"And? Did you find something?" Naruto asked, his eyes wide.
I smiled as I opened my inventory behind my back and mentally selected the hokage right selves. I took it out and presented it to him, "I found this around the same place I found the fourth's cloak."
"What is it? A dusty old cloth?" Naruto asked sniffing it.
I smiled, "look inside the sleeve dumbass."
Naruto frowned, he did just that finding the stitched names easily, "Kushina and Na..Naruto?"
I smiled, "I'm guessing...that's you. Because I don't know another other Naruto's in Konoha. And the woman's name….it's probably-"
"My mother's name" Naruto gasped in realization as he looked up at me with awe filled eyes as tears began to fill them up. He leaped out of his seat and hugged me, slowly beginning to cry.
I said nothing, I stayed silent as I hugged the boy I came to look at as a brother. It took awhile for Naruto to calm down. The moment tears stopped he demanded I help him find out more about his mom. I promised him I would d just that;
Quest alert Find out more about Kushina Uzumaki! Rewards:
300 EXP +10 REP with Naruto!
Failure:
-10 REP with Naruto!
I accepted of course. But after that we spent quite a while talking about what kind of woman she would have been, and if she would have been proud of him. I told him that she would, of course she would.
I made ramen for Naruto that night, a special treat, and quickly he fell asleep. I was about to go to bed as well when I heard the window slide open.
I moved on instinct throwing five kunai at once at the target.
"Impressive," Kakashi said from the window sill as he held four kunai in his hand while the fifth had sailed past his cheek cutting it before embedding in the window sill behind him, "not many people can react that quickly."
I lowered my defence a little, "I'm not many people. I'm a ninja….technically," I looked at the man's REP and was shocked. It was 60. WHOA! How the hell did it become 60?! I looked at him and him at me.
"So...what can I do you for copycat?" I asked.
Kakashi threw the kunai back at me before turning around and looking out, "the sleeve you tore off...why?"
I blinked, "what are you talking about?" Kakashi sighed, "I know you tore off the sleeve and gave it to Naruto. I want to know why."
I raised an eyebrow, "don't you wish you had something of your father's to remember him by?"
Kakashi's breathing faltered as he slowly turned to me, "so you know?"
"That Naruto's real name isn't Uzumaki but Namikaze? Yeah, I know."
"When did you figure it out?"
"A few years back, I think it was month after we began living together. Saw his dumb face so many times, when I was presented with the fourth picture I couldn't help but draw conclusions. It was kind of obvious really. I mean, why would a Hokage ask someone else to sacrifice their child if he couldn't do the same?" Kakashi looked at me and blinked, "you are very wise for your age."
I shrugged, "they don't call me the Little Professor for my looks. I hope."
"And are you planning on telling Naruto?"
"Not yet no," I sighed, "the kid's too dumb, he'll probably go around yelling it out on the top of his lungs. And then he'll be in deep shit. Maybe after he's a chunin I'll tell him...yeah, that sounds right."
Kakashi smiled, or well eye smiled...how does he do that? "Very well...that's all I wanted to know. Thank you...for being such a good friend to Naruto."
"I-" I tried to speak, but before I could say a thing he disappeared. I grumbled, 'fucking ninja!'
I sighed and went to my room. I laied down but….I COULDN'T FUCKIGN SLEEP! So I decided to do something fun. I went to my work room and sat down on my desk. I took out the tri pronged kunai and began to study the seals on it;
Finjutus, Lv- 45 (0%) The art of making seals using paper and ink. Success rate- 90% Maximum difficulty range- A class seals Alright, I have a 90% success rate, let's see if I can figure this out.
Ping!
Your are attempting to learn a SS class seal! It cannot be done!
Damn it! It's past my difficulty range! Unless...I took out the +20 skill scroll I got today and opened it up.
Ping! Your skill has leveled up!
Fuinjutsu, Lv- 60 (MAX) The art of making seals using paper and ink. Success rate- 99% Maximum difficulty range- SS class seals I ended up wasting five levels, but it's so fucking worth it! ARGH GOD THIS IS AMAZING!
I turned back to the Flying Thunder God seal on the kunai and began to understand it. I worked through the night, hours passed by but I didn't care. I picked apart every line on that seal like a doctor observing a cell under a microscope.
The next day Naruto and I went to the library where we found records of one Kushina Uzumaki. All information about her marriage life was retracted, which made Naruto depressed since he didn't find out anything about his dad. But we took all we did find about Kushina and spent three days in the library reading up on her life. Well, Naruto did that while I read a random fictional novel about a ninja that used jutsu to build a village in the center of the Earth...yeah, real original.
It was at five in the morning on the day of team assignments that I finally managed to succeed. The village was barely awake when I stood up and threw my hands up in victory, "I DID IT!"
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