Corrupted Realities

Chapter Three: Meeting a Fellow Uzumaki

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor do I claim any rights to any of the characters in Naruto. However, I do claim rights to my Original Character Isao Uzumaki, being drawn up and created by me.

AN: Alright so, very happy for all of the reviews, favorite and follows that have come in, its cool to see, and I am glad to say that I have received 969 hits on the story, soooooo close to 1k views :) with over 600 hundred people reading my story! I know that isn't much compared to other stories and such, but to me, I in some way, was a part in over 600 people's lives! Alright, on with the story, Chapter Three: Proud to be Uzumaki.

Isao was racing through the rooftops of Konoha, dropping down behind a ramen stand; Isao saw who he was looking for. A remarkably short, roughly six year old boy was digging into a trash can, holding a small box of ramen before him like it was gold. The boy had fiery red hair, the exact same as his, but the boys' hair was matted down with mud, dirt and grime smeared all over the boy's face. The boy was in jeans with over ten holes in them, barely being countable as rags, a torn up orange tee shirt, and wore nothing on his feet. Isao nearly screamed.

Instead he settled for "Oh Fucking Hell No!"

Staring at Naruto, Sarutobi couldn't help but gasp sadness all over his face as his features drooped. 'How could I let this happen? To Minato's own son, he and Kushina must be looking at me with the same expression Isao has now. What have I done?'

Looking between the two men, Naruto was completely confused, totally bewildered, having gone from finding wonderful ramen, to standing in the Hokage's office, staring at the Hokage and the man who had grabbed him, and back again.

Sarutobi sighed, "Naruto, I would like for you to meet Uzumaki Isao. He is a relative of yours, that I has come to the village."

Isao cracked a halfhearted smile, "Hey. It's good to meet you Naruto."

Isao took a step around the Hokage's desk, extending a hand out to Naruto. Which Naruto completely ignored, diving forward into Isao's arms, tears instantly forming in his eyes.

Isao stood there awkwardly for a few seconds, caught off guard by the level of affection the six year old was showing. He slowly returned the hug; his arms bent all the way down, only his hands reaching down to Naruto's back. 'What a short kid."

In Isao's arms, Naruto began to babble, "I have family, I have family." He continued on, completely overwhelmed. 'I won't have to live in the streets again, I can get real ramen, I live in a house, I have family.'

Pulling himself apart from Isao, Naruto looked up towards Isao's face. "I- am so happy to- see you."

Isao smiled, before turning towards Sarutobi, "Well, I am here, I guess me and Naruto here will be living somewhere? And that I will have to get licensed as a Konoha Shinobi I'm sure."

Sarutobi leaned forward, reaching into a drawer and pulling out a thick stack of papers, and two keys, handing them to Isao. "Here is all of the paper work you will need to fill out to get licensed as a Shinobi, and the deed to a small house over in the south-east of Konoha, it should be plenty big enough to the both of you. And Naruto, I know this may be a bit of a rush to you, but Isao is going to take care of you, and you are going to live with him now. Are you okay with that?"

Naruto seemed surprised for a second, "Yes of course, he is family, and I am so happy he is here, and I can't wait to get to know him!" Naruto turned and beamed a smile at Isao, showing off dirty, nasty teeth. 'Okay, Naruto is going to need a lot of work.'

"Now Naruto, could you wait right outside the doors for a second while I talk with Isao privately?" Sarutobi asked.

"Naruto looked confused for a second, before seeming to brush it off, "Yeah sure, just don't make me stand out there all day."

After Naruto had walked out, and closed the doors behind him, Isao spoke "Okay so when do I actually start training Naruto? He looks like what he needs is at least half a dozen showers, to brush his teeth until the toothbrush breaks, eat a horse and then sleep for a week."

Sarutobi nodded grimly, "Yes well there is nothing I can do for Naruto right now that can make up for how sorry I feel right now, I feel sick, looking at the boy, having to sleep in the streets, and scrounge up what food he could. I just-" Sarutobi stopped, raising a hand up to his face and brushing away a tear out his eye.

Clearing his throat, Sarutobi continued, "Well I will need that paperwork filled out In three days, then you will have to come back here, turn it all in, get a headband, I will name you a jounin of Konoha, and then we get a meeting with the council. And then after that you will have to start training him, and I know it isn't much time, I mean, you only even knew you had any family around seven hours ago, and now you are going to go live with and raise that family."

"Yeah it is definitely a rush. I don't even know where to start, because clearly Naruto does not even know any basic… anything really. What he is going to need is a private tutor as well, to teach him math, science and to read probably. I can teach him a lot about ninja history and tactics, so you won't have to worry about that."

"I will have to find some suitable teacher; maybe one of my chunin can take it on as a mission, maybe someone who wishes to become a chuunin academy instructor. And I think I already know who to pick. Well never mind that, I arrange it later, but your new house is down three blocks, forward until you pass the Akamichi barbeque place, then right around the corner on your left. The key to the lock is also in that envelope."

"Alright well I guess I am all set then."

"Yeah I wish you luck with Naruto, he is going to be a huge handful for the next couple of days."

"Yeah, just know that I am going to come back and you are going to tell me where that orphanage where Naruto was staying at is, because I am not going to let this slide."

Sarutobi gulped, "Yes well some retribution, or punishment for them will be needed, as I have still been paying them for Naruto's stay there, as they seem to have forgotten to mention that he was no longer there."

"Oh cut the bull fucking shit Sarutobi, whoever you trusted with Naruto is some bigoted old faggot that didn't want to care for the Kyuubi jinchuruki any longer, and you need to man up protect Naruto, stop trusting in other random ass villagers to not be bigoted fools that obviously have some pole stuck up their ass."

With that, Isao walked out of the room, leaving a slightly dumb founded Sarutobi, surprised by Isao's sudden change from being utterly pissed at him, happy and as the same time sad to see Naruto, and then pissed off again.

'I need my pipe.'

Rounding the corner, Isao and Naruto stopped, looking at their new home. It was a single level home, with a fence built around it, and the yard inside. There was at least thirty feet from the gate back to the house, and the yard continued all the way around the house, thirty feet between the fence and the walls all around that Naruto or Isao could see.

Stepping up to the gate, Isao pushed it open before stopping to let Naruto go first. Naruto stepped forward, walking towards his new home slowly. Home. He has a home. Isao reached into his pocket, and handed Naruto the key. "You go inside; I am going to walk around the house first."

Naruto nodded, running forward, putting the key into the lock, twisting it, and stepped inside. Immediately in the entry way, was a sitting room it seemed, several chairs positioned to the left of the room, a fire place on the same side, and multiple empty book shelves on the far wall. There was a hallway to Naruto's right, about fifteen feet forward, and another hallway going forward, right by the first hallway as well.

Deciding to go right first, Naruto headed down the hallway, which had three doors to the left, and one door all the way at the end. The first door led into a bathroom, the second room into a bedroom, the third door into a second bedroom, both bedrooms furnished with a bed, a bedside table, dressers, a closet and the door at the end of the hallway led into an empty room, nothing inside except for several bookshelves, and a table with a few chairs.

Deciding to check out the rest of the house, Naruto walked back into the living room, and headed towards the other hallway. To the left, was a kitchen with an open doorway. Conjoined with the kitchen was a dining room, with a small table and four chairs, also with an open doorway connected the hallway.

The end of the hallway led to the end of the house, and a door that clearly led to the backyard, so Naruto tried the final door, which led to a room that had to take up at least a quarter of the house itself, only to find it locked. When Naruto tried to use the house key to open the door, he found that the house key would not open the door.

Opening the backdoor, Naruto gasped, not expecting to see a beautiful garden, with a cobblestone pathway leading to a water fountain, where Isao was standing, gazing down into the water.

AN: SO? Working kind of late on this chapter, so it is pretty short, as I cut it off because I want to get a chapter posted, but I also want to go to sleep xD But anyway, Favorite, Follow, Review and all that good shit. Oh and go ahead and check out the pole on my profile, it is about my possible story "My father's Legacy" that I might be writing and putting on her for readers and such, but it would mean every other day updates for this story, not daily updates.

-N B Higham