Chapter 1: The Unconventional Legacy (2/2)

Seiryu Senju greeted the Fourth Hokage, who happened to be his uncle, Nawaki Senju.

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His uncle responded by grabbing his ear and pulling hard. Since he knew that it was Seiryu's most sensitive area. "Ah! Not the ear!"

"A WHOLE MONTH!" Nawaki yelled angrily. "YOU BEEN GONE FOR A WHOLE MONTH!" Something that Seiryu was still surprised about, because he didn't know that it had been a month already.

"So what?" Seiryu was quick to respond. "I already spent a month away from the village before."

"DURING A DAMN MISSION WHILE BEING ACCOMPANIED BY A SOMEONE!" The Hokage pointed out in rage as he continued to pull his nephew's ear.

"Ow,ow,ow!" Seiryu yelled in pain. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!'" Then he apologized in response.

"Sorry isn't going to cut it!" Nawaki let go of his ear and folded his arms in response. "The only reason why I'm not punishing you myself is because I know my sister will be back in two days."

"Two days!?" Seiryu was now terrified as he hoped that he would have a few more days to prepare himself to deal with his mother's wrath.

"That's right, and until further notice, you are prohibited from taking any missions or leaving the village for that matter." His uncle added.

"I could just sneak off again, if you li-" Seiryu tried to speak sarcastically in response. But his uncle just pulled his ear once again. "Alright, alright, alright!" He spoke in defeat in order to make his uncle let go of his ear. "Seriously, you people worry too much, you know I can take care of myself just fine." In truth, Seiryu was deeply annoyed by how everyone has been overreacting to his little adventure.

"JUST FINE!?" His uncle responded by immediately opening his kimono shirt, revealing his bandaged torso. "THEN WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" He asked while pointing at his injury.

"THAT..." He yanked his uncle's hand off his top and stepped back. "Was a stupid accident..." Then he looked down in shame.

"That's the damn problem with you, you always make stupid mistakes!" Nawaki yelled at him in response to what he just said. "You know that you are in danger every single time you leave the village ever since the day you used the Wood Release for the first time!"

"So what?!" Seiryu was quick to respond. "Am I supposed to just holed up in the village forever?!" He was done with his family's paranoia. "You think I don't know that the reason why I wasn't promoted to Jōnin yet is because of you!" In truth, Seiryu was supposed to have been promoted to Jōnin already, but he hasn't for some dumb excuse like Seiryu lacking something, but Seiryu is more than aware that it's because of his uncle holding the promotion from him.

"Oh, it is because of me alright." The Fourth Hokage didn't even try to deny it. "And as long as you keep pulling stunts like that, you can forget about ever becoming a Jōnin!"

"WHY YO-" In truth, that was a subject that infuriated Seiryu, because people that did less than he did became Jōnin and the fact that he hasn't been promoted yet just because of his uncle, really made him angry.

Before Seiryu could yell in response, Minato decided to intervene. "Excuse me, Hokage?" Minato greeted him.

"Just Nawaki, Minato." His uncle doesn't really like when old friends call him Hokage instead of his name.

"Sorry, it's an annoying habit." He explained as he made his way inside. "I apologize for interrupting, but..." Both uncle and nephew had their arms folded as Minato spoke. "I would like to take Seiryu to the hospital to take a look at that injury."

Nawaki gave Seiryu one last frown, which he responded by giving his uncle a scowl. "Go." Seiryu angrily turned his back and walked towards his godfather.

"I would do it myself, but I have a lot of paperwork to finish." Which seemed to be the main function of a Hokage. Doing paperwork.

"Don't worry about it." Minato touched Seiryu's shoulder after he approached. "Come on."

Seiryu sighed.

Nawaki sat down on his chair.

With that, Seiryu and Minato passed through the door and closed behind them. "I really wis-" He tried to speak to him about what just happened, but Seiryu was quick to interrupt him.

"I don't wanna talk about it, let's just go..." He spoke sadly.

"Alright..." Minato affectionately touched Seiryu's shoulder. " Let's have that ugly injury checked." Minato said as he used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to teleport the two of them to the hospital.


"You're incredibly lucky, you know that?"

"Why is that?"

After his godfather teleported him to Konoha Hospital . He was sitting inside of an examination room being checked by one of the top Medical-nin there. Who was kneeling in front of him, finalizing her diagnosis.

"Because the reason why that injury of yours hasn't healed yet is because there's an incredibly deadly poison floating through your system." The Medical-nin informed him. She was a pretty woman with straight shoulder-length brown hair that framed her face, brown eyes and strange looking rectangular purple markings on either sides of her cheeks. She was wearing a long-sleeved black top, black skirt, she also wore the standard Konoha forehead protector, along with a pair of sandals, red stockings that stopped at her thighs, and a small, red bracelet on her left wrist. Over her outfit, she wore a strange looking lab coat that had a symbol

"I wish I could say that I was surprised, but I kind of suspected already." Seiryu did have a slight suspicion that it was poison, but he wasn't really able to identify it, which indicated that it's some kind of rare poison or something similar.

"Oh, if that's the case." She replied with a smile, before immediately standing up from the floor and to Seiryu's misfortune, she grabbed him by the ear and pulled it.

"OUCH!" With Seiryu reacting accordingly. "WHY IS EVERYONE PULLING MY DAMN EAR TODAY!?" He asked angrily because that was the third time that happened.

"Because you keep acting like a reckless brat!" She was quick to scold him before letting go of his ear. "Do you have any idea how worried Kakashi and I were?!"

"I'm sure you worried enough for the two of you, since uncle Minato told me that he was quite busy reading my dad's new book these last few weeks." Seiryu was quick to defuse the situation.

"What?!" She was clearly not happy with that information.

"Sensei is one of those people that consider my father's books to be works of literary art." Anyone who calls the Icha Icha series has to have some kind of mental problems .

"They're lame and poorly written erotic books." She rebuffed. "The fact that it sells so well is beyond disturbing."

"I agree with that." Minato , who just came back with a cup of water for Seiryu, spoke as he approached the two. "Personally, my favorite book is actually the only non-erotic novel that he ever wrote." He was referring to The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi.

"The one where you and Kushina got Naruko's name from?" The Medical-Nin asked despite already knowing the answer.

His godfather chuckled a bit. "Kushina was so certain that we were going to have a boy that she even refused to come up with any girl's name." Minato smiled as he seemed to have very fond memories of that. "So when a girl came instead, we had to make a slight alteration." So it went from Naruto to Naruko.

"It's a good name." Seiryu had to agree with her, since the name suited Naruko perfectly. "And honestly, I'm very glad that Kushina had a girl." She admitted.

"Why is that?" Seiryu asked in curiosity.

"Because I have enough boys giving me a headache, so I'm more than satisfied with being the godmother of a girl instead of a boy." She admitted in response, since she was Naruko's godmother while Seiryu's father was Naruko's godfather.

"So..." Minato decided to ask. "What's the diagnosis, Rin ?" The Medical-Nin was Rin Nohara, Minato's old student.

"Whoever attacked Seiryu , used a very strong poison and it coursed through his system." Rin explained while preparing to wrap his torso around the bandages. "I'm gonna be very honest, if it was anyone else, you would probably be dead by now." That wasn't really surprising.

"What can we do?" Minato asked in concern.

"Luckily, it can be treated simply by administering controlled doses of a special antidote." Minato seemed relieved after hearing that. "Though, it is quite strong, so he will have to take small dosages for a week, maybe two." Rin clarified as she began wrapping the bandages around his torso as he drank some water. "And take it very easy until then, so no training, fighting or intense physical activity until then, otherwise the time will increase, are we clear?" The medic-nin told him while giving him a look that almost matched the looks that he gets from his mother and Kushina.

"Yes, Ma'am..." Seiryu rolled his eyes in response as she finished wrapping the bandages around his torso.

"The dosage needs to be taken every twelve hours, you cannot forget." Rin explained as she moved towards a shelf to search for it.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure that he remembers it." Minato assured her as he grabbed Seiryu's shirt and helped him put it on.

Rin searched for a bit and grabbed a vial, the she grabbed some type of bottle that had no label on it and poured whatever was in the vial into the bottle. Before taking it to Seiryu. "Open up." Then she poured into a spoon and decided to spoon-feed him.

Seiryu decided to comply as he really wanted to get that over with, so he opened his mouth and took the spoonful antidote. "MMRR!" After putting it in his mouth, however, Seiryu had trouble swallowing because the taste was beyond awful. "Bhhh..." But reluctantly , he swallowed before sticking his tongue out in disgust. "It's awful!" He yelled before gulping down the water to get the horrendous taste off his mouth.

"Why do you think it needs to be small dosages?" Rin asked sarcastically with a playful smile.

Minato laughed a bit at his godson's misfortune. "And that's only the first one."

"AAAGGHHHHNNNNN!" Seiryu let out a grunt in response, because he realized that he would have to swallow that awful medicine for a week or two.

Rin giggled a bit in response. "Well, that's what you get for making everyone worried like that." Then she gave him a kiss on the forehead. "Now, go get some rest and let the antidote get rid of poison."

"Thank you for your help again , Rin." Minato thanked her as he took the bottle.

"It was my pleasure, now... excuse me." Rin made his way to the door and left the two of them by themselves.

"She's gonna go after Kakashi to confront him about the Icha Icha book." Minato pointed out.

"Pretty much." Seiryu agreed with his godfather.


"DAMMIT!" Seiryu yelled in deep annoyance. "WHAT IS THIS DAMN OBSESSION THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE WITH PULLING MY EAR!?"

After getting prescribed an antidote for the poison on his system by Rin. Seiryu and Minato returned to the Namikaze's home for dinner. However, after Minato revealed what Rin told them, Seiryu was forced to deal with yet another scolding.

"YOU WERE POISONED AND PRACTICALLY KNEW ABOUT IT BUT SPENT THE DAY JOKING AROUND INSTEAD OF TAKING YOUR BUTT TO THE HOSPITAL!?" Kushina mercilessly scolded Seiryu in response to that information while pulling his ear, hard.

"Actually, I didn't know about it, I just suspecte- AAAHH!" Seiryu tried to correct the information, but Kushina grinded her teeth in deep rage and pulled his ear even harder. "AAHH! ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, I'M SORRY!" He decided to give up and apologize since his ear already took more than enough damage.

Thankfully, it worked and Kushina let go of his ear. "Sit your butt on the dinner table!" She ordered him before making her way to the kitchen.

"You suspected and still had a fight with Lee anyway?" Naruko, who was standing a few steps away from them, asked him as she approached him .

"Shhh..." Seiryu immediately shushed her in worry. "Please, my ear can't take it anymore." He practically begged her because his ear was already pulled too many times already.

"I ate the ramen that you ordered after you left." She revealed it to him with a smile.

Seiryu sighed. "Of course you did." He was still a little frustrated about not being able to enjoy his food. "Was it good?"

"It was delicious." Naruko confirmed with a grin and thumbs up.

Suddenly, Seiryu's stomach began to growl. "Come on, let's have dinner together." He held Naruko's hand before approaching her ear. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you in trouble earlier." He really didn't.

"Ahh..." She waved off like it was nothing. "I'm used to mom's scolding." That was a big, fat lie.

But Seiryu smiled anyway. "Can I have that kiss later?" He asked her as he squeezed her hand.

Naruko made a goofy face in response before looking up like she was in deep thought. "We'll see." With that Naruko pulled him towards the dinner table, where Minato was already sitting down. Both Seiryu and Naruko sat besides each other on the opposite side of where Minato was sitting. It didn't take long for Kushina to show up with the dinner that she prepared, which turned out to be Braised Pork Belly.

Everyone took a considerable portion of it as Kushina sat on the dinner table besides Minato.

"Thanks for the food." Seiryu and Naruko spoke at the same time before they began to eat.

Kushina still had a bit of an angry face as she watched the two eat. But Minato simply touched her shoulder, which had the desired effect and made her soften up a bit.

"It took me a while to ask this, but..." Minato spoke as Seiryu devoured his food due to not eating anything all day. "How exactly did that happen?" He was referring to his injury.

Seiryu tried to drink a cup of water before responding. "I don't know exactly." He confessed.


"As you wish." Seiryu told Zabuza before charging towards him with his blade. He jumped into the air and attempted a downward attack at the Demon of the Hidden.

"Now!" However, his attack was interrupted by a voice that didn't belong to Zabuza.

"Huh?" While he was still in the air, a strange looking blade descended from the ceiling and charged towards Seiryu. "What the -" It was so sudden that Seiryu had no time to defend himself and the blade sliced his chest. "AHH!" Causing to fall into the ground without any kind of way to break his fall. "AAAAHHH!" He screamed in pain and his chest hurted like hell.

"You bastard, this was my fight!" Zabuza yelled angrily at the ceiling, obviously yelling at someone that was up there but it was dark so Seiryu couldn't see who it was.

"Shut up and end this damn brat before he-" Whoever was speaking rushed Zabuza to kill Seiryu.

But as he was distracted, Seiryu fought through the pain and stood up. Before he used the Healing Jutsu to heal himself. However, he immediately realized that something was off because his injury hadn't healed completely. But he didn't have time to think too deeply about that.

"Should have taken the chance." The voice spoke. "Farewell, Demon of the Hidden ." Before it descended from the ceiling , retrieved the strange looking blade and made his way to the door at a high speed. Seiryu couldn't see who it was as the individual was wearing some type of cloak.

"Who the hell was that?!" Seiryu asked Zabuza angrily as he held Sword of the Thunder God with a single hand.

"Shut up and fight me!" Zabuza yelled as he charged at Seiryu with the Kubikiribōchō.

"You suicidal moron!" Seiryu yelled as he prepared to fight the badly injured Zabuza.

The Missing-nin attempted to cut Seiryu in half with his blade. But Seiryu easily deflected the attack and used his free hand to deliver the final blow. "Fire Style: Great Flame Rasengan" By creating a Rasengan, that turned black and was surrounded by a ring of flames.


"You really have no idea who it was?" Minato asked him.

"Nope, I couldn't see his face and I definitely didn't recognize his voice." Seiryu responded as he continued to eat.

"Did Rin identify the poison?" Kushina asked them.

"If she did, she didn't tell us." Minato answered her question.

"She just said that it was an incredibly deadly poison and nothing else." Seiryu added.

"Okay,okay, okay..." Suddenly, Naruko called their attention. "I have been meaning to ask this since early." She had a question for Seiryu. "What the hell were you even doing anyway?" That was the question. "Because I'm pretty sure everyone is as clueless as me."

"Yeah... I'm curious as well." Minato spoke after his daughter. "What exactly were you doing anyway?"

Seiryu eats another piece of the pork belly before speaking. "I was actuall-" Before Seiryu could actually tell the Namikaze family about what exactly he was doing during this whole month.

The four of them heard a strange noise coming from outside. Moving their head to look at the window where that noise apparently came from.

Kushina was the first one to leave her chair and casually approach the window to see what exactly caused that noise outside of her home.

The moment she opened the window, she became enraged as her hair began floating. "You again!" Only for her to extend her hand outside and out of complete nowhere, pull someone into the house.

"Seriously?" Naruko asked in clear annoyance.

" Do you have a dead wish or something?" Seiryu asked in deep annoyance as well.

Minato touched his face in even more deep annoyance.

"Apologies, I had no intention of interrupting your dinner." The individual had short, straight black hair, and dark eyes which contrast with his translucent-looking pale was wearing a black long sleeve shirt, black shorts and black boots.

Seiryu stood up from his chair and approached him, with Naruko following behind him with a frown.

"Dammit, why the hell are you stalking Seiryu?" Naruko commented.

In truth, a few months ago, this guy began following Seiryu around everywhere he went. At first, Seiryu paid no mind to it as he could easily take the guy down if he wanted to. But then, he began invading Seiryu's personal privacy and that was something that he considered very annoying since his family and friends already do that more than he would like.

"Answer her question." Kushina, who was holding him by the collar, demanded.

"He's one of the Root." Minato pointed out as he approached his family and godson.

"Didn't my uncle disband that group years ago?" In truth, his uncle disbanded the Root, a secret branch of the Anbu under the leadership of Danzō Shimura, after several suspicious incidents that Nawaki suspected their involvement in.

"Not officially." Minato clarified. "He simply removed most of their resources."

"Did Danzo order you to spy on Seiryu?" Kushina questioned the individual.

"Yes and no." The boy confirmed and denied.

"Elaborate before we hurt you." Naruko warned him.

"My original mission was to spy on Seiryu Senju, but after the Root lost a considerable amount of their numbers, I had no other objective other than to carry out my mission." The fool revealed to them.

"So basically... Your last order was to spy on Seiryu and now, you don't have anything else to do other than that?" Kushina asked him as that was the most obvious explanation..

"Yes." The Root spy confirmed.

"Well then, just stop!" Naruko yelled at him. "It's a pain in the ass."

"I'm afraid that I can't." He replied.

"Stop stalking me before I hurt you badly." Seiryu calmly threatened him. But then he realized something. "How long have you been following me anyway?"

"Ever since you returned to the Village." He bluntly responded. "You took refuge in the home of Sakura Haruno, slept for nine hours while she inappropriately touched your body while you were unconscious." Seiryu widened his eyes in response to that, wondering what the hell does he mean inappropriately.

Naruko clearly didn't like what she heard, as she frowned in response.

Kushina and Minato only made neutral expressions in response to that.

"Once you woke up, you made your way to the Uchiha Compound and took refuge in the home of Itachi Uchiha." I call it Sasuke's home but it's kind of the same thing. "Where Itachi Uchiha carried you out of the house in a bridal carry like newlyweds." Hearing that, made Seiryu grind his teeth in anger.

Naruko, Kushina and Minato chuckled at his reaction.

"But then, you left using the Teleportation Jutsu and made your way to the Ramen Ichiraku where you fought Rock Lee using only Taijutsu." Seiryu had a large sweat drop at the back of the head, because Kushina immediately looked at him apprehensively as the information that he had a fight while injured was more than enough to make her want to pull his ear once again.

"Afterwards, you made your way to the Namikaze residence where you took a shower while Naruko Namikaze peeped y-" Before he could finish what he was saying, Naruko charged towards him and kicked incredibly hard to the point of sending him flying through the window. With him following into a bunch of trash cans while a cat screamed loudly.

"Stop following Seiryu around you creepy weirdo!" She yelled angrily at the Root spy after sticking her head out of the window while blushing.

Minato chuckled a bit at what his daughter just did, mostly because she practically did exactly what Kushina would do. Kushina gave him a goofy face in response, because she definitely would do that.

Naruko shut the window after that and made her way to Seiryu. "Come on, let's go back to the dinner table." She practically dragged him away from the window.

I'm gonna pretend that I didn't hear that weirdo say "peeped". Seiryu thought in amusement.

"I'm gonna talk to that old fart to get that little weirdo to stop following you around." Kushina was quick to declare.

"Ummm... I don't think that's a good idea." Minato was even quicker to interject. "Danzõ may do something bad with that kid and he seems harmless."

Kushina seemed to have taken her husband's words.

"Can I have another plate?" Seiryu asked as he sat down on the chair again.


After having an enjoyable dinner with the Namikaze family. Seiryu Senju decided to finally take his leave.

Kushina fell asleep on the dinner table since she had a busy day. So Seiryu simply gave her a kiss on the forehead and Naruko covered her with a blanket as she slept peacefully on the table.

Minato was washing the dishes before calling the day as well. So Seiryu waved him goodbye without making any noise.

Naruko took Seiryu to the door.

"You had quite an interesting day." Naruko told him.

"Tomorrow may qualify as that since I still haven't faced the others." Seiryu really wasn't looking forward to confronting all of his friends.

"It will qualify as that, since everyone literally spent the day searching for you." Naruko pointed out.

Seiryu smiled before approaching her. "You included?"

"Duh." Naruko smiled as well.

The faces of Seiryu Senju and Naruko Namikaze were dangerously close to one another, with the two of them staring deeply into each other's eyes. A bit of a blush appeared on Naruko's face, which highlighted the three whisker markings on her cheeks.

"What exactly are you waiting for?" Naruko asked him in a low and sweet voice.

"For you to make the move." Seiryu answered. "Unless you changed your mind?" That wasn't a serious question, but it had the desired effect.

Because as soon as Seiryu said that, Naruko wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips into his.

Both Seiryu and Naruko were always very close, ever since they were little. They did consider the idea of dating officially, but in the end, they just decided to be best friends.

Despite that, they simply couldn't stop acting like an actual couple from time to time.

Eventually, the two separated from the kiss and smiled at one another. "See you tomorrow." Naruko told him as she unwrapped her arms from his neck.

"Good night, Naruko." Seiryu replied as Naruko made her way inside and closed the door behind her.

Seiryu smiled once again before turning around and leaving. Time to go home... Slowly, the boy with white hair began walking home.


After a slow walk throughout the village. Home sweet home... Seiryu Senju eventually made his way to his home.

The Senju Estate, set on a sprawling compound in the back hills of Konoha, was built during the founding of Konohagakure by Seiryu's great-grandfather, Hashirama Senju. The home was a testament to the budding strength of Konohagakure, constructed by local artisans and entangled with Hashirama's own Wood Release trees. The landscape was widely exceptionally well kept, with carefully manicured lawns and flowerbeds that were lovingly maintained. A small creek that encircled the property with the freshest water in the whole village . The center water feature, across from the grand living space, and Seiryu's favorite studying spot, with the waterfall floating and the souzu standing firm. The building showed similar care. Polish roof tiles, spotless shoji screens, the polished and recently painted amado shutters. Clean tatami mats and wooden floors. Everything was just the way he left.

He took a deep breath and slowly made his way into his home. Particularly in the direction to one of the windows .. I'm just gonna go to my room and sleep, I can face them in the morning. Seiryu thought as he carefully approached his window. Slowly... Opening it very slowly, he made his way inside his dark home .

Once he was inside, Seiryu slowly moved through the corridors in order to avoid waking anyone up. Uncle Nawaki is definitely still in the office, but I'm pretty sure that everyone else is home. Which was the major reason why he was sneaking around in his own house.

Unfortunately, the lights were turned on.

"Oh, you're back." Turning around, Seiryu caught the sight of an average-sized, young woman with a slender frame. She has light brown, pupil-less eyes. Her hair - black with a violet tint styled in a short, spiky, fanned-out ponytail. He widened his eyes when he realized that the woman was only wearing a pair of purple panties. "Give your aunty a hug." Her face was flustered and she smelled like alcohol.

"Wai-" Before Seiryu could react properly, the woman pulled him into a hug, with him unintentionally burying his face on her bare chest. Causing him to blush profoundly in response to it.

"You're a brat... Seiryu..." By the way she was speaking, it was clear that she was drunk.

The blushing boy immediately pulled his face away from her chest and asked. "Why the hell are you drunk, aunt Anko?" The woman was a Anko Senju, formerly known as Anko Mitarashi. She was Nawaki Senju's wife and Seiryu's aunt.

"Ohhh, I'm not drunk... I just a little..." She stopped mid-sentence and made a very goofy smile. Before she grabbed Seiryu's cheeks and gave him a kiss on the lips. Causing the white haired boy to widen his eyes in deep shock. "You are so... cute..." She told him before collapsing, with Seiryu grabbing her before she fell head first into the floor.

"Ummm..." He did by wrapping his arms around her torso, which meant that her breasts were pressing against his chest.

Sadly, it was not over yet. Because he heard steps coming from behind him and a pair of arms wrapping around his neck.

"I am so glad that you have finally returned." A boy with long black hair, pale skin and large, dark-brown eyes, and a slender frame, that was wearing a pink, sleeveless kimono, with pale red edges and decorated with small plum-coloured swirls, that went to his ankles. Around his waist was a simple white obi tied in a bow, and he wore a pair of light brown sandals with dark straps. He also wore a dark-coloured choker around his neck.

Seiryu sighed. "Hi Haku." The boy was named Haku Yuki, a descendant of the Yuki clan. He used to be an orphan from the Land of Water, but now, he was kind of Seiryu's servant. "Would you kindly explain to me how the hell did aunt Anko get drunk?" Because the only actual drinker in that house was his mother.

"She drank from a bottle that had no label on it thinking that it was water." Haku responded as he held Seiryu tightly from behind. "In reality, it was your mother's sake."

"How the hell do you confuse Sake with water?" Seiryu asked him in clear disbelief.

"I don't-" Haku was about to respond, but before he could.

More steps were heard by Seiryu, and before he could do anything, someone launched herself at him. "Ahh!" Causing Seiryu, Haku and Anko to fall into the wooden floor.

Seiryu rubbed his head a bit before moving his head to see who it was. Letting out a sight, he sees a girl with crimson eyes, fair skin, and the characteristic red hair of the Uzumaki clan which she was wearing in an unusual hairstyle , which was short and spiky on the right side, while longer and straight on the left side. She was wearing stockings, a purple skirt, a light brown short sleeved jacket with an orange stripe going across the chest, and black sandals.

"I missed you so much..." She spoke as she rubbed her face into his kimono shirt. Before moving her head up to look at him. "You're a bastard, how could you avoid everyone all day?!"

"For this precise reason, Karin." The girl was Karin Uzumaki, Seiryu's possible cousin that he considers as such anyway.

Seiryu then sat up from the floor, while Karin clinged to his chest like a Tree Frog clings to a tree. He moves his head and sees his aunt Anko laying on the floor snoring heavily and Haku touching his face to see if he hurted himself in the fall.

Letting out a loud sigh, Seiryu only had a single thought in his head. Tomorrow is going to be a long day...


Q AND A:

Don't mind a reboot if you felt the need to already like the new set up you've for going on in this compared to before.

Thank you, this is what I wanted to do from the beginning, but my lack of experience didn't allow me.

Looking forward to what this reboot brings liking the changes already.

There are a lot more.

Well happy to see the first chapter of the rewrite

So even if Zabuza was a early opponent in canon it's still safe to say he is quite strong and easily one of the strongest members of the seven swords we've seen of course Kisame is the strongest we've seen but hey Zabuza probably has the silver or bronze medal anyway it's still a good show of Seiryu level that well he was just batting around Zabuza haha also loved seeing him use wood style in the flash back and yeah despite the Anbu get up it's obvious to everyone who's wearing it like how everyone knew Kakashi despite him wearing the mask of a Anbu

Scene with Sakura and Ino was fun to hope with them while they are certainly rivals unlike in canon where they were rivals and stopped being friends in this while the two still bicker over Seiryu when they aren't directly competing for who he's spending time with they are actually still friendly to each other and hang out unlike in canon where they just didn't have any positive interactions with each other for a while haha

Glad in the scene with the Uchiha's Seiryu showed a bit of sass with the eye roll haha missed chance though for Seiryu to make a quip when Itachi just started carrying him something like "Ah so this is how you swept Izumi off her feet" or "seems excessive but carry me noble stead" also happy to have Hanabi turn up to

I do love that with Lee there is very much Kakashi and Guy energy haha and glad you noted in their competitions it's dumb contests because if it was always fights well Lee wouldn't have any points frankly haha also nice to see we got a already helped out Neji with the stick out of his ass haha

Genuinely heart broken Kushina isn't available haha anyway nice to have her Naruko and Minato appear to but to be honest in my head I'll still be calling them the Uzumaki family despite being able to take the name I just imagine Kushina and Naruko would keep the Uzumaki name haha also nice to see Kushina is the only other person aside from Tsunade that Seiryu will accept the scolding off haha

Tell you what Nawaki of all people being the fourth Hokage was a shock didn't expect that still him being alive removes a lot of Tsunade's desire to leave the village now in this it's just Dan she lost

So with that injury he's got since it's a thing that attacked him my first thought is a puppet of Sasori he tried his luck with a hit and run attack interrupting the fight with Zabuza and of course the blade the puppet had would have been poisoned a poison that would have killed anyone else by now except because Seiryu has a ridiculous constitution all the poison is doing is slowing down his healing a bit

With the Uchiha revolt going forward in this I don't imagine it would have been a long affair and dealt with very quickly and not all the clan took part but yeah the revolt of course effected how the village look at the remaining Uchiha despite the fact they didn't revolt hope Mikoto survived thought and she's still living in the house Itachi and Sasuke grew up in but yeah I can see how a actual reigning Senju Hokage could lead to the Uchiha speeding up their revolt a tad given that in this story now 3 out of the 4 Hokage have been Senju and the one that wasn't was a disciple of the Senju

By the way with Seiryu being a active ninja already and hopefully Jonin hope the Rookie 9 are all already ninja to they've all been on their first real missions and so on like team 7 went on a mission to Wave that was different due to no Zabuza and Haku being there but yeah point is they are all already active ninja

Actually the fact there was a possibility for them to all go out of the village to go get Seiryu that tells me they are all ninja anyway

Hm if he's nearly 14 already could be nice to see him celebrate his birthday soon

So can I ask who's the Jinchuriki of Kuruma currently is it Kushina or Naruko either way I can see Kushina still being top five strongest ninja in the village and likely stronger than even Minato and as for Naruko don't see her being the dead last of her year in this but of course she's still on a team with Sakura and Sasuke under Kakashi

Also with Tsunade in this can she have learned a Sage mode from the Slugs after all the other two Sannin tried their hand at Senjustu and didn't have a real nack for it only achieving half measures in the field so I think it be cool if Tsunade was the Sannin that actually had aptitude for it say after Seiryu birth Tsunade had the desire to become even stronger than she already was and so learnt and mastered Sage mode to do so

As for Nawaki power of course he'd be Kage level since he's the Hokage but I can see Tsunade being stronger than him still and Seiryu already being a bit stronger than him to again not that Nawaki is weak not in the slightest it's just that Seiryu and Tsunade are stronger haha

I'm glad to hear it.

That intro is just to show how capable Seiryu is. (Unlike originally when I said more than I showed about his abilities.)

Count on it.

Oh man, now I regret not putting something like that... Hanabi adores Seiryu just as much as Konohamaru.

Lee decided that Seiryu was going to be his eternal rival as soon as they met. Let's just say that the circustances that shove that stick up his ass aren't really present here.

My mind is the same, I'm going to have a hard time not calling them Uzumaki, but it simply makes more sense to me that they get Minato's name. Kushina is practically his second mother.

She was still very hearthbroken with his death, but having her little brother there to give her love and support helped her deal with her grief much better than she did in canon. After Nawaki became Hokage, she just stayed to give him full support and help him in every way she could.

Partially...

You will get some details from Itachi and Nawaki later, but in a nutshell, yeah, a Senju becoming the Fourth Hokage really speed up the revolt. .

Unfortunately, he's not a Jonin. He should be one by now but Nawaki keeps holding that promotion from him which causes a bit of a rift between the two. Yes, the wave arc did occur minus Zabuza.

Yup.

It's Naruko, but yeah, Kushina is a top ninja. Nope, she wasn't dead last.

Yeah, part of me was always annoyed that she didn't get her own Sage mode.

If I have to be honest, Nawaki is indeed Kage level but he is weaker than his sister, however Seiryu is not on his level yet. (Almost though, which Nawaki himself will later acknowledge.)

Awesome chapter! I love how you had Nawaki as the Fourth Hokage instead of Minato. I also love how you had Minato and Kushina are alive so they can raise Naruko. I really hope that Seiryu has become Kurama's Jinchuriki instead of Naruko. Will Seiryu become the Sixth Hokage after the Fourth Ninja War like Kakashi did? Will Seiryu be the reincarnation of Asura Ōtsutsuki? These are just suggestions since this is your story and you can write it however you want.

Anyway, awesome chapter and keep up the great work!

I kind of wanted to explore what could have happened if Nawaki actually survived, and honestly, him achieving his dream of becoming Hokage was the first thing that came to mind.

My favorite part in the Road To Ninja movie was the family dynamic between them, and I really wanted that in my story with Kushina and Minato kind of acting like Seiryu's second parents. (Despite Seiryu being a bit of a playboy, Naruko is the girl he's the closest to.)

Probably not, Seiryu has no desire in being Hokage.

Maybe...

I will

So I know in the original the plan was for Seiryu to get all seven of the mists famous swords and Seiryu even told Zabuza to hand over his sword but since Seiryu is carrying around the Thunder Sword I actually hope now in this Seiryu doesn't bother with any of the swords for his own use and any swords he does acquire he just hands back to Mei and the Hidden Mist with perhaps a possible exception being made for Samehada since it's the best of the swords and all that and it picks who it goes with

Speaking of with that sword hope in this it's appearance is different to what we got in the anime that design if you ask me just doesn't really look like it belongs in the Naruto world and just screams I'm something from filler haha and I can't picture Tobirama using it either so appearance wise hope it looks like a elegant Katana with a black hilt and when Seiryu summons it and is using it the blade glows yellow and gives off its aura tiny retcon but I had to vent about how it looks haha

So I know Seiryu was wearing his Anbu get up and all but I hope his main outfit actually resembles Kashin Koji's and speaking of the Anbu hope Seiryu's time with them is up already after all while they are literally the most literal ninjas among ninjas it's not like his missions in the group would add to his reputation or fame

Say Seiryu joined the Anbu just to get some experience from their type of missions or he just wanted first hand experience in what being a Anbu is like and he has now so now he has no further interest in the Anbu

After all Seiryu should quite literally be the Leafs Golden child the one they hold up and show off as a not so subtle warning to enemies of hey look at this we have a Senju on course to surpass Hashirama here and he can't be the leafs big hero/biggest walking threat to their enemies if he's hidden away in the Anbu

I really do hope by the way Seiryu due to his strength and heritage is considered a shoe in for the next Hokage if something happens to Nawaki or he decides to step down and that fact is considered pretty public knowledge

Another thing I hope Seiryu is well regarded for is he extracted a apology of all things from Kumogakure in regards to the Hyuga incident and the past attempt to kidnap Kushina you know how in the anime they had the part where Ay got Tsunade to heal one of his ninja when she was wondering about say something similar happened where Seiryu meet a bunch of Kumo Shinobi and Ay by happenstance and in exchange for healing a ninja from a mainly antagonist village Seiryu got that formal apology

Honestly when it comes to international diplomacy it be neat if thanks to Seiryu the Leaf has built closer ties with Mei's hidden mist and when it comes to the hidden sand it's only Rasa himself that Seiryu hasn't been able to win over not helped by the fact Seiryu could have already helped Gaara out and become his first friend and how close he and Temari are haha

Oh yeah noticed in the description you gave of Kushina you've mentioned that her hair goes down to her thighs like in the anime haha

By the way while I said before I hope Seiryu is at least in the process of figuring out adding a element to the Rasengan scrap that I now fully hope he has already learned how to slap elements onto it and having fun with the fact neither his dad or Minato are able to add a element to theirs

Since Seiryu is nearly 14 will we get his birthday soon where he could get some really nice birthday presents from the ladies in particular haha

Pretty much, that idea in particular was actually my beta's but honestly, I decided to ditch everything he came up with. Honestly, Seiryu is more than happy with his own weapon and doesn't really wants to change it in any way.

Actually, I kind of like it, the hilt actually resembles the symbol of the Senju Clan which fits it. Though, I do agree with you that the design is a little... Filler like, but it's kind of too late now to change it.

That outfit was merely a disguise and nothing else.

Not really, he has no interest in the Ambu.

He is indeed the Leaf's Golden Boy, though, they don't really show him off. Though, the other villages are indeed afraid becasue some think that he might be the second coming of Hashirama Senju due to the fact that he inherited the Wood Release.

The whole village pretty much expects Seiryu to become Hokage one day and some of his loved ones are basically grooming him for the position. Unfortunately for them, Seiryu literally has no interest whatsoever in becoming Hokage.

The whole Hyuga incident happened differently, and the whole thing had a different outcome.

Well...

Personal preference, don't judge...

Haha...

Since Jiraiya is famous or rather infamous for peeping and always getting caught and his ass beat by angry women when Seiryu peeps he can do so undetected and is never caught even the memories are sealed away in his mind so no one but him can get to them. He doesn't actually peep that much if ever because unlike Jiraiya he can actually get with women this chapter alone showed us that Seiryu is much more lucky with women then his dad. But if Seiryu ever has gone peeping he only spied on a rare women that is unattainable to him so say he spied on a naked Kushina in the hot spring and no one but him will ever know.

On a similar note while Seiryu has a much better relationship with womenkind than his dad when it comes to gambling he is always lucky in that regard to.

He doesn't really peek on woman like Jiraiya because he's actually very sucessful with girls. Though, there was a few moments where he did peak on some older woman but not really on purpose.

Seiryu actually has a love for gambling and is the polar opposite of his mother when it comes to it.

Me again few points that I want to propose

While Seiryu is the true monster of his generation standing head and shoulders above the others when it comes to the other members of the Konaha 12 team 7 of Naruko, Sasuke and Sakura are regarded all as monsters to all being much stronger than their canon counterparts at present Sasuke having Seiryu to bounce off as a friendly rival improving him, Naruko getting trained by her parents and Sakura learning her super strength and medic ninjutsu thanks to Seiryu and Tsunade

For the other teams with team 8 the monster of the team is Hinata while still her sweet self Seiryu's influence has made it so after training with him Hinata has become a beast with the gentle fist and is regarded as the strongest member of team 8

Team 10 in this world could have Ino as the strongest member of the team as part of her time with Seiryu lead her to training more and this Ino along with her clan techniques has received training in earth and water Jutsu from Seiryu

Hanabi being taken under Seiryu wing has lead to to be seen as a up and coming monster and the big star of the academy currently

By the way hope Seiryu Sensei after he graduated was Kushina this again being a Kushina that fully realised her potential and is stronger than Minato

Naruko was indeed trained by her parents. Sasuke is stronger thanks to Itachi helping him train. Sakura is kind of complicated but she is stronger than canon.

Kind of...

Not exactly.

Not quite under his wing but something like that.

Seiryu actually graduated early and was trained by Kakashi, who acted as his private tutor. (Kind of like Ebisu with Konohamaru.)