He would have bruises on his skin where her fingers were digging into him, and for once he really didn't mind that fact.

She turned her head to look at him almost pleadingly and he smiled behind his mask and leaned down a bit and rested his chin on her shoulder and said. "We talked about it and decided that we don't mind having you around. So go ahead and answer them."

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Naru walked beside one of the nins-she forgot which one he was and felt it might upset him if she asked his name again since he had told it to her five times already. "So your really one of Naruto's replacments?" Someone asked again and Naru looked at the person asking, it was the seventh time someone had asked her that, and she still didn't know what to say so she shrugged and told them the truth.

Technically she was his replacment and technically she was'nt, because she was his daughter. It complicated things to be made the replacment of her own father. But she might need their help to sort things out. "Sort of."

The pink haired girl looked at her and frowned. So did the masked guy that had grabbed her tail earlier. "Sort of? What kind of answer is that? You either are or are'nt?" The pinkette said and Naru shrugged again. This time looking a s confused as she felt.

"It's the best answer that I can give you without breaking down my current situation so that you will understand better."

"Then break it down for us. We'll listen." The girl said with a smile and Naru got a sinking feeling in her stomach.

"I'm...not sure that it's wise to bother. People deal with things differently and I really don't want to end up in trouble on my first day here."

Sakura looked at her. "Why would you be in trouble for telling us something simple?"

"Because it isn't as simple as I make it sound. Things are in fact very complicated and I'm not sure how to uncomplicate things." Naru said as she flattened her ears against her head and stuffed her hands in her jacket pockets.

"Then tell us what you can, and we'll take the rest from there." Kakashi said, curious to know just how complicated the situation was for Naruto's replacment as she turned her head to look at him, tipping it back a bit to look him in the eye.

"I'm still not sure it's a good idea..."

"You can trust us." Kakashi assured her in a gentle but firm tone. The girl looked doubtful for a second then looked away. "It's true that I'm a clone, but I'm was created for the specific purpose of contiuing the Uzumaki bloodline. Because Naruto didn't live long enough to do it himself. However because I was created for this puropse, I'm different from the other clones, it took longer for me to be created. It also took different matirials to create me."

"How so?" Lee asked curiously as he and several others dropped back to participate in the conversation.

Naru wrinkled her nose and looked down at her feet. "Because the other clones were created from a small piece of Naruto's being. But I was created form his flesh, bone, blood, and a much larger piece of his being and a small part of another being. It took over a year for me to come into creation-" She reached up and sub conciously touched one of her ears for a second then dropped her arm again when she noticed that everyone had saw her do that.

"The ears and tail are a direct biproduct of Kyubbi's help in creating me. Because Naruto sacrificed a bigger portion of his soul than he should have, Kyubbi had to take some of it back and replace it with some of it's own. I guess it was his way of trying to save Naruto from a fate worse than death... Naruto was six when he started to create me. And when I was finally finished, he woke me up so that we could bond a bit."

"Really? That must have been fun."

Naru smiled. "Yes. He did everything that a father would do once his child was born."

Sakura's steps faultered and she almost fell, she might have if Shino had'nt reached out and grabbed her upper arm and helped her with her ballance. "What do you mean?" Why did Naru call Naruto her father? Was it because he had created her out of his own tissues or was it because-

Her mind went blank and she looked at the girl and gasped.

Naru looked back and nodded her head slightly. It was nice to have someone so quick on the up take. "I call him father, because I was created not to replace him like the others, but because I was created to be his child. Flesh of his flesh and blood of his blood. But I do not have just his DNA, I also have the DNA or someone that you would know as a 'mother'. I actually should not have been sent here. At least not for another ten years or so, but the Naruto from before, his time ran out and I was the closest one so there was'nt a choice."

Kakashi put his hand on Naru's shoulder and turned her around to look at him as her words struck home. "Your his daughter?" He needed her to confirm his suspicions.

Naru nodded her head and Kakashi felt like both laughing and crying. That crazy little blond lunitic had fucking created himself a daughter! It was mind boggling. "Fuck me." He whispered as he staggered back until his back hit a tree trunk.

Naru frowned as everyone stared and gaped at her. That sinking feeling in her stomach intensified.

They were acting like there was something wrong with her being Naruto's daughter. "Is there something wrong with that?" She asked warily and Kakashi could'nt speak, he didn't think his voice would be very trust worthy so he just shook his head and moved to retake his spot beside her.

"There is nothing wrong with being Naruto's daughter. You just suprised us, thats all." Shino said after a second or so. Sakura nodded her head in silent agreement and Naru looked away form them again, her eyes trained on the ground like before.

"Just be be sure...did Naruto create any more children like you?" Lee asked curiously, part of him wanted to know if they should be on the look out for more children of their friend and another part of him just asked because he simply could'nt stop himself.

Naru looked up at him and gave him a dazzling smile that was so much like Naruto's that Kakashi's heart ached.

"Yeah! I have three older brothers. They used to sit outside of my chamber and talk to me while I slept." Lee got a funny look on his face as he stared at her.

"Really? What did they say?" He asked and mentally kicked himself for not being able to shut up since this was a topic that might upset Naru. Naru however didn't mind as much as he had thought she would, she reached out and took his and and fell into step beside him and started talking.

"Lucifer, my youngest older brother never really said much, he's the type to stay silent and keep to himself. Rimi-the middle brother, he used to sit outside my chamber and tell me funny stories. And my oldest brother Kyo, he's ninteen. He used to pull me out of my chamber and wake me up, especially after coming back from a really hard mission and he would hold me. Sometimes he would say that he was worried about our future, and sometimes he would just cry and say, 'I love you.' Over and over again until his voice gave out."

"He did that after one mission two years ago when Remi almost died."

Sai moved to walk on the other side of her and asked curiously. "Did Remi make it?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth he cringed and looked back at Sakura as she cracked her knuckles threateningly.

Naru looked at him and smiled happily. "Yup. He lost a lot of blood, several feet of his intestines were destroyed, and one of his eyes was badly hurt, but he's much better now. His wounds healed nicely except for his eye."

"Did he lose his eye?" Sakura asked gently. Naru shook her head no.

"He's blind-or rather half blind in that eye now, but it was'nt destroyed. He wears an eye patch now so that Kyo and Lucifer don't have to see the old would and feel guilty for not being able to reach him in time."

"They sound nice." Ino said kindly and Naru grinned.

"They can be, once you get past their defenses a bit."

"What else can you tell us about them?" Kakashi asked from several feet away, his dark blue eye trained on her fingers wrapped around Lee's hand. He'd give anything to be able to throw a kunai at the boy to get him away from her without fear of hitting her instead.

"They'll be coming after me...once they find out that I'm here."

"Will they be mad?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe."

"Will they try to take you back?" Kakashi asked in a low dangerous tone.

She looked back at him over her shoulder. "I'm really not sure. They might try, but they won't kidnap me or anything. They'll just be like any other brothers worried about their sister."

"Over protective and over bearing." Hinata said in an amused tone.

"You have a brother too?" Naru asked as Hinata dropped back and put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her close.

"Let me tell you about Neji, you'll probably meet him once we're back at the village so I'll warn you now..."