Naruto Sedai 7, Puraimaru no tatakai (Battle of the primordial Forces)

by The Storyteller and his Books

World Wars, Natural disasters, supernatural assaults, what have they together? Death and destruction! And those who know what comes forth out of this combination, have already made their move to save the world. The war has finally begun, the worlds stands on the edge, will the Light win, or the Dark triumph? Will the Humanity be saved or will it perish in the flames of hell? ( 16)

2. Nikkogan, Complexes and the daily life

Naruto

Puraimaru no tatakai

Battle of the primordial Forces

Chapter 2: The Dangers to come, Rites in the dark of the night, Lovely complex, the Battle of selection begins.

Konohagakure, the Uzumaki Villa, 1 day after the Meeting at evening, Naruto´s Pov:

It´s quiet convenient, that as a Hokage you also have a room where really no one can enter beside you, it makes you able to clear your head or to research about things in secret.

The Secret Chamber of the Hokages, an unknown chamber within the Hokages office, unknown to anyone but the Hokages itself.

A place to calmly research anything I could find about my clan, ever since I had become Hokage, I had been looking for a possibility to find out more, about the Clan my mother came from.

Jiraiya Sensei once said, that what a human makes, is not only the ability to look forth into the future and to believe in it, but to honour the past and remember it.

"However I never knew or got teached anything about my clan, and ever since I am Hokage I am so clamped in my time, that I cannot even effectively read all the books!" I thought to myself, as I was done checking the Family tree for the 3rd time.

"So, Shigure was right, he is my Uncle, and there still had to be an older sister, Aunt Umi Uzumaki, but Shigure meant that she is died in the destruction too.

What a pity, it would have been nice to meet them, however who would have known that she actually is Tsunades Mother, which in clear text makes Tsunade my Cousin as well.

Even Jiraiya is like me to a part an Uzumaki, as being the son of Tobirama Senju (Which truly surprised me) and, lady Mito´s sister, Lady Meiko Uzumaki.

Sarin is my Cousin too, there is no doubt anymore, However, here stands that She has been Born to the same time as me, only a 4 years earlier, but she´s clearly only 16, I bet this is a mistake.

However I better ask Bolt and Himawari to secretly act on her, so that her wish, no better said, her craving for revenge might not take on worse forms, I wouldn´t like to have a second Sasuke, or even a second Nagato.

I´m really glad they are alive, its being quite lonely to know that beside of my Children and myself, Karin would be the only remaining one of our Clan to be alive anymore, Perhaps, only perhaps we might be able to rebuilt our clan to its old Glory!" I said as I stretched myself, I was sitting in my room reading various books, the Konoha Ninjas could save out of the burning ashes of Uzushiogakure.

To say that it were less information that I found, was an understatement, out of 100 books which had been saved, perhaps 10 tell about various versions of Neherit´s story, others simply tell about Natural disasters.

A few aspects are similar, but it always differs in the ending, in not one of these books stood that the world has been destroyed, that I has several times being ripped to pieces, as if the people to that time just didn´t wanted to believe, that there was no solution to this problem.

"Guess there leaves no other choice, I have to travel towards Uzushiogakure to see for myself if nothing else has been survived anymore!" I said as I looked up on the ceiling.

"Argh, just why does it has to be so hard to find out more of my Clan!" I said as I rocked back and forth.

Even though half the Konohagakure symbol is made from the coat of arms of my Clan, not one lesson in the School was about my Clan or its History.

It was as if my Clan more or less, went into oblivion, hell if I shall be honest, before a few years even I didn´t really though much about finding things out.

"Argh, I'm so tired of this shit, why can´t the world be in peace forever, why must always be someone there to bring up new fights and slaughters!" I mumbled as I closed my eyes to think.

Soon the others would come here, it has been 1 day since we met Neherit the first time and already things went downhill a bit I would say.

The Chunin exam had continued again after the interrogation has been finished, the second try of the 2nd test will end tomorrow noon and the third test will start in a month, hopefully.

"And after the test today we have the announcement of the finals, our leader Battle under us Uzumakis at the afternoon, and right after this the Kages of the other lands are coming for a meeting, about the emergency plan!" I said.

I sighed and leaned in my seat.

"Once again I have no real time for my family, geez, this isn´t really how I expected it to be, as I dreamt of becoming the Hokage, still I wouldn´t give this place of for nothing!"

It has been actually 3 days passed since we vanished in the grey dimension, 2 days Konoha has been without Uzumakis and so also without a Hokage, and those guys, those dumb elders, made me a head, of not being allowed to simply, without saying something, make holidays.

Honestly, I can understand why Tsunade hated those guys so much in the past.

"I still don´t get it, how can a few minutes, not more than a half hour at least, in this dimension, cause us to lose two entire days in the world of the living ones.

Even as Neherit had predicted, we were extremely exhausted afterwards, thanks to the Grey dimension sucking on our life-force, right in the storytelling towards Sasuke, Sakura and Hinata, I simply fell asleep.

Much to the annoyance of my listeners, as I woke up in the middle of the night, I was lying on the couch and my Children slept on the side of Hinata.

I guess more forced but still, it was such a peaceful sight to see, Hinata was having Bolt in his arms and Bolt was having Himawari in his arms, I wished to get in this cute picture too, so I laid myself next to Himawari.

As I laid there I thought about how it has been five years ago, as I just became Hokage, I had so less time for my family all of a sudden and even today I was often not there when I really wanted to be.

Most of the time the works just piles over my head, and every time I suffer on a Burnout syndrome, Hinata looks at me with this sorrowful glance I hate so much, it makes me feeling terrible, because I let her go through this.

I still remember 4 and a half year ago, as I just had started my duty as the newest Hokage, she felt left out and wished for me to come home, but I, I just kept on making excuses.

The fight that time was worse and I truly want to avoid a similar to ever unfold again.

Being Hokage was not at all easy, now I also knew why people always laughed at me, as I told them about my dream as I was young, I was not at all mature enough to ever be suited for it, to be honest it was a real surprise to me, as Kakashi said he wanted me to be his successor.

I don´t admit it to others, but I truly believed that it would be Shikamaru Kakashi would ask, but still, I'm glad that it has become me and with Shikamaru on my side, nothing truly could go wrong, could it.

However the Title of Hokage had also many advantages, and I mean not the gratis food my family gets from the town-people, no I mean that since I have become Hokage, I also had access to the private Bibliotheca of the Hokages.

This way I have gotten acess to top secret material, about techniques or reports, even stories about certain Clans, there I found practically everything I needed to know.

Ever since the beginning of my Hokage duty, I was reading, in every free minute, about my Clan.

From the history, old and early, towards the different sealing Jutsus, knowing that they might get needed in future battles.

I began intensively to learn them, but now that I know of what would awaits us, I knew that I would need them more than ever before, but I feared that it might not be enough to save the world.

"I hope we can solve these problems, but I'm sure, with the friends and allies who stand behind me and got my back, we will surely fight until the end, whether we will succeed or not!" I mumbled as I once again was looking at this mountains of books.

"Huh, what´s that?" I mumbled, as I found something interesting.

"Carefully now!" I though, as I was pulling it out of the staple of books.

"Wow a photo album!" I said, as I looked at it, as soon as I saw what it was, tears went in my eyes.

"Kushina and Minato -a Lifetime of love, for our son, on that he always knows that he has been loved!" I read the title.

Opening it, the first picture was with Father, Mother and Sensei Jiraiya, it was clearly to see that mom was pregnant with me.

On the next page Dad was standing next to mom, he has been just become the Yondaime Hokage, next to them once again stood Jiraiya, but also Tsunade and Sensei Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage.

Many Picture with only them, or with other important persons followed, even with Teuchi and Ayame Ichiraku, Sensei Kakashi, even Kosuke Maruboshi, the eternal Genin.

Several people had been on the fotos, from which I only knew because they didn´t saw me as a monster as I was a little child.

Even Sasuke's Mother was on a photo.

So in a way we were connected even before we were born.

"Mom, Dad, Jiraiya!" I said sighing, as I stroke over the picture.

"Knock, Knock!" It clapped on the door and it opened a bit.

"Daddy, mom says that you should come down to eat, and that the others are here too!" Himawari said, as she stuck her head inside.

"Sure I will come!" I said to her before I stood up, dried my tears and was about to turn.

"Huh!" I said, as I felt Himawari, embracing me.

"Don´t cry daddy, be happy!" She said, looking at me with a worried glance, she must has noticed my tears, she always was so sensitive, even with her 14 years.

"No fear I was not crying, I was only tired of reading, and anyways let´s get down, shall we!" I said and she nodded, but embraced me for a little while, I knew that in the last few days my free-time, I could spent with my family, was once again cut short, mostly because of the Chunin exam-finals preparations.

She was missing me at home, same as Bolt and Hinata, I wished I had more time for them, but I did my best.

For now I simply embraced her and held her close to me, she smiled with a pleased expression.

"Well my little sunflower, shall we?" I asked her, she nodded and so we went down to greet our guest.

Everyone had come, even Karin-san, from which I thought, would come as the very last person, as uncaringly she always was in the past, looking for own benefit every time she was asked or ordered something.

While we ate, the kiddies were sitting together, chatting happily, Sarin-san easily fitted herself inside the group.

The food was delicious, no matter what I ate in the past and no matter which ramen I tasted, Hinata´s dishes surprised me over and over again, they were tasty, healthy and fully satisfying my stomach.

As the main dish was over, we sat and chatted for a while, soon we came on the main theme of the evening.

"I found the old Family tree, to the times before the destruction of Uzushiogakure, and also info's which could prove, more or less, Neherit's story!" I said to my listeners.

"So you are saying, that what he says is true and that there truly are such Demons, able to destroy the whole world at will?" Sakura asked me, still a little confused about all what I told them, after getting all the books I knew which spoke about it.

"Actually yes, they were all sealed within three Towers, known as the Jigoku saigo no en 3 hashira (The 3 pillars of Hell´s last circle), which has been once again sealed within a gigantic Chibaku Tensei (Planetary devastation) a good 6000 miles in the diameter.

The three towers are sealed within the very centre and have a Diameter of exactly 1000 miles, means the way from the outer shell to the shell of the centre counts 2000 miles.

It takes most of the East coast of the continent, which lies under its massive shadow, it is uphold in the air through so called Chakra Monoliths, massive rock like stone plates which stand in a circle under it, I don´t really know how they work, it´s not said in the Books.

The seal around the three towers, which is still in the Chibaku Tensei, is a piece of the desert on which Neherit´s Clan and the early Uzumaki Clan have made another seal, consisting of the 9 Circles of the Hell, inclusive of its Gates, so to say you have to walk through hell itself to even get close to the main-seals.

The whole Wasteland around the Chibaku Tensei is called `the desert of eternal cries´ 5000 miles in the diameter nothing but sand and massive sandstorms, uphold through the strange gravitation!" I explained.

"Matching name I would say, I guess before you are through it, you are cooked quite well!" Sasuke stated.

"Quite matching, according to a few travellers of the Uzumaki Clan, who went there to prove the histories truth, is this Desert really existent and not a figment of imagination.

However, the mere entering of the desert is being deathly, a massive Sandstorm is swirling around this Desert, so it´s hard to enter anyways, and all orientation is gone in seconds, for a normal ninja, it´s almost impossible to make three steps, once they have entered, before going insane.

It´s an incredible difficult, powerful and massive Genjutsu, not able to break in any way, so to say it is the very first seal before one has to enter the Chibaku Tensei, if one actually manages to even get that far!" I explained while Sasuke, Sakura, Karin, Shigure and Hinata, as well as the children, means, Sarada-chan, Sarin-chan, Himawari and Bolt listened closely to me.

I asked for the Three to come, after I was able to find the books in which everything we needed to know stood, Shigure came instantly, so Sarin, only Karin I had to smear some Honey around her mouth for her to come, not at the least because of the gratis food.

"Just note that it is not at all so easy to get towards the towers, as it might sound.

The sandstorms are showing you massive illusions of beloved but dead people.

The cries of eternally tormented dead souls let your heart skipped before fear, and the constant call of their own name, as if someone calls your name in death agony from all directions, it is not able to block out.

It's made, so that you gradually lose the orientation, as well as your mind at some point!" I told and they all shivered in terror.

"That sounds awful!" Hinata said concerned, clambering herself on Bolt and Sarada.

"It is, actually, from 50 people who ever had the guts to enter, only 4 were said, to ever managed to come back out, however more dead and insane, then alive!" I said and they began to sweat.

As much as it sounds like a horror story, it is until now the entire truth, at least so it stands in the books.

"No matter which way I turn it, the way towards the Towers sounds to be extremely dangerous, and I would love to leave the kids here, however, if Neherit is right, then are we the only Uzumakis left who could probably re-anew the Tower´s seal and the seal around them.

Still all of this are only Telling's from others, long in the past, so it might as well be completely different.

However according to Neherit´s Elder, the Disaster Bell, which only rings when the Demons begin to awake, has rung 900 years too early, exactly a millennium after Kaguya Ōtsutsuki has been sealed the first time.

Therefore no one can imagine, what for an massive side-effect this sudden phenomenon has, we have only 3 to 2 months to get there, so only a few days long time, to make a final decision, wherever we take the risk or leave it!" I explained, not only to their parents, but the kids as well.

"But I guess we all know, what might happen, if we decide to leave it!" I said and they nodded.

"Dammit, I wish there was a far easier way, but there isn´t anyone, I honestly don´t like the idea of bringing Bolt, Himawari, Sarin or anyone in such a danger.

However I guess, ever since the last war, 19 years ago, we should know better than to underestimate such threats, and to search for easy solutions!" I said and they nodded.

"So if I understand this rightly, if these demons might wake up again, we will stand before the Fifth Ninja World war, if not before the instant Destruction of our world?" Bolt asked stammering.

"I´m afraid that´s exactly what will happen, however we cannot let the world getting destroyed then, we have no power to turn back the time of an entire world for 1000 years backwards.

So if they really should unchain themselves, we have to fight and kill them, once and for all, or else our world won´t exist any longer, as Ninjas, of Konoha, no, as Humans of this world, it is our mission to ensure the future of tomorrow´s Kings!" I said and most understood.

"What you mean by that, you mean the Daimyou´s?" Sarin asked.

"No, here in Konoha we live the Will of fire, which says that a Ninja has to always believe in his duty to defend the King, means the future generations of our village.

That is what it means to defend tomorrow's kings!"

"If I can help, then I will going, what´s the matter of living in a world and becoming Chunin or maybe even Jonin, if tomorrow the world would end.

If there would be nothing we can do against, then this would be meaningless, wouldn´t it!?" Bolt stated, with a strong and honest voice.

"Nothing that men do is ever meaningless, my son; it might only don´t make sense to the masses.

Everything that ever existed, have been made, or being born after a certain meaning and for a certain purpose, wherever to the good or the bad!" I said and he nodded.

"Now, we could sit here and ramble endlessly about Pro and contra of doing it or not doing it, and about what to do.

I guess for now my Children and friends, we all should make an honest and final decision, about wherever we should take the risk to fight for our world, or to say that we have no chance at all, anyways, and if we shall take the risk, we shall think about strategies about what we shall do to increase our chances.

Sleep a night over it, tomorrow we all going to meet up with Neherit at the outer eastern training field!" I said and they all nodded.

Ending the theme for tonight, we began to spoke about other themes, especially about what happened in the two days of our absence, and about the Chunin exam.

Sooner as we thought, late evening has come, and the Kiddies almost fell asleep while chatting.

"I guess it´s far over the sleeping time, tomorrow will be a busy day, so everybody time to go sleeping, we see each other tomorrow, Goodnight Sakura, Sasuke, Sarada-chan, Karin-san, Shigure-Kun, Sarin-chan!" I said, as I led them to the door.

"Bolt, Himawari, say goodnight to everyone!" I said to my own children, who politely came and bowed.

"Goodnight everyone!" They said, still it lasted a while before we really said goodbye, standing near the door.

Bolt´s Pov:

"Well I guess we might as well going home now, if we really shall chose wherever to go or not, then we will need all the power to think we can manage also because of Katsuo, he knows of nothing, I have to tell him when he comes back home in 2 days!" Sarada said.

"You right on this, he has to know about this threat, also about how you will chose, I guess we better also tell our friends, it wouldn´t be okay to let them in the dark about such a massive threat!" I said and she nodded.

"Phew, many to take in not, so much has happened since yesterday, first the attack at the Chunin exam, then Neherit's attack and the news about the coming Disaster!" Sarada said.

"You mean 2 days ago!" I said sweatdropping.

"I honestly can't go over the fact, that these few minutes we had been in the grey dimension, cost us two entire days.

Luckily they cannot begin with the third test, as long as the Hokage isn´t available, to give his okay!" Sarada said.

"Yeah right, i´m glad for that too, I heard that it will last a month of preparation before the Finals will begin, I bet, now with this new threat, dad will be completely occupied with planning and organising!" I said and she patted my shoulder.

"Everything will be alright I'm certain of it, and, just in case, something happens, we will do our best to defend those we love, not?" She asked.

"True words my friend!" I replied.

"Well we better hurry home now, guess you are sleepy not Sarada?" Miss Uchiha asked her daughter, who nodded.

"A little I am, I have to admit, anyways we see each other tomorrow, Bolt, Himawari, until next time, Sarin-San!" Sarada said and turned around, about to go out of the house.

"Hey, Sarada-san?" Himawari, which had been quiet silent for a few hours by now, suddenly said, fidgeting and blushing.

"Yeah, what´s the matter Himawari-chan?" Sarada asked curious.

"Would you like to sleep-over tonight?" Himawari asked out of the Blue, surprising us all.

"Uhm well, I don´t know, I guess ,…!" Sarada tried to explain herself, but was a loss of words, as she looked in Himawari´s puppy eyes, even though I clearly could imagine what this all was about.

It happened again, though it was not like I hadn´t expected that to come, she was just too sensitive about such things.

"…Oh well, why not, I just gonna ask my parents if that´s okay with them!" Sarada said, not able to stand Himawari´s puppy glance and her quivering lip.

Still, the girl was 14 by now, I think she should learn to suck such things up, still, I honestly, could need a bit of comfort too, so this time it was not that wrong to ask Sarada-san.

Maybe I say this out of self-benefit, but still.

Ever since both knew each other, Sarada was like a big sister to Himawari, this fact hasn´t changed ever since, it was the same relation like I had with Sarada's brother, Katsuo.

A little genius in terms of jutsus and so on, similar to Itachi, Sarada´s Uncle, only that he never lost his proper respect before his older sister, who still could beat his butt, faster than he likes.

He was holding me for his idol and always greeted me with big Bro, not that I really mind, actually I even like the fact that he sees me as someone to look up to, one step closer to being the future Hokage.

Going over to her Parents, Sarada discussed the matter with them, I could see the worry in her father's eyes, and still he was subdued as his wife spoke with him and our parents.

"Everything is alright, they allowed it to me!" She said, as she came back after a while and Himawari was very happy and I had to admit, I was very glad Hima-chan asked.

"Yeah awesome, Sarada is going to sleep over at us!" Himawari said and high-fived me.

"Awesome, will be cool as always!" I said a bit too excited, because I thought to have seen Sarada blushing.

"Well no fear, your daughter is save by us!" My father said to Sarada´s Father, trying to wipe away his worries.

"The Last time you claimed that, you guys were gone for 2 whole days!" Mrs. Uchiha said, fuming, pointing at my Dad who backed away and hid behind Mom.

"Hey, it was neither our fault nor our intention, to get Sarada-san in any kind of danger, it unfortunately happened, but we made it harm-free back after all, I mean that also counting, isn´t it!?" Father said, while mom looked at him unforgivingly as well.

"Guess your mother will blame my father forever for this, don´t you think so too!" I said sweatdropping at the scene; it was as if they all were the kids, rather than us.

"I fear so, even though it truly wasn´t your guys fault, mom and Dad know this, but I guess unless they haven´t seen Neherit, they won´t quietly believe it and say yes and amen to it!" Sarada said, and we all sweatdropped.

"You know why you going to Sleep-over and you going to know, how this will probably look like in the end?" I asked her whispering and she nodded.

"Didn´t happened for the first time, didn´t it?" She responded.

"I guess you are right on this one, for this it´s way too obvious!" I said, looking at Himawari who was jumping up and down, all too happy.

I remembered the last time Sarada went for a Sleep over, it was to a family crisis.

Thanks to my father´s sudden constant hard work, after becoming Hokage five years ago, mother more and more felt unloved, kind of being left out by dad.

Dad always made excuses, because something always seemed to get between him and us, not one day was passing where not another duty came up for him, and more than once, the work seemed to go over Dads head.

Mother feared, for him to get a Burn-out syndrome, and also for our family life, Dad was barely home to that time, even the food went cold, mom more and more felt unloved.

So one day, she made us visiting the grave, while she went inside of the Hokage tower, shoving everybody away, who dared to get in her way, entering the room, even though he was in a meeting with the other Kage, she snapped and yelled at father that we wouldn´t be any important to him anymore, that his work would mean more to him than his family.

She silenced everyone, even the other Kages in her rant, my dad, took it all in, quietly, without saying everything.

He let her the time to yell anything of her soul, as she was done, he began to explain himself, that the world might be at peace, but that for this peace also thing had to be done and that sometimes things are going over his head.

He told her that he loved us all but that he has not only a responsibility over us but also over the entire village.

However, mom, was so angry at him, that she constantly interrupted him.

It was a worse fight, even though Dad tried to be as calm as possible, his nerves were stretched like an Archers bow, but it just kept on getting worsen.

As soon as his patient broke, a storm of yelling went lose, unjustified accusation flew around, the fight was sounding until the street.

It was a fight, from which the Kages still speak and joke about today, but they all got to see how a married live of a Hokage truly looks like, not easy at all.

It was a worse fight, more worsen as when I accused this to him, sometimes as I was younger.

It went on for a whole week, the mood at home, whenever dad managed to get home, was rather frosty, and every mention of their fight, went under in tears, in these days, Himawari was afraid that something terrible would happen, I too did.

It was then, as she asked for Sarada to sleep-over and then she came to Sarada in the night and searched deep comfort at her side, rather than mine, I too had to search for it, I have to admit.

She had cried often in the night and after I couldn´t stand it anymore to see her this way, I came to Sarada as well, and so Hima fell asleep curled up between us both, after hours of crying her heart out, I think it got her the feeling, as if she was sleeping between mother and father, more or less.

Together we cared about Himawari and shared our love and care to her and so she managed to overcome mom and dad's fight, while we assured her that the both would not divorce, even though times had been extremely frosty between them both.

It did not stopped, until Dad suffered on a burn-out syndrome at the end of the week, just as mom had predicted, even though they had fought only hours ago, she rushed at full speed to the hospital to be at his side, while Sarada´s mother came to watch over us.

She was 9 years old to that time and ever since Sarada and I decided to care for her and to defend her no matter what, to make her and Katsuo, Himawari´s best friend and Sarada's brother, becoming strong enough to also sometimes stand up for themselves.

Also tonight, Sarada would be Himawari´s anchor in the current sea of darkness, the fear of another war was in everyone's heart, ever since the many deaths during the last war.

Even though we kids of the Generation after the war, only knew stories about the last one, either being told from Mom and Dad or from Konohamaru-sensei.

We never plaid war-games, wherever with other kids or on consoles, since we got to know and had being taught by those who were first hand in it and who managed to survive it.

No one would like to risk another outbreak of such massive battles, but it was not only the fear of war and death or battles and dark futures to come.

I guess the greatest fear in her heart, momentarily, was the fear of failing, wherever it would be in the re-sealing of the Demons or in keeping everyone save.

Himawari was very sensitive if it comes to failing a test or such things, even more than Katsuo, who worked hard to get his father´s, mother´s and especially his sister´s recognition.

Even though we never scolded her for this, failing was only prove that she was human, since we all are bound to fail sometimes, and the strength to stand back up after failing, is what makes a real Uzumaki strong.

Kakashi-sensei once described, a few years after her birth, Himawari´s heart as a peacefully, silent lake, a single strong gust of wind could bring forth massive waves in it, stirring up things, which normally remain hidden and sleeping, he also said that she was as sensitive as also curious about the world and a real family girl.

Quite matching I would say.

"So what do you think, will you sleep at her side alone first or shall I come instantly?" I asked Sarada after a while, she blushed at this.

"I don´t know, I guess that depends, on how shaken she is from all of this!" Sarada said, while she looked at Hima-chan, who ran up towards the upper level of our villa-like house.

"Well it´s surely much to take in, in the end, it depends on you if you even would allow me to enter your girl´s room, to sleep next to you guys!" I said but she only looked confused.

"I mean you know it, Sarada, I am an adolescent boy and you an adolescent girl, it´s not that we are little kids anymore, I don´t want you to get the wrong idea of me being a pervert when I embrace you.

you often claim I would be one, but it´s not like that, and let´s be honest the last two times you tripped on me, was entirely your fault!" I said and she blushed, remembering the two times she fell with her butt on my head.

"Just note if I come in, it entirely goes me for you girl´s wellbeing!" I said and she finger-snapped my forehead.

"Silly, of course I know that, if it would be in the slightest, different from that meaning, I would shoot you to the moon for sure!" Sarada said, with a stern glance at me and I sweatdropped.

"Who do you think I am, I am not a pervy animal, you know!?" I said sighing.

"I know you are not, I honestly think about you as a nice boy who´s always concerned about his friend, but has a talent to jump into awkward and misleading situations!" Sarada said and I blushed deep red, same as her.

Was this what she truly thought about me, a nice boy, wow.

"Bolt, there is someone on the door for you!" I heard my mother saying from downstairs.

"Who can that be, especially now, to this time?" I asked myself, as I turned around.

"Coming!" I shouted.

"Will be back soon, wait for me Sarada-san!" I said, as went down towards the Front Door.

"Okay, I will meanwhile look after Himawari-chan!" Sarada responded, entering the room.

"Do that!" I said, as I went downstairs towards the front door.

"Yes, ah, Uuuuaaahhhh!" I shouted, as I was thrown over.

"Boooooollllttttt!" No one else but Senpou screamed, as she jumped at me with a flying embrace, tears in her eyes.

"How could you, where have you guys been, you were gone, without a word, for 2 days!" The poor wildcat said.

"I would love to tell you, if you kindly would get off me already!" I said, almost suffocating, this girl has muscles in places never known, and I more and more lost my breath.

"Alright, sorry!" She said and went off me.

"Air, oh you wonderful oxygen!" I gasped for air.

"What are you doing here?" I asked her.

"I came to see if you are alright, my parents only now told me, that you had been back since today, I was out, training till late, so I couldn´t come earlier!" Senpou said, still embracing me, it felt like the embrace of an Anaconda, with big boobs.

"Come on upstairs then, Sarada is here too, she´s with Himawari!" I said and together we went towards the others, Senpou clinged on me, as if she feared for me to vanish in thin air yet again

"Stop clinging so much, it´s almost impossible to walk this way!" I said to her, but she shook her head in no, I sighed.

"Hey guys!" Senpou said, as we entered Hima´s and mine Chamber, where Himawari and Sarada already sat on my bed, patiently waiting for me.

"Hey Sen!" Both said, although I found Sarada's smile a tiny bit faked.

Was she angry and if yes, why, I don´t know what I shall have done now?

I had no inappropriate pictures on my half of the room, nor did I have any dirty magazines, I was, practically every day, surrounded by two beautiful Girls, I don´t really need dirty stuff like that.

Inojin was jealous about that fact, even if he covers it behind a mask of carelessness.

"How are you, my Parents said me, you suddenly vanished in thin air and I only recently got to know that you are back, you didn´t even called me!" Senpou asked, with that typical curious look on her face.

"We are fine, but it was a scary experience for sure!" We said sweatdropping.

"But where have you guys actually been, the whole town went havoc?" She digged further.

"In another Dimension!" We responded.

The silence that followed this statement was pressing.

"…..You´re kidding right?" Senpou asked after a while, sweat-dropping.

"Are not!" We shouted at her.

"We really were in another dimension, a space between life and death!" Himawari stated loudly.

"Hima-chan, you too?

Seriously, if, and I mean this hypothetically, you really managed to somehow enter another dimension, why the hell had it to be a dimension between life and death, couldn´t you find a nicer place, perhaps the sweets-dimension?" Sen asked and really, in some aspects she was as dense as her father.

"As if we had chosen to vanish!" We said, facepalming in unison.

"Anyways, you have to tell me, everything that happened, c´mon, you owe me, I feared two whole days long for your wellbeing, you have to tell me, also as atonement for not calling me!" Sen said, as she painfully rubbed her face at mine, with tears in her eyes.

Not that it was uncomfortable, not minding the pain, no, since as a girl she had very soft skin and a nice body, I would say.

If one does not mind her hard beats and kicks, her, literally, Bear hugs as well as her unlimited weapon showers, if she loses her cool, she was truly a perfect symbiosis of her father´s and her mother's Genes, Rock Lee the Taijutsu expert and Tenten the weapon specialist.

Calm and hasty, Strong and deadly in terms of weapon-usage mixed with Taijutsu, bad combination.

"If you really have to know!" I said sighing, looking at Himawari and Sarada, they had such a disgusted side-glance at me.

Just what the hell did I do wrong?

Taking the spare futons of Himawari and me out, I folded them out for four persons, since I practically was able to predict, that Sen would beg to stay here, and as I know it, she might already have spoken with her parents anyways.

That was always the case, she planed everything through before even asking someone and she had a talent for providing others with a fait accompli.

"Well then, take a seat and prepare yourself, this will last a long time!" I warned her.

"Sure go on!" She said, as she placed her well trained behind on the futon next to me, her weights on the legs, beat with a dull sound on the floor.

These things were extremely heavy, I once tried to pick one up, I almost broke my hand on that, but Sen actually walked around all day with them.

And so, with a little break as mom brought up some hot Chocolate and cookies, we told everything we knew.

While I was practically riddled by Sarada and Himawari´s angry glances, just what the hell is going on in them?

Was it something I said?

Meanwhile somewhere out of Hi no Kuni, at a small island a day earlier, at night:

The Night was dark and cold, the dawn had yet to come, but it wouldn´t really make any difference, out here in the desolation of the village once known as Uzushiogakure.

"What exactly are we doing here?" A person in a dark red cloak asked.

"We are here to resurrect some old friends of you, even though they won´t probably recognize you, and , to be honest this would be better, if not they might would attack you, that's the reason you are wearing sunglasses!" The ghost, attached to a controlled ninja, in front of him, answered.

"Neherit, that was your name not, tell me, why did you brought me back to live?" The cloaked person asked curious, ever since he awoke, he had no clue of just what happened to him.

"Believe me my friend, I did not called you from the dead, to play around with you, like this Kabuto guy.

I need your help, out of all of them, are you the only one with a Kekkai Genkai such as this, at least for now, we will need it in the future.

You are as near as anyone can be, thanks to being to a certain degree a Senju, as being an Uzumaki and half Uchiha thanks to your father, so your blood is quite pristine to the original Sage!" Neherit said to his company.

"And also you are the one to know best where I could find all of them Bodies!" Neherit continued, while walking through the ruins.

"Why did you only woke me up, why did you refused to wake him back up?" The man in black said.

"My force of Bochi no kaze (Cemetery wind) is able, with a certain limited amount of time, exactly a year, to fully resurrect dead peoples, by binding their summoned souls back into their own bones, if the corpse is still completely compatible and mostly intact as well as being held alive.

By you, which corpse was completely intact, beside of the eyes, it was rather easy to revive you, you just were a bit bad feed.

Just look at it like an atonement for the sins you committed so long ago, the world needs you.

As for why I hadn´t resurrected your friend, well, I don´t mean this cruel, but I don´t need him, at least not yet.

Maybe if things get worse I will resurrect him, if I still have the possibility, but right now, I focus on only reviving the necessary people!" Neherit said.

"And what would be if I refuse to help you, I have been used enough in my life, I won´t allow to be used yet again!" The Person said, narrowing her eyes.

"Well I could also rip the soul back out of you if you like, I gave you this live my friend, it´s up to you what you want to do, but I intend to also resurrect your old sensei, what would he think about the fact, that you refuse the chance to bring the world peace, same as you always wished for!" Neherit said and the man closed his eyes sighing.

"I have a limit of 100 resurrections, and still, I need to have a corpse to use this jutsu or practically any difficult jutsu at all, Chikyū ketsugō no rensa (Chains of earth-bonding) allows me to bond my soul with a living being and to take a small control over its body, but if I stay too long in such a body, the normal soul of it will vanish, being pushed out.

I already have resurrected 2 peoples before you, this Jutsu only brings pain to those who ask me to use it on dead friends or family members, perhaps not instantly, but as time progress, the transience of a lifetime becomes only the clearer.

Since the jutsu works for only 1 year, for you included, it is only a temporarily freedom, still if false used, one year can bring forth massive changes in the world, you of all persons should know this.

Right now, I am about to resurrect another 6 People, very needed in this battle, I fear of a war to come and if it does I rather be prepared, it might be unorthodox and even highly unethically, but if it allow me to double and threefold our chances for this world to survive I will take all hate upon me afterwards!" Neherit explained.

"Anyways, we have arrived, here it is, a mighty place for this ritual, being inherited from our clan towards the Uzumaki Clan, well then I will now begin.

Please be silent, I have to concentrate, and by every means stay out of the circle, until the Jutsu is finished, or else it can be that the souls, will rip yours back out, understood!" Neherit said.

"Sure go on, do whatever you have to do!" The person said.

"First this, Kuchiyose no jutsu!" Neherit shouted, as suddenly 6 corpses arrived in a circle, all strapped on beds, held alive by machines.

"Then this one here, this one there, and this one here, then this one comes there, this one comes there and the last one here, alright, I am all set!" He said as the corpses have been placed in the certain spots in the rune circle.

"Alright , let´s begin.

Souls of the dead ones, hear my call, I wish to see you once again, before the great fall.

Death cannot be overcome for too long, it only can be tricked for some time, but not for long.

So come to me, Ghosts that I am calling, Yugito, Yagura, Roshi, Han, Utakata, Fuu, your souls shall come to me, from heaven falling.

Come to me, you souls, come rising from your graves, to prevent our world, to once again stand in flames.

Taju Bochi no Kaze (Multi-cemetery wind)!" Neherit shouted, the Ritual place began to shook, like an earthquake, from high above, a sudden noise came down and the place was encircled by a massive tornado.

However this was no normal storm, no it was made of souls, thousands of them, suddenly golden chains appeared out of the storm, each was connecting with one of the six Corpses, while bright light spheres came down the chains, the souls were returning to their bodies.

The whole seal was enlightened by the six corpses, so strong that one had to squint its eyes.

"Revival complete!" Neherit shouted, as the light died out and so also the Jutsu was over, the strong soul-storm began to fade away, the souls separated again, flying away in all direction.

The bodies began to slowly move, first moving fingers and eyelids, they would be able to completely move after a while.

"Are they okay?" The cloaked person asked curious, coming out of his hiding, behind a big, broken pillar.

"Yes they are, however the body must first re-accustom to have a soul, moreover, they have not move for nearly 20 years, so they are extremely rusty in terms of motoric skills.

It was a lot of medical expertise required, but thanks to the chakras of this ninja, who I currently vacant, I was able to bring both the heart and the circulatory system of the body back in gear, as well as reactivating the cells.

Now that they again have their souls, they will soon be back as before, so I also told you that you should change your Akatsuki clothes, for as soon as they wake up, you'd only be killed by them in your old dresses.

And we really have no use for that at the moment!" Neherit said with a smile.

"Beside of Naruto, there is no one that knows about your true identity, your friend took your corpse with her and hid you well, all who knows about the whereabouts of your corpse are not able to speak about it anymore.

So no one would suggest you, to have been the leader of Akatsuki….. Nagato Uzumaki!" Neherit said to Nagato.

"So Konan has died as well, what a pity, I would have loved to see her again, my old friend, tell me have you killed her?!" Nagato asked, as he understood what Neherit meant, he was getting angry.

"No, that man called Tobi, the guy with the mask, who was in your organisation, has been the one, I would even love it to have her alive and helping us, perhaps I will think about bringing her back to life as well.

"For now I will have to get the strongest Shinobi together, so you have to tell me about where you have left Jiraiya, for this I will revive Konan and if you two are ready to help us, I might think about reviving Yahiko as well, do we have a deal?" Neherit asked.

Nagato was looking up in the starlit sky with as much of melancholy, a just resurrected individual can bring up.

"Alright I will help you, I just hope you won't fall me in my back, I don´t like to be betrayed, never again!" Nagato stated.

"I understand, anyways, now that everyone is here, we might as well call the rest of those to arrive!" Neherit said, as he took a flute out.

"The Melody I will play now is called: Hogo-sha no Yūrei no shōkan merodī (Summoning Melody of the Guardian Ghosts), it is able to lure and teleport the Bijuu to a certain meeting point, means in this case, right here!" Neherit said, as he began to play the flute.

Suddenly mighty gates appeared within the sky and the lake, as well as in the walls and the rocks.

Out of these gates no one else but 7 of 9 Bijuus arrived.

"Where are we and why are we here?" Son Goku asked.

"I would love to get to know this too!" Matatabi stated.

"Welcome, Mighty Guardian Ghosts of the New World, Tailed Beast of Rikudo Sennin!" Neherit answered.

"I summoned you here because of an important task I have for you, I need you to re-join your partners, and help to save the world!" I said to them.

"Hohoho, and why would we do that, it´s not like you humans ever asked us to help you guys before, beside of him, there is only one person I fully trust with my life.

Naruto Uzumaki, the only Person who never saw us as mass-destruction weapons, but as true beings, able to feel, so why shall we think, that you are any better than the rest of the world!" Matatabi asked, hissing in annoyance.

"Because also your guys existence is being placed on this Game´s Battlefield, if the world dies, you die as well, to these guys over there however, its not really, that scary since they have been dead for about 20 years already, and I only recently revived them.

Honestly, I have not used my Existence-force to now hear any kind of dumb complains from you, you will help us, if not, I will erase your existence by taking all your Chakra, to create something worthier out of it!" Neherit said, but everybody beside of Nagato laughed.

"Boy, you speaking with Bijuus, and even with seven of them, it´s not like they will listen to you, as long as you are not Naruto Uzumaki, or Rikkoudo Sennin, You should know better than to underestimate a Bijuu, let alone their Jinnchurikis.

I don´t know for which purpose you revived us back into the world of the living, but let me tell you, it not always runs according to you plan!" Han said, and same as the others, was underestimating Neherit's abilities fully, not for the least since he still stucked within the Ninja´s corpse.

No one of these beings, or newly resurrected humans sensed the familiar force, the primordial force they actually had been made of.

"You funny dude, I don´t know how you managed to summon us, but I will gladly go my way now, I have nothing to do with the rest of the world but myself, too long I was seen as a weapon, always hunted by mankind, and always hated.

They see us as monsters and weapons, but aren´t they the bigger monsters than us!" Kokuoh (Gobi) said, before he turned away and was about to run away, as fast as he could.

"You little prick, don´t think I let you go so easily, you won´t come freely, well, then I guess I have to force you to your luck, it´s not like we have much time to fool around.

The time which is remaining to us all, is precious, it might be the last free and peaceful time we have, before a war of unknown expanses might break lose and if we want to leave it at this state, then we better do something for it!" Neherit explained with a frown and a dark aura, by which the chills came to everyone, even the Bijuus who watched him.

"Sōru- Chen no shīru (Soul-chain-seal)!" Neherit yelled and suddenly out of his hand a mighty black Chain appeared which pierced right into Kokuoh´s soul.

"What the hell!" The same asked as he recognized that he could not walk for one more millimetre away anymore, without feeling as much pain as possible.

"Force it, just force it, go on and you will feel pain beyond what you ever have believed, the chain is directly connected to your soul.

If you try to run away, it will instantly rip your soul out, all what made you, then you are nothing more than a dead mass of Chakra!" Neherit said, with a creepy grin.

Before anyone could say more, he took a quick charge and pierced the rest of the chain in hand right into Han´s body without damaging the same.

Instantly Chakra was transmitted towards Han.

"I feel so strong somehow, as strong as when I was a Jinnchuriki!" Han mumbled.

"What the hell did you do to me!" Kokuoh Screamed in rage, before six more Chains appeared in Neherit's hands, connecting towards the rest of the Bijuus.

"You left me no Choice!" Neherit explained.

"What exactly do you want to do with us, why did you brought us back to live, do you want to make the Ex-Jinnchurikis back to becoming Jinnchurikis, in order to fetch a new war!?" Yagura, the ex-Jinnchuriki of Isobu, better known as Sanbi the three-tails, asked.

"I would like to know that too!" Yugito Nii, ex- Jinnchuriki of Matatabi, better known as Nibi, the two tails, asked.

"Actually, I will, same as myself is doing it momentarily by this ninja, bind the Bijuu at the Jinnchurikis, just like Kokuoh to Han right now, not the other way around as the Jinnchuriki process is working.

That way they are mostly free, since they aren't kept under seals, but still under greater control, the Person they are bound to, serves as a limiter to their forces, and kind of as a Chain on a wall.

You cannot vanish too far from your Jinnchuriki, or else your soul will be ripped out, this process works also in the turned way, if the Jinnchuriki tries to run away.

Even if your Jinnchuriki gets killed, by the way the Bijuu cannot kill its own Limiter, for he develops no will to do this, the Bijuu will remain alive.

It's different from being a full-fledged Jinnchuriki, the Bijuu is externally bounded not internally, as long as the Soul of either of two are existing, you have nothing to fear.

The invisible bonding Chains also serves as a Chakra-transmitter towards their Ningen no patina (Human Partner).

The Bijuu remains conscious all the time, however, as long as this person is alive, means the body isn´t going to be ripped completely and irreparably in pieces, no one else can capture the Bijuu.

Convenient, not?

So you guys are save for the duration of the mortal-contract, in this case a year, since the Guys I just revived won´t live more than exactly a year!" Neherit explained, while binding he Bijuus at their former Jinnchuriki.

"By an alive person who lives for a long time, this would be able to stop the Bloodshed over the Bijuus for these years, since only extremely strong Ninjas will be able to become partners, so that means they are also hard to deal with anyways and not so easy to kill.

This form of contract might as well better the relationship towards the Bijuus, instead of weapons, they are now equal Partners!" Neherit explained.

"Equal partners you say, but we are still seen as weapons, even after the war, they tried to catch us, and seal us back into humans!" Matatabi hissed in anger.

"Well, you just have to make it clear to them, try to speak with them, tell them that you are living beings and no weapons.

You have to make them clear that you are beings with feelings as well, you shall be able to decide by yourself, wherever you want to help a nation or not, instead of being seen as weapon, try to be seen as a guardian god!" Neherit explained.

"A guardian God?" The seven said.

"Yeah, I mean, If you just keep on killing everyone in sight, you will never be regarded as something different than a mass-destruction weapon, won't you?

However if you are able to find a human friend, who cares for your wellbeing and who likes you for the being you are, not what others want to see in you, then you are able to someday lay of this ungraceful surname!" Neherit said.

"But it´s not like there are plenty of Boys like Naruto Uzumaki, who sees more in us than gruesome killing machines, the most humans are afraid of us!" Chomei said.

"Well you simply have to find a person you want to be attached, a human you can see as a friend, or at least as a partner, same as Kurama has Naruto and Gyukō has Killer B.

This way, it´s easier for you to adapt to a role as guardian ghost over a certain region, so to say, rather than be seen as a pure weapon for the five Nations!" Neherit said and the Seven though about it.

"You have a point, actually, if we don´t mind that we practically hated mankind, the fact that most of us were angry at our former Jinnchurikis, who were the closes humans to us, for continuously suppress our own selves under seals.

Those who shall be our partner, as they claim, ignored our own will and desires, shut us away from the light, always we were only abused by humanity, how are we ever to become friends with them?" Matatabi asked hissing

"They see us as means for power, and even the humans who will become our Jinnchuriki are not better in this, as soon as they are connected to us, they are getting hated and avoided, what's the point in becoming our partners or friends, if they will be hated that for, later their hatred will be brushed off on us.

I know this all too well, I had plenty of such guys, in the end, they made me responsible for their misery, as if I asked for being sealed, I don´t need that bullshit!" Shukaku shouted.

"I beg your pardon, even Kurama, the one who had the most of hatred against humans, managed to overcome this hatred and became friends with his Jinnchuriki, same as Gyukō and killer B, these guys are the living example that Human and Bijuu can be friends and trust each other.

The Chakra one gets, is pure power, of course would a normal human being die instantly on it, or at least gets extremely sick.

I admit, not many people are able to become your partners and many truly only are seeing a source of power in you; therefore I will, for now connect you to your old Jinnchurikis, afterwards I will speak with the Chiefs of the village, about a Jinnchuriki-election test!" Neherit explained.

"Jinnchuriki-election test, what shall that be, isn´t that what they all do anyways?" Saiken asked.

"Not the one you know, where a person gets brought to you and you are simply sealed within that person; afterwards that person get avoided and sat under custody, with no ability to be free, to roam the world, where no one cares about their own psyche, their feelings and their fears.

No, the test I want to create, is a test in which the Jinnchuriki- candidates are getting not only tested by Humans, but were also the Bijuu itself has a saying in it.

He can select the one he thinks, is most fitting of all of the candidates to become a Jinnchuriki, so it also won´t be a human with an unstable personality.

If you can find, under the candidates, a human you think of matching your own personality, and if you will be able to become, at least partners, wouldn´t it then be easier to work together?" Neherit said and most of them closed their eyes in thoughts.

"Imagine.

You can select that person as your new Jinnchuriki, you are able to live, laugh, fight and play with each other, a human you can care for, and who in return trust you and who´s giving you the feeling of being wanted and needed, wouldn´t that be nice!?" Neherit asked.

"Indeed it would be, but how can we bring the humans to accepting such a thing and honestly I don´t like to be, once again, sealed within a body!" Chomei said.

"Logically, I will show them how to use the Power of the soul chains, the way you are being connected to your Jinnchuriki right now.

So that no one has to be sacrificed as a Jinnchuriki, without being able to object anymore, and no one has to die anymore when the Jinnchuriki gets taken from that person.

As I said it´s not easy to find a perfect partner for you, but for now, you guys, as having been the long-time Jinnchurikis over them, are able to use their power the best, since you are completely adapt to them, I would say!" Neherit said, addressing the six Ex-jinnchurikis.

"Honestly I don´t really like the idea to being used in any way, actually I only want to have my peace, I admit, you have really guts to speak so easily before the seven of us, however, how can we be sure that humanity will not betray us yet again, what if they don´t buy your sayings?" Kokuoh said, narrowing his eyes.

"I admit, I too do not fully trust the humans, however I know many, who can be trusted, anyways it´s not like I don´t let you guys on a very long leach, not, I mean you can use all of your force, still you Partner also can negotiate your abilities at will!" Neherit explained looking at Kokuoh, who looked with an angry stare at him.

"So you still restrain our powers, I knew it, you claim to say that humanity will stop to force us, but aren´t you exactly doing the same thing, you force me, who I didn´t wanted to do that at all, towards an half dead being.

I don´t know what is going on, or what will happen, I don´t even care for what a purpose you called all of us here, I just want to be let alone, I just want my peace, all of you Humans, stop to bother me.

How can you say,that you are in any way different from the rest of Humanity, you too forced us here, it was you that bounded me towards that guy, without me being able to object, You claim for understanding, and friendship, for being able to not being seen as a weapon, but you, you are just the same like everyone else.

I care a shit about humanity, you know what I think, I think if I simply kill you, I will be let in peace for the rest of this world's time, shall we try that!" The angry Bijuu shouted, his hatred on humanity never had been flawed off; ever since he was ripped out of Han, then used as a weapon, then freed from Madara only to then again being sealed by Sasuke.

Therefore it was no wonder, that he attacked Neherit, wanting to eat the ninja, the person he saw directly before him.

But Neherit, as being able to easily manipulate chakra, simply stopped the raging beast by pushing his hands against its snout, stopping his run, he not even had to move a millimetre, even though Kokuoh´s attack caused a massive impact.

"Dammit, what are you?" The Bijuu screamed enraged, trying to bite Neherit, driving the same backwards.

"Kokuoh calm down!" Han tried to reason the Bijuu, but the same was blind with rage.

"Seems like I have to first give you a lesson in manners, you will regret the fact that you were underestimating me!" Neherit shouted as, he punched the wild Bijuu right in the face, Kokuoh was thrown easily backwards.

"How in the world, how is this possible?" The Bijuus asked confused.

"You should not underestimate me, my dear babies; You have been created out of the Juubi, who has been created out of the Shinju mixing with Kaguya.

The Shinju has been created out of the dead bodies of my Folk and so also out of its Force; therefore you could say that I am quite stronger than you, for I am able to use the primordial force behind the Chakra!" Neherit explained.

"And as for you being created out of Chakra, it´s really easy to manipulate your strength!" Neherit said.

"Ha but I bet you won't be able to win against two of us at once!" Matatabi shouted, attacking Neherit from behind, while Kokuoh attacked from the front.

"HAAAAAA!" they shouted, each one shooting a minor Bijuu-dama at the ninja.

"Haha this will have done it!" Matatabi shouted same as Kokuoh, who grinned.

"Was that all?" They heard a voice as soon as the dust was gone.

"No Way!" They all shouted.

"Doton, Doryuu Jouheki (Earth-style, Rampart)!" Neherit shouted, as suddenly, a giant Plateau crashed out of the ground behind the village, high up in the sky.

"Huaargh!" Suddenly both, Matatabi and Kokuoh, were lifted in the air and being thrown right on it.

"What is going on!" The other shouted, as they were lifted high above in the air, even Chomei, who naturally could fly, had no control over his own self.

Each one landed on the giant Plateau, alongside of their Jinnchuriki.

"Alright people, time to get some shit done, you want to fight, for me to prove who truly stands at the longer lever here, not.

Very well, all who are seeking for a beating, come at me, and quickly please we have not the whole night, I have to get tomorrow back towards Konohagakure!" Neherit shouted.

"You will regret to have offered this to us!" Son Goku shouted, as he tried to beat Neherit with his bare fist.

"Ha, too easy!" Neherit shouted as he blocked the attack with his bare hand.

"Haaaah!" The other Bijuus shouted as they too all attacked the tiny Ninja.

"Hahaha, really is this all you can do to me!" The same laughed, blasting the hands away, and so their owners on their backs.

"Well then, do you still want to fight?" Neherit asked.

"Hah, now you going to die!" They all shouted, as they all loaded up Bijuudamas.

"No one can survive so much high pressed Chakra, you better retreat Boy!" Fuu shouted concerned, but it was already too late.

"Even if I don´t like to force you to it, you see for yourselves that your temper is able to destroy whole lands, therefore your powers must be limited, or else you will burn the world down by any tiny fit of rage, it´s an easy task for me to take you guys down.

It is a necessary evil you have to endure, if you ever wish to live in peace with humanity, you need a guardian which looks over you, which keeps you from any harm cause by humans but also keeps any human from harm caused by you.

So you better are going to save your forces!" Neherit said but was ignored as the massive Chakra spheres were fired, coming dangerously closer to him.

"You won´t listen I see, well the, see what you get from it, by yourselves!" Neherit shouted, as the massive attacks crashed against him, all at once, causing the whole Plateau to vanish in thin air.

"Baaaaaam!" With massive, earth-shaking thuds, the Bijuus slammed back on the ground.

"Hahaha, that's what you get when you mess with Bijuus!" They shouted.

"If this was your strongest attack, I really have to ask me if it even is necessary to ask you to help us!" A voice emerged out of the cloud of dust and the giant crater that once had been a giant Tower like Plateau.

"For against what you will be fighting, if the world will go really downhill, is an evil which managed to erase half of my Entire clan to its time of Glory, that where far, far over 20.000 people!" Neherit said, the body he used had been fully being destroyed.

The only thing that stood there was his Soul form, the glance and the expression he wore, caused an ice cold chill to spread over everyone's spine, after this demonstration of power and endurance

"They managed to kill far more than 20.000 of your kind?" Matatabi asked afraid, backing away, as she witnessed first-hand, that none of her and her conspecifics 'attacks had any affect at the true being, behind the mask.

"Not killed, erased!" Neherit said.

"What´s the difference between that!" Fuu asked, confused same as the rest of them.

"Killing means the separation from soul and Body, which means one can actually force it to separate or bring soul and body back together, just like I did with you guys!" Neherit said, pointing at Fuu and the others.

"However, erasing means killing both soul and body, the soul vanishes as if it never had existed!" Neherit continued to explain.

"And what are you then, you seem to be no ghost nor are you really alive, aren't you?" Han asked.

"Indeed, you are right Han, I'm a soul which is stuck between the worlds, me and my folk cannot go further in existence anymore, at least not that I know!" Neherit explained, to the shock of everyone.

"But still, we too can be erased however is it very difficult to erase a person or a living being at all!" He continued.

"Erasing a person means, that one steals the whole Existence-force of that Person and either feeds on that force, or simply let it vanish, but it´s different than stealing life energy, killing a person in progress.

Existence force is nearly impossible to erase by any known means, our enemies use Godlike forces, still only one of them three, is able to erase a person´s Existence-force!" Neherit continued.

"Our Enemies which we will have to defeat, should they wake up, they have the combined power to erase the world and with it, everything that ever existed on it, means you too, any form of energy gets erased.

The world and everything around it vanished as if it never has been existed, the only reason my Folk survived the first Purge, as we call it, was because we were blessed by our own god.

And also because we later stole the force of the demons, converting it to our own force, this way we could not fully vanish by their attacks, for they cannot use attacks which would erase themselves.

My folk has been cursed by their strongest one, to an existence between life and death, only being held alive by our remaining existence-force and our pure will to live on, as long as it takes to save the world once and for all.

We are beings, being forced to watch the world's destruction and rebirth every time, unless we manage to break this curse and end this repeating loop.

We all have to fight to keep our world save, because these things don´t have any sense of mercy, that's why we need anyone in this battle, anybody who has great powers also has a great responsibility towards the world.

You can claim, that you don't care what happens with the world, as often as you want, but note, that if the world goes under, you go down with it!" Neherit said.

And everybody looked down to their feet, knowing deep down that he was probably right.

"If we shall be honest, there is no other option than to fight, isn´t there!?" Matatabi asked.

"Indeed there is no other option, as I said I leave it to your free decision to choose, wherever you help us, joining the worlds alliance or you want to fight for yourselves.

However, you better choose wisely, if thanks to your doing the world goes down yet again, I will make sure to take you guys' souls with me!" Neherit threated with a creepy smile, a smile which made every one of them believe his words, without any contradiction.

"Anyways I will now go back to where I came from earlier, I and Nagato still have something to do, you are free to do what you like so long, but as soon as I call you over the flute, you will have to follow us.

I will bring some old friends with me, so be prepared to be summoned anytime!" Neherit said, before he took Nagato´s hand and vanished in thin air.

"Hmm, what do you think about this, Yugito!" Matatabi asked her old Jinnchuriki.

"I don´t know, all I can say is that I feel myself really alive, not at all the same feeling as when I was being controlled by Madara Uchiha.

Well, even if it is just for a year, this power is real, this live I was given is real, if I can see like this my daughter again, then I will help them, it´s not like a year with you will kill me, isn´t it!" Yugito said and Matatabi nodded.

"Wait you have a daughter?" Matatabi asked.

"Well, Killer B and me, we were kind of naughty as we were young, for we were the only ones who didn't hated each other, thanks for being Jinnchuriki, you see.

I never told him that I was pregnant, and as I recognized that I was targeted by Akatsuki, I gave her free for adoption, shortly after her birth.

I knew an old pair, living in the outskirts of Kumogakure, I met them on my travels, they never knew that I was your Jinnchuriki; therefore they trusted me, as I gave them the custody of Miharu-chan.

I explained them that I was targeted and that I could not care for a baby this way, but I loved her, I wish it would have come different, I wish I could have told Killer B about her, but I knew that he, sooner or later, would have been targeted as well!" Yugito explained.

"Yeah, I see, I must admit, I misunderstood you, you are actually not that bad of a person!" The blue fire cat said.

"I see things standing on storm, but this time, we too might as well be hopelessly overwhelmed by this!" Matatabi mumbled.

"If it is for only a year, I guess we might as well come together, I mean we had been so long together, all of us with their respective partner, it´s like Matatabi´s Jinnchuriki said, not as if one year more would kill us!" Chomei said.

"Actually I don´t really like being a Jinnchuriki, and I don´t necessarily want to go back on being hated and avoided, especially not by my homeland and the place I once called my home.

I mean it was them who made me to what I was, it´s not like I once asked for it, what is the purpose of being a weapon, chased and hated by anyone.

Hell I never really was allowed to roam through the world, I always was kept hidden from all eyes and under constant watch, within Takigakure.

There has been only one time I could go away, as I participated in the Chunin exams; but after that I was back on being watched, avoided and hated; really I was better off dead!" Fuu, Chomei´s Jinnchuriki, said sadly.

"Fuu…., sigh, it might not always has been easy between both of us, but hey, it´s not like I didn´t felt your pain and sorrow, I can understand your feelings.

Let´s simply see it as an opportunity to travel the world, I mean you are held for dead right, so no one of Takigakure will try to get you back, I thought it was your dream to go out and see the world and actually, I though you would like to see that Konoha boy, this Naruto Uzumaki, again!" Chomei said

" Oho, are there perhaps some romantic feelings involved!" Yugito said, while Fuu blushed deep crimson.

"What do you want to say with that?" Fuu shouted at her embarrassed.

"Oh please we all saw that you liked him, even though you saw him for only a few minutes!" Yagura said, while Fuu blushed furiously.

"Stooop ittt!" She shouted embarrassed.

"It´s not like that, I just like the fact that he was as old as I, I mean all of you were so old, so it was nice to find a Jinnchuriki in the same age, I thought we might can become friends, but unfortunately I died before truly getting to know him!" Fuu said.

"Anyways, what shall we do now, as Chomei rightly said, we are held for dead, there is no one who´s going to search for us!" Han asked.

"No idea, but I cannot smell the fires of War or the pressure of Hatred in the air, it seems to me, as if they live in peace so far, so going back to our village wouldn´t help it either.

I guess we might as well just chill a bit here before we are summoned, however I ask myself why exactly we have been already summoned if nothing bad has happened yet!" Son Goku said.

"Guess you are right and questioning it won't help anyways, you saw how strong this boy really is, so he might as well force us to anything, but when Naruto Uzumaki needs us, then I am ready to fight, he saved us from Madara Uchiha!" Roshi said.

"But to think that we have to fight against beings, even stronger than us, I never thought this was possible, before the Juubi came, but these things are the very Origin of Chakra, according to this boy!" Kokuoh said, still enraged over this simple defeat.

"Well, if Naruto truly needs our help, we might as well help him I guess, i´m curious what has been become out of him and his ambitions to become Hokage, furthermore I would like to see what has happened to my pupil Hotaru, last time I was not even able to say goodbye to her!" Utakata said, looking up in the moonlit star-sky.

"Well I guess, we will see soon what has happened to anyone, whether we like it or not!" Shukaku, who, momentarily, was the only one without a human partner, said.

Meanwhile back in Konohagakure, early morning of the next day.

Sarada´s Pov:

I really ask myself how this could happen.

"Maybe Himawari was too hot and went out of our embrace!" I mused, as I still tried to comprehend the current situation, it was, honestly, not uncomfortable, as long as everyone sleeps.

And especially as long as this idiot does not becomes too cocky.

"Bolt you are such an idiot, but that's what I like on you!" I mumbled, blushing.

As I said it was not really uncomfortable to be touched by him, still I was only 16, I am not ready to go that far, at least not yet.

Unfortunately was this here a trap, set up from Himawari-chan, that I am certain of; it was like a finger trap, the more you try to pull the stronger the trap gets.

However, I was not able or better said, I had no intentions to push this here forward, for, as soon as I had brought his arms as far as for me to come out of his embrace, without waking him, his grip became tighter yet again.

"I bet it has grown to Hima-Chan's crap, on such an idea can only she come!" I mumbled.

"Enjoying the embrace, don't you?" I heard the chuckling voice of the girl in question, who watched the scene from afar.

"Why did you do that?" I asked her, while Bolt began to cling again.

"Oh c´mon, I have seen your glance as Senpou clinged on him, so I thought I might as well help you guys a bit out, I mean it´s not like I don´t know that you have a thing for Onii-chan!" She said, as she smiled sheepishly.

"Well thanks, but this will be an awkward waking for sure, it´s not like my heart is ready for this!" I whined and blushed in embarrassment.

Bolt´s hand caressed my belly under the shirt, I had honestly no idea what he was dreaming about, but I bet it was a dirty dream, that´s for sure.

That dummy, I almost can imagine what he´s dreaming of, ever since that one time, where he saw me half naked in the Bathroom.

His hand went higher, and the more it moved, the more I sweated, I just couldn´t believe what was happening, and Hima-chan watched every move, with that dirty and creepy smile.

Even though Bolt´s touch was soft and lovingly, I still was not prepared for something like this.

"In your case I would do something quick, he begins to wake up and to strip you!" Hima-chan said, chuckling evilly.

"MMmmm,…. Sarada-chan,… not so wild,…. be patient,… I will make you feeling good!" Bolt mumbled in his sleep, drooling and panting hard while caressing my belly.

"Ohnononononono!" I shouted and ripped myself as best as I could out of his embrace, however, this way we just landed in a very inappropriate manner on the floor, his hand unfortunately clinged on me, and so it came as it had to come.

My Bra was ripped off, his left hand landed on my boob, and the right was pulling on my pyjama-pant.

"Argh, noo, get off me Bolt, you pig, Idiot, Baka!" I shouted, trying to shove him away.

"What the….!" Bolt asked half asleep, groping my breast, caressed my hip and opened his sleepy eyes, only to see that he laid right above of me.

"Huh, Sarada, what the…., what are doing her in my bed….?" He asked, half asleep.

"Uuuuh!" I made, blushing deathly embarrassed, with teary eyes, his hands felt like they touched me everywhere, still they felt as soft as a brush.

"Huh…,yawn, what´s going on…..Oh my, what happened, I-I-I didn´t meant to, i´m sorry, I…..!" he tried but it was too late.

"Kyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaahhhhh!" I shouted and punched him right in the face, with full force, means fist clad in chakra, which made him flying in his Wardrobe.

"59 seconds, your reaction is too lame!" Himawari said, rolling on the floor laughing.

"Owwww, goddammit, I apologized, why did you do that?" He asked, as he went back out, of the remains of the wardrobe´s door, he wore a nice pair of bulges on his head.

I covered myself with the blanket, bra ripped off, panties halfway over my hips, blushing deep red, tears streaming down my face.

"Sa-sarada!" Bolt stammered baffled, and approached me concerning, but I backed away.

"No comment or I kill you!" I said, tears flowing and theethes gritted.

"I see, so this was what happened, I´m very sorry about this!" Bolt said and bowed before me, his head on the ground.

"I cannot be a bride anymore!" I cried and mumbled in deep embarrassment.

"Don´t say this, I will take responsibility, if you can bear with me!" Bolt said, I blushed in wonderment.

"Bolt-san, what are you saying, do you even know what this means!?" I asked in pure shock.

"I´m very sorry, Sarada-san, if you can bear with me, I will do anything to bring back your pride!" Bolt said and I began to chuckle, this was so Bolt, he would even go as far as to make this claim true.

I instantly am regretting what I had done, since I knew very well, that he actually couldn´t something for the situation either, no, it was all Himawari-chan´s fault.

"I´m sorry too, I really shouldn´t have punched you, please accept my apologies!" I said bowing as well, before I looked at him, still blushing.

"No you don´t have to apologize, I am responsible for this so it´s my duty to repent for it, how about a super duper deluxe menu at Ichiraku on my costs!" Bolt said.

"Yeah why not, but…uhm… B-bolt?" I asked blushing.

"Yes!" Bolt asked smiling.

"Do you mind to let me dress first?" I said, embarrassed to show so much skin.

"Yeah, I mean No, wait why no, I mean…. I better will go dress myself!" Bolt said and hasted behind the separation wall.

I had to chuckle by this, this really was so Bolt-like.

"Well this wasn´t that bad I would say, still, your reaction time was almost a whole minute long, it was as if you like being groped by Bolt-nii-chan, every other girl would have punched him twice to the moon, in the same time!" Himawari said, rolling on the floor laughing.

"You oh wait I will let you pay Bolt's ramen, and I will tickle you to death¨" I said as I attacked her.

"No, Sarada, ahahaha, please, stop, I give upahahaha, I'm sorry, I give uphahahaha" Himawari laughed out loud, waking up Senpou.

"What happened?" She asked half asleep, she had been fallen asleep halfway through the story.

"Nothing!" I said blushing deep red, grabbing my bra.

"This was embarrassing; I punched him even though he was not to blame for it, he even said he would do anything to bring my pride back,…. wait, but that would me he…he…!" I mumbled blushing deep red, while I dressed.

"Hey guys, i´m done, I will go down and look if Dad and Mom are already up!" We heard Bolt saying.

"Yeah, uhm B-bolt, i´m sorry about earlier, I didn´t meant to punch you so hard!" I said, as I bowed regretful.

"No, no, no problem, I was at fault anyways, I should have known, that something like this might happen, I bet this was planned!" Bolt said, with a smile as we spoke, bodies covered behind the separation.

"I´m sorry if I have touched you in an inappropriate manner, while sleeping, I'm really sorry, note that the offer for Ichiraku stands!" he whispered to me.

"Did you have a dirty dream perhaps?" I asked him curiously.

"I´m sorry, I already forgot what I was dreaming about, I guess the beat made me forget it!" He said and I nodded, a tiny bit I was disappointed, wait, why was I disappointed, because I couldn´t feel his gentle touches anymore?

"Well then, I will go look if they are up!" Bolt said and I nodded, being ripped out of my thoughts.

"Yes, I will come soon!" I said, and looked as he watched, I scanned him, and more his backside, with a flustered blush and a burning longing in my stomach.

However I also noticed something different, something which let my skin catch fire and my brain overheat.

"Is this, what I think it is?" I thought starring at his lower midsection and his well-shaped behind, before he vanished through the door.

"…. Baka…!" I smirked, a little teensy bit I was glad he feels so for me.

Bolt´s Pov:

I rushed out of the room and towards the toilet.

"Goddammit, how could this happen, this is really bad, I hope I did not speak in my sleep!" I mumbled as I closed the door behind me, I sighed, as I sat down on the toilet.

"Dammit, Himawari, why did you do that, what if I would have touched her down there, she would never ever forgive me if I had, would she?" I thought.

"I couldn´t possibly tell her what I was dreaming off, if she would know about that, she would never speak a word with me anymore.

It has to remain a secret that I dreamt about her, she shall never get to know about this dirty dream I had; she would kill me for sure!" I mumbled, as I went downstairs, thinking about it.

"Just what was I thinking, allowing such a dirty dream to unfold in my mind, not that I wouldn´t like to do this and that with Sarada.

Goddammit, she is very hot for Konoha´s sake, the boner I had earlier was evidence enough, I can be glad that she did not recognized it, or did she.

She is hot, cute and a wonderful kunoichi, but alone the imagination of being punched towards the moon, towards this Toneri guy, made me shiver.

I had absolutely no intention to see this Eyeless bastard, that tried to destroy the world, with help of destroying the moon, letting it fall upon us.

Even though he helped, in a way, to bring Mom and Dad closer together, which resulted in mine and Hima-chan´s birth.

I guess that was the only thing he did right, back then.

"Hey is anybody up?" I asked, as I arrived downstairs.

"Ah Bolt, good you guys are up, I already asked myself what happened, as I heard the scream of Sarada!" mom asked.

"Yeah we kinda had a bad waking, anyways, where is Dad?" I asked her, as I embraced her.

"He has gone out early, on a Conference with the other Kage, according to Mizukage, have many fishermen's, seen that the Bijuu have met and fought against each other, last night, in the old destroyed Uzushiogakure, the Island which once has been controlled by the Uzumaki Clan.

According to the fishermen, who managed to hide and watch, they have been summoned by a Ninja same as their old Jinnchuriki, who have been, with an unknown Technic, being resurrected out of the realm of the death!" mom said.

"So this was that, I felt through Kyūbiko, that something had calling for him, last night!" I said.

"Yeah Naruto said something similar, that Kurama heard a luring flute-melody, or something like this, anyways, the Kage are all worried, that perhaps Shinobi from different villages will try to catch them to use their power to launch attacks at the united nations, for example Otogakure and Orochimaru.

Ever since he has been resurrected during the 4th Ninja World War, he has been vanished from our radar ever since, he is a gruesome Shinobi with even more gruesome methods to achieve his goals.

Your father is very worried about this, also because he wants to speak with the Kages about a better way to select Jinnchurikis in the future, also to look for a different kind of seal, so that the Former Jinnchuriki don´t have to die anymore when giving the Bijuu to the next one.

He is also very concerned about the opinion of the people, he wants to revolute the world, so that Jinnchurikis will have a better social stand, rather than being hated and avoided by everyone, even their own land who made them to what they are.

I don´t really know how he wants to do all of this, but I think that he and Killer B, thanks to being friends as well as Jinnchurikis themselves, they know best what to do about this!" Mom said and so I knew my Dad, he was always concerned about Future Jinnchurikis and the Bijuus.

Ever since my birth, perhaps even before, he feared that people and nations will create new Jinnchurikis, and so raising new hatred, grudges and contempt against those to become Jinnchurikis, as well as against the Bijuu´s themselves.

"I see, so he will be busy all morning!" I said.

"Perhaps, I heard, he also wants to speak with them about an emergency plan, since some time, many earthquakes have shaken the land of Earth and the land of Lightning as well as the realms and islands between them.

He has a hard job, that's for sure, but especially now, should this what that Neherit says become true, he has probably no free minute anymore and I fear that he will suffer a new Burn out, the last was very worse.

He is our Hokage, but he cannot forget, that over all of his duties, he too is only human!" Mom said and she wore again this worried glance.

"Anyways how are the Girls, did they are awoken all already?" Mom asked.

"Coming!" We heard Himawari saying and everyone came down the stairs, while I was preparing the table.

As Sarada and I met, bumping in each other, we blushed and spun around, gazing in each other´s eyes.

"Sorry again!" We both whispered in each other's ear.

"Senpou, your parents called, your Dad is on a Mission and your mom had to open the Shop early, according to her, things are about to get round again, there should come a massive delivery of new weapons for her to sell!" Mom said and looked a bit worried.

"This don´t suit me, all signs are standing on new Battles to come, I know, for a Shinobi peace is as good as it is futile, but still, I rather have my dears save and sound, than to have to mourn at their early funeral!" Mom said and we all knew what she meant.

We knew she appreciated and was proud about our all wish, to protect our village, but we also clearly knew that not only she, but all mothers were suffering every time we were on missions, I knew that they feared for every-time that we are away, we might get hurt or have to fight, or even worse that we might get killed.

"No fear mom, I will keep everyone save, you won't have to go towards a funeral of us, I won´t allow this!" I said to her embracing her strongly, same as Himawari.

"Yes mommy, we are all Top ninjas, we promise, that we will defend the king, that we protect the village, and that we always come back, as safe and sound as to the time we went away, so no fear Mommy!" Himawari said pressing herself on mom, who shed some tears.

"My Babies, no matter how old you will get and no matter how strong you truly are, as a mother I will always be worried about you, but I know I can trust you my dears, Mommy will always love you!" mom said and cried, while we all did our best to comfort her, after a while she calmed down.

"I'm sorry but whenever you go out for a mission, I have to think about the possibility, that someday I might get a call from the hospital, saying you fell during a mission, you have no idea how it is for someone, to suddenly feel the emptiness, friends and families, who were on our side hours ago, just aren´t there anymore.

It was the same with your Uncle Neji, in the first moment he stood next to me, and in the next moment he lied on the ground saying his last words, making his last glances at me and Naruto, I had to see how the life vanished out of him.

I don´t ever want to have to see this again, I never want to hear that someday my babies just aren't there anymore, that I never can hear their voices, hear the thuds of their steps in the house, that I never will be able to see those bright blue eyes gazing up to me with childish innocence.

When I think about that very moment, I just want to hold you and keep you from ever going out again, in the deepest of my soul I just want to close you in my arms and never let go until I die.

But your father is right, as a mother I shall have faith in my Children no matter what, I´m sorry that I'm a bother to you!" Mom said.

"Cut the crap mom, you are neither a bother nor will we ever see you as such, you are our mother, you bore us in your belly, gave birth to us, fed us, taught us the world we are living in, and you always were there whenever we needed you, it's only logical that you are worried about us, same as we are worried about you.

That is exactly what we love on you, your sensitivity, your softness, your kindness and care, we love you the way you are and no matter what, we will always stay on your side, through life and death, war and peace, we will stay by your side through all the times!" We said.

"I thank you so much,... oh my look at the time, I guess you will train afterwards a bit, Bolt, Himawari, not?

Then you need a strengthening breakfast, for sure.

Well then c´mon, let´s eat!" Mom said after a while, her tears dried and her mood was back up from 0 to hero of the Kitchen, and so we practically fell over the food, like wild beasts.

"So, what´s up, what are you guys doing today?" Mom asked, while she calmly and politely ate, just as one would expect it from the Heiress of the Hyuuga Clan and the wife of the, still uncrowned, Head of the Neo Uzumaki Clan.

"Well the Chunin Exam will had their second round repeated and will end today at noon, The Hokage has meanwhile the first part of his Kage meeting, then he will announce us the Chunin exam Final´s condition, afterwards Neherit wants us to meet at the outer Training-field.

Afterwards he´s going to the second part of the Meeting, and that might last a bit.

Konohamaru-sensei is momentarily in a meeting with the other Jonins, same as Mirai-senpai!" Senpou said.

"Kurenai-sensei and Asuma sensei´s Daughter?" Mom asked.

"Yes she has been promoted to a Jonin, a few weeks ago and was instructed as the new Leader of Inojin´s team, after Shikadai´s father became the new Body guard and advisor of your Father, Bolt, as the old one, Shizune-san, retired.

According to Chouchou is she, beside of her young age for a Jonin, very talented and a strong fighter, just like her mother, after all it was the Hokage that taught her as her Sensei!" Senpou said.

"I see, well seems like you have a lot of free time today, anyways now eat and wake up for real, and then you have to prepare for when Naruto calls you towards the Training-field!" Mom said.

"Mommy are you coming with us?" Himawari asked.

"Of course, I have to beat Neherit up after all, if something happens to you!" She said with a smile, which let the ice-cold chill crawling up our spines.

It was mom´s most badass rape face.

After a while we were done eating, no matter where or what, Mom´s food was the best.

"So I guess we might as well meet up with the others and train a bit, it´s not like it would be for nothing, if we want to succeed in the finals, we need every free minute we can get, not!?" I said to Sarada and Senpou and they nodded.

"Bolt, may I come with you?" Himawari asked.

"But of course, I would love to hear your opinion on our new techniques!" I said.

I was always glad, when I could spent some time with my beloved little sister, also I was able to make sure that she was not being mobbed anymore.

It was very worse, as she came in the Academy for the first time, everyone in her class expected, that she has extra lessons since she was the daughter of the Hokage and the heiress of the Hyuuga clan and that she would be super strong.

However, as soon as they got to know that Himawari was only a little over the average, not enough to be called a Genius, they began to make fun of her, calling her stupid, dumb and a disgrace for the Hyuuga clan.

This hurt her very much, but no matter how much she begged for them to stop, they just didn´t.

Beside of one person, her best friend Katsuo, the whole class made fun of her, it went on for five months, she never said something at home, because, so she said later, she didn´t want to look weak before mom and dad.

It went on, so long until it escalated and until the moment that I found out about the truth.

It was that one day as both Himawari and Katsuo were being mobbed again, behind the school, by some of their classmates.

I was waiting for her to get her home, since it was dad's Birthday and we still had to prepare anything.

Everyone was gone but her, even though the school had been out for a half hour already.

Using my Byakugan, I found her behind the school building, being encircled, together with Katsuo, by a group of upper students.

They were about to throw small rocks on them, before I jumped from high above and used my, from my Hyuuga genes inherited, Jukken Taijutsu, to craft a shield.

It was the first time for me to use Hakke Shou Kaiten (Eight Trigrams Palm of the Hand, Heavenly Spin), I never did it before and it still was too weak to be used in a serious battle, but it was enough to shoot the rock back to their addressor.

I think everyone can imagine how angry I was at them, and I truly was inches away of strangling them; if not Sarada would have showed up, I might actually have done it.

Himawari cried the whole way home, saying that she was sorry for being a bother.

Logically I tried my best to comfort her, and thanks to Sarada helping me, it worked.

On my question why she never told anything about it, she said that she didn´t wanted to make our parents feel ashamed of her and that she knew she was a disgrace to our family.

I think it was the first and only time, that I slapped Himawari across the face, I still remember Sarada and Katsuo´s shocked faces.

I was angrier as ever before at her, I yelled that Mom and Dad rather would commit suicide, than to ever feel ashamed of anyone of us both.

I said goodbye to Sarada and took Himawari back home to my parents, so that they could tell her first-hand what they think about her.

It was a tearfully scene, Mom cried, Himawari cried and Dad and I tried our best to comfort both.

Dad stated that Himawari, not only by her looks, was very similar to mom, as she was young.

He called it the `Hyuuga Heiress Underestimation Syndrome´.

According to him, was Hinata like a sleeping Volcano, she looked (and still looks) harmless and not dangerous at all, but as soon as a certain trigger is pulled on her, she goes high like a bomb.

By mom it was the fact, that when someone threated or mobbed her beloved ones, she truly goes berserk and becomes as strong as a top Jonin.

My poor sister is very sensitive if it comes to hurting or being mean to others, that's mostly why she didn´t really fought back against the mobbing, or told me about it, she knew I would spank some asses.

She hates violence of any kind and always tries to go at things diplomatically, she had a thing for using Dads Chiryō-no-Jutsu ( Therapy Jutsu), however, if it comes down to it, she is also willing to fight, in order to protect those dear to her.

A treat which made her a strong and important member of the Konohagakure 8, which is consisting of, Sarada, Katsuo, Senpou, Shikadai, Inojin, Chouchou, Himawari and myself.

Some time later:

It was shortly before noon as we met up with the others.

They were already waiting at the trainings field.

"Hey, guys, how are you!" I said happily, while they looked with half enraged expressions at us.

"How we are, dammit we were worried, you guys were gone for 2 days without telling us, and you didn´t even called us yesterday!" Chouchou spat in anger.

"Well it´s not like we really had a choice, dad told us to keep shut about it, until he would be able to prove the rightfulness of what we had encountered!" I said and they nodded.

"False information can cause dire situation in battles, dad always says so!" Shikadai said nodding.

"Exactly what dad meant too, after all your father is the right hand of our father!" I said.

"Anyways, shall we train a bit before the big announcement?" I asked them and they nodded.

"Let´s train again the combo sets we have created, just in case that we need them, I mean , they all speak about that there might be single battles, but I think I heard dad talking about tag team battles with Uncle Kankuro!" Shikadai said.

"Yeah, Darui-san said the same to mom, at least I think that was what they were talking about!" Chouchou stated.

"I don´t know anything concrete, however, as long as I don´t have to fight against anyone of you, I am all glad, and if we fight in tag teams, then I know who I will go with!" I said, glancing over towards Sarada, who blushed.

"My, my, the love birds again!" Chouchou teased, while the other chuckled.

I blushed at the mere calling of lovebirds, I remembered the early morning all too well, same as Sarada so it seemed; she was blushing deep red.

"Well shall we start, how about we make Tag team training battles, we will have to spent some time with this now anyways, we won´t be able to do much together as a group from now on.

For we do have to train our Combo-compatibility with our Partners, this gets better the most, when we train in pairs, don´t you think so too?" Inojin shared his thought.

"I think you are right, if we can concentrate only on our partner combo-compatibility, we will be certain to make a good performance later in the finals.

Logically doesn´t that mean, that we cannot meet each other, no it is necessary to know how the training of everyone is progressing, so we also can hang around for a while, so to say as a break from training!" I said and also quickly though about what I was saying, as I saw Himawari´s sorrowful glance.

"On that we will have the Chunin wests, bare on our hands!" We shouted.

"No matter what, we will cheer for you, not Katsuo!?" Himawari asked her friend.

"B-but of course, H-Himawari-chan!" Katsuo stammered blushing.

"Thanks guys, well then, let´s go!" I said.

"We go first, shall we!" Chouchou asked Shikadai, with a grin.

"Sure if that´s your wish, the earlier we do it, the faster we are done and can go back on chilling!" The same said, with his usual be-lazy-be-happy attitude.

"Well then, prepare the field, please!" Shikadai asked.

"I´m on it sweety!" Chouchou said flirting, as she used her Raiton forces to cut some pieces out of the ground and began to lift them up in the air, by magnetizing them.

"Alright a bit higher,…yes that's enough!" Shikadai said, before the rocks were high enough to throw big shadows on the ground.

"Alright here we go, Kage keisei no Jutsu, Pinbōru no Kensetsu (Jutsu of the shadow-forming, Pinball construction)!" Shikadai shouted, using his shadow based Jutsu to form constructions.

They were looking like a giant Pinball field, out of the shadow the rocks threw on the ground, the Shadows were connected to the underside of the rocks, holding them up in the sky, even without Chouchou´s Float-Jutsu.

"Wow!" I heard Himawari saying, as she watched this in awe.

"Alright, am done so far sweety, I´m going over to phase two!" Chouchou announced, flirtingly.

"Yeah, do that Chouchou!" Shikadai said, as he went in the right stance, lifting himself up with his own shadow, which he had connected to the whole field.

"Rōringu-kyū suisei no jutsu (Jutsu of the Lightning-sphere comet)!" Chouchou shouted, as she used her Raiton in combination with her Nikudan Sensha (Human Boulder), making herself a Railgun projectile.

"Haaa!" Shikadai Shouted, using his shadow Jutsus to shoot Chouchou high up in the sky.

"What are they doing?" Himawari asked me confused.

"Well it´s so, due to her normal speed as the Human Boulder, her speed gets even more increased, to 30 Mps (Miles per second), if she sets the electro-magnetic force-field of the earth, right under her, with her Raiton out of function.

This way, her speed get so fast, that she can crash into things without hurting herself, also it works like a drill, drilling holes and tunnels in the ground, in this case it is to throw up some rocks.

Enough for Shikadai to craft all necessary things, like bumpers, Acceleration rails and so on, out of the shadow they throw, creating the Kage Pinbōru Pitchi (Shadow Pinball Playground).

This way she is able to overrun her opponent with high-speed, without having to stop.

It´s good for training, to train their abilities, but in a real fight it is, due to its two phases to be crafted, rather unpractical, then they simply remain at Phase one, cutting rock, throw them in the air and creating a ring made of their shadows, around the opponents.

All what Chouchou then has to do, is either crushing her prey, like right now…!" I said, as Chouchou came with high-speed down on the ground, destroying the whole field around her in a radius of 400 meters, still the shadow-construction didn´t moved a millimetre.

"Or to use the flexible shadow-walls of the ring, to throw herself from side to side, her top speed in this combo is 50 MPS, it is inevitable!" I finished my explanation.

"I see, so the opponent, one time being caught within the Ring, has no chance to escape, for Chouchou is too fast to be dodged!" Himawari stated.

"Exactly, from this combination of Taijutsu and Raiton use, no one can escape, this is our Lethal Weapon, Chouchou Akimichi!" I said, as we tried to follow Chouchou's movements.

However we soon gave up, feeling extremely nausea, due to her being too fast to catch with human eyes.

"C-cool!" Himawari said, eyes spinning.

"Well, the next ones are Senpou and Inojin!" I said.

"I-Inojin-s-san, g-good luck!" Himawari stammered, with a cute blush, while Inojin showed her the flash-tooth and a thumb up.

Katsuo looked as unstrung as me, towards this scene.

"What the hell has this guy, what I don´t have?" I heard the poor boy asking himself.

"Bolt, would you help us?" Senpou asked me.

"Sure, Kagami-bushin no jutsu!" I shouted, creating Clones of me.

"Alright here we go!" We, means my Clones, shouted and went to attack Senpou, who also had created Kage-bushin of herself, to defend Inojin, who began to draw all kinds of Weapon summoning Notes, for Senpou´s, special Taijutsu, Amādo-ken no arashi no ken (Armoured Storm-sword fist).

She was using her fists as well as her feet, to rapidly decimate the number of my Kagami-bushin, I had a bad feeling in my throat the more often she managed to slice the ones of my Kagami-bushin.

In approximately 3 minutes she managed to defeat approximately 30.000 of them, while I kept on casting them, until I was so exhausted that I broke together in the bank.

"Time out, stop, I can no longer keep this up, I need a break, please!" I shouted in exhaustion.

"Well Bolt, less eating ramen, and more training, that´s how it goes!" Senpou stated chuckling.

"She didn´t even broke in sweat!" I mumbled, goddammit this girl sure has power.

"Well to load my accumulator back up, I need food in particular, and ramen is just the best to this!" I said.

"You Uzumakis sure love ramen!" Shikadai said sweat-dropping.

"Of course we do, as a true Konoha Uzumaki, you do have to have Ramen in your blood!" Himawari said with a pout and we all chuckled on this.

"You sure are right Hima-chan, well then, of towards Ichiraku!" I said and they all nodded.

"Sarada, Bolt wait up!" Himawari shouted as she rushed between us, smiling.

"You going to pay for Sarada, Himawari, as atonement for earlier, understood!" I said, with a stern look.

"I haven´t forgotten what happened this morning!" I said to her and she nodded blushing but also giggling evilly.

"What happened this morning?" Chouchou asked, creeping up from behind, making us shivering and sweat dropping.

"Uhmm, well, nothing important at all, you know…!" We said blushing gazing aside.

However it was Chouchou we were talking towards, she will not stop until she has all the details, and she knows ways to get them.

"Tell me,…. Everything!" She said threating and excited.

"Sorry, see ya!" I said grabbing Himawari and Sarada´s hand and rushed at high-speed away from this gossip girl.

"BOLT UZUMAKI STOP THIS INSTANT AND TELL ME WHAT´S GOING ON!" Chouchou shouted, running after us.

She was not slow, if you may assume, not at all, ever since she got older until today, she slimmed down from her former baby fat and wasn´t `that chubby´ anymore, still, she loved to eat, just like her father, and she did it often.

To be honest she do has some hot curves, if I may say so, she was adorable, kind and lovely, at least in my opinion.

I know her since our childhood, ever since She, Shikadai and Inojin were in the same pre-school class as me.

I never truly saw me as one, who like to be surrounded by fangirls and boys who only want to polish up their image.

I rather liked to hang out with the `outsiders´, like they called Inojin, Shikadai, Chouchou, Senpou and Sarada, friends I fully can trust and who don´t let me hang when things go downhill.

Friends to steal horses with and who rides with me into the dawn.

"Bolt, this is your last chance, believe me, I will chase you guys through the whole town!" Chouchou shouted enraged.

If there is one thing she hates the most, then it´s definitely being left out on gossip, between the girls.

She always has to be up-to-date and she mostly was the first to have heard something about someone, the typical Gossip girl.

The second thing she hates, was when someone tries to steal her food, then she goes berserk.

It happened only one time that I saw it, to the time that we hit the third grade, a few classmates meant they had to make fun of her figure, call her mean, I mean really, really mean names and on top of that, they stole her bag of chips.

If you ever come across an Akimichi, never, I repeat, never make the mistake to steal their food.

If we wouldn´t have stopped her that time, promising to buy her new chips, she might have punched them to the hospital and get herself in trouble.

Unfortunately our Classmates loved to tease us to the bones, hoping that we actually do get in trouble.

However since our first and mutual successful B mission they never tried it again, for we progressed far better in becoming Ninjas than they did.

With the time, they began to stop being ninjas, beside of a few other Clans, no one seemed to want to become Ninja anymore, most of them even said that the profession of a Ninja is dying out, that it has no future anymore.

But we from the Konohagakure Eight, never stopped being and living the life of Ninjas, we are a sworn round, and this will remain until the day that we separate to start our own families, still, I am certain, that we will stay friends forever.

"Finally, we are here!" I said, as we arrived before Ichiraku´s Noodle shop.

Ever since Ayame came together with Kakashi-san, even as he still was the 6th Hokage, Teuchi-san began to enlarge his business a bit, it was now even bigger and he could fit far more Guests inside, than before 10 years.

"Hey Teuchi-san, three big portion ramen deluxe please!" I said, as I sat down.

"Ah Bolt, Himawari, Sarada, next to the Hokage one of my most beloved guests here, how is it, I heard you managed to get through the second test of the Chunin exam, all of you, Congratulations!" Teuchi said, as the others arrived too.

"Booolt!" Chouchou wheezed in a creepy manner, for her, not meaning it bad, this probably must have been like running a marathon, since it do were approximately 25 miles from the training field towards the Noodle-shop.

"Finally I got you, and now, tell me anything, every single dirty detail!" She said with fiery eyes.

"Sure, after our meal, my dear!" I said and she nodded.

"I keep an eye on you, if you dare to escape before telling me, I will make you pay for it!" she said and we chuckled.

"Anyways, I think if we keep up like we do, the Chunin final will be a piece of Cake!" I said.

"In any way we will press both thumbs for good luck, you guys truly deserve it!" Ayame, who appeared from behind the counter said.

"Thanks Ayame and…. whoa wait, what is that?" we asked in unison.

"Well what do you assume?" Ayame chuckled at our glance, as we scanned her grown belly.

"Is it truly what we think of?" Himawari asked.

"Yes of course, it´s a child which will soon be born, I'm pregnant in the 4th month!" Ayame stated, visibly happy.

"Cool, but, what about… you know?" Senpou asked.

"What, ah, but of course, Kakashi asked me last week and I said yes!" Ayame stated, blushing and if even possible, went even happier, as she showed us the diamond ring.

"Yay, Kakashi san and Ayame are going to marry and have a baby!" Himawari said happily, she loved wedding, ever since she was on Kiba-san and Tamaki-san´s wedding but even more she loved taking care of Babies, like the soon to be born Inozuka-Twins.

"Well Congratulation, ah and Ayame!" we said.

"Yes, what´s the matter guys,… uhm, guys?" She asked sweat dropping, as we looked at her with penetrating stares.

"If Kakashi-san is walking up with a damn mask on his face, we will punch him to the moon, tell him that!" We said in unison.

It was true, in all the time since we know and saw him, he never took of his mask, which was damn annoying, if you speak with him.

"Well I hope he does not bring it along, but I also cannot force him, can I?" Ayame mumbled.

"Oh c´mon, you have to be more assertive in this!" Senpou said.

"A man must also respect his wife's wishes, or do you want to kiss him, while he has his mask on?" Senpou said.

"No not really!" Ayame stated in thoughts.

"Anyways when´s the schedule!?" Sarada asked.

"Next month, after the Chunin Final, we talked with the Hokage about it and he meant that we shall do both, the party, if you shall have succeeded in the Finals and the Wedding together, this way we could party double so hard!" Ayame said and I facepalmed, such an idea can also only come from dad, but I guess he only seeks a way to spent some time with the family and friends, rather than constantly working till late.

"Anyways, I heard that today you will get to know what's coming in the Finals, dammit I am so excited, I'm glad you came so far right away!" She stated.

"We too, believe us!" Chouchou said.

"Anyways, it was delicious just like always, thanks for the food!" She said, as she was about to pay.

"Let it go, I will pay, I still haven't paid you back for the last mission, as you saved me!" Shikadai said.

"Th-thanks Shikadai!" Chouchou stammered blushing, I scanned her from head to toe, the way her eyes moved with every of Shikadai's gestures.

Perhaps, we still get out of her interrogation at some point.

"I am full!" Himawari said.

"Me too!" Sarada said.

"Me either, well then, I will pay Himawari´s and Himawari, as I said earlier you pay Sarada´s food!" I said to her and she nodded.

"Well I pay your food, it told you 3 days ago, that I owe you one!" Sarada said and I was about to object, but she stared at me, which made me shut my trap instantly.

"Sure if you like so!" I said to her.

"Haaa, your relationship is so wonderfully uncomplicated!" Chouchou said.

"You think?" I said, without thinking myself.

"Hahaha, busted, I knew something has happened between you!" Chouchou said, Sarada and me blushed deep red.

"C´mon, tell me, how far have you gone?" She asked interested.

"And you and Shikadai, how far are you?" We asked whispering.

"Whaaa, what do you mean?" She asked flushing red, faking ignorance.

"Oh c´mon, it´s obvious that you like him!" I said.

"Maybe, at least I don´t have to play an act then, I know you have a thing for each other, you just won't admit it to yourselves, that's all, not, am I right or am I right!" She asked us, but before anyone could say something more, the Voice of Konohamaru-sensei called us.

He and Mirai sempai stood outside of Ichiraku´s on the street.

"Ah there you are, I knew I might find you here, c´mon you all, the Final´s announcement will soon begin!" Konohamaru-sensei said and we nodded, each of us paid the food.

"Himawari, please go home and wait until you are called up to the field, no deviations, go straight home, got it!" I said to my little sister.

"Sure Bolt, I'm not a little Kid anymore!" Himawari said, pouting, which made us chuckle.

"Katsuo, go with her, make sure she really goes home, ah and if you fail on this, make sure to get punished!" Sarada said, with cracking knuckles.

"I trust you with my sister's safety, Katsuo, you better don't disappoint me, you know!" I threated and the boy nodded fearfully.

They waved goodbye and went home on speedy toes and so we rushed towards the Chunin tower, led by our Senseis.

"So how´s the situation?" Sarada asked.

"Luckily no too many teams managed to get through, so we don´t have to make Preliminaries!" The Senseis said.

"I see, so how does it look like, how many teams of which village are still in the game?" I asked Konohamaru-Sensei.

"Well there are, 4 teams of Sunagakure, 3 other teams of Konohagakure, 5 teams of Kumogakure, 3 teams of Iwagakure, 2 teams of Takigakure, and 1 team of Hoshigakure, so 60 persons with you six.

Your Father decided to make something special this time, however even I don´t know yet what it is.

Most of the Jonins have arrived already, for the last meeting, alright stay here, as soon we are ready you will be called in!" He said, as he led us in the waiting room, which was packed full with Genins from everywhere.

Beside of the usual Villages, there was for the very first time a team of Hoshigakure at the Chunin exam, their leaders, so according to Senpou´s mother, were old friends of her, her husband, Uncle Neji and Dad.

Hokuto-san and Sumaru-Sensei, Sumaru-Sensei would be, according to what he told dad, being announced to become the next Hoshikage.

His last mission before this, was to guide his Team through the Chunin exam and come back successfully.

They seemed to be strong though.

"Anyone we know?" I asked the others, as we looked around.

"No, at least not good enough, to call a friend!" Shikadai said.

"I see, well guess we better relax now, I bet it won't last that long!" I said, as I pulled a chair before sitting down, the others followed my lead.

I should be right, not 20 minutes later the doors opened and we were lead in a big hall, where a mighty statue of two hands forming a Finger sign was standing in the back of the hall.

Right in front, all the senseis of the remaining teams stood alongside of Dad.

"Welcome my dear participants, until here all of you have succeeded in the first two Tests of the Chunin-exam, it was sure not easy, not for the least thanks to the unfortunate abortion we had to take, I wanted again, in the name of the entire village of Konohagakure, excuse me for the interrogation we had to take, many of you asked of why this had happened, I shall gladly explain it to you.

Unfortunately, with all the other Participants, also three Nukenins, disguised as Genins from Suna, managed to enter the entire Chunin exam so far, fortunately, they could get caught before doing any more damage.

What exactly their goal was, could still not be cleared yet, however , thanks to some sources, who met and survived an ambush of them, first hand, they wanted to disturb the entire Exam on a gruesomely way.

Several Teams had taken damage through them but none of them got too severe wounds, which our medical teams could not fix, logically we also could not disqualify those teams who had fallen victim to them.

After the interrogation, which, thanks to your cooperation, was being able to be finished in one day, we were able to repeat the test and could so select the last Teams.

All of you, again thank you for your cooperation!" Dad said and we all clapped.

"Anyways, now enough of the past, let´s go on to the future, as you know will soon, in a month to be precise, the Chunin exam Finals begin.

For those who are their first time at a Chunin examen, note, that the last test consists out of a Battle, one-on-one, at least so it was, however, since so many participants have made it through, we have to decimate the number a bit!" Dad said and we all sweated buckets and everywhere I heard murmuring, Konohamaru-sensei said, there would be no Preliminaries.

What was dad up to?

"However due to having to have postponed the Finals for a few days already, the Council of Konoha and Sunagakure, in a mutual decision, had decided to make the last Test, a Tag-team Battle.

Currently, 60 participants are still in the game, so each one of you has to find a partner, so that we have 30 pairs.

Unfortunately will this bill not work, since your usual teams are made of 3 members, which means that you have to take the initiative and merge your teams from time to time, with team mates from other villages together!" Dad said and let a bomb shattering, right in our faces.

"This has logically also another purpose, than to simply even the numbers.

Sometimes in a life of a Ninja, there comes the day where you have to make mutual mission, together with other teams of different villages, however it isn´t always said that you have any kind of information about the abilities of your new teammates, but still you have to learn to trust them blindly.

This is also the duty of a Team leader, to be able to find out the abilities of your teammates and to be able to craft strategies based on these abilities!" Dad explained and many of us nodded, this was indeed true.

"The teams you can make individually, however you also have to teach others a bit about you, so that they can decide.

If you have your partner, we would like you to fill your name and the name of your chosen partner, in the computer over here, the Battles 2 vs 2 then will be randomly chosen, and this is then the Battle plan for the battles in one month.

Use this time to get to know your new partner, as best as you can, and to train with them, for if you are in the arena, there is no time to ask.

I can only advice you, use the time given to you wisely!" Dad said.

"Well then, all that is left to say is, good luck and may the best win; we meet again at the 1. July!" He stated and everybody clapped.

It gave some murmur, while everyone tried to find a partner.

"Well guys, shall we?" I asked and they nodded, and so we six put our names on the list as following.

Shikadai Nara- Chouchou Akimichi- Team Akinara.

Inojin Yamanaka- Senpou Rock- Team Yamanock.

Bolt Uzumaki- Sarada Uchiha- Team Uchimaki.

"Guess we can now relax for maximal 3 days and afterwards we go on training with our partners, what do you think?" I asked and they nodded.

"Yeah, after all those battle and all what has happened lately, I really need some free-time to just chill a bit!" Sarada said.

"You speak my words Sis!" Chouchou stated.

"I have no objection!" Shikadai only meant.

"Well guys I don´t know, I mean the earlier we start training the stronger and better we get not?" Inojin said, trying effortlessly to convince us to begin training earlier, he truly was a working–animal.

"Chilling is nice, but Inojin is right, as long as we have the power of our youth on our side, we should not let the days pass while doing nothing, a least 5 hours of training a day, this is the minimum, okay?" Senpou stated, fired up.

Beside of some moments, she was more level-headed than her father.

"Anyways what shall we do now?" I asked my comrades ignoring both claims, as best as I could.

"Well I wanted to go bathing before your great match, and also, you still have to tell me all the details, Sarada!" Chouchou said and we both sweat dropped.

"Okay I guess we all can need a chill bath, before the time has come, so how about we go to the hot sources, as soon as I get called, I will call you so keep your handys near you, Girls!" I said and they nodded, and so we made our way to the Bathhouse.

2 hours later:

2 Hour had past until we were asked to come towards the outer Training field, by Dad himself.

As we made our way through the town to the field, we had to see, that the whole townspeople seemed to have gotten wind from the battle and it seemed, as if it has become a folk-festival all of a sudden.

Everywhere we saw stands, with foods or games, bet-offices and so on, there was practically no corner where not a stand stood.

"Just who the hell has announced what's going to happen here?" Dad mumbled, fairly annoyed.

"Well after all it´s not always that the Hokage participates in such a spectacle!" Mom said.

"Guess you are right there, but seriously, it could also went over without all of this!" Dad said sighing, while we came closer to the training field.

"Ah Hokage, over here!" We heard Shigure´s voice.

"Shigure, Sarin-san, good afternoon!" Dad said happily, to the man that came up to us.

"Mighty full here, isn´t it?" Shigure said, looking around.

"Quite!" we stated.

"Seems like someone has announced, that something big would go on, in our town!" Dad said, rolling his eyes.

"Yeah seems so!" Shigure said chuckling.

"Is Neherit already at the Field?" Dad asked.

"No, still not, at least as far as I know, I told them that they shall call us out, they even built a Tribune around the field, crazy not?" Shigure said.

"Indeed, I see, well then, we might as well enjoy the festival a bit!" Dad said, as we walked through the streets of the town.

"I think we might do this, Sarin, why don´t you go with Bolt, Himawari and their friends a bit around, amuse yourselves a bit, before the fight begins!" Shigure said to his daughter.

"Well, if I may!" Sarin asked me.

"Well I have nothing against it, any objections?" I asked my friends but none of them seemed to be neither for nor against it, they simply didn´t know her, that's why they were carefully with her.

"Guess everything is okay, so far, well then off to amuse ourselves!" I said and they all nodded.

And so we made our way over the festival, which was called, the Uzumaki-Battle royal.

After a while I noticed that Sarin was slacking off on speed.

"Sarin, what´s the matter are you not feeling well?" I asked concerned.

"….. uhm guys, is it really okay if I come with you, I mean I don´t want to be a bother to you.

I´m sure, I also can amuse myself a bit alone, I don´t want to ruin the mood with my presence!" Sarin said.

"Girl, what are you talking about, it´s not like anybody can kill our mood, hell, we don´t see you as a bother, we are glad that you would like to be friends with us, but you also got to take the initiative at some point.

I mean, we don´t really know who you are, so we are a bit carefull, neither do you know who we are that's why you rightfully not trust us either, at least not instantly, it´s only natural.

I think we rightly can say that we really would like to get to know each other better, so please go on, tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live, what do you like, and what you think?" Chouchou said, taking the initiative.

"I see, thanks, for not seeing me as a bother, well, where shall I begin.

I´m Sarin Uzumaki, 16 years old, nice to meet you!" Sarin-san said, blushing.

"Hi, Sarin, I am Chouchou Akimichi, I´m also 16, nice to meet you too!" Chouchou said, in her typical friendly manner.

"Geez how Troublesome, anyways, I´m Shikadai Nara, also 16, and with Chouchou and Inojin in a team, nice to meet you!" Shikadai said in his everlasting lazy manner.

"I´m Inojin Yamanaka, I´m 16 as well, nice to meet you!" Inojin said excited.

"I´m Senpou Rock, 16 and in the springtime of my Youth, nice to meet you Sarin-san!" Senpou said and energetically shook Sarin´s hand.

"I´m Sarada Uchiha, but we already met yesterday, anyways I'm 16 too, and this is my Brother, Katsuo!" Sarada said to her with a smile, who tried to be friendly, it was more a mix of threating stare and creepy smile though.

"Hi I am Katsuo, I´m 14 and Sarada´s brother nice to meet you Sarin-san!" Katsuo said politely.

"And I'm Himawari, but you know that already, I'm 14 too, nice to meet you, Sarin-san!" Himawari said excitedly, even more than Inojin-san.

"And together we are the Konohagakure Eight, 8 like the number of people we are and 8 for the eternal friendship we had sworn with blood!" I said, even though the blood part was a lie, more or less, at least it was not freely that we had bleed.

"I see, you are a sworn group, that´s nice, I wish I had too friends I could call my clique, unfortunately do I have none.

My father and I, we often moved, across the land of fire and the land of whirlpools, we never staid long enough at the same place, for me to even get in touch with people, the only people I know were the victims of my dad´s job!" Sarin said and now that I heard it from herself I really felt sorry for her.

As her father said 4 days ago, that she trained to be a kunoichi able to kill and take revenge on the murders of our Clan, I knew that she must have lived a lonely life.

"Well we, only if you want of course, would like to become your friends, not guys?" I asked my friends and they all nodded in unison.

"No one should be alone, everybody needs somebody beside of the parents to feel loved, I have my friends and Nii-san!" Himawari said.

"You can have friends too, we will show you how to get in touch with people!" Himawari said in her lovely childish manner.

"Thanks Himawari!" Sarin stated blushing.

"Anyways, where shall we go now?" I asked.

"How about we go back, I have such a feeling that it soon will start!" Sarada said.

"C´mon dad the match will soon start!" We heard a boy saying, who was running past us.

"Guess you are right, as always Sarada!" I said and she blushed.

"Tell me, are you guys perhaps together?" Sarin asked bluntly, looking between Sarada and me.

"Eeeeeeeh!?" We asked confused, our faces flushing deep red in 2 seconds flat.

"Ahahahaha, see, even a newbie like Sarin-san knows instantly what´s going on between you two , the only who don´t believe it, are you two!" Chouchou said to us, while we casted our glances aside.

"But we are not together, there is nothing going on, really!" Both, Sarada and I said in unison.

Chouchou however smiled with a smug face, and a gleeful smile.

"It would be so sweet and romantic, seeing my brother and Sarada together, I mean they are real close friends and I mean, really, really close.

They are simply perfect for each other!" Himawari-chan stated smiling evilly.

"Hima-chan, you too!?" Sarada shouted blushing.

"Ahahahah!" Everyone laughed but the two of us, who just couldn´t stop blushing.

The imagination that Sarada might have a thing for me, was too beautiful to be true.

"Anyways we better get going or else we are too late!" I said trying to change the topic, as I walked forward.

In the walk, while looking around, Sarada´s eyes met mine, for a few seconds that felt like an eternity to me, we were locked, before we shifted our glances blushing even redder.

I practically could see the kiss-faces Himawari, Chouchou and Senpou made behind our backs.

"Bolt and Sarada, sitting in a Tree, K-i-s-s-i-n-g, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Bolt with a Baby carriage!" All four, Hima-chan, Katsuo, Chouchou and Senpou chanted happily.

"Raaah, cut it out, guys!" We shouted embarrassed.

I had enough of it and in a sudden rush of adrenalin and embarrassment, I took Saradas hand and fleet with her over the festival towards the trainings field, our friends and Sarin hot on our toes.

"Ah nee, look who´s there, as if this isn´t Queen Uchiha-Bitch!" We suddenly heard and stopped dead in our tracks.

"Her Jester and the whole bunch of losers are here too!" We heard a voice coming from a side alley.

"Tobisuke!" I said, through gritted teeth.

"Oh, looks like someone new has failed in making friends and decided to join the scum!" The tall grown boy, one year older than me, said, as he marched with his troop out of the side alley, straight towards Sarin.

"Carefull Tobisuke, you better don´t make the mistake to underestimate us!" Himawari said, knowing him too, she shielded Sarin instantly.

I think he was one of those few people, Himawari, who usually was the Love and the Kindness itself, hated.

"Did you heard that, the tiny Uzumaki pussy tries to defend her, funny not?" He said.

"Stop insulting my sister!" I shouted.

"Oh cut the crap Bolt, you know how it rolls, you keep on denying us our share from when we were at school, you remember?

I was being nice and let you guys earn some money, since you are lagging far behind with your payment, however today is payday!" Tobisuke Akahito, the biggest bully in Konohagakure, stated, accompanied with the last scum from the street.

"We owe you nothing, now leave us in peace!" Chouchou shouted.

"Shut up you fat Pig, I was talking to my good, old friend Bolt here!" Tobisuke threated.

"Stop insulting my friends, my real friends!" I said, glaring at him.

"Oh, so I´m not your friend anymore, how cruel of you, why did you say something like this, we used to be so close, and yet, today you push my friendship away from you!" Tobisuke said.

"Stop it Tobisuke, you might be right, we used to be friends, but ever since that day, our friendship has been dead to me.

I told you once that you better change, before you regret it, however, the way I see, it seems as if you only have gone worse!" I spat in disgust, as I scanned that tall grown guy and the group of men on his side, which consisted of thoughts and bullies all along, the last scum so to say.

He looked at me with a threating glare.

"Stop digging out the old crosses, I had them thrown off my back for so long, stop stapling them back, that´s not nice from you Bolt.

It hurts me in my heart, to know that you still think I was responsible, and you know what happens when I don´t feel alright, I might snap and accidently hurt you!" He said.

"Like you hurted Sayurie-san?" I asked and hit the nail on the head.

"I told you, don´t speak about her!" Tobisuke shouted fully enraged.

"Why, because you finally admit that it was you who killed her?" I shouted in hatred.

"Raaaaaaaah!" Tobisuke shouted, as he tried to strike me down.

"I will end you here Uzumaki, this time you won't get away, they paid me many for getting you, get him Guys!" He shouted, as his men went after me.

"You won´t hurt my friend!" Chouchou shouted and threw herself on one of Tobisuke´s companions.

"Get of me, you Fat Bitch!" The same shouted trying to punch her.

"What, why?" He asked, as he was caught in Shikadai's Kagemane no jutsu, being completely immobilized, before being slain down by Inojin.

"No one is insulting Chouchou, or any of my friends, this way, you bottomless asshole!" Shikadai said, threating.

"Haaaah!" One of them shouted, as he ran towards Shikadai with a metal pipe in his hand.

"Baam!" Another one went down, as he collided with Chouchou´s expanded fist.

"You won´t hurt Shikadai, understood!" Chouchou shouted, blind of rage.

In the blink of an eye the whole alley we were dragged within, was filled with the sound of beatings and pain.

"Let go of Senpou you miserable prick!" Sarin shouted, as she used brute force to push one of these guys in a wall, she might look harmless but she sure had some strong skills.

"Thanks Sarin-san!" Senpou said, thanking her.

"You said you would like to be my friends and friends help their friends, not?" Sarin said.

"Exactly, so, back in the turmoil!" Senpou shouted and for the next few minutes, we were in a storm of beats and kicks, trying our best to keep Tobisuke's men from Himawari and Katsuo, however our tries should be futile.

"Stop it, or else these whores will die!" Tobisuke's voice shouted, echoing through the dark lit alley.

The fight stopped instantly, as we saw that he had Himawari and Sarin in his grasps, threating both with a knife to the throat.

"You fucking coward, let go of my sister!" I shouted, before I was punched in my gut.

"You bastard!" I coughed.

"Shut up you fucking upper-class prick, I will show you how it feels when you guys look down on my family, you shall feel the same pain we do, on that you never forget where your place is!" Tobisuke said, in a psycho-tone.

"Now die, Uzumaki!" He said, as he was inches before slicing Himawari´s throat.

"Aaah Nii-chan help me!" the same cried tears of fear.

"One step Uzumaki and she´s dead!" Tobisuke shouted, as he held her up with her hair, tearing hurtfully on her.

"Let her go you bastard!" I screamed in wrath.

"You need to be teached manners Uzumaki, say, `Please, I beg you, forgive me Tobisuke-sama´, kneel down before me and perhaps I will let her go!" Tobisuke laughed.

"Never, my brother won´t ever kneel before someone like you!" Himawari shouted, trying to get free by force.

"Haha, quite lively the little one, however, you speak too much!" Tobisuke shouted, as he took the hilt of the knife and hit it in Himawari´s face.

"HIMAWARI; HIMAWARI!" I screamed out of the deepest of my lungs.

"Hahaha, if only she would have keep her trap shut!" Tobisuke laughed, throwing Himawari in a pile of garbage.

"Aaah!" The same shouted pained, eyes full of tears.

I was barely able to contain my wrath, but his men still had Sarin in their grasp.

"So weak, you are so weak, Uzumaki, look you couldn´t even defend your little sister, but I know how you feel, someone as weak as her, would have rather being aborted by her birth, she´s so useless to the world!" That Bastard laughed, Himawari cried tears of bitter sorrow and pain.

It was enough, I couldn´t control my anger any longer, Fuck that damn Law.

Honestly, in looking at it, it was fair to say, that I cared a shit what might happen with me, if only I could save my beloved sister from harm and humiliation, nothing else interested me anymore.

"GRRRRROOOAAARRHHH; TOBISUKE!" I growled, as a shockwave rushed along the alley.

"THIS MEANS WAR!" I screamed at him, engulfed in Kyūbiko's chakra.

"One step and she´s dead Bolt!" Tobisuke shouted threating Sarin with his knife.

But instead of fear I saw strong determination in her eyes, she glanced over to me, and with a meaningful glance she looked straight in my eyes.

As if she told me, with a deeper kind of communication, that I shall not care what´s going to happen to her, but that I shall attack.

"Ha!" Tobisuke shouted wanting to end Sarin´s life by piercing the knife through her heart.

"Argh!" His man shouted, as Sarin easily freed herself, and knocked her tormentors out, absolutely professional of course.

I, in the meanwhile attacked Tobisuke with my Jukken Taijutsu fuelled with Kyūbiko's Chakra, doing ten times the damage as usual.

The Rowdy flew backwards through three massive brick walls, out of the alley, over the street through the mass of peoples, in the one behind.

"Grrr!" I shouted, that bastard remained unconscious but this was not enough for me.

As I wanted to go after him, beating the crap out of him I was stopped.

"Bolt stop it, remember the Law, and he´s not worth it, we have to take care of Himawari!" Sarada and Sarin said and grabbed my arm.

"Grrrrrrrrr!" I shouted, my heart was pounding, pumping adrenaline through my veins, like the tank fuel through his pipes to the motor.

My claws scratched the plaster of the wall next, while I was falling on my knees right before Himawari laid, crying, I took her in my arms, while she clambered on me, she was crying of pain and sorrow.

It lasted a while before my wrath flawed off, but with Himawari´s help it went soon better, while Sarada was using her medical Ninjutsu on her.

"Dammit, if only I was faster, I might could have saved her from harm!" I shouted pounding my fist in the wall, blood flew but I barely felt any pain.

"Bolt-san, I am sorry, if I would have reacted faster, I might could have keep him from getting Himawari in his grasp, I´m very sorry!" Sarin said looking down.

"No, thanks Sarin-san, but this was entirely my fault, I shouldn´t have provoked him that much, especially not with Sayurie-san!" I said.

"What exactly was there with this Sayurie girl anyways, did you both were in love with her or what?" Sarada asked, innocently though.

"It´s not like you think Sarada, there was nothing going on between us.

We were friends, Tobisuke, Sayurie and I, at least I thought we were.

Tobisuke was a little rowdy back then, two classes over us, back in the third grade, he did nothing big, only even more pranks than I did.

However his dad was in constant trouble with the police, selling drugs and other forbidden things to kids and other dubious persons.

Tobisuke however never stopped loving his dad, he never really cared when he got in trouble, he was my idol back then, I don't even know anymore why, I just know it was the greatest fault I ever made in my life.

Even though he was a no good, everyone seemed to like him, he had a totally own charisma, somehow.

That was to a time before I stopped trusting my so called friends, my class-mates and only my real friends, you guys.

Tobisuke was known to often two-timing on his various girlfriends, and it often went bad if they found out.

Still, out of for me unknown reasons, Sayurie seemed to have fallen in love with him, even though she knew him first hand, she was his neighbour.

After a while they truly came together, but it didn´t lasted long before he was two-timing again, Sayurie found out but forgave him, something I couldn´t understand.

But it seemed to me, that she went under the category, of love makes blind.

Long-time nothing bad happened, they seemed to be couple like anyone else, until the moment as Sayurie began to fall more and more for him, even going as far as to constantly stalk him.

However to me it looked as if she went worse, the more she was with him, she didn´t slept well anymore, she often had seizures, saying her head breaks apart.

All in all it seemed to me, that the more she was with Tobisuke, the more she went sick.

It went on for half a year, Sayurie, even though I tried to speak with her and even trying to stop her at some point, irrationally had begun to purely increase her obsession with Tobisuke.

At some point, I looked to me as if she was dependent of him, somehow.

However Tobisuke long had enough of her, but instead of telling her what was going on, he tried to push her away from him, just increasing her maniacally obsession.

I was ripped between both, on the one side, I didn´t wanted Sayurie to be hurt for she was still a true friend after all, on the other side I could understand Tobisuke, that he tried to bring her off him.

As Tobisuke finally snapped, he ended his relationship with Sayurie; the poor girl's world broke from one day to the other.

It was a hard time, I wanted to comfort her but she kept on pushing me away, I was concerned about her wellbeing.

After she didn´t showed up for a week at school, without an excuse, I was sent to look after her, so I went to her home.

But her Parents told me that she was missing for several days, and that they already had asked my Dad for help.

Weeks went by, then she was finally found, unfortunately dead in the lake behind the town.

According to the autopsy she has been drowned, being strapped on a rock with a rope, right in the streaming, however in her blood was an unknown substance, drugs as they later said!" I told them.

"Yes I remember, mom said something like this to dad, I think she had been by the autopsy, she spoke about a girl being murdered by the Ujaiya Lake!" Sarada said.

"Yes this was her, Sayurie Ichikawa.

It never had been found any kind of evidence, the Water had washed away every single one of them.

Not a day later, Tobisuke went from the school and was never seen again in school!" I told them.

"We had no evidences, but we all were sure that he had something to do with the murder on Sayurie, however the interrogation had no evidences, that he was involved, instead his father was arrested, for the drugs were the same he sold so often.

Sayurie was the unhappy daughter of a rich Judge, so it was likely that he had sold her them, at least this was what the people mused.

However the Ninjas had no right to use any kind of Ninjutsu to gather informations out of his brain, for he was no Ninja.

As you know the damned Law for the safety of the normal townspeople, made from the Hokage of the Sixth generation, Kakashi-san, Dad hasn´t been able to bypass, as long as there were no evidences, no ninja could get any information out of him, without violating his rights!" I spat.

"Therefore, the case of the murder on Sayurie has never been solved completely, but it was said that Tobisuke's father died in the cell and I never have seen Tobisuke again, until today!" I told them.

"It lasted not long and many people forgot about Sayurie and Tobisuke, and went back to the routine.

Expect of me, I, long time after this, still remember her smile and still today I bring fresh flowers to her grave, on every birthday or on every day I feel myself weak.

Ever since this day, I swore to myself, that I would defend every friend I have or ever have made, from any kind of harm, that I never would let a friend down anymore, no matter from what.

Yet today I was not even able to help my own sister, as I saw that face and heard that voice, all the pain and sorrow I felt, came back up, still today I finally was able to do, what I hadn´t the guts to do back then!" I finished telling.

"This is really awful Nii-chan!" We heard a weak voice coming from my lap.

"Himawari, how do you feel?" I asked, looking at my beloved sister concerned and full of worry.

"I´m fine Bolt, I feel a bit groggy but this will be soon better, I promise!" Himawari said smiling weakly.

"Himawari, I'm sorry, I failed as your big brother, I could not keep you from harm!" I said, kneeling before her, head down in apology.

I kneeled not for long though, before I felt a gentle hand caressing my hair.

"Oh Nii-san, you don´t have to be sad, I still live, that's all that count, and thanks to you guys they didn´t went away so easy, who knows what else they would have done, not only to us but the other people!" Himawari said, before she took my head to her Chest and caressed it.

"You can never fail me, after all you are my BBBOE!" Himawari said, while I looked confused.

"BBBOE?" I asked.

"Haha, that means `Best Big Brother on Earth´!" Himawari said chuckling, while her smile and her unwavering trust in me, caused my tears to flow.

"Himawari!" I said, crying and embracing her dearly, but gently.

"I promise I will become stronger, strong enough to better defend you!" I said to her.

"I know, Nii-san, I know!" Himawari said as she kept on caressing my hair, it calmed me greatly.

"Guys!" We heard a voice from behind us.

"Konohamaru-sensei, Mirai-Sempai, what are you doing here!?" We asked happily.

"We heard from some visitors about some rowdies being rampaging in a side alley, but I guess you already took care of it!"

"Sigh why it are always you eight, who are involved when something goes wrong in Konoha?" Our senseis asked in unison, sweat-dropping.

"That´s what I ask myself since years, Sensei!" Inojin said sweat-dropping.

"Anyways, we will take care of this here, Neherit has arrived, you shall come to the Training field!" Konohamaru-sensei said and we nodded.

"Hima-chan, I´ll carry you piggyback!" I said and she nodded with a smile, before she was helped by our friends to climb on my back.

"What happened to her?" Mirai-sempai asked.

"I accidently fell and sprained my leg!" Himawari lied, before anyone could say anything.

"I see, well anyways you better get going, they will not wait any longer! " Mirai-sempai said, believing her naively, since Himawari practically never lied.

That's why it surprised us all, that she even dared to lie right in Mirai-sempai´s face.

Sarada´s Pov:

"To be honest, this truly has spread like a wild fire, I mean yesterday nothing stood here and now everything has been build up.

As if they would have started to construct each and every attraction since a week ago!" Chouchou said and I nodded, as we walked through the streets.

"Sure amazing how many people came, only to see how you Uzumakis beat each other up, only to win a crown you don´t really know yet!" I said and Bolt nodded.

We went on for a while until we arrived at the training field, instantly we wondered about the Newbies who suddenly arrived with Neherit and one who stood very close to Bolts Dad, whispering something in his ear, as if both knew each other a long time, suspicious.

But even more did the Woman next to him astounded me, she had such a royal appearance.

"Somewhere I have seen this woman before, but where?" I mumbled.

"Sarada, can ask you a favour?" Bolt asked, as he slowed his speed down.

"Sure go on, what can I do for you?" I asked him.

"Can you take care about Himawari?" He whispered, I nodded looking at the girl, which had been fallen asleep while being carried around on her brother´s back.

"Sure thing, no objection there, I would love to do this!" I said and he nodded thankfull.

To be honest, the bond both shared always surprised me, it was deeper than the deepest point of the ocean and stronger than any forged steel.

It also amazed me how fast Himawari was able to fall asleep within Bolt´s embrace, I always asked myself if this might only hang on him, due to being her brother and one of the closest people to her heart, or on her feeling secure and loved within her embrace.

"B-bolt, may I ask a favour!?" I asked him blushing terribly red, useless to say that Chouchou and Senpou looked with a wolfish grin at my back.

"Sure what´s the matter, Sarada?" Bolt asked awaiting an answer.

"….N-nothing!" I said, blushing even more as he looked at me.

"Now c´mon speak up, what´s going on in that Smart head of you?" Bolt said.

"No it´s too embarrassing!" I said speeding up, practically running away, leaving Bolt rather confused, Chouchou and Senpou laughed their asses of, and the others simply seemed to be even more confused than Bolt.

"Now what was that, don´t just run away from me, Sarada?" Bolt asked, speeding up as well being hot on my toes.

Chouchou´s Pov:

I amused myself greatly, to see how Sarada tried to be soft and lovey dovey with Bolt, was just the cream of the cream of the hilariousness.

"Say are they always so?" Sarin asked confused.

"Naww, only since a few years though, before it looked exactly the other way around, Bolt was the one who tried to speak with Sarada, while she didn´t really got what he meant.

I guess, we all know more or less, that the two definitely have a thing for each other, only for them both it´s not quite clear, they are buttheads, they always had been, but I think that the two of them slowly begin to fall more and more for each other!" I said to her.

"I see, but Himawari-chan was right, they do look good together, the three of the look like a family, if one would not mind the fact that Himawari is only 2 years younger than them!" Sarin stated her thoughts.

"Exactly what I also always think of, it really looks like Himawari is the one that brings both closer together, well, after all for Himawari Sarada is kind of an older sister, she loves and respects her and she loves and respects her brother very much too, even more than anyone of us.

Both are a born entity, I still remember the day as Himawari came in our school, she was instantly ringed by the boys, useless to say that Bolt , during the break, practically killed them with glares while he held Himawari close to him.

However I think Himawari even enjoys this attention of her brother, since her father is constantly at work since being the Hokage.

Bolt seems to replace him a little, and one really could say that both have a clear Siblings-complex.

I think he's cute and cool this way!" I explained to her.

"Yes I guess I have seen that!" Sarin said.

"And you, are you also in love with Bolt?" Sarin asked me and I had to take this in before I laughed so hard that tears filled my eyes.

"Me in love with Bolt, buahahaha, sorry but this is the best joke I ever heard!" I shouted.

"But I though you found him cool and cute?" Sarin asked confused.

"I never meant that this way, though it´s not like it isn´t true to some point, but no, I stand more on the calm and smart type, who also knows the joy of simply lying down and watch the sky passing the earth!" I said and, more unintentionally, my glance fell on Shikadai for at least half a second.

"I see, you like Shikadai!" Sarin said.

"Uhmm, well, if I deny it I might lie!" I said baffled, my face flushed red and she chuckled.

"Well who do you like?" I asked chuckling.

"There is none beside of my dad, all my friends are dead, the died in the fires!" Sarin said with a sorrowful glance, and I instantly stopped smiling.

"I´m sorry I didn´t wanted to rip some wounds open!" I said and she waved off.

"It is a long time ago, since that day, and it is not to change anyways, it do hurts, still, we have to move on not, no one should dwell in the past for too long, or they might get obsessed with it!" Sarin said and I understood her well.

I might not show it, even not to my friends, but the constant mobbing from others do gets on my heart.

More than once I wanted to beat those guys to the moon, but I always feel better when I see how my friends defend me, especially when Shikadai does it.

Then my own hatred flaws off, and it only rest love and admiration for my friends.

"However, there is still that unwanted hatred that you just cannot get rid off, I feel it whenever I see those faces before me.

The faces of my mom and my friends, the faces of the townspeople I spoke only the day before with, when I hear their screaming voices in my ears.

I just can't get rid of these pictures, as long as I feel this silent hatred in me!" Sarin said, her sorrowful glance was replaced by small droplets of tears.

"You know, I might cannot understand your pain, the way someone would understand who had to go through the same, but I will try my best to help you, to be there for you!" I said to her, squeezing her shoulder gently and she nodded , wiping the tears away.

"Thank you Chouchou!" She said and I laid an arm around her shoulders.

"But first we see of how much you can burn Bolt´s ass, would do him right, he has been awfully cocky in the last time.

I know this isn´t really fair, since he has already gotten a hard beat to his pride, but still, he shall show us if he really means it with becoming stronger!" I said.

"But he is already quite strong, although I think he has hold back, that last beat was definitely stronger than all the attacks before!" Sarin said.

"You are right indeed, this was not even half of his power, unfortunately are we, nowadays due to the law, not in the possibility to use Jutsus on the normal folk anymore.

Therefore we have to fight with bare Taijutsu and the only who can do this better than we all together is Senpou, Himawari and Bolt may be able to use Jukken thanks to being half Hyuuga.

Unfortunately is Himawari in this far stronger than Bolt, means if the opponent manages to catch Himawari, Bolt´s only possibility is to fight with brutal strength, just like earlier.

However this brutal strength is also once again based on Chakra, which means normally it is a Jutsu, same as my Baika no jutsu (Jutsu of expanding) or Shikadai´s Kagemane no jutsu, so basically we went against the law!" I said and she looked quite angry.

"This is really bullshit, when the normal folk attacks you with Knifes and what do I know, you cant really do anything against it or else you have to go against the law?" Sarin said enraged.

"I know what you mean, however, fortunately for us, does it gives this nice law-gap, where it says, that if a Ninja or a civilian is being threatened with a weapon, we are also allowed to use Jutsus to stop the culprits!" I said and she smiled.

"So no matter how, the Law cannot get us, at least not this time!" I said, smiling as we went behind the others.

"Ah we arrived!" I said, as I recognized that the noise increased itself.

Before us a big tribune stood high upwards from the ground.

"Fancy for being only recently build!" Shikadai said.

"How troublesome, I truly thought we might get this done, a quick match between them and everything is alright, but now we even have to pay for seeing Bolts match!" Shikadai said.

"No problem its my share, after all this is all thanks to us Uzumakis being too popular!" Bolt said.

"Well then I will pay my share too, since I am an Uzumaki that participates too!" Sarin stated.

"And just so you know, you might be a friend, but don´t think I will go easy on you got it!" She said at Bolt.

"I don´t expect less from you Sarin-san, on that the best will win!" Bolt said cockily.

"Well that will be surely me, but good luck anyways!" Sarin said.

"Thankfully you are a ninja and a strong one too, so I don´t have to hold myself back at all, be prepared to get your flank burned!" Bolt said smugly.

"Alright guys, bets towards us in the bet-office!" we heard a voice directed towards us, only to see Udon-sensei and Moegi-sensei, Konohamaru-senseis old Teammates.

"Bets…. just what the hell are you guys doing, Senseis?" We asked sweat-dropping.

"Ah everyone, how are you?" The senseis said.

"Ready to kick some ass!" Sarin and Bolt said in unison, glaring in friendly rivalry at each other.

"Bolt, I hope you are winning, we all expect much of our Konoha Uzumakis, the quote stands 40:1 that either you or the Boss will win!" Moegi-sensei said happily.

"I do hope I get my share, of that money you make!" Bolt said to them threating.

"Of course, no fear, as long as you or the Boss wins!" Moegi said with shining eyes, while Udon was counting the money.

"Of course, and he´s doing it like a Boss, right guys, don´t take it personally Sarin but for us Bolt is just the absolute burner!" Sarada said.

"Sure no fear, I will soon turn your decisions!" Sarin said confidently.

"Well we will see!" Sarada said, while Katsuo nodded.

"Bolt wins and then,… Ichiraku!" Himawari mumbled half asleep.

"By the way, where are my Father and Shigure-san anyways?" Bolt asked

"He and Hinata-san are by the training field down there, same as Shigure-san and this Neherit guy!" Udon answered, his eyes never leaving the money.

"Thanks, well then see ya later!" We said, as we made our way near the trainings field.

"Hmmmmm,…, there they are!" Bolt said having spot his father instantly, he was momentarily talking to someone, who stood close beneath him.

Naruto´s pov:

I was amazed and astonished beyond measure, as I saw suddenly Nagato and an unknown Woman showing up out of nowhere, together with Neherit.

"So this was what he meant, as he said, that he still had to do something, but how is that possible!" I mumbled to myself.

"What is it sweety?" Hinata asked me, while she was massaging my shoulders like a pro.

It felt so good and she did it so damn gently, I loved the feelings how her hands were kneading my skin.

Dammit if only we weren't in public.

"Nothing dear, I just though I saw someone I know!" I answered her.

"Hey Dad!" We heard, seeing Bolt and his friends walking up on us, while Bolt had a sleeping Himawari on his back.

"Hey Bolt, how is she, Konohamaru contacted us!" I asked my son.

"She´s alright just asleep, thanks to Sarada!" Bolt explained, as Sarada took Himawari f his back while Hinata took her in her arms.

"My poor baby!" She said, caressing Hima-chan´s hair.

"I´m sorry father, I was not able to defend her well today, but I promise I will become stronger, strong enough to protect her!" Bolt said, to me as he kneeled before me.

"I am glad that none of you has been hurt too much and that all of you are alright, that's the main thing!" I said to Bolt and I ruffled his hair.

"Well seems like we soon will start, thanks for the massage dear, guess you might now sit yourselves, the show is about to begin!" I said to Hinata.

"Yes my dear, Bolt please be careful, you too dear, don´t go too hard on him, you hear!?" Hinata said as Bolt stroke over Himawari's head, while the same nuzzled closer to her mother.

"I will Dear!" I said.

"No Dad, if I cannot even block your attacks at full power, how will I ever become strong enough to defend those dear to me, I want you to fight me with all your strength!" Bolt said, his voice hard and not allowing any contradiction.

"Bolt, please, don´t do it, it was worse enough that you guys got attacked before your great match, you don´t have to think you need to repent for anything, please!" Hinata said, but I silenced her with a hand.

"Naruto, please?" Hinata whimpered, but I looked at my son, his face was full of determination.

I saw the fire of love, care and willpower burning in his eyes, I knew that glance; it was the same Hinata wore, as she faced Pain during his assault on Konoha to defend me, a glance, so full of believe that everything we say was irrelevant, as long as he can do what he aims for.

"You have the same eyes, those eyes I fell in love with, the eyes of your mother, I see so much of you in her, her strengths, her weaknesses, her care and her love.

Very well Bolt, if it is your wish to fight me on full power, I shall grant it to you, but note, that as soon as I see that it is too much for you, I will stop attacking.

I may be the Hokage, so I have to look and to stay strong in all situations, I am a Shinobi who has a pride to defend, but moreover, I am a father who loves and cares about his children, hurting you is hurting me too, I hope you understand this!" I said to my son.

"I understand, I too will give my everything, I too will fight until the point, where I could probably kill you, only there I will stop, for you are my father and I respect you the most.

I also respect the wish of Mother, she wants neither of us to get hurt too serious, but she also understands that we are Father and son, if the Son will always lack behind the father, how will I ever be able to defend those dear to me!" Bolt explained and I nodded.

"Sarada-san, may I ask you to lend Bolt a hand, he had to fight much earlier, but for this Battle he has to be in top form, if he want to do as he claims!?" I asked Sarada-chan and she nodded.

"Leave it to me, sit down Bolt!" She said and forced the boy to sit down, while she ordered him to take of his shirt.

"Oh my, my Baby!" Hinata gasped, as she saw Bolts body, beyond the pullover and his Jacket, many bruises and cuts had been hiding, waiting to be treated by a gentle hand, such as Sarada-san´s.

Bolt´s Pov:

I sat silently in thoughts, as Sarada treated my wounds, with a gentle touch.

"You completely exaggerated again Bolt!" Sarada said to me, worried and reproaching.

"Did not, to defend my friends and Family, I will do anything, even die for!" I said, with a hard voice.

"You are needless to us when you are dead, that would only bring us pain and sorrow!" Sarada said, with a strong yet soft whisper, it sounded full of sorrow though.

It was silent for a long while, while the reality around us seemed to fade, all I felt was her gentle touch, all I heard her breathing.

Sounds and feelings I could get lost in, if I wouldn´t think right now.

"Sarada, if ever the time comes, that I might not live anymore…!"

"Stop saying this Bolt!" Sarada interrupted me harshly, her voice sounded pained, she seemed, already yet, to be near the tears.

"Let me finish, if I ever shall die, please make sure that Himawari does not hurts herself, care for her, more than I did, I beg you!" I said and long time I heard nothing, until I suddenly felt her arms around me and her forehead leaning on my back.

"Don´t say something so sad, Bolt, you know I would do it, but I also would do anything to defend you!" I heard her whispering, while I felt her tears rolling down my back.

"Let´s defend our friends and families, together!" She said and tightened her embrace, I nodded slowly.

"Let´s do this!" I said with determination, grabbing her hands.

"Bolt, I think it begins!" We heard Shikadai saying, which brought us back to reality.

He stood next to Chouchou and the others and looked concerned at me, Sarin has already went at the side of her Father.

"Alright guys, I hope you cheer for me, will ya, no fear I will win this thing for you Sarada!" I said with eyes of determination while she blushed cutely and nodded.

"Go and win, I know you can do it!" She said pressing both thumbs for me.

"Test, test, is it on, can everybody hear me.

Welcome to the meeting, as you might have seen, have two more guests in the rows of the Uzumakis arrived, may I , for those who don´t know it, present you, Nagato Uzumaki and Lady Mito Uzumaki, revived and back in action!" Neherit said and my chin crashed on the ground.

"Lady M-Mito Uzumaki, you mean the very first Jinnchuriki of Kurama?" I asked dumbfounded, but not only me but everyone also looked quite disturbed.

After all, Lady Mito was dead since many years.

"It´s her indeed, I feel her Chakra!" I heard Kurama stating through Kyūbiko.

"I see, so you are Kushina´s Son and you must be the little Shigure, Kushina´s younger twin-brother, nice to meet you, note that I am surprised as you all, to be alive again!" Lady Mito said to Dad and Shigure and looked with a warm grandmotherly smile at us all as we all met up.

Even though she looked like a young woman of perhaps mid-30, we all knew that she was actually far older, at least three times older, in a way I now can imagine from where Granny Tsunade has this jutsu, to look younger as one truly is.

"To those who couldn´t see me before, I allowed the others to give you our Chakra, through the special rite which is carved on this field and around the tribunes, so you can see me, as soon as you enter.

So you can see, that I am indeed here and not an fantasy of the Hokage, it was necessary, for you to believe me!" Neherit said with loud voice and everybody murmured.

The Kages and Ex-Kages in the 1st row, sitting at secured and from the public separate places, nodded.

"So, now we have only thirteen more guest to meet before we can begin, maybe you still know them, for they are also ingredients, as well as witnesses, for the later meeting of the Kages!" he continued before he took some kind of flute out.

"So he´s going to call them here, what is he trying to pull, it's dangerous enough to be around one, but seven at once, I don't know?!" Nagato-san said sweat-dropping and Dad nodded.

"Yeah but still, Killer B and me are still here to fight them if things get too hard, we defeated them once and we likely will do it twice!" Dad said.

I loved my better senses, providing me with nice information.

He seemed to know this man, better than I thought, still there was something, which made me being suspicious about him.

Neherit meanwhile played a tune on his flute and suddenly massive rings appeared within the sky, on seven spots over the outskirts, and out came no other but the Seven Bijuus each but Shukaku, with their Jinnchuriki.

"What's that for an array of Shinobi and Civilian, and where the hell are we here anyways?" Chomei, the seven-tails asked.

"You are here in Konohagakure, so you better behave, all the momentarily Kages are here and you still know what happens, should you try to course havoc, I hope you haven´t forgotten!?" I heard Neherit saying.

To say the people were in panic at this sight, was an understatement, they were so terrified they could not even move, on forward the Kages.

"This, this is impossible!" Chojuro-san, the Mizukage of Dad´s generation, said, at the mere sight of the old Jinnchurikis of his home town.

"Yeah this can´t be, I mean, we saw how they have been controlled by the enemy in the war before they were beaten by Naruto and Killer Bee, how is it possible that they all live again, don´t tell me that Neherit has used Kuchiyose-Edo-Tensei (Impure world Resurrection) as well!" Darui-san, the current Raikage, said.

"Nothing is impossible, if men knows how to make it possible, and just so you know, I don´t need such simple tricks like Kuchiyose-Edo-Tensei to fully resurrect a dead being, with Bochi-no-Kaze I am able to resurrect a being by using the Body!" Neherit said.

"How did you knew, where they were, not even we knew it!" the current Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi stated.

"The right Sources my dear!" Neherit said cryptically, while I saw Dad glancing over to Nagato-san.

I knew it, that guy was suspicious, he must have something to do with it.

"But why did you brought them back to live?" Gaara-san asked.

"Well, this is easy, for the 1st reason:

It would be likely that the enemy, we will soon have to fight against, will go against them, capturing them in order to break the seals, we have talked about earlier that day.

2nd reason would be, that it is easy to control them, more or less, if we have humans they are bound to, I think you all know this, since many of your villages had Jinnchurikis.

However since I didn´t wanted to bound them on someone new, someone innocent, I resurrected their old partners.

They are matching the best to them I would say; they also serve as limiter to the Bijuu´s forces and can, if things get out of control, completely negotiate the abilities of their respective Bijuu.

However this resurrection will last only a year, so I hope that we later, after the Leader-election-battle, have enough time to discuss what to do, if the mission will last longer than a year!" Neherit said, as he went, with something invisible in hands, towards Gaara.

Kankuro, one of his Bodyguard and older Brother of Gaara, went before his brother in a defense manner.

"What are you trying to do?" He asked.

"Relax I ´m not going to hurt him!" Neherit easily said, unfazed, while he went to Gaara and stabbed the something, into his body.

"What did you do, speak up, you crazy Ghost!" Kankuro yelled, attacking with his Marionettes, which simply flew through Neherit´s body.

"What the, is this this Kamui ability, like that Tobi-guy used in the last war!?" Kankuro asked confused.

"No, different as from Tobi, whose real name was Obito Uchiha, I am a born Ghost, physical attacks won´t hurt me at all.

Anyways, don´t worry, I just gave him back to an old Friend!" Neherit said, as he went back in the middle of the Circular rite, where the training field was.

"Hey, I never said I would come back to this guy!" Shukaku yelled.

"Tss, as if there would be any other person able to stand your powerful Chakra, and any way didn´t I said that we have no time for any of your complains!" Neherit said and Shukaku was silent instantly.

"He managed to throw the Five Tails of, without moving a millimetre and later he defeated each of them, all at once!" Nagato explained to my Dad, as I looked dumbfounded at Shukaku´s sudden reaction.

"Anyways, we have no time to lose anymore, my Brothers and Sisters of my Clan had investigated about the reason, of why the seal seems to break earlier than ever before.

It seems that there is an renegaded group of powerful ninjas of various nations, similar to the Akatsuki, who try to release the demons, which are acting as Gatekeepers of the nine Circles of hell, breaking the same in process, and so also the seals that are binding the Three Demon gods.

They managed to take control over some powerful beings, the Reibi, also known as the zero tails, a dark being which is as powerful as a tailed beast, it feeds on dark emotions, such as hatred, desperation and wrath.

Also they seemed to have already released one of those Demons, a demon called Mouryu and several other dark beings, it is, according to my source, to assume, that they managed to break the three gates of the First Hell-circle and so three of 27 seals, which also causes the massive Earthquakes lately!" Neherit explained.

"I understand!" Dad said.

"Yes, we heard about a group that searched for powerful beings as well, we once always looked out, that they won't come between our plans!" Nagato whispered towards Dad, very quiet still, I was able to hear.

Now I was sure that this guy isn´t Kosher at all.

"The Group known as Sekai Seifuku no wazawai (The scourges of World-conquest), a Name you should all know!" Neherit said and most of the High rank Ninjas nodded.

"It is the name of the Five Elemental swords, the most dangerous and most powerful weapons on our planet, forged out of the Bones and the power of the Genryū, the five elemental Dragons!" Neherit explained.

"I thought the Ryū-Clan was in charge of them!" Tsunade said.

"They had been, indeed, however should we not forget that there were once two fractions of the Ryū-Clan, the good branch-family, that tried to keep the seals and the power of the Genryū under control and to guard the dragon Blade!" Neherit explained and I noticed how dad's fist tightened.

"Akari-san, Kuroma-san!" I heard him mumbling!"

"The bad branch, that wanted to use the Power to conquer the world, expanding the realm belonging to the clan.

Long ago, long before the first Ninja World War, the 6 Lands, Hi no kuni, Kaminari no kuni, Tsuchi no Kuni, Mizu no Kuni, Kaze no Kuni and Tetsu no Kuni worked together, to defeat the bad side of the Ryū-Clan.

It was a gruesome slaughter, yet it was necessary to keep the peace on the planet.

However not long afterwards, thanks to the drastic actions of the Bad side, also the good side of the Clan, has been targeted by the hatred of the rest of the world.

In another gruesome Slaughter, almost all members of the Good side had been killed, many came to seek revenge, and others seek for the power of the five swords, until the 6 Lands forbid every further interaction with the Clan.

Afterwards the Five swords had been sealed by the Uzumaki Clan, and in order to keep it under seals, a few of the Uzumaki, married within the remaining families of the good side of the Ryū-Clan, giving birth to descendants able to guard and reseal the five swords if necessary!" Neherit explained to the Kages, who were in awe.

"Again the Uzumaki-Clan, I still remember, they were exceptional ninjas, masters of the sealing of beasts and demons!" Oonoki, the ex Tsuchikage, stated

"Indeed they were, Oonoki-san, as we know, it was necessary to seal those swords away, for everyone that ever has touched them, was bound to the will of the swords.

The will to be worn and to seek the power for World conquest, however, to wield these swords, one must have, similar to the Ryujin (Dragon Blade), the treasure of the Good branch of the Ryū-Clan, exceptionally amounts of Chakra, just like a Jinnchuriki does, so it is only a matter of time before they seek for the power of the Bijuu, therefore I brought them here, for the time being.

According to my fellow clan members, that had been sent out alongside of me and now act as my expanded eyes and ears, the signature of the Chakra they possess, is identical to the remaining Chakra which still is stuck in the ruins of Uzushiogakure!" Neherit stated towards us and our chins crashed down.

"So that would mean that….?" Shigure began.

"Indeed, it is to assume that it has been them, who destroyed the village, after they searched for knowledge on how to break the Seals of demons, or how to seal/tame them.

And Uzushiogakure, who was well known for its Fuuin-jutsus, not for the least for being able to even seal the Bijuus, had just the needed knowledge, wherever it was over powerful weapons or beings!" Neherit explained.

"This is awful, to kill an entire Clan, only because of something like this!" Tsunade-sama stated and her fellow Ex-kage colleagues nodded.

"It is sad and awful indeed, however I assume, that there, in Uzushiogakure, they also must have learnt about the three Demons, for the Uzumaki-Clan held every knowledge, about the demons and other things they had sealed and about our Clan, under custody.

The Uzumaki Clan was an essential member in the Group that sealed the Three Demon-gods!" Neherit explained to us.

"Wait Uzushiogakure has been destroyed, how many have survived!?" Mito asked with a sorrowful voice.

"What you see here, is the very rest of the survived Uzumakis!" Neherit said, with an equal sorrowful voice.

"Oh no, my beautiful children, my beloved home, destroyed!" Mito broke together, while Shigure and Dad rushed to her side.

"Grandmother/Great-grandmother, are you okay!" they asked both in unison.

"I´m okay, i´m just so full of sorrow, my poor friends, my beautiful Kumi, my sweet daughter, did she survived?" Lady Mito asked.

"Unfortunately has mother, as well as our sister Umi not survived, same as Grand-Aunt Meiko, they had been at a meeting with Lord Ashina in Uzushiogakure, during the raid.

My Wife died there too, I could only save my Daughter, Sarin-chan here.

But, to the same time, did Kushina died here in Konohagakure, during Kyuubi´s outbreak, she and Minato-Kun left Naruto here, all alone.

I swear, if I had known about him, I would have instantly taken custody, but I didn´t knew about him, also I too thought , in the first months, that Konoha had betrayed us, but later I learned about Kyuubi´s attack.

However I still never heard about Naruto-kun, for I avoided to visit Konoha, knowing that Kushina was not there anymore, I hated that thought, I loved her and Umi.

If I had known about Naruto-kun, before, I would have done my best to raise him, however as I said, I didn´t knew about him until the months, after Pain of Akatsuki attacked Konoha, Forgive me, Lady Mito, I failed you!" Shigure said.

"I forgive you Shigure, I know that this whole situation must have not been easy for all of you!" Lady Mito said, as Dad and Shigure helped her up on a Chair brought for her.

"But how many of us have survived the attack?" She asked.

"Nagato here was one of the two kids whose family survived the Attack first hand, there was also a girl called Karin and her family, all in all, 10 persons, survived the raid back then, but as I said, Kushina died later too together with Minato-Kun to save their Village and their son, leaving Naruto all alone, unfortunately!" Shigure said, as he nodded towards Dad.

"So you are Minato and Kushina´s son, you look strong, very strong indeed, I can feel Kyuubi´s chakra in you, so you must be the Jinnchuriki not?" Lady Mito asked him.

"Indeed I am Dear Great-Grandmother, but I'm also the current Hokage, the Nanadaime!" Dad said, pointing at his Hokage hat.

" I see, I know your father also had the wish to become Hokage, ever since I knew him, tell me, before your parent´s dead, did Minato, managed to fulfil his dream of becoming Hokage?" Lady Mito asked.

"Indeed, he had been the fourth Hokage, who died to defend his village against Kurama, after he sealed one half of him in me!" Dad said.

"How was it as Jinnchuriki?" Dad has been asked, by the young looking elder.

"It was hard, at first, the first few years of my life, I had no idea about my state as the Jinnchuriki, no one ever told me, thanks to the third Hokage having forbidden to speak about it.

I had no idea why the people hated me, before I heard out of certain circumstances about it, after this day I finally could understand the peoples fear and hatred against my person, but I didn´t let myself down.

Au contraire, knowing why they hated me, I was determined to show them that I was not weak, that I would be able to become the Hokage, a wish I had made in order to gain the respect of the People.

Later in my life, I understood what being a Hokage really meant, thanks to many people, it means that I shall be the one to never give up on defending my village, my land and my family; the People who live in it, I am the Chief of those who seek to defend our King, the children, the future of our world.

I had to become the role model of the Will of fire, and I worked hard to achieve this goal, my friends which I considered to the people closest to my heart, those who are closer to be a family to me as anyone else now, since five years I am the Hokage and still I learn new things.

I will endure every pain, every danger, if I can defend my whole family, this does not only means my own personal family, but the village and everything in it.

But over all this I still am a Jinnchuriki, I know how we feel, how we live and how we suffer, each one of us.

Mother spoke of you, she said you once told her how to compensate Kurama´s hatred, with filling the vessel with love!" Dad said to Lady Mito.

"I said this indeed to her, I have to say, that Kushina has born a nice son, well tell me, you said you have a personal family?" Lady Mito said.

"Of course, Hinata, would you like to come with Himawari to us, Bolt you too!" Dad said and I nodded.

"I will be soon back Sarada, guys!" I said to her and the others nodded.

"This is my Wife, Hinata Hyuuga!" Dad said introducing mom to Lady Mito.

"It is an Honour to make your acquaintance, Lady Mito!" mom said, politely bowing before the resurrected elder.

"A Hyuuga, I see, and so polite, my son you made a really good choice, I can sense a strong and loving heart in her, ah and these must be your Children!" Lady Mito said as she looked at Bolt and Himawari.

"Hello, nice to meet you Great-Great Grandmother, I´m Bolt Uzumaki and this is my Sister Himawari Uzumaki!" I said, as polite as I can, while we both bowed before her.

"So full of pride of being an Uzumaki and so polite, I see a great potential in you my son, perhaps the potential to become a Hokage, and you my dear, you look like your mother, so cute and lovely.

I sense great love and Kindness in you, you will be an excellent mother I can assure you and I feel an enormous power in you, just like in your brother, it's almost concurrent to the one of him.

I see the great potential of becoming an exceptionally strong Kunoichi my dear!" Lady Mito said with a Smile and we blushed, I felt my cheeks burning bright red, by all this praise.

"Thank you dearly Lady Mito, we will try to not disappoint you in future, it is my greatest will to protect my village and those dear to me!" I said.

"And I wish we could all live in peace someday, a world without conflicts, I will keep on working that for!" Himawari said.

"I am glad you are so enthusiastically, my dear children, I still remember how Hashirama once claimed these wishes, and still, even until your generation these wishes are being hoped for.

Ah and you must be Sarin-chan, you look a little like my Granddaughter, Kushina, if I may say so, and, ah, I see, my dear poor Child.

I don´t know if you know it, but your future is very unclear, but I can see, that with great love given to you, you too can someday achieve something great, you have the potential!" Lady Mito said to Sarin who nodded in something like deeper understanding.

"I thank you for your words dear lady Mito, I seek to become as strong as you were, perhaps even stronger!" Sarin said and Lady Mito nodded smiling.

"I would really love to see you achieving this goal, my dear!" She said before she turned around.

"And you are Nagato, I see, you look strong as well, you have a certain power which is very old and mighty, I hope that you use it only for good things, but your Future looks like mine and Sarin´s, rather unclear to me!" Lady Mito said to the tall Young man.

"It´s an honour to me, Lady Mito, but I know that my Future lies deep in the fog of unknown yet, I have made my goal clear to myself, I have to revive a certain person and I will do my possible to achieve this goal!" Nagato-san said, but it was more the way he said, as if he had to atone for a sin he had committed.

"A Person, which one?" Lady Mito asked confused.

"Actually I have the choice between two people, which one I choose, will I have to decide at the end of my way!" Nagato said cryptically.

"I see, anyways, where is this Karin-san you spoke about, I haven´t seen her around here?" Lady Mito asked.

"You are right, I asked myself this too!" Dad said.

"If she does not come, she don´t want´s to, we have to respect her wish!" Neherit said.

"I see, it´s very sad, I would have love to get to know her.

Sigh so these are all who remained, Our Clan really has almost completely extinct, will we ever able to bring our power and Glory back.

How are we able to ever live up to our name again, as the Key-Guardians of the world, all those men and women who died in the flames of war, all the souls of my Clan, why did it had to come so far?" Mito asked, as tears fell from her eyes, it was something most of them people, who knew her, had never seen before.

The nice old lady, was known to have a dignified air around her and to keep herself calm and composed most time of her Husband's reign.

She also was called the Empress, after all she was the oldest sibling of two daughters from Lord Ashina; the old Chief of Uzumaki Clan was therefore Dad´s Great-great-grandfather.

Lady Mito´s sister, Lady Meiko was said to have married Lord Tobirama Senju and they had a son, many years after their marriage, to the time as Lady Tsunade has been born, but not much is known about him, perhaps out of Caution.

But I think dad said that it might be his old Sensei, Jiraiya-san.

Lady Mito, also known as the empress of the Uzumaki-Clan, was known to only have cried 2 times in her life, today and as Hashirama Senju, her Husband, died.

"So father too and Meiko!" The poor woman said.

"The Flames of war and hatred took us our Clan, we have to learn about this and to try to rebuild our Home, someday in the Future!" Lady Mito said.

"It was no real war; it was rather a Dohatsuten no Jutsu, being used by a renegade member of the Tsuchigumo-Clan!" Neherit said.

I noticed how Dad´s fist tightened even more.

"Perhaps the same person was sent, from the Scourges of World-conquest, to steal the jutsus and to kill every witness!" he mused.

"Anyways as I said, we have to first search the leader of the Uzumaki alliance!" Neherit explained.

"You mean the new leader of our clan, the one that makes it, I will teach a special top-secret Jutsu, the most secret of the secret Uzumaki Hiden!" lady Mito said with determination.

"Kami no narashi no Jutsu (Jutsu of the God-taming)" Shigure mumbled in awe.

"Indeed, the jutsu to control all of the beasts, demons and Weapons we Uzumakis ever had sealed, only an Uzumaki and the real Leader of our clan, a Warrior of pure heart and exceptional strength, directed to protect rather to conquer, was and is ever able to use this jutsu.

The last one who was able to use it, was my Father Lord Ashina Uzumaki, he gave me the Secret in custody and only I know where it lies!" Lady Mito stated.

"Very Well, then we better hurry up, I think our public will get nervous already, they paid for a battle, guess we should give it to them then.

For this, we will need the Secret Uzumaki Kekkai, Shīru Hogo-sha no gishiki ( Seal Guardian Ritual) as arena, an ancient rite to determine the Leader, this Kekkai prevents anybody in it from dying, so you can fight with all force you have.

The one to win, means the last one who manages to stand, is automatically declared as leader.

The Leader awakes the Nikkōgan, a Kekkei Genkai of the Uzumaki Clan, the conditions for this is in the Blood of every Uzumaki Clan member, but it only can be awaked in the Rite and if all condition are fulfilled!" Neherit explained.

"However one can use this kind of force, only if one has enough Chakra to do that, so practically only a human, with exceptionally chakra, can use all the abilities of these eyes.

The strongest advantage, through the awakening of the eyes, is the fact that it enables, to use practically all the forces and abilities that my clan used to bear, only in a reduced way!" Neherit said and everybody was in awe, the Bijuus shivered almost non-recognizable.

I thought to hear Shukaku mumbling.

"Not another of their sort!" I asked myself, if it had to do something with what Nagato said to Dad, about them all having been defeated by Neherit.

"That's almost too good to be true!" Nagato said and Dad nodded.

"Neherit, what if, by any chance the last match isn´t able to be won, when both opponents are equal strong!" I asked as I thought about it.

"It is not usual, and it doesn´t even happen very rarely but it has happened too at some point, anyways I guess then the two will share the Reign, or the one with the most remaining Chakra will win!" Neherit said.

"Anyways, let the game begin, if you are ready, walk inside of the Arena, as said before you cannot die, but I wish for you to know that one time entered, one cannot get back out until one is either defeated or the winner is determined!" Neherit said.

And we nodded.

"Do I have to enter?" Himawari asked afraid, I nodded, she had to take much in earlier, she was not fully over the damn and I feared for her safety.

"No, Half-bloods, like you and Bolt-san, who also bear Hyuuga and Namikaze blood in you, don´t have to if they won´t.

Only purebloods have to enter if they have decided one time to enter, it then is demanded of the decency to participate, it's like signing a contract!" Neherit explained and Himawari sighed in relief.

"I, I don't really like to participate, if I have to beat up Onii-chan and Father without a better reason, also I don´t feel strong enough to even stand a chance at all!" Himawari said and Neherit nodded.

"Himawari, it was the right choice, you are still not over the dam from the attack earlier, it´s okay, I will win this for you, I promise!" I said to her and she nodded but I saw her tearing up, as soon as the public began to laugh and call her coward.

"These Bastards!" I hissed through gritted teethes.

Hima-chan went back to Mother and began to cry, perhaps she thought to be scolded and called a coward from her too, for not participating, this was the last thing I, or anyone of our friends at this, would dare to do.

"Bolt are you okay?" Sarada asked, as she came up to me.

"How dare they laugh at Himawari?" I said, clenching my fist so hard that I bleed out of the palm.

"Bolt?" Sarada asked concerned.

"Just wait, I will show it to you, all of you, how strong the Konoha Uzumaki family truly is.

By my blood, I swear to win this for you Himawari, even if I have to blow up Dad!" I spat in disgust towards the insults.

"Sarada, guys, please take care of mom and Himawari, comfort her a little, and tell her, that her Big brother is going to kick some asses and shut some mouths for her!" I said.

"I-I…. sigh, I will do, j-just… Bolt, please… be carefull, you hear!?" Sarada said and I nodded.

"Relax Bolt, we care about Hima-chan, she will be in best hands.

Go and show them what real Ramen-power means!" Chouchou cheered.

"Bolt, Bolt, Bolt, Bolt, Konoha´s mighty Lightning Bolt, strongest of them all.

Bolt the hero, mightiest of us all and never shall he fall.

He´s the flash, the purest light, Konoha´s mighty Lightning bolt.

He will win this battle blindly, that shall to you all, be told!" Senpou sang, while the other echoed her text.

"Haha, thanks guys you really know how to cheer me up!" I chuckled, while they tried to pose like cheerleaders.

"Bolt you know, most of us expected you and your Dad to give your anything, which you also announced to each other, the poor Himawari, as strong as she is, and I mean she can be really strong if she turns up, she would, perhaps, not hold it out long, more because she has to hurt others, and especially your Dad and you, in order to achieve the goal!" Sarada tried to explain.

"I Know, Himawari is soft, caring and lovely and that are her greatest strengths, she has this way, to speak with people to convince them to stop what they do wrong, almost same as dad but still not as powerful.

Still, she always had been sensitive to failing, or thinking she did, therefore she usually quickly begins to cry, she often claims to feel worthless but neither of us ever thought so of her!" I explained while they nodded.

"Himawari may be soft and caring but I know, she always was and is a strong and important member of our clique, she is the arbiter and the mascot as well as the heart and soul of the Konohagakure 8, not guys!" Chouchou stated and they all nodded.

"No fear Bolt, she will be in best hands with us, we will make her smile again, all you have to do is going inside this arena and to burn some flanks, got it!" Senpou stated and I nodded happily, I was glad to have these guys, just what would I do without them.

"Probably die of boredom!" Inojin said out of the blue.

"Did you just read my thoughts,.., stop it that´s creepy Inojin!" I said crept out, before I turned and was about to go towards my fellow Uzumakis.

"Bolt, wait up!" I heard Sarada saying, I looked behind me.

" Yeah what,… whoa!" I said in surprise, as she kissed me on both cheeks.

"A Reminder on your vow, don´t you dare to lose, got it!?" She said and looked deep in my eyes.

"Sure thing, this will be a piece of cake, as I said, I won't hold back in this here!" I said and gave her the Flash-tooth and a thumb up.

"Well then, does anybody else want to quit?" Neherit asked, breaking the awkward silence between the Uzumakis, as they had watched the entire scene since Himawari´s depart.

"Nope!" We said and were ready to fight.

"As I said you can fight as hard as you want, give it all what you have, if you have a special power use it, you cannot die!" Neherit said and so we, Bolt and Sarin as well, bravely entered the giant Ring shaped arena.

A mighty Dome has been created, out of golden Chains, while an invisible force field between it, managed to hold anything inside in it and everything from outside out of it.

"You can fight on Tag or as a real Battle Royal, note that there has to be a combat of the last two ones, even if they are in a Tag team, before you fight you have to determine whit whom you want to form a tag team, there are only two allowed in each team.

Furthermore has the Battle a time limit, the time gets set on exactly 5 hours, if then not a straight winner has been announced, then the one with the most amount of remaining Chakra will win!" Neherit explained the rules.

"I will go with Dad!" I said instantly and Dad nodded.

"Sarin!" Shigure said, while his daughter nodded.

"Which means Nagato and Mito have the choice, want to tag or want to fight separate?" Neherit asked.

"Well I guess we might as well tag, don´t you think so too!" Mito said.

"It would be an honour for me!" Nagato replied politely.

"Let´s show the living ones, how fresh a resurrected can fight!" Mito said, packed by the battle-fever.

"We show them the real Kurama-Kyūbiko combo, not Dad!" Bolt said.

"But of course and it has been long time since I was sparring with you Bolt, so you better survive until the last round!" Dad said and I smiled before looking serious.

"We will win and then I will fight against you Dad, then we will see, which one of us is the strongest, don´t you dare to hold back, got it!" I said and he nodded with a thumb up.

"Of course not, I will go all out on you, if you wish for it!" He said to me, with hard and serious voice.

"We will win this in the strongest father-daughter combo in the whole world!" Sarin said pumped up.

"But of course, my dear daughter!" Shigure replied.

"Well then the teams are set, the timer has been installed, I would say, let the Battle begin!" Neherit said in his microphone.

"Ready, Set, Go!" Neherit shouted.

The ground began to shake under the cheering crowd and a Gong was slayed as the timer started.

AN: hello and welcome to the second Chapter, as you might have noticed has this chapter being edited, as well as having gotten advanced.

I will rewrite and edit the current chapters a bit, so it also can be, that the Chapters which are currently on the site, will vanish and being replaced with a more detailed one.

I also thought that I will write four chapters, who speak about the month the three teams will take for their tag-team practice, going a bit in the relation between each team members, as well as showing how Himawari and Katsuo are coping with the whole situation.

Also what will come, is how most of the adults think about them and their relationships with one another, I hope I have your understanding.

Sincerely, you're The Storyteller and his Books.