AN: So RoyaN G J asked me to supply a timeline and since I could not find out when exactly the Uzumaki were destroyed in the manga I have deduced that since Kushina was seemingly sent to Konoha just before the destruction of Uzu I'd say this story takes place during the third shinobi world war. This of coarse comes from the fact that Kushina has to be around the same age as Minato and he grew up and became a hero in the second shinobi war… crazy right? Well for me that is since he also became a sensei in that war, it must have been a long ass war and seeing as the current one is what? Two days long or something?

Anyway I might be wrong about this and my logic could be highly inaccurate but if I am, I blame it on Kishimoto and his fucked up timeline, so yeah enough of my rambling about that.

One last thing though… in response to LordHero's review: I'm grateful that you do not mind OC's because in this one I really have no choice but to make some, right? And to the whole violet eyes thing, yip I know not all the Uzumaki had them, that's why I made Nasha's green.

Disclaimer: I swear to you on my life that I do not own Naruto, in fact I did not even read chapter 695 that should show you how disinterested I am in the series right now

'it is not so much you taking revenge that will scar you for the rest of your life, it's when you turn around and look at all the carnage you have left behind you that will'

Now… it's finally time for the story, YAY!

Chapter two: friend or foe

Once every enemy nin had fled the battlefield, silence descended upon it. The only sounds that could be heard were the labored breaths of the exhausted Uzumaki and the breeze that blew through it, but nobody moved. Every pair of eyes looked toward the huge spiral that was burnt into the ground, the place where their mighty leader had sacrificed himself in order to defeat two of the opposing leaders of the invading party. They could not comprehend that their leader, the mightiest shinobi their clan had seen in a long time had fallen in battle.

One shinobi came over his shock the quickest and stabbed his sword into the ground before kneeling on one knee in respect of his fallen leader. Soon every Uzumaki followed that one shinobi's lead to also pay their respects, every Uzumaki but one because Naruto could not believe what he was seeing. He stood stock still with wide and tearful eyes, but he refused to cry, he would never show such weakness in front of his clan. However, he could also not believe his father was gone. The man that he could not even lay a finger on a little earlier in the day.

*Flashback no jutsu*

As Miroko came charging at Naruto with two extended chains vibrating behind his back, ready to attack him, he jumped back to create some distance between them and then drew a seal on the ground as fast as his hands could before activating the seal that he just drew "Sealing Technique: Barrier". Then all around Naruto a barrier rose out of the ground, pulsing red kanji all over it. Naruto sighed in relief when he saw his barrier had been erected and that he was now saved from his fathers relentless attacking, if only for a moment. That relief, however, did not last very long when he heard a loud crack then a loud sound like glass breaking. His eyes widened when he realized what had just happened and dodged the oncoming kunai tipped chains, but just barely because he received multiple cuts on his clothes for it. When he landed he had no chance of recovery as his father dashed toward him, sword drawn, and slashed across his chest. Lucky for him it seemed like his father did not want to injure him and only damaged his flak jacked and clothes, before he fell over and his father put his sword to his throat.

Miroko looked down at his son with an impassive look on his face "Is that truly all you could have done, Naruto? That barrier could not even stop my chains, and I could have killed you multiple times after the barrier broke because you were so shocked that it did. You should have had a contingency plan at the ready for a situation like that."

Naruto tried to keep his fathers stare but could not help but lower his head in shame from the words that he just spoke "Yes, father"

Miroko withdrew his sword from his son's neck and sheathed it before turning around and walking away "Good, I expect you to do better next time. I do hope you plan to do better next time"

*flashback no jutsu end*

His mind just could not fathom that a person so much more powerful than him had been killed in battle, and yet he survived somehow. "Father…" It came out as nothing more than a whisper. He fell to his knees and lowered his head too, not knowing what else to do in this situation. How could he take over the Uzumaki clan when a greater man than he had held it before him? He would not be able to lead a clan when he was not the strongest among them. It would not be right. He stumbled to his feet and slowly walked toward the place where his father had fought his last battle, he had known that there was a chance that his father would not make it but it was something that he also believed would not happen. When his legs threatened to give way under him, he stumbled to the side but before he could fall far somebody caught him. He looked at the feminine hand that had stabilized him and slowly followed the arm toward the persons face with his eyes.

Soft green eyes stared at him with clear sadness in them. Nasha looked at Naruto's confused and sad eyes before she forced a smile on her face to cheer him up a little "Hey…" she said in a soothing voice. "We made it… We kept our promise"

He tried to say something to her but his voice was stuck in his throat so he just turned his head back towards the sight of his father's grave, so to speak. Nasha understood what he was feeling, but had no words to comfort him so she did the only thing she knew of that stood a chance to do that, she hugged him.

Naruto was a little shocked when Nasha hugged him, but after a few seconds he returned the hug and relaxed into her, however as soon as he did the emotional and physical exhaustion that he felt came crashing down on him and unconsciousness clamed him.

Naruto's room: some time later

As soon as consciousness returned to him the first thing he noticed was his very, very dry throat and he coughed a when he tried to breath through it. Then he felt that someone was holding his hand and he was lying in a comfortable bed. 'Hmm… wonder who is holding my hand' when he blearily opened his eyes his vision was foggy for a couple of a seconds, but when it turned to normal he turned his head around to look at the person who was holding his hand. When he saw who it was his mood instantly increased 'Mom?! So she survived!'

There sitting next to his bed was his mother, still in her ripped battle clothing and a worried expression on her face. Her long light, almost pink like, red hair was stuck over her face, by the sweat, and covering most of it. It was also flowing over her grey flak jacket, which all Uzumaki ninja wore in battle and on missions, and under it peaked out some mash armor. The flak jacket itself was covered in blood, whether it was hers or her enemies he could not determine, but by the way it was sliced and torn in most places he could assume that at least some of it was hers. Her black baggy pants were also covered in slices and blood. In her hand that just peaked out of her long sleeve from her kimono, he could make out a wet cloth in her free hand. He frowned a little at that 'It seems that she has been taking care of me since I passed out…' He gently squeezed her hand to wake her up. When his mother only groaned a little in her sleep he decide to get up and carry her to her bed, but when he tried to slowly take his hand out of hers to get out of bed she tightened her grip on his hand and opened her eyes to look at him. When he looked into the tired black eyes of his mother he could not help but sigh, she had probably been by his side the entire time and must have only fell asleep for a few minutes.

"Mom… you should be resting, you are injured"

She scoffed at her son for his ignorance "Hmphf… did you forget that I can heal from these injuries in a matter of hours, Naruto-kun?"

Naruto had the decency to look embarrest for forgetting that his mother had an incredible healing ability "Hehe… must have gotten a concussion?"

She smiled fondly at her son; no matter how smart he thought he was, sometimes he could just be so forgetful "Sure you did honey…"

He could see that she was not that happy now that he was really listening to the tone of her voice, so he decided to try and at least cheer her up "Mom, I…"

However before he had the chance to finish that sentence someone came barging in "Rida-sama! The retrieval team just came back saying that the Uzumaki that were sent to Konoha were apparently escorted back to Konoha by a large army"

Rida narrowed her eyes at that 'Large army? Then why didn't they come to help? We sent enough ninja to protect the children' "Did they bring the children back home?"

The shinobi quickly shook his head at that "No, Rida-sama, they have already reached Konoha so the team came back in order to attend the ceremony for Miroko-sama and the other fallen"

Rida visibly flinched when the shinobi talked about her dead husband but kept her stone cold expression in order to stay strong for her clan "Ok then, I'll send a team to retrieve them after the ceremony tonight… you may go Furasshu-san."

Furasshu bowed respectfully toward their –now- leader and then quickly left the room. Naruto watched his mother for a moment and saw the sad expression in her eyes and how she could not even look him in the eyes, so he did the only thing that he could at that moment which was stand up from his bed and pull his mother into a very tight hug "I'm so sorry mom… but I want you to know that you don't have to hold it in with me"

Rida was a strong women and a very skilled kunoichi of the Uzumaki clan, she had seen many things in her life and even more since they entered the war as allies of the leaf. So it was understandable that she had not shed one tear since she saw her husband basically incinerate himself just four hours ago in a battle for their clans survival. She knew the risk, but when her son hugged her and said those soothing words to her she could not hold her pain in any more, and she let all her pent up feelings out. "*sniff* I can't *sniff* believe he's gone!"

Naruto watched his mother cry on his shoulder with eyes filled with tears too, he wanted to cry, but he could not, because he had to stay strong for his mother through this entire ordeal. "It's going to be ok, mom…" He did not know how but he would make everything work out somehow, someway.

His mother said nothing after that and just continued to cry for ten more minutes on his shoulder, making sure to get all of her pain out at that moment because she did not know when she would get such an opportunity again. After the ten minutes she sniffed for one last time before she spoke to him in a very soft voice "I waited till you woke up before I would start the ceremony for the fallen… we're going to use the spiral your… fa-father left as the memorial site for them all."

Naruto nodded at that, glad that his mother had waited for him, but sighed when realized that his father was indeed gone and that he would never again see him "I guess we have to get this over with… I'll get ready now mom" He gave his mother one last hug "You should too…"

Rida nodded at her son before she left his room to go get herself ready.

The ceremony

Naruto stood next to his mother in a black silk kimono that had a golden trim and an Uzumaki swirl over the place where his heart was. His mother had the exact same kimono on as he did but unlike him she did not have tears at the edge of her eyes as she spoke of the sacrifice of so many Uzumaki today. He admired his mother for hiding her pain from her family so effectively and find the strength to be a strong leader to them. He was so caught up in his musings that he missed his mothers' entire speech. When he saw that the ninja were walking toward the little shrine, that they had built, with flowers in their hands he put his own down and gave a prayer of thanks to those that sacrificed their lives for the other Uzumaki to survive. When he was done he slowly rose and started to make his way towards his favorite place to clear his head.

Nasha watched Naruto walk away from the ceremony in a daze, at first she wondered where he would be going at a time like this but when she recognized the direction in which he was walking she instantly knew where he was going, she decided to finish paying her respect to the fallen before going after him.

Some minutes after that with Naruto

Naruto had been thinking over his role in the village for quite some time now and he had come to one conclusion: he was not strong enough to lead a weakened clan in a time of war. But that could change, and he would make sure that it would change in the near future.

So rapt up in his musings was he that he did not even notice Nasha creeping up on him and hugging him from behind "You know, you will get emo real quick if you continue to brood like that"

At first he was startled to hear her speak to him but quickly relaxed into her hug after it faded "I think after this whole shinobi war has ended I'm going out to find myself Nash…"

She giggled at that statement. "And what would 'find myself' mean exactly?"

Naruto turned around in her hug and looked down at her to look into her eyes "If I was strong enough to join my father today in his fight then maybe… just maybe he could have survived"

Nasha frowned a little at that and then even more when she saw the sadness in his eyes "You know you're not weak Naruto…if…if it wasn't for you then I would be dead!"

Naruto smiled a little at that "You really scared me there, Nash, I mean REALLY scared me"

She smiled at that too "You can just say that you would not know what to do without me, Naruto-kun" Then she smiled teasingly at him.

Naruto smirked "Wouldn't you like that, you little flirt…" she mock glared at him for that statement "But you're right… I don't know what I'd do without you."

Her smile widened at that and before she knew it they were both staring deeply into each others eyes while slowly leaning in for what was to be their first kiss, she started to stand up on her toes to get in closer to him and he began to lean down. She could not believe it was finally happening after all the time she had been struggling to figure out if she truly had feelings for him, it turned out that she did. When she finally accepted it they had been friends for so long she did not know how to tell him… but now, now it was just happening. There was no need for words because it was automatic.

However just as their lips were about to meet a shinobi came bursting into their little spot "Naruto-sama! Rida-sama, requests your presence immediately!"

Naruto was visibly startled by the shinobi's interruption and pulled away from Nasha quickly and then blushed a little when he realized what he was about to do. "Ahh! I'm really sorry Nash… I don't know what came over me!" To emphasize his point he started waving his hands in front of him.

Nasha looked quite irritated at that point so she deduced that he must have thought that her expression was meant for him. She turned to the shinobi who looked very confused about Naruto's outburst and then glared at him "You have nothing to apologize for Naruto-kun, but he does!" and to get her point across she unleashed all of her killing intent.

The offending shinobi visibly paled when he saw the righteous fury that radiated from Nasha. And even though he did not know what exactly he had done to anger the girl he did not really have the balls to ask her at that moment… or rather he would have liked to keep his balls in tact and safe from her coming assault. So he did what any man would do when faced with an angry powerful women who demanded an apology… he begged for forgiveness "My humblest apology for my insolence Nasha-san! It won't happen again, I promise!"

Naruto looked on in amusement as Furasshu begged Nasha for forgiveness. He could clearly see the fear that was in his eyes while he rapidly bowed in front of the fuming kunoichi. He could not believe that she was not mad at him for trying to kiss her 'Does that mean she likes me too?...man that would be so cool!". But, he had to save Furasshu before Nasha tried to kill him, so he cleared his throat to get her attention "Yes, well Nash I don't think that you should attack my mom's personal help… I believe that won't go down as well as you expect." Nasha looked at him for a moment before she indignantly huffed and turned away from him. Naruto sighed, she could be so short tempered at times but decided to get Furasshu out of there too "Tell mom I'll be there in a moment Furasshu-san" Furasshu bowed thankfully at Naruto and then ran back to the village as quickly as his legs would carry him.

Nasha looked back at Naruto with the cutest pout that he had ever seen in his entire life "You know Naruto-kun, I was really looking forward to that…"

When he heard her say that his mood skyrocketed and the largest smirk he had ever had, plastered itself on his face "You mean it Nash?" he was hoping that she was not teasing him as she usually did… because the truth was that he had had a crush on Nasha since he first saw her.

Nasha grew a smirk of herself when she saw Naruto's "No, not really… I don't want things to get weird between us…"

When he heard that Naruto immediately face faulted "WHAAAAAAAT?!"

When she saw his reaction she could not help but break into full blown laughter at his expense. When she could finally calm down and only giggles escaped her moth she finally spoke up "Hehe… sorry, Naruto-kun… I just could not help it. But seriously though, I was looking forward to kissing you"

Upon hearing those words come out of her mouth Naruto's proverbial funk instantly vanished and he shot up to his feet and punched the air in victory "Yes!" then he ran forward and quickly took her hand while looking into her eyes "Let's just go see what my mother wants from me and then after that we can come back here and spend some time together, yeah?"

Nasha smiled at the thought of that "Yeah… sounds good to me"

With Naruto and his mother

Naruto was not happy at all. He had thought that he would just have a quick word with his mother and then after that he would go spend some time with the girl he had liked since he was but a child, the same girl who he had found out apparently liked him too. And now his mother had told him that he would need to go on a mission that would start immediately after they were done.

Naruto tried to keep his voice down but he just couldn't "What do you mean I need to do this?! Come on mom I have important things to do after this!" Well he did not need to tell her what exactly those important things were. "I just can't go"

His mother looked at him for a full minute and then smiled knowingly at him "You can spend time with your little girlfriend some other time son… but you will have to do this mission for me, I have a feeling that something is going to go wrong."

Naruto was going to ask what his mother thought was going to go wrong when he realized what she had initially said and then he blushed beet red, same colour as his hair in fact, and then he tried to splutter out a denial "Whaaaaat?!... bu… how?...we …" Then he deflated. "Damn, how do you always know everything mother?" He of course only remembered in the middle of his failed denial that his mother seemed to know everything somehow.

She chuckled at seeing her son so flustered but was happy that he found someone that could help him through a time like this in his life. And she was especially happy that it was Nasha, she really did like that girl because she reminded her of her younger self "Well… you know that information means everything to us Naruto-kun… and I certainly do not plan on revealing my spy to you"

Naruto threw a mock glare at his mother for that. "But come on mother, why do I need to go to Konoha to retrieve our kin? They can just come back or you can send someone else."

Rida fell silent at that and thought hard about how she needed to put her next words. "Well, Naruto you were in the room when Furasshu-san informed us that a large army was believed to have escorted the children and five adult shinobi that we sent away for protection back to Konoha am I right?" At his silent nod she decided to continue her explanation, "I could not understand how such a large army would be ready to escort our people back to Konoha and we could not even send out a distress call to Konoha because our communication seal had, for some reason, failed to work before the invasion started." At this she waited to see if Naruto had any questions what so ever, but when it was clear that he did not have any she continued. "So you can understand my concern about this issue and me wanting to send out a team of my own to go and get our kin from Konoha so that they can come home safely. However, I do not want to send a big team, just three or four skilled enough shinobi to make sure you all can return"

Naruto held up his hand to stop his mother right then and there "So you believe that Konoha has betrayed us and they want to take the children for themselves?" He could not believe that his mother would think such a thing about their only ally.

Rida narrowed her eyes at Naruto for a moment but then let her expression fall back to one without emotion and spoke in a cold and foreboding voice "I am saying that it is highly likely that they have. I do not know why they would do such a thing, but they have already taken one of my family to strengthen their military might so I will not allow them to take these children from their home."

Naruto had to suppress a shudder when he heard his mothers voice "O…k then. I'll take a team and go see what the big deal is with Konoha"

Rida nodded in agreement "And remember just three or four ninja… we don't want Konoha thinking we suspect them of betrayal."

Naruto had to scoff at that "Yeah… coz we don't do we?" And then he stood up to go and find three willing ninja to go with him.

Outside the Uzukage building

Naruto was thinking of a fool proof way of telling Nasha that they could not do what they had planned to do… and then preferably walk away unscathed and with everything in tact. This of course was proving to be very, very difficult and thus he was walking at his slowest speed to meet up with Nasha in the hopes of actually coming up with something. When he came out of the Uzukage building and saw her talking with some boy around their age, however, he picked up his speed to find out exactly who this guy was. When he came closer and closer he started to get bit jealous because they were laughing quite a bit so he tried to pick up his pace again.

The guy talking to Nasha suddenly saw him coming toward them and waved happily at him "Hey! Comrade nice to see you again!"

Naruto looked at the guy that was talking to him and scrunched up his face to try and remember just who he was… after about five seconds however he gave up "Huh… who the hell are you?"

The guy seemed to be genuinely hurt by that statement but when he spoke you could tell that he was just playing around "O you wound me so, comrade. It's me, Yohei! Dear Kami man we just went through an invasion together!"

Naruto deadpanned at him "Everyone went through that"

Yohei seemed to think about Naruto's statement for a moment "Ok, ok you got me there, but that aside we helped each other through it man!"

Naruto looked him over for a moment and then shook his head "Nope, I don't know you."

Yohei crossed his arms and snorted at him "Yes, you do."

"No, I don't man"

"Yes, you do!"

"Nope… never met you"

"Yes you have"

"Nope"

"Ok fine! Don't believe me? Ask Nasha-chan over here then."

Naruto glared at the guy who just dared to call his soon to be girlfriend by the affectionate suffix –chan "Hey who the hell do you…"

He did not get far as Nasha quickly interrupted him before he could say something offensive to Yohei "Naruto-kun! Don't you remember Yohei at all?" She knew that Naruto was sometimes very forgetful but to forget the person who helped you survive an invasion by three major villages, which also happened just about nine hours ago was just ridiculous.

When Naruto heard Nasha ask him if he could really not remember this guy he was very confused but nevertheless if she knew him then he must have just forgotten "Haha… of coarse I remember him!"

Yohei's face instantly lit up at that statement "I knew you remembered me!"

At that Naruto nervously scratched his head "Hehe… well you see… I… don't really" and so Yohei and Nasha face faulted "Hehe… sorry?"

Yohei though would not let his spirit be dampened like that because he knew that he could get Naruto to remember "No worries comrade! All you need is a reminder of some sort! Hmmm… perhaps a dangerous mission, yes?"

Naruto had the brightest idea at that point "Yeah, yeah you are absolutely right! How about you come with me on a mission today infact?"

When those words left his mouth of coarse the still grounded Nasha decided to jump up on her feet and point an accusatory finger at Naruto, accompanied by a glare "What do you mean today?! The day is almost over and we still have a date!"

Now of coarse Naruto was sweating like a pig caught at an Uzumaki roast "Uh… well you see Nash… I was kinda forced to take this mission… you understand right?"

By the way Nasha was fuming and struggling to control herself, the killing intent she was leaking and Yohei who was slowly backing away from her she was most definitely not understanding. So he had to quickly find a way out of this, preferably alive as he had decided before he even came there "BUUUUUT… that got me thinking too…" 'think, think, think man! What did it make you… ahh!" "That we should really go on a real date… like a fancy place for dinner and what-not, am I right?"

Nasha wanted to scream at him for something but the more she thought about it, the more it made sense too… she was not going to tell him that of coarse so she just huffed and looked away "Fine…"

At first Naruto thought she was kidding so he kept on high alert for ten more seconds and seeing Yohei giving him the thumbs up, he smirked 'Naruto you sly fox you' "Also if you could maybe help me out with being my third member in the team I'll need…"

Nasha did not even let him finish explaining about the mission "No, I still need to do my part on cleaning up the mess around the island."

Naruto looked a bit downtrodden at that "O… well do you maybe know someone I can ask?"

She pondered that question for a bit "Yeah I think Hikari-san will be available"

"Hikari-baka? Come on Nash you know that guy hates me!" Naruto was beginning to think that she wanted to punish him.

Nasha just looked at him with a confused look "What? But Hikari-san is the nicest person I have ever met in my life"

Yohei decided to put his two cents in too "Yeah comrade, he is"

Naruto deadpanned at them "And that is exactly why I don't like him! He is way too nice for my liking. No one is that nice."

It was now their turn to deadpan at him. Nasha was of course the one to voice her opinion first "Just go ask him already!"

"Ok… ok fine I'll go. Yohei go get ready we leave in fifteen minutes, and we'll meet at where the gate is suppose to be." When Yohei gave him a quick salute and then used shunshin to go to his place, Naruto sighed and looked at Nasha with pleading eyes "I'm really sorry Nash… you know I tried to argue with mother but she thought that this was really important"

Nasha could not help but smile at him "It's ok, Naruto-kun… I'm just a bit disappointed that's all."

Naruto caressed her cheek and twirled a lock of her hair in his hand "Hey… I promise when I come back you will have the best date of your life."

She giggled at that "It's gonna be the first date of my life you dummy."

He chuckled at that too "Exactly! So technically it will be the best."

That of course made her giggle even more "Why do you have to make it so hard to stay mad at you huh?... just get out of here and be safe."

He gave her a quick hug before he left "Yeah, I'll be as safe as I can… but now I need to go talk to that baka" Then he took off in the direction of Hikari's house.

Nasha could not understand how Naruto could not like Hikari because he really was the nicest person she had ever met in her entire life… but Naruto probably had his reasons.

Outside Hikari's house

Naruto had been knocking for two minutes now and after continuously increasing the volume of his knocking he finally gave up and decided to go get someone else, however just as he was turning around he saw Hikari walking at a fairly slow pace toward his home. Naruto observed the twenty year old for a while with narrowed eyes. He was a young man with an androgynous appearance. He had long dark red hair tied in low pony tail, very pale skin and light blue eyes, which almost made him seem blind. He had on a white, long-sleeved kimono with red and orange designs on it, which could be taken as signs for the Uzumaki clan symbol. To Naruto this guy was just way too creepy with his pale skin and light blue eyes… and his constantly nice attitude, but he needed at least one more ninja for his team and Hikari was definitely skilled enough.

When Hikari saw Naruto at his gate his eyes slightly widened in surprise but he quickly regained his composure and let a smile snake up his face "Ahh… Naruto-sama, what a pleasant surprise to find you here today."

Naruto looked at the creepy smile on Hikari's face and almost shuddered at it "Hikari-san… I have come to ask if you would be willing to come on a mission with me."

Hikari seemed to ponder his request for a moment before he answered "Why yes of course, Naruto-sama… it would be an honor in fact."

Naruto could not keep his eyes off that creepy smile 'Bah! What is it with this guy?' "Yes… well we leave in ten minutes… please be where the gate use to be by then" and with that Naruto used the fastest shunshin he could to get out of there.

Hikari chuckled to himself when he saw Naruto excuse himself so quickly, but never the less went inside his home to get ready for whatever they were going to be doing.

Where Uzushiogakure's gate use to be

When Naruto had arrived at the meeting place, Yohei had already been waiting for him and ever since been trying to convince him that they did in fact know each other. Personally Naruto thought he was just crazy.

Yohei unsheathed his sword and dramatically pointed at it "You see this sword comrade?! This sword right here saved your life ten times!"

Naruto was a little offended by that, "WHAT! Ten times?! Bitch please now I know you are a lying!"

Yohei froze and started sweating a little "Ok… ok maybe I exaggerated a little, but the fact remains that I did in fact save you man!"

"Dude I think I would have seriously remembered you if that hap…"

"Ahh Naruto-sama… O and Yohei-san? How nice of you to join us"

The two spun around in the direction of where the voice was coming from and Naruto grimaced a little when he saw Hikari and his trademark creepy smile… for him at least. Yohei however had a huge smile when seeing the man "Hikari-san! Good to see you man! Now we can finally get this show on the road man"

Naruto wasted no time at that "Yes, let's move out. Our destination is Konoha." And with that they took off at blazing speed to get to the dock.

Next morning at Konoha main gate

Naruto had decided that their little group take a break during night and had camped near a stream. They continued their journey early in the morning to be able to reach Konoha at an acceptable hour. When they arrived, they had to wait ten minutes for the guards to get them clearance because they had apparently not believed that they were indeed Uzumaki coming to get their kin back, and now they had been waiting for twenty minutes outside of the Hokage's office and Naruto was getting really, really irritated by the second. "What the hell are they talking about in there…"

Yohei stopped stuffing his face with some dango that he had bought on his way there "I have no idea… but these things are really good man… just wish they had cheese puffs here."

Hikari looked up from his tea with a thoughtful look "I too wonder what they are talking about"

Naruto looked at Hikari with a deadpanned look "Tea? Where the hell did you get that?"

Hikari smiled at Naruto "Simple storage seal fused with a heat seal of coarse"

That reminded Naruto of his ramen that he had stored in the same seal, but just as he was about to unseal it the door to the Hokage's office opened and out came, who Naruto assumed to be, the Hokage's secretary "You may come in now." Naruto just sighed and stood up to go inside. His companions followed his example.

Inside the Hokage's office

Hiruzen Sarutobi was not having a good day at all. He had spent months plotting on how to win this war and also strengthen his village so that they would be able to be the strongest village when the war was over. And because he was such a genius he had come up with the perfect plan, proving to his advisors why he was called 'the professor' yet again and that plan had succeeded after much plotting and what not, or so he had thought. Yesterday he had given the most heartwarming speech of his career as a ninja about the Uzumaki's fall and how tragic it had been, he had also promised to take care of all the refugees and had made them all Konoha ninja on the same day. He had thought that he could raise those kids to be loyal to Konoha and protect it, but apparently the Uzumaki had survived somehow. The mere thought of it was ludicrous, how could one clan stand against three major ninja villages? What the hell happened in that invasion. However that was something to figure out at a later date, right now he had a more immediate problem: the Uzumaki wanted their children back, which he could simply not allow at the moment. The only problem with that was that they had no concrete reason to keep the children in Konoha now other than saying that they were all Konoha ninja, and in the end they had decided to go with just that. When he saw someone come in through the door he put on his friendliest smile and gave them a warm greeting "Uzumaki-sans welcome, you must be tired? Take a seat so we can talk about why you are here."

Naruto looked at the older ninja who was acting so friendly toward him and observed him for a moment. He was a dark-skinned man with dark brown spiked hair. He also had a small goatee. He also had a single line running vertically under the outer corners of each eye. He was wearing the official uniform worn by the Hokage. Behind the Hokage stood three people, Naruto of course knew these ninja as the Sannin, and upon seeing them he stiffened just a bit. Never the less he did take a seat because he wanted to get this over with. "Hokage-sama"

Hiruzen smiled at the boy before him "Why don't you tell me why you are here Naruto-san?"

Naruto looked at the Hokage for a full minute, not caring what they took his silence and narrowed eyes for, because he certainly knew that they knew why he was there "I believe you know why I am here Hokage-sama, now if you do not mind I would like to take my kin and be on my way"

Hiruzen did not lose his smile in the least by the boy's direct nature "I'm afraid that can not happen Naruto-san"

Naruto narrowed his eyes even more at that "Why not?"

Hiruzen continued as if he did not notice the killing intent that Naruto was slowly beginning to leak out "Because Naruto-kun those ninja have already sworn loyalty to Konoha"

At that statement Naruto unleashed all his killing intent and glared at the Hokage, he was a little surprised when it was nullified by the Sannin as if it was nothing but kept his glare, and then spoke in the coldest tone he could "Hiruzen Sarutobi…" The Hokage was surprised by the disrespect, but had expected something like it "This Kami forsaken village has taken my aunt and little sister…" At this he rose out of his seat "You will hand over my people or regret the outcome of your foolishness."

Orochimaru glared at the boy that dared disrespect his teacher "Is that a threat boy."

Naruto returned his glare without flinching or backing down "No, that is the truth"

Hiruzen chuckled at Naruto's words "O come now Naruto-kun… we are all allies here. Let us be a little more civil."

However Naruto had no more times for games "You heard what I said Hiruzen. I will go see my sister and then head to the gate; if my clan members are not there I will consider it as an act against our treaty and my clan. I'll inform Rida-sama of it and then we will act accordingly to it." With that he walked out of the office followed by Yohei and Hikari.

On Hiruzen's side, he was not doing so good, he did not expect either Miroko or Rida to survive that invasion. Why did he spend so much time and effort distributing intelligence in order to wipe out the Uzumaki if nothing went as planned?

Tsunade decided to voice her concerns since everyone seemed to be thinking "What will you do Hiruzen-sensei?"

"That is the question, now isn't it Tsunade-hime"

CUT.

AN: December 2 heh? Told you the updated chap two would be up soon. Anyway hope I corrected all the mistakes here too neh?

AR(authors rant): meh I got nothing this week since I did not want to waist data reading the manga. However if I hear good things about it I will.

Slade out