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Chapter Three.
Plan C it is.
Kakashi begun his spiel about team work and not abandoning your companions and shit. He speak better then that but hell, I am too tired to properly pay attention.
"So we are now officially Team Seven. I will call you guys for the first mission we get."
He then disappear in a burst of smoke, because, of course you want to disappear after giving a cool speech. Naruto was jumping up and down.
"Yeah! Yeah! We did it! We are shinobi!"
I rise and tell him.
"We were already shinobi."
He blinked at me owlish, and Sasuke was showing open interest. Oh good time for plan C phase.
"Even if we had failed the elite test we would had being throw into the Genin corps. The less famous side of the shinobi forces. But we would still be shinobi."
I pressed the seal on my undershirt and my battle apparatus disappeared, letting me with my regular clothes.
Ok Naruto was gawking and Sasuke had now open interest. I flick my wrist catching the lunch boxes Kakashi left behind unsealing another that I had already. I need to keep then interest.
I made it look effortless, but goddammit, I think I am one step above chakra exhaustion.
"Come on guys we need to talk."
Sasuke huffed and turned his back to us. Okay one more burst. My left eye flared as my chakra invade the specific area.
"Don't make me drag you Sasuke. I am too tired and moody for that."
The Uchiha stopped and stared at me, before slowly nodding and siting. I retreated my chakra back.
Good Kami I would not be able to tie him down. Kakashi, burned through my chakra in that one second holding him down.
Naruto sniffed his lunch box and begun to eat as he bounced up and down.
"Ne, ne, Sakura chan. How did you know about the Genin corps thing?"
I stared at Naruto for a moment.
"It was plan A. But things didn't go according to the plan. So now I am stuck with plan C."
Sasuke raised one eyebrow at me.
"Yup, plan C is if I get a team, then we better be fucking Sanin level."
Sasuke smirked at me. It is kind of creepy to see him happy about something.
"Huh? Who are the Sannin?"
"The most powerfull ninja in the village, behind only the Hokage. It was one of then that teach the Yodaime."
Naruto opened his eyes.
"And you think we can be like that?"
Was that doubt in his voice? Who knew? Naruto was a human being with doubts and insecurities besides screaming his dream to the four winds. Also, thank you Naruto, you gave me the perfect opening.
"Why not? My two team mates are the last of the most legendary clans in shinobi history and I think I am getting pretty kick ass myself. So yeah. We can."
Sasuke turned sharply at Naruto with wide eye and Naruto frowned looking at Sasuke, a moment later he widened his eyes as both snapped their neck towards me.
"Nani?"
I blinked at them twice. I knew about that, and not everything was just like what I could remember from cannon. So for me it was perfectly reseanoble to ask.
"You didnt know?"
Naruto blinked several time and Sasuke frowned looking at him.
"Huh, well you are the last descendent of the Uzumaki clan Naruto."
"U-Uzumaki is a clan?"
Sasuke was scowling like trying to remember something. Ah so did heard something about it. Good.
"Well, yeah. They used to have they own shinobi village. They were cousins to the Senju clan."
"So they are like family? Were are they?"
Oh crap, those beutfull blue orbs staring at me with so much hope. Crap I feel like a villain for that. Guess that is why the Hiruzen never told him. It kind of clenches my hearth. I didn't even had to fake my saddens.
"They were wiped out protecting Konoha Naruto."
Sasuke eyes widened comically, stealing glances at Naruto. And turned his coal orbs to me.
"How?"
I blinked at him, he was voicing the question that had caught in Naruto's throat.
"Iwagakure, Kumo and Mist joined forces to take them down and use Uzushiogakure as stepping point to invade Konoha. But for every one Uzumaki fallen there were 6 of the enemies."
I stopped and looked up for a moment.
"The Uzumaki could have fled and survived but they hold their ground protecting our village. You will find very vague references about then. It is said that the kages of the time got too ashamed to have failed the Uzumaki and tried to Erase everything about them."
Naruto was looking down, damn were those tears? Aw man I am not good with heighten emotional states. He was more emotional that I though. Although it is my fault for not foreseen it. He did always wear his hearth on the sleeve.
"However, Konoha have not forgot them."
I said taping my headband.
"The spiral in the leaf is actually the Uzumaki clan crest. It is the spiral. Base of all Uzumaki fuinjuts that was what made then so feared. And their blood line is also really awesome too."
At that seemed to distract Naruto, Sasuke looked slightly bewildered by his bouncing emotions.
"Blood line? I have a Blood line?"
I nodded picking up a kunai.
"Come closer you two. Good Naruto gime you hand, Iswear I don't whant to hurt but it is easir to show."
Naruto gave me his hand and I made a small slice on his thumb, he didn't even let out a peep as blood dripped out. I glance at Sasuke.
"How long it take to heal something like this?"
Sasuke frowned.
"I tis an annoying cut. Although it will not hinder it will be open for at least two days."
I smiled pulling a handkerchief and wiping out the cut showing a thumb without even a scar. Sasuke catch it to look closer.
"What?"
"A really strong vitality, Uzumakis can survive to damages most of us would be crippled by, and are blessed with really large chakra reserves. In part is why they knew sealing I guess. The bigger the chakra reserve the harder to control. Narutos reserves would be Kage level. He just have no idea how to use then properly. Well I guess it is also the reason why the village hates you."
Naruto blinked at me.
"What?"
I nodded at him pulling up a little scroll I made just for this.
"This lady here is the wife of the First Hokage wife, Uzumaki Mito, later know as Senju Mito. She only became a Senju after the battle of the first Hokage with Uchiha Madara. I guess she was the first Uzumaki to guard the kyuubi."
Naruto Flinched and Sasuke widened his eyes.;
"What."
"Yup I guess the Uzumaki were the only one with the power to restrain the Kyuubi, I read they had a peculiar type of chakra. Your mother Naruto…"
I said without looking up, pointing at the picture on the scroll, Naruto face should be priceless, Sasuke too. Aparently Kushina was a little bad with paper work, and her registry photo on the Library had her and Uchiha Mikoto making a V sign to the picture.
"Died on the day the Kyubi attacked the village. As it is also your day of birth I am guessing that someone managed to break the kyuubi free from whatever you Uzumakis keep it locked up while she was giving birth. And the village blame your clan for the problem."
Sasuke looked down at the picture and them back at Naruto, he and his mother had a lot in common in personality wise. Damn if it didn't show. Especially the whiskers marks, Mito and Kuchina had then, Naruto also, it could be logical to assume it was a clan trait.
I stared at Sasuke.
"What?"
Sasuke looked down.
"The woman beside her."
I tilted my head, Naruto was caressing the picture as trying to commit every dot and grainy trail to memory, a small shy smile on his face.
"That is my mother. Uchiha Mikoto."
Naruto head snaped towards Sasuke, and back to the picture.
"They look like friends. Did she, did she ever talked…"
Sasuke stared at him silently; I could see the gears turning behind his eyes.
"Sorry, your clan name is just familiar. I was too young I don't remember."
"Oh. Why didn't the old man told me?"
I blinked at him, I feel like I should know who that is.
"Old man?"
Naruto looked up.
"Ah Hokage-jiji."
Huh, it does sound disrespectful. Now I know why people freaked out when he says that in the anime.
"That is quite obvious. For two or three reasons. First they are hiding you in plain sigh. Your are so know and hated within the village that no enemy shinobi would notice you. Two, if you knew who your mom was would you been able to shut up about it? She was ranked as a S treat level on the bingo book. And third if it got out who you really are, there would be a line to see who got your hide first."
He blinked and hold back tears.
"I would have liked to know."
Sasuke nodded.
"It was his right to know."
I raised my hands.
"Hey don't get it wrong, I think they were waiting for you to be older or more powerful to take care of yourself to tell you about it. Naurto look at me."
Naruto raised soulful eyes, hurt with betrayal.
"It is ok to feel hurt by it. It is okay to be mad, but look at me. Do you believe that the Hokage, that allow you to call him Jiji, did this to hurt you or to protect you?"
Naruto looked torn apart, I rested my hand on his cheek.
"Naruto, I think it was hurting him too to keep the secret from you."
Naruto just nodded silently.
"Okay so how about I teach you about Uzumaki sealing?"
His head snapped up. Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
"How do you know that?"
I scratched my head.
"Oh I found a book on the library. A few actually, signed by Uzumaki Mito. I compared it to the other books on fuinjutsu and I tell. That one make sense the rest is incomprehensible mamble jumble. Any way I can teach you."
Naruto nodded enthusiastic, I glanced at Sasuke.
"Ne Naruto technically, it is your clan traditional art. Sorry If I learned without your consent, back when I started I did not know it technically belong to you. Do you want the books back?"
Naruto stared at me, actually stared at me, with piercing blue eyes. It was daunting seeing such serious expression on his face.
"Are they safe?"
"Yeah they are."
"Then please keep them safe."
He then stared at Sasuke.
"Do you want to learn teme?"
Sasuke blinked owlish at him.
"Naruto I was born in a clan. Clans usually don't share techniques like that."
Naruto scratched his cheek.
"Well Sakura-chan already know, and looks like your mom and my mom were friends, so why not? I would like to make that happens."
Sasuke smiled, barely mind you, but smiled.
"Uzumaki and Uchiha huh? Yeah we could be allies. I accept the opportunity, and look forward to reattribute the favor. Dobe."
Holly crap that actually look like the anime sappy scenes. Huh, who would say. Well it also my turn to do sappy. I rise and bow with my arms to my sides.
"Naruto, I would like to thank you, for protecting our viallage from the Kyuubi. And say I am sorry. I always saw how the village treated you and I did not stepped in to help. I am sorry."
"Why Sakura-chan?"
"Because of my mother. If I had been friends with you, she would suffer on her job. That would be bad. I am certain she wouldn't mind you. However for her sake I kept my distance. I am sorry I wasn't there to be your friend."
"So we can't be team mates?"
"I can't take you guys home. Sasuke would also bring some bad influence upon my mother, but as long as we are out of the public eye we should be okay."
"So we can be friends?"
"Yup."
The guy tackled me, fuck who tackle another person? Oh well I am okay with it. I prefer Naruto to Sasuke anyway.
Naruto got off me and we began to finish our meals. I then brought out another scroll.
"Okay, so about becoming Sanin level, we will need a lot of training. What I said about not trusting Kakashi is true. He is a powerful shinobi, we saw first hand and I think he was holding back. I say we wait one week to see what he actually teach us. If he do well we keep him otherwise, we can make a request to the Hokage for a transfer. Kakashi is pretty high up in the ladder so it may not pass so we should at least try to train ourselves during this week. This is the schedule I have so far."
