Swirling Blossom

by Lihotep

In the Elemental Nations, a powerful clan that rivals the Senju, Uzumaki, and the Uchiha has a new heir. How will this boy fair in the world of the Shinobi with the skills of his Father and Mother? A Bleach/Naruto crossover that was partially inspired by NXSEs Naruto: Advent of the Flash

'Thoughts'
Techniques
"Demon/Biju speaking"
Techniques in a mind

Hello everyone, this is my first fanfiction. I had this idea for a while and finally got to finish the first chapter. Please leave a review and I will take your words to help improve the story. If you have any questions feel free to ask and I will try to answer them the best I can.

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It was a bright day in Konohagakure. Many of the village citizens were out enjoying the day in some way. For some it was basking in the light of the sun, for others it was mingling with friends in the market or food district, and others it was finding a quiet place and enjoying the sounds of nature. In one of the major compounds owned by one of the strongest shinobi clans in Konohagakure, a small family was enjoying the day in their own way. The compound of the Kuchiki clan had their meeting halls, and offices of clan officials on the northern side of the compound while the areas were on the west were the living and communal dining areas if one chose not to eat in their own home, the sparing grounds, smith shops, and dojos were on the east side while the rooms for learning and studying were accompanied by theater stages for preforming plays and historical acts were on the south side. That is also where the fabled library of the Kuchiki was located. There was a long walkway that was located on the north side of the compound that led to the only exit door to the compound. It was a double layered wall that had a courtyard behind the first layer for individuals to wait or be stopped before entering the compound itself. Above the entrance that lead into the proper was stylized after a thick castle gate reminiscent of those seen on the Fire Daimyos' castle with Kuchiki clan symbol emblazoned on the outer doors and above the inner doors. The walls that surrounded the compound were over ten feet tall that had roofs that extended a few feet out with dark grey shingles over the pristine white walls. Unknown to all but the Hokage, the compound also had a barrier seal that covered the entire compound that prevented intruders from entering without permission from the clan. Throughout the compound there were relaxing courtyards that varied in size and layout with the main courtyard being in the center of the compound holding a large grassy field with a medium size koi pond close to the eastern side that was full of the lively fish. There was also two dedicated shrines to both Ryujin and Fujin. The statues of these great deities were housed in wooden temples that had roofs that reached the same height as the clan head home of the Kuchiki compound with many paper lanterns that adorned the outside while having chandeliers at their front entrances.

Within the main courtyard in the center of the compound two parents were watching their young son play with a small komainu, well it was bouncing around as the small child crawled after it as it energetically ran around him. The boy didn't seem to mind though. He giggled and gave shouts of delight as he crawled after him. The man was well built and fair skinned with slate grey eyes with long black hair that fell past his shoulders which was held up by long triangle looking head pieces that stretched across his head, called kenseikan, with three right next to one another on the center of his head with two on his right side directly above his ear. He had white fingerless tekko that covered the back of his hand and wrist. His outfit consisted of a white shitagi with a black kosode which had his clan symbol on the back that was a black hexagon that had two feathered wings with their feathers facing each other while connected to an elegant half-moon that had two clouds on the side of each wing in the upper corners of the hexagon while a small Sakura flower rested between the wings at the points of the moons, over it, a black hakama with a white hakama-himo, with knee length black shinobi sandals that were hidden underneath the hakama. Within his hakama-himo was an ordinary looking katana consisting of an open frame, resembling that of a window, bronze tsuba with a lavender tsuka ito over a white samegawa held on by a brass kashira within a white sheath. The woman was fair skinned with a slender frame with a bust comparable to Tsunade Senju. She had long flowing bright red hair that fell to her ankles accompanied by shoulder length bangs that framed both sides her face with her bangs being parted to her left side of her forehead by a plain black hairclip which also hid a small violet diamond on the center of her forehead. She had bright violet eyes and was wearing a white kimono that fell past her ankles, but did not touch the ground, that had red cuffs with a red stipe that followed the edges of the kimono that enclosed around the wearer that were embroidered with her clan symbol which was a red spiral, denoted by a black line that followed its motion, contained in a black circle which also appeared on the back of her kimono that was accompanied with the symbol of her husband's clan with ankle high red shinobi sandals. She had red obe that matched her hair color which hid her own equally red hakama-himo that held her own sword. Her sword had a silver oval tsuba with a spiral engraved in it with red tsuka ito over a white samegawa that had two red spirals under the wraps held on by a silver kashira within an equally red sheath. On the back of her hakama-himo was a white mask with long but narrowed eyes, that would hide the users' eyes if they widened, a set of long teeth, that appeared longer than normal human teeth, with a set of holes where the cheeks are and a pointed chin. There was a set of bones across the top giving the appearance of a crown with the frontmost piece connected to the two closest while being slightly thicker than the other pieces making it more pronounced. There was a set of lines that ran from the top of the eyes to the end of the mask while another set that fell from the tear ducts to just above the teeth. Across the forehead was a red pattern that made it appear like waves were moving across the forehead pointing down towards the eyes and from this pattern fell two red thick lines, resembling waterfalls, over the cheeks to the bottom of the jaw though the pattern left the teeth clean. Their son had red hair that matched his mother, slate grey eyes that were reminiscent of his father and fair skin that both his parents shared. He wore a bright red kimono with a white hakama-himo and obi with red hakama while having both symbols on the back of his kimono. The two parents watched on happily as their son chased after one of his fathers summons', a komainu. Not wanting to have him stay in the sun for too long, they made their way to retrieve him. When the small boy noticed his parents, he gave up chasing after the small komainu and crawled his way over to his parents. As they neared their son, his mother decided to have a bit of fun.

As she knelt down to pick him up, she took half a step back from him. Her son, confused by this action, stopped moving and tilted his head rather cutely. She giggled slightly and encouraged him to come forward, "Come on Naru-chan, come to mommy" she encouraged in a melodic voice. Spurred on by his mother, he crawled onward only for his mother to take another few half steps back again. His father looked on amusedly and made sure he was next to his wife as she stepped back to see how far his wife's prank would go. His amusement showed with a small grin as his son puffed up his cheeks in annoyance at her teasing. They were both happy, he didn't cry at his mothers' teasing. It only seemed to spur him forward. Both parents however were surprised by his next action. Instead of crawling forward, he pushed himself up with his hands and began standing on shaky legs. This surprised both parents, his mothers' eyes also began to water as she watched him take shaky steps as he made his way to her. "Come on Naru-chan! Come to Kaa-chan!" she said happily as she urged him forward. Before the child fell to the grass below, his mother quickly scooped him up into her arms. Tears flowing down her cheeks from the happiness of the moment while her husband embraced them both in a warm embrace. The scene was heartwarming and brought a smile to those who spectated it some with the spiral on their back, others with the hexagon. The boy seemed to try and emulate what his parents were doing, he tried to wrap his small arms around his mother returning the hug.

Kushina was sitting with her son in her family's main room. She would retreat either here or to her bedroom when feeding Naruto, and on rare occasions she would feed him in her husbands' office though this was on rare occasions as it was never known if he would have a surprise meeting and both agreed it would be unfair to Naruto if she had to stop feeding him just to leave the room just to continue elsewhere. That is not to say he didn't visit his father at work, he came to visit his father a few times. Seeing his wife and son would always brighten Byakuyas' day. There was a knock on the door to Byakuya's office. "Come in" he called to his visitor. As the door opened he was greeted by the sight of his wife carrying their son who was in looking at him cheerfully, so much so he managed a small wave. "Well what do I owe the pleasure of such a visit" he asked with the barest hints of a smile. He was at work after all he can't afford to be too unprofessional. "Well Kuchiki-sama" she said with a playful smirk, "somebody very important wanted to meet with you."
"Well let me not keep this important fellow waiting" he said as he held out his arms to receive his son. As the family sat together Byakuya put his finger out for his son to play with. After a while Naruto held out his hands to his mother but what happened next surprised both parents. A small voice filled the room as one word was spoken "Kaa-chan." The two parents looked at their son with wide eyes and growing smiles. "What did you say Naru-chan?" asked an ecstatic Kushina. "Kaa-chan" he said again. In a speed faster than even Minatos' hiraishin, Kushina had scooped her little Naru-chan into her arms and began rubbing her cheek to his while tears formed in the corner of her eyes. "Can you say it again for Kaa-chan?"
"Kaa-chan" he repeated. "Oh my little Naru-chan is so smart and adorable" Kushina said with a squeal. Byakuya let a small smile grace his features as he looked over his wife's shoulder and down at his son. "Naru can you say Tou-san?" he asked hopefully "Kaa-chan" he squeaked back. Byakuya got slightly depressed as a let out a long sigh as dark clouds seemed to form over head in response to his mood. Kushina lightly padded him on his back "Don't worry Byakuya-kun he will be saying 'Tou-san' before you know it" she said trying to reassure him all the while giggling at his expense.

Three year later, within one of the private schooling rooms within the large compound, Naruto was sitting across from his mother. They were both sitting in front of a short table that required the occupants to be kneeling in front of it. On the table in front of the boy was an ink table with a medium brush and a scroll that was held down by two thin stone planks. The boy was making brush storks across the scroll, practicing his calligraphy. "You're getting better Naru-chan!" said the woman excitedly. The boy returned her happiness with a wide smile. However, his smile had temporarily distracted him from his brush strokes making some of them off from what they should be. Panicking at his mistake, Naruto tried to wipe it away only to be stopped by his mother. "Naru-chan it's alright. There is no need to panic" she said comfortingly. This did not prevent tears from welling up in the boys' eyes. Coming from around the table Kushina had brought her son in to a deep hug. "Naru-chan it's okay. This is why we practice, to improve ourselves and not make the same mistakes" she said in a heartfelt tone. "B-b-but I just want to make you and Tou-san proud" he said as he nearly began to cry. "Oh we are always proud of you! You are our son and we will always be proud of you." Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder. Naruto turned his head, only to see his father standing above him, a smirk on his face as he nodded his head, as if confirming his mothers' words. When Kushina saw Byakuya she got a mischievous gleam in her eyes. She grabbed the sleeve of his shitagi and pulled him unexpectedly into the familial hug surprising the Kuchiki heir until his own smile appeared on his face as he embraced his family.

The Kuchiki compound was all a buzz with activity. It was October 10th, the day of the Kyuubi festival and for those of the Kuchiki and Uzumaki clans it was the birthday of the clan heir of the Uzumaki clan and Grandson of the Kuchiki clan head, Naruto Kuchiki-Uzumaki. "Hey Strawberry!" shouted a rather short woman dressed in the usual Kuchiki clan attire of a white shitagi with a black kosode, which had his clan symbol on the back, over it, a black hakama with a white hakama-himo, with knee length black shinobi sandals that were hidden underneath the hakama. The katana within her hakama-himo was an ordinary looking katana with a filled in rectangular brass tsuba with a rust red tsuka ito over a brass colored samegawa held on by a brass kashira within a black sheath. She had light skin with purple eyes while having smooth black hair, which also hid her ears, that fell a little past her shoulders while it seemed to converge at her neck and flare out to the sides. She has a long thick strand that fell between her eyes that curved to the left almost reaching the other sided of her cheek with two long thin bangs that fell past her shoulders. She was screaming at a tall, lean-built man that appeared to be in his early twenties. He has peach colored complexion with slightly spikey orange hair that fell past his forehead. He was wearing a red shitagi with a black kosode over it that had the Uzumaki spiral on the back. He has black hakama with a red hakama-himo, and red knee-high shinobi sandals that had armor plates over the shins. Over his kosode was a set of "X" strapped armor that has a high collar that raises slightly up the neck along with a blood red shoulder guard that has two white stripes running through it as well a piece of armor on his left him in the same style as his shoulder guard. Around his waist, held up by his hakama-himo, was a calf length white cloth which he wears as an open-front apron that had tattered sides with thick black stripes that fall most of the way down the apron that was spaced at equal distances from each other. Additionally, attached to his hakama-himo is a white mask that resembles a skull however it has smaller eye holes, a larger array of teeth that would be from the top of the wearers chin to right under their nose, pronounced lines on the side that follow the top of the eye holes to the side of the mask and from the tear ducts down to the top of the front teeth. There are a series of four red lines, one on the center of the forehead one right above the eye and two in between that converge right above the right eye and fall to a point above the teeth, two underneath the right eye that converge before pointing down at the teeth, and three on the bottom one coming up from the chin one right under the jaw and one in between that converge together before making a single line pointing up at the lower jaw. His sword, unlike his fellow Uzumaki, was on his back wrapped in bandages that trailed down from the handle to the tip of the blade. It was held to a blood red sash by a hidden seal that locked the blade in place, preventing it from falling or being detached with out him drawing it. It is a black single bladed sword, that is slightly taller than the man himself, with a flat bottom right above the handle. The blade is shaped like the bottom end of a kite with a silver edge that takes up half the sword. Instead of having a more traditional handle it is instead the tang of the sword wrapped in the same cloth that covers the blade that is reinforced by Uzumaki seals to prevent it from tearing or ripping. "Are you finished setting up the decorations for my nephew yet!"
"Shut up you midget!" the man shouted back. "And yeah, I got the streamers and banner setup in the eating hall with other streamers in the surrounding rooms. Really didn't feel like risking Kushina-sama's wrath for not helping with the party and don't forget, HE'S MY NEPHEW TOO YOU DAMN MIDGET!" she shouted before quickly getting his mouth covered by the short woman he was shouting at. "Quite you idiot!" she whispered fearfully "Do you want Kushina-sama to hear you cursing!?" The man removed her hand from his mouth before his eyes darted around as if checking the area. He looked back down at the woman in front of him. "What about you midget? You finish hanging the streamers in the halls leading to where the party is being held?" Once he had finished his question the woman looked nervous, making sure her eyes didn't meet his. A wide grin grew across his face threatening to devolve into a full-blown laughing fit. "You couldn't do it could you?" he breathed out as he held his side while pointing at the shorter woman. As he was laughing a tick mark was growing on her forehead as her anger mounted. "SHUT UP YOU DAMN STRAWBERRY HEAD!" she shouted out in her fit of rage. As soon as what she said had dawned on her Kushina had mysteriously appeared behind her, an ominous red aura rolling off her in waves while her hair seemed to wave around like waving tails, which seemed to darken the world around her. "Rukia dear" she said sweetly that had a very threatening undertone. "I was in the kitchen making my sweet Naru-chan's cake when I suddenly hear words that my little Naru should not be hearing. Can either of you tell me why that is?" she asked as her tone became more menacing as she spoke." The two could only look on in fear as sweat ran down their bodies as if they were standing in the rain. With no words being spoken for the defense the last thing the two saw before their unconscious forms ended up on the ground in a heap was the Uzumaki clan matriarch's fist slamming into their heads as she shouted "NO FOUL LANGUAGE AROUND NARU-CHAN DATTABANE!" With the loud noise, handled Kushina was struck with a look of horror "Oh no! I just put the cake in the oven!" she nearly shouted as she took off back to the kitchen to save Naruto's birthday cake all the while leaving a dust cloud rising as she ran. As she was leaving Byakuya came across the scene, with Naruto, of his little sister Rukia and Kushina's cousin Ichigo lying in a heap in the middle of the walkway with what appeared to be lumps on their heads, no doubt the work of his eccentric wife. He merely shook his head at the two for inciting her wrath on such an important day. Naruto on the other hand merely looked on curiously as to why his aunt and uncle were lying on the floor.

It was now six in the evening, the decorations across the Kuchiki compound were in place, the cake for the boy of honor was made with pride and love from the Uzumaki clan matriarch, and everyone was dressed in either kimonos or clan shihakushō. Throughout the compound members of the Kuchiki clan were patrolling or standing guard to make sure the arriving guests stayed on the path designated by the streamers and to make sure the party was not disturbed in anyway. Meanwhile the current head of the Kuchiki clan, Byakuyas' father Ginrei Kuchiki, was at the inner entrance to the compound waiting to greet the guests while his grandson was in the main eating hall playing with his parents along with two guards for himself and four more for the barrier that surrounds the compound. Ginrei was a tall, slim man with slate grey eyes, a thick and bushy grey mustache that made his face look as if he was constantly frowning, and long grey, slick backed hair that fell to his shoulders. He has a long narrow face that had prominent wrinkles on his cheeks and forehead while having pronounced cheek bones. He had a light complexion that was complimented by the white scarf of the Kuchiki clan head that was woven by the master weaver Tsujishirō Kuroemon III. The scarf is made from Ginpaku Kazahana no Uzuginu (Gauze of Silver-White Flurry of Snow in Clear Skies) and is a family heirloom, having been handed down from generation to generation and given to each head of the Kuchiki Clan that has the same value as Tsunade Senju's necklace. He was wearing a white Nagajuban with a navy-blue kimono that was accented by a forest green Eri-shin, a homage to the patron deity of the Kuchiki clan Fujin. His kimono was accented with grey and white horizontal lines that were randomly placed across the kimono with a variety of leaf patterns that followed the lines. He had a bright red obi holding the formal wear closed with a white hakama-himo wrapped over his obi holding his katana. His katana has a filled in brass rectangular tsuba with a red tsuka ito that was close in color to that of his daughter-in-law, white same held together by a bronze kashira, while the scabbard was also white. As the guests arrived, they were let in by one of the few guards kept at the front gate for the evening so the barrier can have a small hole created in it to allow the guests to enter and the barriers existence to remain a secret. Soon their was a pulse of the clan's kekkei genkai, reatsu, alerting the welcoming party to the arrival of the first guest. Upon the gate opening the first to be seen was the head of the Hyuga Clan, Hiashi Hyuga, along with wife, Hitomi, his daughter that was the same age as Naruto, Hinata, as well as his brother, Hizashi, and his son who was a year older, Neji, and his wife, Natomi. All were members of the Hyuga clan shown through their eyes that held the clans byakugan marked as featureless white eyes. The males of the party all had black hair while the ladies had dark purple hair. Hiashi and Hizashi both had long black hair that fell past their shoulders with strong, rectangular faces though Hiashi's seemed sterner nearly adorned with a very serious look while his brother seemed to come off a bit softer with both having lightly tanned skin. Hiashi was wearing cream-colored kimono and hakama while Hizashi had a dark blue set adorned with grey highlights along the edges with both having white Nagajiuban's underneath with Hiashi having a white Eri-shin showing through his. Hiashi had a navy-blue obi while Hizashi had a mute grey with dark brown shinobi sandals while Hiashi had a forest underbrush green long-sleeved Hiyori. Neji had the same slick back hair style as his uncle and father with the soft features that showed his age with slightly lighter skin akin to his mother. Unlike his father and uncle on the other hand he had his hair tied into a low ponytail like his mother. He was wearing a slightly brighter blue kimono and hakama than his father though it had the same grey edge highlight. He wore a mute green obi while having a white nagajiuban like the others while wearing blue shinobi sandal. Natomi and Hitomi were wearing matching light, mute purple kimonos with royal purple highlights on Hitomi's while Natomi had bright red highlights. Natomi's kimono had a matching floral pattern to Hitomi's, which crawled up her right side however, hers was on the opposing side. Like her husband and father both Hinata and Hitomi were wearing white nagajiuban's under their kimonos. The two women had royal blue obi's with Natomi wearing mute purple shinobi sandals while Hitomi and Hinata were wearing white tabi and white with purple highlights zori while all three ladies had white oni-ages peaking out from behind their obis. Hitomi was a beautiful woman with soft, delicate features that adorned her rounded ovalish face with a slender frame. She had long purple hair that fell to her hips that was tied up into a bun that was held up with two long pins. She had a soft purple tint to her byakugan which her daughter seemed to have inherited. Her face was framed by two shoulder length bangs that were left down for the occasion. She had light, nearly pale, skin that seems to be common among Hyuga women. Natomi, like Hitomi had light nearly pale, skin with a slender frame. She had a rounded face with slightly firmer features making her seem more open to spending time in more rugged activities. She had short, by comparison, purple like hair that fell to her upper back that was tied up in a high ponytail that cascaded smoothly down her back. Hinata was as old as Naruto with a fair complexion and rounded face with soft features like her mother, she had her hair styled in a short hime-cut that was similar to that of a bowl cut with two bangs that fell to her chin framing her face. She was wearing a deep blue kimono that had an ivy like pattern that seemed to crawl over the kimono highlighted in a sky blue. All members of the clan had the Hyuga clan symbol, of a red flame inside a yellow circle, adorned on their backs. "Greetings Kuchiki-sama" said Hiashi as he bowed, just enough to show he is preforming the gesture but not enough to show submission. The others of his party followed his action. "Greetings Hyuga-sama" said Ginrei as he returned the gesture. "I welcome you to the Kuchiki compound to celebrate young Naruto's day of birth."
"It is our pleasure to celebrate such a day with you and your family" replied Hiashi with an air of arrogance surrounding his words. Holding his expression in check Ginrei merely made a gesture with his hand and on of the many clansmen, dressed in the standard robes of the clan with light skin and semi-spiky black hair, that were near the entrance stepped forward. "This is Sirachi, he will be your escort and guard during your stay here in the Kuchiki compound." Sirachi bowed toward the Hyuga entourage "Please follow me Hyuga-san" said Sirachi as he turned to the side while gesturing with his left hand for the Hyuga entourage to follow. At his honorific, Hiashi let a small twitch on his brow and the corner of his mouth occur which Ginrei noticed. As the Hyuga were entering the compound the next family arrived.

The Shihion clan, cousin clan to the Kechiki as the Uzumaki are cousins to the Senju, made up of Yoruichi Shihion, the clan head, her husband Kisuke Shihion, and their daughter Teir Harribel Shihion. Yoruichi is a slender but athletically fit woman who is very well endowed, as despite wearing a kimono her assets were able to be distinguished, while being of average height. She had dark skin, golden irises, and long purple hair that fell to her but, that was usually kept in a high ponytail that made it fall to her mid back, with chin length bangs as well as having that which fell on the sides flare out almost parallel to the ground. For the evening her long hair was tied up into a side bun that was adorned with a large purple rose hair pin with a series of small leaves surrounding the flower. As befitting the family of such a station as the Shihion, all members of the family had white eri-shin collars. She was wearing a white and purple kimono, with the nagajuban having the colors be opposite outer layer, with the left half being purple with the right being white. The kimono was adorned with some waves on the inside of the furisode, while a wide variety of flowers including sunflowers, lilies, and roses to name a few, that went from the bottom to the collar and around the sleeves, which were in a variety of pale blues and purples with some greens to highlight the leaves that would be seen from the stems of the flowers while the patterns on the white side the patterns could only seen as a light lilac. She had a light blue obi-age that shown from behind her dull green obi that was tied off with a dull red obijime that had two upward facing loops going into the knot. She also had white tabi socks with lilac zori that had rust red cushions. She wore a lilac hakama-himo over her obi which held her kodachi. Her kodachi had a dull brass, rectangular tsuba and kashira. It has a rusty red tsuka ito over a white samegawa and was housed in a rusty red scabbard. Kisuke Shihion is a tall, lean man with light skin with grey eyes. He has messy light blond, nearly pale, hair that fell to just below his chin that shown from his green and white striped bucket hat. He had a few strands framing his face while a thick lock fell down the center of his face while splitting mid-way down the bridge of his nose. Normally the man would have some chin stubble, however it seemed that he had shaved that off for this event. He was wearing a white nagajuban with a slightly off-white kimono and hakama with a wide gold tomoeri with dark yellow piping framing the eri. He was wearing an olive green hiyori that had a forest green embroidery around its edge with a light tan lining. His kimono was tied off a light brown obi and a thick dark brown obijime that was tied into an overlapping bow that had a long strand that fell to his knees. He also had black tabi socks with a set of black zori that had an additional set of straps, that attached to the ankles, allowed them be used by shinobi. Unlike the other members of the Shihion family, Kisuke's sword was not a katana. While it still had a single blade, it lacked the curve that the katana series all had. In the place of a tsuba, there was a dull brass, "U" shaped guard that went three inches up the blade that had a lotus flower carved at the bottom. Wrapped around the bottom of the guard was a bright red string that went around three time which looped back into a bow with a short chain half the length of the tsuka on the front side of the guard. The tsuka was a slightly longer than a standard katana with a small bend before the ksahira. The samegawa was a dull brown and the tsuka ito being a dull black. The kashira was made up of four dull brass caps with the last cap having an equally red tassel. The blade was slightly longer than a standard katana with a somewhat thicker blade than normal in a black scabbard. Their daughter, Tier Harribel Shihion, was the same age as Naruto. She was wearing a sky blue nagajuban under a navy-blue kimono that faded to an ocean blue when it passed her waist that had a white trim that followed the collar down to the obi-age and the ends of the sleeves of her kimono. As the colors of the kimono transitioned there were large images of yellow and pink wildflowers that were connected faded green stems. She had an addition of a tight-fitting high collar mask, that covered the lower half of her face and fell to her shoulders, that was the same navy-blue as the top of her kimono which also had white trim that followed the outside of the collar and down the center on the front that followed the seem that kept it closed. It has two small, white, circular air filters that would be level with her cheek bones. She had a light-yellow obi complimented by a white obi-age and bright purple obijime with a white fur boa that was wrapped around her neck. She is also wearing white tabi socks with blue with white padded zori that are adorned with waves on the sides. Teir appears to be a calm little girl with dark olive skin, sea green eyes, thick blonde eye lashes that would make an observer wonder if she is using mascara, golden blonde hair that appears to be semi-spikey with a strand that fall down the center of her face like her father. The length of her hair seems to fall just below her ears, with some appearing to go to her chin, though there are three braided locks, one on each side of her face and one that fall down her back each stopping midway down her chest and back. The braids are held together with shinobi wrappings for the occasion instead of the usual cylindrical hair ties that work like finger trap puzzles that have thick outer ring and one in the center that are a brighter shade of green then her eyes. On the back of their outfits is the Shinhion family symbol. The Shinhion family symbol is a white double-layered hexagon. Within the hexagons are four black five-pointed stars with the bottom two points being more pronounced set at the top, bottom, left and right sides of the hexagon's boarders. There is a sets of white lines, one on each side, that come out from the sides of the stars before bending at a ninety degree angle and heading to the star across from it that bend once more into the side of the opposing star while a line comes from the bottom of the stars to a diamond with an upward facing black crescent moon with a black teardrop falling into it that had a small black triangles with the points pointing toward the diamonds points on each side that the teardrop was not on.
"Welcome Lady and Lord Shinhion" Ginrei said with a short bow. "We are happy to be here" Yoruichi said returning the bow. Once the formalities were out of the way Yoruichi gave a face splitting grin while Kisuke gave his own cocky smirk. "How is the family Ginrei?" Yoruichi asked seemingly excited. With no emotion showing in his tone or his face "They are fine Yoruichi."
"Just as lively as ever!" cut in Kisuke with his ever-present smile. With a shrug of his shoulders, exasperated by his hands coming up, Yoruichi gave a rough pat on the shoulder to Ginrei "Well lets go on in and enjoy the party!" she cried out as she pumped her fist into the air as a Kichiki guard came up to the party to escort the Shinhion to the party area all the while Teir merely slightly bowed her head in regard to her parents attitude during such a formal occasion. As the Shinhion's passed him, Ginrei let out a long sigh. "Can these two maintain any professionalism?" Ginrei thought to himself. After a few seconds he returned to his professional manner, his guards puffed out their chests to regain their own professionalism from the recent interaction that caused many to wonder at the sanity of the two older Shinhion, though given how Lady Kushina can flip her attitude as easily as Yoruichi. The next to arrive was the Senju and the remaining Uzumaki that reside in the Senju compound; Tsunade Senju, Shizune Kato, the unofficial daughter of Tsunade Senju, Nagato Uzumaki, Yahiko and Konan Senju-Uzumaki and their daughter Rangiku Senju-Uzumaki. Leading the party was Tsunade Senju, the granddaughter of Hashirama Senju the Shodai Hokage as well as Mito Uzumaki turned Senju and current head of the Senju Clan. Tsunade is a beautiful buxom woman that was above average in height for a woman with porcelain white, unblemished skin with hazel eyes and straight bleach blond hair. She had her hair tied in her signature two loose ponytails with two shoulder length bangs that framed her face. She had a violet diamond on the center of her forehead which represents her Strength of a Hundred Seal like Kushina, that was taught to both by Mito Senju before her passing. She had bright red nail polish on her fingernails, and usually on her toes as well as a considerably large bust that was seen almost pushing over her obijime despite wearing a kimono. She was considered to be one of the most beautiful women alive despite being chronologically in her fifties, though thanks to her Senju and Uzumaki heritage she was likely in her mid-twenties biologically.

With the Uzumaki and Senju being cousin clans they are both known for their insane vitality and longevity, with those of having blood relations to either clan or being of both clans capable of living for hundreds of years before dying of advanced age while also developing chakra capacities to rival jinchūrikis. The Kuchiki clan developed similar genealogy for their closeness to the komainu, which were blessed by the Gods as guardians and protectors, in the Kuchiki clan's case it was knowledge, so young Naruto would have the same longevity as if her were a full-blooded Uzumaki.

She had a white nagajuban with a bright green kimono, that had a white eri-shin under the collar, with a forest green interior liner and embroidery that followed the hem of her kimono that had furisode style sleeves. The kimono was adorned with white roses that adorned the furisode being of varying sizes with the bottom of the sleeves having three layers of half circles that rose up making them seem like ocean waves. She has a earthen brown obi that was complimented by a sunrise yellow obijime. There was a bright red obiage around the obi that was tied with a bow on her left side. One of her hair ties was swapped for a similar tie however this one had a large red rose on the tie. On the back of her kimono was the Senju clan symbol in black which consisted of two horizontal pentadent that had curved prongs, rather than squared like usual, which were connected by two short staffs that had a short vertical line where the two met. On her left was her unofficial adopted daughter Shizune. She had on a white nagajuban with a deep pink kimono that faded to a gold as it passed the obi. The kimono had a gold tomoeri while having the canopy of a forest lightly showing on the bottom of the kimono. She had an amber obi adorned with red purple fern vines. She had a plum colored obiage with a golden yellow obijime wrapped around the obi. She had white tabi with black zori. While being of average height, she had smooth black hair that fell to just above her shoulders that covered her ears while having bangs that nearly touched her shoulders framing her face. Her fair-skin was complimented by a light amount of blush on her cheeks while her onyx black eyes were complimented by ruby red eye liner. She had an athletic frame due to her training as medic nin under her kimono. Unlike her sensei, Tsunade, her bust was not as defined by her kimono though it did have a similar appearance to what Kushina's was showing. On Shizune's left was Nagato Uzumaki. Nagato Uzumaki was wearing a white nagajuban with an electric indigo kimono under a sapphire blue hiyori and a midnight blue hakama. He was also wearing white tabi with royal blue zori that had white straps. On the back of his hiyori was the red Uzumaki spiral highlighted with a black outline so one could follow the swirl. Nagato was a pale skinned man of above average height, however he wasn't as tall as Jiraiya, with a lean athletic build, honed from his time during the third shinobi war, with long, blood red hair that fell to his chin with a part that exposed his left violet eye. Opposite to Nagato and Shizune were Konan Senju-Uzumaki, her Husband Yahiko Uzumaki and their daughter Rangiku Senju-Uzumaki. Yahiko Uzumaki was wearing a white nagajiban under a mantis green kimono, complimented by a moss green hakama with a fawn brown hiyori. On the back of his hiyori was the red Uzumaki spiral highlighted with a black outline so one could follow the swirl. He had on white tori with forest green zori. He was a man of average height, with lightly tanned skin that showed he had a very lean build and bright orange spiky hair that was shorter than Minato's with light brown eyes. His wife Konan was a slender, fair skinned woman with firm amber eyes with short pale blue hair with a bun on the right side of her hair with a light blue paper origami flower clipped in the center, and matching eye shadow, and deep blue nail polish on her fingers and toes. Under her kimono she had a naval piercing that was surrounded by four more piercings like that of compass points. She also has a large bust like her mother. While not as pronounced it was still very noticeable. She was wearing a white nagajuban that also had an eri-shin in the collar. She was wearing a midnight blue kimono that had a winding pattern of gold looking trail that looked like a comets tail twisted its way around the kimono. Across the kimono their were well detailed large cranes that covered the kimono, following the star light trail with random placements of star flowers across the outfit, while on the back was Uzumaki spiral with the Senju symbol was on both of her shoulders. She had a cream white obi with a gold looking obiage while having a red obijime wrapped around it. She had on white tabi with a set of white zori with midnight blue straps. Holding her hand and that of her husband was their daughter Rangiku Senju-Uzumaki. Rangiku Senju-Uzumaki was a young girl of four years old with a well adorned kimono. Like her mother and aunt, she had a white nagajuban with an eri-shin, however her kimono was adorned to look like a flower garden. The base colors of the kimono was black until it reached her mid torso where it suddenly transition into a royal purple. Across the kimono was a large assortment of flowers, such as roses, sunflowers, lilies, and devil's bite with the majority of their placements being at the end of the sleeves, the covering of the stomach to the ankles and the shoulders. The design of the kimono even had the flowers continuing over the obi though the color under it was a fandago purple with a matching obijime. Her obiage was a royal purple to allow it to standout against the pattern of her kimono. While her tabi were white her zori were black with yellow straps. She also had the Uzumaki spiral on her back with the Senju symbol on her left shoulder. She had just as bright orange hair as her father that fell to her upper back while also having a hair clip that was made up of two purple flowers while having a part above her forehead reminiscent of Tsunade. She has tanned skin a shade lighter than Yahiko. She had hazel eyes like her grandmother while having red nail polish on her fingers. As the five approached Ginrei a range of smiles from the group with Tsunade's slight but joyful smile to Rangikus' outstandingly bright smile. Once at the gate the two groups give respectful bows. "Welcome Lady Senju. I welcome you and your party to the Kuchiki compound to celebrate young Naruto's birthday."
"Thank you for your welcome Lord Kuchiki, I would not miss my grandnephew's party. Uzumaki see family as the most precious thing one can have. I have kept true to this so I won't miss this for anything."
"I am glad to hear that Lady Senju, I hope you have a wonderful time her at the party." Ginrei says as his lips twitch as he slightly steps aside to let another Kuchiki clan member step up to the Senju-Uzumaki part to escort them around the compound, however due to the size of the party two members are assigned to watch over the party.

As the Senju-Uzumaki family was walking through the gates Ginrei noticed the Hokage and his family not but a few paces behind the Senju-Uzumaki. The Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze, his wife Anko Namikaze, formally Mitarashi, and their son Itazuru Namikaze. Minato Namikaze was a tall, lean built man, fair-skinned man and was considered to be one of the most handsome men in Konoha rivaled only by Byakuya Kuchiki. He has spikey blond hair with two spikey chin length bangs framing both sides of his face. He was wearing a white nagajuban under a black kimono along with a black hakama. Along the sleeves their was series of white diamonds connected by a silver thread that sees the pattern extend out from his wrist to the middle of his forearm that then loops back around to the other side of his wrists. The same diamond pattern was also present on the hakama as well, however the lower set went from his ankle to his knee's however this set did not make a full loop around. He had a floral white, sleeveless hiyori that stopped at his waist. He had on white tabi with black zori to complete his ensemble. His wife Anko Namikaze was a woman that was a few inches shorter than her husband. She was a slender woman with fare skin, that was also well endowed, almost being comparable to Konan Senju-Uzumaki. She has light brown eyes with matte violet hair, that she wears in a short, spikey, fanned up ponytail that pointed up while she had her spiky bangs cover her forehead while the rest of her hair had covered her ears reaching below her cheeks. Unlike many that have come before her and true to her rambunctious nature, Anko had a black nagajuban under her orchid purple kimono. Across the entirety of the kimono were two long pythons that circled the kimono in opposite directions with one ending with its head on her right shoulder and the other by her left ankle. She had a black obi with gold obijime and a slightly duller gold obiage. While normally she wouldn't, for this occasion she had royal purple nail polish on her fingers. She had black tabi with lavender zori with amethyst straps. Their son, Itazuru, was fair skinned like his mother, however he had the cerulean blue eyes and bright spikey blonde hair of his father, though the spikes of his hair were purple like his mother making his hair resemble that of a sunset. He had on a white nagajuban with a bright orange kimono that faded to a burnt earth. He had on a black hakama with red folds along with white tabi and rojo red zori with tangerine pads that had orange straps. Itazuru was walking in between his parents while being slightly ahead, walking exaggeratedly with stiff leg steps that get nearly as high as being parallel with the ground with long swings of his arm while he and Anko had large face splitting smiles while Anko herself waved towards Ginrei with her arm stretched well above her head while Minato gave a more shoulder height wave. When she stopped waving to the Kuchiki clan head, a snarl crossed her face as she elbowed her husband in the ribs while seemingly chewing him out, perhaps due to his enthusiasm all the while Itazuru seemed to smile wider at his parent's interactions. "Greetings Lord Hokage," Ginrei said with a bow while the remaining guards bowed with him to their Hokage "I welcome you to the Kuchiki compound on this day of celebration for my grandson."
"I am happy we can make it. If I am not mistaken your grandson is a few months younger than my son if I am correct?"
"Indeed, young Naruto is nearly the same age as young Itazuru here."
"Well I am hoping that they can become friends like how I and Byakuya were." Anko gave Minato a quizzical look. "Didn't Byakuya originally not hangout with you as you were too soft spoken in the academy?" she asked. Minato chuckled while rubbing the back of his head, embarrassed at how his academy interactions with Byakuya went. "If anything, Itazuru and Naruto will be more like me and Kushina were!" Anko said confidently as she placed her hands on her hips while puffing her chest out and sticking her nose up as if what she said was guaranteed. "Uhh I hope they don't cause as much trouble as you two did when it comes to pranks." Minato said worriedly as the two had been the two most mischievous students in the academy and event caused havoc when they were genin. He could see the paperwork now if that were the case. "Well Lord Hokage, I can assure you of the fact that my grandson has a mix of both of their personalities." he said with a near unnoticeable smile under his grand mustache. Minato gave the man a wide eyed look, "I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing." he said worriedly. "Well that it something that you will have to see" he said as he gestured for three guards to come forward for the Hokage and his family. Before Minato left, Ginrei gave another bow which was returned by the family before they went inside to join the festivities.

Immediately following the Hokage was Uchiha clan head and his family. The clan head, Fugaku Uchiha, had brought his wife, Mikoto Uchiha, and their two children Itachi Uchiha and Sauske Uchiha. Fugaku was on the far right of the group while Mikoto was on his left. Their eldest son, Itachi was on the far left while their youngest son, Sauske, was between Itachi and Mikoto. Fugaku was a man of average height with the lightly tanned skin, which is contrast to the Uchiha's usual fair skin, with shoulder length brown hair. He also has onyx-colored eyes with pronounced tear troughs and visible creases at the corners of his mouth. He was wearing a white nagajuban underneath a black kimono that transitioned to a royal blue as it passed his obi to his hakama. Across his hakama were small crossing wavy lines with barely noticeable crests and troughs as they moved across his hakama. He had a fire brick red obi that matched the red of the Uchiha fan with a white haori-himo that held his royal blue haori closed. At the level of his collarbones were two small Uchiha fans while he had a much larger one on its back. He had white tabi with maple brown zori that also had fire brick red straps. His wife Mikoto Uchiha was a beautiful, fair skin woman that had raven black hair that cascaded like a waterfall to her mid back. She had a set of bangs that fell to her chin which framed her face. She had onyx-black eyes like all members of the Uchiha Clan. She was wearing a white nagajuban with a white eri-shin. Over that she wore a black kimono that transitioned to a royal blue as it fell past her obi, much like her husbands. She had small bright blue stars adorning the kimono while below the knee she had fireworks exploding outwards. She had a fire brick red obi with a bright white obijime under it with an equally white obiage wrapped around her obiage. She too had white tabi, with maple wood zori with fire brick red straps. Over her kimono she had a sleeveless royal blue haori that had Uchiha Clan crests in the same place as her husband. Their eldest son, Itachi, is eight years old. He has fair completion closely resembling his father Fugaku. He has onyx black eyes, like all members of the Uchiha clan, with pronounced tear-troughs. He is currently growing his black hair out resulting in a short ponytail tied off close to the top of the neck that fell to the middle of his shoulders. His face was framed by two sets of bangs that fell to his chin while that tufts that fell over his forehead were parted. He was wearing a hunter green kimono over a white nagajuban. His kimono was accented with aqua marine lines that followed the seams of his kimono. He had a matching aqua marine obi. His hakama were a castleton green while he was wearing white tabi and bronze brown zori with burgundy straps. Over his kimono was a midnight blue haori with a pale azur stripe that wrapped around the collar of his haori. On the back of his haori was a large crest of the Uchiha fan. His little brother Sasuke was holding his hand as they walked. The young Sasuke has fair skin like his mother. His black hair jutted out from the back of his head like a spikey mane with two bangs that fell to just below his earlobes. He was wearing a slate blue kimono with matching hakama over a white nagajuban. He had a sea salt white obi around his waist with white tabi and matching zori to his older brother Itachi. For appearances, Fugaku wore his usual stern visage as he met his gaze with Ginrei. "Hello Kuchiki-san, I offer you and the Kuchiki clan congratulations on the day of young Naruto's birthday."
"Greetings Uchiha-san, thank you for the happy sentiments for my grandson. I am happy to see you and your family are doing well."
"Yes, young Itachi is going to be graduating the academy soon, a full four years ahead of his peers" stated Fugaku proudly. Ginrei slightly raised an eyebrow at this while subtly looking toward the young boy without facing away from Fugaku. "While that is impressive does that not seem a bit young for the boy to graduate?"
"Well my son has shown great skill and tactics for his age and I agree with his teachers that he is ready to be a shinobi. Though it is better than a mere four months. What could one assess from such a short time on an individual's ability to combat more experienced fighters?" questioned Fugaku. "Well let me not keep you here, I am sure that you and Mikoto-san are eager to see Byakuya and Kushina as well as meet young Naruto" stated Ginrei as he motioned for a guard to come forward. The man took up station at the door, waiting for the Uchiha to join him so he could escort them to the dining hall where the party was being held so as to accommodate the clan and guests of the young grandson. As the Uchiha clan family approached the gate, the large wooden doors opened to reveal another gate the family needed to pass through. As they entered, the guard was a few steps behind Fugaku to better keep an eye on the family. After the first gate shut, the next opened allowing the family to see the Kuchiki compound. Itachi marveled at the traditional style of the structures within the clans' walls, while Sauske was in awe of seeing a new place. The Uchiha clan compound, while it had traditional designs for its structures, the compound was designed in such a way that made it more like a city inside of Konoha rather than a highly connected apartment like area that was spreading out that rising up to the skyline that many clans used during the warring clan era. To his knowledge, the Hyuga, Uchiha and Senju were the only other clans to maintain this style of compound, though for the Uchiha clan it was more in the clan heads home rather than the whole compound like the Hyuga and Kuchiki. Observing the guard that escorted them, he was wearing a white shitagi with a black kosode which had his clan symbol on the back, a black hakama with a white hakama-himo, with standard black shinobi sandals that were hidden underneath the hakama. Within his hakama-himo was an ordinary looking katana though that was the trap that the Uzumaki and Kuchiki often presented from Itachi's knowledge as all their swords had some kind of unique ability making them far from ordinary. What was really eye catching for the young Uchiha was the feeling that came from the compound itself. While it still held an air of pride like many of the clans, it also had what seem to be homie as well which was odd for a clan to have such a feeling. If he would ask his mother about it she would tell him it was due to Kushina and the other Uzumaki that live in the compound that have caused such a feeling or else it would feel more like the Hyuga and Uchiha, pride and self-importance. Before he knew it though they had stopped walking, coming to a paper-screen door that led to a rather large building. Through the door, Itachi could hear lots of chatter from adults and the sound of merriment. The door was opened by their guard who bowed slightly to the group before allowing them entrance, "Welcome to Naruto-sama's party, may your time be joyful and entertaining." Once those words were spoken, the Uchiha removed their zori, placed them with the rest of the guests zori, then the family walked in. Upon walking in Itachi noticed a small table with gifts from the guests. From what his mother had told him, the gifts for such an occasion are sent ahead of time for safety and to ensure that families are less likely to be targeted for carrying items of value. Politically it also stops arguments and gift sabotage from happening during the party and relies on the staff to not cause issues behind the scenes. Looking around, Itachi saw two guards dressed in the same robes that the guard that escorted them to the room standing in each corner as well as the many others stationed around the room including the one that had escorted them. In the center were several children from many clans including the Senju, Hyuga, Namikaze and the Inzuka to name a few. While slightly away from the children, gathered at a seating area with many sitting pillows and short tables, were the children's parents talking away while send periodic glances to their make sure their young ones are okay. One of the first people he saw was the Kuchiki clan matriarch Kushina Uzumaki-Kuchiki. She was wearing a red kimono that matched her hair that was adorned with large pink sakura flowers that were surrounded by smaller orange sakura flowers over a white nagajuban that concealed an eri-shin. She had a sunny yellow obi with a red obi-age and obijime that was tired into a six-pointed flower. Her normally free flowing long hair was tied up with a carnation pink scrunchy tying her hair into a high ponytail. This also resulted in two long bangs that fell past her shoulders down the front of her kimono. Her usual black hairclip was now a sunset red while wearing the standard white tabi with cerise pink zori with orchid laces at the entrance. What surprised him however was the red hakama-himo that held the matriarch's own sword. Confused, Itachi pulled on his mothers' sleeve to ask "Mother, why is Kushina-sama wearing a sword during the party?" With a small smile Mikoto began to answer his question. "Well you see, Itachi. The Uzumaki and Kuchiki clan are great swordsmen, often forging their own blades. So much like how Hokage-sama never goes anywhere without at least one of his special kuni so to do neither of the clans members go anywhere without their swords. In fact, if you see Byakuya-sama, you will see he too is carrying his sword despite the event." Looking around, Itachi saw Byakuya carrying his own sword within his hakama-himo. "I think I understand Mother, every clan keeps their tools on them even when attending formal events as a means of never being defenseless incase something goes wrong." This time it was Fugaku's turn to smile, though his was far more subdued outwardly, at the intelligence of his eight-year-old son. As they got closer to the locations where the party goers were mingling, Mikoto encouraged Itachi to take Sauske to where the children were playing while she and Fugaku went to meet with the other parents. As they approached they saw what the family of Uzumaki and Kuchiki were wearing. Byakuya was wearing a vista blue nagajuban that also has a eri-shin collar. His kimono was white while his hakama were a baby blue with a white hakama-himo holding his own sword. His haori was divided in two with the top half as a pale light sky blue while the bottom half and the cuffs were a marian blue while his haori-himo was a camel brown which contrasted with his white tabi though his zori were at the entrance were a matte azure with blue gray laces. They also noticed Mariko Uzumaki talking with Tsunade as the older of the two women was enjoying some sake. Mariko was a widower with her husband dying in the Kyuubi's rampage. She had fair skin like her cousin Kushina though her hair was long enough to reach her chin with a set pushed behind her right ear. It appeared to be parted to frame both sides of her face while having the same bright red color as Naruto and Kushina. She is also known to be slightly taller than Kushina, but not by much, though she also had a slightly smaller bust. She also has gray eyes with a violet tint. She was wearing a bright orange kimono, that had a scene of a blooming black tree that had nearly yellow leaves, over a white nagajuban. She had a rich black obi with a candy apple red oijime under it while a pumpkin orange obiage was tied around it. Like all others she had white tabi that would be complimented by a set of licorice black zori and straps. Over her obi was a white hakama-himo that held her kodachi. Her kodachi was stored in a white scabbard with a gold, oval, tsuba that had an image of Ryujin circling the interior of the tsuba. The handle of her kodachi has an emerald tsuka ito over a white samegawa while the kashira was gold like the tsuba. She also had a mask like Kushina on her hakama-himo. Her mask was primarily white with four shot horns on the forehead that were highlighted by black circles that had a line of the same color that fell. The lines vary in length with the outer horns falling close to the edge of the eye with the two inner lines fell barely to the middle of the forehead. There was a set of red lines that passed over the inner section of the eye before crossing into the next the that rose and bent to line up with the pupil before curving back towards the center of the forehead. It had a set of eyes that barely allowed one to see if the eyes held any expression. In the cheek bones was a set of red blades that fell from the cheek bones as they curved outwards to the same height to match the lower jaw while another two set came from the lower jaw with one set following the same angle as the set that came from its cheek bones while the last set came straight back from the lower jaw. She was one of the primary workers at the hospital alongside Shizune. So, while she may carry a blade like any other Uzumaki, she primarily focuses her skill as a medic to keep her family alive through conflict and times of peace as shinobi injuries are not the only way one could be hurt. "Hello everyone!" called Mikoto. As everyone turned to her "Hello Mikoto!" greeted a happy Kushina, who quickly stood up to give her friend a hug. "How are you? How is little Itachi? How is Sauske?" she said quickly and excitedly. Giving a small giggle Mikoto responded to her easily excitable friends' questions. "I am fine Kushina-chan. Me, Fugaku, Itachi and little Sauske are doing wonderfully. In fact little Itachi is set to graduate from the academy!" Kushina took in a deep breath "Wow that's great! He was only in for two years and already graduating! Though don't you think that is a little fast?" Mikoto let out a sigh, "I think it is though Fugaku seems to think it is fine. But the one thing we did agree on was that he was not ready to graduate just after four months." Kushina gave a frown at that "Please don't tell me that a teacher actually believed that to be a good idea?" The two heard a chuckle from behind "I'd believe it Kushina. Thanks to the warhawk Danzo, any talent in the academy is rushed through no matter how bad of idea it is to through developing minds into the harsh world we live in. He was part of the reason that Kakashi was able to graduate so early despite being six" said Tsume Inazuka. "Well I'm glad that sensible parents are making good decisions for their kids. No need to rush them into this life. And if that one eyed crippled bastard makes any attempt on my Naru-chan well, he'll see why Kumo named me the Red Death firsthand." With that the other two mothers figured it was better to move on to other topics. "Speaking of the little runt, why don't you tell Mikoto what you had Naruto doing" pushed Tsume. Immediately Kushina's mood did a one-eighty "Oh Mikoto-chan it was so adorable! Little Naru started his calligraphy and made all sorts of adorable faces while he was concentrating it was just so cute! And he even managed to get his first few kanji down before his third birthday!" she squealed. "And soon he'll be writing his first basic seal then he'll be a seal master like his Kaa-chan!" she boasted as she puffed her chest out. The other Kuchiki mothers gave a small giggle or an eye roll, with some accompanied by a smirk, at their matriarchs' antics surrounding her family. It was well known throughout the compound how much the mother and her husband adored their son. Despite how much she seemed to dote on the boy he never demonstrated the attitude of a spoiled brat, instead he was the sweetest child that idolized his father and mother as he demonstrated many quirks of both his parents. "Uh Kushina, don't you think you are rushing him a bit?" asked Noriko Yamanaka, Ino's mother. "Not at all…" cut in Tsunade "When I was younger my grandmother Mito got me working on my calligraphy at about the same age as little Naru is as I'm sure Karin and Rangiku are as well?" she asked looking to her daughter and Mariko who both nodded in agreement. "It is important for an Uzumaki to be well versed in drawing and using seals as it is part of our culture" stated Mariko. While not as strong a seal mistress as Kushina and Mito was she was nearly on par with Jiraiya the gama senin. "Well I don't know about Naruto, but Rangiku doesn't seem to enjoy her calligraphy studies. She has been pestering Yahiko about getting a sword so she can 'show her skill' as she likes to put it" sigh Konan. "She's to young to get a sword!" protested Tsunade. "Calm down mother. I have told her this but her father seems to cave to the look she tries to use on you and me."
"Hey!" protested Yahiko, magically appearing in their conversation, "It's not my fault she is so adorable! It doesn't help when she uses those darn puppy-dog eyes on me" he said with a pout. That was when Tsunade and Konan gave him frosty stares "She is to young to be messing with swords."
"And if she goes anywhere near your mask, there will be hell to pay mister" stated the two women. Yahiko nodded his head in a panic to appease the two terrifying women. A small way away from the mothers and the being scolded Yahiko were the fathers, though Fugaku seemed to be the more vocal of the fathers. "Itachi is set to graduate from the academy soon. Just two years and he has proven himself to be a prodigy in the shinobi arts" bragged Fugaku. "Uh do you think that rushing him through the academy to becoming a shinobi is a good for such a young child?" questioned Minato. "I have full faith in Itachi. His skills and mindset are reflective of a true shinobi."
"He may have the mindset but he does not have the maturity that comes with age that the academy and a family grooms to prepare our children for the harsh life beyond the walls?" countered Byakuya. Fugaku responded with a frown. "Of course he has the maturity. I have trained him personally and he has seen war so he knows the harshness of the shinobi life."
"So you have taken your now eight year old son to see what shinobi conflict looks like? The Shodai and your previous clan head had a dream that young children would not see such conflict. Seems rather counterproductive to your clan's history with this village, no?" Before Fugaku could respond, Hizashi spoke "Pardon my interruption Kuchiki-sama, may I ask how your clan has been able to prepare for such an event as this? There seem to be many guards for such a gathering."
"The Kuchiki clan prides itself on the following of tradition and keeping to our duty of compiling and preserving the history of the continent. As such we follow many traditions that were seen in the time before the Rikudo Sennin such as guards being present for guests during formal occasions" replied Byakuya. As the adults were conversing, the guest of honor, Naruto, was playing with the large group of kids that were attending his party while being supervised primarily by the other Uzumaki that resided in the compound with Kushina as well as Rukia. Standing near the children with his arms crossed was Ichigo Uzumaki, who was dressed in his own formal kimono that was crimson red with fire brick red hakama. Over his kimono was a persian red haori that was adorned with small ivory flowers that was blown by wind that was held closed by a cherry blossom pink haori-himo. He still had his blood red sash along with his sword as he was watching over his nephew that could be a little … explorative. "I can't believe we got stuck watching these other kids" complained Ichigo lowly so as to not be overheard by anyone but Renji Uzumaki and Rukia. Renji was tall man, being slightly taller than Ichigo, with long crimson hair that he had tied up in a ponytail with a widow's-peak with seal tattoos on either side of it. He even had some cover is back, much of his chest, as well as his extremities. Around his head was his forehead protector in a tall white headband that covered much of his forehead. Despite normally wearing the Kuchiki shihakusho with standard ankle high shinobi sandals, today he was wearing a burgundy red nagajuban under a black kimono that was adorned with thin, tall azure blue boxes that fell vertically across the kimono that had six lines in each box, that had a thick bole brown tomoeri. He had a mint green obi while still wearing his white hakama-himo that held his sword and mask. His sword was housed in a deep black sheath. It has a rectangular bronze tsuba that had two lightning bolts running through the length of the tsuba. His sword has a falu red tsuka ito with a maize yellow samegawa accompanied by a bronze kashira. The mask that hung off his hakama-himo seemed to be that of a grinning wolf. It had two long ears that were almost a foot long, pronounced cheek bones, with a thick black line that highlighted its nostrils and its upper chops which was full of human looking teeth. It also has a set of red line that arched around its forehead before converging to become parallel as it reached between its eyebrow area. There was also a set or red lines that accentuate the black lines that highlight its eye holes.

Rukia herself had also changed into a kimono as well. For the party she was wearing an ivory white nagajuban under a cardinal red kimono that had a sky magenta pink horizontal stripe over an icterine yellow that ran along the bottom of the kimono and the sleeves. Their was also a large amount of sakura flowers that traveled down the length of the kimono and the sleeves. She was wearing coral orange obi that had two thin black stripes that traveled the length of the obi. She has a candy apple red obiage around the obi with a bright white obijime under the obi that matched the color of her tabi while her tori were snow white along with the straps. "I don't mind watching over Naruto, Rangiku and Karin but why do we have to watch over the other brats? Shouldn't that be the parents' job?"
"Well Orihime doesn't seemed to mind" pointed out Renji as they watched Orihime doute all over the 'adorable' children as they played. Orihime Uzumaki was a young teen the same age as Ichigo with vibrant orange hair that typically fell to her waist, though for today she had it tied up into a loose bun pinned up by a small bouquet of flowers that had four ties that fell from the hair pin. Her band parted to the right side like her aunt Kushina while her sidelocks fell past her shoulder. Her two snowflake hair clips were hidden on the collar of the first layer of her kimono. She has large brown eyes with soft features accompanying her slender and curvaceous figure that made her the envy of many women as she also had a bust to rival her grandaunt Tsunade, leading many women to consider the large bust size to be a clan trait as well as their red and orange hair. Her normal outfit consisted of the Kuchiki shihakusho when she stayed in the village and in the compound. When she leaves the village however she wears a unique outfit which is made up of a bright white mid-riff top that had an opening that fell the length of her impressive bust, revealing almost as much as Tsunades' kimono top did, that left a noticeable opening around the armpits, similar to the of a sports bra, with a turned down aero blue collar that had an aero blue star as a button to keep it closed. It also had two detached sleeves that were long enough to reach just below her elbows with two turned up cuffs the same shade of blue as her collar with two puffed shoulders that had two smooth spikes that curved outwards that were slightly tall enough to reach her chin. Its bottom consists of an ankle length bright white dress, with a black embroidery that followed the top of the dress, that held a pencil skirt tightness just above the knees before it took on a loose flowing form as it fell further. Her shoes were that of short heel ankle high boots that had pixie wing flare ups on the side of the ankles that were as white as the rest of her outfit. The kimono she was wearing had a white nagajuban under a two-layer kimono that has an amethyst first layer with a rose-pink kimono that faded to a snow white that fell diagonally from each sleeve to the bottom which transitioned to an amethyst. The areas that were not pink were decorated in as a veritable flower garden. She has on a chartreuse green obi with a byzantine blue obijime that was encircled with a bright red obiage. She had on snow white tabi that would be accompanied by brilliant rose zori and straps. She has on a blood red hakama-himo with her sword tucked into it with her own mask. Her mask had a great resemblance to Ichigos'. The line pattern had a thick, byzantine blue lines that fell from the temples to merge right between the eyes to a point. Their was a set of lines that framed the mast from the bottom of the outside of the eyes to the edge of where the lips would be. There was another set that was below the eyes that started to curve down to the teeth. Her sword was that of a standard katana sheathed in a sky-blue sheath with a matching tsuka ito over a bright white samegawa. Her sword has a round, silver tsuba that has the pattern of an eight-pointed snowflake pattern inside it and a silver kashira. Orihime was brushing the hair of some of girls like Rangiku and Hinata while conversing with Ino and Yakumo who were trying to cheer up the young Sakura who was nervous with interacting with the other children, while Tier was conversing with Naruto and Karin. Naruto was wearing a white nagajuban under a simple aqua kimono and haori, both of which had both the Uzumaki and Kuchiki clan symbols on the back. He has on a blue green hakama and matching hakama and obi, with a white haori-himo and zori. Karin attire: Karin was a young girl, the same age as Naruto with bright red hair and eyes with fair skin. Her hair was unique as it had the right side semi-spiky while the left was straight which she normally wears down to the base of her neck though for today she had it tied up in a bun that was held with two hair needles. She wears brown, narrow glasses to aid with her vision. She was wearing a dark green kimono that had an ivy pattern that was covered in flower crawling up from the bottom of the kimono. She had on a cream-colored obi with a white obijime wrapped by an aquamarine obiage. She had on white tabi with forest green zori. Sauske and Shino seemed to be getting along with Itazuru, though it seemed that Itazuru was the one dragging the youngest Uchiha and the Aburame heir around to interact with some of the other boys. Shikamaru and Choji were off on their own, one being too lazy to interact with the others while the other seemed to be afraid to talk with anyone else. 'Wait until Orihime sees them like that, she'll drag them over in a heartbeat' thought the three on the side. As if on cue, a shadow clone of Orihime had suddenly appeared in front of the two boys. In a highly chipper tone, she asked the boys "What are you two doing over here by yourselves? It's not fun to be off in the corner while everyone else is having fun!" Choji looked down with a sad shyness while Shikamaru tiredly opened his eyes before yawning. Choji was the one to respond, "I'm shy. I don't know if they will judge me like the other kids at the park did" stated a shy Choji. Orihime gave frown that showed she didn't understand his words. "Why do you think that they will be like the kids in the park?" asked Orihime. Choji couldn't answer her question. It was more of a feeling he had anyway. She quickly grabbed both boys and dragged them to where Itazuru, Sauske, Neji and Kiba were gathered. Noticing his cousin dragging two boys to the group that surrounded the Yondaimes' son, the group of Naruto, Tier, and Karin made their way to where they were gathering. This also spurred on the group around the real Orihime to go over as well, accompanied by the real Orihime. When they all converged, Orihime dispelled her clone though still gave Choji an encouraging smile to introduce himself. Staring down at his feet, Choji raised his hand slightly before introducing himself. "H-h-hello, my name is Choji Akamichi." The other kids welcomed him warmly though the volume and energy they used varied between each of the children. This caused the children to form a massive group for the time being.

The first to respond was the man of the hour, Naruto. Despite having met with most of them individually as they entered the room, he still chose to follow the etiquette that his father and mother gave him a brief rundown of before the party. Giving a slight bow the grandson of the Kuchiki Clan head, Naruto introduced himself in a calm tone reminiscent of his father "Greetings Akamichi-san, I am Naruto Kuchiki-Uzumaki." Following this many more proceeded to introduce themselves. "I am Tier Harribel Shihoin" she greeted with her own little bow. The most boisterous was for sure the son of the Yondaime. "YO! I'M ITAZURU NAMIKAZE! It's great to meet you!" he stated as he pumped his fist into the air. The quietest was between the Hyuga Heiress, Hinata, and Sakura Haruno. Both were soft spoken and hid behind Neji and Ino respectively. As the children began mingling, Orihime made her way back over to the other chaperones where Itachi had joined Hana Inuzuka who also made his place to hangout for the party. With a happy smile that could brighten up the night, "Are you guys having fun?" Ichigo and Renji gave a shrug while Itachi gave a small smile and a nod. "I don't mind watching Naruto, Karin, or Rangiku since they are family, but why do we have to watch the other kids?" asked Ichigo. Orihime gave him a cute pout while Rukia looked ready to kick him in the shin. Itachi being curious asked "Uzumaki-san, why do you not want to watch the other children?" Hana herself growling at the implication of the older Uzumaki not liking her ototo. Letting out a sigh of his own "I have no issue per say, but the parents should also be chaperoning their children, or at least person they can trust, instead of just relying on others to look after their kids" replied to Itachi. He understood Ichigos' feelings on the matter. Having looked after his brother since he was born when his parents left the home, he was not comfortable leaving his ototo in the care of others he didn't know. Hana herself feeling the same way. Due to their pack mentality, it was difficult to trust an outsider with the safety of the pack unless they joined it. As the children began gravitating to their own circles within the group. Seeing who latched to who somewhat surprised the chaperons. They were almost like they were before Orihime brought them all together. This time however the girls divided themselves between Naruto and Itazurus' groups. Rangiku went towards Naruto with Choji, Shikamaru, Ino and Sakura while Hinata went towards Itazurus' group that was made up of Kiba, Neji, Sauske, Shino, and Yakumo. What caused a bit of laugh from Rukia, Renji, and Hana was Tier's reactions to the other girls. She seemed to moving closer to the young Uzumaki-Kuchiki as Rangiku and Karin tried to take up spots right next to Naruto. Orihime looked at the three confused, unaware of what the three were laughing at. "What's so funny" she asked in a cute and confused tone. Rukia pointed toward Narutos' group while Hana explained, "It seems your little cousin has a bit of luck." Orihime looked over to see what got them giggling. It took her a bit to notice until she saw Tiers' attempts to keep Karin and Rangiku from getting a spot next to Naruto. She let out a cute little giggle. "I think it's cute how well he gets along with little Tier" commented Orihime. They all looked at her with a deadpan look. "Ugh Orihime, I don't think they just get along well" replied Rukia. Hana was the one to fill her in "It seems like she has developed a little crush on Naruto, its adorable!" Hearing Hanas' words, Orihime gained a surprised look before she gained a look of aw and gushed over the adorable little crush that the Tier has on Naruto. Though something that Hana said registered in all of their minds. "What did you mean by a little luck?" questioned Ichigo. Hana gave a devious smirk. She is staking her claim against Karen and Rangiku who are trying to get close to Naruto. She is trying to show that she is the top female going after Naruto" giggled Hana. The others gave a look of realization before they all gave their own looks of deviousness before they were joined by the mothers. "I heard the awe of someone having a crush what did I miss?" questioned Noriko. Hana was the first to answer. "It seems that Tier, Karin and Rangiku are going to be vying for Narutos' attention in the near future!" The mothers took in the scene of Narutos' group. They saw Tier attempting to stake her claim against Karin and Rangiku. Yuorichi gave off the widest grin she could, proud of her daughter taking the initiative in doing what she wants to do. That was when the mothers of the three 'contestants' began to voice their opinions. "Well I think Tier is going to win his heart" replied Yuorichi with a smug tone. "No way!" responded Kushina in a more energetic tone while Mariko said it in a calmer tone. "My money's on Karin" they said in unison. "I'll get in on this" responded Tsunade with a smirk "I bet Rangiku will get his attention when all is said and done" bragged Tsunade. Konan shook her head in her hand. "Mother, if you bet on Rangiku she is more likely to lose" said a monotone Konan causing Tsunade to scratch her cheek. "For this, I shall help her" she responded surprising everyone. Tsunade was the first to break out of her shock. She quickly wraps around arm around Konans' neck, giving a peace sign to the other mothers, "That's my girl!" cheered Tsunade.

The outcry from Kushina drew the attention of the fathers, though they only managed to hear what Tsunade said as she seemed to be as enthusiastic as Yuorichi and Kushina. Fugaku, Byakuya Hiashi, and Hizashi gave either blank looks or single raised eyebrows at the conversation they were hearing where at the others, like Yahiko, gave dramatic looks or in the case of Shikaku an uninterested look, all the while Kisuke was trying to hide his snickering behind a small paper fan he pulled from … somewhere. Yahikos' look soon turned to over dramatic anger "My little girl is to young to be interested in boys! That little brat better not get near, or any boy for that matter, for at least twenty years!" he proclaimed. Kisuke offered his own opinion on the matter. "I think its funny to see such a sight, especially this young" giggled Kisuke. Hizashi turned his attention to the Shihoin patriarch. "Are you sure you should be encouraging such behavior? Your daughter seems to be interested in the young Kuchiki as well" he stated. Kisuke had yet to move his fan however his tone conflicted with what he was saying "Well she has her mothers' spirt so she will find her path outside the homestead hehehe." His giggles sounded like that of a mad man about to commit a dark deed. Byakuya himself was taking stock of the girls that have taken interest in his son. 'Hmm we shall see how they turn out before I make a call of my approval.' After a few more minutes happened before Ginrei joined the party, causing Naruto to quickly shoot to his feet and rushing over to meet his grandfather. Naruto gave a bow of respect before hugging his grandfather after the bow was returned. "Hey grandfather, can you meet my new friends?" asked an excited Naruto. Ginrei looks down at his grandson who seems to be trying to contain himself. Seeing his grandson conducting himself well for a small child in a social setting, though that broke as he did not answer to his three-year-old grandson began acting like a typical child his age. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted both Kushina and his son giving off energy that could be deemed as threatening if he didn't allow his grandson to act his age. Not wanting to hear his daughter-in-laws' rant and face why she was the Red Death in the Third Shinobi war.

Byakuya knows that despite how much he cares for his father cares for his grandson he can not let go of the professionalism he always carries himself with however Kushina never found that to be a good excuse, which Byakuya agrees with at least when the man was with family in private. Naruto drags his grandfather to meet the other children he was playing with, also introducing him to many of the other kids of the Kuchiki Clan. During this time, Kushina made a discreet hand signal to one of the guards for the gifts to be brought in. The gifts were brought in on a palanquin so they could be set on a short table that Naruto sat in-front of between his parents while he opened them.

Naruto showed a great amount of enthusiasm for each gift he received. Giving a great amount of thanks to each family for what they gave him. Though his favorites seemed to be a stuffed fox made for him from Orihime and a forest green scarf with white horizontal stripes that were placed about it that she made for him. When the gifts were all opened, the cake Kushina made for the party was brought in. Knowing that Akamichi were coming, Kushinas' cake was a grand sight to behold. It was a tall three-layered rectangular cake that had two vanilla layers with one chocolate between the two that made up each stack. The icing was that of a sweet strawberry with Kuchiki and Uzumaki symbols side by side on the tallest layer. The three Akamichi were nearly drooling at the behemoth before them, especially the older two as they have tasted Kushinas' cooking before, having claimed it was some of the best they have ever eaten. The other adults were not faring much better, though Byakuya had a smugness about him that the other parents detected right away and Kushina herself had the most face splitting grin she could produce. With a clap of her hands and a tilt of her head Kushina chirps up, "Well everyone, shall we cut the cake?" There was a chorus of "Hai's" in answer to her question. With a big grin, Kushina reaches for a basic katana that was brought with the cake. The teens and children looked on with awe and curiosity at what was about to happen next while the adults that fought with her just gave off the energy of 'show off.' Kushina got in her ready stance, and faster than only the strongest could follow, Kushina not only managed to slice the grand cake she made but also serve them on small plates for the guests. Despite the teens in the room having fought alongside her, they gave her looks of awe with mouths wide and stars in their eyes. Even Yahiko was giving off the same awe filled look. The children however were the most enthusiastic, cheering at the wonderful spectacle they got to see. Kushina gave the blade a quick wipe down before setting it to the side so the blade cloud be cleaned later. No matter how fast your swing it will be dirtied by what it strikes, keeping your sword clean was always an important lesson to remember from both sides of the family. "Kaa-chan! That was so cool!" proclaimed a stary-eyed Naruto. "Can you teach me that! Can you!" Kushina looked down at her bouncing little boy. She scooped him up into a bear hug, much to the disapproval of her father-in-law, "Why of course my little Naru-chan!" She poked his nose with her index finger, "However you will have to wait a few more years before we begin your physical training, okay?" Naruto nodded enthusiastically, before going to get a piece of cake of his own. Rukia was standing nearby nervously looking down like she wanted to ask Kushina something. Kushina figured she knew what her sister-in-law wanted, "Yes Rukia, I will teach you too" she told her as she rubbed her head. Rukia gave a small smile before she too went to get some cake. When she arrived at the table alongside Renji, she reached for a slice that Ichigo also was reaching for. As both of their hands grabbed the plate, they looked at each other with a death glare, attempting to use their glare to get the other to relinquish the slice of delicious cake. Right as they were about to start a shouting match a calm chill overtook the two causing Renji to back away slowly. While Orihime seemed to be praying for their safety. Behind the two, Byakuya was focusing his reiatsu on the two, sending the silent message to keep calm and not disrupt the celebration for his son. The two let go of the slice they were fighting over and grabbed a slice away from each other to avoid causing a scene.

The party went smoothly for the Kuchiki clan. Naruto was sleeping soundly in his mothers' arms. Kushina and Byakuya were standing side by side as they watched their son sleep in his futon. "Good night my little maelstrom" said Kushina softly as she kissed his forehead. "Good night my son" said Byakuya in an equally soft tone, mimicking his wifes' actions before the two left the room to their own bed to close out a wonderful day.

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