Chapter 2
Unknown Date 34 years after the Kyuubi attack: Unknown location….unknown world
The boy was on his way back from delivering the food to his friend, who thanked him immensely for doing this for her family, to his own home when someone bumped into him.
It didn't affect him in the slightest, but the boy just turned a glance to see who it was who bumped into him. Immediately the boy recognized the woman who stood before him his glance turning into an intense killer glare.
"Hey watch where you-Oh…" the woman said as she found out who it was she bumped into. The boy said nothing only turning his head away from her continuing his walk back home.
"Hey S-"
"I told you not to call me by my name Uchiha. What do you want?" the boy said coldly as the woman flinched at the hostility the boy used in her married name
"I was only going to ask how your sister is. She hasn't come back for lessons in a while now, I'm simply worried that's all." the woman said
"She's fine, and the reason for her not going to your lessons is because of your…husband. She's frightened by him, and rightly should be. Not to mention that your youngest child doesn't help in the matter constantly mocking her on a daily basis." The boy said in disgust at the mere mention of that man.
Though the woman felt sorry for the boy she would not tolerate disrespect to her family "Exactly why is she afraid of my husband? He has done nothing to her as well as my children. I have raised them proper, and as such they are not capable of such rude behavior." The woman said with pride
'If by raised you mean only cook, clean, and birthed them then fine you did a good job of that. But we all know those three are under that man's power, whether she admits it or not. The lengths you went to win his affection are truly pathetic. Altering your genetic code to that of his clan solely for the purpose of increasing his chances for his kids to have that kekkei genkai…truly pathetic.'
"If you say so. So, are you any closer to coming up with a cure for your village? I could care less if you have, but it's depressing to constantly see corpses litter your streets." The boy said
"I haven't yet, but I think I'm coming close to one." The woman said depressingly
"Didn't think so, anyways like I said I don't really care given I'm immune to this whatever it may be." The boy said plainly rolling his eyes then turning a look to the woman who looked like she saw a ghost.
"Did…did you just say your immune?" the woman asked shocked
"Yeah, once I got some blood from someone that was obviously infected on me, and nothing happened, I pretty much knew whatever this is didn't have an effect on me. That was 4 years ago by the way, and I still feel fine to this day if you're wondering." The boy said plainly
"Why haven't you told me this?" the woman asked furiously
"You didn't ask. And like I said I could care less if you find a cure or not." The boy said annoyingly
"Do you know what this means for us? We probably could've had a cure by now!" the woman said furiously
"You do realize I'm immune because of what's inside of me right? Being immune to any type of disease contagious or not comes with the territory." the boy said as the woman's expression fell from her face
"I see…" she simply said in a downcast expression
"Quit your whining, if you're the best damn medical nin in the world then act like it. That old hag didn't train you to be a whiner when things didn't go your way. Besides, it's not like I'd help you people anyways unless there would be something in it for me." The boy said
"You certainly haven't changed your opinion of here have you?" the woman said to herself
"Am I supposed to? When I arrived here it was hell on earth. Since then it's been a tolerable hell on earth with everyone else suffering instead of me. This village can burn for all I care, and I would gladly do so were it not for certain individuals I've met here. The only reason why I didn't do so immediately was the deal I made with your husband. Keep that in mind the next time you wonder why I don't help you out of the goodness of my heart." The boy said cynically as he walked away.
Watching the boy walk away the woman was greeted by someone she can hardly call friend after what the two have done to each other.
"The hell are you doing here Sakura?"
"Nothing Ino…nothing at all."
Konoha, October 10th 5 years after the Kyuubi attack
Silence fell to the room as Hiruzen was shocked to his core which was shown as his lit pipe fell from his jaw and onto the desk. What caused this was the four words, no the name alone questioned what this boy had in mind when he entered this village. Now Hiruzen was definitely going to investigate this boy further. How he even knew the name was a wonder to begin with now he's replaying the words that came out Shintaro's mouth over in his head to make sure he understood him right and those words were: Where is Kushina Uzumaki?
"Uh hello? Hellooooo…Hey EARTH TO HOKAGE!" Shintaro yelled to get the attention of the man in front of him that was spaced out which worked seeing him getting back to reality
"What is it? Hiruzen asked
"Uh…. you and your desk are on fire. Just wanted to let you know is all." Shintaro said pointing at the small flames on the desk and the smoke rising from behind him.
Realizing what he said was true his thoughts frantically focused on his Icha- I-err mean important documents hidden in his desk hoping to save it. Of all the days to have no Anbu in his office when he need them the most. However, he didn't have to worry about that because of what Shintaro did that again surprised him. Honestly it starting to look like Shintaro seemed to be an endless supply of surprises. This surprise came into the form of a high level jutsu that a 10 year old boy should not know much less be capable of preforming.
"Water Style: Water Pistol!" Shintaro said before pulling his mask down briefly letting out a small powerful gush of water that came out of his mouth blasting the Hokage with full force even though he died down the jutsu a bit so he wouldn't hurt the old geezer. Now he was looking over at the now drenched Hokage frozen in place awestruck that a child this young performed a genin-level jutsu even though that's something you don't usually brag about seeing as every water based ninja can do easily.
"Damn, man that was close. I can't believe I almost used the Water Cannon instead! You know when you think about it the name's kinda deceiving; maybe they just got lazy who knows. Especially considering the fact it's called "Water Cannon" when really it should be "Boiling Water that'll burn your skin off and cleave you in two Cannon". At least I realized it before I totally forgot who I was aiming at for a second there hehehehe" Shintaro said chuckling while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly
"Oh well look at this way, you're not on fire anymore plus its hot in here so I just cooled you off. You're welcome by the way." Shintaro said trying to justify his actions now trying to think of something to change the subject.
"Oh! Since you're not on fire anymore do you know the location of Kushina Uzumaki or not? Because I kinda have something really important to tell and deliver to her in person." Shintaro said nonchalantly as if nothing happened at all within the last few minutes.
"Did this boy really say he almost used the wrong the jutsu?! Not to mention the Water Cannon jutsu?! That's not only a Jounin-level jutsu it's supposed to use boiling water! How does this kid know such a jutsu not only that it's a jutsu that's supposed to be used for killing why does this kid know such jutsu's and who taught him that?" Hiruzen thought to himself as he continued to study the child wondering what other mysteries this Shintaro holds.
Being drenched from head to toe aside Hiruzen did hear correctly when Shintaro said the name Kushina Uzumaki again. Now it was time for him to enter his Hokage mode when things got serious despite his current drenched demeanor.
"How do you know that name, and what are you delivering?" the old Hokage said in a firm voice indicating that he wanted an answer.
Seeing the Hokage getting serious Shintaro supposed he might as well tell him what's going on, but also try to coax him why he was so keen on hiding her or so it seems.
"Ok? No reason to get all hostile, I just got a letter from her dad, and some lady with red hair who told me to give it to Kushina. If I could not find her or it turns out she's dead I would be delivering to not her, but her next of kin. Though I doubt Naruto would be able to comprehend what's in this letter considering his age. Hell he probably doesn't comprehend anything at this point, doesn't look like a brainy kid." Hiruzen's eyes widen upon hearing that
"Oh, and by the way don't try to hide that fact from me like you did with Naruto for whatever reason. I know who Naruto really is and let me tell you, you guys really have a cruel way of showing people gratitude when it comes to jinchuuriki or hell even respecting the memory of one of your cherished Hokage." Shintaro said rolling his eyes
"If you're also wondering how I know that little fact as well I just put two and two together from all that's happened today plus the lady, Akane or something I think her name was, gave me a picture of Kushina for reference." Shintaro said pulling out a picture of said person exposing it to the Hokage while he examined it to make sure it was real which it was.
"That helped out a bit, but what really gave it away was when turned to notice those Hokage pictures on the wall. If you really think about, and put Kushina's picture next to his, the 4th seems to fit the bill as Naruto's dad." he said pointing to the wall with hanging pictures of all 4 Hokage on the right side of the room.
"Which makes sense I suppose. When you think about it Naruto looks like him except with all the whiskers on his face; all you have to do is look at the three, and it's pretty clear whose Naruto parents are. From what that Akane lady told me Naruto acts just like his mother all wild and what not. Also Naruto Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki? Really? It's kind of a dead giveaway if you give him his mother's maiden name as a disguise, you'd have to be ignorant or really stupid to not notice it otherwise. If you're trying to hide him then give him a DIFFERENT name one that won't raise suspicion of other Hidden villages thinking "hey he's part of that rare clan!" or kami forbid his father's name that would've been worse. You're village would've been split in half between "let's kill the kid!" to "let's praise the kid!" along with every Hidden village in the damn world after his head."
"There's also the fact that his clan background, yeah I know about that too don't ask, would lead Naruto to eventually discover something about his family be it by accident or simply going to the library, which in all honesty is something that he probably won't do so I'll give you that."
"So there's your explanation as to how I know her name as well as Naruto's….heritage to put it simply, and as to your earlier question of what I want with Kushina I have a message from her father as well as a "little present" for Kushina and her son Naruto as the lady with red hair put it." Shintaro said as he took a breather from talking so much
"So where is she? Is she dead or something?" Shintaro asked questioning the old man while wondering where the Uzumaki woman he was looking for at.
After taking into account everything Shintaro said Hiruzen began to wonder if the Uzumaki clan wasn't brought to extinction like everyone thought. Finally completing his thoughts Hiruzen decided to go along with Shintaro said to see if what he said was really true.
"A letter from her father?" Hiruzen questioned as he rubbed his chin
"Yes, I have it right here." Shintaro said pointing to his bag
"And who's this "lady" you keep referring to? Is she the one who told you of Kushina?"
"No, that was her father…actually I just remembered her name now it's…uh, god dammit…. Oh! It is Akane! Now I remember! Yeah, it's Akane Uzumaki. Akane said she was a childhood friend of Kushina, and when they lost contact with each other after the destruction of Uzushio she managed to find a few survivors that included Kushina's father Homura Uzumaki. When my group ran into them Akane-san asked us to take her daughter, Karin, with us when she learned that we were going to Konoha so that Karin could have a chance to live a bit safer there with people her age to accompany with rather than always on the move with the possibility of being killed every day.
"Although in retrospect all Akane-san did for her daughter was trade one group in danger on a daily basis for another only difference being that ours were full of kids. At first Karin wasn't so keen go with us which is understandable given that she was barely 4 or 5 years old at the time, but her mom managed to convince her to stay with us for a bit until she could return. Although Karin has managed to get used to being separated as best as she can from her mother, I can tell she really misses her mother as any child would. At least Karin had some company to help her through the transition; she even managed to get real close to some of us in the group. Especially with my younger sister, and some of the others her age in my group." Shintaro said explaining himself to the Hokage
"Oh, and as far as the letter goes it really is from her dad considering he's the one who gave it to me in person. Heck he even gave me a picture for proof in case something like this happened, and considering how suspicious you people can be I'd say the picture should be enough for you to confirm my story." he said while taking a small scroll out of his bag with a spiral seal it in the center.
"Here, if you somehow don't believe me take a look at it yourself." he said giving the envelope to the Hokage for him to examine it himself.
As Hiruzen looked over the scroll closely he could see the authentic seal of the Uzumaki on the center
"May I?" Hiruzen said as he gestured to the scroll to Shintaro to see if he can examine for himself.
"Go ahead I don't mind. If it'll get you to answer me then by all means." Shintaro replied plainly.
As the Hokage opened the scroll he saw a message inside along with a picture showing a family of four. The picture including a handsome man wearing clan noble clothing with long red hair in a low ponytail grinning from ear to ear holding a small girl (who you could tell was Kushina) who looked just like her mother laughing as just as big looking about 5 years in life in his arms. Next to him a beautiful woman with just as red hair only let loose flowing freely down to her back smiling gently with a hand on the shoulder of a young boy with red hair that took his looks from his father despite his annoyed grin on his face his eyes in mid-roll as he was looking at the two grinning family members to his left, but you could tell it wasn't in displeasure rather something he was used to since you felt no hostility within the family rather you sensed a feeling of warmth between them.
The message that was within the scroll read:
To the current Hokage,
Please allow this young boy to see my daughter Kushina if she still lives, which I pray to Kami she is. I have entrusted him with this task in the hope of delivering my daughter this message I have written for her. He has proven loyal to someone whenever they do something significant for someone he cares for, and has shown to keep his promises which is rare in someone so young in my experience. One of my scouts ran into these group of kids when she found them fighting off some bandits attacking them; he was about to help them until they managed to fight them off with surprising good teamwork using taijutsu and ninjutsu skills that of genin. My scout then approached them so that we could have a conversation with each other in the hopes of helping one another. After we talked for a bit, and asked them where their parents are they told us they were a mixed group of orphans, and runaways wandering for a safe place to stay. When those kids said they were heading towards your village to see if it's a good place to settle down I decided to take this as an opportunity to deliver an overdue message to my daughter. Seeing these kids fight together has given me a chance to talk to my daughter after all these years along with letting her know she's not the last Uzumaki left, that there are other clansmen out there hiding in this world. These kids will make good ninjas in the future I'm sure of it, despite their age they are all fighters, friends, good kids, and most of all they're survivors. That's why I have faith in them to deliver this message to Konoha safely with two of my young clansmen with him for safety purposes. As well as confirmation to further prove this boy's purpose for asking for my daughter or her next of kin's location if she has one. As a request from an ally of the Hidden Leaf Village, and, if I right about this, as a fellow father I hope you can understand.
P.S. If you are wondering why I'm not there with my clan to see my daughter I have a reason. Since the destruction of Uzushio my fellow clan members enacted a backup plan in the event something like this happened. To make this short we planned an escape route that would take us to the far corners of this world. It may take months even years to unite us all, but as head of the Uzumaki Clan it's my sworn duty to reunite my clan mates together as we once were.
Sincerely,
Homura Uzumaki
As Hiruzen finished reading the scroll he closed it handing it back to Shintaro, he rubbed his temples thinking long, and hard of what he should do about the current situation. Everything Shintaro said seemed to hold up, the letter was authentic, the picture itself is no doubt real, and after a long thoughtful silence he came to a decision.
"If I were to tell what became of Kushina you are not to tell ANYONE about this. Are...We...Clear?" the Hokage said in his firm Hokage voice raising his chakra presence to intensify what he said.
However, Shintaro just stood there with his hands in his jacket pockets eyes staring back at Hiruzen looking like he was bored of all things as if he wasn't even affected by what Hiruzen did in the slightest.
"Crystal. Now what happened to Kushina Uzumaki? Or better yet is she even alive?" Shintaro said smoothly and calmly as he could without trying to obviously retort back.
"Sigh, let me show you it's probably better that way." Hiruzen getting up from his desk.
"All right lead the way then Hokage-sama." was all Shintaro said as he followed the Hokage out of his office.
After walking through a series of halls and secret rooms sealed off the two finally made it two a room hidden underground beneath the Hospital as it seems. As Hiruzen opened the final hidden door he stopped midway to speak to Shintaro.
"I suggest you brace yourself young man this isn't something most children can handle, however you've already proven that you're not like most children."
Shintaro only nodded in response.
As Hiruzen opened the door he had to cover his eyes, even Shintaro covered his to not be blinded by the bright light. As his eyes adjusted Shintaro began to see the white room that held two medical beds with machines at each one beeping at a constant dangerously slow rate. What shocked him was seeing the state of the two patients and noticing who the patients were was what really widen his eyes. On one side of the room a bed held a young beautiful woman with long red hair that looked like the woman in the picture he had, but Shintaro could tell this wasn't her because Homura told him of his wife's demise during the attack on the Uzumaki clan. With that in mind Shintaro could easily tell who this woman was at a single glance. That woman was the same one Shintaro had been trying to find since he got here: Kushina Uzumaki, who seemed to be in a comatose state from what he could see. The other bed confused Shintaro a bit as it showed that the patient was in the same condition, and was alive, if barely, due to the machines monitoring her pulse among other things. His continued glance on her pointed out that she had a cloth covering her face, but he glanced to the clipboard attached to the bed; and even though Shintaro could barely see it clearly he could see one of the names to know who it was: Tsunade Senju of the Senju clan, greatest medical ninja in the world, and one of the Legendary Sannin.
From what Shintaro could see of the Sannin's body he could tell that she didn't age gracefully as he saw the many wrinkles on her skin on one of her arms. Taking a last look he put his head down and closed his eyes saying a small prayer to the poor comatose women.
"Looks like I'll have to use that seal after all, and on a Sannin of all people no less. Kami, I hope I can convince them to even let me use it without too many questions." Finally the silence was broken when a girl in her late teens spoke to the two unexpected visitors
"Oh! Hokage-sama welcome I wasn't expecting you today." the young girl said bowing in respect.
When she lifted her head she noticed the small boy next to him; wondering who he was she was about to speak, but the Hokage beat her to it
"Shizune this young boy is Shintaro. He says he has something to deliver to Kushina or her next of kin if she is unable to receive it. Along with a message from her father as well as a "little present" as he put it, I sensed no hostility within him, and made sure that he tell no one of this."
The girl now identified as Shizune felt many things after he finished speaking: shock, relief, and guilt though not necessarily in that order. She was shocked to find out that this boy managed to convince the Hokage to see one of Konoha's biggest secrets to a stranger, and a child no less. She felt relief when she was assured this wasn't going to get out because the last thing the village needs is to find out that two of their best ninjas are bedridden possibly for life at this point when they "failed" to announce them as casualties of the Kyuubi attack. Finally her guilt hit her when she heard "next of kin" knowing full well who he was talking about, Shizune felt guilty because she knew of Naruto. Sometimes she would even assist him when she wasn't tending to the hospital needs or more often taking care of her master and her master's friend to hope that one day either of them will awake. She often thought of taking him in, but with her hospital duties, lessons from her other sensei (who was currently out looking for a certain perverted Sannin), and having to constantly monitor the two comatose women in order to make sure they stay alive. Shizune regrettably could not take in Naruto, and only hope that his mother would soon wake up to make things much better on him.
"What happened to them? Actually, how long have they been like this?" Shintaro said asking about the both of them.
"They've been like this for 5 years exactly to this day as a matter fact. They're barely holding on as it is, and I'm worried that they'll never wake up." Shizune said solemnly with her head down.
"As for what happened something went wrong during her birth with Naruto and the Kyuubi escaped and wreaked havoc on the village. As a result Kushina's life force despite being an Uzumaki was very weak due to her seal being broken, I won't go into details but what eventually happened was that when the 4th Hokage was about to seal the Kyuubi into Naruto the Kyuubi made a last desperate attempt to kill Naruto so that there would be no one left to cage him. However, both Minato and Kushina got in the way to protect their child, and was fatally injured in the process protecting their son."
"Tsunade was in the village thankfully for whatever her reasons were, and she fought the Kyuubi alongside me; when we found them we saw them gave their lives to protect their son and seal the Kyuubi away. Tsunade then ran to them to use her Creation Rebirth jutsu on both of them, but I stopped her from healing Minato because he was already dead when he finished the Death Reaper Seal. However, there was a chance to save Kushina since she was barely alive hanging by a thread, but Tsunade nearly used all her chakra to save her while at the same time healing anyone who was near death or injured in the village.
"Trying save a Jinchuuriki from near death who also just lost her tailed beast while healing hundreds, if not thousands of people in the village after fighting the Kyuubi pushed Tsunade to her limits, and beyond forcing her into this comatose state as you see her now." finished explaining
"I was one of those Lady Tsunade healed. I was tending to some of the wounded when some debris fell on my head. I was going to die due to blood loss and heavy blunt force trauma, but thanks to Lady Tsunade I'm alive because of her." Shizune said with a sad look on her face.
"What are you so depressed for?" Shintaro said to Shizune who only responded with
"Wha-?" before she could say anything else when Shintaro again spoke
"From what I heard out of what you, and the old man just said this Tsunade of yours wanted to do what she did. Otherwise she would've just healed Kushina to leave herself with some chakra to recover, but instead she decided to go all out and go beyond that and reduce the casualties overall. Yet here you are being all Ms. Gloom and Doom for someone who risked her life for you and yet you're acting like you don't even want to be here."
Shizune nearly yelled in response to defend herself
"That's not true! It's just that-" but Shintaro finished her thoughts
"You wish it was you instead of her?" Shizune only nodded looking down
"Let me tell you something. That kind of thinking is like refusing a gift someone gave to you in front of them saying: I don't need or want it so just keep it to yourself. If you want to really be grateful live your life out and be happy, as hard it sounds it's probably what she wants out of you anyway." Shintaro said to Shizune who was getting misty eyed for some reason at this point
'Like I'm one to talk, but I'm learning as I go I guess. And why is she getting teary eyed? It's not like I'm saying anything worth crying over…girls are weird. Besides I'm about to blow her mind right now so I guess I'll continue this nonchalant route for what I'm about to do.' Shintaro thought to himself
"If you don't believe why don't you ask her yourself? She's gonna wake up soon anyways." Shizune's eyes widen and was about to say something, but Shintaro spoke first holding a hand to her face indicating her to wait.
"Before you go off saying she's in a coma and can't answer you I already know that, and if you're going to say how do I know she's gonna wake up its because I'm going to be the one who does it along with Kushina-san." Shintaro said plainly
As he began walking towards the two comatose women, but was stopped by a hand on his shoulder which belonged to the Hokage
"What do you mean by "wake them up"? By what means should I even believe you can do such a task? Not to mention what do you have to gain from this?" Hiruzen said in a sturdy voice. Shintaro then began to quickly name reasons without any problem at all.
"1. If I don't they'll be like this for who knows how long, and probably die."
"2. When we ran into Homura-san he thought something like this might happen since he knows the dangers of a pregnancy for a Jinchuuriki given the last one was also an Uzumaki."
"3. When they gave me the "means" as you put it. I practiced it many times before now studying how it works extensively to its basic formula."
"4. I plan to unite Kushina-san with her child who doesn't even know she exists and make them a family because no one should be separated from their loved ones…. especially if they have chance of being together, I know that from experience."
"5. Unlike you I'm not too keen on keeping the fact that someone's mother is alive a secret. Those good enough reasons for you?" Shintaro said coldly as he shook off the hand and continued walking towards the unconscious women.
"Watch I'll show you right now by waking up one of the "Legendary Sannin" first." Shintaro said sarcastically as he took slips of paper, that had some sort of strange seal written on them, out of his bag and began applying them onto the old Sannin's arms and one on her forehead. After Shintaro performed various hand signs he put his both of his hands in a Tiger hand seal and said
"Secret Uzumaki Seal Release: Re-Creation!"
A huge torrent of chakra then came from the seals on Tsunade's body which began to look like her (for lack of a better term) old self again. After a few minutes Tsunade made a soft groan indicating that whatever Shintaro did it worked wonders. Hiruzen was surprised to say the least while Shizune didn't care how, but her master was alive and well.
"Lady Tsunade!" Shizune screamed in joy with tears in her eyes falling from her face holding her master's face close to her.
"Sh-Shizune?" said Tsunade in a weak voice
"Yes?" Shizune said still crying
"You're crushing me….can't…. breathe." said the recovering woman in a snuffed out voice trying to breathe.
"Oh! Forgive me Lady Tsunade, my apologies." Shizune said wiping her face trying to clear the tears while backing up to give her some space. Meanwhile Shintaro fell on his ass trying to catch his breath from the huge amount of chakra it took to apply the seal to its full usage.
"Whew! Man that took a lot out of me!" Shintaro joked while trying to catch his breath wiping the sweat off his face
"Man, Akane-san wasn't kidding about the required chakra usage." Shintaro said regaining his composure
"What kind of seal did you use on her child? Do you plan to use that to revive Kushina?" Hiruzen said wondering what kind of seal managed to bring his student back from a long induced coma.
"Kami no! Like hell I'll use that seal again twice in one day much less within 10 minutes!" Shintaro yelled making himself clear which got the attention of everyone in the room. Quickly calming himself down Shintaro spoke to explain himself.
"No, I'm gonna use something…different than a seal that requires something major from me, especially when I'm 100%. Sure that this'll work with less than no risk to my health." Shintaro said explaining himself
"Shizune who's the kid yelling? What's he talking about anyways? Tsunade asked confused as to who this strange boy was.
"This is Shintaro Milady, he's the one who actually woke you up from your coma, and plans to do the same with Kushina. Though I don't know how he plans to." Shizune to her master who got wide eyed sitting up turning her head frantically looking for Kushina.
"Kushina! Where is she? Did she make it alright? What's her condit-Augh!" Tsunade couldn't continue due to a huge migraine that pelted her mind at once when she tried to think of what happened that night.
"Tsunade! Calm down." Hiruzen ordered to his student
"Old man that you? What's going on?" asked Tsunade with a hand on her head trying to recover from the headache she caused herself.
"It is me my dear student, and you just woke up from a 5 year coma that this boy just woke you out of moment's ago." the old man said to his former student
"Eh, no biggie. You're welcome by the way." Shintaro said with his hand up to indicate who Hiruzen was talking about.
Shintaro then turned away from Tsunade walking towards Kushina preparing himself for whatever he was going to do so he could wake up the sleeping woman across the room.
"Now if you don't mind I'm gonna wake her up, give her the letter then head on out of here to meet up with Naruto at that ramen shop….which I forgot to ask where it even is…" Shintaro said now repeatedly banging his head slowly against the wall
"Dammit now I gotta go find him after this which going to be difficult, and I just remembered there are people out there looking for his blood…. Sigh, this is getting to be a bigger pain in the ass than I thought. Oh well let's just get this over with." Shintaro said to himself after which he began thinking
"I mean seriously I don't like the idea of leaving him out there alone like that what happened earlier only worries me more. Especially since he's…. NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Get that out your head right now! Naruto is not him and can never be him because there's only one person like that and he's dead. After all I'm trying to make sure Naruto doesn't…. Kami! It feels so wrong calling him that even though it's his name…..I can't get attached to him like that. I'll be gone from this world years from now, and I'll never come back because I made a promise to her and I'll never break it no matter what happens. Wherever she goes I will be there to protect her even though she doesn't even know what I am to her and she probably never will. That doesn't mean I can't do everything and anything I can to make Naruto's life better than it was without me being in it along with….sigh I also can't force that to happen between them, it has to be his choice otherwise it wouldn't be right. Why am I even thinking about this? All I have to do is what I came here to do, say what I rehearsed, then leave." as Shintaro thought to himself
"Alright before I do this I'm going to need you guys to promise me some things." Shintaro said to the three gathered at the hospital bed across the room.
"What do you need from us? As long as it is within reason I will allow It." the old man said to the boy hoping his demands won't be too high.
"The first is that you don't ask me how I manage to wake her up. My methods are my own and I will not discuss them with people outside my own group.
"The second is that you give me permission to tell Naruto of his mother's existence, and don't worry I'll think of something to calm him down and go on a rampage on you guys even though I think in all rights he should."
"The third is that you give me complete ownership of a few buildings I have in mind for making home base for our group. If you want me to pay for it fine I have the money to do so, I've been saving up along with the others in case of something like this."
"The fourth is that you don't hassle us to become ninjas for your village like I said before we don't plan on being ninjas for any village as of yet; let us think about it carefully first. Unless we desperately need the money, and there's no other way then we'll do bounty hunter work or other jobs that you or any other village close by has."
"That said only 12 of us are leaving here in 9-12 years from now that the others who joined us a later time can't follow us for reasons I won't go into. The others that stay behind that will have to make a decision on their own." Shintaro said to the 3rd Hokage making his case not backing down an inch.
"That's quite a lot to ask for, but they are all within reason. As for the buildings that you seek ownership for I will need to see them to make my decision on that matter. Is that all? Hiruzen said to the boy
"No, there are two last things that I want from you. The fifth being that I want is for her" pointing to Tsunade "to take my friend and younger sister as her students." Shintaro said as Tsunade got wide eyed at the thought of taking two more students
"The reason being we don't have any "trained" medic nin's with us as our medical knowledge is very limited to only first aid basics to survive on, and the fact that few of us are even capable of medical ninjutsu.
"The last thing I want from you is the location of this….uh…. ah dammit what's it called again? Ichiraku ramen shop or whatever it's called so I can spend less time looking for Naruto. Those are all the things that I want you to promise me that you'll give to me. Do we have a deal?" Shintaro said with his arms crossed waiting for an answer.
"Why are we even listening to this kid in the first place?" Tsunade said recovered from her headache which led to everyone looking at her "I mean don't get me wrong I'll admit it's beyond amazing that he managed to pull me out of a coma and I'm grateful for it really I am, but I don't see the reason for giving this kid so much for reviving Kushina, and I. Granted we are important in the eyes of Konoha, but what else has he done to even ask this of us? I mean asking me of all people to take on two more students is asking a lot; even though you explained why you need medics in your group. Not to mention since I'm back up again I'll be completely focused on getting Kushina back on her feet again, and won't have any time to focus on some brats who think they're good enough to become medic nin's. " Tsunade said protesting to the child's demands
"Actually I've done quite a bit for your village thank you very much. To be honest, now that I think about it I've asked the right amount for favors if you asked me." Shintaro said to a confused Tsunade
"Let's see I stopped a mob of stupid assholes from beating the shit out of Naruto on his birthday no less, I claimed I would be the one to take responsibility for him because it was clear no one else was going to. Even though I could've just left him there by himself after I scared the hell out of those cowards…. hehehe man that was fun, and profitable for me." Shintaro said chuckling to himself
"I delivered not only a message from the head of a clan allied to yours letting you know that they're still out there looking for more survivors, but as a bonus I also brought two members of said clan with us already saying they want to be part of this village which in turn might make other Uzumaki to come here seeking refuge. So not only you would not only have more manpower, but powerful manpower that's already allied to you so that's a 2 in 1 in my book."
"I also revived your sleeping ass which in all honesty you didn't look like you were recovering from anytime soon. Not to mention if I hadn't shown up Ms. Comatose over here that looks pale as can be could've died while you were asleep with her. Even if you woke up within the next month or hell today even you'd still have to recover, get your bearings, and then find out how to revive a slowly dying jinchuuriki that's lost her tailed beast that could die at any time. I'm actually surprised she's lasted this long, but that's beside the point."
"There, I counted 5 things I've done for you people and I'm asking for 5 in return…. well 6 really, but that last one shouldn't even count seeing as I'm just asking for directions which shouldn't be that big of a deal besides I'm about to do the sixth one for you if you'll let me in the first place. So there, that should be more than enough reason to ask the things I did. Got a problem with that?" Shintaro said arms still crossed waiting for a response from the woman questioning him.
Tsunade was surprised by the way Shintaro was callous explaining everything by the way he said it. However Tsunade felt about him she had to admit that this boy did things that seemed to put him in distress.
"Uh...I didn't know you did all of that to be honest I just kind of thought you were pulling a fast one without reason, but after all that I can see you thought this through all the way. Still though, asking me to take on two students without seeing if they even have potential to become medical nin's is still asking a lot." said Tsunade
"That's understandable, given you haven't seen them in action I can tell your skeptical. Ok how about this? Tomorrow or whenever you feel up to it I'll bring your future students to show you that they can become medical nin's. Or you can come to us either way I don't care. You can test them anyway you want, and besides I wouldn't waste your time with students who couldn't pull through as your students." replied Shintaro
"You're that confident about them eh?" asked Tsunade.
Shintaro only nodded in response as if he had nothing more to say
"Fine if they prove good enough AND can manage my training habits that I will discuss with them ALONE then fine I'll take them as my students." said Tsunade to which Shintaro responded
"All righty then!" with a hint of glee in his voice
"Time to get this over with." after which he put his hands together closing his eyes focusing on the thing he practiced more than the Re-Creation seal.
He put both hands on Kushina's stomach and started to transfer chakra in to her which began to show immediate results one being the color returning to her face, and the other being her breathing becoming more clear. Hiruzen and Tsunade couldn't believe what they were seeing, a 10 year old boy was currently bringing life to the ex-jinchuuriki right before their very eyes, but as they were staring in wonder they were also trying to sense what he was doing and a closer look would tell you that he was concealing as best he could the chakra he was using.
As unusual as that may be they had a deal to uphold so they couldn't ask him why or how he was doing what most would say a miracle, but that didn't mean they couldn't investigate more into this.
After a couple of minutes Shintaro began to lose focus for some reason if only a second showing a small fraction of the chakra which all three recognized immediately even though it was only for a second. Shintaro realized he screwed up and quickly concealed it again, but it didn't matter they all they knew where the chakra or rather who that chakra belonged to. It was a red colored chakra filled with power, but something was off about it there wasn't any hostility in it. Nothing no rage, hatred, or malice within it as if it was….calm, tamed even somehow as if that was possible in any way, shape or form.
Now Hiruzen had no doubt in his mind that he was definitely going to investigate this boy; after another few minutes Shintaro removed his hands from Kushina indicating he was done.
"Kami! And I thought reviving you was taxing on me that's the last time I bring two people out of a coma. She should wake up in a few hours so Alright now remember no questions as to how I just did that. However, you're welcome to try all you want to find out for yourselves. Now can you tell me where's that damn ramen shop I got to tell Naruto something important!" Shintaro said with excitement suddenly regaining his strength out of the blue. Hiruzen then told Shintaro where he could find the restaurant he was looking for
"What could that be?" Shizune said out of curiosity to which Shintaro replied with
"Sorry, that's a secret."
Shintaro then left the trio to ponder what the boy had in mind.