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Naruto stared, wide eyed in surprise at the...the sheer crap he had just heard.

"Naruto?"

He just couldn't believe it, how could it be true? If it was true, why would they have just-

"Naruto, say something."

Naruto's heart raced as he lifted his eyes from the floor, looking at the smiling couple in front of him...

The fourth Hokage and his wife...claiming to be his parents...

"It's a lie," The young blond whispered, tears falling.

Not hearing him, Kushina misunderstood the boys tears and reached to hug him, "Oh, I'm so happy to see you again Naruto."

Naruto panicked, wrenching away from the redhead, "You're lying," he said, "Y-you can't be my parents, you're lying, YOU'RE LYING!" He turned and ran out the door of the Hokage's office.

"Naruto, wait!" Minato yelled, chasing the younger blond out the door, only to be stopped by a large cloud of smoke, a dozen Narutos jumping him while scores of others scattered in different directions, leaving the adults with no idea where the original was.

The real Naruto burst through his apartment door, locking it before he leaned back against it, sliding to the ground, shaking. He wanted to just sit there, but he needed someone to talk to, someone he could trust. Climbing to his feet, Naruto stumbled further into his little one room apartment, cutting his palm and running through the needed handsigns.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

"Naruto?" a surprised, female voice coughed as the smoke cleared, revealing...

...A humanoid reptile, wearing jewelery with a spiked pink shell on her back and large pink bow atop her head, holding a scepter.

"Naruto? Why have yo-oof!" The reptile was knocked back as the blondes arms wrapped around her, easily working around the spikes as he wept into her chest. A little uncomfortable (She was the only girl among brothers, usually she did the crying, and that was usually crocodile tears) she tentatively ran a clawed hand through his hair. With a wave of her free claw, she wove a small spell, the blond's cries dying down as he fell asleep.

She sighed, holding her wand up as it glowed, returning her to her personal bedchambers along with her passenger.

Pulling him into her bed, she grunted, "Man, you've gotten heavy," Sighing, she placed a palm over each of his temples, her bracelets jingling lightly as her hands glowed, "Now let's see what the hell is going on with you."

A scowl crossed her lips as she pulled her hands away, spitting a fireball into the smouldering fireplace, the embers roaring to life as she exited to her living chambers.

"Princess." A familiar voice greeted her from a corner.

"Pom-Pom, there's a human in my chambers" Wendy didn't need to look to know the Koopa was drawing her weapons, "He is not to be harmed."

"Princess?"

"This human is a friend of the royal family and an ally of our kingdom. He has suffered a bit of an ordeal and is resting. I want you to do anything he wants to keep him happy."

"Wendy!" Pom-Pom gasped, forgetting herself in her embarrassment.

The princess pinched the bridge of her snout, sighing in annoyance, "Okay, first, he's too young for that, and second, most humans prefer such encounters with their own species. Don't think so little of me, Pom-Pom."

The koopa girl looked away bashfully, "S-sorry, Princess."

"Just...just talk to him, get him something to eat, just keep him busy and as happy as you can," Wendy left the room, catching a Troopa in the hall, "Find my brothers, tell them to meet me in the throne room within 20 minutes." She growled, obviously angry as her scepter sparked and hissed.

"Y-Yes, Princess," The troopa saluted, quickly dashing down the hallways.

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"...And that's the situation," Wendy sighed, "at least as far as I have been able to divine."

The Koopaling Sister looked around the room, surveying her brothers reactions. Lemmy, Iggy and Larry looked more serious than she'd ever seen them, but they also looked more worried than angry. The childish trio of Koopalings were closest to Naruto, the four making a quartet of pranking terrors that had even gotten Bowser a time or two, who quickly sought a vengence that left the four with very girlish make-up, backwards shells (An atomic wedgie for Naruto, who didn't have a shell) and the knowledge to never prank the Koopa King again, unless they could pin it on someone else (Bowsers exact words).

Morton looked pissed, proven by the sparking hammer in his hand, which could be bad. Morton wasn't as short tempered as he looked, but that long fuse of his was attached to a very big Bob-omb, and while he may not have been very close to Naruto as the others, the fact that his younger siblings treated him like family would be enough for Morton to level mountains in Naruto's name, should something happen to the blond.

But, with Bowser and Junior out on a visit to King Boo, the final decision of how to act lay with the two eldest. Roy was nearly unreadable, especially with his large sunglasses. Only his straightened posture revealed anything about his thoughts, and even that was very little.

Ludwig sat on their fathers throne, eyes closed as he was deep in thought.

It was several moments before the eldest spoke, "Lemmy, Larry, Iggy, go, I know you want to check on Naruto, take him on a walk through the gardens or something." The youngest three stumbled over each other trying to get out the door.

With the youngest gone, Ludwig leaned back, steepling his clawed hands, "As much as I am sure you want to, Morton, we cannot go and destroy the village, so I must ask that you calm yourself."

"So what, we just let them get away with this?" Morton growled, smoke coming out of his nostrils, "Naruto's like family, and what they did-"

"We aren't talking about what they did," Roy finally spoke, leaning back against the throne, "We're talking about what we're going to do. Yeah, what those punks did was against everything Pops taught us, you stick with your family, but we gotta do this right," he adjusted his sunglasses, not liking what he had to admit, "and we gotta handle this with brains, as much as I'd just like to blast 'em."

"Indeed," Ludwig nodded, "We must remember that, while we've taught Naruto some of our ways, he is still quite a bit different then we, morally speaking. If we handle this wrong, or too hastily, we risk pushing him away, but, if we hadle this correctly," Ludwig smiled, showing his sharp buck tooth, "We could cement him in the Koopa ways, and truly establish a presence in his world, as we have in others, but a lasting one." Hopping off the large throne, the Koopa Composer walked to the door, "Morton, take some time to calm yourself, spar with Roy if you must. Wendy, keep an eye on our guest, I have to do some thinking. We shall reconvene at dinner."

A.N. There we go, two different takes on a cliche, but what cliche?

You see, I've seen a couple of fics where Minato and Kushina were alive, but gone for whatever reason (Something I purposefully left out here). Sometimes they think Naruto is a demon, which is stupid. Sometimes they do so to "Protect him", which is weird and hard to explain, and sometimes it's just because they think Naruto will be safe and they want to train Naruto's sibling (why they couldn't take Naruto with or do so in the village is beyond me, but the latter always seems to result in Naruto being neglected).

Now, when Naruto finds out, he's usually either happy to have parents (Despite the fact they left him alone for whatever stupid reason), or angry/vengeful/murderous (Which is somewhat understandable, but always seems overdone and hinging on the 'abused Naruto' cliche). But I thought of a more likely reaction (Admittedly based a little on a fic I saw, but still kinda different).

Naruto wasn't really abused in the sense people would normally think. In canon, as I remember, he had some whispers behind his back, and he did get beat up a couple of times, but that was by other kids (Which happens, and a couple times Naruto got beat up defending someone else from getting beaten up, so he wasn't the target anyway). The brunt of Naruto's Abuse was neglect, people ignoring him, his actions, his very existence, and that sort of thing can really affect a kid and give them, even subconsciously, a sense that they are nothing and none of what they do will matter.

Now Naruto rebelled against this, making people have to notice him from pranks and such, but the damage was done, and to find that his own parents had, essentially, never acknowledged his existence and abandoned him, at least in his eyes, instead of being dead or something, could possibly cause a psychotic break, breaking his world view, and who would he turn to? The old man hokage who probably knew? The teacher who seemed to hate him until only recently?

So I came up with two summon ideas to react to this.

The Ponies would worry more about helping Naruto recover, being there and supporting him, accepting him and showing he matters, maybe even deciding to let him stay indefinitely if he wanted, even thought they may make sure it's what he wants, rather than going back and trying to live up to his dreams. They may also try and hear out Minato and Kushina much later on, but they would be heavily prejudiced, especially those like AJ, Twilight and Rarity, who place a strong value on Family.

The Koopas would lean more towards striking back. (And before anyone starts, I know Miyamoto said last year that the Koopalings aren't Bowsers kids, but after nearly 20 years, I'm not changing my views on this, so Eat It) The koopalings, even with their scheming, still have strong family values, but more in a Mafia "You hurt ours, you suffer through hell" kinda way. That's not to say they aren't evil, but even evil can have loving, caring families. The koopalings, the elder ones, anyway, want revenge, but as much as they may want to bust out the airships and carpet bomb to village (You have to admit, as strong as they may be, the ninja would be at a distinct disadvantage against the Koopa Clan), but Naruto, or anyone really, wouldn't flip from loving the village to hating it over this. He may hate his parents, but he still has a different moral compass than the Koopa, which they may try and correct, but it would take time.

Well, what do you think?

Also, if anyone wants to use my snippet stories to jump start their own, just let me know.

And I'll repeat, future chapters will not be so angsty, this is just something that wouldn't leave me alone