Chapter 38

AN: Kishimoto owns all except my characters-Kiminari, and Kimiko, and later characters. Also I'm probably not going to follow any of the story line except a few small things. I may take the characters outside their natural personalities, but that's because it's my story, and it'll add to it. Another thing: since I'm not following the story line of the series- All main (good) characters will start out the same age as they should be, but even though the Akatsuki will be around, the war will not happen until later; if it does at all. Again this is because I'm making up my own story line; it gets kinda boring when nothing has changed and, you readers would be able to guess what was going to happen all the time. So, enjoy, and please comment, review, rate, whatever you wanna do. :D

P.S. I don't like to go into detail to tell you things most of you already know, and if you don't already know them, then it's best I don't tell you.

After we were all done with breakfast and had put on some nice clothes, we made our way to Lady Tsunade's office. Before knocking, I turned to face the two boys behind me and said, "Please just don't say anything stupid." Earning a nod from both. Then Shizune opened the door and ushered us in.

"Good morning, Kimiko." The two women greeted me, to which I responded. Then Lady Tsunade spoke, "What can I do for you?"

"Well, I'd like to more formally introduce Kazuma." I stated. She raised an eyebrow. "We'd decided to keep his true identity from everyone until you had proved his innocence." I said a little ashamed that we'd lied to her.

"And how does lying prove to me he's innocent?" She questioned sarcastically.

"Well, I was afraid that if you knew his history, you'd let Ibiki keep him." She nodded, so I continued. "He's also an Uchiha." A shocked look appeared on her face, so I rushed to explain. "Don't worry, he's not my brother. Obito didn't die, this is his son." I stated simply.

"Does Kakashi know about this?"

I shook my head. "No, only his name."

"Good, I think it's better that he not know yet." We both nodded. "So, other than being truthful, was there anything else you needed?"

"Their citizenship. Something's bound to come up eventually with all the problems in the other villages. They want to be able to help too." She smiled agreeing with me. "There was also a problem to discuss." She waited for me to continue. "Kazuma and I both were hoping he could wear the clan's crest, but I don't want Kakashi to be reminded too much and start asking too many questions…" I trailed off.

"Well, I was actually beginning to think about that. Kakashi's bound to think something's up if he starts to get to know Kazuma and finds some similarities. He's smart, he'll figure it out eventually." She paused to think. "I'll break it to him. In the meantime, feel free to wear it." She directed the last to Kazuma, who bowed respectfully, thanking her. For the stupid idiot he can be sometimes, he still has a way of showing he does know manners. I smiled.

After they had finished filling out the necessary papers and receiving dates to earn their headbands, we left. We ran by the house first to pick up Kazuma's shirts, and my own and he borrowed one of Haru's so he wouldn't have to shirtless, then went to the monograming shop that I used to have the clan crest put on our clothes. It didn't take the woman to long, considering she'd done it several times for me, however, she did question who the other shirts were for.

"They're for Kazuma." I told her, pointing to my friend. She still looked a bit confused as to why he would need them, so I explained further. "Kazuma is my cousin. He's also an Uchiha." Her response was slight shock.

"Where did he come from?" She asked, slightly dumbfounded.

"He was a hostage of the Akatsuki, same as me. We don't know much about his parents."

"Oh, you poor dear." She said, recalling the hostage crisis story that had spread through the village once I had returned. "You must really miss you parents."

He nodded. "Yes ma'am, I do. But even before the Akatsuki took me, I had been living with a neighbor; my family was killed a few years after the massacre. But I've got a new family now. Lady Tsunade allowed Haru and me to become official citizens of the village just this morning." He said jesturing to the boy on the other side of me.

"Well, that's just wonderful dears." she said as she finished packing Kazuma's things into a bag. "I'm glad you've been welcomed hear, and I hope it will grow to be your home." He bowed in thanks again as I paid, then we left.

We were nearly home when a young genin ran up to us saying that the hokage needed to talk to me. After sending Kazuma and Haru on their way, I followed the young boy who was taking me to Lady Tsunade. When we arrived, Lady Tsunade motioned me to sit. I did as I was told, and waited as she finished what she was working on.

When she finally looked up at me, she said, "Kimiko, we've learned some more about your mother." I brightened up at this.

"What is it?" I asked excitedly." How?"

"We sent a request to her old village for her information. It took some convincing, but they finally agreed to give some. However, we could not open the scroll; they told us only you could. Turns out it wasn't a request on their part, but a fact." I tilted my head in confusion. "It's sealed so that only someone with a DNA close enough to hers to be her child, can open it."

I nodded, and she pulled a small scroll out of a drawer in her desk and handed it to me. I took it and easily opened it; reading it in my head.

To the child of Kiminari Uzumaki,

Here follows all known information on your mother's heritage.

Mother: Mito Uzumaki

Father: Hashirama Senju

Siblings: unknown

Although there is more information on her, by her will's request, we may not disclose anything else to you. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Confusion swept through me. Not only was my father the strongest ninja alive, but my grandfather had been even stronger; and to top it all off, they were enemies. That means my father married the daughter of the person he had been rivals with since childhood, and that my mother should have been old enough to be a great grandmother as well, had she still been alive now.. "OK, now my life just got even weirder." I said out loud, handing Lady Tsunade the scroll.

After reading it twice, she looked at me with a very confused face; obviously thinking along the same lines as I. We sat like that silently for a moment before she pulled a large book out of her desk. It had some crest on the front that I was unfamiliar with. "Kimiko, this is the Senju family book. In it is the name of every single person of Senju blood that we have any information on." I nodded. "I've gone through my mother's generation a hundred times, and I've never seen a Kiminari."

"So there's no information on her at all?" She shook her head.

I am so sorry it took so long. School is finally over, so I'll have all summer to work on it. I'll try to finish too. :D