Thanks for the reviews! Everybody seems to be anxious to know who will be the Sixth Hokage :D Unfortunately, you'll have to wait one more chapter...Don't worry though, I'll update the next one today as well.

This chapter may bring some problems to your minds, so take special attention to the Author Notes at the end of the chapter (specially the 4th one).

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Chapter 012 - A Long Night

"Wait, Genma! We should stop." A tired Raido said. The sun had already set and they had been running across the Land of Fire for hours without stopping.

"No! We have to find Kabuto. We can't let him escape." Genma insisted.

"But Genma, if you don't have any energy when you face him, you're as good as dead!" Aoba tried once again to convince his partner.

"Alright, alright...We'll stop here." Genma finally decided to stop. Aoba and Raido let themselves fall on his knees, gasping for air, but Genma didn't seem tired at all. "You set things up. I'll put some tag barriers and traps around this area. We never know, right?"

"Okay Genma, but make sure you come back!" Raido demanded.

"Sure." Genma said with a grin. "You don't understand, I have to find Kabuto. I have to kill him...

"Damn! Where are you, Anko?" So he could try to find Anko Mitarashi, Iruka had left his partners behind while they were resting. "I need to find her. She can't go one on one with Kabuto. It's too risky." Iruka suddenly stopped, as he heard something in the bushes at his right. He quickly picked a shuriken and threw it to where the sound came from. Before it reached the bushes, a senbon clashed with the shuriken, causing Iruka's eyes to widen. "Genma?"

"Iruka?" Genma asked as he came out of the bushes.

"You shouldn't be here alone. Where's Raido and Aoba?"

"They're resting, scarface." Genma answered with a grin. "What about Kotetsu and Izumo? Weren't they with you on this mission?"

"Resting." Iruka simply answered, a upset look on his face. "Thanks for reminding me of what you did with those stupid senbons of yours."

"You're welcome, kōhai."

"Not for long."

"Oh, you tried once again to become Jounin, didn't you? It's what? The third time already?"

"I don't care about that...senpai." Iruka intentionally delayed the last word. Both glared at each other for a moment and then asked at the same time. "What are you doing here?"

"To get Kabuto." Genma answered.

"To find Anko." Iruka said.

"What? Still that childhood crush? C'mon Iruka, get over it."

"What's the problem? You don't hear me mocking your childhood crush on Kabuto."

"What the hell did you say?" Genma shouted but Iruka didn't answer. He was looking at the sky, thinking about something.

"Why do you want to get Kabuto so badly?"

"You remember what Orochimaru did to my family, don't you Iruka?"

Flashback

"Damn, I hope Tsume-sensei isn't as angry as she was yesterday." Genma sighed as he and Aoba walked towards the training field for their diary training session. "Any news on Raido?"

"I don't have a clue but if I had to take a guess..." Aoba sighed as well and shook his head. "I think Raido will be literally scarred for life."

"Gosh...I wonder who played that prank on her." Genma wondered as they passed the wooden poles.

"Whoever did it, just ended screwing Raido's face." Aoba continued to walk before he noticed that Genma had stopped. Following his friend's line of vision, Aoba landed his own eyes on two boys of their age. "You wouldn't think?"

"Hey Iruka!" Genma called the boy with a ponytail. "You were the one, weren't you?"

"Huh? What?" The surprised Iruka asked.

"Busted..." Mizuki whispered, so that only Iruka could hear.

"You know what. Yesterday, training field, Tsume-sensei...are you remembering now?" Genma continued to pressure the fellow Genin.

"N-no way! I don't have anything to do with what was on the bags!" Iruka clumsly answered, causing Aoba and Genma to look at eachother.

"Did you say anything about the bags?" Aoba asked to his partner.

"Nope and not about the dog food that strangely appeared in her bag instead of her lunch." Genma added.

"H-hey guys, calm down! It was just a..." Iruka started to back off as both members of Team Tsume advanced towards him.

"Genma!"

"Tsume-sensei?" All four boys turned back to where the voice came from. The dark-furred ninken Kuromaru stood by Tsume's side as always but he wasn't the only one. Two men that were about the same age as Tsume were there also. The boys failed to recognize them at first but after noticing the Uchiha crest in their clothes, it became clearer. They were two members of the Konoha Military Police Force, Yashiro Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha. Still, none of the boys failed to realize something bad had happened because all three adults and even the dog seemed to be very concerned and displeased about something. The look on Tsume's face even gave them the idea that she was disgusted about whatever happened.

"There will be no training session today. Aoba, you can go home but I have to speak with Genma about something." Tsume said with a weaker voice than usual but with still enough strength for Aoba to realize she wasn't asking him to leave but ordering him instead.

"You two better go home too." Yashiro ordered.

"No, Iruka can stay." Tsume said, causing the surprised Iruka to stare at her and Mizuki to discretly frown.

"But this matter doesn't concern him. This is confi..." Yashiro immediately disagreed but stopped arguing as soon as he felt Fugaku's hand on his shoulder.

"In part, it does. The girl disappeared too, remember?" Fugaku told to his fellow Uchiha clan member who eventually nodded in agreement. "You two will learn about it eventually but Genma and Iruka must know before everyone else."

"Hai." Aoba nodded and turned to Genma in a sign of support. "I'll go visit Raido. Pass by later." Genma nodded and then Aoba turned to leave the fields. Mizuki did the same but without saying a word to the presents.

"So...what happened?" Iruka hesitantly asked.

"Orochimaru has left the village. From now on, he's considered an S-rank missing-nin." Yashiro announced.

"Anko's tutor?" The confused Genma asked while Iruka's desperate look showed that he had understood immediately.

"After searching for years, the Third finally discovered the lab where Orochimaru had been working on illegal experiments. He killed all the ANBU that were there and managed to escape Sandaime-sama and also Jiraiya-sama." Fugaku continued the explanation.

"Wait! When you said that a girl disappeared, you meant..."

"Yes, Genma. He took Anko with..." Tsume's words were cut short as she swiftly turned and leapt towards Iruka, pushing him down and pinning him to the ground.

"Let me go! I'll kill him! I swear to..." Iruka couldn't complete his oath as Tsume slapped him across the face. Even though it wasn't her intention, her sharp nails ended up making a couple of cuts on Iruka's cheek.

"If I let you go, you'll get killed! That's what's going to happen, you fool!"

"Hey, I understand why you wanted to tell Iruka about this but what does that have to do with me?" Genma asked, wanting to end things quickly and go home as he wasn't feeling confortable with the situation.

"I'll answer to that but first...back away Tsume." Fugaku ordered and the leader of Team Tsume released Iruka who immediately stood. Fugaku's eyes turned red with three black tomoes in each one and Iruka stopped moving, standing there like a statue.

"Isn't that a bit too much, Fugaku?" Yashiro asked.

"The only way to stop him besides Genjutsu would hurt him and the kid didn't do anything wrong to deserve that. He's just sad and angry because of his friend's disappearence. It's understandable." Fugaku said before turning is attention back to Genma. "Now, if you react like your friend, I'll be forced to put you in the same Genjutsu so please cooperate."

"I...Why would I react like Iruka? What happened?" Genma impatiently asked.

"Like I said before, Orochimaru was doing illegal experiments in that lab of his. They were illegal not only because he was doing them to develop Kinjutsu but also...because he was doing it on humans. There was only one boy alive in that place and the Third rushed him to the hospital. As for the rest...they were all dead." Fugaku revealed.

"Wow, wait!" Genma shouted as he had a very bad guess about what they wanted to tell him. "Who was the boy? Was it Asai? He hasn't been around for some time, I thought he was on a mission or something!"

"No, Genma. It wasn't your brother. The boy that was rescued was Tenzo." Tsume tried her best to maintain the same tone of voice but she failed at it. "Asai wasn't on a mission. He was there..."

"He was what?" Genma screamed with his eyes wide open.

"I'm sorry, Genma. I really am." Frozen in his place, Iruka saw Genma falling on his knees with tears rolling down his face and both Tsume and Kuromaru trying to confort him. Even though he couldn't move, Iruka felt that his own face was slowly getting wet.

End of Flashback

"How could I forget?"

"Well, thank Kami that monster is dead now. However, this Kabuto learned from him and not like Anko. He learned things much more twisted than her and now he has Orochimaru's remains in his own body. He's another sick bastard and we have to do everything to get him. I don't want more people to go through what I did..." Genma looked up to the sky like Iruka did before.

"You're right, we'll get him Genma." Another moment of silence came. Iruka and Genma were rivals since they were young boys but even so they understood eachother much better than anyone else.

"I'm sorry, Iruka."

"For what?" Iruka asked confused.

"I know you were only trying to defend her. I was just another stupid bastard who judged her just because she was Orochimaru's student. I never thought about what she went through. I just ended screwing up your face." Genma looked at the scar across the bridge of Iruka's nose.

Flashback

"Eheheh! Hizashi-sensei will never know what hit him!" Iruka proudly said to himself as he took the usual way back home. As he passed by the lake, he saw five people standing on the bridge that led to the center of the water body. Taking some steps further, Iruka started to hear exalted voices.

"Why do you keep saying that? It wasn't my fault! It wasn't!" A familiar girl's voice ringed in Iruka's ears.

"Oh yeah? So why don't you help our superiors? Why don't you give them information on that bastard?" Another familiar voice made itself heard, this time a boy.

"I...I can't remember! I just can't!" The first girl insisted, her voice shrieking.

"That's enough, Genma! Just stop it!" Another girl shouted.

"How convenient!" The annoyed Genma pulled a senbon from his pocket and launched towards the girl with a violet spiky ponytail, who was already on her knees.

"Watch out, Anko!" Iruka jumped towards her and pushed her out of the way, being hit by the senbon right across the nose. "Ouch!"

"How dare you Genma? She did nothing to you!" A girl with long purple violet hair furiously shouted to the boy with a senbon on his mouth, who had just tried to hurt her best friend.

"What do you know about it, Yugao? You only care about following Hayate and fail to realize the threat she is! She's Orochimaru's apprentice, the guy who tortured and killed my brother!" Genma shouted not only to Yugao but especially to the crying Anko who stood and ran away.

"Anko! Wait!" Yugao ran after her and Iruka tried to hit a punch on Genma but missed, falling from the bridge and into the water below.

"Stay out of this, Iruka!" Genma turned and left followed by Raido and Aoba.

End of Flashback

"Don't worry about that old friend." Iruka grinned and so did Genma.

"Why didn't you guys end up together?"

"Who?"

"You know who..." Genma said with an annoyed look on his face. "You and Anko. What happened?"

"Well...everything started when Hizashi-sensei died. Anko decided we should give our best to honor our sensei's memory but Yugao had other plans. She was in love with Hayate and decided to go to the ANBU to be closer to him. When Yugao told us that she was leaving, Anko went berzerk. I tried my best but they turned backs to eachother. Yugao left and Anko was near a breakdown. I don't know for sure, but I think she never forgived me for being neutral instead of standing only by her side."

"Haven't you spoke with eachother since then?" Genma asked.

"Rarely. Only when a mission involved both of us...and one time about Naruto, during the Chunin Exams. That was pretty much it." Iruka rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I think the last time was during the return of Moryo."

"Geez...Nice relationship you two have, huh?"

"Don't tell me about it, but what can I do? I'll always care about her, one way or the other. That's why I have to save her." Iruka sighed. "It's a shame Hizashi-sensei died. He always gave me good advices."

"Yeah your sensei was amazing. I had Tsume...Poor Raido's face was never the same again..." Both laughed as they remembered the nasty scar in the Tokujo's face. "We should get going. Anko needs our help."

"Thank you, Genma." Iruka gratefully said and both continued their search, knowing that the night was going to be a long one.

Hinata woke up. As she slowly opened her eyes, she realized she wasn't in the training field anymore. She was in a bed, one that wasn't very confortable. The sheets that were covering her had a familiar smell, a smell she knew so well...

"Naruto's smell?" She quickly sat up but felt dizzy, ending up layed down on the bed again. She looked at the room. It wasn't her's. "Could it be? Am I in Naruto's room?" She turned her head to the left, where the window was. It was already dark outside. "For how long did I sleep?" Hinata asked to herself. A knock on the door startled her. The heiress of the Hyuga Clan almost jumped as she saw Naruto coming in.

"N-N-Na-Naruto-k-kun w-where am I?" Hinata blushed and started to pull the the sheets to her as she saw him coming closer.

"C-calm down Hinata-chan. You fainted (again) and I was with you in the training field waiting for you to woke up but it started to get dark, so I brought you to my place. You slept for almost 3 hours. I hope you don't mind." Naruto informed her, while he rubbed the back of his head.

"N-no, I don't. I just...wasn't expecting." Everytime she was with Naruto an ankward moment was the most likely scenario but since her confession she was even more nervous just by being close to him.

"Are you hungry? I bought some ramen while you were sleeping. Or I can bring something else if you want to." Naruto asked. He didn't knew why but he was a bit nervous as well.

"I-I... ramen is fine, thank you." Naruto left and she was once again alone in his bedroom. It was small and simple but Hinata didn't mind about that. At least he didn't live in a mansion always full of old fashioned people, many of which Hinata didn't knew, even though they were family. Naruto came back with two bowls. He delivered one to Hinata and they both ate in silence. When Hinata finished hers, Naruto, who had finished long before, broke the silence.

"Huh, Hinata...do, do you want to do something? I mean, uh, if you want to leave I understand. Your father must be worried." Naruto couldn't understand what was wrong with him. "Why am I stuttering? That's something that happens with her, not with me..."

"He looks nervous. What's happening to him? It's like he's thinking of everything he's saying. It's not like him." Hinata almost forgot about his question. "O-Oh don't worry about that. My father must be at the meeting." Hinata stopped and thought for awhile. "W-Well, we, we could go to a p-place I know..." Hinata blushed. She didn't know why she would take him there but she couldn't think of anything else. "N-Naruto-kun are you feeling well?"

"Y-yeah, I was just..." Naruto was staring at her for quite some time. He never realized how pretty she was before. He wanted to look at her for some more time but nothing else would be more ankward. "Okay, let's go then."

Naruto still couldn't believe how amazing the view was. They were on the top of a building from where they could see a big part of the village. Naruto was standing at the edge of the building recognizing every spot of the village. Hinata was sitting on a bench that the owner put there for the people who usually came. He didn't mind as long as they didn't cause trouble. She was looking at the stars when Naruto spoke.

"This is great Hinata! When did you find this place?"

"Some months ago. I usually come here when I thi...uh, when I'm feeling alone or when I need to clear up my mind." Hinata almost said what she didn't want to once again. She was trying not to stutter but then she would forget about what she was saying. "Shikamaru-kun also comes here sometimes to watch the clouds."

"Yeah, that's just like Shikamaru." Naruto stopped to think for a moment. "I hope you don't come here often."

"W-Why?"

"Because that would mean you feel alone a lot and that's not good. Believe me, I know." Hinata remembered how Naruto was always put aside and was always alone without any friends when he was a child. And then she remembered herself, locked in her room, after the rigorous training sessions her father put her through when she was a lot younger. Being the heiress of the clan, Hinata wasn't allowed to go out without having her bodyguard Ko following her every step. Being so, children usually avoided her, either because of fear of the Hyuga Clan's actions towards them or because they didn't want to play with someone that would always bring an adult with her. That was the reason why she spent much of childhood alone, with no friends as well.

"Don't worry. It's not that important." Hinata said with a sad smile.

"What?" Naruto was shocked to hear that. "Of course it is! I care about you! I don't want you to be sad!"

"He cares about me? He does?" Hinata thought, her eyes wide open.

"Hi-Hinata there's something that I want to talk with you..." Naruto turned his head to his side, thinking on how he should say it.

"Something to talk with me? Is he...? Don't faint Hinata, don't faint, don't faint..."

"Well, first, thanks for saving me last time. I still hadn't said that...Just don't do it again. I was so afraid that you could be..." Naruto couldn't say it and choked up a bit.

"B-but I had to..." Hinata couldn't continue as she saw his pleeding and concerned eyes. "I, I g-guess I can b-be more careful next time."

"Why am I so nervous about this?" Naruto thought as he rubbed his head. "W-well that's not all Hinata, I also wanted to talk about what you said when you saved me." He looked at her to see how she would react. She was staring at him with her eyes wide open but at least she didn't faint. "I've been thinking about it a lot and I don't want to hurt you..."

"Oh no, he's going to say he doesn't like me..." Her eyes were getting wet.

"I think I like you but I don't know much about these things and that's why I want to know you better so I can be sure about my feelings for you."

"O-of course Naruto...I, I understand that you would ne..." Hinata stopped with a gazed look in her face. "He...wants...know...better...like...me...he..."

And then Hinata fainted once again...

"Hey, old man! Where do you think you're going?" Shikaku stopped where he was and looked to his right side. His son was playing shogi alone. Most likely he had been there all night waiting for him.

"Oh great..."

"Sorry, Ibiki. The meeting was long." Inoichi excused himself. "So could you find anything?"

"No, Inoichi-sensei. The bastard has managed to hold on. I don't know if I can make him talk. That's why I asked for your assistance. Your Mind Reading Jutsu may do the trick."

"Have you tried the Time Reversal Jutsu?" Inoichi questioned his former student, who nodded. "What about the interrogation-specific genjutsus?"

"Everything. I even used one of my summonings." Ibiki revealed, mildly surprising his mentor.

"Summoning Jutsu: Torture Chamber?" Inoichi asked and wasn't surprised when Ibiki nodded. "Hm, I see. It's not shocking though. Danzo is a war veteran, a former ANBU himself and the leader of the Root. Things couldn't be easy with a guy like him." Inoichi thoughtfully said. "At least you had some fun, I suppose?"

"Yeah, that makes me feel a little better." Ibiki gave that scary grin. "But I think we should only continue tomorrow. You also look tired." Ibiki turned off the lights and locked the doors of that wing of the ANBU Operation Building. "Any news on Anko?"

"No. I just hope Kabuto didn't get her."

"Don't worry, she's tough. We'll find her and that bastard Kabuto as well."

"I hope so, Ibiki. Well, time to go home. Tomorrow is going to be another long day..." Inoichi said with a yawn.

"Wait Inoichi-sensei, I almost forgot to ask...Who's the new Hokage?"

"Well..." Inoichi rubbed the back of his head for awhile. "Things turned out in a quite interesting way."

"Crazy day, huh?" Nawirama asked as he arrived at the meeting place. Kakashi was already seated on the top of the roof of his place, a little book in his hand.

"Sure was." Kakashi was reading Icha Icha Treat, the book Jiraiya left in Kakashi's room before leaving to the Hidden Rain Village, with a note asking to take care of Naruto.

"Icha Icha? That's something I wouldn't expect from you." Nawirama noted, before taking a seat by Kakashi's side.

"It's an exclusive one that Jiraiya-sama left me before he died. You know, your brother liked his books as well." Kakashi said, before closing the book. Nawirama didn't answer. He knew what was coming.

"I guess I have some explanations to do..."

"It's only fair, since you have connections to many people in this village."

"Very well, Kakashi-senpai." Nawirama smiled to him, before his expression changed to a more serious one. "Where should I start?"

"What about that Bloodline Limit?" Kakashi tried and Nawirama pondered about it for a moment, before nodding.

"My Bloodline Limit is a dojutsu."

"Dojutsu?" The surprised Kakashi asked, as this revelation made his earlier theories crumble. "Your eyes ain't white, so...you possess the Sharingan?"

"No. A mutation between both Byakugan and Sharingan. It's called Zennogan." Nawirama noticed Kakashi's frown and sighed. "It's understandable that you don't know about it. Only two people ever had these eyes before me. They were twins and it was a long time ago."

"Considering the rivalries between Uchiha and Hyuga, I'm surprised something like that could happen." Kakashi said.

"That's because the union didn't come from Uchiha and Hyuga, or so they would say..." Nawirama trailed off for a second. "There were those in the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans that weren't able to awaken their dojutsus. Long ago, during the time of the founding of Konoha, those who failed to do so were banished of their clans."

"And eventually they were brought together into a new clan, huh?" Kakashi guessed right, as Nawirama nodded.

"At that time, shinobi didn't have the knowledge about genetics we have today. They guessed that since one couldn't awaken his dojutsu, his descendants wouldn't be able as well. They were wrong. Some time after, the first Sharingan and Byakugan users started to appear. Of course, the Uchihas and Hyugas did a great pressure and those who were born with the abilities ended up back in the original clans."

"I suppose that even inside the same clan, former Uchihas would only get into relations with former Uchihas, right?" Kakashi guessed right again. "Then, someday, someone broke the wall..."

"And the twins were born. The father an Uchiha and the mother a Hyuga. Two children born with the "eye that sees all", as they called it." Nawirama turned his palms outwards and his blue eyes changed their shape. The irides first turned pure blue, resembling a blue Byakugan. Then, a black mark appeared on each of them, resembling an inverted "Y", with a small circle of the same blue right in the middle of it. "Even so, these eyes aren't weaker or more powerful than the other two pairs."

"Why is that?" Kakashi questioned, his free eye staring into Nawirama's two.

"I can see the chakra pathway, I can see in a range field of 359 degrees, I have high perception, I can cast genjutsu through them...All the other two can do, so it was supposed to be more powerful, right? Thing is, these eyes have limitations." Nawirama explained. "With time, my eyes start to weaken. Instead of seeing the chakra pathway, I start to get limited to the chakra flow. The degrees the range field covers start to decrease. The level of the genjutsus I'm able to cast decreases as well. As for the perception, even as high as it is, is still inferior to a Byakugan's or a full-matured Sharingan, even at the start of a battle. At least, is what stories tell. I never had anyone to compare myself with."

"But they had. The twins fought many Uchihas and Hyugas back in the day. They became highly competitive, as did their clan. The leader at the time started to force his clansmen into relations, so they could give birth to more Zennogan users. It failed. No more people were born with those eyes, until my birth that is...But back to the story. Shodai-sama eventually grew tired of this and threatned the twins to stop their doings. Eventually, they turned their backs on the village and travelled through other countries, fighting everyone they thought was strong enough to give them a challenge. The last one occured in the Land of Water."

"What happened?" Kakashi asked.

"There are many different stories but this is the most believable one...They attempted to fight an entire clan. Thing was, they were resistent. Even though the twins killed half of them, their eyes started to deteriorate and they couldn't escape. It is said that it was the Kaguya Clan that killed them. Soon afterwards, the attempts to give birth to a new Zennogan user stopped."

"So let me get this straight...Your eyes have the same abilities that the Byakugan and Sharingan, right?"

"Don't forget to an inferior lever, yes. To tell you the truth, I can't even copy an opponent's moves." Nawirama remembered, while he deactivated his dojutsu. "But there's a thing that comes with it and doesn't have anything to do with those two dojutsus...I can use all elements."

"All?"

"Yes...I mean, I struggled a bit to get the hang of wind chakra, but it happened when I was still very young."

"That's just like one of the Rinnegan's characteristics..." Kakashi let out in a whisper.

"I know..." Nawirama frowned deeply. "I don't know if you know, but there's the remote chance that the Byakugan and Sharingan were once the same."

"Yeah, I heard those rumors before. They're more plausible than the ones that say that the Byakugan comes from the Sharingan or vice-versa." Kakashi added. "That eye would be the Rinnegan."

"Right. So, while my eye isn't the Rinnegan, it may be the closest thing to it." Nawirama finished with his head hanged down. "Do you realize now?"

"That's why you had to hide from Orochimaru."

"Yes...My mother didn't knew if Orochimaru had knowledge of the Zennogan but if we stayed in the village, he would end up learning. He would try to get his hands on me for sure. For all it's story and for the problems it caused me, I don't like to use these eyes." A moment of silence came for the first time since the start of the conversation, until it was interrupted by Kakashi.

"If you're Tsunade's son, I assume your father's name was Dan Namikaze." Nawirama nodded. "So you're really Minato's brother..."

"Actually, I'm only his half brother." Nawirama admitted, before he lifted his head. "We only had the same mother."

"What?"

"My father only raised him and gave him his name." Nawirama once again stared down. "His father was Jiraiya-sama..."

Kakashi couldn't believe what he just heard. Only a small group knew that Tsunade was Minato's mother. She left the village when Minato was only seven years old and he was left under the custody of Jiraiya. But only both of them, Tsunade and perhaps Shizune knew about this last revelation.

"Di-did Jiraiya-sama knew about this?"

"Yes. Jiraiya-sama asked my mother to become his wife but she wasn't ready for that. They were only 16 by that time. Jiraiya-sama left the village with a broken heart and without knowing that my mother was pregnant. Eventually, she met my father and he accepted to raise the child." Nawirama paused for a moment. "Some years later, Jiraiya returned to help the village in the World War. He learned of what happened and couldn't forgive himself but then my father died. He was hurt himself but still supported my mother. After that, both of them and Orochimaru would become known as the Sannin. Jiraiya-sama stayed with Nagato and the others, while my mother came back to the village with Orochimaru. Only then, she realized she was once again pregnant."

Kakashi managed to follow everything Nawirama told him but was still shocked. He never expected his sensei to be son of the Toad Sage. Now that he was thinking, he could see some similarities between them.

"So why did Tsunade-sama take you and Shizune and left Minato behind?"

"She had to leave because of me but she couldn't take Minato. She didn't want to hurt Jiraiya-sama again so she asked Hiruzen-sama to take care of Minato until Jiraiya returned and to tell him what was happening. Jiraiya-sama understood what my mother did and forgave her. After he became Minato's sensei, he eventually revealed the truth to Minato. Niisan reacted well actually, but decided it was for the best if they didn't tell this to anybody."

"What a story..." Kakashi shook his head. He was in need for some rest but still had some questions. "So not only you're his uncle but also Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama are his grandparents."

"And you don't know how bad I feel about him growing all alone." Nawirama sighed. "But if we had revealed to him that we were from his family, eventually he would know that he was the Fourth's son."

"I'm not judging you Nawirama, but I guess we should tell him now. He already knows that Minato was his father."

"Give me some more time. It's too much information for him at once. Unfortunately, Jiraiya died and my mother is...well you know. That will hit him really hard..."

"Yes, you're right. Thank you for letting me know. I really appreciate it." Kakashi decided to stand up, but he had to stretch soon after. His body was a wreck. "Do you want to stay? It's not like I would let you sleep on the streets."

"Thanks Kakashi-senpai but I already have a place to stay for now. I guess I should get going then." Nawirama got up and stretched as well. "See you tomorrow."

"And my guess is that I won't be able to sleep at all after this..." Kakashi sighed as he watched Nawirama leave, before pulling out his book again.

1st Author's Note: That was one long chapter!

2nd Author's Note: Some of you may recognize the disposition of Team Hizashi I'm using in my story. It comes from Xavon Wrentaile's awesome story called "A Growing Affection". I asked for his authorization a month ago and thank God I was allowed to use it, since the Anko and Iruka interactions are one of the things I get most fun in writing. Thanks Xavon!

3rd Author's Note: Don't worry about Nawirama's bloodline limit, I made sure it has its limits. It's a lot different from what I had wrote initially.

4th Author's Note: I know I said this many times before, but I'll have to say it again...Remember that this fic started after chapter 466. So by then, we didn't knew Dan's full name. I started writing this fic almost a year ago, so for me Dan has been a Namikaze for a long time. If I changed his name back to Kato now, my entire story would be screwed.

-WIKIA

1. Characters:

1.1 Asai Shiranui - Genma's older brother. Genin. Was used by Orochimaru, being injected with the First Hokage's DNA in the hopes that they could replicate the First's ability to use Wood Style techniques . Asai ended up dying before Hiruzen found the place.

2. Bloodline Limits:

2.1 - Zennogan - "Zen'nō" means all-seeing or omnipotent. The Namikaze Clan christened the Bloodline Limit Zennogan, as they thought the combination between Sharingan and Byakugan gave them the perfect eyes. It's name is quite ironic, considering that how longer a battle goes, the eyes will weaken and they see much less than initially.

Next Chapter: The Sixth Hokage

-nawirama13