I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

Oh man am I looking forward to this! Oh yes I am! Up top is what he looks like now.

I hope you enjoy!

Hayoen

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we -"

"Shut up. We'll be there in five minutes."

"Sheesh, stop being so annoying."

"I'm not annoying!"

"Then shut up!"

"That's not nice!"

"Both of you, be quiet!"

Silence. . .

"Are we there yet?"

"NO!"

"I rest my case."

"Hey! Stop being mean!"

"I'm not being -"

"We're here so shut up and be good jinchuuriki," the leader interrupted, a tick mark emerging.

"Yagura, Fuu, is the only thing you ever do is bicker?" A blonde with a navy cape with the number "2" on it sighed.

"No," they chimed happily.

"Sasuke. . ." Their leader murmured, gazing up at the figure on a grassy cliff.

He had his hands in his pockets, gazing at the ground mindlessly, a sad look on his face as the moon shone brightly above, a breeze blowing through.

The young Uchiha had a forehead protector.

A figure with the "1" cloak came up and put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Naruto, but you've got to hold off you reunion until we meet with the Hokage."

"No, it's alright. I understand. As the leader of the Jinchuuriki Alliance, I have to fulfill my duties. Let's go meet Minato Namikaze."

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A knock on the door startled Natsumi awake as her parents leapt to their feet defensively.

"It's alright, Minato-sensei. It's the Jinchuuriki Alliance," Dog said calmly, dropping down from the ceiling above them.

Minato relaxed slightly.

"Come in."

"Hokage-sama," the leader greeted. Minato nodded in acknowledgment.

"You called for our help?"

"Yes. The Akatsuki are threatening Konoha. My daughter, Natsumi, is the jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tails. . . may I ask, if you are the Jinchuuriki Alliance, are you all jinchuuriki?" Minato took a seat behind his desk.

"Yes, Hokage-sama. We are all jinchuuriki. If you want us to go up against the Akatsuki, it would be suicidal," the leader said in a monotone.

Minato bit his lip.

"Would you consider taking in my daughter?"

"No." The answer was abrupt and blunt. Quite unusual, and Minato was quite taken aback from the tone.

"And may I ask why? She's a jinchuuriki, is she not?" Minato's stress over the past few years of trying to find his son and now the threat of the Akatsuki was getting to him, and he felt anger steadily rising.

"She is not a jinchuuriki."

All politeness had completely disappeared from the leader's voice, and instead, it was a flat, blunt tone.

"A jinchuuriki is someone who has a Tailed Beast inside of them. Your daughter has only the chakra. Therefore she is not a jinchuuriki. Your son, however, is the true jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tails, as he holds the soul. You, of all people, should know that you cannot wield a Beast's chakra without the soul."

Minato turned pale.

"W-Would you happen to know where my son is?" he asked shakily.

"You are talking to him."

Three pairs of eyes widened.

"N-Naruto?"

"S-Sochi?"

"Naruto-nii-san?"

The leader and his group pulled off their hoods, revealing Gaara of the Desert, Yugito Nii from the Cloud, Yagura of the Mist, Rōshi of the Lava Release, Han of the Boil Release, Utukata of the Bubbles (sorry, couldn't think of anything better XD), Fuu of the Waterfall, Killer Bee of the Cloud. . . and Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze of the Leaf.

"Why call me your son or your big brother? I am neither. I am my own person, Naruto of the Jinchuuriki Alliance," Naruto announced.

(Up top is his expression when defying them)

At that moment, his family realized something. No matter how much they wanted him back, Naruto was no longer their son or big brother.

He had severed his ties with his family.

Yo! I'm back! I'm just posting as many chapters as I can before/after doing:

1. English essay on Wasteland

2. Studying for History test

3. Studying for Science test

4. Practicing guitar

5. Packing my suitcase

I mean, I'm leaving for Hong Kong on Thursday, so you won't hear from me for a while. Two weeks to be exact. And then another two weeks because I'll be in America, Houston, in the Championships of FRC.

But later lovely readers! I've got an essay to write!

Hayoen