Chapter 3: A New Home

Author's Note: So last chapter, I was asked on which pairings would appear in this story. I'm going to confirm 4 pairings.

OC (Trystan Orihara) X OC (New character coming soon): It's only logical

Minato X Kushina: Naruto needs to be born

Naruto X Hinata: The pairing is cannon, and I've always been a fan

Nagato X Konan: They've worked so well together. They deserve a relationship

The other pairings are for you guys to decide. Go crazy.

I do not own Naruto.

Sarutobi sighed. He had been Hokage ever since the First Great Shinobi War. He is nickname the God of Shinobi and The Professor due to his vast knowledge in every jutsu in Konoha. He was taught by both of the previous Hokages, but none of them didn't teach him how to overcome a Hokage's most powerful enemy. Paperwork. Just as he finished a page, he heard a knock on the door. "Come in," he answered.

Two ANBU shinobi and two children entered the room. Sarutobi didn't recognize any of the children. One had fiery red hair while the other had dark brown hair. The one with the red hair was the older of the two, so Sarutobi paid his attention to him. "You may leave," he told the ANBU. Both ANBU were hesitant to leave their Hokage with strangers but knew he can handle himself. After both ANBU left, Sarutobi turned his attention back to the two boys. "How can I help you?"

"My name is Skyzor Orihara," Skyzor introduced. "This is my younger brother Neo. We asked that we live in Konohagakure."

"What happened to the place that you used to live?" The third Hokage asked. He had heard of the name Orihara. He knew that it was a clan, but he also knew it was from a certain village. Sarutobi wanted to make sure.

"Uzushiogakure," Skyzor answered. "Also known as the Land of Whirlpools and the Land of Eddies."

The Third Hokage winced. Uzushiogakure has always been a faithful ally to Konoha, and the feeling was mutual. Sarutobi always felt guilty for failing to save the village. "I'm sorry for what happened to your village. Anyone from Whirlpool is always welcome to Konoha. As a matter of fact, there is actually someone from Whirlpool here in the village."

"Really?" Neo asked as he became excited. It is possible that either Trystan or Kazuto could be in the village, waiting for them.

Skyzor put a hand on Neo's shoulder. "Before we continue to discuss the matter, do you know our clan?"

Sarutobi nodded. "You are both from the Orihara Clan. The members of the clan have a Kekkei Genkai named Kinesis. Each member with Kinesis has the ability to create and manipulate a certain element with their mind. Also, their hair matches to the element they have power over. Am I correct?"

Skyzor nodded. "There are only four more members left in the clan due to the destruction of Whirlpool. Neo, me, and our two other brothers. We got separated from them and we desperately searched with no results. You mentioned earlier that someone from Whirlpool is living in Konoha. Could that person be one of our brothers?"

The Third Hokage shook his head sadly. "The person from Whirlpool I mentioned earlier is a young girl and an Uzmukai. I believe your clan interacted with her clan?"

Skyzor nodded again. "Both of our clans knew and respected each other. What is the girl's name? I might know her."

"Her name is Kushina Uzumaki," Sarutobi answered. Skyzor eyes widened at the name of the girl. Skyzor knew her as Trystan's friend back at Whirlpool. She left a couple months before the destruction of their home.

Flashback

A seven year old Trystan and Kushina were playing arm wrestling in the Orihara compound. They both were at a stalemate, but Kushina had a slight advantage over Trystan. The door opened, and Trystan turned around to see who it is. Kushina took this to her advantage and slammed Trystan's hand on the table.

"Ya! I win, I win! Dattebane!" Kushina cheered as she went into a victory dance.

"You only won because I was distracted. It didn't even count!" yelled Trystan as he pointed at her.

"There's no need to be a sore loser Trysti-chan," teased Kushina as she stuck her tongue at him.

"Trysti-chan?" asked another voice. Both children turned and to see Trystan's older brother Skyzor looking back at them. Both looked at each other before looking back at Skyzor. He raised his eyebrow, expecting an answer.

"It's just what she calls me," Trystan explained.

"Ah yes. That's what a girl usually calls her boyfriend," teased Skyzor. The statement caused both Trystan and Kushina to look down and blush.

"S-She's not my girlfriend," Trystan stammered. "Besides, we're too young to date."

"That's right dattebane!" yelled Kushina. Skyzor just laughed at their denials. Kushina, having enough of his laughter, walked up to Skyzor and threw a punch to his stomach. The older Orihara bent over in pain, causing Trystan and Kushina to laugh.

"How can you hit so hard?" Skyzor asked.

"I'm stronger than I look dattebane," replied Kushina, with Trystan nodding in agreement.

"She has the brawn while I have the brains," explained Trystan. Kushina crossed her arms while staring at Skyzor.

"I see," muttered Skyzor. He got up and said a couple of words to himself before leaving. Trystan and Kushina gave laughed and gave each other a high five.

Flashback End

"I take it that you know her?" Sarutobi asked.

Skyzor nodded. "She's a friend of my brother Trystan. They shared a deep bond back in Whirlpool. She'll be very disappointed that we arrived instead of Trystan."

"I see. Trystan is one of the two brothers that you mentioned who survived the destruction. Who is the other one? I'll be sure to have my shinobi look for them," said the Third Hokage.

"Thank you for your offer. Our other brother is Kazuto Orihara. He is the oldest of us four. Trystan is 10 right now and has black hair with red eyes. Kazuto has dark blue hair and is 17 years old. Kazuto was a jonin back in Whirlpool," Skyzor explained.

"Very well. I'll have my shinobi to look out for them and bring them back. Anything else I need to know?" asked Sarutobi as he stroked his beard.

"You already know that an Orihara's hair color matches the element they control and manipulate. I already told you Trystan's and Kazuto's hair color. If you already guessed, Trystan can control and manipulate shadows while Kazuto can control and manipulate water," Skyzor continued to explain.

"Alright. I can already tell that you can control and manipulate fire," Sarutobi told Skyzor who nodded in response. The Third Hokage looked at Neo. "I can tell that you can control and manipulate earth."

"Yes Hokage-sama," Neo replied with a nod. His response made Sarutobi chuckle. He always had a soft spot for kids.

"I can put your brother in the ninja academy with students his age. Have you received any shinobi training?" Sarutobi asked Skyzor.

Skyzor nodded. "I graduated from the academy before Whirlpool's destruction. I never got a chance to start my shinobi career."

"I'm sorry that you didn't get to start your career, but you'll be able to here. Tomorrow, I'll assign you your new sensei if that's alright with you," stated Sarutobi.

"I'm okay with that. The sooner the better," responded Skyzor. Neo tugged his older brother's sleeve. "What is it?" Skyzor asked.

"Can we go visit Kushina one-san?" asked Neo.

"Sure. You don't even know who she is, and you're already calling her one-san," commented Skyzor. Sarutobi chuckled.

"I may not know her, but you said she was Trystan's friend," Neo replied.

"I know," Skyzor said. He turned to the Third Hokage. "Can you take us to her?"

"Sure, it'll give me a break from all this paperwork." Sarutobi answered. "She should be leaving the academy by now. It's almost time for her to graduate."

"That's good to hear," said Skyzor. The Third Hokage got up from his desk and led the two Orihara brothers out.

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"Tomato!"

"What did you call me?"

"I called you a tomato, outsider. That's the color of your hair"

"I'm giving you a chance to apologize dattebane."

"Why should I apologize to an outsider like you?"

"Because….." The girl clenched her fists as she glared at the boy who was taunting her for her hair. Ever since she arrived to Konoha, kids would always bully her because of the fact that she came from a different village and that her hair is unusually red. Normally, a girl would sit and cry her eyes out. However, this girl is different. She would go for an alternative method. She would beat those who attempt to bully her. "I'll kill you!"

The girl threw a punch at the boy who called her tomato. The punch knocked him to the ground, and she got on top of him. She started beating him, with most of her punches going for his face. The boy, obviously scarred for life, begged for her to stop. After a couple more punches, the girl stood up.

"I am Kushina Uzumaki, and I'm going to be Konoha's 1st female Hokage dattebane!" she declared. Suddenly, a hand grabbed her by the shoulder. She turned around to see a genin glaring at her.

"What do you think you're doing outsider?" the genin asked. He grabbed her wrist, holding up in the air and slowly began crushing it. Kushina winced at the pain.

"Stop it. You're hurting me," Kushina pleaded.

"You should've thought better than hurting innocent kids," the genin answered back.

"He was bullying be," Kushina stated.

"I don't care. You're an outsider. Whatever you say doesn't matter." Kushina gave the genin a glare, while he was smirking at her. "It's time for me to give you a lesson." The genin closed his hand into a fist and brought it back, preparing to punch. He threw his punch as Kushina closed her eyes.

"Aaaaaahhhhhh!" the genin screamed. Kushina opened her eyes to see a thin wall of earth between her and the punch. The genin let go of Kushina and clutched his injured hand. It was covered in blood and pieces of blood were sticking out. Suddenly, there was a blur of red and the genin was on the floor.

"Next time, pick on someone your own size," said a new voice. Kushina recognized that voice, but she couldn't remember who it belonged to. She looked and saw an older boy holding the shirt of the genin. She saw that he had red hair like her, but brighter. He pushed the genin back, who stumbled to the ground. "If I catch you doing like that, I'll make sure no one will ever recognize your face," the boy threatened. His hands erupted with fire.

From that moment, Kushina finally recognized who that boy was. He was Skyzor Orihara. He is the older brother of Trystan Orihara, who was her best friend back in Whirlpool. Trystan and Mito were the only people she never forgotten from Whirlpool. She grew excited as she believed she would finally get to meet Trystan after all this time.

After the genin ran away, Skyzor turned to Kushina. "You okay?" he asked. Kushina nodded and smiled.

"You're Skyzor Orihara," she stated.

"So you do remember me Kushina," Skyzor responded. Neo and Sarutobi came up, standing across Skyzor and Kushina. "The older Orihara turned to his younger brother. "Thanks Neo for that wall." Neo nodded.

"Where is he? Where's Trystan?" Kushina asked. Skyzor gave a sad expression, while Neo looked down. Sarutobi pained at the expressions the brothers were giving. Kushina can only give a looked of disbelief.

"I don't know where he is. I can assure you that he's not dead, but he's lost," Skyzor explained. Kushina nodded her head slowly. Skyzor could already tell that she's devastated that she couldn't reunite with her best friend. "But don't worry, we'll find him." That small glimmer of hope got her to smile again.

"And Konoha will help find him," Sarutobi interjected. He already failed at saving Whirlpool, but he was determined not to fail reuniting a family.

"Old man!" Kushina yelped. "Sorry for causing this trouble."

Sarutobi chuckled. "No worries my dear. It wasn't your fault. You were just defending yourself. I'll punish the genin later. To make it up, I'll pay for your next ramen meal."

"Alright!" shouted Kushina as she pumped her fists into the air. Both Skyzor and Neo gave a small laugh. Back in Whirlpool, the Uzumaki Clan were known to consume ramen at a daily basis. Anyone who made a ramen shop over there would make a fortune.

"We'll join you," Skyzor said as he put his arm around Neo.

"I'll just give you the money. I have to go back to work. That paperwork isn't going to finish itself you know," Sarutobi commented. He handed Skyzor the money, knowing he is the most responsible one of the group. He turned and left to the Hokage Tower, knowing there would be a whole new stack of paperwork waiting for him.

"Alright! Let's go get some ramen," Kushina yelled. Both Skyzor and Neo smiled at her antics. The group of three headed to the still opened Ichiraku Ramen. Unknown to them, a young boy with spikey yellow hair was watching them curiously.

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"You wanted to see me Lord Hokage?" Skyzor asked. Ever since they arrived in Konoha, Skyzor and Neo Orihara were given an apartment for them to live in. Skyzor wasn't used to living in a small building as he and his family would live in a large compound, but he was more than happy to receive whatever. He just dropped off Neo at the Konoha academy. The young Orihara was enrolled the day after their arrival.

"Ah yes. Since you just graduated from your academy, I couldn't put you in any of the genin squads. However, you'll be given an instructor who'll train you just as jonins train their genin teams," the Third Hokage explained.

"Who is my instructor Hokage-sama?" Skyzor asked.

"Your instructor is an old student of mine. He was part of the only genin team that I taught. He should be here in any minute now," said Sarutobi. The door opened, and a figure entered. He is a tall man with a slender form. He has long, black hair and pasty, white skin. He has snake-like eyes and purple markings around them.

"You called for me sensei?" The man asked. He turned and saw Skyzor, who was looking right back at him. "Who's the boy?"

"This is Skyzor Orihara. He is a survivor from Uzushiogakure. Skyzor, this is Orochimaru. He is one of my students and one third of the Legendary Sannin," Sarutobi introduced. Skyzor bowed his head before Orochimaru. The snake master bowed his head as well.

"I thought that Kushina Uzumaki was the only survivor from Whirlpool?" Orochimaru asked.

Third Hokage shook his head. "I thought so too, but it turns out, Kushina wasn't the only survivor. He and his brothers made it out of the destruction as well."

"Brothers? You mean there are more survivors?" the snake master asked. Skyzor nodded his head, confirming his new instructor's question. "I see….."

"I ask that you become his new instructor. You declined to lead a genin team, so I might as well have you teach him," Sarutobi stated.

"Sensei, surely you can find someone else to do the job. I don't think I'm capable of teaching a child."

"Orochimaru, this boy lost his village. His parents were killed. He has 3 brothers, but only 2 of them got separated. He came into the village with the youngest one of the group. I believe you know what it is like to lose a family," the Third Hokage explained.

Orochimaru looked down. He became an orphan at a very young age when his parents were killed. His teammate Tsunade lost her little brother and lover. Orochimaru felt the same pain Skyzor was feeling. He looked back to his sensei. "I'll do it. I'll take the boy as my student."

Sarutobi nodded. "You two are now dismissed." With that, he sat back down and continued to his paperwork.

"Come boy," Orochimaru said. "I have much to teach you."

Skyzor nodded. "Yes sensei." Orochimaru was surprised. They haven't started training, and Skyzor was already calling him sensei. As soon as they left the Hokage Tower, the student and the teacher started heading to a training ground.

"On the way to the training ground, I need to know more about your clan," Orochimaru stated. Skyzor nodded. He figured that since Orochimaru is his sensei now, he has to know a lot about him in order to train him.

"My clan has a Kekkei Genkai called Kinesis. Kinesis allows an Orihara member the ability to create and manipulate a certain element with their mind. You can only tell what element they can control by the color of their hair," Skyzor explained.

"I see. In that case, you can control and manipulate fire due to your red hair," Orochimaru stated. Skyzor nodded, confirming his sensei's assumption.

"Oi! Orochimaru!" a loud voice called. Both of them turned around, and Orochimaru groaned as he saw who it was. A man ran up to them. He has long, spikey, white hair, red markings on his cheeks, and has a bulky figure. "Hey Orochimaru. What are you up to?"

"I'm training my student Jiraiya," Orochimaru answered. Sometimes, Jiraiya can annoy the hell out of his teammate.

"Oh. I thought you said you didn't want a student?" Jiraiya asked. He remembered that his teammate stated he would never train a genin team in his life. He looked down, seeing Skyzor.

"I know I said that, but that was before I melt Skyzor here," Orochimaru stated as he ruffled his student's hair. "He and I have something in common."

"And that would be?" Jiraiya asked, wondering what they had in common.

"Something personal," Orochimaru answered. "You wouldn't understand." Jiraiya didn't understand what he meant, but he nodded his head. "If you're done wasting our time Jiraiya, then I think my student and I should be on our way training."

"Alright, I'll leave you two. I heard Tsunade is at the bathhouse, so I should be on my way there. By the way, I have never seen your student here in the village. I'll ask next time." With that, Jiraiya left in a hurry.

"Who was that sensei?" Skyzor asked. He saw Jiraiya as a strange and weird man.

"That was my old teammate Jiraiya. While he is an idiot and a pervert, he is one of the most powerful shinobi here in the Hidden Leaf," Orochimaru explained. Both started walking again, heading towards their training ground.

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Neo listened to the lecture that the academy instructor was giving. He was learning so much about the history of Konoha. He is in a class with children his age. He was fascinated by the clans that made up the village.

At one point, they were learning about the 2nd Great Shinobi War that ending months ago. The mention of war made Neo shivered. He could still remember the deaths that he saw back home. She still remembered the screams and blood that took place. Those memories always prevented him from having a peaceful sleep.

During recess, he saw kids either eating lunch or playing with toy weapons. Whether they were real or not, Neo didn't want to go near any weapon. He just froze at the sight of them. He didn't like violence, even when Skyzor said that it was necessary.

He watched as the other children play fight with each other. He just backed away and went back inside. He just wanted class to resume. As he was inside the classroom, he opened a book and started reading. He found it as a better alternative to play fighting. Before he knew it, class resumed and he put his book away.

As the instructor started another lecture, Neo's mind started to drift off. He began thinking about his two missing brothers. He knew that Kazuto can easily handle himself. He did become a jonin back home. He was the oldest of the four at 17. Neo doubted that Kazuto wouldn't be able to survive.

As for Trystan, Neo was positive that he could survive on his own. When they escaped the destruction of their home, Trystan brought his sword with him. Their father personally trained him in the art of kenjutsu. Every night since they were separated, Neo would pray they would be reunited. He was hopeful that his prayers would come true.

A few hours passed, and Neo exited the academy building. He stood as he waited for Skyzor to pick him up. Earlier, Skyzor said that he had to go to the Hokage's office for something. Neo just wondered what that something was.

"Hey little bro," said a voice. Neo turned and saw Skyzor covered in small scratches.

"Skyzor, what happened to you?" Neo asked. His voice was filled with worry and shock.

"Oh, I was training with my new sensei," Skyzor answered casually with a smile on his face.

"New sensei?" Neo asked with wonder and curiosity.

"Yup. The Hokage just assigned me a new sensei this morning," Skyzor replied. Neo nodded. While he didn't like those scratches on his older brother, he was glad his brother found something he was happy with. "So, should we go home and eat?" Skyzor asked his little brother. "I'm starving."

Neo nodded his head with a smile. Even though he hadn't seen him for most of the day, Neo was glad he was with his brother. He felt safe with him.

Author's Note: Here's Chapter Three. The next chapter will be all about Kazuto. After that, the chapters will involve all of the brothers and the characters they'll interact. Be sure to give reviews. Please favorite and follow this story. Until next time folks.