Previously on Fox in the Game: The Originals

"While we are one the subject, we need to make a move against our mother before she strikes." Elijah said.

Suddenly, Marcel and Hayley appear in the doorway. "Well, actually, moves were made while you were sleeping."

"It's good to see you vertical." Hayley says with a smile to Elijah, "Marcel and I each left a gift for you in the ballroom." Klaus looks at them curiously. "You're welcome?"

Klaus looks at Elijah, who gestures toward the door. As they pass Marcel on their way out, he whispers to them under his breath. "You're welcome."

Downstairs, they arrive in the ballroom, where Klaus and Elijah find both Finn and Kol, each wearing the enchanted manacles, which are suspending them from the balcony by their wrists. Klaus and Elijah look very pleased.

"Kidnapping? That's a rather unpleasant way to begin a family reunion!" Kol/Kaleb questions incredulously.

"Well, wait until you see how we end it!" Klaus grins at his brother.

"Oh, I would say this family reunion isn't quite complete yet!" came Naruto's voice as he and Aria appeared in the room.

Klaus looked surprised he came back along with guessing the girl was the girlfriend he mentioned, Elijah nodded pleased he was here now, and Finn and Kol looked confused as to who they were. Sighing Klaus walked up to Naruto and they stared each other down for a few moments.

"Naruto." Klaus stated.

"Hello, Father." Greeted Naruto smirking.

Chapter Start

"Hello, Father." Greeted Naruto smirking.

Several things happened when Naruto said that sentence. Kol was definitely intrigued, as he knew about Klaus's daughter, but he had been unaware Klaus had another child. Finn was confused, fearful, in disbelief, and desperate. Confused because he didn't understand how his mother could have possibly missed the fact that Klaus had a child, at least several decades ago, given how old he looked. Finn was fearful because he was the only one among the people present that knew about Dahlia and what she would do if it was indeed true that Klaus had another child prior to Hope. Disbelief because he could not understand how his mother's curse had failed to stop Klaus from having more children. And finally, desperation, because he needed to get back to her and inform her of this development. She needed to know about this so they could kill the boy before Dahlia awoke.

Elijah was beyond pleased that Naruto was here. He had been very disappointed when Naruto had decided not to come New Orleans originally. Perhaps then, Hope would not have nearly died when she was born. He was also intrigued by the girl with Naruto. He guessed that she was a large part of why Naruto had refused to come to New Orleans and stayed in Rosewood.

Klaus on the other hand, was not pleased. Naruto being here meant only one thing. That he was planning on involving himself in the Mikaelson family business. Klaus may have only just recently admitted that he accepted Naruto was without a doubt his son, but he was not sure that he wanted to deal with him on a consistent basis.

"Uhm, someone want to explain what's going on?" Kol said from his chained spot.

Naruto's gaze moved to Kol for a moment before turning to Klaus with a smirk, "You want to do this or should I?"

Klaus breathed slowly, gritting his teeth, before saying lowly, "This is Naruto. He's my son. My Eldest."

Finn's breath caught in his throat. Klaus admitting that Naruto was indeed his son confirmed all of his fears that he had about Naruto. Kol, meanwhile, looked at Naruto with newfound interest. Here was a new member of the family he had no prior interactions with, so perhaps he wouldn't push Kol off to the side like his siblings had.

"Uncle, I'm pleased to see you up and about. You had me worried for a while there when you weren't waking up." Naruto addressed Elijah.

"Yes, I am at least not being tormented within my own mind. I'm told you helped Niklaus get the flowers needed to free me from my mothers spell." Elijah mentioned.

"Even if I hate him, I'd never forgive myself for leaving you to be tortured." Naruto admitted, Kol and Finn both taking note of how he mentioned he hated Klaus.

"Where have you been the last few months?" Elijah asked.

"Oh you know, traveling, doing this and that. Seeing the world, enjoying being immortal and all powerful." Naruto said, causing Elijah to sigh. If Naruto was acting like a smartass, he probably wasn't going to answer him honestly.

"What are you even doing here?" Klaus demanded of him, and Hayley appeared up on the balcony to watch what was going on when her hearing picked up what was going on. She had been on her way out but heard the commotion and when she saw it was Naruto and girl that helped her against Finn, she decided to stop and watch.

"Thought I'd come and see how Elijah's doing. Make sure he was alright in your not-so capable hands." Naruto said, stopping there with his answer. Finn and Kol both noted that the air was tense between the Hybrid and Tribrid. It was pretty clear to them that there was some bad blood between father and son.

Elijah decided to move onto a safer topic before the two stubborn vampires started a fight, turning his gaze toward Aria. "And who might this lovely young lady be, nephew?" Elijah asked.

"This is my girlfriend, Aria Montegomery." Naruto said gesturing to Aria, with Klaus eyeing her, guessing that she was the girlfriend that Naruto had mentioned in passing.

"Well met, Miss Aria," Elijah said like a gentleman, before turning to Naruto, "I take it this young lady was the reason you stayed in Rosewood last year when I asked if you wanted to join us here in New Orleans, Naruto?"

"One of the reasons. If you want the entire list of reason's, we will be here all day." Naruto admitted.

"You asked him to join us here and didn't bother to inform me?" Klaus snarled, turning sharply to Elijah, suddenly realizing his brother was the reason his son had come to New Orleans in the first place.

"Hope," Elijah paused ever so lightly, when he remembered Kol and Finn were in the room, and that they didn't know Hope was still alive. He would not wish to tip Esther off that Hope was alive, "...was his sister as well, Niklaus. He deserved a chance to have met his sister."

"Now, stop being rude and introduce yourself to Miss Aria." Elijah scolded his half-brother.

"Scolding me like I'm a child." Klaus grumbled under his breath before he came up to the pair, "So, you are my son's girlfriend."

"And you're his father." Aria said as she shook hands with Klaus, before exerting her strength and breaking his hand, causing him to shout and drop to his knees. "He showed me his memories of when you both first met. I heard what you said about miss Kushina. His mother was a great woman and you deserve far worse than this small pain you're feeling now."

"Why you insolent little-" Klaus snarled as he prepared to make her pay.

"Love, you're making me blush." Naruto said as he broke the fight that was brewing up, separating the two, letting Klaus reset his broken hand. "You don't need to defend me love, that's my job." Naruto kissed Aria and the two shared a moment in their own little world, ignoring everything around them.

"You turned your girlfriend into a vampire?" Elijah, asked, getting his attention.

"No mere vampire could have hurt an 1000 year old Original Hybrid." Naruto said, letting that comment hang in the air. As well as making everyone curious. What could Naruto have done to make a young girl, that everyone assumed was close to his age chronologically, strong enough to hurt an Original with ease?

"So, these are my uncles. I have to admit, when I figured we would meet each other, it would be in your real bodies and not in the bodies to two other individuals." Naruto said as he addressed Kol and Finn.

"Well nephew, sure beats being dead and stuck on the Other Side and getting sucked into Oblivion when it collapses." Kol pointed out.

"I don't disagree with you on that point, but the two of you should never have been killed in the first place." Naruto said darkly, getting the attention of the others.

"It's not as though our so-called brothers cared whether we were dead." Finn said, his voice full of melancholy, trying to ignore the hurt he felt at his own family not caring that he was dead.

"I'm not my father. I don't let people hurt my family and live to tell the tale." Naruto said, getting everyone's attention.

"What are you saying?" Finn asked, wondering what he meant.

Naruto extended his hand out into open space, a dark portal forming around his hand, surprising the Mikaelson's, before pulling out two of the heads of the Scooby Doo Gang.

"Jeremy Gilbert." Kol said in astonishment.

"Matthew Donovan." Finn looked on in wonder.

Both of them looked at Naruto with new interest. Elijah sighed in exasperation, as he should have realized Naruto would go after the Mystic Falls gang and he should probably give them a heads up to avoid him. Klaus cared nothing about the Gilbert boy and Donovan. He had wanted to kill the Gilbert brat himself once upon a time. But he knew his son well enough to know he wouldn't stop there. He had a foreboding feeling creep up his spine. Up on the balcony, Hayley was watching with morbid interest.

"See, I believe in protecting one's family. No matter the cost. And if you fail in protecting them, they must be avenged." Naruto stated with a cold voice as he dropped the rotting, decapitated heads on the ground before he turned to address Elijah and Klaus. "The two of you let those arrogant brats kill two members of your family, brothers you've known for a thousand years. When I learned of what they had done, I felt it was a gross oversight that needed immediate correction."

"After all," Naruto continued, "While Matt Donovan might have dealt the killing blow with the White Oak stake, it was the stupid blonde bitch and the Ripper that assisted in the killing. And of course, poor delicate Elena and Bonnie helped kill Kol and prevent dear old dad from properly avenging Kol in the moment, although it should not be forgotten that he immediately forgot all about avenging his brother the moment Caroline Forbes showed up."

Klaus growled at the veiled insult. "What did you to them?"

Naruto regarded his father coldly with a smirk before explaining. "Stefan Salvatore has a stake permanently lodged in his heart. You already saw what I did to the wonder twins. Damon Salvatore tried to attack me when I killed Jeremy, so I ripped his heart out and he is currently a pile of ash. Bonnie is brain dead and has long been put out of her misery. Elena Gilbert is in several pieces. I found Katherine Pierce among the Scooby Doo Gang and finally got my revenge on her."

"K-Katerina? She is dead?" Elijah stammered out, surprising Klaus as well. He had been unaware that she had been among the group from Mystic Falls. "Why?"

"Who do you think got me and my mother killed?" Naruto growled further surprising both Originals. "Besides, she was dead the moment she had the Cure for Immortality drained from her body by Silas."

"Silas!?" Kol said in fear, as the fear of Silas getting free had been the initial reason he had gone after the Gilbert siblings. "He's free!?"

"No more. He's dead, as is his lover." Naruto assured. "The story is a lot longer than I want to get into right now, but here are the basics. Qetsiyah, the most powerful witch who ever lived, is my mentor, and when Silas took the cure, she called me to help her put him down, and so we did, before she created a new Anchor for the Other Side, that being Bonnie, and I killed the Scooby Gang and the Travelers."

"Admittedly," Naruto mentioned as he picked at his nails. "I still haven't found whatever hole Tyler Lockwood is hiding in, but once I find him, he's dying too. He threatened my baby sister while she was still in the womb. His life. IS. FORFEIT." Hayley remembered that event and what Tyler had planned to do to her. She did bear responsibility for what happened, given she had helped him unsire all of Klaus's hybrids so Atticus Shane could orchestrate a massacre to raise Silas. In exchange, Shane gave her all the info he had dug up on her parents. She knew how Tyler felt, but Hayley didn't care that she had betrayed Tyler, for she was desperate to know where she came from and if possible, reunite with whatever family she had left.

"What's this about a Cure?" Finn asked, wondering if there had been a cure for vampirism and he had missed out on it.

"It was a Cure for the Immortality Spell that Qetsiyah had originally created for Silas, to render him a mortal witch once more." Naruto explained. "Though, it was created for a mortal that drank Qetsiyah's special Elixir to become Immortal. It was not meant for vampires, who had to die to become immortal. It would still work, but not in the way you think. Once Katherine took the Elixir, not by choice, but that's not important, she became mortal, but only so long as the Cure was still in her system. Once the Cure left her system, which apparently the Silas lore got that wrong too, turns out Silas only needed to drink some of her blood to become cured of his immortality. Where was I? Oh yeah, so because she had died already, she was basically a corpse and her body, without the magic of the Immortality cure, started to rapidly age to catch up to her true age, being over 500 years old. She would have died in a month anyway, but she didn't deserve to go quietly and peacefully, not after she caused my mother's death." Naruto explained with a snarl at the end.

"But if I know you, old man," Naruto said as he turned back to Klaus, "You don't care about any of that. Go on, ask me the question that is really on your mind."

"What happened to Caroline?" Klaus demanded, as he noticed Naruto was avoiding talking about her.

Naruto smirked and opened another portal and pulled out her severed head with her spine still attached to it. Klaus gasped in shock and horror as Naruto threw the head of the girl he pined for at his feet.

"No!" Klaus shouted in rage as he overcame his shock and horror and tried to punch Naruto but he caught it with his one hand casually. Klaus tried to hit him again, and Naruto caught it again with his other hand. Klaus struggled against his son, but Naruto held his hands tight, preventing them from moving. "How dare you!"

"How dare I!? How dare you, promise that vapid whore that you wouldn't seek retribution for your own siblings' deaths! It didn't matter if you found them irritating or annoying, it was the principle that mattered! That brat didn't care about you! You knew she had manipulated you before and you still let her get away with it!" Naruto shouted right back.

Naruto headbutted Klaus, breaking both his fathers skull and the stalemate and throwing him across the room.

"You're pathetic, debasing yourself the way that you did. She was never going to sleep with you, and it made you look weak, letting her lead you on. They were gonna leave you desiccated forever, and the fact that you gave her chance after chance in the hopes of banging her was honestly pitiful." Naruto said sadly, looking at his father more as a pathetic creature, rather than the legend his mother built up in his head, being once again reminded that reality isn't what their parents tell their kids. "Knowing all that, makes me wonder if whatever my mother saw in you was all bluster and that sad creature that chased after a child is the real you?"

If Klaus hated one thing, it was being pitied, and he was still angry at his son for killing the girl he was chasing. He got up and was going to continue the fight. But he was pulled back by Elijah. "Enough Niklaus." Elijah sternly told him.

"Let me go!" Klaus growled.

"I will not. You may be angry all you wish Niklaus, but they are dead and nothing we do can bring them back." Elijah told his brother. Even though he was distraught that Katerina was dead, he could see why Naruto would want her dead. He knew Naruto wouldn't lie about this, and this wasn't the first time Elijah had the illusion that he had created about Katerina be shattered by the harsh hand of reality.

Klaus didn't like it, but his brother was right. He knew one on one, Naruto was stronger than him and had a whole slew of abilities that Klaus had no idea about nor any way to combat. He would cease continuing the fight, but he would not let this go, as he stormed off in a huff.

Naruto scoffed in Klaus's general direction, annoyed that the bastard was too stubborn to see the obvious truth, before pausing and remembering that he and his father had that in common. Turning to his uncles, he said, "Well, now that we have some time, I'd like to get to know my uncles a little bit, though these chains will not do at all."

"I'll free you on one condition." Naruto said, holding his finger up. "Each of you must swear an Unbreakable Vow on Henrik's life that you won't try any funny business with me." Henrik had been the baby of the family, and his death was the cause of everything. Everyone in the family had a soft spot for him.

"You want us to swear an Unbreakable Vow!?" Finn demanded, insulted by the notion. "We'd be exchanging one set of chains for another."

"I may want to bond with my uncles, but I've only just met you. Trust, but verify, is the name of the game. And you will find these chains allow you far greater freedom and reach than the ones that bind you now." Naruto pointed out.

"Beats being chained up. I'll take that deal." Kol said, eager to get out of these chains. Upside of that being he and his nephew could talk and bond. Naruto broke the chains holding Kol up.

"I will decline your…generous offer nephew. I may be grateful to you for avenging my death, but I have no wish to further chain myself." Finn said.

"Suit yourself, uncle." Naruto shrugged. He'd settle for getting one uncle on side. It was better than the alternative.

"Now, we shake on it." Naruto said, as he had Kol shook hands, golden tendrils of magic entwining their clasped hands.

"I, Kol Mikaelson," Kol intoned as he spoke the oath "hereby swear on my life and magic that I will not intentionally seek to bring harm upon my nephew, Naruto Uzumaki, or betray him. So, mote be it. Ut Magica Iudex Juramento."

Kol glowed for a moment as magic judged his oath. The golden glow faded out after a couple of moments. Finn was staring wide-eyed at Kol in stunned silence. Oaths judged by magic were a serious thing. One word wrong, and one would end up losing their magic or their life, or both in some cases.

Kol closed his hand and muttered a spell, flames dancing in his hand for a minute before cancelling. "Well then, now that that awful business is dealt with, lets head upstairs uncle, and you can tell me what all I missed these past thousand years." Naruto said, as he, Kol, and Aria moved up stairs, leaving Finn with Elijah.

Later

Klaus had pulled Elijah away from Finn and shoved him against a nearby wall. Elijah put his hands up defensively, so Klaus backed off. He tugged Elijah's handkerchief out of his jacket pocket and handed it to him so he could clean himself up. They had been interrogating Finn, since Naruto was off somewhere in the Compound talking with Kol. As long as Kol was with Naruto, he was basically untouchable.

"I enjoy a good bloodletting as much as anyone, but our brothers have power, as well as knowledge of Esther's plans." Klaus said to his brother, as Elijah wiped the blood off his face. "We need them alive."

"Imagine what they would do to Rebekah. To Hope." Elijah whispered.

"Rebekah has been cloaked by powerful magic. Focus on the task at hand." Klaus said, lowering his voice to make sure Finn and Kol weren't eavesdropping.

"We need to persuade our brothers." Klaus started.

"I'm through with persuasion." Elijah said, but Klaus grabbed him by the shoulder and stopped him before looking at him with concern.

"Has the earth shifted on its axis? You suddenly needing restraint from me?" Klaus wondered, as it was only earlier that Elijah had to restrain Klaus from attacking his son.

Elijah looked taken aback, but he was distracted when his phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it when he saw it was Rebekah. Rebekah started speaking once Elijah picked up, "It's me. I have the baby, and we're on the run. Esther found us. We're safe, for now- I've lost her bloody starlings, but I have no idea where to go."

"Tell her to head west. I'll call Hayley." Klaus said.

"Do not tell Hayley! Esther's too smart for that. The only advantage that we have is that she thinks the baby died. Text me the plans." Rebekah warned them. She put Hope in the car and hung up. Elijah hung up with a sigh.

"Go. I'll take care of Kol and Finn." Elijah said.

"Splendid. And, in your hands, I assume Finn will be dead by nightfall." Klaus said in annoyance.

"I will show restraint. Hope needs her father." Elijah promised, although Klaus did not believe him.

"What she needs- what we need- are allies to help us defeat our mother. Finn and Kol must be turned to our side. So long as Esther is allowed to roam free, there will be nowhere left for Hope to run." Klaus said. "Knowing how my son is and how he was ingratiated himself to his uncle, Kol will likely be loyal to him. We have to try to get Finn on our side as well."

Elijah tried to say something, but Klaus interrupted him, "I have waited months to see my daughter." He stopped speaking for a moment and gulped anxiously, clearly unhappy with this plan, "I can wait one more day."

Elijah looks at him sympathetically before he gets ready to leave.

"Elijah. Do whatever it takes to keep her safe." Klaus said.

"I give you my word." Elijah promised.

With Naruto and Aria

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Naruto asked his girlfriend as they stepped outside of the room he and Kol had been chatting in.

"Yeah," Aria assured him.

"You don't have to keep watching over Hayley." Naruto pointed out.

"Someone's got to." Aria said, as from what she saw, Hayley was likely to get herself into trouble.

"Just be careful. Esther's is still out there, and I'm worried about her." Naruto said, as he trusted Aria against regular witches, but Esther was another matter entirely.

"I will." Aria said. The two shared a passionate kiss, before Aria pulled away and left.

With Kol

While Naruto was seeing Aria off, Kol got to wander around a minute, when all of sudden, Marcel barged into the office, clasping the magic-cancelling manacles around Kol's hands. Marcel then violently shoved him into an armchair.

"I gotta say, I'm gonna enjoy this! Out of the whole, twisted family-" Kol tried to stand up, but Marcel shoved him back down "Sit down! You were the one I liked the least."

Kol, clearly anxious, tried to catch his breath while he considered how to best get out of this situation.

"Yeah, well, there's a pretty young lady who disagrees with that opinion." Kol taunted, knowing Marcel saw Davina like a daughter.

"Then let me make myself perfectly clear- you go near Davina again, I'm gonna cut off parts of you that you'd rather keep." Marcel threatened.

Kol had a bored look and sighed, "Ah, more threats. How bloody inventive. Thing is, Klaus needs me. So, that backs you into a bit of a corner, doesn't it?"

"Oh, until we get rid of your mom. I wonder what happens then?" Marcel pondered.

"Well, Klaus might not need me if my mother's gone, but you might!" Kol said in a chipper tone. Marcel seemed confused as Kol leaned in closer.

"Come on, Marcel. You were king of the city once. Do you really think he's just gonna give it back to you?" Kol egged him.

"You always got an angle, don't you?" Marcel scoffed.

"You see, individually, we can't do anything. But, together? Well, Klaus wouldn't stand a chance." Kol said.

"Probably not." Marcel sighed, picking up a scalpel off the nearby table. "But then, I'd have to trust you, and I don't. At least with Klaus, I know exactly what I'm getting."

"You would think that, wouldn't you?" Came Naruto's voice as he flashed beside Marcel as he smashed his fist into the side of Marcel's face, sending him flying and crashing into some furniture.

"Can't leave you alone for a one moment, can I?" Naruto said, as he broke the manacles, this time muttering a spell and disintegrating them into dust.

"Thanks for the save." Kol said as he rubbed his hands.

Marcel groaned as he picked himself up, feeling his skull mend itself as half of his skull had been broken by the single punch. He stared at Naruto as he picked himself up, wondering who this is.

"So, I take it this is Marcel, the former slave my old man prefers over his own brother." Naruto questioned. Naruto looked at Marcel and saw only Klaus's pet, one that he preferred to play with rather than loving and caring for his actual family.

Marcel growled at the mention of that. He did NOT like being reminded of his former status as a slave. It had been a long time since someone had actually brought it up. Even when Klaus was mad at him, he never mentioned his former status explicitly. This punk was gonna get wrecked.

"You got some balls, kid, bringing up THAT to my face. It's been a long time since someone was dumb enough to say that to me." Marcel growled as he fully stood up and clenched his fist.

"And what exactly do you think you can do about it, imbecile?" Naruto yawned with a bored expression. "You gonna whine at me, demand I show you respect you didn't earn? Well, come on, King of the Quarter, I'm waiting."

Marcel vamp speed over to him and Naruto caught his fist in his hand. He very quickly amped up the pressure, crushing Marcel's hand, causing him to gasp in pain. Marcel swung out with his other hand as hard as he could. Naruto allowed him to hit him, taking the punch to his face. Marcel was shocked when Naruto didn't move his head at all, just staying perfectly still.

"You're far too weak to challenge me." Naruto said as he slammed his fist free fist into Marcel's stomach, and intense pain filled Marcel's entire being as he felt his intestine's and stomach rupture and break open.

Naruto let go and Marcel collapsed onto the ground, coughing and wheezing as blood escaped his mouth. Marcel could barely muster the strength to keep himself on his knees, never mind stand up.

"So, that's it huh?" Naruto pondered.

"How hard did you hit him?" Kol wondered, as he didn't think in his long life he had ever seen a vampire take one punch that caused them to completely collapse like that.

"I used approximately my Father's strength. And I didn't hold back." Naruto said, and Kol nodded.

"W-who-cough, who are y-you?" Marcel barely wheezed out as he slowly healed and struggled to pick himself.

"You're the adopted son, I'm the natural-born son. I'm sure you're smart enough to figure out the rest." Naruto chided, causing Marcel's eyes to widen.

"So, Klaus had a son before Hope?" Marcel asked, wondering how that was possible.

"Long story short, the spell that made it so dear old dad wasn't a hybrid didn't actually un-trigger his werewolf curse. There's no way to do that. All it did was suppress it to the extreme degree. So, while he couldn't use his werewolf side, it was still very much there, just suppressed under an ancient curse. Klaus was much more temperamental as a result. And certain…parts of him worked, just not very well." Naruto explained, summarizing as much as possible.

"You ought to know better than to challenge an Original, King, but then again, you have an inflated sense of your own self-importance." Naruto said, get a growl from Marcel. "What? Are you going to lay there and try to tell me otherwise? Your ego is so fragile that you can't stand it being bruised for one minute. You felt the need to put on grand shows and gestures to show off your influence, which only showed how fragile your ego truly was, that you needed to assure yourself that you were in charge. Now, I get doing it once in a while, but the frequency with which you did it was pathetic."

"And then there's the whole acting like you're the king nonsense. You plotted against my old man, and needed Grandpappy Mikael to come in and boot the Original Family out of town. You only gained control of New Orleans by getting the help of others, getting a witch to curse the werewolves to be stuck in their wolf form's and then Davina's help to keep the witches from practicing magic, and when you lost Davina, you lost all of your power. On your own, you are nothing." Naruto mocked, furthering angering Marcel. "I mean, the sheer, fucking hubris, of a man who pretends to be king, but doesn't actually rule over the humans, instead he works with them and makes them happy. Your hubris is baffling to me."

"Now, let me make this clear to you." Naruto said as he gripped Marcel by the neck and held him aloft with one hand. "Run back to my father and tell him this. If he makes anymore moves against Kol, if you lay another hand on him, I will feed you your own spine. You got that!?"

"I..ngh….do." Marcel groaned as he was being choked.

"Good." Naruto said as he threw him outside the room. "Now scram, before I change my mind."

Marcel picked himself up and walked away in a huff, but with a bit more hurry in his step, eager to get away from Naruto and grill Klaus on why he didn't tell him about Naruto.

Naruto waved his hands, uttering a Reparo and magic pulsed through the room, as all the broken furniture was mended and repaired, as if Naruto hadn't trashed the place throwing Marcel around.

Once done, Naruto turned back to Kol, who was looking at him in amazement. "What?" Naruto asked.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for someone to put that punk in his place. Up hi!" Kol said excitedly, and the two gave each other a hi five.

"I mean, cool, I'm glad you enjoyed me beating the shit out of him, but I honestly wasn't expecting that reaction." Naruto admitted.

"What did my brothers tell you about me and Marcel?" Kol asked, as he had a feeling that Elijah and Klaus, due to their love for the street rat, had left out certain details.

"Just that you and him didn't get along. Why? What am I missing here?" Naruto wondered.

"Well, it's a bit of a story." Kol said.

"We've got time." Naruto said. With that, Kol told Naruto the story about how when Klaus was having trouble bonding with Marcel, as the boy started to spend more time and bond with Elijah. Klaus got lonely, so he undaggered Kol, and the two started killing a bunch of people and drinking to their hearts content. It took Kol compelling a bunch of people to enact a real life version of a Shakespeare play in front of Marcel to spur Klaus into action and put him down again.

FLASHBACK

NEW ORLEANS, 1821

Kol was hanging out with Marcel in the courtyard of the compound, and had organized a compelled group of men to act out Shakespeare for him. Marcel's lips were coated with blood.

"Please, let me go! Mr. Kol, I don't-I don't like this." The young boy pleaded with Kol.

"Don't be absurd! Shakespeare should be experienced in the flesh! In truth, these aren't the finest actors, but we are in the colonies." Kol said with a shrug before gesturing to the stage. "Here! Where were we?"

"In venom to thy work!" One actor said. The actor took a sword and literally ran another actor through with it. Marcel gasped in shock as the man falls dead to the floor.

"Exchange forgiveness with me, noble harlot—" The 2nd actor said, but Kol, clearly annoyed, stood up and shouted toward the stage as he walked up and approached the actor.

"How many times must I tell you? It's Hamlet, not harlot." Kol said with a sigh. He then snapped the actor's neck and drops his body to the floor.

"Sometimes, I don't know why I bother." Kol sighed.

Elijah then entered the courtyard after hearing the commotion. "What have you done?" he asked as he observed the carnage.

"I was just introducing Marcellus to the theater. I thought you'd be pleased?" Kol said. Klaus then entered the courtyard and was equally horrified and went to check on Marcel.

"Is there no limit to your violent imagination, brother?" Elijah questioned his brother.

"If the lad is going to be a vampire, he'll have to learn somehow, won't he? Come, I've already fed him my blood. All you have to do is snuff him, and voilà. One of us. Well, that's what you want, isn't it?" Kol said.

Elijah grabbed Kol in a choke-hold and shoves him backwards until Klaus grabbed Kol's arms.

"Let him go, Elijah." Klaus said. Elijah, reluctantly let him go, after they exchanged a look that Kol couldn't see because his back was turned to Klaus.

"Thank you, Nik. At least someone knows the meaning of family." Kol thanked as he turned to walk away, but Klaus stopped him.

"I told you before…Marcellus is family." Klaus said as he re-daggered Kol as Elijah held him down.

Flashback End

Naruto sat there and digested all that he was told. One hand, he understood how his uncle felt. Being used to please Klaus's whims when he was bored and then being immediately re-daggered when he displeased him wasn't fun at all. On the other hand…

"Okay, so a couple things. One, I get it how you feel. On the other hand, you were acting just a tiny bit out of control." Naruto started, angering Kol.

"Are kidding me!? You're taking their side!?" Kol said, starting to raise his voice as he questioned his nephew.

"I'm not on their side, I'm on yours, I'm just not such a sycophant that I can't recognize the valid points of both sides. They shuffled you off to the side when you were no longer able to be controlled and gave Marcel everything you wanted from them. But go ahead, sit there, and try to explain to me why mass slaughter and forcing a child to see death like that and then potentially be turned into vampire was a good thing. Go ahead, I'm waiting." Naruto said as he crossed his arms.

Kol couldn't really refute his points, because he deep down, he knew he was out of control. So, he just sighed instead.

"I know that you acted out primarily in the beginning because you lost your magic and it left a massive hole in you. And that you tried fill it with blood, violence, and woman, but mostly blood. But later on, it just became a way to get attention from your family, because you felt like that they didn't treat you as part of the family. Like it was just Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah, and then Marcel." Naruto said, surprising Kol…at how spot on his assessment was.

"How is it we've only known each other for a little bit, and you already know me so well? That you can decipher the actual reason for how I acted when my own siblings can't?" Kol asked, honestly amazed that his nephew could decipher the true reason he acted out as a vampire.

"Because I can squeeze together more than 2 brain cells and I pay attention." Naruto admitted.

With Finn

Finn was suspended by his wrists with his manacles in the ballroom again, where Klaus once again returned to continue to try to turn him to his side. As he approached Finn, Klaus holds up the keys to his manacles.

"So, brother- ready to embrace your new life of freedom?" Klaus said to him.

"I'm already free, brother." Finn said.

"You're aware our mother cares nothing for you?" Klaus said, pocketing the key he had been holding.

"Niklaus, I assure you, my mother loves me. She loves all of her children. You would not exist without her sacrifice." Finn said. Klaus smirked, not believing him, and headed for the door, but he stopped when Finn called out to him.

"Do you even know the truth? That she was barren? And she grew so desperate for a family that she begged one of the most powerful witches in history for help- her sister, Dahlia. Of course, Dahlia's price was high. She agreed to make our mother fertile, but in exchange, she sought the first-born as sacrifice. Having no other choice, our mother gave away our beloved Freya." Finn explained. Klaus scoffed, clearly skeptical of these claims.

"Our sister died of plague." Klaus said in denial.

"Esther gave her away. Think about that. The pain, the grief." Finn said in appeal. Klaus walked over to Finn until they were nearly nose-to-nose.

"If what you say is true, then death is far too delicate a fate for her." He growled, thinking about the bitch had convinced the ancestors to kill his daughter, his protective instincts as a father rearing their head. And small though it was, he felt those same instincts for Naruto as well.

"She loves us more than you realize." Finn pleaded.

"And is love the reason she wanted my child dead?" Klaus demanded angrily.

"She was trying to protect you from Dahlia's curse!" Finn exclaimed.

Klaus lost his temper and shouted at the top of his lungs "WHAT CURSE!?"

"Dahlia demanded the first-born of every generation. Had your child lived, she would have paid the price! And, if anyone had tried to protect her, Dahlia would come and destroy us all." Finn breathed out in fear.

Klaus glared at Finn, who looked almost scared of him.

MIKAELSON COMPOUND

Nighttime

Klaus was in the middle of his compound's courtyard, trying to reach Elijah and only getting voicemail.

"I'm done leaving messages, Elijah. To say that this is urgent would be a gross understatement. We need to speak immediately." Klaus said as he hung up in frustration. He paused as he sensed someone had entered the compound. He turned around, knowing it was Davina, and turned around to see her walking towards him.

"I was wondering whether you would show up. I'm afraid I'm not done torturing your darling Kol. You best run along while you still can." Klaus taunted. He knew, as long as Kol had Naruto's favor, he was safe from Klaus. But Davina didn't need to know that. And he couldn't help himself.

"I'm not going anywhere, Klaus." Davina said, way too confident, considering who Klaus was. Marcel overheard, having recovered from the utter thrashing Naruto had dealt him, and rushed downstairs from the balcony to intervene.

"Whoa, D, today is not the day." Marcel warned.

"Actually, I think it is." Davina said. She held out her hand and twisted her hand, her magic snapping Marcel's neck and caused him to fall down the stairs. Klaus looks at her, angry for Marcel's sake.

Davina smirked at Klaus and taunted him "Looks like it's just you and me now." She taunted.

ST. ANNE'S CHURCH

Jackson was at the sacristy, where he was giving his speech to the Crescents to ditch the Daylight Rings.

"I know you're angry and scared, but we are a pack. No matter what." Jackson started. One of the werewolves leans stands up to address him.

"You've been checked out for months. Why should we listen to you?" He demanded.

"'Cause he's the Alpha! You got a problem with that?" Aiden said as he stood up in support of his friend.

Suddenly, Hayley appeared at the door at the back of the room.

"I want to hear what Jackson has to say." Hayley said.

Jackson looked shocked to see her. Hayley walked to the front of the room to join him.

"This is a pack meeting. You're not one of us anymore." Jerrick said.

Hayley faced him and held her arm out wide, looking bored, "No?"

Suddenly, Hayley's nails started to grow out like claws. Her hands started to transform into wolf paws, and her eyes glow gold. After a moment, she shifted back, and her arms and face go back to her human form.

"I am still a wolf. And, I didn't need any magical rings to control when or how I change. You want the same? Then, sit down, shut up, and listen." She said, smirking at them and looked back at Jackson, who looked at her in awe.

Meanwhile, Aria was cloaked and watching from the balcony.

MIKAELSON COMPOUND

Klaus and Davina were still facing off in the courtyard.

"You forget yourself. You're not as powerful as you once were, Harvest girl." Klaus told her.

"Doesn't mean I can't still kick your ass!" Davina arrogantly said with a smirk. She thrust her hand in front of her and telekinetically threw him across the room. His body flew through the closed double doors and broke them, shattering them into broken pieces of wood and glass. She stopped and arrogantly walks toward him, but when she got to where he landed, he was gone. Suddenly, he vamp-sped toward her and threw her down the hall. She screamed as she slammed into a wall, hitting her head so hard her forehead started to bleed as she rolled over and got to her feet.

"Such hubris! And from one who bleeds so easily." Klaus commented, as without her power she had as a Harvest girl, she had absolutely no chance against him.

Davina stood, struggling to catch her breath, and started to taunt Klaus. "You talk such a big game, but you couldn't even kill Mikael when you had the chance!" She laughed darkly as she continued, "He was right about you, you know? You're weak."

Klaus lost his temper at the mention of Mikael and vamp-sped over toward her. He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her head back, where he then bit down hard on her neck. She screamed in pain, but after he drank several gulps of her blood, he started to choke and gasp until he eventually fell back unconscious. Once he was incapacitated, Davina smirked in triumph.

After a while, Davina could be found still looking at Klaus' unconscious body when Kol snuck up behind her. He seemed pleased to see her as he approached her, taking note of the unconscious Klaus on the floor.

"It's impressive. What exactly did you do to him?" Kol asked.

"I channeled dark objects through my blood to poison him." Davina said with a smirk, sounding proud of herself. She then noted he didn't look shackled like she had been led to believe and asked, "How did you get free?"

"Oh, it's a long story. Better question is, if he's not dead, then what are you gonna do when he recovers?" Kol asked.

"We have an hour, maybe less. Enough time to chain him, bleed him, dump him in the river." Davina said ruthlessly.

Kol looked at her in surprise and said, "That's a bit harsh, isn't it?"

Davina looked at him weird and asked, "Since when do you care what happens to Klaus?"

Marcel suddenly awoke from his snapped neck with a loud gasp. He pulled himself to his feet and rubbed his sore neck. "Kol is with us now. We're going to be going up against Esther, assuming Klaus is... upright." Marcel said.

Davina looked at Kol, confused and slightly betrayed. Kol looked at her apologetically and said, "Look, Nik is a pain in the ass, but, well... she's a problem for us all."

Davina wasn't willing to accept that and said, "Klaus is the problem! I don't give a damn what happens to Esther."

"Yeah, well, I sure do." Came Cami's voice as she walked into the Abattoir. She noticed Klaus' unconscious body and looks horrified before turning back to Davina, Marcel, and Kol.

"Should I even ask?" Cami asked incredulously. Marcel shrugs and rolls his eyes toward Davina.

"Cami, you should go. It's not safe." Davina said.

"No kidding! I woke up with puncture wounds all up and down my spine and no idea how they got there. According to my uncle's files, they're part of this ancient spell, and I don't know about you guys, but when I see "ancient" and "spell" in the same sentence, I think Esther." Cami explained, and Davina looked at Cami with concern.

ST. ANNE'S CHURCH

Jackson and Hayley were still arguing their case to the rest of the Crescents, including Aiden and Jerick..

"You all need help, and you know it. Now, whatever it is that you think of me, I was born a Crescent. I'm the last of the Labonair line, which makes me an Alpha." Hayley said.

She looked over at Jackson, who seemed confused, before continuing her pitch.

"Jackson is your Alpha. Now, I don't know how many of you bought the story you grew up with, the Unification myth. Well, it is all true." She said. The crowd started to whisper among themselves. Jackson looked over at Hayley, even more confused. Aria furrowed her eyebrow in confusion. "Which means... if Jackson and I get married, anyone with the guts to turn up to the ceremony has as much control over their wolf form as I do."

The Crescents started to whisper louder amongst themselves as Jackson turned to Hayley with a shocked look.

"Hayley, what are you doing?" Jackson whispered to her.

"What needs to be done." Hayley said back.

They look at each other for a long moment before Hayley turns to address the crowd.

"This isn't just about uniting our pack. It's about forming a new community." Hayley said.

Jackson, still clearly shocked by this revelation, rolled with Hayley's plan and walked toward Hayley to put an arm around her.

"This ceremony will change everything for us. It will give us the strength we need to defend ourselves." Jackson said. In the audience, Aiden looked at his moonlight ring nervously. "Then, and only then, can we finally have peace."

Hayley walked down the steps to face the Crescents.

"The choice is yours. Keep the rings and be somebody's bitch, or be part of the greatest pack that ever lived." Hayley said.

The Crescents begin to chatter amongst themselves as Aiden rose to his feet to join Hayley and Jackson at the front of the room.

"I'm in!" Aiden said.

Jackson grinned, happy at this news, and nods at him in confirmation. Aiden took off his moonlight ring and dropped it onto the floor. Hayley smiled at Jackson.

While everyone else was happy, Aria looked at this new development with a bit of concern. Mostly because she knew Naruto already cared about Hope and he hadn't even met her yet. He would not like the fact that his little sister would potentially grow up with two fathers, confused about who she was supposed to call dad. And knowing her boyfriend, he wasn't afraid of ending this marriage arraignment prematurely.

MIKAELSON COMPOUND

Cami was sitting on a couch, chugging a glass of water, while Davina and Kol examined the puncture wounds on her back. Marcel sat next to her.

"That's Mom's work, all right. She must have wiped your memory." Kol said after examining Cami.

"Not the first time that's been done by a member of this family. What does it mean?" Cami said, remembering when Klaus had compelled her and wiped her mind to spy on Marcel.

"It's a byproduct of a..." He hesitated for a moment "...preparation spell."

"Preparation for what?" Davine asked.

"To make her a vessel." Kol said. Davina and Marcel both look horrified, and Cami looked confused and scared.

Marcel then says to Cami, "He means Esther prepared your body for someone to jump into."

"Likely herself. I mean, knowing Mother." Kol offered. Marcel looked at him suspiciously. Cami became overwhelmed.

"Where's Vincent?" She demands.

Cami marched into the ballroom, where Finn was still hanging from his wrists by his manacles. She stormed toward him and immediately, smacked him across the face.

"Why me? Out of everyone in this city?" Cami demanded.

"Because you're perfect." Finn said weakly, "Healthy, beautiful, smart... and alone. No one would question any personality changes. And, as I discovered from my sessions, Niklaus would never allow you to be harmed."

"Fix this. Do something to stop it." Cami said.

"I can't. Only my mother can." Finn said, though he did have the decency to feel a little guilt over this.

"I will step in front of a moving truck before I let your mother take over my body." Cami stated.

"She wasn't preparing you for herself, Cami. She was preparing you for Rebekah." Finn explained. Cami's eyes widen in shock. She looked over toward Marcel, who is standing in the doorway.

Mikaelson Compound

Cami, Kol, Davina and Marcel were discussing their options in the courtyard.

"How long do I have?" Cami asked.

"Well, now that Esther knows where Rebekah hiding... not long. The only way to stop it is to stop her." Kol said.

Cami took a deep breath and said, "Then, let's do this. Marcel's a vampire, you both are powerful witches..."

Marcel paced around the room while he processed this information. "Esther's stronger than anything I've ever seen. We go up against her..." He looked at Davina, knowing she's not going to be happy with his idea "...We're going to need Klaus."

"No. No, we can do this without him!" Davina scoffed.

"You're a fool if you believe that." Naruto said from his place on the balcony. Everyone looked up to see him crouched on the ledge.

"Naruto?" Cami asked in shock, surprised to see the nice young man from the bar here in the Mikaelson compound.

"Hello again, Cami. I gotta say, I knew you were involved in the supernatural world, especially when you ruined my bourbon by putting vervain in it." Naruto said, to Cami's surprise. "Though, I have to admit, I didn't think you were so involved that you were on speaking terms with the Mikaelson's."

"You tasted the vervain? How? Are you a vampire?" Cami questioned as he jumped down from the ledge and landed on his feet.

"More like, complicated." Naruto said with a smirk. Davina, for her part, didn't know who this was, but he bore a striking resemblance to Klaus and he gave off a threatening aura. Every bone in her body was screaming at her to run away from Naruto. She did her best to ignore the feeling and sent a migraine spell his way.

Naruto's eyes narrowed in annoyance at Davina as he felt the migraine spell. "Keep the baby magic to yourself, brat. Do something like that again, and next time, regardless of how much my uncle likes you, I will break you in half."

"Seriously, love. Play nice." Kol asked, really not wanting his new favorite nephew to hurt the girl he was starting to like.

"Uncle? What the hell are talking about?" Davina asked as she let up on the spell.

Naruto sighed, as he had to explain this several times today. "I've had to explain this several times today, but here's the short version. I'm Klaus' son, his eldest, born long before he ever undid his hybrid curse."

"What!?" Davina asked in shock, though it made sense why he bore a resemblance to Klaus. Camille, for her part, saw the resemblance between him and his father finally, including in their mannerisms. She briefly wondered about Aria, though this was not the time to ask him.

"Now that we're all caught up, I'm waking up the old man. He and I may not get along, but he's the only one that has ever triumphed over Esther. Better to have all your weapons on hand than leave your biggest weapon in the dark, collecting dust. This isn't up for debate." Naruto said as he walked over to Klaus. "Finite." He chanted, his eyes glowing as he canceled out the effects of the harmful magic Davina had used on Klaus. Davina was shocked, he seemed like a Vampire, yet he could use magic? She'd have to ask Kol later.

Klaus suddenly gasped as he awoke, and rolled onto his side before he began to pull himself onto his feet.

"Naptimes over." Naruto said, as Klaus sat upright.

"What did she do to me?" Klaus asked in a groan.

"All you need to know is that I beat you. Again." Davina said with a smirk.

"And yet, you relented. You need me, don't you? So, did I really lose?" Klaus challenged.

"I would say you did. You let a prepubescent child take down you, the Original Hybrid, because she got under your skin. So yeah, you lost." Naruto said as he pulled him up.

"This seems to be a bit a bad habit of yours, losing to someone way younger and less intelligent than you. Maybe you should ask yourself why that is?" Naruto chastised his father, really having a hard time understanding why Klaus made such a fool of himself, losing to children essentially left and right with the Scooby Doo Gang and again, just now.

Davina didn't like him insulting her like that and was about try and blast him again with magic, but Kol put his hand on her shoulder, getting her attention. He shook his head while looking sternly at her. Davina sighed and let it go.

Klaus also didn't like it, but his son had a point.

ST. ANNE'S CHURCH

The Crescents had just taken off after the meeting, leaving Hayley and Jackson to discuss everything at the altar.

"I'm sorry I sprung that on you." Hayley said.

"You know, I always thought it would be me popping the question instead of being the one put on the spot." Jackson said. He smiled at her good-naturedly, and she chuckled.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" He asks her after a moment.

Hayley hesitates, something Aria picks up on, and said, "Are you?"

The two of them remain silent for a long moment as they stared at each other. Jackson gulped nervously, "I know you're only doing this to help our people. But, I promise I will be a good husband to you."

Hayley smiles at him, and Jackson rises to his feet, moving in front of her so they are on the same level. He takes her left hand in his own and rubs it with his thumb.

"Hayley Marshall, will you marry me?" he said.

Hayley can't help but smile widely and laugh at his romantic side.

"No ring?" She teased. The both of them start to laugh together as they continue to hold hands, while Aria saw enough and left.

She had her own thoughts on the matter. She had originally been planning to not tell Naruto unless it was important. But this was important.

MIKAELSON COMPOUND

Kol could be found eating some more of the breakfast food from earlier. He started to bite into a croissant while he spoke to Davina.

"Quite nice of you, coming to my rescue like that!" He mentioned.

"You know, it's a good thing you didn't actually steal the stake from me. Or I would have been the one torturing you." Davina said to him.

"Does that mean you trust me, then?" He wondered.

Davina just smiled and gave him a look, which made Kol chuckle. After a moment, Klaus joined them.

"Provided you're not busy concocting a new paralytic to use against me, I'd like a word with my brother." Klaus said.

Davina shrugged and said, "Well, to be honest, I can't stand being around you anyway." She left, and Klaus smiled, slightly in amusement as she did. His face then became serious when he turned to face Kol, who looked worried.

"For the record, I didn't know a bloody thing about Mother's plan for Cami, I swear." Kol explained.

"Well, I think I can judge for myself which of her schemes she would entrust to you, and which she would not." Klaus said as he sat across from Kol in an armchair. "I believe this was Finn's task."

Kol leaned back against the couch and sighed, "Where, pray tell, is he now?"

"He's waiting uncomfortably for me to return and deliver his punishment. Pass the beignets, will you?" Klaus said.

"You know, it's only a matter of time before Mother gets bored of waiting for you to let us go." Kols said as he handed Klaus the plate of pastries, and Klaus took a beignet off the plate and whispered a thank you under his breath.

"Well, Finn, at least. I don't expect she'd care if I never came home." Kol said.

Klaus sighed and said. "A mother cares for her children. A monster does not. Once you accept she's the latter, you'll stop expecting the former." He paused for a moment before continuing, "And, despite what you might think, Kol, I did mourn you after your death. And, I did attempt to avenge you. I would do nothing less, because we are brothers. Always and forever."

Kol looked down for a minute, thinking, before sighing and putting his drink down. "I was on the Other Side when I died, Klaus. I saw everything you did, and everything you did not do. Sure, you tried to kill the Gilberts, bit Caroline, and you tried to avenge me right as I died, but Naruto is right. You didn't follow through, in the end. In the end, I wasn't important enough for you to avenge." Kol said, Klaus sighing, as he should have guessed Kol's time with his son would make him judge the hybrid more harshly.

"I'm on your side in this fight, but it's going to take more than a simple apology to make up for that." Kol said morosely.

Suddenly, Klaus' phone rang.

"Excuse me." Klaus said when he saw who it was.

He stepped away from the room to take the call. It was Rebekah, calling from the diner on Elijah's phone.

"Where have you been?" He demanded, thinking it was Elijah on the other end.

"Nik, it's me. Something's wrong. Elijah slaughtered a dozen people, whose only sin was their terrible taste in food. I mean, when have you known him to kill when he could otherwise compel? It's the kind of act that will draw our mother's attention." Rebekah said.

Klaus sighed in horror, "Her torture must have affected him more deeply than I'd realized. Where is he now?"

"I broke his neck to keep her safe, but I have no clue what to do next." Rebekah said.

Klaus walked purposefully down the stairs.

"Do you recall where we dined the Christmas after we fled Mikael?" Klaus asked.

Rebekah was confused but still answered, "Of course—"

Klaus interrupted her before she could finish, "Go there. Now."

He hung up the phone and headed toward the ballroom where Finn was still bound.

"If you enjoyed last night's activities, then you're in for a treat!" Klaus said angrily to Finn.

"Niklaus, listen to me, our mother may—" Finn tried.

Klaus interrupted him, "Not another word! No more fairy tales about witches and curses."

"If you think it's a fairy tale, then why do I see fear in your eyes?" Finn questioned.

Klaus was unamused and shouted, "MARCEL! Bring it in."

Marcel came into the room, dragging Finn's old coffin behind him. Finn desperately pleaded with Klaus as he yanked down his chains and drags him toward it.

"No! No! No, Niklaus!" Finn said.

"Oh, don't worry, brother! I made some air holes! Small ones." Klaus snarled in his ear.

Klaus lifted Finn by the front of his shirt and threw him into the coffin. Finn began to scream in fear as they closed the lid on him. He began to pound on the inside of the door as Marcel and Klaus headed for the door. Before he left, Marcel put a padlock on the lid to keep it closed.

Klaus opened his phone and dialed a number, one that he had Elijah give him earlier.

"What?" said Naruto on the other hand.

"How much do you trust this girlfriend of yours?" Klaus asked.

"I trust her with my life. Why do you ask?" Naruto asked.

"I'm texting you the address I'm heading to. It's time for you to your aunt, and your baby sister." Klaus said.

Naruto was silent for a moment. He didn't think Klaus would be okay with him seeing his sister so soon. But if he was...

"I'll be there." He said as he hung up.

Klaus was just about to leave the compound when he runs into Hayley, who is on her way inside.

"Klaus, have you seen Elijah? There's something I need to tell you both." Hayley said.

"You can tell me on the way." Klaus said walking past her.

Hayley was confused and asked, "What? Where are we going?"

Klaus turns toward her breathlessly, looking happy, "To see our daughter."

They stare at each other for a moment, stunned, until Hayley finally rushes toward him, ready to leave as soon as possible.

Chapter End