Last time, the 3rd Hokage let out his anger to the council about the missing Naruto Uzumaki. Around the same time, the Raikage was getting informed about the possiblity of Kumo getting a very powerful shinobi in their ranks soon.

Days later

It was mid-morning and currently, the 3rd Hokage was walking towards the cemetery with some flowers in his hands. These were beautiful flowers; a couple of white lilies to take were all people are resting in peace, Konoha's graveyard.

Once he walked inside the graveyard, he peacefully walked toward 3 specific graves that were close together. In front of him, the 3 graves were significant since these 3 are a family in both blood and now spirit. On his left side, it was Konoha's strongest Hokage and hero in the 3rd Great Shinobi War, Minato Namikaze theYondaime Hokage. Next to it, it was an unmark grave, which he mentally noted that it needed to be mark later on. The grave had no name since it was a person that no one knew much except for her good friends. The grave had only the Uzumaki symbol. The 3rd knew that this grave was Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto's mother and the 4th Hokage's secret wife. Next to these graves, was their greatest treasure, the treasure that they sacrifice everything including their own lives, their only son, Naruto Uzumaki. The only thing is that it was unmark except with the Uzumaki symbol, since he wanted no one to desecrate it cause of their past grudge against the Kyuubi. He wanted Naruto's grave to be at peace since he wanted these 3 people to be at peace together as a family here in death and at the afterlife.

The 3rd place the white lily flowers on each one of their graves so they know that they well never be forgotten by those that care about them. As he places the flowers, he could only wish that Naruto's body was here except it wasn't.

After a few days of searching, Tsumi's tracking team followed the river to try and find Naruto, but there wasn't any sign of him. Once he had gotten the report, the 3rd decided to just bury the things that were of him so at least they know that his spirit was at peace.

Once he finished his prayers, he left to go back to the Hokage tower since unlike the dead; he still needed to do his work for the village.

As the 3rd made it to the tower, he steadily walked towards his office. As he climbed up the tower, he figured that now would be the time to send word to Jiraya about Naruto since Jiraya was the only other person close to Naruto and his family.

Once he made to his office, he opened the door to find the elders inside his office, waiting for him.

"Sarutobi… where were you? Usually at this time, you would be here." Stated Koharu

"I went and paid my respects to my predecessor and his family. Got a problem with that?" Answered the 3rd

Koharu didn't speak about since it was true. The elders knew that with Naruto's death, the last known heir to both the Namikaze and Uzumaki clans was now gone from Konoha.

"Sarutobi… even though respecting the 4th Hokage and his long lost family is well and all, we must think about the village. More importantly… the village's military power." Stated Danzo

Sarutobi listened as Homura, Koharu and Danzo explained about how their village's strength has just taken a blow with losing their jinchuriki as well as losing the heir of the Namikaze and Uzumaki.

It was then that he heard Danzo had a plan to help the village get back its lost strength, which Sarutobi frown as he listened to Danzo explained where he can get a new jinchuriki.

Days earlier

It was early evening in Kumo, which a lot of families were getting ready to enjoy dinner, while shinobi's prepare to go on mission or whatever. For A, the Raikage, he was getting ready to talk with the village's strongest guardians, his adopted brother Bee, the Hachibi no Kyugyu and 16 year old,Yugito Ni the Nibi no Bakeneko.

As A waited, he couldn't help but think on how he would get the boy to join Kumo, but hearing and seeing his condition, he knew that if he pushed the right buttons at him, then Naruto would want to stay here and trained to be a powerful shinobi for them.

His thoughts were interrupted when his secretary came into his office to inform her that Bee and Yugito were here. Once they both enter, Bee was the 1st to talk.

"Yo-yo bro… what's up…? So what's the beef?" Rapped Killer Bee

(OK, just to give you all fair warning, I suck at rhyming so. I'll try to make him rhyme, but if Killer Bee talks like a normal person, don't be discourage.)

A sighed at his brother's lame attempt to rap or rhyme, while Yugito just frowned in annoyance, but continue to act maturely in front of the Raikage.

A took a moment, which both Bee and Yugito straighten up since they know the look on their leader's face, meant something serious has happened.

"Darui has returned from his mission earlier today, as you all know." Both nodded, which A then continued, "But on the way back, Darui and his team had stumbled upon something that virtually landed in their arms. Darui's has brought the Kyubi Jinchuriki from Konoha to Kumo today."

As soon as A stated the fact, both Bee and Yugito were surprised to hear that Darui had somehow brought to Kumo another Jinchuriki and the most powerful of Biju along with it. A began to explained to both of them on what happened to the boy once Darui had found him. He explained the wounds, the injuries, everything.

For Yugito, it sadden her since a young boy being in such a beaten state was very hard to imagine, but for Bee, he knows it to well since, unlike Yugtio, he knew what it meant to be a true Jinchuriki since he was given almost the same treat if his brother A wasn't there to help him out.

Their thoughts were interrupted when A continued, "Currently, the boy is in the hospital, being cared for, but considering on how fast he is healing, I say he might wake up, completely healthy tomorrow."

"So why have you contacted us then, Raikage-sama?" asked Yugito

"I plan to see if the boy would join Kumo, but given the state he was in, he'll most likely join since I doubt that he would want to go back to Konoha after what he received. Plus, if I'm right, then Kumo would have the heir of 2 powerful clans." Answered A

Yugito didn't know on what A meant about the heir of 2 powerful clans, but she had to agree that the boy would most likely join their village since here, he can get a fresh start and become a normal boy.

"So bro…what's up with us, because I don't see a why you asked us here for?" asked Bee

"If I play my cards right, he would want to stay, at which point, I will explain to him on who he is, to make sure that he knows. After that, I play it by ear. What I want you 2 to do is be his guidance, since if he meets others like him, the likely hood of wanting to stay here would increase since he would probably see you 2 as role models." Stated A

Both Bee and Yugito nodded, since what A said was pretty much a good plan. Yugito, even though, doesn't have it as bad as Bee did when she was young, she can understand that the fact of being alone as a jinchuriki. If it wasn't for Bee being her a role model and teacher, she would have never had the courage to continue to move forward and become the kunoichi she was meant to be.

Bee, thought the idea was alright, but still didn't like the idea, because he felt that he may be babysitting a 5 year old.

"Now, with that explained…" A said, breaking the thought that Bee and Yugito were having, "… you 2 are dismissed since now, all we need to do is wait for the kid to wake up."

Both Bee and Yugito left to go home and sleep, while A was also thinking the same thing, but also wondered on how things would turn out. He can only hope that his plan can work.

Morning

The sun was high mid-morning, which stores, vendors, shinobi and such at Kumo were getting up for another day. In Kumo's hospital, a young Naruto was starting to wake from his ordeal.

As Naruto was starting to wake up, he could feel that he was sleeping in a soft bed. As he rubbed his eyes, he suddenly remembered on what happened to him, the beating, the injuries, the rushing water. He looked at himself, wondering on how he could still be alive.

He then looked at his surroundings to see that he was inside a hospital room, but he could tell that it was different somehow. He then heard the wind from the window. He didn't hear any of the trees that were always near the hospital. He knew something must be wrong, but before he could do anything, the door to his room opened. He looked to see a young nurse.

"Oh so your awake? I'm glad since you had everyone worried here." The nurse smiled, which Naruto can tell that it was real since only the old man (3rd Hokage), Teuchi and Ayame ever smile like that to him. His thoughts were interrupted, when his stomach growled loudly, which the nurse smiled and laugh a bit.

"I can hear that you must be very hungry. Wait right here and I'll go get you something to eat ok." Said the nurse which Naruto nodded in agreement

Naruto decided to wait after he got something to eat to move around since he was just too hungry to do anything. As Naruto waited in bed, the nurse quickly went to the nearest medic-nin to inform the Raikage that he was awake.

After informing the Raikage, the nurse quickly went to get something good for Naruto to eat since she can tell that Naruto hasn't anything proper for along time now.

Naruto waited to see that the nurse came back, with a healthy selection for Naruto's breakfast. The nurse brought Naruto a bowl of mix fruits (apples, bananas, strawberry), a bowl of cereal and milk, a couple of butter toast with jam, and orange juice.

At 1st, Naruto was a bit hesitant, but the nurse nudges him to eat, while she goes and gets something for him to wear. Once the nurse left, Naruto started to eat the food that she brought. The food was, but to him who hasn't eating anything so tasty or fresh besides Ichiraku Ramen, it was a 4 course meal.

He began to eat the meal, which he ate it in less than 10 minutes, since it was the 1st meal that he has gotten in a long time. Once he was finished, he never felt so good since Ichiraku Ramen. But now with finishing the meal, he starts to wonder on what to do next since he is in an unknown place.

Just as he was thinking it, someone else walked into the room. It was Darui and C, who came as order from the Raikage. Naruto was a little nervous, since he saw that the headbands weren't Konoha leaf symbols, meaning they were from another village. Before Naruto could begin to worry, they both spoke to him.

"Hey kid… how are you feeling? Better I hope… especially when I caught you before you hit the rocks on the waterfall." Stated Darui

Naruto was stunned since he didn't know that he was going to fall into a waterfall. He figured that he must have been so out of it, that he doesn't remember anything else.

Naruto's thought were interrupted when, C spoke up, "You really gave us a scare kid… especially since you were in death's door when we found you." It was then that Naruto spoke up, "Um… thank you then for saving my life."

Both Darui and C took Naruto's thank you since even though they could have left him there; they were both kind hearted and would do that to a kid, especially one so badly hurt. Both Darui and C thoughts were interrupted when Naruto spoke up.

"Um… so where am I?" Asked Naruto

"You are in Kumo…Now we should ask you a question. What's your name and where you're from?" asked Darui

"Uzumaki… Naruto Uzumaki from Konoha." Answered Naruto

"Alright… now that we know your name… well introduce you to the Raikage, who is the same as the Hokage in our village later on." Said C

Naruto was surprised to hear that he is going to be introducing to someone who is just as important as the old man, who he usually calls the Hokage. Darui then said that he would be introduced to him later, once he has gotten a little stronger.

Once they both left, Naruto couldn't help but be happy since this the 1st time anyone has looked at him, beside the 3rd, Ayame, Teuchi the ramen chief, without glaring or giving him the cold look in their eyes.

Till Next time