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This stoy was created in partnership with Hakkyou no Yami. The idea was provided by Hakkyou no Yami, he does not own Naruto in any way shape or fashion.

Summary: Minato found another way to defeat Kyuubi, and sealed half of the Bijuu's chakra in each of his younger siblings, while the Kyuubi's soul was sent to hell. His siblings are considered hero's, and he is forced to walk in their shadow.

The Stories pairings are already decided...this story will NOT contain NaruHina or NaruSaku.

You are all free to make your suggestions, we may or may not use them, but if we do use them, we will be certain to cite you as the source of the idea.

Libra'sAngel27-King of Libra, New Ruler of the Seventh House

ravercozy challenge-Ghost-Nin Naruto

It was October 9th, seven years after the Kyuubi attack, in that time the village has managed to rebuild itself…albeit it still had a lower shinobi population, but it had managed to work past that issue.

In the past seven years, Asuka and Takeshi had been treated as heroes for being the catalysts to Kyuubi's destruction. They could not walk out of the house without hearing offers of training, or having to run away from their fan club…Naruto however…was a different story.

For the last seven years, Naruto had been walking in Asuka and Takeshi's shadow, because of it, he was hard pressed to gain acknowledgement as Naruto Namikaze…not 'the older sibling of the village heroes' or 'the son of the hero's father'. It made it difficult for him to gain friends, especially since most people only wanted to be his friend for the chance to meet his young siblings.

Along with that, he rarely was acknowledged by his parents. His father spent all of his spare time training Asuka and Takeshi to use Kyuubi's Youki, and his mother was always checking to make sure they were ok from the training, or was with Minato as he trained them.

Naruto would spend the majority of his time in one of the training fields far away from the Namikaze compound, not wanting his family to discover what he was doing. The last time he allowed them to find out what he was doing, he was forced to teach his siblings his very first personal jutsu. From then on, he refused to tell them how his training went…not like it mattered, they never asked anyways. Even when they did ask, he would say simply things like 'working on my chakra control' or 'practicing my Taijutsu on wooden dummies.'

Naruto was currently at training ground seventeen, practicing his Taijutsu on a log.

As Naruto struck the log, it looked like a well choreographed dance; the movements flowed as he delivered strikes to several points on the dummy with deadly accuracy. He weaved around it and struck at different points as he spun around in well timed maneuvers.

He flipped back and sent three kicks at the top of the dummy before he landed on his feet.

Naruto wore a simple set of Hakama pants with a long sleeve button up shirt. It wasn't the best training clothes, but if he left the house wearing his training gear, then his family might get suspicious.

Sighing, Naruto lowered himself and placed his hands in a snake seal as he began to gather chakra around him.

Naruto's chakra began to surround him, licking the air around his form as he focused his chakra to his hands…his chakra began to leak from the cracks in between his fingers.

He separated his hands from the snake seal and held them in front of him, his palms facing each other as chakra laced around his hand.

The chakra from each palm then began to intertwine as it solidified, and took a clear shape.

Naruto stopped the chakra flow and let the resulting object fall to the ground. He fell on his knees and panted as he looked at the object he had created.

It was a clear, warped object that slowly began to melt…a piece of ice.

Naruto cursed as he smashed his fist into the ice, shattering it. For the last two months he had been trying to create a solid piece of ice that would not melt so easily. Thus far he has only been able to do it once.

Naruto had discovered that while there was a Hyoton bloodline, it was possible to replicate the bloodlines affects, the only issue with that was that it was damn near impossible to do it unless one used a precise amount of wind and water natured chakra. Naruto was able to get the mixture pretty damn close…but he had not been able to get the ice to stay solid for more than a few seconds before it began to melt.

He laid back as he looked at the sky, 'Damn, why the hell can't I get it? I have been training my chakra control for the past several weeks, and I still can't get the right mixture. I can't ask my father for help…otherwise he will demand I teach this to those spoiled brats. Damn…' he sighed as he sat back up…CRAC…and snapped his head around as he heard a twig break.

He got up and looked as the bushes rustled; it must be some sort of small animal. He was about to run away when the creature came running out of the bushes.

Naruto's eyes widened at what he saw before him. It was a red fox with grayish colored eyes. It was about the size of an average fox…but what shocked Naruto was the two tails behind it and the crimson slitted eyes.

'Yoko…' he pulled out a kunai and held it in front of himself, he was about to throw it at the Yoko…when he saw the fox demons condition.

It was looking at him with eyes filled with fear. Its ears were flattened down and its tail tucked between its legs as it shivered as it looked at the blond.

Naruto quirked an eyebrow, 'Why the hell is it afraid?' he then looked at his kunai…then back at the Yoko kit, it was staring fearfully at the kunai.

Naruto stepped out of his stance and looked closer at the Yoko, he the noticed some small gashes in its leg, 'It's injured…but by the looks of it it's healing…but not all that fast.' Naruto slowly put the kunai away and got down to his knees. He gave the kit a gentle smile, "Come here…I won't hurt you."

The kit seemed to flinch back as it looked at Naruto.

He looked down…then saw his kunai pouch. Deciding to take a gamble he removed the pouch and gently set it aside. He looked back at the kit with a gentle smile, "See…I have nothing to hurt you with…come here so I can look at your wounds."

The kit looked at Naruto almost with a suspicious expression…but it slowly began to walk towards the blond. It took gentle steps as Naruto encouraged it to walk towards him. Finally it was in front of Naruto, but it was still shaking like a leaf.

Naruto ever so slowly extended his hand until his hand was behind the kits ear. He gently began to scratch it, causing it to instantly perk up. 'Puuurrrr' Naruto chuckled lightly as he heard the kit purring into his hand…but he suddenly froze.

'That's the first time I have laughed in years…' the kit rubbed its head into Naruto's hand, purring as it did so. Naruto couldn't help but smile at the kit, 'Hmmm…maybe I could keep it, not that it would be a bad thing. It would provide me with some company in that house.' he mentally frowned as he thought back to his 'family'. But a chuckle came back to his lips, 'Who knows, I might even become the first person to ever have a Yoko as a ninken. That would show those two shitheads.' he thought back to his two younger siblings…

"GRRRNNNN" Naruto looked at the kit as it seemed to sheepishly look away as its stomach growled again.

Naruto chuckled as he pet the kits head, "Stay here…I will be right back with some food, and I can properly fix up that…wound." he looked back to where the injury was to find it was completely healed, "Uhm…ok…I'll just go grab some food, how does that sound."

The kit yipped happily as it wagged its tails. Naruto gave it another stroke on the back before he grabbed his kunai pouch and walked into the forest.

Thirty minutes later, he walked back into the clearing to find the kit laying down, taking a short nap. But as he stepped into the clearing, it opened its eyes and yawned, revealing its teeth.

Naruto sat down and threw his catch into a small pile, three rabbits and two swallows, and began to construct a small fire…

Once he had managed to get the sticks into a pile he went to grab a flint…when he noticed the Yoko kit had already eaten one rabbit, and was now eating the leg of the second one.

Naruto chuckled as he watched the kit swallow the last of the leg, and gave what he assumed was a belch; he then went about cooking the remaining bird and rabbit.

Once he finished he gave the kit a whole swallow while he ate the last two animals from his catch.

Once they finished, Naruto sighed in content, "Ah, that was delicious if I say so myself."

"Yes it was…" Naruto's eyes shot open when he heard a feminine voice as he turned towards the kit, who was happily wagging its tails.

Naruto pointed at the Yoko, "Y-you c-can t-t-talk-k?"

The kit nodded happily as it wagged its tails faster, "Hai…" the kit answered in a feminine voice.

Naruto looked at her…and took note of its voice, "Uhm…judging by your voice, I am guessing that you are a girl."

The kit nodded her head, "Hai…I am."

The two just sat that way for several minutes until Naruto chuckled, "All that's missing is a human form, though I don't suppose you have one."

The kit tilted her head, "But I do have one." Naruto snapped his head to look at her.

"Huh?"

The kit seemed to wag her tails a bit faster, "See, see, I will show you." there was a small increase in Youki…which Naruto found similar to Asuka and Takeshi's, and she was covered in a cloud of red smoke.

Naruto watched as the smoke disappeared revealing the kits human form.

She was a young red haired girl about his age; she had three whisker marks on each cheek, and dark violet slitted eyes. On top of her head were two red fox ears, and she had two fox tails trailing behind her. She was wearing a simple red kimono with white swirl designs.

She held up her hand, which had claws on it and waved, "Hi, my name is Kushina Uzumaki."

Naruto stared at her, 'Wow…she is so cute.' he barely managed to hold back his blush, then remembered something, 'Uzumaki…where have I heard that name before?' Naruto shook the thoughts from his head, "Naruto Namikaze." he shook her hand.

Naruto laid back as he and Kushina talked for the next few hours. They discussed on what they planned to do for the future, any favorites, they even went about playing a few games.

Kushina burst out laughing, "Ok, ok…alright…I got one. You are left with a choice between ramen and ice cream, which would you choose?"

Naruto smiled, "Ramen, easy question."

Kushina smiled and laughed at the blonds answer, "Why?"

Naruto winced, "Because if I eat ice cream like I do ramen, I would never stop having a brain freeze."

Kushina nodded her head, "Good point…"

Naruto sighed as he looked up at the sky…and cursed as he saw the sun was setting, 'Damn, now I have to head back to that place.' Naruto turned to Kushina, "Sorry, I have to get going…maybe we can hang out another time. Where will you be staying?"

Kushina looked down, "I…don't have anywhere to stay."

Naruto's eyes widened, "WHAT?! B-but…don't you have family…parents…" Naruto flinched back as she snarled at the mention of parents. She looked away and said in a broken voice.

"I-I don't h-have any…" Naruto could tell there was more to it than that.

"Do you…want to talk about it?" Kushina shook her head and looked at Naruto.

"Maybe another time…"

Naruto nodded his head, but began to think. He couldn't just leave her here, it was dangerous at night. His eyes suddenly widened as he looked back at Kushina, "Well…you could always stay with me." Kushina looked up at him, a bit shocked by the sudden offer, "Just go back to your kitsune form and nobody is going to ask questions."

Kushina seemed to shy away, a bit hesitant to comply, "A-Are you sure?"

Naruto nodded, "Positive…one of the benefits of being the Hokage's son, I can do almost anything in this village and nobody is going to ask questions."

Kushina's eyes widened, "Your Tou-san is the Hokage?! You failed to mention that."

Naruto sighed, "Yeah, me and my father aren't exactly close."

Kushina looked away, "Gomen…" Naruto waved it off.

"Ah don't worry about it, you didn't know." Naruto got down to Kushina's level, "So…my offer still stands."

Kushina smiled and gave Naruto a hug, "Thank you!" Naruto gently returned the hug.

'Yeah…it would be nice to have her around…maybe things won't be so bad from now on.'

Later

Naruto walked through the northern district of Konoha towards the Namikaze compound. As he walked up to the compound he kept hearing whispers from nearby civilians.

'Hey look, the son of the Yondaime.'

'He is the brother of our heroes.'

'I wonder if I can get him to introduce us.'

Naruto snarled as he heard them talk. It was the same thing every time he was noticed by the general populace. He was never looked at for who he was, only for who he was related to. He sped up his pace, wanting to get home so he would not have to deal with these fools anymore than he already had to.

Once he arrived at the compound he cut his finger and dabbed his blood on the wall, revealing a seal. It glowed as the gates to the compound clicked open. He pushed open the gates and allowed them to close behind him, locking themselves in place.

He walked up to the main house…every time he walked up this path he felt nothing. No happiness to be home, no fear at what his family might say…he felt nothing. His family were like strangers to him, and it seemed as if that would never change.

He opened the door and walked inside, the house was quiet, as usual. Taking off his shoes he went to walk up to his room. He passed by his father's study, "Naruto…" he stopped in front of it and turned to see his father at his desk, while his mother was organizing some papers.

Naruto took in a deep breath, "Yes, Tou-sama?" he referred to his father in a formal way.

Minato looked at Naruto, "It's late, you should have been home sooner."

Naruto lightly bowed, "Gomen Tou-sama, but I was delayed."

Minato looked at Kushina sleeping in Naruto's arms, "Would it have anything to do with the fox kit in your arms?"

Naruto looked down at Kushina to see her wriggling in his arms, all the while rubbing her head against his chest. He looked back up at Minato, "Hai, Tou-sama, I found her in the forest with a small injury. I couldn't just leave her there…besides, I always wanted a Nin pet."

Minato quirked an eye, "Naruto, if you wanted a Nin pet we could always ask the Inuzuka's to provide you one."

Naruto sighed, 'Yes Tou-sama, I understand that, but I was hoping on using something other than a dog."

Minato nodded his head, "Very well…have it taken to Tsume sometime to get it checked."

Naruto bowed, "Thank you, Tou-sama." Naruto turned away and headed up to his room.

Minato sighed as he returned to his paperwork, "I honestly don't know what I am going to do with that boy. He is so distant from the family…often times I wonder if he even considers us kin."

Suki sighed as she put away paperwork, "I have to agree Minato-kun…I can't even remember the last time he smiled or laughed around us…I think he was like what…three?"

Minato nodded, "Yes, I believe that is about right, I think it was at Ino's birthday party."

Suki nodded, "Yes…his cousin always could make him laugh. But after the two of them stopped hanging out, he just didn't smile or even laugh that often…sigh…oh well, I'm sure he will come around."

Minato nodded, "I agree…" he looked at the clock, "Jiraiya and Tsunade should be returning with Asuka and Takeshi soon."

Suki nodded, "Yes…do you think perhaps Naruto would have liked to go?"

Minato shook his head, "Unlikely, he hates perverts, and Jiraiya is a big one, plus with Tsunade in the mix, the perversions would likely increase."

Suki nodded her head and sighed, Jiraiya and Tsunade had trained Asuka and Takeshi for years, most of the time it was to control Kyuubi's Youki. But Jiraiya had taken an interest in training Takeshi, while Tsunade had taken to training Asuka.

She thought back to the day Minato told her his plan…

Flashback

Minato looked at Suki, "Suki-chan, the recent attack by Kyuubi has crippled our forces. Along with that I have recently discovered that while other hidden villages have Jinchuriki, there more than just Jinchuriki in the use of the hidden villages."

Suki looked at Minato, "Minato-kun, what are you saying?"

Minato sighed as he placed a hand on her shoulder, "What I am saying is that we need to teach Asuka and Takeshi to use the Kyuubi's Youki."

Suki's eyes widened, "But Minato-kun, what if they are injured during the training?"

Minato held her hand in a reassuring grip, "The Kyuubi's Youki will heal them from all injuries." he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and gave her a reassuring hug, "Suki-chan, I am telling you this because they will need our guidance for this task. Do you think I would tell you this, or even think of this plan without considering the possible ramifications?"

Suki sighed, "No…I know you would make sure it was safe…but…" she looked up at Minato, "What about Naruto?"

Minato smiled, "Naruto's our son Suki…he will be fine."

Suki nodded her head and smiled, "Of course…"

End Flashback

Suki sighed remembering that day…she wondered how things would have turned out had they not decided to train Asuka and Takeshi to use their Youki.

She shook the thoughts from her head…no use thinking on what ifs…she then went back to filing away the paperwork.

Meanwhile

Naruto opened the door to his room with his free hand and then quickly closed it behind him. Kushina opened her eyes and yawned as she looked around…and her eyes widened at the room they were in.

The room was big enough to provide ten people adequate room, and still have room to spare for luxuries. There was a big window at the side that allowed sunlight to come in large amounts. And there were also several levels to the room…three by the looks of it

On the top level was what Kushina assumed to be Naruto's bed, as well as a couch, and a Television with a rack full of movies on it. The level below that had a couple desks covered in papers. Most of which were encoded in a way she had never seen before. The last level, the one they were on, had a small sparring area on it.

Naruto walked up the steps to the top level and set Kushina down on his bed as he walked over to a wall. He grabbed part of the wall and revealed a spare bed. He pulled it out and indicated, "Here is your bed, it's actually very comfortable." Naruto removed his upper clothing and grabbed a set of pajama shirts. He was about to remove his pants…but turned towards Kushina, "Uhm…could you turn around please?"

Kushina shook herself and turned around; Naruto had not noticed the blush underneath all her fur, so she was spared some embarrassment at seeing his body.

Naruto pulled on his pajama's and turned towards Kushina; "Good night…" he crawled into his own bed as Kushina hopped onto hers. Naruto rolled on his side and shut his eyes as Kushina began circling points on the bed until she found a comfortable spot. She then laid herself down.

The two fell into a deep sleep…

Three Hours Later

Kushina shot her eyes open as she panted; she clutched her chest, having turned into her human form in the night. She took in deep breaths as she tried to calm herself down.

She tried to go back to sleep…but her nightmare had scared her too much. Whenever she had a nightmare before she would always crawl in bed with…

She shook those thoughts from her head as she rolled over…and her eyes landed on the still sleeping Naruto. She pushed away her covers and walked over to his bed.

She looked at his peaceful features as he slept. She may not know him very well…but he was the closest she was going to get to the comfort she would need to sleep.

Kushina pushed aside the covers and huddled under the blankets. She scooted closer to him and rested her head next to his; blushing as she did so, 'Its so warm.' she closed her eyes and snuggled closer to the blond.

Morning

Naruto groggily opened his eyes as he pushed himself up. For some reason he slept much more soundly last night than he usually did. He went to get out of bed…to find that his arm would not follow his commands. He went to free his arm on whatever it got caught onto…only for his eyes to widen as he saw Kushina in her human form snuggled up to his arm like it was a teddy bear.

He blushed in embarrassment as he saw her cuddle closer to the arm whilst she purred, 'Oh Kami, I am so glad I have those seals to keep people from looking into my room.' he quickly did a Kawarimi with one of the nearby pillows. Kushina squeezed the pillow to her chest and mumbled in her sleep.

Naruto got up and grabbed himself a set of clothes and quickly got himself dressed. Once he finished he walked over to Kushina, "Kushina…" she grumbled in her sleep.

"Five more minutes…" she rolled over and turned away from Naruto.

Naruto rolled his eyes and kept trying to wake her up, "Come on Kushina, if you don't wake up soon my families going to find you."

Kushina pushed Naruto away; "Alright, alright…." she got up and yawned as she stretched much like a fox would. She brushed her hair out of her face, "Ok, so what are we going to do today?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head, "Well…I was going to head to Ichiraku's for breakfast, my family usually isn't awake at this time, so it shouldn't be an issue. Then I was going to go training for the day…at least until I have to come back home. When I get back I am going to finish up on a Youki suppressing seal I have been working on."

Kushina's ears stood up, "Youki suppressing seal?!" she began to shiver, since she was a Yoko, her Youki could very well be suppressed.

Naruto nodded, "Yeah, if I can make the final design work, my arrogant younger siblings won't be able to use their accursed Youki in our spars, and then I can kick their ass!"

Kushina sighed, "Oh boy…for a moment I thought you wanted to suppress my Youki."

Naruto nervously scratched the back of his head, "Hehehe, sorry for making you worry." he sighed as he looked at Kushina,

"Come on, let's get out of here." Kushina quickly transformed into her fox form and leapt into Naruto's arms. He went down to the door and pulled it open. He quickly shut it behind him and headed down the stairs.

He passed by the dining room, "Naruto…where are you going?" Naruto snapped around to see Minato behind him.

"Tou-sama…you're up already?" Minato snorted.

"Honestly Naruto, I am the Hokage, I have to get up early. You still didn't answer my question…where are you going?"

Naruto sighed, "I am going to Ichiraku's for breakfast, I will be back same time as usual and…" Minato cut him off.

"No, you aren't…we have food here. Besides, it's unseemly for the son of the Yondaime to eat breakfast at a ramen stand." Minato beckoned Naruto to follow him, "Come…you can eat when we get to the sparring ground."

Naruto's head fell, 'Sparring ground…just perfect.' he followed after Minato with a glum expression. Kushina seemed to notice this and whined to get Naruto's attention. It proved unsuccessful.

Minato opened the doors to the training grounds outside and stepped aside as Naruto walked through. The young blond looked up to see who was there.

His mother, Suki Namikaze, formerly Suki Yamanaka of the side branch of the Yamanaka family was standing there in her normal house clothes. She had long black hair and cyan colored eyes.

His sister, Asuka Namikaze had long black hair tied in a ponytail, and had cyan eyes just like their mother. She was also wearing pre-kunoichi wear, and had a smug smirk on her face.

His brother Takeshi Namikaze had spiky black hair, and had a kenseikan on the left side of his head. He wore a black set of shinobi pants and a long sleeve shinobi sweater, and he was also carrying a smug look on his face.

Asuka was the first to speak, "Well if it isn't our loser Aniki Naruto…did you finish licking your wounds from that beating I gave you last month?"

Naruto ignored her and sat down, setting Kushina to his side. He folded his hands across his face much like a certain Uchiha would.

Takeshi noticed Kushina sitting beside Naruto, "What's the matter Naruto; you so bad of a fighter you need a worthless fleabag to fight your battles for you?"

Naruto leveled a glare at Takeshi, "Shut it…little brother."

Takeshi snarled at Naruto, "Hey, you're only older than me by five minutes!"

Naruto held up a finger, "Five minutes and fifty six seconds…to be accurate."

Minato sighed, "Naruto, stop antagonizing your brother." he turned towards the blond, "Naruto…I want you to fight Asuka, I will tell when the two of you can stop fighting, no lethal force is allowed."

Naruto stood up and walked into the ring as his sister stood across from him.

Asuka grinned at Naruto, "Ready to lose Aniki?"

Naruto just lowered himself into the Taijutsu stance he had been taught, "Just attack me."

Minato nodded, "Hajime!"

Asuka quickly charged at Naruto and pulled her fist back, "Eat this!" Naruto quickly side stepped her and struck her in the side. She went tumbling as she quickly righted herself. Asuka pulled her fist back…then smashed it into the ground, sending a crack through the ground.

Naruto stumbles a bit, giving Asuka the chance to kick him in the chest. The wind was briefly knocked out of him, but before Asuka could add another blow he swept her legs out from underneath her, sending her hurtling into the ground.

Minato stops the fight, "Alright, that's enough. Takeshi, you're up…Asuka, you're finished for now."

Asuka glared at Naruto as she walked out of the ring. Takeshi walked into the ring with a smug expression on his face, "You just got lucky Aniki, me and Asuka could kick your but any day of the week."

Naruto rolled his eyes, "Can we get this over with? I have places to be."

Minato sighed, "Hajime" Takeshi quickly ran at Naruto, Naruto blocked his strike and kicked at him. Takeshi blocked the kick and swung Naruto to the edge of the arena. Naruto quickly got up and avoided Takeshi's foot before it slammed into him.

Naruto slid forward and sent his kick at Takeshi's head. He jumped back, and ended up tripping over his own two feet.

Naruto flipped up as Takeshi brushed himself off.

Minato nodded, "Alright…Asuka, Takeshi, Naruto…all three of you will compete in a three way fight." Takeshi and Asuka grinned as they looked at Naruto. Naruto simply groaned.

Off to the side Kushina whined as she saw the trouble Naruto was in.

Asuka and Takeshi both set their sights on Naruto.

Minato raised his hand, "Hajime" Asuka and Takeshi quickly ran at Naruto and threw several strikes at him Naruto proceeded to block each one, but winced as the kicks were a bit stronger than usual. For some reason, if Asuka and Takeshi fought together, their strikes were much stronger than normal. Naruto guessed it was because they both contained part of Kyuubi's Youki.

Suki bit her nails as she watched how brutally Asuka and Takeshi were attacking Naruto. She knew that they needed to do this so they would be able to defend Konoha…but did they have to be so rough on their brother.

Naruto sent his own strike out at Takeshi…who quickly flipped back and kicked Naruto. As Naruto fell back, Asuka slipped behind him and delivered her own kick towards him.

Naruto fell forward…and sent a kick at Asuka, grazing her arm.

"OW…" she leapt back as she held her arm, which began to smoke as the wound closed up.

Takeshi ran over to Asuka and readied himself. Asuka stood up, "Alright…time to take this up a notch." Asuka's eyes turned red and her nails sharpened as they extended. Takeshi also had a similar transformation as they both looked at Naruto.

In an instant Takeshi and Asuka struck him down, leaving him in the dirt.

Minato nodded towards his two youngest, "Well done Asuka, Takeshi…you are able to control Kyuubi's Youki more easily than before."

Asuka and Takeshi bowed, "Thank you, Tou-san."

Naruto pushed himself up and brushed off the dirt. He looked at his injuries to find a few scrapes, but the bruises would take a bit of time to heal.

He walked over to Kushina, who was whining from seeing his injuries, and picked her up. He quickly did a bow, "I will come back home later, Tou-sama." and walked out of the training ground.

Later

Naruto was walking up to Ichiraku's ramen stand, having not eaten all day. He was seriously pissed off that Minato had put him through that shit without even allowing him to eat anything.

Standing next to him was Kushina, who had used a basic Henge to hide her tails and ears. She was looking sadly at the blond, who had been so cruelly treated by his family.

Without warning, Kushina wrapped Naruto in a hug and gave him a light peck on the cheek. Naruto blushed as he turned to look at Kushina, who smiled at him. His mood immediately brightened as he beckoned her to follow him as they sprinted to the ramen stand.

Alright everybody, Kushina Uzumaki ahs finally arrived...what is her story? What will happen...AGAIN I ASK, WHY AM I ASKING YOU THESE QUESTIONS?!?!

Oh, now I remember...to torture you all into thinking of reasons why...BWAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAAAAA!!!

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