A/N: Olivia here and I hope you enjoy chapter 5! Sorry for not updating in several days. I play a game called World of Warcraft so that has had my attention for the past several weeks.

Chapter 5: Ice

Kurama looked out throughout the village with interest. The last time she was here in her own physical body was when she was controlled by a man she hated. The last time she was here but not in her physical body was when she was still sealed inside the blond haired ninja she had to come to love. The mysterious let out a sigh before turning her attention back to the said village.

She saw the bustling village with disdain in her eyes. The villagers were a happy bunch, not a thing weighing them done. The residents of Konoha were a bunch of hypocrites by her standards. Her slitted red eyes surveyed the village. Her enhanced vision making out each face and each slight movement they made.

The woman's body started to blow a bright red, her body growing smaller and smaller until she transformed into a small red fox. She sniffed the air trying to find two particular scents, once she locked onto them she let out a smile and quickly made her way towards them. Kurama ran and jumped from building to building making sure to avoid the streets because of the civilians.

Kurama stopped and huffed, off in the distance in a training ground she saw a blond-haired amethyst-eyed boy along with a red-haired blue-eyed girl teenager training together. The girl was out of breath while the boy sported an arrogant smirk.

"I beat you. Again."

The blond girl huffed, "Shut up, Menma," the girl said clearly annoyed. The boy again smirked quite arrogantly. "I'm just better than you, Nami," Menma replied, "I clearly got the genes."

"With how stupid you are? Doubtful," Nami whispered. Menma eyed Nami with a frown which the girl caught, "What? It's true. We all know I'm far smarter than you," she said. Menma muttered something about 'lying' and 'stupid girl' this only made Nami smirk. After a few seconds, the smirk disappeared from Nami's face and was replaced by a frown.

"What do you think tou-san and kaa-chan are doing in the West?" asked Nami.

"I don't know to be honest," replied Menma while scratching his head, "but I overheard a meeting. They said that the West doesn't have chakra."

Nami laughed, "Really!? Why the hell don't we just conquer it?"

"I don't know," replied Menma giving a shrug, "a few ninja squads and we can kill them pretty easily," Menma offered with an arrogant laugh that Nami herself returned reluctantly. Kurama was off in the distance silently seething at the pair of Uzumaki Namikazis. They were openly talking about slaughtering her new home and the people that resided in it.

"C'mon, Nami. Lets go get some ramen!" Menma shouted with a wide smile. At the mention of ramen, Nami returned the smile with a wide one of her own. Ramen was quick way to cheer her up and a quick way to her heart. The siblings quickly left the training ground and made their way to the infamous Ichiraku Ramen. Nami knew that her brother and herself weren't really welcomed at the ramen stand but they were allowed to eat there simply because they were the children of the Hokage. The reason the siblings got for the cold demeanor that often accompanies the owner and his daughter was because of their older brother, Naruto.

Both the siblings knew of their older brother although they had never met him. They were told that he was a hero and was the reason the siblings were alive today. Nami herself wanted to thank her older brother but just before she got to Konoha he was banished. Nami was initially confused. If he was a hero why was he banished? No one had told her why, apparently the reason behind the banishment was an S-ranked secret. She had often times asked her mother or father the reason behind it and the only thing she got out of it was a pain expression on their face and a refusal to answer.

Nami let out a sigh, in front of her stood the ramen stand. Menma entered first, lifting the cloth flap and gave a smile to the man behind the counter, Nami followed her brother. The man ignored the pair, instead finding interest in attending to another pair of customers. Brother and sister sat there for a few minutes before the man approached them with a cold stare.

"What can I get you?" asked Teuchi.

"How're you doing, old man!" yelled Menma with a smile on his face, oblivious to the obvious disdain the man held for the siblings. Nami shook her head softly. They was something that her brother never had, he had a hard time picking up on the emotions of others. "two miso ramen soup for me, old man!"

"Chicken for me, thank you," said Nami softly. Teuchi gave the young girl a softened look. Teuchi disliked the pair. He disliked the blond-haired boy more the girl. The girl accepted her fate and took whatever coldness Teuchi threw their way, something about them made him look at the girl in a different light.

"Coming right up," replied Teuchi.

Kurama was laid down on a rooftop opposite the ramen stand. Her two pawns on top of each other while she laid her hand on them. She stayed still, silently observing the pair. From what she gathered, Nami shared her brother's arrogance a small bit while Menma the more arrogant one in the family. He was nice but…something inside the boy gave Kurama a bad feeling, as if something was under that personality.

The orange-red fox closed her eyes and listened to the bustle of the road and the ramen stand. The occasional yelling from Menma making her flinch. Her fox ears were more sensitive than even a Inuzaka dog. 'Why is the boy so loud? He's just like Naruto before he actually grew up.' Thought Kurama slightly flinching whenever the boy's voice made it to her ears.

Her eyes moved slightly, her hearing catching the voice of a woman and the labored breathing of a man.

"Why do we still serve them!" yelled the girl, her breath huffing from yelling.

"They're the Hokage's children, Ayame…what would business be like if we suddenly banned them?" Teuchi tried to reason with the girl.

Ayame bit her lip and slightly nodded, "I don't like them…they hurt him," stated Ayame in a soft whisper. Teuchi grabbed his daughter in a hug and squeezed. The girl gripped her fathers chef shirt, her body slightly shaking.

"I know, I know. But if we banned them we'll most likely lose our business," Teuchi said with his arms wrapped around his daughter. He felt Ayame nod and with that he pulled back and put a smile on his face. "now go, we still got customers to serve. I'll take the Hokage's children."

"Thank you," Ayame whispered softly again. She walked off to grab some bowls to pour ramen into. He hated seeing his daughter like. He knew Ayame regarded the young blond-haired knucklehead as a surrogate younger brother and the news of his banishment hit her hard. She was angry at all the ninjas that walked through Ichiraku Ramen, particularly the Konoha 11 and the Jonin instructors. Ayame knew they had a role to play in the banishment of the sweet young blond, the blonde's own family more than any other. How could his family just sit by and not rescind Naruto's banishment. They just sat in they're huge clan compound and stayed a happy family while their oldest child was likely suffering out on his own. No home to his name and no one to protect him.

Ayame wiped a few unshed tears and huffed trying to calm herself down. If she ever saw Naruto again she didn't know how she would react. All she knew was that she was be a crying mess and would hug the sweet blond to death.

Kurama across the road sensed the emotions being emitted by the woman. She was glad someone cared for her beloved. The fox smiled, 'At least he always had the two of you. I'm glad you were there for him…even if you couldn't do anything about his banishment.'

Uturai – Kizu City – Western Empire

Naruto had ushered the big breasted blond woman into a room behind the throne room and looked at the woman. Akira was long gone by now, something about attending to her children. Naruto looked at the blond in a silent fury.

"What do you mean they have children!?" yelled Naruto slamming his fists down on a table that hap a map and several wooden figures. Tsunade flinched slightly at the tone of the blond.

"They were born on the night of the Kyubi attack," replied Tsunade, her head tilted in confusion, "don't you were young at the time but you should still have some memories."

Naruto looked at the woman then closed his eyes. He tried to pry into his memories of that time but all he was getting was fuzziness. The blond emperor growled at the unwillingness of his memory. "I can't remember!" yelled Naruto, "it's as if someone just wiped my memories with a cloth and smeared them."

Tsunade looked at the Emperor with curiosity, she tried to think of what was causing this but she suddenly froze. 'ˆNo…no no no. Don't tell me you did that, Minato. If you did…I'm going to fucking kill you.' Tsunade growled at her thoughts. This caught Naruto's attention.

"What? What is it? Do you have any ideas?"

"I…" whispered Tsunade, "you memories from before the Kyubi attack… they…" the blond woman couldn't finish. Naruto looked at Tsunade expectantly. He motioned with his hand to continue. Tsunade took in a breath. "They might have sealed your memories from before the attack."

The room stood silent for several seconds. Tsunade could feel the room getting noticeably colder and colder. Naruto gripped the wooden table with his hands, smoke rising from them while the smell of burnt wood filled the room. Naruto's eyes glowed a light purple while he gritted his teeth. Tsunade stared at the man worriedly

"They dare seal my memories!" screamed Naruto. The fireforming on hands formed. The wood crackled and turned black. The blackness radiated away from the source. The glowing purple eyes continued to grow in luminosity while his entire body shook with rage. Tsunade quickly gripped his forearm from across the table and shivered. His forearm was cold but his hands were emitting fire?

"Calm down, Naruto!" shouted Tsunade trying to get through the Emperor, "we'll figure this out! You and I, together," she whispered the last part. She looked directly at his eyes with a look a mother gives her child. Naruto froze momentarily before finally calming down. The fire slowly dissipated while the room went back to its regular temperature. Naruto's glowing purple eyes faded away to ocean blue.

"You with me?" asked Tsunade cautiously.

Naruto gave the woman a nodded and breathed in and out slowly trying to get his heartbeat back to its normal rhythm. Tsunade eyes the blond while his eyes were closed and could only imagine the revenge that the young man was planning. 'If this is true…you are in for a reckoning you can not imagine, Minato, Kushina.'

Naruto opened his eyes and let out a sigh. "Sorry about that…" the blond trailed off. Tsunade merely waved her hand.

"It's okay. You just found out that someone could have sealed away your memories," replied the big breasted woman, "if it were me I would be rampaging about trying to find the person and punch them to death."

Naruto gave a light chuckle. 'Good, he's back to his normal self.' Tsunade thought with a smile. Naruto's chuckle went away after a few seconds. The man scratched his chin obviously thinking. He didn't know who sealed his memories but suspect number one in his mind were his parents. From what he knew of his banishment, he was a sacrificial goat for the Uzumaki Namikaze family. They had abandoned him so that his newly discovered younger siblings and his parents could live, something that made him immensely angry. Why could they just take him with them? Why would they leave a three-year-old boy to suffer at the hands of that dreaded village?

The young Emperor shook his head and let out a sigh. "It's Minato isn't t?"

"I don't know for sure, it's only a suspicion on my part," replied Tsunade while biting her lip nervously. She knew of the rage and wrath of this version of Naruto. Hell, it was on display a few minutes ago. She reiterated her thoughts, she didn't know what Naruto would do if he found out it was indeed his parents that sealed away his memories.

"I'm no Fuinjutsu master but memory sealing is level 7+. Who has that certification?"

"The old pervert Jiraiya, Minato, and Kushina," Tsunade replied instantly. The suspects down to only three. Naruto hummed at the information.

'Only three people huh? Luckily, two of them are in my city at this very moment.'

Naruto snapped his fingers and a shadow figure formed inside the room. A woman with two pointy ears appeared. "What can I do for you, Naruto?"

"Kara. I want you to keep a close eye on Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze. Have your shadow guard watch the rest but pay special attention to those two along with Danzo Shimura."

Kara nodded slowly, "Of course. Anything else" asked the Elf.

"Tomorrow," said Naruto after a nod, "introduce the two to the Netherlight. Contact Anko. I know she loves doing these kinds of things," Naruto said with a slight shudder. Anko Mitarashi. One of the few ninjas from Konoha that resided in the West. Naruto had offered the woman a position in his Empire shortly after he united the West and became its Emperor. He knew the purple-haired woman wasn't very well loved by the people of Konoha although not to the extent of himself.

He knew that she was the former apprentice of the snake sannin, Orochimaru and that was the reason why she was disliked. He offered the woman the position to head his Interrogation Department, something the purple-haired woman quickly nodded her head to and for the past several years she did that, 'Interrogate' people. Naruto knew the woman enjoyed torturing people and the Netherlight was a perfect place for the woman.

Kara again nodded slowly, "At once…" she trailed off. Kara didn't dislike the head torturer but she didn't like the woman either. She was quite sadistic and took pleasure and inflicting pain upon others but from what Kara had witnessed when she was in the presence of Naruto, the woman had a soft heart, something she didn't reveal to just anyone. Kara again nodded and disappeared in black smoke.

Tsunade stared at Naruto with wide eyes, "So, this is where Anko disappeared to."

"Yep," replied Naruto with a chuckle, "I offered her a position in my Empire after I united it and she accepted it. We both know the villagers hold no love the Anko."

Tsunade gave the blond a nod. She also knew the reputation Anko had and the dislike the village had for the woman. She was glad she had someone like Naruto to be friends once. Her thoughts shifted to a word Naruto had said several times.

"What's this 'Netherlight' you've been speaking of?"

"It's a prison," replied Naruto, "of sorts."

"Of…sorts?" Tsunade repeated.

"It doesn't exist within this plane of existence."

Tsunade gave Naruto a look of disbelief. Naruto merely raised up his hands, "I'm not lying. Think of it as the lands of a summon animal," Naruto explained, "there's a portal in my torture department. Once you enter it, you are now in the Netherlight."

"A portal?" Tsunade whispered while trailing off her sentence. Naruto nodded.

"I've been there myself. I never liked the place but it has served its purpose in being our main prison. It has a strange aura of dread and the air itself feels like its sucking out your life energy leaving you gaunt and broken."

Tsunade again looked at the blond in disbelief. Oh, the times Tsunade herself could've used such a place. Naruto noticed the look once again and nodded. "Don't worry, you'll get to visit it soon. Not as a prisoner of course but I want you to be there when Anko…talks with my parents," The blonded elaborated. Tsunade gave an audible 'Ah' and nodded. She wanted to see this Netherlight for herself. If Naruto talked about it like this and Anko liked it?

She visibly shivered at such a thought. The next few days were indeed going to be interesting.

There's Chapter 5! Tell me what you think. I had a bit a trouble writing this so I just wanted to get it over with and post it. Short chapter this time around. Ooo, Naruto might have had his memories sealed? Again, tell me what you think and I apologize if any typos made its way through.