Not Alone, Not Anymore

by Cyb0rg67

Shintaro has made his fair share of choices all having consequences and his most recent one will be one that will impact everyone's life both in past, present, and future. That choice is to prevent the death of Naruto Uzumaki. Follow Shintaro in his quest as he puts everything on the line for one boy that'll change the world. Mainly focuses on OC then alternates to Naruto later

5. A Fated Reunion

Chapter 5

Unknown Date 34 years after the Kyuubi attack: Konoha….unknown world

"So, now I know what your name is. However, until I respect you enough to call you by your name I shall call you boy to be nice. Or more likely I'll call you runt because that's what you are to someone like me." Wrath said much to the boy's annoyance

"Glad I have something to work for." the boy said sarcastically

"So, why don't we get rid of that seal of yours? The one preventing you of your born given power I mean." Wrath said to the boy's surprise

"You can do that?" he asked genuinely surprised

"I can, but first let me tell you why I need you as much as you need me." Wrath said explaining himself

"That would be nice, to know what you need me for anyways. So, why did you find interest in me in the first place?" the boy asked

"Simple, you have more rage hidden inside you more than any person in this entire world. For that I seek your willing soul in a battle to come that'll determine the fate of your world." Wrath said despite the boy's skepticism

"Battle? What battle? And what do you mean my willing soul?"

"I'll explain in greater detail when I introduce you to my…peer's I should say. The short version for now is that a battle takes place every few millennia, that victor of that battle does what they wish to this world. Be it destroyed, saved, or left to someone else this battle determines the world. To be honest I considered your father for this task, but he…lacked the will to do so. What I'm talking about is that this battle takes nearly everything out of you to your body, and your soul. When I introduced myself to your father he'd turn me down because of what was required of him. This power that I offer will ruin any future you have with your friends or family so tell me boy are y-"

"I am. Now get on with it already." The boy said in annoyance much to Wrath's surprise

"You're sure full of surprises aren't you? Are you sure about this? If you lose you'll suffer a hell greater than what you're going through now, and even if you win you'll lose a lot that means to you. Once you accept this power of mine yo-"

"I said get on with it. I've already lost everything I care about besides my sister who I don't plan on spending the rest of my life with once I return her to her parents. I could care less if my world burns except for only two other individuals, and that's it. If my "father" refused this then I'll definitely participate in whatever battle you want my help in just to show him what I'm capable of. I don't plan to have a future for myself that involves happiness so this is perfect for me. I don't care if I lose my soul in the process or lose the chance to see my loved ones again…quite frankly I shouldn't have the chance to meet them in the first place. So like I said get on with whatever you need to already." The boy said more annoyed

"I don't think I've ever had such a willing participant like yourself. Very well, if you're that sure then I'll brand you with my mark. This way you'll have access to my power, but only in the early stages. You'll have to work your way up from there, but I don't think you'll have a problem since you already unlocked my first stage. However, before I do any of that I'll remove that seal of yours since it'll interfere with your progression." Wrath said

"This is gonna hurt isn't it?"

"Very."

"Wonderful."

"You asked."

"I know, just give me a sec will ya? Just let me put my sister on her bed alright?" the boy asked

"Don't take too long."

"Thanks." The boy said as he got up to put his sister on her bed.

After the boy laid his sister to rest he prepared himself for whatever was about to happen to him.

"First thing's first let me rid you of that interfering seal." Wrath said

"That'd be nice." The boy said sitting on the floor.

The aura came closer to the boy surrounding him completely but focusing on his stomach area, after a few minutes the seal that prevented the boy complete access to his power was gone almost immediately with the boy feeling the effects of it.

The aura moved from the boy before speaking again

"Before I continue with branding you my seal, would you give me an example of this power of yours? I'd like to see what it's like for myself." Wrath said in curiosity

"Fine, but I can't show much because it'll draw out attention that I don't want." The boy said before concentrating.

Unlike the last 3 of his kind the boy has never knowingly feared this power that he was born with, he never feared the source that this power came from, he may have when he was a brat, but that time was past and now he's grown into something his parents feared. Focusing completely now the boy was surrounded in a cloak of red chakra brimming with power that was able to impress Wrath.

"I see, this is different experiencing it from the outside. I'm sure you'll put it to good use, now I've stalled long enough. It's time." Wrath said before forming what looked like an arm and had.

It floated to the boy's way who was preparing himself for the worst, and it really was the worst. The hand landed on the boy's chest where his heart lie burning the flesh it touched turning into a symbol of some sort. The boy gritted his teeth at the intense pain he was feeling, but kept his mouth shut so that he wouldn't wake his sister up from sleeping. It didn't just feel like it was burning his skin, it felt like it was branding his soul which made it feel all the more painful, but the boy did his best to work through it and eventually after what felt like hours it was done. Clenching his fist so tight that blood leaked from his hand the boy began healing his chest which was suffering from major 3rd degree burns.

Heavily panting the boy still spoke "What 'pant' the hell 'pant' was that? And why don't I feel any different than before?" the boy questioned

"It takes a maximum of 3 days for the seal to take into full effect. Given that you're human you're lucky it doesn't take longer than that."

"What do you mean human? What do you give this seal of yours to dogs or something?" the boy asked

"Not entirely, tell me something boy. Do you know about the existence alternate timelines or parallel worlds?"

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Konoha, October 10th, 5 years after the Kyuubi attack

Meanwhile with Shintaro and the others

The rain was thankfully letting up into a light sprinkle as Shintaro, Naruto and the others made their way closer and closer to the Hokage Tower with Shintaro holding Naruto on his back, Honoka doing the same with Karin, and Ayano was carrying Hiromi on hers catching up following behind the others. With Shintaro leading away he decides to finally bring something to Naruto's attention.

"Hey, Naruto." Shintaro said to Naruto

"Yeah Shintaro? Naruto replied "Since we're getting close to where we need to be there's something I need to tell you. It's really really important so listen up." he said seriously to the boy.

"Uh….Ok? Did I do something wrong?" Naruto asked nervously.

"No, you didn't do anything wrong so get that out of your head. Got it?" he told him

"Got it. So what is it?" Naruto asked.

"It's about our deal to take care of you." It was at moment Naruto suddenly got very nervous.

"Y-You're not gonna get rid of me are you?" he asked as he was shaking out of fear all over his entire body.

"No, not necessarily I'm still gonna take care of you for the time being. It's just that I've found someone a bit more….to your liking. This person is going to be your….permanent caretaker until she recovers enough to do so. She's actually the one that's supposed to in the first place, but she's been in a coma ever since the night the Kyuubi attacked 5 years ago today. I'm pretty sure-no, I know you're gonna prefer her over me without a doubt; trust me she's been waiting for this day for a looong time. By the way if you still think that this is something that you don't want think of this as my birthday gift to you." Shintaro said to Naruto

"B-birthday gift? How'd you know it was my birthday?" Naruto asked

"I have my sources let's just leave it at that; besides what kind of friend I would be if I didn't know your own birthday?" Shintaro said lightheartedly.

"F-friend? You really think of me as a friend?" Naruto said getting teary eyed

"Duh, I wouldn't go through all this and not be your friend. And another thing; Ayano, Honoka, Karin, and everyone else back at the hotel you can consider them your friends as well….well maybe not the teme, but he's an asshole so it's ok if you don't like him. If things work out they'll think of you as family like we do with each other. Isn't that right you guys?" Shintaro yelled back at them.

"Of course! There's always room for one more, I mean if you'll have us Naruto-kun." Ayano said in a sweet voice.

"You're part of our clan now Naruto; we need to stick together so yes, you can consider me and Karin-chan friends as well." Honoka said with sincerity.

"Yeah! I've always wanted to be friends with someone my age who's a boy. I mean Hiromi's fun to hang around with, but there's nothing wrong with more friends Naruto." Karin said happily

"Same here Naruto what Karin said." Hiromi said gleefully with a smile. Now Naruto went from teary eyed to full out sobbing resting his head on Shintaro's back trying to hold it in failing miserably

"What's wrong Naruto-kun?" Ayano asked out of concern, but what she got was heard from him she wasn't expecting at all from the crying child

"Thank you." he whispered

"What was that Naruto I couldn't hear?" Hiromi said with worry

"Thank you sniff all of you….this really means sniff a lot to me. I-I never had friends or even someone besides the old man who gave a damn about me. Now I've got you guys, I'm somehow part of this clan now, and now there's this person I've never even met before who wants to take me in. I've never been wanted in my entire life, I just hope that this person and me will get along." he said crying his eyes out

"Oh, I don't think that'll be a problem. If anything I'm sure you two get along. After all what Mother wouldn't love her own son…but not every son returns the favor….sigh...Mother please let this atone for what I've done to you. Or at the very least make you rest easier while you, watch your damned son from the heavens, for I will surely never meet you in the same way again even in death when we meet again I can't look you in the eyes. In life or death I will never forgive myself for what I've done to you, my old friends, even A- no…I don't deserve to think about her. I lost that right a loooong time ago….argggh! Now's not the time for self-pity, now is the time for Naruto; and I'm going to do everything I can to make it happen." Shintaro thought to himself while picking up the pace unexpectedly

"Come on! Let's not keep birthday boy waiting!" he shouted to the girls behind him.

"Shintaro-kun! Wait!" Ayano said trying to keep up with him "He can never wait for us can he?" Honoka deadpanned before picking up the pace as well.

Finally reaching the Hokage tower Shintaro and others were before the door Shintaro had seen for the third time today, and hopefully for the last time as week. Naruto had never felt this nervous in his life, here he was a lonely orphan who was never loved, wanted, even treated as a simple human; and now in the same day he was about to get the life beaten out of him just for being born. He now was about to meet someone who wants him, hopefully love him, and even more so treat him like he mattered at all. This was obvious to the others seeing him shake all over, sweating his face off, and tightening up like a corkscrew. He nearly keeled over when he felt a hand on his shoulder, but was calmed down when he heard Shintaro talk.

"Calm down already would ya? Or you're gonna make your new….guardian nervous about taking you in probably scared that they're gonna mess up. Relax, look I'll go in first to let them know that you're coming; in the meantime try to calm down. Trust me alright? I know what I'm doing so just wait a second." Shintaro said reassuring Naruto

"H-Hey Shintaro? You never told me who this person is, their name, how old they are, or even if it's a guy or a girl." Naruto asked him

"Well isn't he curious for a 5 year old. Make's sense I guess, he is going to live with someone else" Shintaro thought to himself

"Well, She's probably in her late 20's early thirties more likely, but looks like in her late teens early twenties. Her name is Kushina, but her surname is a surprise so I don't need you two giving it away ya hear?" he said pointing to Honoka and Karin who were nervously chuckling scratching the behind of their heads.

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When Honoka first saw Naruto she nearly burst out with joy screaming her head off about how another clan member's been found, but was silenced with a smack on her head courtesy of Shintaro. When she was going to rage at him he put a mouth to her hand.

"Quiet down will you? He doesn't know anything about anything, and I'm trying to keep it that way for now as a surprise birthday present; but now I have to explain that part to him so he doesn't blow a fuse." he whispered to her.

Shintaro had to then explain to Naruto that he indeed was part of a clan, and a powerful one at that. Needless to say Naruto was shocked to find out that there was significance to his name, but was also angry that the Hokage didn't mention this to him. Luckily Shintaro managed to calm him down stating that people probably just forgot about them considering they're practically extinct; then he had to explain that the Uzumaki clan was a time a most powerful clan full of powerhouses capable of taking any Hidden Village all on their own. Which was why that it took nearly the whole world to eradicate them to near extinction or so they thought; however thanks to some ideal thinking from the elders they came up with an exit strategy in the case that this ever happened. They knew that if they stayed on this continent that they would be inexplicably be hunted down till the last man, woman, and child standing; so they decided to set out to sea to find an inhabitable island somewhere and settle there.

Though this was not without sacrifice, nearly a third of their clan was killed due to the combined efforts of Kiri, Kumo, and Iwa storming their front door. Some didn't make it to the boats in time though so they had to settle with sneaking into the mainland hiding from their hunters; which included Kushina's father along with a small group of Uzumakis working together to survive, and to find their clansmen among the seas while trying to hide among prying eyes. When Shintaro finished the brief history lesson on his clan Naruto felt….at ease that there were other people part of the same clan as him and at the same time pissed off at the 3 nations who tried to kill of his clan with Honoka feeling the same way. Again Shintaro being the peacekeeper here he managed to the two down, he then told them what exactly Homura told him.

"We're going to find the rest of our clan members scattered throughout the world, and once we do find them we're going to find a new place to colonize as our new home. It may take years or even decade's to complete what we have in mind for our clan so I ask you take Honoka and Karin with you to the Hidden Leaf so that the Hokage knows of our situation. We're going to be hunted down by more dangerous people so they'll have a better chance of surviving with you. We'll come to you when we're safe enough to live on our own." after that the Uzumakis that came with Shintaro sighed in relief that their clansmen didn't leave them on their own, and they'll eventually come back for them one day.

After that Shintaro had Honoka agree not to inform Naruto anything about his clan before he met his mother.

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Finally deciding to knock on the door Shintaro heard the voice of the Hokage to come enter the room. Shintaro then poked his head in the door to see that the Hokage, Kushina, and Tsunade (now with Shizune, who was holding her pig TonTon, next to her) still there.

"Uh….Listen I brought you-know-who here to see you (pointing at Kushina), but he doesn't know what you are to him exactly. I thought I'd leave it to you to explain that to him, and I also brought in two of your clan members who are both mine and Naruto's age that traveled with us all this way. Lastly I also brought in "your" (pointing to Tsunade now) future students with me as well, we'll do the test to see if they're capable or not later Ms. Beauty Queen after the….reunion with these two." he said to the four in the room with different looks from each of them.

Kushina was nervous as can be yet so excited at the same time to see her son who was only a infant the last time she saw her.

"Ok ok calm down, calm down. He doesn't need to see his mother a crying mess at first sight, and I want to think he has an awesome mom for him. Ok, how do I do that? What do I say? How should I look? How big should my smile be? What if he thinks I'm creepy? Do I talk first or do I let him talk? If I talk first is he going to be intimidated? If he talks first will he think I'm scared? Well I am, but how can I not be? Oh no, what's he's gonna say when he finds out who I am? What if he hates me? Would he hate me? What if he asks me why does everybody hate him? Did Shintaro explain everything? Kami, please don't let me screw this up. Errrrrgh! Gah! I'm so frustrated right now I could die! (Takes a deep breath) Ok, I'm calm, I'm collected, and I'm ready to see Naruto again. Ok, let's do this!" Kushina thought to herself with sparkling determination in her eyes.

Hiruzen had a small smile on his face looking at Kushina trying to keep her cool, but ultimately failing with her continuing changing facial expressions.

"She hasn't changed one bit, but I could hardly blame her. I bet she's wondering what to do about when she meets Naruto.

Tsunade had an annoyed face with a tick marks on her forehead, and Shizune had a nervous laugh going along with trying to calm her master down. Shintaro then receded his head to talk to the rest of them looking at Naruto directly.

"Cocky brat. Does he really think that someone as young as him is capable of being a medical ninja? Hmpf, I'll see for myself how talented my "future students" are."

"I hope Lady Tsunade calms down soon. She's stressed out enough as it is."

"Alright, Naruto's going first for obvious reasons and when he's done….meeting Kushina then the rest of you can get down to business. That sound good to everyone?" he asked them who all nodded.

"Alright Naruto, ready?" he asked him

"Nervous, but yeah I'm ready." Naruto responded

"Don't worry just say your name, and maybe a couple of things you like even a dream that you have if you want to." Shintaro said putting a hand on his shoulder reassuring the boy. Naruto then slowly walked through the door with Shintaro behind him; he was then greeted by four smiling faces trying to figure out who this Kushina person was. He looked around the room to his right first seeing an older woman, probably in her late 30's to mid 40's, in a wheelchair with blonde hair with a weird diamond tattoo thing in her forehead. Next to her was that girl that helped from time to time, Shizune he thought her name was; she was pretty, nice, gave him food occasionally and escorted him a couple of times, but that was it. He then saw the old man sitting in his chair that he always sat in whenever he gave him lectures or gave him some money for Ichiraku ramen when he needed it.

Then he looked to his left a bit more and saw a beautiful women with long flowing red hair like Honoka and Karin, only this woman seemed to have her hair reach down to her feet, who was smiling warmly at him trying not to cry holding her tears for whatever reason.

"Is she crying? Wonder what she's so sad about."

"Oh my Kami...he has my face, but he looks just like you Minato with that blonde hair of his. Don't cry, don't cry. Be strong, be strong for your son Kushina. Oh Minato, I wish you were here to see our little Naruto, you would be so proud, and happy to see him like this. I swear on everything that is holy that I'm going to care for our son Minato. He'll be fed, educated, protected, cared for, but most of all he'll be loved. I'll love him until he get's sick of it, and keep loving him. That I swear Minato."

Figuring he'd try and say something he began to speak

"Ummm….Hi, My name is N-Naruto Uzumaki. I just turned 5 t-today, and uh….Oh! I like ramen a whole lot like you have know idea I'd eat it day and night if I could! I also like my new friends a whole lot especially Shintaro, he's done a whole lot of awesome stuff for me. He beat up an adult in 10 seconds or at least that's how long it felt like; he punched him in the face then kicked him in the air and then he did an awesome flip kick on his gut which made him crash into the ground! It was totally awesome he crashed into the ground, and scared off the rest of them with these….clones thingy or whatever he called them. There were like 50 of them all holding weapons, and stuff! I don't like people who misjudge others without getting to know them, and I also don't like that nasty green stuff….vegetables thats it! I hate em with a passion they're so nasty blegh! Umm….and as far as dreams go one day I'm gonna be Hokage, and then everyone will finally acknowledge me from the villagers maybe even Sakura-chan will like me then. Hehehehe" he giggled nervously wishing he hadn't said that last bit.

"Are you honestly still talking about the girl you barely met, but has everything that you don't?" Shintaro asked sarcastically

"Things like what?"

"Oh, I don't know….looks, brains, popularity, and everything else you're missing including a fashion sense. Seriously do you like have an obsession with orange or something?" Shintaro said sarcastically

"HEY! What's wrong with orange!?" Naruto yelled at him

"Nothing if you want some vitamin c then it's fine, but hey if you want to an eyesore then that's cool too. Seriously what kind of ninja wears orange anyways you'd either have to be blind, stupid or ignorant to miss you in the battlefield or really good at stealth for people not to notice." he retorted making Naruto frustrated

"Damn it! Then I'll just become the stealthiest ninja ever! Take that!" Naruto yelled in Shintaro's face sticking his tounge out

"You can start by not shouting every word you say." he deadpanned making Naruto even more frustrated

"Before you go on a rant try and take a guess as to who's gonna take care of you for the rest of your life? Just remember the clues I gave you and take a guess." he said turning Naruto around to the two women

"Hmpf! Fine, lets see a woman in her thirties probably, you said her name was Kushina nothing else, and that's it. Now let's see…." he said turning his head left and right to each of the women before him "let's see I'm gonna guess….her!" he said pointing to Tsunade making everyone fall over in a comedic effect.

"She looks older than 30 or even 40 at that. She can even be my grandma I'd bet in a couple of years; that lady over looks too young and pretty to be in her thirties or even twenties I bet. She may be prettier than the blonde woman with her long red hair, and the fact that she looks barely older than that girl next to the blonde. Actually now that I think about it I've seen her around sometimes in the village; she's nice enough gives me food sometimes when I'm hungry. Soooo did I get it ri-OW!" he yelled after getting knocked on his head by Shintaro

"No you Baka! How about you pay attention to what I say next ti... sigh. You know, maybe I should've given you a bit more clues as to who I was talking about, but I doubt even that'll help you. And by the way I had to pay a mini fortune for that ramen fortress you made all by yourself seriously if there's one thing I'm gonna make sure you learn before I die it's restrain for that obsession of yours. I mean who eats 50 bowls of EXTRA LARGE ramen bowls!? Your stomach should be a bulging mess right now." he yelled at Naruto who was laughing sheepishly rubbing his head

"Well, it's not my fault I hadn't had a full stomach in a couple of days, and it is my birthday so I'd kinda thought I go all out besides you said you would pay." he said to Shintaro innocently

"Sigh it's fine you're just gonna have to come with me to that same ramen shop tomorrow, and confirm that little story of yours." he said sternly at him

"Alright! More-"

"After we have a big breakfast back at home so you don't go on another rampage and put a crater in my wallet again. There's gonna be some new changes in your diet whether you like it or not." he said chuckling evilly

"Noooooo!" Naruto yelled on his knees with his hands in the air in a dramatic fashion

"But ramen's my whole life! My breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert I can't give it up!" he cried with anime tears rolling down his face

"Too bad when this is all over I'm gonna introduce you to a friend of mine called the food pyramid and his buddies protein, fruit, dairy, grains, and vegetables hehehehe. I'm sure Shou would love to introduce you to his family recipe Salaaad hehehehehe" he said with a dark presence behind him again with an evil chuckle. Suddenly Naruto began to be thankful that he wasn't going to be in Shintaro's care for long.

"Sooo if she's (pointing to Tsunade) not the right person then does that mean (looking at Kushina) she's-" BONK!

"You little brat how dare you call me old!" Tsunade yelled after smacking Naruto on his head giving him a bump on the head.

Apparently after Naruto guessed the wrong woman on who was taking care of him Kushina felt crushed at the time for her son not recognizing her though granted the last time he saw her was the day he was born, and according to her Naruto wasn't even aware that he had a mother (who was alive) in the first place; something that she intended to fix today. However when she heard her son's reasoning she couldn't help but blush, smile, and then started to laugh at her son's antics. Tsunade however was furious at the accusations Naruto was making. True she did look a bit older than he would like, but that wasn't her fault. Her usual Jutsu that kept her young didn't take full effect yet so she looked like her usual age (pretty old) right about now. She'd intended to teach some sense into him by smacking him upside the head, but not before quickly looking at Kushina still laughing quietly as she can continuing to look at the conversation the two boys were having, thinking to herself.

"Ok ok so far...not bad, but not so good either, can't complain I guess. At least he's energetic now, but I can tell he's very malnourished from eating nothing but ramen. So yes Shintaro, he does need to eat more than just ramen….sigh, but he's just like me when I was his age. I'm very flattered he called me both young and pretty so I guess he doesn't hate the way he looks thank goodness. It's good though that this Shintaro is willing to feed him the right way, again something else I'm gonna have to teach him among other things. Though I wonder how Tsunade is going to take-" BONK!

"You little brat how dare you call me old!"

"-never mind….sigh oh well at least she restrained herself, if only a bit. Still though…." just then a small, but growing dark aura began to surround Kushina getting the attention of everyone in the room

"Tsunade…." Kushina said in a voice too sweet for this situation "as much as I'm a friend to you, and you I. I would greatly appreciate if you didn't smack myson in front of me." she said now with her hair rising like they were alive still smiling with her eyes closed; slowly opening them to reveal an evil glare scaring everyone there.

Even though they both were in the same situation as far as health was concern Tsunade was still a little nervous about her current situation.

"Heh….sorry Kushina I guess I do need to restrain myself a bit." Tsunade said nervously rolling back to Shizune who was holding Tonton in her arms who were both sweating bullets.

As Tsunade was rolling back to Shizune and Tonton Kushina began to calm down letting her inner….personality go away for the time being. At the same time Naruto was freaking out at this lady who was apparently going to take care of him the rest of his life until a sudden realization dawned on him. She said "my son" and she was looking at him when she said it. Was this la dy going to adopt him? Was she really wanting to take him in? Him? The pariah of the village, the "demon child", the monster, the fox child? Why? Why did she take interest in him, it's not like she was his….wait now that he thought about it he didn't know anything about his parents at all. Whenever he asked the old man about his parents he would always change the subject or say nothing at all.

"Is she really my….mom? I mean is she my real mom or does she want to adopt me? Who is she? Wait, Shintaro said she's been in a deep sleep since the Kyuubi attacked, and that was the same day I was born….was she…." he thought to himself eyes widening open slowly brimming with tears, body shaking all over, trying to speak his voice failing him.

Suddenly Naruto felt a hand on his shoulder and turned his head to see Shintaro looking at him calmly giving him an eye smile

"Since you're having trouble speaking, and she just freaked you out I'll speak for the both of you. Naurto this is Kushina….Kushina Uzumaki. Kushina this is Naruto….I don't think you need to be told that. I believe this reunion between Mother and Son is one that both of you don't want to wait for any more." Shintaro said to the two Uzumaki's in the room which especially got the attention of one Naruto who finally got his voice though choked up as it is

"W-wait S-Shintaro y-you said Mother and Son. D-do you mean that she….she's my…." Naruto couldn't speak anymore as tears began to flow from his eyes when Kushina answered for him

"Yes, Naruto-kun what Shintaro said is true I….I am your Mother. It's so nice to finally-"

"Mom!" Naruto yelled joyfully interrupting her and jumping into her arms hugging her tightly as she did the same both crying hard

"It's ok baby. It's ok I'm here Mommy's here you don't have to worry anymore I'm here. Everything's gonna be ok now I'm gonna make sure of that." she said while her tears flowed down her face

"I-I n-never thought you even existed mommy I-I was always alone. Everyone hates me and I don't know why. Why Mommy? Why does everyone hate me so much? What happened to you when I was born? Please, tell me." Naruto cried out buried within Kushina's embrace

"Don't you worry about them Naruto they don't matter anymore, I'll deal with them later. As for what happened….something happened during your childbirth….Minato….your father did everything he could to protect us from someone that wanted to hurt us. He….he died saving the entire village and you from the Kyuubi when it escaped from...from-"

"The previous jinchuuriki that held the Kyuubi, but it escaped." Shintaro interrupted Kushina

"Thank you Shintaro, I don't want to tell my son just yet. When he's older I'll tell him everything, but for now he doesn't need to know." Kushina thought to herself in relief

"If you're gonna wonder what a jinchuuriki is Naruto it's basically a person who contains a tailed beast keeping the rest of village safe and protected from them along with protecting the village using the tailed beasts power. However when a tailed beast leaves it's jinchuuriki the host dies shortly after, and can only survive maybe if they get immediate medical attention. Sorry to interrupt, but he's bound to find out sooner or later." Shintaro finished

"Wow, being a jinchuuriki sounds real important. They must be loved by the whole village; I would sure like to meet one, and thank them for keeping our village safe from the tailed beasts. They must be appreciated by the whole village I bet." Naruto said with wonder. Just then everyone's mood change with their eyes looking down minus the ignorant child

"Not….exactly Naruto, Jinchuuriki are actually despised among everyone in all the 5 Great Nations actually. People blindly think that they are monsters in disguise failing to see the difference between the cage, and what's inside the cage." he said.

Hiruzen was seriously considering what to do with this kid, and he was starting to doubt if Shintaro was even a kid at all.

"How does he know all this? He may have met previous jinchuuriki, but I doubt they willingly told him about it much less which tailed beast they held. He doesn't even talk like his age not to mention according to reports from Asuma and the Anbu who was watching Naruto when he was surrounded; this kid is someone I need to observe….closely."

"From everything I know he's trained in advanced seals, advanced hand to hand combat, he moves like an assassin, has leadership skills that managed to bring his people to safety with minimum casualties, sadly. He knows water style jutsu advanced ones too somehow, he even knows the shadow clone jutsu AND manages to make enough to put an adult into severe chakra exhaustion if not kill them outright. He somehow managed to pull off reviving both Kushina and Tsunade from their comas while using some sort of seal that the Uzumakis gave him. Which I don't know how in the HELL he managed to pull that off, because even I know that the Uzumaki are VERY secretive with their seals. I even remember Kushina giving Minato hell about keeping what she taught him between the two of them. He also said that they've been travelling for 5 years making him around Naruto's age when he left his village….which he's failed to mention where he's from."

"I don't see why they didn't come here first of all places I don't care who they are it doesn't take years to travel from one village to another. Unless he isn't from this land at all, and is from across the seas maybe. I highly doubt he's a spy, but I can't rule out the possibility either given Asuma's report of what he found out about him. According to him these "spies" have been in here for a decade gathering information disguising themselves as simple civilians throughout the village learning everything they can. Iwa must really hold a grudge against us to go this far, but still why wait for so long to return to their village? It doesn't make sense in the slightest….sigh I better put this off for a later time for now. Right now I need to focus on this Shintaro boy, and see what else he knows."

"Well that's kinda dumb, can't people tell the difference of what's inside and outside of them? I mean why do people hate them so much if they constantly protect the village?" Naruto asked out of curiosity.

"Because people stupidly hold grudges against the tailed beasts thinking they're nothing more than weapons that they can use to their will." Shintaro said with disgust which got the attention of everyone in the room.

"What makes you think that Shintaro?" Hiruzen said trying to learn more about him.

"Never mind forget it. It's none of your business, I was just thinking out loud that's all." Shintaro said dismissing him.

"Hmmm….it seems he knows a bit about jinchuurikis and their treatments as well. I need to talk to the Jiraiya about this, and see if he knows anything." Hiruzen thought to himself

"I guess Shintaro knows a lot about jinchuurikis, and respects them as well apparently. As a former one myself I can at least appreciate the thought. He must've known a jinchuuriki personally at some point or maybe….no, no he couldn't be one unless maybe…." Kushina thought before speaking.

"Shintaro, forgive me if this too personal, but are you by any chance a ps-"

"Yes that question is a bit personal for me, and I would appreciate it if we could discuss this very sensitive subject at a later time." Shintaro said knowing what she was going ask.

"Actually as much as I would love you two get reacquainted with each other, Kami knows you do, I actually have some friends along with my sister waiting to meet you and Tsunade." Shintaro said politely

"You have company? And of one them is your sister?" Kushina asked curiously to which Shintaro nodded in response

"Oh yeah, didn't you say these brats are going to be my future students or something?" Tsunade said nearly forgetting about them

"They WILL be your future students once you see what they're capable of." Shintaro retorted

"We'll see about that." Tsunade said with a smug grin

"All right then Hiromi! Honoka-san! Karin-chan! and Ayano-chan please come in and show them what you can do." Shintaro shouted out to the door. Just then the door slowly opened with everyone one by one coming in with Ayano coming in last.

Kushina then observed the girls that came in through the door the first being a small girl about Naruto's size with just as blonde hair as him, and eyes deep blue like his as well. She wore a yellow shirt with an orange sun design all over it, blue shorts and sandals with a red headband on top of her head that held her hair letting her bangs fall on the sides of her face exposing her slightly bigger forehead.

The next one was a girl about Shintaro's size maybe half an inch taller than him, she had red hair like an Uzumaki would confirming her suspicion of if she was the clan member that came with Shintaro. She wore a sleeveless purple kimono blouse that covered most of her body leaving her feet exposed….literally seeing as she had nothing on her feet going barefoot, and her eyes were dark as night.

The next girl was another girl about Naruto's age with red hair like her as well only it was a bit long and unkempt making it look messy all over, eyes were crimson red like her hair covered by thin brown glasses, she wore a long-sleeved purple shirt covered by a blue sweatshirt with a red skirt and blue sandals.

Finally another girl about the same age as Shintaro came in closing the door behind her; she had fair skin covered by a purple shirt a yellow flower design all over with a purple skirt that went down halfway to her knees, she had light blond hair that was tied in a high ponytail with her bangs covering most of her left face making in hard if not impossible to see her left eye, she also had a white flower that seemed to be the thing that tied her hair, it was a beautiful flower one that seemed to almost glow when she made eye contact with Shintaro; strange she'd swore that she has seen that flower somewhere before. However, like Shintaro she wore a bandanna that covered most of her face only instead of blue like his it was purple like the rest of her attire.

"Are these some of your friends that you were talking about Shintaro?" Kushina asked "Yes, the two redheads are Honoka and Karin…. of the Uzumaki Clan." he said with suspense "Y-you two are part of the Uzumaki clan?" Kushina said with shock

"Yes, Yes we are Milady" Honoka said humbly while bowing "and we are here to deliver news on the current status of your Father's status on finding the rest of our clansmen." she finished

"I know, Dad already let me know he was ok, said you would give me the details; so can I ask what's with you calling me "Milady?" she said wondering about the title Honoka gave her

"Oh! My apologies Milady. As you know since the attack on our village we've been scattered across the world and sadly lost a number of our clansmen our Clan head included. With the Clan head not having an heir we had to turn to his brother, your father, for leadership. Since then Lord Homura-sama has carefully looked across the 5 Great Nations including within each hidden village excluding the Hidden Leaf for obvious reasons. He has concluded that there are no longer any Uzumakis left among the 5 Great Nations, and decided to take his search beyond this land to across the seas where some of our people have fled. He sent the youngest of us, me and Karin-chan, to make sure we are safe along with giving you a message from him. He would've send Karin's mother with us, but her skills in detecting chakra signatures was an asset they could not afford to lose." she said leaving Kushina shocked

"D-dad's the Clan Head!? I knew Uncle Jiro was in bad shape, but still….sigh. I guess this is why Dad hardly ever wrote to me, and it explains why he didn't send someone to Konoha to check on me or Naruto. He'd probably thought we were dead. I wouldn't blame him considering that most of us know that if the Kyuubi got out it would mean death to any Jinchuuriki, even an Uzumaki. I was just lucky that Tsunade was there otherwise I'd be dead by now. So did you have anything else to say or was that it?" Kushina asked

"Yes, Mi-"

"EH! If you're gonna be around me there's some things you gotta know about me. 1. I am not big on formalities or fancy titles if anything just call me . 2. Since you know my dad you know he can be a bit….eccentric at times with his actions and words; I'm letting you know that I'm the same way, but I've gotten a bit better about it. ya know? Damn it I said it again! Oops! Pardon my language. Hehehehehe, sorry about that." she laughed nervously while rubbing the back of her head

"It's alright Mi- I mean uh...Ms. Uzumaki?" Honoka asked for confirmation to which Kushina nodded

"The only thing left I needed to say was that Lord Homura was taking the rest of the clan out to sea to find the last of our clan. He plans that this'll take about a decade and a half to find them all along with starting to rebuild our city in secret at another location. When he thinks that we're ready to reveal ourselves again or thinks to give you an update on his status he'll send your brother as a messenger. Since he's not only the fastest of us, but also he gets to see you which is a bonus for him. " Honoka finished

"Kenshi's alive too!? And he get's to be visit me? AWESOME! I'm like so happy ya know? Dang it! I said it again it's just so hard not to say that ya know? Dang it!" she yelled in frustration

"It's alright mom I don't have a problem with the way you talk. I think it's kind of fun ya know?" Naruto said smiling to his mother

"Awww, thank you baby that's very sweet of you, but I was kinda hoping that my speech impediments wouldn't be passed down to you." she said while rubbing his hair

"Impedi-wha?" Naruto asked

"It's another word for the way someone talks sweetie." she explained to her son

"Oh hehe that makes sense, but I don't care how I talk. If it's like you then I could care less about how I talk!" Naruto said in confidence

"Even if ruins your chances with your Sakura-chan lover boy? hehehehe" Shintaro said to the boy

"Hey! Leave Sakura-chan out of this!" he said blushing slightly in both embarrassment and frustration

"Already has his sights on a girl huh? Well, that's fine trying to make friends...he could even start dating in another 10 years...maybe...not. I guess I might as well find out what kind of girl my son is into." Kushina thought to herself

"Oh, that's right I nearly forgot you mentioned a girl, but I didn't hear her name clearly. So, who's this Sakura girl Shintaro mentioned?" Kushina asked with a mixture of curiosity, concern, and mischievousness

"W-well uh she's um….a girl that's kinda pretty, and um…."

"Do you like this girl?" Kushina asked curiously

"I-It's not like it matters anyways she never pays attention to me anymore ya know? Anyways she always looks at this "pretty boy" (he rolls his eyes) Sasuke Uchiha." Naruto said while groaning thinking of the popular boy.

Just then a thought occurred to Kushina

"Wait a minute Sasuke Uchiha? Does he have black hair, black eyes, and have an older brother as well?" Kushina asked with urgency

"Yeah he does, I know he has an older brother because the teachers keep mentioning him Itachi I think his name is. Why? Do you know him or something mom?" Naruto asked her mother

"Definitely Mikoto's kid….Mikoto, that's someone I haven't seen in a while. Wonder if she even knows I'm alive or knows about Naruto. No, if she did she would've done something by now. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if she's confined somewhere due to what happened 5 years ago."

"Hey, Hiruzen whatever did happened with Mikoto and the Uchiha Clan?" Kushina snapped at him

"The Uchiha Clan were all gathered up in a smaller single location so that we could keep tabs on them, it's called the Uchiha District where all of the Uchiha reside. It has everything they need from shops to schools, to even a hospital; it was only four years ago that the Council decided to let Uchiha children into the public academy again including letting Uchiha shop around the village, visit public restaurants, to other things they used to do here. And if you're wondering about Mikoto she's fine, but doesn't know about you or Naruto since she's been confined to the Uchiha District for the past 5 years." Hiruzen said in a neutral voice while smoking his pipe

"Why 5 years? Don't you think that was a bit harsh?" Kushina said directly at him

"We needed to find out who it was the controlled the Kyuubi; and since the only clue we had was a Sharingan eye on both the intruder, and the beast itself we needed to find the Uchiha responsible. So far we haven't found anything concrete as of yet, which managed to make our relationship with the Uchiha Clan shaky at best. We'll discuss this at a later time Kushina there are some things that we can't discuss in front of the children." Hiruzen said to her

"Fine. We'll talk later." Kushina said before turning to Naruto

"Anyways, yeah Sasuke is actually the son of my best friend Mikoto Uchiha. I was actually hoping the two of you could be friends one day." Kushina said to her son

"Oh, ok I'll try to be friends with him if his mom is your best friend. Maybe we'll be friends one day. It's not like he's a bad guy or anything it's just that all the girls constantly make goo goo eyes at him, and it's just so annoying to hear them all the time. Just makes me sick thinking about it, blegh!"

"Well except this real quiet girl who I forget exist all the time unless Iruka-sensei calls out her name, and even then I can barely hear her name. It started with a H or something I don't know, but she does have these weird white eyes that look kinda creepy." Naruto said

"Are you talking about Hinata Hyuuga of the Hyuuga Clan?" Hiruzen asked

"Yeah, I think that's her name she seems nice I guess, but always stares at me it's really creepy. Whenever I try to talk to her she get's all red, and faints on the floor making the teacher's yell at me along with everyone else. So I try not to talk to her all that much so she doesn't faint so the teachers don't yell at me." Naruto said while everyone in the room sweat dropped at his explanation

"Forgive me Ms. Uzumaki, but your son seriously needs a lesson in girls." Honoka said

"Oh it's alright it's just one of the joys I have looking forward to as a mother." Kushina said sighing at her son's antics

"So which of these brats are gonna be my supposed future students?" Tsunade asked impatiently

"Watch and learn Tsunade, Oh before I begin no one here's squeamish right?" Shintaro asked everyone in the room who all nodded no in confusion

"All right then don't say I didn't warn you." he said

"Shintaro-kun what are yo-Dear Kami!" Ayano yelled at the sight before her.

Apparently Shintaro stabbed himself in his lower leg, the left palm of his hand, and in his right shoulder with a kunai in the blink of an eye without making any noise about it as well which both impressed and confused a certain individual who was watching secretly in the shadows about to apprehend Shintaro.

"Niichan you're BLEEDING!" Hiromi yelled

"Thanks sis for stating the obvious, now before I lose unconsciousness why don't you and Ayano patch me up…." he said to the girls, and everyone else who were dumbfounded, at the boy unable to move

"...or you can let me bleed out till I pass out from blood loss then die later. That's cool. That's cool, thought I meant something to you guys, but I guess I'll just wait here….bleeding….fast….with multiple wounds all over m-"

"Don't worry Niichan I'll save you!" Hiromi yelled while instantly knocking Shintaro flat on his back with a push trying to heal Shintaro with her Mystical Palm technique that she never tried before

"S-Shintaro-kun p-please d-don't surprise us like this again." Ayano said while also attending to Shintaro's self-inflicting wounds with the same technique only hers was working. Hiromi noticed this and tried harder

"Ok ok just calm down and concentrate….concentrate….finally!" she said looking at her hands that were glowing green, and started to help, if barely, Ayano with Shintaro's wounds.

Meanwhile Tsunade was marveling at the two girls who were attending to the boy's wounds.

"Ok, I know I've gotten over my fear of blood mostly for a while now thanks to that baka, but seriously he didn't need to do that! But enough about that I'm still having a hard time getting over the fact that a 5 year old knows how to mold chakra, much less preform the Mystical Palm technique to this extent. It should be impossible! Still though, those girls are amazing at chakra control to do the Mystical Palm technique even though they both are rough around the edges, particularly the younger one, they're still better than Shizune or even me when we were their age. They must've been practicing day and night to get this far."

"Ok now we just need the shoulder patched up, and then we're finished." Ayano said while finishing up healing the stab wound in Shintaro's leg

"Hold on Ayano-chan I just thought of something." Shintaro said with a light bulb over his head

"Shintaro-kun whatever it is it can wait until we patch that shoulder of yours." Ayano said

"Yeah, Yeah I'm fine. Anyways I was thinking about showing them Karin's….special technique if it's ok with her anyways." Shintaro said looking at the quiet Uzumaki hiding behind her figurative sister

"Umm….I-I don't mind Shintaro I just don't want you looking weird or want my sister hitting you over it." Karin said still hiding behind Honoka's legs

"That's right I almost forgot, Karin's special chakra that heals all wounds, and replenishes the….user's chakra as well to almost the full max. Well I guess I don't mind as long as Karin-chan is fine with it. Just don't go overboard with it ok?" Honoka said remembering what happened the last time Karin did this on her own

"She has chakra that can heal any wound and refill the user's chakra? How does she use it?" Shizune asked out of curiosity

"Well, almost any wound. Watch and you'll see what I mean." Shintaro said while Karin walked over to Shintaro who was now sitting upwards. As Karin made her way to Shintaro she began to roll up the sleeves of her right arm

"Before we begin I'll say this: What I'm about to do is something that we rarely ever do we didn't even know Karin could do this until a couple of months ago. I take no pleasure in this so don't go freaking out on me OK?" he said to the adults again who now prepared themselves for something

"Alright you ready Karin-chan? I'll try to be as gentle as I can though normally it works better the harder you do it, but I'll survive either way since I heal fast so this'll just be a demonstration. Ok I'm gonna do it now ready?" he said to Karin who nodded

"Ok, bottoms up" he said before lightly biting on her arm making Karin gasp in pleasure and pain along with making everyone besides those who knew about both intrigued and a bit uncomfortable.

After about a few seconds Shintaro let go and Karin rolled back her sleeve and began panting like she ran a mile

"You ok Karin?" Shintaro asked out of concern hoping he didn't drain everything from her

"Yeah I'm ok just a little drained that's all….gonna….take….na" was all she said before falling unconscious into Shintaro's arms

"She's ok just a little worn out that's all." he said to relieve everyone wondering what the hell just happened

"For those of you wondering why I just bit her and why she's out like a light. Karin has special chakra that can heal most if not all wounds, we really haven't figured why or how she has this power yet, and can refill a huge portion of chakra to boot. The catch is for some reason in order to access this ability to it's full extent one has to bite hard into any part of Karin's body and it'll fill you up in no time. We found this out when we came across a dying kid near Kiri who was on the brink of death only to be saved when Karin let him bite her which led to his full recovery, and her ending up in 3 day coma."

"Luckily I only bit gently so I didn't take a whole lot, but even a small bite took a lot out of her as you can see for someone so young even if she is an Uzumaki. Karin might be out for the rest of the day who knows. So I was wondering if you could make her able to use this ability of hers without having to have people bite into her….though for some reason I can't help, but wonder if she might secretly enjoy it. I don't know if it's a psychology quirk all I know is that I'm worried she's a masochist in the making, and will let people bite her for her own pleasure when she's older (he shudders) can't imagine that for her now can I?" Shintaro said half-joking

"So Tsunade whatd'ya think of your future students? Hiromi's been studying medical scrolls ever since she could read, and Ayano's our official medic with Hiromi as a close second. Hiromi's actually wanted to a doctor just like her mother is, and Ayano's been a real help with her knowledge of healing herbs, poisonous plants to avoid, and edible plants that kept us going till this day we owe our lives to them." Shintaro said with sincerity

"Aww thank you Shintaro-kun buuuut…." BONK! "Don't you dare scare me like that again!"

"OWWW! Ayano-chan that huurt!" Shintaro said surprised that his gentle friend hit him so hard that it actually hurt

"Then don't scare me like that! You know I don't like seeing you hurt yourself when you should've done it another way. You put way too much stress on your body as it is, and I lo- I mean loathe you when you do these kind of stupid stunts." Ayano said while blushing underneath her mask while the two children were thinking different things.

"Come one woork!" Ayano thought to herself

"Why'd she hit me like that? Ayano-chan never hits anyone unless she's really mad...wait...AW SHIT! Tomorrow's her birthday, and I haven't mentioned it all this week much less plan anything! Wait is her birthday tomorrow? Oh man she probably hates me right now, ok calm down calm down you can fix this. I know!"

"Sorry Ayano-chan I didn't mean to upset you. How bout I try and make it up to you by taking you out to lu-I mean dinner tomorrow? Sorry about the time I gotta make sure I keep my promise to some people I met today because I'm taking Naruto out to lunch tomorrow in order to keep the ramen price cut in half. So does that sound good to you Ayano-chan?" Shintaro said to Ayano who turned her back on him with arms crossed across her chest.

"Fine. That'll do. What time?"

"Uh how about 8:00? We'll be back around 10:00."

"Sounds good. Where though?" she said turning around giving him a questioning look which made Shintaro nervous

"Damn it! Why do women have to be so meticulous about these things? Ok, think. I saw a fancy restaurant earlier that she might like. Problem is it looked expensive as hell...but Ayano-chan looks pissed so maybe an expensive restaurant is the best route. Wait a minute, if I tell her now she'll probably want me to do this for every birthday from now on...I know! I'll tell her we're going somewhere decent then give her the "wrong address" surprise her with a fancy ass restaurant, and she'll love it! Ha Ha, I am a genius! Now to play it off all smoothly."

"Um...I found a place that serves good barbeque, then we could go to this dango shop for desert afterwards?" he said nervously

"Yeah, smooth a jagged Kunai! Dammit why am I such an idiot?"

"Yes It's working! Thank you Guren-chan! Ok, now to play it off smoothly." Ayano thought to herself

"Alright we'll leave at 8:00 be back at 10:00, go to a barbeque place, then a dango shop for desert...Shintaro I would appreciate it if you would leave the room for a minute while I think about it." she said turning her back on him again

"The hell? Maybe she's more pissed off than I thought."

"Bu-"

"I can't concentrate without looking at you, and getting mad at you. Or would you prefer I make you sleep with your body less….comfortable." she said in a voice too sweet for the situation slowly turning an evil eye on him followed by a dark aura Shintaro never felt from the sweet, and gentle girl that was his best friend before.

"Y-yes Maam!" was the last thing he said before skidding out the room shutting the door behind him thinking to himself.

"The hell did I do to deserve this? Wait! I can use this to quickly find a cheaper restaurant to cheer up Ayano-chan! Alright, off I go!" he thought to himself as he ran out the building

Shortly after a while after confirming that Shintaro had indeed left the room, and went farther than she expected Ayano jumped for joy with hearts in her eyes.

"YYEEEESSS! I GOT A DATE WITH SHINTARO-KUN! I didn't think playing hard to get would take me this far, oh but I feel really bad about poor Shintaro-kun. He was only trying to prove our medical skills, and reaction time to it. That aside, I seriously have to thank Guren-chan for thinking of this." Ayano said to herself.

"I take it you like Shintaro then dear?" Kushina asked Ayano who forgot she wasn't the only person in the room now blushing like mad completely red faced

"I-I uh I mean."

"Don't worry I won't tell him." Kushina said smiling at him

"Although don't you think you were a little hard on the poor boy?" Hiruzen said questioning Ayano's methods

"Sensei you need another lesson in girls." Tsunade said chuckling to herself suddenly Ayano began panicking taking Hiruzen's words a bit too far

"I-I didn't mean to hurt his feelings. Oh I hope I didn't do that. What if he hates me? Oh no he hates me I just know it. Maybe I should apologize to him when he comes back. He'll think I'm shallow, and do anything for attention. Ooooh, now he'll never like me again." she said now depressed on the floor crying anime tears

"Drama queen." Honoka thought to herself

"Come on Ayano cheer up, Niichan would never hate you for something like that." Hiromi said trying to cheer the poor girl up

"Can I ask you something dear?" Kushina asked Ayano still depressed, but getting up to comply

"Y-yes Mrs. Uzumaki?" Ayano said with her head down

"The two of you are so young right now that you can wait for something as this. You don't need to rush into things otherwise it might ruin your friendship later on. Are you even sure your feelings for him are real, and not some infatuation?" Kushina said to Ayano practicing her motherly tone and advice already

"W-well the reason being for I guess wanting to date him now when yes, we are both young is that we are-"

"Ayano I thought we weren't supposed to tell anyone about that. Niichan told us that was a supposed to be a secret remember?" Hiromi said to Ayano who reminded herself of that act

"You're right Hiromi-chan. We shouldn't talk about stuff like that with people outside of the group." Ayano said with her head down

"What does Shintaro not wanting you to tell us." Hiruzen trying to learn more about the group that Shintaro lead

"You have my word that whatever it is it won't leave this room. In fact (Hiruzen snaps his fingers and an Anbu the size of a young teenager with a weasel mask lands down in front him) I'll send someone to watch him."

"Hai Hokage-sama, I'll keep an eye on the boy." Weasel said

"You know you have permission to remove that mask of yours Weasel. Especially considering the company we have." Hiruzen said to Weasel

"Thank you Hokage-sama." Weasel said while removing his mask to reveal a boy that Kushina did not recognize at first

"Itachi? Is that really you?" Kushina said shocked

"Yes, Lady Kushina it's me Itachi Uchiha." Itachi said with a slight smile forming on his lips

"Oh my Kami it is you! Come here!" Kushina yelled with a huge smile on her face making Itachi a bit nervous but complied for one of his mothers best friends.

However he soon came to regret that decision when she surprisingly moved Naruto to the side a bit and yanked him into one of her death defying hugs then started to pinch his face

"Oh look at you! You've gotten so handsome since I've been gone! You look just like your Mother, how is she these days? Oh my gosh I almost forgot. How's your little brother Sasuke? Last time I saw him he was barely born a few months. I'd love to see him again ya know?" Kushina asked while squeezing the life out of Itachi

"I-ack would answer you La-umpf-dy Kushina, but-"

"What did I say about calling me that? I told you I don't like being called boring titles like that it's to you mister Anbu or not!"

"Yes La-ack! I mean Mrs. Uzumaki!"

"Good now tell me how'd you manage to make Anbu when the last time I saw you were still an Academy student." Kushina said while releasing her death grip on Itachi letting him breathe for the moment

"My teachers said I excelled in everything so I made genin that year, a year later my Sharingan was activated. I then made chunin when I was 10, jounin another year later, and as of a couple of months ago I was made Captain of the Anbu Black Ops. People keep referring to me as the Uchiha prodigy, but it gets real annoying now especially from my other clan members (he rolls his eyes) even father constantly brags about me making Sasuke a disappointment in his eyes. I do what I can to help Sasuke, but my schedule keeps filling up." Itachi said while sighing

"Very impressive Itachi if you keep this up you might make Hokage when you're 16! Although I see Fugaku hasn't changed over the years. Still though it's unfair to compare sons like that, but at least you're helping Sasuke when you can." Kushina said

"Well I best get going Lad-I mean Ms. Uzumaki. I mean I still have track down that boy Shintaro, and I actually want to ask him a few things myself. So I'd better get going." Itachi said while he started to put on his Anbu mask on again

"If you're going to meet Shintaro-kun then don't wear your Anbu mask. If anything that'll set him off to think that something is wrong and storm in here without hesitation." Ayano said to Itachi

"Thank you for the advice Ayano-san, and if I may say something. Ms. Uzumaki is right about you not having to rush into dating that boy. I can tell he means well if he managed to lead your group all this time on his own that takes serious leadership skills among other things; if you're willing to wait for when the time is right I'm sure he'll come around. Besides boys his age don't really focus on girls right now so just wait, and things'll turn out for the best." Itachi said with a small smile on his face

"Oooooh when did you get to be such a romantic Itachi? Hmmm?" Kushina said with a mischievous smile on her face making Itachi blush slightly

"It's not like that . I'm only giving advice from current, and previous experiences." Itachi said trying to recover "Current, and previous experiences?" Kushina said with her smile getting bigger

"I-uh….I gotta go." Itachi said before speeding off

"It seems there are things even I don't about Itachi." Hiruzen said to himself

"Sometimes there are things that require a woman's touch Hiruzen." Kushina said to herself with pride

"Anyways now that Itachi has gone to watch Shintaro; you can feel free to tell us what you were about to say." Hiruzen said calmly

"I-I'm not sure I'm comfortable about telling you that. It feels like I'm betraying Shintaro-kun, and that's something I just won't do." Ayano said with confidence in her voice

"Sweetie we can't help you if you don't tell us what's wrong. How bout this just tell us why you guys decided to live here, and what's gotten you so scared that you think Shintaro won't trust you anymore?" Kushina asked gently

"What should I do? Should I tell them? What should I say? I can't tell them everything….wait! Shintaro-kun prepared me for something like this just in case something happened whenever he wasn't there to talk. Alright just calm down and tell them what you rehearsed with Shintaro-kun." Ayano thought to herself

"sigh….Ok, I'm sorry I'm just a little nervous about this." Ayano said sheepishly "It's ok just tell us why you're here." Kushina said warmly

"Well the reason we're here is-"

"Not your concern yet, nor is it your business to convince my best friend otherwise." a familiar voice said grabbing the attention of everyone especially Ayano who was sweating profusely

"Man I love Shadow Clones. That Uchiha is gonna follow a clone until he notices, but by then it'll be too late."

"It seems that Shintaro is capable of evading Anbu as well." Hiruzen thought to himself

"S-Sh-Shintaro-kun! I-I uh I didn't m-mean t-to I-"

"It's fine Ayano I'm sure you didn't say anything without thinking it over. That was smart and one of the reasons why I trust you so much with crucial information regarding our reasons for being here. Now as much as I would like to stay here longer we need to get home now. So did you make a decision yet Tsunade or are you still being stubborn as a bull to the point you can't recognize talent when you see it right in front of your old facce?" Shintaro said with his arms crossed across his chest looking at Tsunade who had tick marks across her forehead

"You brat! How dare you speak to me like that don't you know who I am?" Tsunade yelled at Shintaro unfazed at the enraged Sanin

"The woman who I pulled out of a coma?" Shintaro said sarcastically making Tsunade frustrated

"That's beside the point! I'm one of the legendary Sannin!" Tsunade yelled again at Shintaro

"I don't care if you're the Kami's daughter. Like I told the Hokage my respect isn't given out like air it's earned. If anything I'll try to be polite, but that's it. I don't care about what you did in the past or whatever you may achieved during that time; I focus on what's happening now instead of the past when what's happened, happened. What you do from here on out is what I base my opinion on you, and so far I'm not impressed. I'm not oblivious as to your lineage, skills in medical ninjutsu, or your status as a Sannin, or the fact that you have the strength to pummel me into the ground with one finger. However, all that doesn't one bit to me other than information I need to know about you; not trivial knowledge for me to drool over in admiration or cower in fear whenever I'm in your presence. If there's one thing my drunken psychotic assassin of a sensei taught me it's this.

"The only people who value the past more than the present are fools trying to turn back time to their glory days." Shintaro said directly at Tsunade ignoring the looks everyone in the room had that varied from "Are you insane?!" to "Wow, did not see that coming".

"You're sensei was a psychotic assassin? Sounds pretty cool to me." a female voice said from behind him startling Shintaro to a reflex that he's gotten used to without any thought. The reflex being quickly turning a kunai to the girl's neck behind him, but failed when she jumped back with her own kunai in hand clashing against his

"Wow kid you're good, but not good enough." she said before trying to kick him off, but failed as Shintaro repelled the kunai out of her hand, sidestepped to the left, grabbed her leg that was extending, twist it to the point she fell on the ground on her stomach, grabbing her arms with one hand and putting a kunai to the back of her neck.

"You were saying?" Shintaro said unamused

"You caught me off guard that's all!" she yelled at him

"Be on guard or you're a retard. A quote from psycho-sensei." he said casually to the girl still pinned down

"Shintaro that's enough!" Hiruzen commanded making Shintaro look at him funny before realizing what he did before backing off the girl

"Sorry, reflexes. I don't like people sneaking up on me." Shintaro said before putting back his kunai as everyone watched what just happened

"AWESOME!" Naruto yelled

"I knew you were cool Shintaro! See Mom? If he can do that then he teach me how to fight! Hehehehe now I'll finally be able to show up those jerks at the Academy, and maybe I'll beat Sasuke in a sparring match!" Naruto continued to yell with enthusiasm

"That's right honey show em who's boss!" Kushina yelled with her son encouraging him

"But Shintaro won't be teaching you how to defend yourself." Kushina said more calm now in a parenting manner

"Awww….but why?" Naruto groaned

"Because I'll be the one teaching you." Kushina said with a smile

"Really!? You know how to fight Mom?!" Naruto asked with curiosity

"Mmhm that's right! Before you were born I was actually a very high ranking ninja. S class ninja I think the last time I checked if not I'm definitely an A rank." Kushina said with confidence making Naruto's eyes pop out of his head

"I have a Mom, AND she can kick ass?! That's sooo cool-OW!" Naruto said after being socked on the head by his mom

"Sorry honey, but no son of mine is going to use foul language like that in front of me….at least until you're older….maybe….never mind." Kushina said

"Sorry mom, I guess I got a little to excited to find out my mom's such an awesome person with looks to boot!" Naruto said with a goofy smile on his face

"Thank you sweetie for the compliments, but don't think those'll get you out of trouble young man." Kushina said in a stern motherly voice

"Yes mom." Naruto said

"You mind telling me what's going on here old man?" the girl said annoyed and confused

"I guess you can say a family reunion was taking place among other things. I take it your mission was a success Anko?" Hiruzen said to the girl now known as Anko.

It was then when he heard that name Shintaro felt a sudden uneasiness in his stomach, but hid it well to the point no one noticed it

"Yeah yeah I got the job done. The least you can do for me is at least make it a bit more challenging for me. I mean assassinating a corrupt politican is child's play when the guards are inept, and the suppossed ninja are nothing more than fresh from the farm genin." Anko said rolling her eyes from the dissapointment of her latest mission

"You wanted an assassination mission I gave you an assassination mission." Hiruzen said neutrally

"Tch Whatever. So who's the redhead and the bl-THE HELL! Is that Tsunade of the Legendary Sannin?! I thought she was dead." Anko said in disbelief

"You a fangirl or something?" Shintaro said sarcastically

"What'd you say punk? I ain't a fangirl it just caught me off guard that's all!" Anko said glaring at him

"You seem to be doing that alot. It's a miracle you were'nt caught n that mission of yours." Shintaro retorted to which Anko was about to outburst at him, but Shintaro didn't let her

"You still haven't answered me Tsunade. Are you or are you not going to take Hiromi and Ayano-chan as your students?" Shintaro said turning his back on Anko

"Sigh...As much as I'd hate to admit it these kid's have great potential to become medical ninja, and it'd be a waste to turn them down. Even though it should be impossible for a 10 year old much less a 5 year old to mold chakra to such a degree. From what Sensei told me these kid's came from a village that got hit with a severe chakra based disease being the only survivors. Only thing is I didn't plan on staying here forever, just long enough to recover then get out of here. Although with everything that's happened with Naruto, and knowing Kushina she'll want to reveal Naruto's father. That alone will cause some major controversy within the village, and no doubt those Iwa bastards will want to take every opportunity to take him out...guess I'll stay here for a while."

"sigh….Fine I'll take them only if they prove they can handle my training style. We'll start three days from now I should be recovered enough by then 'And give me time to get in a drinking mood again' . I usually start training at 6:45 sharp, but since they're young I'll cut them some slack and start at a later time probably around 7:30 at the very latest. I also have another condition if they are going to be considered MY students. From what I'm told you don't have any desire to become a ninja of Konoha despite the amount of time you're going to spend here, and the obvious skills you have shown thus far with defending Naruto from that mob to pinning down and incapacitating that girl just now." Tsunade said

"Your point?" Shintaro replied

"Here's what I propose why don't we contact your village, and see if we can arrange some sort of deal to let you become ninjas here? We have plenty to-"

"No, out of the question." Shintaro interjected

"Our village is very secretive with it's location among other things. Not to mention our village is also unreachable to anyone in the 5 Great Nations, and I'm not exaggerating the only way of communicating my village or hell getting there is through me and me alone. I have no intention of revealing them to any of the Hidden Villages within the 5 Great Nations, and beyond for we don't trust anyone outside of the village. The only reason my sister and friends are here is because our village got hit with a very contagious chakra based disease that's affected nearly everyone in the entire village from children to the elderly no one is safe. However for some reason I along with my friends are somehow immune to this disease; our head doctor took blood samples from all of us, and sent us out of the village. That was 5 years ago, and I haven't heard anything from them in a while all I know is that the doc would say that finding a cure would take a decade and a half so until then we're going to wait for them. We decided that 17 years was enough of a wait to see if the village is even there unless they contact us before then which I highly doubt. 5 years down 12 more to go. Also don't go saying that you can cure this disease of ours, it's not like they'll accept your help anyways the damn fools." Shintaro said annoyingly

"To be honest I didn't really care which of the 5 major Hidden Villages I work for. The only reason why we didn't choose any of the other ones was because Kiri's a slaughter house, Iwa's too suspicious of anything, Suna was impossible to cross not to mention it's hot all the damn time over there, and Kumo's just full of hard headed assholes who'll take any advantage they can get to be stronger. I'm not refusing to work for you because I hate your village; It's just that I don't wanna deal with your undoubtedly ignorant council constantly watching over me to see what kind of power play they can invest in. I mean I wouldn't mind working for you for financial stuff, but I don't want to become a full-fledged citizen here then leave with a multitude of ninja on my back." Shintaro explained to Tsunade

"Poor kids, I want to help, but if the only way to get to that village is through Shintaro then I don't know what else to do. Well, Shintaro did say they were the types to rely only on themselves for whatever reasons, and he doesn't seem heartbroken or even bothered at that fact. Must hold a grudge or something against them." Tsunade thought to herself

"You're going to wait 12 years to go back home? What about your family?" Naruto asked

"Dead." Shintaro simply answered back with no emotion

"What about Hiro-"

"Hiromi's different, she's not my blood sister Naruto. We're not even related to each other I just adopted her as my sister as the years went on." Shintaro interjected looking at the downcast face of Hiromi

"That doesn't mean I don't care about Hiromi far from it. I love her as if she's my real sister, and I wouldn't change anything about it." Shintaro said in a warming voice making Hiromi's mood a million times better

"Thanks Niichan." Hiromi said

"No problem sis. So you got my story at least the parts you need to know, now what?" Shintaro said to Tsunade who was thinking hard before Hiruzen spoke

"I see….I take it you're not a fan of this village's way of handling things Shintaro"

"I could watch that village burn for days, and not give a damn in the slightest." Shintaro said coldly out of nowhere with venom in his voice staring directly at Hiruzen making him see the clear hatred he had for the village in his eyes making everyone in the room excluding Anko, Hiruzen, Kushina, and Tsunade a bit intimidated by him however they all had mixed feelings about him at the moment

"I guess he has as much love for his village as I do for that snake bastard." Anko thought to herself unconsciously putting a hand to the back of her neck

"I don't need parents in my life they did their job the best they could when they were alive, and now they're dead. So I have to move on in order to get on with my life like the way they would want me to. I've gotten used to being alone and prefer it that way; however I'm not going to abandon my group for my own selfish needs for solitude." Shintaro said

"I've waited long enough for an answer so I'm going to leave now. As it is I'm tired, hungry, and have to go refill our food supplies before I get home. You don't have to give me a answer now I'll come back tomorrow or better yet you can come to me to meet the rest of the gang. I don't need to tell you where we live seeing that Shizune and that cyclops for a boyfriend have already been there." Shintaro said making Shizune blush

"Naruto you'll be staying here with your mom unless you want to come with us, and visit her tomorrow. It doesn't matter to me either way just pick what you want to do." Shintaro said to Naruto

"Uh….I don't know I mean I wanted to meet the rest of your friends, but I don't want to leave my mom here by herself." Naruto said looking up at his mother who was smiling at him ruffling his hair wondering what she should do

"sigh…. are you well enough for a trip outside of here?" Shintaro asked Kushina

"I don't know how far is your home?" Kushina asked

"Hmm, If I were to carry you It'll probably take me about 15-25 minutes I doubt your heavy so-"

"C-carry me!? Nuh uh! No way it's too embarrassing ya know?! Dang it!" Kushina said while blushing like crazy

"Well I guess if we were to to roll you over there it take about 45 minutes to an hour we live pretty far off in the outskirts slums or what I can gather leftovers from the Kyuubi attack 5 years ago. Seriously like has no one bother to take care of that place or what? I swear being the owner of that land is probably going to be more trouble than it's worth." Shintaro said to himself

"What do you mean "owner of the land?" You've only been here one day." Tsunade said confused

"Yeah and I've had a very busy day henceforth I wanna get some food, go home, figure out some stuff with the rest of the group then knock out in one of the hotel rooms, hospital beds, hell I'll even sleep on one of the desks at that musty old school behind that green house." Shintaro said all dreamlike

"Hotel rooms, hospital beds, musty old school? Wait a minute are you talking about the unfinished Living District 14 that's close to the Uchiha District? That place was ignored for budget costs so many years ago during the Second Shinobi War and due to the Kyuubi attack, it being far out of the way, and being secluded to the outskirts of the village no one has bothered to fix it up." Hiruzen said

"It wasn't until recently that land was bought a few years ago. How did you manage to get your hands on it?" Hiruzen asked

"I bumped into the landlord, yesterday he was looking to get rid of it for a low price surprisingly. He offered the land, I accepted it, we made a deal….until I found out that he was a spy so I made him give it to me for free, and WUZAHH! (he pulls out the contract he….achieved earlier today) I got me some free land! Albeit it's crappy land, but that doesn't mean it can't be fixed up over time." Shintaro said triumphantly

"Hold on what do you mean "spy"?" Hiruzen said seriously getting the attention of Kushina, and Tsunade

"Didn't that annoying spy of yours give you the news?" Shintaro said confused

"I guess he figured it out."

"You mean Might Guy?" Hiruzen queried

"No, not him. You know kinda tall, messy hair, kinda got some goatee going on his chin, smokes a lot, hangs around this chick with freaky red eyes. Actually now that I think about it he kinda reminds me of you." Shintaro said remembering what he can of the boy who confronted him earlier in the rain

"Are you referring to my son Asuma?" Hiruzen said ignorant

"Yeah I think so, anyways I told him everything I heard from them so you can ask him not me. So Ms. Uzumaki are you willing to be rolled out of here for the sake of staying with us for the night anyways?" Shintaro asked Kushina who replied

"I'll do you one better." Kushina said as she started to stand up struggling a bit "How bout I go with you the old fashioned way?" Kushina said now standing with her hands on her hips grinning confidently

"Now hold on a minute. Kushina you just got out of a coma barely a couple of hours ago you can't just go walking where you please." Tsunade said out of concern "Oh relax Tsunade, I'm perfectly-whoa!-fine…. heh see told ya. I can walk I just can't strain myself ya know? Damn it!" she yelled to herself

"Are you sure ok mom? I don't want you hurting yourself over me." Naruto said out of concern

"Don't worry Naruto-kun I'll be fine I just need to get used to-Whoa!-walking eheheheh" she laughed sheepishly "I swear Kushina you're always doing something reckless; alright fine since you're so keen on stressing yourself….Shizune!" Tsunade slightly yelled at her student

"Y-yes ma'am!" "Accompany Kushina until she gets herself into a proper bed, and make sure she doesn't overdo anything the last thing I need is for Kushina to end up back in the hospital. Make sure she doesn't do anything too stressful ok?" Tsunade said to her student

"Yes Tsunade-sensei."

"Oh Tsunade you worry too much. I'll be fine there's no need to give me a babysitter, no offense Shizune." Kushina said to the girl

"None taken Milady. I'm happy to help." Shizune said

"Do you really have to call me that?" Kushina deadpanned

"Forgive me Mi-I mean Ms. Uzumaki." Shizune said

"That's better, but feel free to call me Kushina, it's not like I'm special or anything. Now shall we?" Kushina said grabbing the hand of her son

"Sure mom let's go home." Naruto said as he and the others began to walk out the door.

"Hold up, I just realized something." Shintaro said halting everyone from leaving

"What is it?" Hiruzen asked

"Are you going to let the whole village know that a Sannin, and a Uzuamki just woke up from a coma or do you have some plan worked out with your council? Not to mention there's Naruto's lineage we still need to discuss." Shintaro said

"Oh, don't worry about that Shintaro. I've got it all covered before you even got here." Kushina said

"Oh?"

"Yup, and believe me when I say I'm gonna rip into those bastards like no one's business. But that can wait until tomorrow. I've spent way too long away from my son, and the rest of the day it's gonna be and my little Naruto-kun." Kushina said hugging her son

"Thanks mom." Naruto said

"Glad that's cleared up...Hey, old man." Shintaro said much to the Hokage's annoyance

"Yes, Shintaro?"

"If Ms. Uzumaki is having a meeting tomorrow can I join in as well. I want to discuss things with my friends first, but ultimately decide on what we're going to do in Konoha. I actually want to bring everyone there if that's alright with you." Shintaro asked

"I don't seem the harm in it, and I'll get to see what kind of company this boy brought to my village."

"If that's alright with Kushina then I don't see a problem with it."

"I don't see a problem. You're more than welcome to bring your friends with you Shintaro to decide what you're going to for your future." Kushina said

"Then it's decided. I'll bring everyone I have with me to the meeting tomorrow...what time is this meeting by the way?"

"10:30 in the morning. That should be enough time for you and your friends to get enough sleep, and something to eat." Kushina said

"Ok, 10:30 it is. Now let's-hold up I just remembered something that you might want to know old man."

"And what would that be?"

"The list of names in my group. Your gate guard gave us a long ass speech, and had us list our names on some clipboard that was supposed to turn in for an actual meeting."

"I never received such a list."

"Well, it exists unless that dumbass didn't turn it in."

"I see, I'll look into it then."

"I don't care if you do or don't I just thought it'd be helpful to you that's all." Shintaro said

"Now then let's leave already I'm sure those jerks are already cooking dinner by now."

"Yeah, I'm sure Hideki already has had his fair share of food by now." Honoka joked

"If by fair share you mean 3 or 4 shares then yeah." Shintaro replied

"Niichan, don't be so mean."

"Hideki just eats a lot that's all." Karin defended

"Yeah, and that's why he's as bigger as a sack of potatoes." Shintaro said

"Probably ate those too." Honoka joked while Shintaro chuckles a bit

"Good one."

"Honoka-san, Shintaro-kun you shouldn't tease Hideki-san like that." Ayano chided

"Sorry Ayano-chan, but you know it's true."

"Even so, it's not nice."

"Fine...you think he weighs as much as a potato sack or more Ayano-chan?"

"Mor-Shintaro-kun!" Ayano chided while lightly smacking Shintaro's arm.

"Hehehe, not my fault you fell or it." Shintaro said as everyone left the Hokage's office.

After everyone had left the Hokage's office Hiruzen snapped his fingers to summon two Anbu.

"I want you two to search for any records pertaining to recently village entries that include a large group of children immediately."

"Hai! Hokage-sama!" they said before disapearing in a flash.

"Eager to see who else is with that Shintaro kid Sesnei?" Tsunade asked

"I am. He said he brought at least 25 with him, and I'm wondering why that number. He said when he first met there were at least 13 originally with him, though I'm starting to doubt that, but even so some have sadly passed on. I can only imagine the sorrow he felt when he lost them, the fact he's here now proves his determination." Hiruzen said when suddenly the Anbu appeared again

"That was fast." Tsunade commented

"Hokage-sama...I think you should read this." one of the Anbu said nervously

"What is it?" the Hokage said accepting a clipboard full of names

As Hiruzen looked over the names on the list his interest in this group only grew bigger, and began to worry a whole lot more which was showing in his eyes.

"What is it old man?" Tsunade asked

"It seems I have to keep a sharp eye on these children. I want you two to find a small group of Anbu to observe only those children, specifically a blue haired boy named Shintaro, taking residence at the abandoned Living District 14. I believe Shintaro said they were staying at the hotel so that should give you an idea of where they are. If they do anything suspicious I want you to keep record of it, and if it's something that interferes with the safety with Konoha I want you to interfere. Understood?"

"Hai! Hokage-sama!" they said before leaving immediately

"Is it honestly that serious?" Tsunade asked worried

"Take a look for yourself. It seems Shintaro has some interesting history as well as...interesting travelling companions with him." Hiruzen said handing the clipboard to Tsunade who rolled over to grab it.

Inspecting the names for herself Tsunade began to understand why Hiruzen was so worried, yet so interested in Shintaro's group. Looking at the entries it seems they included their names, gender, role in the group/ specialty, what village they're from, their age, and then their date of birth as well as...comments of their own.

Shintaro Senpū: Male, (No village, Leader/Hunter/Jack of All Trades) Age:10, D.O.B: December 12th

Misaka Mikodono: Female, (No village,Swordswoman ) Age 10, D.O.B: July 18th

Hiromi U-never mind! Senpū! It's Senpū!: Female, (No village, Future medic!) Age 5, D.O.B June 5th

Shusuke Kopīkyatto: Male (No village, Brawler/Info Broker) Age 11, D.O.B September 4th

Ayano Kokoro: Male (No village, Interrogation/Medic) Age 10, D.O.B October 11th

Katsumi Ōkami no chi: Female (No village, Hunter) Age 11, D.O.B March 4th; Tomoko (Female), Tomoki (Male) (pups, age 4 years old each)

Hideki Kyojin: Male (No village, Chef) Age 9, D.O.B November 23rd

Momiji Bōenkyō: Female (No village, Scout) Age 12, D.O.B February 12th (same as Shou, were twins)

Shou Bōenkyō: Male (No village, Scout) Age 12, D.O.B February 12th (same as Momiji, were twins)

Ling-Huan Tī: Female (No village, Taijustu extraordinaire!) Age 11, D.O.B May 29th

Shinji Konchū: Male (No village, Insect Specialist) Age 10, D.O.B March 17th

Sadao Taidana: Male (No village, Strategist) Age 11, D.O.B August 23rd

Haku Yuki: MALE DAMN IT! (One of the last of Kiri's Yuki clan): Age 8, D.O.B January 9th

Guren Kesshō: Female (Of Kumo's Kesshō clan): Age 9, D.O.B December 17th

Fu: Female (Formerly Taki's jinchuuriki): Age 5, D.O.B March 25th

Jugo Norowareta: Male (Of the Norowareta clan, most likely only one left): Age 7, D.O.B October 20th

Kimimaro Kaguya: Male (Last member of Kiri's Kaguya clan): Age 8, D.O.B June 15th

Suigetsu Hozuki: Male, (Of Kiri's Hozuki clan brother to Mangetsu Hozuki): Age 6, D.O.B February 18th

Honoka Uzumaki: Female (From the powerful Uzushio Uzumaki clan): Age 11, D.O.B August 13th

Karin Uzumaki: Female (From the Uzumaki clan like big sis): Age 5, D.O.B June 20th

Genyumaru Yama: Male (Of the mighty Yama clan!): Age 10, D.O.B July 27th

Ranmaru: Male (origins unknown): Age 2? D.O.B? (We don't know anything about him so we decided to make January 31st, the day we found him, his new birthday.)

"Is this...really true?"

"Must be. To think this boy has brought in children from clans part of the 5 Great Nations excluding Suna. I'm sure Danzo would stop at nothing to keep these children here."

"It's thinking like that that probably ruined Shintaro's trust issues." Tsunade said

"Exactly, but Shintaro said that he won't leave unless he doesn't think this place is safe enough. You don't look for somewhere for safety unless you think or know you're in danger. Problem is what does Shintaro want safety from?"

"Don't know old man. Still, it's both impressive, and scary to know what kind of company this kid keeps with him."

"Indeed. Shintaro Senpu is someone of interest."

"You know Jiyū would be pissed off if he heard you say that about his kid right?"

"If he heard me say that Jiyū would be more than pissed off." Hiruzen said wondering how the man Jiyū Senpū met his end.

"Shame to hear him dead...I hope he and Maki got together, poor woman was madly in love with him." Tsunade said remembering her friend.

"Yes, I remembering Maki being...infatuated with him. I'm just glad we know about the legacy that The Fallen left behind."

"The Fallen...the most powerful group of rouge ninja to ever live, with the 12 Leaf's leading the charge. They didn't side with anyone in the Second or Third Shinobi World War, yet they did the most damage. They protected villages from collateral damage or kicked out anyone that invaded an innocent civilian village for a strategic advantage. Everyone feared them even though they denied it, even Minato had a hard time going up against Jiyū, and that alone warranted more enough fear. if they were around today they'd sure as hell would've stopped the Kyuubi attack 5 years ago. Maybe things would've been different."

"If they were around Jiyū would've adopted Naruto."

"Yeah, no doubt. Still, if Jiyū's dead then there's a good chance that the rest are dead as well. Since they settled in that village Shintaro's from if it really got hit by that chakra disease. If that's how he went down I'm sure he'd be pissed off he didn't go down in a blaze of glory." Tsunade said nostalgically

As the two thought back about the powerful group of ninja they wondered if said group's children knew about the legacy their parent's left behind.

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A/N: For those of you wondering about the list of names above. NO! They are NOT the actual name's of those that did not have a name in the Manga OR Anime. I thought I use something that was similar or resembled something close to their ability or bloodline ability.

EX: Guren had no surname (at least none that I could find) so I thought I go with what I used above since it meant "Crystal".

And yes, I used Google Translate for those of you wondering if I'm a lazy bastard or not. If you guys have something that would be even better I'm all for it, and would gladly change it.

P.S

That whole alternate timeline, parallel world stuff Wrath mentioned at the beginning don't worry I won't focus the entire story around the concept. Just use it to explain a few things. Are they important things?...you'll have to find out.

Goodbye, and thanks for reading.