Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or its characters
AN: Hopefully like the first chapter, this one actually seems different enough from the original to justify posting the story separately. For those thinking Kushina and Minato are out of the story for good, this is not the case. They will have an important role to play when that seal activates later in the story, they just won't have a strong presence when it comes to other people in the story.
I know a lot of last chapter was useless infomation, but the original story only took into considering mastering Kyuubi and learning Ninjutsu, in this, I wanted Naruto to have mastered as many specialized areas as he could over the time that he had. Anyway let's see if you enjoy the second chapter.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, one of the sole survivors of all three ninja world wars. Wise, seasoned, hardened warrior and diplomat, as well as being one of the longest running Kages in the history of the elemental nations. He was renowned as the Professor or Kami no shinobi (God of Shinobi) throughout the world, for his prowess and skill on and off the battlefield.
The aged Hokage couldn't help but look fondly at the young man walking beside him, in truth he was studying him in more detail, simple gestures can say more than many words as the Hyuga clan state. Naruto gazed at the young baby that now held one of the greatest secrets and burdens of Konoha history, such a role for one so young. Unlike her predecessors, young Naruko didn't have the privledge of having her burden unknown to the rest of the village.
Naruto simply seemed mystified at the little bundle just as any father would, the first time they see their child for the first time. Every time she twitched Naruto would react and gain a small smile on his face. Curiosity was playing on his mind as to what could be going through Naruto's head
Hiruzen also took time to look at Naruto closely. His resemblance to Minato was uncanny, they could have been brothers, hell he couldn't help but wonder if they were possibly brothers. The Jinchuuriki used the Rasengan to break through the barrier and that was one of Minato's prized jutsu's. It can't be copied just by observation you have to understand the mechanics behind it, Minato must have taught him.
What plagued HIruzen was when this could have been, as they headed towards the village, Naruto's posture was relaxed and calm, as if he had walked the forests surrounding Konoha many times. It showed a shinobi that had no need to survey his surroundings, a shinobi that had already knew the layout like the back of their hand. But how could Naruto have managed this without one of his old Anbu, his old teammates, Danzo or even Jiraiya notifying him of the new face in his village.
Paying more attention to the young lad's attire, his eyes narrowed for a moment when he caught the Uzumaki symbol on his t-shirt. Konoha used it on their uniforms from the alliance during the Shodaime's time as leader. Possibly a coincidence but Kushina clearly trusted him, Minato too, by asking for his permission to allow Naruto to raise his daughter. Hiruzen didn't think even Jiraiya would have been given that right. Then there were the eyes, mismatched, while one looked just like Minato's, the other eye looked like a member of the Uchiha clan.
'That eye could cause you problems, but... interesting, I wonder what would happen if I did... this' The jubi muttered to himself as he burst a surge of chakra into Naruto's eyes.
"AHHH" Naruto yelled out and his left hand shot to his eyes. His right safely cradling Naruko "What the fuck"
Wary instantly, Hiruzen pushed all his senses to maximum and tried to determine the source of causing the young's sudden pain. But he couldn't sense anything amiss. Turning back to Naruto he saw the young man blinking rapidly.
'What the fuck did you do asshole?' Naruto quickly determined after pushing his own senses out that it wasn't an attack, the great chakra beast within him was the cause.
'Just a little gift, no need to concern yourself' The Jubi responded, then pushed more chakra into the eyes.
Naruto grunted as he half expected the second wave of pain to hit his eyes. 'Then why the fuck do my eyes feel like they are on fire?'
'Oh, I'm just fixing that little red eye problem you have, don't forget, we're in a time where there are many Uchiha running around. Sooo I'm merely swapping, copying and playing with the DNA a little bit, no biggie... this should do it' One massive surge, far bigger than the previous assaulted Naruto's eyes and he let out another pained grunt. 'There we go, you'll thank me later... I'm not too sure how I knew to do that... I'm going to sleep' With that great snores could be heard, echoing through the barren lands within Naruto's mind.
Naruto's angry retort was removed when he felt a hand touch his shoulder. His eyes snapped to greet the Hokage who gasped loudly "Uh, lemme guess, something happened to my eyes?" Naruto himself was confused, it looked like when he used his Sharingan, he could make out every single feature on the old man at a glance. The difference being, it wasn't disorienting, which meant it was both his eyes.
Moments earlier
Hiruzen was actually slightly worried as now he could feel pulses of that strong silver chakra that enveloped the boy when he took on the Kyuubi earlier, hitting his odd eyes. They were close to the village and the last thing he needed was the new guy going out of control within his village. Just as he was about to take action, he felt the pulses stop. Cautiously he placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and his eyes widened, letting out a soft gasp when he seemed to look at two silver Sharingan like eyes.
Naruto didn't say anything, just seallessly created a Kage bushin, ignoring the intense glare he seemed to be getting from the Hokage, turned to his newly made clone. Both looked at each other and let out simultaneous sighs "Well fuck, that was unexpected" Naruto tried the method that never worked for him before to turn off the sharingan and got a curious nod from his clone "Yeah it's off boss" Then it simply dispelled.
Turning back to the Hokage, his eyes both now his cerulean blue, he improvised on the spot "Uh, it's part of being a Jinchuuriki to the one I have got in me, it likes to change the base colour of my eyes randomly for some reason, hurts like a bitch every time though" Inwardly he yelled out 'I hope you can actually do that bastard' Naruto roared into his mind, his only response was an exaggerated snort before snoring was heard again. Closing the link he continued on his way towards the village.
The Hokage deciding to just go with that answer, since Jinchuuriki were known to have some odd abilities, but that silver sharingan was something he would get an answer too, but for now he had other matters to attend too. The broken down gates of the village were within sight now, the reinstated Hokages heart tightened when he saw the state his village was in. Gazing at Naruto again he was surprised to see the genuine sadness in his eyes, something like that is difficult to fake for a place you do not care for. Hiruzen would discover his story, or he was not the man who had lived so many years.
They walked through the village, Hiruzen shaking his head sadly at the panicking civilians. He was again surprised when the man once more seallesssly called out "Tajuu Kage Bushin" and his mouth actually fell open at the sheer amount of clones, there had to be at least 100 of them "Aid whoever needs help, scatter". The clones didn't need to be told twice and vanished in multiple directions, sure Hiruzen knew how much chakra Jinchuuriki had, but that amount was unbelievable, plus the fact Naruto didn't even seem winded from it, as if it were second nature to him to produce so many clones.
This again baffled him how he could get in and out of the village undetected. True he might have been using a henge, but his all seeing Hokage ball, plus the detection barrier should have alerted him to such a powerful shinobi entering his village. So how did he get past one of the best safeguards the village held? Sighing inwardly, he knew it would be pointless to continue this line of thought, the boy looked to be no threat, the truth would reveal itself in time.
Many people looked at the Yondaime lookalike in awe, curiosity at his appearance, the sheer amount of copies that were aiding them all over, or perhaps they were told how he tossed the Kyuubi aside like a misbehaving mutt. Or as Naruto liked to believe, maybe he just looked that awesome with his sage cloak on. When they looked at Naruko in his arms though, some of them turned their expressions to hate and glares. "Hmm I guess those Jounin I saw when I arrived at the barrier have spread word about Naruko jiji... and my bitch slapping Kyuubi around"
Sweatdropping over the nonchalant answer of taking on the strongest of the Bijuu, he did observe the he nodded "It seems they already are thinking of her as the demon itself, since she is weak and they can channel their anger towards her. I don't know what would have happened if you had not arrived Naruto, since I formed the council, decisions are based on vote, Naruko would not have been placed with a family as an orphan. I would only have been able to have my most trustworthy Anbu watch her for so long. Due to the current state of the village we would have to increase higher missions to get the funds to get back on our feet. Plus none of the major clans could take her or provoke dispute with the others."
Naruto sighed before looking up at the sky "Hated, all Jinchuuriki are by some, it varies depending on where they grow up. It could be as little as ignoring her existence to as bad as assassination attempts. Still I'll be there to help her, but still, the glares may get to her, the hushed whispers, parents telling the other kids to stay away. I don't want her to live a life like mine"
Hiruzen looked saddened at hearing this but he nodded understanding it was likely true. He had lived a long time, knew full well how Jinchuuriki tended to be hated by the locals. The ninja population held more respect but were unable to take an active place raising them, or face the wrath of their comrades. Civilians may see Jinchuuriki as demons, nInja, see them as weapons, any ninja that isn't directly blood related, would be hard pressed to have other clans or fellow ninja belief they weren't raising a superweaon against them.
Naruto winced a few times as memories came pouring in, someone mistaking him for the Yondaime at a distance and praising Kami, only for him to land and have them saddened again. Some of the bodies torn apart from Kurama's claws or bodies crushed. Little children crying for the parents, his heart clenched when a clone had found Iruka screaming at an Anbu who refused to bring back his parents.
Hiruzen noticed the flinches and changes in expression, but knowing the Kage Bushin himself, he knew of the side effects of receiving the memories, so said nothing. They finally made it to the Hokage tower and Hiruzen led Naruto to his now once again office. He stated to the Anbu present that Minato been had killed in his battle before asking them to gather the council for an emergency meeting.
He then activated the sound barrier seals as well as a crib that was sealed on the side of the desk that Minato had installed. Naruto walked over and carefully placed Naruko in it, he turned to see the Hokage looking at him seriously, the friendly nature gone and the look of the leader of a village in full effect. He asked some question he expected Naruto not to answer immediately but it was his duty, so he asked none the less "Where are you from? How did you get into this village? How did you obtain those eyes? I gave Minato my word, but that doesn't mean I trust you young man"
Naruto gazed down at Naruko inside of it, he closed his eyes in thought, he wanted to glare at the Hokage. But Naruto wasn't stupid, he was the leader of the village, Naruto was an unknown, with his Sharingan like eyes, the old man probably thought he tricked Minato to say what he did in his dying moments. Training with the best, with his own ability to improvise on the spot, Naruto decided to go with the flow as Kakashi used to tell him, tell half truths and insert lies to deceive.
Opening his eyes he sent a small smile over at the old man "I was told I was born somewhere on the outskirts of Konoha, beyond that I'm not sure where I'm truly from. I've looked for years for information of my parents, but I could never find any. When I got my hands on a bingo book and saw a picture of the yellow flash, well I thought there could be a possibility we were related."
Hiruzen merely pulled out a pipe and lit it before gesturing for Naruto to continue, this much was believable. Naruto thought of Jiraiya and his heart dropped remembering those times, with a small smile he continued "I'm not really sure how I survived my first few years, I don't really remember anything from that time. But from the time I do remember, I was living in the wilderness, sneaking into villages where I saw people and stole food when I could. One day I came across a campfire with a man, who was cooking food. He growled and told me to come out, I wasn't taught talk but still I somehow understood he meant no harm, so I came out. He sized me and smiled, telling me he would train me to survive."
Remembering some of the adventures with Jiraiya he got a cheeky grin "Over the next 6 years he trained me, in hindsight, I think he was a missing nin. He never told me his name, so I started calling him ero-sennin (Perverted Hermit)" Hiruzen grew curious at this, it truly sounded like Naruto was describing his student Jiraiya. He was known to take in strays and train them to defend themselves, but surely one who looked like his student would have caused him to bring the boy to the village. So he dismissed the idea for now, he would demand Jiraiya to return, after all, Naruko was his god daughter.
Naruto was now mixing his story with Nagato and Konans, but it's one that stuck with him. "Ero-sennin always stated that I would one day bring peace, so I trained hard to proof myself, it gave me a purpose. A reason to get stronger, then one day he said he was leaving, that I could take care of myself now, with that alone he merely walked away and left me on my own"
Hiruzen ran over what he was told to try and find any plotholes, it seemed eerily familiar to Jiraiya's tale of training the three rain brats, but none of them matched Naruto's description, plus if he were he would be older. One thing that made no sense though came to the forefront "An interesting tale Naruto, however, you are a Jinchuuriki, a human weapon. A tool for a shinobi nation" He saw the look of rage at being called a tool but dismissed it for the moment. "No village would have let their Jinchuuriki out of their sights and as far as I'm aware, all the Bijuu are accounted for. So which do you contain?"
Naruto stood and walked over to the window with sad look at the village below he said "I kept training, improving my skills. What was hard was I never knew about my Bijuu, I only found out when I got in over my head, I was fighting a boy wielding the hyoton bloonline"
Hiruzen eyebrows rose, that bloodline was in Kiri, plus they were talks of their Jinchuuriki leader losing his mind. Gesturing Naruto continue he did so "Simply put, he kicked my ass. Nearly killed me to be honest, before I grew angry, angrier than I'd ever felt before. This was the first time I released the power of my Bijuu" He said sadly not wanting to look the man in the eye. Naruto learnt an important lesson from Haku that day, in a way the most important lesson of his ninja career. "As for what I contain, what number comes after 9?"
Hiruzen coughed when he inhaled too much smoke at once and stared at Naruto with wide eyes. The oldest living Hokage prided himself on his knowledge, one of the biggest secrets of the ninja world was that the legendary sage was the Jinchuuriki of the strongest Bijuu, supposedly a indiscriminate raging beast that made the Kyuubi look like a puppy, the Jubi. This boy was claiming he contained it, how could that be, the legend spoke that the sage split the beast into 9 pieces, the current Bijuu that roam the world.
Quickly running through scenarios in his head, he let out a sigh, when he realized Naruto likely didn't know how he began the Jinchuuriki of the beast from his story. As he had no true idea where he was from, for some reason he had a nagging feeling it had something to do with the battle between his sensei and Madara Uchiha, the reason why the body was never found. "That... is... frankly disturbing news Naruto, for more reason then one. We can discuss more on that and how you infiltrated the village so easily later, now for those eyes"
Sighing, inwardly hoping was right he looked the Hokage in the eyes before activating them, seeing the Hokage flinch and lower his gaze to his nose he said "Yeah, I see you didn't earn the title of Professor for nothing Hokage-jiji. According to big and ugly in my head, he altered my DNA or something to give me it. What exactly he did, even he doesn't seem to know, his words were "I wonder how I knew how to do that... I'm going to sleep"
"You TALK to it" Hiruzen stated with wide eyes, as Naruto scratched the back of his head and chuckled nervously.
"Uh sure, we got a sort of agreement going, I don't piss it off and it doesn't eat me or fuck up my mind... apparently the constant disturbing talk in your head all the time drives some Jinchuuriki to insanity or even suidide to escape it" Naruto said with a shrug, deactivating his eyes.
The Sandaime shook his head in disbelief at the explanation that oddly, seemed to make perfect sense. A knock on the door startled the Hokage from discussing this topic further "Naruto, your backstory we created during our walk here, about you being Naruko's father. You took on Kushina's name after conceiving young Naruko, so you both have the surname Uzumaki, this is what we will tell the council, understood. I shall handle the paperwork later to hide the trail to the truth"
Another knock sounded and Naruto simply nodded, he could sort out the repercussions later, this was an order from his Hokage. The seals deactivated and three, clearly young Anbu entered into the room "Hokage-sama, the council is waiting for you in the chambers"
The Anbu all turned to Naruto and proceeded to stare at him. Naruto meanwhile would recognize one of them anywhere, that silver hair gave it away, he never understood why Anbu never henged their hair while on duty. It's not like gravity defying hair was common in Konoha "Kakashi-s... I assume" He stopped himself from saying sensei just in time "Minato told me about you, I thought you would be taller though" Naruto honestly never remembered how old Kakashi was, but judging from his size and height, we would be around mid teens. None the less Naruto gave him a bright smile and scratched his head nervously.
Kakashi gasped at what he just heard, how did this blonde guy guess his identity, he might not have been in Anbu long, but still, he was in his getup. Meanwhile one of the other members chuckled, causing Kakashi to turn and glare at him which provoked loud laughter. Hiruzen himself couldn't help but chuckle before he stated "You can remove your mask dog, you too eagle, cat, tell the council we are on our way." The youngest of the three Anbu saluted before leaving out the door. Turning to the remaining two Hiruzen continued "I thought you might like to meet you sensei's relative boys. How did you know it was him Naruto?"
Naruto blinked in surprise, looking curiously at eagle, the young man knew both his sensei's teammates died during the third war. Did his father take on other students before he became Hokage or something? "Hokage-sama, does that mean sensei... is he..."
Hiruzen sighed before nodding sadly "Yes Obito, I'm afraid he sacrificed himself to seal the Kyuubi into young Naruko there. I know it must be hard for you both"
Both boys stiffened at the insinuation and removed their masks. Naruto's eyes widened in shock at the name Obito, than he saw Kakashi will no scar over his eye and both the same colour. No sharingan. Then the second boy, the supposed one that changed Kakashi forever, was looking curiously at him. Sharingan activated. "I see... then I swear to protect sensei's legacy with my life" The Uchiha stated seriously and nodded respectively to Naruto. "So you're related to sensei? I'm-"
"We can play this game later Obito, so you're the one with clones running around the village aiding people" Kakashi narrowed his eyes and seemed to size Naruto up. Naruto himself was shocked still, his sensei, the aloof uncaring man, sounded and looked like... Sasuke.
Shaking his head to clear his thoughts Naruto turned back to the Hokage. "Well he's short, young, has silver gravity defying hair, no offense jiji but any Anbu will distinct features like that should really be wearing a Henge. Oh and nice to meet you Kakashi, Obito, you sure he isn't the Uchiha though" Naruto said indicating Kakashi.
Obito laughed loudly and clapped Kakashi on the back a few times, said boy looked murderous if that glare he was giving Naruto was any indication. Obito turned back to Naruto "Thank you for the clones though, they are really helping the process, we have confirmed at least 10 cases where some people would have died without their assistance."
Hiruzen cleared his thought "As enjoyable as this discussion is, we can have it later, we have pressing matters to attend too now. Kakashi, Obito, put on your masks back on and come with us to the chamber, you may wish to know how Minato died"
Kakashi's face twitched before he bowed "Of course Hokage-sama" He had hoped the rumors of his sensei's death was false, but he had a duty to complete before he could grieve. Nodding he placed his mask back on stood at attention.
"You get used to Mr. Professional over here Naruto" Obito stated with as much cheer as he could as he was once more reminded of his father figures death, before copying his teammate. Naruto went over to Naruko and saw her sound asleep still before he picked her up, she stirred slightly and he froze for a moment. He sighed in relief and sealed up the crib, walked out of the room beside the Hokage and the two Anbu following. None saw the small hidden smile under his hat he now donned.
When they neared the council chambers they could hear the heated voices coming from the other side. With a heavy sigh the Sandaime Hokage straightened himself, slammed the door open and strode into the room causing instant silence. He went over to take the Hokage seat, Naruto set up the crib and the boys stood guard at the entrance. Naruto quickly drew silencing seals around the crib before activating them. The room was watching the man curiously, on the way to the tower they had seen many clones running about aiding the villagers and shinobi alike.
The civilian side didn't truly understand the significance of that many clones, but the shinobi side did. From the sheer number of solid clones alone, this stranger must have at like bijuu sized chakra reserves. A few Jounin were already spreading the word that he produced an odd chakra the clan heads recognized as a chakra cloak of a Jinchuuriki. As Naruto stood and turned around he took in their expressions, from the hard, calculated looks of Danzo Shimura, Shikaku Nara and Fugaku Uchiha, to the more curious looks of Tsume Inuzuka, Choza Akimachi and most of the civilian side. Then indifferent shinobi faces of Hiashi Hyuga, Shibi Aburame, Inoichi Yamanaka and the Hokage. Naruto rubbed the back of his head and gave a goofy smile "Uh, Hi"
Hiruzen cleared his throat gaining everyone's attention before he stated "As I'm sure you're all aware, I am in the Hokage seat once more, as Minato lost his life against the Kyuubi." Mutters broke out but as soon as the Hokage cleared his throat loudly "We will discuss that in a moment"
He gestured to Naruto before announcing "This is 18 year old Naruto Uzumaki, formally adopted by Kushina into her clan. She told me herself in her last words that Naruto was family, I shall gather the correct documentation to prove it at a later date, Minato too seemed aware of it. I have already questioned him and believe him not to be a threat to the village"
"No offense Hokage-sama, but my kikaichu are unsettled. This young man appears to have chakra rivalling Kyuubi itself at least. Just who is he?" Shibi Aburame stated in a monotone voice. Naruto suddenly thought that Shino was an overexcited child compared to this guy. Mutteres broke out again and many of the councillors turned to their leader, awaiting an answer to Shibi's question.
"Kami, his chakra is so dense, he also appears to have more Tenketsu points, almost as if-" Hiashi Hyuuga's eyes widened for a moment and he deactivated his eyes and gaze Naruto a curious gaze.
"My assessment is the same as Abaruame and Hyuuga, where your chakra is like a strong flame Hokage-sama, this boys is like an controlled inferno. His chakra is even denser then Kushina Uzumaki. The only person I've seen with even something to compare to this is Kumo's Jin-" Fugaku Uchiha eyes widened as he gave himself his own answer.
The Hokage let out a sigh knowing that with three chakra sensors on the council, it would be impossible to delay this information much longer, how they would take that the village now contains two demons, or two superweapons is another matter. Shikaku then raised his head and asked "Can you prove your claims Yondaime-sama or Kushina knew you, how do we know that they really trusted you? The Hokage might believe you, but we aren't the Hokage"
The room as a whole nodded to each other, all wanting to know the answer to this question as well. Knowing the simplest way was to merely show them some techniques, Naruto went through a few hand signs "Earth Release: Dense Rock Wall" A large glob of mud spewed out of his mouth, that grew and hardened into a thick rock wall.
He then raised his arm to it "Something Kushina taught me" Out of his arms golden chains flew out and wrapped tightly around the rock slab, tight enough to cause cracks on it.
"I have witnessed Kushina Uzumaki use this technique, although they appear from her back" Hiashi commented, now with a look of curiosity on his face.
Naruto acknowledged the man's words before he stated "Proof Minato taught me something he would only teach to those he trusted" Gasps were heard throughout the room, including the door where two young Anbu were watching with wide eyes. Naruto then vanished and appeared in front of the rock wall, bringing his arm forward with a shout of "Rasengan" The Rasengan tore through it like tissue paper, Naruto held up the Rasengan to show it was still intact before dispelling it.
All the civilians had slight fear in the eyes while the shinobi side were looking at him intently, to do damage like that with two techniques, one to capture, the other to execute. Turning his eyes to Shikaku, he raised his eyebrows, the lazy man merely grunted out "Very well, I believe you... Uzumaki. Yondaime-sama would not have taught you one of his prized jutsu or used who I assume is your daughter from the similarities I can see. If he didn't believe you could be trusted"
The room was silent for a moment processing this, Danzo took that moment to speak. "The Yondaime's birth parents were unknown, so there is another option. Tell me... Uzumaki, did the Yondaime believe you to be a blood relative?"
Mutters broke out as that possibility could be true, Naruto shrugged "We've never really tested it, DNA tests could be altered so he was considering using a blood seal test, I believe the Hokage was going to test me with that method if the DNA test proved positive" Naruto noticed many who knew enough about Fuinjutsu narrowed their eyes in thought. If he was related, nothing would happen but the seal releasing what it was meant to. But if it didn't, the seal would drain the user of their chakra, usually leading to chakra exhaustion, then death, but with this boys sheer amount, that could prove dangerous.
Naruto noticed the surprised look on the old Hokage before mentally smirking. Then a pink haired woman Naruto assumed to be Sakura's mother spoke. "What happened to the Kyuubi Hokage-sama?"
Hiruzen took out his pipe and lit it knowing this could get ugly before he stated calmly "I'm sure it has already reached your ears Haruno, since Naruto and I saw some glares on the way to the tower. Also very astute of you to pick up that little fact Shikaku, Minato traded his life to seal the beast into Naruko Uzumaki, the daughter of Naruto here."
The room suddenly went silent as they watched Naruto carefully to see if he was angry at this happened to his daughter, the civilians were confused when he seemed fine with the sealing, why would he want his daughter to be a demon? Many of the shinobi were curious of him too "Uzumaki, I'm sorry for the loss of your daughter. But the demon must be k-" A civilian council member began but didn't finish when there was suddenly a dense killer intent in the room. Even the Hokage was sweating under the pressure.
Then suddenly it was gone when Naruto heard crying and he quickly appeared over to the crib and picked Naruko up. Naruto began gently rocking and sending coos to his younger counterpart to calm her down "I'm sorry little Naruko, I didn't mean to scare you" A few moments later she calmed down and Naruto placed her carefully back in the crib.
He turned around and sent a glare at the man who had spoken before, he didn't use KI again though "My daughter is not dead, she is right here Councillor. Know the difference between the demon and the container, also a Bijuu cannot be killed, weakened yes but not killed. If Naruko here was to die, the Kyuubi would be gone only temporarily, it would eventually reform to wreck havoc once more. You would only get maybe a few weeks of peace, than it would return to do what it started. Why do you think humans are used to seal the beasts away idiot. She is keeping it safe from everyone"
If Naruko dies the Kyuubi would take a while to reform, maybe more along the lines of a year. Because it was sealed near Konoha, Kurama would probably flee the area or just use a Bijuudama to wipe Konoha from a distance to avoid the same fate. The statement he used would help keep Naruko safer with luck. "How do we know the demon won't influence the girl... boy"
Looking over at the Civilian who spoke Naruto recognized him as one who always refused to serve him as a child. Glaring he stated "You really have such little faith in your recently passed Hokage's abilities?"
Pausing for a moment and inwardly laughing at the look on the man's face as he received glares from around the room. The young Jinchuuriki continued "The seal Yondaime-sama used is forbidden for a reason, not just because it requires the soul of the caster. However it is very effective, the fox will not be able to communicate with Naruko unless the seal is weakened or she is in a near death situation. In this case she will subconsciously open a link to it in order to save her life, because her mind would be weak in such a state, the Kyuubi will have control and would likely seek it's revenge"
Looking mainly at the civilians to make sure they were listening he continued "It won't influence Naruko in the most basic sense unless she is in a heightened state of distress when she summons forth its power. Even then it depends on Naruko's will and chakra reserves to fend off the rage and bloodlust that she will feel while channelling its chakra. With training and making her a powerful Kunoichi, she will use the chakra of the Kyuubi as a power battery in a sense"
Taking a breath he continued "This is the problem that most villages have with their Jinchuuriki, they are stupid to attack, neglect or make the person who contains the beast believe they are indeed the beast itself. Since they will willingly give into the rage and bloodlust whenever they channel the beast's power, the Bijuu will have a much stronger influence over them"
All the civilian councillors paled as they had all been thinking of finishing the late Yondaime's work and killing the girl or at the very least they all had thoughts of at making the girl miserable. But they were basically just told, anything like that would make the girl likely to become the beast they thought she already was "You seem to know a lot about the abilities of a Jinchuuriki Uzumaki"
Turning to Danzo he let out a sigh, it might be better to kill the fool before he does so much shit in the future, then again, he did the dirty work behind the scenes that unfortunately did keep Konoha safe, at least according to Tsunade and Itachi. Still Danzo's words pissed him off greatly.
Everyone's eyes widened when Naruto's eyes shifted to silver with a black vertical slit, his whiskers thickened and his canines elongated. He quickly released the small amount of killing intent, before he could speak another voice interrupted "I see, it makes sense that a Jinchuuriki should raise another one so I won't question you raising your own daughter but which one do you contain? As far as I'm aware, all of the tailed beasts are accounted for" Fugaku Uchiha asked with a frown.
Naruto looked at him and narrowed his eyes thinking he shouldn't say anything, the Uchiha had the tablet according to Itachi, considering Shisui had the mangekyou. Just how many other Uchiha did as well, Fugaku was the clan head. There's a good chance that the head of the clan would know about the Jubi, then again, the Mangekyou didn't state all that was written, only of the Jubi's existance. After a moment Naruto stated the same as he told the Hokage "What number comes after 9?"
"There's a Jubi, how many more are there?" A civilian stated looked close to a state of panic. The look of shock on the Uchiha clan head's face was Naruto's favourite. Naruto then knew, that the man likely did know, at least in part, what information lay on the tablet, if not directly, perhaps from the previous clan heads notes"
Naruto waved his hand to dismiss the statement after seeing multiple squirming and worried looks around the room"None, the Jubi is the most powerful and the most secret of the tailed beasts which is likely why none of you have heard of it before. It was thought to have been the beast sealed within the legendary sage of the six paths."
The council didn't know what to make of Naruto, he was telling them things that they believed to be true, then tossing them aside to state what he believed. "How do we know you are telling the truth of which beast you contain?" Hiashi Hyuuga asked stoically. Naruto let out an audible sigh, what reason could he possibly have to lie about this.
'Tell the Yamanaka to enter your mind, I guard your memories, so he can't see anything about your past' 'Are you sure?' 'Sure, I mean, I wouldn't want a little clip of when you got curious of the ladies side of the hot springs to play by any chance would we... I wonder what certain fathers would say, especially considering some daughters look so much like their mothers' Naruto blushed, then paled in short succession, confusing many in the room, thinking it was from Hiashi's question.
Turning to Inoichi "Inoichi, feel up for confirming what I stated? Uh, the big buy promised to behave... I really hope he behaves" As suddenly the scene he witnessed between some of his age group, in the hot springs popped up in his mind very clearly, he knew it was the Jubi and he couldn't help the perverted blush that came upon his cheeks.
"How did you know who I am" The blonde mind master asked with a frown of his own. This was starting to piss Naruto off a bit, he showed Minato apparently trusted him, so why wouldn't he talk about those that served on the council to advise him. Seriously, it was stupid on their behalf.
Naruto, despite his irritation, calmly replied "For one, if Minato trusted me enough to teach the Rasengan and... uh advanced fuinjutsu. Then why wouldn't he tell me of the important figureheads of the village. But if you must know, I figured out you were a member of the Ino-shika-chou trio Minato spoke highly of, that was made famous in the last war, especially when Shikaku there binded me with his shadow with you and Chouza flanking him" Said shadow user muttered out "Troublesome"
Inoichi turned to the Hokage who nodded before he walked over to Naruto and placed his right hand on his forehead. The room was silent waiting for confirmation.
Inoichi appeared in a barren wasteland, everything seemed darker than it should be. Nothing appeared to be around except for the small foliage of trees in the distance. This was where he assumed the memories were. Confusion hit him as to why Naruto would have a mindscape, most people he could just touch their mind and access the memories, some extremely skilled shinobi could create mindscapes, but never in one so young.
Being a ninja he cautiously approached the trees while gazing the area, his instincts told him to turn so he did so and gaped at what he assumed should be the moon. Instead it was like a giant eye, watching the area intently, it looked like some sort of mutated Sharingan. A low growl was heard and Inoichi stiffened, a massive boom and the ground shaking beneath him. He knew what it must be.
Turning around slowly, the man who considered himself mentally prepared for anything stared in complete fear at the creature in front of him. He just earlier today stood in front of the Kyuubi but it held nothing to this feeling. The beast seemed to be shrouded in darkness, with a body matching the Kyuubi, that's where the similarities ended. This, this creature, had a head with multiple spikes coming off it, making it seem darker than kyuubi, more demonic. As if sensing this, the beast smiled, showing off its razor sharp teeth that seemed to cover its entire jawline then it's single eye opened. Gazing intently at him "What's wrong, boy?"
Inoichi fled the mind immediately as he saw the eye "Oh Kami, Uzumaki, what the fuck is that? Why isn't that thing in a cage? I've never heard of the beast being loose in one's mindscape, what's to stop it affecting your mind?"
Naruto inwardly sweat dropped 'What did you do?' 'Asked him what's wrong...' Sighing, he decided to answer a mixture of the truth with his knowledge of the Yamanaka beliefs to satisfy the man, "My mind my rules, beasty gets a greater taste of freedom within my mindscape, I can use his chakra with my own when I need too, makes our existence together more bearable. You should know mind defences utilise chakra, what did you think I meant when I said chakra can stop the influence of the beast?"
"Well Inoichi-san, did this, uh beast? Have 10 tails? Also could you describe it" The Sandaime asked of the mind jutsu user.
The mind user gave a stiff nod "Hokage-sama, that thing makes the Kyuubi seem like a puppy" Wide eyes met his statement as he went on to describe it, when he got to the eye description Fugaku's eyes activated his sharingan and he looked at Naruto intently. The aged leader nodded back. He thought of what Naruto told him before about the treatment of Jinchuuriki, giving the council a harsh glare he stated.
"Very well. At this point, the word of what you and your daughter likely are cannot be prevented Naruto. However as of now I am making it law under penalty of death, that no newcomer to the village, any child under the age of two and any future children born within Konoha, shall be told the truth of our newest Jinchuuriki duo"
The council was in an uproar, the civilians shouting about the safety of the children. The shinobi side merely watched Naruto's reaction and some sweatdropped when he appeared to not be listening. "SILENCE" The Hokage roared after the civilian side didn't look to be calming down. "They WILL NOT learn of the Kyuubi being sealed in young Naruko. The children and newcomers will be told the Kyuubi was killed by the Yondaime at the cost of his life, Is this understood? IF it is not, I will order seals be placed on all who I believe will not keep the greatest secret of the village. In case you idiots haven't figured it out, we have the likely most powerful shinobi in our ranks as of now, as well as the potential in his daughter. You will not cripple our strength with your fears."
Again the Civilians paled drastically, they wouldn't even be able to speak of the demon in front of their children or face death, worse if they still refused, they would be sealed. A few moments later the room was filled with "Yes, Hokage-sama"
The Hokage turned to Naruto "Is there anything you wish to add Naruto?"
"Nah Jiji, you covered the bases pretty well. Although free ramen for the two of us would be nice" Naruto questioned with a hopeful look, the council members looked at the young man in disbelief for the strange request. "I'm afraid I can't do that Naruto. The best I can do is enforcing this law to prevent the village from speaking of her tenant to the younger generations."
Naruto let out a sigh but nodded while looking at the civilians "Well there might be one thing, will there be repercussions if I kick the asses of any civilians or ranked ninja that try to harm me or my daughter. I promise I won't hurt them bad enough to end their ninja careers, the civilians I promise not to kill them or leave them crippled for life"
"YOU CAN NOT SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS HOKAGA-SAMA" One fat civilian roared in protest, actually standing to his feat "THIS-"
Killing intent filled the room once more, cutting the man's sentence but it lasted mere moments "I deserve the right to protect my child, what would any of you do if you were not allowed to protect your children if you had the power to do so"
Hiruzen let out an annoyed sigh "As long as you do not do any permanent damage to my soldiers, do as you wish Naruto"
"What about us Hokage-sama?" Sakura's mother stated sweetly, but Naruto recognized the underlying threat at the statement.
"Don't do anything to provoke him Rosa, you won't have any problems will you" Hiruzen replied just as sweetly, the underlying threat made clear.
When no one disputed any further he nodded "Very well. Then -"
The Hokage let out an annoyed sigh as his old teammate spoke "I agree with the law of course Hokage-sama, but with both of them we now have an advantage over the other villages. Such a secret should be kept as hidden as possible, should we not do the sealing anyway? What if word of our village holding the two most powerful Bijuu in our possession? The other villages may once again rally together to wipe us out" Homura stated, many of the civilians once more broke into angry outbursts.
"We would lose faith of our people Homura, that would not be wise to seal them. However, perhaps we should train young Naruko to be our weapon, Dan-" Koharu began to explain.
"I'm afraid there is no better teacher then me in this case. As I am a new shinobi in your ranks, I have no doubt I will be tested. Give me the best fighters you have, I will show you I my skill" The confidence in his statement caused the elders to glare at him in rage, but they too wished to see his skillset. So they let his disrespectful interruption slide this time.
"Naruto, what rank ninja are you? I have my suspicions after seeing you overpower the Kyuubi but I wish to hear what you have to say"
Naruto eyes widened at that while the rest of the room looked at him in shock, he forgot he wasn't a ninja in the village right now. He thought about it and couldn't actually think of how strong he was, he had always been a Genin but he could beat multiple Kage level shinobi and that was only using Sage mode. Since he mastered the Kyuubi and learnt quite a number of high level Jutsu what level did that put him at?
Looking at the Hokage after some thought he stated "Well I never actually thought about it before, I have a very large repertoire or Ninjutsu, Taijutsu styles and Fuinjutsu from all the hidden villages from over the years of travel, insane chakra reserves. I have fought and defeated multiple Kage level opponents. That's using my base skills, so not even including the Jubi's chakra. Thanks to my abnormally high chakra reserves, I can use all five chakra elements, although my main affinities are Fire and Wind. The other three elements need way more chakra than they would normally need to work, but even my strongest attacks don't dent my reserves enough to bother me too much. Because of the chakra beast in me, I have an extremely high cellular regeneration, making wounds heal quickly and since I got an agreement with Cyclops, I don't get harmed from overexposure to using his chakra. Uh I have fought and beaten other Jinchuuriki before, as well as giving a fully released BIjuu a beat down, as I did with Kyuubi earlier, although the furball was weakened considerably by Minato... hmmm that's probably the lot... I think"
The eyes in the room kept growing bigger as he kept talking, Hiruzen even had dropped his pipe from his mouth as the list kept growing. Soon enough Chouza burst into insane laughter "You might be called the Kami no shinobi Hokage-sama, but this boy sounds like he is Kami"
Murmurs of agreement were muttered, Jinchuuriki were known for being powerhouses, villages secret weapons, but this young man was more like a god than a mere man. The Civilians were literally inwardly shitting themselves, wondering how they could convince their peers not to make this, monster, their enemy.
All eyes turned to the Hokage as Chouza's laughter continued, the large man managed to calm himself to listen as the Hokage spoke "Naruto you had the Kyuubi stuttering, you broke through at S-rank barrier jutsu with one attack in ease, created an army of Kage Bushin and you are a Jinchuuriki of the most powerful Bijuu in history. You state that you can use all 5 elements, if the powers of other Jinchuuriki are any indication, you will likely gain a Kekkai Genkai in the future if you haven't already"
A significant look was given to Naruto here that made the young time traveller want to roll his eyes. "I think it's easy to say you are well above Kage-level but as I am the Hokage I'll be giving you the rank of Elite Jounin. Is that acceptable to everyone?"
He asked while gazing around the room that occupants were still looking at Naruto in shock, Hiashi looked calm but if the body twitches he was experiencing, he looked kind of constipated. His Byakugan kept flickering on and off again as if he were arguing with himself.
Fugaku had his sharingan activated seemed to be trying to see through him or something. Naruto had a feeling the Head Uchiha was trying to figure out if Naruto could somehow be convinced to aid them gain power, it was pretty obvious their coup would fail if Naruto was in league with the Hokage.
Tsume was giving him a seductive gaze as she was seeing him as the ultimate alpha male, the fact he contained a raging feral beast that happened to be the strongest of all just added to the appeal for her. The civilians were looking at him in fear knowing he could kill them with ease if he wished too and no Anbu or ninja could protect them. Shikaku was sweating realizing if Naruto had seen him and his friends as a threat earlier, he could have wiped them out with ease.
Danzo, Homura and Koharu were all inwardly seething realizing the young man would not be easily manipulated or controlled by them. Hell if he was as skilled as he claimed in Fuinjutsu, the boy might even break out of their methods of forceful control. The only way would be through his daughter, but no doubt he would turn against the village if they did that, they could only hope he did not become their enemy. With his strength and possible relation to Minato he could very well be the next Hokage sometime in the future too, so they had to play their cards right.
When the Sandaime heard no objection he stated "Very well then, I officially welcome to the village Elite Jonin Uzumaki Naruto, come to my office Naruto, so I may present your vest and headband. There is also that matter of blood relation and accommodation to discuss"
No one disagreed with the Hokage's statement before he nodded and stated. "Shikaku, I need you to get a summary of our current forces and how many losses we suffered, we need to set up defensive measures in case of another village taking advantage of our weakness. I want your clan members working on a way to improve our defences during the rebuilding process"
Once the order was acknowledged he continued "Fugaku, Hiashi, Shibi, Tsume, Chouza we need you and some of your clans to aid in the recovery process, there may be some survivors that have yet to be found. Naruto can you lend more clones to help out the for the brunt work"
"Inoichi, you and your clan will be working overtime tonight, some things were witnessed tonight that will need your clans expertise to help stabilise, permission authorized to alter or block memories as you see fit"
"The rest of you, if you have able bodies medically trained, spread the word, get them to the hospital, we have many injured in need or treatment. Meeting adjourned, we will make an announcement to the village in the morning. Anbu notify the populace of the summoning and to gather at the Hokage tower at 0800 hours."
The councillors began to file out of the room after the dismissal all still eyeing Naruto, a few of the civilians looking at both him and the baby behind him, when Naruto looked at them, they paled and walking quickly to get out of the room.
"Naruto, feel free to come have a drink with us once shit calms down, the higher ranks like to drink on Friday nights, you should come out and drink with us, this Friday will no doubt be the largest gathering in some time" Chouza stated cheerfully before he began serious at the end, Naruto nodded back with a smile, since the big man was so much like his old friend Chouji. He felt cautious about going, drunken shinobi getting wind of his Jinchuuriki status, they might try something. But maybe that's why the big man wanted him there, see how he would handle himself.
He heard Shikaku mutter "Troublesome" as he also sent Naruto a lazy nod, Shikamaru's face overlapped the scarred Jonin commanders.
"Well now I have more of a reason to go" Tsume said with a feral smile, she gave Naruto an obvious slow once over look before licking her lips and walking out of the room, with a sway in her hips.
"Well Naruto, you have made quite the impression. I have no doubt that the Civilian councillors will spread the word about your power at the very least" Hiruzen stated as Naruto picked Naruko up and resealed the crib.
Scratching the back of his head Naruto sighed as they began to walk off "Not exactly what I wanted Hokage-jiji but it will help though. Only the incredibly stupid people will do something in Konoha, they might underestimate me because of my age, believing me to be inexperienced, but still..."
Walking into this office, he took his seat waiting for Naruto to place Naruko back into her crib before he stated "Must you keep calling me Jiji Naruto" Naruto nodded seriously and the old man sighed before he opened the draw and tossed him two scrolls.
"That's your Jounin vest and Konoha headband in the white scroll. The second one is a spare key to Minato's property, he set it up as soon as Kushina fell pregnant, it was to be given to her to be opened once she was reached Chunin if anything happened to him. The instructions to his property and how to get in plus this can be like a test of sorts. It has a -"
Hiruzen's eyes widened when Naruto merely bit his thumb and wiped it on the seal, it glowed for a moment before vanishing. "Well that answers the question on whether you really are related to Minato, but it was reckless of you, it would have poisoned you, had you not been a relative."
Naruto just put on a big grin before reading the contents. Jubi would have purified his blood of poison anyway. He let out a low whistle and at the Sandaime's inquisitive gaze he stated "Minato sure was paranoid, considering the enemies he made over the years, I can see why. Let's see, perimeter seals, blood seals on all the doors and windows. There seems to be some altered blood seal on the gate and if this is right there's even an impressive seal that I believe keeps up a powerful barrier surrounding the property like the one he used to keep you out while he faced Kyuubi. Another of these is on the inside of the house in case someone made it through the gate. Book look like they require chakra regularly to maintain. No wait, it stores chakra and slowly uses it up like a battery, clever, there is technically no limit to how much can be stored then, since seals use dimen- uh never mind. According to the amount he usually stores in it and assuming it is full now. Hmm it would fail in 4 years"
Hiruzen sighed "In other words the place would have been ransacked or destroyed as soon as they fell, likely by the shinobi hoping to learn the Yondaime's secret techniques. Greed is a common trend in the shinobi world. Also Minato didn't trust banking systems in the elemental nations, so he kept all his money in the house. Naruko would have been left with nothing" Naruto nodded realizing that must be why he never heard of it back in his time. "Very well Naruto, I assume you can get there on your own?"
"Yeah, interesting place for it though." Naruto was about to get up to leave when he said "Uh, there isn't anyone you know that can be trusted to watch out for Naruko, if you require me to go out on missions once my probation is other. I assume Kakashi or Obito can't since they are Anbu"
Hiruzen nodded with a sigh "Yes, its village procedure to put new villagers or shinobi that come to Konoha on probation. You won't be able to leave the village for 6 months to prove your loyalty to the village. However I will have a look on who might be suitable, I'll have someone trustworthy look into it, then I'll present them to you after the announcement tomorrow"
Agreeing Naruto nodded before leaving the room with Naruko and Hiruzen Sarutobi finally allowed his shinobi mask to fall. It wasn't only Minato that will be missed, or the countless shinobi that was lost tonight. His own wife was killed as she was part of the group helping Minato and Kushina during the birth. The proclaimed god of shinobi allowed the tears to fall for all those that were lost that night.
Meanwhile Naruto had decided not to walk through the village, as soon as he stepped out of the building, he created around 200 clones "Split into groups of 10 and aid whoever needs it" Not wanting to walk through the village itself, Naruto shunshined directly to the outside of the house. It was in the shinobi district of the village that Naruto was pleased about since it meant people wouldn't be as hard on Naruko there. Walking up to the gate he had a close look at the seal.
It was more detailed then an ordinary blood seal, it seemed to be tied into something that Naruto assumed was the barrier and couldn't help but think how ingenious it was. He tried to touch an area around the seal and found that the barrier was indeed there.
It was very impressive in design, it prevented anyone from getting access to the property unless they had the former Yondaime's blood or Kushina's, since Minato was an orphan and Kushina was the last of the Uzumaki clan, well besides technically Tsunade anyway. Biting into his thumb he wiped it over the seal and it glowed before there was a slight shimmer all over the gate before it literally vanished in a poof, curiously he turned around and slowly walked backwards through the new opening. As soon as he passed the threshold, the gate returned with a poof and the barrier shimmered.
Naruto then walked to the two story house, eyeing out the area around it and took note of the room available. Hell he could probably summon Gamabunta if the barrier design was correct in its dimensions, with room to spare. Looking at the seal on the door, he once more swiped his hand on the seal on the door. Once it glowed and vanished he stepped inside. He smiled lightly at the simple soft colours and simplistic design, walking through the entrance hallway he saw stairs straight ahead and to his left a simple living area with a few pale blue couches.
Past that was the kitchen, after thoroughly looking through it, saw it was fully stocked with decent food and cooking utensils. Well all except instant ramen unfortunately, he let out a sigh and hoped to at least learn to cook something. He never had any need to learn to cook, since he could never afford to buy the simplest foods for the ridiculous prices he was charged in his own childhood. He would learn this time for Naruko's sake anyway. Making a note of the cupboard full of baby formula, he felt the urge to burn them all, his parents had gone overboard, realizing how much he ordinarily eats though. Well, it might be necessary in the long run. Uzumakis got their energy from somewhere after all, his mother would have known...
Walking back he didn't go up the stairs yet and looked to find a laundry, the door opposite had another seal, this one didn't seem to be a simple blood seal either, it had a chakra absorption seal component to it though. Pumping the chakra needed for roughly 10 Kage Bushin unlocked it. He noted that it didn't vanish but the door opened with stairs heading down. Following them he found an impressive stock of various alcohol as well as scrolls lined up against the opposite wall.
Why his parents put the alcohol in the same high security room as the scrolls Naruto wasn't quite sure. But Naruto had developed a liking to it after some of his Sensei's had pressured him into it during his 2 year training. Oddly enough he could still get drunk it just took much more than a normal person, Bee said it was because the Bijuu feel the effects they do, he told a story of the drunken rantings of Hachibi, well from what Bee could actually remember.
Although, he did do some interesting things that he could remember while drunk, kissing Sakura and ending up in a wall was well worth it. Although he decided to act like that never happened, even when she tried to pursue it later down the road, he felt his feelings for her had faded over time, it just was the kiss that made him realize it. The time he awoke to Kunoichi from various villages on some sort of makeshift bed freaked him out slightly, but he was able to suppress the memories unless Kurama felt like being an ass.
Shaking his head of his musings, he went upstairs to find 4 rooms, one was set up to obviously be Naruko's room when she was older, a spare room, the master bedroom with a cot next to the king size bed. The last room was something that made Naruto pale and look at Naruko in shock as comprehension suddenly dawned on him and the 'punishment' for one of his drunken nights.
Flashback
Tsunade walked into the underground hideout that housed Killer Bee and Naruto. Looking up the young Jinchruuriki smiled "Granny Tsunade, what are you doing here?"
She scowled at the nickname that was given to her, than an evil smile made its way to her face, freaking out the blonde Jinchuuriki "I hear you had an interesting night brat, I'm here to teach you something in case you messed up"
Naruto looked up in surprise and paled, realizing his antics with a certain Iwa nin were already part of the gossip rounds "R-really uh Hokage-sama? Uh, what are you gonna teach me?" It was then that he heard crying and his nose twitched and he looked around in confusion, he sniffed the air and found it was coming from Tsunade's direction. Frowning he said "Uh, no offence Granny, but you smell really bad, who's that with the crying baby"
The woman looked like was about to stomp over and beat him into the ground, then a moment later it was gone, the evil grin came back again "Oh it's not me that smell is coming from Naruto, it's her" She indicated the baby before her smile widened "I'm going to teach you how to care for a baby for the next few weeks, it looks like lesson one is changing her diaper"
"W=what? W-why do I have to learn that?" Naruto demanded eyeing the baby like it was her fault
Tsunade began to cackle darkly "This is your punishment for falling for some hussy's tricks, trying to flee here 5 times to escape other kunoichi I've heard stories from, and just because I want to, now come here so I can show you-" Naruto started to back away slowly "GET. HERE. NOW"
Naruto took off running around the base with Tsunade after him. 15 minutes later Tsunade was dragging a kicking and screaming Naruto who looked like he had been hit by a sledgehammer in the face repeatedly, back to the baby, while she was chuckling darkly and the attendant with the baby looked on in worry.
Flashback end
Naruto suddenly realized that he would have to change, feed and bathe Naruko. He looked down at her sleeping face and flinched when her face twitched, as if she had sensed his fear she opened her eyes slowly and looked up at him. He swallowed thickly when her face seemed to scrunch up for a moment before she began to cry. A familiar smell filled the air and he let out a loud sigh.
Placing her on the table he panicked for a moment before he made two Kage Bushin ordering one to go make up some formula and the second to pass him what he needed. A few minutes later Naruko lay quietly looking around in wonder in a fresh diaper and an orange top. The first Kage Bunshin returned to see Naruto was thanking "Granny Tsunade" like some kind of god.
"Ahh boss I've got the formula here" Naruto turned and nodded before taking it and ordering it to dismiss itself, he checked the memory to make sure it was done right before picking Naruko up and putting her on his lap, "Alright Naruko, it's no ramen, but it is good for you" He began feeding her. Naruto couldn't help but look at her curiously. The Kyuubi must already be strengthening her muscles because she was trying to hold onto the bottle herself.
It could also be because of the fact she's got Uzumaki blood, they are renowned for their longevity and large chakra reserves that could be playing its part as well. Sighing Naruto realized that anyone would see this as strange especially those at the orphanage. He vaguely wondered if they actually fed him in those first few weeks. They probably didn't hoping that the boy would die of starvation but the Kyuubi would have kept him alive.
Naruko ended up finishing the entire bottle and Naruto blinked before taking it away and burping her. She seemed content then and Naruto let out a sigh before heading to the Master bedroom placing her in the cot and looking down at her "Well it looks like life's gotten a lot more interesting huh Naruko"
He couldn't help but chuckle at the concept of raising your younger self...that is actually the opposite gender. With a deep sigh knowing it was unlikely he could ever get back to his own world, since the mechanics behind his arrival to this exact point in time was unknown. Even then, he doubted he would want to go back to that world, where only a few of his friends remained alive.
"I promise I'll protect you Naruko. The parent I always wished I had growing up" He created two Kage Bunshins to grab some formula or diapers if the need arises before laying down and trying to get some sleep.