Third Person POV__

"So what skill will you be asking Kakashi-sensei to teach you?" Sakura asked as she walked alongside her teammates. Kiro-san was out for a mission and they were going to go get barbeque.

"FuinJutsu, Mama mentioned that the Uzumaki Clan were famous for their sealing abilities. I want to see if I can try my hand at it. All Uzumaki are supposed to have a knack for it." Naruto stated with a smile.

"Hmm Sounds reasonable, What about you Hime." Sakura asked as she glanced over at Sasuke.

"Kenjutsu." He stated with a shrug. "Eh, Why not Medical Ninjutsu?!" She asked with a pout.

"I've told you I have no interest in being the team medic nor a support fighter. I want close and mid range fighting styles." Sasuke stated with a huff.

"Tch, I really wanted you to become the medic, you have great chakra control and with your eyes you would make an amazing medic." She pouted and slung herself dramatically over him on his back.

"Ne Sakura, you have great control and you have strength. Why don't you try to be our medic. Out of the three of us you are the only one that hasn't decided what skill you want to learn." Naruto stated and she huffed.

"You aren't wrong but honestly, can you imagine seeing me as a medic." Sakura stated with a sigh.

"You would have horrible bedside manners and you might've been smart at the academy but now days you are more of a muscle head." Sasuke stated with a scoff.

"Hey you might be able to keep some ninja in the hospital, so maybe you would be able to use all that muscle." Naruto stated.

"Hmm, I see your point." Sakura stated getting off of Sasuke.

"Seems like the Chunin Exams will be starting soon." Sasuke muttered as he glanced at the academy which had foreign shinobi entering the building.

"Yeah." Naruto stated as he watched the building from afar.

"Sasuke~kun!!" There was a loud shrill that brought them out of their thoughts.

Sakura felt a pull on her chakra and a body latch onto her arm and she slowly turned over to see a shrilling blonde girl hugging her arm.

"Wow, Sasuke~kun you have certainly put some muscle on ya!" Ino swooned as she held onto Sakura's arm. She was frozen in shock as she looked at Ino.

"Ino, That's not Sasuke." Shikamaru broke ino out of her musing. She looked up to see Sakura staring at her wide eyed and agape.

Naruto and Sasuke were holding back their laughter at the scene. "A substitution jutsu, huh . Low blow to use Sakura instead of a Log." Naruto snickered with a chuckle.

Ino spluttered and stumbled back. "Forehead! What the hell!" She yelled as she turned a bright red. "Why the hell would you change spots with Sasuke-kun!" She screeched indignantly.

Sakura blushed and crossed her arms. "Pig I didn't switch spots with him, he switched with me to get away from you!"

Ino spluttered. " As if. Besides why would sasuke-kun want to be with someone with manly arms like you!" She hissed and Sakura flushed.

"I do not have man arms. Just because you and all the wimpy men here take no pride in your physic and have the muscle mass of a noodle doesn't mean that I will lower the standards of my physical work outs to fit your pathetic views on beauty." Sakura started off as she flexed her muscles.

Shikamaru, Choji and Ino's mouth dropped open as she flexed her muscles. "What the hell." Shikamaru stammered. "Sasuke-Hime and Naur-chan can't even beat me in raw strength. Honestly ino-pig you should see them complaining about little weights ." Sakura was about to start ranting about working out and taijutsu training.

"We get it Muscle-head, you don't have to start ranting about protein shakes and weight training." Sasuke snorted kicked her shin only for him to hurt his toe and he let out a groan and held his foot.

"Naru-chan, Hime is acting up again." She hissed as she held her leg.

"Hime-chan, we have talked about attacking your teammates physically and or verbally." Naruto sighed as he lectured Sasuke.

"Anyway are you guys going to go take the exams?" Naruto asked and Shikamaru seemed to break out of his state of shock. "Yeah, we are actually heading to the academy now." He stated, he was friends with Naruto and Sasuke since the academy days but they seemed to be more open now and Sasuke was much less reserved.

"Ah well in that case good luck, quick warning though watch out for the sand teams. Ran into them earlier and they don't seem like the most companionable." Sakura stated as she let go of her shin.

"Wait, You guys are not participating?" Ino gasped glancing over at Sasuke.

"Kakashi Sensei decided it would be best if we didn't. Also it is rare for rookie to participate and while you guys are in the exams our sensei promised us specialized training we aren't really missing much." Sasuke Shrugged and Naruto nodded.

"But hey, make sure to look good out there and show foreign shinobi that Konoha Kunoichi are to be feared and deadly. So go out there and represent." Sakura chuckled as she gave ino a pat on the back, She nearly cause Ino to fall face first into the dirt.

"Uh yeah." Ino replied nervously. " Anyway we have to go bye guys and tell us if you pass." Naruto grinned as Team Seven began to leave.

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"Alright my little gumdrops. Tell me the skill you want to learn, the reason why it would suit you, and what it can help you with in the future." Kakashi began as he stood infront of his genin.

"I'll go first!" Naruto pipped up and Kakashi motioned for him to continue.

"I want to learn Fuinjutsu. Not only is it part of my clan but I feel like not only will it be a great skill to invest in but there are not many practioners of the art and it can be used for trap making which is a skill I want to learn more about in the future." He stated and Kakashi nodded.

"Okay, What about you Hime?" Kakashi asked and Sasuke snorted slightly and crossed his arms.

"What I want to learn is Kenjutsu. Not only is it a mid to close range skill but I believe it would be a great fit with my sharingan. With my speed and my reaction time I know I will be able to make good use of this skill." He stated with a nod.

Kakashi hummed and then looked at Sakura who grunted. "GenJutsu. I was going to ask you for medical skills but I can easily apply for an apprenticeship in the hospital which is something I will be doing in the near future. I have great chakra control as you know with my current build any other shinobi can tell I focus on Taijutsu. But with genjutsu it will balance out my skills which will make me very versitile." She answered.

"Also It would make me a close and long distant fighter. Sasuke and Naruto have ninjutsu to back the team up if they need to but I do not currently have anything that would give me a long distance advantage. It would be a waste not to try genjustu." She finished off.

Kakashi sighed. " You guys really put some thought into this. Naruto Fuinjutsu is in your clan and it is possible that you will understand it better than other ninjas, I also practice the art as well. Not the best or even a master but I can get you started on the basics and in the future I will look and see if our villages seal master can take you on afterward." he spoke calmly as he regarded his blonde student.

"Sasuke, your sharingan will not only benefit from using a sword but with your dexterity and speed you would do great with a Katana or Tanto. Luckily for you I am a bit of a kenjutsu expert and I can easily get you started especially with the added sharingan. I personally used a Tanto since I graduated when I was about five and as a preteen I used either a tanto or katana as my main weapon." He added as he turned and looked at Sasuke which got him a small smile.

"Sakura, I am no Genjutsu expert but I do know a few and how it works so I can get you started with what I know. Once I have taught you all I know about these skills then I will be looking for a teacher that can finish your training for you . alright?" He asked and she eagerly nodded.

"Great! So let's get started First I'll make a few water clones and we can begin the work. Sasuke and Sakura you will go with the clones. Naruto, You will go with the real me." He stated and the team split.

Kakashi looked down at his student and sighed a bit. He was leading him to the edge of the field. "So what are we going to do sensei?" Naruto asked and Kakashi hummed.

"Before we get started on your fuinjutsu studies, There is a couple of things we need to talk about." Kakashi stated as they left the training ground.

"But before I can start teaching you higher level jutsu and before you can progress more as a ninja there are a few things we need to cover." Kakashi stated.

"I've spoken with the Hokage and we have come to the conclusion that you are finally old and mature enough for some important information." He stated glancing down at Naruto.

Naruto scrunched his nose. "What important information?" he asked and Kakashi hummed. "You'll know soon enough. But right now we have a meeting with Lord Third." He stated as they walked to the Hokage tower.

Naruto noticed how stiff his sensei was acting and couldn't help but become nervous. What kind of information were they going to tell him? How come Sasuke and Sakura weren't being told? It was his sensei was acting that had him on edge.

In no time they were in the Hokage tower and climbing up the stairs. Naruto could not help but feel nervous about what they were going to talk about.

Kakashi knocked on the door for the Hokage office and waited for the response. "Come in." the old hokage stated and Kakashi pushed the door open.

Naruto wanted to shake his nerves off and just as he was about to greet the Hokage like he usually did, but when he noticed the old man's desk had been cleared from the paperwork and that the Hokage was waiting on him.

"Ah Naruto please come in, sit down." The old man was looking at his surrogate grandson. Naruto felt nervous again and took a seat in front of the Hokage.

"Kakashi please shut the door." The hokage ordered as he made a hand sign for the anbu to keep a watch to make sure there was no eavsdropping.

"So how has your training been?" he started off. "I've been training really hard jiji." Naruto smiled. And the Hokage smiled as he noticed Naruto wasn't as nervous.

"Good, good. Now there is a few things we need to talk about." He sighed, to be honest this was a talk that he had not been looking forward to.

"Now Naruto, tell me what do you know about the Kyubii attack?" the hokage asked and Naruto frowned.

"The fourth killed it after it attacked the village." Naruto stated slightly confused at the question. The old hokage nodded at the response.

"The story is true but certain events were changed in the official announcements." The old man stated as he looked at Naruto.

"You see a biju can't be killed. They are massive constructs of chakra and even if they are defeated they would just reappear in a few years." He stated as he sighed.

"I'll start from the beginning so that you know the history that comes with what I am going to tell you." He stated with a serious look.

"There are nine tailed beast, each major village has one of the beast or more. Lord first fought against the Kyubii but even he could not fully destroy it. His wife lady Mito Uzumaki used her skill as a fuinjutsu master to seal the beast inside of her body."

"She was the first jinchuriki otherwise known as human sacrifices. And for a long time she kept the demon at bay but as she got older she knew she would have to pass the burden down to someone younger. And so your mother was sent to our village by our sister village Uzugakure to take up Lady Mito's mantel." The old man stated as he took his pipe and began to fill it up with tobacco.

"This was before the fall of the Great Uzumaki clan and our sister village. You're mother Uzumaki Kushina was a bright kunoichi who joined our village to be our Jinchuriki, but between the ending of the second war and the beginning of the third your mother's village was razed to the ground by a alliance of Kumo, Kiri and Iwa." he continued and began lighting up his pipe.

"Although heartbroken at the lost of her village and family your mother stayed and continued to hold the beast that Lady Mito sealed inside of her. The Uzumaki were targeted because of their massive chakra reserves and mastery in Fuinjutsu. They also had a few kekkei genkai in their ranks. This caused other villages to fear them even if they were a one clan village."

"Your mother was different, her reserves were massive even compared to the other clan members and she had the heavenly chakra chain bloodline which would help her against the kyubii if it ever escaped."

Naruto was staring at the Hokage wide eyed, questions swirled in his head wondering about his birth mother who came from a clan that was feared. He couldn't help but wonder if she was still alive.

"Her status as a Jinchuriki was kept a secret from the rest of the village and she was one of our elite shinobi. when she found out she was pregnant with you, she was so happy and to be honest she would talk about you nonstop. But the only downside was the seal she had that kept the kyubii at bay weakens when the host is pregnant so we took extra security measures."

" It was a tragedy, we do not know how but while she was giving birth to you the seal broke. Even with the heightened security and with lord fourth himself watching the seal the Kyubii managed to escape. My wife and many others that were there to help with the birth died when the demon escaped." The old man took a puff of his pipe.

" It was a fierce battle, I wish I could tell you exactly what happened but everybody that was present died except for you." he looked at the boy with a serious expression.

"When the beast is removed from the Hosts body they die immediately, but your mother, the strong valiant kunoichi kept herself alive in order to protect you and even as she held you in her arms she singlehandedly held down the Kyubii with her chains. We think she was going to drag the beast with her to death." he took another drag of his pipe.

" Other beast can be sealed into any person as long as they are old enough and have developed chakra coils, but the kyubii's chakra is to strong to be held by any body but an Uzumaki. In last efforts the Yondaime and your mother sealed the Kyubii in the gut of a infant Uzumaki, in other words it was sealed inside of you. "

" It was a miracle, You were only a hour or so old. Your chakra should have collapsed in the sealing. But your mother was a Fuin master and the Fourth was a genius. How they did it we will never know."

"The Yondaime and your mother protected you, to be honest we think your mother might've survived if she had not used her body to stop the Kyubii's claw from killing you. The yondaime and your mother were stabbed through the chest by the massive claws. The Yondaime only lived long enough to seal the beast inside of you. Your mother, even as her organs were pooled around her and barely had any chakra left. She held onto you and rocked you in her arms making sure to soothe you from the pain you felt from having the kyubii sealed inside of you." The hokage let out a stream of smoke.

Naruto listened, his body trembled as tears fell down his cheeks and he hiccupped.

"By the time the barrier that the Yondaime had placed disappeared and I arrived. She was only hanging on until you were safe. She handed you over to me, told me your name and informed me of your status as a jinchuriki and she finally let herself pass away once you were in my arms ." He finished off and Naruto was sobbing at this point.

"My mom, so she. She's dead?" Naruto hiccuped and the old man nodded. "Yes, Kushina -chan did not survive. She would have been so proud of you my boy. You're a splitting image of her. Loud, boisterous and full of life." The old man stood up and walked around his desk and placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"And so, the kyubii. It is inside of me?" He asked and the old man nodded as he took Naruto into his arms and engulfed him in a hug.

"Yes, I wanted you to have a normal childhood so we tried to keep the story contained. I passed a law that prevented anyone from speaking about you becoming the jinchuriki. But someone leaked the story and it spread like wild fire. Jinchuriki are usually feared because they not only become strong shinobi and ignorant people who do not understand seals think that the demon might influence the host." The old man stated as he held the crying boy.

"I tried to keep you safe but there was little I could do, we can't just kill off half of our population to keep the them from acting on their ignorant beliefs." The old Hokage stated.

"She loved me didn't she?" He asked and the old man nodded. "You were like her sun, I don't think I ever saw a mother love her child as much as she loved you. Even when you weren't even born she loved you with all of her heart." The man patted his head and Naruto wiped his tears and placed a hand on his stomach.

"What about, what about my father? Where is he?" Naruto asked as he looked up at the old man.

"I'll tell you about him when you are older, when you become chunin. He also passed away before your mother but he was a strong shinobi who had many enemies. Your mother married him in secret so that she would be safe from his enemies. And even at that time she was a Elite Jonin, So for now I will not tell you of him." He added and Naruto frowned but nodded.

"I..... Okay." He mumbled. "So what does it mean, to be a.... to be a jinchuriki?" He asked as he looked at the old man with a determined look.

"Some villages look at them like weapons, but I could never see you like that. You are a proud Konoha Ninja, when you are older you will learn to use the Kyubii's chakra to protect the village. Just like your mother and Lady Mito did." He ruffled the boys hair.

"Your status is a closely guarded secret. Other villages must not know until you are strong enough to defend against them. But only you will have say on who you will tell. I believe that you can find allies you can trust enough with this secret of yours." He stated as he placed a book on his lap.

Naruto looked down and opened the book. It was a picture album. There were pictures of a red haired girl with a bright smile. He slowly flipped through the pages as he looked at the pictures.

She had solo pictures and some with other people but she was beautiful with her long red hair, light colored skin and violet eyes. " Is this.." naruto trailed off and the old man nodded.

"We cleared out her home and kept most of her possessions for you to inherit her things when you were old enough. There is even a Uzumaki temple where she lived. I can take you to it. It is in good condition I made sure to keep up the maintenance for you." He stated and naruto ran his finger over the pictures.

"There are also alot of Uzumaki heirlooms she was able to recover after the fall of your village. But even if you do not move there you can take things to your home with Kiro-san. I just want you to promise to protect it. Most are invaluable heirlooms that can never be remade due to the fall of uzu." He added and Naruto nodded.

"Thank you, jiji." Naruto hugged the hokage tightly.

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Naruto followed Kakashi and the hokage as they led him to the Uzumaki temple.

"Kakashi sensei, did you know her? My mother that is?" He asked as they walked. Kakashi hummed and sighed.

"I did, I was orphaned when I was very young. Around 5 years old, It was after my fathers...... suicide that I met her. I thought she was pretty loud, eccentric and well scary. She used to force me to call her Kushina-nee. " Kakashi stated as he looked down at his student.

"I was one of the few people who knew she was pregnant and that was invited to the private ceremony of your father and mother." Kakashi's throat felt tight as he spoke.

"I never found out if you had lived or died. The third war had recently ended and I had lost my teammates. Lost to many people in a short amount of time. The second I saw the Kyubii I knew your mother was dead or dying. I assumed you died with her since I did not know she was giving birth. I thought you died alongside her and with the chaos and rebuilding the village I did not give myself any hope. I was to busy with missions and well alot happened." Kakashi stated as he looked away.

"Can you imagine my shock when the Hokage gave me the file of my potential team and I see the name Naruto Uzumaki, the name your parents had picked out for you. I knew there was a blond demon boy but never placed any attention to it." He stated not daring to look at the boy.

He had known about Naruto a few years ago but how could he bring himself to care for the child of his sensei and his wife? especially when everyone he got to close to died. He had been surprised that Gai was not 6 feet under at some point.

Naruto looked at his sensei and nodded. " But I am glad you survived." Kakashi ruffled his students hair as they arrived at the temple.

The place was a bit worn but still in good condition. Naruto took a deep breath and walked forward as he entered the temple. when he entered he saw a massive room with masks on the wall.

Kakashi and the Hokage watched as Naruto looked around in awe. "This is the main temple, the Temple of Masks. In the back there are living quarters. Come." The old hokage stated and Naruto followed.

Naruto looked at his mothers home with wide eyes. There were bookshelfs full of scrolls. Papers were stuck on the wall with handwritten notes and there were pictures.

Naruto looked at the place with a soft sad smile. As he looked he noticed a family portrait, there were many red haired people crowded around his mother all dressed in elegant kimono's.

"That is your grandfather, Yu Uzumaki. The Uzukage and clan head of the Uzumaki and that is your grandmother Chika the matriarch of your clan. Your Aunts and uncles are there as well. Hitomi the eldest daughter, Jimmu Your uncle, Kaito another uncle, and then your mother. They were all part of the main branch of your family." The hokage stated. "Can I keep the photo?" He asked and the old man nodded.

Naruto took the picture off the wall and a small smile spread across his face.

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I am going to leave it at this, I know I haven't had much of kiro but this is more of how I feel that naruto should have been told about his burden. By knowing that his mother was the previous jinchuriki and that she loved him before he became the jinchuriki means that he will not be bitter and that he does not get the stupid idea of him being the demon in his little air head of his.

Kiro is definietly going to make an appearance next chap. Team seven are close friends at this point, nearly dying together does that to people.

Kakashi is feeling bad about not caring for his sensei's child. also I do not blame him for not raising naruto. I cannot imagine my 13 year old sister trying to raise an infant much less a depressed borderline suicidal 14 year child.

I do not know where I am taking this story but I know for sure I will be making it more interesting and adding my own twist. they are not op because they are still genin and as much as I love mary-sue characters I want a bit realistic for now.

Comment what you think.

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