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One Week Later

Currently, Naruko was sitting in the Hokage's office. She had spent the past week in the hospital recovering from her injuries, and mostly stayed in her mindscape with her mother and great grandmother. She had learned quite a lot from them about the Uzumaki clan, as well as some laws in Konoha regarding Uzumaki's. She was about to discuss what she would do about her shinobi career. She had gone through half of the first year in the Academy, until the incident.

"Naruko, I know that you have already started in the academy, but considering what you went through, I understand if you wish to quit."

Naruko was deep in thought, she had decided to keep the bandages over her eyes, with a bang covering where her left eye would be. Taking a deep breath, she brought forth her plan. "I wish to quit the academy, and renounce citizenship to Konoha."

Shocked at her wish to no longer be a citizen, Hiruzen became worried at the fact that he couldn't protect her. "I can understand you not wishing to be a ninja, but why do you wish to leave Konoha?"

"I'm not leaving the village. I will be a citizen of Uzushiogakure."

"But how? Uzu is no more. How can you be a citizen of place that no longer exists?"

"When Konoha was founded, there were laws that applied to the Uzumaki, put in place by the Shodaime, in the original village charter. Any Uzumaki, who lives in the village, can renounce their citizenship under the village, and be under Uzumaki citizenship. I still have to follow most laws, but I do not have to answer to the village's council on most matters, and I only report to the Hokage if I am a shinobi. I am descended from Uzu royalty, giving me the position of Uzu's ambassador, due to there being no current ambassador."

Hiruzen was stunned at the fact that she knew even knew about Konoha's laws. Then he started to chuckle, which turned into full blown laughter, which made the secretary think the paperwork had finally made him crack. "This is perfect! You are practically untouchable! Not only that but I can give you your inheritance."

Naruko had a small smile at his laughter, which quickly turned into a frown. "Jiji, I want to learn from the medics at the hospital to if it's possible."

"Do you wish to be a doctor?"

"I'm… not sure. I may be a shinobi, but I only want to heal."

"I understand. Now onto the matter of your inheritance." Standing up from his desk, he moved to the painting of the Yondaime, revealing… a wall.

"Jiji, has the paperwork been getting to you?"

Chuckling at the idea, which was not too far from the truth, but he just pricked his finger and ran through a set of hand signs before pressing his palm on the wall. With a poof, there were two keys in the hands of the Hokage, which he brought over to his desk. "These keys are to the Namikaze and Uzumaki houses. I would like to know which you choose to live in, and I will help you move what you wish from the other."

"I want to live in the Uzumaki compound."

"Alright, one last thing before you leave, when do you want to begin working at the hospital."

"In one week."

"Alright, Inu, Neko. Please bring Naruko to the Uzumaki compound."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Inu moved to grab Naruko for a shunshin but she backed away from him, with a bit of fear evident on her face.

Before Inu tried to grab her again, Hiruzen spoke up, "Inu, stop. It is quite obvious that she is uncomfortable around you." It saddened him that she was still afraid of close contact with mist people, specifically males. "Naruko, would you like to go with Neko instead?"

Turning her head to the ANBU woman, as if she could still see, Naruko listened to what her mother and great grandmother were telling her. 'I sense no negative emotions toward you, Naruko-chan, she does not wish to harm you.'

Still a bit wary of strangers, Kushina put her mind at ease. 'Don't worry, Naruko. Yugao-chan was one of my students. She wouldn't do anything to hurt you, I promise.'

Looking back to the Hokage, Naruko gave a small nod of acceptance, while keeping her face emotionless. Neko stepped forward and slowly put her hand on Naruko's shoulder, who gave a slight flinch on contact, before a poof of smoke, and they were gone.

Dismissing Inu, Hiruzen sat back in his chair with a sigh. Taking out his pipe and lighting it, he breathed in the calming fumes. 'Looks like I will have tell Tosuke to only have female nurses teach Naruko to start. It might also help to have Inoichi have some sessions with her.' Pondering upon his choices, he turned towards the window looking out over the village.

Uzumaki Compound

A small poof of white smoke, signaled the arrival of the pair at the compound. It was on the edge of the village, in the forest behind the Hokage Monument. As soon as they arrived, Naruko felt a calming aura from the place, like a gentle warmth all around. From what she could sense of the house, it was a two storied, traditional Japanese house, with a garden along the path leading to the front door. Slowly making her way to the first sliding door, she tentatively reached out to open it before pausing. Taking a deep breath, she pushed the door open.

While the outside was traditional, the inside had a more modern feel. The entry way was small, only about seven feet long on each side, with a small cushioned bench to sit on, and cubby holes for shoes. Taking off her sandals, and stepping through to the next room, she found a sitting area with couches and pictures on the walls. Stepping up to one of the pictures, she placed her hand on it, and with what little chakra she could gather, Naruko focused on flowing the chakra through the ink in the picture. Once she had finished, she nearly dropped the picture in shock. Yugao, who had gone in to make sure Naruko didn't need anything, looked at the picture.

It was of Minato behind Kushina, as she held her pregnant stomach.

Yugao looked at Naruko, and saw the bandages on her eyes starting to get wet. Kneeling down, and wrapping her in a hug, she began to comfort the girl. She felt a bit of sadness when Naruko flinched at the contact. "She really loved you." Seeing that Naruko turned to face her, Yugao continued. "I was one of her students, and did what I could to help her through pregnancy. She would always speak about how she would love you, and spoil her little princess."

Smiling softly as Naruko began to calm down, she continued, "I admit that I couldn't wait for you to be born to. Sensei was like a mother to me, and I couldn't wait to see my imouto."

"I barely know you. How do I know that you won't hurt me too? How do I know that you don't hate me like everyone else?"

"You don't… but I promise that I will be here when I can." The declaration only made Naruko begin to cry again, only in joy. Yugao continued to comfort her until she calmed down. "Now, let's see the rest of the house, okay?" Getting a nod, she pulled Naruko to her feet and took her hand as Yugao gave Naruko the tour.

In the back of the house, there was a flat field for training, with a pond to the side, and a walled garden next to that. The garden had become overgrown from the years of neglect, but just needed a bit of care to reach what it was.

Like the garden, most of the house had dust everywhere, and needed to be cleaned up. On the second floor, was the master bedroom, in which she found some of her mother's clothes. Naruko decided to make the room hers. In the basement was something quite shocking. An area that was about three miles long, two miles wide, and a mile high. It contained a forest in one section, with small clearings, a waterfall on a cliff, and a river leading from the pond created by the waterfall. Another section contained what seemed to be sand dunes, surrounding a small rocky outcropping, while a third area was a lake of water, with a few small islands sticking out. In the corner which led up to the house, there was a building. Naruko took a ninja express ride from Yugao to the bottom.

When they got be to the building, it was found to be sealed shut. Before she could ponder on how to open it, Naruko got some help from her tenants. 'You need to put some blood on the seal, and add chakra, however you have not accessed your chakra yet, so I will tell you what is inside.' Nodding at her mother to go ahead, Kushina continued. 'In this building is the library and armory, any scrolls, weapons, or ninja related objects that have been collected by the Uzumaki are in there. Well, that's not quite true, this building contains only a fraction of the Uzumaki's knowledge, the rest should be sealed away in the ruins of Uzu.'

At this Mito began, 'However, you do not need to access it for a while, everything you need to start the basics, we can teach you.'

Naruko tried to sense what she could around her for a few more minutes before she and Yugao left. Currently the two were in the living room, after a very low powered wind jutsu had swept the dust out of the house. "Yugao-san, if the Uzumaki was a big clan, how come this house can only house one or two families?"

"Well, most of your clan lived in Uzu, this house was mainly for the Uzumaki ambassador and his family. There has never been more than a handful of Uzumaki living in Konoha at one time."

The next question was the hardest for Naruko to ask. "Can… can you tell me about my family?"

Smiling gently at the girl, Yugao nodded. "Of course. What would you like to know?"

"Everything."

The rest of the afternoon went in this way, with Naruko asking about her family, and Yugao answering as best she could. They continued until it became dark outside. Noticing the time, Yugao got up to leave, and say her goodbyes. "I'm sorry Naruko, but I'm afraid that I must leave." Seeing the girl's shoulders slump a bit, Yugao tried to cheer her up. "How about I bring you groceries every week. That way you don't have to be near the villagers. If I can't make it, I will send a friend, and don't worry, you will be able to trust them." Naruko nodded to this, a bit less depressed than before.

Standing up from the couch, Naruko bowed to the ANBU. "Good night, Yugao-san. I thank you for allowing me to learn of my family."

"Good night Naruko-chan, I'll stop by tomorrow with some food for you. Okay?"

"Hai."

Walking with Yugao to the front door, and looking out until the purple haired woman was out of Naruko's range. Naruko trudged up to the master bedroom, changed while leaving her bandages around her eyes, and laid in bed. Her last thoughts before falling asleep, 'Goodnight kaa-san, obaa-san.'

'Goodnight, Naruko, I love you.'

'Rest Naruko, the day is over, and you are quite tired.'

Falling asleep, Naruko had a small smile on her face, one of the few she would have in the coming years.

AN: Thanks for reading. I'm sorry that it took a while to finish, but I am in the last few weeks of school, so I get a lot of work to do. Again, I will try and get these out as fast as possible, and I will update my other story next.

If anyone knows of a good English to Japanese translator, that spells the Japanese words in English letters, please tell me. I do not speak Japanese, so I will only use it for what I know. I apologize to anyone who does speak it, for possibly butchering your language.

Next chapter will be her rise as a doctor, and training. She will also meet some of the older characters during her work. If you are afraid that this story will be Naruko not being a ninja. Don't worry, she will become bad ass. She just has to get over her fear of hurting people.

So, keep reading and review if you like.

Ja ne.