The Longer Road: Chapter five.

Morning. The next day.

Iruka and Hanae decided to take Naruto to the park since they both had the day off. Afterwards Hanae wanted to see exactly where Naruto's level was at and she felt today was a good day to find out. That and she just wanted to spend the day with her family.

Once they arrived at the park they noticed the other parents were starting to leave with their children after spotting them or more precisely after spotting Naruto. Hanae looked on sadly as the park soon only had half the people it once did.

"How can people be so ignorant?" Hanae whispered.

Iruka sighed, "Sadly people just fear what they don't understand... it's fortunate that the villagers aren't foolish enough to try and go against Hokage sama ruling." Iruka said with a scowl.

Hanae frowned in displeasure as she thought about the day she found out the civilians had tried to petition the Hokage to strip Naruto of his basic rights. The poor fool of a messenger had been immediately sent to Ibiki. One hour later the Hokage made a public announcement telling everyone what had been attempted and warned that any abuse or unfair treatment of his grandson figure would not be tolerated and be punished harshly. That had been four years ago.

The major clans, the ninja of the Konoha and Hanae in particular had all been livid when they found out. Sadly even with the Hokage declaring the blond Jinchuriki his surrogate grandson the villagers still shunned the boy as much as they could, but at least it stopped any open abuse from happening.

Iruka grimaced as he watched his son lower his head with a downcast look on his face; bringing that up had been a mistake on his part.

"I guess your right Iruka kun...Let's just go to the training ground instead. This place doesn't feel so welcoming anymore...How does that sound Naruto kun," Here Hanae sighed softly," I had wanted to have some family fun at the park before we went off to train, but now that idea is shot." Hanae said with a weak smile on her face.

Naruto's head perked up at the idea of training and a wide smile came across the blond boy's face. This caused both Iruka and Hanae to smile sadly at their son in return, but the true meaning behind their looks went unnoticed by Naruto.

"That sound great Kaa chan." Naruto said happily.

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Forty-five minutes later.

Iruka, Hanae and Naruto were standing in training ground thirty-two and after spending about thirty minutes warming up they were ready to begin. Iruka stepping forward; deciding it would be fairer for him to be their son's sparring partner and Hanae agreed, having easily seen her fiancé's intent.

"Since I am closer to your skill level I will be your sparring partner... So come at me anytime you're ready Naruto?" Iruka explained as he shifted into a loose fighting stance.

"Ok Tou-chan." Naruto yelled in excitement as he put his hands in the cross seal for the Kage Bushin no Jutsu; the blond knowing he was up against a chunin knew he would have to give his best.

"Taijuu Kage Bushin no Jutsu." Naruto yelled out and suddenly nearly six hundred copies of himself materialized around the blond and the boy wasn't even winded.

Iruka eyes widened in shock to find himself now completely surrounded by Naruto's.

"Well this is unexpected…It seems you're going to your hands full with our musuko Iruka-kun." Hanae remarked with a smile on her face.

"Laugh it up Hanae-chan." Iruka sighed as he strengthened his fighting stance and took out two kunai.

"Charge!" The original Naruto yelled.

And one hundred Naruto's clones did just as that as they threw wild punches and kicks at Iruka. Meanwhile Iruka, blocked, dodged and weaved throughout the clones slashing, stabbing and kicking expertly as he went and being careful to avoid hitting any vital areas. A number of puffs of smoke erupt from the dispelling of several Naruto's clones and Iruka used this as a cover to perform a Shunshin to escape being boxed in.

'This should do.'

Iruka thought to himself as he appeared twenty feet away from the front line of his son's little army. Iruka then threw both is kunai and impaled the too closest clones in their stomach's causing them to dispel. With his hands now free Iruka performed three hand seals and then put his hands to his month as if he was using a blowgun.

"Katon Hinotama!" Iruka called out and a bead sized fireball streaked toward the clones.

Naruto and his clones were about to laugh, but then the explosion hit and all the clones with a twenty-foot radius were instantly vaporized; reducing Naruto's clone army by half in an instant and throwing the remaining Naruto's backwards by the shockwave that followed.

Iruka not allowing his son any leeway took out a brace of kunai in both hands and threw them at the closest clones and destroying six more.

Naruto signaled the roughly seventy clones that survived the initial engagement to attack and they were instantly on top of Iruka before he could throw another kunai.

Iruka jumped back rapidly to get some distance before going through another set of hand seals and the chunin finishes the last seal just as the clones got within ten feet of him.

"Suiton Suibakuha!" Suddenly a large torrent of water surged from the nearby water basin and rushed towards Naruto and his clones; who all stared at it in wide eyed fear. In an instant they were engulfed and all the remaining clones were destroyed by the force of the water; while the real Naruto was swept towards the trees. Thankfully he hit a tree, a particularly big oak that held strong against the powerful deluge and stopped the blond boy from going any farther.

Naruto gritted his teeth as he felt the force of the water press him hard against the tree. But finally after a long minute the water subsided and the blond boy was dropped to the ground; breathing hard and cough violently. After several moments Naruto shakily stood up and was about to rush back into the fight, it was that moment where Iruka appeared in front of him with Shunshin.

Naruto are you alright? Iruka asked with a concerned look on his face.

Naruto smiled weakly, "I'm good Tou-chan but why don't we finish this up with a good old fashion taijutsu brawl? You'd destroy me if we continue with ninjutsu." Naruto replied through his pants and Iruka nodded as he got into the academy stance once again.

Naruto assumed the same stance, but Iruka noted that it was much better than he had ever seen from the blond boy. There were less flaws and no obvious opening. The other thing Iruka noticed was that Naruto refrained from charging in recklessly.

Iruka sighed, "I guess I'll have to make the first move huh Naruto-kun." Iruka said and Naruto gave his father a foxy grin in return, "Alright then here I come Musuko!" Iruka exclaimed as he dashed at Naruto and the blond boy's eyes widened at his father's speed.

Iruka punched at Naruto and the blond boy blocked, only to wince slightly in pain and feel his arm go slightly numb from the hit as he was pushed back. But Naruto pushed through the pain and tried to deliver a side kick, but Iruka merely side stepped. Iruka then sent a knife hand chop at Naruto's neck to knock him out and end the match, but Naruto quickly went low performing a reverse sweep kick which Iruka simply jump over. But as his father was coming down Naruto came out of his sweep and lashed out with a side kick that Iruka blocked with his arms crossed, but in turn was surprised when he was pushed back five feet due to how powerful the kick was.

"Good job Naruto..." Iruka said and a foxy smirk again appears on Naruto's face as he fired off a fast punch which Iruka dodged. Naruto undaunted punched again but this time Iruka caught his son's fist, "However you still have a long way to go." Iruka stated before punching the boy in the gut causing him to double over in pain. But Naruto unexpectedly grabs onto Iruka's hand and using the momentum of his forward motion the blond boy delivers a powerful head-butt right into Iruka's chest; while pulling the surprised chunin in.

Hanae smiled softly at this turn of events, ' You underestimated our musuko and now you're paying for it.' Hanae thought to herself in amusement.

"Gah!" Iruka yelled out in pain as the power of the blow nearly floored him, "Naruto what the hell is your head made of Iron." Iruka said in between gasps for air as he took a few steps back; while clutching his stomach. The scarred chunin barely got a moment to recover when his instincts screamed at him to move and just in time to avoid a side kick and flurry of punches.

Iruka desperately backpedaled a dozen feet using his superior speed to get away from son's onslaught and to get some breathing room so he could catch his breath.

Iruka smiled a strained smile as he took his stance again, "That was a very a surprising and unconventional way to get out of disadvantage that could have led to your defeat and here I thought you were done for after that last hit I gave you."

Naruto smirked and rushed his father and threw a one, two punch combo and a kick; both of which Iruka blocked and the last one the Chunin dodged. Iruka then lashed out with his own punches and kicks, breaking Naruto's offensive and forcing the boy on the defensive as he frantically dodged and blocked.

'Enough of this…I need to go on the attack.' Naruto thought and he saw his opportunity as Iruka's next punch came at him. Naruto deflected the chunin's fist with his palm and countered with a rapid series of punches and kicks; forcing Iruka back onto the defensive as he blocked and dodged with slight difficulty.

'If I can just out last him I can win this.' Naruto thought to himself as he put more power and began to punch and kick more rapidly.

Iruka was now having a more difficulty in blocking and had to dodge more often, 'If this continues he could outlast me, but Naruto is so focused on attacking me right now that he's developing a case of tunnel vision...' Iruka noted as he looked into his son's focused eyes." if I can time it right I can catch him off guard and take him down.' Iruka thought to himself as he easily caught on to his son's strategy, but the scarred chunin had the advantage of being more experienced and saw the mistake Naruto was making right now. So when the next punch was thrown Iruka suddenly side stepped at the last moment causing Naruto to over reach with his attack and then Iruka struck... The chunin leg swept Naruto off his feet and take out a kunai he lashed out; only to stop centimeter from his son's neck.

It was a blur to Naruto, one moment he had been on the attack; the next he was on the ground in pain and a slightly panting Iruka was standing over him with a kunai pointed at his throat.

"Very good job Naruto but do you know why you lost?"

Naruto just looked up at his father in confusion and nodded, "What did I do wrong Tou-chan?"

"You were so focused on attacking me near the end and trying to win by wearing me out that you failed to take in your surroundings, in effect you were getting tunnel vision and your awareness suffered for it...Do you understand now Naruto?" Iruka asked as he pulled his kunai away from his son's neck and helped the boy to his feet.

"I think so." Naruto replied in an unsure tone.

Iruka smiled, "It will come with time as you gain experience... One of the top goals of this new training program is to have our students gain real world experience by conducting live fire training exercises that were ban in the academy during peace time until recently...So I must warn you Musuko there will be a very high chance of injury if you aren't careful. "Iruka warned his son.

"Also with the sparring sessions two things have been changed...The first change is that it's now anything goes rather than taijutsu only. And the second change is that girls and boys will be required to spar against each other." Hanae said after having appeared next to her family via an Ice Shunshin.

"Oh...But do you think I'll be really for that?" Naruto asked in worry. In one way the blond boy was excited about the changes, but it also made him nervous.

Hanae smiled, "It's not something you need to worry about right now Naruto-kun...I will definitely have enough time to prepare you for that part and with the help of shadow clones we're going to be starting right away." Hanae said and both parents purposely withheld the fact that there were going to be safe guards in place to make sure things didn't get out of hand at the academy.

Naruto scrunched up in confusion," How can shadow clones help Kaa-chan?" The blond boy asked.

"You mean you haven't noticed yet Naruto-kun?" Hanae asked gently.

Iruka let out a sigh as he face palmed, "For that matter didn't you listen when Hokage-sama taught you the jutsu?"

"I WAS LISTENING TOU-CHAN." Naruto shouted waving his arms comically, but the boy then adopted a sheepish look, "But I was so excited about learning a new jutsu that I kinda forgot what he said about it." Naruto said with nervous laugh; while scratching his head.

Iruka face planted when he heard that.

"Now, now enough of that Iruka-kun..." Hanae chided with a laugh," Anyways what you missed when you learn the Kage Bushin no Jutsu is that all the memories a clone gains is sent back to the original, so in short if you create one clone and train with it for an hour you get the benefits of two hours of training. So..."

Naruto's eyes widened in understand, "If I were to train with say five hundred clones I would get five hundred hours of training in one hour... Naruto finished for his mother. "Wow that's so awesome Kaa-chan... Dattebayo!" Naruto yelled.

Hanae smiled, "Yes it a pretty useful jutsu to learn; along with the fact it's a good jutsu for tracking and spying, but the catch is that since making a lot of Kage Bushin so chakra taxing this method of training can be deadly. So I want you to promise me that you won't try this type of training on your own. Is that clear Naruto-kun." Hanae said with a stern look on her face.

Naruto nodded, "Ok Kaa-chan, I promise."

Hanae nodded in return, "Good… Ok now that that's taken care of let's introduce you to a new chakra control exercise and work on your taijutsu by teaching you another style."

Naruto groaned at the idea of doing chakra control. His control was decent enough in his opinion since he had Hinata-chan helping him; even if he still had some difficulty controlling it. The blond boy just didn't see the point in chakra control if he could already use the stuff. Training his taijutsu was ok in Naruto's mind since he did like to brawl, but he didn't think he needed another style and so he let his displeasure be heard like he always did.

"But Kaa-chan why can't I learn cool jutsu instead of boring chakra control and besides I already know how to use my chakra anyways and I already know taijutsu! Dattebayo!" Naruto loudly whined.

Iruka groaned in exasperation "Naruto; knowing how to use your chakra is not the same as mastering it. If you have poor control chakra it means you're wasting more chakra when using a jutsu… In a worst case scenario the jutsu you intend to use could fizzle or even backfire on you or your allies.

"Oh." Naruto said sheepishly.

"You can think of it this way as well Naruto kun" Hanae injected gently," The other side of things is when you take a ninja with great control his or her jutsu will be much bigger and stronger than the one with poor control. Also the ninja with greater chakra control has more options, because they can use the smaller jutsu that require fine control in addition to the large powerful jutsu." His mother clarified patiently."

Hanae knew the reason that Naruto hated chakra control was because it wasn't as flashy as ninjutsu. But he needs to learn that good control of chakra was a vital tool and that flashy wasn't always the way to go in battle.

"Well when you put it that way Kaa-chan chakra control doesn't seem as bad as I thought, still I think learning ninjutsu is cooler." The blond said with a smile; no longer as depressed about starting with chakra control as he once was...So why am I going to be working on taijutsu when I'm already decent with the academy style?" Naruto asked

"And ninjutsu you will learn...But when I deem you are ready for it and as for taijutsu… It's always good to have at least one other style besides the one taught at the academy; that and I think you'll like what I have in mind once you hear the details." Hanae replied with a secretive smile.

"Ok Kaa-chan." Naruto said with a smile.

"Now that that's taken care of we can begin...How many Kage Bushin can you make right now Naruto kun." Hanae said in amusement.

Naruto thought for a moment," I can make a lot I know that much, but I don't know exactly how many." Naruto replied.

Hanae nodded," Ok then Naruto-kun will start off small… Make one hundred clones."

Naruto nodded and put his hands in the cross seal.

"Tajuu Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" yelled Naruto and a moment late the blond boy was surrounded by a hundred clones and he wasn't even winded.

"So first things first; the real you and fifty clones will stay here and I will be teaching you taijutsu and the other fifty clones will work on the Surface Clinging Exercise. I will be sending a clone of myself to assist them..."Kage Bushin no Jutsu." Hanae whispered and one clone appeared next to the original with a gentle smile on her face.

After that Naruto watch his clones and his mother's clone walk away he turned back to his Kaa-chan with a foxy grin on his face before turning to face his mother.

"So what will I be learning?" Naruto asked in excitement.

Hanae smiled," I will be teaching you what I'd like to become the taijutsu styles of our family, so first I want to ask if we can take on Uzumaki as our family name and I hope you will agree to this as well Iruka-kun." Iruka and Naruto were both shocked at what his fiancé/mother had just asked.

Naruto smiled widely and was so full of happiness "Of course you can you're my Kaa chan." And Hanae smiled as her son continued," I think it would be great if you took my last name and I hope that you will to Tou-chan... That is if you want to." Naruto said with unusual softness in his voice.

Iruka smiled and nodded his head in acceptance, "Of course I would be honored to take on the Uzumaki name... We can go to the Hokage tomorrow and get the paperwork done so it can be made official." Iruka replied

And so the Uzumaki was born anew.

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With Hanae's clone.

Hanae; well a clone of Hanae stood in front of fifty clones of her son as they all sat in front of her in three round of ten.

The exercise I'm going to teach you is called the Surface Clinging Exercise. "Seeing the clones about to complain Hanae quickly elaborated, "You'll only be using your feet for this exercise...Allow me to demonstrate how this technique is done.

Hanae approached one of the trees and then walked right up to the first branch and then sat on said branch. "The key to learning this skill is you must channel the right amount of chakra for it to work; use too much and you're blasted off the tree, if you use to little you lose your grip and fall off. Also chakra must be constantly channeled and the amount has to remain constant." Hanae explained.

The clones watched their mother in awe and he was now excited to learn this technique and they all tried to commit what their mother had said to memory. The key word being tried.

"So you can begin whenever you're ready; use your kunai to record your progress."

The clones gave a determined look and all chose one tree and ready to start the exercise.

"Ok here goes nothing!" Naruto clone 1 shouted as he ran towards the tree he had chosen. He managed to make it near the first branch before he started to have difficulties, so he pumped more chakra in his legs; a big mistake because as soon as he took the next step the clone was blown off the tree and crashed head first into the ground with a yelp. Miraculously he wasn't dispelled.

"You used too much chakra Naruto-kun. Hanae stated the obvious with a laugh.

Even with his head buried in the ground Naruto heard her," No shit Kaa-chan." Was the muffled replied.

"Language Naruto-kun."

Naruto clone 1 turned out to be ok since he didn't dispel, just a bit bruised as his mother helped him out of the ground. "Are you sure you're ok Naruto kun? That was a nasty fall." His mother asked again as she crouched over the clone, who was sitting on the ground nursing a bruised head.

Naruto clone 1 smiled widely at his mother's concern for him, "Sure I'm ok Kaa-chan… The only thing truly injured is my pride. But I'm sure me and my brother in arms will pick this up easily. "Naruto clone 1 assured confidently.

"Ok Naruto kun, if you say so." Clone Hanae said with amusement in her voice as she watched all the Naruto's try to climb the trees, but failing to make any additional progress causing Naruto clone 1 to sweat drop before getting to work himself.

One hour later.

"WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WRONG?" Naruto clone 1 yelled angrily. Sadly the clones still hadn't made any further progress since the first clone tried and they had lost ten of their numbers since then.

"Language, Naruto you will need to control your temper if you what to master this skill. "Clone Hanae rebuked crossly with a stern look on her face.

Naruto clone 1 nodded meekly in fear. But in a moment of realization due to the clarity his fear gave him the clone realized he should ask his Kaa-chan's clone for help.

"Hey, Kaa chan can you help me out or at least give me a hint, I can't do it?" Naruto clone 1 asked as he lowered his head in sadness."

'Hm... What can I tell him?' Hanae thought to herself and then an idea popped into her head.

"Like I said Naruto-kun you're forcing too much chakra into your feet that you're blowing yourself off the tree." Hanae explained... So start with the minimum chakra you can use and if that doesn't work increase it slight the next time or try decrease the chakra if necessary. Continue trying until you find the right amount and commit it to memory by repeating the exercise over and over again until it becomes second nature."

Naruto clone 1 nodded and tried again as the remaining the thirty five clones stopped to watch.

After several attempts Naruto clone 1 was steadily gaining ground one step at a time with each attempt and soon he was sitting on the first branch of the tree.

"I'm getting it Kaa-chan...Dattebayo!" Naruto yelled.

"Good work Naruto-kun, but continue to practice. We still have some time left before we're going to call it the day."

"You got it Kaa-chan," he said as a foxy smirk came to the clone's face, "In order to give this vital information to my comrades in arms I sacrifice myself so my brothers may emerge victorious!" Naruto cried out dramatically as he pulled out a kunai and stabbed himself in the gut; causing himself to dispel. Upon his dispelling Naruto clone 1 shared his breakthrough with his clone brothers.

Clone Hanae gasped and one fake tear fell from her eye.

"Alright. One clone said," We will honor that brave clone's sacrifice by conquering these trees and reaching the top...Charge! Dattebayo!" The same clone cried out passionately as he charged towards the tree in front of him and the remaining clone all whooped and hollered as they followed their new leader to glory.

Clone Hanae merely smiled at her son's clones antics.

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With the real Naruto, real Hanae and Iruka.

"So let's get to learning this...What am I learning again Kaa-chan." Naruto asked cluelessly.

"I haven't told you yet Naruto kun," Hanae said with a smile," But it's called Baguazhang or Eight Trigrams Palm... It's a taijutsu style that came from a school called Wudang. After you have gotten Bagua down to an acceptable degree I will begin teaching you my personal style and finally I will teach you the other two styles of Wudang." Hanae paused at seeing Naruto paying close attention and she giggled at the way Naruto looked.

"Kaa-chan...Get on with it!"

"Hanae nodded with a smile, "Hai, Hai... So where was I, hmm…? Ah yes." Hanae said as if remembering something and upon seeing her son's annoyed look she continued her explanation, "Bagua could be considered the sister style to the Jukenho, but instead of channeling normal chakra into your attacks like Juken does Bagua is designed to eventually incorporate elemental chakra instead; another thing Bagua shares in common with Juken is the three advance techniques that students who are deemed to be worthy are eventually taught. These techniques came to be called Hakke Rai- Sho, Hakke Juha-Sho and Hakke Shougekiha… It is after mastering those three skills that your training as a student of Bagua is considered complete."

"That sounds so awesome... But let's get going and start training already!" Naruto yelled loudly with a smile on his face and flames of determination in his eyes.

"Yes, I think that would be a good idea...So have each clone stand about ten feet apart from each other and in five rows of ten. Then I will show them the first fundamental of Bagua which is Circle Walking."

Circle walking? Why would I walk in a circle Kaa-chan?" Naruto asked in confusion.

Hanae giggled, "It will help you achieve calmness, stillness and clarity. It will also aid you in gaining internal balance; which is important if you want to master control over your chakra... Do you understand this Naruto-kun?" Hanae said with a smile.

Naruto nodded hesitantly as his clones got into position,

"I think so Kaa-chan." The blond boy said as he was about to join his clones, but his mother pulled him aside.

"You will be doing something different for the time being Naruto-kun." Hanae stated.

Naruto tilted his to the side in confusion and his mother smiled at him again.

"I will be showing you the stances of Bagua since your clones can't help you in strengthening your body… Stance training is good because it develops strength and flexibility in your legs. You will also be going through the stances across the training field while performing the leaf balancing exercise.

Naruto just nodded in determination as he watched his mother go over to his clones and show them method of stepping.

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Two hours later.

With Hanae's clone

The clones were making good progress with Surface Clinging Exercise having as they nearly reached three quarter mark in their third hour of practice.

Clone Hanae smiled, "Alright that's enough for now Naruto-kun you many all dispel."

"SURE THING KAA-CHAN!" A clone bellowed excitedly as he dispelled along with is comrades soon after.

Clone Hanae smiled as she dispelled herself as well.

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The Naruto had been hard at work in performing his stance exercises and after an hour of hard work he had made good progress. He could now hold the leaf for five minutes and his stances were much improved and deeper than they had been before. After that his mother had shown him two types of stepping that Bagua had and the hand positioning as well. Hanae then allowed Naruto to dispel ten clones to get caught up and then he joined his clones in walking the circle. But he moved right to the chakra striking exercise that his clones had been taught.

With The real Naruto and Hanae Two hours later.

Naruto and his clones had just finished going through another circuit of circle walking again when they all heard their Kaa-chan clapping.

"That was very good my musuko... So we'll end training for today. Great job Naruto-kun, I'm so proud of you." Hanae gushed with a bright smile on her face.

Too tired to talk the real Naruto could only smile in return. He panting and was sweating heavily and he was also sore. Add to that he had just gotten back the memories from his clones and the mental strain was just too much. So he let himself fall backward; eagle spread style on to the ground.

Iruka who had been mostly silent spoke up in a worried tone, "Naruto you should wait to dispel you clones since you're so exhausted."

Naruto nodded tiredly in agreement when he quickly found himself in a loving embrace by his Kaa-chan and not long after his Tou-chan was sitting right beside them… Together the little family was just relaxed together.

One hour later.

"Why don't we go out for supper and then head home?" The soon to be Uzumaki woman suggested, "Also I'm going to get you a present tomorrow for working so hard today." Hanae suddenly said.

The Uzumaki family had stayed in the clearing for an hour and just relaxed and since Naruto had dispelled his clones twenty-five minutes ago Hanae felt it was a good time to head out.

Naruto who was sitting in-between his mother and father smiled widely, "What are you going to get me Kaa chan?" the blond boy yelled excitedly.

"That...Is a secret Naruto-kun." Hanae said with a smile.

"Aww." Naruto said with a cute pout on his face causing his mother to giggle and his father to smile.

"Well let's go to the ramen stand...I'm starting to get pretty hungry and picking up some ramen sounds good to me." Iruka said knowingly.

"GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWL!" It was then that sound that when heard would remind someone of a ferocious beast echoed throughout the clearing and it made Iruka and Hanae nervous.

"What in the world was that...It sounded almost like the Kyubi?" Iruka said as he put his hand on his kunai holster.

"That was...My stomach." Naruto replied with a sheepish smile as he patted his tummy. At that Iruka face faulted into the ground.

Hanae giggled, "Well let's get that stomach of yours fed Naruto-kun." Hanae said with a smile on her face as she stood up and helped her son to his feet, but kept his hand in hers.

Naruto just nodded with a blush of embarrassment on his face.

"Yeah I think that would be a good idea." Iruka said as he to stands up; putting his arm around his lovers shoulder; causing Hanae to smile at him as he then guided his family out of the training area.

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"HEY OLD MAN, AYAME NEE-CHAN...I'LL HAVE TEN LARGE MISO AND FIVE CHICKEN AND PORK RAMEN PLEASE... AND GUESS WHAT IRUKA AND HANAE-CHAN ARE MY NEW TOU-CHAN AND KAA-CHAN DATTEBAYO!" Naruto yelled.

Teuchi came out quickly at hearing Naruto's loud voice, "Hello Naruto-kun…You're as loud as ever I see and hello to you as well Iruka-san and Hanae-san ….I hear that you finally got adopted huh Naruto?" Teuchi said with a smile.

Naruto nodded rapidly," You bet they did."

"Then congratulations in finally finding a family… I'm so happy for you. So to celebrate I will get working on your families order right away and it will be on the house." Teuchi said with a wide smile, "So what can I get for you and Hanae san, Iruka san?"

"Hello Ayame chan, Teuchi san…I have one large Miso Ramen. Hanae said with a gentle smile.

"Hi Ayame san, Teuchi san. And I will have what my fiancée is having." Iruka replied

"Come right up…It won't take very long." Teuchi said with nod as he walked back the kitchen.

Ayame smiled," Hi Naruto oto-kun and I'm so thrilled that you now have a loving family." Ayame said as she hugged her little brother; before turning to Hanae chan and Iruka. "Hello Iruka-san, Hanae-san and thank you for taking my little Oto in... It's been a long time in coming." Iruka grumbled a damn right under his breath and Hanae's eyes narrowed in anger, and Ayame winced at how that sounded.

'I'm sorry for the way that came out. It wasn't my intention to… "Ayame said with a strained smile after a few moments.

Hanae smiled softly, "There is nothing to apologize for Ayame-chan…I know you were just looking out for my son."

Iruka smiled as well, "What my fiancé said it right Ayame, so don't feel troubled over it."

Naruto watched on perplexed at the subtle war that had just been waged between his parents and his Nee-chan.

"Thank you for being so forgiving." Ayame said with a true smile and after that the young ramen waitress made her way over to serve other customers; seeing that Naruto and his family have already been taken care off.

Not long after Ayame left and she came back out with their food and the Uzumaki began to eat.

As the family ate Naruto piped up, "Kaa-chan where did you learn that awesome taijutsu style?

Hanae sighed sadly, but before Iruka could say anything she spoke, "It was before I joined the Mist hunter division, I lived with my clan in a temple on a mountain near the Mist village...There I trained in Baquazhang, Xing Yi Quan and Tai Chi alongside my clan... We were allowed to stay by the monks that lived there. Sadly, a little while after the Kyubi's incident our home was also attacked by rogue ninja and destroyed…I was the only survivor."

Naruto gasped and Iruka looked down sadly.

"I was severely wounded and played dead by putting myself in a state of false death. Luckily for me the bastards didn't check to make sure I was truly dead."

Here Naruto was trembling now and Iruka gritted his teeth in anger.

"After they left I healed myself as best I could and made my way to Kirigakure, the Village Hidden in the Mist…I swore vengeance on the ones that wronged me if I ever found them and I became a Mist shinobi in order to join their hunter nin division to accomplish my goal." Hanae said in a voice as cold as winter blizzard and her eyes were glacial. The also temperature dropped thirty degrees in the ramen stand.

Naruto was in tears now.

But the room soon returned a normal temperature again as if nothing had happened and Hanae smiled weakly, "But after what I lost I later gave up on revenge and my time in Konoha has help me heal even more; though if I ever find them I will kill them without mercy." Hanae finished in a firm tone and she left out the fact that Kiri later turned on her and anyone with bloodlines, the war that followed and that she had a son who died in the fighting.

Naruto got up from his chair hugged his kaa-chan, who hugged back.

"I'm sorry I asked Kaa-chan." Naruto said.

Hanae let a tear slide down her face and hugged her son, "its ok...You couldn't have known and you were only asking out of curiosity Naruto-kun." Naruto just nodded, "Hey now's not the time for sadness let's just eat and enjoy ourselves ok." Hanae said trying to cheer up her son, but even she had a hard listening to her own advice.

So the Uzumaki family ate and chatted about happier things and Hanae forgot about her little trip down memory lane as she smiled and laughed at her son's and her Iruka kun's interactions.

Naruto hopped off his chair after finishing his meal, "Bye Ayame nee-chan! BYE OLD MAN!" The blond shouted at the end.

"See you later Ayame-san. Tell Teuchi I said bye." Iruka said; with Hanae saying the same, but more formally as they both stood up.

At this Teuchi came out of the kitchen, "I heard you Iruka san...Anyways I'll see you all later." Teuchi said with a smile.

Ayame smiled as well, "Bye…I hope you all come back very soon." Both Iruka and Hanae thanked Ayame and Teuchi as they each took their son's hand into their own and the family left the stand together.

The Uzumaki family walked home and people were glaring at Naruto like they usually did as the family passed by. Naruto ignored them, but Hanae and Iruka returned the glares.

'Don't they have anything better to do?' Iruka thought angrily and finally the scarred chunin snapped," Do any of you have a problem with my musuko... Because if you do please say it directly to my face so I can show you what I think of your opinion!" Iruka yelled.

"Yes, please do say something about my musuko and see what happens... So either return to your own affairs and stay out of our business or I will be forced to give you all a piece of my mind…And trust me it won't be pleasant." Hanae said as she added some killing intent in for good measure. This causes everyone to either scamper off or return to what they were doing.

Naruto smiled weakly, "Thanks Tou-chan, Kaa-chan." The blond boy whispered quietly. Which was uncharacteristic of the usually loud and happy blond boy.

"Any time Naruto." Iruka said with a strained smile.

Hanae just looked at her son in worry as they continued to walk home in silence. The rest of the way they weren't bugged by anyone.

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The next day nearly 0700 hours.

The Uzumaki family stood in the same training area they had been in the previous day.

Naruto was doing his warm up as his father and mother watched, but the suspense finally got to him.

"Kaa-chan you said something about a present you were going get me today…Could I have it now?"

Hanae smiled, "Oh you mean the surprise I promised you yesterday." As she held up a piece of paper," This is what's called chakra paper and with it we can find out what your nature affinity is...Normally you wouldn't be tested until you reached the rank of chunin, but since genin are to be given advanced training you are now eligible." Hanae said with a smile that hid her nervousness well.

Naruto had an extremely excited smile on his face as he shakily took the paper from his mother. He was nervous about what his affinity was because he really wanted to have his mother's ice power.

"How can this paper tell us what element we can use Kaa-chan?"

"It's made from a special tree that's fed with chakra and it reacts when chakra is channeled into it." Hanae replied.

"That's so cool, who would've thought that paper could do that!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly and a wide smile on his.

"Yes it's pretty cool Naruto-kun..."Hanae smiled, "The paper reacts differently to each element… For fire the paper burns, water, it becomes wet, for wind, it gets cut in half...For earth it crumbles to dust and finally for lightning it crinkles...So channel some chakra into it when you're ready and let's see what element you're aligned to." Hanae said; her smile turning to an encouraging one and she hoped for the impossible as she slowly handed the paper over to her son; who took it shakily.

Naruto took a breath." Here goes nothing." Naruto said to himself as he channeled chakra into the piece of paper in his hand.

The paper spit in half, Naruto was about to let out a sigh of disappointment, but then the unexpected happened as both halves of the paper became drenched, before turning to solid blocks of ice.

Three sets of eyes widened in shock at what just happened.

"AWESOME I'M LIKE YOU NOW KAA-CHAN... DATTEBAYO!" Naruto shouted happily as he jumped up high into the air being the first one to recover from their shock.

Hearing her son's yell shook Hanae out of her shock... Her prayers had been answered and she was so happy for her son.

"Well, Naruto-kun looks like my prayers for you were answered and I am so happy." Hanae said as her happiness just radiated of her and she smiled brightly at her son.

Naruto had tears of raw happiness coming down his eyes now.

"KAA-CHAN!" exclaimed the boy as he ran to his mother and hugged her tightly and Hanae returned her son's hug just as tightly.

Iruka smiled at the scene as he watched; not wanting to intrude on a special moment between mother and son.

"Well you really surprised me this time Naruto... Just like you always do."

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Inside Naruto's mindscape.

Across the land all that could be seen was frozen tundra leading to a cliff as a blizzard raged on. Near the ledge a presence stirs… It was a massive artic fox with bluish/white fur and a feminine build; with a black yin symbol on its forehead and nine tails lying limply on the ground. The female Kyubi no Kitsune raised her head having sensed something awaken in her host and disturbed her slumber... After a moment large pair eyes opened to reveal icy blue orbs that looked on lazily, but glowed with great power.

"So my partner has finally been shown a part of his heritage…It will be interesting to see where he goes from here." The vixen's voice was melodic and it carried across the landscape as she watched things play out from her host eyes. The vixen not being in any rush to meet the boy rested her head back on her paws and closed her eyes to take another nap.

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The Hokage's office a little while later.

Knock, Knock, knock.

"Enter." Hiruzen stated not looking up from his paperwork.

In walked Iruka, followed by Hanae and finally Naruto.

"Ah Iruka, kun, Hanae chan and Naruto kun what can I do for you this morning?" Hiruzen said with a smile and at seeing the little family so happy "What happened?" Hiruzen asked after a moment.

"Jiji I wish to allow Kaa-chan and Tou-chan to take on the Uzumaki name." Naruto said ignoring his Jiji question for the moment in his excitement

"So you have decided on the last name you will be using...huh" Hiruzen stated and Iruka and Hanae nodded.

"And you agree with this Iruka-kun."

Iruka nodded, "I do Hokage-sama, it would be an honor to take on the Uzumaki name." Iruka said; saying the same thing he said to his son the day before.

"I see... Is there any special notes you would like me to add about clan jutsu, bloodline limits and the like." Hiruzen asked.

This time it was Hanae that spoke, "I have given that much thought and I will write up a list for you right now if you like."

Hiruzen nodded, "That would be appreciated and it will help us move things along more swiftly."

Hanae nodded, "As for our family bloodline and jutsu due to a miraculous turn of events we can now add the ice release and the ice jutsu as a family trait." Hanae said with a bright smile.

Hiruzen eyes widened, "Does that mean?" Hiruzen asked as he easily pieced it together.

"IT SURE DOES. I GOT MY KAA-CHAN'S ICE POWERS JIJI...DATTEBAYO!" Naruto screamed with a wide smile on his face.

Author note. I don't own Naruto or any other series that I may take inspiration from, it belongs to Kishimoto or to their prospective creator

Legend.

'Regular.' Thoughts.

"Regular." Normal speech.

"Bold." Bijuu/Summons /Possessed individual or second personality.

Italics flashback

So, I hoped you enjoyed the chapter; sorry for taking so long...But I was just trying to make sure this chapter was fully edited. Hopefully me or my beta didn't miss anything. Also aside from Naruto having Hinata as his best friend early and learning Kage Bushin sooner there are two other pre Naruto part one changes I intend to make.

Just so you know yin Kurama will personify the traits of yin... Though in the case of yin being slow that only means in deciding on things; not that her battle speed or reflexes are slow. Though she can choose to be slow.

Word meanings.

Musuko. son.

Kation Hinotama. Fire Release Fireball. low C rank.

Suiton Suibakuha. Water Release Water blast. High C rank.

Update: I have made a few changes and have done some editing on all five chapters that been posted.

First change is that I removed the picnic scene in chapter three so I could have Iruka come for Naruto.

I also removed Naruto telling Hinata he has the Kyubi sealed inside of him and put that in chapter four.

Also in chapter four I drastically shortened Naruto and Hinata's spar. Since I felt that Hinata would not have allowed Naruto the time he needed to overwhelm her in a battle of attrition.

Anyways those are the major changes I can think of.