Authors Note: Okay, I'm going to be trying to work on this story for a while until I get out of the slump that I'm in with Elemental Guardians. So sorry anyone that likes EG. On another note, Sasuke's summon will be the eagle! Anyone who wants to suggest names for the summons, please do so as I am at a loss for names! On with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and I never will!

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"You know, you might get to see your nephew if you co-operate." Ibiki said to the blond haired man strapped to the chair in front of him.

Takahiro sat staring at the wall, ignoring all attempts to make him talk. He was a jonin of Iwagakure and he would be damned if he was going to spill any information easily! Although the man's stubborn insistence about him having a nephew was getting slightly aggravating. So he sat staring at the wall. Actually a fairly nice paint job…except…was that blood? Takahiro immediately stopped thinking about the wall and instead stared blankly into space.

"Well, it's your choice if you don't want to talk. I'm sure you'll be much more receptive to our questions when those pesky memory suppression seals are taken off."

Ah. The seals. That was one thing that Takahiro was actually slightly curious and afraid about. What were they? Were they, as the interrogator was saying, memory suppression seals? Or maybe suicide seals that the Tsuchikage or even other members of Iwagakure could activate on a whim? Either way, that was probably the only thing that scared him about this situation. That and the fact that if they were memory seals, what were they locking away from him?

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Hiruzen Sarutobi sat at his desk and sighed. He was way too old for this sort of thing. Once again he cursed his decision of sending Shikaku after Tsunade. Just like him to do this to his wise leader. As soon as Tsunade had walked into the room smiling, she had lightly flicked the wall. No doubt the wall would have had a thing or two to say about the definition of lightly. It had collapsed, no doubt causing yet more paperwork for him. Not to mention plenty of damage to the houses on the street below.

It had ended better than he thought it would though. He had told her about everything that was happening, including his wanting her to start training medic nin for every team that went out. She had reluctantly agreed. But not before grabbing the pig and breaking another wall, causing yet more paperwork for him.

"Hopefully Jiraiya gets here soon. I need him to take a look at that Iwa nin." He thought as he signed yet another document pertaining to the damages from Tsunade. This one was from a family that lived under the tower and whose roof was destroyed by a falling rock. They wanted reparations for the damage caused so they could rebuild their roof. Yet another chunk of cash from Konoha's funds. Just as he was about to sign another though, he felt a chakra signature coming into the office. Through the window.

"Hello Jiraiya." He said with a sigh without turning around.

Jiraiya stopped just inside the window and grinned. "Hey sensei! Got some luggage for you!" He said as he dropped Kakashi from his shoulder onto the floor. Kakashi let out a grunt upon impact while Jiraiya walked around in front of Hiruzen's desk before sitting down in a chair. "I'll take him to the hospital later."

Hiruzen sighed, locking his hands together in front of his face. "I need you to look at some seals on a prisoner." He said looking intently at Jiraiya. Jiraiya just nodded and waited for anything else that his old sensei needed. "The prisoners name is apparently Takahiro Yuudai. That's all we've managed to get out of him. I'll come with you. Let's go."

Jiraiya nodded silently before standing up along with Hiruzen. Walking around the desk again, he bent down and picked up the jonin before disappearing in a shunshin along with his sensei.

After dropping Kakashi off at the hospital, the two appeared in the office of the head of interrogation. Ibiki, feeling the chakra disturbance, glanced up before standing and motioning the two to follow him. Following the winding network of halls below Konoha, they came to a room with chakra dispersal seals written all along the door. Ibiki quickly channeled a bit of his chakra into the master seal in the center before opening the door and stepping inside with the other two following.

In the center of the room, a man with blonde hair sitting locked to a chair with chakra reinforced cuffs, while a chakra locking seal showed on his neck before he turned his head to face the newcomers.

"This is the man?" Jiraiya asked in curiosity. He looked remarkably like his old student, but he immediately dismissed it as a coincidence.

Hiruzen nodded his head. "Yes, he is." He said as he stepped back along with Ibiki.

Jiraiya walked up to the man and started examining the man for seals. He stayed like that for ten minutes, eyes roving over the man's body, looking and finding every seal on him. Hiruzen and Ibiki waited patiently until Jiraiya stepped away from the man with a grim look on his face.

"Well?" Hiruzen asked reluctantly.

Jiraiya just looked at his sensei. "Get this man into a very secure location that nobody knows about except us." He said as he turned to the door.

Hiruzen looked at his student puzzled for a moment before following. Just before he left, he motioned to Ibiki to do what was required. Five minutes after they left, they were back in Hiruzen's office where Jiraiya went through handseals, activating the security seals after kicking all the anbu guards out. Once the jutsu was in place, Jiraiya looked grimly at his sensei.

"Alright Jiraiya, what is going on." Hiruzen asked.

"I'm not surprised you don't know what those seals are sensei. Only seal masters know what those are and how to make them." Jiraiya said. Hiruzen nodded slightly. He had only ever gotten to the intermediate level in seals. The same level as Kakashi. Jiraiya continued. "Those seals are forbidden seals. They seal away all thoughts that the applier wants sealed away, never to be released unless another seal master releases them. The unspoken rule among seal masters is that whoever uses those seals without the knowledge of all the other seal masters is to be immediately killed and their body destroyed." He said as Hiruzen paled. "I only wish that I knew who did it. He needs to be destroyed. That wasn't the only forbidden seal on him though. There were two other's on his arm. One, a loyalty seal with a nasty twist. If the person the seal is applied to betrays whoever put them on, the person who put them on can activate the seal, rupturing the chakra pathways, destroying the tenketsu, and frying the brain. They just have to be close enough. The last seal on him is a standard chakra suppression seal, meant to keep him from growing too powerful would be my guess."

Hiruzen looked down at his desk as if searching for answers there. Finally he looked up and spoke no expression on his face at all. "Take the seals off as soon as you can. Something tells me that the Tsuchikage won't want that man alive for much longer." He said. Jiraiya nodded before removing the jutsu and disappearing to remove the seals, not bothering to mention that removing them could reduce Takahiro to the intelligence of a rock. A rock with chakra, but a rock nevertheless. Hiruzen already probably knew. It was a given with seals.

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"What do you mean Takahiro was caught?" The towering man yelled at the quivering pile of flesh before him.

The man kneeling on the ground in front of his leader shivered in fear of the massive killing intent he was giving of. "H-he was caught b-by the c-copy nin K-Kakashi H-Hatake." He managed to stutter out. The Tsuchikage looked at his pathetic underling before drawing a kunai and throwing it straight into the shinobi's throat. The shinobi fell forward, futilely attempting to draw breath. Seconds later, he was still, lying on the ground with blood seeping onto the rock floor beneath him.

"Pathetic." He muttered to himself as he stepped over the man's body. Walking through the open door of his office, he thought on what could have gone wrong. Takahiro was too strong for most of the chuunin and jonin in that pathetic village. Even if he had ran into the copy nin, he should have been strong enough to at least escape. Unless he was ambushed somehow, but even then he should have been able to kill himself without too much hassle. After all, Takahiro's loyalty seal made him totally loyal to him, and he had given express orders to commit suicide if he was caught. So how was he caught?

As he got to the entrance to the underground maze that was under Iwagakure, he made a handseal, causing the massive door blocking the entrance to open. As soon as he was through, it slammed shut, making a loud boom that echoed through the massive chamber.

"The plan is delayed for three years. Until then, train and grow stronger." He said to a man stationed by the door as he walked past, aiming for the largest building in the room. The man ran off to inform his superiors while the Tsuchikage walked into the massive building.

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Jiraiya sighed as he drew the last line on Takahiro's body. Sitting the pot of ink and the brush down on the ground, he stood up and activated the seal he had drawn onto the man's body. Immediately, the lines started writhing around, twisting and turning, retracting onto all three seals on the man's body. Takahiro screamed in agony as he tried to move but couldn't. Mentally, Jiraiya congratulated himself on immobilizing the man, but cursed as his screams got louder. Finally, after what seemed like years to Takahiro, the pain to his body stopped. He sighed in relief as he relaxed his muscles, but seconds later, a splitting pain went through his head as he screamed and lost consciousness.

Looking over Takahiro's body, Jiraiya checked to make sure the seals had been removed, sighing in relief when he saw they were gone. He picked the Takahiro's body up before leaving for the Hokage's office. Once there, he would wait through the night, watching the man and waiting for him to awaken. When Takahiro's eyes finally opened, Jiraiya flared his chakra before waiting for his old sensei to show up.

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"Alright Jiraiya, what did you call me here for." Hiruzen said as he walked in the door to his office. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Takahiro sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. "Oh." He said dumbly. Jiraiya grinned at his old sensei who snapped out of his trance and turned on him. "Is he alright?" He asked.

Jiraiya thought for a moment. "He should be fine, but I would keep an eye on him for a while. His memories were locked at a young age, so theres no telling what kind of damage that could have done." He finally said.

Hiruzen sighed in relief before turning to the blonde sitting on the couch. "How are you feeling?" He asked hesitantly.

Takahiro looked up at the old Hokage with a scowl. "My head fucking hurts, my muscles are aching, and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU TWO ARE TALKING ABOUT!" He shouted. Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya with a raised eyebrow.

"What?" He asked with a sheepish look.

"Never mind." Hiruzen said with a sigh before turning back to Takahiro. "What can you remember?" He asked.

Takahiro closed his eyes. "I remember playing outside our country house." He said as he concentrated. He grimaced in pain before continuing. "Then, a sharp stab of pain in the back of my head. I blacked out, and when I woke up, I was in a dark room and strapped to a table with a hooded man drawing lines-no seals, on my body." He grimaced again. "Everything after that is sort of hazy." He said finally as he opened his eyes. "What happened?" He asked hesitantly.

Hiruzen sighed, looking up at the ceiling in thought. Finally he turned his head to Jiraiya. "Are the seals up?" Jiraiya nodded his head and Hiruzen turned to Takahiro, hands clasped behind his back in thought. "From what I can infer from the information I have so far, you were kidnapped after being knocked out in trees behind your family's country house. After that, you were taken to the Tsuchikage who got a seal master to put various seals on you, one of which was a memory repressing seal. Another, from what Jiraiya has told me, was a loyalty seal and a chakra suppressing seal, no doubt to maintain your loyalty to the Tsuchikage and to prevent you from growing too powerful for them to control." As he said this, Takahiro's fists tightened in anger as he started to unknowingly let out killing intent.

Jiraiya looked on in interest, wondering how much chakra he had now that it was all unlocked. Suddenly his eyes widened in disbelief. "Are you telling me that he's Minato's brother?" He asked in disbelief. Hiruzen sighed before nodding. Takahiro looked confused for a moment before his eyes widened in recognition.

"Minato!" He said excitedly. "Where is he?" He asked with a smile.

Hiruzen and Jiraiya both looked out the window in the direction of the memorial stone in sadness before turning back to Takahiro.

"No…." Takahiro murmured softly. "He couldn't be dead….he can't be…."

"Six years ago, the Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked Konoha. Many brave shinobi died valiantly trying to drive it away from the village. None could…until your brother, the Hokage, appeared on the battlefield…and sacrificed his own life to defeat it." Hiruzen said sadly.

Takahiro looked stricken and put his head in his hands, sitting in silence. Jiraiya and Hiruzen both stood in silence, letting him grieve. Finally Takahiro looked up, red-rimmed eyes staring up at them. "Is there anything of my family left?" He asked sadly, fearing the answer.

Hiruzen looked at Jiraiya who silently nodded. "Your brother had a son who is now living with the Uchiha clan." He said. Takahiro looked down in thought. "If you wish, you may see him, although I can't let you take care of him. He's in the guardianship of the Uchiha clan, so he is safe as he can be considering whose son he is."

"That's probably for the best. At least until I'm stronger." Takahiro said, still deep in thought. "In the meantime, can I have a private training ground to train in? The Tsuchikage will probably come after me when he finds out what has happened."

"Yes you can, but you will have anbu guards to protect you and make sure you don't try escaping. At least for two years." Hiruzen said.

"Thank you Hokage-sama. I'll make sure your trust is not wasted." Takahiro said as he got up.

"I expect you to. Jiraiya."

"Yes?"

"Take Takahiro to Minato's old estate and get him set up there. Guard him until morning when I can get some anbu to do it."

"Yes sensei." Jiraiya said as he put his hand on Takahiro's shoulder. "See ya later!" With that the two disappeared from his office.

Hiruzen walked behind his desk before sinking down into his chair; already deep in thought on the preparations they would need to go through for them to be ready for a war. "Damn." He muttered in exhaustion. "I'm way too old for this sort of thing."

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Authors Note: That's it! Chapter 3 is done! Next chapter is a time-skip to when Naruto and Sasuke are twelve and they are graduating. Hope everyone enjoyed it.