Previously in the story:
Kushina and Korun form a bond, and they set off for Konoha.
[Korun]
As Kushina and Korun walked, a strange itch started on his back and biceps like someone drew where he felt the itches, but when he checked, there was nothing there, and when he asked Kushina to check his back, she said nothing was there. This made Korun slightly worry, but then dismissed the itches as just being nervous. The two walked in comfortable silence, and then Kushina sighed as she glanced at Korun. "Umm, how many wars has your world had?" Kushina asked. Korun suddenly looked down so his eyes were hidden in the shadows of his hair, and grimaced. "Around 40 civil wars around the entire world so far, then...the cold war...the world wars...and then that's pretty much it up to when I came here." Korun replied grimly.
"Oh..." Kushina murmured with a downcast look. "World wars?" Kushina then asked, seeming confused. "Has there ever been a war involving the entire world?" Korun asked. "Yeah, three." Kushina replied. "Almost the same but there were only two and we had guns...they could shoot metal rounds faster than...what's the fastest thing here?" Korun asked. "Probably my late husband's flying thunder god technique, instant teleportation." Kushina responded.
"Then it's probably as fast as that...It seems my world has a knack for creating weapons of mass destruction..." Korun murmured. "Weapons of mass destruction?" Kushina questioned. Korun flinched, and looked to his right, away from kushina. "...Surprising how much chaos some atoms smashing together can do...the atomic bomb, only two were made, ever. But that's all that was really needed for what my country, and the side it was on, planned...one bomb killed around 146,000 in an instant, while the second killed around 80,000." Korun replied, spitting afterwards as he suddenly had a bad taste in his mouth. "Kami...how could they do that?" Kushina murmured. "They put the lives of the citizens of their home countries and those that died for those countries before the lives lost in the two drop sites...I pray that this world stays as it is...just one earth is too much at some points..." Korun muttered, shuddering.
Korun and Kushina didn't keep of track as they walked in silence, Kushina going up to the canopy to make sure they were going the right way. Kushina had just gone up when Korun found himself in front of a silver haired man, one eye covered with a headband, the metal plate on it in a leaf shape with a swirl pattern in it. "Well, who are you?" The man asked as he lazily read a orange book. Crap! kakashi?! why the hell is he here?! Korun thought as he looked to the side. "Umm...My name's Uzumaki Korun...I'm traveling with another Uzumaki to Konoha, I heard that there was another clansman there, an...uzumaki naruto?" Korun asked. the man stopped, and looked up from his book to glare fiercely at Korun, who was trembling in fear under the copy ninja's glare.
"What do you want with him?" kakashi demanded. "I just wanted to meet another member of the Uzumaki clan..." Korun meekly replied. Kakashi seemed to realize Korun was just about 8 years old and his gaze softened. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Kakashi sighed as he put his book away. "Umm...are you a Konoha Shinobi?" Korun asked. "Yeah, Leaf Jounin Hatake Kakashi." Kakashi replied with a eye-smile.
"Strange...the Uzumaki I'm traveling with...she keeps mentioning a 'kakashi'..." Korun murmured. "Hmm, mind describing this other uzumaki for me?" Kakashi asked. "Well...long straight crimson hair...violet eyes...wears a white shirt with a olive green dress over it..." Korun replied. Kakashi's eye widened and then the copy nin's eye narrowed at Korun. "Did she tell you her name?" kakashi asked. "Umm...she did. Uzumaki Kushina." Korun responded.
"Kushina is dead, you're being fooled." kakashi spat. "Now now Kaka-kun, shinigami gave me another chance at life to raise my precious sochi-kun!" kushina stated out of the blue, coming down from the trees. Kakashi's eye widened and then he drew a kunai, only for golden chains made entirely of chakra to swat it away, the chains originating from kushina's back. Kakashi's eye widened, and then he seemed to tear up slightly. "K-Kushina-sama...you're alive..." kakashi murmured. "It's been too long Kaka-kun, you decided to become a jounin?" kushina asked with a warm smile. "Yeah..." kakashi replied. "Can you help us get to Konoha?" kushina asked. "Yeah, come on, this way." kakashi replied with an eye-smile, and the trio was off for Konoha.
At the gates, the two guards Izumo and Kotetsu were bored. "Kami please let something happen!" Izumo cried to the heavens. "Ugh, Izumo, why even bother?" Kotetsu sighed. "Uh...why is kakashi back so early, and who are...OH KAMI WHAT THE HELL?!" Izumo gasped as he looked down the road to see two familiar faces, one supposed to be dead. "K-kushina-sama?!" Kotetsu sputtered, shooting up in his seat. the trio blazed past, determined looks on their faces. "Was that a kid with them? Why did the kid look like Kushina-sama too?!" Izumo wondered, his eyes still wide. "Beats me, but things are going to get way more interesting now." Kotetsu sighed as he leaned back in his chair. Izumo could only sigh as he nodded in agreement while sitting back down.
The trio burst into the lobby for Hokage tower, the secretary sputtering for words as she saw Kushina. the trio didn't bother trying to get an appointment, barging up to lord third's office. Kakashi walked in first, and soon kakashi came back out and gestured for the two to enter. Korun entered first, and watched with an amused grin as Hiruzen's pipe fell into his lap after Kushina walked in. "Kushina-sama?! You're alive!" Hiruzen stated with a smile as he sat up, placing the pipe on his paperwork covered desk. "Hey there Hiruzen-sama, or is it lord third again?" Kushina asked with a smirk.
Then one ANBU came out, long purple hair flowing out from behind a cat mask. Uzuki Yugao...Korun thought. "Ah, Uzuki." Lord third grunted, obviously not pleased with the interruption. Yugao just stood there, and then she took off her mask to show brown eyes, red lipstick, and she was staring at kushina, rage in her eyes. She's not happy...I think she probably thinks that kushina is really an enemy shinobi in a henge... Korun thought as he observed the staring contest between the two women. then they grinned and hugged, both of them laughing. "She's okay, no one else can have the way her eyes look." Yugao stated.
Kushina nodded with a small smile, and then turned serious. "Is the uzumaki compound still here?" Kushina asked. "It is, but recent reports show that civilians and shinobi that don't like naruto, connected the fact that the uzumaki compound would be his at some point, and tried to destroy it, at worst, there's probably some skeletons around the walls." Lord third replied. "Why don't people like naruto?" Korun asked. Lord third shifted, and then had an apologetic look. "You misinformed the populace of Konoha on something about naruto, didn't you?" korun asked. Lord third didn't say anything, but the barely visible wince showed the answer.
"I heard whispers of a 'demon brat' on the way here from the villagers...they're talking about naruto, aren't they?" korun asked, and lord third let out a slow sigh as he reluctantly nodded. "Why haven't you done anything to have them change their minds?! You're the kami-damn hokage! Tell them the damn truth! Or are you too afraid to?!" Korun shouted, surprising everyone as korun glared at the hokage with rage. Half tempted to have shinigami revive minato...Korun thought as he glared down the hokage, who just had a face of stone. Korun then checked something that was bugging him, and turned to see a seal on the wall, glowing a low blue. It seems that you're somehow able to see seals... ask kushina if the uzumaki had any kekkei genkai, maybe that will help. Kurama suggested. "Um, Kushina-san, did the uzumaki have any kekkei genkai?" korun asked.
"Well, I heard rumors of one allowing uzumaki to actually see any and every seal, then one I have, the adamantine chakra chains...why?" kushina responded. "I can see around 7 seals in this room." korun stated. "There's only supposed to be 3 seals, where are the other four?" yugao asked, everyone suddenly serious. Korun pointed to the one he was looking at, and yugao nodded. "That's one that's supposed to be there. where's another one?" yugao asked again. "Under the hokage's desk, probably hidden by a genjutsu." Korun replied.
lord third checked and cursed, soon the seal disappeared from korun's sight. "One down. Behind the yondaime hokage's portrait." korun sighed. they checked and soon that one disappeared too. "Ceiling, right above the door." that one disappeared too. "Where's the last one?" Yugao asked. "Umm...I can see seals because they glow blue...I can see one more, but I can't see its exact..." Korun murmured, until he looked down.
His biceps had seals on them, and he gasped with horror. "Umm, does anyone have two mirrors? I'd like to check something." korun asked. lord third snapped his fingers, and another ANBU appeared and handed korun the mirrors before disappearing to his hiding spot. with some help from kushina, korun found that he didn't have seals just on his biceps, but on his back and around his eyes too. "The last seals, they're on me...on my back, my biceps, and around my eyes..." korun murmured with fear. "Can you trace the ones on your biceps?" kushina asked. "Just need ink and a brush." korun replied.
"Do this later at the compound, it's safer there. I can recall Jiraiya to help with the seals just in case." Lord third interjected. Kushina and Korun nodded, while Yugao looked at lord third with what appeared to be a pleading look. "Very well, Yugao, Kakashi, you may accompany them to keep the two uzumaki safe." lord third stated. "Can you send someone else to get naruto? I want to meet him!" korun asked. "I will bring you naruto myself." Lord third replied with a small grin. Korun smiled back and nodded, satisfied with the answer. the group of four then walked out of the room, all having various levels of excitement for the future.
Whoo boy, I am SO glad I finally finished this chapter! I officially hate school and siblings... Anyways, the next chapter, korun meets naruto and Jiraiya, and finds out what the seals on his biceps, back, and around his eyes are for, along with a ground-breaking discovery!
Ja ne!