Shadow Phoenix: Gender-bend Sasuke? Ugh… NO. I'm okay with reading gender-bend fics that others write up occasionally so long as they never try to 'hide' the change. Like in femNaruto stories, everyone had to have known Naruto was a girl and there was never any hiding as a boy involved. When the gender-bend is written that way, I can enjoy the story so long as the writing is good. A 'hidden' gender-bend pisses me off and is extremely retarded in my mind. Also, while I can handle reading them if they're good enough, that doesn't mean I'll write them I will never write any story with a gender-bend character outside of Haku because even after it's been revealed I still swear that's a chick.

kurokamiDG: I had Nagi confirm that the 'third world' aka the Naruto world doesn't have magic, just as the first 'two worlds' aka the Negima worlds don't have chakra. How would Naruto learn Eva's most powerful spell if he can't use the energy to cast it? So no, Naruto won't be learning any magic. He'll get stronger through Shinobi means under Eva and a couple others.

sh8ad8ow: Why wouldn't Naruto go for any of the Rookies because he was raised by Eva? Now I'll admit it's not actually going to happen, I'm just curious to your reasoning as to why. Also…Shizuka… she's that fillar girl from the 'all Kunoichi village' right? In that case it's a never. I HATE the fillars and refuse to use any of them. I'd rather make my own original arcs than ever use a single fillar.

Animeguy1101: I know I should've gotten a laptop sooner but you can' change the past. Still, I like updating a lot more frequently since I can just keep typing and put things up whenever I feel like it. Anyways, the main reason I'm having it take place in the Naruto world is because of exactly what you pointed out, just about any worthwhile crossover in this section is always in the Negima world. This gives me originality. The reason I'm keeping the pairing down to an at most of two is because again, I get originality. It's also because I'm against writing harems since I feel they're disgraceful to women in general. You will never see those happen in real life so why do people think they're possible everywhere else?

And I wouldn't mind helping out with your ideas. I mentioned in the authors note how I was talking to X009 and to be honest, we're still chatting about ideas to our stories. Hearing what others are thinking of helps me think up new ideas myself when I get stuck in my own stories.

GrevousHollow: Hiruzen was evil when Nagi was around he just never had a reason to try and get the man since Nagi had made it clear he was only passing through before. And yes, getting Eva as an extra deterrent was a very good thing for him. As for suggesting Chachamaru, that I'm going to have to shoot down. The Naruto world doesn't have the technology level to make Chachamaru in the first place so she won't be in the story. Chachazero will, but that's because Eva had the little doll when she was first sealed and I saw no reason to take her away. Plus I saw so many hilarious situations involving the little bloodthirsty creation that I just had to put her in.

GodShadowEX: A good review is one thing, constructive criticism is one thing, openly insulting me because of my personal likes and dislikes is another and is just retarded altogether. So I like Hinata and Sasuke, so what? You don't like them, that's your choice. Only retards try and shout and yell when another person doesn't like the same thing and force their views on another. (Well, retards and religious people anyways.) To be honest, I don't like how Hinata would stalk Naruto. Instead I like her because of how she would struggle through her clan issues and her confidence problems to try and gain the affections of the person she loved and respect of her family. It took a hell of a lot of courage to not only jump into a sure-death situation and confess to her love just to protect him. Is she perfect? No but if she was then she wouldn't be interesting and I wouldn't like her. As for Sasuke, once he fought Itachi and Obito/Tobi got to him, I stopped liking him. When he was still in Konoha I liked him because he was the Anti-Hero of the series. The one who does the right thing, not because it's right but because it suits him. Like Vegeta in DragonBall Z. But when he left the village he started to fall in my opinion and after his fight with Itachi I just started disliking him altogether. That's why here, I'll be keeping Sasuke how I liked him; a good guy with a few family and arrogance issues. If you don't like it, then go read a bashing fic and don't leave retarded reviews on my stories.

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~Chapter 01 = Revelations~

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Naruto groaned and rubbed his eyes as the sunlight came through the window and disturbed his sleep. He tried turning over but still couldn't sleep. Finally he opened his eyes with some reluctance before noticing something. The bed he was in was very soft and the blanket over him was warm and fluffy. Those were not things the hated child of the orphanage had. The spiky haired blond opened his bright blue eyes and rubbed the last of the sleep out of them before looking around. He was in the middle of a rather large bed that was covered in black sheets while hanging from the bedposts were a couple black curtains that were currently pulled back and letting the bright light of the sun in. Speaking of, the sunlight was coming in from a window to his right while under the window was a desk with his clothes folded neatly upon it. To the other side of the room was a dresser while straight across from him were two doors, one closed and the other slightly open to reveal it went to a private bathroom.

The blond lifted the covers to see that he had a small bandage over the wound he had gotten the previous night. He frowned before he thought back to last night, hoping for some clues as to who could've taken him to their home or helped him.

~Previous Night~

Naruto Uzumaki was always a happy individual. Despite the hate that just about everyone gave him, his Oji-san and a couple nice people at a food stand always had nothing but smiles for him. The blond lived at the village orphanage as he was one of the parentless from the Kyuubi attack five years ago like many others. However, just because he was like everyone else didn't mean he was treated like they were. For some reason he couldn't explain, everyone hated him. He was always the last to get food and sometimes only managed to get scraps, he was given the worst of clothes or other items, and was told he couldn't play with other kids. He never knew why but still smiled on thinking people would like him in time. Since he was rarely ever watched he could sneak away from the orphanage to explore the city, something he did quite often. He was still given glares everywhere he went but let it go.

Last night had been more fun than his previous runs through the village simply because there had been more to see. The Kyuubi festival held yearly on October tenth was in a week and people were already setting everything up for it. Naruto had nothing but a grin on his face as he ran around and saw people setting up stalls for food, areas for games, and a couple stages for plays and shows. Naruto had been so caught up in his wonder that he had forgotten to head back to the orphanage for the night. It didn't bug the boy though. He had done so before and stayed a night away from the place. He never liked it but he didn't mind and the orphanage patrons didn't seem to care either as they hardly noticed he was gone.

Since Naruto was staying out all night he had kept seeing the sights in the village before happening to come across a bar. The boy didn't enter as it had a strange smell coming from it he didn't like but hearing the cheers and shouting from inside he peeked his head over a window sill to look inside. There had been multiple men and woman, some civilian and others Shinobi, all drinking what he noticed was the source of the smell he didn't like. A few angry men in one corner had noticed him and pointed him out before they started shouting at him. Naruto dropped away from the window and started walking away when they came out of the bar and kept yelling at him. Naruto didn't know what they wanted but was quick to run when they tried to grab him. Fight or flight instincts in every living being screaming to run and avoid the danger. So the almost five year old boy had run for it with the angry drunks starting to chase after him. As they ran, more people saw the boy getting chased and rather than help a small defenseless child they cheered the men on, a couple even joined the group. Eventually Naruto took a turn and immediately realized he made a mistake.

He had run into a dead end.

The boy had spun around and fearfully looked at his pursuers that had caught up and blocked off the exit. One punched him to the ground as they all began screaming at him for 'being a demon' and 'killing the Yondaime'. The blond didn't know what they were talking about and was terrified. One man pulled out a knife and slashed Naruto's side, making him curl into a ball clutching the wound in pain. As the mob descended on them a voice got the there attention.

"What the hell are you doing?!" The drunks had stopped and turned to face the person who interrupted them as even Naruto peaked his head out of the ball he had curled himself into to see. The person who shouted was a all woman in her late teens with long blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a black dress. She eyed the drunks for a moment before looking at Naruto intently. Her eyes widened momentarily before she narrowed them and turned her attention back on the adults that had been tormenting him. "I said what the hell are you doing?"

"Just taking care of the local demon problem cutie." One man slurred out, staring at he in lust like many of the others were.

"The only demons I see are the ones okay with hurting a child." She growled back as the men actually looked offended by her comment.

"Don't let the demon's disguise fool you." Another answered as one shouted about how they were going to be heroes for taking care of the demon problem. "Tell ya what, if the demon scares you then we can keep you safe honey." He offered as she growled.

"Boy, you're going to go to sleep right now. This is not something you want to see." The woman commanded with a glance at Naruto. Without waiting for an answer she chanted something out and pointed at him. The boy's eyes began to feel heavy as he struggled to stay awake. The last thing he saw before passing out was the woman chanting some more words he didn't understand as large spikes of ice formed behind her.

"That pretty lady saved me…" Naruto muttered before touching the wound to surprisingly feel no pain. He pulled the bandage off to see nothing more than a scratch so he poked it again wondering where the wound had gone. Eventually he shrugged before looking around. "Did she bring me to her house to?" He asked out loud, not expecting answer.

"Yeah she saved you and brought ya home whiskers. I didn't know master liked strays though." So naturally when he go one the boy jumped in fright before looking around wildly for the source of the small voice. "Down here, by your clothes whiskers." Naruto looked to where the voice indicated to see something he had overlooked before, a small doll. The doll had large eyes and short green hair and was wearing a black dress similar to the woman who had saved him the night before with a white ribbon tied around her neck in a large loop around the front. Naruto stared at the doll for a moment when its mouth moved. "Hiya whiskers!" It chirped. Naruto reacted how many would react to seeing a talking doll after having a traumatic experience.

He screamed and jumped off the bed, away from the source of his shock.

"Yo-you-you can t-t-talk!" He shouted as he peaked over the bed to see the doll laughing at him with a large grin.

"You're funny whiskers!" She chirped as Naruto noticed the voice was that of a young girl. "Why're you so scared of little ol' me? I don't got anything to hurt you with." The doll asked as Naruto got back onto the bed and crawled over to the other side to get a closer look at the doll.

"I'm not scared!" The boy pouted as he didn't like being made fun of by a toy. It was quite obvious he was afraid though as he wouldn't get any closer to the talking figurine. "You just surprised me and all." He boasted as the doll just laughed.

"Whatever whiskers. Get dressed, I'm supposed to lead ya to master once you got up." The blond shakily took his clothes and ran to the bathroom, not wanting to change in front of the strange little toy. A couple minutes later the boy came out tapping the spot where his clothes had been repaired as the hole from his slash wound was gone. Naruto stopped in front of the doll and stared at it for a moment.

"Okay, where's this master of yours?"

"I can't move whiskers. You've gotta pick me up so I can lead you to her." The doll shot back as Naruto gently picked her up, but still held her away from him, much to the dolls' amusement apparently. "You know I'm not gonna hurt ya whiskers. I don't even have any of my knives to stab you with!" She chirped happily.

Like that comment helped anything.

Seeing how Naruto was still staring at the doll in fear even as he held it she sighed. "Just spin me around so I can see where we're going and I'll lead ya to master." Naruto did as she ordered before following her directions out of the room into a hallway. As Naruto walked down the hall and then down a flight of stairs he saw that it was a rather plain but nice two story house. There weren't any pictures along the walls or any defining characteristics other than the occasional shelf housing more dolls, though none of them spoke much to Naruto's silent relief. Eventually he came to a small kitchen area where a young girl that looked to be ten or eleven was sitting cross legged at a table drinking tea while going over the pages of a book and muttering to herself. "Hiya master! Whiskers is up!" The doll chirped. The girl looked up and grinned before motioning for the boy to set her doll down next to the book.

"I see Chachazero brought you like I told her to." She commented as Naruto set the doll down and looked the girl over. She had long blond hair that went down her back in waves as well as blue eyes. She was wearing a white dress with light blue and yellow accents in a gothic lolita style as well as being barefoot. Naruto just took the chair across from her before motioning to the now identified Chachazero.

"Yeah. Kinda weird seeing a talking doll though." He commented as she waved it off like it didn't matter.

"I made her years ago." She quipped before staring at Naruto with a serious gaze, as if he were a puzzle for her to unravel. "Now boy, I'm going to ask you a few questions. Afterwards I'll decide what to do with you." The boy tilted his head to the side in confusion as she spoke before asking his own questions.

"Well okay but where's the pretty lady that helped me last night? I wanna thank her for helping me. She'd be your nee-chan right?" He asked as the girl smirked and pointed to herself.

"I'm the one who helped you last night boy." She told him as Naruto stared at her for a second before he started laughing, much to her annoyance. "What's so funny?"

"You can't be her! She was really pretty and tall and stuff. You're barely older than me!" He laughed as even Chachazero got a laugh out of his response. The girl grit her teeth before snapping her fingers and vanishing in a flash of white light. When it cleared the woman from last night was sitting in her place.

"I told you, I'm that woman. I use this form when I leave the house because people won't take me seriously otherwise." She explained as Naruto apologized and she reverted to her child form in another flash. "You aren't the first to make that mistake…" She sighed before shaking her head. "Anyways, my questions. First, what's your name?" She asked as Naruto grinned and jabbed a thumb to himself.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki." The girl narrowed her eyes and muttered something under her breath that he couldn't catch before she spoke up with her next questions.

"How old are you and who're your parents?" Naruto smiled at the first question before his expression dropped into a frown at the second.

"I'll be five on the Tenth… and I don't know my parents. I'm an orphan. Oji-san told me they died in the Kyuubi attack when I was born but he won't say who they are. He says they were really strong but had a lot of bad people after them so if I was told they'd come after me too." Naruto explained as the girl growled making him look at her in confusion, though he was ignored.

"That lying old monkey! I'm going to kill that son-of-a-bitch! Next time I see him I'll freeze his ass and shatter him into dust!" She shouted as she got up and started stomping around the kitchen in her anger. Naruto sat in his seat, slightly scared as the girl was leaking some killing intent while Chachazero grinned from hearing her master talk about eviscerating the Hokage in multiple ways. Such a bloodthirsty little doll. Eventually the girl calmed down before something came to her attention. "Wait a minute… boy, who's this Oji-san you mentioned?"

"The old man in white with the funny hat."

"Funny hat?" She asked for clarification and Naruto scrunched his face up in thought.

"You know, kind of like a box lid. It's white except one corner is red and has this mark on it." He described as the boy waved his hands around to try as if it would help her know who he was talking about. The girl recognized the description and growled making the boy flinch.

"THAT FUCKING BASTARD!" She screamed as Naruto held his hands up in fear, like it would help if she did decide to attack. Seeing his reaction the girl calmed down and sighed. "I'm not going to hurt you boy. I am going to hurt your Oji-san though for lying to me five years ago."

"What? You can't hurt Oji-san! He's the only one that's nice to me." Naruto cried out and the girl looked to him in confusion.

"What do you mean?" She asked as she took her seat again and Naruto looked down before shaking his head.

"Why should I tell you? You wanna hurt Oji-san! I don't even know who you are lady!" Naruto shouted as he gave her his best glare. Not that it affected her, she'd seen worse from people far stronger than a five year old with no combat skill. Much much worse. However he did have a point. She may have saved him last night and taken him into her home but she had yet to introduce herself and here she was asking all about him. It was rather rude now that it was pointed out to her.

"My apologies boy, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Evangeline A.K. McDowell." She stated before deciding to have a bit of fun with the younger boy. "And I'm a vampire." The boy's reaction did not disappoint as he instantly paled and fell from the chair in his haste to get away from her as both she and her doll laughed. It had been five years since she had something to laugh about. It felt nice.

"A vampire?!" Naruto fearfully chirped. Oh he heard the stories. Some of the older kids at the orphanage told them at night to scare the younger ones. Stories about super powerful beings stronger than the Kages that drank blood and could turn into bats and walk through shadows. They supposedly could hypnotize people better than any genjutsu and turn people into vampires themselves by draining them of all their blood. To say the five year old was terrified to meet a real one was putting it mildly. "S-s-s-s-stay back!" He cried as he crawled back on the floor. Eva just laughed some more before shaking her head.

"You can come closer boy, I already said I'm not going to hurt you and I meant it." She told him. He stopped moving away but didn't come any closer back to the table so Evangeline sighed and got off her chair before walking over to him where she stood over him. "Look, if I really wanted to hurt you or drink your blood or any of that other stuff, wouldn't I have done it by now?" She pointed out. Naruto had to admit she had a point so when she grabbed his arm and pulled him to his feet he didn't run but followed her back to the table. "Now listen, the man you call Oji-san, he lied to me five years ago about something very very important. It was something I was asked to do by two of my closest friends. However he told me that I couldn't do it and I believed him because I was depressed since my friends had just died in the Kyuubi attack."

"Like my parents!" Naruto chirped as she nodded.

"Yes. Now what I'm about to say will shock you and I doubt you'll believe me so allow me to explain first. You see, I'm not really some little girl like I look. I'm hundreds of years old because I'm a vampire. I have many powerful abilities that I may show you later. Because of this, my friends asked me to take care of their child should something happened to them. When they died during the Kyuubi attack, I asked the old man about that child so that I could do as they asked and take care of it. He however told me the child also died in the attack. I was so sad my friends had died, I didn't look into it and just accepted what he said. He had never lied to me before so I had no reason to think he would then." Eva explained as Naruto nodded along to show he was following her. Seeing that Eva let out a small smile before pointing at him. "When I saw you last night it made me think of my friends since you look like them. And you're name and age match theirs." His eyes widened as she nodded to confirm his thoughts. "You, Naruto, are the boy I was supposed to take care of. I'm your godmother." The boy had tears in his eyes and opened his mouth to speak when there was a loud knocking on the door that disturbed them. Eva narrowed her eyes as she recognized the chakra of the one at the door. "Naruto I want you to hold Chachazero and go stand over there." She ordered as she pointed off to the side. "I'm going to cast a spell that will make you invisible so I need you to be quiet. No matter what you hear or see you must be quiet understand?" She asked as the boy nodded and picked up the doll, holding her close as he wasn't thinking about her earlier remarks about stabbing, caught up in Eva's admission and orders.

The blond walked over to the side where Eva chanted under her breath before pointing at him. Naruto felt like someone just put a blanket over him and looked down just to gasp. "Cool…" He whispered as he could no longer see himself. Eva glared for a second as she got up.

"Quiet!" She hissed before heading down the hall to the door.

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(1 Hour Earlier)

"We found them like this Hokage-sama." A white haired Anbu with a dog styled mask commented. The old Hokage sighed as he looked into the alley to see around ten men all impaled on spikes of slowly melting ice. All were civilians and all were dead, there blood forming puddles beneath them. A couple were impaled into walls but the rest were simply driven to the ground by the large light blue spike through their chests. "Witness reports of last night say these men were chasing the demon brat around before there were a few screams and the brat was carried away by a blond woman. We think the demon finally lashed out and killed them sir." The Anbu spoke, obvious hatred in his voice whenever he mentioned the 'demon brat'. Sarutobi sighed and shook his head.

"No Kakashi, this was not his doing."

"Sir?" He asked for further explanation as the man gestured to the ice.

"Tell me, do you feel any chakra in that ice? Demonic or otherwise, can you sense anything from it? Use you're Sharingan if you wish." The man pointed out as the Anbu moved his mask aside to reveal a face with only one eye. From the nose down as a mask while his left eye was covered by his headband that had a metal plate on it with a spiral leaf mark. Gripping the headband he lifted it up to reveal a red eye with three black tomoe circling the pupil.

"I don't sense or see any chakra Hokage-sama. How is that possible?"

"Because this wasn't the work of Kyuubi, Naruto, or any Shinobi. There's only one person in Konoha that uses ice. And she's also the only person without chakra as well. She did this and I have an idea why, especially if these men were chasing Naruto as you said." When Kakashi turned to him for an explanation the aged Kage shook his head. "The person I am speaking about is an A-rank secret of Konoha that I don't feel you need to know about. For now, I want you to clean the alley up. Identify the men and inform any required parties. Simply tell them it was a murder and that the suspect has been put to death but say nothing about who it is or that they were chasing Naruto. I don't want this getting out to any more than it already has."

"Yes sir. What about the woman you mentioned?"

"I will go speak with her myself. If Naruto was truly involved then this needs to be handled in a very specific way that I must do myself. Now get to work." He ordered before vanishing in a Shunshin (Body Flicker) as Kakashi got to work with the other Anbu with him at clearing the bodies and blood away.

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"Evangeline." Sarutobi greeted with a nod and small smile as she opened the door, disguised in her adult form as a precaution in case someone else was with the man. It wouldn't do to show her real appearance to anybody she didn't trust with it or already knew after all. "May I come in? I need to speak with you about something." The woman scoffed but allowed him in as she began to walk down the hall to her kitchen area. Sarutobi followed and closed the door behind him as he sat down at her table and she reverted to her real form.

"What's this about Sarutobi?" She asked, knowing exactly what it was about and wanting to hear it from his own mouth first. She also made sure that the invisible Naruto and Chachazero were behind him from where they were sitting so that she could keep an eye on them. Since she cast the spell it was obvious she could see through it. The girl hopped back into her seat as Sarutobi crossed his arms on the table with a small sigh.

"Last night a group of men were apparently killed. They were discovered impaled on spikes of ice that had no chakra residue at all. As the only ice user in Konoha as well as the only user of a non-chakra energy, it's quite obvious you're either the culprit or had a hand in it via some other manner. I merely wish to know what happened that made you impale them." He told her as she studied his face with narrowed eyes before answering.

"Quite simple really, they were chasing a young boy with the intent to kill him. Even at my lowest and darkest point I never willingly harmed or went after children. It angered me so I killed them to protect the boy." She explained as Sarutobi nodded with a small smile.

"I thank you then for stopping them. Had they been discovered by my Shinobi then the punishment would have been the same." The man thanked before changing topics. "Incidentally, what happened to the child?" He asked.

'And here we go.' The vampire thought before answering. "I put him to sleep before killing them so he wouldn't see the obviously traumatic slaughter I committed. I then brought him here and applied what little healing I know to remove the bruises and cut he had received from the mob before I arrived. I then let him sleep." She explained truthfully before shrugging her shoulders. "He's still in bed at this very moment." She lied as Sarutobi nodded.

"Thank you for sparing him that grisly sight. Would you mind if I saw the boy? Perhaps I may recognize him and can have him taken to his family." He offered as Evangeline narrowed her eyes.

"You mean his dead parents?" She growled as he adopted a look of confusion.

"I'm sorry?" The man asked for clarification as Evangeline growled.

"Cut the bullshit Sarutobi. You think I wouldn't recognize the boy on sight? Spiky blond hair of that exact shade with bright blue eyes? Outside of myself the only people with that combination in Konoha are the Yamanaka and this wouldn't have happened if the boy was theirs. No, he's their son. He's the godson you told me died five years ago." She accused as the man narrowed his eyes.

"I'm afraid you're mistaken. That child died, just as I said that day." He calmly told her as she slammed a hand on the table.

"I said to cut the bullshit!" She shouted. "You still want to deny it? Then deny the beast within him! Deny the fact his name is Naruto, the exact name they told me their son would be called! Deny that his surname is Uzumaki, just like his mother Kushina!" She shouted as the man kept up his gaze on the smaller figure. "That boy is my godson Sarutobi and you will not deny it! My only question is why did you keep him from me?" The Hokage was silent as she glared at him before he shook his head.

"You never should've left your home last night Evangeline." He muttered as she growled. "Yes it's true. That boy is Naruto Uzumaki, your godson. I lied to you that night for the greater good of Konoha." He admitted as the girl began to shake in her rage at Sarutobi. "You see, Kushina never became the weapon she was meant to be, interference from my students and Minato ensured it. However with Naruto there was another chance. I told his godfather that the boy was being well taken care of and that his spy network was more important so he accepted it and hasn't even laid eyes on the boy. You however are different. There was nothing keeping you from raising him so I lied to you. You were so devastated by the loss of Minato and Kushina that you accepted it without question and ignorantly left the boy to me. I decided I would have him raised in a specific way to ensure his loyalty to me so that when he was trained he would be the weapon his mother was meant to be. A perfectly loyal and subordinate jinchuriki that would only obey me." Sarutobi declared as Evangeline was silent in her chair, practically snarling at the man as she glared at him.

"And how would you do that?" The man smirked and gestured towards the door.

"As you saw the villagers wanted to harm him. I informed them of his status as a jinchuriki but not of his parentage, ensuring none of them would honor his father's wish to see him as a hero and would instead see him as the demon. They would hate and scorn him and then I would come in, the one source of kindness in his life. It would give me his undying loyalty. And then when he was older he'd be trained to be the ultimate Shinobi. And yet throughout it all I'd ensure I was continually the only one to be kind and caring to him. At the end of it all he'd be willing to do anything I asked and if he ever discovered my plans he wouldn't believe them and adamantly continue to follow me." Sarutobi gloated before narrowing his eyes on her. "And that is why you shall hand the boy over to me."

"Like hell I will." She growled. "I am his godmother and I will take care of him as I promised his parents. You stopped me from doing so five years ago Sarutobi but there is no way in hell I'm going to allow you to twist their legacy into your puppet!" The man growled as she smirked. "Oh, and if you try and force it then I will kill you and anyone you send. Do not forget that in your age I am more powerful than you, even restricted by the seal as I am. I am currently the most powerful person in this village and can take on the entire Shinobi force at once and still have enough energy afterwards to laugh and dance over your corpses!" She taunted as the Kage pointed at her.

"So long as you are within Konoha you are to obey me and I demand you hand Naruto over!"

"I am not one of your tools to command mortal!" Eva shot back as she stood and began to leak her magic into the air, even as Sarutobi flared his chakra against her. "I may be trapped in Konoha with restricted powers but so long as the village stands I am free to do as I please! The only way you will ever overpower me would be to slaughter your village to activate the seal and strip me of my own! But you won't do that will you? One jinchuriki or your entire village; take your fucking pick!" She ordered him as the man stood up abruptly, knocking the chair over.

"This isn't over." He growled as Eva narrowed her eyes.

"Get out of my house." Sarutobi glared at her for a moment before turning and storming out of the house, the walls shaking as she slammed the door shut behind him. Evangeline sighed and sat back down before looking over to where Naruto was standing to undo her illusion. However the boy was not standing as he had been but instead was on his knees as he clutched Chachazero to his chest, tears freely falling from the revelations he had just learned of. "Naruto…" She muttered as she got up and walked over to him. The boy didn't respond so she gently wrapped him in a hug. "You okay?"

"He-he lied t-to me." The boy stuttered out between his sobs. The boy leaned into the embrace as Eva patted him on the head to try and calm him down and make him stop crying. "I-I thought th-that he c-cared about me."

"I'm sorry Naruto but it wouldn't have been right to keep that from you. I don't think you would've believed me had I told you either." The boy shook his head as he knew he probably wouldn't have before hearing it from the man himself. Naruto likely would've reacted just as Sarutobi said and rejected the accusations and believed in his 'Oji-san' completely. "Listen Naruto, you're going to stay here now okay? I'll make sure you're safe and fed and everything. Okay?" The boy nodded so she drew him to his feet before leading him back to the bedroom. "Just go back to sleep for now okay? We'll talk more once this has all sunk in more got it?" The boy crawled under the covers as Eva took Chachazero from him and placed the doll on her shoulder. Naruto muttered a thank you that made Eva smile slightly before she left the room as he fell asleep, mentally exhausted from having everything he knew thrown upside down.

"Master? What do ya plan to do about the old monkey?" The doll asked as Eva frowned.

"For now, nothing. He's going to make an attempt here and there to recover Naruto, try to recondition him to his liking. So for now I'll be staying here and protecting the boy." She stated as Chachazero tilted her head to the side.

"Then what about after huh? You just gonna let the kid stay here forever?"

"Well yeah kind of." She admitted before shrugging lightly. "I'll also teach him things and how to fight. No doubt he'll want to be strong like his parents once I tell them who they were. I'll also need to do it so that he can protect himself against Sarutobi's minions when they come after him and I'm not around. He'll need to learn how to defend himself." Chachazero nodded as Evangeline continued. "I'm also going to try and get in contact with the pervert before Sarutobi can. No doubt the bastard will lie to Jiraiya and say the boy was kidnapped or something along those lines. The man needs to know the truth before he can be turned against me so that he can help me protect Naruto and train him. Humans here don't have magic after all. And I don't have chakra so I can't help him in that regard."

"How're ya gonna do that?" The doll asked as Eva smirked when an idea came to her.

"By going through someone that hates Sarutobi as much as I do right now." She declared before setting the doll down. "Give me a few minutes then I'll fill you up so you can run an errand for me. I have a letter to write." She told the doll before walking off to her study as Chachazero bounced her head back and forth.

"I hope I get to stab something!" She called out after her master.

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It wasn't until that night Naruto woke up. As soon as he did the morning's events rushed to his mind and he let out a choked sob. His Oji-san was just using him, he apparently had a young looking old vampire as a godmother, and said vampire was friends with his parents that he didn't even know the identity of. Holding back the tears Naruto got out of bed and wandered around until he came to the kitchen where Eva was brewing some tea for herself. Noticing the blond she gestured to the table. "Just wait a moment. You hungry or anything?" She asked as his stomach growled in response. The boy sheepishly chuckled as she sighed. "Just like Kushina." She muttered before hopping over to her fridge and grabbing a some leftovers to warm up for him.

"Um… thank you." Naruto started. She hummed in response to show she was listening as Naruto kept talking. "For taking care of me last night. And right now too."

"You're my godson Naruto. I promised your parents I would and while I'm a few years late I plan on honoring that promise." She replied before pouring herself some tea as well as giving the boy a glass. Naruto thanked her and took a sip before setting it down.

"Could… could you tell me about them?" He asked as Eva stopped her small bit of cooking and glanced at him from where she was.

"About your parents?" She asked for clarification.

"Y-yeah." The girl shrugged before heating up the plate of pasta and bringing it over to him.

"Well first off, you look almost exactly like your father, though your face is shaped more like your mothers. Although neither of them had the whiskers like you do. I have an idea as to where those came from but I'll get to that later. You mother was a beautiful woman with long red hair and violet eyes named Kushina Uzumaki. She was a bit of a tomboy in that she acted like one of the guys and never bothered with the 'girly' things like flowers or make up. She just wanted to have fun and loved to play pranks or spend time with her friends. Her favorite food in the world was ramen and she had never been happier than the day she found out she was pregnant with you." Naruto smiled at the description as Eva took a sip of her tea. From what it sounded like to the boy, he was just like her. His favorite food was also ramen and he loved to play pranks as well.

"How about my dad?"

"Your father was Minato Namikaze. He was serious, determined and loyal. He always thought things through and would have an answer to any problem that came up. He was also completely whipped by Kushina and would do whatever she said. I don't think he ever won an argument between them." The vampire mused as Naruto chuckled. "Both of them were Shinobi too. Your mother was a very powerful jonin while your father was the Yondaime Hokage."

"D-dad was the Yondaime?" The boy gasped out. The Yondaime was his hero for many reasons. He was the hero of the third war, the one who defeated the Kyuubi, the supposedly strongest Kage in history outside of the Shodai Hokage Hashirama Senju. Eva just nodded at the boy's shocked expression so he grinned. "Wow…"

"It didn't matter much to me. I met them before they became that strong and I could always beat them when we would spar. Plus I'm not part of the village's Shinobi force so the position your father held didn't do anything for me. It just cut down on some of the time he could spend with his wife and friends since he'd be busy in the office more often than not. Kushina would usually whine about that but was still proud of him for achieving his dream." Eva explained as Naruto smiled before looking to the centuries old girl with an intense stare.

"Could you teach me?" He asked and she raised a brow. She wanted to hear him say it as she knew exactly what he was asking, she had expected it.

"Hmm? Teach you what?" She asked, feigning her ignorance as Naruto spoke.

"Teach me to be strong like they were. I want to make them proud of me." Eva let out a small smile at his declaration.

'I'd be willing to bet they already are Naruto.' She thought as she nodded. "I can teach you. But you need to know a few things first."

"Like what?" Eva held up a hand and started counting things off on her fingers.

"First off, I don't use chakra like ninja do. I use something called magic that you don't have. Since I don't have chakra I can't teach you how to use it just like since you don't have magic I can't teach you to use my spells." She explained as the boy nodded. "Secondly the training I can give you will be tough. You will get hurt and you will at times hate what I make you do. If I train you then you'll have to remember that you asked for it." She told him as he grimaced but nodded again. "Thirdly, if I do train you then I need to know what you're going to do with that power? I don't want you to abuse the strength you receive by taking it out on the people that have hated you. As much as they deserve it, it's not what your parents or I would want." Naruto looked down in thought while Eva drank her tea, waiting for his answer.

"Maybe…" He started as he thought of something. "Maybe I can use my power to protect the village, like my parents did." He offered and Evangeline raised a brow.

"That would mean becoming a Shinobi. It would mean working under Sarutobi. Are you sure about that?" The boy grimaced at what she pointed out before huffing.

"Well, can't I protect the village without the old man telling me what to do?" He asked and Eva smirked.

"Quite possibly yes. I've sent a message to a couple people and if it pans out how I hope it will then you can be a Shinobi like your parents and Sarutobi won't be able to lay a hand on you."

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The room was dark as and lit only by a few candles as the man looked over his reports. He had his left eye wrapped under bandages as well as a small X shaped scar on his chin. He wore mostly white and blue robes with his right arm in a sling and his left usually holding the cane that was propped up on the desk next to him. His lone eye flitted across the words in front of him as he read about the mission his men were on. This was Danzo Shimura, leader of the secret and supposedly disbanded branch of the Anbu known as Root.

During his younger years he had been a rival of Sarutobi for the position of Hokage. However the Niidaime had chosen Hiruzen for the job instead of him so the man had grown bitter. This had led to something of a falling out of sorts between the two as Sarutobi favored the style of leadership the previous two Hokage had used while Danzo preferred a more militant way. Both had their ups and downs and both believed theirs was the better choice. As such they tended to clash over many subjects, including the raising and training of Naruto when the boy was born.

"Danzo Shimura?" A voice asked. The man narrowed his eye and glanced around while grabbing his cane.

"Who's there?" He called out. From the shadows Chachazero walked out carrying a scroll in her arms. "Who and what are you?" He demanded as the little doll jumped onto his desk and set the scroll down.

"Hiya. I'm Chachazero and my master asked me to bring this to ya. She said she needs it delivered to Jiraiya of the Sannin immediately and yer the only one that could get it to him fast enough." She explained while Danzo glanced at the scroll before focusing on the doll.

"Who is your master and why should I do this?" He asked as he subtly signaled the Shinobi he had outside his room to prepare to charge in and subdue the small doll should it prove hostile and powerful. The man was strong, S-ranked in fact, but due to his age he didn't like to put himself in harms way anymore and instead used his Root Shinobi to take care of things for him instead.

"My master is Evangeline, the Undying Mage." Chachazero told him. "She lives in a cottage on the edge of the village if ya wanna talk to her. She'll be expecting you within the week even cause of this. Says she's got a lot to talk to ya about. Like helping to train her godson."

"Which would be who?" Danzo was slightly confused as to why someone would send such a strange messenger, into his secret base no less, just to ask him to play delivery boy and ask for help training someone.

"Naruto Uzumaki, the Kyuubi jinchuriki." Chachazero declared making the man go wide-eyed. "Ya see, the old monkey bastard lied to her and told her that the boy was dead. When she discovered him yesterday she brought him home and is taking care of him now. Earlier the guy even came by and tried to take the kid back but master made him back off and leave. He said some stuff about twisting Naruto into a loyal weapon for him alone and stuff. She doesn't want him to be a puppet for Sarutobi though. But she does want him to be strong like his parents were so she plans on training him. The problem is master doesn't have chakra so she can't teach him how to use his. Not only that but she knows that Sarutobi will try to lie to Jiraiya about the kid to make him try and take him back. She can't leave the village or deliver this the normal way because the monkey would find out. That's where you and these Root guys come in. You can have a guy get the old pervert her letter real quick and stuff. Plus you can help train Naruto in how to use his chakra. In return master will help ya with your plans however she can. Ya just gotta meet with her to talk about it all first."

Danzo narrowed his eye on the puppet as he thought over everything it had just told him. Apparently the Kyuubi jinchuriki was now in the hands of his godmother that Sarutobi had lied to five years ago. Not only that but the old Kage wasn't happy about it and would likely try something to get the boy back, possibly using his old student and the boy's godfather against her. If Jiraiya was given the letter before hand though to warn him about it, he'd likely go against Sarutobi's plans which would help her. If Danzo went through with the delivery and met with this Evangeline then he could gain a potentially powerful ally and have a hand in training the village's weapon. While it was obvious he wouldn't be able to indoctrinate the boy exactly how he liked it was better than nothing. Plus with this supposedly powerful 'Undying Mage' and the Kyuubi jinchuriki in his corner, removing Sarutobi so that he could bring in his vision of Konoha would be much easier.

"Tell your master I will have her message delivered and I will personally come to her tomorrow at noon with two of my more trusted guards." Danzo finally decided as Chachazero nodded with a grin.

"Okie dokie. We'll see ya tomorrow mummy man!" The doll chirped as she got up and jumped off the desk, Danzo suppressing the twitch that wanted to come out at her name for him. The doll walked back to the shadows and vanished into them as he ordered a Shinobi to come and check the corner for him. When he discovered nothing the man wondered just how the doll could travel through the shadows as well as how powerful its master would be to have a servant with that kind of ability. He quickly ordered a couple of his Shinobi to bring him the reports on Jiraiya as he was going to follow through on her request. Danzo always had his men keep an eye on powerful Shinobi, loyal to the village or otherwise, so that he could prepare if they tried to mount an assault on Konoha. So he would know exactly where Jiraiya was and would be able to have Evangeline's message delivered within a couple days, far faster than Sarutobi's method of having to wait for a spy report and then reply.

As the report on Jiraiya was brought up Danzo commanded one of his faster agents to take the sealed scroll the doll had left and bring it to the man. If asked who it was from he was to say to was from Naruto's godmother. Since Jiraiya was lied to and told the boy was being well taken care of, it made some sense to him that he'd believe the woman was the doing it. The agent nodded and left to obey his orders as the aged commander ordered another agent to locate and spy on cottage he was told about to discern any possible traps. He would need to know everything he could about this Evangeline before their meeting. It could only help in the long run.