Well, it feels great to be able to get this story back up again. I was able to get the storyboard for the first half of this story done. I'll have it up while I work on the second half.

Please enjoy.

"My lullaby?" Naruto asked, "How come I've never heard it before, yet I know all the notes?"

"Well actually, this isn't the first time I heard it from you." Jiraiya said, "If you remember when we went out to find Tsunade and I taught you the Rasengan, there was a time I heard it from you."

"When?"

"Do you remember the time you were just staring at the drawing of the leaf on your palm after you finished the second part of training?"

"Yeah, the rubber ball one." Naruto said.

"Well, I heard you humming the tune." Jiraiya said, "I thought it was all in my head. Since you reminded me so much of your father, I figured it was just me assuming it was the lullaby."

Naruto looked at the leaf, ever since, Naruto learned of his heritage, he was slowly beginning to see himself in a different light. And not just him, other people in the village have grown to respect Naruto because of it. They no longer saw him as a monster, but as a human, a hero, Minato's son.

"You're more like your parents than you think." Jiraiya said, smiling. "They'd be proud to know what you've accomplished."

"Heh." Naruto smirked, "You've been saying that so many times."

"I guess I do." Jiraiya said. He couldn't help but look at Naruto with a bright smile. "I just find it so hard to believe that I was with you all these years, and never made the connection. You look so like your father, yet I didn't bother realizing that you were his son." He put his hands on Naruto's shoulders, "Seeing you, I remember what it felt like to have your father around."

"Naruto, I'm gonna go see Sasuke now." Sakura said, "You want to come?"

"Oh, sure. I'll be right there." Naruto said. He turned back to Jiraiya, "So I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"Yeah, tomorrow." Jiraiya replied. He watched as Naruto ran off with Sakura towards Sasuke's place. It really does feel like having Minato back.

The next morning, things were very hectic at the hospital. A doctor was leaving the hospital, heading to the Hokage's office with a file in her hands. She finally arrived at the door to the office and opened it and continued to run in.

"We have another one!" a doctor came into the Hokage's office with a file. "Same condition as that last two."

"What?" Tsuande took the file that was given to her. "Who's the cause of this?" Tsunade asked, wondering how these tragedies keep happening.

Both her and Sakura examined the file. According to what it states, the body of this victim was that of a male about the age of 30. The clothing on the person showed that this man was an ordinary person, an innocent person. His chest was completely ripped open, the internal organs were visible and horribly damaged.

"They're all the same; chests ripped open and all of them appear as if it came from the inside." Sakura said.

"This is so strange. How long has this been happening?" Tsunade asked.

"Well the first one we found happened to be a citizen from the Wave Country." The doctor said, "And I was also told that there were few more that were from the Lightning Country."

Sakura looked at her master in concern. "Do you think this could be contagious?" Sakura asked.

"Impossible." Tsunade said, "If it were a contagious virus, than it would not be affecting people one by one. This has to be some kind of jutsu of some sort."

"You don't think this is the work of one person do you?" Sakura asked.

"Right now, its the only thing I can think of." Tsunade said, "But before I finalize it, go check on the bodies of our victims. See if you can find anything out of the ordinary with them. Sakura, you can go now. Do what I asked."

"Hai." Sakura bowed and left the office with the doctor leaving after her.

Tsunade was getting very stressed with all this information about these victims with similar causes of death. What kind of jutsu could this be? What was the purpose of doing this? Who would do something like this? All these questions entered her mind while the file was still open on her desk.

"Sasuke, open up!" Sakura shouted while she knocked on is door. After several minutes, Sasuke finally opened the door, but was in nothing but a towel, and wearing very drowsy eyes, "What were you doing?"

"Masterbating." Sasuke answered bluntly, right before yawning. Seeing that Sakura didn't get the joke, "Jesus, how dense can you get, I was about to take a shower."

"Oh, that's a relief." Sakura smirked, "You better hurry, Tsunade wants to see you in her office in thirty minutes."

"Oh crap..." Sasuke's drowsy face suddenly changed into a look of shock. "Its today?!" Sasuke slammed the door on Sakura, "I'll see you there!"

"Um...ok..." Sakura turned and left the doorway, heading straight back to the Hokage's office.

Sasuke stood before the Hokage with ANBU standing around him.

"The elders and I have come to an agreement." Tsunade said, "You have been cooperative with your punishment and never have you violated the rules we set. With that in mind, as well as the fact that its been over a year since your punishment was given, it was agreed that you are now released from house arrest."

Sasuke smiled in relief, he was finally able to wander around Konoha with no more limitations. "Thank you."

"You'd probably want to tell some friends. You can go now." Tsunade said.

Sasuke bowed before heading to the door and leaving. As he closed the door of the office behind him, Sakura came running into his arms.

"Sasuke!" She jumped and wrapped her arms around him. "How did it go?"

"I'm free now." Sasuke said, hugging her back. "I'm a free man again."

"That's great! We have to tell Naruto."

"Do I have to?" Sasuke asked, "You know what he's gonna do once he finds out."

"Oh come on, he's your best friend." Sakura smiled, "I'm sure you can handle it."

"Yatta! You're finally free!" Naruto jumped up and down for joy as he held onto Sasuke. "I knew Baa-chan would let you go soon."

All this time, Sasuke had been showing disdain of the fact that Naruto had been hugging him like this. This is more awkward than being alone with Karin. Somebody please kill me before he does it first. "Naruto, you're crushing my ribs."

"Its about time I found you, Naruto."

"Huh?" Naruto and the others looked over to where the voice came from, "Ero-sennin."

"Tsunade wants to see you and I." Jiraya said, "There's something we both need to tell you, privately."

"So does that mean we can't join?" Sakura asked, referring to herself and Sasuke.

"Sorry, this is something between the three of us. Come on Naruto, let's go."

"Well, its great to hear that your free now Sasuke." Naruto smiled, "Maybe we can meet later for training."

"Sounds good to me." Sasuke smiled back, "Just stop by my place anytime."

Naruto then ran after Jiraiya after realizing that he didn't bother stopping to wait for Naruto. Sasuke waved to Naruto as he shrank into the the horizon.

"You know, Sasuke, now that you've served your time, the ANBU aren't standing around your house anymore." Sakura said.

The two stared at each other in that fact. They both knew what the other was thinking, they were just waiting for the other to initiate it.

"I'll go get spare clothes." Sakura said, quickly heading to the direction of her home.

"I'll go rent a movie." Sasuke said, heading to his place.

Tsunade sat at her desk, looking over the medical notes. After looking over all the victims that suffered the same strange brutal death, she was able to find a connection between them all.

"Seven different cases, all with the same conditions." Tsunade said, flipping through all the reports, "Chakra completely drained from each of them, and their chests ripped open from the inside. Who would have the power and mental capacity to do such a thing?"

Her question would have to be answered another time, Jiraiya and Naruto came into her office moments later.

"Well, what is it you asked me here for?" Naruto asked.

Tsunade put the papers away. "Naruto, I'm glad you came so soon. Sit down." Tsunade motioned him to sit on the sofa that was situated on the right side of the office. Tsunade and Jiraiya both stood in front of Naruto, as they waited for him to sit. "Naruto, after we all learned about who you really were, the two of us," Refering to herself and Jiraiya, "We both did some digging into items and found these." Tsunade handed Naruto a small chest. "These were all the things that we were able to find that your father and mother left."

Naruto opened the chest and looked in the contents. He was immediately taken away by what he saw inside; photos of his parents, several of his father's signature kunai, clothing that belong to his father, and most notably, a small green box lined with gold trimmings. Naruto took the box and slowly opened it. Inside, there was leaf, it was bright yellow in color and it looked as if it was fresh.

"That's a leaf from a mugendai(infinity) tree." Tsunade said, knowing exactly what kind of leaf it was, "Those are very rare, and very unique from a regular tree leaf."

"How?" Naruto asked.

"Even when plucked from the branch, the leaf never loses its life, it remains fresh as long as its taken care of." Jiraiya explained, "I remember giving that to Minato as a wedding gift. Even before he met Kushina, he had a talent in making music with a leaf. I knew that a mugendai leaf would be the perfect gift for his talent."

Naruto then noticed several envelopes in the chest. "What are these?" Naruto asked as he picked them up.

"Uh...You don't have to worry about that." Jiraiya quickly snatched the envelopes off Naruto's hands.

"What are they?" Naruto asked.

"Oh no. Are those what I think they are?" Tsunade asked, giving Jiraiya a look that said, 'I remember that, what the hell?'.

"What? What is it?" Naruto asked.

"Those are love letters your father gave to your mother to try and woo her." Tsunade said, "All of them were 'Jiraiya-edited'."

Naruto looked down at the chest, noticing that there was one envelope left inside. He opened the envelope and read the contents. After a minute of reading it, Naruto dropped the paper and gave Jiraiya a dirty look. "You are one perverted old man. What makes you think a love letter should have the word 'breasts' in it more than ten times?"

"Oh don't worry, Minato had the guts to give them to her." Jiraiya said, "Be grateful that the world never saw them."

Sasuke and Sakura laid in bed with the bed covers scarcely over them. Sakura rested her head on his chest and Sasuke wrapped his arms around her.

"Wow..." Sakura panted, "That...that was incredible. You were so great."

Sasuke took some time to breathe before answering, "Thanks...you were pretty great yourself."

Sakura then rolled around, pressing her breasts against his chest, "Let's do it again."

"But we didn't even watch the movie yet." Sasuke said.

"Oh, stop being such a pussy." Sakura said, "Just one more."

It was now night and everyone at Konaha was either sound asleep, or out working at whatever they did. There was only one who wasn't in either of these.

Naruto was tossing and turning in bed, sweating as he tried to shake off the horrible thoughts that were in his head.

"Minato-kun!" Kushina was seen running around the grass field, "Minato-kun!"

Naruto recognized the place, it was the afterlife, the place where he first met his parents, when he died. But what was happening? Suddenly a flash of light blinded Naruto and he now saw his father in a pit of darkness.

"Otou-chan?"

Minato was slowly starting to be covered by the darkness. Naruto could only watch his dream go on as his father was now disappearing in the darkness.

"Otou-chan! No!"

Naruto woke up from his dream. He panted heavily, trying to understand the reason behind the dream. What was the significance of him seeing his mother looking for his father and his father being covered in darkness. Naruto knew that these thoughts would prevent him from sleeping, so he decided to get out of bed.

"Aww man..." Naruto looked at the clock, it was 4 in the morning, too early in the morning for him to wake up. As Naruto got out of bed and stepped outside into his balcony, Hinata woke up from the sudden lightness of the bed and saw that Naruto was gone.

Naruto leaned on the railing of his balcony, looking at the moonlight, trying to make sense of what he dreamed of. He looked down at his feet and saw the chest that he got from Tsunade and Jiraiya. He remembered leaving he chest here until he and Hinata could find a place to put it. He kneeled down and opened the chest, taking out the mugendai leaf from inside. He didn't know why, but he suddenly had the urge to play the tune. He put the leaf to his lips and played his lullaby for a second time.

Kakashi, who still up in the night to read through his Icha Icha books, suddenly noticed the tune. He looked away from the book and looked out the window, as if he could see where the music came from. "Naruto? Now what are you doing up at this time of night?"

Jiraiya, who was sound asleep in his own home, suddenly woke up when the tune came to his ears. "Huh?" Jiraiya sat up from his bed and looked out the window, where Naruto's apartment was. "Naruto?"

Hinata came out to the balcony, listening to Naruto play his lullaby. "Naruto-kun?"

"Hinata." Naruto turned around. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up."

"No, its ok." Hinata said, "What are you doing out here?"

"I couldn't sleep, so I came out here for the fresh air." Naruto lied, but he didn't want to trouble Hinata with his dream.

Hinata could tell that Naruto was lying, but seeing that trying to get him to talk wouldn't be such a good idea at this time, she just sat down next to him, leaning on his shoulder as Naruto played on the leaf once more.

"So what did you bring me out here for?" Naruto asked.

Him, Kakashi and Jiraiya were standing outside a field, the very same field that they were in when Naruto first began his training on elemental jutsu. Though that was years ago, Naruto still remembered the place, even after all these years, there were many landmarks that were made by Naruto's training that were still left visible here.

"Well, I figured that we haven't had much time together these days. I thought maybe the best way to spend time together was through training." Kakashi said. "So for now, until you complete training, you and I will be seeing each other quite alot."

"I'm here to wish you good luck on your training." Jiraiya said.

"Wait, you're going somewhere?" Naruto asked.

"I have to speak with Tsunade right now." Jiraiya said, "But I'll be back to see you progress, I promise."

"Ok, well I'll see you later then." Naruto smiled.

"Bye Naruto." With that, Jiraiya dashed off through the trees.

"So, what will I be training in?" Naruto asked, "Anything awesome?"

"Oh, you betcha. Kakashi said, smiling underneath his mask. "Now that you learned about your heritage, I figured it was time for you to learn something that was mastered by your father."

"Meaning..."

"I'm going to teach you your father's greatest technique, the Hiraishin no Jutsu."

Oh my god, oh my god. Naruto will finally learn it.

Now I know what you guys will say. 'Kakashi doesn't know the technique.', 'Did he copy it from Minato?', 'How the hell will you make it possible?' Well, Kakashi was a member of Minato's team, so I figured he would know how the technique was done. He doesn't really need to master it to teach Naruto.

Along with the Hiraishin, I'm going to have Naruto do something pretty cool with it. you'll just have to wait until the future chapters to find out what.

As of now, I'm planning to work on my Digimon-based stories first; Prevention of Chaos, and Vestige. Once those two are done, I'll fully commit to this. But don't get me wrong, I'll still update this story, but you'll probably expect updates once every month or so, maybe even once every few months.