"Uhhhh… right, well I know it's been a long while since I've updated anything and I'm really sorry!!! I've been really busy with school work and my own personal projects. I recently joined an online game that is really fun! It's called Fiesta and I'm on the bijou server as haruhime. I also have a boyfriend who I meet on Fiesta and he just so, so, so *blush* he makes me really happy! 

I forgot to tell you guys, but the reason why Siren gets so angry with Kyuubi when he calls her a bird, is that sirens are actually half human half bird creatures and are often mistaken for mermaids. They're like the most mistaken mythical creatures ever."

Okay I really know that I should just get a move on and wrote the next chapter but I really didn't like how this chapter came out. I don't really know why but this chapter just really bugs me. So I rewrote it and hopefully this come out a little better.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Voices in Sasuke head/ inner Sakura'

"Bijuu speaking"

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Naruto sighed and gazed longing out the window, before a small smile grew on his face and a mischievous glint appeared in his eyes.

"Don't even think about it Naruto." Kakashi warned while flipping another page in his book. Naruto pouted and crossed his arms before glaring at Kakashi.

"Aww, why not Kakashi-sensei?! I've been in here for a week since I woke up and I feel just fine!" Naruto yelled at Kakashi and Kakashi just sighed.

"Naruto, we're keeping you in here because we're not entirely too sure what Siren presence did to your mind. Even Umiko admits that she doesn't know what Siren did to you." Kakashi said while watching Naruto angered expression melted into one of worry.

"Umiko-chan… is she okay?" Naruto asked and Kakashi simply shrugged.

"Of course she is why would you think otherwise?' Kakashi asked and Naruto looked away.

"Well it's been a week since I woke up and she still hasn't come to visit me." Naruto mumbled and Kakashi place a comforting hand on his head.

"Don't worry Naruto, Umiko is just fine."

"Then why hasn't she come to visit me?" Naruto asked angrily and Kakashi sighed.

"Tsunade-sama just needed to clear a few things up concerning Umiko and most of them needing Umiko being there to prove them." Naruto looked up at Kakashi in alarm.

"What do you mean that baa-chan needed to 'clear a few things up' about Umiko-chan? Is Umiko-chan alright?" Naruto asked worried and Kakashi quickly shook his head.

"Umiko is alright, Tsunade-sama just needed to clarify a few things about her."

"Like what?" Naruto asked.

"Her blood line, her citizenship, and her parentage are a few things." Naruto stared at Kakashi confused and Kakashi sighed before starting to explain.

"Well we know that she is your cousin on your mother side of your family, but we just found out that her parents are Uzumaki Naoto and Uzumaki Karen, it turns out her mother came from a clan of reef divers that used to live in Whirlpool. Then there was the matter of Umiko blood line and her citizenship."

"Why would Umiko blood line and citizenship be a problem?" Naruto asked confused and Kakashi sighed.

"Well her status as a citizen of Konoha is up to debate because she's been gone from the village for a long time and since she is a civilian she has to follow civilian laws, blood line or not. Civilian law states that if one person stays outside the village at least four years than they are no longer considered as a citizen on Konoha. There are a few exceptions to this law, most involving official business, academic outings, and personal family matters to those with family outside of Konoha." Naruto tilted his head and scrunched his face up in confusion and Kakashi sighed.

"Okay let me try to simplify things a bit. Here in Konoha there are two law systems, one for shinobi and one for civilians. Since Umiko is not a shinobi she has to follow civilian laws. Shinobi are only technically allowed to leave the village only when their Kage tells them to, like on missions, and they could stay out of the village for as long as they wish provided that they report to their Kage in periodic reports or else be labeled as a missing Nin or as KIA. Civilians on the other hand could leave the village whenever they wish so long as if they don't stay away for a certain amount of time. Do you understand so far Naruto?" Naruto nodded and Kakashi continued.

"The actual time limit varies depending on the village but for Konoha I believe the time limit is four years, now there are exceptions to this law. The first is leave on official business; means a civilian was asked to do something by our Hokage, most likely acting as an ambassador with in a civilian country. The second is leave on academic outings, mainly archeological digs or exchange programs with other schools outside of Konoha. The final one is family problems, this one apply to those with family outside of Konoha, which is pretty likely since Konoha is more open than other hidden villages and has a habit of accepting outsiders more." Naruto nodded in understanding before looking at Kakashi in confusion.

"Well there shouldn't be a problem than, Umiko was outside of the village because of family problems right?" Kakashi sighed and shook his head.

"Naruto, that law only applies to those with living relatives outside of Konoha, and since you're the only living relative Umiko has, this rule doesn't apply to her." Kakashi explained and Naruto looked at him in worry.

"Does this mean that Umiko isn't a citizen of Konoha?" Naruto asked and Kakashi placed a comforting hand on Naruto head.

"Even if she isn't a citizen right now, she can always put up a petition for citizenship and her blood line would be a big favor for her."

"You said that before, what does her blood line have to do with anything?" Naruto asked and Kakashi looked at him in silence for a few minutes before answering.

"Konoha, as you noticed, places a high value in bloodlines; so high in fact that they created a law known as the bloodline protection law. This law was created in case there was a time when a clan was on the verge of extinction. It basically means that when the survivor of a bloodline turns sixteen, he or she is legally able to do anything that could rebuild his or her clan. This normally means that the survivor has the option of choosing multiple brides or grooms." Kakashi said with his eye curved into a happy crescent while Naruto looked at him in shock.

"You want Umiko to do what?!" Naruto yelled and Kakashi cringed in pain. He was pretty sure the entire village heard Naruto yell this time.

"Maa maa Naruto, Umiko doesn't have to take on multiple grooms, besides she's not the only person on the list." Kakashi said quickly before Naruto could start ranting and Naruto looked at him in confusion.

"Who else is on the list?" Naruto asked and Kakashi sighed.

"Sasuke is on the list and so are you apparently." Naruto stared at him in shock and Kakashi returned to reading his book.

"What do you mean I'm on the list?! I don't have a bloodline!" Naruto protested and Kakashi sighed.

"Umiko has a bloodline and you are a blood relative of Umiko, so you have the bloodline even if it wasn't activated. This places both you and Umiko under the bloodline protection law." Kakashi explained and Naruto frowned.

"So then what's going to happen now?" Naruto asked and Kakashi shrugged.

"That's all up to Tsunade-sama and what Umiko decides to do." Kakashi replied and Naruto looked out the window in worry.

Tsunade sighed as she walked deeper into the Hokage tower with a grumbling Umiko following a few steps behind her. She sighed again when Umiko, not so silently, grumbled to herself about big breasted blonds who did a bunch of pointless tests for no reason at all. Tsunade was half tempted to just flick the girl on her forehead and carry her the rest of the way, but at the same time she couldn't help but sympathize with the girl. The past week had been nothing but test after test, and the poor girl barely had time to take a short nap before Tsunade had woke her up for this next test.

Tsunade glanced back and internally winced at how Umiko looked. There were dark bags under her eyes and her skin was much paler than normal. Her bright green eyes stared wearily around her surroundings even as her eye lid slowly slid down in her exhaustion. Their eyes met and Umiko drew her lips back into a snarl, Tsunade didn't mind, she knew most of the girl frustration came from tiredness.

Tsunade stopped in front of a door and without even bothering to knock she swiftly opened the door. The room itself was a little strange; a simple circular room, were the only furniture was a single wooden chair. What really drew her attention was the man standing next to the chair. The man had a bandanna on his head and his face was cut with long scars, Tsunade head Umiko take a deep breath of air and smirked a little bit on the inside.

'I keep forgetting the Umiko is not a ninja, she's not used to dealing with people who have such extensive scars as Ibiki.' Tsunade thought to herself before Umiko broke into her thoughts.

"I thought I was done with all the test! What are we doing here baa-chan? And who's the freaky guy?" Umiko whined and Tsunade felt a tick appear on her forehead.

'Then again this is Naruto cousin we're talking about, who knows what she really capable of. On another note I need to bash Naruto head in for getting her started on calling me baa-chan.' Tsunade thought to herself before turning to Umiko with a frown on her face.

"This here, gaki, is Ibiki. He's our tor… I mean our head interrogator specialist. He'll be asking a few questions and this will be the last test you'll have to take." Tsunade explained to Umiko who sighed in relief.

"Thank Kami! I thought I was going to go insane with all the test you made me take. I mean who here in this village really knows who the third founder of Konoha official library was?" Umiko exclaimed while throwing her hands up in mock exasperation, while rolling her eyes.

Well I'm Uzumaki Umiko." Umiko declared while boldly holding her hand out towards Ibiki. Ibiki raised one of his 'eye brows' at her before taking her hand in his.

"Morino Ibiki. I heard a lot about you Uzumaki-san, something about running the town over with fake Kyuubi's?" Ibiki said rather than asked and Umiko blushed.

"Well then how's this going to work?" Umiko asked as she walked deeper into the room.

"Simple, I want you to sit in this chair here and I'll do everything else." Ibiki told her and motioned toward the chair in the room. Umiko looked at Ibiki in confusion but sat down anyway.

"I thought you were going to ask me a few questions?" Umiko asked and Ibiki smiled.

"I did, you just won't be able to remember them." Ibiki answered while flipping his hand quickly through different hand seals.

"Wha…" Umiko never got to finish and Ibiki finished his last hand seal and called out the name of his technique.

"Hamidasu Shinshou no Jutsu!" Umiko rocked back in her seat as if she was struck before suddenly slumping forwards. Tsunade looked at Umiko with a raised eye brow before turning to look at Ibiki.

"Forced Truth Technique?" She asked and a ghost of a smile flickered over Ibiki face.

"I created it to interrogate civilians since the Sandaime wasn't entirely to keen on my using physical force on civilians." Tsunade nodded before turning back to look at Umiko.

"How does this work?"

"It's simple, we ask her a question and she answers. If she doesn't know the answer to the question she'll simply say so." Ibiki explained and Tsunade nodded.

"Alright I guess we better get started than." Tsunade told Ibiki and he nodded back. Tsunade looked at Umiko before taking a deep breath and started.

"What is your name?" Tsunade asked.

"Uzumaki Umiko." Umiko replied in a dull voice. Tsunade glanced at Ibiki who nodded back at her.

"When did you meet Naruto?"

"On his fifth birthday."

"How did you meet him?"

"I was walking the streets of Konoha and I heard some people yelling. When I went to check it out I saw a bunch of grownups beating him up. I couldn't just let them do that so I ran up to them and told them that I would scream if they didn't leave him alone." Tsunade frowned, mentally noting to look up on this incident later.

"How long have you known you were an Uzumaki?

"Since I was eight."

"Why didn't you know before?"

"My otou-san died before I was born and my okaa-san never told me."

"Where is this family tree?"

"In Whirlpool."

"How recent is it?"

"Very, it was a device created by Siren and automatically updates itself as soon as a Uzumaki is born, or when one dies." Tsunade frowned at this.

"Do you know who Naruto otou-san is?"

"Iie, the tree only keeps track of those with Uzumaki blood; it does not record information on those outside of the clan." Tsunade sighed at this.

"Is it possible to bring this family tree here?"

"Hai, though only an Uzumaki will be able to read it." Tsunade nodded at this.

"Can you show us where it is?"

"Hai." Tsunade smiled before frowning again.

"Who taught you the Unbreakable Vow?"

"My okaa-san, she said she learned it from my otou-san." Tsunade nodded before narrowing her eyes.

"Why did you leave Konoha?"

"I was attacked." Tsunade eyes narrowed at this.

"Who attacked you?"

"Rikou Teku men."

"Who is Rikou Teku?"

"A descendent of Rikou Sasami, creator of the Red Sea." Both Tsunade and Ibiki eyes narrowed at this.

"What is the Red Sea?"

"A weapon so powerful that it is said to turn the sea red with its power." Tsunade looked at Ibiki who gave a slight nod showing that this conversation was being recorded.

"Where is this weapon now?"

"At the bottom of the sea."

"Are you able to reach it with your Ningyo?"

"Hai." Tsunade tensed.

"Is that why Rikou is after you?"

"Hai."

"Has he ever captured you?"

"Hai." Both Tsunade and Ibiki eyes narrowed at this.

"What did he do to you?"

"He… he…" Umiko gave out a small sob and Tsunade looked at her in alarm before steeling herself.

"What did he do to you?" Tsunade asked again and Umiko gave out a choked sob as a tear rolled down her check.

"Experiments; many, many experiments."

"What kind of experiments?"

"Endurance test, healing factor, biopsies, poison resistance, illness resistance, pressure test…" Umiko went on listing some things that made Tsunade grind her teeth in anger.

"That's enough." Ibiki cut in, stopping Umiko mid sentence.

"Why did he want this information?" Ibiki asked.

"He wanted to create an artificial Ningyo."

"Was he successful?" Tsunade asked.

"Iie."

"How did you escape from Rikou?"

"I didn't I was saved." Tsunade raised an eyebrow at this.

"By who?"

"Carlos."

"Who is Carlos?"

"Carlos owns the circus that I joined shortly after leaving Konoha. He taught me how to use the trapeze and the diabolo."

"Where is Carlos now?"

"I don't know he never stays in one place for too long."

Ibiki looked at Tsunade and she sighed.

"I think that's enough. We found out everything we needed to; snap her out of this so we can finally finish the rest of the paperwork to get her reinstated as a Konoha civilian." Tsunade ordered and Ibiki nodded. Tsunade sighed; it seemed as if the problems just kept piling up. Orochimaru, Akatsuki, and now this Rikou Teku guy; Tsunade could already feel the hang over coming up. She watched as Umiko wake up and glare at her, reminder her so much of a certain other Uzumaki, she sighed again as she thought to herself.

'Damn it Kushina! Why did you never tell us any of this?'

Translations:

Hamidasu Shinshou no Jutsu= Forced Truth technique

"……………………….. Writers block sucks, well if anything I finally have a few new ideas for this story I'm not sure if they're any good ones…. I kind of think this chapter sucked… tell me what you guys thought about it."

Well I'm not sure if anyone read my AN up in the top so I thought I should put it down here too. Siren gets really angry at Kyuubi when he calls her a bird because Siren are actually half human and half bird creatures, they're like the most mistaken mythical creature ever. This is why Siren gets so annoyed; she is the embodiment of the sea itself and has no connection with the sky. In case you haven't figured it out, Umiko really hates the water and gave Siren this name as an act of defiance as to what she really was.

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