What If Naruto Had Power Of Fourth Hokage's With Flying Thunder God Technique

Hello friends this is fanfic Universe how are you all so in this video we will see what if Nar had power of fourth hokages with flying Thunder God technique but before we start if you want more amazing stuff like this then be sure to subscribe to our Channel and like this video also if possible share this video with your friends now without wasting any more time let's begin the story hirz and serut toi paints quietly in his office the room is silent the paper work on his desk is in a neat pile on the side designated as finished the ambo in the ceiling watched the Hokage with never wavering gazes the room reeks of smoke but it filters out the many opens Windows herzen grasps the pipe and pulls it from his lips to let out another whoosh of smoke in his right hand he holds a paintbrush steadily staring at the abstract painting before him the old man coughs softly before sticking the pipe back into his mouth birds can be heard chirping outside the window mingling with the sounds of City Life a single blue bird rests on the window sill closest to the old man chirps a few times before expanding its wings and flying off a loud scream of Glee from children just outside the gates surrounding the Hokage Tower gives the old man pause he listens for a moment to see if those shouts of Glee turn into ones of horror a moment later the screams return but further away and still filled with joy the weather outside is warm normal for being in the fire country it's not not blistering hot ear round like sagak your no s nor is it always blistering cold like it is in the land of iron konaha is one of the few places that has all four seasons clearly sometimes their Winters are longer than they'd like or their Falls are colder than they'd like but for the most part they have all of the seasons the kids are out enjoying the temperate summer they are in the middle of it has stuck between the mid to high 70s and low to mid 80s thus far good weather for the joyous younglings in herzen's opinion and his ch are enjoying the good weather too hin glances out the window and sees the bright blue of the sky and the sun shining down on the world signaling High Noon turning back to his abstract drawing he brings down the blue coated paint brush onto the paper with a sloppy yet satisfying slap he moves the brush robotically letting his hand make the art not his mind a cool breeze Ruffles his thinning hair the faint sound of papers rustling behind him before settling back into place a swift knock at the door stopped herzen's mindlessly moving hand he blinks a few times slowly wondering if he had actually heard the knock or if it was just in his head hopefully it was just in his head and not shikaku with arms full of more paperwork rarely did that man every make his presence known without bringing something that hin didn't want to hear or see another knock come in herzen calls voice crackling more and more with age the door opens but hin doesn't turn to see who's there a heartbeat later the door closed and soft footsteps make their way over to the old man standing respectfully a few feet behind the hok waiting to be acknowledged settling the paintbrush onto a napkin kusen turns on his pillow to see the ever Stern faced fugaku U mildly surprised and a bit worried by the visit the old man nods good afternoon Lord UI fugaku nods my Lord I hope you're having a good day so far hiroin settles back onto his pillow and stares at the man hard more often than not does shikaku come in with bad news but as far back as herzen can remember fugaku never was one for good news which in and of itself is bad enough I am heisen says smoothly letting out another lung full of smoke but you've come to change that haven't you fugaku shifts slightly looking almost sad about that before the emotion Falls away to indifference my apologies my Lord the third Hokage waves away the apology no need what can I do for you fugaku fugaku size looking almost as old as the third Hokage you'll never guess who I found scrounging around and our garbage H isin slumps in his seat feeling like 20 extra years have been added onto his life he interlaces his fingers on his lap and looks up at fugaku sadly Naruto i p fugaku nods why was he doing that fugaku crosses his arms glaring at the floor he wouldn't tell me right away but when I finally got him to talk he told me that he wasn't allowed back in the orphanage for the next 2 weeks here asin's mouth drops in shock barely able to catch his pipe before it spills on his lap taking a moment to regain his composure he says long and drawn out and why is Naruto not allowed to go back to the orphanage for 2 weeks as soon as the words leave his mouth he knows the answer the demon hunt he and fugaku say together each year around the day of the nine Tales attack corresponding with Naruto's birthday the civilians would band together to chase the poor boy through the city or even outright attack him more often than not Naruto is the topic of conversation in the council chambers everyone having a different say on the matter of what to do with the boy kick him out of the village put him to death give him to danzo and let him deal with the boy as he sees fit so on and so forth hen presses his lips together tightly fugaku Lord Hokage I have held my tongue since that boy has been born manado be positively livid if he found out that his child is being treated like dirt by the people of this Village fugaku says chillingly eyes narrowing here is in size I understand really I do but if I want to keep protecting him no matter how minute it is I have to keep my job as Hokage one wrong move and I'll get kicked out of office because I'm getting old and scile or at least that's what they'll say I still don't have anyone in Minds as a successor without one I won't be able to take all the needed steps I know we have to protect the boy from monado's copious amounts of enemies but let the Uchiha clan look out for him let him stay with us it's no problem at all in fact Makoto would be practically jumping with joy if we can get that boy into our care fugaku says rolling his shoulders slightly I want to fugaku believe me I do I want Naruto to get into a home where he will be well taken care of but people fear that if I give narut to one family or another they would somehow be able to tip the delic balance of the families if no one spoke up about it I would have no qualms about letting you take care of him but people have expressed their concerns and trust me if it wasn't the uias it would have been the Aames or the akamichi even Su in isuka has offered to care for the boy but I can't fugaku can you understand that I can't hiren looks up at the U leader steadily his eyes narrowed like a hawk the heat the anger simmering in those depthless black eyes cools down with understanding yes my Lord somebody far worse could be at the helm of konah haak here I'm sorry if I made it sound like I am ungrateful for all you have done to help monado's child Naruto fugaku his name is narut the official story is that manado sealed the nine Tales into an orphan boy not his own child never forget that the Shinobi side of the council that really knew manado could see that boy as his splitting image but not many really knew the fourth Hokage and even less understood him here is an says softly eyes distant remembering the young man with bright wild blonde hair and cunning blue eyes and the young boy monado's mirrored image as a child fugaku shakes his head walking around aimlessly for a moment before turning back to the Hokage fine but at least let him stay with us for the next few days manad Naro deserves to be treated like he's human can we at least do that hiroen nods that would be fine fugaku makes a strange describable gesture before nodding all right thank you my Lord I'll be going then herez in nods watching as the man goes to the door shutting it firmly behind him the old man sits there in silence for a long time pulling the pipe from his lips he stares at the wall across from himself blankly herzen Rises his eyes to the ceiling Captain a panel on the ceiling moves aside and a man draped in a white cloak falls to the floor in an effortless Crouch he raises his head slightly revealing a white porcelain mask with red and blue stripes along with a black one on the center of the forehead you summoned me my Lord yes heisen says turning around to face his painting once more bring the orphanage owners to me at once leave someone there to watch over the children the captain bows his head before flickering away with a quiet as you wish my Lord Nar this is my oldest son Itachi and this is my youngest SAS SAS is your age Makoto was saying smiling down at the small boy the little blonde boy turns to look between the two boy in front of him a shy look on his face and a pink tinge on his cheeks hi Naruto says softly he waves his hands a little Itachi settling his hands on his little brother's shoulders nods politely at the younger boy it's nice to meet you hi sake waves back face red from exertion just moments before his mother pulled him and his brother away they were playing ninja chasing each other around in the yard or at least sasak was chasing Itachi around the older boy isn't even out of breath not in the slightest sasak Itachi Naro tests the names on his own lips like they were strange SAS grins up at his brother then back to narut call him Itachi I do Naruto's eyes cobalt blue flicker toward a glowing Makoto she nods like a proud mother Naruto looks a little uncomfortable at the appeasing gaze of the older woman not seeing in himself what she sees her best friend a woman with fur red hair and cobalt blue eyes she has to rapidly blink the image away for fear of sadness and tears coming to her at remembrance of her lost friend can I call you Itachi too Itachi narut asks a tentative smile Crossing his lips Itachi a little confused nods if you want his voice is light Airy almost whether he wants to question it or not his face doesn't reveal it but he does give his mother a look like he's trying to see something like he's given up he lowers his gaze back to the little blond-haired boy do you want to play Ninja with us sake is slowing down the raven-haired boy glares up at his brother no I'm not you're just really fast Itachi holds out a hand to narut with a blank expression would you like to join us Nar nods smiling in brightly yes I would love to how do you play before that Makoto interrupts when Itachi opens his mouth to explain are you boys getting hungry I'll be making lunch soon Naruto the little boy nods yes please Makoto Smiles lightly anything in particular Naro shakes his head I'll eat anything Mrs zucha Makoto Nar call me Makoto now you boys go off and play she Smiles brightly the three boys nod and run off Makoto turns and makes her way toward the house her dress swaying at Her Ankles in the breeze Itachi watches as she disappears into the house before turning turning back to the two boys as sake finishes explaining how to play with Naruto the two boys turn toward the eldest of them with identical mischievous looks on their faces Itachi looks between the two of them Rising a delicate eyebrow and bracing himself for attack jarah stares over at a collection of t tpes swimming around in the pool in front of him gamabunta rests beside the white-haired man also watching the tadpoles in Silence the air up top mount myoboku is chilling this time of year and thin but jiah is already used it and his thick clothes keep his body warm and protected he watches silently as the tadpoles swim around in the pound too young to fear the outside world but old enough to know to stay close to gamabunta jiah's eyes slip closed his heartbeat thumping loudly and rhythmically in his ears no no not my baby not my son her screams echo in his head in his Mind's Eye he sees her disheveled with wild hair and even Wilder eyes tears streaking down her puffy red face intermixing with the water and sweat she becomes dead weight in his arms unable to support herself brown eyes unable to open any wider as she screams unintelligible nonsense to the heavens she's shaking so violently he almost drops her nurses around her trying to calm her down there is still wailing in the distance alarms the fire alarms screeching like a banshee over and over and over again never ending and she slips from his grip hitting the floor hard she's bleeding again she's opened her stitches he tries to stop her grabs her face to make her look at him but it's too late her eyes find the blood and horrible War flashbacks Cloud her vision and she won't stop screaming jariah is pushed out of the way by doctors no heun's pulled away by Oro chimaru by serut toi Sensei they hold him tightly as she sedated they try and lift him up for some reason no they're holding him up his knees have buckled all he can do is stare at the woman he loves Fall to Pieces before his very eyes he her screams of Anguish and pain die as she loses Consciousness but before she slips away those brown eyes settle on him the eyes that he has stared longingly into many more times than he would ever admit and he knows that she hates him and he can't bring himself to blame her Jah gamabunta says bringing the white-haired man from his thoughts he grips his hands together tightly trying to stop the residual shaking hoping The Old Toad didn't see it but that's too much to Hope For The Old Toad Chieftain has known jariah since he learned how to summon toads it's been a long time jariah I'm sure she isn't still angry at you perhaps jiah says voice cracking slightly he clears throat shifting a little on the Rock he's currently sitting on gamabunta grunts not perhaps jariah you do remember what you told me back then there was only a single thread that held Tsunade to that Village besides who's to say that she was going to even stay in the village regardless of what happened she never liked it there since her brother died and that boy toy of hers was the final straw maybe jiah says pressing his thumb and forefinger into his eyes I just I can't stop thinking about about him about the look on her face when she found out it was horrible to witness gabun a long pause I don't think she will ever fully recover I never thought you would either jariah gamabunta says you were down in the dumps for a very long time that is two yellow eyes turned to the white-haired man until that boy came into your life a faint smile crosses jiah's lips one of both affection and sadness his hand drops onto his lap yeah manado jiah shakes his head white hair swaying with the movement that boy was something else wasn't he gabun laughs yeah cute kid a little strange but nothing I couldn't handle jiah's lips Quirk even more at that good Lord was he a weird kid jariah laughs it sounds weird to his ears he hasn't heard his own laugh in a long time not much to laugh about since his star pupil and possibly best friend passed away there was just something about that kid that was always off gamabunta grunts smiling a bit at the sound of his old friend's laughter his eyes lower back to the pound to watch the tadpoles playing around in the water there sure was that kid wouldn't stop summoning me until I agreed to battle him what was he 13 at the time jariah Laughs Again shaking his head 14 it was a birthday present from me to teach him how to summon he was so excited jariah adopts a far away look the smile still still plastered to his face you beat him good The Old Toad snorts yeah and then every year that followed he would summon me on his birthday to do battle until he could beat me Jah nods took him 5 years but he did it gamabunta makes an indignant noise beaten by a runt jariah shakes his head blinking back into the present not at all Bunda you were beaten by the future fourth Hokage that gives gabun a pause yeah he said after a moment of silence I suppose I did the two sit in silence just looking around at all of the collection of toad statues and statuette and all of the Toads big and small hopping around and going about their daily lives gamabunta lets out a long drawn out sigh releasing a lot of smoke from his pipe as if mustering up the courage to say anything Jah straightens he has a boy manado I mean he's be around six by now I've wanted to go back to the Village to see him him sh in chosa and their kids I'd like to meet them old man third too I suppose but Gaba looks back down at the toad Sage waiting for him to continue when he doesn't look like he's able to without prompt he says that what jariah grips his hands together again so tightly the Knuckles turn white he focuses on the pain in his hands from the nails biting into the Palms instead of the emotion coiling in his stomach and chest Weighing on his heart heavily sense says he looks like manado splitting image of him I don't know if I'm strong enough yet to go back and meet him not while my raw pain for manado Still Remains it wouldn't be fair to the boy to be part of his life and then just leave when I can't deal with how much he reminds me of manado right gamabunta stares at him with a tilted head jariah there is no need to rush to see the boy you will meet him one day it is inevitable just take your time jariah jerks his head to face gamabunta eyes WI but bu this is monado's son I should have been there day one I just don't want to make the same mistakes that I made with manado or with my own son his voice gets low and his eyes darken I was always going off for one reason or another and manado would always wish me a good journey and to come back home soon jiah's eyes soften at the memory what if he hates me now for not going back to see his son manado was always okay with you wronging him but not those he loved Gaba a little shocked says jiah that boy could never hate you he loved you an awful lot you know that right all that boy ever wanted to do was to please you you were like an idol to him jariah wilts a little shoulders slumping I could do no wrong to manado That's What Hurts the Most no matter what I did manado would forgive me I have no doubts he would forgive me for this too gamabunta grunts shifting slightly I hate people like that I feel like when I let them down I hate feeling like jiah's lips Quirk slightly yeah bun me too as for Naruto monado's son I'll go see him one day I'll tell him all about his mother and father and I'll stick by his side for as long as I can until that boy no longer needs me or asks me to leave himself I will but I can't today maybe not this year but one day gamabunta nods and that's okay if any of monado's compassion passed on to his son Nar will forgive you too come on Nar you'll sleep with sake Makoto waves for the young blonde boy to follow her Naruto wrapped in a plain blue towel around his waist Trails her into the younger Uchiha boy's room he can hear sake and Itachi playing in the Next Room Itachi the blonde is eager to join them Makoto digs around in sas's drawers pulling out underwear and pajamas here change into these then you can join the boys she hands him the clothes and makes her way out of the room closing the door behind herself Naruto drops the towel and quickly changes admiring the lack of holes in the clothes he plucks the towel up and rushes out of the room into Itachi hey where do I put this Itachi holding a giggling sake by his ankles over a pile of blankets and pillows glances up at the blonde boy holding up the towel still holding sake's ankles Itachi carefully steps up onto his bed being sure not bang sas's head off the bed frame sas's face starts turning red from the blood rushing to his head holding the boy over the pile he says there is a bin in that corner there do you see it Naro twists around not seeing anything no Itachi's eyes flicker up it's right never mind I'll do it he drops a squealing sake into the pile and jumps over his wiggling brother in the pile to land silently on the other side Naruto blinks rapidly at the older boy's Elegance Itachi makes his way over to narut taking the towel and putting it in the dirty clothes bin behind his door you're really cool Itachi ni narut says a struck big blue eyes wide and innocent he runs up to the long-haired boy Rising his arms me next Itachi nods okay lay down Naruto is quick to obey laughing already SAS finally manages to pull himself from the collection of pillows and blankets to laugh at an upside down narut holding the boy with the suned skin carefully by the ankles adjusting to his weight before slowly making his way over to the pillows and blankets then like sake he steps up onto his bed and holds Naruto over the pile Makoto walks by saying Itachi you better not be holding sake by his ankles over that pile of blankets and pillows again you hear Itachi nods to himself his mother already making her way past without looking in already knowing Naro covers his mouth with little hands to hold in his laughter sake grins by Itachi's side as the oldest of them says I am not Mom quieter just so the two boys in the room can hear it's Naro and then he drops the blonde both Naruto and sake laugh loudly sake jumps down onto the pillows next to Naruto grabbing a small white pillow and hitting Naruto with it the blonde boy grabs a larger black one and hits him back Itachi lowers himself on his bed and Crosses his legs watching his little brother and his little brother's new friend whack each other with a pillow they stop once both are breathing heavily and glaring competitively at one another Itachi watches both of them curiously not wanting to interrupt whatever connection seems to be forming between them Itachi is no fool he doesn't understand why Naruto is treated badly but just that he is and he doesn't deserve it Makoto and fugaku satachi down about a year ago when he asked them why the villagers were so mean to the little blonde boy Naruto is special Makoto said looking a little put off by her own words being special doesn't mean everyone should be so mean to him does it Itachi asked not all that sure he wanted to hear the answer what would he do if his parents said yes Itachi wasn't so sure he would be able to be mean to the poor little boy the boy went around all day every day with his head hung down low and shoulders slumped if he wasn't outright ignored he was ridiculed and Itachi wasn't sure which of the two was worse apparently Naruto would rather be ridiculed than ignored that's when he began to act out pranking anyone and everyone no one was really safe from him it got him into a lot of trouble and get people the excuse to use a little more excessive force than needed on the boy if you see someone being mean to that boy come tell me fugaku said sternly pulling Itachi from his thoughts that or stop them yourself Itachi blinked in surprise at that never before had his father outright given him permission to hurt someone one especially someone of the village Makoto looked at fugaku sharply fugaku Makoto I didn't say Itachi should kill them fugaku said evenly Crossing his arms over his chest just stop them from hurting that boy Makoto looked like she wanted to argue but HEI spoke before she could I will but why why what fugaku asked why do you want me to help Itachi asked the words sounding weird to his ears and even weirder on his tongue one wouldn't normally question the morality of Simply helping a boy younger than even his own brother should he need it but for some reason Itachi had to ask not that he wouldn't help regardless especially now that he has his father's permission fugaku sighed rubbing his forehead what I am about to tell you you are never repeat to anyone do you understand Itachi nodded yes sir fugaku Makoto said warningly that surprised Itachi a little rarely did his mother ever actually speak out against his father this had to be something big the Uchiha clan leader gave her a level look conveying something with his eyes after a moment Makoto nodded submissively and fugaku looked back Itachi and said that boy his parents were close friends of both your mother and I they are your godparents they passed before we could ask them to be sasay too that's why Makoto visibly relaxes yes Itachi I went to school with nut's parents now you can't tell anyone this do you understand not even Naruto Makoto stared at Itachi hard until the young boy nodded reluctantly in all actuality Itachi didn't understand why wouldn't he tell Naruto shouldn't the boy deserve to know his connection to the clan but thinking back on it now watching as SAS and Naruto wrestle around on the floor playing like they've been friends forever instead of just a few hours Itachi realized that it didn't matter to Nar all he wanted was a friend and little bit of kindness perhaps later he would like to know that the nice people looking out for him knew his parents but for now that's not what matters to him fun food and friends are the only things Naruto wants right now that's what Makoto and fugaku and the rest of the ucha clan is offering to him and perhaps when he comes to them seeking information about his parents Itachi can only hope that his parents will divulge that information as well until then it's best to just let them play let Naruto enjoy these times of Happiness something tells Itachi that he doesn't get them nearly as often as he should that night Itachi listens to the sounds of a storm rolling in first a little bit of Thunder off in the distance a bolt of lightning here and there but as the night progresses so does that the power of the storm soon its overhead in the house is shaking practically with the power of the storm the rain comes down hard creating a lullabi for Itachi but a nightmare for sake and Naruto Itachi opens his eyes feeling a presence in his face instinctively Itachi wants to strike out against whoever is there but his mind immediately registers his baby brother's big black eyes staring back at him when he jolts into a sitting position feeling like a boneless sack of meat he falls back into the mattress his eyes slip closed SAS what are you doing you need sleep Itachi murmurs I need sleep SAS scoots closer reaching out with his little hands to grip Itachi's arm Nissan please I don't want to sleep alone Itachi opens one eye to see a blonde stock of hair over sas's shoulder clinging to the black-haired boy's shoulder much like sake is clinging to Itachi's arm you have narut a quick look over his shoulder at Nar and a tiny squeak from both boys at the sound of thunder booming above them both boys jump into bed with Itachi narut more hesitant than sake Itachi size although not all that upset about the boys being in his bed with him they both curl up against his side and make themselves comfortable just for tonight Itachi murmurs putting an arm around both boys and slipping back into Slumber yes Itachi ni both boys say just as quietly flinching a few times the thunder roars and the lightning flashes but eventually they too fall asleep Itachi wakes up one more time to feel his mother pulling the blankets up around them Makoto pushes sas's bangs off his forehead to plant a Chase there then on Itachi's forehead and then she hovers over Naruto the light flashes outside and she sees narut curled up into her eldest son side burying his face into Itachi's shoulder she smiles lightly thinking of her best friend her handsome husband and the beautiful baby they made together she leans down and presses her lips against his forehead too a moment later she pulled away and makes her way to the door wishing all three of those lovely boys a good night's rest two weeks straight Naruto stayed with Makoto fugaku Itachi and sasak day and night he was there he became the unofficial member of the family after he had to return to the orphanage which was a lot nicer to him when he got there as opposed to when he first left something about the third surprise visits probably helped a lot but almost every day that followed for the next 2 years Naruto would find his way into the Uchiha compound and into the main household in the we hours of the morning to late at night fugaku even paid the school fees to get Naruto into the academy when they turned eight as the boys Grew Older Itachi began to spend less and less time with them being accepted into the uke and pressure from fugaku to be the absolute best Heir he can be asachi not going to help us today Naro asks walking with SAS into the forest to practice shuriken SAS looks at Naruto from over his shoulder with a very boyish pout no he says angrily he just poked me in the forehead and said that stupid line he always says not now SAS maybe some other time both Naruto and SAS recite they both share knowing looks the two trudge through the forest in silence only the sounds of branches snapping under their feet frogs croaking crickets chirping and so much more all the sounds of wildlife surround them like a blanket if they weren't playing around in the uch compound they are out here playing in woods they either run around the forest playing one game or another are they practice throwing their shuriken Nar sets up all of the targets while sake gets into position narut makes sure to seek Refuge behind a tree L he become a statistic for what happens when your best friend misfires and sticks a shuriken into his chest that wouldn't be so fun especially since they probably wouldn't accept him into the hospital just short of him going in there holding all of his intestines in his hands if he went in there on fire they'd probably have him removed for making a public disturbance mimicking the movements SAS has witnessed his brother do countless times he jumps into the air spinning around a moment to get all eight Targets in his sights before throwing all the shuriken Itachi used Kai but sasak and narut are Advanced enough to use Kai effectively Naruto ducks behind the trunk of the tree until he hears three distinctive thuds three Naruto Peaks out from behind the tree to grin at sake how' you do SAS gives him a dry look shut up they walk around the targets making note that three of the canai hit trees around the targets one hit the last Red Ring three landed swiftly in the dirt and after about 10 minutes of searching they found too further off in the forest nowhere near any of the targets narut gives sake a smug look and the raven-haired boy growls back at him shut up and go sake says seeking Refuge behind the same tree moving to the same place sake did narut turns to look at the tree SAS is hiding behind I haven't seen you do this bad since we first started this training Naruto notes SAS half steps out from the shadow of the tree not looking the blond-haired boy narut moves the shuriken around in his hands making sure not to cut himself SAS man what's up sasak looks at narut through his Fringe an unreadable look on his face he studies Naruto's face for a long time before shaking his head and stepping behind the tree Once More just go narut sas's voice is soft Naruto hesitates a moment wanting to ask once again what the problem is but knowing SAS as well as he does the boy won't talk about it unless he wants to there is no forcing him even though he doesn't want to Nar drops the case and prepares to make his jump he crouches slightly lets out a long breath and leaps up into the air spinning around and pinpointing the targets for a moment everything slows down the Browns and greens of the trees and bushes blur into one shape and then sharpen in a form of Crystal Clarity that he's never had before his eyes burn and his pulse races but he sees all the targets and knows instinctively where the one hidden in his blind spot is and after a short breath he lets the shuriken fly Naruto's eyes burn slightly before it stops he lands a little too hard on his feet but he manages to straighten up sake steps Out of The Shadow of the tree and walks over to Naruto the two survey the targets excluding the one in his blind spot all of the shuriken hit the targets too close to the second to middle ring and the rest on the third ring the Target in his blind spot was missed completely but within three feet of it good job SAS says genuinely happy for him Naruto Smiles pulling the shuriken from the dirt to hand it to SAS thanks he murmurs Nar stares at him for a long moment with a look of understanding because he does Naruto understands sake they are best friends after all and for the last two years nothing has come between them sake was Naruto's first friend first best friend first brother SAS what's wrong s narut asks again the younger U brother looks at the blonde with his lips pressed close together in a thin line he shifts uncomfortable on his feet fingers fiddling with the Hem of His shirt nothing he mumbles Naro gives him a bland look come on it's not nothing so what's up sas's impossibly black eyes waver back and forth almost like it's vibrating a few deep breaths and then finally he turns to narut and his face is contorted in a way that is sad Naruto steps closer not close enough to touch but close enough to touch should he need to sake closes his eyes and murmurs something under his breath narut leans a little closer what my parents have been fighting with Itachi for a long time now they really got into it last night it's nothing Naruto reaches out and grabs sas's shoulders that is not nothing I didn't know that they were fighting I mean I guess I noticed that they weren't exactly getting along the looks SAS shoots Naruto is poisonous that's an understatement they are fighting all the time and I don't know how to stop it the vulnerable look returns hands ferociously kneading the Hem of His shirt Naruto's grip on his shoulders tighten don't worry SAS I'm sure everything will be okay have you talked to Itachi about this no SAS says I'm just waiting for it to blow over I know they are trying to hide their fighting from me they get really quiet when I walk into the room and they are up late at night prime time for arguing like I can sleep through that narut nods not all that sure what he can do about it if he can even do anything as much as he likes to think of the ucha family as his own they really aren't not by Blood as much as he wants them to get along it's not his place to say anything they are the only really nice people to him if they can be nice to him when no one else is why can't they be nice to each other it just doesn't make sense to Nar all he can do hope that the adults can work through this issue whatever it ends up being 10 years prior 2 years prior to nine Tales attack manado Jah burst into the room quickly followed by shibi abame and chosa akamichi a bird faed U comes into to looking at the Hokage my apologies my Lord I couldn't stop them he says manado stands at the opposite side of the room by the window the waning sunlight washing into the otherwise dark room bathing the single young man in the Rays clad in a single low riding blue scrub pants the upper half of his body is bare save for the copious amounts of bandages wrapped around his upper chest the man usually seen is larger than life stand before them far smaller than one would normally think manado is tall not as tall as chosa but tall he's very lean all muscles but his shoulders aren't nearly as broad as one would think a nasty White Scar peeking out over the bandages running over the left shoulder blade and curving a little over the shoulder he has a small waist and narrow hips barely holding up his pants all of his bone protrude collar hips ribs manado is the Pinnacle of physical delicacy but manado is anything but delicate beneath his thin stature is raw power a silly man would be put off by his lack of visible physical prowess bulging muscles broad shoulders wider build but this delicate looking man is capable of eradicating armies number ing in the thousands on his own the blonde twists around at the waist hair like fire in the light a shadow cast upon one half of his face blue eyes like pools of water nearly glow in the light a small tentative smile crosses his face it's all right he says to the Ambu nodding to show he's not mad his voice is soft yet easy to hear in the near silent room aside from the air conditioning going and the heavy breathing of the hokage's teammates and Sensei who no doubtly rushed here when they heard the news monado's gaze moves to his team Master shibi chosa welcome the U nods bowing low before leaving the room he closes the door softly behind himself jariah shakes his head walking over to his student and putting a heavy hand on his shoulder survived your first assassination attempt as Hokage how do you feel manato smile Twitches a little as he turns completely to face them like I broke almost every one of my ribs rare when someone gets the jump on you manado chosa says mirthfully walking over to slap him on the back only just barely managing to catch himself before actually doing it he smiles sheepishly at a glaring shibi are you all right manado shiby asks dragging his gaze away from chosa to his other teammate manato laughs the sound is soft and Airy yes I'm fine I've been nearly assassinated before and no one's cared it's just because I'm hok now that people are losing their mind the captain of Team One shifts slightly in the shadows that's not true my Lord manado gives him a kind smile don't me Captain I know how this works he looks back at his team thank you all for coming to see me I finally got kha to go home she's got a mission early tomorrow morning you want get us out here as easily jariah says manado leans against the window the glass is Cold against his back Goosebumps covering his skin his arms cross over his chest I know better than to fight you master something crinkles there's a small slip of paper in his left hand he crunches it into his fists the small smile on his face tells them that he want answer if they ask so they just pass looks between them and say nothing jarah squeezes monado's shoulder comfortingly don't worry manado I'll find out who did this just because he himself Got Away doesn't mean we won't get him back The Young hok tilt his head slightly it's all right Master the toad Sage looks appalled are you kidding no can do manado yeah seriously manado just let Sensei look around chosa says heun do it regardless of what you say shibi tells him giving jariah a pointed look sometimes Sensei forgets that we are no longer 10 manato looks thoughtful debating over something before he finally nods all right that's fine whatever you can do Master just don't go overboard okay jariah opens his mouth probably about to insist to his Protege and other students that he means well when there is a swift knock at the door an amused look crosses monado's face come in manado calls the same ambo from before pokes his head into the room my lord lord U is here to see you the amused look on monado's face Falls the captain's head tilts slightly at the reaction One Moment manato says stiffly his entire calm demeanor changing the Ambu nods closing the door manado what jiah stars but manado holds up a hand he walks over to his bed and grabs the scrub shirt off of it tentatively as to not disturb his bandages and hurt his already wounded abdomen he slips it on over his head straightening out the shirt he says do not tell fugaku about the extent of my injuries shibi and chosa share identical looks of confusion which is natural fugaku is monado's best friend why would he want to keep this a secret this is an order from your Hokage and a request from your friend do not say anything about my injuries other than what I say do you understand mank face is neutral but his voice is stiff a tiny crease between his eyes manato jariah says quietly what is this about mank eyes lower in thought he looks down at the crinkled paper before Rising his eyes to his Sensei I need you to trust me Master do not speak of the full extent of my injuries okay I'm sorry if this is rude but please the crease between his eyes deepens please Master manado jarah says worry evident in his voice he sigh a moment later reluctantly okay fine my lips are sealed mouthing thank you before looking to the door manado calls out come on in fugaku the captain didn't miss manado slipping the piece of paper into his rubs pocket the ucha leader steps into the room scanning it for a moment before his eyes land on manado a small friendly smile crosses his face and he makes his way over to his blonde leader they shake hands you look good manado how are you feeling manado Smiles lightly at fugaku the corners of his mouth straining a little I'm okay nothing that I can't handle the areas around fugaku's eyes crinkle when he smiles that's good I suppose it'll take a lot more than a single attacker to take you out huh manado nods yes and it would have to be a lot meaner too the blond-haired Hokage looks at his captain in the corner of his eye ignoring the looks his teammates and Sensei are sharing behind his back hours after they leave manato is resting in the hospital bed sitting up and looking out the window manato has been lost in thought for hours mouth moving but no words coming out the occasional sigh would leave him but other than that the room has been silent unable to Bear the silence any longer the captain steps Out of the Shadows next to his Lord's bedside my Lord why did you not want fugaku to know about your injuries a pause do you believe that he is responsible for the attack manado blinks out of his thoughts turning his head to look at his first captain no fugaku is one of my oldest friends he would never do this to me I didn't want him to know about what really happened because I already know who did it the captain is glad that his shock is invisible behind his mask you know who attacked you my lord manato nods yes I won't say anything more for now I need to think but nothing more Captain manato says steadily then looks up at the captain with knowing eyes trust me this isn't a problem that will easily be rectified you will learn the truth soon enough for now Let It Go trust that while they may have gotten to me once they will not again wanting to protest but thinking better of it Captain sea his real name respects his young Lord's wishes and backs off you you'll need to gather your strength to heal my Lord please rest manado Smiles as slightly cynical I'll rest when I'm dead Captain his face turns to the window once more after a few moments of Silence before he whispers as if lost in a days maybe not even then either sasak and Naruto make their way to the uch main household they wave to the uch walking around in the compound sas's Aunt working in her garden sas's Uncle Sweeping in front of his house two of sas's older cousins ones that work in the Uchiha police Corps with his father give little waves at the two boys as they pass by Naruto and sake walk so close together that their shoulders bump every couple of steps as they get closer and closer to the main house as the boys get to the house they stop SAS shoots Naruto a worried look to which Naruto Smiles thinly he puts a hand on sake's shoulder reassuringly he murmurs wek be fine under his breath and nudges SAS toward the door as soon as they open the door they both Flinch Itachi do you have any idea what you're doing this isn't who you are at all fugaku snarls the silence that follows is tense narut and sasak both freeze when Itachi's voice deep with age and puberty fills the room you have no idea who I am you hardly know me and know even less about SAS you remember him your other son Naruto wraps his fingers around SAS squeezing them so tightly he wonders for a moment if they hurt but SAS squeezes back and the two step into the house fugaku's face is red with anger and Itachi's face has a chilling look that is capable of turning water to ice whatever fugaku was going to say in response to Itachi's words are lost on his lips when he sees his youngest child and his best friend hand in hand in the doorway ug aku's Jaws snap shut at the sigh of the two wide-eyed boys Itachi turns to look at them his entire demeanor is tense and cold a chill that neither of the boys are used to Itachi's black eyes flash red faster than either boy can catch and not at the angle that fugaku can see but the young man is horrified he turned his Sharingan on his baby brother and Naruto Naruto Uzumaki the boy that he swore to help look after Itachi's Trembling Hands curl into fists he gives one last unreadable looked to his father before walking toward the door trying his hardest not to stop like an indignant child Naruto and SAS split so that he can pass between them sasak watches his brother leave with a hopeless look on his face wanting nothing more than to run after him Naruto on the other hand watches the mixture of emotions flash across fugaku's face the normally Stern man to which Naruto doesn't even know how to begin figuring out how to read him looks the most emotional now than Naruto has ever seen him in the last two years he's not sure how he feels about it the man turns away before narut can try and understand the look that settles on his face it's a mixture of sadness hopelessness Confusion And even a little anger but Nar doesn't understand he was just in a fight shouldn't he normally be completely angered but doesn't look too angry just a little SAS hesitates for a moment before following after his older brother Nissan Nissan wait Naruto looks between fug aku's back in the open doorway the door that SAS forgot to close or perhaps he didn't care enough to close behind him when he rushed out after his brother narut blinks a few times at the older man's tense back mumbling I'm sorry Lord fugaku not all that sure what he's sorry about but figuring it was the best thing to say before running off after SAS sake catches up with Itachi right outside of the compound he grabs his brother's arm tightly Nissan what's wrong are you okay Itachi shakes his head a few times as if trying to force bad thoughts out I'm fine sake you should go back home no SAS tugs on his brother's arm I want to stay here with you if I wanted to go home I would have gone home now I'm staying here Itachi rolls his shoulders a few times almost as if wondering if he can dislodge sake's hand without just throwing the little boy's little hand off after a few moments of doing it and nothing happens he turns to look down at s s with a long- winded sigh SAS not now I'm busy SAS glares cutely his cheeks puffing out you aren't busy niss San you're going to just wander around until you aren't angry anymore please let me come with you just for a little bit Itachi shakes his head no sake not me too Itachi narut runs up clutching the older boy's other arm Itachi looks down at the other boy then to his own brother as as if fishing for some sort of argument just short of telling them to buzz off he can't seem to shake them off please both boys say looking up at him with the best puppy dog eyes they can muster Itachi weighs his options fighting a battle internally it makes it all the more harder to turn away from these boys when he's getting back in their lives he needs to recreate that distance but he needs something to get rid of the raw emotion filling him right now okay Itachi relan softly letting his tense muscle slacken they Trio head to the main road that splinters off toward The Village's main marketplace but there is a way the left turn instead of the right that SAS has never taken before he looks up at his brother Nissan what's that way SAS points down the left Road leading off into an unfamiliar part of the village Itachi looks thoughtful for a moment before looking back down to the two boys down that way is the private household of the fourth hok can we see it SAS asks not wanting to have to put on a face for the prying eyes of the people of the village he doesn't want them to see that something is wrong in the family and Itachi is more relaxed when not surrounded by other grown-ups Itachi shrugs not much to see there is a gate surrounding it please Naruto raises an eyebrow at SAS I don't want to see a stupid old house SAS ceremoniously reaches over and smacks the back of nutk head shut up then you can just go home ow SAS there's no need to be mean about it Naruto whines Itachi sigh flicking SAS on the forehead with his newly freed hand be nice to Naruto sake sasak Huffs grabbing Itachi's hand again so can we go why the sudden interest Itachi asks relenting and leading them down the remarkably untraveled Road Itachi can remember from long ago watching his father take this road a lot to the fourth's house The One and Only Time Itachi followed his father all he did was hide behind a bush and watch his father stand in front of the only iron gates staring at the house Beyond with this unreadable look he stood there for over an hour murmuring something to himself before He Turned and Left yelling back at the young boy not to be out too much later or his mother will worry Itachi didn't follow after his father again I don't want to face them sake mumbles tugging half-heartedly on his brother's arm Itachi tilts his head slightly who the people of the village I don't want them to know that SAS Trails off kicking a loose Stone on the less beaten path Itachi's silence is one of understanding he is a lot more in control with what people see from him he has a better poker face and knows all the techniques to keeping people away keeping them guessing about just what is going on in his head but SAS all of his emotions his thoughts his fears are worn plainly on his face Itachi can read him like an open book his baby brother shouldn't have to be afraid to go out into the village just because he doesn't want his dirty laundry thrown at the feet of kah's finest Itachi can understand that but it also angers him if his father wasn't so stubborn they wouldn't have this issue SAS would never have to worry about the prying eyes of the villagers it's not the leaf Village that's the issue it's the clan a clan filled with Hypocrites and their own version of Truth they don't understand that the village the people in the world will not bow down to the honor of the Clan not everything in the world revolves around the clan just the mere thought of it sickens Itachi how could someone be so naive okay Itachi says quietly letun go Itachi leads the two boys down the path a boy hanging off each arm they walk for a few minutes in silence just the sound of gravel crunching beneath their shoes as they work their way away from the village a bit a building comes into view a large Iron Gate and fence surrounds the property on the the outside the gate is old and rusting unmended for 8 years but on the inside the house looks pristine and crisp like someone just went in yesterday and cleaned up the place the grass is green the shutters to all the windows are open the tan house is neat and new all the windows are and span all three visible stories look to be well taken care of large floor to ceiling windows on the third floor don't seem to show a speck of dust even from this distance nothing looks a touch out of place this building big enough to be a mansion bigger than the uch main household even the backyard from what you can barely see through the gate looks to be large but still well cared for even the flower bed in the front yard is blossoming wow Naruto says a struck reaching out and grabbing the bars on the gate and staring inside with wide eyes pretty cool isn't it Itachi asks quietly done admiring the view to look at the two younger boys still in awe SA grabs the bars next to Naruto their little fingers wrapping around the thick bars both boys take a few minutes to admire the view SAS naturally is the first to realize what exactly is wrong Nissan why is the place so well taken care of is there someone in the fourth's house Itachi's lips Quirk at the corners I was wondering when you'd notice good ey sake actually if you look at the crease that separates the two doors of the gate you will see a slip of paper that is why it looks like that there is a seal on the door narut looks over his shoulder at his older brother figure a seal what's that Itachi raises his gaze to the seal on the gate I'm not Adept in seals myself but from what I understand this seal in particular is used to keep the activities going on inside the gate from being seen on the outside what we are seeing is an image created by the fourth seals for years people have been trying to break the secondary seal that keeps all but those approved by the seal Master off the property so far it has remained sealed no one has been in there for 8 years Itachi steps forward pressing his pointer finger to the seal feeling the chakra humming even now beneath the complex characters on the paper his finger moves along the elegant characters the curves and sharp edges Itachi himself has little to no knowledge of ceiling but all of what he knows comes from The Whispers of his fellow Ambu more often than not the fourth hok is the subject of discussion and even more disgusted than simply the fourth is his house an impregnable Fortress is what they call it just short of Master jiah there is no one any of them can think of that would be able to open the gates into the fourth's estate and he hasn't returned to the Village since word of the fourth's passing reached him at least as far as Itachi knows so no one can open that gate Naruto asks looking up at the seal watching Itachi's finger move along the characters Itachi drops his hand stepping in back and closing his eyes for a moment I don't think so but this is an important man's house I do not want you boys to play around this place do you understand this isn't a playground you listening sake Nar okay Itachi yeah okay Nissan both SAS and nut's shoulders drop giving each other Pity Me looks Itachi turns around and begins to make his way back down the way he came holding his hands out at his side letun go home boys both of the boys grin largely at one another and rush to the older boy's side and take one of his hands letting him lead them back to the uch household even though Itachi doesn't much want to G back right now his baby brother brothers need to they need to be unsuspecting until it's too late and maybe this ache in Itachi's chest can be lessened by providing them just this little bit of happiness before their worlds flip upside down Itachi keeps his gaze straight forward watching the road ahead of him but he doesn't miss the look both sake and Naruto shoot over their shoulders back toward the fourth hokage's house did you hear no what in room 25b there is two 8-year-olds Naruto Uzumaki the demon boy what is he doing here I don't know the hok has U posted outside the door but he's not the only one in the room there's one more a moment of pause then who sasak a gasp the last remaining I I heard that the clan was massacred last night but he survived I heard it was the older brother that did it The Prodigy right the air yep I heard that the two boys were playing out in the woods and fell asleep they woke up and that boy rushed SAS home and then they saw that Bloodshed he was supposed to be in that house if he wasn't out with that boy there would be no more uch it would be over the first nurse says the other one rubs her arms as if a sudden chill has come over her that's so scary I don't know what I would do if all of my family was killed like that by my older brother a pause she shakes her head that poor kid having no one left in the world I would never want to grow up or have my kids grow up like that I have a three-year-old home it's horrible to think about the other nurse nods shifting from one hip to the other I know what you mean that poor boy no child should be forced to live like that both share sympathetic looks before the last girl glances down the hall at the door at the end two ambo stationed in front stoically not even swaying a bit statue still that boy lost his entire family and is forced to share a room with that boy poor kid the first girl nods solemnly it's like adding insult to injury SAS narut calls running after his raven-haired friend as fast as his short legs can carry him SAS wait up S throws his hands up over his ears and walks faster wanting nothing more than to be alone he was released from the hospital 2 days ago and has been doing everything and anything to keep away from narut just thinking about the blonde brings his thoughts to the bloodied corpses of his family and the unimaginably painful betrayal of his dear older brother all he wants to do is curl up into a ball close his eyes and fall into the deepest sleep ever and never wake up again anything to stop this pain anything to make himself feel better this tightness in his chest that appears each time he stops for just a moment to think he wishes he could just rip out and toss away wishing he could literally just shut down and never have to do anything again sake wait come back Nar calls again pushing himself harder until that small boy gets closer and closer Naruto reaches out and grabs the back of his best friend's shirt I said wait damn it sake whirls around ripping his shirt from nutk grasp leave me alone Naro I don't want to see you narut doubles over to pant hands on his knees why what did I do SAS glares chest heaving from exhaustion this isn't about you this was never about you this is about me I want to be alone I want to crawl into a hole and die I want you to back off can you do that Naruto he snarls Naruto's hand drops to his side and a sniv look crosses his normally inoc face he straightens up slowly no I don't think I can SAS I know you lost Mama Makoto and Papa fugaku and I know Itachi ni I mean Itachi did it but don't shut me out Naruto's features soften I'm sorry SAS I love them too I know they weren't my family I know but they were the closest thing I've I've ever had it I miss them too nunk eyes well up with tears he quickly wipes them away all the anger and tension in sas's body begins to loosen giving way for defeat this looks of great sadness in his eyes you think you're sad they were my family I knew them far better than you I loved them a lot more than you and it was my brother who betrayed everything everyone for what power you have no idea what I'm going through SAS says bitterly Turning Away Nar takes a few moments to completely catch his breath I I know I know I can't begin to understand how you feel but I did love them SAS can you understand that I didn't have anyone before you and your family please please understand that sas's shoulders slump in defeat like all of the energy in his coiled muscles release and there is nothing left to hold his body up just short of sheer force of will his hands hang Loosely at his side as he battles internally a part of SAS wants to continue to milk woe is me because it's easier to do that easier to blame everyone else in the world for his own shortcomings easier to blame the negligence of everyone else for the loss of his family for him being the only survivor of the massacre but was SAS really a Survivor he feels a hundred years older now than he did a week ago eating his mother's freshly baked pancakes naive to the terror just over the horizon but the other part of SAS is like a coiled snake in a hole waiting for some unsuspecting bastard to get too close so that he can launch himself at him and end him wanting to reach out and strike everyone and anyone who gets two closes asks too many questions because no one understands how could they how could any of them begin to understand what he's going through I wish he would have just killed me too sake hears himself whisper before he even understands what's happening sake is spun around and punched hard in the jaw pain blossoms on the right half of sake's face knocking him to his bottom his hand flies up to the burning portion on his face eyes wide and watering he blinks rapidly trying to clear away his blurry vision not sure if he's more in pain or in shock at what just happened Naro stands over him chest heaving hands clenched at his side blond hair casting a shadow over his eyes Naro grinds his teeth angrily tears streaming down his face he shifts and two Cerulean orbs of fire appear shut up Naruto snars shut up right now do you hear me you are my brother SAS and I never want to hear you say anything like that again do you understand I'll beat the out of you myself if I have to how dare you want to take the only person left in the world that I love away from me speak like that again and I'll never forgive you Naruto's entire body is trembling in both anger and fear SAS he can't lose sake the only family he has left is sake sake blinks rapidly letting the words sink in finding that instead of making him feel more like they in fact fill him with a touch of Hope yes SAS lost his family but maybe not all of them Naruto's erratic breathing slows down as the boy's posture begins to relax SAS drops his head to his chest hair covering his eyes he shakes his head lightly Whispering softly Camy I really hate you Naro all the tension Fades from Naruto's body and he falls back onto his bottom in front of sake smiling tiredly I love you too sake the last remaining air rubs his bruising chin tenderly giving narut a dirty look thanks for the hit I think it's going to bruise Nar cracks a weak smile sorry man sake rubs his chin a few moments longer before dropping his hand into his lap and hunching forward almost as if to make himself look smaller he closes his eyes seeing the man that has plagued his nightmares the past 3 days behind his eyelids I'm going to do it Naruto huh did you say something sake sake looks up into nutk eyes I'm going to kill Itachi I'll make him pay for what he did nark eyes widened for a moment processing what was just said before he nodded solemnly in understanding okay I understand I got your back we'll defeat him together SAS sigh exasperated although he doesn't actually have the will to fight with his obnoxious blond-haired friend he says this isn't your fight Nar Nar leans back on his hands and smiles tiredly it's more my fight than you give me credit for you and me Sake brothers from different mothers SAS nods not having enough energy to sigh again I hope you don't regret this decision Naruto as long as we're together brother I won't narut grins after a long time just relishing in their silence both of them thinking about just how they are going to get their Revenge certainly a powerful Shinobi such as Itachi be easy to beat but if they work hard enough the two of them could probably beat him together but only if they work hard enough and they will when the two of them lock eyes there is a mutual understanding between them they will do this together Naruto climbs to his feet slowly grinning down at his friend he holds a hand out for SAS to take SAS hesitates for a moment before taking it they both brush off the dust on themselves what should we do now Naruto asked tugging awkwardly at the bottom of his shirt this is weird this is the first time that there has been a weird and awkwardness between them since the two became friends they hit it off like friends right away so this weirdness surfacing between them just feels wrong they both shift around each other a little we need to train sake says simply Nar nods yeah okay shuriken training SAS shrugs yeah sure let's do it with that settled Side by side both boys head toward the woods avoiding the main roads and keeping away from the crowds and from their prying eyes in perfect Unison they switch back and forth between throwing shuriken at the targets not really speaking to each other just moving robotically mostly lost in their own thoughts occasionally they would comment on one thing or another but nothing like their usual banter and when they finally got bored of the repeative back and forth action of it all they head back for the village their feet bring them to the entrance to the chha compound both staring down the street seeing the chalk lines on the ground unable to look for more than a second both turn away and head back the way they came the sound of the gravel crunching beneath their feet is very similar to a memory that they both shared before except both of them were hanging off a boy they both despise now and instead of turning right like they have so often for some reason they turn left even though he doesn't have to Naro says we were told to stay away from the fourth's house sas's shoulder bumps narut as they walk side by side yeah from a guy whose every single thought and opinion means absolutely nothing to me so at this point in my life his entire stay away speech can go to hell with him Naruto Snickers slightly nudging sas's shoulder with his purposefully yeah I guess so and besides how cool would it be if we could figure out how to get into that house when none of those adults could SAS looks at Naruto with big endless black eyes a Smile working its way across his face yeah that would be pretty cool but I don't know anything about seals and neither do you narut deflates eyebrows pulling together maybe we could ask aruka Sensei if he could help us sake looks skeptical sure but I don't know if heun want to help us I mean we are talking about breaking into the fourth's house they both stop in the middle of the road to turn toward each other looks of contemplation on their faces what to do what to do naturally it would be smart to seek help from adults but the two of them have had just about enough of dealing with adults aruka Sensei is one of the few people that treats Naruto normally there is a bit of unknown reluctance but he is far nicer about it than most of the others still he's an adult and he will probably tell them to leave it alone where's the fun in that and besides if they brought it up to him and he tells them to back off he'll probably get suspicious and tell the nosy third that's the last thing Naruto wants wants to deal with and he's sure SAS feels the same why don't we go take a look at it SAS asks we won't know anything until we at least look at it narut agrees and they make their way toward the abandoned house it only takes them 5 minutes off the beaten path to get there it's the exact same as it was 2 weeks ago not a single thing is different like time isn't touching this place once they get there both stand before the large gate and stare at the piece of paper blankly the symbols on paper mean absolutely nothing to the two boys how do seals work Naruto asks SAS scratches his head um I'm not really sure well I mean there is a normal Shinobi tool that utilizes seals it's the bomb tags you just send a bit of chakra into it and then it sizzles and explodes Nar stares wide-eyed wow how come I don't know about it because you're a Naruto glares looking up at the seal reaching out to barely touch the bottom of it focusing his chakra to his fingertips he groans with the Excursion sweat building up on his forehead Naruto sake gasps did you miss the part where I said that it explodes sake screeches twin yellow eyebrows pull together as the unused hand waves off his friends concern don't be such a worry wart sake Naruto grunts his breath getting more erratic with the effort SAS takes a few steps back dude don't you think if sending a little bit of chakra into the seal would be enough the Ambu would have thought of that already I mean seriously Naruto grunts again wiping perspiration from his forehead dude SAS says blandly you seriously need to work on your chakra control sending a little bit of chakra to your hands shouldn't be this hard shut up narut says through gritted teeth I do what I want yelling sends the surge of chakra to his hands giving them a faint blue glow most of it is escaping from his pores but it was enough the chakra enters the seal and it sputters the seal glows brightly absorbing the little bit of chakra and then cracks in half down the center narut runs back imagining it sizzling up and then exploding but instead the gate groans and forces open just a crack enough for small fingers to fit in between the two doors enough to be opened and revealed to the world Nar slowly turns his head to look at SAS blinking rapidly did that actually work sake shakes his head dumbfounded I think it did why did that work narut uses his shirt to wipe off his forehead in the back of his neck before stepping toward the gate again should we go inside this is really cool in my opinion we should check it out like now I heard you SAS says dry I'm just a little scared still about the chance of that seal exploding I'm a little more concerned about the fact that you aren't so concerned with that Nar grins at SAS over his shoulder don't be a baby SAS live a little would you the last of the uch snorts indignant although still hesitate to approach the gate just yet shut up unlike you I can't afford not to live long enough to continue my family line rolling his eyes Naruto makes his way over to the gate and he tries to pry it open with his fingertips the gate fights it but yields moaning loudly as it's opened but it doesn't explode or Star sizzling which is good enough for SAS as he tentatively scoots closer to get a look both of the boys jaws drop at the sigh of the house with the eye no longer projected as a thing of Glory by the fourth seal the true state of the house is revealed to both of the 8-year-olds the paint on it is starting to wear not to the point of chipping yet but still faded a bit from the illusion the white door is dirty the windows are impossible to see into the grass is obnoxiously high in certain parts the rest of it is dead the garden is complet overrun by weeds what used to be beautiful flowers are now dandelion and other weeds but now clear as day a large oak tree sits between the house and the fence on the left side of the house in the backyard is unbelievably large at least the size of a training yard definitely a lot bigger than the fencing would suggest SAS almost forgets to close the gate behind them but he does and when it latches shut the seal repairs itself becoming one single piece again narut turns to look at sasak with a look of complete and utter Glee This Is Awesome letun explore the two boys inch closer to the large house Amazed by its size it's large enough to be a mansion Naro doesn't know much about wealth or people really for that matter but it seems to be a little pointless to have such a large house for just one person Itachi ni or just Itachi that man said it was just the fourth that lived there and that there wasn't much known about him how can someone be the hok yet no one know anything about them what if people are just saying that no one knows anything about him but really that's all a lie narut scratches his head looking at the door seeing a similar seal but the design on it is different wanting to go and see if he can open that door too but he catches s walking toward the oak tree Nar looks at the seal curiously promising himself to come back to the seal again later he runs off after the other boy meeting him by the tree sake reaches up and touches something engraved in the bark what is it narut asks SAS pulls his hand back m n plus KU Naruto raises an eyebrow what is that math I really hate math SAS rolls his eyes turning to narut no I think they are initials you know between two people who are in love at Naruto's blank look SAS size my cousin hea told me that she engraved her initials and the one she loved into the wood of the bridge in the land of water it was supposed to be like solidifying the relationship to the gods or something I don't know it's just something lovey de couples do narut blinks rapidly not all that sure he understands but at the Bland look SAS gives him he's not too keen on asking for more information so he looks at the two sets of initials with the heart engraved around it narut reaches out to touch the rough bark walking around the trunk feeling the rough Ridges of the bark casually stepping over think roots that Peak out of the dirt before disappearing beneath it once more the blonde stops on the back side of the tree eyes finding an engraving in the bark here too except it's a series of numbers Hey sake Naro says come take a look at this H SAS walks around the other side stopping next to Naruto he looks at the other engraving 2 514 512 820 85 6 2 1 620 8181 15152 what is this some kind of code Naruto shrugs hum I don't know maybe by why here on this tree SAS shakes his head shrugging I don't know narut steps back and shrugs too he turns his head away from sake to see the true expanse of the backyard his eyes widen and he takes off running toward it unable to hold back his Jubilation no way SAS come take take a look at this sake follows at his heels eyes widening too he lets out a small Huff of breath at the large open area perfect for training in in amazement there is no way the land was this big on the outside could the fourth hokage's seal be doing this too concealing the actual size of this entire place is that even possible or is s reading too much into this wow this place is huge it's at least three times the size of normal training grounds Naruto says not at all noticing that his friends preoccupied with his own thoughts SAS rolls his eyes maybe twice the size but definitely not three times still SAS looks over the wide open field large open space a few trees a big pond and Three Wooden posts a smile of excitement crosses his face this place would be perfect for training no one would know that we're here and everything we learn could be done in secret narut nods we don't want those pesky adults trying to stop us from completing our goal SAS rolls his eyes again but the smile doesn't fade that's right no one would be able to stop us and most of all no one not even that brother of mine will be able to see us in Here Naruto grips his hands tightly shaking with anticipation the entire Prospect of this place being like a secret Club just for SAS and Naruto the two of them can use this place to become powerful Shinobi rivaling and even surpassing the that of Itachi IA the young Uchiha A's eyes find a door in the grass next to the side of the house they look to lead into a seller perhaps a wine seller but unlike the front door this one doesn't have a seal on it SAS nudges narut in the ribs hey look I think it's a wine seller Nar looks at the door and then to SAS so what sake gives Naruto a bland look perhaps there is another way of getting into the house without having to mess with that seal for all we know that one could explode for all we know SAS is still very weary of dealing with the seals especially with the fact that they have no real idea what the seals even mean let alone what they do best not to mess with them until they know more let's check it out then narut says simply sake and narut both make their way over to the Cellar Door and just like SAS thought no seal although it is partially covered by the grass and weeds there is still enough revealed to show that the wood is bare Naro grabs both of the rusty handles and jerks the wooden doors open they groan loudly in protest but yield to Naruto's Superior strength they open all the way slamming into the ground on either sides of the opening with a loud thumb the Dank smell of stagnant air reaches their nostrils eeking out of the darkness of the cellar Stone steps lead into the Blackness SAS takes a few deep gulps before stepping down onto the first step Naruto's hands wrap around sas's upper arm squeezing so tightly SAS feels his arm start to lose all blood flow Naruto gives SAS a frightened look face pale as a ghost surprised SAS tries to pry the fingers from his arm what is your problem Naruto the blonde boy shakes slightly looking hesitantly down into the darkness and nothing's wrong SAS blinks a few times looking between the shaking blonde and the cellar Shadow then back he purses his lips slightly before an using smile crosses his face he leans closer to narut his smile taking on a touch of Cruelty Nar you aren't afraid of the dark are you narut tenses eyes watering slightly nose running a bit he shakes Shake's head trying to appear less horrified and no of course not dummy feeling a bit playful SAS steps aside slightly okay good you first then the look the Uchiha air gets is one of complete and utter horror more snot running down his face sake can't help himself from cracking up at the pitiful look SAS shakes his head and pushes nark shoulder playfully I'm just messing with you Nar come on sake turns forward and heads into the darkness slowly narut grabs the back of the young uchiha's shirt and follows him mutely into the cellar SAS takes slow tentative steps deeper into the Blackness his sandals slapping against the concrete stairs five 6 7 8 step step step sas's eyes are slow to adjust but he starts to see shadows in the darkness taking shapes and if sake has to guess they look to be rows and rows of wine glasses sake gets to the floor taking an awkward step after assuming there would be another one before catching a string hanging from the ceiling reaching up and yanking it hard the light sputters on flickering a few times before finally staying on completely the two boys squint around the room Naruto finally releasing sas's shirt leaving behind wrinkles from his fist SAS is right there are rows of wine shelves filling the room with an opening walkway large enough to lead to a door with a seal on it too a think layer of dust has already settled over the entire room on the left side of the room beyond the rows of wines there is another door one without a seal and the same on the other side another door without a seal SAS looks over his shoulder at Naruto which side should we take first narut looks between the two he shrugs a few times looking a mixture of contemplation and wonder how about the right sake nods sure the two boys make their way over to the door they open the door and walk in the lights already on in this room it must be connected to the light in the other room this room looks like a whole lot of books Naruto notes the room looks like a miniature Library two bookshelves one on each each wall and a desk on the opposite side of the room from the door the room is maybe 10 ft by 10 not too large but not a really small room the bookshelves are covered with books and the desk has a few on them along with strewn papers littering the wooden surface and the floor around it raising an eyebrow SAS steps into the room walking toward one of the bookcases what is with this room a library underground and it's unguarded why put seals on the house but not on the library SAS scratches the back of his head messing up his already messy hair the books are stuff like training novice and simple practice techniques and fast and simple improvised training other than the obvious what the hell is all these for if SAS had to be painfully honest there is no need for training tools when the fourth hok is well the fourth hok why would he need this hey sake Naro calls from over by the desk in his hand is a single slip of paper come look at this this we could use this to help our training SAS walks over to the blonde looking over his shoulder at the slip of paper he skims over the strangely beautiful handwriting if it can be considered that and even though it is old and worn it's still legible sake reads in saleta for a moment before his eyes widen Shadow clone training technique sake reads aloud the shadow clone training technique is a form of training I surmised would be able to increase the level of output power from a single Shinobi the theory is that with the use of a single Jutsu the shadow clone Jutsu one will be able to increase the level of training he or she is able to get in a single day the theory lies in the idea that learning a simple Jutsu whilst using clones alongside the user will decrease the overall time needed to learn the Jutsu It is believed that while using the shadow clone Jutsu whether it be in battle or for reconnaissance a bit of the information that the Clone has obtained during its lifespan from creation to the act of being dispelled or taking enough damage from an enemy and popping will return to the Creator this information is so minute that it isn't generally recognized and hardly makes much of a difference to the Creator but the theory is if one wishes to learn a Jutsu if the Clone participates in learning as well it will be learned quicker than if learned alone for example if purposed a Jutsu that would take 30 days to learn if I were to create a single clone to help learn it with me and dispel it at the end of each day and gather the minute bit of knowledge that it learned about the Judes to add to my own knowledge then I should in theory learn the Jutsu twice as fast so in 15 days I would have it learned the idea is similar to if I had 29 clones working on it alongside myself the end result should be by the time I have learned a Jutsu after dispelling all of my clones only a single day would have passed now expanding that theory a bit the act of meditation increases the reserves of chakra in a single person's body while meditating the chakra in a person's body crunches together creating more space which the body then fills with more chakra and when the meditation is done the crunched chakra expands out again as far as it can without pushing any chakra out of the body this is a difficult and long- winded process it takes a very clear mind and lots of dedication for one to being to notice the difference but by increasing your chakra Supply you also run the risk of straining the control you have over the chakra basically the more you meditate the more chakra you get and the more you get the less control over it you have so why can't meditation be used by clones as well well it actually can a single clone sitting off by itself meditating will gather chakra into its own body once dispersed the gathered chakra will return to the Creator expanding their own chakra supplies downside not all of the chakra from the Clone returns I deduce it would be a little less than half but it is a considerable amount and would easy replace the chakra lost while performing the Jutsu if the Clone meditated long enough then the question how to get more chakra without sacrificing the user's control came up the answer is simple also focus on chakra control methods such as tree and water walking there are multitudes of different forms of chakra control methods that one can be used that would be effective however you will need to do at least twice as much work on control than you will Gathering what that means is if I have two clones working on Gathering chakra I need to have at least for working on control in order to keep the amount of control I currently hold over my chakra Supply regardless of its growing size any more working on control and it will only improve what I already have if learned young enough this could be an effective way to train our jenin and get them to be more powerful Shinobi even before they take the chunin exams trials must be run but the theory is too new and if does prove to be as impressive as I believe it will be the trials must be done in secret I will have to practice with them myself before introducing it to anyone else that was it for that portion that writing is old definitely older than SAS and Naruto are alive but it seems like the fourth came back to this a little while later hence why it's still on the desk this writing while the same perfect lettering as far newer less worn than the rest a simple Jutsu and enough training time could bring a Shinobi's power to levels unexplored I myself have begun using this training and after a few years have come to see the fruits it's bore my body has never had so much chakra and I have never had such pinpoint accuracy and control over it I'm learning Jutsu in no time at all even Jutsu that go against my Elemental base are relatively easy to learn using this form of training I have set off into the world Gathering any and all Jutsu that I can but I must in secret careful of what I gather and who sees me do it I will leave this here at the top for you master when you see this I need you to give this to Lord Hokage or perhaps the next successor if if the third doesn't return to rain this is the most successful form of training in this Library we need to get this into circulation as quickly as possible I know much doesn't make sense Master but I need this training to be utilized we need to become strong stronger than we are now if you were reading this master that means that my worst fear has come true I was right and so was fugaku show no one but the third this there is people in the government that we can't trust I know you might not understand but all of the answers you need are within my house I have made the seal on the gate only resposive to you in kha and my chakra hopefully if all goes well my son will be able to use this training as well and then there is an intricate signature that looks like manado SAS and narut both share confused looks do you understand any of that Nar asks tilting his head at SAS the Uchiha air takes the piece of paper and reads over it again nodding slowly yeah I think I do he turns the paper over and his eyes widen even more written on the back is the Jutsu formula for the shadow clone Jutsu and a list of different methods of chakra control at the bottom of the paper just under the shadow clone Jutsu formula hey sake do you think we can learn this Jutsu Naruto asks looking at the paper giving a strained look I'm not sure I understand how to do it SAS lays the paper down yeah we can learn it maybe not yet I only know one Jutsu and it's one my my dad SAS almost chokes on the word but immediately moves on trying to quench the anxiety and sadness stirring in the pit of his gut my dad taught it to me I didn't see the writing form of it though we have to find someone who has Naruto's eyebrows pull together an adult SAS and Naruto both stare at each other not knowing any other option an adult would be the likely choice they are sure to be able to understand all of the signs on the paper but what if they start asking questions what are they going to say they have to think of something else then no adults sake shakes his head slowly shoulders drooping no I guess not narut blinks a few times before looking into sake's eyes quizzically you said that your dad taught you a Jutsu right yeah why why did he teach you that SAS raises an eyebrow at that Crossing his arms over his chest being mindful of the paper still in his hand what do you mean why he taught it to me because I asked him to Naruto deflates a bit Oh I thought that if it was like an U family Jutsu thing that there would uh I guess that doesn't make any sense Naruto rubs the back of his neck uh sorry the Uchi air blinks a few times using his right hand to cup his chin and thought thinking over the blond's words before his face lights up Naruto you're a genius we do need help but we don't need to go to adults to do it we have other people we can go to Nar perks up at that really we do who SAS grins other Clan children a single yellow eyebrow Rises what do you mean Naruto there is no Jutsu that I know of in the ucha clan that passes on Through the Ages but there are other clans that do that such as the inuzuka and the Nara if we can get either kba or Shikamaru to help us we'd be golden SAS says throwing his hands up in the air this is the most fun he's had since before the problems started arising in his clan narut brightens even more he jumps up into the air excited no way let's do it who should we ask it has to be someone we can trust sake says thinking strategically the last thing we want to do is show this to someone who will turn around and tell their parents about it narut nods so what should we do hang out with them see who we can trust sake nods to himself how does that sound narut grins large enough to split his face in half almost awesome that sounds awesome letun get started immediately the blackeyed boy grins back nodding once assuredly yep let's to it with that the two boys run out leaving the piece of paper behind SAS pauses at the last second by the stairs leading out of the cellar to turn the light off before continuing after the blonde they don't spare a Second Glance to the house as they run to the gate open it step out and leave closing the gate behind them the two boys run toward the main street in the village they keep close and people have to dodge out of their way to the academy playground Nar calls up to sake the blue-haired boy nods he Alters his course to head to the playground with narut at his heels when they get there only a few kids are there a pink-haired girl and a blond-haired girl sitting on the bench on the far side of the playground Choi kba and Shikamaru play around on the swings another boy and girl hanging upside down on the spider web you are so lazy Shikamaru kba says letting his feet drag across the dirt while he swings the young sherker shrugs he tilts his head back to look up at the clouds it's getting late soon heun have to go home or the insatable woman will send his father to come out looking for him like anyone in their right mind would want someone like him so what if I am kba rolls his eyes are you going to do the homework aruka Sensei assigned Shikamaru gives him a dry look do you even know me Choi sits in front of them eating chips from a bag he looks at them stoically more concerned with eating than anything else Shikamaru and kba both look at shoi with mixed looks of disgust they look back at each other why is he here keba asks eyes darting toward shoi trying to be discreet Shikamaru shakes his head rubbing the back of his neck he leans close so he's not so easily heard my old man and his are friends they want us to be friends too so my dad is making me hang out with him Shikamaru shrugs oh well he's quiets I barely realize he's there what luck narut says in a mixture of excitement and wonder SAS nods yeah but we have to be cool about it so Follow My Lead narut looks at SAS indignant I'm cool sake rolls his eyes sure you are come on the two boys approach the trio slowly kba and Shikamaru get quiet when they draw near and Choi looks over at them as they draw near sake and Naruto stop in front of the trio you guys mind if we hang out with you SAS asks kba raises an eyebrow the Highborn and Noble luch in the village vagrant want to hang out with us hey Nar says annoyed and Ed sake rolls his eyes you don't have to be a jerk about it keba the easiest answer would have just been no kba purses his lips digging the toe of his right shoe into the ground sorry I was just a little surprised as all you guys seriously want to hang with us I mean we aren't doing anything interesting he shrugs gripping The Links of the chains well we actually could do something interesting if you wanted he leans forward with a cunning smile on his face hake shifts slightly uncomfortable Shikamaru rolls his eyes but narut on the other hand looks interested yeah what do you have in mind let's play a prank on aruka Sensei tomorrow Shikamaru grins giving kba a sideways glance what were you thinking keba stops swinging to cup his chin in thought um flower all four boys turn to look at Chi he lowers the chips and stares at kba for a moment then to narut then Shikamaru flow narut and kba both Echo flour we make a slingshot Joi says and fill it with flour get aruka Sensei when he's doing roll call in the morning sake blinks rapidly oh no perfect Naro says oh no SAS says again keba grins down at shoi revealing two rows of sharper than human teeth at least his canines are larger than normal humans you are brilliant Choi the Young akamichi looks a little shocked at first but then he smiles a little thanks should we make plans oh no SAS exasperates Shikamaru who was looking at sake laughs a little before grinning at Naruto kba and Choi yeah I think we should man I can see we are going to have some trouble-filled times with one another he Huffs out another laugh this is going to be interesting oh no SAS says blandly slow blinking once Nar looks at him grinning the next morning all five boys sit up front SAS being the most reluctant of all of them he fidgets every couple of seconds Nar keeps nudging him and telling him to stop moving so nervously you are going to give us away Nar says sorry SAS grumbles I don't want to do this besides this is not what I had in mind when I said we need to make friends with them Nar laughs I think this is the perfect idea to build our friendship I seriously couldn't have planned this entire thing out any better myself this is perfect Shish he's coming the five boys stare straight forward when aruka Sensei walks in clipboard in hand he pauses halfway to his desk looking at Naruto blinking rapidly shock evident on his face narut he says you're here I thought I would have to go out chasing you around the village again today SAS glares at the blonde who laughs sheepishly NOP Sensei I'm here for how long I wonder Shikamaru mumbles under his breath Choi nudges him Shish Shikamaru the brown-haired boy shrugs but watches curiously not wanting to miss this aruka eyes the blonde for a moment then the four boys next to him suspiciously keba in the middle holds his hands tightly under the desk blinking at him innocently aruka Narrows his eyes and stop in front of his desk and begins roll call keba grabs two ends of rubber band and lays it on the the desk in front of him Shikamaru grabs one side and Naruto grabs the other both pinch the ends down onto the desk and kba pulls it tot he reveals a water balloon filled with watery flower that was sitting on his lap and sets it to launch aruka with his eyes staring down at the clipboard calling out the names of the children and them calling out here or present doesn't notice what's happening right in front of him here goes nothing kba says lowly oh no SAS says eyes WI he wants to cover them but his hands won't move narut grins mischievous kba in auka kba laughs I'm here Sensei and he releases the balloon it hits aruka in the chest splattering all over him some drops paint the front is his desk and on the black board behind him aruka recoils slightly from the hit he quickly regains his balance and lowers the clipboard to see what happened immediate following a 3se second Dead Silence the class erupts into either laugh or gasps only a few like sake stare with their eyes wide and their mouths drop after a brief moment though sake doubles over laughing just like Naruto in the rest of their band of no good doers aruka looks at himself then finds the source of the assault a cackling keba and his friends still holding the rubber band confusion melts into anger as his face turns red and the vein in his forehead begins to throb you little BRS wait until I get my hands on you aruka snaps making a leap toward them all five boys scramble jumping out of the way Shikamaru is the first that makes it to the window throwing it open yelling freedom and then leaping out Choi who was closest to him is the next to follow with keba being the primary focus of ARA's wrath narut and sasak quickly make a break for the window first Naruto then sake both laughing uncontrollably they spot Shikamaru and shoi running off the school grounds and make to follow them get back here kba aruka snarls somewhere behind narut and sake keba laughs out loud sorry Sensei got to catch me to kill me after a few minutes of running all five boys find themselves huddled up in a semicircle most doubled over and breathing heavily they all grow quiet when someone runs by the entrance but doesn't stop they all wait a heartbeat before looking around at each other grins work their way across all of their faces and soon the laughter comes my dad is going to kick my ass Shikamaru laughs through his panting shaking his head your dad isn't going to do Shikamaru keba Chuckles Hannah's going to Flame me when she hears I'm glad mom's out again or she'd do worse Cho G the only one sitting down I've always wanted to do something like that I just never had the gall to do it before that was awesome Naruto laughs especially loud thinking back to the way that vain bulged out of ARA's neck that will be a fond memory for years to come that really was awesome and definitely something we have to repeat SAS still grinning shakes his head oh man I knew this was going to be a mistake you didn't have to come iiha Shikamaru says finally catching his breath he had no way of knowing you would be involved are you Cho G but both of you morons ran and now he knows SAS blinks a few times thinking about it his palm flies to his forehead with a loud slap he drops his hand as a red mark appears perfectly Center between his bangs damn it too late now Joi shrugs grinning Nar looks over at sake with bright eyes the blue-haired boy stares back for a long moment before nodding if these three kept this up they'd be perfect two months pass Naruto and sake spend all of their free time with Shikamaru Choi and kba the band of boys are rarely seen without each other running around the village causing trouble the five of them got reprimanded pretty bad by aruka and the Hokage and all the other teachers in the school and every single parent kba's sister the list goes on and on but it stopped being something to be ashamed over and became something they bonded over occasionally causing Mischief but per sas's request they settle down a little SAS and nuto go back to the yandi estate just to play around getting a feel for the land but they haven't gone back into the house they spend a lot of time playing around and having fun yes they originally sought out Shikamaru Choi and kba in order to use them to further their training but they are actually forming powerful bonds these boys are their friends and they are friends with each other keba and Shikamaru who were borderlining friends before Naruto and sasak got involved have only become closer Choi is still the awkward man out when it's in groups of twos but him and Shikamaru try to be friends for their parents sake it's so going and the two are very different but at least they are making the effort keba add Choi Bond over their next big prank Choi is really a smart pranker and kba can respect that and even enjoys it it's one of the things that pulls those two and Naruto together Shikamaru and SAS occasionally share their annoyances with the girls in their class and Naruto and sake they are almost Inseparable they may not be solid friends in groups of two but alt together they get along perfectly do you think they are ready narut asks SAS on their way to the academy SAS considers rolling his shoulders back he slept weird last night he was actually waiting for narut to ask because he too had begun to wonder if perhaps they were ready there was really only one way to know for sure to show them letun hope so SAS says softly he looks over and smiles faintly at Naruto tonight narut nods tonight he sounds more assured than sake which was good one of them had to be sure when they get to the academy Shikamaru is the only one of their bands of buddies that's there he's got his head down on the desk ignoring the sounds of the other students around him their talking and joking and laughing is all just background noise that he either ignores of lets it sooth him to sleep either way the spiky-haired boy is fast asleep when they get to him shika not get enough sleep last night Naro asks sitting between sake and the sherker at first Shikamaru doesn't move Naruto wonders if perhaps the boy with the pineapple shaped head is asleep even more often than not the boy is always asleep or drowsy narut reaches out to touch the silent boy opening his mouth to ask again when the brown-haired boy slowly raises his head eyes squinted in the brightly lit room he blinks a few times slowly looking around as if dazed before his eyes finally adjust he yawns loudly eyes watering slightly he looks over at narut and SAS with half lited eyes what narut raises an eyebrow you okay did you not get enough sleep last night Shikamaru yawns again lowering his head down onto his folded arms face turned toward them not really I played a long game of Go with my old man he totally kicked my ass he wouldn't let me go to bed until I put up a real fight man he's so Troublesome why can't he be a normal dad and literally not give any less of a he pounds his head head against the desk and groans for a long moment before abruptly stopping and turning his head slightly to look at them from the corner of his eye sorry guys forget I said anything narut waves it away having not had a father at all it doesn't bother him too much anymore but SAS just shrugs acting like there isn't a Pang of hurt in his chest and he's thankful that neither boy point out the sadness that flashes through his endless black eyes it's there a moment then it's gone sake clears his throat and turns back to Shikamaru determined to not let this possibly Monumental day get ruined Shikamaru sake says a touch of stiffness to his voice he pauses to regain his composure I was actually wondering if you were busy today after school the sherker shakes his head eyes slipping closed no I'm never busy are we doing something after school Cho G asks sliding into the seat next to brown-haired boy he looks over shikamaru's spiky hair to Naruto and sake the blonde nods briskly yeah would you like to come along the larger boy Smiles lightly red coloring his cheeks definitely right after school yep Naruto says keba is the last to walk in Whistling tesslyn plops down leaning back on the bench his strangely feline eyes drag over to the blue-haired boy next to him what's up don't tell him SAS Shikamaru jokes pressing his forehead against his arms hiding his smile keba jerks upward looking over the two boys heads between them with a raised eyebrow bite me Shikamaru seriously SAS no we don't want to involve dog boy with our fun he'll just lift his leg and piss all over it Shikamaru laughs quietly shoulders shaking kba's lip curls at the boy taking the bait go to hell Shikamaru who even said they wanted your lazy ass to go along kba snaps Shikamaru lifts his head to grin at his friend kba stares at him annoyed for a long moment before a cool smile crosses his face too you are such an ass now what are we doing sake rolls his eyes at the two and looks at kba we narut and I we want to show you guys something after school something you have to keep secret do you guys think you can keep the secret eyebrow raised kba nods Shikamaru mumbles something along the lines of yeah why not Ando makes a positive noise sake and Naruto both share long looks to be honest that's all they can ask for from simple-minded boys well SAS and Naruto are no better but at least they understand why this has to be kept a secret if people find out that Naruto and SAS somehow managed to get into the fourth's estate they would probably lose their minds with that decided the group of boys had one of their good days where all of them obeyed aruka Sensei and for the most part paid attention during the lesson they had lunch together and got back to class right before the final Bell throughout the entire day all SAS could focus on was how exactly he and Naruto were going to explain what happened like how they got into the estate for instance which they themselves didn't know for certain how they got in either some kind of freak accident perhaps but that's the thing they have no way of knowing for certain everything they've learned is merely through speculation sake has even given thought to the cryptic end of The Shadow clone train Theory written by the fourth the beginning was formal definitely written to explain the cold hard facts and theories and all that SAS could tell but by the end of it after the time had passed it almost sounded like a diary entry the fourth spoke of a master and how he wanted this to get to the third normally SAS would probably be more than willing to oblige but then they would have to explain how they got it and may even be forbidden from using this power if it can truly increase their skills like the fourth predicted do everything he said it could it would be invaluable while trying to gain enough strength to kill that man the monster that he used to call brother but no matter how hesitant he is about going to the Hokage about all of this there is one thing that sticks with sake undoubtedly something that SAS can't bring himself to shake he said in that letter that his greatest fear has come true he has to be referring to his own death but if he is then that means that he somehow predicted it and that also means that having both the knowledge of his possible death and this Advanced Training to back himself up how did he die how could the nine Tales kill him is the power of a demon really that impressive SAS shakes at the thought not sure if he really wants to Traverse in that world of unknowns any more than he already has he closes his eyes and slouches in his seat willing the thoughts to disappear he didn't even notice the blue eyes of his best friend staring at him silently come on it's not much further Naro says walking toward the fourth's estate s and the other boys trailing behind them the boys excluding the young Avenger make noises of affirmation that they heard him when the building comes into view Naruto and sake stop turning to the three boys naturally Shikamaru and kba have their heads together planning out their next prank or more accurately kba is blabbing ideas out loud Shikamaru is just nodding occasionally are shooting down ideas Choi still a bit of a loner stands beside Shikamaru quietly sometimes throwing in his own two cents but mostly lets them talk and settles for listening the three boys stop to stare at the blonde and raven-haired boys shikamaru's lazy gaze slides around the barren Street taking in the lack of care overgrown weeds and foliage trying to take back the road the lack of obnoxiously loud sound that comes with living in a big Lively Village like konaha his eyes settle back on the two before him this is the perfect place to murder someone it doesn't appear to be reversed in a long time he says drolly kba gives him a weird look shut the hell up Shikamaru just saying narut raises an eyebrow before shrugging it off is unimportant we have to show you guys something but you can't tell anyone sasak interjects narut nods toward the last of the uch yeah sasak is right no telling like anyone not your parents siblings dogs he says leveling his gaze to the young inuzuka kba flips him the finger we're serious we could get into huge trouble for doing this sake says glaring at the offending appendage that gets all their undivided attention even Shikamaru being a trickster at heart he tilts his head slightly to the side eyes widening a little the only real indications that heun listening you have to promise US Naruto continues you have to promise not to breath a word or we will kill you kba drops his hand and raises an eye brow Cho shifts a little next to the sherker seemingly uncomfortable with the unusually serious tone coming from the normally hyperactive blond-haired ninja depends on what you have to show us Shikamaru says simply shika Naruto says slowly I'm serious Shikamaru says tone flat so long as it doesn't hurt anyone I don't care enough to tell but if it does there is nothing that you can say that would stop me Naro hesitates looking at his best friend with a quizzical look SAS studies the sherker the two lock eyes and stare blankly at one another a few moments of Silence SAS blinks slowly what we want to show you isn't illegal SAS says slowly at least I don't think so just frowned upon and kind of impossible if the rumors are true what do you mean CH G asks finally speaking after having been quiet for a while now Nar Smiles nervously eyeing Shikamaru flinching slightly at the narrow-eyed boy SAS and I uh kind of snuck into the fourth hokage's house the three boys just stared at the duo in shock at first none of them know what to say each study the two like they are trying to see if they are joking or not it's keba that's the first to speak what he yells shrilly do you have any idea how dead you are just from playing around there alone don't get me started on actually stepping onto the yard that's trespassing Naruto snorted a little still nervous but bringing his gaze to the messy brunette come on keba you aren't exactly an angel yourself keba gives him a dry look arms crossing over his chest yeah I play pranks on poor bastards that probably don't deserve it but that'll only get my ass handed to me by my Sensei and Mom this is U territory they will literally snap your neck just for thinking about kicking litter anywhere near the Hokage Tower imagine what they would do to you if they heard that you were trespassing on the fourth land seriously Cho says and not just that but my dad said that the seal the fourth put up on the gate is impossible to Break by anyone here in the village only man he knows that would be able to break it would be the fourth Sensei narut rubs the back of his head I know but it's just cool Shikamaru says stuffing his hands into his pockets a lazy smile spreading across his face letun check it out huh Shikamaru kba said gabbing his friend's elbow you aren't serious about this are you Shikamaru gives him a level look sure I am it's not every day someone can see inside the house of a legend and besides my old man told me that they basically gave up on this place choi's right no one here is strong enough to get pass as the defenses the fourth put up and bu come near here so we should be good but kba says blinking rapidly trying to find an excuse what about the Ambu he asks feebly Shikamaru considers for a moment before looking at sasak and Naruto with d eyes are you serious ambus Sama this this is the fourth's estate no way that's crazy I got to go tell my dad he stares at them for a long moment before his usual bored look falls back into place at least that's my plan should we get caught Naruto and SAS grin at each other and then to the sherker kba Sigh letting his hand drop you are hopeless what about you Cho you think this is insane right when the brown-haired boy turns to look over at the largest of all the boys his face turns Bland at his sheepish look actually keba I would love to see the inside of a Manor keba sigh okay fine I'm in but if we get caught I'm blaming you guys Naro can barely contain his Giggles sweet let go SAS opens his mouth probably to further question the Nara but decides it's not worth it they have already spilled the secret now they have to hope that the three boys won't reveal it the group of five make their way toward the familiar old iron gates like every time they've come here Naruto opens the gate the last time SAS tried he couldn't do it for some reason Naruto is the only one who can the three newbies in club sneak into the fourth's house look around in awe SAS and Naruto stand by the gate after the ladder closed it and watched as the three others walk around taking in the area Shikamaru stops by the oak tree touching the engraving for a moment before walking off they walk around taking in the wide open space in the house itself keba lowers to his hunches arms dangling between his legs he looks around the wide field enjoying the wide space this is definitely a big enough yard for wait why are they here as this going to be like a secret Clubhouse a training yard they just started school they don't know much about training given Hannah has been showing keba the utmost basics of their fighting style but he can't get too in depth because he doesn't have a partner yet what are we going to do here Naruto sake he calls over his shoulder to the two Still Standing idle by the gate his eyes roaming along the wide Lake suddenly conscious of the heat beating down on the back of his neck we want to use this place to train in secret Naro calls back walking toward the crouching boy why Cho asks reaching into his backpack to get out another bag of chips SAS steps next to him we want to get stronger and this isn't exactly illegal but it's not legal either I don't think Shikamaru steps up next to the Avenger hands still stuffed in his pockets it's kind of a legal gray area isn't it SAS smirks at him rolling his eyes yeah whatever come on we have to show you something we need someone's help reading Jutsu formula neither Naruto nor myself know how Choi shoves a handful of chips into his mouth shrugging I don't know how to read Jutsu formula sorry neither do I kba says walking with narut toward them the group creates a circle sake and Naruto both sigh before the blonde turns his head over to the last boy in the group shika the Nara shrugs I can read basic Jutsu formula but I'm no expert on it I've only read two or three what do you need read narut runs into the cellar no longer Afraid of the Dark although he did move faster than any of them have ever seen him move and is back in record time with a shadow clone training sheet Shikamaru reads out loud the entire slip of paper stopping a few times to think about what was written before continuing on after he's done he takes a couple of minutes to think about it okay we can do this but there is a few bumps we have to get over first narut wines eyebrows pulled together what first does anyone here know how to water or tree walk no one Shikamaru Waits a moment when all of the boys stare at him blankly there's that and then there's the fact that we may not be able to perform the Jutsu without killing ourselves we need to have someone who can read chakra levels to tell us if we have enough chakra to even do the Jutsu sasak and Naruto both groan what now they say together Shikamaru lowers the paper and Taps his chin in thought well we would need to have someone to tell us if we can do this Jutsu with the amount of chakra that we currently have who would we be able to ask to show us that who isn't an adult Choi asks my sister kba says slowly eyes widening my sister may be able to at least teach us the tree walking exercise I've seen her use it while teaching the rest of the pack as for the chakra thing I'm not sure she would be able to tell us anything without asking what Jutsu we want to perform I can convince her that we just want a head start on on training but that last part she won't buy Shikamaru nods okay well that's one but there is one last thing we can try or at least one last person we could talk to you know see if we can get their help for the chakra thing sake asks skeptically who's not an adult Shikamaru nods eyes raising upward to the sky the clouds float by peacefully after a few moments of no one saying anything SAS asks and that is Shikamaru lowers his little eyes to sasak leveling him with a look hanada hyuga ha hanada slowly turns at the sound of her name jumping slightly at the sight of five boys quickly making their way over to her she looks around wondering if there was a chance they could have been mislead perhaps it wasn't really her that they were looking for yeah you SAS calls having been the one to yell her name in the crowded streets people move out of the way of the group of boys as they draw closer her entire demeanor changes her knees pull together her spine scrunched up shoulders curl inward her hands raised to her chest both of her pointer fingers poke without Rhythm her nervous habit coming out again her eyebrow pulls together and her chin Falls to her chest a blush covering her face especially when the blond-haired boy she has been anxiously watching for years now is part of the group W what can I do for you hanada asks once they get close enough to hear her SAS steps close to the purple-haired girl and lowers his voice so no one can ease drop on them we need your help hanata can we can we talk in private hanad looks at the other four boys unable to fight her curiosity she nods silently and follows them toward the academy none of them say anything more until they get to the far end of the playground far away from the entrance and away from the school they create a circle and all eyes turn to the purple-haired girl her posture switches back to earlier closing herself up making herself look smaller hanata is there any way you can determine if we can perform a Jutsu with the amount of chakra that we have Shikamaru asks the white-eyed girl blinks rapidly a few times tilting her head maybe but what Jutsu are we T talking about sake and Nar share a look Nar purses his lips trying to decide what to do finally he leans closer to the soft spoken girl and asks can we trust you hanata with a secret I mean the girl blushes deeply at being directly spoken to by her Crush U youu up y yes NN Naruto her fingers poke together faster than before eyes occasionally darting up to see all five boys staring at her her head drops a little bit more We snuck into the fourth hokage's house Naruto says we want to try out a new Training Method that we found in the hokage's house but in order to do that we need to learn the the shadow clone Jutsu hanata stares at him for a few minutes before nodding slowly oh oh okay I I'll help kba sigh come on hanata this is impor ha did you say yes kba asks blinking rapidly Choi and Shikamaru both share surprised looks narut glows a smile nearly splitting his face in half he steps forward and pulls the girl into a tight hug not even noticing the young girl stiffens in his arms you rock hanata okay what do we have to do next hanata wraps her arms around herself blushing furiously you um there is a problem no narut yells falling onto his back covering his eyes with his hands sake rolls his eyes at the blond's behavior and steps to the side closing him off from the circle what do you need to do this hanata she avoids eye contact taking a moment to consider she shifts her weight from one leg to the other a few times before finally saying I've never seen the Shish Shadow clone Jutsu and you can't tell us if we have enough chakra if you've never see the Jutsu in use Shikamaru supplies sighing loudly he runs a hand over the back of his neck turning away too great now what the other three boys deflate their shoulders slumping and they shift uncomfortably no one knowing how to answer the sherker question hanata blinks a few times looking around at all of the distressed boys each of them looking around as if trying to find some sort of of answer floating around their heads except Naruto who is still laying on the dirt with his eyes covered by his hands groaning loudly um I might have an idea hanata says softly what the hell all of this for nothing S size running a hand through his hair Naruto lets out an unintelligent wailing noise um I have hanata starts again maybe we can tell my sister kba says shrugging he digs his toe in to the dirt there's a chance shek be willing to help and not tell your mom Shikamaru asks dry um hanata holds up a hand hoping to get their attention keba glares at him hey at least I'm coming up with ideas here no need to get pissy with me Shikamaru drops down to his hunches glaring up at the sky he mumbles something incoherent under his breath for a few moments before saying louder and I was just starting to get interested in this entire thing too what a drag Naruto drops his hands beside his head and glares up at the sherker shut up Shikamaru SAS and I have put a lot more time in this than you guys this is a complete let down we built our futures on this damn it Naruto closes his eyes letting out a long drawn out breath he weakly slams his fist into the dirt before all of the tension leaves his body I have an idea hanata shouts her voice bouncing off the walls and echoing into the sky die all of the boys jump at her squeaky high-pitched voice Shikamaru Falls over onto his butt staring up at her wide eyed hanata clears her throat surprised herself by her own actions she Ducks her head down and pulls her shoulders in more wishing to vanish right where she stands she looks around like a deer in the headlights Naruto sides to a sit and stares at her with wide eyes sake rubs the back of his neck and turns toward hanata Shikamaru Squints up at the purple girl well keba says eyebrows hiding behind his bangs are you going to tell us what this idea is keba Choi says be nice she doesn't have to help us now hanada he says turning to hanada what's your idea hanada fidgets a little um well if I saw as someone who kayen knew the Jutsu perform it a few times I would probably be able to give you th the answer you seek we know Shikamaru draws we need someone who can perform this Jutsu who isn't an adult a pause unless you know someone who is an adult that wouldn't mind showing you this Jutsu hanada shakes her head slightly and noi know someone who has a Jutsu similar to The Shadow clone a pregnant silence finally Naruto says who she needs at the Hem of her black shirt um the bug clone Jutsu bug clone Choi Echoes blinking you mean Shikamaru says leaning a bit closer hanata nods Sho abam and you want me to show you a technique of the abame family how unwise would I be to have to say yes Shino says looking amongst the five boys and one girl they all stare at him standing on the doorstep to his family household they all stare at him Breathing heavily having run all the way there from the academy playground please Sho narut begs we've been running along all day what can we do to convince you the light reflects from his black shades what do you assume I would want the group of six all look at each other trying to silently communicate the fact that they have no idea what the bug boy would want and it rings out loud and clear Sho size his hands twitching at his side do SAS starts then he hesitates giving narut a blatant I don't know what else to do look do you want to join us in our training Naruto shrugs now looking too down trotted to even think of complaining Sho stares his emotions hidden from his face the light glints from his Shades you assume training is my desire SAS looks around at the other faces eyes narrow uh I guess not he gives Shikamaru a look the boy with the ponytail shrugs hanata steps forward smiling softly H how about friendship you always SSS sit alone perhaps company more often her smile drops and her face Falls shoulders pulling together even more I I mean oh only if you www want her face flushes from embarrassment s sorry yes sheo says that is what I would want hanata smiles again blush receding a bit oh oh I would be happy to B be your friend sheo nods very well then I will help you kba looks between them confused you wanted a friend Sho looks at him and for some reason kba's skin crawls he tenses is there anything wrong with that inuzuka keba raises his hands up and waves them around wildly no no nothing is wrong with that Shikamaru rolls his eyes sake and Naruto high five this is it now they can begin the preparations soon soon they will be training and getting stronger they will have all the elements they need to begin training and they even made some friends along the way Itachi shha may not have needed powerful allies to help him out but sasak may be able to use this to his advantage that's it thank you Shino hanata says her Bakugan fading away the bulging veins relaxing and disappearing beneath her flesh once more she blinks a few times trying to clear her vision a bit the bug clone of Shino disperses into a mist of bugs all flying around erratically for a moment before going back to Shino once the two new members of this strange band of boys now with one girl got over their shock at being in the fourth's house and began working at once now more eager than before to get started Shino performed the bug clone Jutsu five times before hanata finally declared that she probably has enough information for the other boys to use she sits aside for a few minutes thinking deeply on everything she has learned Shino now a little breathless and nearly completely drained of chakra moves to sit under the large oak tree to rest the other boys sit around biting their time waiting for the purple-haired girl to finish with her thoughts narut turns to look at Shikamaru the ladder staring up at the clouds solemnly almost peacefully hey Shikamaru do you really think this hanata girl can really help us probably who knows Shikamaru says staring blankly who knows Naruto Echoes indignant what does that mean you lazy bum how can you say that after putting us through all of this Shikamaru twists his finger around in his ear holy crap Naruto why did your parents make you with a volume button you are so loud can't you just quiet down for a minute you're unbearably loud you are such a Troublesome person shut up and wait he looks over at the small girl's back eyes narrowed slightly scanning the white-eyed girl with a critical eye the power of a dojutsu isn't something to be easily trifled with his eyes slide over to the only other dojutsu user in their little band of merry men sas's back stiffens his mind filled with a blackened out Shadow with a pair of glowing sharing and red eyes he shakes his head briskly trying to dislodge the memory from the Forefront of his brain not liking the horrible burning hatred coiling in his gut that feeling is scary something he's never felt before the massacre something he's not sure he likes to feel s's hands curled tightly into fists his knuckles turning white from The Strain lips pressed together tightly narut reaches out silently not at all liking when sake gets this way and touches the Young Avengers shoulder he watches mutely as the boy's tense shoulders relax under his grip and his hands fall slack a slight pain from holding his hands in one position so roughly the dark-haired boy Smiles tiredly at the blonde narut smiles weakly back no words need to pass between them I am sorry for the WW weight hanata says walking toward them her shoulder hunched together and her knees pressed together her fingers interlace and she smiles lightly I think I've gotten all the information I need Nar has a copious amount of chakra more than hanata ever thought was possible especially for a boy as small as Nar but his control over such chakra is very poor in fact he would use almost twice as much chakra to do a simple Jutsu so by hana's belief Naruto should be able to create 15 clones at once SAS on the other hand has significantly less chakra than Naruto but has far better chakra control not only that but sake already disclosed knowing a higher ranked firestyle technique which also means that he's capable of using higher level techniques by hana's estimations sasek should be able to make up to seven clones altogether Shikamaru has even less chakra than sasak but better chakra control he's able to make about three clones Choi has a large amount of chakra not as much as Naruto but a far greater amount than Shikamaru and sake his chakra control is about average which would make him about 11 clones kba has an average amount of chakra more than Shikamaru but less than sake and has decent amount of chakra control he'd be able to make about five clones Shino has more chakra than sasak and a little bit better chakra control he like sasak also has more powerful Jutsu in his Arsenal plus he's also able to use a different but similar Jutsu of the Clone nature bug clone he's able to make about nine clones hanata has about the same amount of chakra as kba but excellent chakra control having been honing her chakra control since she was young helps her out immensely by allowing her to create nine clones too after that was figured out the group made their way to kba's house to talk to his sister keba managed to convince her that he and his friends were having playful competition to see who could learn tree walking the fastest it was simple enough for Hannah to believe she's a jenin that just herself learned how to tree walk from her Sensei and didn't mind teaching it to her baby brother and his friends she was a kind and thorough teacher she explained it in ways even the less intellectually brilliant like Naruto within 2 days hanata Shino and Shikamaru had it down easily the day that followed sasak and kba got it and then the next day Choi and Naruto got it she stayed close to all of them helping each of them equally maybe with the exception of her baby brother she watches him extra close giving him a little bit more of an extra push early the morning Naruto and Choi finally got it down which was Monday the kids went to school hanata and Shino met up outside the school coincidentally walking into school the same time the two of them stared at each other for a moment neither knowing what to say at first they had agreed to be friends but now in a school setting it's just weird finally hanata Smiles lightly head lowered timidly would you sit with me in class today she asked Softly She nods sure and then they went inside side by side and when they get to the classroom the other five boys are sitting around waiting for them they are laughing and joking nudging each other and keba has that glint in his eye the same glint that he's had every time he's got something conniving up his sleeve narut spots them at the door and waves them over inviting them to sit with them hanata Smiles lightly at Shino shrugging slightly do you want to she asks he turns his head toward her but it he is really looking at her she can't tell why do you ask B because we're friends hanada says isn't that what friends do for a long moment hanata and Shino both stare at each other neither knowing what to say Naruto calls out to them telling them to hurry and both realize that neither have much if any experience with dealing with people and they don't know the proper etiquette when dealing with them but both understand enough about people to know that it will come with time so they make their way over to the group of boys ignoring the gazes of the other classmates and sit near them kba and Choi exchange a few words before the inuzuka turns to the two of them grinning watch Shuka Sensei closely he says and so confused the two do they watch aruka walk in give his good morning speech go through attendance and as he drew closer to his seat the messy brown-haired delinquent and Naruto can hardly contain their laughter if the trembling shoulders are anything to go by and when aruka sits they both immediately know why as quickly as he sits he flies up out of his chair with a Yelp of pain and butt full of tax Sho grimaces and Han's jaw drops Hannah chewed keba out good after school and almost threatened to lock him up for the rest of the school year but he batted puppy dog eyes and she let him off the hook with a stiff two-month grounding that keba was quick to assure them that Hannah wasn't going to keep them up with it for long Hannah snorted turned to Naruto and shoi and told them to keep going thanks for the help Hannah Shino says bowing respect respectfully mentally pulling back into the present Hannah laughs her Anger from earlier seemingly forgotten left had descending onto one of the Three haaru Brothers heads he leans into her touch ears lowering at the affectionate attention he's given she reaches out with her other hand and pets the boy's hair down a bit you're very welcome sheo you kids have fun you he all the kids bow respectfully except keba saying in unison yes ma'am later sis keba calls running off back toward the village with his friends in on his heels Shino looks back tipping his head slightly to the older girl before following after the others again Hannah watches them go for a moment before blinking rapidly and holding a hand out for her baby brother wait kba you're grounded kba waves frantically still running off love you sis I'll be home soon Hannah considers running after him telling him that he doesn't have a choice in the matter that when their mother was away she was in charge but then then she just smiled to herself and shook her head keba was still young and prone to bad behavior and besides that this is the first time he's really shown interest in the Ninja profession besides she'll have plenty of time to punish him when he's not bonding so well with his new friends kba has always interacting with Shikamaru they were kind of friends but that was only occasionally but now now he's spending day in and day out with these boys Naruto Uzumaki Shikamaru Nara Choi akamichi and now Shino abame and hanada hyuga such a strange group of people all becoming friends oh well this is the happiest Hannah has seen keba in a long time she won't mind going a little easy on him just this once she doesn't mind being a little bit of a pushover if only just for keba and only keba letun hurry Naro calls to secret hideout lame Shikamaru calls Naruto lets the small group into the fourth State and they get right to work Shikamaru gets the Jutsu formula and beings explaining how to perform it he had been doing a bit of side research these last new days in his father's study there have been multiple different books on oneand sealed Jutsu formulas and was able to deduce which two hand seals are mixed together to create the hand seal needed for the shadow clone Jutsu which took a little bit longer than Shikamaru would have liked considering the fact that he hanata and Shino had to train the rest of the chakra flow that comes with utilizing hand sign sake knew a few the ones that make up the fireball Jutsu but that was it Shikamaru didn't want to later deal with them not know all of the hands seals so it's best to get them out of the way although the detour didn't take long a few hours at the most just to ingrain the hand seals and the chakra flow to memory and then they began to learn the Jutsu it was a little harder to learn and with having to go home early in order to get decent sleep for school the next day it was hard Naruto was the first to get this Jutsu down and he surprised hanata by being able to summon 17 clones it leaves him winded and low on chakra but definitely impressive hanada may not have the most powerful Bakugan of her hyuga brothers and sisters but it's not easy to fool a Bakugan regardless of who wields it she's right about the rest of them though once they all get the Jutsu down they begin training it's Thursday almost 3 days after beginning to learn the Jutsu that they all get it down they switch off between meditating and walking on trees this becomes routine after school they would come to the fourth's estate until they designated curfews and then all of them would run on home and go to bed only to get up early the next morning and meet up outside of the fourth's estate set some clones aside to meditate and then make their way to school together every once in a while they will deviate from the routine go and eat out or spend some time playing in the park or just sitting around talking it became common to see them together hanata has been pulled aside more often than not by her family with the Stern stay away from that boy and after a while once hanata began to realize who they were referring to she began to ask which boy and when they could come out and directly say who she would smile coily and run off to find her friends hanata the clear-eyed hyuga turns around to see a bunch of girls standing behind her as she prepares to leave the school one day earlier kba Naruto and Choi got into trouble and were chased off by aruka again sasak and Shikamaru were smart enough to claim innocence on the entire thing and were just pulled aside after school Shino is out looking for the three runways telling hanata to head to the secret hideout after school with sasak and Shikamaru when they get out of interrogation room now hanada just stares wide eyed at the opposing mass of girls why yes she looks between all of the narrowed eyed scrunched up faces we've been watching you for the last 3 months always hanging around SAS one of the girls says he's not interested in girls like you truthfully that was completely fine with hanata she wasn't interested in sake like that either in fact it worked in her favor for him to not be interested in her because he's not the one she's after her Crush has always fallen onto the shoulders of someone a little more Brash a little less popular someone for whatever reason isn't well-liked by her family oh okay hanada says turning around slightly so that she could head out the boys can make it back on their own this is just extreme uncomfortable wait a blond-haired girl reaches out and grabs her arm before she could really turn away tell us something she says something about sake the purple-haired girl looks around as if suddenly out of place she doesn't know what she should do she doesn't analyze SAS like all of the other girls do in fact in her opinion he's perfectly normal a normal almost 9-year-old boy he is dedicated a hard worker very loyal and is Naruto's best friend the two are unbelievably close he's a real genius when it comes to school work and learning Jutsu such as the shadow clone Jutsu and walking on trees hanada shakes her head I I don't I don't know ww what tell us something another girl says everything I I I hanada stutters shaking her head she looks around helplessly not knowing what to do her hands grip together tightly wishing for anything else but this hanata never wanted to be involved with this crowd these girls are scary it like they run under a mantra of SAS SAS SAS and that's scary to hanata it's like they're part of some strange cult all they can think about is a pretty boy with blue hair and black eyes he doesn't say much because his mind is often occupied with thoughts of training and things of the past probably his family hanada has seen those moments seen in the midst of training of speak of class he'll just stare off into nothingness eyes growing sad hanata knows that sas's family passed away a couple of months ago and she thinks that he often thinks back before his family's death she doesn't approach him or ask him about it but she sees the look he gets she sees Naruto watching him too a sad look on his face too like he knows but narut doesn't say anything and so neither does hanata I ID don't know W what to say hanata says resorting to her nervous habit with her fingers gently nudging them together anything to draw her attention away from the female Predators closing in anything yet another girl says tell us anything about sake I hanata shakes her head again looking around more helplessly than before I someone clears their throat you might want to just back off the hyuga Shikamaru says as the circle of girls starts to move back sake is at his side looking a lot less than pleased his hands are bald into fists at his side and there are heavy creases between his eyes you want information about me Sake says voice chilling hanata along with all of the other girls Flinch at the tone come ask me don't interrogate my friends hanata flushes her face turning deep red SAS thinks of her as a friend to be honest none of them have really clarified what this was are they just training partners are they all just around each other for convenience what even though they spend time with each other outside of just training but that could mean just about anything hanata was scared to Hope but hearing it now makes hope Blossom like a flower in spring in her chest SAS one of the girls starts a pigtailed burnard but SAS shoots her a penetrating glare silencing anything she'd have to say shut up SAS snarls all of you all the girls tense up eyes wide like a do Shikamaru walks over grabbing Han's elbow and pulling her away from the girls and back toward sake let's get out of here SAS I know SAS says Voice still like ice his entire body is rigid cold disdainful the only warm thing about him is the glare it's scathing in its intensity his lip curls slightly and to be frank he looks completely disgusted he gives each of the girls a once over cold enough to chill them to the Bone before turning away and stomping off with hanata and Shikamaru stopping only once to look back at them with a angry you are all Annoying SAS is still seething by the time they get to the yami's mansion and nearly bites Naruto's head off when the ignorant blonde asks him about why he's in such a sour mood Naruto gives hanada and Shikamaru a confused look as sake Stomps past him and toward the cellar Eno and some of the other girls were pressing hanata for information about sake and he just kind of freaked out Shikamaru explains I am sorry hanata murmur I I wasn't trying to I mean I wasn't with those don't worry hanata Aro says patting her on the shoulder absently looking off after SAS he misses her deep blush SAS just can't stand the fan girls they annoy him to no end so he and I began spreading fake rumors about him narut laughs thinking back we made all the girls believe that SAS likeed girls with long hair and guess who grew all of their hair out Shikamaru laughs while hanata blinks rapidly trying to understand if she really heard what she thought she did SAS likes girls with short hair hanata asks unable to believe it she reaches up and tugs on her short hair immediately willing to grow faster narut blinks a few times before shaking his head still laughing no SAS has no preference all he cares about is if you're a hard worker and a strong Shinobi looks mean next to nothing to him hanata lets out a slow breath not sure if she should be relieved or not SAS sits in the fourth study staring blankly around the room his mind racing he doesn't know why girls have to be so annoying no matter what saus is to try and shake them they just don't get it not only is he too young to really care about any of that in the first place but he's a warrior at heart no giggly pred up girly girl is anything he would be interested in Touching with a 10-ft pole he can deal with them oogling him from a distance he can deal with them always watching and whispering and giggling that's fine he can just tune that stuff out easy enough but what really hits a nerve is them going after his friends that's one of the many things sake has come to like about hanata she's not like all those girls that are obsessed with him for reasons he can't seem to Fathom and the best part of the entire thing with hanata that girl is helplessly in love with his best friend that blonde always hanging around him may not notice but SAS sure does and it's one of the few things that keeps sake laughing on the inside he looks around the room the fourth's mini library has become something of a safe haven for SAS to come and think he looks around the four walls one being the open doorway and think about the yondi spending time here writing up theories hunched over this desk planning something something to make the younger generation stronger than before SAS sitting on the floor in the center of the room brings his legs up to his chest and wraps his arms around them he crosses his ankles and looks out the door staring out the open doorway into the wine portion of the cellar beyond that is the other door they haven't done much exploring of this place while they've been here it's mostly been in and out in the beginning but now it's training training training there hasn't really been much time to really sit back and soak in what has happened this is the fourth hokage's house the house he had sealed off since the nine Tales attack the same house that people have been trying to get into for years that only Naruto can open the door to it's a little weird hey SAS looks up to see Naruto standing in the doorway hey SAS says watching the blonde walk into the room and sit next to him Naruto looks out the doorway to the rest of the cellar he blinks a few times before looking over at sake haven't been down here in a while huh sake shrugs not opening his mouth to speak we still haven't checked that other room want to look sake looks Into the blond's Blue Eyes curiously Naro probably has next to no interest in doing anything of the sort he's probably only doing it to make SAS feel better and sake couldn't be more thankful to have such a good friend sure SAS says let's go see what is in that other room Naruto nods jumping back up to his feet okay sake follows the blonde through the middle section of the cellar looking at all of the dusty wine bottles looking at the sealed door leading into the house SAS assumes before he slowly starts toward the other door on the opposite side of the room from the library Naruto reaches for the doorknob before SAS gets there and opens it cautiously holy snot Naro gasps throwing the door open SAS come look the raven-haired boy rushes over to the door standing in the doorway with narut looking into the room his jawdropping both boys take a few moments to mutely look around the room eyes wide like saucers Naruto sake Whispers shaking his head Nar laughs breathlessly yeah seriously yeah Nar says again a this time grinning at his best friend we are so dumb sake laughs narut throws his head back his loud cackle bouncing off the walls in the cellar hell yeah we are but we are the lucky kind of dumb SAS leans heavily on the doorway arms crossing over his chest wondering how their luck could be this good yeah we sure are the fourth hok sure made it possible to obtain some of his Secrets without actually entering the house imagine what they would find on the inside that is assuming that they can get inside that's the next part but first this room wow kba says he shakes his head stepping a bit further into the room hanata looks around with her mouth hung open Shikamaru is holding his head looking around in awe Cho G standing in the threshold of the room holds his bag of chips limply at his side Shino Eyes hidden behind his Shades stares forward seemingly blankly gold mine Naruto says grinning Shino is the first to go all the way into the room it's nearly three times the size of the other room and all four walls even the one with the door on it is covered floor to ceiling with shelves like bookshelves filled with Jutsu Scrolls over the bookshelves are letters e d c b a Naruto says what does that mean Shino turns slightly to him they are Jutsu ranks e being the weakest simp things to lean that even jenin could learn without any difficulty a being more powerful highlevel techniques sake's Fireball Jutsu is considered to be a C- ranked technique nar's eyes widen even more cool Shikamaru runs a hand over one of the wooden shelves wiping away little marks etched into the wood it looks like they are classified by Rank and also by Elemental style so here's fire he takes a few steps further down the same shelf and wipes away more dust and and here's lightning yeah so on and so forth looks like all of the basic elements are here keba scratches his head grinning broadly when we get more experienced with chakra control and stuff this is going to be so awesome none of them could deny it this entire thing is definitely getting more and more interesting why is this here hanata asks why seal the house but not the Scrolls of Jutsu and training techniques they all turn around and stare at each other their eyes around the room looking at each other's faces none of them had an answer for that there is no clear explanation if there is they are all too young to be able to understand it it doesn't matter Naruto says all eyes turn to him it doesn't matter why we were given this it's ours now we are going to use this to become the greatest Shinobi this Village has ever seen and we'll do it together we are going to show this Village and every other Village what it means to be true Shinobi I'll do it two Shikamaru looks like he's going to say something snotty but then decides to say nothing opting for just rolling his eyes playfully keba leans heavily on one hip and makes a what are y'all going to do gesture hanata looks to be the only one that's enraptured by nut's words yes let's Dei do it hanata says holding her hands up fingers curled into loose fists Naruto grins at the cleare Eyed Girl see hanat is up for it come on let's do this he looks over at his best friend nudging him with his left elbow come on sake come on he grins nudging SAS again and again SAS swiftly elbows him back in the ribs making the blonde gasp and step away ignoring the loud groaning from the blue-eyed boy he looks at the others hanata stares worriedly after narut which makes SAS grin as dumb as it sounded narut might be right we could really do amazing things once we become Shinobi I don't know about you guys but I have something I've got to prove to someone and I wouldn't mind the extra boost from the fourth Hokage sasak shrugs Nar stands upright glaring at SAS as he says anyway I do believe that we can really make names for ourselves with this in that letter by the fourth he said he wanted people to use it we are just doing what he wished keep in mind Shikamaru says he wanted it to go into circulation with all the younger generation but yeah I could see where the entire idea could be manipulated to make us feel better about not quite obeying the final wishes of the fourths he shrugs ignoring Naruto's annoyed look narut holds his hand out in between them I'm all in Naruto Uzumaki his hand hovers in the air looking around for everyone else to join in SAS raises an eyebrow kba looks like he's about to laugh at Naruto but then a small shaky hand hovers over Naruto's before gently touching the top of his I'm I in hanata hyuga All Eyes turned to the pale-eyed girl except for one I'm in two Shino abame Choi grins at them me too Choi akamichi kba rolls his eyes and lays his hand on top of choji's kba inuzuka SAS shakes his head why not I guess Sasha Shikamaru groans really loudly rolling his eyes Skyward but his hand descends onto sas's looking up into nark eyes nodding genuinely I guess we're all in this together my name is Shikamaru Nara and I'm officially a part of Naruto and the six Amigos that earns him some smiles from the others Naruto's smile is the biggest of them all I like that Naro says SAS gives him a look I bet you do over the years their friendship rapidly evolves into something else they became Inseparable after they made the pat all free time is dedicated to one another what was once kind of friendship mostly training is full-blown friendship and training they keep their training a secret and downplay everything they are capable of for fear of too many questions but it has become painfully clear that they are superior to the rest of their classmates hands down by the time the youngest of them Naruto turned 12 they were all at least high genen and level and none of them had graduated yet narut shared with them one of the biggest secrets he had his birthday was October 10th the day that the nine-tailed demon fox attack caoi no kitsun that thing that was never to be spoken about they spent countless hours in the fourth's estate looking over all of his Jutsu and theories it seems that narut isn't able to actually get into the house through either doors the front door or the Cellar Door which Shikamaru found extremely strange and spent a long time contemplating when asked what he was thinking about the sherker would just shake his head and grunt but every time he entered the house he would glare at the seal on the door at the front of the house but after a few weeks Shikamaru just huffed at the prospect of studying it and gave up but occasionally occasionally he would make his way back to that door back to that seal and he would stare at it contemplating looking for some way inside kba just gave him a knowing look and didn't comment by the time they entered their last year of school and learned the Clone Jutsu which was unbelievably easy to learn in comparison to the shadow clone Jutsu and the entire group passed with flying color and to be honest narut got a sick bit of amusement out of the looks of shock on all of the chunin faces but he didn't miss the glow of Pride coming off of his Sensei aruka Amino has become someone that Naruto has grown extremely close to he's the only adult other than the third Hokage that has really taken the time out of his day to spend time with Naruto yes aruka can't accommodate all the kids in Naruto's friendship group but occasionally he would take both narut and one of his friends out for a few bowls of ramen or in Naruto's case a wallet full but it just shows his infinite appetite and ARA's shallow wallet the next morning was the day that they find out who their teams out for the first time since they began School Naruto and the rest of his friends were the first ones to Barrel into the classroom all of them shaking with excitement as opposed to nearly being late every day because they are too busy training in the morning at the fourth's house they all sit together again who do you think is going to partner with who Choi asks bag of chips nowhere in sight in fact he's been cutting back lately shifting his Focus from eating to training narut shrugs propping his head up on one hand who knows I hope it's at least one of you guys ah keba says coily rolling his eyes his new 2 years old puppy akamaru wags his tail playfully in kba's jacket Hood At top his head ain't that cute akamaru Naruto's getting a little sentimental Nar playfully glares at the boy to him shap kba I'm just saying I want to be with one of my friends come on this is it we are Shinobi now we are going to be put into teams with people we might just die next to I want it to be with someone I actually like like Shikamaru for instance keba nods a little somberly actually taking the blond's words into account before considering his final sentence he raises an eyebrow quizzically Shikamaru he asks dubiously both boys turn around in their seats to look at the boy with his head down directly behind them the young Nara has his chin resting on his forearms staring at the two of them with narrowed eyes why did you say that with such disdain kba Shikamaru draws blinking slowly at them kba grins while narut turns to look back at the boy and his dog I was just going to say I think Shikamaru would be an invaluable part of the team you know as Canon fodder kba and Naruto both break out laughing while Shikamaru just stares at the two of them blandly laugh while you can he says lazily to the two cackling boys for I shall be the one laughing when I'm your boss and sending your asses into hell Choi looks back at him come on Shikamaru you're dreading that more than anyone Shikamaru makes a lazy ambiguous gesture before resting his forehead against his arm and makes a loud obnoxious snoring noise before quieting down Eno yamanaka from across the room glares at the Young Nara annoyed she turns back to her equal and opposite Sakura Haruno the two girls have had a weird history between them they started out as friends when Eno saved Sakura from a bunch of bullies when she was a little girl Sakura began to admire Eno and followed her around everywhere eventually that turned into friendship until a few years prior to now when both girls realized their crushes for sasak uch and it created a rift between the two girls they swore to be Arch rivals in the journey to get sas's heart every now and then the two of them will find themselves next to each other talking and bonding like Sasha never came between them but that never lasted long and the blue-haired boy would return to them and the rift would form once more filling with jeers and nasty words and even nastier looks almost like they are trying to convince both themselves and each other that what they had a long time ago is gone all right class aruka says marching into the classroom he stops in the middle of the room between the door and his desk turning to the student I would like to be the first to let you know that your entire class has graduated he says with a swell of Pride and aruka is proud these are children that he's practically watched grow up and become young people but now is time for them to step out of the classroom and into the real world aruka is both extremely proud of them but also very fearful for each of their futures for it takes someone truly impressive to become someone of mention someone known by the rest of the Shinobi world but it takes next to nothing to be killed aruka is just afraid that one day he's going to be looking through the casualty reports whether it be for a mission or whatever and see names that he recognized and be able to see that person as a small child and that scares him but this day is about congratulations not fear not uncertainty it's to be celebrated each and every one of them has earned it so mustering up his most prideful smile pushing all his dark fears to the back of his mind aruka continues listen up I'm going to tell you who you are going to to be teamed up with here in konaha we create teams of three jenin and one JN and Sensei of the three jenin two will be boys and one will be a girl that's standard procedure yes there have been exceptions and there always will be so listen up and the aruka proceeds to read off a teams and who are part of it narut needs his hands apprehensively his life has always been hard ever since his time with the ucha clan life has been a little easier people still give him those looks and mutter behind his back but they attempt a lot less especially with SAS constantly at his side and it only got slightly better than even that when the rest of his friends came into the picture Naro can remember hanging out with shoi and kba planning out their next prank on aruka in one of the many restaurants that choi's family owns they are able to eat there for free because of Choi and plus they have a quiet little place in the corner to plan out their next Gest Naruto had separated from the other two and headed to the bathroom it was almost a half hour before n Cho in kba's curfew on his way back from the table some drunk civilians started calling Naruto a demon brat telling him that he didn't deserve to be alive having heard all of this before Naruto just Shrugged it off and made his way back toward his friends who were sitting on the opposite side of the small restaurant one of the men grabbed narut by the back of his neck and slurred something incoherent into his ear Naruto was only 10 at the time and was barely able to wiggle away from the full-grown adult when another man stepped in chosa akamichi choji's dad he snapped at the man holding narut and pushed the boy behind him becoming a human shield between the two of them the man tried to sputter out something about the nine-tailed demon when he was cut off chosa had grabbed the guy by his collar and hissed something into his face before showing him away and ordering him to never come back to their restaurant again and if he ever saw the man anywhere near Naruto he'd be sorry after he was sure the man was gone he turned back to Nar n smiled friendly and asked if Nar wanted to bring some cake back for himself and the other boys Nar agreed dazed he'd never really been stood up for like that and it was weird but not something he didn't like sure sas's parents stood up for him when out in public but they never said all that much they just glared at the offending people so hard that narut almost believed their eyes flashed red the other people must have thought that two because they would usually run off too but now that Naruto is going to be a everything might change he won't have people looking out for him like that anymore what if he becomes unable to make more friends what if he loses more of his precious people like Makoto and fugaku and shisui sas's crazy cousin who always helped out in some of Naruto's pranks how would he be able to deal with losing more people what if he lost his best friend what if he lost SAS slowly he drags his gaze to the blue-haired boy in front of him so close he could reach out and nudge the back of his head something that became accustomed to narut every time he sat behind his best friend sake would either ignore him shoot him a dirty looker or SAS would grin not looking back at him because for some reason that day sake was in a good mood he wasn't annoyed by all the everyday headaches that come from being around narut he would glance over his shoulder slightly as to not alert aruka of anything out of the ordinary and shake his head at Naruto giving him that look that meant I'm going to kick your ass later and Naruto would grin back because after they fought they would lay side by side and talk about aimless things stuff that didn't matter their worries their thoughts and things that they had planned SAS usually kept to himself even around Nar but the two of them were undoubtedly best friends and no one knew sake better than Nar and no one knew Nar better than sake and for team seven Naruto Uzumaki aruka says pulling the blonde from his thoughts a faint smile on his face he noticed sake looking back at him curiously huh Naruto Whispers to him what happened you're part of Team seven Naruto sake says staring at him with impossibly black eyes congrats Naruto wilts a little and SAS looks away both a little downhearted but also a little hopeful there is still a chance as aruka continues Sakura Haruno the pinket in the corner of the room blink SS rapidly at the sound of her name wishing for anything but this Eno can't contain her bark of a laugh at soccer's Misfortune and the girl slides down in her seat wishing to melt into the ground forever how could she a genius be stuck on the same Squad as the last in the class how was this even done how could aruka Sensei do this to her and SAS uch Sakura blinks rapidly processing what she just heard before her face nearly splits in half with a smile she jumps up and lets out a loud wood throwing her hands up over her head in a cheer for a moment Nar has to wonder if he's hearing things did he say that Nar is going to be on a team with sake wait Naruto says as aruka is about to move on he jumps up to his feet eyes wide wait Sensei did you say I'm going to be on the same team as sake aruka looks up at narut blinking rapidly yes narut nark eyes fall onto the boy in front of him again and lunges forward raping his arms around the boy tightly from behind SAS Jerks with the foreign weight being pressed against him from behind but he looks over to see two blue eyes staring at him watering slightly you and me SAS Naro says softly SAS scowls lightly lucky you get off Naruto laughs and pulls away like a huge weight has been lifted off of his shoulders he falls back into his seat and sigh in relief kba shakes his head at the blond's actions but looks genuinely happy for him after watching The Exchange he looks back down at his list and continues Team 8 hanada hauga kba inuzuka and Shino abame hanada gasps lightly turning to the boy next to her who nods solemnly a slight tilt upward on the corner of his lips the two look over to find kba grinning at them and giving them both a thumbs up Naruto and SAS weren't the only lucky ones kba says akamaru Barks in agreement two more teams Shikamaru says reaching out to poke the side of choji's head enough students for two more teams we still have a chance Cho the larger boy nods looking back over his shoulder at the skinnier boy here's to hoping shika he crosses his fingers as an added effect and finally team 10 Eno yamanaka shikar runara and choji akamichi aruka concludes he lowers the list and grins at all of the faces around the room memorizing all of them Saying A Silent Goodbye with his eyesall right come back here after lunch to meet your senses good luck everyone dismissed all the kids get up and make their way towards the door pulling friends aside to talk to them Naruto and sake wave goodbye to their friends before making their way out they get about halfway down the street before Sakura comes running up behind them sasak hey SAS wait up narut grins playfully at his friend while SAS rolls his eyes Skyward muttering ignore her nunk grin widens a little that's not nice SAS the look SAS sends Naruto is chilling but narut is mostly immune to sas's dirty looks he turns around to walk backwards facing Sakura hi Sakura Chan Sakura's hand goes flying out shoving Naruto out of the way to stand next to sasak move it Naruto she smiles playfully at sake big green eyes staring at him a of red under her eyes hi SAS I was wondering since we were a team and everything that well maybe we should eat together she asks then quickly adds to get to know each other better I mean SAS stares at her blankly glancing away from her for a moment to make sure that narut was okay he was brushing the dirt off his butt from where he fell over sake looks back at Sakura with a very Bland look Are you seriously asking me that Sakura nods oblivious to the chilling Edge in sas's tone yes SAS her eyelashes flutter in an attempt to appear flirtatious sas's upper lips curl slightly in barely masked disgust you want to have lunch with me you are seriously asking me that right after you just shoved my best friend over Sakura blinks rapidly smile faltering W what sake it's okay Naro says it's not like it hurt or anything SAS shakes his his head at Naruto annoyed shut up narut then his eyes slide back to Sakura narrowing into tiny slits no Sakura the answer to your question is no and it will continue to be no until you can pull your head out of your pretentious ass Sakura visibly pales her smile completely falling as sake walks by narut away narut spares Sakura an unreadable look before walking after his friend he doesn't say anything at first just keeps Pace with sas's slight larger steps once they get out of sight from the girl their feet automatically taking them toward the fourth's estate Naruto turns to look at sake he doesn't look back his eyes straight ahead a nasty glare on his face Naruto's lips part words at the tip of his tongue what he's going to say he has no idea but sake's mouth tenses a sure sign that he'll snap if he says anything with a single sigh from the blonde to express his displeasure he lets it go they stop By ichiraku's Ramen Shop and eat on the way neither speak to one another Nar mostly Chatters away with the shop owner and his daughter about his day about his new team SAS responds politely when addressed but otherwise doesn't go out of his way to speak they finish up quickly and say their goodbyes they head for their secret hideout they pop their clones when they get there relishing in the feeling of their chakra coils expanding slightly before creating more clones to take their place the more you use Shadow clones the more one is able to tell what they are getting from the Clones SAS and Naruto and really the rest of them are starting to get really good at it Nar glances around the open field that is the fourth's backyard to see different clones of all of his friends now after 2 years of training meditating and chakra control almost every single day all of their reserves have grown immensely hanata is now capable of making 199 clones she spent a great deal of time dedicated to her control because naturally with only one clone working on chakra Gathering two must work on chakra control to keep it at the same level hanata focuses on for everyone clone meditating three are working on chakra control steadily improving her overall control at the end of the day she is currently having 40 clones meditating and 120 or working on control Shino is now capable of making 225 clones he spent a great deal of time Gathering a lot of chakra in a short period of time and then dedicating twice as long on chakra control so if he dedicates a week to purely Gathering chakra the next two weeks is Hardcore chakra control he's currently got all of his clones working on their second week of chakra control kba has gone by the book focusing on both chakra control and gathering at the same rate and is now able to make about 214 clones Choi has also been playing by the books but he's been continuously eating akamichi food which is laced with chakra increasing supplements which is also gradually helping him increase his own chakra control because because of this he has to focus on chakra control more than meditating so like hanata he's doing a 3:1 ratio with chakra control as his primary focus he's now capable of making 247 clones Shikamaru fluctuates between by the book and Han's method because he had a small amount of chakra to begin with he primarily focused on chakra Gathering but doesn't let his control falter even a little bit he's now able to make 187 clones SAS already having L more chakra than a boy his age should without the assistance of this Training Method has put a little more focus on his control over his chakra but he keeps up with Gathering chakra as well now he is able to make 234 clones narut on the other hand has unbelievable amounts of chakra to begin with his chakra control while only getting slightly above what is needed is still leagues behind the amount of chakra he has narut is capable of making 3002 clones the two boys look around the field filled with clones of themselves and their friends some straight backed eyes closed and faces Twisted into looks of Serenity as they meditate in the rest or walking around going from tree to water or a twirling leaves around a slightly more effed chakra control method that the Hokage had recommended the two boys go sit on the porch looking at the gate and around the well-kept lawn hanata of the Green Thumb began buying flowers from the yamanaka flower shop and planting them in front of the fourth's house and around both sides she has brought it upon herself to take care of them and to keep the place looking somewhat decent SAS Naruto says softly glancing over at sake in the corner of his eye thank you for what you said to Sakura I mean don't worry about it sake murmurs leaning back on both hands and closing his eyes Naruto turns his head to actually look at sake a small smile on his face I know but you didn't have to say that yes I did SAS says eyes still closed it didn't hurt though Naruto says SAS slowly shakes his head almost lazily the sun beating down on his pale skin Illuminating it in the light his lips part slightly and he lets out a small whoosh of breath before saying that doesn't matter you're my best friend idiot he looks over at Naruto opening his eyes to stare at him evenly regardless of how annoying you are nark grin widen slightly I love you too man regardless of how uptight you are Nar Chuckles to himself all right sake says heaving himself to his feet letun head back let's meet this Sensei of ours narut jumps up and follows after his best friend with a huge grin on his face as they leave the fourth hokage's estate Naruto holds his hands behind his head and looks over at SAS do you think Sakura likes me Sask gives him a bland look I'm putting my money on no narut pouts SAS Sakura and Naruto sit in the classroom almost an hour later still waiting for their Sensei to show up no words have been exchanged amongst the trio as they wait Nar lays his head down onto the desk next to sake and groans really loudly when is he going to get here who knows sake sigh leaning back in his chair and slumps Sakura looks between the two of them before lowering her gaze to the floor her feet dangling over the side of the desk closest to the door she must mumbles something incoherent under her breath before turning slightly to look at the two boys before she can chicken out she mumbles out something SAS doesn't react to the sound but Naruto raises his head slightly huh did you say something sakur achan a tinge of red splashes beneath her eyes she looks down at his hands on the desk I said she sigh running a hand through her hair I said I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you Nar Nar blinks rapidly for a few moments before he grins brightly thanks a lot Sakura Chan I'm okay Sakura nods quickly looking away oh okay good you're uh you're welcome the door opens and a white-haired man steps in SAS opens his eyes and the other two look over at the one-eyed man staring in at them his single black eye goes from Sakura to Naruto to SAS then back he steps all the way in and raises a hand yo you're late Nar Ruto and Sakura call out at once they both look at each other a moment before looking back to their Sensei sorry about that he says not sounding apologetic in the slightest come on letun go he drops his hand and turns to leave without even waiting to see if they were going to follow for a moment all three students looked to one another sharing annoyed Expressions SAS and Naruto can read each other so easily they know the other just as well as they know themselves but both notice that while very different from them and any of their other friends they look at Sakura and see something they both didn't expect she looked like she could read them too okay tell me your name likes dislikes and dreams for the future their Sensei says leaning against the rail across from the steps the trio are sitting on can you give us an example Sakura asks a single white eyebrow Rises slightly and he looks at her blankly sure he blinks slowly my name is Kakashi hakei my likes h my dislikes ah well my dreams for the future I don't feel like telling you that all three of them stare back at him like he sprouted a second head SAS lets out an exasperated sigh and rolls his eyes narut purses his lips I'm Naruto Uzumaki my likes include Ramen training and hanging out with my friends my dislikes include people who are mean to my friends waiting for anything really and having to constantly deal with the huge stickup saus ass he grins at the dirty look sake sends him and my dream for the future is to be Hokage Kakashi stares at him for a long moment before a little H escapes him and then he looks over at Sakura and you Sakura Haruno my likes she giggles to herself glancing over not so discreetly at SAS before continuing my dislikes are Eno and she hesitates the boy next to her name on her lips but that's not true she doesn't hate Naruto nor does she really dislike him he's just a little annoying at times and hurting my friends she mumbles and my dreams for the future she giggles to herself and sends Another Not So discreet look toward the last of the ucha before falling quiet Kakashi stares at her for just as long as he stared at Naruto making another ha sound before looking over at SAS and you sake leans back on his elbows and stares at his Sensei cooly why should I tell you anything about me when you told us nothing about you Kakashi tilts his head slightly at the Young uch pasted that bored expression of his the young Sensei is and has been carefully analyzing each little thing that the kids have said and what they exhibited whether they meant to or not evenly he says because I told you to and I am your Sensei sas's endless black eyes stare back critically my name is sake Uchiha my likes are puppies and unicorns my dislikes are annoying people and my dream for the future doesn't matter because you don't give a SAS Naro says looking back at his friend nudging his knee come on what SAS snaps he doesn't give a about us why should I give a about this stupid exercise when he's just going to forget about it in a total of 20 seconds what makes you think that Kakashi asks SAS sends him a dark look call it intuition fine Naro says turning around to face him tell me I want to know and I'm sure Sakura wants to too Sakura nods and SAS about comments that he honestly didn't give a what Sakura wants but there's a look in nut's eyes that tells him that the blonde is serious plus SAS knows narut well enough to know that should he refuse the blonde is going to make a big deal out of it and try to somehow Express the importance of being honest with the teacher so he relents whatever sasak rolls his eyes and blatantly ignores Kakashi to speak to narut my name is sasak his eyes flicker to Sakura to see her staring at him before looking back into nut's familiar Blues my likes include training and hanging out with my friends my dislikes are people wasting my time and stuff that hinders my training my dream for the future is to hunt down a certain someone and make him pay Kakashi watches the exchange with an unending bored expression he crosses his arms and makes a small humming noise in the back of his throat all right come to training ground 7 tomorrow morning at 8 he stalks past them slowly before stopping and turning around slightly to look back at them oh and don't eat breakfast you'll just throw it up SAS Sakura and narut watch him walk away in silence after he's out of sight Naruto looks at SAS twin yellow eyebrows pulled together SAS are you okay SAS stands up cutting him off he barks off a stiff no and Stomps away Naruto climbs to his feet and follows after his best friend Sakura stands up making to follow as well but then she stops and watches the two boys walk off side by side not only were you late but now you won't let us eat lunch unless we get some Bells from you and here's the kicker SAS says dry but there is a very good chance that at least one of us won't get to eat at all that and we only get until noon Kakashi nods yep I couldn't have reiterated it any better myself he says just as dry SAS gives him an annoyed look oh great Sakura says her shoulders drooping I was so nervous I didn't even eat dinner last night Naruto and SAS share a look Naruto's is more of pity and sas's is blatant annoyance narut raises an eyebrow at sake look silently conveying to him that Sakura is going to need the food more than they are SAS sigh running a hand through his hair silently cursing his friend's big heart fine sake turns to Sakura you stay back at attack when you can but leave the heavy hitting to me in Nar okay yeah don't worry Nar gives Sakura a thumbs up sake and I can take this guy Sakura nods her face taking a slightly more serious look it actually looks nice on her Kakashi watches them head tilted slightly so they are going to work together but they did just say their plan out in front of their enemy they have a lot to learn and Kakashi says staring at them blandly let us begin Sakura takes a step back while Naruto performs a single-hand sign and shouts Shadow clone Jutsu 30 clones pop into existence then a stampede of Narutos and a single sake head toward the surprised Sensei Kakashi forces the thoughts Tau he back of his mind to deal with later he may actually need to focus a little for this fight Kakashi Ducks away from a punch and then jumps out of the way of another one going for his legs he Nails one Naruto with his elbow making him pop knees another and he pops then kicks another in his gut and then punches another both of them pop another Naruto jumps up behind him and wraps his arms and legs around his sensei in the attempt to hold him in place Kakashi's eyes widen a little more as another Naruto runs up arms pulled back and ready to strike he does and hits another Naruto instead sending both of them flying both Narutos pop leaving 24 behind to look around confused ha one of the Narutos says what just happened narut Sakura calls pulling out a canai be careful it's a substitution jutsu he was able to get out of the situation by putting someone or something in his place but he's got to be nearby Kakashi stares down at the frantically searching blonde and his many clones he hunches down on the tree branch he's standing on fire Style Fireball Jutsu Kakashi spins around to see a large Fireball working its way towards him he jumps back to get out of the way of the Searing heat a child knows a Jutsu like that but before he can analyze it another presence tickles its way up his spine he twists around to see another Naruto flying toward him armed with a canai Kakashi bends back midair to avoid a swipe his leg shoots out getting narut in the gut and he goes flying into the group hitting two other clones all three popping the fireball Burns through at least eight of the Clones remaining leaving 12 wait 12 Kakashi's eyes search around for the original in the single missing clone and barely overlooks sasak spinning around on his heel holding the hands of another narudo sasak lets go launching the boy off of the tree branch that Kakashi had only moments before occupied and sent him hurdling toward the white-haired man Kakashi braces to avoid when he hears the sound of metal slicing through the air his gaze flickers down to Sakura throwing Kai and shuriken in an attempt to throw him off the white-haired man chides himself for forgetting setting the last remaining team member Kakashi quickly snatches two of the five flying weapons and tosses them at the clone's chest making him pop Kakashi finally lands on the ground right in front of the pond the remaining 12 clones charge at the stalled man back him onto the lake and then follow him out there both Kakashi and Sakura watch in shock as the Clones push chakra to their feet sasak drops from the tree branch and also follows Kakashi quickly works on blocking and then destroying the Clones until only SAS remains SAS aims a kick to the center of Kakashi's chest he catches his foot then sake goes to punch the man in the face to which he also catches sake twists around to kick him with the other leg Kakashi blocks his to upside down sasak is eye level with the chiming Bells at the older man's waist and makes a sharp motion toward it but he's not fast enough Kaki shoves him away before he can get too close the raven-haired boy skids across the water before slowing down another two can I go flying over his head toward Kakashi annoyed the white-haired man uses the metal on the back of his glove to block both with two distinct Ting then beneath Kakashi's feet Naruto appears from under the water hand flying to the older man's waist grabbing the bells Kakashi barely sidesteps before swiftly kicking Naruto in the gut sending him flying toward sasak knocking them both down but surprisingly they were able to stay afloat Kakashi tenses when the bells sounds signaling noon all four people stood stunned well three were stunned the last Kakashi straightens up from his defensive posture and can tangibly see we didn't get the bells written on his students faces students yes that's what Kakashi had thought of them they weren't just some BRS or burdens or Kakashi's eyes flicker to the deflating blonde so much like manado Sensei whatever else Kakashi had muttered to himself when thinking about them in the days leading up to actually meeting them no he thought something else he thought students well crap Naruto groans throwing his head back and falling into the water onto his back like its Solid Ground Sakura face slightly pale standing at the edge of the pond sinks to her knees sake lets out a long sigh Kakashi shifts from one foot to the other head tilted slightly Naruto and Sakura both wilted like flowers in the blistering heat SAS on the other hand looks a mixture of defiant and annoyed they seem so sure Kakashi thinks the eldest of them walks toward the boys stuffing his hands into his pockets nice going guys as he approaches he sees all of them perk up Naruto sits up the back of his head and the rest of his body is soaked his normally messy hair is flat to his skull Kakashi waves for the boys to follow him over to Sakura sasak helps Naruto up and they are over there by the time Kakashi steps up onto land next to the now standing pink-haired girl all right listen closely Kakashi says evenly lesson number one teamwork lesson number two the battle isn't over until you're sure it's over all three heads bob up and down if you can take those two lessons to heart you pass he smiles down at them at first none of the kids said anything taking the next couple of moments to process the words before they make sense all three prepare to cheer before Kakashi holds up a hand teamwork is the key it is important probably the most important lesson I will ever teach you never forget it all three nod yes Sensei Kakashi gives them all a meaningful look before straightening up and nodding okay commence with your Glee Sakura and Naruto let out loud cheers and jumped around doing wacky rhythmless dancing SAS smirks to himself and sa hip Crossing his arms to watch his teammates celebrate he barely throws a hand up to reciprocate Naruto's sudden high five in time to save himself from getting a five star to the face he looks to his friend annoyed but the boy's sheepish smile is enough to sat his minor agitation now is the time to celebrate now let me be the first to welcome you all to team seven we will be working closely as the three of you learn the ways of the Shinobi Kakashi continues once the jubilant children settle down enough to be able to hear him all three nod solemly the younger of the three Sakura and Naruto are still shaking with excitement in the look of deep imp passionate determination in sake's eyes is enough to give Kakashi a touch of pride in his chest a young pretty kunoichi with a big brain and a lot of untapped potential she didn't do much in their fight but once she finds her niche in life Kakashi is certain that she will be able to blow them away with what she can do so long as she starts to focus more on keeping herself safe and improving her skills as opposed to how she appears in front of the young Uchiha a as for him sasak is very impressive the fight didn't last long enough for Kakashi to know all of the boy's abilities but being a u it's expectant that he would be able to display talents Beyond his years still he was able to travel across water with relative ease which is a more advanced skill and not something taught in the academy but not just that he was able to get behind Kakashi while he was distracted with the shadow clones produced by the blonde boy which brings Kakashi to narut Naruto Uzumaki the fourth hokage's Legacy the holder of the nine Tales was able to make Shadow clones so many and so young definite the most impressive of the three of them especially considering that the boy just yesterday was considered to be at the bottom of the class so either he did some serious Spartan training last night or he's been holding back and something tells Kakashi sake was too Sakura seems genuine in her low level of power definitely something that is going to have to be worked on okay now that that's out of the way how about lunch kak Kashi says Kakashi watches amused as the three heads swivel over to the two bentos sitting innocently under a nearby tree where Kakashi put them all three of their stomachs growl loudly but none as loud as Naruto the boy blushes a deep scarlet and groans loudly I'm starving SAS looks at him annoyed you ate an entire cow yesterday night you pig you can't honestly tell me you've burned that off yet it's sympathy weight SAS Naruto grunts glaring at the blue-haired boy SAS snorts as Kakashi goes over and gets the bentos and returns SAS stares at Naruto with narrowed eyes waiting for him to explain when the boy stares back blankly he finally asks how the hell is that sympathy weight SAS Naruto says slowly turning to his friend I didn't want to tell you this but over the last couple of months you've grown fat the corner of sas's lip quirks up slightly he clears his throat to hide the motion you are such an ass Kakashi looks between the two curiously he had heard around town that the boys were very close and had been for years thick as thieves those two have been ever since the uch took the young blonde in a few years ago and it shows just how close they are just by the looks they share Kakashi saw them a few times once or twice even happened to be in a restaurant when they got there Kakashi remembered sitting with guy and karanai in this little mom and pop restaurant a few weeks back Asuma was up getting their food for them when Kakashi spotted them walking in sasak and Naruto made their way to the back of the room and sat in a booth across from each other this was before Kakashi figured he was going to have to be a Sensei the boy sat just two tables away close enough to be within hearing distance he noticed something very strange right off the bat Naruto ordered one drink s ordered another once they were given their drinks SAS gave his to Naruto and took the blondes for him himself he looks around for a quick second before dumping the drink in the nearby plant the next time the waitress came by he asked for a refill and a different glass saying that his tasted like dishwasher detergent she was all too happy to comply ignoring the blonde completely the two boys talked for a few minutes after she returned with sake new drink Kakashi at that point completely ignored Asuma when he returned with their food he's too engrossed in their strange ritual the waitress returned again and sake ordered two of the same dishes and Naruto ordered a simple dish with bread and meat then they continued talking unaware of the waitress's dry look directed toward Naruto after a while their food arrived and the waitress left narut pushed his plate of honestly pathetic looking food and took one of the two plates then they exchanged some food on it sake takes Naruto's vegetables and Naruto takes sake's potatoes then they go on eating like nothing is wrong like it's completely normal Al like this is something that has become a common act between them Kakashi finally looked away joining the conversation with his friends but he looked back at the two quiet boys just once and that was to see them box up Naruto's food and leave Kakashi blinks out of his memory shaking hard to throw the flashback from his ears he rolls his shoulders back and then relaxes into what Asuma calls the lazy Kakashi posture it's the stance that makes Kakashi give the outward appearance of not giving a when he actually gives a lot of B but without making it really obvious letun go out to eat Kakashi says the three walk with him back to town so SAS Naruto tell me where you learn to walk on water yeah Sakura says slowing down to stand next to SAS how did you guys know how to do that it was so cool Hannah Sensei totis Naruto says holding his hands behind his head as he walks about 2 years ago Naro looks over at SAS who nods in confirmation yeah 2 years ago Kakashi nods thoughtfully Hannah in isuka she became a chunin last year as far as Kakashi knew yeah Naruto says sake and I are tight with her little brother kba ha Kakashi stares Straight Ahead he wiggles his fingers in his pockets trying to decide what he wants to ask next finally he looks over at the blonde lazily trying to hide his own interest so how did you learn the shadow clone Jutsu Naruto the blonde falters he stops for just a moment before continuing sas's shoulders tense up slightly both of the boys glances at each other faces contorting into looks of apprehension SAS more difficult to read than nurut nowhere Naruto says rolling his eyes forward avoiding his Sensei and Sakura's look Kakashi stares at him bored disbelief he mentally debates with himself with whether or not he wants to just come right out and say that like that couldn't even pass on a dairy farm but stopped himself at the last moment opting for being more subtle about finding his answers he blinks at the back of the boy's head slowly aha deciding to drop it for now but to keep it in mind to ask again later he leads them into town to ichiraku's Ramen sake rolls his eyes at Naruto's excitement I love ichiraku narut exclaimed I know it's why you're so short Nar rahen isn't an asent food group SAS chides glaring at his friend a little relieved to have the attention taken away front their training sake and Naruto have to sit down and discuss what they are going to be telling people about how strong they are and how quickly they got there SAS can't even begin to imagine how much trouble they'll get into if anyone finds out that they snuck into the fourth's estate without anyone knowing it's one thing to claim ignorance as an 8-year-old but now they are 12 in Shinobi if the Hokage wanted to he could make sure that that neither of them ever become chunin or worse he could have them killed an uncomfortable feeling twists in sas's gut they knew it was bad when they were younger but if they are caught now the third Hokage will learn that they've been sneaking there for years and never alerted him sasak gives narut a meaningful look during lunch they say their goodbyes after Kakashi pays for lunch astounded by the amount of food a boy so small and skinny like Naruto could eat over a dozen bowls of ramen SAS while used to udo's brand of gluttony is still a little put off by it Kakashi puts on a show of waving with an Airy toodles before using the shunin Jutsu and disappearing with a poof of smoke but he doesn't go far he stays within sight of the children and watches as the three say their goodbyes he silently Trails after the two boys they make a stop at sake's place and come back out a few minutes later stuffing what appears to be Rio into his pocket then they stop once more at the store SAS runs inside and comes back out a few minutes later with a single bag of stuff and then the two kids head down the street none the wiser to the fact that they are being tailed at first Kakashi couldn't believe that the boys were going to the uch household because of the obvious reasons he figured that would be the last place SAS would ever want to be near but then instead of taking a needed left they headed straight past the uch street that's when Kakashi's shock turned to blatant disbelief especially when he watched them make their way toward the fourth hokage's house talking and chatting with ease like this was a normal everyday occurrence the first time Kakashi was here was before the nine tailed demon fox attack what are we doing Sensei a young Kakashi asks following obediently behind his tall Mentor he drags his heels across the pavement slowing down their process with stubbornness why did you pull me away from my U work Kakashi stares at his sensei's back at the kanji characters spelling out fourth Hokage like they were the most interesting part of him Kakashi would never admit it to the goofy yet cunning Sensei of his that the white-haired boy saw the blonde as a sort of father figure since Ren and Obito's passing now manado was all Kakashi had left and while he tried hard to hide his deep admiration and maybe even affection Kakashi never really analyzed it that in depth from the seemingly oblivious blonde man sometimes Kakashi wondered if his Sensei was really socially inept or if it was just some kind of charm that the man had either way when he was formal with someone he was a little dense about what is considered to be socially acceptable kha learned that too late Kakashi thinks ever since his blue-eyed Sensei became Hokage he hasn't changed much if anything he holds maybe a little more confidence in himself as if he even lacked any Kakashi thinks but because he is so much the same on more than one occasion kashina would crack an inappropriate for the mood joke and his dense Sensei would laugh because he couldn't read the social mode in the slightest so then lady Bako began to train kha on how to be a proper wife to the Hokage thus to stop the ignoramus from laughing at grossly inappropriate jokes at the wrong time Kakashi raspberries to himself lowering his eyes to his sensei's feet are you ever going to answer me a few more steps in silence they take the back road that Kakashi knows leads to the man's house ever since the blonde became Kina and baby namazi bodyguard he's been outside monado's house more than the owner has why call him away from his protection Duty that manado himself assigned just to be taken to his house Sensei what about lady kha shouldn't I be protecting her yes but just a moment okay manado finally answers his voice soft he glances back at Kakashi with an unreadable expression on his face I have something that I need to do first and I need you Kakashi heat raises to the young man's face something about being told by not only your father figure Sensei that you are needed but this man is also his Hokage and is anbu hokage's word is law but besides that it is no secret to anyone that manado was a very secretive person he didn't trust a lot of people and from what Kakashi has heard from shibi abame a fellow U but also his sensei's old teammate manado was secretive even as a child he was quiet and preferred to stand at the sidelines and watch rather than to actually be a part of something the only thing that manado was always the first to jump at was Battle the way sees it shibi had started strapping his sword to his back is that the more he kills the less people on our side that die and ever since he learned that Kakashi swore to be the same he would be the first into battle if it meant life or death for one or more of his comrades because as obido had taught him those that disobey orders are scum but those that abandon their friends are worse than scum to Kakashi these one in the same thing Companions and friends come first others before yourself it's a shame that it took Kakashi so long to figure it out here manado says opening the front gate to his house stepping aside to let Kakashi in like it was second nature like monado let a lot of people into his home which Kakashi knows for a fact isn't true the only people Kakashi has ever seen go onto his sensei's land is master jariah fugaku and Makoto ucha and shibi abame and chosa akamichi no one else has ever stepped foot on that land as far as Kakashi knew and only Master jiah can enter without kha or manado there to open the gate themselves Sensei Kakashi says tentatively not at all sure he's seeing what he thinks he's seeing manado Smiles kindly come on in Kakashi believe me there is nothing to be worried about I just need to tell you something private slowly still weary that his Sensei would suddenly see the error of his ways and slam the door closed with the young Sharingan user halfway through but manado does doesn't bisect him with the iron door in fact he closes it gently behind him Kakashi takes a moment to appreciate the large three-story building the front yard is bustling with life all the flowers in full bloom enjoying the midsummer air the grass smells freshly cut for some reason Kakashi wasn't sure what he expected to see coming into his sensei's yard but this wasn't it the man was so hard to read the best of times but everything seemed a mixture of pleasantly monotonous and simple while beautiful in that same simp it manado is so complex by himself so the outside of his house being so plain is a little or a lot of a relief he's not some atherial creature that people sometimes come to think of him as what did you need to tell me Sensei Kakashi asks finally drawing his eyes away from the house to his teacher manado is staring back with a gentle smile on his face expecting something different manado asks no Kakashi grunts now what do you want anyway n laughs softly to himself before strolling past the white-haired boy toward the front door stopping in front of it pausing to turn back toward Kakashi are you coming Crow the young Ambu nods more to himself than his mentor and makes his way over stepping up all three steps onto the porch and over to the welcome mat and stopping next to the blonde now what Sensei Kakashi asks Crossing his arms over his chest in a bratty pout I have a mission from the Hokage that I need to carry out manado seemed a little confused by that before he laughed outright for a moment his Sensei had a nice quiet laugh nothing like kashina who had a loud and boisterous laugh his was more like puffs of Mirth filled air but then his signature wide grin would fall over his face occasionally a little bit of sound would come out but just like most aspects of manado it's quiet soft manado sombers up after a moment to look at Kakashi with an unreadable expression the 13-year-old boy stared back trying to decipher his sensei's strange actions to busy himself Kakashi folds his hands behind his back he waits for his Sensei to work through something mentally a mixture of emotions flicker across the young hokage's face finally a Serene mask Falls over his face and he focuses on his student you will have broad shoulders when you get older manato says Kakashi quirks an eyebrow was that what he was thinking about Sensei you are so weird n blinks rapidly at his student his right hip pops out as he crosses his arms he stares down at Kakashi as if tying to see something that wasn't there I'm not weird I was just thinking about how when you become an adult you'll have broad shoulders Kakashi stares at his mentor with a half- lited eyes and that makes you weird Sensei why are you thinking about what I'm going to look like as an adult the young hok closes his eyes tapping his right foot his face Twisted into one of concentration Kakashi sigh again used to his sensei's weird behavior and waits for him to explain himself that's all he can do manato will never Bend to anyone else's will if he wants to keep something no one can convince him otherwise so Kakashi just waits in silence while manado Works through some kind of mental battle finally manado relaxes his posture and focuses on Kakashi again I was just thinking that people with broader shoulders are usually more capable of dealing with the crap of this world Kakashi raises an eyebrow again what are you talking about Sensei how would you know you don't have broad shoulders I just mean manado pauses processing Kakashi's words a put off look crosses his face I do too have broad shoulders Kakashi don't be a brat Kakashi feels a faint smile cross his face beneath his mask happy to see the playful look on his sensei's face after so long of being stressed out of his mind yes Kakashi could tell that something has been weighing down heavily on his Sensei not so broad broad shoulders watching as the days go back that those shoulders bow just a little bit more each time something new comes up Kakashi has wanted to help and has offered many times to do so but manado would smile tiredly and pet his hair down telling him that he would have his chance as much I don't want that manado would then say under his breath suddenly a little worried that this may have something to do with the unbelievable stress weighing down on his teacher Kakashi takes a small Step Closer what is all of this about Sensei is something wrong you know I will die for you right you do know that don't you manato Sensei manato Smiles sadly like those weirds bring physical pain to him yes I know Kakashi I do I'm just covering all my bases now look here I want to show you something manado brings the loyal young amu's attention to the door where a half ridden blood seal is placed how much do you know about seals Kakashi manado asks taking in the elegant twists and turns of the seal with his eyes Kakashi shrugs not much Sensei just the basic stuff you taught me and what I learned in U he sees manato nod in the corner of his vision he turns to look at him why manado closes his eyes for a moment almost as if mentally talking himself out of something before shaking his head briskly and focusing on Kakashi with an intense look do you trust me Kakashi yes Kakashi says without hesitation manado nods again and then quickly as if to avoid something changing either of their minds he grasps one of Kakashi's hand from behind his back and holds it between them are you sure manado asks giving Kakashi one last chance to oppose monado's will his eyes telling Kakashi that if he does he wouldn't be blamed but this is an opportunity to be of use to his Hokage and Sensei Kakashi nods again yes sensei produces a canai with his own signature seal branded on it and slices open Kakashi's Palm the boy doesn't Flinch and watches with mild Fascination as monado sticks his pointer finger on his right hand into the blood that has started to submerge the young boy's palm and began to finish the seal on the door with Kakashi's blood what are you doing Sensei Kakashi asks softly watching each of the delicate yet precise movements I'm making it so that this door will open only for you and the other person whose blood completes the SE manado says softly concentrating on the seal why manado pauses looking at Kakashi with chilling seriousness because I need to cover all my bases Kakashi gets a sickening chill down his spine what does that mean that means manado hesitates before he returns his attention to the seal I'd rather be safe than sorry what does that mean Sensei Kakashi asks even more worried in time Kakashi manato says everything will make sense in time Kakashi blinks out of his memory just as the boys walked into the yard closing the gate behind them he shakes his head how did they get in through the gate manado had left a seal that only specific people were able to get in through kashina manado and jariah were the only people Kakashi knew of that could get in there and jiah hasn't returned to the Village since the fourth's passing the retired Anu has come back to these Gates countless times after his sensei's pass passing wondering why his Sensei would make it possible for him to get into the house but not into the yard what was the point of all that Kakashi straightens up turning toward the Hokage Tower the third has to hear about this with that Kakashi shunshin away sake and Naruto sit with their feet in the pond both of them moving their feet around to create ripples in the water they've been sitting there for over an hour just staring off into the distance lost in thought training is getting a little monotonous without a little bit of guidance so they decided to just call it a day relax a little before going home in between them is a bag of groceries for Naruto just basic stuff some cups of ramen and chips and bread something to help him through the rest of the week until they start getting paid for Missions their Sensei has got to be considering for them to be taking missions soon right soon narut won't have to deal with trying to survive day by day by the skin of his teeth he want have to deal with the Steep prices that people put on their stock when he comes around to buy stuff he also want have to always rely on SAS to make sure he doesn't eat food at a restaurant that has been spit in yeah that's never fun we should get home sake says standing up he picks up his sandals and slowly makes his way toward the gate careful not to step on any protruding rocks Naruto follows after rolling down his pant legs he plucks his sandals in the bag and rushes after SAS the two pause at the gate putting their shoes on you think everyone are having fun with their teams and Sensei narut asks sake shrugs I don't know probably sasak opens the gate door and steps out Naruto closes the gate behind them and they take just three steps before Ambu drop around them creating a half circle around them both narut and sasak Yelp out in shock Naro holds his hands up trying to put something in between himself and the masked Warriors and Okami third Hokage the hunched man stands directly in front of them with his pipe hanging from his lips both boys tense up staring at the Hokage with big eyes no one moved for a long drawn out moment narut began to laugh nervously getting a weird look from sake but everyone else's attention hi Gigi he rubs the back of his neck with his free hand trying to brush all of this off as if there was nothing Shady going on what's up Naruto here is in States grabbing to the pipe from between his lips sake do the two of you know where you have been playing both boys share sheepish guilty looks making it very obvious to all of the adults that they know exactly where they were and just how wrong it was for them to be there SAS can't believe he was just thinking about this today and here they are hours later caught red-handed even though it was obvious the third says did you SAS Naruto both boys Flinch yes sir heisen stares at them beneath the rim of his hat and how long have you been playing in there just a few hours Gigi Naruto says softly wilting beneath the older man's gaze don't talk down to me Nar Nar flinches eyes falling to the ground kicking a rock about a foot he swings the bag around aimlessly trying to distract himself from one of the few adults he actually likes he doesn't like to be under the old man's heavy gaze when he's done something wrong rarely did the third ever get truly upset with Nar he would usually give him a stern look and then take him out to eat or play a game or something but this he can't have Gigi mad at him I'm sorry Gigi we've been playing in here he Jabs a thumb back at the gate for a few years since my family died SAS supplies the third looks mildly shocked for so long he murmurs taking a long deep breath from his pipe he lowers it and stares evenly at the boys it's all right boys I'm not mad both physically relax Nar it was inevitable that you would come here I just didn't expect it to have been so soon Naruto tilts his head to the side what does that mean hen walks over to them laying a hand on one of each of their shoulders he smiles faintly at them Nar we need to go somewhere to talk in private about what Gigi narut asks looking up into the man's kind eyes your parents Nar I guess it's time to tell you about them narut opens his mouth to ask more but hin gives him a look that quiets him he looks over his shoulder at one of the ambo send out a messenger HW get it to jariah tell him it is time to come home the Ambu bows and then teleports away then back to Naruto come let's talk in my office narut nods and starts to follow only to stop and look at sake Gigi can sake come too this is very personal Nar are you sure narut nods again looking at to sake's eyes we're brothers Gigi he can come hen tips his head in acknowledgement very well then let us go he waves his hand in the remaining Ambu shunshin away then he turns clasping his hands behind his back heads off sasak and Naruto side by side follow the old man down the street making their way to the Hokage Tower in silence jariah always knew that he was going to get that call the call from the hidden Leaf telling him it was time to stop living his life the way he wants to and to return into the fold the ninja fold the basic circle of Shinobi life live learn serve die he's been spending all this time maturing and building up spy network but like all things his freedom must come to an end jariah always knew that he would be told to come home he just thought he would have either made his way back himself or it wouldn't have been this soon 12 years as soon jariah mutters aloud to himself he quickly scribbles down a confirmation that he will return home within the week hooking it into the Hawk's leg parchment holder before sending it off back in the direction of the Hidden Leaf Village the hawk circles around for a moment orienting itself before taking off for home Jah sigh scratching his wild white hair before turning toward the direction of the leaf Village and trudging alone admittedly dragging his heels dreading the prospect of returning the last time Jah was in the village of his own free will was the night before the nine Tales attack October 9th manado jarah says softly opening the door to the hokage's office just a crack knocking slightly when he doesn't get a response he opens it all the way manado may I speak he pauses staring at his student with his head laying across folded arms on his desk the room is dark set aside from a nearly burned out candle at the edge of monado's desk the light casting Shadows across his face effectively emphasizing the dark circles beneath his eyes breathing is heavy and slow the Ambu captain of Team One stands behind monado loyally watching jariah walk into the room quietly how long has he been working jariah asks quietly not taking his eyes off his slumbering student this will be the completion of day two without pause Master jariah the ambo Captain says at jiah's inquisitive look he supplies my Lord wished to have a head start of everything so that he would be able to adequately take the time off for his child's birth without fear of the village falling into Anarchy a slight pause and then his words Jah nods manado he calls out softly reaching out to shake his students shoulder manato flies up eyes wide and wild jariah jerks his hand back to avoid getting stabbed by monado's signature three-pronged canai it takes the dazed man a long time to finally relax lowering his canai realizing it's just his Sensei staring back at him the first Captain stands behind manado tense and alert HEK the last in the room to relax which jariah can't blame sorry Master you scared me I must have dozed off manado murmurs rubbing his eyes he rolls his shoulders back he cringes at a twinge HEK been curled over his desk too long I scared you jariah laughs loudly filling the room with the pleasant sound come on kid letun get you home into bed I bet kash's already forgotten what you look like by now jariah says mirthfully manado Smiles faintly eyes dropping the desk scanning to see if there is anything else that he needs to do right away there is still a small pile of paper that remains but the thought of having to force himself to stay awake for it isn't appealing in the slightest he puts his canai away and stretches why didn't you wake me Captain he asks nonchalantly not at all upset he glances over his shoulder at personal protector judgement call my Lord I debated which would be more devastating to the Village making sure you got the tax report done today or desperately needed sleep I chose the ladder as the more important the captain says stoically shifting just a bit into a relaxed State before falling unearthly still manado stares at him for a long drawn out moment considering something before smiling tiredly I see thank you the captain dips his head respectfully but says nothing manado licks his thumb and pointer finger on his right hand and pinches the flickering flame on the candle bathing the room in Moonlight before walking slowly and sluggishly to the door jariah stays close did you just come to check on me master manado asks as they walk down the brightly lit hallway down the stairs and out of the Tower and into the night manado pauses by the gate taking in a big deep breath of fresh air he certainly want Miss spending 12 hours a day in that office doing paperwork and breathing in stuffy air sort I was going to just leave you a note but I saw that your light was on one of my contacts thinks they may have some information regarding that thing you inquired of me the apple of Eden manado stops more alert than before he turns to his Sensei eyes wide and unreadable what kind of information possible location of it jarah says simply acting as if to brush this isn't all that important manado steps in front of his Sensei forcing the older man to stop walking I was going to leave tonight to meet with him and discuss it are you certain you may know the location of the Apple monado's eyebrows pulled together chewing on his bottom lip like this was a mixture of good and bad news Jah blinks a few time facing falling into a serious look manado what is this apple of Eden anyway all you told me was that you were looking for information regarding it well I might have found something so I think I'm owed an explanation monado's sky blue eyes lower to the ground in thought battling internally jariah puts his hands on his hips and waits as the boy he's watched grow into a handsome man look more conflicted than anything else finally manado size tired his shoulders bowed a little I don't wish to feed false information Master but I believe that the people who tried to assassinate me during the beginning of my reign want it I need to get it before they do jiah's eyebrows pulled together manado who is it who is after you is it Ewa why are you defending them why are you being so secretive about it man size long and drawn out looking so tired he leans heavily on his right hip rubbing his eyes roughly jiah has never seen him look so drained like the man not even 30 yet is aged by 20 years just before jiah's very eyes manato runs a hand through his wild blonde hair before looking at jariah with a desperate and tired look I'm scared jariah Sensei manado admits Jah and the Ambu Captain both tense hearing such an admittance from the usual unfaced man is a bit jarring the young Hokage always looks so in control and calm to hear this Jah isn't sure he knows what to do he hesitates a moment before stepping up to his student the boy who has become like a son to him and how long has it been since manado dropped the master and reverted back to when he was a child and called him Sensei what's going on manado what are you afraid of Jah asked softly tilting his students face up to meet his eyes what is it manado please just tell me what's going on manado closes his eyes as if unable to bear looking into the eyes of the man he admires most in the world which is completely unlike manado I'm afraid I'm afraid to bring my boy into this world manato says softly jariah feels a twinge of anger annoyance and understanding he knows what it's like to bring a son into this world only to lose him before the day is even up but he also knows that monado's apprehension is much older than 9 months before he can let his anger be known manado continues I don't want him to grow like I did I don't want him to ever know the tragedies and hardships of War jariah sees the Ambu captain at monado's back stiffen even more at the words war no one said anything about war manado jiah says anger bleeding from his body and being replaced with cold emptiness monado's shoulders saged even more and he sways tiredly on his feet a weak disbelieving smile crosses his tired face I hope so I hope my Naruto will grow up happy and healthy without fear but I can't monado's face twists into hopeless rage the look alone chills jariah to his core my son fugaku's Sons choses boy and shibes too none of them no one deserves this his fists curl up tightly he looks up into Jah eyes burning in his normally sky blue eyes now darkened by lack of light and anger find that information master I need to know if my fears are true this might be the last step if I'm right and I hope I'm not then the fourth Hokage turns away face still Twisted with unrestrained rage angry tears building in his eyes but not falling his shoulders shake and his body is rigid I will do everything I can to protect the younger generation make them strong enough to face this enemy manado what are you talking about who is the enemy Jaya stresses the yellow flash turns slightly so that jarah and the first Captain can only see the young man's profile Go Master leave tonight and get me that information if it is right we must prepare for the second coming of sangoku ji manado says Darkly the age of the country at War he walks into the darkness heading home looking tired and upset a moment later the first Captain follows albeit hesitant and his movements are robotic monado's words obviously struck a nerve in him jiah watches as his student a beacon of light in his life darkens under the pressure of this possible War sangoku ji jariah left that night he didn't even make it to his informant before news reached him of his students demise but it showed that the fear May truly be real for when he finally reached his informant a last order given to him by his beloved student only to find that his informant was dead killed just a day or so before his arrival same day as manado warning signs going off in jiah's mind he quickly went underground and continued his search for this apple of Eden but whatever his informant at the time heard must have been something because none of his other informants thus far knew anything about it but even to this day jiah refuses to give up on searching he owes it to manado he owes it to the people of his home Village his students their children the king but most of all Naruto manado died before he could find whatever he was looking so desperately for and if another war is coming then jayan needs to make sure that Naruto is well trained and prepared to fight in it a blackened out enemy hides in the shadows but manado saw them and they knew it they knew he was watching Jah always wondered if they had something to do with his death but he couldn't bring himself to return to the Village to investigate too close to home too close to monado shaking the dark and sad feelings off his shoulders promising to mourn for his student once more later he begins his Trek Back home but not before sending out a little birdie to his informants with a simple order keep an eye out for the slug princess sunade send you 2 days prior what's this all about Nar asks are we in trouble heun's asked that a million times now and each time the hok has shaken his head no and continued walking when they get to the old man's office the hok lowers himself slowly into his worn seat he laces his fingers together and places them onto his lap staring over his pipe at the two boys sitting in the two pulled up chairs across from him one moment boys there is someone else I want present for this discussion herizen says in his grally voice both boys share a confused look until the sound of a door opening behind them is heard Naruto and SAS both look over their shoulders to see Kakashi standing there scratching the back of his head lazy ey staring at the two boys and elder man in front of him the younger white-haired man was the perfect picture of relaxed and lazy but heisen can see the haunted look on the younger man's face when Kakashi showed up earlier he looked shaken not much can shake the last remaining student of the fourth but the look on his face when he told the Hokage that Naruto and sake Were Somehow able to get into the fourth's estate the young man look haunted Dazed and Confused hiroin then sent Kakashi away to freshen up take some time to settle down he looked like he needed it now that he's back even hours later his palor is still gray and his face is a little wet probably spent a great amount of time throwing water at his face trying to calm down herzen feels bad for one of his best and most trusted Shinobi he's been haunted by the death of his teammates and then utterly crushed under the loss of his Sensei and then hiroin went and even if for the boy's safety lied to the copycat ninja Kakashi good you are here come heisen says waving the white-haired Sensei over to stand by the boys he grabs the final chair and puts it next to SAS lowering into it slowly he glances at the two boys shaken like he's not too sure what he's seeing he pulls his eyes away from the two boys and turns his attention to the Hokage the third holds up two fingers and mumbles something under his breath and the walls glow with seals silencing seals so no one can hear in first off I need to tell you Kakashi that what I'm about to say doesn't condone what you most certainly been going through herzen says Gravely looking at the young man I'm sorry if it means anything thing what are you talking about my Lord Kakashi asks sitting rigidly in his seat HEK too focused on the hokage's words to try and keep appearances heisen hesitates turning his attention to the confused young boys SAS Naruto your Sensei Kakashi is the student of the fourth Hokage he says watching as shock flickers across the two boys faces they look at each other then Kakashi back to each other then to the third really no way Nar says eyes wide jumping to his feet that is so cool sen he blinks rapidly slowly lowering himself back into his seat face paling slightly uh sorry Kakashi looks over at them almost as if he's trying to stare through them like they are some kind of intricate math equation and he can't figure out how to solve it tiredly he sigh turning away it's fine Naruto there's no way you could have known but what's bothering me isn't that it's that this probably wasn't what we were brought here for his single eye slides back over to the Hokage he looks alert but his voice is tight stressed my Lord Naruto the fourth Hokage died the day of the nine-tailed demon fox attack yes herzan asks sake and Naruto both nod the fourth was Naruto's Idol after all and sake actually paid attention in class yes Gigi Naro says he picks at the loose threads on his orange an hen adjusts himself in his seat staring at the three of them with Hawk Eyes years and years of training and keeping a watchful eye over this Village has left his gaze Keen he pins the two youngest in the room with a hard look what I'm telling you too is top secret am I understood two heads bob up and down herzen's eyes flicker over to Kakashi to see a little nod from him too before returning to the boys there is only a handful of people in the village that knew manado was married and even less than that knew that he was going to have a child all three stare with wrapped attention even Naruto who is known for his unbearably short attention span for those that did know of the fourth's child were told of the baby's death alongside his parents you Naruto are the fourth's Legacy herzen says slowly you were the child he chose to be the bearer the Jailer perhaps is a better term for the nine-tailed demon Fox he pauses giving them all a few moments for that to soak in sas's head jerks over to look at his friend seeing Naruto's face go pale in his Mind's Eye narut can see all of the dirty mistrusting looks he can see the children being pulled away by glaring parents and in his ear he can hear them Whispers of demon and fox and it's like suddenly everything made sense why everyone hated him so much it always had everything to do with the monster that revenged the village years ago I'm the demon Fox Nar asks softly he sinks into his seat like he wants to appear into the ground no herzen says sharply he stands up and makes his way around the desk to stand in front of the blonde boy he reaches down and grabs the two small hands on the orange clad lap hin squeezes the small appendages tightly in his hands waiting until the boy finally looks up into the old man's eyes before he continues no Naruto you are not the nine Tales there is a seal on your belly that holds the demon within you it is not you do you understand Naruto the blonde nods slowly not looking like he feels all that much better about the entire thing which is to be expected yeah I guess GG he mumbles kicking the floor he lets out a long winded breath sinking a little bit more he perks up slightly like a thought suddenly occurs to him wait why did the fourth pick me because you were his son Naruto it was a lie that the fourth son had died in order to protect Naruto I had to ensure that even those that knew about the fourth wouldn't use that poor boy I'm sorry I betrayed you Kakashi the third looks over at a pale-faced Kakashi you were right when you said that he was so much like your Fallen Sensei because he is he is the fourth son Kakashi stares back mutely disbelieving Naruto on the other hand sits up ramrod straight I'm the son of the fourth Hokage his eyes flicker to the large Windows behind the third's head seeing the mountain but is unable to see the fourth's face from this angle he looks back at the third my dad his mouth opens and closes like a fish out of water trying desperately to breath but no words come out hiroen nods yes Naro you are I was going to wait until you were older to say something but your curiosity over the fourth's estate put that idea out the window he says smiling faintly at Naruto's little nervous laugh he rubs the back of his head sheepishly sorry GG Nar says softly he looks at the old man so my parents don't hate me I'm not a dumpster baby the third hok scowls at that while Kakashi looks abhorent at the thought he mutters who the hell would say that to a child while the third makes a mental note to hunt that person down no narut you are not here is in size you are a sweet kind innocent little boy who has dealt a bad hand your courage and strength make me want to be a better person myself I can't stop those horrible looks but I'm always here for you and not just me but you have SAS too turning attention back to the silent boy in the room all three heads turned to look at the last of the ucha SAS stares Straight Ahead lost in thought his eyebrows pulled together he blinks registering The Silence of the room and turning to look at narut what are you look at me for are we still friends Nar asks his voice small suddenly afraid that the young ucha would climb to his feet say no and walk out of his life forever he must have started shaking because the third squeezes his hands again a reassuring gesture that narut is thankful for sake turns to look into Naruto's big blue eyes I hate you for asking me that you think that I would care about something like that you're a really shitty friend you know that don't talk to me SAS makes a big deal of turning away from the blonde herzen opens his mouth to tell SAS to be nice when a huge grin breaks across Naruto's face he reaches out and touches knuckles with sake I love you man Naruto says sake rolls his eyes he smiles faintly just don't cry idiot no promises Naruto laughs shoulders raising and then falling like a weight has been lifted from them he looks back at herzen the old man smiling fondly I'm not sure if I know how to feel about all of this but thank you for telling me herzen nods so G what does this mean about the fourths ER my dad's house the words sound weird to his ear and taste even weirder on his tongue herzen finally releases Naruto's hands standing and walking back to his chair he sits slowly again he's getting too old to be standing around for so long legally everything that belongs to you narut opens his mouth to talk but the third holds up a hand to stop him but when you turn 18 until then it still belongs to the state but I will do nothing to keep you off the land in 6 years it will be yours and because it is going to yours I thinks it's okay for you to bring whoever you want there what I have told you is your secret to keep Naruto herzen levels the boy with a Stern gaze you tell who you want just be sure they can be trusted this is your life take charge of it Naruto blinks a few times no one has ever said that to him before this is your life take charge of it those words feel like they echo through the young boy's Soul it is his life it's about time he's lived it the way he wants to thanks Gigi Naruto says grinning widely I will so my friends and I can keep going to the fourths uh I mean my dad's house he makes a weird face at that before shaking it away herzen nods saintly it is your decision Naruto nods then abruptly turns to Kakashi Kakashi Sensei I have to be honest with you Kakashi who was in a half days throughout the entire thing blinks back into reality he looks back down at narut now only able to see his own sensei's smiling face staring up at him he shakes the image away to see Naruto uh yeah Nar what is it you asked me how I knew the shadow clone Jutsu well I learned it at the 4 ehh I learned it at his house Naruto says waving his hand around Ambiguously but they knew who he was referring to Kakashi finally finding something tangible to latch on to sits up a little he hadn't even noticed he was slouching you did huh mind asking me how intrigued the third leaned in as well to hear so narut set off to explain he told them about how he and sake dared to go into the yard after the I Massacre sasak sat ston still at that not even blinking saruto hurried on ahead he told them about befriending kba Joi and Shikamaru for the original purpose of getting their help oh I forgot Naruto says we can't actually get into the house it's got seals on it but we could get into the cellar which had these two small rooms attached one held a whole bunch of Jutsu and the other was like a little Library it was there that we read through one of the fourth's theories about swifter training and improving overall skills one of which the only feasible one in the fourth's eyes was what he referred to as the shadow clone Training Method with that being said SAS quickly explained what the method entailed Kakashi and hiroin both stared at the boy as if he had grown another head but once we showed it to our new friends another issue came up Naruto continues oblivious to their surprised looks we needed to know that the Jutsu didn't kill us then Naruto told them about searching for hanata and then having to go look for Shino to recruit his help too then about them figuring out how much chakra each of them have and roughly how many clones they could make and then seeking out Hannah for tree walking then in detail about their training after they were done the room is silent here irisin raises his gaze to the ceiling knowing the ambo from Team One areir staring down at them but because of the silencing seals they can't hear them but he also knows looking up at them is basically the equivalent of calling out their code names their eyes have turned to him watching his mouth reading his lips the hokagay debates internally if all that is true not only is the Ingenuity of the younger generation impressive being able to learn all of these elements without the aid of adults the oldest of which being Hannah inuzuka who was a jenin at the time time just using what they can get the possibilities of hanata hyuga miscalculating are astronomical she knows bug clone JSU while similar isn't the same as the shadow clone Jutsu the slightest miscalculation in both amount of chakra and levels of control could have killed them impressive very impressive he lowers his head to look at narut you haven't been able to get into the house but you were able to get onto the land narut nods do you know why there is a seal on the two doors two different seals Naruto says Shikamaru might know he's been staring at them for a long time shika Her isin starts about to ask why the Naro would know but then remembers the story seven children have been playing in the fourth's estate for years and no one knew never mind well jiah will be on his way once he gets our message and he's one of the best seal Masters we have perhaps heun be able to tell us more actually my Lord I may know something the SE on the door Kakashi says softly single eye as far away Sensei brought me to the seal just a few months before he passed he said it was a blood seal only myself and one other person together could open the door he blinks once twice three times pulling himself back into the room henk gaze sharpens and why would he do that Kakashi shakes his head I do not know my Lord he wouldn't tell me only that he wanted to cover cover all of his bases Kakashi drops his chin to his chest and sigh heavily he reaches up with his left hand and rubs the back of his neck what does that mean sake asks cover all his bases herzen stares at Kakashi trying to pick him apart with his mind like perhaps there is something else something that the young man is repressing but he doesn't look tense like he's trying to consider whether to say something or not he just looks tired hen looks back over at sake that is the award-winning question SAS definitely something we will have to figure out I'm not sure if it's implied or not Naruto says looking around at the other patrons in the room but do you want to come see what we've seen so far Gigi I mean all it is is the seller in that little Library he shrugs is that okay with you heisen asks narut Smiles a big wide smile and here Isen has to wonder once again how anyone could not like such a sweet boy sure is GG I actually feel a lot better not having to keep this a secret anymore come on letun go Naruto jumps up grabbing sake's arm pulling the blue-haired boy with him hin makes the hand seal to deactivate the seal around the room he looks back up at the ambo in the ceiling looks like we are going to visit the fourth's land Kakashi visibly pales at the prospect but follows after Naruto SAS Kakashi hen and Ambu team W make their way to the fourth estate Naruto opens the gate for them and steps aside the third is the first to walk through the ambo team is next then sake Naro stares at his new Sensei staring at the gate are you okay Kakashi Sensei Naro asks blinking slowly Kakashi Smiles faintly down to the miniature manado he waves his hand around like he's swatting away Naruto's concern I'm fine Nar just feeling a little nostalgic with that he walks past the small blonde and into the fourth's yard Naro follows closing the gate behind them when Nar turns back around sake is standing by the cellar with the third while team one is looking at all the Clones of the other children and inspecting the flowers hanata planted in the perimeter of the house the only female on team one long black hair sticking out from her cat mask stands by the large oak tree reaching out and tracing the initials carved into the bark narut blinks rapidly suddenly remembering something something that seemed so trivial when they first showed up he walks over to her seeing sake lead the third and the first Captain into the cellar there was something else carved back here lady narut walks to the opposite side of the tree the female Ambu follows him stopping at the numbers her head tilts slightly it's a code she murmurs could it be 2514 51208 that's one of the most basic codes the alphabet perhaps beneath the beneath the fourth beneath the fourth route she steps back her head straightens up she hunches down looking at the thick roots coming out of the ground narut follows her amazed that was so cool she hesitates turning to look at him thank you but it was nothing really if the fourth wanted it to be hard to crack I wouldn't have been able to do it it was a very basic code to crack Naruto grins when her voice takes on a touch of embarrassment he follows follows her mutely as she slowly and thoroughly Works her way around the tree until she finds a root with a single vertical slash going through it she runs the pad of her gloved finger over it before backtracking clockwise three Roots she starts to dig with her hands while Naruto watches the hole is maybe a foot and a half deep when she finally finds something she pulls her hand back and works on making the hole wider narut could you go and get one of the other Ambu for me it doesn't matter which Nar nods jumping to his feet and running out from behind the tree the first ambo he spots is standing in the middle of the yard looking up at the sky Hey narut calls waving his hand around wildly the ambo looks over head tilted slightly your friend over here says she needs you the anu's body flickers for a moment before Vanishing and then reappearing right in front of narut the boy jumps eyes wide the ambo walks past him to the other still digging narut makes to follow and Witnesses is the first amboo pull out a mud covered ziplock bag She lays down next to her and start to wipe away the caked on dirt no way she murmurs holding out the bag to the other is that the fourth hokage's amboo mask the male ambo takes it wiping away more of the dirt holding it close to his face yeah I think it is they don't make masks like that anymore but why bury it he shakes his head short brown hair waving slightly in the breeze no clue let's get it to Lord Hokage the two amboo head for the Sellar with Naruto on their heels the blonde falters only for a moment when he spots Kakashi standing at the doorway to the house touching a rust red seal the third Hokage wasn't sure to make of monado's buried mask when opening the harmless looking ziplock baggie around it a foul odor emanated from The Mask so revolting that all the gagging occupants in the cramped Cellar Library were outwardly grateful when the old man closed it back up Naruto f the air around his nose face still scrunched up in repulsion what the hell was that horrible smell Naruto asked gagging slightly when he inhaled impure air SAS whose nose was firmly pinched between his forefinger and thumb on his right hand looks slightly mortified by the ACT visually mildly discomforted by the smell the third shakes his head it appears that the four drenched the mask in some kind of conspicuously nasty smell and buried it where he looks back over at the U female behind her mask her face is contorted into one of disgust beneath the large Oak outside my Lord the fourth left a code depicting its location with the intent of it being found the third lowers his gaze back to the ziplock baggie wondering what the purpose of such an act could be manado was always very secretive and even a little weird so weird herzen's lovely wife Bako had to assist in ensuring that as little of monado's weirdness was shown but that was just beyond even what here is thought the strange blonde was capable of if there was a specific reason for this action it was lost on the third still herzan had to wonder did the fourth just randomly go about his house hiding things just for the sake of hiding them or is there a real reason for it in the theories left behind by the blonde man it is clear that he was worried about something that he was preparing himself in the village for whatever it was he has multiple different training techniques in this room some a lot more obviously useful than other and so many books to help lead him in the right direction manato was adamant about the growing strength of the younger generation a naive man would believe it to be fear over bringing his first child into the world but some of these theories date back to even before he was considered for the position of fourth SAS had pointed out at the end of The Shadow clone technique theory that it almost appeared to be like a diary entry the scribbles are significantly more sporadic like he wrote it in a hurry but why her is in size lowering the bag to his side trying to figure monado out always gave the old man a headache it's one of the reasons he was chose as Hokage one couldn't simply look at the young man and tell what was on his mind he wore his emotions like a shield only using them to defend himself or to disarm someone else it made him a perfect candidate in the old war Hawk's eyes but that choice is now coming back to haunt him so many questions with no answers perhaps jariah will be able to better tell them what is happening that's all for today herzen says he holds up the baggie in the slip of paper detailing the shadow clone Training Method you don't mind if I take these do you Naruto the blonde shakes his head no Gigi go ahead what was he going to need them for a piece of paper with a Training Method he already knows and a stinky mask his father Left Behind for some ungodly reason no he could live without his father that thought tickled nutk brain a little this entire thing is so crazy he's a Shinobi with a family today when yesterday he was just an unlucky kid lucky enough to get a decent meal once a week that sort of thing doesn't just happen to someone like narut learning that his father was the fourth is like something out of Naruto's greatest most outrageous fantasies but there is one thing that Shadows even his Glee over knowing that his family didn't throw him in a dumpster because they didn't like him or want him he has the nine tails inside him his belly the third said narut watches as the hok and the team of U walk out SAS follows looking back at Naruto once with a nod of farewell once they're gone he reaches up and touches his belly wondering if he concentrated hard enough that he would be able to feel the demon within him but he couldn't feel anything just the rumble of his stomach that explained why he ate so much he is eating for two don't let it bother you narut jumps with a loud Yelp spinning around to see Kakashi standing there Naro forgot that the man was there he must have been staring at the seal on the front door this entire time he relaxes a little what Sensei Kakashi nods with a lazy look on his face towards Naruto's stomach don't let news of the nine Tales being inside you change who you are you are still the son of the fourth you are still Naruto Uzumaki then as if uncomfortable Kakashi looks away and makes for the gate hands stuffed into his pocket training tomorrow don't be late he says over his shoulder opening the gate slowly do you promise you won be late Nar calls after no with that the iron gate groans closed and Naruto is alone standing the yard that used to be the fourth hokages that used to be his father's the next week of training is nothing other than what narut would have expected Kakashi focused a lot on the two boys leaving Sakura a little to flounder Naruto felt bad for her even though it kind of is her fault for not focusing on her training it doesn't mean that she should be neglected and it doesn't appear as though their Sensei does it maliciously he just doesn't seem to know how to teach her really he keeps telling her that there isn't much he can teach her until she has enough chakra to do anything Nar can see that but still he wants them to be able to work together as a team every time Naruto considers inviting his pink-haired teammate to join him in SAS and rest of their friends at the fourth's estate he can feel sas's eyes on him telling him that it's a really bad idea and the thought slips away because sake is right they don't know if they can trust Sakura yes they were quick to get hanada and shino's help but that was because they had no other choice Sakura's mom is one of the many people that can't tolerate Naruto's existence and if she found out that Naruto was sneaking into the fourth's estate she would blow a gasket she would go storming ranting and raving to the third and Naruto didn't want to put the tired old man through that so he would lower his eyes sadly and look away Kakashi visits the fourth's house a lot at first he would stay only for a few minutes just give the place a one surround then leave quickly like he was uncomfortable there but then his visits lasted longer and longer until he was there almost as long as Naruto and the rest of the six Amigos were he wouldn't say anything wouldn't interrupt their training just stare at the door in silence lost to his own thoughts it's been weird for Naruto and SAS ever since they've gotten their teams the six Amigos and Naruto haven't been able to all train together all of them have been busy with training with their their senses at this point narut is a little grateful he's not so sure he knows how to explain to his friends what all has happened about his lineage about the nine Tales all of it just feels so surreal Nar spent many of nights staring at the ceiling in his ratty apartment thinking about his life thinking about his burdens his mind is constantly fluctuating between being ecstatic about being the son of the fourth Hokage and feeling the heavy weight of the nine Tales in his gut G has told over and over again that he isn't the nine Tales but now that Naruto is aware of the looks of the murmurs he's not so sure everyone else knows that Naruto has been assured by the third that the nine tals because of his father's seal is asleep unable to hear what is going on or react to the outside world but even without its Consciousness controlling it the nine Tales advanced healing chakra is the only thing from the nine Tales that is naturally released into Naruto's body which explains why bruises that Naruto gets don't last nearly as long as they do with SAS nor does he get sick all that easily and when he does it's never for long it's strange to think about something huge red and angry slumbering inside of him in the seal narut not you the third had said but Naruto's not all that sure he understands the difference the seal is burned onto his flesh his stomach the third had said but every time Naruto pulled up his shirt to stare into the mirror he didn't see anything that could be considered a seal after as long as he can stand hand just staring at his flat stomach wondering if the seal will just suddenly appear he'll turn around and head back to bed it's getting harder to considering getting back up again luckily the training with his team and the constant missions are keeping him from thinking about it too much which is just the way he likes it my Lord an ambo appears in front of the hokage's desk Master Jah has just arrived at the Village Gate heun's on his way here now the third nods breathing out a lung full of smoke thank you you a single crisp nod in the amboo disappears in a puff of smoke the third leans back in his seat silently closing his eyes and wondering how he's going to broach the topic of his student dead student he stays like that up until he hears the sharp knock slice through the otherwise silent room herzen opens his eyes and leans forward calling for the outsider to be let in he shifts the paperwork on his desk to the sides so it doesn't distract him jarah walks in looking no different than he did years ago since the last time the third saw him his white-haired student couldn't even bring himself to come to the fourth's funeral his and kena's welcome back jariah the third greets the toad Sage makes his way over to stand before his Sensei Crossing his arms over his chest and giving a toothy smile nice to see you again Lord hok he leans onto one hip staring down at the old man fondly perks of the job are evident on your face here Isen blinks slowly knowing that that was a jab on his not so youthful appearance but decides not to make a spectacle about it he interlaces his fingers together and leans on his desk he stares at his student with a calm look jariah I'm glad that you decided to show up on such short notice he says pleasantly jariah perks an eyebrow at that yeah not much else I can do other than come it's not like I can say no so what did you need from me Sensei herzen stares back with Keen eyes I am truly sorry about manado J that toothy grin wains a little Jah looks a little surprised at his sensei's words and tries hard not to let the sadness deepen his eyes to flood into his face he blinks a few times forcing the emotions back his smile strengthens again trying to hide the pain still there thanks Sensei but I'm sure that's not what you brought me here for so jariah shifts his weight from one hip to the other what do you want from me he makes a face at that in a totally not rude sounding manner heisen waves the words away I want to talk to you about narut he watches his student Flinch at the sound of his godson's name and manado manado jariah Echoes what about manado more specifically monado's house it's come to my attention that you are capable of getting inside Jah raises an eyebrow looking slightly suspicious he shifts his weight to the other hip again his smile Falls and he stares at the Hokage with an unreadable expression why would you want to get into monado's house I don't think there is anything there that you would want first off manado did take home work from the office before going out to see kha so there is documents there that I would actually like to get my hands on but most of all Naruto has been able to get into the yard and it's only fair that he be allowed to get into the house too herzen says staring back at jarah with a level gaze as that reason enough for you jiah looks like he wants to protest but the words die on his lips and he just looks down at the floor with an annoyed look then realization hits he looks up sharply at the Hokage wait did you say heun's able to get into the yard herzen nods yes I was hoping that you would be able to shed some light on that as well it appears that monado's seal on the gate is still as powerful as when he placed it on the metal but it seems that Naruto is able to open it jariah tilts his head back to stare up at the ceiling lost in thought he purses his lips and looks back to the Hokage I think well the only thing that I think could be the case that manado put a secondary seal on the gate that allowed Naruto to enter since he has similar chakra to manado or kha I guess I'd have to look at the seal to know for sure are you free to go now herzen asks standing up he already knows the answer now jiah Echoes now's not a good time I mean I just got to town and my feet are killing me I really had to hustle to get down here by the time I promised you J Ria looks around desperately fishing for something that he knows will just prolong the inevitable and I am so glad you did here and says walking past his student toward the door I assume you know how to get there heisen glances over at jariah from over his shoulder jariah deflates aren't you busy not at all letun go the old man turns and opens the door walking out confident that jiah will follow he doesn't bother looking back the younger white-haired man sigh rubbing the back of his neck he grumbles something about a mean old man and makes to follow a hollow feeling in the pit of his stomach jarah drags his heels hoping to buy as much time as he can before he gets to monado's house by the time they get there Naruto and Kakashi are already waiting for them in front of the gate Jah almost trips over his sandals thinking he's seeing a mini manado he blinks rapidly rubbing his eyes roughly before confirming that yes Naruto is almost an exact carbon copy of of his late Father which doesn't stop the near crippling guilt twisting in jiah's gut once more the third must have sent Shinobi ahead to get them while jariah was Lolly gagging Kakashi bows respectfully to the two approaching men my Lord Master jariah the third nods respectfully back and turns to short blonde Naruto I would like you to meet my student jariah he's also your father's Sensei and your godfather he steps aside for the sage to step up in front of the boy narut looks up at Jah curiously he waves a hand nonchalantly haa Naruto Uzumaki he considers that I uh guess that you already know that huh jariah speechless nods mutely he did know that the third had given Naruto kash's surname to protect him normally he would have been mad at that thinking that it was some sort of backhanded way of disrespecting his student but the more Jah thought about it the more it made sense manado didn't want anyone to know too much about himself so he kept a lot of his life a secret kha being his girlfriend kha being his fiance kha being his wife kha being the mother of his children manado is such a personal person jariah is willing to bet that even kha doesn't know everything about him jariah sure as hell didn't but jariah doesn't doubt that manado would have agreed to have Naruto take kash's name to protect the boy at least until he was old enough to protect himself from mat's enemies at the very least and manado had a lot of powerful enemies an entire nation iwa hates monado's guts Kumo has begrudging respect for the blonde manato impressed ey enough to not become Public Enemy Number One and Killer B jiah assumes nice uh nice to meet you kid Jah says feeling like he has to say something this boy looks so much like monado it would be hard to hide his connection to jiah's Fallen student shall we go in now narut the third asks narut nods turning to the seal and touching it with his pointer finger his chakra glows blue around the pad and the seal accepts it the crease appears and the door opens sure jariah could open it too but seeing someone other than manado and kha opening it is weird it leaves a strange twist in his gut but if there was any doubt that Naruto was monado's son it squashed jarah steps up to the seal and stares at it with a scrutinized expression analyzing the seal with a Keen Eye he takes about a minute before he sees what it is he brought Naruto here before jiah concludes turning to look at the old man waiting saintly for him to do his thing oh heisen says a gust of wind flutters the cloth from his hat that is framing his face Jaya nods sometime after Naruto was born and before he died he brought Naruto here and the seal absorbed some of his chakra a pause and as if it wasn't clear he adds that's how he can get in he's part of the seal too just like you manado and kha are the third asks just to be sure jariah nods who's kha Naruto asks looking around at the three older men is that my mother he surprised at himself never once had he thought about who his mother was he was so wrapped up in who his father was a bit of Shame and guilt twist in his gut why would he do that Kakashi asks not having really heard the blonde unless he suspected that he wasn't going to survive jariah cups his chin with his left hand closing his eyes he shakes his head slowly I'm not sure manado was paranoid to the point of obsession even on a good day perhaps he was just covering all his bases Kakashi Shivers at the words remembering when his own Sensei had said that same thing to him but pertaining to the seal on the door speaking of should we go inside master jariah I'm assuming that you and I are the two that can activate the seal on the front door jariah opens his eyes and drops his hand to his side he looks morose eyebrows pulled together and head down a bit the toad Sage looks honestly unhappy but quickly steals himself no more running he's been doing that for 12 years time to face the music jariah looks over at the oneeyed man yes Kakashi we are letun go as they make their way inside Naro asks his question again to the third is that kha person you guys kept mentioning my mother the third nods yes kashina Uzumaki a pause then with an affectionate smile for the boy he continues you are a lot like her Naruto blunt outspoken free willed stubborn I dare say he lets off a light chuckle got that from his old man to jariah says a gentle inflection in his voice that gu gez he shakes his head ruffling his man no one and I mean no one could get that boy to do something that he was adamant against Kakashi rolls his eyes tell me about it he can remember more often than not having a boneheaded argument with his Sensei trying to get his way and manado would spin around and backhand him with stubbornness and logic that guys was a stubborn mule if nothing else before the old seal both Kakashi and jarah make small cuts on their thumbs and with guiding them place it on the appropriate places on the seal at first there was no reaction from the seal then the paper shutters and cracks in half not unlike the seal on the gate but per jiah s instructions Kakashi moves out of the way and the sage simply rips the paper off of the door onetime use jariah explains stepping back all four of them stare at the now be door in silence no one knowing what to do next this is territory that hasn't been tread in a little over a decade the house that used to be filled with life from a student a husband a wife a Sensei a soon to be mother a soon to be father a leader a protector a messiah now it's empty but still filled with the stale aftermath of their deaths Naruto tentatively leans forward to open the door before pulling back as if burned a moment nothing happens and the Darkness of the house remains then stagnant air finally begins to circulate and comes out of the newly made opening Nar makes a CH choking noise and takes a step back first things first the third says go around and open all of the windows letun get some fresh air in there shall we with a goal in mind all four make their way into the first hallway a door to their immediate left and a staircase to their right Kakashi goes and opens the door grabbing a handful of dust while he's at it he makes a face at that but rationalizing that this isn't the most disgusting thing he's had The Misfortune of sticking his hand in and opens the door it's a small study with a large desk bookcase and a couch in the corner behind the desk on the wall that would be at monado's back should he be in the desk is lined with Windows Kakashi makes his way over there and Begins the tedious task of opening all of them there is five in total some of them are easier to open than others some take a little bit of force to pry them open enough when he gets back into the Hall he can hear the others walking around further down it passing a few other doors in favor of finding his student Idol and Hokage Kakashi gets to the end and the hall opens up into a wide dining room where on the far right side is the spacious living room and on the far left is a full kitchen Naruto stands in front of the large dinning table touching a baby high chair placed between the two tables jaria opens the small window above the sink in the kitchen and the third stands in the middle of the living room looking around at all of the pictures hanging around the entire room they were really preparing for me Naruto murmurs touching the plastic that was probably really bright at at one point but is now dark and Faded under the layers of dust after a few moments he pulls himself away from the high chair and turns to the screen door behind him a look of confusion crosses his face when the hell did this door get here racking his mind Nar tries to remember if he has ever seen it in the obnoxious amount of times he has been in this yard and isn't able to draw a single memory of it I think it was put there in the construction of the house Kakashi guesses walking into the living room to open the windows the idea of the third doing it never even Crossing his mind the last thing he can imagine is making the old man lean over the couches and have to force the window open the chances of the old man busting a hip is too scary I Naruto pauses reaching out and riding in the dust on the window don't forget this window door is here after that Naruto walks into the living room and walks over to one of the many picture frames hanging on the walls and wipes the Dust Away his eyes widen at the sight of a man in his 20s with blue eyes and blonde hair staring back at him Naruto Squints a little in the light trying to see it better hey Gigi narudo asks slowly pulling his eyes away from the picture do you think that there is still power running to this place the third considers hard to say I know it's no longer connected to kah's power grid but there is always the chance manado had back up generators someone on the property he does jariah says walking into the room give me a second let me go see if they still work with that he turns and heads back down the hallway they originally came through a moment later they hear the sound of a door opening and Jah descending Naruto turns back to the picture and pulls it Off the Wall to step closer into the light manado has a big crinkly eyed smile on his face his arms are around a beautiful dark purple Eyed Woman with yes vibrant red hair she has a big cheeky grin on her face and she's holding on to monado's Arms she's looking up at him with this one F affectionate and loving look Nar can feel the smile on his face it's blatantly obvious that the two love each other this was it this was the family that Naruto was supposed to have unfortunately something really big really mean really red and really angry took his parents away from him Naruto takes a moment to scowl down at his stomach wondering if the red fluff ball can feel his anger toward it it probably can and it's probably laughing and evil manical demon Fox laugh hey Gigi Naruto says turning to look at the old man he's inspecting another picture about a foot away hum Naruto looks back down at the picture again taking in their happy faces wondering what they would be like if they were there right then he looks back up at the third to see him looking at him Gigi where you there when my parents he waves his free hand around Ambiguously did they say anything or the third walks over to Naruto and takes his free hand with both of his own Naruto the day you were born after the nine Tales disappeared we were rushing to where you and they were kha was barely alive reaching out for you when we got there she told me what your name was Naruto Uzumaki namazi she had said and then died there on the spot manado the third closes his eyes as if he can see the scene behind his eyelids his body vanished before my eyes it speculated that he had a seal on his body to destroy it shortly after his death Naruto nods solemnly looking down at their hands I get it thanks Gigi the third nods sadly I'm sorry Naruto I know you would have really liked them they would have been great parents Nar Smiles sadly at that you think so heris and hums in affirmation I do a moment later the sound of something powering up fills the room narut looks into the kitchen to see the clocks on both the microwave and the oven flicker on and blink on 12:00 and then we got power jiah calls from the darkness of the basement it was during one of the few times of fragile pause in the conflict after years of raging beforehand it lost a bit of momentum and was starting to slow down the yellow Flash had since begun to appear on the battlefield taking down countless enemy combatants in a blink of an eye it didn't take much for young manato namazi to gain near worldwide Renown in a short period of time from being part of many recent victories kashina and monado along with fug gaku found themselves all back in konaha for a temporary leave while the higher ups continued to plan out the war there was a brief and heartwarming reuniting between Makoto and fugaku but they had been in each other's arms just a few months prior so the reunion was a short one and once all were settled in as per usual with their free time all met up to have dinner together about halfway through dinner at the uch household Makoto still smothering a laugh at one of kash's many jokes of the evening lowers her Chopsticks to her bowl and looks around the room ever observant fugaku is the first to outwardly notice manado always being the sort of person that has to know everything before everyone else already suspected that something was on the young U woman's mind since they arrived but out of respect for his longtime friend he kept his mouth shut kha last to know just about everything doesn't catch on that something as a Miss until she notices that both manado and fugaku are both staring at Makoto what's up kha asks brushing a loose strand of red hair behind her ear the gesture is subconscious Makoto love is something wrong no Makoto says smiling radiantly in fact something is right she reaches across the table and takes fugaku's hand the two of them smile at each other they stare into each other's eyes for just a moment before looking back over to their friends manado looks from their joined hands to each of their faces a flash of worry in his eyes but when they settle on The Smiling Faces of his two friends he relaxes kha looks at Makoto intently as if trying to read what could be going on on the blue-haired woman's forehead well kha says sitting back a little what's up fugaku and I Makoto says her smile widening Pride shining in her eyes are going to be parents I'm pregnant manato blinks that hadn't been what he expected kha looks perplexed for just a moment before her eyes widen she jumps up from the table and races around to the other woman's side dropping down in front of her having already expected this Makoto lets go of fugaku's hand and opens her arms for best friend to fall into the two girls squeal happily oh my goodness this is so great we're pregnant well you are she quickly amends sending a sheepish smile to manado but still I'm going to be an ant sort of Makoto laughs holding on to kha tightly definitely but she pulls back grinning from ear to ear we want you to be the Godmother and manado to be the Godfather Kash shrieks loudly hugging Makoto tighter only to stop and reach out to rub the other woman's stomach oh wow the baby is already starting to grow kha shakes her head in amazement isn't this great manado fugaku who's been watching the emotions flicker across the eyes of his best friend sees the blonde man finally smile faintly his eyes are miles away before they finally meet fugaku and genuine happiness appears he reaches across the table and takes fugaku's hand and they Shake firmly congratulations fugaku I am so happy for you thank you manado fugaku says knowing the blonde man means every word he's saying I'm guessing you missed the part where Makoto told you and kha that you'll be the god parents he gives the man a knowing look mank eyes grow wide and the Smile widens by miles are you kidding please don't tell me you're kidding that would be too cruel of you if you were we're not kidding manado Makoto says holding a cing kha In Her Arms we need two names from you two manado takes his hand back and rubs his chin you don't know if you're having a boy or a girl kha pulls back a little to look between her two friends I figured someone as anal retentive as fugaku would have to know whether his Heir was going to be an actual Heir or an ays fugaku gives her a dead panned look that's the beauty of it Makoto says beaming reaching out to at fugaku's hand she's practically glowing it could be either fugaku and I are having twins a boy and a girl Naruto stops in front of another picture he wipes away the dust and his eyes widen as that is that sake's parents herzen steps back up next to look over his shoulder he smiles yes you probably don't know this well you don't know this he murmurs to himself shaking his head but yes that is sake's parents they were best friends before yours passed away manado kashina and Makoto were in the same class at the Academy fugaku Makoto's Future Husband met them a few years later and they became Inseparable ever since wow Naruto breaths staring at the picture of the four of them all linked together kha and Makoto in the middle hugging one another with their faces pressed together and grinning widely while fugaku and manado standing behind their waves manado had an arm around fugaku's shoulders with the other hand on his wife's back both men are smiling too fugaku is smaller more refined and monad could light up a dark room they all look so happy narut thinks they have no idea what ends up happening in their lives none of them know that one way or another they all die because of their kids he puts the picture back and turns around the third makes his way over to the hall stopping just before to look at both Naruto and Kakashi who also took the time to stare at old pictures a deep sadness in his single eye we should Explore More of the house the third says both nod and follow him to the only open door they go down the stairs into a brightly lit room it's mostly finished the walls and ceiling are all done but the floor is still concrete the room is large and branches off into at least five other rooms one right away can be seen as a bathroom the doorway to the room immediately in front of them is open and sounds of someone walking around and there could be heard bird inside jariah moves about the room with DEA strides when the rest of them peek in they all stop it's a giant seal Naruto exclaims the entire room is covered in multiple characters all circling a single large character in the center of the room on the floor yes jariah says slowly it appears to be a containment seal of some sort a very powerful one and see here jariah Taps the toe of his shoe on the large character in the center it means Uzu Uzu Nar Echoes what does that have to do with it perhaps nothing but you have to know seals before you can begin to understand the importance of certain seals over others see manado was on a level far beyond even myself Jaya shakes his head rubbing his chin he talks a long moment to look at the seal circling around it trying to figure it out he looks over at Naruto's confused face and size okay Nar let's see if I can explain it simply enough in the most modern style of seals the ones that most people use there is roughly 204 different seal characters each character does something different depending on its place no wait start simpler Jah tells himself he runs a hand through his hair okay so let's use one character for example for one character there is lowballing 1,000 ways that it can be used in one place depending on how much chakra you put into and that's just with it facing one One Way multiply that by the other ways that you go around like a clock and there is roughly 12,000 different things that one seal character could do so add a second seal and that's about 24,000 different way plus if one was on the top or either side of the other so like he makes a face mouthing the math in his head around 288,000 different things so on and so forth and it only gets more complicated the more seal characters you add to the mix in order to become a master of a seal character you must know everything about what that single seal can do forwards and backwards it's very difficult and tedious work and only the most dedicated end up becoming Masters in their lifetime you can know a seal character without being a master of it I myself was a master of 24 seal characters the most complex seal I could make though is probably he Squints staring off over nutk head is probably about 31 seal characters I learned the proper chakra to use on the characters that I didn't know manado on the other hand was a Protegé in his very short lifespan he mastered 64 seal characters last I heard almost three times what I knew jiah says with pride he had always been good at seals but somewhere along the way he hit a point where it became so easy for him to learn them wow complex Naruto breaths then his eyes widen Shadow clones Jia pauses staring at Naruto what did you say nar turns to look at the third my old man used that Training Method on himself it's how he tested it if you can learn Jutsu really fast with it why can't you learn these seal things herzen closes his eyes in thought for a second considering finally after a long moment of silence he opens his eyes again and nods I do believe it is plausible Jah looks around confused waiting for an explanation hen takes a moment to tell him about the Training Method jariah blinks a few times humming before finally nodding the third is right that does sound about right that would explain how manado was able to excel far more swiftly than he usually did he says releasing his cup chin he turns his attention back to the seal looking down at the Uzu character Kakashi leans against the door frame behind the Hokage easily able to see over his head what do you think that the Uzu word means jarah scratches his head I'm not sure if I had to guess it looks like a series of safety seals surrounding something perhaps surround something with jiah's eyes widen he drops down and runs his fingers delicately over some of the characters Uzu gakure the third stiffens while Naruto and Kakashi look at each other in confusion hiroen steps into the room what do you mean Uzu gakure the way he's got this set up the seal is protecting something about location and information and it's surrounding the word so either it's the Uzumaki or it's uzuk gakure jiah says eyes locked on the seal I'm not sure that's just preliminary analysis Nar slowly backs out of the room as interesting at that is well it's not narut is never really one for speculation he would much rather just know what is going on for certain not a lot of what if imp possi he heads to the room to his left he opens the door and steps inside yelping in surprise when the floor beneath his foot lights up in a bright yellow light GG I think I broke something Nar calls a moment later jariah and the other two men are standing behind the blonde jariah Peaks around the small boy staring down at the seal is it going to explode Nar asks voice squeaking no jariah says reaching out and pulling Nar back out of the room it's a revealing seal it reveals the seals on the body of the people who step on it he blinks at Naruto seeing a glow coming from the inside of his left ankle kid lift your left leg let me see your foot Naruto baz leaning against the door and lifting his leg Kakashi the third and jiah lean in to look at the small seal formula on his ankle a simple two character seal Kakashi's eyebrows pull together is that some kind of repression seal yes here Isen says sharply eyes narrowing his voice is grally it's a chakra repression seal Kakashi looks up sharply what you mean someone sealed up Naruto's chakra a lot of it jarah says but over the years it's weakened and it's starting to floor back out this was definitely not done by a professional what about my chakra narut asks he looks confused get back Jah says this willll sting a bit Kid the Third and Kakashi take a couple steps back jariah holds up two fingers mumbles something before reaching out and touching the seal with both fingers there is a sizzling sound and Naruto flinches as the seal Burns away leaving the skin slightly red jayu scoots back just seconds before a bubble of chakra forms around him bits of it pulling out of the bubble like tendrils and wave around a little before pulling back in Naruto's jacket opens up and his shirt Rises a bit revealing the Ninetails seal etching itself onto Naruto's stomach the characters glow yellow before finally turning to a burnt out black the bubble of chakra pulls back into his body Naruto's chakra system glows beneath his skin all the intricate small spider webbing Under the Skin glowing brightly before fading away but a moment later a hard gust of wind spirals out of Naruto and whips around the room instinctually Kakashi places himself between the gust of air and the Hokage immediately he regrets it when the full force hits him in the face almost causing him to stumble but thankfully his body was able to protect the third the only indication that he was hit was affected was the hanging pieces of cloth flapping slightly in the breeze within nut's body is a complex set of hallways each each and every hallway one way or another ends up connecting to one hallway in particular the walls are covered in pipes and the bottom 3 in on the floor is filled with water the sound of water moving through the pipes and steam rising out of them into the blackened Abyss that is the ceiling it's got a complex pipe system up above before it turns into just blackness in the special hallway where all hallways converge has a single room attached and inside the room is a large cage the doors to the cage stretch up past the piped ceiling and into the Blackness Beyond and Inside the Cage is a blackened out Mass but upon closer inspection one would be able to see the curves of its back the ears long and pointed jutting out of its head and now flopped down a little lazily eyes pressed tightly closed twitching slightly with movement beneath the lids two front paws crossed delicately with a large red head resting at top of them nose and whiskers twitching slightly back legs tucked neatly beneath it while nine tails that stretch for Miles lay around the cage and disappear into the darkness of the back of the barred prison its breaths are low and soft lost in Dreamland all the anger and hatred that would usually be prevalent on its face is one of childish ignorance and peace the nine-tailed fox dreams of a time where he was happy when he remembered what being happy was and what it meant there was eight other little creatures no bigger than he running around with him they were in a meadow playing around chasing one another and wrestling around it was peaceful and sun was warm and calming but it wasn't just them there was someone else there he was an old man even when they were young he watched them play with a Content look on his face a staff in one hand horns protruding out of his head as if instinctively all of the little monsters stop turn to the old man and run to him he looks down at them with a loving look in his eyes this wasn't just some random old man it was their father the nine Tales is pulled from his long dream into his own reality to the sounds of the sewer likee place his eyes open slightly catlike red eyes gazed dazedly around the room the red eyes widen a bit more before finally drooping back closed again outside of the cage the one crease that separates the two doors is a paper seal the very tip of the seal is pulled back just a little enough to pull the demon from his dream slightly but not enough to wake him completely the nine-tailed fox easily falls back into his previously uninterrupted 12year slumber narut shakes a little bit before calling down what the hell was that what happened he Pats his stomach for a moment before pulling his shirt up to look at his belly the seal still showing he looks up at the third with wide eyes as this it as this the nine Tales yes this is definitely monado's work jariah is the one who answers he kneels down in front of Naruto to inspect the seal it looks like manado made an 8 tetragram seal with a heaven and earth binding he scratches his head damn manado quality work you've done does this mean the nine Tales is going to get out Naruto asks once Jah straightens up he shakes his head not at all the seal appeared because of the seal manado put on the floor the two butted heads but the one on your stomach isn't meant to be hidden I bet anything the reason as was was because there was no outside chakra entry to power the seal it was just what manado put in there now that your actual chakra has been freed the seal is being fed fued again is that bad hin asks that Naruto wasn't fueling the seal from the way it was set up nanado made it that narut wouldn't need to fuel it with his chakra which thankfully he did because Naruto wouldn't have enough to constantly sustain it jarah glances down at the smooth suned skin of the boy's ankle any redness or irritation is gone it just appeared because of monado's seal on the floor coupled with Naruto's own chakra slamming into it his seal on the demon is still holding strong it'll fade away again in a day or so everyone nods slowly all looking relieved so why was there something holding my chakra back Naruto asks after a long silence hiren's earlier anger appears in the form of a scowl on his face yes is there any way of telling who put that on him or how long it's been there jariah cups his chin I would say it was put on maybe 10 years ago it's faded an awful lot over the years that's why Naro has any chakra at all but now all of chakra is back and if you had any semblance of chakra control before it's gone now Naruto throws his head back balls surprisingly as tense as he's been since this whole situation with his old Sensei has arisen this is what breaks through Kakashi's Haze his shoulders shake and his head falls to his chest he tries hard to muffle the sounds of his laughter but it just slips right out of him he waves his hand around apologetically when the other three occupants in the room stay curiously sorry sorry I don't know what has come over me give me just a moment Kakashi heads back for the stairs laughing loudly as he does it narut grins in his wake I think that's the first time I've seen Sensei laugh yes here Isen says thoughtfully he hasn't been laughing too much recently has he the way he said it it didn't seem like he was actually all that interested in hearing a reply so no one replied narut walks into the room the nine Tales seal glowing brightly again before he steps past it inside the large room is another Library this one at least three times larger than the one in the seller this one has a desk two large bookshelves a couch table and a television there is a VCR with a black tape on top of it herzen walks over to it and picks it up no label he turns on the television and puts the tape into the player there is a long moment of fuzz before it clears away and a blonde man is there sitting on the rug that is in front of the desk desk in the back of the room I'm not so good at things like this manado says slowly he looks tired he slowly peels his hok cloak the other two in the room huddle around the third staring at the television Kakashi walks in a moment later eyes widening at the sight of the television Naruto's eyes widen as the man on the TV slowly raises his head blue eyes reflecting the light from the room as that is that him Naruto's eyes flicker over to the rug that is in the shot his dad was there there just years ago Sensei Kakashi says softly manado runs a hand through his Shaggy blonde hair he pulls his headband off slowly unraveling the cloth and smoothing it out I'm not good at this at all he mumbles then he looks up at the camera okay master jiah I put this here for you to find I know you are one of the few people I've allowed into my house you can get into the yard and with Kakashi's Aid you can get into the house if you're seeing this then that means that I've monado's eyes lower casting a shadow over his face something has happened to me narut manado says softly the blond-haired boy jumps you will be born tomorrow Naro hopefully he smiles wistfully if I end up being wrong I'll destroy this video and try to wipe this entire next few minutes from my memory okay here goes Nar I sent Master jiah Your Godfather away on a miss tonight so he won't be able to see you for a little while but I know he'll take care of you I know he'll look out for you just as he had done for me for so long jiah's heart plummets and is once again filled to the brim with guilt Naruto looks up at jariah with an unreadable expression I know I was coarse with you earlier master and I am sorry for that I know what I said must have frightened you and I'm sorry for saying it I'm just tired he smiles tightly I'll hopefully apologize to you properly when you return his smile falls in the case that something does ultimately happen to me I need you to know that I have left Clues around the house that will reveal everything nothing was place without deliberation and all of it can be decoded I do not want anyone who I have not specified to be in my house his eyes narrow and his voice is hard the only people I approve of is the following shibi abame chosa akimi Jaya the toad Sage the third Hokage hirz and serut toi Kakashi hataki fugaku and Makoto Uchiha sunade senju Naruto Uzumaki shakaku Nara Ambu first Captain hiashi hauga Lord fukasaku and of course kashina others may be permitted so long as they have been thoroughly cleared by fugaku Naruto blinks rapidly he knows I go by Uzumaki hirz and nods manado was always adamant about you not taking his name he has so many enemies and he didn't want to risk them catching on to you being his son so he wanted you to keep Kash name until you were old enough to protect yourself huh oh right narut mumbles scratching his head I have many secrets in my house many of which I didn't even tell fugaku about all of the aforementioned people will each be able to get pieces of the story from the house not all the answers are in one place you will need all of these people add more to be able to figure out the entire story no one that isn't absolutely trusted can be allowed to know what I know it's not safe yet manado says fugaku is still hunting the people we are informance to our enemy within our rank he will your best bet at who can be trusted and who cannot narut visibly pales while Kakashi and the third share looks jia's eyes are honed in on monado's face hopefully I'm just freaking out over nothing but just in case I put the most efficient Training Method into the seller Library get that into the hokage's hands as soon as possible manado says softly I love you narut if I can't say it to you in person I love you monado's eyes water but he blinks rapidly till the tears are gone kha love of my life you will be okay even without me you have so many people who love you and will help protect you master everyone always says that fugaku is my best friend and he is I love him with all my heart but I never told you what you meant to me he rubs his face looking very uncomfortable I'm sorry Master I'm no good at this kashina and Naruto I love them like none other you and them are the Center of My Universe I will never be able to convey what all three of you truly mean to me master you were like a constant Pillar of Strength for me since I was a little boy and I will never be able to make it up to you asking you to be my child's Godfather was the least I could do jariah shakes his head the guilt in his gut intensifying a h hundredfold oh manado I am undeserving of your kindness he murmurs Naruto looks at him taking in the deep sadness and shame on his face and reaches out and touches the older man's arm jariah looks down at him and sees monado's blue eyes staring up at him understandingly jariah puts a hand on Naruto's shoulder and smiles faintly good luck everyone take of yourselves and each other manado gives them a meaningful look before nodding and Reaching Forward to turn the camera off tears spill out over nar's eyes he loves me my father loves me with that Nar turns away walking out of the room up the stairs and toward the front door he hesitates before walking out to head back into the living room to grab the picture of fugaku and Makoto with his parents and rushes out the door without a word Naruto let the other three men go about the house and spent so much of his free time when he wasn't training with his team and hanging out with SAS staring at the photograph of his parents and the people that took care of him all those years ago now that all makes sense sas's parents would bring Naruto in because he was the son of their best friends Kakashi has set aside some personal training time with Naruto to help rebuild his chakra control it was moderately okay before but after he got the new power up it tanked again to piss poor Naruto who was able to make 3002 clones by the end of his training without the rest of his chakra being released but now now Naruto is capable of making 8004 clones J explained that once the seal started to weaken Naruto's body began to produce chakra again so basically he an easy supercharge from his chakra being returned to him along with the added training primarily focusing on chakra control and now he's nearly going to break a thousand Shadow clones by the time he turns 13 sake and the rest of the six Amigos were flowed by the levels of chakra Naruto had in his body sake and Nar spent a lot of time talking about their parents after Nar revealed to the young of the connection they had they would think about the life they would have had had the fourth and his wife lived Naruto and SAS would have grown up like brothers more so than they already did their lives would have been so different sakur achan Naruto calls after the pinket after training one day can I talk to you Sakura hesitates looking around as if to see if anyone was watching but then immediately shook the action away she had been trying hard to be more pleasant around Naruto and for the most part it's worked they are nowhere near friends but they are working together she walks over to Naruto and sake looking curiously between them to narut she says what's up we were wondering if you wanted help with training narut says slowly you're holding us back sake says simply Nar swiftly elbows him in the gut ignoring the glare he says to the frowning girl sake didn't say that very nicely you just don't have the same power as sake and I and we were wondering if you wanted some help Kakashi Sensei should be helping but he's more preoccupied with other things really and I want to go on better missions but we can't if you aren't ready he smiles sweetly what do you say Sakura opens her mouth probably about to tell them to shove off it's not her fault that she isn't a very impressive Shinobi yet she just needs more time and practice but then she stops that is exactly what the two of them are offering her and they are offering her the chance to work with them too for them to build their teamwork lifting her chin High Sakura nods yeah sure letun do it narut grins awesome now where we are going is a secret you can't tell anyone especially your parents and with that Naruto and SAS LED their female teammate to the fourth's estate SAS looking a little Bland about the prospect but understanding that it is something that needs to be done while Naruto can't get the words of his father out of his head good luck everyone take care of yourselves and each other other where are we Sakura asks looking around the fourth's yard with wide curious green eyes my dad's house Nar says elusively Sakura turns around sharply to stare at him with wide eyes she looks between narut and SAS who still stares at her with impersonal indifference while Naruto on the other hand just looks a little happy no offense Sakura says slowly but I didn't know you had a father or I mean I didn't know you knew who your parents were she runs a hand through her hair working out the tangles in the long locks uh sorry that sounded really bad narut shakes his head and walks over to her don't worry about it socker achan I get it I didn't know who my parents were until just recently so back to why we are here he turns toward her looking at sake over her shoulder sake shrugs hands stuffed into his pocket narut pulls his eyes back over to the pink-haired girl so we have a JSU that will make learning more much easier even getting more chakra which will encourage Sensei to teach you more Sakura wilts a little so you noticed huh I just I don't know what to do Nar Smiles you just haven't found your Niche yet Sakura shrugs a single shoulder and walks around a little looking at the field her eyes are wide and her mouth is hung open this place is amazing is this why you and SAS are so good you trained here she turns around to look at at them narut and sake both nod yeah and we got a Little Help from my old man he left behind a secret training Technique we should see if you can learn it Naruto says grinning broadly it's like an A ranked technique Sakura's eyes are as wide as saucers no way wait Naruto sake says finally speaking we don't even know if Sakura has enough chakra to perform the technique Naruto tilts his head in confusion while Sakura deflates so SAS Naruto says the young Raven rolls his eyes I remember Kakashi Sensei saying that Sakura while having the best chakra control of the three of us has the lowest amount of chakra Naruto stares at him blankly sake SI if Sakura's control isn't enough and she ends up trying to use this technique without sufficient amounts of chakra she could be hospitalized or Worse Naruto stares horrified what could be worse sake stares back dead Pand death narut and Sakura both share identical looks of Terror what do we do sasak Sakura asks SAS looks between the two of them before rolling his eyes again simple the same thing we did when we were getting ready to learn how to do that Jutsu ourselves he stares expectantly at Naruto we did a lot of things trying to get ready to learn that damn Jutsu Naruto says eyebrows pulled together get hanata SAS snap s narut jumps running out the door and out of sight sake rolls his eyes again before turning back to Sakura until they get here I'll show you the basics Sakura listens with wrapped attention as he explains the shadow clone training technique Sakura nods in understanding adding a quiet the more advanced version of the Clone Jutsu to which the last of the ucha agreed to sake then shows her what she needs to do about 10 minutes later Naruto and hanada make their way through the gate and toward the two other people in the yard hanata Smiles lightly at SAS who nods back at her in greeting before she turned her attention to Sakura G good evening Sakura Chan hanata says softly poking the ends of her pointers together she avoids Sakura's green eyes Sakura waves her hand a little uh Hey hanata so should we do this hanata nods she activates her blood limit the veins in her eyes pulse outward as her Bakugan appears she looks straight at Sakura assessing her chakra system and like Naruto was telling her on their way here Sakura has a very pitiful amount of chakra vastly less than she or any of their friends even years ago she'll need near perfect chakra control to be able to create even one clone and that might not be enough all need to see your chakra CC control hanata says softly Sakura goes through simple chakra control methods moving her chakra around to her fingertips hips up her arms down her stomach to her feet before letting it go back into her system hanata nods slowly doing the calculations in her head before deactivating her blood limit well Naruto asks hanata rubs her shoulder slightly in nervousness it'll be H hard for her to perform RR right away and until she gets it we only be able to P perform the Jutsu once a day T twice if she's lucky a single clone Naruto stares wide-eyed while SAS flinch cursing their luck Sakura blushes deeply in embarrassment hanata looks around at them apologetically I I had better go I told ker and I Sensei that I would o oh only be gone for a few minutes she looks down at her shoes noting the dirt that has collected beneath the nails from the day's training she makes a mental note to clean her feet extra well in her shower tonight thanks hanata SAS says hanata nods and with a polite nod to all of them she turns and heads back out with a soft goodbye once she's gone sasak turns back to Sakura and Naruto with pursed lips so we'll teach you the Jutsu and hope that you can get it soon Nar if you will narut nods and performs the Jutsu creating three clones Sakura nods slowly her attention goes to sake as he two performs the Jutsu making two clones all the Clones pop a moment later Sakura rubs her chin in thought do you think you can do it Sakura Chan Naruto asked asks SAS scratches his head should we do some meditation first get her some more chakra first Naruto shrugs Sakura shakes her head looking determined she will impress sasak with how fast she can learn this Jutsu no I I just need to see one more time narut looks a little concerned but nods performing the Jutsu again suddenly sakur as nervous all throughout her schooling she never gave much of a thought to what she actually wanted to do with her life after she became a Shinobi all that really mattered to her was the fact that she only had a limited amount of time to impress SAS and then she graduated with him on her team and then the time extended but now now Sakura's life is on the line she's a Shinobi but she doesn't know what to do there isn't anything special about her all that Sakura really has to her name is her smarts and her impressive chakra control she never gave it much thought she doesn't really know what she can do in the way of a Shinobi so now here she is being trained by her teammates because essentially she's not worth her own sensei's time and that's a low blow Sakura blinks back into reality when she realizes that both Naruto and sake are both staring at her waiting for her to try to do the shadow clone Jutsu Sakura mimics the hand sign she saw them use feeling her chakra move accordingly but hesitates again um maybe one more time she says to narut he blinks a few times before nodding creating two more clones they pop a moment later Sakura steals herself and prepares to do it when she hesitates again her back going stiff her chakra Supply is so pitiful she will only be able to do this once today and if she fails she'll need an entire night's sleep to get her Supply back up again um maybe one more time Sakura says again this time narut doesn't hesitate he creates two more clones they pop Sakura falters again chewing on her lower lip she opens her mouth to ask for him to show her again Sakura sas's voice is sharp causing the small pink-haired girl to jump calm down you can do it if not now later just he sigh running a hand through his hair just try Sakura nod slowly taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down she performs the hand sign and takes a few more deep breaths before performing the Jutsu she hears the poof next to her she looks over to see a clone of herself staring back at her tentatively she reaches out and touches the shoulder feeling the smooth skin so much like her own beneath the pads of her fingers Sakura and Naruto cheer at the same time throwing their hands up in the air SAS stares wide-eyed not expecting that she would be able to pick that up so quickly her first time performing the Jutsu and she managed to do it that's crazy sake snorts a little Turning Away slightly that's amazing sakur achan you did it on your first try that took took us at least a couple days Naruto says turning to his friend grinning broadly at the disgruntled look on his best friend's face Sakura falls back onto her bottom dizzy from the loss of chakra Naruto Falls to her side Sakura Chan are you okay SAS steps closer but doesn't reach out to touch the pinket the female member of Team seven nods slowly Breathing heavily yeah just a little winded from Chakra loss she smiles faintly up at the blonde I did though didn't I now what now SAS says stiffly shrugging off his slight jealousy at the fact that the least experience of their team managing to perform in a ranked technique so easily we need you to build up your chakra Supply this one clone thing isn't going to do so for as long as we deem necessary you will spend your free time meditating SAS nods to the Clone Still Standing There Sakura looks over at the Clone and nods the Clone sits down where she is and begins meditating do you have any more chakra Naruto asks still kneeling next to the girl Sakura Smiles stiffly shaking her head no sorry she puts her hand over her chest my heart is pounding she says breathlessly Naruto Smiles comfortingly don't worry it'll get easier after Sakura and sasak leave for the night promising to meet up again the next morning before training Nar goes into the house for the first time since he walked out on the Hokage and that strange Jah man that the old man had brought in to help look through his parents things and it's unearthly quiet instead of going downstairs to look through the rest of the stuff that he skipped out on when he ran away he makes his way up the dark stairs to the second floor he reaches out and opens the first door it's a bedroom but it appears to be a guest bedroom neat organized but impersonal and covered in a thick layer of dust Naruto steps out and makes his way further down the hall the next room is a full bathroom the room that immediately follows makes Naruto weak in the knees it's a large baby's room over the handmade wooden Crib in large letters spell out n r at one point they were probably bright letter but have faded as the dust has settled over them hesitantly Naruto steps into the room and looks around there is a toy chest play pen dressers and sitting on the rocking chair in the corner of the room is a blue book the young blonde walks over to the book and picks it up wiping away the dust it's a baby book everything but his name written in is empty Naruto Uzumaki namazi with little hearts as the dots over the eyes and another large heart at the end Naruto lays it back down hands trembling he walks over to a picture on the wall and wipes the dust from that away it's a manado hugging a grinning pregnant kashina from behind Naruto puts it back and turns away tears threatening to fall he quickly wipes them away before they can become real he walks out of the room shutting it behind him he's a mixture of happy and sad happy because the evidence of his parents love for him pile up more and more with each inch of this house that he uncovers but he's also sad seeing the life he could have had the young blonde backs out of the room softly closing the door behind him and walking further down the hall the next door he opens makes Naruto sigh in exasperation another Library he cries out loud throwing his hands up into the air is this guy some kind of of Naruto waves his hands around not knowing the word for it know it all yes narut spins around to see jariah standing against the wall just behind the blonde with his arms crossed over his chest Nar didn't even know he was here how long have you been here Nar asks willing his racing heart to calm down jariah releases on hand to wave it around Ambiguously for a few hours I heard you kids show up a little while ago but I didn't want to bother you while you were training it's interesting to see monado's training in use thankfully put to good use I heard you walking around up here and decided to see how you were doing you seemed kind of shaken since the last time you were here narut shrugs a single shoulder maybe were you down in the basement the older man nods I've been looking through more of the house the basement to be specific I've been saving the upstairs three stories for later his voice is even as is his face but Naro caught the slight pause in his voice when talking about about the rest of the house Naruto is about to comment on it but decides not to at the last minute the two sit in silence for a few minutes before the young blonde finally asks were you really close to my parents Jah nods more so your father than your mother that was tsunade's girl sunade loved kashina manado he was my beloved student so I guess you could say we were close Naruto stares at jariah with a look that is almost as Keen as manado star the older man feels a Pang of sadness in his chest at the shocking similarities between the two but the sharpness in the boy's eyes Fades away and is replaced with a dopy look much similar to that of one of kash's looks who's sunade Naro asks a distant cousin of kinas they are related through tsunade's grandmother lady Mido who was in Uzumaki jaraya says sunade was also my teammate a long time ago narut shakes his head running a hand through his messy hair how come I've never met either of you or at least you till now and her not so far jiah's face droops a bit in shame he closes his eyes and feels very very old tsunade's life is a long and sad one she's lost everyone that has every meant anything to her she Associates konaha with death her family died here her brother her lover only prito's request before she died did sunade return to be in kash's life but once again kash's death hit her hard and she swore to never return again I doubt she even knows about you Naruto scratches the top of his head not all that sure what to say to that Naruto can't imagine what it must be like to associate your home with death but he does know what it's like to lose so many important people he's been able to build up new relationships with more people so he can't imagine having nobody anymore to be so alone and to have no home to return to and what about you Naro asks looking at the older man with a tilt of his head shame floods jiah's chest and trickles out onto his face he turns it down hoping the poor lighting would help hide it I don't have a good reason Naruto I wasn't here because I was a coward I was weak there is no good reason as to why it has taken me so long I'm sorry Nar Nar laughs the noise shocks both him and jariah who looks back at him with wide eyes narut waves the surprised look on jiah's face away sorry sorry just because you knew my dad doesn't mean that you were obligated to do anything for me jariah blinks rapidly before wilting back into a glum mood I may have I was a friend of your father I I'm also the one who named you he looks away Naruto's laughing abruptly stops the words sink in and he stares at jariah in confusion you you're my godfather w What Where Have You Been Naruto yells throwing his hand up into the air isn't a Godfather supposed to take care of his godchild If the parents can't am I wrong no jariah says flinching no you aren't wrong narut lets out a long breath all the anger going with it did you his eyebrows pull together his brain filling to the brim with all kinds of questions he doesn't know what to ask first and then he hears his own voice squeak out was it me no jariah says sharply nearly jumping across the hallway at the boy but manages to just walk over there jerkily and settle his hands on nutk shoulders no it wasn't you it was me I was scared to come back after manado and kha died and before I knew it years had passed and it just felt Too Late by then I've been looking for a reason to come back when well when the third called for me and here I am he gestures around his person Nar stares at him for a long time wrestling with some kind of inner conflict it's so obvious but Naruto can't figure out what he's seeing you my dad meant a lot to you didn't he Jah sigh letting go of Naruto's shoulders to step back yes and he would be rolling in his grave if he found out that I left his kid alone for 13 years then he'd somehow bring himself back to life to kick my ass narut Smiles shily would he Jah nods yep and I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't already halfway here in fact jariah really wouldn't be surp surprised the proud teach could sing the Praises of his beloved student until his face was blue but jiah was one of the few people that knew of the darker side of his student the side that would do anything to destroy his opponent as kind and caring as manado was to those that he liked and especially loved he was cold and ruthless to those that got in his way that threatened those that he loved as strict as he was about one thing or another he was always Fair even if he didn't like the person he never treated anyone unfairly and he had infinite patience for those he loved and saintly patience with those he didn't manado managed to immediately gain the respect of the village Elders Hira utatan and even danzo within two or three Council meetings as much as manado despised the councilman complaining on and on about useless things he had made it his business to know everything that went on in the village manado and danzo had a special bond manado shows respect to danzo knowing he wasn't an elder for nothing while at the same time challenging the older man when he didn't think he was right manado has made it blatantly clear that all he cares about is furthering and protecting the leaf in its future as far as Jah knew there was only one person that manado would forsaken everything for kha she was his light as he put it that girl who could do no wrong in monado's eyes to him she was this perfect creature she is perfect because she's imperfect she doesn't try too hard to be someone she's not manado didn't mind Bako trying to change kha because he knows the redhe head so well he knows that prim and proper wife of the Hokage that Bako was trying to make kashina into would never last kashina is a strange and wild creature that can't be controlled not many people knew this but manado could be a very vengeful person he has a very clear-cut vision of right and wrong and was every watchful of people who walked a similar path that he did which Jah has yet to meet someone else like the young blonde but manado is a man of constant vigilance and an excellent judge of character very few people catch manado offg guard but even though he's such a good judge of character it's hard for manado to trust people he's always so secretive and weary of others which is why fugaku and monado's relationship is a spectacle to all those that know manado very well their first meeting was set up by Makoto to get her two childhood friends meeting her newly met fiance the two were polite with one another for Makoto's sake but not overly friendly or all that interested in one another but something must have caught monado's attention because before long he was seeking out the older man for advice and talking about one thing or another and what started out as friendly interaction turned into friendship and then the two became Inseparable they would hang out all the time and then it was just common to see them together Makoto and kashina were originally best friends in the entire world but then the men in their lives became best friends and the quad was formed dinner together most nights going out to movies lots of double dates they went into battles having each other's back and moving in syn you should tell me sometime Naruto says softly pulling Jah from his thoughts about them I mean the toad Sage nods yeah I have a lot stories Naruto gestures toward the library why so many libraries jariah walks past him into the large office the walls lined with bookshelves and books a large desk at the end covered with papers much like the others a worn couch sits in the corner of the room it looked like it was a new couch a few years ago but something tells narut that that couch has seen a lot of miles something tells narut that his dad is a workaholic I don't know he just like to keep things separated I guess jariah says thoughtfully leafing through some of the mess on monado's desk before stopping he picks up a sheet of paper and raises his eyebrow Naruto brushes the dust off of the couch cringing at the gray tinge on his hand before clapping it away what is it old man jariah snorts at the name but doesn't comment on it his eyes scan over the paper before lowering it slightly he Taps the edge of the paper to his lips in thought Naruto calls out his question again which brings jarah back sorry I was just thinking about how he coated this house and how I think I just found something with a coded message Naruto's eyes widen as he bounces over to the older man seriously what does it say I don't know all need some time to decode it jariah folds the piece of paper and puts it into his pocket how about we check out the rest of the upstairs Naruto deflates a little but nods and follows the older man out of the room jariah shows him to the rest of the floor another bathroom another guest room and manado and kash's room which has another bathroom attached to it it was neat and clean beneath all the dust a newborn crib by one side of the bed pictures all over the walls but Naruto found himself standing by what he can assume as his dad's side of the bed because of the fourth Hokage coat pinned up on the wall with a single three-pronged canai right under it ey level with Naruto narut pokes the end of the canai tentatively who's is this jariah steps up next to him oh that's one of monado's special canai what's so special about it Naruto asks Jia twists the canay around to point to the seal around the hilt it has his seal on it he uses it to utilize one of his most renowned Jutsu the flying Ragan or flying Thunder God as it is also known by he uses those canai so that he can rapidly transport from one place to another in a blink of the eye narut shakes his head that is amazing my dad is so amazing how cool having a technique called The Flying Thunder God awesome Naruto glows jayia nods he was wasn't he he steps back and turns for the door come on we we have one more library to look at narut groans loudly another where jarah turns slightly pointing up the third floor monado's main office his personal Sanctuary it's the only office where we will find the Hokage papers that he brought home before he um jariah scratches his head I'm sure the third would appreciate getting those papers back narut nods following after he pauses at the door to give one last look around his parents room before leaving and closing the door behind him jarah pulls down a folding ladder and climbs his way up Naruto follows and steps back to let jariah pull the stairs back up narut walks around the room it's not so much a library as it is just a study another couch a TV a single bookcase another desk huge Windows against the backside of the room a small fridge on the floor by the desk and a door leading to another room opposite of the windows the young Uzumaki walks over to the desk to pick up the small leatherbound book at the edge of the desk it's one of those handheld calorie counter books but instead of counting calories it's weight there's dates and pounds attached to limbs none of it makes any sense to Naruto hey old man come take a look at this Naruto calls he hands the book to the sage when he gets to him and watches as the older man puzzles over the book after two whole minutes of silence jariah makes a surprised noise and leans back against the desk like he can't hold himself up anymore this Jah mumbles flipping through the pages two white eyebrows are pulled together tightly it's some kind of training regiment narut raises an eyebrow oh then what were all those numbers for Jia flips to the front of the book skimming it thoughtfully he whistles loudly and shakes his head manado was testing out another training regiment to give to the chunin and up ranks he created weight seals that depending on how much chakra is put into it depends on the weight it added to the object it was attached to monado's been testing them for years adding more and more weight as he got used it his last entry jariah flips to the end he shakes his head in disbelief says that before he died he had 3,740 lb on his jacket 150 lb on each arm 4,610 lb on each leg and 940 lbs on his chest Naruto stares blankly that would kill anyone Jia nods it would but before that it would make it impossible to walk but it appears that he made a counter seal to it and bone density seal it toughened his bones to withstand the pressure of the added weight jayu shakes his head no wonder getting punched by him was the equivalent of getting hit by a freight train Naruto stares wide-eyed seals are so cool flipping to the front page jariah studies the two diagrams to the seals written on the front page yes and they look relatively simple to replicate something like that is extremely useful to have circulating through our Shinobi ranks jariah Puffs out a laugh your dad was one smart man the blue-eyed boy nods slowly to himself more than to the white-haired man I think I'm starting to get that wait a second jariah shakes his head what the hell was happening with you manado what Naro asks trying to look at the book but he's too short what do you see jiah face twists into worry manado had chakra seals on his body too it's where you would put chakra in order to have a backup like if you ran out of chakra you would have an ace that holds your chakra in that you could release at any time Nar stares blankly not sure what the issue was and what exactly is wrong with that nothing is wrong with that jariah says slowly it's just that according to this the day he died he had only 40% of his chakra Supply in his body the rest was in his seal like me Naruto asks jariah makes a face sort of but your chakra was suppressed so you couldn't use it his was placed somewhere so that he would be able to use it in a moment of need in case he runs low on chakra he has more than his entire body's worth of Supply in his seal that he could use and while manado didn't have the world's greatest amount of chakra he had a lot not as much as kha but he was close the young blonde scratches his forehead trying to understand what the older man was saying he takes a moment to process it when he thinks he understands he asks so what's so interesting about this according to First Responders Jah says slowly manado died of chakra exhaustion and bodily fatigue that is before he vanished they weren't exactly able to get him to a lab to give him an autopsy but yeah if he felt himself tiring why didn't he release that chakra seal thing and those weight seals Naruto asks J lowers the book to stare blankly across the room his mind racing that's a good question Naruto that battle with the nine Tales for how long it lasted there is no way that would have been enough to kill him by the time Naruto sasak and Sakura went on their first C ranked Mission with Kakashi and tuna to the Land of Waves about a week after Sakura began her training with narut and sasak she is now able to make three clones their first real Mission away from konaha and they battled against the power demon of the Hidden Mist Zabuza Mochi later after they thought that they had defeated Mochi and his body was taken away by the Mist tracker ninja only 3 years Naruto sasak and Sakura's Elder the three went into the woods and trained as hard as they could after Kakashi's warning of Mochi will be back I'm sure of it by the time that the two did return this time as allies sasak Sakura and Naruto had hashed out a plan it went without saying that Zabuza being the older and Superior in strength than all three of the kids combined he would be Kakashi's fight but what none of them expected was to meet with the tracker again before he and Zabuza appeared to fight all three were training out in Open Fields surrounded by flowers and trees a beautiful young lady had come to them and thanked them for everything that they were doing for the people of the Land of Waves Sakura and Naruto were astounded by her beauty that all they could do was stare back in awe SAS was the one that noticed the way she held herself was strange her long black hair was familiar and her voice voice soft and delicate was also scratching at the Forefront of his brain then she dropped the bomb on them she was a he sake and narut were thoroughly embarrassed both of them were a little uck by the beautiful woman in the sleeveless pink kimono only to find out she was a man all along although that did gain Sakura's interest maybe it was just her but something wasn't very manly about this supposed boy after he left the three were left to stare at each other in a bit a dazed state all of them lost in thought that was a boy Naruto asked quietly Sakura chewed on her bottom lip she played with the front flap of her dress for a moment before letting it fall back onto her lap from where she was sitting on the floor I'm not sure she or I mean he said it so plainly but for some reason I don't believe it think he was lying SAS asked quietly watching where the mysterious person in the pink kimono walked off I'm not sure s repeated running her fingers through her long pink hair to remove any possible knots that formed since the last time she had done that exact same movement you don't think sake hesitated black eyes narrowing narut looked at his best friend curiously think what SAS sake stepped closer to the two of them kneeling to be at soccer's level Naruto followed sweet noticing easily when sake was being sneaky the blackeyed boy lowers his head to obscure his face from people who might be watching them and hoping for an easy read of Voice or lips SAS speaks down hoping to hide his voice as much as possible I think that person was the tracker ninja from before the one from the Mist neither Sakura or Naruto were willing to speak against him and with that Grim possible realization coupled with Kakashi's forboding message there was a great chance sasak was right on about his assumption but if that was the case they couldn't understand why someone working with Zabuza who is working for godd would say that they were doing a good thing by protecting tuna unless she was supposed to say that by why what's the point Lord Hokage aunan steps into the room and Bows respectfully hiren nods for him to continue Kakashi and his team has returned from their mission my Lord but they aren't alone the third tilts his head slightly trying to remember where he had sent them wasn't it a c ranked Mission yes protect the bridge builder Tuna from the Land of Waves yes now he remembers he went to the Land of Waves correct the third says the chunin nods the third hums then where is Kakashi by now I'm sure he's made it to the hospital my Lord but you are needed at the interrogation building Kakashi's unexpected guests are there waiting for you he says slowly the two U on either side of the door share a look as the hok Narrows his eyes suspiciously and who exactly is waiting there for me H isan asks you wouldn't believe the chunin stops at the third's tryy look it's a Zabuza Mochi and his Young Apprentice here is and stares blankly the demon of the Hidden Mist that Zabuza Mochi yes my lord for a long moment the third sat there lost in his thoughts not much has been heard of Zabuza since the time that the seven Shinobi Swordsmen from the Mist traveled together under the banner of the mizukage since the Civil War Between the mizukage and Loyalists against bloodline holders and Rebels the Swordsmen disbanded as far as hiren had heard of only two or three of the Swordsmen stayed with the mizukage maybe one or two went with the rebels but the rest went Rouge Zabuza was one of the far latter was it possible that he escaped to the Land of Waves in the chaos in the land of water yes but for his shobi to run into such a feared man now that was some form of luck good or ill the third didn't know but they somehow crossed paths and now the legendary man is now under under the thumb of the Hidden Leaf the third stands slowly cringing at the ache in his far too old bones sometimes it's his back sometimes it's his hips but always it's knees those damn joints are going to give out on him sooner or later he needs to find a suitable replacement soon the third goes to the hospital first to get the whole story from Kakashi iiki can watch over their new guests for a few more minutes Kakashi is still being looked over by doctors when the third gets there but SAS Sakura and narut are sitting around in the waiting room hey Gigi narut waves his hand wildly to get the old man's attention he heads over to the three children noting the annoyed looks the people in the room shoot the blonde boy his steady stare locking with theirs is enough to turn all eyes away Naruto Sakura snaps smacking the blonde in the back of his head he Yelps in pain ducking away from the pink-haired girl to hide by SAS Sakura glares at him as he cowers that's rude of you to say to the Hokage the old man Smiles mirthfully reaching out to Pat Naruto on the head the young boy grins up at the hok without a hint of remorse even though he Snickers out something that sounds like sorry Gigi the hok doubted that the blonde was all that sorry about it don't worry Sakura you have to have thick skin about things like that he says affectionately Sakura Smiles shy yes my Lord now the third says looking over at the slouching U staring blankly off into the distance sake sake doesn't respond his mind is elsewhere his black eyes stare unblinkingly out the wide glass window in front of him the village is slowing down as night draws near a quick peek outside shows the third that there is nothing all that interesting going on out there that would warrant this kind of attention narut waves his hand in front of the raven-haired boy's face for a moment before kicking him hard in the shin SAS jumps up putting a hand on his pulsating Shin ow son of a narut he glares at the blonde curling his hand into a fist and punching the other boy hard in the shoulder the blonde then moves away from SAS to hide on the safe side of the Hokage glaring playfully back at his friend sake rubs The Afflicted area roughly God what do you want the hok is talking to you Sakura says SAS sends one more glare to narut before looking at the Hokage yes my Lord sorry I didn't hear you the third Chuckles loudly shaking his head at their childishness herzen will always love to see the goings on of today's youth they are the King after all even if they don't know it he mentally shoves the thoughts away he Pats SAS on the shoulder as the boy straightens up but favors his wounded leg can you tell me what happened on your mission sasak tells him about their original battle with Zabuza then meeting the tracker ninja again and then meeting them both Zabuza and Haku who was the tracker managed to split the group into three Zabuza fought Kakashi and Haku fought sasak and narut earlier sasak Sakura and narut decided that Sakura being the weakest of them needed to be left out of the front line fighting much to her dismay Haku provided to be a difficult challenge but during their battle they learned more about her her life her loss and her dedication to Zabuza it was then that Naruto decided that he was going to save her and abuza he can't be that bad of a guy if he's willing to protect an orphan Naro had said that little act of kindness was enough for Naruto he wanted to help them there was nothing sasak could say or Haku could do that would change his mind at the end of the battle Haku managed to slip away her speed Superior to theirs to go to zabuza's Aid she jumped in front of Kakashi's lightning blade she was willing to die for the man that took her in that meant anything and everything to her and Naruto didn't miss the horrified look on zabuza's face as she threw herself between him and certain death narut or more specifically the Rope of Narutos managed to pull both Haku and Zabuza and the eight dogs attached to him out of Kakashi's way the man stopped on a dime but had Haku been there she would have been impaled then Naruto proceeded to beat the out of both of them until they agreed that maybe their line of work was no longer in their best interest and then Naruto made the deal you said that they would be able to come and live here in peace the third says turning toward the blond-haired boy with wide eyes what in the world possessed you into thinking that ah come on Gigi they have nowhere else to go besides Zabuza was already nice enough to show us where godd was hiding we freed the Land of Waves aren't you proud of us Nar asks staring up at the third with round blue eyes hen hesitates I am proud maybe I'm in shock Nar it's not that easy for a Shinobi to switch alliances like that going from the Mist to us most won't know what to think of it give them a chance Gigi Haku isn't safe anywhere else she's got a blood limit like sake Naruto pleads not like me SAS interjects but she is able to control ice she's the last of the Yuki Clan the third Strokes his beard in thought it was thought that the Yuki Clan was all but wiped out years ago during the Civil War in the Hidden Mist to have one on the leaf side would be invaluable also keeping in mind that this Haku girl isn't coming alone she has a very renowned Master at her flank that could provide a lot of information on the Hidden Mist should they ever get on their feet again not only that but the Land of Waves has been freed of God's tyranny that give the leaf cookie points and a possible treaty in the near future perhaps this could work can they stay Sakura asks narut nods encouragingly we shall see for now all of you go home I will see how Kakashi is then meet our new guests I'll let you know soon enough the hokagay says folding his hands behind his back narut frowns but Gigi sake covers the younger boy's mouth with his palm thank you Lord Hokage come on Sakura let's go he leans in close to Naruto trying to hide his voice but here is and hears something that sounds distinctly like don't push our luck narut let them go through their procedures the blond looked solemn at that Sakura and dos grabbing her bag and Nut could you tell Sensei Goodbye For Us My Lord herzen nods and watches all three children walk out well Naruto is still being held by SAS with that the third turns and makes his way deeper into the hospital easily sensing the junin he's looking for she moved so fast in front of Kakashi so fast too fast her brown eyes so similar it was like the white-haired man was brought back almost 15 years to the death of someone he can now never get off his mind all he can see is the blood on haku's face her brown eyes so much like hers the lightning blade would have gone right through haku's chest just like it did her Kakashi reaches up slowly his hands are trembling he can't seem to steady them there is blood all over them wait his hands are too big these aren't the right hands the bloodied hands are too small to be the hands he has now those were the hands of of a child Kakashi is No Child now and has many years to grow since then and yet still another person stepped in front of a lightning blade that wasn't intended for them he almost killed another innocent girl just like he did way back when it's not your fault it's not your fault his Sensei had whispered to him as he clutched the older man close burying his face into the blond's chest his body was shaking so hard he never meant to cry especially not in front of his Sensei and his Hokage but he had no control and the man couldn't just in blame him manado couldn't see how Ren's death could ever have been Kakashi's fault and Kakashi couldn't see how his Sensei couldn't it is my fault you stupid idiot Kakashi had screamed pulling himself away his Sharingan blazing tears streaming down his face he's never lost control like this not in front of anyone especially not his Sensei how can you not see that the young man yells shakily his eyes are wide why couldn't it have been me why could I have been the one to die monado's face Falls blank a moment earlier all Kakashi wanted to do was to hit scream yell and even throw himself around the room anything to ease this horrible ache he has filling him up to the brim but the lack of emotion on his sensei's face stops all those thoughts all he could do was stare at the emotionless look on his father figure's face that look was meant for people manado didn't have the time of day for not Kakashi manado stands slowly from where he and Kakashi both sat on the couch to turn away and walk toward his desk he stops in front of his desk and lowers his hands on it he stands like that for a moment with Kakashi watching his back hesitantly the young boy calls out to manado Sensei the young Hokage doesn't move doesn't respond Sensei are you okay Kakashi calls out standing up slowly but making no move to further approach his silent Sensei monado's shoulders pulled together slightly and start shaking was he crying Kakashi wipes at his eyes Sensei are you okay manado lets out a long winded breath turning around to look at Kakashi he leans back on the desk Crossing his arms over his chest he wasn't crying he was shaking in Anger that makes Kakashi sink back into the couch monado's anger has never been so displayed on his face before at least not as Kakashi had seen do you have any idea manado says softly eyes lowering to the ground I I can't lose you too Kakashi and like a cord holding him back snaps Kakashi blinks and the man is kneeling in front of him reaching out and cupping his face he stares into Kakashi's eye with a pensive look on his face Obito and ren were not your fault Kakashi you aren't meant to do the protecting as your Sensei it is my responsibility to take care of you all of you are mine to take care of and it is my fault that Obito and ren died Kakashi shakes his head it's not your fault Sensei you weren't there I know manado says turle eyebrows pulled together I wasn't there and my precious students died because of it I would have been able to take care of all the Shinobi that would have tried to oppose us no one not Ren not obido neither of them would have or should have died I wasn't there I couldn't protect them I can't take you wishing you were dead Kakashi I really can't manado says horse his hands tremble and he drops them onto his lap almost as if to attempt to hide the obvious manado looks worn and tired his shoulders bowing inward never wish death upon yourself Kakashi please he looks into Kakashi's black eye with two blue orbs of sadness you are worth far more than you think you are those words that at the time brought him great warmth now leaves him cold and dead inside it has been a long time since Kakashi has let such raw emotion play across his face out side of the privacy of his own home Kakashi was so wrapped up in his own grief at the time that it never occurred to him that his Sensei may be hurting too manato said nothing more about the pain he must have been feeling instead helped console and heal Kakashi ignoring his own needs for the younger man a knock on the door brings Kakashi out of his thoughts he schools his features he closes his Sharingan eye and calls for whoever is outside the door to come in the third Hokage walks in Kakashi has been waiting for him nearly 40 years prior a tall man stands in the Moonlight staring up at the Moon he's bathed in Moonlight his black Kono is nearly hanging off of him as he listens to the sounds of the quiet neighborhood his long black Mane is hanging far down his back it's thick and wild and Gray in the light he closes his eyes and lets his body relax his body aches with stress and old age his face is lined and the bags are heavy under his eyes a small woman with bright red hair all the way down her back walks slowly and elegantly toward the man she stops by his side and looks at the fluttering sakura trees swaying in the breeze the pink whirling around them is Mystical she stands next to her husband her stomach heavily swollen as she stands nearly a foot shorter than the man she leans against him and he accepts the weight unflinching how are you the man finally asks opening his eyes his voice is low and soft she hums thoughtfully reaching out to pull his hand from his kimono to hold it tightly between her two small hands she spreads out all of his fingers and lines her hands with his War has created thick calluses on his hands and stretched his fingers until they are long and strong the red heads are tiny in comparison she smiles faintly at it I'm all right she says softly her voice barely able to puncture the thickness and her the man reaches out with his other hand to touch her swollen stomach delicately the woman laughs softly covering his hand with hers shek okay more active lately she's going to be born soon I just know it I am so glad you were able to be back I was worried you wouldn't be able to make it before she showed up nonsense he says softly looking at her as if she were something so precious so one of a kind and she was to him she was everything he didn't deserved and she loved him despite all of his many flaws she took him into her home when she had no reason to and he had nowhere else to go she didn't ask many questions only what she needed to know and nothing more he loved her he didn't think it was possible he didn't like many people and loved even less but he did she effortlessly wormed her way into his heart and became his Saving Grace she was there to rub his back soothingly when he woke alarmed mentally stuck in war she would wrap her small arms around him and Whisper nonsense into his back normally such things would be more annoying than anything else but it soothed him pulled him out of his dark place and into the warmth and safety in the arms of the woman who loved him he would quietly confess his sins into the night he wouldn't be able to look her in the eye his shame near overwhelming but she didn't care about his past about his sins all she cared about was that he was willing to learn from them ad move on with his life he swore to her that she and their baby would be all that he would ever care for they would come first they were his number one let the rest of the world be damned come to bed the red-haired woman says softly tugging at her husband's arm he hesitates for a moment before obeying and following her through their house to their shared bed when she curled against his side he held her close and laid a gentle hat on her pregnant belly and feels the baby shift around inside before falling still once more his other hand runs through her long red man letting the silky strands fall through his fingertips as his listens to her soft breathing only minutes after his young beloved wife slips into Slumber does he expand his senses once more to make sure that the house is in no immediate danger before following after her they are both awake by the sound of an explosion so close it shakes the house the sky is lit up with Fireballs the man jumps out of bed rushing to the window to survey the area he listens to the sound of fighting and explosions it begins to work its way the opposite direction of them he returns to his wife and helps her to her feet what's wrong she asks alert eyes darting around the room as if the battle has made its way into their bedroom is the village under attack yes he says eyes narrowing you have to get out of here he walks around the room grabbing a bag and filling it with money and supplies and clothes he grabs her shoes and helps her put them on she watches as he slings the Pack full of their things grabs his battle fan from the corner of the room and her hand before leading her outside now that they out in the hot night air they can hear the screams of the villagers honey we can't just leave them to die especially if we can help them she says please try I'll get out of here but if you can try and help save as many people as you can she looks at him with those eyes those big blue pleading eyes those big eyes that make her always get her way with him he hesitates torn between his loyalty to the woman he loves and the fact that she won't let him leave if he doesn't try to save someone the man sigh then he hands her the bag which she slips over her thin shoulders and smiles he grabs her by the shoulders and looks her deep into the eye he asked her before backing up slowly go do not stop for anyone do you understand get out of ugak here romaya she nods and with that he turns and runs off armed with his gunby fan romaya turns and heads down the street away from the sounds of fighting she puts a hand on her stomach trying to reassure herself that both she and her baby were okay her husband is strong he is the strongest person she knows he'll be okay she doesn't make it far before a home just 10 ft from her bursts into flames she throws herself against the wall of another building covering her ears she hears the sound of armor clanking as someone rushes toward her the erratic movements falter before she hears the sound of something crumbling to the ground she turns ears ringing to see a blood pile of Armor On The Ground Three canai sticking out of the gaps in the metal around the neck her eyes fly up and lock with the familiar dark eyes of her sister romia blinks rapidly Meo she steps over the body and into the arms of her elegant older sister Mito looks down at her stomach curiously before a dark look crosses her face who is it Meo says chillingly is it the runaway that you took in the traitor from some Village you wouldn't mention romaya frowns her hand going over her stomach At The Mention Of Her Child Meo please is now really the time Meo shakes her head no you're right letun go she takes her little sister's hand and began to lead the way who's doing this Meo what's happening why are we being attacked Romi asks trying to keep up with her sisters long elegant strides Meo shakes her head eyes watching Hawk like in her surroundings I don't know R I'm just here to visit Dad I just got in when I saw the attack boats they're expensive Meo feels the tug on her arm and turns back to see riah doubled over in pain clutching her stomach what's wrong is it the baby romia squeezes her eyes shut and groans in pain for a moment before nodding yes oh Camy it hurts Meo it hurts what's happening Meo grips her arm tightly tugging her along if you are going to give birth romah you certainly aren't doing it right here in the open romaya now pale as a sheet nods slowly and tries her hardest to follow her sister as she skirts around the streets of her childhood home Village she Maneuvers the streets of her home like she never left it Mito is old now graying with age but there is still a fire in her eyes that romah recognizes Meo isn't going to go down without a fight her older sister separated by years has always been her Idol Meo is the wife of the powerful First Hokage hirama senju yes it was an arranged marriage but it's still special her sister's babies are that of a legendary man and she is the perfect wife strong obedient and so self- assured that any man would be a fool to deny her what she wants romah Falls to her knees and lets out a shriek of Agony as pain shoots down her legs Mito Works quickly turning Romi onto her bottom and spreading her legs open I am no medical Shinobi she warns but I did learn a thing or two from hirama romaya fell flat to her back her body burning she closes her eyes and wills the pain to fade there is loud screaming nearby it's a woman's scream stop now romaya Meo chides the baby isn't ready to come out you still need to dilate stop pushing Meo snaps the pain es down to an almost bearable level as Mito helps romia to her feet and pulls her along once more everything is blurry she can hear explosions and fighting Meo tries her hardest to get them to avoid all of the conflicts but they have broken out over the entirety of the village eventually after what feels like hours of running especially though the pain romah Falls once more letting out a moan of Agony as something wet spills down her legs something painful strikes her in the back she cries out falling forward onto her hands and knees she's crying her body is shaking cold sweat covering her body Meo snarls viciously her hands flying in a blur of motion before fire spits from between her Ruby lips and past Romi the world is twisting and turning the fire stops and Meo reaches around her baby sister and pulls something from her a bloody canai Meo Meo meito romaya pants face screwing up in pain I can't move anymore em my legs I can't feel them I know Meo says through gritted teeth her eyes scan over Romi oh Camy r o r o r o r o it's been so long since Mito had called her such a childish name it's been so long since anyone had called her that she forsaken that name almost 20 years ago when she became a full-grown adult riah's mind travels as she stares up at the sky smoke filters into the air from the burning of the buildings there is still the sounds of screaming ing in battle her Village her people are still fighting back they are close to the Sea romia notes she can hear the sounds of the Waves brushing up against the Rocks it's a peaceful sound one that romah has heard all her life and is just now appreciating just how calming it can be Mito is talking to her she can hear it but she can't understand what she hears everything is getting fuzzy someone is gripping her hand tightly so tight it should hurt there is it to her cheek I love you baby sister the lips say there is something bloody and Wiggly in her arms Meo s her forehead and stands carrying the bloody thing in her arms she turns and leaves and everything begins to fade away romah listens as the sounds of fighting begin to fade away and is replaced by a sense of Peace she knows the feeling well her husband was never much of a talking man he preferred silence and so long as romia could sit there and Enjoy the Silence with him she didn't mind something jars her shakes her so hard her eyes had nothing to do but to open romah she smiles faintly cuddling into the warmth that has been keeping her bed warm for years now his hand hovers over her glowing green she raises her eyes tiredly to look at his face lined with concern and passion she hadn't seen that passionate look since he found out he was going to be a father that gave her the greatest surge of pleasure to know that her normally stoic lover was feeling something other than dread of overbearing sadness his lips are moving but Roma can't seem to hear his words which disappoints her he never says much and now that his lips seem to be unable to stop she can't even hear him in fact she can't hear anything she's just so tired the doctor said that she would need to stay on bed rest for the entirety of her pregnancy does this mean she's dying oh no he won't be able to take it he'll blame himself her baby it take romaya too long to remember where exactly her baby was Meo had her such a great sister that Meo romah may be unable to be saved but she was willing to say her baby but her husband doesn't know that our girl she rasps our girl is why is it so hard to talk man she's so tired what was she saying again he stares down at her pensively his eyebrows are pulled together tightly is she even speaking coherently she can't tell our girl is gone our daughter Meo she's gone her words are slurred her brain is mush he stares down at her as if he couldn't understand her romay's eyes grow heavy and they slide closed she doesn't have the strength to fight her body is cold and tired and she slips into the Blackness without a fleeting thought her bloody body grew limp in his arms and her shallow light breaths stopped altogether there is a moment of silence around them thousands of thoughts swirling around in his head it's a whirlwind of noise and he can't pull his gaze from the Dead face of the only woman only person he's allowed himself to love since the death of the only other person that meant anything to him now just like his little brother his beloved wife lie dead in his arms and all he can do is stare dumbfounded he couldn't understand couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that once again Cammy had taken away someone he loved and it wasn't even just that he had to take away the only woman who would ever love him unconditionally the only one who was too pure for this world who only wanted to help others and bring about peace for the world so much like hirama so much like auna MAA let out a scream of pain and anguish as a purple light appeared around his body sharing and blazing his forearmed susano ripples to life filling out until I has materialized completely around him clutching his dead love to his chest he Wills the typhoon God to call upon the heavens in space a meteorite large enough to flatten the village descends from the sky and MAA watched in detached Glee as the village was brought to light by the screams of fear if romah and their unborn baby couldn't leave this Village no one could the end now we will see you in the next video

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