Dōkutsugakure no Sato

An: Well, here's the second chapter, everybody! And just to let everyone know, Spirit and I are taking turns writing a chapter a piece, and he recently finished this one. This is mainly a flashback to how his OCs, the Chōwashibō Clan, met up with Naruto, and their reactions to Naruto's trial. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: The Chōwashibō Clan

(Flashback)

Naruto was running through the village. Behind him was a mob that had knives, pitchforks, rocks, basically anything that could hurt him. He needed to get away. Find a place to hide before he was caught. If he did get caught, he was going to get injured. Badly.

He saw a small alley a few feet away and immediately dashed towards that. He didn't stop to breathe, and thanked Kami there wasn't a dead end in this one. He ran out the other side, he looked around to see where he could hide before the mob caught up to him.

He spotted a large home with an eight feet brick wall surrounding the place. That could work.

A large gate stood just a few feet away. Naruto didn't waste any time in jumping on it and climbing over. He quickly ran to one side of the wall and listened as the mob ran past the gate. He didn't let go of his breath until he didn't hear their footsteps anymore. He exhaled. He finally lost them.

"Hello?" a voice caught his attention and he jumped into the air in shock. The speaker was a young blonde girl his age with black hair with blonde streaks in it and blue eyes wearing a white dress. She tilted her head and asked, "Why are you in my clan's backyard? Are you playing hide and seek?"

"I-uh-um-you see-dah-what's hide and seek?" Naruto stuttered out, freaking out.

The girl's eyes widened. "You don't know what hide and seek is?!" she cried. She grabbed Naruto by his arm and said, "Come on! I'll teach you!"

"W-Wait! What are you-?!" Naruto's pleas went unheard as the mysterious girl dragged him further into the yard. However, it proved to be better than he thought. The girl, who introduced herself as Daria, spent twenty minutes teaching him how to play hide and seek. He learned she was very good at the game and she always found him, no matter where he hid.

Of course, he always found her as well.

After about thirty minutes of playing, Naruto was hiding and Daria was searching for him when he heard, "Daria-chan! It's time to come in!"

"Awwwwwwwww!" Daria whined. "Aki-onee-chan! I'm playing with my new friend!"

Naruto stiffened as the voice called back, "Tell your imaginary friend it's time for her to go home! It's really late now!"

"Naruto's not an imaginary friend!" Daria pouted cutely, crossing her arms. "And he's a boy!"

Suddenly, the doors flew open, startling Naruto as two teens with blond streaked black hair ran out the door with a boy his age with the same hair run out, all holding various shinobi weapons.

He whimpered quietly, but this proved to be a mistake as several kunai knives were thrown in his vicinity. He yelped and jumped out of his hiding spot, only to be caught by the teen girl.

"Who are you?!" she demanded harshly.

"P-Please don't hurt me," he whimpered meekly.

"Onee-chaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnn!" Daria whined. "Don't hurt my friend!" She stamped her foot on the ground, glaring at the older girl.

Aki blinked at her sister. She then looked back at Naruto and frowned. "Wait...you're the Uzumaki kid, right?"

"Y-Yes?"

"What are you doing in our clan compound?"

"P-Playing hide and seek?"

"Yes, I got that, but WHY?" she pressed.

"H-Hiding," he answered.

"From what?" the older boy demanded.

"F-From the mob."

"Mob?" Aki raised an eyebrow.

Naruto nodded. "People don't like me," he said. "They like to chase me and beat me up."

Daria gasped and tackled Naruto out of Aki's grasp. "Why would anyone wanna beat up my friend?!" she cried as she squeezed Naruto to death.

The elder boy looked to Aki and whispered, "Do you think it's because of the Kyūbi?"

Aki nodded grimly. "They must hate him for what the fox did," she said. "Aku, I...what are we going to do now?"

The elder boy, now known as Aku, thought about his sister's question. Kicking him out of their home wasn't an option. The mob would eventually find him and beat the poor boy. And even if they took him to his home, when he was left alone, anyone would attack once they had left. Speaking of which….

"Where's your home Naruto?" Aku asked him. When the blonde (Who manage to escape Daria's grasp, but she still got ahold of his arm) remained silent, Aku pressed forward. "Do you have a home at all?" Naruto slowly shook his head at this. Aku sighed. He was afraid of that.

"So how about you stay here?" Aku offered, causing Naruto, Aki, and the other boy to look at him in shock. "At least, until I can figure out where you can safe at. Seimei, can you and Daria show Naruto around?"

The boy, now known as Seimei, gave him a questioning look, but nodded. "Sure Aku." He then look at Naruto and Daria. "Come on you two. We got a lot to show."
"Yay! My new friend is staying with us!" Daria cheered. Naruto, who was still shock at the offer, yelped when Daria pulled him into the clan home, with Seimei following after them.

When they went into the house, Aki spoke up. "Are you sure this is the right decision, Aku?" She asked her brother. "I want to help him two, but the civilian counsel isn't going to just let us keep him."

"I know that Aki." Aku sighed. "I'm going talk to the Sandaime Hokage about this. See what he can do to help him. And if the civilian counsel tries to get involved, we'll do whatever we can to stop them from harming him."

(Flashback End)

Naruto and Aki quickly got back to the Chōwashibō compound. Aki turned her blonde hair and red eyes back to black hair with blonde streaks and blue eyes. "You better not leave anything out," Aki warned Naruto.

"I won't. I promise," Naruto said to her. She nodded in approval before they went inside their home. They were greeted with Aku, Seimei, and Daria waiting in the living room. They all turned to the door when they heard it open.

"Naruto!" Daria cried and before the blonde whiskered boy knew it, the young girl tackled him in a hug. "Are you okay? How bad did you get hurt? Let's get you to a hospital to find out!"

Naruto protested as Daria dragged him out of the door. "I'm fine Daria! Besides, I already went to the hospital, so I'm okay." Daria let go at that, but still look very worried, while Seimei and Aku walk over to them.

"What the hell happened on the mission?" Seimei bluntly asked. "One of the ANBU told us to pack everything up for when you got back here."

"Tsunade-sama also told me something similar, after I got back from my own mission," Aku told him. "She didn't elaborate on why. That's why Aki went to find you. Did something happened?"

Naruto sighed. "It's a long story. A really long one. And we don't have a lot of time as it is!"

"Then talk quickly," Aku said.

So Naruto started in the beginning, as quickly as possible. His fight with Sasuke, only to end up with lightning in his chest. The trial set up by the civilian counsel. When the Rookie 9 came to help him. And when he found out that they planned to banish him.

There was various reactions. Seimei looked very pissed, his face red and teeth clenched. Aki was no better, a scowl formed on her beautiful face. Aku didn't show any expression, but the anger was clear in his eyes. And Daria looked downright distraught, before hugging Naruto tightly.

"Why does everyone want to hurt you?!" She cried out, burying her head into his shoulder. "You never hurt anyone! You didn't do anything to them!"

"More importantly, why weren't we informed?" Aku asked, his voice taking an edged tone. "You're a part of our clan Naruto. We had every right to know that you were being tried."

"Cause they're idiots, that's why," Seimei hissed, clenching his fist. "We've been helping their lazy asses, making sure this village is safe and protected, and what do we get?! Our brother banished for doing his job!"

"While I don't disagree with them being idiots, let Naruto finish," Aki said to him. "I doubt that was all of it, considering there several clones distracting the ANBU right now. Some of them henges."

Naruto sighed. "My friends helped me get out of the room," Naruto told them. "They all decided that they'll leave Konoha with me, and I made several henge clones to distract the ANBU, so they could what they." Naruto got up suddenly, eyes wide. "Which brings me back to my original point, we need to get our stuff and leave! We got to meet them at the far right side of the village wall."

"Good thing we finish packing then," Aku said nodding. He turned to his siblings. "Everyone get your stuff and get ready to leave. Make sure you didn't leave anything important or personal. Seimei, you better go to your own team and see if they want to come with us. If we're going to do this, we will need all the allies we can get."

"Yeah, okay," Seimei agreed. Then he Shunshined to where his team could possibly be at. Aki, Daria, and Naruto, meanwhile, went to their rooms to pack their belongings.

Aku, meanwhile, sat down on a recliner and let out a long suffering sigh. 'I don't regret adopting you Naruto, but damn is your life difficult.' Those civilians were determined to get Naruto out of the village, weren't they?

He felt anger at Sakura and Sasuke for abandoning Naruto. They were supposed to be his comrades. His friends. How could they abandon him like that? And for what? Petty revenge? A crush for somebody who doesn't even respect you?

'Oh, if you could see your youngest son now Mikoto.' Aku thought, thinking about his former mother figure. 'You would've been disappointed in him.'

But the anger disappeared when he thought about Naruto's friends. While he was glad those nine are willing to stick up for Naruto, he was shocked to hear that they decided to leave the village with him. Where on earth did they come up with the idea? Cause he knew that all of them were loyal to Konoha, as well as their clan and/or family. They wouldn't think about abandoning him. Did someone plant into their idea into their head?

He heard footsteps coming to the living room, and saw Daria, Aki, and Naruto came in. He pushed away the thoughts in his head for now. He'd think about it later. "You guys got everything?" Aku asked them. Then he saw Seimei Shunshin back into the house. "And you told your team what happened?"

All of them nodded. "I made sure Naruto and Daria got everything Aku." Aki told him. "I also got all of our clan jutsus." Aku nodded to her in appreciation.

"I also told my team what had happened and what we plan to do. They decided to join me." He then got a cocky grin. "Of course, it wasn't a question that they would join an awesome guy like me." The twin brother and sister rolled their eyes while Daria giggled. Seimei had always been cocky, and that didn't change when he became a shinobi with Naruto.

"Alright then. Let's go." Aku led all of them out of their clan home. But when he opened the door, he was met with none other than the Godaime Hokage. "You need something Tsunade-sama?"

"So all four of you are leaving with Naruto, huh?" It was more of a statement than a question. And Tsunade didn't look all that surprised.

Aku nodded. "We're not just gonna just let them banish Naruto." Aku told her seriously. "If he has to go, then we'll be going as well."

"We don't abandon our family Tsunade-sama." Aki joined her brother. "And Naruto is our family, ever since he entered into our home."

'Onee-chan. Onii-chan.' Naruto thought to himself, tears returning to his eyes before he shook them out. Even though he was adopted by them years ago, their devotion to him made his heart soar.

Tsunade nodded in understanding. "I'm not going stop you." Tsunade sighed. "Besides, I doubt you would try to face me when you can use your Kekkei Genkai to get away." Aku nodded to that.

The Chōwashibō clan Kekkei Genkai was speed. When it activates, their eyes turn red and hair fully blonde. It increased their bodies' natural attributes, as well as make them incredibly fast. The drawback though was that if they keep using it regularly, it would cause them pain. From blurred vision and massive headaches, to their body seizing up in pain. So Aku and Aki made sure they, as well as Seimei and Daria, didn't overuse the ability.

"So why are you here?" Aku asked her. She wouldn't be here just to say that.

Tsunade handed Naruto a large scroll. "This," she explained, "is your inheritance, Naruto."

This stumped the five. "My inheritance?" Naruto asked.

"His inheritance?" the four of the Chōwashibō clan members asked in synchronization.

Tsunade nodded. "His parents had made many enemies, so Sarutobi sensei kept it from him until he was sure he could defend himself, or he became chunin. Naturally, on his death, the damn civilian council stalled his application," Tsunade grumbled the last part. "But in any case, Konoha doesn't deserve it, which they will try to take once Naruto's gone."

Tsunade smiled sadly. "I'm sorry this happened, Naruto. If I could change it now, there would be nothing to stop me. But the civilian council has done their homework well. My hope is that I can convince the daimyo to revoke his decision. But until then, stay safe."

With that, Tsunade left, leaving Naruto and the Chōwashibō children alone. Aku look at the scroll with interest. "I wonder who your parents are Naruto."

Naruto nodded, looking at the scroll. "I've always wondered that too. Even more so now." He looked at the scroll for a little longer before putting it up. "Well, I'll look at it later. Right now, we need to go catch up with the others."

Aku nodded in agreement. "Everyone made sure they got their stuff?" He asked all of his siblings. All of them nodded. "Good. Now let's go."

With that, all five of them Shunshined to the right side of the village wall, where the others would be meeting them at.