Chapter 15

Ok people, I am going to say this once, if you do not like my style of writing or have a problem with it, then kindly shut up and get the f**k out of here and leave me (as well as those who actually enjoy this story) alone because I would like people to enjoy it and not have people complaining about something that has nothing to do with the story. Btw sorry for the late update, I was having a bit of writers block for this story again and then as some readers know by now, I was working on my new story. And one final detail, this chapter is introducing a new character. It is a birthday present to my best and closest friend, me putting her in my story.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Demon/Summons speaking"

'Demon/Summons thinking'

Disclaimers: I don't own the anime/manga Naruto in any way, shape, or form (oh and to those who don't mind my style of writing, sorry for the ranting earlier I've had lots of people in my life say I need to do better at just about everything and it drives me insane to STILL hear it to this very day)

Naruto, Tenten, Lee (who was carrying a barely conscious Sasuke), Gai (who was carrying a barely conscious Kakashi) and Sakura, who looked like slightly nervous and upset at Naruto walked into the Hokage tower. Sakura was upset that he had attacked "her" Sasuke and won and nervous when she remembered the threat Naruto had promised, but she didn't think about it until saw him thinking and before they arrived at the tower, she saw him smirked evilly and glance in her direction and that was when she got very nervous. Tsunade looked at everyone and saw Kakashi and Sasuke looking half-dead and she stifled a giggle at the sight. She stood up and walked to the window behind her,

"So, how did the mission go?" She had noticed Naruto's traveling cloak and thought it looked an awful lot like the Akatsuki cloak except it had no red clouds on it, but she didn't care as she thought it suited him. When he took it off she saw it was a dark Magenta in color on the inside of it. Gai stepped forward,

"The mission went excellent! We all managed to show our Flames of Youth as we fought the most un-youthful Akatsuki!" Gai gave Tsunade his Good Guy pose and his teeth flashed, blinding everyone in the room, except for the hidden Anbu members who were specifically trained to withstand Gai and Lee's Flashing Teeth Jutsu, as well as their horrifying Genjutsu.

Naruto sighed and tapped Gai's shoulder and asked him to stop which he did shouting something about youth. Everyone thanked Naruto for stopping Gai even the Anbu came out and nodded a quick thanks to Naruto before vanishing again. Naruto sighed and shook his head until a funny thought crossed his mind and he chuckled making everyone look at him and he shook his head saying,

"Hehe, sorry a funny idea just popped in my head but don't worry about it." Tsunade nodded and then asked for the mission report. Sakura stepped forward and was about to talk when Naruto stepped in front of her, and told Tsunade what happened during the mission, ignoring Sakura's annoyed expression. Sakura was surprised when Naruto stepped forward but then grew annoyed and shouted,

"NARUTO-BAKA I WAS ABOUT TO TALK!"

She pulled her fist back and tried to slam it on Naruto's head but he took a step to the left and Sakura missed, losing her balance in the process. Naruto continued on as if nothing happened, making everyone sweat drop. When he was finished Tsunade nodded and was about to let them go when Naruto stopped them and spoke up about one more thing.

"By the way, I forgot to mention we ran into some rogue shinobi from Kumo." Tsunade looked surprised and said,

"What, really?! What happened?" Naruto then told Tsunade about their encounter with Sosetsu and the other rogue shinobi. Tsunade nodded and let them go, however before Naruto left he turned and looked at Tsunade,

"Granny, I forgot to mention, Sakura spoke of a certain S-ranked secret to the Uchiha, what do you suggest her punishment be?" Tsunade looked shocked and glared at Sakura who shrunk under her master's glare. Tsunade then looked at Sasuke as he was still weak from Gai and Lee's race to Konoha. Tsunade looked back at Naruto and sighed,

"I'll have to discuss this with the clan heads, but I can assure you that the punishment will be severe." Naruto nodded with everyone but Sakura and Kakashi and they turned to leave. As they exited the tower, Naruto Shunshined to his underground site and saw the Advanced Shadow Clone, which he learned from Jiraiya on the three year training trip, had returned from its top secret mission. He was impressed to see that it had collected the body of the one who had beaten Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru and had given them the title Sanin, Hanzo the Salamander. When the clone dispelled, he received the memories and saw that it had nearly been killed dozens of times. Naruto felt bad for his clone but decided to focus on his work at hand of making his second path. Naruto picked up the chakra rods he had and broke them into specific shapes to begin the long and difficult process of making his second path.

A few days later…

Three shadows were sighted by Anbu heading towards Konoha. As soon as they arrived at the gate and they stated their business, they were surrounded by Anbu who led them to the Hokage.

With Tsunade moments later…

Tsunade was glaring at her paperwork and was contemplating on destroying it, no one would miss it right? Sadly before she made up her mind, there was a knock on her door and she sighed before admitting them in. Tsunade looked at the three who entered with Anbu operative, Dragon, who bowed and vanished. Tsunade glanced at the three Kumo shinobi and sighed,

'So tell me, what does Kumo want with Konoha?' The one in the middle stepped forward,

'Lord Raikage wishes for us to negotiate a peace treaty.' Sosetsu smiled as he held out the letter from A as his companions nodded and smiled a bit as well. Meanwhile Tsunade sighed as she rubbed her eyebrows,

'That brat was right about this treaty, such an annoyance.'

Meanwhile with Naruto at Ichiraku's…

Naruto was sitting at his favorite ramen stand with his cloak opened fully and was eating his fifth bowl of Ramen while Ayame watched with a gentle smile on her face. Suddenly another person walked into the stand and sat down beside Naruto, watching him eat. She giggled a little bit and looked at Ayame and spoke out,

"Excuse me. Can I have a vegetable ramen please?" Naruto looked over and saw the young woman there and then went back to eating his ramen while Ayame smiled and nodded at her,

"Of course, give us just a moment miss." The woman nodded and looked around at the simple and yet comfortable stand as Ayame and Teuchi began to cook her ramen. The woman had long black hair that reached mid-back, tanned skin and brown eyes. She was wearing a kimono that was as white as snow and had sliver snowflake designs on it. The woman looked at Naruto and smiled waving hello. Naruto returned it as he finished the bowl. Ayame returned with the woman's bowl and Naruto relaxed as Ayame took his five finished bowls to be washed. He looked at the woman, who began eating her ramen and spoke,

"I haven't seen you around Konoha, are you new here?" The woman looked at Naruto and nodded,

"Yes I am. I'm Rebika, what's your name?" Naruto smiled and held out his hand,

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, though I just go by Naruto Uzumaki, nice to meet you."

Rebika smiled and shook his hand. Suddenly they heard a few voices shout, "Naruto-kun!" and suddenly Naruto was being hugged by three sets of arms, surprising both him and Rebika. Naruto turned around and smiled,

"Hey Darian, hey Lexi, hey Chikyu, how are you three?" The three girls smiled and responded simultaneously,

"We're doing good Naruto. How are you? How was your mission?" Naruto smiled and hugged them back and told them about the mission and the meeting of the rogue shinobi and Sosetsu. Naruto looked at Rebika and rubbed the back of his head embarrassed,

"Oh sorry about that Rebika, these are my friends, Darian, Lexi, and Chikyu. Girls, this is Rebika." They looked at the woman and smiled waving as Rebika looked a little embarrassed and waved back. Naruto pulled the girls off him and closed his cloak up halfway and walked out when he heard a voice,

"Hey, Naruto! Long time no see man." Naruto turned and saw Kiba Inuzuka and along with a giant dog that looked suspiciously like the little puppy Akamaru, Naruto pointed at the dog,

"Hey, is that Akamaru?" The dog barked and Kiba laughed nodding,

"Yea its Akamaru, who else would it be?" Naruto laughed as well,

"How've you been Akamaru? You sure have grown." Kiba smiled and nodded and suddenly Naruto heard a voice nearby and he looked and saw a guy in a tan, high collared trench coat with a hood that was pulled up, black pants and shinobi sandals, black, goggle-like sunglasses. Naruto looked at him and smirked slightly as he decided to mess with his old friend. Naruto walked up to him and looked at him like he didn't recognize him and then he saw one of Shino's kikaichu beetles and acted as if he finally recognized him,

"Oh, it's you Shino. I didn't recognize you." Shino shifted as he started sulking and started softly complaining about how he was recognizing everyone but him, when Naruto suddenly laughed and patted Shino's shoulder,

"Just kidding, I knew it was you the whole time." Shino raised an eyebrow as Naruto laughed and smiled slightly,

"So how've you been Shino?" Shino nodded at him and spoke.

"I've been well, how about you? By the way, I heard some rumors about you before you left the village with Jiraiya and I wanted to confirm if they were true." Naruto tilted his head sideways making Darian, Lexi, and Chikyu mentally scream 'Kawaii!' Naruto smiled,

"And what rumors are those?" Shino looked at Naruto's sunglasses and tapped them,

"That you're eyes are different from what they used to be." Naruto smirked and laughed before taking off his sunglasses and showed that his eyes were closed as he motioned behind him, making it known that he knew Hinata was hiding nearby and shouted out to her,

"Hey Hinata, I know you are there and I would much rather not have to explain this twice." Hinata eep'd and shyly walked out and over to the rest of the group as she was curious since she heard the rumors from Shino and Naruto smirked as he opened his eyes. All of them froze and looked shocked at the pale purple, ripple marked eyes of Naruto and Hinata was disappointed because of the loss of his brilliant blue eyes. Naruto looked at them and laughed at their expressions,

"This is a secret Kekkei Genkai of my clan, the Uzumaki Clan of the Hidden Whirlpool Village." Shino raised an eyebrow and looked at Naruto and spoke up,

"Uzugakure? I've heard of them, they were a village so powerful that they were attacked by two, maybe three, nations out of fear of their power. They were also supposed to be close friends with Konoha, even one being married to the first Hokage." Naruto nodded and smirked,

"As well as the Fourth Hokage." Everyone looked confused and Kiba spoke up,

"Dude, the Fourth Hokage wasn't married, he was single up until the day he died." Naruto chuckled and shook his head,

"No, you see, he was secretly married to a woman known as Kushina Uzumaki. Now all of this and what I will now tell you must remain secret, ok?" They nodded seeing how serious he was and he looked around and whispered,

"Kushina was married to Minato and I should have you know that Kushina happens to be my mother." Everyone nodded, their faces blank, before what he said sank in and they looked at him in shock and shouted simultaneously,

"WHAT!" Naruto laughed and pointed at the statue of Minato's face and pointed at himself,

"You have all seen a picture of my dad, now remember it and look at me." They did and their eyes widened, even Shino's sunglasses slipped off, revealing his intelligent looking, dark brown eyes. Kiba and Hinata were even more surprised and Kiba shouted,

"Holy crap, you are an almost exact copy of the Yondaime! How the heck did we never see that before you told us?!" Meanwhile, Hinata simply fainted as soon as she pictured Naruto a little older and without his whisker marks and blue eyes. Naruto sweat dropped at Hinata's actions and sighed as Kiba and Shino, who had put his sunglasses back on.

"Guess she never did get over that crush she had on me." Kiba nodded absentmindedly and looked at Naruto,

"Wait, you knew she liked you?" Naruto nodded and Kiba growled,

"Then why didn't you say anything?!" Naruto sighed,

"Because she would've used me like a crutch to gain strength when she could've done so on her own. Besides, I see her as more of a sister figure than as girlfriend material." Kiba and Shino nodded as they figured he was right and they placed Hinata against a nearby tree and waited for their sensei and waved goodbye to Naruto, who had put his sunglasses back on, and the girls. As Naruto, Darian, Lexi, and Chikyu left Shino went to check on Hinata and he heard Kiba mutter something about lucky blondes.

In the Uzumaki-Namikaze Estate…

Naruto ran inside as soon as he and the three girls clinging to him arrived. He ran towards the spare room and saw Mikoto sitting up in her bed. When she heard him come in she smiled at him and Naruto walked up and smiled back. Naruto hugged Mikoto who looked slightly surprised but hugged him back. She had been a great source of inspiration for him in the past. She, in fact, helped Naruto more than Naruto realized himself. Such as if Naruto owed money to Ichiraku's the next day he would find that the bill was mysteriously paid off by an anonymous person and if Naruto was ever in trouble and Mikoto was nearby, she would hide him from the villagers and give him advice on how best to avoid getting caught. Mikoto pulled back and smiled brightly at him,

"So how are you Naruto-kun?" Naruto smiled and put his hands behind his head,

"I've been fine, how are you doing Mikoto-chan?" Mikoto blushed at the way he said her name and smiled gently,

"I'm fine Naruto-kun, especially since you are back." Naruto looked confused as Mikoto leaned forward and pecked his cheek softly. Naruto blushed as Mikoto leaned back and smiled some more at the blonde. They suddenly heard giggles and they looked over to see Darian, Lexi, and Chikyu giggling at Mikoto and Naruto as the two mentioned blushed and the three girls left, knowing they could tease them from now on for a long time. It was then that a crash was heard followed by the sounds of cursing by a familiar voice as well as the sound of Neko fighting someone. Naruto ran out and scowled at who he saw Neko holding in a full nelson,

"What're you doing here?!"

At the Hokage Tower…

Sakura arrived at the Hokage tower and saw three Kumo shinobi leaving. She recognized them as the ones from when they were heading back to Konoha and watched them as they walked by talking animatedly. She walked in and went up the stairs and when she arrived, she knocked at Tsunade's door as she arrived since she was called by her mentor. After being told to enter she slowly and nervously walked in and shut the door behind her and looked at Tsunade and Shizune before speaking,

"Yes Lady Tsunade, what did you need?" Tsunade looked at Shizune and nodded as Tsunade's assistant moved towards Sakura and put a firm hand on her shoulder as she lead the pinkette towards the Hokage who pulled out something and forced it around a struggling Sakura's throat. Sakura felt the object and saw it was a chakra collar, used to keep shinobi prisoners under control and looking at a nearby hand mirror, she saw a name on it that made her eyes go wide. She looked at Tsunade and Shizune who nodded confirming her suspicions about the collar and she was shocked and fell to her knees, believing her life was at an all-time low.

With Kushina, at a local restaurant…

Kushina was eating some dumplings with Anko Mitarashi, the Snake Queen of Konoha and former student of the traitor Orochimaru, who was head of the secret "I hate Orochimaru" club. When Anko learned that Kushina was alive, she didn't believe it at first until she saw the red head herself and nearly collapsed into tears when Kushina waved hello in her usual way as she had in the past. Now Anko was happily chatting with the woman who was like a sister to her when she was younger. Anko and Kushina chatted telling each other about their pasts and Kushina was ashamed of the village for the way they treated her little sister and her son. Kushina smiled a sickly sweet smile and clenched her fist tight as she mumbled something about teaching the damnable civilian council a lesson or two. Anko sweat dropped and smirked as she knew the civilian council would be experiencing hell in the form of The Red Death

At the Namikaze-Uzumaki Estate…

Naruto glared down at Sasuke who was pinned in a full nelson and struggling to break free. When Sasuke looked up his eyes narrowed at the blonde,

"Damn it dope! Tell this stupid Anbu to let me go, I need to see my mother so she can train me!"

"Train you to do what teme?"

"To master my Sharingan and kill Itachi!" Naruto sighed and shook his head

"What an idiot you are Sasuke. Besides Mikoto is still recovering, she can barely walk, let alone train." Sasuke was about to retort when the three present heard Mikoto's voice,

"Naruto-kun? What's going on out there?" Naruto walked back and waved at her,

"It's ok Mikoto-chan. Sasuke is just being a pain and demanding things that can't be given at the moment" Mikoto nodded and sighed,

"Can I see my son please? I haven't seen him in so long." Naruto sighed and nodded before motioning Neko to let Sasuke come in but to hold him so he doesn't try anything. Neko nodded and grabbed the Uchiha's wrists and held them behind his back as she walked him into the room. When Sasuke saw his mother he smiled and laughed,

"I'm no longer the last Uchiha. Now together, with our mother, I will kill you Itachi, and you will die for your crimes against us."

"No, he will not!" Mikoto looked fiercely at Sasuke who was confused and Sasuke asked,

"What? Yes! He needs to die so our clan's honor can be restored!" Mikoto shook her head.

"The clan never had any honor to begin with." Sasuke's eyes widened and he asked in a shaky voice,

"W-what do you mean?" Mikoto sighed and told him about how the Uchiha were going to start a coup de' ta and how Itachi was forced to protect the village by slaughtering the Uchiha clan,

"But he couldn't kill me or you because his love for the village was miniscule compared to his love for his mother and little brother." Sasuke was shocked and Neko, sensing he wasn't a threat anymore, let go as he slipped and fell to his hands and knees in shock. Sasuke remembered all the things about Itachi and remembered that even though he was closed off to everyone else, he was always honest with his younger brother and his mother. Sasuke suddenly felt a pain in his curse mark as he began to hear Orochimaru's voice promising him power and he shut the voice out. He looked up and nodded at Mikoto and left with his head down while deep in thought. Naruto looked at Mikoto and she sighed until she felt a pair of arms surround her. She hugged Naruto back and sighed into his shoulder. She didn't understand why but she felt so calm when he was around. She smiled as she began to figure out what this calm feeling was. Suddenly there was a knocking at the estate's entrance and Mikoto sighed and pouted slightly as Naruto let go of her, making Naruto chuckle at her expression. He then walked out waving towards her and he went to the front door and opened it. He was surprised by who was there and his eye twitched in annoyance until he saw her expression which was depressed. Naruto raised an eyebrow and asked,

"What are you doing here Sakura?" Sakura fidgeted and placed her hands on her shoulders which drew Naruto's attention to something around her neck and his eyes went wide,

"Sakura, what are you doing her, seriously?" Sakura fidgeted and sighed,

"I'm here to serve my master." Naruto was so shocked his sunglasses fell off.

End of Chapter 15

Well that's chapter 15, hope you all enjoyed it, and again, sorry for the long wait, I wanted to post this on my friend's birthday so she could enjoy the story. ^_^ and btw, just for those who have annoyed the crap out of me for something that has nothing to do with the story, I have fixed it now so kindly shut up and stop being such a pain in the neck.