I don't own Naruto

sorry this took so long. Relationship problems, writers block and being robbed sort of take it away from you.

Outside of Konohagura's Ninja Academy

Two girls were in the middle of a sparring practice. One had blond hair and blue-green eyes. She was confident she was going to win because she got the most timid girl in class. Of the students in class only one knew why she was so timid and the two were best friends. When those two sparred they saw how good the timid girl really was. Unfortunately when she fought other people she would clam up. With a strong kick to the stomach the blond sent the timid girl rolling on the ground.

"Come on Hinata you can do it." Yelled the timid girl's pink haired friend trying to encourage the girl. The blond looked at Hinata then the pink haired girl and started laughing.

"You really think she can beat me, Sakura? She doesn't have the guts to beat me. She's to scared to fight." laughed the blond. Sakura gave the blond a sour look but did not give into the anger welling up inside her. She knew how strong Hinata really was but lacked the confidence since the elder incident.

"Yeah, if she wanted to beat you she could and you know it." Yelled Sakura continuing the argument. Their argument continued for another ten minutes. While this was going on Hinata had slowly gotten up but her hair was covering her eyes. Slowly she started mumbling to herself getting louder and louder. Finally people started to notice what was going on and started to give her space.

All they heard was Hinata repeating, "He's back." As this was going on Sakura got a look of hope in her eyes. She could guess who Hinata was talking about because she was told about The villages secret of her older brother's and Hinata's prisoners.

flashback

Sakura had just woken up to see her mother sitting next to her bed in the hospital with two other men in the room. One she realized was the hokage. The other she had seen from a distance or when her mother had to bring her to council meetings. He was Hiashi Hyuuga. Confused she looked over to her mother who gave her a comforting smile. Sakura looked back at the two men in her room. "Hokage-sama, Hyuuga-sama, what are you doing here? Why are they here kaa-san?"

Shinku looked at her adoptive daughter and smiled sadly, "Sakura dear I think it's time for you to learn a few things kept from you to keep you safe." She looked at the hokage who nodded and she continued, "Four years ago on the day you were born the village was attacked by the Kyuubi no Kitsune." Here Shinku took a deep breathe as tears escaped from her eyes. "That night a set of twins was born in the village to the Fourth Hokage. One a boy, the older one, the other a girl. Knowing the only way to defeat the Kyuubi was to seal it he took his daughter to a friend and left her with that friend because their mother had died. He took the boy to seal the demon in."

Sakura was confused at this point. "Kaa-san why am I being told this and does this mean that the boy is the demon."

"NO Sakura, he is not the demon. He is the prison. He keeps us sake but he is still himself. Still groups of people can be so misunderstanding. They claim the boy is the demon. So they attacked him. They wanted a scapegoat for their pain. So to keep the sister safe they were kept separated. They were to be told when they were older." Here Shinku took a deep breathe as she knew that at this part she might loose her adoptive daughter. A hand on her shoulder had her looking up to the hokage as he gave her a comforting smile to try and calm her down.

"It was found that when the boy was hurt by the villagers, his sister would suffer the same wounds. Sakura I'm going to ask you a question." Stated Shinku. Sakura nodded that she was ready. "Sakura do you know how you got that cut on your side?" Sakura shook her head but slowly stopped as what her mother had said about the girl receiving the same wounds as her brother. Shinku finally continued with tears in her eyes. "Sakura the twins were you and your older brother, Naruto."

Time seemed to freeze for the four year old as this world shaking news was delivered to her before she could process what she was told Hiashi cleared his throat. "Allow me to continue this Shinku." as he gave her other shoulder a comforting squeeze. "Sakura-san we are telling you this because a few nights ago after my daughters fourth birthday celebration, there was an attempt to kidnap my daughter. Your brother, Naruto." Here Sakura gasped as she realized that it was the boy with the whisker marks on his face. "Defended my daughter, Hinata, his betrothed," again Sakura's eyes widen at this revelation. "He does not know this as he sees her as a good friend. My daughter just learned of this from us today. Back to what I was saying. He defended her as best as he could against an opponent stronger than him. Eventually your brother utilized the Kyuubi's chakra. This is after he received a cut that if I am to understand you have as well." Sakura's eyes widened more as her hand went to her side as she gave a small nod.

Hiashi nodded back and continued. "It had healed the wound and he was able to fight again. Finally the ninja that kidnapped my daughter had knocked him out but he held the ninja up long enough for me to get there and kill the man. Your brother and my daughter spent the next two days in the hospital. When he woke up I told him I was going to adopt him to get him away from the life that he had lived. He was so happy that he cried. Later I went home to tell the clan elders my decision. Unfortunately most of the elders did not agree with my decision. The went behind my back and tried to have an insurrection. It did not work because I caught wind of it. Still by the time everything had settled down the damage was done. They had sealed my, daughter with the family's caged-bird seal and made your brother think that he was not wanted so he ran away."

flashback

Sakura smiled sadly as she remembered that she had thrown a huge fit when it all settled in. She threw whatever she could get her little hands on till she was out of breathe at the adults in front of her. Then she fainted from mental exhaustion. When she woke up she began again till the hokage stepped in. When her adopted mother tried to move closer Sakura yelled at her to stay away. The bond they had was broken and they still have not mended it to this day. How the hokage stopped was saying. "Would you like to meet your brothers betrothed." This stopped her short as they explained what happened to Hinata and how she had withdrawn into her self and would not leave her room.

"Maybe this will help her from going into her shell anymore." Thought Hiashi as he figured that having another female friend her age would help her confidence and self worth. She had felt even lower than usual since she had killed someone. So after Sakura checked out of the hospital she got to meet Hinata for the first time.

flashback

Sakura entered the room that the Hyuuga leader had shown was his daughter. Looking around she found that thus room had a more welcoming atmosphere than the rest of the compound. On her way here she heard the adults talking about the changes that the Hyuuga clan was going to go through over the next few years. One of which was getting rid of the seal she had heard about before.

Shaking her small head Sakura continued to look around the room. There were the usual things that you would find in a room, a bed, dresser, mirror and a few other things. What made it welcoming was that it was a little messy with a few clothes and toys strewn about. There were also pictures around the room. Some were family pictures. The ones that got to Sakura though were of the lavender eyed girl with a blond haired blue-eyed boy with whisker marks. At seeing the blond Sakura felt tears form in her eyes. The reason why she started to tear up was because the only way she would be able to know the blond was from the lavender eyed girl and not from her brother because of stupid adults.

"A-ano... Hinata-san..." Sakura whispered as she did not know how to talk to this girl or get things started. After waiting a few minutes for an answer she walked over to the bed. She then gently shook the lump in the middle and waited again. She waited a little more and then shook it again while whispering, "A-ano... Hello?" This time there was movement and a small sobbing noise.

"P-please leave. Y-you don't want to be near me. I-i'm a monster." Sakura heard from the sobbing voice. Sakura ignored the voice and started to tug at the covers. "P-please stop. I already k-killed someone and I-I might do it again. I'm sure N-naruto-kun will not like me anymore. I-I don't want to hurt anyone anymore. So please leave." Came the soft sobbing voice from under the covers.

Sakura got indignant and pressed on with tugging the covers off. "We just met and you think your going to hurt me. You don't even sound like you can hurt a fly right now. Still you knew my onii-san, Naruto, so to get to know him before we find him I need your help. Besides while we are looking for him we are going to have to either hurt or kill more people." came Sakura's reply. A startled gasp followed this statement and the covers were slowly pulled down. First Sakura saw short black hair with blue highlights, then lavender pupil less eyes, finally the younger girls nose and mouth. The next thing the lavender eyed girl did confused Sakura. Hinata took a sniff of the air and then tackled Sakura crying. Sakura had no clue what to do so all she did was stroke the younger girls hair like what had been done for her when she cried.

flashback

The two girls had fell asleep in that spot. When they woke up later the two girls started to get to know each other. Sakura never went back to Shinku's house again. She had started to stay at the Hyuuga clan house. After a few days the girls had become real close. A few weeks later when the adults felt that Hinata was up to it they started training to find Naruto.

Looking back Sakura got depressed and wondered if it was all for nothing. Even after six years They had still not found out where her onii-san went and Hinata was still not fully confident of herself. They went on quite a few missions with other adults to find him after they turned eight. Still they could not find Naruto. The scariest event that happened for the girls happened when they returned with Jiraiya of the Sanin and Uchiha Itachi. As soon as they set foot through the gate they were surrounded by ANBU. It seemed while they were gone The Uchiha clan was wiped out. The only survivor was Itachi's younger brother.

The younger Uchiha had said that he had witnessed his brother do the crime but since the Hokage knew that Itachi was with the girls and Jiraiya they decided to use his new status as missing nin to have Itachi as a spy. Some how Itachi had mysteriously got out of ANBU prison and got out of Konoha. After that the younger Uchiha, Sasuke, had sworn revenge against his brother.

Shaking her head Sakura refocused on Hinata as she quieted down. She had been doing this for the last five weeks now. No one but Sakura knew what she was talking about but still Sakura and Hinata could not find him. They knew that Hinata and Sakura had some kind of connection with Naruto but they could not use it to pin him down just figure out the area he is in. They knew he was in Konoha but not where. When Hinata started having these fits as they were now called they only interrupted her once. The person who interrupted her got a Jyuuken strike to the stomach at Hinata's full power. Sakura stifled a giggle because it was their teacher, a man with brown hair in a pony tail and a horizontal scare across his nose, Iruka who found this out the hard way.

Sakura was again brought out of her musings by Hinata turning away from the training field and darting away from Ino. Ino laughed and was about to make a snide remark when two puffs of smoke went off and Hinata jumped at the smaller of the puffs of smoke. Instantly tears sprung to Sakura's eyes as well as a small smile graced her face as Sakura felt something that had been missing inside of her was returned and knew that he had returned.

Hinata tackled the shorter person of the two that had just showed up. "Naruto-kun, Naruto-kun your back" she sobbed into the blond haired boy who had just shown up. She suddenly felt a hand gently rubbing the back of her head as she let out all the feeling for the person she missed these past six years. She wished it had been earlier than this but was still happy that he was back. She looked p at the person who held her. "Where have you been and what have you been doing?"

Looking down at Hinata "That will have to come later, Hinata-chan . jijji has an announcement to make and he wants to introduce me to my imoto." Naruto looked around excitedly. "So where is she. I just learned about her when I got back five weeks ago." Hinata was startled by this revelation, then angered that Naruto had not come to see her. Finally she became angered at the hokage for lying to her when he was asked about Naruto being possible in the village. Now she could not decide who to be mad at. Then she decided that since she was seeing Naruto for the first time she would be mad at the hokage. The students eyes widened in surprise as they saw shy little Hinata level a glare at the hokage. Naruto sensing Hinata's displeasure tapped her lightly on the shoulder to get her to look at him.

"Hinata-chan there was a reason he did this. So please be calm and let him explain why we are here and why he did this." Naruto gave a pleading look and she caved in. Then Hinata remembered what she did, where she was and how many people were around. She blushed furiously and fainted from embarrassment. Naruto saw her blush and was about to ask if she was o k when she fainted. He looked at her confused. "Well that's new. I wonder why she fainted." Then looking up at all the people staring at them and realized why. Naruto blushed lightly himself at all attention.

The students didn't know how to react to what they had just seen. A boy who was laying on the ground with a pineapple haircut had opened an eye had watched what was going on then fell asleep again. Next to him was a very healthy young man had stopped eating his chips to watch what was going on. He was wondering who the strange boy that showed up with the hokage was. A boy with a puppy on his head, had a loose jaw at seeing the normally unnoticed shy girl do a complete one hundred and eighty degree change in temperament with this strange boy. The loner of the group had an eyebrow raised as he saw the child who had to be no older than him was already a shinobi. He cursed in his head at not being as talented as his older brother. He wanted this spectacle to end so they could get back to training. Ino had been staring at the seen with stars in her eyes as the two friends hugged each other.

Finally, Sakura was looking at the boy who had just arrived with the hokage. She took a few hesitant steps toward the three and stopped. She took a deep breath to try to calm her nerves. When that didn't work she tried counting backwards from ten which worked a little bit. Steadying herself some she approach the three again. When she got close she saw the blond looking at her intently. Also at this point Hinata had woke up still blushing. Slowly with the help of Naruto they got up. Hinata then stepped to the side so that Naruto and Sakura could talk to each other.

All the students watched the seen with interest at what was going on. Sakura looked at the boy she knew so much about but still so little. She didn't know what to say or where to start. Slowly the silence turned awkward. Sarutobi finally cleared his throat getting everyone's attention. "Naruto I would like you to meet your younger sister Sakura Uzumaki. Before you say anything we will talk more at the tower before the exam." At this Naruto nodded his head and looked at the pink haired girl. The sense of uneasy and awkwardness gone between them made it easier to talk.

"Hello Sakura, as you've probably already figured out from both Hinata-chan and Sarutobi-jijji i'm your nii-san Naruto." He looked at Sarutobi then back to Sakura. "I really don't know what to say right now. Still this is really going to have to wait." Hinata and Sakura looked at Naruto confused "Jijji don't you have something to tell the students. It's only an hour till it starts."

"Hai, Naruto, you are correct." Sarutobi turned to Iruka and saw the looks that Naruto received from both Iruka and his helper Mizuki. Sarutobi was happy to see Iruka was willing to give Naruto a chance but frowned at the look Mizuki gave him. Suddenly Sarutobi had an idea but would have to work on it later. Speaking again, "Iruka your class is going to the chunin exam finals today. If you want you can turn it into a lesson later. When you get there you already have a small section taped off for your class by the kage booth. Now Naruto, Hinata and Sakura say goodbye to the students. Hinata, Sakura you will be joining me in the kage booth.

Both girls stared wide eyed at the old man for a few seconds. Then they both bowed deeply to the hokage saying "Arigato" They turned around and waved to their still shocked class. Sakura, Hinata and Naruto then went next to the hokage. Sarutobi put his hand on Sakura and Hinata's shoulder and all four disappear in a swirl of leaves. After they leave Iruka rounded up the class and took them to the stadium.

Arena

The arena was crowded with spectators when the students arrived at their seats. Looking around the boy with the dog asked "Does anyone know why the hokage allowed us to watch? I'm not complaining or anything but I would like to know." The students looked back and forth between each other without a clue. After a few minutes of quiet the students started looking around again. They noticed that besides Sakura, Hinata and the hokage there were two other people in the kage booth. The first had his face covered so all you can see was his eyes. He also wore a kages robe and hat with the kanji for yondaime and kaze. The other was female with brown hair and eyes. She also wore kage robes but hers had the kanji for godaime and tsuchi. All the students eyes went wide when they saw her.

The boy with the dog asked the lazy boy with the ponytail, "Hey Shikamaru, Ano why is the tsuchikage here? I thought Iwa hated Konoha."Shikamaru just shook his head not sure himself. He was still trying to figure out why Hinata and Sakura were invited to the kage booth. Finally looking down to the arena he saw the boy from earlier.

"I don't know Kiba but I think I figured out why Sakura and Hinata are in the kage booth, at least I think." exclaimed Shikamaru. At Kiba's questioning glance Shikamaru pointed to the blond talking to a blond haired girl with the same headband as him. A few seats over they hear a low growl. They both look past the healthy boy to see a few seats down was the black haired boy clenching his fists in anger. "Troublesome, looks like Sasuke is getting his panties in a knot. Hey Sasuke, what's wrong, pissed to see that someone our age is stronger than you." said Shikamaru. He then turned to Kiba, then the healthy boy and finally back to Sasuke. "Don't you remember that one jonin that visited. He said "sometimes in the ninja world you will meet ninja that are younger than you but stronger than me." I believe that sums this up right here."

Sasuke just gave Shikamaru a scathing look and turned back to listen to the hokage's speech. Kiba and the other boy just looked at Sasuke then started laughing. "Did you see the look on his face Choji, it was priceless" howled Kiba. Before Choji could respond a shrill voice screamed

"Hey don't make fun of Sasuke-kun like that. Plus shut up the matches are about to start and I want to see what that blond can do. I mean he can't really be stronger than Sasuke-kun." yelled Ino as she got nods of agreement from the other girls in class and a sweat drop from the boys. The boys wished that Sakura was there to keep Ino in check. She would usually end a Sasuke rant before it started but now they would have to sit through one of Ino's Sasuke is the best rants.

"Shikamaru, Choji let's just pay attention to the ref it's about to start and I want to know the blond kids name." said Kiba. The other two just nodded their head. Down on the field the jonin finished stating the rules and called the first two contenders. At the name of the blond the crowd started to murmur angrily. "Hey Shikamaru why do the adults seem not to like that kid? I wonder what he did." Shikamaru just shrugged his shoulders and went back to watching.

Down on the Field

"Zangyaku Kinomaru vs Uzumaki Naruto Hajime!!!!" yelled the jonin who had a senbon in his mouth. To the surprise of almost all the audience they saw the blond take a stance unique only to the Hyuuga. Another angry murmur went through the crowd except the student and the Hyuuga. This confused a lot of people. They wondered why the Hyuuga were not pissed at the boy for stealing their style of fighting. When asked why they said he was betrothed to the heir of their clan. This confused people even more and made many people complain albeit quietly that the Hyuuga were corrupted by the boy.

At this point the crowd quieted when the two boys made their first move. The boy from Kusa went through three hand signs and said "Doton: Shuriken" and slam his hand on the ground. Next to the boy the ground spits out three shuriken. At the same time Naruto pulled out three shuriken and threw them while he charged the boy. As the Shuriken hit teach other Naruto jumped over them and disappeared. The boy who after his match had fainted so knew nothing of how naruto fought. Jumped back and brought out a kunai to defend only to have some of the tenketsu unknowingly in his other arm shut down.

Naruto continued his assault by twirling around and striking at the other arm which the boy had brought up to block and had a few more tenketsu sealed. Kinomaru then twists around in a round house punch, which Naruto ducks under. At the same time Naruto delivers an open palm thrust to Kinomaru's stomach knocking him back. As Kinomaru fell backwards he flipped over and hopped back to put distance between Naruto and himself. As he was going backward he went through a few hand signs and said, "Doton: Earth Spikes!" As he landed and slammed his hand on the ground nothing happened which confused the boy. Seeing this Naruto smiled.

"I have been closing your tenketsu since I started attacking you can't mold your chakra properly anymore. Now you are within the range of my divination." At this many people's and Hyuuga's eyes widened as naruto preformed one of the Hyuuga's most famous attacks. When Naruto finished Kinomaru fell to the ground knocked out.

"Shousha Uzumaki Naruto!!" yelled the proctor. At this the crowd went into a mixture of cheers and jeers. Most of the Hyuuga were wondering how a child without the byakugan could preform one of their strongest attacks. Hyuuga Hiashi was smiling over to his wife and five year old daughter Hanabi. Hanabi was confused by what happened and was wondering how an outsider was able to use the Jyuuken taijutsu style as well as her cousin Neji when she had seen him practicing with her nee-san who was only a little behind him but only because he had a year more experience. She then turned to her father and asked.

"Tou-san who that boy that uses our style without the byakugan?" Hanabi was looking at her father to see the smile on his face. This confused the young girl more. "Why do you seem happy about this tou-san? What makes you happy?" the confused child asked.

Hiashi looked down at Hanabi and his smile widened. He answered "That my daughter is a very special boy who came back from a long mission. The reason I am happy is that now your sister should come the rest of the way out of her shell." At this Hanabi gave Hiashi a questioning look. "He happens to be your sisters best friend who went missing before you were born. We found him two years later but well I'll save that for later when we goto Hokage-sama's office after this is done. At this Hiashi quieted down as the winner of the next match was called. He was another leaf genin name Kabuto.

Up in the kage booth Sakura and Hinata were talking to each other about Naruto. "Wow that was amazing I didn't know nii-san was that strong." said Sakura. "Now he has to go up against that Kabuto guy. Still I wonder why he isn't wearing a leaf headband?" Questioned Sakura.

"Hokage-sama said that everything would be explained after the matches. I want to know why it is that they knew where Naruto was at and never told us." said the irate ten year old pale eyed girl. "Plus the fact that Naruto-kun is as advanced at the Jyuuken style as Neji-nii-san. The fact that he can even use that style means he somehow has the byakugan."

"Ah, Let me explain to you Hinata." interrupted Sarutobi. At a nod from both girls that wanted to know he continued. "You see Naruto and Sakura's father had a very unique bloodline. It copied one bloodline from another person if that person stayed around the bloodline long enough. Now I know what your thinking Sakura and the reason you don't have the byakugan is because of the other factor in the bloodline. That being that you need to have a very deep relationship with the other person of said bloodline. Not one of friendship but of partnership of a lifetime. Meaning that in Naruto's subconscious mind he has formed this bond even if he does not know it and will be loyal to this person for all his life. Just as he will be protective of you Sakura." When Hinata heard this she was disheartened by the fact that she would only be Naruto's friend because Naruto already cared for someone else even if he didn't know it yet. Seeing the look in Hinata's eye's Sarutobi started to talk again to stop her depressive thoughts from going any further. "When Naruto got here five weeks ago and talked to me the first time. He asked about you first Hinata. He asked so many questions about you. He even wanted to see you but I had to say no at that point. I wanted him to concentrate on the exam first. I'll explain the rest later when the exams are over."

As Sarutobi was saying this Hinata started to smile but as he continued it turned to a frown. "I could've seen Naruto-kun earlier if Hokage-sama didn't tell him not to." Thought the young girl as she narrowed her eyes at the aging kage. She then turned back to Sakura who had the same look in her eye. "I hope this tournament ends soon I want to know why we couldn't see Naruto-kun when he got here." Hinata said as they continued talking through the third and fourth match, only listening in when the winner was called. The first being a girl with a pack of dogs, Inuzuka Hana. The other being a blond haired girl from Iwa who moved with a cat like grace and dexterity, Nii Yugito. Now the girls were paying attention as Naruto was up again.

Down on the Field

Naruto was staring at Kabuto trying to size up his opponent. Suddenly the wind changed directions bringing with it Kabuto's sent. It had a very very faint hint of snake-oil. Naruto crinkles his nose a little and sets this aside to get back to the fight. Kabuto sees Naruto crinkle his nose, confuses it with a flinch and asks confidently, "What's wrong don't want to fight anymore. I guess you shouldn't your to young to be a capable ninja." Kabuto taunts.

"No just couldn't stand your smell. Let's get this started." Naruto responds back. With the the proctor drops his hand and jumps back. Right away Kabuto goes through a few hand seals and his hands start to glow green. Naruto at the same time focuses chakra to his eyes and says, "Byakugan" as veins started to bulge around his eyes. Kabuto's eyes widened for a few second as he tried to figure out how a non-Hyuuga from another village had the byakugan. Finally he calmed enough to settle back into a defensive stance. Naruto takes and offensive stance and charges towards Kabuto. Naruto reaches Kabuto in a few seconds and tries for a open palm thrust to the chest to end it quickly. Kabuto blocks the attack by pushing it to the side. As Kabuto's hand hits Naruto's wrist away, Naruto winces as a tendon is cut. Naruto still manages a glancing blow which cause Kabuto to winced also.

"So you are a Hyuuga. Heh... with my chakra scalpels you will not get a chance to close to me to close off me tenketsu without getting hurt yourself." Said Kabuto with a smirk. Naruto Scowled as he adjusted to the pain in his hand. As the pain faded away Naruto had thought up a plan and put it into action. His scowl turned into a smirk of his own. This confused Kabuto till he saw Naruto run through a few and signs and whisper something. Suddenly Kabuto was blown off his feet and into a wall.

Naruto still smirking said, "Just because I can use Jyuuken doesn't mean it's the only thing in my arsenal." As Naruto watch Kabuto slowly stand up he put his hand in a cross seal and said, "Kagebushin no Jutsu" Five more Naruto's appeared and went into a different stance of the Jyuuken style. All then charged Kabuto as the last went through hand signs and sunk into the ground.

When Kabuto finished off the final bushin of Naruto he searched for the boy. When he couldn't find him on the ground he looked up but found nothing. Suddenly he felt something hit the back of his neck. "Doton:Inner Decapitation, Chakra Drain Fuin." was said in his ear as he felt his chakra start to leave him. Making one final desperate attempt to finish this before he went unconscious but Naruto jumped back and Kabuto fell to the ground knocked out. Naruto walked over to Kabuto and deactivated the seal.

Walking over to check Kabuto the proctor turned around and says, "Shousha Uzumaki Naruto!" Again the crowd was a mixture of cheering and booing.

Up in the kage booth the three kages were talking top each other about the match. "Well at least he does not rely on taijutsu and his wind elemental affinity and uses other jutsu types. The fact that he knows sealing isn't a surprise but that he is beyond the basics is." Said Sarutobi looking at the other two kages.

"The fact that he has a wind affinity is surprising he was originally from this country. I believe that your oldest also has a wind affinity Hokage-sama." Replied the Kazekage. Sarutobi nodded and both turned to the other kage there. "What do you think of the boy?"

"I think that he's very gifted for some one of ten years. The training he got from the previous kage before me has helped a lot. I believe the fact that he is taking the chunin exam at his age proves that." said the Tsuchikage. "What you really need to wonder about is the fact that he did not take off the seal he placed on that other boy." At this the Kazekage eyes widened a little while Sarutobi got a curious look on his face.

"Naruto never does anything without a reason. He will tell me when he is ready." said Sarutobi. The Tsuchikage nodded at this and turned back to the match. "Tell me how did you come across Nii Yugito? I have been wondering that for a while." asked Sarutobi. The Tsuchikage smiled at this and laughed a little bit.

"I believe that can wait till later as the match is finished and it looks like it's going to be Naruto vs. Yugito. This should be amusing since it means Yugito can go all out while Naruto can do a little more than before." True to the Tsuchikage's words The match was over with Inuzuka Hana losing to the cat-like girl Nii Yugito. The proctor for the third exam called for a half hour break to let the opponents rest up. After the half four was up the proctor called the two down to begin their match.

"Well Yugito let's see if you will push me further than normal. At least try to give me a better work out." Chortled a smiling Naruto. Yugito sneered at the boy but then smiled back as she stuck out her tongue. Naruto turned to the proctor and said, "Were ready." As he took a defensive Jyuuken stance.

"Oh yeah this is going to be good. Don't worry you will get your work out." said Yugito as she took a stance that made her look more cat-like. At this the proctor began the match and jumped away. The two children charged each other and started attacking. For fifteen minutes the taijutsu battle they were having looked like they were dancing. Most of the crowd was amazed by what the ten and twelve year old were doing. Suddenly the two jumped apart and went through hand seals. Both finished at the same time. Yugito yelled out "Rai Tsume!"

"Kaze Tsume!" was Naruto's response as he went into a new stance that made his fox like appearance more noticeable while Yugito settled into a new stance that brought out more of her cat-like appearance. Both their hands became more claw like. Yugito's hands sparked every once and a while. Naruto's hands were close to the ground which had small gouges in it as they had got closer. At an unannounced signal the two charged each other. After another ten minutes of this fighting went by the two jumped apart again. This time they both had cuts and scrapes as well as Naruto having a few burn marks on his skin. Of the two Yugito was breathing heavily while Naruto looked like he went for a light jog.

This confused a lot of onlookers including two of the kages as to how Naruto did not suffer a shock from Yugito's attack. What none unless they were close to the fight could see were minuscule amounts of red chakra appearing on Naruto's skin were ever Yugito attacked and absorbing the worst of the electricity of the attack. In a low voice that only the two could hear Yugito said, "So I see you finally finished that move." Naruto grinned and nods his head. "So one move finish all." Again Naruto nods. Both start to jump backwards and go through about forty-one hand seals. They both finish on the bird seal at the same time and yelled out.

"Raiyuden no Jutsu"

"Kazeyuden no Jutsu"

The sky darkened a little and a few bolts of lightning heading towards Naruto. At the same time the wind around Naruto picked up and started to form a wind dragon. It started to twist and turned then headed towards the lightning dragon. The two attacks reached each other and started to twist around each other into the sky. As they reached the top of their arc the dragons attack each other. In an explosion of power both children and proctor were blown in opposite directions.

After a few second the proctor jumped back to the middle of the field. Looking at both children who were blown to either side of the field He waited a minute before saying, "Since both contestants are..." A coughing sound from Naruto's side of the field stopped him. A second later Naruto walked out of the wall he was blown into breathing heavily clutching his arm to his chest. Most of the people had their jaws on the floor. They watched as Naruto slowly ambled to the other side of the field. When he got to the other side he walked into the whole in the wall. A few seconds later they all heard grunting and saw Naruto walk out of the wall with Yugito on his shoulder.

After he got back to the proctor he set Yugito down. He then stood back up and looked at the proctor. After a minute Naruto got impatient. He pulls on the proctors arm to jolt him out of his shock. The proctor shook his head and looked at naruto. "Huh... Ano... Shousha Uzumaki Naruto!!" With that the stadium irrupted in applause but in some areas you heard people murmuring about how the demon has become too powerful and that he should be killed now.

The student were all floored by this. How was this kid who was no older than them this strong. For the first time in their young lives they couldn't wait to get back to class and talk about this subject. In the kage booth both Hinata and Sakura were also stunned. Sakura summed it up for both girls, "Sugoi, nii-san's is so strong!" Hinata just nodded. Over in the clan section Hiashi was busy pushing his younger daughters mouth up. When he looked down at the stadium and saw Naruto's eyes taking in all that was happening he saw naruto pale blue pupil-less eyes land on him. Hiashi nodded and smiled at Naruto approval written on his face. Naruto smiled back and turned to look at the girl who had started to stand next to him. Again everyone was stunned that these two preteens went through that giant explosion and survived. Naruto finished helping Yugito up as mednin's made their way onto the field.

Once they got there they set about looking after both children. Back up in the kage stand all the kages were talking. "When you said they were strong for their age. I did not think it would be strong enough to produce a dragon elemental jutsu." Said Sarutobi looking at the other two kages. The Tsuchikage snickered a little bit before responding.

"This just a regular spar for those tow and when you add in the other demon containers we have..." the Kazekage and Hokage's eyes widened before they schooled themselves. The Tsuchiage's started to laugh at the questioning looks from the other two kages. She then started to laugh more and pointed to behind the other two kages. They turned around and started laughing as well. The two girls sitting next to the Hokage had their eyes wide and mouth's hanging open. Settling down a little bit the Tsuchikage continues, "Yes Naruto and Yugito trained with three others like themselves.

Sarutobi settled down now and said, "Yes I'm quite surprised you are willing to give us two of the five you had. Especially Naruto since he contains the strongest of them all." At this the Kazekage tensed up slightly though the other kages did not notice.

"Well this is Naruto's home. We did promise him we would bring him back here if he helped us with over throwing the old Tsuchikage. Since the fall out with Kumokagure after the failed attempt at kidnapping the Hyuuga heiress. At this Hinata's eyes drooped a bit when some of the memories came up of what happened at that time. "Plus the fact that we extracted one of their containers, Nii Yugito. We decided it was time to put the past behind us. We gave each of the holders a choice to come to Konoha. Nii Yugito was the one that volunteered because she wanted to be there for her little brother." At this Sakura straightened up a little bit. "You see all five of them..." The Tsuchikage stopped for a few minutes to collect her thoughts. "Know what I will let them explain it to you." At this the two girls who were on the edge of their seats face planted and the other two kages sweat dropped. "Any way I believe it's time for the closing ceremony and the reason why I am here."

Yes you are correct." Said Sarutobi standing up and heading over to the edge of the stands. "People of konoha and visitors from other villages. I would like to thank you all for coming to this years chunin exam. With the final bout over I would like to congratulate all Those who participated in this years exam. Now then since that is out of the way I would also like to thank my fellow kages for coming as well. Especially the Tsuchikage." At this there was a dark murmur among the crowd. All trying to figure out why the tsuchikage was here. "With that said I'll let her handle the next part." At this he turned and motioned to her.

The Tsuchikage got up and walked to the edge of the both and smiled. "Uzumaki Naruto, Nii Yugito please come here." The two were before he in a swirl of wind both looking worse for the wear. They both bowed before the tsuchikage. "Uzumaki Naruto, Nii Yugito you both have made quite the impression today. As such I bestow upon you the title of chunin." At this tears of happiness spring to Hinata's and Sakura's eyes while in the stadium the dark murmuring had returned. "Now as you both know the chunin exam is not the only reason why you are both here. You a here today to also solidify the new alliance between Iwa and Konoha. As such all past hostilities between the to villages will end today. For this to happen Iwa will relinquish you two to Konoha. The reason we ask for an alliance with no people in return is because we were the aggressors in the last war. With this new alliance we hope to foster a better understanding and peace between our villages. Now if you two will please stop bowing and hand me your headbands. We can begin the exchange."

With this Naruto and Yugito stopped bowing and took off their headbands. The Tsuchikage held out her hands and she stepped aside to allow Sarutobi to step forward. As this was going on Hinata and Sakura were crying cause they didn't know about the exchange till now and thought that they would not get to see Naruto that much since he was a shinobi of another village. With a snap of his finger a ANBU was next to him holding two Konoha headbands and chunin vest. "I, the Sandame Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen welcome you as chunin of the leaf. From this day forth wear this headband and vest with honor. Do both villages proud. With this Konoha and Iwa are now allies."

As Sarutobi finished this the crowd started cheering even though there were some who were upset that the 'demon child' was back. As people were about to leave Sarutobi spoke up again. "Tomorrow I want all the people in Konoha to report to the town square at four in the afternoon. This is for an announcement for the Namikaze clan." At this all the adults stopped. Every ones thought were on what it was that the Sandame wanted to talk to them about the Fourth Hokages family. Sarutobi then turned around and looked at the people standing there. The two girls and the Kazekage were the only ones with a surprised look on their faces. "So Tsuchikage-sama shall we take this to my office." With that Sarutobi walked over to the girls and took hold of their shoulders. With that all left in a puff of smoke.

Sarutobi's office

In a puff of smoke six figures appear in the room. The oldest walks behind the desk and sits in the chair. Looking at the others Sarutobi says, "Well Kazekage-sama it was nice of you to join us for this years exam. Since I'm sure you have to rush back to Suna I will not keep you longer."

"Arigato Hokage-sama, you are right that I do have a lot to attend to in Suna." said the Kazekage sarcastically at his dismissal. Sarutobi just sighed and shook his head. He really could not fault the Kazekage for how he acted. Not with how the wind dynamo was destroying his village by sending missions to other countries.

"Well now with that out of the way we have to wait for a few more people to get here." He snapped his finger and an ANBU in a tiger mask appeared. "Tiger get me Kakashi." With that the ANBU disappeared and Sarutobi turned to face the others. Suddenly he slaps his head getting a questioning look from some in the room. "I forgot to tell him to tell Kakashi to be on time. Everyone sit down and relax we will be here a while." With this everyone took a seat..

After ten minutes of waiting Naruto stated, "Instead of waiting for him to come here. You should send out another ANBU to get him."

"Simple Naruto short of threatening Jaraiya's novel he will not come here on time now. He figures that since I did not tell him the first time to come on time it's not that important and will be even later. I'm tempted to ban the book to all except the old." At this there was a sharp intake of breath from the corner. "But then I would have to listen to Jiraiya whine about the injustice to his readers. Speaking of which, drop the genjutsu Jiraiya." said Sarutobi looking next to Naruto, Hinata and Sakura. After he finished talking the air next to them simmered then cracked and a tall man with white hair and two red lines going from under his eyes down his face appeared. Sakura jumped while Naruto and Hinata did not.

"Hey Naruto, it's been a while. Sakura you need to pay more attention to your surroundings. Hinata a lot better than last time but that's probably because Naruto gave you some warning but still good for listening." said the white maned man with and outfit the screamed 'never been laid'.

Actually Jiraiya-ero the reason we did not react was because you forgot to cover your sent. So as soon as you entered this room we knew you were there." said a smiling Naruto. Jiraiya's eye twitched as Naruto said his term of endearment.

"What did I say about calling me that or anything like that?" hissed Jiraiya. Naruto's smile only got wider. Seeing this had Jiraiya confused. "Why are you smiling like that?"

"Heh heh wait till you try to goto the bathhouse. Anko-san knows your in town now. She will be going to tell all the kounichi too." A this moment Naruto's eyes glazed over and this time Jiraiya noticed it. "Ah, they have finished working out a guard schedule." At this point Jiraiya was crying from his lost opportunity. "That is why I am smiling."

"Ano, Naruto-kun why would they need to make a guard schedule for the bathhouse." Questioned Hinata. Sakura nodded her head wanting to know too. Naruto's smile turned devious. He got up and headed behind the Hokages desk. After a few minutes of grunting Naruto found what he was looking for. Sarutobi noticed what Naruto was after and tried to grab it before he got. Unfortunately Sarutobi started to late a Naruto grabbed what he wanted and ran to the other side of the desk holding up his prize. As soon as the people in the room saw what Naruto had in his hand the men started sweating as killer intent was starting to come off the Tsuchikage. The two girls looked at Naruto's hand confused by the book.

Jiraiya-ero is famous for being one of the legendary sannin. I found out that he is also famous for his writing. Of which my name comes from his first book." said Naruto still smiling like Anko would when she had free reign in torture. Sakura and Hinata looked at Jiraiya with a little more respect in their young eyes. That was until Naruto continued. " The books that he is famous for are all hentai." With those words The girls respect towards Jiraiya and Naruto and Sakura's parents died.

"Naruto.....nii-san" Sakura said unsure if Naruto would like for her to call him that. The smile on Naruto's face was all she needed to continue. "Are you telling me that our parents named you after a dirty book character?" Questioned Sakura wondering if they had done the same for her. Sakura was getting angry and turned on Jiraiya, who sweat dropped, "Did they name me after one of the characters in your dirty books? ….Well?" Asked the angry girl only to stop at the sound of laughing on the floor. This confused both girls. "A-ano Naruto …..Nii-san why are you laughing?" Looking around she saw that the Hokage had a amused smirk on his face.

Jiraiya then cleared his throat to get attention back on him. "What Naruto failed to mention is my first novel was not of the adult demographic. It was called 'The Legend of the Gutsy Ninja'. It was also the one story that bombed." added Jiraiya quietly. "Naruto is named after the main character." Said Jiraiya looking deep in thought. "It was because of that I was named Naruto's godfather." As Jiraiya was talking Hiashi had walked in the door.

"Yes, that is true. That's why Naruto had an apartment so close to the Hyuuga after the orphanage was closed for miss treatment of residents. The was because we needed you in the field for your spy network. Now since were all sitting around I take it you forgot to tell Kakashi to be on time? At this the atmosphere died down as Hiashi let out a small chuckle.

After that conversation was light as the waited for the final person to get there. An hour and a half later a puff of smoke and a man with gravity defying gray hair came into the room. "Kakashi since you are finally here we can get started. Since it's so late today we will only have a brief overview tonight. Tomorrow we will do a full debrief. I hope you don't mind staying..." Sarutobi looked at the Tsuchikage.

"Roziana and no I don't mind. We still have to agree on trading rights between villages." Said the Tsuchikage, Roziana. "It will be my pleasure to learn a little about this village. Plus I want to know why Naruto stayed with us through the rebuilding."

"Yes, well Naruto would you like to begin." Said Sarutobi. Naruto laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish smile at the attention. Then he took a deep breath and straightened to attention.

"I woke up in a underground chamber. I did not know who I was or how I got there. After that realization I found the only thing I remembered was that I ran away from home and I had to get stronger to protect someone." At this the door slammed off it hinges and a smiling blond haired woman with what looked like a diamond on her forehead came walking in. Everyone turned to look at the woman. Sarutobi was the first to speak.

"Tsunade what's wrong?" He Questioned a little frighteningly. Her smile only widened.

"She's up!" Was all she said before she disappeared again in a puff of smoke. The adults from Konoha smiled as they knew who Tsunade was talking about.

"I'm sorry Roziana-sama and Naruto this is going to have to wait till tomorrow as we have family business at the hospital." Said Sarutobi with a smile.

"No problem Sarutobi-sama. I will see you all in the morning." Said The Tsuchikage. With that she got up and left. The two girls were wondering why all the adults were yammering and seemed excited.

"Now I know you three want to know why we are going to the hospital but I will leave that for when we get there. Now let's get going." said Sarutobi as Hiashi grabbed the girls and the all left to the hospital via shushin.

Hospital

When they got there they found Tsunade standing outside a room. When she saw all were there she said. "This patient just woke out of a ten year coma. She fell into a coma after she had just given birth and was forced to take a strong sedative. Naruto, Sakura this will affect you most so please be gentle she just learned that she has been out of your lives for ten years and is feeling very depressed. I want you two to comfort her." At this the two children were giving Tsunade a questioning look. "The reason why is because she is your mother." All three of the children eye's went wide but before the questioning started Tsunade held up her hand. "We will explain once we are inside" with this the adults headed inside the room while the kids stood there in stunned silence.

Naruto was the first to speak. "I don't know what to feel, do or say. Before I left I was always told my parents abandoned me. Now when I come back I find out they were famous, I have a little sister and my mother is still alive. This is to much I don't know how to react. Should I be happy she is alive. Mad I was lied to a lot. I just don't know." At this Hinata went to her friend and hugged him gentle. Sakura standing there bit her lip for a few seconds then joined them.

"Naruto... Nii-san I'm confused too. Still we are together and can face this as a family. We can all start with a new chance. All we have to do is take that step forward." With that said the three looked at each other and nodded. They took the step forward together into the room. As they entered the room all talking stopped. Naruto grabbed both girls hands and took a deep breath. He then went to the bed with the girls following. On the bed was an older looking version of his sister only with flaming red hair staring at the three with tears in her eyes. From behind Naruto a small voice said "Kaa-san" At a small head shake of the red haired woman all the walls the children had build to protect themselves broke. They ran over to the red haired woman, who was caught by surprise at first and grunted a little bit, but then joined in the hug as she was reunited with the children she had only know for a few minutes before everything happened. After a few minutes of this the children quieted down and fell asleep on their mothers chest. Kushina took this moment to look at the third child and smiled while saying. "You must be Hinata. So tell me has my boy been treating you well?" At this the adults got nervous as Hinata teared up. Kushina looked at everyone there confused then she sighed. "How come I get the feeling that I'm not going to like this."

Hiruzen stepped forward and spoke as gently as he could so he wouldn't face this mother's wrath. "Kushina not everything went as Minato planned." over the next few minutes Naruto's life was explained till he ran away. By the time they got to the run away Kushina was seething. Her anger was lacing the room so much that Naruto woke up and looked at his mother worriedly.

"Kaa-san, What is wrong?" Naruto whispered to her. Kushina looked down with anger still in her eyes causing Naruto to flinch. When Kushina realized what she had did she immediately hugged Naruto with the arm he was near and said.

"Mama is not mad at you Naruto. I just found out what the first part of your life was like without your tou-san and I. Please forgive us for not planning better than we did." said Kushina as she hugged her children. Please forgive me Naruto-kun."

"Tou-san and you trusted the village to hold true to his wishes. I can't blame you two for the sins of others." Said Naruto. Kushina looked at her son in surprise at his maturity. Naruto gave his mother a sheepish look. "As I absorb the Kyuubi I get a little bit of what he knew. Nothing like jutsu or special abilities like kekki genki but I do have the ability to transform into and animal that I am mostly associated with. Which is a fox. When I absorb the final tail of the Kyuubi I will become the new Kyuubi. We already have one demon in Konoha. Since Yugito already finished absorbing the Nibi but it also depends on the seal. If the seal is weak the demon will fight the absorption. This can and will cause problems for the host." At this all the adults were looking at Naruto and Hinata uneasily. Naruto saw this and hurriedly continued his speech. "We do not become like the original demon and even then they are to maintain the balance of nature." This got the adult to look at Naruto curiously. "The Ichibi maintains the balance of air, the Nibi maintain the balance of lightning on up to the hachibi and Kyuubi who maintain the balance of life and death respectively. Now you may be wondering why death is more powerful than life. Life keeps death in check. The reason for the Kyuubi attack was because a group of people had attacked his mate and sealed her..." at this Naruto looks at Hinata who blushes and then he continues. "He had gotten back just in time to see her seal in a statue. Now neither one of us has figured out how they sealed her in that statue. That is because she is the hachibi and it should be impossible to do that. Shindeiru and myself with my knowledge on fuinjutsu have been getting close but the seal would only last so long maybe three, four months long."

"Wait who is Shindeiru and how well is your sealing knowledge." asked Sarutobi.

"To answer your question the Kyuubi is just a title given by Kami when they were created." all the adults looked astounded by this Information. Hinata and Sakura just looked on thoughtfully since they had learned this from Hinata's demon. Hiashi after regaining his composure looked at his daughter. He knew a demon was sealed in his daughter but if it was not the Hachibi then would Naruto leave her. So wording his sentence carefully as not to offend the blond boy he asked.

"Naruto do you happen to know where Kyuubi's mate is?"

naruto smiled and shook his head. "Seikatsu was with Kyuubi and I for the first four years of our life and now she is with us again. She was sealed in the one girl I've known the longest. At this Naruto got off the bed and walked over to Hinata. He pulled the collar of her shirt down a little bit to reveal the mark on the side of her neck. "I mean the proof was right in front of you this whole time." then Naruto looked at her forehead and frowned. He quickly reached up and removed the band that was around he head and his frown deepened. He then grabbed his head and groaned in pain as the last of his forgotten memories returned. When that had stopped he had looked up and his eyes were now blood red and his whisker marks more defined. If you had looked closely you would see that the edges were starting to come off his skin to being real whiskers. He asked in a voice that promised pain. "Who did this?"

His anger evident by the killer intent he was releasing. Hinata and an unsure Sakura, who had gotten of the bed to stand next to Naruto, both hugged him to try to calm him down with Hinata whispering what she felt would make Naruto hate her. "It's o k Naruto-kun. I ...I ...I killed the person who did this to me." As she finished she let go of Naruto to start to walk away feeling that he would think her a monster now. Before she took another step she felt two pairs of arms wrap around her.

"It's o k Hinata-chan I don't think any less of you. You are still my best friend in the world." whispered Naruto in the young girls ear. He then looked at the adults as Hinata turned towards him looking for comfort. "My question is that why has no one taken it off then?" Asked Naruto while looking at the adults in the room. His anger and killer intent making the adults flinch a little. It was Jiraiya who spoke up.

"It's not like we have not tried. The prick had left a fail safe in it the if anyone but him were to remove it. She would die." Said Jiraiya trying to calm the blond down. After a few minutes everyone breathed properly as Naruto's killer intent died and he calmed down.

"Do you have some of his blood?" questioned Naruto. At the adults confused looks Naruto sighed. "Before the rebellion in Iwa I was forced to read all they had and could get on sealing to make me like my father and try to recreate his famous jutsu only to use it for them. I'm gonna use his blood and my yokai to bypass his fail safe." he turned to Hinata "How many?" Again the adults looked confused as Hinata held up one finger. At that Naruto sighed "Well you know how painful that one was. With what we will be doing you might get one or two more." At this Hinata nodded while the adults were all wondering why Naruto was not explaining what they were talking about as they were about to ask Naruto turned back ti the adults and said "I will explain tomorrow as it is getting late and Hinata and I needed to be fully rested."

Sighing and nodding Sarutobi took over. "Yes that is correct Naruto. I do believe we still have some of his blood on file still so will get you some tomorrow. Kushina You rest to and we'll have Tsunade bring you to my office tomorrow." With that everyone left. The last to leave were the children who hugged Kushina and wished her a good night.

While they were walking towards the clan district Hiashi started to talk. "Naruto since your sister has been staying with us, you will also till your mother can leave the hospital and get back to training again." At this point Hinata started to speak.

"Tou-san can Naruto-kun stay with me tonight? I want to know I'm not dreaming." asked Hinata. Hiashi smiled and nodded his head.

"Why don't all three of you stay in Hinata's room tonight." The three children nodded excitedly and ran off ahead of Hiashi without a care. They did this because tomorrow was to be a serious day for them all.

Now I know your wondering why Hinata is not stuttering. I went back and reread the manga as well as watched the anime and NOT ONCE does she stutter. we who like her have be making her weaker than she really is. yes she has some confidence issues but she does not stutter she is not that shy. I will not write her weaker than her real stregnth.