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Flashback Continued

Naruto opened the contract scroll given to him by his father. He was sweating profusely and was not sure what to expect.

The scroll was not a normal scroll. It looked very small from the outside, but when opened up, it was close to the size of the jutsu scroll he had stolen for Mizuki all those years ago. Inside, he saw the signatures of all of his ancestors. All the way from the first Uzumaki to the wife of the first hokage to Kushina. He smiled as he looked upon his mother's signature, as it was in a very similar style to his own. He found the next slot available next to what must have been that Karin chick. 'I'll make sure to find her again after this is over' he thought to himself as he bit his thumb.

Sasuke looked off into the depths of the massive cavern, contemplating his next move. He was thinking about how much he needed to change his ways, but also how much he didn't want to. He liked being the bad guy, but he understood now why it was just not the right path for anyone to follow. He looked over to his once teammate, and smiled at his determination. If that idiot could accept him back, maybe there was hope.

Minato was nervous. The learning of Uzumaki Fuuinjutsu was something that Kushina never talked about. She had always just told him that it was not as simple as it looked from an outside perspective. He knew that whatever the process was, Kushina had completed it in a day and a half. That was incredibly fast, but it still was not fast enough. Naruto didn't have a day and a half, he couldn't afford an hour and a half at this point.

Naruto scribbled the last bit of his name on the parchment, expecting something major to happen. He winced and braced for impact, but after a good ten seconds of nothing happening, he looked up. Nothing had changed, and he looked puzzled for a second, but then had an idea. "FUUINJUTSU!" he yelled as he smacked the ground. He yelped as he felt his hand break. Everyone watching him buried their faces into their hands.

"Hey brat, we can't afford to be wasting chakra healing you like this." Said a voice from inside his mind. "I know Kurama, but I need to learn this crap." Naruto whined as he felt the bones pop back into place. "Well maybe if you looked closer you would notice what's happening on the back of that scroll."

Curious, Naruto lifted the roll of paper and flipped it over. Sure enough there was something happening to it. A black pulsating mass of ink was spreading across the paper. After a few more seconds it was taking the form of a map. "Dad" Naruto said in a confused tone. "Is my ability making maps?"

"I don't think so son, but I do recognize this place." Minato said with a slightly exasperated tone. "Where is it?" The whiskered face replied. "This, if I am not mistaken, is a map of the Uzumaki village, Uzushiogakure. Which is strange because it was completely destroyed during the great ninja wars."

Naruto turned his head down a bit at this. "How is a map of a destroyed village supposed to help me unlock anything?" Minato looked upon the map and noticed a light coming from one of the outerlying parts of the village. Naruto noticed it too, and exclaimed "Woah, maybe that's the spot I need to go to find out my new power!" Minato smiled at how quickly his son could change emotions. Just like his mother. "Well, I put a Hirashin seal there in case your mother ever wanted to try and rebuild, we could use it to at least check the area out" He said to his beaming son.

"Alright! I finally get to see where my clan is from!" Naruto yelled with a fist pump. "But first I have to go take a leak!" He added on matter-of-factly.

As he ran away to find a secluded corner, Minato turned to the last Uchiha. "Sasuke, I'm going to need you to do something for me." Annoyed Sasuke looked at the fourth hokage and nodded, as if saying to go on. Minato continued "I need you to go with me and help to hold off Madara and Obito until Naruto can master this jutsu. They are sure to break down the other Hokage's barrier soon, and they will need to be distracted so that they don't destroy this place within a few minutes of discovering it." Sasuke looked the Yondaime in the eye and in a soft but firm tone said "We will not be a distraction. I will burn them all to the ground. If Naruto can master his Fuuinjutsu fast enough, he may be of assistance to me. If he does not, it really will not matter, it will just take a bit longer." Minato sighed "That is a good mentality to have when facing an opponent that you actually stand a chance against, but this is the most dangerous duo the world has ever seen." Sasuke chuckled "Naruto is not the only one with an insane new ability"

Hinata Hyuuga was tending to a man from the hidden mist village. He had a broken arm from one of the many attacks that had occurred in the past few days. She sighed as she thought about one of those attacks in particular. How her cousin had died to save her. How she would have gladly died trying to protect the man she loved before the wooden stakes meant for her had impaled Neji in various vital organs. She looked up and happened to catch a glimpse of the man she was just thinking about running back to his father and teammate. She smiled and resolved to push on and help everyone she could so that his efforts in protecting them would not go to waste.

Naruto returned to an awkward silence. He didn't notice the tension, oblivious as he was, and he began to speak "I've come up with a plan to buy some time." The other two snapped out of the silence with shock that the knucklehead before them had actually been thinking ahead. "What is it dobe?" Sasuke asked in a taunting tone, as if he was begging him to say something retarded. "Well" Naruto began "I think I should send a clone to the battlefield to make Obito and Madara think their is no underlying plan ,and that we just left to buy some time and rest. Kurama was telling me a way to mask the real me's chakra signature so they won't notice the real me while I learn this new Kekkei Genkai." Minato nodded, realizing he hadn't even considered tricking the Uchihas in this way. Naruto continued "Also, my clones are still stronger than your average shinobi, so it wouldn't just be for looks."

"Okay, sounds like a plan." Minato said with pride in his voice. "It will work well with the one we've already established."

So with that, Naruto summoned a clone and Minato grabbed his real son by the shoulder. The change of venue was so fast that had he blinked, Naruto would have missed it. They were in the woods on a cliff, and on down below there was the sound of water. Naruto scrambled to the edge of the drop off, and gasped at what he saw.

Below him on the edge of a massive lake or ocean was the ruins of a massive settlement. The ground was torn in various places and rubble went for miles. It would have been massive in it's prime. He felt his heart well with sadness as he looked upon what would have been his home. But there would be time for mourning later. Right now he had a world to save.

Minato carried the scroll up to him and showed him where the light was coming from in the village. The two jumped off the cliff, and after about five minutes of running came upon an old stone building about the size of an outhouse. It was curiously unscathed, and there was an aura to it that drew Naruto in. "This is as far as I go" Minato told his son as he gave him a pat on the shoulder. Naruto nodded "I'll be back to claim the other half of Kurama's Chakra and save everyone with my new power before you know it, Dattebayo!" He smiled and gave a thumbs up before turning to the door. "Here take this" Minato held out a sealed Kunai. "Put your blood on the seal and it will let me know to come get you when you are done" Naruto smiled and turned the door handle as Minato disappeared with a flash.

Back in the cave, Sasuke paced around itching for more combat. Naruto's clone was just meditating in the corner. 'How does he do that at a time like this' Sasuke wondered, realizing how much his friend had changed since they had been teammates.

A flash behind him let him know it was time to go. Naruto's clone stood up and what Sasuke saw took him slightly aback. His blue eyes were now a pale green and his pupils looked like rectangles. He looked like he was wearing orange eye shadow, but Sasuke could tell it was not makeup. "I don't need Kurama to be strong..." Naruto began, almost like he was reading Sasuke's thoughts. He then activated the Kyuubi shroud "...He just helps out a bit"

"Tsk...Brat" Said the beast in Naruto's head. Minato smiled as he grabbed the shoulders of the two shinobi and teleported to the battlefield.

They saw the barrier weakening as soon as they arrived. Instead of thinking, Naruto charged through a gap in the purple force field. 'Maybe he hasn't gotten all that better' mused Sasuke as he followed his idiot brother through the gap.

Flashback End