Mild SPOILER WARNING on this chapter, this is because according to the latest chapter of the manga, this truly is what Naruto's mom is named and where she is from, and it is also the true name of the yondaime hokage. Sorry if this causes trouble for regular readers of my story and faithful anime watchers, but it just feels right to use their correct names.
I reposted it after I did a grammar test, sorry for all the wrong grammar
The old training ground of team 7 lies quiet in the day, hiding in the shadows of the forest, some animals run through the grass and a few birds flies through, but except from that, the area is deserted, or at least, it looks like that for the untrained eye. For the trained eye, you can barely see a person hiding in the shadow of an old tree on the outskirts of the area. The branch is hidden, but shows the entire area, the perfect surveillance spot.
Naruto slowly started to open the old scroll he had lying in his hands, the paper was thick and seemed little aged by time, the scroll itself seemed to be made out of papyrus, like in the ancient Egypt, but it was thicker than any papyrus scroll he had ever seen.
Once the scroll was opened, Naruto could clearly see a short message and two blood seals at the bottom. The message was written in an elegant handwriting, but was clearly written in haste, like there was no time to do a proper job.
"My dearest son, Naruto. If you are reading this, then I suppose that you have come of age or the old man has deemed you mature enough to receive this, or for all I know you might have stolen it. But that does not matter now, on the bottom of this scroll there are two blood seals that only your blood can unlock, one contains a letter from your dear mother and the other one contains my own letter"
The letter ended there, saying nothing more, all that was left now was the two letters from his parents, it was with a slight feeling of fear and anticipation that Naruto smeared his blood over the first seal, and a scroll popped in its place. The handwriting on this scroll was different then the first one, so Naruto guessed that the thing he had in his hands, was the only thing he would ever receive from his mother, a farewell letter.
"My beloved son or daughter. I write this letter before your birth because I have a bad feeling that I will not be able to see you grow strong and beautiful \ handsome. I hope to god every day that I am wrong, but I can not deny the fact that the feeling only grows stronger every day. I write you this letter in the hope of that you will never receive it. I am your mother, Uzumaki Kushina of the formerly whirlwind country; I have named you Naruto so that you can always carry the legacy of our history with you. I have left you some scrolls in the seal at the bottom, they will help you understand the fate of our country and also guide you in the ways of the proud Uzumaki clan.
Every day I can feel you getting stronger in my belly, and it saddens me to no end that I will never see you grow up and comfort you when you are sad, but I do not wish for you to mourn over me. The body of man may disappear, but the souls never leave. Always remember that the stars are souls in heaven that are watching over their loved ones, I will always watch over you my beloved child, in your heart you will never be alone, I will always be there for you.
Never forget my beloved child, that the best and most beautiful things in this world must be felt with your heart, always trust your heart my little one, always trust your heart.
Uzumaki Kushina."
Naruto clutched the letter into his chest with tears forming in his eyes, his mother had known of her death days before it had happened, and had taken the time to make sure that her son always would know how much she loved him in case she would never be able to tell it to him herself. His mother had said that she would never leave him and would always watch over him from the stars, and he believed her, she wouldn't lie.
Naruto carefully rolled the scroll together again and placed his precious letter back into the seal, where it would not be harmed, and mentally prepared himself to read the letter from his father, after all, what words would a father leave his only son when he knew of the fate he was commending him to.
With a smear of blood and a poof later, Naruto again found himself with a scroll lying in his lap, with shaking hands he started unrolling the scroll, and once again the writing from the original scroll appeared line after line as he continued to open the scroll. The writing was slightly different thou, it seemed that he had taken himself more time to write this letter then he had done with the first note, "maybe he was unsure of what to put into this last letter of his" Naruto thought while he slowly started to read.
" My dear son Naruto, first of all I am sorry for putting this burden on you at such an early age, but I hope that you one day will understand why I did it, and that you too one day will live with the same desire to protect your home. A pain in my heart strikes when I see you lying so calm and innocent here in my arms, completely unaware of the fate you have in front of you, I wish for my people so see you as the hero that you are, but it is with a grave heart that I come to the realisation that my last wish probably will be left unfulfilled.
I make me glad to see that you have my hair and my eyes; I hope to see you grow up like your father, and always fight for what you believe in and for the things that are truly important. I may not be there for you in body, but my spirit will always be with you, and I'm sure your mother said the same, we will always be with you in your heart, you must remember that you are never truly alone. I know it in my heart that you will grow strong and always protect the world against the evil that I am going to seal away into your belly.
Be strong my son, and never let anyone tell you that you are someone else then Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto, the proud son of your even prouder father.
Live free and proud my son, I will always love you, your father Namikaze Minato – yondaime hokage."
"The last will and testament of Namikaze Minato.
I leave all my possessions to my son Uzumaki Namikaze Naruto, the keys to my home and a map is in the seal at the bottom, all the items that I have left behind will now be his. Including scrolls at the hokage tower, my money and all my owned land.
Signed: Namikaze Minato, Yondaime hokage."
Naruto quietly rolled the scroll back together and resealed it before he leaned his tired body against the tree he was residing in, feeling mentally exhausted. Not only had he received the last words from his parents, but he had also discovered that somewhere in Konoha, he had a home he could call his. Slowly he closed his eyes in an attempt to process all of the new information he had received. While he sat there, a lonesome tear found it's way down his cheek, and he knew that his parents was there, standing beside him and comforting him in their silent way.
MeanwhileMeanwhile, in one of the many streets of Konoha. A gang of 13 people are running around as a bunch of frantic maniacs, running over fruit carts and slipping on mud. All while they try their best to look as cool as possible, because they are ninjas, and ninjas are supposed to look cool at all times. Although it seemed a little problematic to look cool while you slip on a banana peel and go straight into a big pool of mud.
It had taken it's time, but in the end something had clicked in Sasuke's brain, hadn't Kakashi said something about a memorial stone for all of the shinobi of Konoha that had died for Konoha? "The place where all heroes of Konoha lie", at first they had thought that he was at the cemetery, but that would have been too obvious. And the memorial stone had been on the outskirts of their old training grounds, of course Naruto would have gone there. Sasuke had told the others of his idea, and they had concluded that it was the most logical choose of action. And it was at that point that they started running around like a bunch of frantic maniacs.
After five minutes they where all present at the old training ground number seven, they all looked like they had been running for a couple of hours, and they where panting hard. The training ground seemed as abandoned and haunted as it had been for the last two years, the wind was blowing through the trees and the grass was dancing slowly with it, moving slowly and following the winds every move with its long and elegant being. At first sight it seemed as nothing was there except for the playing wind, but when they looked around they noticed something weird, it seemed as the wind was very concentrated at point by a big tree by the forest line, almost like that was the point where the wind had originated. When they moved closer they was met with a sight that none of them had ever thought that they would see. On a thick branch sat Naruto, with the wind dancing softly around him, making his normally spiky hair seem soft, his eyes was cloudy and was staring ghostly at the lonesome memorial stone that stood alone not far away. It was like his body was there, but his soul was flying with the wind that was dancing softly in the mighty trees and in the soft grass on the ground.
All in all, it was a sight for the gods and like heaven itself had come down to earth.
A broken twig, courtesy of Akamaru, broke the trance and the wind died down immediately, Naruto's eyes got back their piercing look and slowly he turned his head and looked down on them from the branch he was sitting on.
Only two words where uttered in a hushed voice into the deadly silence that was slowly filling the area, "found you".