The Answers

by Jamesco1292002

Young Naruto had a lot of questions while growing up, 'Who are my parents', 'Where are they', 'Am I a demon', 'Why do the villagers hate him' These questions were asked of the Hokage time without number but the answers were always the same. 'I can't tell you yet' But on his 12th birthday, someone revealed to him those answers.

6. Chapter 6

"Talking"

"SHOUTING/SCREAMING/YELLING"

'Thoughts'

"Jutsu"

"Tailed Beast Talking"

'Tailed Beast Thinking'

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Chapter 6

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Academy

Stirring awake, Hinata found herself staring at a white ceiling, "Ah, the infirmary?" She muttered in recognition, "If I'm here then that means it wasn't a dream."

"That is correct Hinata-sama," Turning her head to the left, the Heiress spotted a young lady, about 25 years of age, in a nurse's outfit as she was busy tidying up the sheets of neighboring beds, "You took quite some time waking up."

"Umm… Reiko-san," Hinata stared at the name tag, "How long was I out?"

"About 90 minutes," The lady answered, "afternoon classes just started a while ago."

"Oh," The Hyuga uttered before glancing at a neighboring bed which lay empty but showed signs of recent use, "What about Mitarashi-san? We were bought in together."

The nurse frowned at the name, "She and the boy left an hour ago."

"Boy?"

"The demo- Uzumaki," She corrected herself but Hinata already noticed it, "They should be in class alongside the rest of your mates."

"I see," The Heiress lifted the sheet off her body and got out of bed, "I feel much better so I will be joining them."

The elder blinked, "Are you sure about that? You can rest some more-"

"I've fully recovered," Hinata insisted with a smile, "My grades may slip if I stay any longer."

"That's true," The nurse relented, "I won't hold anymore of your time."

"Thank you."

Closing the door behind her, Hinata replaced the smile with a frown as she recalled the outcome of her fight with Misa, 'A draw.' She imagined the reaction of her father and knew that he won't be pleased, 'A bump in my perfect run and I still failed to gain his attention.' A sigh escaped the Heiress' lips as she walked down the hallway, 'Why aren't things going my way?'

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Konoha Outskirts

Opening his eyes while releasing the tension in his body muscles, Naruto turned to Misa and offered a smile, "We lost them."

"Thank goodness," The purple haired sighed as they slowed down to a jog, "That really frightened me."

The Uzumaki mock glared at her, "Says the one who ditched me mid-sentence?"

Misa smiled at him, "Did that make you mad?"

"Yes, yes it did."

"Then I will just have to make it up to you."

He perked up, "How so?"

"Hmm," The Mitarashi thought about it, "How does a good ol' roll in the hay sound?" The redhead tripped, "Just kidding." She giggled.

'Didn't feel like it.' Naruto noted with a blush.

"When we arrive at Yakumo's I will think of something," The female continued, "But before that I got a question to ask."

"Ask away?"

"When you space out, you're conversing with the Kyubi right?"

For the second time Naruto felt himself trip, 'How?'

"Calm down," Misa read his expression, "I already know you're in possession of the Kyubi so this shouldn't come as a shock."

"You're right," The Uzumaki admitted after regaining his footing, "He and I do talk."

Misa drew closer, "About what and what's he like?"

Recalling his first contact with the tailed beast bought a smile to the Uzumaki's face, "At first he was a bit hostile and demanded that I free him from the seal, but that will lead to me dying so we exchanged some insults and went our separate ways."

"I understand wanting your freedom but he wouldn't have been sealed in the first place if he didn't attack Konoha." The Mitarashi pointed out.

'If only you knew the whole story,' Naruto thought before resuming, "The second meeting happened a week later, I was undergoing some strenuous exercises to improve myself then all of a sudden exhaustion kicked in and I blacked out only to find myself before his cell. Just as I was about to turn and leave, the Kyubi appeared and offered an apology."

"An apology?" Misa who was paying great attention didn't expect that, "For what?"

"Apparently he went through my memories and realized that I had an awful time-"

"Horrible."

"A horrible time growing up," Naruto accepted the correction, "He apologized for his previous attitude the first time we met and after I had accepted his apology he began helping me with some training."

"In what way?"

"I'm 3rd Jinchuriki he has been sealed into," The redhead revealed much to the girl's surprise, "the previous two were adults who possessed a vast amount of knowledge and techniques which he willingly shared with me."

"I'm sure you made good use of them."

"Not really," The Uzumaki said with a frown, "A good number of them are either too complicated or I'm currently lacking the requirements to make use of them."

"Want my help?" Misa offered.

"Clan secrets." He elaborated.

"Oh." Her expression fell, "Guess you're on your own then."

"Indeed, but thanks for offering."

"Don't mention it, but if their clan secrets then the past Jinchurikis-"

"Were members of the Uzumaki just like I'm."

The 15 year old gained a thoughtful look, "The Kyubi being sealed into members of the same clan, this isn't a coincidence right?"

Happy that she noticed that, the redhead rewarded her with an explanation, "Only a descendant of the Sage of the Six Paths can survive having the Kyubi sealed within them, so anyone who isn't Uchiha, Senju or Uzumaki would explode once the sealing is completed."

This got the female thinking, "Does that mean in an event that you're possibly killed and Konoha somehow retains the Kyubi then Sasuke would be only possible candidate?" Misa theorized.

"Three things," Naruto began while giving her a pointed look, "First of all, I'm not letting myself be killed." The Purple haired raised her hands in apology, "Secondly, Sasuke wouldn't be made a Jinchuriki as that will hinder the efforts to revive the Uchiha clan and thirdly, even if and that's a big 'IF' he's made Jinchuriki of the Kyubi, the latter would do everything possible to cripple the former even if it's at his own detriment."

The Mitarashi blinked at the third point, "You make sound as if the Kyubi hates Sasuke." She pointed out.

"He hates all Uchiha in general."

"Why?"

"The Sharingan is capable of casting Genjutsu on the tailed beasts."

"Such a broken dojutsu," Shaking her head Misa looked ahead and spotted a familiar sight, "Over there." She pointed downwards, since they were on higher ground, at a residence situated in the middle of what seemed be a forest.

The redhead blinked in surprise, "Is that a mansion?" He asked in wonder.

"Even though her clan isn't as prominent as they once were, they still need to keep appearances which means ensuring that their heiress is living quite comfortably."

This bought a scowl to the Jinchuriki's face, "I think they need to have their brains checked out if isolation is being mistaken for 'comfort'."

Smiling at his words, Misa began her descent down the hill, "Going by our current pace… I say it will take about 10 minutes to clear the forest."

Naruto raised a brow, "What about the 3 other chakra signatures that I'm sensing from the mansion?"

"Oh, those are the caretakers along with the ANBU agent that were assigned to her." The Mitarashi explained as the Uzumaki caught up to her.

"And you aren't worried about said ANBU reporting us because?"

Misa turned round and gave the Jinchuriki a smile, but the smile felt off to him and her reply soon revealed why, "Because they're now puppets under her control."

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Konoha

Standing in front of an establishment Anko psyched herself up, 'Well here goes nothing,' Taking a step forward she parted the double doors and was immediately blasted with confetti.

"SURPRISE!"

"CONGRATULATIONS!"

"IT'S ABOUT TIME!"

"WELCOME TO THE JONIN CLUB!"

"WE GOT MATCHING T-SHIRTS!"

Wiping the confetti off her face, the 24 year old spotted Asuma heading over her way, "You don't look as surprised as I thought you would be." The Chain smoker noted.

"I heard rumors about a celebration and connected the dots," The Mitarashi glanced round and noticed that the party was already in full swing, "So did everyone make it?"

"A dozen or so did, the rest are probably occupied with missions but they send their wishes."

"And Kurenai? Shouldn't she be free?" Brown eyes narrowed at the male.

Asuma felt a bead of sweat roll down his cheek, "She suddenly got an appointment but," He quickly pointed towards a particular table, "She was able to make it."

"She?" Anko took a look and couldn't contain her surprise, "Neko-chan!" Said person had only split second to turn before she was pounced upon by the purple haired, "You actually made it!"

Yugao let out a chuckle, "Well Hokage-sama was kind enough to give me a day off."

"You don't say," The Mitarashi knew it wasn't kindness that made the Hokage do that but at the moment she honestly didn't care, "So how have you been and where's your hubby?"

"I'm fine and Hayate is on mission," Yugao answered, "but enough about me, we're here to celebrate your promotion so order anything you want as it's on us."

A smile blooming on her face Anko waved a waiter over, "A dozen plates of dango please."

"As you wish." Writing down her order the young man left the table.

Turning back to her friend, the newly promoted Jonin noticed that the ANBU agent was giving her a flat look, "What?"

"A dozen plates really?"

"I like it." Anko defended.

Yugao let out a sigh, "You're lucky it all goes to the chest."

"Damn right-"

"Good day ladies," Kakashi interrupted as he slid into one of the vacant seats, "Mind if I join in?"

"You already did," Anko deadpanned before adopting a serious look, "So why are you here?" She then asked.

"To celebrate your promotion-"

"Not that," The Mitarashi interrupted as Yugao watched on in interest, "I mean why you are at this table? We usually don't hang around with one another."

Kakashi blinked his visible eye in surprise before leaning back in defeat, "I was hoping to break this to you gently but you just had to call me out."

A brow was raised, "Break what to me?"

"Kurenai visited Lord Hokage after hearing about your promotion," The mask wearer informed in a whisper, "She later returned upset which means the visit didn't go as she expected it to."

"Hokage-sama probably shot her down right Yugao?" The Snake Mistress turned to her friend.

The beautiful ANBU lowered a glass of sake from her red colored lips, "I'm not at liberty to say."

"And there you have it."

Kakashi shook his head, "Just because her first attempt failed doesn't mean she won't try again, we both know she's got a stubborn streak."

Anko shrugged off his concerns, "If she continues being a pain in my ass then I will challenge her to a duel with our ranks on the line."

"Anko," Yugao spoke up before Kakashi could, "Kurenai, even though she will never admit it, knows that her chances of beating you in fight are on the negative side."

"A fight between the two of you will mostly likely end in her humiliation." The Silver haired Jonin added, "There's no way she will accept."

"So her only option is to make my life more uncomfortable than it already is?" The elder Mitarashi let out a laugh, "then I wish her luck." She added as her right hand picked up a glass and raised it to her lips.

"What if she goes after Misa?"

Crack!

Both Kakashi and Yugao stared at the glass in surprise, looking up they found the purple haired to be oddly calm but her eyes…

They promised death.

"And that's my cue," The only male at the table stood up; "See ya later." He immediately departed, heading towards the table where Asuma was seated.

"Your order has arrived Miss," Anko switched moods as the waiter returned with a trolley filled with a dozen plates of dango, "About time!" She helped herself to two plates at the same time, "So good!" She moaned.

Yugao looked slightly green at the display, "I think I'm going to catch diabetes just watching you eat that."

Anko halted her eating to give the ANBU a flat stare, "Then don't watch." She uttered before resuming her meal.

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Yakumo's Mansion, Outskirts

"We're here." Misa said as the two stopped in front of the entrance.

"Yeah," Naruto relied absently as he focused on the ANBU who was observing them from a nearby tree.

"Its fine," The 15 year old tapped him on the shoulder, "I already told you that they under Yakumo's control or do you doubt my words?" She crossed her arms and pouted.

Naruto immediately shook his head, "No no, it's just…" He took a glance at the tree, "I get a bit anxious whenever their eyes are on me."

"Oh," She gazed at the tree, "Should I send him away?" She offered.

"No," The Uzumaki faced her with a smile, "If the genjutsu wasn't in place then he would have bolted the moment he saw us but since he hasn't then it means we are safe to continue."

Satisfied that his worries were now eased, Misa placed a hand on the door knob and gave it a twist. Naruto watched as the door opened into a simple hallway with two doors at the sides and a staircase at the end, the surrounding walls were dull brown in color and were devoid of either pictures or decorations.

'Comfort my ass?' The redhead thought as he shut the door behind him.

"Ro! Mana!" Misa called.

The sounds of footsteps were heard before two individuals in caretaker garments appeared out of the door to the right. They were plain looking and of opposing genders probably in their late twenties or early thirties but what caught Naruto's attention happened to be the glassy look in their eyes.

"Misa-sama!" The two gave a bow with the female taking over, "You're earlier than expected."

"And we were about to start preparations for lunch." The male added.

"Please continue and," The Mitarashi gestured to the Uzumaki on her left, "He will be joining us as an important guest."

They glanced at Naruto and gave a nod, "Is there anything else?"

"We are only to be disturbed when the lunch is on the table."

"Hai!"

As the two bowed and left, Naruto had to admit that he was impressed by what he saw, "Not a single shred of fear or hatred at my presence, your friend is quite a talented female." He praised.

Misa puffed out her chest, "Told you so."

"So where does that leads?" The Jinchuriki pointed to the door on the left.

"Oh, that's the living room," Walking over, the purple haired opened the door, "Have a look."

Doing just that, Naruto found it to be a pretty standard living room with 2 sofas, a couch, a parlor table and a dining area. "No electronics?" He noticed the lack of a TV or radio set.

"Her clan must have assumed that it was unwanted," Misa shut the door and headed towards the stairs, "This way."

Heading after the female, the Uzumaki made sure to keep his eyes on the back of her head and not on her swaying derriere, 'Sorry junior but I can't have you ruining my first impression.'

Once they were upstairs the purple haired led him pass several doors before stopping in front of one which seemed to be in better condition than the rest, "You ready?" She asked him.

"I'm not a nervous wreck." He returned.

A chuckle escaped her lips, "Just checking." She placed a hand on the door and gave it a push. The door opened up into what seemed be to an art gallery, paintings of different kinds and genre littered every part of the walls and at the centre of it all, seated on a stool in front of a freshly painted canvas was a young female of about Misa's age.

She seemed to have frozen up at the sight of them but it presented Naruto with the chance to memorize her features, 'Long brown hair with matching eyes, a pink kimono with violet pants underneath and orange sandals for the feet.'

"Misa?" The painting was forgotten as the brunette's dropped her instruments.

"Yakumo!" Misa walked over and enveloped her in hug, "Did you miss me?"

Still in surprise the heiress returned the hug before asking, "How are you here? The academy should still be in session."

"Well, I ditched school."

"On your second day!"

"Hehe," The Mitarashi giggled before gesturing behind her, "I have some help."

Seeing his cue Naruto approached the two with a smile on his face, "Naruto Uzumaki," He introduced himself while offering a handshake which the Heiress shook.

"Yakumo Kurama," The brunette returned as she gave him a look over, "I see Misa wasn't exaggerating when she called you 'Handsome'."

"Handsome huh?" The Purple haired avoided looking in the Jinchuriki's direction, "Good to know." He withdrew his hand.

"So," Yakumo leveled him with an intense stare, "How will you cure me?" She got down to business.

Naruto didn't falter under her gaze, "First of all I would have to assess your physical condition." He answered.

"Hmm," The brunette nodded, "Then I guess will have to strip down-"

"Hold on a minute!" Misa got in between the two, "He can't see you naked when he hasn't seen me first."

The two gave her a look before the Uzumaki coughed, "Actually, I don't have to see any of you naked before I can assess your physical condition," With his right hand raised, Naruto removed the fingerless glove which concealed the overlapping diamond mark on his palm, "I just need to place my hand on an exposed part of the body and it's done."

"Oh." Misa said a bit disappointed while Yakumo stared curiously at the mark.

"My bloodline," The redhead answered her unasked question, "It basically allows me to manipulate chakra to my will."

"That's neat." Yakumo complimented before rolling back her left sleeve to reveal the pale arm underneath, "Here you go."

Placing his hand on said arm, the Uzumaki took a deep breath and exhaled before activating his Shade style. The two girls let out silent gasps as blue lines sprouted from the point of contact and ran up the arm before disappearing into the sleeves only to reappear from Yakumo's neckline as they covered the entirety of the heiress's body.

"This tickles." The brunette squirmed a bit.

"You look like a masquerade." Misa pointed out with a giggle.

"What!"

"No sudden movements," Naruto instructed, "I don't want to get a wrong reading and Misa."

"Yes Naruto?"

"Don't antagonize her."

"Haiiii."

Satisfied with her reply, the jinchuriki focused on his task, 'Heart beat is normal, breathing is light, no illness or damaged organs but,' He concentrated on a particular organ, 'why the increased brain activity?'

"Is something wrong?" Yakumo noticed his expression.

"When you paint does it tax your brain?" Naruto asked instead of answering.

The brunette tilted her head, "No, it actually calms me down."

"It's a hobby." Misa added.

"I see," Cancelling the technique, the redhead stared at the heiress and recalled a fact he read about the Kurama clan, 'The signs match but I have to be sure.'

Both girls noticed that he took a couple steps back and wondered why, but before they could ask the jinchuriki he dropped a bombshell, "You're Ido's host aren't you?"

Silence fell and then Misa reached out for Yakumo but was too late as her eyes had already gained a black sclera along with a yellow iris.

"#%$@*"

An unknown tongue and then Naruto suddenly found himself landing in a white void with the two girls nowhere in sight, 'Okay,' He said to himself, 'The girls are gone, my connection to Kurama is cut off and I'm trapped here with no access to my chakra which means…' The 14 year old let out a loud sigh, "I was spot on with my assumption."

"Indeed you were." An emotionless voice stated.

Making a turn, the Uzumaki spotted a Yakumo look-alike but with black hair, yellow eyes and a curved white horn, standing a couple feet away of him, "You are Ido." He stated.

The doppelganger narrowed her eyes, "I am."

The redhead glanced round, "And this is your mindscape?"

"Yes it is."

"So," Naruto drawled while tensing his muscles, "Why am I here?"

"Because you know too much," Darkness pooled at the demon's feet, "and I have to fix that."

Alarms rang in the Jinchuriki's head as dark tendrils spouted out of the pool, "Isn't there another way we can resolve this?" He attempted.

"Don't worry; it will only hurt a bit." With her arm raised, the tendrils shot forward only to miss as the Uzumaki jumped to a great deal to his right, "Oh," She sent out a couple more but Naruto evaded them as well, "even without chakra you're fast on your feet." A dozen more tendrils were launched.

"Whoa!" Naruto cried as he ducked under two which had gone off his head, 'She really trying to kill me!' He broke into a run as three more slammed into his previous position, 'If I died here then Yakumo's abilities were transfer the damage over to my real body,' he slid under two more before jumping over another one.

"Got you!" Ido sent remaining four tendrils at the airborne male.

"Leaf Hurricane!" Naruto immediately lashed out a series of kicks which knocked all three tendrils away before he stepped on the fourth one and used it as a launcher, "Dynamic Entry!"

Ido sidestepped the attack but took a hit to the cheek from a surprise punch which sent her reeling, seeing an opportunity the Uzumaki attempted to press on only for more tendrils to lash out.

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

Performing a series of back flips the redhead got to safety and frowned as Ido had already recovered herself, "I see why Misa likes you so much," The look-alike started as she withdrew her tendrils, "Not only are you handsome but you also have the brains and brawn to match."

Slightly surprised that another female just admitted that he is attractive, the Jinchuriki asked a question which had been on his mind ever since the fight started, "Why aren't you using Genjutsu on me?"

Ido stared at him blankly and just when he thought that he won't be getting a reply she answered, "Genjutsu won't work on a person whose chakra has been sealed off."

"Sealed off huh," There was no foreign object on his body so it has to be the space they're currently in, "Neat trick." He complimented.

"..a..u…to."

'Huh?!' The Uzumaki thought he heard something.

"It seems I will have to go all out," Ido stated as more tendrils sprouted out of dark pool, "Take pride that you pushed me this far." The tendrils wrapped round the female enveloping her in a cocoon.

BADUM!

Naruto took a step back, "That can't be good."

BADUM!

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Art Gallery, Yakumo's Mansion

"#%$@*"

Misa knew that she was too late as Yakumo's shadow shot out and connected with Naruto's, the Uzumaki suddenly freezing up with his eyes assuming a glassy look as the former regained herself and realized what had just happened, "Misa I-"

"Apologize later!" The purple haired interrupted harshly, "What's important is can you stop her?"

"Yes," The Heiress closed her eyes and was instantly struck by a migraine, "Argh!" She fell on her knees.

"Yakumo!" Misa cried as she lifted her friend up, "What happened?"

"Ido blocked me out." Yakumo groaned.

"But it's your mind! How can she do that?"

A negative shake of her head, "She took him to her own mindscape and I can't break through her defenses since we share the same chakra."

"Chakra? If that's it then use mine!" The Mitarashi offered.

"But we don't know what effects it could have on me." Yakumo hesitated.

"Yakumo!" Misa grabbed the brunette by her shoulders, "Whatever effects mine could cause can't be worse than his." She pointed at the orange chakra which was coming off Naruto's body.

Blinking at the sight, Yakumo had to ask, "What is that?"

"The Kyubi's chakra."

"Kyubi? Wait, he's the Jinchuriki!" The brunette became alarmed, "Why did-"

"For the same reasons why I didn't tell him about Ido," Misa interrupted, "So do you want my chakra or angry fox's over there?"

"Yours! Yours!" Grabbing on the Mitarashi's hand, Yakumo tried to break through Ido's defenses.

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White Void

BADUM!

BADUM!

BADUM!

Naruto was racing through several plans but every single one required use of his chakra which unfortunately had been sealed off.

BADUM!

BADUM!

'Physical attacks would soon be rendered useless and Guy-sensei refused to teach me the Gates.'

BADUM!

BADUM!

'Is this how civilians feel when they run into rogue shinobi?'

BADUM!

BADUM!

'She's almost done-'

"N..r..to."

The boy's eyes widened, 'Kurama-'

BOOM!

The cocoon burst open and Naruto took an involuntary gulp as he gazed upon Ido who now had black armor on along with an ominous looking Katana, "Are you sure we can't talk this out?"

His reply was the Black Samurai charging forward.

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