Here's the newest chapter. Hope you guys like it. I'm going to be honest and say that I am watching Total Drama Island now and I am having ideas...

Here are the questions, not many but still fun to answer them.

- when is the next update of jinchuriki of the force?

I'm planning on doing it as fast as possible, but I am quite busy now these days. Also I am trying to keep up with the news of the latest season coming out of the Clone Wars, which I am excited to see!

- What's going to be the pairing?

Way too soon, trying to make everyone focus on the story first and where the plot will be going. You'll see.

- Who's the Kiri nin?

You'll find out, maybe not now but later on...

Those are the questions I can answer now. Also check out the reading story a fan made named Helghy, its like the Naruto and Fairy Tail characters are reading my story, I know it's a little bit early but I don't see any problem with that.

Anyway, let's get on with this story!

Enjoy!

As daylight was coming, a couple of soaked up bodies were brought to shore, it was Naruto's clones who were bringing the unconscious bodies of his friends. They all were laid near a fire the real Naruto had made to keep them warm.

Naruto puts another branch on top of the campfire and tells the clones "Put them close to the fire, they've been in the cold water for some time."

"Yes, boss."

"Got it."

"Hey boss, Gray also?" the clone asked dragging the unconscious ice mage.

"Yes, we take no chances," Naruto said as he watched the fire branch out a little, just enough to warm up everybody around it. Happy and Natsu were laid aside each other, with Natsu already showing signs of going from unconsciousness to sleep, seeing that he was smiling while smelling the fire.

Gray was put on the opposite of Natsu, seeing that was moaning in pain while also sweating heavily.

"Ey, don't put Gray to close to the fire." Saying as he knew the ice mage doesn't mix too well with heat.

The clone nodded and took Gray by the shoulders and dragged him a little bit away from the campfire, not too far and not too close.

Naruto sighed and then said to his clones "Thanks guys, see you around."

The clones all nodded before dispelling, leaving the blonde alone conscious. He sat down near the fire and groans while he held his hand on his neck.

CRACK!

After cracking the pain out of his neck, Naruto pulled off his jacket, revealing his shirt to be a little bit too comfy around his masculine body that showed to be very healthy and attractive thanks to the training and exercise the boy went through the past few years since joining Fairy Tail.

Naruto's hands then reach to behind his head and started loosening his mouth mask, then he started pulling off the bandana slowly as his left eye started to become visible….

Once he had removed the bandana, he placed it on the jacket. He held his left hand over the place where he had lost something back in his home village, maybe it was a farewell token for his services …..or a funny way to say goodbye to his old comrades before disappearing into the wilderness.

"It stings again….."

While holding his left eye, Naruto pulled out from his backpack a small pack of medical equipment and he went to work to fix the stinging.

"That damn stinging….."

While he kept seething, Naruto used some new bandages and other stuff to ease the irritating pain in his the socket where his eye used to be, and he began to clean the small droplets of blood that was dropping out of it. the amount of seawater must've created some nasty scratches on where his eye used to be.

Aside from some head twitches and curses that escaped his mouth, Naruto soon finished patching himself up and got a bandaged patch all over his left eye. When he was done putting a knot on the bandage around his eye, he then puts the bandana on-again, hiding away the bandage. He kept the mask down meanwhile to.

Naruto then grabs his jacket and checked it out if it was dry while putting the clothes close to the fire, a figure was slowly appearing from the woods and it was specifically behind Naruto.

And the figure was holding unto a knife, a kunai knife to be exact.

Naruto just grabbed his bag and unzips it so he could start to reach his hand inside it.

The figure then jumped up, possible in the trees. As it was eyeing for the blonde boy sitting down. It then held the kunai up, ready to go for Naruto's neck.

It jumped from the tree and went straight for its target.

"…Urgh, really?" Naruto groaned as he finally reached for something and pulls it out very quickly, and turned around-

CLANG!

With a kunai of his own in his hands, Naruto blocked the person's attempt on his life as both kunais clanged to one another.

Naruto held on his own against the assailant as he saw it wasn't a male but a female one, and an experienced also. The woman was wearing a dark coat but had slender legs and normal boots.

"Okay, end this game." Naruto forces her backward "Show your identity."

The woman smirked while speaking in a strangely familiar voice "My pleasure. Shithead."

She wore a dark shade purple-colored kimono-styled blouse with dark blue stripes that had no sleeves and a skirt that ends just above her ankles with the same color as a blouse, she also wore fishnets around her ankles, and underneath her blouse just below her chest she wore a red strap band that helps her figure and shows a developed bust. She also wore a pistachio colored scarf around her neck and a bandana that fits her other clothing.

(I don't know how to describe it very well, so I'll leave a link here. chloeeh/art/CM-Tayuya-Height-Chart-277044173)

The woman was Naruto almost Naruto's age, had red hair and had the mouth of a sailor, it was Tayuya. Former and the only remaining member of the Sound four.

Naruto sighs as he should've known "Tayuya. You really need to stop greeting like this."

"What? haven't you missed me?" Tayuya said stretching her arms out laughing in a rather amusing tone than an evil one.

Naruto chuckles as he shook his head "No, it's not that." He turns to his sleeping guildmates "It's just that we can't risk exposing our true abilities, that's all."

"Jeez, if you're going to be a boring fucking dick about it, I should've stayed home," Tayuya said as she crossed her arms, turning her back.

Naruto squinted his eyes, he then proceeded to ask "Tayuya, why are you here?"

She turns back to him and tells him "I'm here as backup, shit brain. The little old man Yajima asked me to come here so I did."

"Did he told you the core of the mission?" Naruto asked the redhead to know if she knew the mission.

Tayuya didn't give a good response by saying "Uhm….."

"You didn't listen to what he said, did you?"

Tayuya puffed and held her head sideways "Dickhead."

Rolling his eyes, Naruto patted on the empty spot next to him "Sit down here and I'll go to detail what the mission is."

"Like I'm going to sit next to you-"

"And I'll make you some food, with your favorite spice," Naruto added.

"….With hot chili peppers?"

Naruto nodded at her, knowing the hothead had a love for hot food.

One long explanation later

The two former adversaries were sitting by the campfire with Tayuya just finishing her meal that was prepared by Naruto. He'd learn how to cook in these last few years since he had live on his own, and also because he couldn't keep eating Ramen cup as meals.

Tayuya took a bite from the stew Naruto made and smiled after taking a spew "Yummm, I usually don't give compliments to anyone, but damn this is some good stew!"

"Thank, I appreciate it. Now let's get down to business." Naruto said pulling out from his jacket a folded paper. Opening it up, it was shown to be a map of the island.

Pointing his finger to the small coast "We're here, on the coast. Meaning we're in the middle of the crescent bay that resembles…like a crescent moon obviously."

"Well duh."

"Anyway," Naruto moves his finger to the extended part of the island "Right up there is the mountain that is the highest point of the island, giving the perfect view of the whole island. So from there, we can see anything on the island."

"So, what are we looking for?" Tayuya questioned as she saw Naruto move his finger to the right side of where the mountain was located.

"As far as we may know, there are tunnels leading to a cave that will bring us to the bay where smugglers are keeping their ships and contraband." Naruto poked the picture multiple times "We go to that mountain, find one of those tunnels that will bring us to the cave and clean up the smuggle route once and for all."

"Great!" Tayuya exclaimed pumping her fist into her hand "I cannot wait to crack some skulls and take some fucking souls. It's been a while since I killed someone-"

"No killing."

Tayuya quickly changed her expression from delighted to shock as she turns to Naruto "What?"

"No killing, we're here to neutralize the threat," Naruto stated so to be clear "We need to interrogate them for any information about any other possible smuggling routes."

"Like hell I'm going to do that!" Tayuya protested as she points at him before arguing "What if there are any shinobi among them? We can't risk that!"

"Simple, we remove their memory-"

"Not that again!" Tayuya interrupted again as she was fed up with it and snarled at Naruto "If you think that we'll be doing that for forever you're dead wrong! You're obviously out of your fucking mind-"

"And what do you suggest!" Naruto snarled, quietly but sternly as he gave a glare to Tayuya "Sit down, shut up and listen."

Surprised by his sudden command, Tayuya kept her mouth shut and sat back down on the floor and listened to what Naruto had to say. Naruto kept a glare at her that was equal to hers.

"You've grown soft for the goofball I heard you used to be-"

"Don't even start, You know I could've just let you in that jail cell," Naruto spoke over her as he reminded her of something.

"Tsk…" This got Tayuya to look down. being shameful that she had to remind herself she was the only one to survive.

Naruto pressured with the facts he knew "With your crimes against the Leaf village, You could've been tortured for information, deprived of your sleep, and if given mercy by putting you in a cell, all alone and where you would slowly die of old age while the rest of the world would go on without you…."

She started to have a hard grip on the bowl of stew she had, her grip was so strong that cracks began to appear.

"Ending up like most of Orochimaru's people, used once and when they ain't good anymore, they'll be thrown away like a dirty sock," Naruto said casually as he drank from his cup of water.

That last statement may have a bad impact on Tayuya.

CRACK!

The bowl broke in dozens of pieces and it showed to be empty, the sharp pieces cut the skin of her hand and blood started to stream out of her fingers.

She then made a fist of it and slammed it against the ground while glaring at him for a moment….before looking back down to the flames of the campfire.

"It's really messed up how our villages really began fighting." Naruto said trying to set things in a row "First it was that genin team of yours trying to kill us and beat Sakura, then it turned into Sasuke breaking that guy's arms, and from there in the next month it evolved into a damn invasion, where many of our people got killed, including the 3rd Hokage, the one person that was the closest to me as family…"

Tayuya didn't even bother to look up hearing that, not that she didn't care but because she felt ashamed. She participated in this plot to kill the Hokage and knowing that the person who got her out of jail had a close relationship with the old man.

Staring into the campfire, he pulls out of his jacket an object he still carries with him everywhere; his headband with the scratch over the Hidden Leaf symbol on it.

Flashback

Sitting by a creek, was a young Naruto with some fish he managed to catch. It was night and it was time for him to eat. He grabs one stick and starts blowing the warm fish as he did not want to burn his tongue.

He bites from the fish and tried eating it but the young boy was forced to take some breaths to ease the burn in his mouth before biting another chunk just as an old man approaches him and said: "That smells good."

Naruto jumped back and leaned against the rock as he saw the elderly man and asked: "Who are you?"

The old man who was at that moment Sarutobi Hiruzen, the 3rd Hokage smiled and replied: "Just an old man passing through."

Then Sarutobi's stomach was heard growling, seeming he had not eaten anything, this made young Naruto laugh.

The 3rd Hokage joined in on the laughter as he then was offered a grilled fish by Naruto.

"Here, gramp, eat this." Naruto said happily offering his meal he was hunting all night, wanting it to share it with this nice old man who was being nice to him.

Sarutobi smiled and accepted "Oh, thank you."

While eating at the campfire and looking at the stars, Naruto listened to old man Hokage talking about the stars and other stuff "Look at those stars. Each one of those stars is like our world's sun."

Naruto stopped eating for a moment "Oh?"

"Yes, this world is boundless."

Naruto's smile grew wider and asked in a cheering tone "You sure know a lot gramps!"

Sarutobi nodded and explained further "Compared to the vastness of the world, man's existence is very insignificant."

*Grumble* the sound of Naruto/Sarutobi's stomachs made a sudden silence for the two as it turned into laughter a moment later.

Like a grandson/grandfather moment.

End flashback

Those were one of the fondest memories Naruto held close to his heart. And now he was gone…

Naruto stood up and was planning on going back to the others and catch some sleep, but before he does that he stopped next to the silent Tayuya and tells her something she would not forget.

"There's a reason why I broke you out, even though you were involved in the death of gramps. You're only lucky to be alive because of that one detail, and it's THAT detail which is the only reason why I managed to get you over here and build a new life. So don't screw it up."

Tayuya silently but understandably nodded on what he wanted to make clear.

Naruto turns back to his friends "Let's go to sleep. It's pretty late now."

"Right…."

Soon one of the campfire's went off and only one in the beach was left.

Next morning

"Looks like we made it guys!" An overwhelmingly happy Natsu said as he noticed someone was missing "Hey, where's Naruto?"

Lucy looks around saying "I don't know, you think he maybe got taken into the sea?"

"Nah, Naruto is here somewhere, there's no way that would happen to him." Gray still laying on the ground disagreed.

"Ey, guys!"

The three wizards turned to Happy and saw he was holding onto a letter that was handwritten. Happy waved it around "It's from Naruto. I found it next to me under a rock."

Lucy walks over to the cat as she picks it up and started reading it out loud.

Natsu walks up to her and tries reading it but then asked Lucy "So, what does it say?"

Lucy closes the letter and says "He said he'd be on the top of the mountain. Trying to 'meditate' in peace. Does he meditate?" She asked out of curiosity.

"Aye, Naruto meditates time to times, especially on high and silent places." Happy replied as he knew this.

Lucy then said, "Naruto also said there was a village nearby, that we should check out." She then thought out loud "I wonder why he decided to go to the mountains? Surely he could've done it here."

"Whatever, Let's just explore the island!" Natsu yelled smiling while stretching his arms over his head with Happy complying with him.

"Aye!"

"We've been here for thirty seconds and you guys already forget about the mission?" Lucy said sweatdropping.

Gray meanwhile was a few feet away from them, kneeling over an old campfire that was a few meters away from theirs. He checked the grounds and saw there were multiple footprints that were seen around the area. He recognizes some of them were of Naruto's but also that of a different person.

'Naruto could easily meditate everywhere. Heck, he even did it in the middle of a brawl inside the guildhall. No, something's not right….' Gray said before making up his mind 'I should stick with the others until then.'

The Fairy Tail wizards started to explore the island, by starting going towards the village that Naruto pointed out and asking for the details of their quest….

Later

In a tunnel

Inside the mountain were indeed a network of tunnels that were going through the whole mountain. Where people could just walk through them with the light of fire being used to give a clear path, It was for certain this was an operational smugglers' route that was possible active for months, maybe even half a year. The professionalism of such kind of infrastructure could not be clearer than that.

"Urgh!"

A bald man was thrown against the wall after being punched in the face, to say his face was bruised and totally bloodied as his eye was shut and his lips were leaking blood. Not only that but also his white shirt was totally covered in blood that may come from his lip and his arms were covered in bruises and looked heavily damaged.

On the opposite side of him, stood Tayuya crunching her hands and Naruto just standing there, only wearing the bandana over his head as he kept his mouth mask down. They came across this guy who was obviously not from this island, he also came across as a crook as he tried to pull a knife out and tried to stab Tayuya.

That was a mistake.

"I'm not done yet," Tayuya growled as she grabs the guy by the throat and forces him up in a chokehold "Now, start speaking or I'll keep beating!"

"F-fuck you!"

"Wrong answer, moron."

Tayuya punched the guy straight in the face, making the man spit out blood before his legs gave in and he sank to the bottom. Tired out and beaten he was finally at his breaking point.

That was the sign for the blonde young man "Alright Tayuya, that's enough."

"Finally! I'm done playing good cop/bad cop" Tayuya waved her hand around as this had been going on for a while "It's your turn now."

Naruto took it over from Tayuya and kneeled down to the bloodied smuggler who was having trouble breathing and asked "So, are you now willing to talk?"

"You don't think….I am going….to rat out on…..my colleagues?...we've been working on this for months…." The guy spits out some blood "There's no way…you'll get out alive…..because we got some backup."

Naruto's eyebrow raised out of interest "Oh? Like what?"

The man gave a snarl smirk through his bloodied mouth "Like I'm going to tell you…" this man clearly did not know who he was talking to.

Naruto only shook his head on the man's stupidity as he thought it was better to get on with it and play his part of the good cop/bad cop scenario.

"You won't scare me." The man said confidently "I know you brats will just bring me in and I'll be extradited to the land of Waves by the Alvarez Empire."

"Oh? Let me guess, you used to be a hired thug for letting me guess…..Gato?"

"Yeah…..how do you….wait." The guy recognized him "You were one of those kids that guarded Tazuna the bridge builder! What are you doing here?"

"Oh, seems like you're on the better hand. Let me help you out."

Naruto grabbed the man by his shirt and forces him up and slightly held him a little high above the ground, even though Naruto was a few inches smaller than this guy.

Naruto tapped the man on his shoulder a few times to calm him down "Now…..tell me what you are doing HERE!" He said grabbing the groin of the man real hard.

"Arrrrgh!" The man yelled out and started gaping his mouth like a fish, trying to hold it together "No, please stop!"

"Then tell me what I want to know!" Naruto said putting more pressure to the groin.

"Okay, okay!" The man complied as he began talking "I'll tell you anything that you want to know!" finally the two got this man to squeal, only didn't they know that they weren't the only one inside the same tunnel.

"There are around fifty of us. All of us were members of Gato's smuggling ring. After he died and his henchmen were arrested, we decided to explore a little bit and set up shop here in Fiore. Selling anything from booze to stolen goods!"

"Any human cargo?"

"What?!" The guy replied only to feel the hand around his throat squeezed in more "Okay, yes. We've been busy smuggling people, but for some Fiore people."

This surprised the two ex-ninja as they heard about this, why would people from Fiore want to be smuggled to an island not that far from the kingdom?

"Are you lying to us?" Tayuya threatened.

"NO! these people offered us big money!" The bloodied man said "They said they needed to go to the island, these were very secretive people but they also wanted us to bring us something big and cold, damn thing had to be carried by one of our big rigs and with the support of some wizards who came with them…..and a shinobi."

"A shinobi!?" Naruto and Tayuya both yelled at the same time at the barely conscious guy while a mysterious person was just standing behind them miles away, eavesdropping and seeing what they were doing.

The figure was reaching for something and once he got a hold of it started pulling it out. It was something unusual….. he pulled out a pipe.

The figure showed himself a little bit from the shadows and revealed to be wearing a long blue kimono and had showed to be having long hair that reached his shoulders, only that his face wasn't visible enough.

He puts it in his mouth starts reaching into his kimono and pulls out a small book that he opens and started moving pages, the front of the small book had written a clear line.

Bingo book

"Okay..." the person was going through the book until he stopped and read it "First, Tayuya, the lone survivor of the Sound Four, formerly kunoichi from the Hidden Sound Village. Was at least ranked as a jounin and considered to be extremely dangerous for her participation into the assassination of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen..."

"Hey buddy, stay awake." Naruto shook the guy around so he could keep him conscious "Who are these wizards and who's this shinobi?! I need to know."

"Urgh….a big rat….." The guy's eyelids closed and the exhaustion and beatings got him out of action, silencing him and shutting his body off as he fell down to the ground after Naruto released him.

"Don't tell me you fucking killed him."

"No," Naruto said checking the guy's pulse "He's just unconscious. We've beaten him up pretty good."

Tayuya shook her head after sighing and then asked "What now?"

"We'll split for now," Naruto said as he picks up the unconscious body and carries him over his shoulder "You go and find that dock and infiltrate it, meanwhile I'll take this guy back and question him more once he's back from dreamland. You can disguise yourself as this guy, seeing that he won't be going back. just watch yourself."

Tayuya nodded "Right, just don't wait too long, or else you'll be missing all the fun…" she said with a smirk as she went to the opposite side of the tunnel.

"Yeah right….." Naruto shook his head as he went the other way with his prisoner.

Meanwhile, the person who was hiding in the shadows turned another few pages before he found what he was looking for "Naruto Uzumaki. Former shinobi from the Hidden Leaf Village. Ranked as Genin, with low ranking scores from the academy. Did a couple of D-rank missions and a C-rank that turned A rank in the Land of Waves with his team and faced off Zabuza Momoichi …" the person wearing the kimono said as he stepped back into the shadows.

"I'm eager to see what you can do. After all, you are the one who defeated Zabuza Momoichi's beliefs…."

A few hours later

It was getting late, as the moon yet again had fallen over the island. It was to be known since Naruto had woken up in the noon but the others perhaps much later.

It wasn't a long day, to be honest.

Naruto now had created another small campfire outside a temple he had discovered with a moon symbol on it. possibly this was a place of worship for the islanders before it was abandoned.

Next to him laid his captive who was now in a deep sleep, with of course some measures taken like his feet and legs being tied up to a rock.

This gave Naruto some time alone as he was staring into the stars covered sky, thinking about that day he made his decision…

Flashback

Hospital

It was late and most people were ready to go home and sleep. But it was for sure a long week for others, like the Hokage, doctors and shinobi laying in their hospital beds who only knew what happened.

It was because of the Uchiha retrieval mission had been a success, Orochimaru's people failed to cross the bring him to the snake sannin and cross the border as most of the Sound ninja were killed by either the retrieve team or with the support of the Sand ninja who came in as backup. All except for the female sound ninja named Tayuya were killed, and she herself was taken back to the Leaf village and put under watch by the ANBU Black Ops.

Sasuke also was put under watch, of course, he was now in a coma state and he was being watched by Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai and Guy who took their turns. Which was understandable because these four teacher's had some of their students in the hospital beds themselves with scaring injuries.

For Chouji and Neji who were the most critical wounded, they were being accompanied by either their teammates or their families, while Shikamaru and Kiba were able to be fired from the hospital because of their light injuries.

Now that left was Naruto, who was alone in his room. He did gain some visits on occasion from the nurses who came to check on him but that's about it. he did not want to gain any visits anymore from anyone after Sakura had marched in and slapped him across the face in front of Tsunade and Shikamaru and berated him.

"You idiot! What have you done to Sasuke?! He's in a coma and I can't go near him! You almost killed him!" That was she said before being forcibly removed from the room by some of the nurses.

After that incident, Naruto had requested to have no visits in the time he was spending in the hospital. Tsunade and Shikamaru understood his request and left him alone. For them, it was clearly possible that team 7 had fallen apart and all of this was truly blamed on Sasuke Uchiha. So there was only one resolution.

The disbanding of team 7

Tsunade herself knew that this was the only solution on preventing any fights or attempts of killing each other as Sasuke was awaiting the punishment Tsunade would see fit giving the last Uchiha.

Naruto now had to wait to be discharged from the hospital and take a sick leave of two weeks before being recalled for duty. But Naruto did not like that for one bit. Team 7 had come through so much, the Land of Waves, the Chunin Exams, the Land of Snow and so many other missions.

Now, he was sitting up to his bed with his face still full of bandages as he was just waiting for the nurse to discharge him. But it took so long that it made him tired as he laid his head back on his pillow as he faced the window and closed his eyes, trying to catch some sleep.

"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!"

Naruto's eyes shot open and he looked at the reflection on the window, seeing that at the door stood two shadows talking right in front of his door.

"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." The feminine voice sternly stated while pointing her finger at the person in front of him.

The person 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."

"I see we all came to an understanding." A third said appearing its shadow in front of the small window of Naruto's room, Naruto could only see the person had spikey hair and something like bandages covering up some of his head.

"Danzo, why are you here?" The woman 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 "Also, I came across an interesting piece of information. About the Sound Kunoichi that was captured by the Sand kunoichi and Nara kid."

Naruto kept his own breath in a calm rhythm so they thought he was sleeping.

"I found out she can be an asset," Danzo said eyeing over the young jinchuuriki before turning back to the other elders "Did you know, that Kushina Uzumaki still had living relatives?"

Naruto heard the doors close behind him and opens his eyes as he kept listening.

"Kushina Uzumaki? That's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Why? What does this girl have?"

"It's not what she has, but what she is." Danzo was seen pulling out a scroll and showed it to them "This scroll contains the names of the remaining Uzumakis that were alive. And I found it between the belongings of Hiruzen."

Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing, he thought only that his name was just given to him since he was an orphan. But now he hears there are maybe others out there alive. And the old man knew about it?

Homura almost choked hearing it "Are you serious? There are still descendants of the Uzumaki clan alive till this day?"

"I can't believe Hiruzen has kept this a secret from us." Koharu said to herself "Where did you find it?"

"That foolish woman of a Tsunade ordered all of Hiruzen's belongings in the Hokage building to be cleaned up."

Naruto kept his breathing under control. Not being able to believe what he was hearing.

"Well Danzo, what is so interesting about that scroll?"

"There are till this day, three or more names that were left with a question mark by Hiruzen, a day before he passed away. One was a woman named Honoka, she's last seen leaving the Land of Snow with a group of researches to some unknown island, my men will be working on finding her if she's still alive."

"Okay."

"Then, there's a second girl. She was actually here in the Leaf village not that long ago. To be precisely she was participating in the Chunin Exams. She was a kunoichi from Village Hidden in the Grass. But now we know she's a subordinate for Orochimaru now, her name is Karin Uzumaki."

A pause was there for a moment before Danzo continued "And then there's a third name, also a girl. Was a subordinate of Orochimaru, and now is sitting in a cell underneath the building of the Torture and Interrogation building."

"You mean-"

"That girl's full name is Tayuya Uzumaki, and she's a direct niece of Kushina Uzumaki."

Ending flashback

The moment that he found out the girl, that girl with the mouth of a sailor, who tried to kill his comrades, had the same family name as him and was possibly the only one who had a direct link and knowledge about to his family was now in the cell.

Naruto's world came crumbling down. It was not easy for him to keep his head up straight trying to live with it. The jinchuuriki's head was filled with all kinds of emotions, thoughts, and rambling before he had to figure out what he had to do next after he was discharged from the hospital.

After he was discharged from that hospital, he started his own hunt for the truth…

"Ha, Ha, Ha!"

Naruto heard something as he saw a shadow cast over the fire as the shadow had the resemblance of an animal.

Behind him stood a giant blue rat, wearing a black corset-style top with pink frilly edges which are tied up the front with black strings and wearing on the head a white lace headband and a red ribbon tied across her chest. The turquoise colored fur was an obvious giveaway the rat was female.

The rat smiled evilly at Naruto as she held her two arms over her small head as she gave a roar.

Naruto meanwhile didn't seem to give a reaction, instead, he felt very irritated and was seen pulling out a kunai from under his sleeve and was heard saying something.

"You know," Naruto held the kunai over the fire "There's a lot of differences between common scum like this guy before me. And the rat behind me." Naruto said to himself.

The rat, however, blinked her eyes in confusion and stopped.

"Ah?"

Naruto pulls the hot glowing kunai out from the fire.

"They're just a nasty plague to anyone…." Naruto said as his eyes shot an glare.