Thanks to Emily, Marjolein222 (Nara had the necklace on her, they took it from her), and kemiztri. I apologize for the short chapter, but we had some technical difficulties and the chapter seemed a lot longer on paper. This chapter I can guarantee is a lot longer.

"And then…well I lost track of my parents, and I was lost for a long time. I'm still trying to find them in fact, if you would be so kind as to let me leave."

Nara had spent a good half hour going into great detail about who she was and her history. But even the most well thought out lies can be contradicted with the truth.

The first piece of evidence brought forward was her kekkai genkai.

"That does not explain how you have Byakugan- which is a Hyuuga clan secret that's guarded so closely not even I know how it is done." Tsunade countered, after the long explanation.

Nara cursed in her head. Stupid! She should have transformed the minute she had resumed consciousness. Now it was too late. She had to think of something…

"How…how do you know it's the Byakugan? It could be something totally different!" Nara shot back at Tsunade.

Tsunade smirked at the weak explanation. "Really now? Then what is your pseudo Byakugan called then hmmm?" She had the girl trapped. There was no way possible, that she could work her way out of this one. Even if she did think of a name, there was still the fact Shizune had seen her use Gentle Fist.

Nara closed her eyes for a moment, and began to formulate another story. She didn't have much time before it would become quite obvious that it was in fact the Byakugan.

"It's the Shirogan." She said quickly. "The Shirogan can detect elemental bases for each person, and it also boosts chakra control."

Nara inwardly gave a sigh of relief at the idea. Let's see Lady Tsunade work her way out of that.

"Really now? Shirogan you say? Then why was it that you were clearly using Gentle fist on your first attempt to escape from the hospital?" Tsunade asked not bothering to hide the amusement in her voice.

Oh crap! She had totally forgotten about that as well! The fifth Hokage had her cornered. What was she going to do now?

"My…my chakra element is wind. That wasn't gentle fist you were seeing, it was wind manipulated to create an almost impenetrable shield." Nara said in a burst of inspiration. She wasn't even sure if her chakra element was wind. But her father's was, so that gave her a fifty percent chance right?

Tsunade had had enough of this elaborate game, so she retrieved the necklace. "Care to explain this then?" The green jewels reflected back the sunlight and created a small, yet dazzling affect.

Naras' eyes flashed red for the briefest second. "Where did you get that?" She asked in a restrained voice. "That's MINE."

Tsunade sighed. This was almost too easy. "Actually, this was a necklace that belonged to the first Hokage. He gave it to his granddaughter, me. I in turn gave it to a very close friend."

She lifted the necklace a bit higher and let it sway back and forth.

"Perhaps you heard of him? Uzumaki, Naruto?"

Nara let out a long sigh of defeat. She pushed together her two pointer fingers out of habit, and she looked down at her knees. Without looking up, she addressed the Hokage. "How much do you know about me?" She paused for a moment. "Tsunade-baachan?"

Tsunade grimaced at the old nickname she had not heard in the longest of times. "So, you accept the fact that you are Narutos daughter then, I take it. No more lying?"

"Yeah…sure" She said half heartedly. There were too many things that she was not planning on telling Tsunade-sama.

"Well then, what's your name, for starters?"

For a second, Nara said nothing. Then she heaved another sigh. "Nara Uzumaki. And yes, my mother is Hinata Hyuuga." She paused for a moment. "And no, the Shirogan does not exist…at least, not to my knowledge."

Tsunade smiled lightly at her. The name was a start. Now it was time to get into the more important details. "Where are your parents Nara?"

"I really don't like to talk about them" Nara said quickly, trying to get around the subject. The last thing she wanted to do was discuss her parents' death to Tsunade-sama.

Tsunade frowned at the evasive answer. It was crucial that they figure out where Naruto and Hinata were. Granted it would start a lot of controversy in the Hyuuga household (with Hanabi being the head of the clan, it would not be an easy thing to suddenly ask her to abdicate for her older sister) and no doubt, the old demon fox propaganda would start up again, but it would be best for them to return.

"Well, it's not a matter of whether you like to or not, we must know where they are."

Nara gave Tsunade a sad look. Her lower lip quivered for a moment, and it seemed as if she might cry. Bu the emotions were quickly and clumsily masked with indifference. "I haven't talked to my parents for years."

Tsunade held up the two rusty head bands. "And you carry these around as mementos of them? Perhaps as a way to comfort you when you miss them?"

"Shut up! Just shut up!" Nara suddenly screeched in an outburst of anger. "You don't know anything! Nothing at all!" Her words were broken up by involuntary sobs. "Nothing at all" She repeated, but at barely a whisper this time.

Tsunade was not shaken in the slightest by the irrational emotions of the thirteen year old girl. She just narrowed her eyes and held up the head bands again. "Well then" She said harshly, "Enlighten me."

Nara once again attempted to mask her sadness with indifference, but she couldn't mask her wet face from the crying. "They can't come back. Even if you want them to…even if they wanted to" She said stiffly.

Tsunade closed her eyes, and nodded in understanding. "How long have they been dead?" She asked without any trace of sadness.

"Three years."

Three years was a long time for a child to be left alone. "What have you been doing, for that long, all alone?" Tsunade asked in a concerned tone.

"Training, trying to survive, perfecting my skills…I can take care of myself." Nara snapped back at Tsunade. "I'm not a kid."

Tsunade tilted her head back and laughed. "Don't make me laugh. Trying to survive? From what? Vicious squirrels?"

True, there were many enemy ninja in the world, but many would not waste time to attack some random girl. She would get captured and questioned, but even this girl didn't seem stupid enough to walk into enemy territory.

"Try being hunted by some of the highest paid bounty hunters. You'll get a little closer. My bounty is so high; it could pay off your debt." Nara said in harsh amusement. She hadn't meant for it to come off funny, but it was true.

Tsunade was not amused. She frowned, and glared at her angrily. "So you're trying to be funny now?"

Nara shook her head slowly. "Not really…"

"And just why would you be hunted? If I remember correctly Naruto was the one with the demon inside of him." Tsunade said in an annoyed voice. This was getting them nowhere.

"Can I go, now that I told you?" Nara asked suddenly. She too was growing frustrated by the seemingly never ending questions.

Tsunade shook her head. "Not a chance. I'm far from being finished. Who would pay bounty hunters to attack you?"

"You didn't believe my father back then, why would you believe me now?" She asked mournfully, looking out of the window absentmindedly.

Tsunade rubbed her temples in aggravation. "Don't shoot around the bush. Just answer the question."

Nara glared at Tsunade spitefully. "Well, according to YOU he's been DEAD longer then I've been alive, so you wouldn't believe me anyway!" So there! She added mentally.

Tsunade rolled her eyes. "Answer. The. Question." She repeated through gritted teeth. She had never done well with children. Brats. The lot of them. Especially Konohamaru. Even if he wasn't a kid anymore, he certainly still acted like one.

Nara returned her gaze to the window. "What's the point?" She asked in defeat. "You won't believe me." As these last words came out, with a sudden poof! Nara disappeared.

Tsunade groaned. That cheeky little…

Nara quickly leapt out of the window, and hit the ground below her. All she had to do was run for a minute or two and she was home free-

"Where do you think you're going, Nara?" The deep male voice was vaguely familiar. It was the ANBU from before. The bugs swarmed her and made her visible again. Tsunade appeared right besides the ANBU with a small smirk. Nara had used the transparency jutsu. First invented by Jiraiya to spy on girls in the bathhouse. No doubt he had taught Naruto, who, in turn, taught Nara.

"Anywhere but here!" Nara shouted at the Aburame. "Let me go!"

The surround townsfolk only vaguely felt the outburst in their day to day lives. Ninjas, being ninjas, were normal activity around here. Some girl being apprehended by an ANBU, who was with Hokage-same, simply wasn't interesting enough to cause much of a stir.

Nara was gently escorted back to her hospital room, and put back into the hospital bed. The ANBU disappeared without another word, and once again, Tsunade and Nara were alone.

"Don't do that again" Tsunade said pleasantly. "It only makes this longer then it has to be."

"Well we would be over with it right now if you just let me go!" Nara said in a falsely cheery voice.

"Just tell me who paid the bounty hunters." Tsunade said in a strict business voice.

"Among other people who are interested in demon power? Try Uchiha Itachi."

Tsunade learned multiple facts from this statement. One was that Nara did indeed have a demon in her, meaning that the whiskers on her face were not a result of being related to Naruto.

The next thing she learned was that Nara was convinced Itachi was the mastermind. This meant that there was someone using the alias of Itachi, to falsely convince Nara of such an idea.

"Uchiha Itachi has been proven innocent of all accused crimes. He was ordered by the third Hokage and the elders to eliminate those who were planning the coup d'état. Unfortunately, that meant the entire Uchiha clan, except his brother. He was also killed by that very same brother. Who in turn was murdered by another missing-nin." Tsunade said in a bored tone. How many times had she had to explain this to ignorant shinobi?

"Capable of sharingan?" Nara countered. "Unless some of the Uchiha have come back to life…"

Tsunade resisted the urge to contact the head of the clan, Hakaru Uchiha, and tell him to come down here right now, just to give Nara a good scare. Instead, she decided to over ride Naras' first statement.

"There was never any evidence that any of the victims had died of the sharingan. That was a theory that Naruto was convinced in. But there was never any proof." Yet another thing she found herself saying a lot. For a couple of months, when the Uchihas had come back to Konoha, every other death that came along was immediately thought to be via sharingan.

Nara decided not to say anything more about Itachi. It was clear Tsunade-sama was too stubborn about this to see things clearly. Instead she tried her leaving tactic again.

"There, I told you everything, may I go NOW? Unless there was something else you would like me to mention? Blood type? Favorite color? Favorite food? Which is ramen by the way!"

Tsunade said nothing for a moment. It was true; there was little else to ask her. But it was also clear that letting Nara go free was not an option.

"Why must you leave? You could become part of the village, maybe join the acadamy, make friends, have an actual home…" Tsunade trailed off.

"I have a home!" Nara said indignantly. "Somewhere…"

"How about a home where you don't have to worry about being attacked in your sleep?" Tsunade said with a raised eyebrow.

Nara stared at Tsunade in disbelief. "Don't you think it's just a little too late for that?"

Tsunade chuckled. "Well, if you lived in Konoha, you wouldn't have to worry about that now would you?"

"Still don't want to be here." Nara said stubbornly.

"Why? Afraid that our legions of shinobi aren't enough to protect you from some man…who can't even capture a twelve year old girl?" Tsunade said sarcastically.

"I'm thirteen." Nara muttered.

"That's not the point!" Tsunade cried out. "Now answer my question!"

"Don't you think someone would be a little apprehensive after spending their ENTIRE life moving around?" Nara said loudly.

Tsunade said nothing, and just stared at her. If worse came to worse, all she would have to do was use the Byakugan card. If Nara refused to stay, and tried to escape, due to her Hyuuga bloodline, she would have to have the cursed seal enforced upon her, thus limiting her movement, since the Hyuugas would most certainly not allow someone carrying their bloodline to run about wily nily. She would mostly like have to stay in captivity for the rest of her life if she proved to be uncooperative.

After a couple more moments of silence Nara couldn't take it anymore. "Think about it" She said, trying another tactic, "I've been on my own for three years! I think I can handle myself."

Tsunade highly doubted it. And she voiced her opinion just so. "I doubt it. I doubt you would last ten seconds in an actual fight."

"I could!" Nara cried out. "Just try me! I bet I could last longer than you ever thought possible!"

Tsunade smiled. "Really now? I bet if you went up against a team of genin…no, three acadamy students, you would lose."

Nara narrowed her eyes at the challenge. "Just try me."

"I will" Tsunade said simply, getting up from the chair she had been sitting in. "You will fight three acadamy students. Win and you leave ,no questions asked, lose, and you'll be staying here in good old Konoha."

Nara frowned. "For how long?"

"How about…until you become a chuunin? I'll even be nice. If you pass the acadamy test but fail the genin test, then I will let you leave as well."

Nara nodded. "Fine with me, I'll just beat the students in the first place." Then she smiled cockily. "Is this a bet?"

Tsunade nodded and held out her hand. "I believe it is."

Nara took the hand and shook it. "If I remember correctly, didn't you take winning bets as a bad sign?"

"Yes, and I still do." Tsunade said simply. "If I win, I'll have to deal with you."

"You could just let me go and be done with it!" Nara said brightly as she withdrew her hand.

"Not a chance."

x.X.B.R.E.A.K.X.x

It was just another day at the acadamy. Jirono-sensei was droning on again about commonly used strategies. The students were restless. For all of them , this would be their last year, and those six months that separated them from becoming genin were too far off.

Then, right in the middle of a speech about the faults in transformation jutsus, Tsunade-sama burst through the doors.

"Hokage-sama!" Jirono said in surprise. "What is it you require?" He asked anxiously.

Tsunade gazed at the classmates. She grinned slightly. "I need your highest scoring students in fighting. I have a little…mission for them."

Jirono stared at the Hokage in surprise, but did not comment on it as he read off the top three battlers.

"Haruna Cataki!"

Haruna stood up, wide eyed eager, and just a hint of smugness. A mission from the Hokage! This had to be big!

"Reniko Nara!"

Reniko stood up as well. He hoped the mission involved kicking the crap out of each other. He would love nothing better than to punch Haruna straight into next Saturday.

"And Koru Aburame"

Koru stood up quietly. She briefly wondered what sort of mission this would be. But her thoughts were more worried on if it had to do with teamwork. Haruna and Reniko were pretty much established as rivals who refused to work together.

Tsunade smiled eagerly at the three students. This was almost too easy. "Very well, you may continue with your lesson, except you three." She turned around and headed for the door. "I would like you to come with me."

To be Continued