Flash

Namikaze Minato

P.S. If you see the old super pervert of a Sannin aka Jiraiya he is your godfather.

Naruto to say the least was not overly shocked. Contrary to popular belief he was not a complete idiot even though he was at first due to the lack of guidance, though as he grew up his intelligence increased though he kept his idiotic façade. He has seen photos of the Yondaime before and also it didn't help that the man was his hero. So he has seen him plenty of times, and after plenty of times he started to ask questions since he noticed some similarities. Though now learning that the man who he looked up to this entire time was his father, and the same man, his father that sealed the beast in him, he couldn't help, but feel a bit hurt though at the same time happy. 'He believed I was the only one who could handle it.' "I should be mad I should hate him for what life I was put though, but I understand why he did It. Though I know of a way he could have done it even without the sealing. Sigh…" he said out loud to no one in particular. "He also loved me and basically answer the question I always had. Which was, was I loved and wanted or was I just loose baggage and tossed to the side."

After looking over it a couple of times he rolled it back up carefully before turning to his mother's seal and her scroll she left him.

Naru-chan

Hello my son. I am Uzumaki Kushina your mother, and if you're reading this then I have passed on. Just say if it wasn't for the damn fur ball of a demon I would be there along with your baka of a father. Even though I loved the man to death, I personally can't see how he could have put his trust in his village, we both seen how corrupt the council was and that in and of itself should have been a fair warning sign. Now if you're wondering what this all means is that you were chosen to be the prison of said fur ball that attack that night, and if you don't know who said fur ball is, that would be the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Now if you already knew that then that's old news.

Though now I want to say is that I'm very sorry that I could not be there for you. To see you grow up to be there for you when you got hurt, when you graduated, when you got your first crush, and so on and so forth. I just hope that it wasn't as bad for you as I imagine but, some hopes and payers never come to pass so I am terribly sorry. Though even with that I hope your god parents who are Senju Tsunade and Jiraiya of the Sannin were there for you. But even that has me a bit uneasy and hard to believe.

Enough with the mushy stuff let's get on with the presents. In my other seal in the scroll holds the Uzumaki clans Techniques, our fighting style, my personal Kenjutsu, and a few personal mementos like my diary and some pictures. Though my most prized possession and your birthright is not in this scroll nor is located at our house in Konoha. Though it is located in my old country of Uzu no Kuni, in the once great village of Uzugakure no Sato. About five years before I met your father our village was attacked by Iwagakure in attempt to wipe us off the face of the planet and they succeeded I was the only know survivor and now you are the last member of the Uzumaki royal family, Yes Naruto you are the son of a Hokage and heir to a royal family… No pressure right? Hehe, now you're probably wondering about your birthright / family heirloom. Since I left, it went with me though when I died it returned to the place of its birth waiting for my heir to the Uzumaki family/clan to claim it.

All I want to add is that your father and I loved you dearly, so if you had any thought that we hated you or just abandoned you, you have nothing to worry about. I'm proud of you son and keep up the good work, I will always love you and look over you from above.

Your loving mother

Crimson death of Konoha

Uzumaki Kushina

P.S. If you see the super pervert of a Sannin aka Jiraiya give him a swift kick in the lower regions.

At the bottom of the page was a chibi version of Kushina and Jiraiya and Kushina kicking Jiraiya.

Naruto himself couldn't help but chuckle, though also he couldn't help the tears that were falling down his whiskered cheeks. To him out of the two letters his mother's held more meaning to him since it was its every kid's or in his case man's dream to hear that your mother loves you and is proud of you and here she stated both, though on top of that it was a complete shocker to him. He has heard stories about the woman before, but no one could tell him what her name was, and on top of that he never expected the women of her status to be his mother, but then again his father is the Yondaime, and after everything that has happened in his life till this. Why would it surprise him anymore?

Though now after reading he couldn't help but feel some resentment towards the two people he considers the closest in his life. Jiraiya and Tsunade were the two he looked up to other than his newly found father, and the Sandaime, even Iruka. He consider them to be some of his closest family and now he finds out that they are suppose to be his family but left him in the village to suffer for twelve plus years. Hell he could understand Jiraiya due to his spy network. But the man had to comeback sometime to give reports and not once did he stop and look in or anything, not till Naruto met him at the onsen that one day.

Then there was Tsunade, oh good old baa-chan she ran from the village and all she did was drink and gamble, noting overly dangerous hell she even had Shizune. Why couldn't she take him along? Hell even if they took him for a year or if even Jiraiya visited him from time to time it may have been a bit different. Though then again if they would have taken him along he wouldn't not have came out the way he is today, sure it took him awhile but with all the beating and lack of food, lack of respect it shaped him and if he thought so himself, he didn't turn out too bad. Actually quite the opposite.

Though they were not going to get away with it, oh they are going to pay for it… he was always considered the master of pranks. Hell if the old man Sandaime could, Naruto bet he would give him the highest threat rank out there just for his pranks. And with that Naruto started to laugh, not a nice one, but to anyone around it would sound evil. There was one man that happens to hear the laugh and turned and started to run.

Konoha

Jiraiya and Tsunade were currently in the Hokage's office having a drink since Tsunade actually finished her paper work early for once which in itself was a bad sign. Then just suddenly to them it felt like the temperature dropped and the Sake bottles they were holding burst, while at the same time Shizune ran in with stacks of paper work and Jiraiya's notes for his next book burst in to flames.

They looked to each other before running around screaming out in mercy to whatever gods they may have angered. Though if they happen to look over to the portraits of the previous Hokages anyone could have sworn that the Yondaime, Namikaze Minato, was grinning and it kept getting wider and wider.

Nami no Kuni

After a minute or so Naruto calmed down and looked back over the scrolls one more time, just to reread and take in all that he could. Both of his parents loved him and were proud of him. Just with those two declarations brought him to tears. After for so long he finally knew the truth and it was a good truth.

Author Notes:

Hey everyone I'm finally back. For how long I don't know. But good news is that there is only two weeks left of classes so progress should be a bit better. Bad news is, that it will be finals so progress will fall again. Though it has come to my attention I have a bad case of writers block and also I can't seem to write for more than thirty minutes at a time so I end up going off and doing something else. Though enough of that.

Hope you enjoyed this addition, again review if you like, but no flames please. I know there are some grammar issues among other items but I will focus on that once I complete my revisions of my other chapters. Also as of right now chapter five is something like 75% or so done and chapter six is about 25% or so done.

Well till next time,

Ja ne.