KG: Alright let's update. Turns out I made a mistake with Kushina. I said she had blue eyes, but their violet color. Sorry about that.
Kushina: I finally get some screen time.
KG: Yeah you do. Hey, where's Naruto?
Kushina: He left to get some steak ramen. I've never had it, but I'll take anything with ramen dattebane!
KG: O...kay. Well anyway let's get started.
Naruto continued to stare at his mother. Part of his mind couldn't believe it. Kushina, his mother, was alive and she just continued to stare at him with a gentle smile. The moon reflected her beauty giving her an almost goddess-like appearance. Her long red hair, her smooth face that didn't contain one blemish anywhere. It was then that Naruto could understand why Jiraiya told him that Kushina had to beat off some guys with a stick. She was a drop dead gorgeous woman. Kushina watched her son look at her like he was stunned by her presence. She could understand, but she wanted more than Naruto to stare at his mother.
"Aren't you going to say anything Sochi?" Kushina asked with a girl. Naruto continued to look at her and his entire body trembled. His hair covered his eyes and he looked at the ground. Kushina raised an eyebrow, but she was treated to the sight of tears going down Naruto's face. The blonde smiled and wiped his face.
"Kaa-san!" Naruto yelled as he ran to his revived mother and quickly grabbed her into a hug. Thirteen years of loneliness caught up with Naruto, thirteen years of no one there for him, no mother, no father, but that was gone. Kushina widened her eyes at the initial contact as she saw Naruto bury his face into her clothes. Kushina gave a gentle smile and wrapped her arms around her son.
"Come on sochi, your mother is here and your crying," Kushina said trying to get her son to calm down. But she could understand why he was like this. Sure she had no idea why she was alive in the first place, but if her son was alive then she knew it would have something to do with him, but she didn't care at the minute. She just wanted to feel the warmth that she didn't get except the one time where she hugged Naruto as a baby so for now she was just going to settle for this feeling.
Some time had passed for the Mother and son as they stayed in the field. Naruto had finally calmed down and Kushina was more than happy to allow her son the time he need. Both sat on the ground and silence soon reigned in the forest. This was an awkward situation for Naruto since he wasn't really sure how talking with his mother was supposed to go.
Seeing her son's distress about talking, Kushina decided to start the conversation.
"So sochi, it's good to see you. You've grown from the last time I saw you," Kushina said and Naruto smiled while he rubbed the back of his head. The blonde blushed with a chuckle and turned to his mother.
"Thanks Kaa-san. It's good to see you. I still can't believe your here," Naruto said and Kushina smiled with a nod. She wondered what that would mean for the chakra that Minato put for her into the Kyuubi seal, but that was beside the point right now.
"Believe me, seeing my sochi alive and well is nice also, but would you tell me why I'm alive at all?" Kushina asked and Naruto gulped. He hadn't thought that far ahead to an explanation. The blonde sweated and Kushina glared playfully at him. She had to admit that not even Minato could keep something from her and the same could be said about Naruto. The blonde sighed and rubbed the back of his head.
"Well your not going to believe me from how this story goes," Naruto said and Kushina raised an eyebrow. How could he say that? A mother was supposed to trust her son's word. Naruto also didn't seem like the type to lie and if he was then Kushina would straighten that out now.
"Sochi I can't even believe I'm alive right now. You've got nothing that will surprise me," Kushina said with a confident grin. Naruto gave a blank face and in the back of his mind he heard Kyuubi laughing like mad at Kushina. She really had no idea that her son was the most unpredictable ninja of Konoha.
"Alright Kaa-san, your gonna regret those words," Naruto said and began his story. He told his mother everything down to the last detail. Needless to say Kushina was very surprised and the look of utter shock was evident on her face. Naruto told her about nearly dying at Final Valley, his fight with Sasuke Uchiha and even him meeting the Shinigami. Kushina gulped when she heard all of this and had to worry about Naruto even more. Naruto also shocked Kushina to her core when he said that the Shinigami found interest in him and signed a contract with him. Now that had Kushina's interest. For Naruto to sign a contract with a god was nice in fact it was downright amazing, but she could only worry about it.
"And so Kaa-san, Shin said that I could only revive you if I...killed two people," Naruto said and Kushina widened her eyes. Naruto agreed to those terms and he brought her back. Does that mean Naruto killed already? Or did he not do it yet. Kushina wanted to be angry if only slightly, but the look of small shame on Naruto's face told her that the blonde had antagonized about the decision. She also didn't know whether to be happy or mad. Happy that Naruto loved her enough to want to do anything to see her or sad that he would kill people just to see her. Maybe it was a meaningless thought, but Kushina didn't see it that way.
"So that's what happened," Kushina said and Naruto nodded in all honesty. The last person he would lie to was his own mother and besides Kyuubi no one else knew about his contract to the Shinigami so he would have liked for someone to talk with about it.
"That's right Kaa-san. Are you mad at me?" Naruto asked and was ready to get hit like he always was from Sakura. Kushina looked at her son who was ready to accept her punishment and while Kushina did worry over it, she wasn't going to hit Naruto for it. Instead, she lightly smacked Naruto upside the head making the blonde yelp. The redhead then took Naruto into a hug making the blonde gasp.
"It's alright sochi. I'm here for you. I'm not mad just surprised. So tell me, how were you in Konoha?" Kushina asked and the small look on Naruto's face told her she was going to regret that question. How right she was when Naruto told her about his early life and all the loneliness he felt. Kushina felt so downhearted about the whole thing. She apologized multiple times throughout the story and it took Naruto multiple times to assure the redhead that he had been over it. He told her that most of the village had accepted him and the people he cared for. He told her about his dreams of being Hokage and Kushina chuckled that Naruto really was her son. She had said the same thing back when she was younger than him. It did make her happy that her son had the same dream as her. Soon enough Naruto told her his entire life and Kushina smiled while looking at the sky.
"You did a good job Sochi. I can't believe you beat a Hyuuga. Those arrogant pricks," Kushina said making Naruto sweatdrop. The blonde was seeing how late it was and sighed, but he didn't want to stop talking to his mother just yet.
"So Kaa-san, Ero-sennin told me that you really knew how to handle a sword," Naruto said and Kushina raised an eyebrow. Somewhere she remembered that name, but she for all her life couldn't remember where.
"Ero-sennin?" Kushina said and Naruto grinned before whispering in her ear. Kushina widened her eyes and smiled. Jiraiya was still up to his no good trick as usual and now he was teaching her son? Oh there was going to be some observation on her part.
"So tell me Naruto-kun. Did Jiraiya train you like me and Minato wanted?" Kushina asked and Naruto widened his eyes. Kushina stared at him and Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"When was he supposed to train me? I've only just met Ero-sennin around the Chunin exams," Naruto said and it was Kushina's turn to widen her eyes.
"You mean he didn't look after you like I told him too," Kushina said and Naruto shook his head. Kushina's hair covered her eyes and she gave a small chuckle while her hands gripped her clothes.
"What about Tsunade? She told me she'd look after you as your Godmother," Kushina said and Naruto shook his head. The mother of Naruto chuckled even more as the Ki rolled off her body. Her hair started to raise in an odd way the blonde backed away.
"So they didn't raise him like Minato and I asked them to huh?" Kushina thought and slowly calmed down. Oh she would have a few good words with those two about responsibilities and the such. However luckily for them, Naruto managed to distract her thought with another question.
"So where you good with a sword Kaa-san?" Naruto asked and Kushina turned to her son. She smiled at him wanting to know more about her and nodded.
"That's right Sochi. Your mother was really good. I really struck the fear into most people who saw me. Really only your father and the Kage passed me. Hehe, if Tsunade wasn't around then I might have been known as the strongest woman in Konoha," Kushina said with pride. Naruto's eyes gleamed and he looked at his mother in a new light. Kushina looked up at the sky again and smiled.
"Well sochi it's late. Maybe you should go now," Kushina said and Naruto got to his feet. He turned to his mother and watched her raise also.
"So are you coming back with me?" Naruto asked. Kushina thought over the question. She wasn't sure if Naruto would be able to explain to Jiraiya about her, but she didn't want to leave her son after meeting him. She had missed a bit of his life and didn't want to be out of it anymore.
Naruto could see her thinking it over and the blonde wondered how the hell he would explain this to Jiraiya. He would be suspicious of Naruto and then the blonde would have to tell the old sage his secret. Granted he did really want it to be a secret, but it was starting to turn out that way. Naruto had to remember Kakashi's lesson. Deception was a shinobi's greatest tool. Naruto thought it over for a little longer and soon his eyes gleamed. The blonde turned to his mother and motioned for her to come to him. Kushina raised an eyebrow and leaned forward while Naruto whispered in her ear. Kushina widened her eyes and smiled. That was just like her son.
With Jiraiya
Jiraiya laid on his bed contemplating his words to Naruto. He knew that he should have waited until Naruto was a chunin to tell him, but who didn't want to know their parents? Jiraiya would've been furious if someone knew his parents and didn't tell him who they were. Naruto had been gone a long time and Jiraiya wondered if the blonde was only seeking some peace.
"sigh, Naruto how long are you going to be gone?" Jiraiya wondered and soon he got his answer when the door opened. Jiraiya smiled and turned around.
"Gaki, your late. Were you really...that...shocked?" Jiraiya stopped and widened his eyes when he saw a sight that should've been impossible. Jiraiya gasped when he saw Kushina come through the door.
"K-K-K-Kushi-," Jiraiya stopped when he saw Kushina's smile. It was weird she was smiling, but her eyes they weren't at all. Soon Naruto came through the door and the blonde smiled.
"Hey Ero-sennin," Naruto said and Jiraiya turned to Naruto while his finger was pointed at Kushina, Naruto's mother.
"Naruto, do you know who this is?" Jiraiya asked and Naruto turned to her and smiled at her. Kushina smiled at her son before the blonde turned back to his sensei.
"Yes I know. She's my mother, Kushina Uzumaki right?" Naruto asked and Jiraiya nodded, but she was supposed to be dead. And her she was walking around like she had been living all her life.
"B-B-But how?" Jiraiya asked and Naruto grinned. Kushina smiled and walked up to Naruto.
"I thought I could work on a type of seal like you did Ero-sennin. It only worked that one time, but Kyuubi told me that if given enough chakra into one clone then it can be a beacon for a replacement soul so long as a seal with the kanji of the person's name is on it. So I wrote Kaa-san's name on it and a poured nearly all my chakra into it. Kyuubi said that the only reason I could do it is because of my large reserves It would kill any normal person," Naruto said and feigned exhaustion. Jiraiya looked at Naruto like he was insane for listening to Kyuubi of all people and then turned to Kushina. Jiraiya had no doubt that it was Kushina, her chakra signature, her features and the smile that made most men gulp. Yep, Jiraiya could try to deny it, but that was Kushina whether he knew it or not.
"Naruto do you know how dangerous that was!" Jiraiya said and Naruto nodded. He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled from the spot where Kushina had slightly smacked him upside the head.
"Yeah I do. Kaa-san already told me about that," Naruto said and Jiraiya nodded agreeing with Kushina's method while said redhead was mentally laughing.
"What the hell brat! Reviving your mother, lying to your mentor, telling him I said these things to you! I'm so proud," Kyuubi said making Naruto sweatdrop at his bijuu. He didn't know how to take that comment though it did help to occupy his mind while Jiraiya stared at him for any detection of a lie so Naruto was able to play that off since his mind was elsewhere. Jiraiya then turned to Kushina and smiled.
"Well I'll look into this, but I got to say. It's good to see you Kushina," Jiraiya said patting the redhead on the shoulder. Kushina chuckled with a nod and grabbed Jiraiya's shoulder and proceeded to squeeze it a bit making the Sannin wince in pain.
"It's good to see you too Jiraiya. Though I'd like a question to be answered for me," Kushina said and Jiraiya nodded. The woman turned to her son and smiled.
"Naruto-kun, why don't you go for a small walk. Jiraiya and I will be a minute," Kushina said with a smile that left no room for argument. Naruto gulped and nodded before heading for the door. He quickly closed it, but pressed his ear to the door.
"Now then Jiraiya. Please tell me why Naruto told me he grew up alone. If I recall, Minato and I told you and Tsunade to look after him right?" Kushina asked and Jiraiya backed away while the redhead cracked her knuckles as she slowly advanced on the cowering Sannin.
"K-K-Kushina I wanted to take Naruto with me, but I had to maintain the spy network a-and then there was-," Jiraiya paused and Kushina continued to smile.
"Oh Jiraiya, you act like that's an excuse. Now don't run cause this will only make things worse for you," Kushina said and Naruto gulped and backed away from the door.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Jiraiya yelled and Naruto shivered. He turned to the door and stood at attention with his hand to his forehead.
"Goodbye Ero-sennin. I'll try to revive you if you die," Naruto said and left the hotel where there were multiple patrons who were complaining about the noise.
Naruto exited the hotel and walked around the still lit up streets. He knew it was late, but he didn't care at the moment. No, right now he was thinking about his part to the agreement. Him having to kill two people. No way would they be any innocent people or people close to him maybe bandits or other people like that were fine. Naruto sighed and walked the streets. He only had Jiraiya's experiences to go on, but he felt that experiencing it for himself was going to be different.
"It's not going to be easy Kit, but you'll just have to get over it. You don't have for another seven days so there's no rush," Kyuubi said and Naruto looked at the ground. He knew that, but that was beside the point. He really didn't want to do it anyway even if it was his job.
"I know Kyuubi. I still don't want to," Naruto said and Kyuubi nodded before fading. The blonde walked more along the road and settled for leaning on a tree. The blonde sighed and looked up at the sky.
"I know I'm asking the wrong person, but Kyuubi do you find killing to really be that simple?" Naruto asked. Kyuubi wasn't expecting that question in the least and decided to humor his container.
"Well to you humans, you get all emotional over it, but for me it's simple. Your line of work revolves around it. One minute your alive and the next your meeting the Shinigami. Kit, the only thing I can tell is that when the time comes...just do it. Think about nothing else just do it and it will be over in a flash," Kyuubi advised and Naruto took note of it. The blonde figured it was okay to go back, but he didn't account to the explosion that just came off a few feet away. Naruto widened his eyes and turned to the source of the explosion. Naruto quickly jumped through the trees and took out a kunai. He paused and looked at the sharp object that could easy end someone's life. The blonde watched as the light shimmered across the kunai and held it in his hand. Naruto nodded to himself and shot forward through the trees.
It took the blonde about five minutes, but he came up to a small caravan that caught on fire. He saw multiple bodies on the ground making the blonde widen his eyes. Naruto looked around the place and soon he saw two people coming from the small fire. They were holding supplies and laughing like it was regular for them. Naruto narrowed his eyes in the trees and seethed. It had to be bandits, but way the hell out here it was probably normal.
"We made a killing Bro and I don't mean these losers. They really had some good stuff on them," one of them said to the other. From their talk, they were obviously brothers or something like it.
"Your such an idiot. Why'd you have to kill the two girls along with the guy? We could've used them," The older said grinning like mad. They were carrying food supplies and some other things to go along with it. Naruto gritted his teeth and his chakra flared in proportion to his anger. Naruto gripped his kunai and for a split second he completely forgot about fulfilling his part of the contract to the Shinigami. He just wanted them to be caught, tried, or whatever that would be right.
"Oh well what's done is done. Let's get out of here and leaves these bodies to die in the fire," The older said and the younger nodded before the two started to leave.
"Don't think I'm gonna let you leave just like that!" Naruto yelled out as he came from the trees. Naruto startled the two bandits and both were shocked that the person who made them jump was a kid.
"Hehe, you gave me a quite the scare little brat. Why don't you get lost and forgot what you saw here before I change my mind and kill you," The older brother said while the younger snickered.
"Come on Nii-san let's kill him just so he won't go blabbering off to anyone," The younger said and Naruto's hair covered his eyes. He looked at the burning carriage and while he knew the answer, he still asked this question.
"Did you two do this?" Naruto asked and immediately the younger brother snickered. The older grinned and placed his stuff down and started to walk up to the blonde.
"And what if we did?" He asked. Naruto gritted his teeth and gripped his kunai. Kyuubi watched its container and it knew that if the guys continued in their stupidity they wouldn't live to regret it. Naruto had never killed before, but even he found heartless killing to be found as a danger and would go against it.
"Just answer me!" Naruto yelled and neither said anything until the older brother was right in front of his face.
"Yeah we did it. Is that all?" He asked and immediately Naruto showed his eyes. They weren't the same ocean blue eyes that sought peace and determination, but red, slitted showing rage and hatred.
"I'm sorry," Naruto said in a small whisper so low that neither could hear him. Naruto crossed his fingers.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto yelled and soon one clone came into existence. It was all Naruto would need to deal with these two.
"Yeah that's all. You just took someone's life for their things and you don't even feel regret for it," Naruto said and what shocked the older bandit was that despite the rage, Naruto was crying. The man chuckled and sighed.
"That's life brat like it or hate, but you will experience it," The bandit said and let out a punch while the younger cheered. Naruto narrowed his eyes and, thanks to his ninja training, dodged the punch and embedded his kunai into the man's chest. Blood poured from his form and dripped over Naruto hands. The blonde gritted his teeth as he dug the kunai in deeper. The man screamed while the blood still poured on Naruto's hands. The shivered from the screaming, but he wanted them to pay. He held out his and the clone began to make the Rasengan inside the blonde's palm.
"Nii-san!" The younger brother said and Naruto held his rasengan in his hands. This might have been over kill or maybe Naruto was letting his emotions run wild, but that didn't matter at the moment.
"Rasengan," Naruto yelled a s he slammed the spiraling sphere into the bandit's abdomen. With the pain of the kunai in his chest and the pain of feeling his body crushed by the rasengan the bandit was sent flying into the distance and slammed into a tree while Naruto turned to the younger one.
"I now understand Haku. I know what your saying," Naruto said as he came up to the younger brother.
"I don't want to kill you, but I will," Naruto said and the younger bandit backed away. He gulped and took out a small knife. Naruto glared at him as the younger brother of the bandit charged at him. Naruto closed his eyes and held up his kunai.
"I'm sorry," Naruto said and before he knew it all went dark. The blonde stood on the ground with his kunai in his hand. His right hand was tainted with blood and his kunai was dripping from it. The blonde huffed while his eyes seemed to be in some sort of shock. On the ground behind him was the younger brother bandit with his throat slit. Naruto gulped and huffed like he was too tired to comprehend anything else.
Soon behind came Shin who looked at the blonde and noticed his bloody kunai. Shin didn't say anything to Naruto as he knew the blonde wouldn't reply to anything anyway. So the death god floated over to the dead body and was about to take his soul, but Naruto quickly dashed in front of Shin and held out his hand.
"Shin, just give me a minute," Naruto said and the Shinigami narrowed his eyes at his blonde summoner, but nodded and slowly backed away. Naruto looked at the dead man on the ground and his blonde hair covered his grief filled eyes. What Jiraiya had told him about death seemed to be nothing compared to the real thing. The blonde cried for a bit and knelt down.
"Kyuubi, Shin how do you guys deal with it?" Naruto asked and both the bijuu and the death god thought over his question. Shin had been taking souls as far as he could remember so it was rather difficult. Kyuubi seemed to be in the same boat.
"Well it won't help you, but I did revel in war and killing. It seemed right to me, but I don't know if its the stupid connection I have to your emotions, but I'm starting to find myself wrong. I just dealt with it and over time I got over it," Kyuubi said and soon it was Shin's turn.
"I just know it's a part of all life. You must live with it," Shin said and Naruto found it all to be true. He never felt like this. He had seen death, of course, but to do it yourself felt so...different. Naruto turned around and walked back to his hotel. He didn't care what happened right now. He just wanted to get some sleep and forget all of this.
Shin came up to the bodies and he took out his sword. He quickly slashed at the bandit ripping his soul from his body. He grabbed the soul and sucked it away into nothingness.
"One to fill the space of the revived person...," Shin said and floated to the other body that was slammed into the tree. The fierce burn marks on his body especially around the abdomen and the semi-large strike to his chest guaranteed a quick death.
"...and one for a small interest. It must be hard," Shin said and quickly took the soul then disappeared leaving the two lifeless bodies on the ground.
With Naruto
The blonde trudged through the streets of the town with the small act put behind him. He didn't want to think about it at the moment, all he knew was that he wanted to get some sleep. He came up to the hotel and walked inside. It struck him as weird that the receptionist didn't see a blonde kid with blood on the right side of his sleeve and his kunai, but he didn't care. That just saved him a lot more time for not explaining. Naruto walked up the stairs and towards him room. The blonde heard talking on the other side and knew it was his mother and Jiraiya. He opened the door and looked at them watching him.
"Hey sochi, you were gone for a bit," Kushina said and Naruto gave a simple smile. Both the toad sage and the revived Red Death widened their eyes when they saw Naruto's right arm. The blonde didn't even have the mindset to put away his kunai after the act.
"Sochi what happened?" Kushina asked. Jiraiya seemed interested also and the blonde looked at the ground. He quickly discarded the top half of his orange jumpsuit and placed it on the floor.
"It's nothing Kaa-san. I'm going to bed now," Naruto said and without taking off his pants or even pulling the covers over him Naruto laid on the bed and dropped his kunai to the ground. He didn't care about it right now.
Kushina and Jiraiya looked at each other and while Jiraiya didn't know what was wrong with Naruto, he had a hint from the bloody side of his jacket and the kunai. Kushina seemed to know also. Naruto had told her the conditions to for her revival. She was worried for her son. Death wasn't something that she would ever want Naruto to experience doing, but she knew it came with the job he was in. she made it a point to talk to Naruto when he woke up tomorrow.
"Well Kushina, I'm gonna follow Naruto's lead and go to bed also. I guess you should get some clothes tomorrow," Jiraiya said and Kushina nodded in agreement with him. For now, she would sleep in the clothes she had. Kushina climbed up to Naruto's bed and laid down next to him. Kushina wasn't sure if Naruto was still awake or not, but she wrapped her arms around her son and brought his body closer to hers.
"Sochi don't worry over it. I know you'll get through it. I don't think I could say this to you know, but thank you. I can't imagine how you must be feeling now that you've killed someone and while I'm not all that thrilled about it being for me I am happy that you feel that way. Thank you sochi," Kushina said as she closed her eyes and went to sleep. Jiraiya turned off the lights to the room and the entire placed was engulfed in silence and darkness. Jiraiya went to sleep, but Kushina and Naruto stayed awake. Well Naruto was awake, but his mother didn't know that since his back was turned to her. Naruto remembered her words and they made the blonde happy if only for that time. He knew it would be hard, but he would get over it. Instead of worrying about it, Naruto would just adjust to it. He would forever feel grief and guilt for it, but he would take Kyuubi's full advice and get over it. He had to if he wanted to do what he needed.
"Thank you Kaa-san," Naruto said with a smile and closed his eyes. Kushina grinned and nodded before falling asleep also.
Next Morning, somewhere in the fields of town
Naruto, Jiraiya and Kushina were out in the middle of the field as they decided to work with Naruto on his control well Kushina mainly. She had decided to take over Naruto's training since she had always wanted to do so as his mother. Jiraiya had no objection to it in the slightest and wanted to see how Kushina could do as a teacher. Naruto had been in a bit better shape and figured that training would get his mind off of the incident from yesterday. Jiraiya had gone off back to town while Kushina was introducing taijutsu to Naruto and the blonde wanted so much to hate his mother right then.
"Man sochi, you've got no real taijutsu stance. Well don't worry. Kaa-san's gonna straighten that out of you right now by teaching you her taijutsu style," Kushina said as Naruto fell to the ground and huffed.
"K-Kaa-san, your crazy," Naruto said and Kushina chuckled at her son. She swiped her hand through her hair and watched Naruto get to his feet.
"Practice makes perfect Sochi now do it again," Kushina said and Naruto went through the difficult katas of his mother's taijutsu. She called it Decapitation taijutsu which revolved around hitting precise points of the body and making it useless or even more effective was to cut the limbs off or make it seem that way. Perfect for a kenjutsu user. Kushina had said that she invented the style herself and it was a renowned style in Konoha.
"Pretty good sochi," Kushina said and Naruto strained a nod of thanks.
"Well you take a break. I'm gonna go and get some clothes," Kushina said walking off. Naruto nodded and watched his mother leave. He stayed underneath a tree and sighed as he felt more and more relaxed.
"Wake up blondie," Shin said making Naruto gasp as he turned around. The raised an eyebrow to see his summon there and stood to his feet.
"Don't do that!" Naruto said making the Shinigami chuckle. Naruto then widened his eyes and smiled. It might not have been much, but he managed to get the Shinigami to laugh.
"So what do you want? I honored our contract right?" Naruto asked and the Shinigami nodded. He then rummaged through his white robes and pulled out a scroll.
"It's time you also became my actual summoner," The Shinigami said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked and the Shinigami grinned as he set the scroll down next to the bed.
"Naruto Uzumaki, it's time for you to learn how to use my powers. I'm going to teach you the forbidden jutsus of a death god," Shin said and Naruto widened his eyes. Even Kyuubi was interested in this one.
"What do you mean learn your jutsus?" Naruto asked and the Shinigami grinned.
"I'm gonna make you a human Shinigami," Shin said and if Naruto was surprised then this was drop dead stunning. It was official, Shin was the best summon in the world.
"But I've only just got your contract. Don't you think that it might be a rush?" Naruto asked and shin raised an eyebrow. He did see Naruto's point and went over his words.
"I suppose that's true. For what I have planned as you are now it might kill you if not for our contract," Shin said and Naruto gulped. He wondered what Shin could possibly want him to do.
"Then how about you give me another three weeks just to get used to this then you can teach me all those cool jutsus," Naruto said. Normally he would kill for the chance to learn anything new especially from Shin, but he just wanted the time to get over last night's incident so this would help him if only slightly.
"Fine I guess. I do want to see what you can come up with in a fight so I won't rush this," Shin said and Naruto grinned with a nod. Immediately the Shinigami faded and the blonde sighed. He then slumped on the three while Kyuubi decided to come in.
"What's wrong with you brat? Normally you never shut up about training, but you want to wait for this one?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto chuckled.
"I suppose. Don't worry I'm gonna learn those amazing techniques. I can't wait to see the look on everyone's face when I show them how good I am. Tsunade-baachan might give me that hat right then and there," Naruto said as his eyes gleamed with excitement. Kyuubi sweatdropped and shook his head at his blonde container.
"And to think I worried about him over nothing," Kyuubi thought and widened his eyes. He was worried about Naruto? No way in hell. He hated all humans, he wanted to kill them all. He was a damn demon for Kami's sake. How the hell could he be worried about anyone?
"You alright? You just went silent," Naruto said shocking Kyuubi.
"I'm fine and I don't need you worrying about me," Kyuubi said and immediately cut the connection making Naruto raise an eyebrow.
"What the hell just happened?" Naruto wondered and immediately the blonde turned his head to see his mother and sensei coming back. She was carrying something in her hands. It was wrapped in a clothe and Kushina had a expression of glee on her face.
"Hello sochi, did you enjoy your break?" Kushina asked and Naruto nodded, not having his eyes leave the sight of what his mother could possibly be holding.
"Yeah it was nice Kaa-san," Naruto said and Kushina nodded.
"Well that's nice dattebane. Now then, I have a surprise for you," Kushina said and dropped the clothed item into Naruto's lap. The blonde raised an eyebrow at the gift and turned to his mother.
"What's this Kaa-san?" Naruto asked and Kushina kept a gentle smile across her face. Naruto gave her a small grin and she urged him to unwrap the small gift. Naruto chuckled at the very early birthday present. He had never gotten a present before except for some practice kunai from Iruka and Sarutobi at one time. All the other times were just a quick hello and happy birthday greeting or maybe a treat to Ichiraku Ramen for Naruto so to get something else especially from his mother was a good feeling. The blonde finished unwrapping his gift and widened his eyes. Inside the clothe was a medium sized sword with a slight curve to it's shape. The handle was orange with a small red swirl hanging off the back end of the. Next to his sword was a black sheath with an orange flame patten.
"Kaa-san?" Naruto asked in shock and Kushina grinned.
"I'm going to teach you all that I know sochi. I want you to follow in the footsteps of our clan, your father, and your mother. I know you can do it," Kushina said and Naruto eyes gleamed. He'd be learning his mother's kenjutsu, his father's other techniques and the Uzumaki clan's jutsus. It was all a lot for the blonde to take in for himself.
"How did you pay for this?" Naruto asked and Kushina smiled while waving around a wallet.
"Oh Jiraiya helped me. He said no at first, but I...convinced him to help me," Kushina said with her smiled never leaving her face which made Naruto gulp.
"Mother's are scary," Naruto said and got to his feet. The blonde took the sword into his hands and he watched his mother take get into a taijutsu stance.
"Well come on Sochi. I'm in charge of your training and we're gonna make up for lost time as mother and son," Kushina said and Naruto grinned. He would want nothing more than that.
"Just be ready Kaa-san. I'll show you that I'm worthy to be called an Uzumaki," Naruto said and Kushina chuckled.
"Definitely is my son," Kushina said and stared at Naruto.
"Well I'm gonna show you why people called me the Red Death," Kushina said and Naruto chuckled.
"Ero-sennin told me. You were so fast that the only thing people saw was a blur of your beautiful red hair," Naruto said and Kushina hid a small blush across her face and smiled.
"Oh he told you that. You the second person to compliment my hair," Kushina said and Naruto grinned at that. His mother's hair really was beautiful. It made the blonde wonder what it was like to have his mother's hair. It might have made him look cool, but he had to admit that it wouldn't go with his orange jumpsuit.
"Let me guess that Tou-san was the first?" Naruto asked and Kushina nodded.
"That's right. The both of us called it the Red String of Fate," Kushina said and Naruto wondered about it. That name had a nice ring to it.
"Well that's enough talk. Show me what you got sochi," Kushina said and Naruto nodded with a grin.
"Gotcha Kaa-san. Here I go dattebayo," Naruto yelled and charged his mother with his sword that he would be using in the future. Kushina smiled as she watched her son came at her.
"That form is sloppy and his grip is weak. Oh sochi you have much to learn, but you are my sochi," Kushina said in thought with a smile as both mother and son trained the day away.
KG: Alright I'm done. You know readers I don't feel confident in calling Kushina's taijutsu Decapitation style. If it's not too much trouble can any of you make up a taijutsu or kenjutsu style that compliments what you know about Kushina?