"You were right, I hate having a store." Kenta stated as he pushed his white hair back and glared at the seal he was drawing out.

Ryuu snorted and grinned. "Told ya."

"It was cool at first but all we do is make seals. Sure, we can play but I'm tired of making seals!" Kenta groaned as he gently placed his brush down.

"It's great practice, and it is not like you are making a seal you don't know." Mizuko pipped up and Kenta huffed dramatically.

"Mom, I'm done with my share. Can I go play now?" Karin stated as she put down her brush.

"Go ahead honey, You can play for a bit. When everyone else gets done I will show you a traditional Malestorm dance." Mizuko stated as she glanced over at Karin's finished work.

"Kay!" She smiled and hurried out of the room. Naruto sighed and looked down at the seals he was drawing. They were simple storage seals for heavier supplies.

"I barely got the other dance we learned last week down. I am having trouble with my pivots. Can you help me with them?" Naruto asked and Mizuko glanced at him and nodded.

"We can work on your pivots. Nanami make sure you get the stablizer on that formula." Mizuko nodded towards Naruto and then glanced at Nanami.

"How?!"Nanami huffed as she looked down at her paper. Her long silky straight hair was in a low pony tail and she was wearing a simple light pink tank top.

"Here I'll help you Nee-chan." Fumiko reached over and tugged on the scroll Nanami was working on. "Awe, Thanks fu-chan!" Nanami smiled widely as Fumiko started to finish the seal.

"It's nothing." Fumiko grinned as she finished her sister's seal. "You have to place these lines down, other wise it might be unstable." Fumiko pointed out and Nanami nodded as she looked at the scroll.

"I knew I was missing something!" Nanami's red eyes widened as Fumiko was pointing out what she had forgotten.

"I'll get it right next time." Nanami nodded as she unfurled another scroll and began drawing out the same seal again.

Kenta groaned and sighed. "Seals suck."

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Jiraiya opened the door and was greeted by the sight of his sensei smoking his pipe. "Ah Jiraiya, You're here so we can finally begin." The Third Hokage announced as Jiraiya closed the door behind him and crossed his arms.

The councilors were sitting nearby the Old Kage and were quietly waiting for the meeting to start.

Inoichi, Ibiki, and Shikaku all stepped up. Shikaku spoke up first. "As asked all of the information about Mizuko's background was investigated. We have come up with a timeline for most of the major events in her life." He nodded and Ibiki stepped up and handed the councilors and Hokage the files.

"Our first clue was Daiki Senju. A few years back there was an incident within the land of iron. Samurai found a Konoha headband in a burnt down house. The body found a few meters from the house had the head cut off, but city officials belived it to be a paper store owner named Daiki. The villagers were well aware that he was a local store owner with a wife and young daughter. Rumi and Mizuko." Ibiki started off as the Hokage scanned the files that had been placed on his desk. Jiraiya stepped up and started looking at the files as well.

"The remains were investigated and we confirmed his identity. The final confirmation was when his bounty was cashed out. Daiki Senju was removed from the missing in action lists. Also at that point we were aware of Mizuko Senju possibly being alive. What we speculate is that he was killed and the attackers figured that they would take Mizuko for breeding purposes to restart a senju clan in kusa." Ibiki continued.

" Rumi possibly put up a fight and was taken down and kidnapped as well. They possibly figured she was a ninja and that she had a bounty. When Mizuko arrived to konoha she had this on her." Ibiki held up a clear bag with a seal tag inside of it.

"A seal that can change someones haircolor. So it is very possible that the Kusa shinobi found this on both mother and the child while strip searching them after they were captured. At that point they would see the red hair and common Uzumaki traits. A quick look into an older bingo book and they would have been able to find Rumi Uzumaki's page. At that point Rumi was considered more useful alive than dead and allowed to continue to be with her daughter."

"They possibly tried a few methods of brainwashing and a long term conditioning on Mizuko to gain her loyalties. But since the girl was not separated from her mother who was a seasoned Jonin, we can assume Rumi countered most of the conditioning and with Kushina being in Konoha that is where they set their sights."

"From what we gathered we belive that throughout their time there Rumi was violently raped and probably suffered postpartum depression and other mental disorders after having her first child in captivity. Some of Mizuko's conditioning probably never did wear off but it is not something that we can't handle and is of very little consequences." Ibiki stated, as everyone looked through the files.

"So most of her story can be verified?" Koharu asked and Ibiki nodded. "If it was an spy they would have been working on this for over eight years. Most of the information we already knew. Through varies subtle interogations by Yamanaka, chunin and even Jiraiya we were able to fill in most of the blanks and she was unaware we even knew she existed." Ibiki stated and Koharu nodded.

"That leads us to other reports from our informants. We are all aware that Kusa suffered an attack an average of three years ago. This attack was cordinated by Rumi Uzumaki in order to escape. Kusa closed their borders for nearly a whole year and tired to keep the incident contained. It turned out to be a failure but if our information is correct Kusa suffered massive damage to their main structures and shinobi force. This also corilates to Mizuko's first pregnancy to her son Hisashi Senju Uzumaki." He added and there was a picture of the small boy on the file.

"We can assume that there was use of substance, torture, violence and rape done to both Rumi and Mizuko. At the time Rumi died after giving birth, Mizuko was forced to become a breeder. Inoichi will be going into more detail about the mental health. But then the next key player. Akio Okimoto Jonin of Kusagakure." Ibiki stated.

"As you know Kusa is always politically divided into the blue and yellow factions. At the moment blue favors closer ties with Kumo and the yellow faction prefer our alliance with them. Akio was a advocate for the blue faction and a highly respected Jonin. From the circumstances we can assume two different things. He was a Kumo spy that wormed his way in and up Kusa's ranks or he was planning on becoming a missing nin and changing his alligance to Kumo."

"Either way, We believe a mixture of stockholm syndrome and severe abuse led to Mizuko becoming emotionally attached to him. In the end she agreed to try and escape Kusa again, supposedly to the land of hot springs or iron. From what was gathered she was unaware his final destination was Kumo."

"Due to the bad blood between the Uzumaki clan and Kumo, Mizuko was unwilling to head to Kumo. Once he got them out of the country she proceeded to murder Akio in his sleep although it is also believed she did it as a act of desperation and fear. From then on she burned his corpse but kept his identification tag, headband, and supplies. She turned that in as evidence as well and described the location."

"We sent a team to scout out the location and we found evidence of the murder from human remains, blood and it fits the description she gave. After killing Akio she took the supplies and carriage and fled here to Konoha. Throughout the months she's been here she has only had one problem incident and that was a fight that broke out in the market." Ibiki finished off and Homura nodded.

At that Ibiki bowed slightly and stepped back. Inoichi stepped up and handed out another set of files.

"We have been keeping a close eye on Mizuko and all of her children and the way she interacts with them. To start off we have seen why Kusa decided to keep Mizuko with the children. Although in a normal sense of view the village would keep the breeder away from the children they have and that is due to the fact that they could easily pass down their resentment towards the village." Inoichi started off as the councilors, Hokage and Jiraiya opened the new files they were given.

"To start off Mizuko is just as dependent of them as they are to her. Kusa made sure to nurture her more protective instincts on the children. A form of conditioning, making her to be motherly and to mature faster than other teens her age. Also it has been noted that they are all sensitive towards chakra. This of course is a great boon since we will have great chakra sensors in our forces in a few years. But it has been noted that she was conditioned to stand down when a shinobi flexes their chakra. This theory has been tested, if she starts to get angry or tries to speak out and a shinobi builds up their chakra or even instinctively flexes it, she usually immediately stands down."

"These things don't really effect her in anyway that could damage the village. But it's more or less written down since that is what we were able to gather about her. Now for medical records we have a bit more of that."

"Naruto Uzumaki was placed under her care, as the jinchuriki his medical records are very high clearance and our medics are always keeping tabs on his health."

"Kushina Uzumaki, his mother was known for her abnormaly large chakra reserves. Medical records show that her tenketsu were larger than an average ninja's and that allowed her to control her chakra. This was especially true on the tenketsu on her hands, feet and lower back. It was also suspected it was a rare occurance that came hand in hand with her abnormaly large chakra."

"Naruto's earlier records show that he had average sized tenketsu. Nothing really different other than the fact that he had bigger chakra reserves. With more Uzumaki to compare data with we have found that it's possible that larger tenketsu is a clan trait rather than a one time occurance."

"Mizuko let it slip that Uzumaki tend to leak chakra and are more intune with their surroundings. With the change of enviorment it seems that this was proven true. Naruto's tenketsu have grown in size and we are able to get a more accurate estimate of his chakra size. It has also been found that he is having a easier time molding his chakra and releasing it, he has also developed a sensor ability. We also believe that he will be unlocking the Chains kekkei genkai at this pace." Inoichi stated and the old Hokage nodded.

"So it seems that we have bettered our Jinchuriki. A child he might be but soon he will be a ninja and will have to fullfill his duties as Jinchuriki." Koharu nodded as she looked at the file.

"Yes, his mental state hasn't been this well before. Alot of the reported hyperactiveness that was seen in the academy has gone down. Grade improvements and a healthier build has also been reported. He also is having an easier time connecting with others. Due to his siblings being there the amount of isolation he had been feeling has gone down and with a noble clan backing that he has now people are relunctant to mistreat or give him the cold shoulder. It can also be said that gossip of the fight Mizuko had in the villages market got around and more people are relunctant to crossing her." Inoichi stated

"With some therapy we could not only find out more about Mizuko but work out any of the issues she could have accumulated while in Kusa's care. But for the children a hands off approach should be fine." And with that Inoichi stepped back.

"Mizuko techinically has all rights to defend Naruto and being the adopted son of a Senju Uzumaki acts as a buffer to any undesirable behavior that we had been seeing." Homura stated as he looked over the files.

There was the evaluation of the Yamanaka that spoke with Mizuko when she first arrived, one from Genma and a few more from shinobi who had interacted with her undercover and in passing.

"This Uzumaki girl has brought the village a great boon. If possible I would recommend that she get some ninja training and we could probably file her in our ranks. But she would be very behind and I doubt she would leave her younger children behind in order to serve the village." Koharu stated as she looked at the report Genma had made.

"A strong variable like how Kushina had once been." Homaru stated before Hiruzen spoke up.

"I feel she would serve us better where she currently is. As the only one to recieve direct instruction from a Uzumaki seal master and as the teacher of such art it would be best to keep her away from prying eyes. Besides, our ninja have been testing out the new fuinjutsu already. A better equipped army is better than just one extra solider on the field." He stated and the two councilors nodded.

"Hopefully one of her children is also able to wield the Woodstyle. We should have their chakra's tested as soon as possible." Koharu spoke up and Homura hummed.

"There are two other kekkei genkai they could unlock aside from woodstyle. In terms of clan standing in a few years we will be seeing them rise in popularity and village standing. The boy Naruto will be the one who ends up as clan head, correct?" Homura spoke up and glanced over at Hiruzen.

"He's the legitamate heir for the position. Rumi's lineage was that of a guard for the main branch of the family. Also he is a Konoha born citizen. His loyalty is non questionable until deemed otherwise." Hiruzen stated with a resolute nod.

"In the meantime Mizuko will hold the position. It will be difficult for her to have high sway in meetings due to her lack of shinobi status and immigrant status but with her seals if she is prudent she could be a powerhouse due to being a supplier and clan head." Koharu added as an after thought.

"Would you not find it prudent if we monitor the use of the seals?" Homura pointed out catching the Hokage's attention. "When the shinobi write their reports they will describe instances where a seal saved their life or where they used it. We can monitor and see if having the seals we see a lower mortality rate or a higher success rate. That way the village can make large stock purchases on the more commonly used and the most effective seals that help ensure success and they can be added to the standard Konoha armory." Homura finished off.

Hiruzen paused for a moment before taking a puff of his pipe. "Inoichi make sure that the shinobi are aware that we want them describing how they used their newly purchased seals when they write their reports and make sure your intelligence department has some data in regards to the commonly used seals and most effective ones. We can probably add them to the standard packs our shinobi are given." Hiruzen spoke up and Inoich nodded.

"It will be done sir." Inoichi responded. "Huh, so like the standard issued Explosive tags. Not a bad idea." Koharu nodded.

"Anything else we need to cover?" Hiruzen asked as he glanced at Shikaku. "That would be all of the intel we have prepared for you today Hokage-sama." Shikaku responded.

"Alright, meeting adjourned. Jiraiya please stay. We have other matters to discuss." Hiruzen stated and his student nodded. The two councilors stood up and bowed to Hiruzen and bid him farewell before exiting the room. Ibiki, Inoichi and Shikaku bowed and said their farewells before leaving and closing the doors behind them.

"That was informative but boring as hell," Jiraiya grunted as he plopped down in a seat. Hiruzen chuckled but did not comment on his student's behavior.

"So what did you think?" Hiruzen asked and Jiraiya snickered. "They don't really see the girl as a person, but they find value in her so hence the special treatment she gets. Mizuko-chan seems to have a lot of drive, a fruit stand, and the store. She works from sunrise to sundown, and still juggles the responsibility of having small needy children."

"Without Danzo around its like things fall into place a little nicer. That sleeze bag, his little organization is a pain in the ass to disolve." Jiraiya added with an annoyed look on his face.

"It does, he might've been useful but he outlived his usefulness and was disposed of." Hiruzen stated with a casual shrug.

"You know, he always went on and on about you being soft, as if you hadn't been the one that got us through two wars. You retire once and it was like he forgot who the hell you were. I think he was the one going senile and probably becoming a bit paranoid, also he was blind as a bat. Sure you can act nice every once in a while but that's cause you an pull that grandfather stunt. But just as always, sensei you are ruthless." Jiraiya stated as Hiruzen chuckled.

"The girl is talented, either Rumi did a great job of raising her and keeping her head on right or she was shinobi material from the very get go and got by through sheer stubborness. Her usage of her kekkei genkai is amazing. With seals she is far beyond anything I could make. Physical injuries are easily healed by her healing ability. Saw it when Kenta's face was swollen and he had been injured in the altercation at the market." Jiraiya stated.

"Makes you wonder what she could do if she went into the medical field." Jiraiya stated. "One of the kids might take the medic route, luckily we have a variety of them. Just got to keep them off the field. Wouldn't want to lose such potential." Hiruzen pointed out.

"That's not even bringing up the chaos that will arise when Kusa finds out they are here. I believe Nanami is the daughter of the Miyasato Norio, And Fumiko is believed to be from the Nakagawa clan." Jiraiya sighed thinking about how much information he would have to make sure he maintained surpressed.

"They are Senju and Uzumaki first. We don't recognize their other origins. Deniability" Hiruzen smirked and Jiraiya laughed.

"Can't deny and say they haven't grown on me. They're good kids, even Mizuko-chan ain't halfbad. Especialy with all the birthday dinners I have ended up going to. Mizuko is turning sixteen this upcoming September, the brats have been asking for me to help do something for her birthday."Jiraiya stated.

"Ah, so I can expect for Naruto and his sibllings to come in and ask for ryo or help?" Hiruzen asked and Jiraiya nodded. "It's his first time celebrating his mom's birthday so he's going to be a bit excited." Jiraiya pointed out and hiruzen nodded.

"I like your style sensei."Jiraiya smirked as he served himself some tea. "But in all seriousness have you seen the dances?" Jiraiya asked as he became serious.

" So you noticed as well?" Hiruzen stated as his eyes narrowed as the light hearted mood dropped. "They are very similar to some of the Uzumaki clan fighting styles that I remember seeing in the second war. Not only that, the amount of chakra they release is ridiculous." Jiraiya pointed out as he sipped some tea.

"They are. As for the chakra releasing, they seem to be connecting to eachother." Hiruzen stated.

"Even Naruto does it. It's not something taught. They do it instinctively. The Uzumaki were known to have a religion that was centered around the shinigami. They can live longer than other's. If I recall correctlty they used to say that the Shinigami favored them so much he let them live longer and that then they never died. It was one of the reasons they were feared so much." Hiruzen stated as he thought back to when the clan had been alive and what was common knowledge back then.

"Well we know more about the clan now than when they were alive. The bit of information that Mizuko has given us access to have been a gold mine of information. Although it's understandable to she does not want to release to much." Jiraiya added.

"She is going through all of the scrolls. Mentioned that it would take a long time due to the amount that was intrusted to her. But with the little time she has I doubt she will get through them all anytime soon." Jiraiya shrugged and sighed.

"You win some, you lose some." Hiruzen shrugged.

"Well Konoha is doing alot of winning old man."
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Mizuko let out a long sigh as she washed the dishes after breakfast.

"Alright! Today is laundry day. You know what that means. Everyone bring all of the dirty clothes and the futons. We will be washing everything by the river.

"Awe man." Nanami huffed and pouted. "I wish we had one of those fancy washing machines Naruto-nii told us about." Kenta groaned and was elbowed slightly by Ryuu. " You know mom can't afford that right now. Especially since she has to pay our school fees." He mumbled and Kenta nodded.

"When I become a ninja I'll buy mom one so that she doesn't have to carry our laundry to the river to wash it." Kenta nodded and Mizuko smiled at him and petted the top of his head.

"I would really appreciate that Kenta-chan." She gave him a small smile and Kenta blushed.

"Anyways for now everybody up and start looking." Mizuko called out and everyone started to go get the clothes.
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"I found Hayami's jacket." Fumiko called out as she crawled out of one of the hidden passage ways in the wall.

"Did you guys check all of the passage ways?" Mizuko asked and they all nodded. "I found a lollipop." Tadashi stated as he held up an old looking lolipop that he tried to put back in his mouth.

"That's dirty, who knows how long it was sitting out there." Mizuko frowned as she took the candy from him and threw it away. "But Mama!" Tadashi started to cry and take the lolipop out of the trash.

"Tadashi Senju Uzumaki, you better not." Mizuko stated firmly which forced him to stop. He wiped his tears and stomped his foot slightly.

"Come on otouto. Where did you find it anyway?" Naruto asked nudging Tadashi slightly.

"On the floor in the wall." Tadashi pointed out one of the secret doors that led to the passage ways in the walls.

"Eww." Karin wrinkled her nose at that. "Anyway, come along we have much to do today." Mizuko sighed and they all hurried out the temple.
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"You guys can play when we are done." Mizuko sighed as Nanami groaned. "But it's not fair. Hisashi and Tadashi aren't scrubbing."

"That's cause they're like 4 and they don't know how to do it right." Ryuu responded making Nanami pout even more.

"So, We can teach them. Right, I've been doing this for a while now. I can teach them." Kenta pipped up and Nanami nodded.

"You just turned seven years old Kenta, stop whining. You didn't do chores at that age either." Mizuko sighed as she was ringing out one of the Futons with Naruto's help.

"But they're running around and playing. I want to play in the water too!" Kenta huffed as he rinsed off a shirt he was washing. " If you guys get done, you can play. and not everyone is playing. It's just Hisashi, Yukio, Hayami and tadashi. Fumiko is watching over Kaida." Mizuko pointed out and Kenta still grumbled about it beng unfair.

"We are taking this back to the temple and letting everything sundry. You guys can play out here for a few hours while. But I need help sweeping the temple, Mopping the floors, dusting, washing the bathrooms and doing the house chores." Mizuko stated and they all nodded.

"So the faster you get done the more you can play." She finished off and the kids started to wash things faster.
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"Thank you for coming!" Mizuko bowed at the shinobi who was picking up one of his orders for seals.

The first rush of shinobi had just gone by. Most ninja that placed orders would loiter in the front of the temple waiting for her to open.

She let out loud sigh as she sat started cleaning up the store front slightly. That was until a woman stormed into the seal shop. She had a soft round face and dark purple colored eyes. Her appearance was very risque as it was a mesh shirt, dark short leather skirt with the side slit open and a large trench coat. Her hair was a dark purple that seemed to match her eyes.

"This is the Uzumaki Temple? Where they make seals?" The woman asked almost breathlessly. Mizuko stared at the woman in shock and nodded softly as the woman walked up to her.

" I have a seal, other seal masters have stated that I will never be able to rid of it. Where is the temples seal master? I need their help." The woman sounded desperate as she grabbed both of Mizuko's hands and held them.

"I- Well-I am the seal master here. What kind of seal are we talking about?" She asked and the womans eyes went wide and a large grin spread across her face in what seemed to be relief.

"It was a seal placed on me by my traitorous teacher." The woman stated and Mizuko stared at her for a moment.

"I might be able to help. Where was it placed?" She asked and the woman let go of her hands and pulled her trench coat and mesh shirt. Mizuko looked at the seal on the womans shoulder, her stomach churned as she felt the chakra that was emmiting from the womans neck.

"I....Do you have a membership to the seal shop? In order to do anything you have to have a membership. If it's removal of a seal I also need to have the Hokage's expressed permission to remove it." Mizuko added.

The reason she needed the Hokage's approval was because otherwise the Hyuga branch members would come to see if they could get their seal removed and then there would be an uproar in the Hyuga clan.

The woman stared at her for a moment. "So you can remove it?" She asked her eyes going wide and Mizuko grimaced. "I have to study it first but I am not allowed to do that without the Hokage's permission." She responded and the purple haired woman nodded solemly.

"I will go to the tower and get an ID and permission from the Hokage then." She stated and Mizuko nodded absentmindedly as the woman turned around and left in a gust of wind.

Mizuko stared at the empty space in front of her in awe as the Kunoichi was gone.

The day went on with occasional shinobi coming in and placing orders. There wasn't alot of traffic like there had been the first few days, but she was still getting plenty of business and having to place backorders and orders for the ninja.

That was until the same purple haired woman stumbled back into the temple. She was holding a scroll and her newly printed Card that let her purchase seals. "Uzumaki-san!" The woman grinned as she placed both hands on the counter and grinned excitedly as she handed her the scroll and ID.

"Anko Mitarashi, Tokobetsu Jonin." Mizuko mumbled as she read the name on the ID. "Yup, and I even got the scroll you asked from Hokage-sama." She stated and Mizuko opened the scroll and sure enough it was a letter from the Hokage.

She read through it and nodded slightly. So a traitor named Orochimaru had once been anko's teacher, when it was discovered that he was experimenting on people he managed to flee the village and kidnapped anko.

He placed that horrid seal on Anko's neck and basically gave her a mild case of amnesia. The Hokage wanted her to try her best and remove the seal from her and free her from the curse her Orochimaru had placed on her.

"I can try." She stated as she looked at Anko. " But I cannot do it within store hours I close in about an hour. If you would like you can come in have some tea and I can check that seal out for you." Mizuko stated and Anko's eyes widened and she nodded.

"Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me." Anko stated as she bowed deeply. Mizuko couldn't help but flush." No- no it's fine. I deal with seals so it is no big deal." She tried to say and Anko looked up at her with a relieved expression.

"The letter also stated that the Hokage tower will be paying for the cost of the sealing of or removal of the seal that is on you." Mizuko added and Anko's widened even more. "So be here after 8?" she asked and Mizuko nodded.
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At 8 o'clock sharp Anko was back and waiting for Mizuko to close up the temple.

Mizuko took a few deep breathes. She was one of the best seal masters in the elemental nations but she had never had to study a seal that she had no knowledge of. It made her nervous. Would she be able to remove it? How long will the counter seal take to make. How good was that Orochimaru and what would she see on that seal?

Many questions ran through her mind but she steeled herself for the check up.

"This way Anko-san." She smiled polietly as she led Anko towards the back of the sealing temple. There were many halls that twisted and turned. Some led to chambers and different mask shrines where rituals used to be held. There were also dozens of passage ways where the kids loved to sneak into and play.

Anko nodded and followed quietly behind her. She looked anxious as she slightly twiddled her fingers. Mizuko could guess she understood why. The aura that came from that seal didn't indicate anything good.

"So how long have you had that seal on you?" Mizuko asked and Anko glanced at her. "A few years, I was about fourteen or fifteen when I got it." She says with a sad smile.

"I'm going to study it, and try to make a counter seal or containment seal. My children, they are also studying seals and will probably take a look at it as well. It would be wise since sometimes a fresh set of eyes will help the process of removal." She says and Anko slightly cocked her head.

"How old are they?" She asked and Mizuko smiled as she thought of the kids. "My oldest is nine but he will be ten soon in october, my youngest is a few months old though." She says and anko's eyes widened slightly.

"When I first saw you I thought you were pretty young. You must age real well." She says slightly surprised. Mizuko flushed slightly, "I'm actually fifteen, I'll be sixteen next month ." She says and anko slowly nods. "I see." She says as Mizuko opens one of the slidding doors.

"Mama!" Hayami squeals loudly as she runs toward Mizuko and runs into her legs. "They did, mama, they did it." Hayami cried loudly as big fat tears ran down her cheeks and there was a bright red mark on her forehead. Mizuko sighed as she picked up little Hayami and held her close. "Alright , What happened?" She asked and the older kids looked a bit cowed.

"Well, Kenta and Tadashi were playing kick ball and the ball kinda flew off and hit her on the forehead." Ryuu grimaced and Mizuko sighed.

"I hope the two of you were not playing inside of the temple." She scolded and the two of the winced and looked away.

" Sorry about that. "She sighs as she turned around and looked at Anko who seemed to look a bit amused at the whole situation. "No, no it's fine." She says and Mizuko nods. "Karin, be a dear and make us some tea." Mizuko sighs as she cradles Hayami who was sniffling and curled up in her arms.

"Naruto- wait no um Kenta, please bring out our nicer tea set." She says and Kenta raises a brow at her and then nods.

"Please sit. Karin and Kenta both will serve you some tea. If you could give me a minute while I get everyone settled in and serve them dinner. I usually don't have guest at this time of day." Mizuko says as she sits Hayami down and stands up to hurry into the kitchen.

"Are you a ninja?" Naruto asks as he sits near her. He was holding a eight month old Kaida and bouncing her on his lap. Anko cocked a brow at him. She could recognized the Kyubii brat anywhere. He was always the hot talk of the village.

"Yeah, I am. I've come to seek some advice about a seal." She says and Naruto nods as he cooed at little Kaida.

Anko watched him cautiously. 'From the rumors you'd think the kid was a sociopath or psychopath. Like another Itachi waiting to happen. A demon in the flesh. But who'd have thought that the so called demon brat is as normal as they come.' Anko observed as she watched Naruto give Kaida a raspberry on her tummy making her squeal happily.

Anko was brought out of her musing as Hayami poked her shoulder. Anko turned to look at the small toddler with a raised eyebrow. The little girl had her hair in two pig tails, red fluffy curls that slightly framed her face, her eyes were a light violet and stood out against her pale skin. "Ew." Hayami pointed at Anko as she wrinkled her nose.

For a moment Anko's face nearly flushed in annoyance. 'Some random brat calling me ugly?!' Anko's anger was cut short when the small child poked her on the neck where her trench coat hid away the seal. "Eww, go away." She lightly patted on her shoulder and Anko's eyes widen. 'Can she tell I have the seal on me?' Anko was still as she looked at the small little girl.

"Leave her alone Hayami." Nanami shooed her little sister away from Anko. "Sorry bout that." She grinned as sat down as well. "Are you a really strong ninja? I haven't seen that many kunoichi before." Nanami grinned as she started to try and ask questions.

"Leave Anko-san alone." Karin scolded as she brought the tea pot and Kenta walked behind her holding the fine china set.

"Yeah, besides you ain't even in the academy yet." Kenta grinned and Nanami frowned. "Yeah, well I'mma start soon. I just wanna have a head start on being a strong Kunoichi." She huffed and crossed her arms.

"Yeah, but anko-san is our guest so we should be polite." Karin huffed as she set down the tea pot carefully and then took the tray from kenta and carefully began to make and serve the tea.

Anko didn't say anything to them as the three of them bickered. "Y'all, if you're going to fight go outside and do it and where mom can't see you." Naruto groaned in annoyance at his sibling antics. The last thing he needed was for them to get their chakra riled up and scare Kaida and then they would have to take care of the crying infant.

"There better not be any fighting. I served dinner at the table. All of you out." Mizuko snapped as she walked in holding a wooden spoon dangerously. That got them all out of the room quickly. "Sorry about that. I also brought this. I can take a look at your seal whenever your ready." Mizuko says as the two women were finally alone.

Anko nodded. "This is it right here." She says as she slowly removes her trench coat and some of her mesh. Mizuko silently kneals beside her and takes a look at the seal. "Let me see if I can open it up to get a better look at it." She says as she hovers her fingers over the seal.

With care Mizuko manages to start unraveling the seal. She winces as the dark chakra errupts from it. "I can start seeing it." She says as she uses her right hand to unseal a blank scroll and ink brush. With smooth even strokes she starts writing on Anko's skin.

"How bad is it?" Anko asks as she was being uncharacteristically quiet. Her usual outgoing personality was no where to be seen. After years and what seemed to be lost hope her freedom was at stake. Anko was nervous and excited at the same time.

"I will unravel it. Since the seal seems to be embeded deep into your chakra channels it might hurt some. I will be copying the seal and placing it in this scroll. This is so I can study it." She says and Anko nods as she tried to keep herself upright. The more the seal unraveled the more she felt the urge to scream and move away from Mizuko. Anko gritted her teeth and clenched her hands tightly as the pain increased.

Anko felt as if her entire body was on fire, her nerves pulsed and even breathing caused a sharp pain in chakra. Her breathing was uneven and she could feel sweat drip down her brow as Mizuko copied the seal.

Pain, Pain, PAin, PAIN! White hot pain filled her senses and Anko was trying to stay still. She could almost hear Orochimaru's loud cackles and her body jerked as.

Mizuko had transfered a copy of the seal onto the blank scroll before closing it. As the seal closed it was as if Anko snapped her hands moving up to hold onto her aching neck, the table was flipped as Anko scrambled back and let out a sharp scream before falling unconcious. Mizuko screamed a bit in surprise and the sound of small footsteps rushing over brought her out of her momentary fright.

"Mom!" Ryuu yelled out as Naruto followed close behind looking ready to battle. Karin, Kenta and Nanami followed close behind and the smaller kids were curious of what happned.

Mizuko looked up and noticed them. "It's fine." She says as she looks down to see that the front of her kimono was wet with the boiling hot tea and that she had been burned slightly when Anko had reacted.

"Everything is fine." She says as she starts to stand up and held the scroll with the seal tightly. It was dry and safe. "Here, i'll help clean up." Karin stated as she walked forward and eyed Anko wearily.

"Ah, she passed out." Mizuko frowned as she tried to wake the Kunoichi up. "Did she pass out?" Kenta asked as he walked to where Mizuko was and poked Anko.

"I think so, I guess I'll take her to the spare bedroom." She frowns as she turned to Ryuu. "Take this to my study, it's very dangerous. We will look at it later." She says as she hands him the scroll and starts to pick Anko up.

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They ate dinner in silence. Anko had been placed in one of the spare bedrooms for the night.

"What kind of seal were you looking at?" Fumiko asked and Mizuko sighed.

"I'm not too sure. But we will have to study it in depth. I'll look over it first. Just in case." She says as she hold Kaida and feeds her soft fruits and some rice.

"Is she going to stay the night here?" Nanami asks and Mizuko sighs.

"If she doesnt wake up by tomorrow I guess I'll call the medics. But enough of that. Yall have school tomorrow so eat, wash up and off to bed." She says as she eats.

The older kids groan loudly.

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I'm too lazy to write more. I'm not completely satisfied with this so I might edit this later on.

Sorry I posted and then removed this chapter. I posted it on accident lol.

Anyway comment please

Rosyhatake