2: Legacy of the Fourth: The Chinoike Clan of Kaminari no Kuni

Tsunade Senju, Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, had half a mind to retire the moment she heard the full story of what had transpired during the retrieval mission she had assigned to Shikamaru and Naruto only two days ago. So far she had three young Genin in the ICU, and one badly injured Ninken, while the rest of the team only suffered minor injuries, Shikamaru coming our of it with only a self-inflicted wound; a broken finger.

And then there was the issue of the person they had been sent out to retrieve. Sasuke Uchiha, who was currently standing before her, covered in bandages, and looking more shameful than she had ever seen the boy. From the short time that she had known him, she had seen his arrogance, and his foolish pride which all Uchiha seemed to have an abundance of. Now, the boy looked like a proverbial kicked puppy.

"Explain to me," she said in a low tone, "Why did you leave this village?"

Sasuke shook his head, "I...I was jealous."

Tsunade raised an eyebrow at him, "That's your explanation, Uchiha? Jealousy?" She stood up from her seat and walked slowly around her desk. Sasuke looked up at her and received a sharp crack across his face. "Do you think I'm stupid!?" She snapped as the boy held his stinging cheek, "Jealousy is capable of many things, Sasuke, but I have Neji Hyuuga, a prodigy such as yourself, in the hospital with a gaping hole just above his heart, and Choji Akimichi is suffering from extreme chakra poisoning from his clan's secret food pills!" She placed her hand under his chin to make him look at her, "And do you know what happened to Naruto?" She asked bitingly, "Of course you do, you're the one that nearly killed him!"

Sasuke flinched before he was slapped again. He didn't mind, though, he had it coming, and much more.

"Give me one good reason I shouldn't have you thrown in prison for desertion!" Tsunade growled, daring him.

Sasuke shook his head, "I can't...and you should have me imprisoned." Sasuke looked up at her, "I really was jealous...of how much stronger than me Naruto was becoming..." he looked down at he feet, "We'd competed against each other for the longest time, ever since academy, and I was always miles ahead of him...when we were put on the same team, I was still ahead of him, but he started catching up..."

"So you decided to kill him?"

"No," Sasuke snapped, "I thought I could do it, but I couldn't! I'm not like Itachi!"

Tsunade regarded the boy for a moment her arms crossed, "Tell me something, do you know what could have happened to you if you had succeeded in going to Orochimaru?"

Sasuke nodded his head, "He would have taken my body from me."

"And you still went to him," Tsunade growled, "You're a fool, Sasuke Uchiha. I've read reports about you during your academy days. You were hailed as one of the few geniuses born once ever generation in this village. Neji, cursed to the branch family of the Hyuuga, is one of them, and you...I have no doubts that you could be a great shinobi someday...but within the last forty-eight hours, you have become this village's greatest shame. If it weren't for the fact that the civilians would throw a fit, and possibly riot, I'd have you clapped in irons for the rest of your days!"

She went around her desk to sit back down, and sighed, "As it stands, I can't run that risk, not when our village is still recovering from the combined attack of Suna and Oto. So, this is what your punishment shall be, Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke squared his shoulders, prepared for anything the Godaime might throw at him. "From this moment on, you are banned from all Chunin exams, and the only way for you to rise through the ranks is to earn it in the field. Should your Jonin speak well of you, you may possibly be promoted, but if not, you will remain a Genin." She said, glaring as the boy nodded, unphased, "Further more, you will undergo psychological evaluation by our best men in the T&I department, and if they deem you unfit for active duty, then that will be the end of your career as a shinobi...is that understood?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama," he bowed.

"Good," she rose from her seat, "now get out...I have to go in and see the progress of the people that nearly died bringing your sorry hide back."

Sasuke hurried out of the woman's office, hoping to avoid anyone else as he made his way home, escorted by a squad of Anbu for good measure. As he passed through the village, he was greeted by smiles from the civilians, and a few "welcome backs"...it made him sick. Really, what had h done to warrant such kindness?

He reached his home, and went immediately to the bathroom, staring into the mirror. His eyes, black as onyx, turned red as he activated his Sharingan, and a moment later, the Sharingan morphed as blood began leaking from his eyes, taking the appearance of three intersecting ellipses. His Mangekyou Sharingan.

He had been surprised to learn that he had activated the advanced Doujutsu, but then again, his best friend had died right in front of him...if only for a few minutes.

Now he was the same as his brother. It had cost him more, however. Itachi had slaughtered his entire family...Sasuke had watched his best friend die, and lost every last ounce of respect for himself. He knew that there were a few members of his clan that actually had the Mangekyou because of the war, but they had been the lucky ones. None of them had to actually kill their precious people...precious people, he almost smiled at that. Naruto considered him to be one of his precious people because of their friendship, as well as Sakura and Kakashi, and many of their classmates.

Did he deserve that? Absolutely not.

If he was allowed to remain a shinobi after all of this, he knew that he would be treading on glass as thin as rice paper. One wrong step, and it would end him. So he would fight for it. No more arrogance, or hatred...that was what his brother wanted from him...and he would not get it. If he met him again, as he had when the man went after Naruto, then he would fight with everything he had to bring him in. But not before asking him...why?

=x=

Naruto felt extremely comfortable for once. He hadn't known he could sleep so well, but his bed never felt so good before. He stretched and opened his eyes...to find himself in a hospital room...

His body, to his surprise, was covered in bandages as was his face when he looked toward the mirror in the corner of the room. "Well, I guess I survived, huh?" He said aloud, smirking, "Guess Sasuke got me to the village faster than I thought?"

"Hey, Shithead, keep it down, will ya!?" A loud voice from beside him snapped, startling him, "Some of us are trying to fucking sleep!"

The blond whipped around, making his head spin with dizziness, and found an irritated red-head glaring at him from her own hospital bed. Naruto blinked in confusion for a moment before it dawned on him. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me?!" Naruto roared, nearly deafening the girl, "What the hell are you doing here?!"

Tayuya growled and stuffed a pillow over her head, "I was sleeping until a blond loud mouth decided to start squawking like a fucking cuckoo!"

"I mean, why aren't you in jail?" Naruto growled, crossing his arms, "Ain't you an enemy or something?"

Tayuya sat up and wince as her legs pained her, "Definitely an 'or something', Shithead." She said, "That one-eyed prick decided I was worth saving for information, so he patched me up and brought me back here with you and your dumb ass friend!"

"Hey, don't call me a shithead!" Naruto roared.

"I just call'em like I see'em, Shithead," Tayuya smirked, enjoying the blond's reactions, "And you really look like a shithead!"

"Nyah, eat it ya red-haired skank!"

"Wha'd you call me?!"

"What's the matter, can't take the truth?!" Naruto grinned.

"If I could walk, I'd come over their and wipe that fucking grin right off that ugly mug of yours, asshole!" Tayuya snarled, to which Naruto sprang up onto his bed.

"Oh, lookie here, I can walk and move around real easy!" Naruto said, hopping up and down, rubbing in the fact that he could use his legs before nimbly dodging a pillow she threw at him. "Haha, ya missed me!"

"Argh, wait 'til I get my hands on you, ya cunt munchin' little - "

The door suddenly slammed open in the middle of their argument, and Tsunade stood there with a very angry look upon her face. She looked at the pair, and growled, "I might have known it was you two causing all the trouble this early in the morning." She said, moving into the room, and whacked Naruto on the head with her clipboard, "Sit down, knucklehead, and stop antagonizing your roommate."

"Ah, she started it!" Naruto said accusingly, pointing at the grinning girl, who stuck her tongue out at him, earning herself a whack on the head as well.

"Hey!"

"You can stop baiting him," she told the girl, "It'll only cause more noise, and that is something I won't tolerate in my hospital!"

"Yes, Ma'am," both said, holding their sore heads, before glaring at each other.

"Now," she said, making the two snap to attention, "Naruto-kun, I need to know, what happened between you and Sasuke? I heard his side of the story, but I want to make sure it matches up."

So Naruto told her about the fight...or, he started to. As he spoke, his eyes began to turn from their usual blue hues, to a blood red in color. What happened next startled even the blond as the room began to waver, and they were all suddenly back at the valley of the end.

"What in the - ?!" Tsunade started.

"It's a Genjutsu," Tayuya said in wonder as she watched an illusionary Naruto and Sasuke face off "A powerful one." Sasuke had the blond by the throat, his arm charged with Lightning chakra and Naruto himself was boiling with a strange red chakra she'd never seen before.

As Sasuke made the attack, Naruto's arm shot up and moved the attack away from his heart, but the wound would have still been fatal, which horrified Tsunade and even Tayuya as they looked at the real blond in the room. His eyes were wide as he watched the scene unfold again.

"Are you doing this?" Tayuya asked, not knowing the blond had such skill with illusions.

Naruto looked at her with his red eyes, "I...I don't know...I've never been any good with Genjutsu before."

Tsunade winced as Naruto's illusion self went down on all fours as the Nine Tails chakra cloak formed around him. "It has to be," Tsunade said, "You were the only ones there to witness this battle, so this must be a projection from your memories." She said, looking at the blond, and her eye widened, "Naruto, what happened to your eyes?!"

"My eyes?" Naruto asked.

Tayuya nodded, "Fuck yeah, they're red as blood, and glowing!"

"Do you feel any chakra flowing toward your eyes right now?" Tsunade asked.

Naruto sat for a moment as he watched himself and Sasuke leap at each other, the Uchiha flying at him with those hand-like wings.

When the battle was over, and his conversation with Sasuke started, Tsunade watched the pair in interest, finding that Sasuke had left a few things out, such as the fact that he was the one that had carried Naruto out of the valley, and that he now knew about the Kyuubi.

Finally, as Naruto slumped over on Sasuke's shoulders, the scenes changed. And it was one that Tsunade never wanted to see. Tayuya shrieked in alarm as she found herself surrounded by water in front of a gigantic prison cell where two enormous red eyes gleamed menacingly. The Nine-tailed Fox then began speaking to the diminutive Shinigami about the power her presence had unleashed inside of Naruto.

Naruto's hand raised up to his eyes, not believing what he was hearing from the beast, or the Shinigami. He had a Doujutsu? From his father?!

As the vision began to fade, Naruto's eyes returned to normal, and they found themselves back in the hospital room. Tsunade was looking at the blond again, a somber look on her face, "Naruto-kun, I don't know what to say..."

"You knew them, right?" He asked, "My parents?"

Her answer was a slow nod, "I did...and so did Jiraiya...but your father never showed signs of a Doujutsu like this!"

Tayuya sat back, thinking, "Well, that giant fuzzball did say that it could only be activated by coming close to death, and from what we just saw, Shithead here came real fuckin' close to death, literally."

Tsunade nodded, looking at the girl, "Have you heard of this Doujutsu before?"

"Ah," Tayuya held up her hands, "Listen, I get that I'm a prisoner of war and all that, but come on, I'm not givin' our info for free here!"

Tsunade crossed her arms under her bust, glaring at the girl, "And I suppose you think we've been mistreating you?"

"No!" Tayuya said, "You guys have treated me way better than that fucker I used to work for. Hell, he would've put a knife in my head himself for just having a fractured leg, let alone a fuckin' snapped leg!"

The blonde woman huffed, "Then what do you want?"

"Sanctuary," the young woman said, "I want to be as far away from Orochimaru as fucking possible! And I want this seal on the back of my neck gone if your seal masters can do it."

Tsunade smirked, "And I suppose you'd like to become a shinobi of this village, then?"

Tayuya shrugged, "I've gotta make a living somehow, don't I?" She said, crossing her arms as well, "I don't do well with charity."

Tsunade sighed and smirked for a moment, "You know what? I like you...alright, you have my word that you can stay on in Konoha as one of our kunoichi, and that we'll do our utmost to get rid of that mark on your neck. In exchange, you will provide us with information on Orochimaru, and anything else that you think we might need to know...do we have a deal?"

"Deal!" Tayuya said, reaching out to shake her hand.

"Good," Tsunade smiled, "Now about Naruto's Doujutsu?"

Tayuya shruggd again, "As far as I know, a Kerryugan user hasn't been seen for decades." She said, looking at the blond Genin, "But what I don't get is why it showed up in this guy?"

"Why do you say that?" Tsunade asked.

"It was distinct only to one clan, and they were from Kaminari," Tayuya said, "And ain't you guys on bad terms, or something?"

Tsunade nodded, sighing, "Yes, we are. After the kidnapping incident with the Hyuuga, all Kumo shinobi have a kill on sight mark." She said, looking at Naruto, "But I do know that Naruto's father came from a small village in Kumo before it was destroyed and made his way here with the refugees."

"Can you tell me about him?" Naruto asked hopefully, only to deflate as Tsunade shook her head, "Why not, Granny?"

Sighing, and ignoring the jibe at her age, she sat down beside him, "Because it isn't my place...not really. Jiraiya will have to tell you. He was closer to him than I was...I was closer to your mother." She said, smiling, "After all, she and I were distant relatives, by blood, no less."

"Really?" Naruto brightened, "Then I really can call you Granny!"

"You do and I'll mop the floor with you," she growled, "if anything, I'm your cousin, distant cousin!"

Naruto just grinned, "Yeah, yeah, just keep telling yourself that, Granny!"

Scowling, she decided to change the subject, "Anyway, Tayuya, was it? What else can you tell us about this Kerryugan?"

Tayuya shrugged, slightly amazed that the blond loudmouth was still alive at this point, "Only rumors...I heard from Kabuto once that he wanted to try and find a survivor because there was a chance that Kerryugan users could control blood."

"Blood?" Naruto and Tsunade grimaced, "That doesn't sound very pleasant?"

"I wouldn't say it was," Tayuya went on, "Other than that, their Genjutsu were supposed to be so strong that they rivaled anyone with a Sharingan."

Tsunade rubbed the bridge of her nose. This was going to cause problems, she just knew it. Kumo were a very warlike people, and they had a lust for Kekkei Genkai, much like her own village, but worse. It was rumored that the Sandaime Raikage had actually set up a breeding program to cultivate multiple clans that had such abilities, and if word got out that Konoha had another Doujutsu, and one that once belonged to the Land of Lightning, it would only be a matter of time before they came for him.

Add to the fact that Naruto was an Uzumaki in name, and in blood, it was a disaster waiting to happen. The only plus side to this was that the village would treat Naruto slightly better in knowing that he had a rare Kekkei Genkai.

"So?" Naruto asked, "What was this clan called?"

Tayuya sighed, "It was the Chinoike clan, and they were rumored to pretty timid as far as being active shinobi went, but if you got into a fight with one of them, look out."

"You're also an Uzumaki," Tsunade put in, "They were the greatest Sealing Masters the shinobi world had ever seen, and savage in battle, with tempers so quick it wasn't funny."

"I know about them," Tayuya put in, "Orochimaru has a girl in one of his bases that's supposed to be an Uzumaki. She's got red hair, like me, and pretty fair skin, but other than that, she didn't seem all that fuckin' good a kunoichi."

"Red hair, huh?" Naruto asked, looking at the girl, "Does that mean you could be one, too?"

"Huh?" Tayuya looked at him like he was stupid, "What the fuck're you talkin' about, Shithead?"

Naruto shrugged, ignoring his, apparently, new nickname, "Well, you said the Uzumaki have red hair," he said, pointing at his head, "I've got blond hair, but you've got red hair, just like you said they did, so..."

Tsunade nodded, smirking, "He does have a point...I'll have to do some blood work on that to see if he's right." She said, smiling at the red-head, "And if he's right, then I've got all the more reason to protect you from Orochimaru."

"When do you want to start?" Tayuya asked, not eager to have more needles pushed into her arm, but she figured these people would be nicer about it than either Kabuto or Orochimaru.

Tsunade checked the chart at the end of Tayuya's bed, and sighed, "It's going to take a full week for us to heal up your legs, and it'll take another day or so for Jiraiya to examine the seal, and there's really no telling how long it'll take him to devise a better counter measure for it. Sasuke will take the priority level higher than usual, but it'll still take a while." She said, looking at the girl, "Really, any information you can give us on the mark will be more than helpful."

Tayuya shrugged, "I'm a level three Master at sealing, but all I know about this thing on my neck is that it's a modified five layered servitude seal." She said, "Each one is different than the other. Mine is low level compared to what Kimimaro's was, and he had the same one that that Uchiha did. Mine is more like an enslavement mark. If I disobeyed a direct order given by Orochimaru while he was keeping tabs on me, I'd be dead within minutes."

"What about the physical transformations I've heard about from the others?" Tsunade asked, "And what we witnessed in Naruto's Genjutsu?"

"It's the final layer of the seal that does that, and it's probably the most dangerous to mess with," Tayuya sighed, "The last fucker that did had to be restrained, and put down because he went wild, and started killing anyone that got near him. He even nearly got Kimimaro, and he was the most powerful shinobi under Orochimaru's command." She said, "I don't know much about that last seal, but I do know that it draws in a special chakra and enhances the body while pumping me full of some kind of drug. I've only ever used that last seal three times, and each time it's harder to control myself when I come down from the high."

Tsunade, throughout Tayuya's description, had ben jotting it all down for Jiraiya's benefit. She had a bad feeling that she knew where that strange chakra was coming from. As she rose to leave, she gave both children a smile, and hoped that they could get along...for a while, and left them, her mind swimming with everything that she had just found out.

One: Sasuke had told her a half-truth, and had made him seem worse than what was said, having told her that Kakashi was the one that found them in the valley. Two: Naruto had an incredibly rare Doujutsu, apparently from Minato's side of the family that had lain dormant until now, and it was powerful. Three: the seal would be damned hard to remove, but not impossible given Tayuya's information. And four: There were other Uzumaki out there, and Orochimaru had one of them...part of her family...

That would have to change.

=x=

Meanwhile, outside of Naruto and Tayuya's hospital room sat Jiraiya, having overhead everything that had been said. He ran his hand over his face tiredly, and figured it was high time to tell Naruto just who he was...and hope that he could bare with it all.

"EAT SHIT, YA PISS-BRAINED MORON!"

Jiraiya nearly fell from his perch as another argument started up between the two, and smiled. "Damned if that girl doesn't remind me of the kid's mother!" He laughed, peeking inside to see Naruto taunting her as Tayuya threw whatever she could get her hands on at him.

"You're not trying, Red! Throw somethin' already!" Naruto taunted, and was promptly smacked in the face by a bed pan. "GAH! That better have been clean!"

"It wasn't!" Tayuya laughed.

"GROSS!"

Woo, glad to see this story is so well liked, now onto some feedback from the reviewers!

draven32: I'm glad to know that you thought the beginning was so moving, honestly, Sasuke's pretty emotional, he just needs a few screws tightened here and there.

Kam615: No need to worry about me canceling anything, Seeing Red and Return of the Uzumaki are still on my priority list, I just needed to get my sparks out before I went nuts.

Amalgam24: Honestly, I was thinking about her when I did the Shinigami bit, but I never described as Rukia :p

The Sith'ari: As far as Canon goes, there was only one technique that the Kerryugan used blood as a weapon, and it was pretty much an A-rank Jutsu, and strong enough to restrain Sasuke's Susanoo.

Guest: A very intriguing read and it was only the first chapter! This fic is definately top quality, just like many of your other fics. The hidden Dojutsu idea has become a very big cliché in this fandom but you have the potential to make it work.
I also like how Sasuke is portrayed but I can see some problems that can arise from this. In canon, Naruto gained motivation because of a goal (bringing Sasuke back). Now that Sasuke has decided to stay, I wonder from what situations and circumstances Naruto will gain motivation. Hope this doesn't become a plot hole. Other than that, Kudos!

Me: Since I couldn't give you a name, I just copied the review, and I can say that Naruto will be getting a different motivation other than bringing Sasuke back. And I can say that I think you'll like it.

EndlessChains: Thanks for that, and I can say that the village that brought Naruto down is about to get rocked!

Me: you guys are awesome, don't forget to review, and hope you enjoyed this chapter, goodnight!