A few days later; at Naruto's place:
The time was afternoon and Naruto was reading up on a scroll named: General knowledge: Chakra. 'Hmm, so that's how Chakra works and that's how ninjas mold Chakra to perform a variety of techniques!' he thought, he put the scroll away and checked the stack for any basic scrolls, that was when he found a scroll which had 'Introduction' written on it, 'Wonder what it is an introduction to.' He thought. He opened the scroll to see that it was sort of a letter.
To, Naruto
From, your dear mother Kushina Uzumaki
If you are reading this scroll then you are either old enough to know or you are a Chunin.
The old man must have told you who I am but I will let you know myself; I am Kushina Uzumaki, your mother and the Uzumaki Princess. If you want to know more about my clan then you should read the scroll named Uzushio.
I am a master of kenjutsu, Fuinjutsu and Ninjutsu.
Now on to the more pressing matter, Naruto I and your father were ready for your arrival but then something happened that caused our deaths, let me let you know Naruto we loved you before you were even born and our biggest dream before the incident was that we could give you a happy life, a life in which we were alive and involved with you... Remember to eat your greens, brush your teeth twice a day at least, shower nearly every day and also listen to Hiruzen the old man, he's a good man but he's getting old, he gives good advice when asked for.
Before I end this letter my dear Naruto, I will give you two things as parting gifts, these are one of the only things we could leave for you… There are two seals at the end of this letter.
When opened the first seal will reveal a legendry sword once wielded by and those before me, the sword is, 'The Suijin No Ken', it is the water God's sword, it was wielded by most of the members of the royal family in the Uzumaki clan. The thing with this sword is that you don't choose it, it chooses you. So, I hope you turn out to be worthy enough for the sword to choose you as its successor.
The second seal when opened will reveal two things: a scroll with a map with a marked location and the second thing is a key to the small mansion in which we used to live. The place is hidden by Genjutsu casting seals, so if you do accidently break the Genjutsu the seals will replace it nearly instantaneously. That was done so you wouldn't have to worry about people finding you very easily.
There are a few other things we left for you in the mansion which you will have to visit to see what they are.
Now I need to end the letter somewhere so this is the end, once again Naruto I and your father loved you more than our lives. I hoped to see you succeed in becoming a well known and loved person, but it seems we can only meet on the other side, The Pure Land.
From your loving and caring mother
Kushina Uzumaki
As soon as he finished reading the scroll, tears fell down his face, he cried silently, 'So my parents didn't abandon me, I was no accident and neither was I a bastard son… I am… happy.' he thought as he continued to sit there silent.
'I need to find this mansion they left for me, if I can get to it, I will have a better place to live with her.' He thought and stood up and went in the bedroom where Hinata was sleeping. He gently nudged her shoulder; the action made her wake up from her sleep, being woken up she sat on the bed eying Naruto with a confused look. "Listen Hinata Chan, I need to go out again, I need to look for something important. So please wait for me till then" he told her and she gave him a thumbs up and went back to get herself some pretty sleep. 'It's good that she's sleeping so I don't have to worry about her going out of the house at any point' he thought, relieved.
A few minutes later he was out on top of the roof of the building his house was in, looking around he saw that the streets were just as crowded as an average day, 'It will be easy finding the place in this condition' he thought. Opening the map scroll, he looked at the marked location; a route connected it to the Hokage tower.
He went to the Hokage tower and looked at the map again, 'The map says the mansion is located to the east of the Hokage tower.' He thought looking in the east, the direction the place was supposedly located.
Jumping from the Hokage tower he went roof to roof avoiding the eyes of civilians, ninjas and even the ANBU. The path led to a dead end in an alleyway, 'So, there's a Genjutsu blocking the path to the mansion, hmm…' his thought was interrupted by a *poof* sound behind him, looking behind himself he saw an ANBU member with a dog mask, "Naruto Uzumaki, what are you doing in this alleyway? Don't you know it's dangerous to be here in such a place for someone so young like you?" he asked, "Yes, I know that Inu San, but I wanted to find something and that's why I am here." He replied to the ANBU member, with an emotionless jerk of his head he looked straight in front of himself, 'How does he know what to find? There's no way the old man let him know of his parentage… And if he did, then why did he not tell me?' Inu thought as he remembered how Hiruzen was so insistent on having Inu go have a look at Naruto, 'So, he planned it. He knew what Naruto was out for.' Grabbing Naruto's wrist gently, he led the boy in the 'Dead End,' Naruto was bewildered at how something like this was possible, they were phasing through the wall.
When they did eventually pass through the Genjutsu, ahead was a beautiful garden and a small mansion, "Woah! This is soooo cool!" he exclaimed, "I am guessing you at least know who your mother is?" Inu asked, Naruto was too occupied in gazing at the place so he just nodded in return.
The ANBU member took Naruto to the front gate of the mansion, and opened it, to an even greater shock for Naruto, the entire house was still as clean as if it was taken care of only a few hours ago, the entire thing was well furnished.
"How is it still spotless? And how did the furnished stuff remain brand new?" he asked, "Seals kid; they can do a whole lot of wonderful stuff. This is somewhere between trivially easy or mildly difficult for your mother." Inu replied.
"What are you waiting for Naruto? This place is yours to explore." He said, "Really? Then it will take some time…" Naruto said, he was worried about Hinata, he could not take too long to do this, "Don't mind Naruto I will be around your house, nothing will happen to Hinata." Inu said, "Wait… How do You know?" he asked, "Hokage Sama let me know just in case. This place is yours to explore, so don't fear." Inu replied.
The ANBU member left the place and Naruto was left to explore, 'If she was such an expert in Fuinjutsu, then I need to check the fridge, there might still be some fresh food in the it.' He thought, with that he went off to the kitchen to check in the fridge, and as expected there was food still left that looked like it hadn't gone bad. 'Such mastery of Fuinjutsu… This is absolutely amazing!' he thought.
After that he went to the different rooms of the ground floor, marveled at the furniture and luxurious stuff that was there. After that he went to the first floor via the stairs in the hall, there was a bathroom on one end, and on the other end another room.
He opened the door to the room, only to be put in a stupor at the sight of the it, a master bed, the carpet was placed in such a way that from the right of the bed it was golden yellow and in the left it was crimson red; the two colors were cleverly blended in the middle to form a shade of orange, there were two bedside cabinets, lamps of the respective theme and on the celling there was a carved symbol representing Yin and Yang; Life and Death.
Naruto was too stunned to even think of anything, he was just mesmerized by the beauty of the room, he had a sudden thought at that moment, 'Wait, if they have such a mansion and so much beautiful stuff, then they must have surely have left at least a sum of money for me to use.' So, he went to check the cabinets, the right one had nothing but in the right one he found a check, '500,000 Ryo only-' that amount of money was enough for both him and Hinata and the house was a little too much but a better place than where they were living currently. He locked the front door and left for his house.
A few minutes later he was at the roof of the building, "So, how's the place?" Inu asked him, "The place is amazing, but I did not find anything about my father there, did the old man remove any evidence of him from that place too?" He said, "Yes, he did. So, what are you gonna do with the place?" Inu asked, "I feel like living there is far better than living here, so we will live there." Inu felt a bead of sweat drop from his right temple.
"How are you going to shift all your things there?" Inu asked, "Hmm… the place has everything we'd ever need, so I will tell the old man to donate my current stuff to other orphans." Naruto said, 'He really is a kind kid, so much like you Kushina Sama…' he thought sadly, "But you will have to get Hinata there, I can sneak anything but an entire human, you are a trained ANBU captain so it must be an easy job for you, right?" Naruto said, "Of course it is kid." Inu replied.
Hinata was once again woken from her pretty sleep, but this time instead of Naruto it was an ANBU member, "Don't worry, I am Inu and I will be taking you to a better place. Naruto told me to do it." He spoke.
As soon as he dropped off Hinata at the place he left. "N-Naruto Kun… Where a-are w-we?" she asked him, "This, Hinata Chan is the small mansion that my parents left for me, this place has everything that we could ever need!" he said, Hinata was occupied in staring at the big garden that surrounded the parameter of the mansion, "Um, Naruto Kun, d-do you mind if I plant some flowers myself?" she asked, "Yeah, of course Hinata Chan, you can." He replied and they went inside the mansion so she could also see what was inside and how the place was.
NOTE: The next chapter will continue from team selection, so there will be about a 5-year time skip. I plan to put flashbacks here and there for what happened in those 5 years.
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