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The Escape
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That day after returning from the fight home Naruto went inside the house and tried to go in sneakily only to be caught by a small sleepy voice that belonged to his daughter, "Daddy, is that you?", Dhriti hugging her pillow came out of her brother's and her room with a pillow in her hand, dishevelled hair and her pudgy hands rubbing her drowsy eyes.
"Yes sweetie, it is me, why are you awake this late at night?" Naruto asked fearing his daughter might have listened to his and Jiraiya's conversation. Many might ask what the harm is in a six-year-old child eavesdropping, well not much unless you count the fact whose child it was. Dhriti was far more intelligent and perceptive than anyone gives her credit for, well, there are times when she acted like an airhead, missing the obvious sometimes, both qualities she seemingly got her father making the term 'daddy's girl' perfectly true. While Vassilis on the other hand has a strong sense of justice and is stubborn to the T but is very understanding of others and takes good care of others, qualities he got from his mother and thus was always jeered by his sister as 'Momma's Boy'.
Therefore, if she heard him, she would be curious, and that curiosity would lead her to things he did not want her to know, things that would lead her to his past life, a life he was running away from. Was he being a coward? Hell Yes! Is it necessary? Yes! If he running away from his life, would ensure that his children have a happy and normal life, though he was not counting the part where monsters would hunt them, still, he wanted to give them a normal life, and he would do anything. As he was musing, he was interrupted by something hitting his leg, so he looked down.
"Daddy, you were spacing out again! I was asking you why you have red paint on your hands and your clothes are so dirty. And since when do you have that red shirt?" Dhriti rapid-fire questions at him. "That was an escape" He mentally patted his back for his daughter thinking that it was red paint on his hand and not blood.
"Well Daddy was in the kitchen so had some ketchup spilled on me, so why are you awake?"
"I heard some strange sounds outside, so I came out." She explained innocently
"Dhriti, Daddy checked the outside and found no one, so go sleep, tomorrow I will give you two a huge surprise!"
"Really Daddy?!"
"Yes sweetie, now go and sleep"
"Okay, goodnight Daddy"
"Goodnight sweetheart"
With that, she left and Naruto released a breath, he did not know he was holding in. After dodging the biggest bullet he went into his room and started packing, not before thoroughly checking every corner of each room to check for spy seals or toads so that he was not being spied on, then he dialed an unknown number and said "House is compromised here, move to JFK" and only got a monotone answer from the other side.
"Copy that sir!"
The Next Morning
As the sun rose in Turkey, two children were woken up by the smell of pancakes and bacon as their father was making them breakfast. As if being hypnotized, both the children came out to the dining room.
"Good morning kids," Naruto said to them.
"Good morning, dad." Kids said in sleepy voices which could be easily misunderstood as a drawl
"Well, pancakes and bacon are on the table, come eat." Both the kids started eating and then Naruto said "Well kids, I have a surprise for you!" This brought both Dhriti and Vassilis out of their sleep completely and both their eyes were sparkling, urging their father to continue, "Well yesterday I and your mother were speaking and we thought about it a lot." By this time both kids were a bit confused about what was going to happen but they did not expect what was coming. "We are leaving Turkey and will be living with your mom in the US and we are leaving today." As the bombshell was dropped the kids waited. As the kids finished listening to their father they couldn't believe their ears and cried in excitement "Really!"
Naruto laughed at their enthusiasm "Yes, now go pack your essentials, I have packed the rest of the stuff and shipped them now go pack your bags we are leaving in three hours." Said Naruto while smiling knowing how much the kids loved their mother.
"Yahoo! Let's go"
"Hey no running in the house"
After some time, the kids along with their parents were driven to the airport to board the flight meanwhile from the Turkish residency database and Indian Citizenship database the name 'Nakul Sachdeva' was gone, instead was the name 'Nathaniel Robert Johnson', US resident who was in Turkey for tourism along with his kids. While in the car the kids called their mother,
"Hello"
"Mama!"
"Oh my munchkins, did Daddy give you your surprise?"
"Yes, we loved it, you and Daddy are the best!" to which both Artemis and Naruto chuckled at their kids' reaction. While Artemis chuckled at her kids' innocent and excited voices, Naruto chuckled thinking how Artemis the Brave and stoic goddess as he once jokingly called her Ice Queen, becomes so motherly to her kids. If anyone would listen to her right now they would have to double thinking wasn't she a man-hating goddess?
He still had to meet his brother-in-law Apollo, the reason being Artemis didn't want her meddlesome brother to shoot him as he did to Orion but after doing some research, he found out, well that bastard deserved it. Then there was his step-mother-in-law he was kind of on the fence about her. On one hand was she getting cheated on by her husband repeatedly and on the other was she throwing Hephaestus, her child off Olympus and the other numerous crimes against her other step-children bar Hercules, that bastard deserved it, well after knowing what he did to his wife's lieutenant. He did meet his mother-in-law Leto and in one word she was a sweetheart, if it was years ago he would have said how did such a kind person give birth to such a brat? But knowing Artemis, he knows she got most of her qualities from her mother. Then there was his father-in-law he honestly had no comments for such a hypocrite son of a bastard, like what the hell? You are fine with cheating on your wife repeatedly but are not fine with your daughter marrying any other person. Oh well fuck him, but he knows he can't say it out loud knowing that his wife was a daddy's little girl, and he did not want to sleep on the couch, he loved his bed and wife. Thank you very much.
As the saying goes 'Happy Wife, Happy Life' (Whoever wrote or told this was a bloody genius)
As he was thinking they reached the Airport, after all the security checks and all, they boarded the flight, he could see that his kids were visibly excited. After all for the children, the first three years of their lives they lived with their mother, grandmother, and grandaunt and the next three with their father. So seeing all their family together did bring them joy. While noticing what his kids were doing he started thinking about how this renegade met the moon goddess.
THIS WILL BE THE START OF A LONG FLASHBACK SO NO ITALICS ARE USED, THOUGH MAY BE USED FOR FLASHBACK IN A FLASHBACK
16 years ago Konohagakure...
In a lone hospital bedroom, Naruto Uzumaki was lying recovering from his injuries inflicted during the retrieval of his so-called 'best friend' and ex-teammate Sasuke Uchiha. It was the night after his operation of the critical wound that was inflicted by his rouge teammate. All his mind was going on was the guilt about not keeping his promise to Sakura to bring her other teammate back. As he was thinking this he suddenly heard some footsteps and quickly pretended to be asleep thinking that it was Shizune or Tsunade and would scold him if he stayed up this late. But then the voices he heard made him anxious. He knew those voices very well why? Because those belonged to the two so-called advisors of the Sandaime Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, he used to see them whenever he visited the old man's office. Why so-called? Because all he has heard from them is cribbing and nagging. So he pretended to be asleep to listen in to their conversations.
"That bastard Orochimaru got the Uchiha kid to turn on us, I still can't believe it!"
"Quite Koharu, don't let anyone hear you!" So, he was right both of them were here and were discussing the failed mission that happened and this got him a lot invested in the conversation.
"Listen Homura, I knew that this Uchiha kid one day would turn on us, just like the rest of that clan, they cannot be trusted." Koharu sternly stated while pointing her finger at the person in front of him. "Uchihas turned on the village, interesting." Naruto thought keeping that intel in the back of his head and continued to listen to them.
Homura sighed "I know, but what can we do? It's up to the Fifth Hokage, and we both know that woman is nothing good but gambling and drinking that's for sure." Naruto wanted to protest this in defense of Tsunade but knew the statement was half-true, "Well she does drink till wasted and does gamble her money away, but you dumbasses at the council is what make her job the hardest." He mentally ranted.
"I see we all came to an understanding." A third said all Naruto could see was a silhouette, spiky hair, and one arm in an arm sling.
"Danzo, why are you here?" Koharu's voice sounded surprised "Normally you don't show up in public places."
"I don't, but I came here to warn you that next week a meeting of the council will take place. There we will discuss what the future of the Uchiha boy will be." The man named Danzo said as he started walking past them and was about to reach his hand out.
Naruto quickly closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
Danzo opened the door and his one eye stared directly at the sleeping boy, seeing that he was asleep. He thought it was a good moment to bring up something, "Listen you two, we have already lost the Uchiha, it is already painting the village in bad light."
"So then what do you think should be done?" Homura asked to which Danzo responded.
"As of now, nothing, the Uchiha is out of the hands so, we cannot do anything about it, knowing he is with Orochimaru, we are assured that the other villages won't get their hands on the Sharingan."
"But what if Orochimaru gains it? You know very well how he almost fooled Hiruzen and all the Suna shinobis by being in the Kazekage's body, what if he gains the Uchiha's body and the Sharingan and then there will be no stopping him?" Koharu asked him. To which Danzo showed a minuscule amount of emotion by a glint in his eyes that meant he had plotted something.
"I know that is why I have a countermeasure."
"What countermeasure?" Koharu asked
"The Jinchuuriki," Danzo said, this caused Naruto's stomach to drop, by the way, this man was speaking he knew nothing good could come out of this countermeasure or whatever he was talking about and would certainly harm him as his self-preservation sense was going haywire.
"That brat how?" Koharu questioned him. Koharu knew that brat very well. She had seen him in Hiruzen's office. It was not like she hated him or something, she had her fair share of war so knew the importance of jinchuurikis and their loyalty to their respective villages. One which Hiruzen has done quite smartly, by subtly manipulating him, so that he could aspire to become Hokage.
"As of the situation that it is right now, we need the village's jinchuuriki to be powerful and loyal to the village." Danzo stated and then continued, "Honestly Hiruzen was a fool to believe the villagers would listen to him and the fourth's dying wish and release his status just like that. Knowing his parents and heritage the brat has the potential to become a strong shinobi. Still, the academy did not help." Then taking a pause he again said, "While me and Hiruzen had different opinions on the matter I gave Hiruzen's a chance. Still, the academy results left me disappointed, then I thought that Jiraiya or Kakashi would help knowing both had great relations with Minato and Kushina and would help their son but that has also left me disappointed by seeing his growth, so I think now a drastic measure is required. "
As Naruto was listening to the conversation, he was thanking the heavens that he was asleep because if he was awake his eyes would have popped out of the sockets at the revelation, but he went through the conversation.
"What drastic measure Danzo?" Homura asked this time.
"Getting the Jinchuuriki in the ROOT. Making him the perfect weapon for the village." Danzo replied with finality in his voice. This shocked the rest of the listeners.
"Are you serious? Do you know what are you saying? Have you finally lost it? You very well know that Tsunade and Jiraiya never let that happen." Koharu roughly whispered to them. But Danzo was not fazed at all and then he said, "I know but what will a Hokage and a Sannin do if the council and the Daimyo are for the decision."
To this the both of them calmed down, Homura asked, "And how exactly are you going to do that?"
"That you leave it to me." Danzo simply replied, "Have a good night." And then he left, leaving the other two there. Then Koharu turned to Homura and bid farewell and both of them left leaving Naruto to his own thoughts, especially to Danzo's one comment about his potential that came from his parents. This thought that ran in his mind had his mental gears running,
thinking about what Danzo said. Most of his classmates and teachers did not give Naruto the credit he deserved, he was not book smarts, sure he was a knucklehead but one thing he had was street smarts. Now there were times he did not show that, like blindly trusting Jiraiya, but there was a reason behind that he needed someone to teach him for his fight in the Chunnin exams, yes Ebisu was there but he was not of the same level as Kakashi but when Jiraiya himself introduced as a Sannin, Naruto knew he had hit the jackpot.
Obviously, he knew who Jiraiya of the Sannin was. After all, he did want to become Hokage so he knew about all the Hokages and their accomplishments, thus knowing who the Sannin were, but he had to convince Jiraiya somehow so he played the fool card along with somehow convincing him, it took him a while but he managed to convince the Sannin into training him though it somehow did help in the finals and the invasion, he felt like he did not get the recognition, after all, how can you not becoming a Chunnin after defeating a Jinchuuriki and a Bijuu.
Then his mind went to what Danzo said and somewhere it clicked and made him a lot pissed, along with questioning what really he wanted? Did he want the acknowledgment of the village who hated him for if not the most idiotic reason ever and how could he protect them if they base their opinions on rumours? Then his mind went to the potential part that Danzo said, and surprisingly he again agreed as it was true he was being sabotaged, now since he was sabotaged in the academy then what about missions it can happen there too. Let's not forget about trusting people, now since he heard the old coots (aka the two advisors, as Naruto called them) knew about his parents, that means the third knew about his parents and that means Tsunade baa-chan also knew.
Danzo also said about his parents' names being Minato and Kushina, now the only Minato he knew who was related to both Jiraiya and Kakashi was Minato Namikaze, Jiraya's student and also Kakashi's teacher, as much as he wanted to deny the fact that was telling that Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage, was his father. And that Kushina person they mentioned, was his mother, so he thought only one being could answer his queries, the being that his so-called father sealed inside him, the Kyuubi no Kitsune. So, he mentally prepared himself to visit his mindscape to visit the beast. He had done it once or twice by accident but not intentionally so he meditates to find his mindscape.
He opens his eyes and finds himself in the sewer which makes him question this place then he decides to move forward to the giant bars behind which lies the great beast known as Kyuubi no Kitsune, the beast of great calamity, who if swings its tails brings tsunamis to an area, the same beast who attacked their village thirteen years ago, today he wanted to face it straight not to take its chakra but to get some answers. So he walked straight to the bars.
As he approached the giant bars, he saw a giant orange fox sleeping there with one of its giant ominous eyes open, staring at him.
"What do we have here, my jailor visits me after so long." The fox's voice contained a bit of sarcasm.
"Kyuubi." Was the only thing Naruto said acknowledging the presence of the beast inside his gut.
"So why is my jailor gracing me with his presence, maybe wanting to take my chakra to heal his pathetic little body or to save the precious little Uchiha? Huh?!" The fox said with heavy sarcasm at first while ending it with venom while taking the clan's name.
"I just want to talk." That was the only sentence Naruto said.
"Oh! My jinchuuriki wants to talk to me, what? Are my ears ringing? Where is all the bravado of yours huh you insolent brat?!" The Kyuubi snarled at the end, directing some killing intent at Naruto. Naruto was floored by the amount of killing intent directed at him. It was so concentrated that Zabuza's and Orochimaru's killing intent paled in comparison to what he was facing right now. What he was feeling right at that moment could be compared to staring at death itself, but he stood there stubbornly without any outward reaction as much as he could muster. He wanted answers and he would get them by hook or crook.
"Oh! Little brave brat are you! Today I am feeling generous so pray tell me what my Jinchuuriki wanted to talk about." If the Kyuubi wanted he could have thrown Naruto out of the mindscape at that moment only but something was egging him to listen to the brat, normally the brat would have been scared but seeing his reaction today interested him, so he relented to Naruto's request. He instantly thought when the brat said that he wanted to talk was that the brat wanted to strike up a deal like some humans in the past did so, he knew what to do next if that were to happen.
"I want some answers." Was the only thing Naruto said, this threw Kyuubi off. He was expecting some kind of deal. He had seen a bit of his this jinchuurikis life and he was disappointed with his current Jinchuurikis prowess.
Even if he was sealed inside human along with his brethren he still had to maintain his status of the strongest bijuu. For that, he needed to have strong jinchuurikis, both his past jinchuurikis were powerful and he begrudgingly respected them but his hatred for them was far greater. But when he saw Naruto's life it was nothing but disappointment, the brat made a mask to hide his pain and then started believing that mask. So when he replied that he wanted answers this intrigued him even more.
"Oh and why should I bother listening to a brat like you?" it egged Naruto.
"Look we both know we are bound here for life, and from what I have gathered from the seal you die along with me." Naruto started speaking, "So looks like the brat does have some brain inside of him."The Kyuubi thought, "So how about I loosen up the seal a little bit and give you a shared view and senses with me, you get a little freedom and I get my answers. What do you say?"
Kyuubi thought about it and for him, it was a good deal, he got a bit of freedom, for answering so many questions that he knew wouldn't be that hard to answer like who is Kaguya áštsusuki? Or something like that. So he accepted it not before throwing some snarky remark at his jailer.
"Why should I even accept such conditions from the likes of you?" Suddenly the fox felt an influx in his senses and looked at Naruto in question. "I fulfilled the first part of the deal, then I made the seal a bit loose," Naruto said seriously.
Now this amused and intrigued the beast more seeing that Naruto was serious so he agreed, "Alright brat ask away", Naruto nodded and proceeded to ask the first question,
"What is my name?" the fox deadpanned at the ridiculous question and then the deadpan changed into rage. "Are you joking with me brat?!"
"No! I am not! Just please answer." Naruto raised his voice, after hearing the trio, he did not know what to believe. "Your name is Naruto."
"What is my full name?"
"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze"
That answer floored Naruto, his worst fear came true his father was really Minato Namikaze, and from what he could understand his mother was Kushina Uzumaki.
"What was my mother's name?"
"Kushina Uzumaki" Naruto nodded confirming his assumption
"So what was your connection to my mother."
"She was my previous jinchuur-"
"Wait you were sealed in people before me?!"
"Yes, brat! And do not interrupt me! And for you to answer yes there were two of them before you."
"Who were they?"
"Your mother Kushina Uzumaki and Mito Uzumaki" "Two Uzumakis, was there an Uzumaki Clan or something like that?" Naruto thought
"So were the Uzumakis like a clan or something?"
"Yes," This answer pissed Naruto off more, which means he was lied to again.
Now Naruto asked the most important question for him
"Was my father Minato Namikaze?"
"Yes"
This was the final nail in the coffin for Naruto. So the person who sealed the beast inside him was none other than his own father. So he was repeatedly lied to by the old geezer about not knowing his father and mother. Subconsciously he was drawing a bit of kyuubi's chakra in his state of anger which alerted the guards outside but when they saw him sleeping, they chalked it up to the Kyuubi healing his wounds.
Kyuubi was by far most amused. Why? Well, he would have kicked his container out of the mindscape after two or three questions but after seeing that the brat was subconsciously drawing his chakra out he knew the seal was slowly coming undone hence he continued answering him and seeing his anger flare up.
"Did you know where they lived, my parents?"
"Yes"
"Where?"
"As far as I can remember their house was near those with white eyes and those despicable Uchihas."
"So near the Uchiha and the Hyuga compounds" Naruto thought
"Hey, quick question so like I know that it was Madara Uchiha who took you in control but like it's okay if you hate him but why hate the whole clan?"
Hearing this kyuubi's flared up his killing intent in rage, "Do think you know anything about that accursed clan boy?! Did you think that I attacked that day because I wanted to?!"
Kyuubi's rant threw Naruto out of the loop for some time, "What do you mean by that?"
"What do I mean by what?" The Kyuubi asked confused by the question.
"By saying that the attack was unintentional."
"Oh so you don't know, yes what do you think I could escape two seal masters? No during your birth a rouge Uchiha came and ripped me out of Kushina."
"So you mean to say a rouge Uchiha caused all this shit I am in."
"Yes," The Kyuubi said without hesitation
Suddenly Kyuubi felt that his chakra influence getting better meaning that Naruto had kept his end of the bargain. He saw Naruto nodding to him as a gesture to thank him and then turned around and said "I kept my part of the deal." And left the mindscape. When he fluttered his eyes open he looked out of the window and saw the sky, "So about 4 am huh? Guess time spends faster in the mindscape than I expected." He thought to himself. And then he started to think about the night and formed a plan in his mind.
"They will start the morning check-up by 9 meaning I have 5 hours, the library opens at 8 so I will have an hour on my hand to check the maps to figure out their house. The Kyuubi did say that it was between Uchihas and the Hyugas, but it was before the attack so I have to check to maps of both times before and after the attack. And then search for it. I can search during Midday." He formulates a plan.
As the day passed and 7 in the morning came he discreetly made a clone transformed it into an adult and left it on the streets waiting for the library to open, as 8 am rolled up he got ready for the execution of the plans which simple, the shadow clone would sort out the maps while he escapes the hospital leaving a clone there and then in the library, they find out the location and he returns to the hospital.
He began to execute his plan as 8 am struck on the clock he started executing the plan while the clone checked the maps, another clone replaced Naruto on the bed and Naruto disguised escaped from the hospital. After leaving the hospital in five minutes, he took to the roof and reached the library in less than five minutes.
"I have less than fifty minutes in hand." He thought to himself as he entered the library. And then he looked around the library to search for the maps section, where his clone was waiting with the two precious maps, he so dearly required.
He located his clone as he reached the map section, "You got the maps."
"Yeah boss, the maps before and after the attack," Clone replied gesturing to the maps at the table.
"Ok let's get going with it."
"Yes boss"
"Okay so according to the map, the effect of Kyuubi's attack was more on the Uchiha clan and a little bit of the Hyugas. So while the Hyugas were the same the Uchiha were relocated, but only one part is common in the Uchiha map the south part of the compound which shares the boundary with the Hyuga compound and was also unaffected during the attack okay this is the place we will search here." With that saying he dispels the clone and rushes back to the hospital, where he sneaks into his room and dispels that clone too, and sleeps in his bed waiting for the evening to come for his next part of the plan.
As the morning check-up happened the Nurse told him that he was doing well and would be released in about two days, after that Kakashi came to visit him.
"Hey sensei, how are you?" Naruto asked putting his optimistic, happy-go-lucky mask on
"I am doing fine Naruto but I should ask that to you, how is my cute little student feeling?" Kakashi asked his eyes smiling.
"I am doing fine, just thinking sensei," Naruto said a bit dimly
"About what?" Kakashi asked him.
"I am just thinking about why Sasuke defected, I mean he had everything and he just defected, look at me I mean I don't even know who my parents were, if they even loved me or not. I mean I even don't know how they would react in this situation" Naruto acted in such a manner that looked like despair but in his mind, "Hope he buys this, come Kakashi, jump on the trap" As it would have that his Uzumaki Devil Luck stuck again and Kakashi fell for it,
"They would have loved and supported you in every situation." As he said that Kakashi bit his tongue at the slip-up when he saw Naruto's hopeful face.
"Did you know my parents?" He said continuing the act.
"No, but I am sure they would have done that." At this response, Naruto was genuinely disappointed knowing that Kakashi lied to his face. Yes, Naruto knew that Kakashi was forced to say that but that did not mean that it hurt him, Naruto was not dumb, sure an airhead at times but not dumb, yes he was childish but not dumb.
As Kakashi left he was alone and waiting for the hour to pass knowing for the rest three or four hours no visitors were allowed, thus he would sneak out and find his parents' home.
As the hour passed Naruto again sneaked out the same way he escaped in the morning and then made a run for it knowing that, the time of the day when Jounin and ANBU patrol at the level high, so he needed to be as stealthy as possible, one slip up might jeopardize everything for him, so he waited and moved passed Jounins and ANBU near the Uchiha compound and went to look for his parents' house.
As he reached his desired location suddenly while moving he felt as if someone's chakra had entered his body, he knew a bit about genjutsu so knew it was one of them but the problem was that he was not efficient at dispelling it, so he had to ask his tenant for some help.
"Hey Kyuubi, you listening?" He asked the beast in his mind.
"What is it brat?"The beast replied.
"Could you help me dispel the genjutsu?" He asked the fox.
"Fine." With that, a bit of chakra disruption and the genjutsu were dispelled, and when dispelled the scenery changed.
He turned around to see that he was standing before the gates of a beautiful mansion. He had a lingering suspicion of who this mansion belonged to while Kyuubi had absolute surety about the owners so, he pushed the gates open which had seals on it not before checking for any traps as he opened the gates he saw that The mansion was beautiful. It was a traditional two-story mansion, surrounded by lush, green grounds. There was even a small pond with clear water in front of the house.
'Okay my parents must be insanely wealthy', he thought with wonder. Money was something that was rarely available to him. He decided not to dwell on it further.
As he approached the front door, he began to think it was a bad idea to come here. What if someone spotted him? What if he accidentally activated a trap?
He cautiously turned the doorknob, hearing it click open. He opened the door fully, seeing the dark living room with a sofa and comfortable chairs. He turned on the lights, surprised that electricity still flowed in the circuits of the house. But it was all covered in a thick layer of dust, he started to explore the house. As he turned in the direction of the fireplace, he stopped short at what he saw.
The first thing that caught his eye was the uniquely shaped kunai embedded in a stone slab placed on top of the fireplace. Every shinobi or to-be shinobi worth his or her salt would recognize the tri-pronged kunai. It was the Yondaime's kunai. He now knew that this house belonged to the deceased Hokage. So he was right on the nose.
He turned around again, seeing the portrait above the fireplace for the first time. It was Minato Namikaze, decked out in full Hokage uniform, along with a beautiful redhead wearing a high-collared, sleeveless blouse under a long, loose-fitting dress with a wristband on her left wrist and standard shinobi sandals. A medium-sized bulge on her stomach made him realize that she was pregnant. But that was not what caught his eye.
The redhead was waving a peace sign, with a very familiar grin. The same one he wore whenever his mischievous tendencies surfaced or when he was really happy. Her face was also very similar looking to his own. Her exquisite violet eyes were shaped just like his eyes.
A tear rolled down his eyes "Mum, Dad."
After letting his inner turmoil run wild, he calmed looked around, and entered what looked like a study room, after some snooping he found a letter that had 'Mother' written on it so he opened and read it.
Dear Naruto,
Oh, my sweet little child, how I wish that I were alive to see you grow into a fine young man like your father. I'm writing this letter in case something happens to us and you are left alone. If you are reading this, it means that we are dead. We are so sorry for leaving you, baby.
First things first, I love you with all my heart, Naruto. A mother never stops loving her child, even in death. Know that I am still watching over you, and another thing; don't you dare visit me unless you are a hundred and ten years old! I want you to live a full and happy life and only die of old age.
Second, if you decide to become a shinobi, remember the three vices of shinobi life. First is alcohol, be responsible about it and don't become a drunk. Second is money, use it responsibly and try not to waste it. If you DO want to waste it, better do it on your wife. The third is women, and as your mother, I absolutely forbid you to become a pervert and a womanizer. Respect women and also, find a woman you love and want to spend your life with. Don't settle for anything less!
At the bottom of this letter, you will see two kanji. The first one contains my sword if you ever decide to take up kenjutsu. The second contains the ring with which your father proposed to me; give it to the girl you believe will love you for the rest of your life.
Once again, your father and I love you, no matter what. Remember that Naruto.
With love,
Kushina Uzumaki
P.S: Learn fuinjutsu. The Uzumaki's were known for it and your father mastered it as well. I have left ten volumes of fuinjutsu that I got from the Uzumaki archives, everything you need to become a master. Best of luck, baby!
Naruto was numb after reading the letter from his mother. He could not find the words to express how fulfilling satisfying and amazing it was to hear words from his mother, even if it was on a letter. He saw the kanji that his mother mentioned and smiled his face-splitting grin at that. His mother was awesome!
He was so hyped up from reading his mother's letter that he almost forgot about his father's. He put the letter down gently as if it were made of glass and picked his father's letter up.
Dear Naruto,
If you are reading this letter, then it means that I'm no longer among the living. I desperately hope that your mother is with you, but if that is not the case, allow me to explain a few things to you.
My name is Minato Namikaze, and as you probably have guessed, the Yondaime Hokage. If you already know this, then you are probably in the academy. If not, it is good to read. Keep it up! If you did not know about my identity as your father before this letter, please don't be upset at Sandaime-sama. I left him specific instructions that you were to be told about my identity only if you were a chuunin, or married. I made many enemies during the Third Great Shinobi War, especially from Iwa.
If people were to know about it, you would be a prime target for all my enemies.
I just want you to know that even If you are yet to be born, I love you with all my heart. It was the happiest day of my life when your mother announced that she was pregnant with you.
Your mother was Kushina Uzumaki and she was the loveliest and one of the most compassionate women I've ever met in my life. She is perhaps the only one who loves you more than I do.
I have left you another surprise in the basement of this house. Something of my own design and perhaps my greatest fuinjutsu achievement yet, other than mastering the eight trigrams sealing style. Details are in the basement. Enjoy!
Again I am very sorry for what I did but there was no other option.
With all the love in the world,
Dad
After reading his father's letter he was a bit cross with him but he thought he would make the decisions later. He took a sealing scroll and made two shadow clones and told them to take every scroll and stuff it in the large one as they were doing that he went to his father's study room and started packing things up as he moved to A rank jutsus he took the scroll named 'Rasengan', his famous jutsu, one that took him three years to develop and for him two weeks to master.
When he moved to the S rank section he knew one jutsu was missing, the same jutsu that made his father one of the most lethal shinobi in history, 'Hiraishin no Jutsu' but did not think much of it, why would a person, in their right state of mind keep such a jutsu so openly but still he searched a bit so that he see that if there was any hidden seal or not, but it did not result in success, but once everything was sealed in a big scroll and then he sealed the big scroll in a small scroll.
As he was leaving, he caught a glimpse of the three old coots and he trailed them to an old hut and eavesdropped on the advisors, as their conversation was going on, his eyes widened to a big proportion.
That night while everyone was sleeping, there was a blast in the hospital epicenter of a patient's room, specifically patient Naruto Uzumaki's room. As the chaos ensured, nobody ever saw a single person sneaking out in a hood with a storage scroll in hand, the person was a male child, age 13, had blonde hair and blue eyes, and the person escaping was none other than Naruto Uzumaki. The same Naruto Uzumaki whose hospital room was burned. The same Naruto Uzumaki, son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. It meant,
Naruto Uzumaki had abandoned the village hidden in leaves or Konohagakure no Sato.
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~Cubicreates