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Chapter 10… More family??
Naruto and Hinata were playing the hand sign game in a field all alone on a blanket. Hinata seemed to be slower than she usually was and winced in pain occasionally. "Why don't we take a break and rest Hinata-chan?" Naruto suggested as he wanted to help ease whatever pain Hinata was feeling.
"Sure Naruto-kun." Hinata said with a smile as she moved to his side. They laid down on the blanket Naruto putting his arm behind his head as Hinata laid her head on his chest. Naruto noticed her breathing became rhythmic fairly quickly. He lifted his head and looked down to see her sleeping. He smiled as she slept only occasionally seeing her wince in pain. Satisfied he fell asleep himself not noticing the house with a dark cloud over it in the background.
Hana and Kido watched as Naruto with his eyes closed got up from his bed and walked over to Hinata's and laid down next to her. Not wanting Naruto to get cold Hana pulled the sheets from his bed and covered him up. Kido had made sure that the IV's did not get tangled or pulled when Naruto got up and moved.
The children laid in the bed for a week as Hinata's apparent pain eased. They both woke up at the same time only to look into each other's eyes, they blushed and smiled at each other.
"The children are awake!" Hana yelled and ran over as she embraced the children.
Naruto and Hinata both smiled as they returned the hug. "Good to see you back. You have been gone a week. How are you feeling?" Kido asked with a smile.
"Hinata-chan and I got to play the hand sign game, We worked on chakra control and got to play lots of other games." Naruto said enthusiastically while Hinata nodded agreement. "But Hinata-chan's chakra control seemed a little off. She did not have as much control as she normally does."
"Well Naruto-kun, I was in pain for most of the time we played in the field." Hinata replied in defense.
"Should we tell them?" Hana asked looking sadly at Kido.
"Not just yet. Let them get settled in school then we can tell them. We do need to inform Kikiyo about this though." Kido answered. He turned towards the children. "So do you think you will be up for your first day in class tomorrow?"
Naruto and Hinata both nodded their heads.
"Good, then it is settled. We will finish getting your equipment when you are released and you will attend the academy tomorrow." Kido said with a smile.
Both Hinata and Naruto were released with orders to return after class the next day for a follow up visit.
"Naruto-kun, Hinata-chan, we will need to have your names changed for the time being so that others from Konoha do not recognize you. Kikiyo will also be working with you on a henge for both of you to use so that you will not be recognized. You can drop this henge at the academy and at home, but around town you will be required to have it up. This is so that what happened last week does not happen again. We will be creative if you like. Your grandmother and I will also help where we can." Kido said as they walked to the weapons shop they were going to enter when they were attacked last week.
In the leader's tower Takashi was milling over what had gone on last week and decided to hold Kurenai and Kakashi to their word.
(Flashback)….
"Well when you put it that way. I don't see any problems with your reasoning. I really have only liked one Uchiha anyways, and anything that will annoy the Uchiha makes me happy as they did not honor Obito very well." Kakashi added with a chuckle.
"So I have your word that you will not reveal the existence of the children to anyone other than the Hokage?" Takashi asked with a furrowed brow.
"Well sure, to protect my sensei's son I will do anything. If there are people who would hurt him in Konoha then I feel he would be safer here. And as for Hinata Hyuuga if she is he betrothed then I will not fight it, but I do suggest that you bring this matter up to Hiashi at the earliest time you can. If you treat them right I will say nothing to the Konoha Hyuuga." Kakashi said with a smirk that showed through his mask. "They did look happy before Kodai attacked. Oh and I would also like to let you know that Jiraiya is Naruto's godfather. If that is any help."
"Thank you Kakashi, we will also set preparation for Naruto and Hinata to be disguised while they are around town and when they go on missions after they graduate." Takashi said with a broad smile. He turned to Kurenai. "I know you had a mission from the Hokage, so what was it?"
Kurenai bowed. "Takashi Uzumaki, leader of the Whirlpool village. I bring greeting and thanks from the Sarutobi the Hokage of Konoha. Naruto is believed dead by most of the village, and several have been taken into custody that have injured him. Hinata Hyuuga is considered missing but presumed dead by all but the clan council and Hiashi, who still holds out that she maybe still alive. The Uchiha have voided the betrothal with Hinata on the grounds she is believed dead. They are now trying to get Hanabi Hyuuga to be Sasuke's new bride-to-be. This is not going well as no Uchiha is now allowed onto Hyuuga property." Kurenai said with a smirk.
"The Hokage has called off the searches for the children, as the search groups did not find any more trace of them after the encounter with the Kumo ninja. I was sent to find out how they were settling in. I was worried about them." Kurenai said with a smile.
"Well… they were doing fine until today. They are settling in with Hinata's relatives here, they are acting grandparents for the both of them." Kikiyo answered with a smile. "Naruto appears to have been truly neglected by his instructors, he can barely read, and has had to relearn hand signs. His chakra control is abysmal, but that is not surprising as the Kyuubi gives him enough chakra for him to be at mid chunin level, and it will only increase."
"Did you say he could not read and his hand signs were wrong?" Kurenai asked with concern.
"Yes I did. Naruto was told the wrong way in making signs. Hinata was more than happy to help me with fixing this. We have had them playing the hand sign game to help him with it. Naruto and Hinata both need the attention that they are receiving from each other. While Naruto is the more confident of the two, he hides that he is actually the more insecure of the two of them. Naruto knows himself but is not sure how to deal with others. So he will use his confidence in his own abilities, whether real or imagined, to his advantage." Kikiyo said with a weary smile.
"I see. I wish I was able to help him sooner. How is Hinata doing? Her father was not kind too her before she left. I know it was the genjutsu that Fugaku put on him, but I am so surprised that he could be so cold to her." Kurenai asked with a bowed head and frown.
"Hinata is doing better. Hana and Kido have agreed to help her with her training in the gentle fist style. We also have agreed that they will receive some new names for their protection. Also they will be under a mild henge while they wander the village for their safety as there will be more visitors from Konoha. We do not want to have a repeat of today." Kikiyo said with anger in her voice. Kikiyo perked up and looked at Takashi. "I have two things to report regarding the Uchiwa. First we are changing the family name to Fenikkusu, or phoenix. This is to keep us from someone figuring out that we were Uchiha. Second we found Minato's sister and niece."
"What? She was said to have died years ago, and she has a daughter?" Kakashi asked in surprise.
"Yes we found her while I examined all our families for traitors. I found that one of the women had a genjutsu and a seal placed on her. She is Minato's younger sister and was stolen and told she was an Uchiha. I was able to break the seal and her memories came back to her. She does not want to return to Konoha ever. She also wanted her daughter to join the academy as she is only a little older than Naruto. I am also thinking as the Namikaze are an offshoot of the Senju her daughter may have the bloodline limit of the First or the Second Hokage." Kikiyo said a sad look on her face.
"The Uchiha seem to have wanted to take power in Konoha in quite a few ways. As Naruto, Haku, Keiko, and Tsunade are all related to the first and the second Hokage. Haku and Shippo want to take the Senju name whether they have the bloodline or not. They would also like to meet with Naruto as soon as they get a chance. Keiko will be in school tomorrow using the Senju name. They are mad at the Uchiha for just reasons. They harbor no ill will towards the Fenikkusu clan and want to associate with us, for which we are very thankful." Kikiyo said with pride.
"That is fine with me, whether the reformed Senju have a bloodline or not does not matter. I am just glad that they have found out about this deception. Please Kurenai and Kakashi please inform the Hokage of this information but do not let it slip to the council. I will be sending you a list of clans for the Konoha council to see. Kikiyo your clan will now be listed as Fenikkusu. Let them try to figure it out. I like it better than Uchiwa anyways. You may also inform him but not the council about the status of Naruto, Hinata, Haku, Keiko and Shippo. As the Senju is only one family right now they will not be listed on the documents as a clan yet. They are now associated to both the Uzumaki and the Fenikkusu by situation and blood. They will also soon be related to the Hyuuga." Takashi said with a smile.
Takashi's mood turned dark. "Now to deal with your errant chunin. He attacked a member of the Uzumaki clan and a member of the Hyuuga clan. While both will make a full recovery, they nearly died. His initial impression of the children was correct but he is not to know that. I am I clear?" All present nodded understanding. "Furthermore, you will inform the council that his action nearly caused the invalidation of the treaty and a war with Iwa and Whirlpool upon the Leaf. I want Ibiki to erase his mind of the descriptions of the children to vague impression of their looks. Naruto will be just a simple blond child and Hinata will be a young Hyuuga girl. I will supply photos for you before you leave. They of course will not look exactly like either of them, but that is to be expected. I think we are done here."
(End flashback)…
A knock at the door brought Takashi out of his thoughts. "Come in!"
Naruto, Hinata, Kido and Hana entered Takashi's office. "Welcome family." Takashi stated with a huge smile. "I am happy to see you up and about. Have they had a chance to hear about the names we came up with?"
Kido nodded. "We discussed it during lunch and we also have a few twists that you might find entertaining."
"Please sit and tell me it all." Takashi said as he pointed to some chairs in front of his desk.
"Well Naruto liked Akemi as it would explain his blond hair. We convinced Hinata to take the name of Takara as we think she is a treasure." Hana said which caused Hinata to blush three shades of red.
"Okay Akemi you are now he lost son of Ichiro Uzumaki and his first wife, Nori." Takashi said as Naruto nodded. "Takara you are the grandchild of Hana and Kido, your parents recently died and you do not want to talk about it." Hinata nodded.
"We also thought it would be fun for them to change genders with a henge while about the village. Naruto thought it would be fun to take on the form of Kushina if you are not against it. At least what she looked like when she was his age." Kido said with a smirk.
"Well that will throw people I am sure. You are going to work with Kikiyo on learning the henge? Also you may resume your names when you are at home or when all this trouble with Konoha settles down." Takashi said as he rubbed his head as if to rid himself of a headache. "Well do not let me keep you from going to the academy and meeting your new classmates."
The four bowed and left Takashi's office. They walked to the academy and were greeted by the head teacher Toshiro Shinrin. He took them to a class where they found a group of seven or nearly seven year old children in a lesson.
"Welcome, I am Nori Mizu the instructor for this class. Are these the new students we talked about Hana?" Nori asked as she looked Naruto and Hinata. "Would you like to introduce yourselves to the class?"
Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and walked into the class cleared his throat bowed and said in a clear voice. "I am Akemi Uzumaki, I am pleased to meet you all. Please treat me well." Naruto became nervous as the girls in class started to eye him, but not with hatred. He immediately grabbed Hinata's hand and squeezed, she squeezed his hand to reassure him that she would be there.
Hinata blushed slightly then turned to the class and said quietly. "I am Takara Hyuuga, I am also pleased to meet all of you. Please treat me well." She then bowed.
"Thank you Akemi and Takara for coming in today. We look forward to both of you attending tomorrow. Tomorrow I would like you to sit next to our other new student, Keiko Senju. Keiko dear, can you please stand?" Nori asked the class. A girl in the back with long brown hair and brown eyes stood and bowed, she then sat down again.
"Class, Akemi is Ichrio's son. And Takara is Hana and Kido's granddaughter. So please treat them kindly." Nori asked the class.
"Hai." The class responded.
"Thank you both for coming in today. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow for class. Please come prepared for class." Nori said kindly as she returned to the lesson.
The four left the class room and headed home. They found Kikiyo waiting for them. "Hi kids. How was your trip to the academy?" Kikiyo asked.
"Fine I guess. We met our class. The girls were kind of frightening though." Naruto said as they entered the house. They all left their sandals at the entrance and continued into the greeting room.
"Well I have some news for you Naruto." Kikiyo said with a smile.
"What is it?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"Well we found another relative for you to meet. She should be here in a little while. She will be training with the two of you as she was not allowed to go to the academy in Konoha." Kikiyo said as Naruto had a shocked look on his face. "Ichiro will be bringing her and your aunt and uncle here also after she is done with today's lessons at the academy. But for today we are not going to work too hard. We are going to work on the henge or transformation jutsu. It is considered a genjutsu of the lowest order. It will change your appearance, but only so that you look different. If you change into a person who is taller than yourself I would be able to pass my hand through you where your body and the henge do not meet up. Okay let's go to the dojo and work on this jutsu until they arrive."
Kikiyo took Naruto and Hinata to the dojo and they spent the next two hours working on the jutsu. Neither Naruto nor Hinata seemed to be able to get the jutsu at all. Hana announced that visitors had arrived. Naruto and Hinata wiped the sweat from their faces and headed back to the greeting room.
They were met by Ichiro, a new man with light red hair, a woman with dark brown hair, and the girl from the academy, Keiko. "I would like you to meet the Senju family, Shippo, Haku and Keiko." Ichiro said as the family bowed. "Naruto these are your uncle, aunt and cousin. And yes I know you told the students at the academy your name was Akemi, son." Ichiro winked at the last statement.
"How is this boy my nephew, Kikiyo?" Haku asked looking perplexed.
"Naruto is Minato's son and nephew of Ichiro. If you remember Minato was your brother. He is also the son of Kushina Uzumaki and grandson of Takashi. Does this help you any?" Kikiyo asked as she hoped that it would clear things up.
"Wait this is confusing." Keiko said as she shook her head. "He said he was Ichiro's son and his name was Akemi. Now you are telling me that his name is Naruto and he is the son of Minato, whoever he is."
"Minato Namikaze WAS the Fourth Hokage of Konoha no Sato. He was also Naruto's father. The reason we have changed a few things around is because Minato, Naruto and Hinata all have enemies. It is for their protection. You must not tell anyone their true identities. Do you understand me Keiko?" Kikiyo asked sternly as Keiko nodded. "Well let's head to the dojo and work on your training. Every day we will have a training session after the academy until we have you back up to where we need you to be."
Everyone headed to the dojo. The adults except for Ichiro and Kikiyo sat on the chairs on the side of the dojo. "Okay Keiko, what do you know about chakra and can you mold it?" Kikiyo asked Keiko.
Keiko explained the text book explanation of chakra and said she could mold it. Ichiro continued Naruto and Hinata's training in the transformation jutsu. They were using the proper amount of chakra but would not transform.
Naruto thought that if he put more chakra into the transformation it might work. He chose an image of Hinata and molded the chakra. In a puff of smoke there were two Hinata's instead of one. Kido activated his Byakugan and looked at Naruto. Naruto then hugged Hinata and jumped up and down yelling "I did it!"
After Naruto calmed down some and released the henge Hinata asked "How did you do it?"
Naruto scratched his head and then said. "I put more chakra into the jutsu and it worked."
"No, it didn't." Kido said to a shocked Naruto.
"What do you mean jiji? You saw that it worked." Naruto complained.
"I say no that it did not work because it did not work properly. A normal transformation is a genjutsu not an actual transformation. You took on nearly full shape of Hinata. It was not total as you are not familiar with the female anatomy but it was not a genjutsu. You actually changed into a physical copy of Hinata." Kido's statement shocked everyone present. "Hinata dear, please do as Naruto did."
Hinata nodded and then pushed more chakra into the jutsu and turned into an exact copy of Naruto. "I did it Naruto-kun." Hinata said as she hugged Naruto.
Hana deactivated her Byakugan. "I see what you mean. It is an exterior transformation. She like Naruto-kun only changed what they knew to change. While Hinata-chan looks and to the touch would seem like Naruto-kun she is still a girl. We can either leave this or show then the difference." Hana said with a smile. "It can wait until they are trained in that detail. Do you agree Kido-kun?"
Kido nodded with a smile, while Hinata and Naruto looked very confused. "Naruto, please change into a girl and Hinata change into a boy and not into each other."
Naruto changed into a girl his age with blond hair and pony tails. Hinata turned into a Hyuuga boy with long hair.
"Very good both of you. Naruto can you remove of the whisker marks on your face? It is cute otherwise." Kido said to the children. Naruto changed again this time he did not have the whisker marks. "Okay Naruto can you make the hair a light red but not pink. Naruto complied as again the adults were shocked.
"Kushina?" Ichiro said quietly.
"Perfect Naruto. Hinata great job." Kido said to the children. "Now both of you change into Ichiro."
The children complied and Ichiro touched both their faces only to find them solid. "You are right they are solid transformations. I am not sure if it can normally be done. They will make expert infiltration specialists with this ability." Ichiro said smiling.
"This henge does not show up as chakra as a normal henge does." Kikiyo said with her Sharingan activated. She turned back to Keiko. "You are doing great Keiko. Now that you have the chakra formed, use it and call the jutsu forward."
Keiko strained and then said. "Henge!" She changed into a perfect looking Naruto and smirked. "So cousin, how do I look?"
Naruto looked at Keiko and smiled. "Looks great Keiko-chan."
The Keiko tried the henge that Naruto and Hinata were able to do and was successful but became tired very quickly as it required more chakra and her reserves were not to the level of either Naruto or Hinata.
"Great job kids. Thanks to Naruto we have a new jutsu that is better than the usual henge. We shall refer to it as the variant and it is a forbidden jutsu for academy students, other than Naruto and Hinata that is." Ichiro said to the children.
"Why is it forbidden?"Naruto asked.
"Well first off it requires about twice the chakra of the normal henge, which will tire a student or even a new genin. So we forbid its use because we don't want students or low level genin wearing themselves out too quickly. Both you and Hinata have more chakra that others do. Do you understand why now?" Ichiro explained.
Naruto and Hinata nodded. "So do we tell Keiko our secrets?"
"She is ready for the one dealing with your betrothal." Hana turned toward Keiko. "Naruto and Hinata are betrothed. So if you could keep that under wraps for a little bit it would be appreciated." Keiko nodded and smiled. "Ichiro, Kikiyo and Kido will be helping you children on taijutsu tomorrow. So have a good evening. It was a pleasure meeting you Keiko. Also Shippo, Haku I will need to speak to you tomorrow while Keiko is training. Is that okay with you?" Both nodded with a smile.
Keiko hugged Naruto and Hinata, she then left with her parents. "Bye Akemi-kun, and Takara-chan I will see you tomorrow at the academy." Keiko said as she ran to catch her parents on their way home.
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A/N: I more than likely will never write a ten thousand word chapter as it would be too long and tedious. I am sorry if you are used to chapters that are 5k, I try to keep them to around 2k or so but this one was nearly 4k so I hope you like the longer length. Yes the teacher and Ichiro's former wife have the same first name, not the same woman.
Jutsu:
Advanced Henge – Transformation jutsu developed by Naruto to compensate for his lack of chakra control to be able to do a proper henge. This requires about twice the chakra as the normal henge but also has a small upkeep to help hold the change. This makes it harder for academy students and genin to use this as they do not have the chakra capacity to keep this active for long. As long as you know human anatomy you will appear as what you transform into. If you do not know such as sex organs you will retain your own as you are not familiar with them. i.e. if a male changes into a girl then he will retain his male organs unless he knows about the female organs. Also if you change using this Jutsu you will become this sex for as long as you retain it. So if are male and change into a woman, you in essence are a woman and can have proper sex with another male.