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"Naruto" – Talking

'Naruto' – Thoughts

Naruto – Flashback

Naruto – Jutsu

Cracking Gaps: Sins of a Family

Time To Meet The New Family!

Previously on Cracking Gaps: Sins of a Family,

The twin just did the unthinkable as soon as that inspiring speech had ended; Keiji embraced Naruto while Mito embraced Hinata. "Just…just tell us how to change." Keiji muttered through a hiccup.

"Yeah. We want to have friends and…we want to change into better people but they won't tell us how." Mito finished that helped Hinata and Naruto connect the dots: the twins were just two poor kids modeled into spoiled brats on fear and desire to make their ignorant parents look at them. In short, they were neglected just like the siblings they don't know existed. But that is all about to change and Naruto will see to that it does of die trying.

And so, a few months had passed like a leaf in the morning wind. The twins and Hinata sure came a long way under Naruto's leadership. Hinata did the most as she was pretty much at Naruto's level of skill while the twins could not be compared to anyone but themselves and that was fine with them. All that therapy and exposure to the darker side of a Shinobi life was unorthodox but effective anyway.

After the basics of tree walking and water walking to improve chakra control, they went to the more moderate stuff. This included learning more advanced Jutsu, each centering on the basic five elements that make up nature that a Shinobi is capable of interacting with as well using it in battle. But energy wasn't existing just for warfare, they can do more than battle and fight. They can protect and they can alter the surroundings to solve problems and remove any obstacles.

For fire, to be able to burn away anything that stands in your way. To cause heat for the cold and provide light to the dark.

For water, to be able to wash anything that will blind your vision. To supply all life in the world. To provide a home for those who can't breathe the air.

For air, to be able to cut down anything that comes to cause you harm. To spread the seeds of beginnings. To cause weather that will affect the environment. To create storms to vanquish your foes.

For lightning, to be able to turn your blunders to dust. To power lights and create comminutions. To move at speeds rivaling that of pure light.

For earth, to be able to take anything with pure strength. To manipulate the qualities of stone and gravel and rock. To create from the very surroundings.

Those are how these five elements maintain their own part of nature. When they combine and form new elements, then any form of life can survive. These new forces of nature can work in the same way as the basic ones. They are just too much to list in one go.

Despite how complicated it is to understand all this, the way to discover what to train with was actually quite easy once Naruto had finally allowed his team to try out one day. When he gave them pieces of paper; like his doing now.

"What are these for Sensei?" Keiji asked, training was always what he loved but after seeing how the 'smarty pants' he calls them fight…let's just say it was enough to interest him.

"They are Chakra Paper. They are made from a very rare tree whose bark make it well known because depending on the element a Shinobi can use the best, the bark will respond to it." Naruto answered,

"How?"

"For example." Naruto just said and he took one for himself and while it was lodged in the two fingers he uses the most, it got sliced in half with the two pieces burning off and wrinkled. "That was only three of the results that can happen to the paper. When it got cut in half, it meant that my first and primary element is Wind. The one that burst into flames meant Fire and the other that wrinkled meant Lightning."

"Wow! But what about the other two?" Mito shouted until she got serious again and Naruto chuckled,

"Of course. When the paper becomes soggy then it means Water and when the paper crumbles like rocks or dirt than it means Earth." Naruto finished and the Genin all nodded. So they focused their raw chakra into the paper on the blonde's instructions.

Hinata's damped and crumbled; Water and Earth. Keiji's wrinkled; Lightning. Mito's damped as well; Water too. So it was clear on how to train them; for Hinata, the Suiton: Mizurappa for offense and the Doton: Doroku Gaeshi for defense; for Keiji, the Raiton: Raijū Tsuiga for both offense and supplementary; and for Mito, Suirō no Jutsu for both defense and supplementary. They all took to their Jutsu with great skill and enthusiasm; Naruto promised to train them further once they beat him in a battle, three-on-one with those Jutsu they just learned.

This got them so excited, they couldn't sleep so they practiced until they couldn't get off the ground and so far, they have yet achieved their goal. Naruto doesn't hold back even on his girlfriend. That was just find when you find yourself as an instructor dating one of his students. And that was format for the past few weeks until they mastered their new Jutsu and the art of the ninja fighting field.

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"Are you sure about this Sensei?" Keiji asked in a nervous tone; it took weeks of hated glares to cool his ego down and now he had turned into a confident but modest boy as well as a worrywart. "Meeting Hinata-san's younger sister and your own younger sister? They may not want to see us."

"You always told us that you wanted an older brother and a younger sister. If you want that wish to come true, then you need to trust us on this. Since we Shinobi die so early, you need all the friends in ranks as you can. Especially with those who look up to you as heroes and want to be like you." Naruto said in his teacher type tone.

"Right Sensei." Mito had long known that it was useless to argue with a teacher like Naruto ever since they first opened up to both him and his student/girlfriend. They have just arrived at Naruto's home and Hinata's second home and now they were entering through the door. Inside, Hanabi and Yurina were playing in the living room happily along until they noticed the draft from the open door.

"Hi big brother!" They both said to Naruto, "Hi big sis!" As well as Hinata while ignoring the distant looks on their guest. The girls were just focused on the fact that Naruto and Hinata were home early. Until, Yurina happen to see them and hide behind Naruto. Even after this time, she still was afraid of the royal twins. Then Hanabi also noticed them too. "Why are they here!? They hurt Yurina-nee-chan!"

"I understand Hanabi-chan but if they do hurt anyone else in this house, I will see to them as their Sensei." Naruto said which caused the girls to gasp, they never knew who was else in the team that Naruto was teaching. They just giggled innocently at their big brother blushing when he explained that one of his students was also his girlfriend; they were told that it was rule that teachers and students shouldn't date, the girls scolded Naruto for breaking rules like a 'bad boy'.

"They are just hear until it is dinner time so they won't stay long." Naruto assured the girls and they left the living room to play in one of the spare rooms where Naruto places the toys that he gets from the girls. The twins just sighed at the sight of the girls avoiding them and fleeing from their presence. "Now take a sit at the table, we have a lot to discuss."

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Later that day, closer to dinner time,

"Hello Keiji and Mito. How was your day?" Kushina asked despite not facing then as she washed the dishes. The twins just ignored her as usual now; they were not stupid. They saw that despite their presence clear to their parents, the Hokage and his wife acted like they were a childless couple living their lives.

"It was just fine. We got to learn about elemental Ninjutsu." Keiji started.

"Yeah, Naruto-sensei promised us some of those Ninjutsu once we mastered water walking." Mito finished with a small half lie; it was undeniable that Naruto did promise them like that. It was just that he also asked the twins to keep the fact they are practicing the elements from the parents. It was because the Hokage and his wife could pretty much separate them again once they find out how far they all had gotten under his teachings; the twins didn't want to even imagine being taken from their sensei and his girlfriend who was a great teammate to them.

"Oh. Okay then, dinner will be ready in an hour once I get this dishes clean and leaving them to dry. I just wish that Naruto will hurry up because I have been hearing from Minato-kun that the other teams are more ahead than your team is." Kushina said and didn't notice the sad grins on their faces. It turned out that Kushina will believe anything the twins will say, no doubt about it; that was one of the factors to Naruto's bad history with her and her husband. Now the twins are feeling guiltier about it than before.

During dinner, it was all no different. Neither one of the twins will even as much as talk to their parents. "What is wrong babies? You don't look very happy and you barely touched your food." Kushina finally took her eyes from her plate and placed them on the twins and finally notice that they were indeed not every happy about something.

"Mom, please tell us the truth. We have other siblings besides ourselves right?" Mito begged of Kushina and Keiji joined,

"Please mom. Please be honest." Now this has gotten even the attention of the Hokage himself.

"I keep telling you my children. You are the only kids we ever had and that is all we can ask for?" Kushina said but Keiji suddenly slammed his fist on the table, ignoring how it hurts.

"I told you to stop lying! Why are you still not telling us the truth!?" Keiji got up from his seat and shook the table, scattering the food and leaving a mess everywhere. "Do you really not take our word seriously? Just what are we to you!?"

"Young man, you will not talk to your mother that way! IF you can't accept her answer than maybe you should go to your room!" Minato yelled as he won't let anyone disobey or back talk in front of his wife, not even his own children.

"Then why are you still lying to us! We are not stupid anymore, we know that we have a big brother. Why else did you raise us to bully Naruto if he was a stranger to us all!? Keep him in our home if he was a stranger? Let us bully and hurt him if he was a stranger!? WHY!?" Keiji shouted and until he was hit hard on the cheek. By Kushina!

"How dare you question our parenting! If you don't like how we raise our children than you have no right to remain in our clan!" Kushina then covered her mouth when she realized what she had said and it had gone too far.

"So that is it huh?" Keiji got up even with the slap mark clear as day, red in his flesh. "If we do something, even a little something or become a little something than we are nothing to you. Nothing but trash to be thrown away on cleaning day. In this case it was that day years ago and if you want your heirs than don't make today that same day! Naruto-sensei was right about you all along! I hate you!" Keiji ranted and then ran up to his bedroom that he shared with his twin. Speaking of which, Mito ignored her parents begging for forgiveness and went up to the same room, leaving the Hokage and his wife to stay in the dining room among the mess they made, literally.

It was it, the end of the rope for the twins, hot water for the parents and the moment of truth for everyone that is involved whatever they wanted to or not. All we can do is hope there is very little bloodshed when the climax comes around the corner uninvited.

End of Chapter 6.

*Sorry it is so short, I had to make it before I leave to watch the fireworks. By the time I come home, it will late at night and I will not have the energy to keep writing.*

Translations:

Suiton: Mizurappa – Water Release: Wild Water Wave

Doton: Doroku Gaeshi – Earth Release: Earth Shore Return

Raiton: Raijū Tsuiga – Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang

Suirō no Jutsu – Art of the Water Prison