KG: There is a name for people like you. you don't care about others and your arrogant, prideful, and a damn idiot!
Naruto: Who are you talking to?
Kushina: I think he's rehearsing for a play.
Naruto: What play? This guy can't act! You have a better chance of Sasuke being competent. Haha what the hell am I saying?
KG: Shut your mouth Naruto or I'll do something to you won't like.
Naruto: Name one thing.
KG: I'll remove ramen from the entire world and trust that I have to power to do it.
Naruto and Kushina: You wouldn't DARE!
KG: Try me, oh wait you can't! HAHAAHA! Well anyway. Let's get started.
With Naruto
The blonde gazed at the Uchiha matriarch while Mikoto touched her face. She gasped in the revelation that she was alive. It all felt like a miracle. She noticed Naruto staring at her with a smile on his face while she settled down.
"H-How am I back? Wait, that face. You couldn't be Kushina's son, Naruto Uzumaki," Mikoto said to him and Naruto nodded fast. He rubbed the back of his head while he gave her a cheeky grin.
"Guilty as charged I guess," The blonde said while Mikoto gazed at him up and down. The last time she had ever seen Naruto was when he was either six or seven. To see him so tall was different in its own right.
"Why? Why did you revive me? This should be impossible unless-," Mikoto thought for a second and the idea that Naruto would try an Edo Tensei on her just to bring her back. The disrespect of the dead was so wrong and cruel and Naruto seemed to know her thoughts before he chuckled.
"No it's not an Edo Tensei," Naruto told her and Mikoto widened her eyes before she calmed down. She sighed in relief that it wasn't like that, but that still left the question of how this was possible.
"Then please indulge me a bit Naruto-kun. I admit that it's good to see you, but mind telling me about this?" Mikoto asked and Naruto nodded. He sat in the grassy field and Mikoto did the same.
Naruto told her everything. He told her about him almost dying in Final Valley. His meeting with the Shinigami. How the Shinigami became his first summoner and even how he revived Kushina, Gaara, Hinako and herself. Needless to say, but Mikoto was surprised that anyone could hold a contract with the death god. It had to be considered a really big privilege and honor to hold such a thing.
"And you used it to revive me, but why?" she asked and Naruto chuckled while Mikoto stared at his seal. She gazed at its complexity before moving her eyes back to Naruto who was still chuckling.
"For one, it was a promise to someone, but I can't tell you who yet. You'll meet him tonight, but before we leave can you please tell me something?" Naruto asked and Mikoto nodded. She felt obliged since Naruto told her what she wanted to know.
"Alright what would you like to ask Naruto-kun?" she asked with a small smile and the blonde narrowed his eyes into a small glare.
"What happened with the Uchiha Massacre?" the blonde asked and Mikoto's smile dwindled. She looked at the ground for a second contemplating a few things while Naruto gave her the time that she needed.
"It's not easy to explain, but the Uchiha were feeling arrogant. Our clan had always looked out for the benefits of the village and my husband, Fugaku Uchiha, felt that the Hokage position was withering. He felt that the Uchiha should be deciding things for the village since we were the village police force. I always felt the Fugaku was blinded by that, but I never said anything even though I know I should have. Then Itachi came to kill us in the name of the village of Konoha. I can only wonder how hard it was to kill all of us, but Fugaku and I took our deaths without any resistance," Mikoto explained while Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"But all of you? Didn't any of you disapprove of this?" Naruto asked and Mikoto nodded. She sighed and slightly rubbed the back of her hair.
"Yes, but the village probably didn't want to take any chances. Rather than keep the Uchiha alive and live in fear of a possible coup, they decided to get rid of everyone. Tell me is Sarutobi-sama still alive?" she asked and Naruto looked away in some sadness. It was the only answer that she needed before she sighed.
"I see, so who's the Hokage now?" Mikoto asked and Naruto rolled his eyes with a small smile.
"Our female sannin, Tsunade Senju," the blonde said and Mikoto gasped. So Tsunade came back to the village, well that was a surprise if she could forget about the fact that she was even alive.
The Uzumaki and Uchiha sat in relative silence for a little while before Naruto took out a piece of paper. He then took out a pen and smiled as he wrote on the paper. Mikoto watched the blonde write..whatever he was writing before he stopped. He handed the note to Mikoto and the Uchiha matriarch took it into her hands.
"Alright I think we can go now, but go towards the Uchiha compound and stay in the living room. You'll meet the person soon enough," Naruto told her and Mikoto gave a confused expression. She wondered what Naruto could be hiding from her, but she gave in and got to her feet.
"Umm alright," she said walking off and Naruto snickered. He could only hope that things went well.
"Alright now to get you then that'll be it," Naruto said to himself before he shot off back to Kakashi's house.
Hinoken Base of Operations
Yugao and Kushina were still cooking their food as they heard swords clashing outside. It seemed that Kakashi and Sasuke were having a good time with each other, but they did wonder where Naruto was. He had been gone for a long time and everyone was starting to get worried.
"Is the food almost done Yugao?" Kushina asked and the female ex-Anbu nodded taking a spoon to sip the broth of some soup.
"Yes Kushina-san. Though I hope Naruto-san comes home soon," Yugao said and Kushina agreed before the two ladies heard the doorknob twist. They tensed for a second before they saw Naruto come through the door with an ear splitting grin across his face.
"Well speak of the devil. How was the library Naruto-kun?" Kushina asked and the blonde snickered. He turned back to his mother and due to their connection Kushina could feel the overwhelming joy that Naruto felt although it seemed more like a prank was coming into play sooner or later.
"Why are you so happy?" Yugao asked and Naruto sat on the couch. He tried to calm down, but the feeling was just too good not to smile.
"No particular reason. Hey, where are Kakashi and Sasuke?" Naruto asked and before they could answer, the two Hinoken members came through the door from the training field as they heard Naruto's question.
"Right here you loser. What's the matter? Too many hard books for you to read?" Sasuke asked with a smile, but Naruto ignored it while Kakashi went upstairs to wash up while Naruto wrapped an arm around Sasuke's neck. He was in too good a mood to care about Sasuke's insult.
The Uchiha raised an eyebrow at Naruto's upbeat attitude as he wondered if something happened, but Naruto was going to clarify that soon enough.
"What's with you loser? Get off me," Sasuke said and Naruto did so before he stopped smiling long enough to have a serious expression.
"Sasuke, go back to the Uchiha compound," Naruto told him and Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"For what?" he asked and Naruto smiled as he pushed Sasuke to the door. The Uchiha grumbled at the blonde before Naruto whispered in his ear.
"You held your end of the bargain so I did the same," He whispered and Sasuke widened his eyes. He turned to Naruto in shock while he saw the cheeky smile on the blonde's face. Sasuke felt his hands tremble as he took the doorknob of Kakashi's house in his hands. He turned back to Naruto one more time and the Uzumaki urged him to get a move on.
"She's waiting for you Sasuke," Naruto told him and hearing those words Sasuke quickly opened to door and slammed it shut as he left the house in an obvious hurry.
"Where's he going? Dinner's ready," Yugao said setting the table and Naruto smiled as he sat down at the table. Kakashi had returned and sat at another part of the table. Kushina sat next to Naruto and Yugao sat next to Kakashi.
"I don't think we'll be seeing him the rest of the night," Naruto said while Kushina eyed him. Did he do what she thought he did? She quickly noticed the smile on his face and closed her eyes smiling in turn of his actions.
"That's my son I guess," Kushina thought to herself as everyone decided to eat their food without waiting for Sasuke due to Naruto saying that the Uchiha wouldn't be back for the rest of the day.
With Sasuke
The Uchiha huffed as he hit the streets of Konoha. He quickly ran through the crowds of people. He could've taken the rooftops, but he was in too much emotion to remember that small fact at the moment. Naruto had done it? He revived his mother just like he said he would? It sounded like a damn dream, but Sasuke could only pray that it wasn't. He rushed through some civilians that he shoved out of his way.
"She's alive? Is she really alive?" Sasuke asked all these questions in his head as he continued to run while the sweat dripped from his face. He quickly came to the Uchiha compound gates and panted. He looked around the place only to see it was dark. He frantically looked around the entire place before he came up to his house.
Sasuke opened the door and quickly turned on the lights in the living room. Time seemed to stop as Sasuke stared in complete shock. The Uchiha fell to his knees while he balled his fists. He stared at the dark haired woman who was sitting on her couch looking at him. She gave a warm and inviting smile to the Uchiha heir before she stood to her feet.
"Hello Sasuke, how have you been?" she asked walking over to him and ruffled his hair. Sasuke trembled from her touch before he quickly grabbed her shocking Mikoto with his action.
"Kaa-san!" Sasuke said eagerly and Mikoto smiled while she softly petted his hair. Sasuke gritted his teeth while his sharingan flared. He gazed at his mother up and down multiple times and it showed him everything. She was the real person. No clone, no genjutsu. It really was his mother.
"My Sasuke, you have grown up a lot. I missed you," Mikoto said to him and Sasuke bit his lower lip. He gulped while he settled into his mother's embrace. Mikoto was more than happy to allow him that as they rested for a few minutes.
"He really did it, but how? It's not possible," Sasuke thought before he got up and Mikoto did the same. She took in Sasuke's appearance up and down and he really turned into an astounding young man in her eyes. She looked at him before she took his hand and guided him towards the couch. Sasuke followed her and the two sat on the couch.
"I can't believe it," Sasuke said and Mikoto smiled at her youngest son. She could tell it was a really big shock for him before she went into her clothes and pulled out a small paper. Sasuke noticed the letter as Mikoto handed it to him.
"Here for you Sasuke," Mikoto told him and Sasuke took the letter. He opened it and read to letter.
"To Mister Emo,
There, are you happy now? I told you that I always keep my word about the things I will do. There is Mikoto Uchiha right in the flesh. Please be happy with this. No doubt this is going to get a rise out of the village and Tsunade-baachan is already suspicious of my actions so please find a way to deal with this. Mikoto already told me that she wouldn't say anything. Please lighten up now and don't brood.
Naruto Uzumaki,"
Sasuke crunched the letter into his hands and smiled. He sighed with a mental nod. Naruto did his part so Sasuke would do his and not say anything to give this away. Whatever Naruto didn't want people to know then it was probably for the best Sasuke figured. Sasuke put the note away and turned to his mother while Mikoto smiled at him.
"Well Sasuke are you going to just stare at me or will you tell your mother about your life?" Mikoto asked and Sasuke nodded. He closed his eyes as he told his mother about his lonely life which effectively made Mikoto sad about all the sadness that he endured. Sasuke told her about his being the Rookie of the Year and his obsession with killing Itachi because of what he did to the clan. Mikoto closed her eyes as she knew she would have to tell Sasuke the truth about the entire thing later. Sasuke talked to her about his entire life even the unpleasant parts of teaming up with Orochimaru for a bit for power. Sasuke was actually quite ashamed to admit it to his mother and while Mikoto severely disapproved of his actions she could understand where he was coming from. Sasuke finished his story and Mikoto sighed.
"That was stupid what you did Sasuke," Mikoto told him and Sasuke sighed with a nod. He stayed silent before Mikoto gently pressed his head to her shoulder.
"Don't ever do that again. I never want to see you down that path again, but Sasuke there is something that I must tell you," Mikoto told him and the Uchiha looked at her in confusion of what she could tell him.
"What is it Kaa-san?" Sasuke asked and Mikoto sighed. She closed her eyes trying to find the words to explain to her son. She'd rather get him off that revenge path and Naruto had done the first step albeit bribery in a small sense.
"Sasuke, Itachi didn't kill the Uchiha clan simply because he wanted to," Mikoto said and Sasuke looked at the ground while he contemplated her words.
"I know that. Everyone is telling me that. One of the anbu told me that Itachi was doing it for the village. I find it to be so insane!" Sasuke said in anger, but Mikoto's presence seemed to calm him down as she gently hushed her son. Sasuke calmed down a little more and Mikoto spoke again.
"Sasuke, Itachi did the right thing. Believe it or not, but our clan wanted to overthrow Konoha," Mikoto said making Sasuke widen his eyes. The Uchiha balled his fists before he stood to his feet.
"You're messing with me right? Father's the one who taught me about loyalty to one's village. He told me to get stronger all for the sake of being a good Konoha shinobi," Sasuke said and Mikoto nodded as she stood to her feet also. She and Sasuke stared at each before the Uchiha heir looked at the ground.
"Yes Sasuke, he told you that, but you misinterpreted it. You weren't to be strong for this Konoha, but for HIS Konoha. The one he would rule over as the Uchiha head and the Hokage of the village. Sasuke, Itachi is the one who showed true loyalty to the village. To love his village so much that he would take the blame for the village and become an international criminal and least that's what I think would happen. Did he become a criminal?" Mikoto asked and Sasuke nodded.
"An S-ranked criminal," Sasuke corrected and Mikoto mentally whistled. She didn't know whether to be proud or sad that he was considered an S-rank shinobi.
The two Uchiha stayed silent for a small while before Sasuke looked at the wall.
"So what am I supposed to do? I never dreamed of a life where I wasn't going to kill Itachi for what he did," Sasuke said seething and Mikoto smiled as she kissed her son's forehead making him lightly blush.
"Sasuke, forgive Itachi. You know the burden of following orders. I bear no hatred for Itachi son so please just for me, try and forgive him. He might still feel bad for all that he did. I've known you both since you were young and you can't fool me. Neither of you can or ever will," Mikoto said with pride and Sasuke couldn't help but give a small snicker. Soon his stomach rumbled making the Uchiha blush in embarrassment. Mikoto chuckled at him before she noticed how messed up he looked in his clothes.
"Well we can talk about later for right now. We'll get you something to eat and then we'll go see Tsunade. There is something I'd like to ask her," Mikoto said and Sasuke paled.
"Umm is that such a good idea?" He asked remembering Naruto's little deal and that Mikoto could tell that's what he was thinking about.
"Don't worry, I know about Naruto and we'll let that be our little secret. Now then what would my son like for dinner?" Mikoto asked and Sasuke gave a very rare, but truly happy smile. This was such a good feeling for the Uchiha as he had his mother back in his life.
Next Morning
Naruto sighed as he got to his feet. He yawned himself awake only to see that he and Kushina had spent their first night in Kakashi's house. The dinner Yugao and Kushina made for everyone was good, but just as Naruto suspected, Sasuke didn't come back that night and he had a good reason for not coming back. Naruto got up from the bed and stretched his legs. He saw Kushina still sleeping before he smiled and kissed her cheek. Kushina snuggled in the bed before she sighed. Naruto chuckled at her before he put on his clothes.
In no time Naruto was eating his breakfast just like usual downstairs before his eyes gleamed. That's right. He had 24 hour access to the jutsu library. He could go there and all he would have to do was clear this with Tsunade then he could go. Plus maybe he could come up with a different name other than what he thought for his time-space ninjutsu.
"Im surprised you didn't say anything about me bringing back an Uchiha," Naruto said mentally making his fox stir in its cage.
"Hmph I don't like it. Those damn arrogant pricks. You'd better not bring back anymore. I still hate them with every fiber of my being," Kyuubi said while Naruto snickered.
"So that's just a big, old, fat lump of hatred right?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi grew a tick mark on his furry head.
"I'm not old nor am I fast! That wasn't funny," Kyuubi said and Naruto rolled his eyes. The talk was cut short as Naruto finished his food. He was ready to leave after he left a note as to where he would be.
So on that note, no pun intended, Naruto set out of the house and walked into the streets. Immediately he heard whispers of people talking. He snickered as he found that news traveled fast.
"Did you see her? I did. I can't believe it. Mikoto-sama is alive and well. I feel like it's almost impossible. Maybe the Shinigami likes her," All these comments Naruto heard and they made him chuckle. He didn't have on his Hinoken outfit, but just some casual clothes.
"Damn news travels fast. I can only hope that no one traces this back to me," Naruto said to himself as he entered the Hokage Mansion. He was no closer to walking up the stairs before he saw something slam out of the door. He sweatdropped and noticed it was a bottle of sake.
"I QUIT!" someone yelled making Naruto quickly turn his head to see Mikoto and Sasuke staring at Tsunade as she threw sake bottle after sake bottle out the window. The blonde sweatdropped again as he wondered what this was about.
"Tsunade-sama, you must calm down!" Shizune yelled while Jiraiya seemed to be in a state of shock. Tsunade grew a tick mark before turning to her assistant and grabbing her clothes.
"Calm down! You expect me to calm down! Do you or do you not see the person in this room at the moment! I quit sake! It won't deal with this headache. I can take a lot, but this is impossible!" Tsunade yelled while Naruto gulped. He quickly turned around the corner before Tsunade narrowed her eyes.
"Naruto get your ass in here!" she yelled and the blonde winced. Sasuke and Mikoto turned around while Naruto rubbed the back of his head. He chuckled before dodging a sake bottle.
"What was that for?" Naruto asked and Tsunade grew another tick mark on her head.
"Who did it? I know you were dead Mikoto. Kushina, then Hinako and now you. What is going on here! I want to know it now," Tsunade commanded while Sasuke paled. Jiraiya completely agreed with Tsunade while the sannin turned to Naruto.
"What are you doing here anyway brat?" Tsunade asked and Naruto gulped.
"Umm I just wanted to tell you that I was going to the Jutsu Vault for a little while. That's all. Did I interrupt something? And who's this?" Naruto asked feigning ignorance making Sasuke and Mikoto lightly chuckle at him before Jiraiya stepped forward.
"Naruto, this is Mikoto Uchiha. She's the matriarch of the Uchiha clan and Sasuke's mother. She was and all the others were reported to be deceased so this is a real mystery. I don't see the work of an Edo Tensei in the least. Sasuke what have you done?" Jiraiya asked and the Uchiha gasped. He bit his lower lip and Mikoto was about to speak before Tsunade interrupted.
"Mikoto let Sasuke talk. I want to hear this before I go insane!" Tsunade said and Naruto gulped before Sasuke rubbed the back of his head and closed his eyes.
"Why are you asking me? I didn't know about this at all. I only found out about this yesterday," Sasuke said to her and Tsunade dropped her jaw along with Jiraiya. There was no way that she could've gotten into the village since the border patrols were tighter. Someone would've noticed her at the very least, but she was DEAD, gone, out of commission, pushing up daisies, whatever you wanted to say. This was just too weird to be true.
"If you'll let me then I can explain this," Mikoto told Tsunade and the Godaime Hokage slumped into her chair before rubbing her temples.
"Brat if you have something to do with this then you'd better tell me now," Tsunade said to Naruto and the blonde raised an eyebrow before he mentally stared to sweat. He had learned to keep his face emotionless, but he had forgot that lesson at the moment while Kyuubi was grinning like mad.
"Come brat. It's time to get out of this jam. You knew this was coming," Kyuubi told him and Naruto gulped.
"Why are you asking me? I don't even know who this woman is until now. I just came to tell you that I was going to the jutsu library," Naruto said making Tsunade slam her head on the table. Jiraiya face palmed himself before Tsunade looked at another bottle of Sake.
"This has to be a damn dream," she said before she turned to Shizune.
"Shizune, get rid of ever single last Sake bottle I own. Right now!" Tsunade yelled and Shizune gulped.
"Tsunade-sama, you're not thinking clearly. Please settle down," Shizune told her before Tsunade sighed.
"Tsunade! I said I can explain!" Mikoto yelled and Sasuke backed away from his mother and appeared next to Naruto.
"I don't know how you did it loser, but you have my eternal gratitude. I also learned some things last night. Don't expect me to keep saying this or say it again, but thank you. I really mean it," Sasuke whispered and Naruto smiled.
"It's alright Sasuke. I know what it's like to miss a mother," Naruto told him and Sasuke nodded before they turned back to see Mikoto talking.
"You see, Itachi didn't actually kill me. In fact, he told me of his entire plan and I went with it. He told me that he would tell me all about Akatsuki, yeah I knew about it, and he would give me information while I passed it to the Sandaime. He didn't let anyone and I had gone into hiding because of it. There were so many nights that I wanted to spend with Sasuke, but I knew I couldn't. Underneath the Uchiha compound is a bunker where I stayed in. I was given food by some unknown source so I pretty much stayed down there while listening to what happened to the world. What you saw in blood was a blood clone that I used to make it real, but I couldn't take it anymore. I wanted to see Sasuke and so I decided to reappear. I didn't care about the consequences so long as I got to see my son," Mikoto said smiling and waving at Sasuke who turned away with an embarrassed look on his face.
"So why didn't he tell us about it?" Jiraiya asked and Mikoto sighed.
"Well Tsunade wasn't even here and Jiraiya you were always traveling. Plus it was treated as a SS-rank secret so there was nothing he could do about it. Don't blame him or me about it," Mikoto said while Tsunade sighed before turning to Jiraiya.
"Did sensei even know about Akatsuki before you told him?" Tsunade asked and Mikoto grew a tick mark.
"You think I'm lying?" she asked dangerously making Tsunade and Jiraiya put their hands up in defense seeing the deadly aura around Mikoto's form.
"Umm no that's not it. This is just a lot to take in at the moment. I can't believe it," Tsunade said and Jiraiya could agree.
"Hmmm I'll have to look into some things, but I suppose that makes sense. So Hime, what should we do. You know how strong Mikoto is. She was the only one who could effectively match Kushina in anything," Jiraiya said and Tsunade could agree. She knew a lot of Mikoto's exploits even when she was traveling. It'd be a waste not to have her back in the service.
"Well I don't mind coming back into the service, but I have a question for both of you," Mikoto said and the two nodded while she smiled and placed her hands on the desk.
"Sasuke, Naruto please leave this instant," she said making the two glance at each other. Mikoto glared her sharingan at the two sannin making them gulp. Immediately Naruto and Sasuke left leaving Jiraiya and Tsunade at Mikoto's mercy.
"Now then, I'm only going to ask this once and I want an answer. WHERE IS DANZO?" she yelled out making Tsunade and Jiraiya turned to each other.
"Umm w-we don't know right now," Jiraiya said and Mikoto smiled while her eyebrow twitched.
"Summon him now! Or I'll make the two of know why I was one of the closest shinobi to the sannin," she said making Tsunade nod along with Jiraiya.
With Sasuke and Naruto
The two boys were walking towards the jutsu vault near the bottom of the Hokage Mansion. It wasn't the Hokage's vault, but a vault for all those jonin and above who could take scrolls and the such out of the vault.
"So are you happy?" Naruto asked and Sasuke nodded. He then looked at the ground and sighed.
"But I learned of the truth about Itachi," Sasuke said and Naruto narrowed his eyes to the mention of the elder Uchiha.
"I did also. It's hard to believe isn't it?" Naruto asked and Sasuke nodded. He sighed again while Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"So what are you going to do about it? Now that you know Itachi wasn't who we thought it was?" Naruto asked him and Sasuke bit his lower lip.
"Hn," he uttered, but Naruto didn't really care if the Uchiha wouldn't respond or not. It must've been a lot for him to take in at the moment. He could only hope that Sasuke would start to lighten up a bit more.
"Anyway, why are you going to the jutsu vault?" Sasuke asked the blonde and Naruto smiled.
"Se-cr-et," he said making the Uchiha scowl at his Hinoken partner.
"Hn," he said, but he followed the blonde anyway. He had nothing better to do at the moment. He said that his mother wouldn't mind training him a bit later. Not to mention that he couldn't wait to see what scrolls the jutsu vault.
Naruto and Sasuke came up to the vault being guarded by two anbu and came up to them. They were about to go through the door before one of the anbu turned to them.
"Can we help you?" the anbu asked and Naruto turned to him.
"Yeah Sasuke and I are going inside," Naruto told them like it was an obvious thing. The two anbu glanced at each other before turning back to the blonde.
"Look kid only jonin and anbu are allowed in here and last time I checked you were either so why don't you and the Uchiha get lost," one of the anbu said making Sasuke and Naruto narrow their eyes. They growled at the anbu for calling them kids. Naruto sighed as he took out his new license and flashed it at the anbu.
"What is this?" The anbu asked and Naruto sighed again before he gritted his teeth.
"This is my Hinoken license. It grants me and Sasuke access to the Jutsu vault," Naruto said with a glare before the anbu handed him back his license.
"Obviously fake. There is no such thing as a Hinoken license. Better luck next time. Now leave before we turn you to Tsunade-sama," The anbu said to him making Naruto ball his fists. This had to be some fuckin' joke didn't it?
"Hey what's going on here?" someone asked making the four turn around. Naruto looked to see his mother smiling at everyone along with Kakashi and Yugao. The entire Hinoken team was in front of the anbu guards before one of them recognized Yugao.
"Y-Yugao-taichou what are you doing here? I thought you resigned from the anbu," one of them said and the purple haired Hinoken member smiled.
"That's right I did, but what's going on here?' she asked while the anbu looked at Naruto and Sasuke.
"They want entry into the jutsu vault, but we told them that they have to be jonin or anbu. They handed us fake licenses so we're trying to send them away," one of them said while Kakashi took his out.
"By any chance was it like this?" Kakashi asked with an eyesmile and the anbu gasped at the same license with Kakashi's face on.
"H-How do you-?" He asked and Kakashi rubbed the back of his head while Kushina stepped forward.
"You two are obviously mistaken. It seems that you didn't hear the news. Tsunade has created a group called Hinoken and just like the anbu and jonin in the village we can all go into the jutsu vault. The license you saw was real so you should let them and us past," she told them and the anbu gulped with a quick nod from the two as they opened the doors to Naruto and Sasuke.
"Umm s-sorry about that. It won't happen again. Please go on inside," they told them all making everyone nod as they all went inside the jutsu vault.
Immediately Naruto gasped at the sheer size of it and so did Sasuke. It was so damn large that they almost couldn't see the top of it. This was really amazing.
"By the way, what are you guys doing here?" Naruto asked turning to his mother, former sensei and new teammate. Kushina, Kakashi and Yugao chuckled with their own mischievous grins on their faces.
"Well we were all going to come here sooner or later, but we saw you guys gone. Hmm it looks like others are around too," Yugao said seeing anbu and jonin in the jutsu vault.
"Yeah it's quite packed, but we need to be quiet. It sort of like a library of sorts so keep quiet," Kakashi told them and everyone nodded. Yugao quickly left the group to go and find something on swords while Kakashi and Sasuke left with one looking for fire techniques and the other for lightning leaving Naruto and Kushina together in the place.
"So shall we get started Kaa-chan?" Naruto asked and Kushina nodded as they traversed the large library of jutsu scrolls.
"So what are we looking for?" Kushina asked and Naruto rubbed the back of his head. He looked in one aisle and sighed.
"Hmm maybe we should start with something to do with chakra I guess. Oh wait I know just the thing Kaa-chan," Naruto said as he ran off to go and get a book leaving Kushina on a staircase.
In no time, Naruto returned with a book and handed it to Kushina. She looked at the book and noticed the title "Chakra: Outgoing and Ingoing". Kushina looked at the book with a confused expression, but then Naruto handed her another book that read "Seals: The Unknown Arts".
"Sochi, what do these books have to do with anything?" Kushina asked and Naruto smiled as he decided to leave her wondering and Kushina never liked to be left wondering about something.
"Come on Kaa-chan. Right now we'll need to read up on these. Then I'll turn to our Uzumaki book for some more answers. Right now Kaa-chan we'll need to read these. Once we're done with these then we can look at something else," Naruto told her and Kushina nodded. She wondered where her son could be going with this, but she decided to get one with reading the books while Naruto made a kage bunshin to go and get another book for him.
The entire Hinoken group secured a small table and read together. Naruto showed Kushina some illustrations of chakra that was able to go outward as well as inward at the same time. Granted, Kushina knew that and she showed him the seal that were used to contain physical energy.
Sasuke was looking at a fire jutsu scroll that was invented by the Sandaime Hokage himself. He wondered why it wasn't in the Hokage's vault, but he wouldn't complain about it.
Kakashi was looking at a small scroll that spoke of a taijutsu for sharingan users while Yugao was staring at a sword book on the latest kenjutsu techniques written by old masters. It wouldn't be a short time before they left.
Hyuuga Compound
Hinako was watching her daughter train with her sister. It was a refreshing feeling to see her two daughters training so intensively. The wife of the Hyuuga head smiled along with her husband and their daughters progression. She sipped some tea with a sigh.
"Hinata, firmer stance. Hanabi, you need more execution," Hiashi instructed.
"Hai," They both said at the same time as they picked up their pace. Hiashi slightly smiled while he sat next to his wife and half-sister. It felt like a dream to have her back and it was all thanks to Naruto. He of course was happy about it, but he also knew about the contract with Naruto and the Shinigami. It still seemed hard to believe that the blonde held a contract with one of the most powerful beings in the entire world and he wanted to use it's power to bring about peace. How was that for a good person?
"Hiashi-kun are you alright?" Hinako asked noticing him and Hiashi shook his head.
"I'm fine Hinako. Just a little bit happy. Both girls have livened up since you came back and even Neji is smiling more than usual," Hiashi said and Hinako nodded with a smile on her face.
"We both know who to thank for that," she said and Hiashi couldn't disagree with her on that.
Soon a Hyuuga came to the two and bowed before the Hyuuga head and his wife.
"Hiashi-sama, you are being summoned to an immediate council meeting. Please get ready," the Hyuuga told him and Hiashi sighed with a nod as he stood to his feet and walked off with Hinako giggling.
"Well girls I'll be taking over for your father so you get a five-minute break then it's back to your spar, but this time you both will be fighting me," Hinako said making Hinata and Hanabi raise their eyebrows.
"You sure we won't beat you Kaa-sama?" Hanabi asked making Hinata giggle at the joke before Hinako jumped into the air and backflipped over Hinata and Hanabi making them both gasp before she safely landed on the field.
"You both didn't think that your father was the only one who taught members of the Hyuuga clan did you?" Hinako asked making Hanabi and Hinata stare at their mother in awe. And so the girls training began.
Council room
Tsunade had sat down in her seat as the clan heads filed in. They all sat in their appropriate seats. Soon after them the civilian council filed in and everyone looked to see Tsunade rubbing her temples like she just had the shock of a lifetime.
"So what's this meeting about Tsunade-sama?" Tsume asked while placing her arms on the table. Hiashi closed his eyes and folded his arms while Tsunade turned to the Inuzuka head.
"As of today I have a surprise for everyone. Especially Danzo," Tsunade said glaring at the man making the Root division head narrow his eyes.
"Well? Are you going to tell us or keep us in suspense?" Koharu asked and Tsunade turned to them.
"Calm down you old bat. Now then, open the door," Tsunade said and the anbu did so. Immediately there was a single flash as the room was flooded with KI. They all tensed as the person walked into the room. Everyone widened their eyes while Hiashi seemed rather surprised. Tsume dropped her jaw along with Chouza. Shikaku sighed and rubbed the back of his head while Shibi raised an eyebrow. Inoichi seemed confused as everyone stared at Mikoto. Danzo tensed as the Uchiha matriarch walked into the room.
"MIKOTO!" everyone said while the woman glared at Danzo.
"Danzo!" Mikoto yelled as she charged at the one-eyed man only to be blocked by an anbu. The Uchiha glared hard while she showed absolute disdain for the man in front of her.
"Mikoto-san, please calm down! Wait, what's going on here?" Inoichi asked and everyone turned to Tsunade for an explanation making the sannin smile.
Tsunade told everyone the story that Mikoto told her. Needless to say, but everyone was rather surprised to hear that story and before long they all got back to a current subject at hand.
"So why is she trying to attack Danzo-sama?" a civilian asked while Mikoto narrowed her eyes at the bandaged covered man.
"Why don't you tell them why Danzo!" Mikoto spat at him and the elder closed his eyes while keeping his cool demeanor, but on the inside he was visibly trembling. Mikoto lowly growled while the anbu tried with all his might to hold back her from impaling the man.
"Go on Danzo, tell them all how you helped in the Uchiha massacre. Tell them how you stole six sharingan from three different people. Take off that damn bandage and show them the sharingan that you stole from Shisui Uchiha!" Mikoto yelled and Danzo got to his feet.
"Outrageous woman! Do you all really believe this nonsense?" Danzo asked before Mikoto grabbed the arm of the anbu and flung him away from her before she did a quick sidestepped and slammed Danzo into the wall before Tsunade stood to her feet.
"Danzo, take off that bandage! If what you say is true then you should have no problem taking it off," Tsunade proclaimed and the elder growled. Everyone had their eyes set on him while Mikoto had her kunai right at his jugular. The old man narrowed his eyes before he looked directly at Mikoto.
"Dammit, I could never have seen this coming. I thought I had gotten away clean. Damn that Itachi. He can't do anything right can he?" Danzo wondered before Tsunade narrowed her eyes in impatience.
"Well Danzo? Take off that bandage and I mean now!" Tsunade said and Danzo narrowed his eyes while Mikoto smirked. Soon before anyone knew it, there came a barrage of smoke bombs in the room filling it with smoke making everyone cough while Mikoto covered her eyes and mouth.
Soon the smoke dispelled and everyone turned to see Danzo gone. Tsunade narrowed her eyes as did everyone else. She slammed the table while Tsume stood to her feet.
"Dammit, he got away clean. I can't find him anywhere," Tsume said while Hiashi did a few handsigns.
"Byakugan," He yelled as he tried to scan everything within his field of vision, but Danzo was gone while Mikoto sighed.
"I'm going after him," Mikoto said as she jumped down, but she was stopped by Tsunade who only gave a small grin.
"Now Mikoto don't be reckless here," Tsunade said while Inoichi agreed with her. He quickly jumped down to the floor and sighed.
"We should get the anbu on him immediately," Inoichi said, but Tsunade waved her hand off at the position.
"You all go home. I know who can handle this mission. That includes you Mikoto," Tsunade said and the Uchiha Matriarch calmed down and nodded while Tsunade snapped her fingers. An anbu appeared behind her and smiled.
"Get me Yugao, Kakashi, Kushina, Naruto and Sasuke," Tsunade said and the anbu bowed before leaving while everyone looked at Tsunade with confused expressions on their faces.
"Why do need those five?" Chouza asked and Tsunade simply smiled as she walked away. She really hated the fact that Danzo was now a suspect for being involved in the Uchiha massacre, but she was also grinning like mad.
"I guess I'll give them their first mission. Granted it's not how I wanted to induct them as a team," Tsunade said before she went into her office before she saw Mikoto follow her.
"Tsunade I don't know what you want with my son or Kushina or Naruto, but I need to go after Danzo," Mikoto said and the blonde woman sighed as she rubbed the back of her head before she sat in her chair.
"Mikoto while I'm glad you're back I still need you to know your place. I'm the Hokage and what I say goes. Now calm down and wait for the others to arrive," Tsunade said and Mikoto sighed before leaning against the wall.
With Team Hinoken
"See Kaa-chan if you place the seals on your wrists then the outgoing chakra while merge with the ingoing and both will be concentrated to you hands as you form the ball," Naruto said to her and Kushina seemed to understand as she saw how Naruto explained it.
"Sochi, the way that sounds makes it rather unstable. You're going to have to find a way to contain that chakra or it will explode right in your face," Kushina said and Naruto could honestly agree with her on that while everyone else was busy reading some scrolls, but then an anbu bursted through the door of the jutsu vault.
"Hinoken! Report to Tsunade-sama's office at once!" the anbu said to everyone making Naruto, Kushina, Kakashi, Yugao and Sasuke jump to their feet. They all narrowed their eyes while all the jonin and anbu who were in the room turned to the group.
The team of kenjutsu users quickly got to the door in a hurry.
"What happened?" Naruto asked and the anbu instructed them to follow him towards the Hokage Mansion as they all tried to get the anbu to tell them what was going on, but no one had an idea of what he could want with them all.
Soon they all came up to the door and opened it. Sasuke turned to see his mother leaning on the wall with a pissed off expression on her face. He wondered what was wrong before Tsunade waved the anbu away and turned to them all. Kushina noticed Mikoto and the two gave each other a warm smile and wave before getting serious to the situation,
"Hinoken, I have a mission for all of you. This will be your first mission as a group. It wasn't supposed to be this early, but circumstances forced my hand a little bit. We had a bit of a council meeting and, well Danzo has become a suspect to treachery. He might also be a small accomplice in the Uchiha massacre," Tsunade said and Sasuke balled his fists while everyone narrowed their eyes.
"Kaa-san is that true?" Sasuke asked and Mikoto nodded while Tsunade sighed again before getting to her feet.
"Hinoken, your first mission is to find Danzo, apprehend him and anyone who gets in your way. This will be an A-ranked mission. It's impossible that he left already so you need to move fast," Tsunade told them and everyone nodded to her with a bow.
"Mikoto, while I know you have issues with Danzo right now I need you to go home and rest. It's not good to have you too excited," Tsunade and everyone nodded. They all quickly left and Mikoto did the same.
"And Naruto?" Tsunade asked as the blonde turned around. Tsunade looked at the black lines on the blonde's left arm and sighed.
"Stay safe," she said and Naruto nodded as he left while Tsunade leaned her head on the desk before looking out the window.
"Dammit Danzo, you always had to be the biggest pain in the ass didn't you?" Tsunade asked herself as she watched Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Yugao and Kushina rush on top of the rooftops.
With the team
Everyone rushed back to Kakashi's house and the jonin opened the door. They all quickly gathered inside around the table.
"Alright we have our mission, we'll be leaving in approximately ten minutes. Naruto and Sasuke will check all areas to the east. I go to the north, Kakashi the south and Yugao to the west. If any of us find Danzo then we'll alert the others. As long as I've known him Danzo's been crafty in everything that he does. Plus he has the experience to back it up," Kushina said before Naruto raised his hand.
"Umm who is this Danzo guy? I've never heard of him before," Naruto told them while Sasuke was in the same boat as the blonde and Kakashi stood to his feet.
"He's a member of the council and one of Konoha's most influential committers. He was in charge of Konoha's anbu ROOT division, but it was supposedly shut down by the Sandaime due to the questionable way of training that Danzo did with his shinobi. He's always been shady, but Konoha could never find the evidence to pin him down until now," Kakashi explained making Naruto and Sasuke nod while Kushina clapped her hands.
"Everyone has their assignments so get moving right now!" she said and everyone got to their feet. They all dashed off throughout the room. Everyone put on their Hinoken uniforms and strapped their individual swords to their sides.
Everyone appeared back into the room as Kushina opened the door.
"Find, capture, and eliminate. Let's go," she said and everyone dashed off in different directions.
With Mikoto
The Uchiha matriarch sighed as she rested on the couch. Too much was going on that she didn't know about. She just knew that Danzo had done something to Shisui and that wasn't going to stand with her. Shisui was her older son's best friend and...it just really pissed her off. Mikoto got to her feet and walked through the compound. She appeared in Shisui's old house and sighed. It had a burnt room all around it just like she thought it would. Mikoto came into his room and walked around. She came into the hallway only to see a sword on the wall. Mikoto ignored it for the time being and surveyed the house.
"Shisui, I wonder what he was thinking before his death," Mikoto wondered before she thought of Danzo. She lightly growled before turning back around and she grabbed the blade on the wall. It had a dark blue handle matching her hair and a shiny metal that was used from years and years of practice. Mikoto sighed while she graced her finger over the metal.
"Itachi, it seems that you didn't get Shisui's sword. He always did like this one," Mikoto said with a smile before she sheathed back the metal.
"Shisui, I'm borrowing this for a bit. Sorry if I need it," Mikoto said before she ran out of the hallway and then hit the streets.
With Sasuke and Naruto
The two young swordsmen were running along the rooftops before they stopped. Sasuke looked around the place with his sharingan while Naruto had his kage bunshins cover the lost area.
"See anything Sasuke?" Naruto asked and the Uchiha shook his head.
"It wouldn't be that easy to spot some like Danzo if people still haven't found the evidence to convict him. I've only heard about him once or twice, but dismissed it since it had nothing to do with me," the Uchiha replied and Naruto grinned.
"I guess it does now," Naruto said and Sasuke nodded. He looked at the a certain spot and glared.
"Hey Naruto. Look there," Sasuke said to him and the blonde turned. The both secretly went into an alleyway and Naruto touched his hand to a wall. He closed his eyes while Sasuke waited. The blonde them opened them and nodded.
"Yeah, there is a high concentration of chakra right here. I don't know why, but I think we just caught a break," Naruto said and Sasuke could agree with that.
"Do you think it's one of Danzo's bases?" the last Uchiha asked while the Uzumaki shook his head.
"I'm not sure, but remember Kakashi-sensei's teachings," Naruto asked and Sasuke thought back to that time.
"Look underneath the underneath," he said and the blonde nodded.
"Right, so let's look underneath this wall," Naruto suggested and Sasuke agreed with that. The two took their swords out and slashed the wall making it crumble revealing a passage going into the ground.
The two Hinoken members gazed down it and smiled.
"Let's go," Naruto said and Sasuke nodded while he did a handsign. The Uchiha sent a fire ball into the air making it explode while Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Calling for the others," Sasuke said and Naruto nodded as they walked through the passage. It was really long and narrow. It took quite a bit of time, but the two swordsmen came to a big underground training ground of some place. Various doors and halls could be seen while they looked to the side to see that they were standing on a platform. They saw that the bottom looked endless and neither was willing to find out if it was.
"Hmm what are you doing here?" someone asked making Naruto and Sasuke look up. They both glared as they saw two young anbu, about their age, walk into the platform.
"Hey we're looking for Danzo. Do you know where he is?" Naruto asked and the two anbu narrowed their eyes behind their masks.
"Danzo-sama will not be meeting with you. Leave before you die," one of them said while Sasuke snickered.
"Look either you tell us where his ass is or you'll be on the next road to the shinigami," Sasuke said and Naruto slammed his fist into his hand. He could get the sacrifice for Mikoto out of the way with this.
"What Sasuke said to you idiots. Now then-," Naruto said as he drew his sword. Sasuke did the same while the anbu remained emotionless.
"Are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way? And please say the hard way," Naruto told them with an icy glare before the two charged the Hinoken members while Sasuke and Naruto smirked.
"Hard way it is," They said together as they charged to two young anbu.
KG: Really nothing to say actually. Although I am thinking of something good to do in a later chapter (evil grin). I just needed Mikoto to know Shisui. I don't know if she knew him in the anime or not much less if Shisui even had a sword or not. The repercussions for reviving Mikoto will happen a lot later. I guess that's it people. See you later :).