DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...

(A/N): Man it feels weird to be back on a daily scheduled for this. It's not a bad weird it's just kinda...odd. Like, I was so used to having a lot of time to get other things done once I got home from class. But whateves, I just want to get this story going again! :D

(ATTENTION!)

Okay, so. I am in this super cool Media Art and Design class, and I have my senior project coming up. SO! I felt like doing Animation as my project. NOW! I am leaving it up to you guys to pick what I animate! And guess what! It will be a scene from either The Oracle, or The Caged Bird!

So, here are your choices!

Naruto vs Gaara (Oracle)

Kakashi vs ROOT (The Caged Bird)

Naruto vs Instructor (The Caged Bird)

Cole vs Anbu (Oracle)

Naruto vs Kurama (Oracle)

Or something else? (PM me with a suggestion!)

SO THERE ARE THE CHOICES! VOTE VOTE VOTE!

TO THE STORY!

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Chapter 113: New Family

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"Come Sasuke, we have what we want. It's time to leave." he instructed his pupil before enveloping them in a vortex. Sasuke bowed his head slightly to the man. "Yes Madara-sama." he said before they disappeared.

Kisame roared in anger as he separated from his blade. With another roar he brought his hand down onto the ground and cratered the earth under him. "DDDAAAAMMMMIIIIIITTTTT!"

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"Alright, here we are Izumi-chan." Hinata said as she walked next to Naruto while her husband carried the four year old in his arms. Hinata had taken the news about Naruto adopting Izumi without asking her rather well. At first she was shocked, but then when she heard that Izumi lost her entire family, coupled with the girls sheer adorableness, she couldn't say no to her.

So they decided, after they were done with the visit to the doctors and Naruto filled Tsunade in on the mission, they'd show her her new home. And apparently, they didn't disappoint the little girl as her eyes widened and she gaped like a fish at the house.

The Namikaze household was three stories tall and 2500 square feet. She looked between the house and Hinata, waiting for the punchline of the joke. But when nothing else was said, she went back to staring at the house.

"R-Really!? Y-You live here!?" she gasped in shock. Naruto chuckled before adjusting her wait in his arms. "No," he said to the girl, getting her to look at him with a funny expression. He poked her in the forehead getting cute pout out of her and chuckled. "WE live here." he said to the girl with a warm smile before he turned to the front gate and opened it. "Now come on. I think you'll like the inside better than the outside of the house." he said to the girl.

He and his wife walked the little girl to the front door and let her open it. The door silently opened and she took a few steps inside and looked with wide eyes at the house. She had only just walked in and could already feel the warmth the place was filling her with. She looked at everything and could only think of one thing.

Home.

She turned to Hinata and Naruto before tears started coming to her eyes. She sniffed once before running and jumping up into their arms crying. "Thank you!" she cried as the two smiled and held her. She buried her head in Naruto's neck and sobbed out thank yous. "Thank you thank you thank you!" she said before turning to Hinata. "Thank you...Mama..." she said, earning a hard blush from Hinata before turning to Naruto. "...Papa..." she said one last time before both of the new parents looked at each other. And not being able to hold it back anymore, they crushed her in a hug.

Hinata squealed lightly as she squeezed Izimu. "OOHH! Izumi-chan! Don't worry Izumi-chan! We'll be with you forever and ever!" she squealed happily, her life long dream of being a mother completed. Naruto held onto her and his wife and smiled. "I promised you Izumi-chan. I promised to take care of you, and I never go back on my promises." he said before they both let go of the girl, noticing she was starting to turn blue.

They looked at her with nothing but love in their eyes and smiled. "Welcome to the Namikaze Family Izumi-chan."

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The next few days were filled with many smiles, and even more tears.

Gai's funeral was held along with a ceremony to morn the loss of Sunagakure. Lee, Neji, and Tenten were all grief stricken by the sudden death of their Sensei. Even if he had his faults, they looked up to him as a father, a friend, a crazy uncle you just could help but love.

With the loss of his role model, Lee mellowed out a bit, but his fires youth were still there as he dove into his training more intently than ever. Following his role, Tenten and Neji joined their friend and even tried to follow in his insane training regimen.

Cole was isolated to the Hospital to recover and Hiruzen was decommission completely from the damage to his lungs. Jiraiya bounced back onto his feet quickly and went back to his 'research', sometimes popping in on Cole or the now larger Namikaze family.

Akari and Akira, along with Anko, took daily visits to the hospital to visit their father and 'cheer him up'. He always got a kick out the kids coming in and drawing on his casts.

Speaking of kids, he especially liked it when Naruto brought Izumi to meet her Grandfather.

Cole was lying on his bed, looking out the window to his left when he heard the door slide open. He turned his head over to see his eldest son carrying a small brown haired girl with pale blue eyes wearing a lavender dress and purple shoes. Cole smiled warmly at the girl. "Well well well. Looks like I really am a grandpa now." he said as the two entered to room.

Naruto smiled at him and let Izumi down. "Hey dad. How you feeling?" he asked his father. Cole made a shrugging motion with his face and neck, still not able to move his arms. "I'll be better once I can move my arms and use the Naraka Path to heal myself, but for now, I'm fine." he said before smiling at the little girl trying to hide behind Naruto's leg.

Naruto chuckled at the little girl before pushing her in front of him. "Don't be afraid Izumi-chan. Go say hi to Grandpa Seinaru." he said to the little girl. Se shyly walked forward, keeping her gaze to the floor, only stealing glances at the Rinnegan barer.

Cole chuckled at the girl for a second. "No need to be shy little one." he said to her. "Tell me, have you met Akari and Akira yet?" he ask the girl. She nodded shyly and smiled. "Well, I'm their Papa. My name's Uzumaki Seinaru. What's yours?" he asked the her, trying to get some words out of the shy girl.

She twiddled her fingers for a second before looking up at him. "I-I'm N...Namikaze Izumi." she replied with a blush. Cole smiled and nodded to her. "Well, Namikaze Izumi, welcome to the family." he said to the girl which caused her to smile broadly. "Thank you Seinaru-Jisan!" she chirped as he face faulted from the honorific. Apparently Naruto found it hilarious that she had called his father a 'Jisan' and bellowed out in laughter.

Cole gave him a dry star and narrowed his eyes. "You know..." he said dangerously. "I can still use some of my attacks without my arms." he warned as Naruto paled before he was sent into the wall by an invisible force.

Naruto slid down the wall in a boneless heap, causing Izumi to rush over to her new Papa, checking if he was okay.

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Five days and three operations later, Cole hand his arms back in top shape and used the Naraka path to heal himself the rest of the way.

He walked out of the King of Hell's mouth with a satisfied smirk. "Man it pays to be awesome." he said to himself with a cheeky grin as Akira and Akari jumped into his arms and Anko walked over and kissed him. "Welcome back lover boy." she said to him with a smirk. Cole smiled at his wife and children, giving each of them a kiss on the forehead. "It's go to be back." he sighed.

"Well that's good and all, but I'll need to borrow you again for about a week." Tsunade said as she walked over to Cole and his family. He raised an eyebrow and was about to start complaining when Tsunade held up a hand to stop him.

"There is going to be a Gokage Summit soon...well...more like Yonkage...but whatever. Were going to meet over the danger the Akatsuki show and I want you, Naruto, and Jiraiya with me." she said to him.

He sighed and shook his head. "Fine, when do we leave?" he asked in a defeated tone. Tsunade turned to leave before giving her answer. "Four days." she said and walked off.

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(A/N): To be continued...

Arg! Izumi is so adorable the way I envisioned her and I hope I got that across well into writing!

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