Legion of a ghost child

The group of runaways were just awaking and began to start the day, Naruto and Shikamaru made breakfast for everyone. Kurama and Shukaku mapped out the path they would take. Kibo and jin played with the triplets. Haku and Gaara talked to each other about themselves and why they were traveling with the group. When the food was done everyone gathered around to eat, "hay, we didn't finish introducing ourselves last night, did we?" Asked Hinata.

"No, we didn't, so who would like to go first, and I suggest we make it fast because the sooner we get out of here, the better," Shukaku said.

"What's the matter otuoto? Getting scared now that you are out of your seal?" Kurama joked.

Shukaku shook his head with his eyes closed, "no, the ground is trembling... I think there are a group of people coming this way," his eyes snapped open, "we should get going now. I don't think that we'd be welcomed by them for too much."

Kurama eyed his brother for a second before nodding, "alright, let's pack up everything, once we're in the clear, we'll talk about intro's then."

"Is something wrong, Papa?" Neko asked walking up to Kurama.

Kurama shook his head, "no, we're just changing locations right now, nothing to worry about, okay, Kitty?" He smiled, Neko nodded and went to help pack, Kurama looked over to Haku, "can you run with us?"

"Yes, but I don't want to be any trouble," Haku said as he helped up away the food.

"You're no trouble at all, if you can make it over to Rain Country from Kiri, then you will be able to hold your own with us," Kurama said with a grin, Haku nodded and got back to work. "Is everyone ready?" He asked when the packing was completed, everyone nodded, "okay since we have three new people with us, we're going to hold close formation until we move out of Rain Country, we'll need to cut a line through Fire Country before reaching Uzu. We won't go anywhere near Konoha, so don't fret about that, okay Naruto?" The said boy nodded, "alright, on our way to Uzu, if we stumble onto any places that have useful info on training, take it, we'll be using it to train when we get to Uzu, after a couple of weeks there, we'll be going to Kumo."

"Nii-san, we must hurry," said Shukau.

Kurama nodded, "Any questions?"

Haku raised his hands, "I heard from Gaara that you all ran away from home and Kumo's going to be your new home, but might I ask why?"

"Simple, who would think to look for six Konoha kids in Kumo when two have bloodlines, one they tried to steal I might add, and four of the Hokage's children, one of which is a jinchuriki," stated Shikamaru.

Kurama nodded, "couldn't have said it better myself, now is everyone ready? We'll explain everything on the, no let us get going," everyone nodded and left the cave.

After making it out of Rain Country, the group made their way across the border to Fire Country in a tight formation like Kurama said so no one got lost or separated. They noticed a few Suna and Konoha ANBU lurking about, but the group stayed away from them and made sure to cover their tracks well. They passed by Konoha from a good distance away, when the village was no longer in view, they loosened up the formation to spread out more but still be the insight of each other. They reached the path that would take lead them to Uzu by midnight, by now everyone was tired and needed to rest, they set down outside of a small village and made camp for the night. Kurama went off to do some hunting for dinner that night, while Shukau stayed to keep watch, everyone else set up the tent to sleep in, there was only one tell to be used, Haku and Gaara weren't sure if they would all fit inside.

"It's bigger on the inside," Naruto said after finishing drawing a seal on the tent, "take a look...now, they're enough space to go around."

The tent didn't change, at least not from the outside, Haku looked at the small tent that seemed to look as though it could only hold three people countably. However, seeing Naruto draw the seal on the tent, he shrugged and went inside, he looked around in shock before pulling his head out and walk around the tent to see that the outer dimensions didn't change, but the inner dimensions did. "Whoa, how did you do that?" Haku asked Naruto.

He shrugged, "I've been working on seals for the past two years now, you would think that it was complicated, but it's not. Plus I had a good sensei... c'mon, I'll show you around, they're plenty of room for everyone." Gaara and Haku went inside the tent, Gaara was surprised to see how big it was on the inside, right there before them was a long hallway of rooms, down the hall was two doors that said 'Bathroom' and 'Kitchen'. Naruto opened the closest door to him, inside was a large room with a king-sized bed, a desk, a wardrobe, and a lamp, "there ten rooms in all and each room has either a king or a queen-sized bed. I could also make each room have all king-sized or all queen-sized bed, there aren't any clothes in the wardrobe unless you put some in there yourselves, I can't make the clothes with the tent, but my sealing sensei has been teaching me the art of making my clothes." Haku and Gaara looked on in awe at the room as Naruto walked out, "come, I'll show you where you can take a shower," he said and led them down the hall to the door that said 'Bathroom'. He opened the door to reveal three bathtubs and two stand up showers on the opposite wall, the room was even big enough to have a large sunk-in bathtub in the center of the room, the room itself had a clean feel to it with white floors and ceiling, blue walls, and shelves filled with bottles that could only be different types of bathing products. "You can take your shower in here, you too, Gaara, if you want," Haku and Gaara snapped out of their trance-like state to turn back to Naruto, he chucked which made them blush for being so taken by the rooms in the tent, "whenever you two are done, I'm sure that Shika and I can find some clothes for you to wear. I'll be next door in the kitchen if you need me."

"Wait," Haku said, Naruto nodded so he could go on, "um, uh, I was uh, just wondering why you left Konoha if you are a child of a kage." Naruto's smile faded and he thought he had said the wrong thing, "what I mean is, uh..."

"I know what you mean," Naruto took in a deep breath, "I left because I wasn't being treated as part of the family, that's about all I'm going to say, for now, have a nice bath." He then closed the door and walked back down the hallway and out the tent, once outside he walked over to his sealing bag and took a look inside, they still had a lot of food, enough to last a good month or so, and the bag always keeps whatever is put inside it in the same shape it was in before. 

"Hay there, Naru, you feel like baking some cake tonight?" Shikamaru asked as he walked over to Naruto, he could always tell when the blond was sad, it was something that he's always had, he didn't understand it at first, sometimes when someone was feeling a certain emotion strongly, Shikamaru would see the emotion floating around them in colors that would go with that emotion.

"Yeah, maybe we could cook up a fest if Kurama comes back with a few deer or a lion," Naruto said not turning to look at the Nara.

The Nara walked over to the blond, he put a hand on his shoulder, "your green with envy and sad with the blues, care to share?"

Naruto sighed, "Konoha, Narumi, the Hokage, Lady Kushina, pick one if you can," he said as he got up. He turned to Shikamaru and put a hand on his cheek. Shikamaru looked into Naruto's eyes for a long time, searching for something, the blond smiled, "make it a layered cake and I'll call it a deal," Shika nodded and grabbed his hand, pulling the blond into the tent.

Meanwhile, Jin and Kibo saw all of this from their friends, "what do you think, Jin?" Kibo asked watching his blond counterpart disappear into the tent.

"What do I think about what, Kibo?" Jin asked.

"About Naru and Shika? Who do you think will confess first?" 

"Don't know, it's hard to say, but if I was to guess, Shika would be first."

"Shika, why not Naru? Isn't he smart enough to see that Shika wants him?"

The orangy-red fox nodded, "yes, he's smart, but he's been ignored most of his life, he's not too keen on the signs of love like most people would be."

The golden fox thought for a moment, "I guess so... hmm...."

Jin looked over at his friend, "what are you thinking?" 

"I was just thinking back on the memories Naru had as a child, I've noticed that before he was four, he's never been outside, other than that one time he got beat up or go to the library. Which wasn't all that often," Kibo had a worried look on his face. "Before he got beat up by those stupid villagers, he would only go to the library once every few months and leave with a large stack of books, when he ate it never seemed like it was enough, and... I keep getting the feeling that he might be sick somehow."

At this Jin's ears stood up, "what do you mean? Sick how? He didn't look like he had a cold or anything."

Kibo shrugged, "That's because he is sick," both foxes turned to see Kurama walking up to them with two dead deers on either shoulder.

"What do you mean, Kurama-nii, how could Naru be sick and not look it?" Asked Kibo with a worried frown.

Kurama put down the four deer he caught earlier, he sat on a rock next to the two little foxes, he sighed "he's sick and he doesn't even know it."

"How? He's very observant of others and himself, how does he not know?" Kibo asked.

"Because it's a disease that can't be spotted while staying inside, if he was a normal kid and went outside every day, he would have found out. Not even his family knows about this," Kurama said sadly.

Jin padded over to Kurama, he sat down next to him, "what kind of disease does he have?"

"It has something to do with his immune system, if he was to stay outside of his house too long, he would die. I don't know what it's called, however, I do know that because he died when for three minutes when I was released, then came back to life... well if we don't get to Uzu soon, he may die." 

"Will Uzu save him?" Kibo said in a panic, "Is there someone in Uzu who can help him?"

Kurama looked down at the golden fox who had tears in his eyes, "I don't know if there's even anyone still living in Uzu anymore, but once we get there, I can summon Hidi and Hinata to create a seal that'll help him live. Whether he's inside or outside, Hinata and Hidi will be able to make a seal help Naruto live longer when he goes outside," Kurama said, Kibo had tears rolling down his eyes now, Kurama leaned forward to pick the crying fox. He held him close as he continued, "don't worry, as long as we can get to Uzu in under three or four days, he'll make it."

"Kurama, Naru's been outside for almost two weeks now, not counting all the time he's been to Trickster Ally and all. Plus he goes out training with you when his family's not home, how come he's not, well... you know," asked Jin.

"Because the first time he went to Trickster Ally, he was barely alive to start with and he was surrounded by my chakra. I found out about his immune system when we first started training, after the first week he couldn't move or stand up. I thought it was the training, but Hinata informed me that it wasn't. For the past two years, we've been looking for some way for Naruto to go outside for long periods without getting sick, it was Hinata that came up with the sealing idea before we left." Kurama rubbed Kibo's back to calm him down, "when Hidi was placing the new seals on Shika and the rest of us, she also placed a temporary fix on Naruto so he could continue staying outside, but the time on that seal is running out and we need a new, permanent seal on him."

"Why don't you tell Naru about it?" Kibo sniffed, wiping a tear away.

"Because then Naru will start getting mad at his family and think that this thing made his week after he's come so far. I do plan on telling him. After we get to Uzu, I'll summon Hidi and Hinata, they'll put the new seal on him before we start training, before head out to Kumo, I'll tell him then but only if I think he's ready to be told."

The foxes nodded as the person they were talking about came over, "hay Kurama, I don't know you were back," said Naruto.

The trio looked back at him, Kurama smiled, "hay kit, I've brought you some deer to cook, there's even enough to last us until we get to Uzu."

Naruto's blue and green eyes light up, "yatta! Now I get to make the feast I wanted! Well what you waiting for, Kurama, bring 'em inside so I can start making the food!" Then the curly-haired blond bounced away happily, his curls bouncing with him as he went.

Kurama sighed, "you can come out now Hinata, Shukaku, I know you heard everything," said Hyuuga and the sand demon came out from behind the trees.

"I only come in on the last part," Hinata said sheepishly with a blush.

"Nii-san, you haven't changed," Shukaku said walking over to pick up two deer.

"Would you want me to?" Kurama chuckled as he put Kibo down and walked over to also pick up two deer.

"No," Shukaku said with a smile, Kurama chuckled again as they all walked back to the tent.

"Oh, and I know you guys know the drill, right?" Kurama asked before they walked into the kitchen, Shukaku and Hinata nodded, "good."

Morning broke over the tent as everyone gets ready for the day. Shika had lent Gaara and Haku some of their clothes so they could change out of their borrowed pj's, Haku had on the fox one and Gaara had the cat one. Hinata had brought her favorite camera with her to the party before they left, along with the extra film, and decided to make a scrapbook about their adventures, so when she saw Haku and Gaara in their pj's, she couldn't stop herself from taking pictures. Haku had complained that he wasn't a girl when Hinata called him cute, which she replied with, "it doesn't matter what gender you are, cute is cute!" Then she took a multitude of pictures of everyone else in their pj's, Kuramas pj's were the usual button-down shirt and PJ pants, but he had little yellow foxes all over it. Shikaku borrowed pj's from his brother, he had the same thing on, but he was brown with tanuki's all over it, Hinata thought it was ironic and took their pictures. She found Shika and Naruto still sleeping, with the former sharing a bed with the latter while they both cuddled together wearing matching puppy style footless pj's, Naruto's was a poodle design and Shikamaru's was a domination design. Hinata had to hold back a squeal as she quickly took their picture and left, her next victims were the three little piggies, as in Kohaku, Menma, and Neko were all wearing yellow pig styled footless pj's. This time she did squeal and took pictures of the three running about playing as if she was a proud mother herself, this was how everyone had found her, drunk on cuteness and taking pictures like a madwoman. They had all woken from their sleep, Gaara was woken from his meditated sleep, when they heard the high pitched noise, thinking that they were being attacked and came with their weapons in hand. However, once they found the source of the noise, they all sweatdropped at Hinata antics and decided to just get everything ready to leave.

"Man Hime, you gave us such a scared  this morning, what was with all those pictures?" Naruto asked as they sat down for breakfast.

"I'm scrapbooking," Hinata said happily, "oh that reminds me, we should get a group picture with everyone in their pj's, it's going to be so cute!" She squealed again with stars in her eyes.

"Right, I'm still a guy, and before little miss scrapbook goes off the deep end, let us do introductions," Haku said as he poured everyone's drink.

"What a drag, it's still so early," Shika said tiredly while Naruto rubbed his shoulder sympathetically.

"I guess I'll go first this time," Naruto said. "Names Naruto Uzumaki, I'm from Konoha, and I have three brothers," he pointed to the triplets who were already digging into their food. "Our former father was the Hokage, the yellow flash or just Minato Namikaze, and our former mother is known as the red death or just Kushina Uzumaki, we left because no one paid attention to us enough to notice the small things. I also used to have two older brothers, an older sister, and a twin that was older than me in my two minutes. My favorite colors are red, orange, green, and blue, I like training, making seals, and hanging out with you guys, My hobby is making clothes and baking cakes, and I dislike people that judge others. I also have a familiar, who seems to be still asleep, named   Who's next?"

"I'll go," said Hinata, "my name is Hinata Hyuuga, I'm also from Konoha and I have a little sister back in the village, but she doesn't see me as a big sister, I also have a cousin who kinda has a crush on me for some reason." Naruto and Shika gave her a look, she shrugged, "my former father as clan head and by clan laws, he was allowed to have two wives, my mother was a civilian he married just for fun, my sister's mother was a strong kunoichi, because of this my father treats me as if I'm weak and worthless. I couldn't take it anymore so I left with Naru and Shika. I like taking pictures, cinnamon buns, training and taking pictures, my hobby is scrapbooking and making things from scratch, my favorite colors are purple and other light or bright. I dislike others who underestimate me."

"Troublesome, my name Shikamaru, Shika for short. I never had any siblings, so my former mother thought it would be fine to make them with him, but I didn't feel the same way after she scarred me for life, I ran away from home until I met Naru and Kurama. They took me in and trained, then I met Jin, who seems to also be sleeping. My favorite colors are green, yellow, and blue, I like watching clouds, sleeping in late, baking cake, and training, my hobbies include baking cake, cooking, sleeping, and making new things. I also have a dad in Konoha who I wish to see again someday, and I dislike people who like to abuse or hurt others to get what they want."

"Well since we're going around the table, my name Gaara, my former father never gave me the last name. I come from Suna, I used to have an older brother and sister, but they never treated me like a sibling or a person, my former father is the kazakage, known as Rasa of the golden sand or just Rasa Sabuku. I left because I couldn't take living there anymore after finding out that I now had a way to leave and never come back, I left, I don't have any hobbies, I like hanging out with you guys and I dislike all the people who were sent to kill mine by the Kazakage. My favorite color is red and brown."

"Wait... that was your dad sending all those people to kill you?" Naruto asked a little angrily.

"Yes, but not anymore, I'm free now," Gaara smiled a little then.

"Wow, that's messed up," said Haku, "well I guess it's my turn now. I'm Haku Yuki, I come from Kiri, I don't have a mother because my former father killed her before trying to kill me, I ended up killing him though, then ran away and met you guys. Kiri was having a bloodline purge when I left so I can never go back, either that or I join the rebellion, but I didn't know where they were. My favorite colors are pink, red, and gold, I like reading and finding new things, my hobbies are learning new things and going new places, and I hate people that discriminate against others."

"Wow, well there sure are a lot of happy tails around this table," Shukaku said sarcastically, "well I'm Shukaku, I'm the Ichibi and the head of the Tanuki clan if there are any of them left. I came from Gaara since I'm sealed within him, I have eight other siblings, Kurama is the oldest, I'm the youngest. My favorite color is red, my hobby is to look after Gaara to make sure he doesn't fall asleep, my favorite thing to do is to...hmm, I guess I would have to say destroying the villages and people that hate me for no reason. I dislike people who judge others, but I like traveling."

Kurama sweatdropped, "yep, you haven't changed either, so, my turn. Names Kurama, I'm the Kyuubi, the head of the Kitsune clan and I'm sealed inside Naruto. As Shukaku said, I am the oldest out of all my siblings. My favorite things are training, teaching, and hunting, I dislike how people mistreat others, my favorite hobby is... torturing little kits to train hard and do their best."

The rest of the table sweatdropped at Kurama's excitement, "uh Papa, can you not torture us when you start training us?" Neko asked while Menma and Kohaku nodded.

Kurama gave them a dazzling smile, "Nope, sorry kit, no exceptions, to be the best you can be, you have to push yourself."

Neko pouted but then smiled, "okay."

"Good, when everyone's done getting ready, we'll head out," Kurama said and got nodded from everyone.

Once everyone was ready and out of the tent with new traveling clothes on, thanks to Naruto and Shikamaru, Naruto undid the seal and packed up the tent. Thy left the area soon after before anyone could stumble onto their campsite, they continued heading toward Uzu at full speed. Naruto and Shikamaru had to hold onto Jin and Kibo since they were still asleep, which left Shukau holding Menma, Haku holding Kohaku, and Neko was held by Kurama, Gaara carried one of the sealing bags, Hinata had the other and was. They ran at full speed, excited to see Uzu and all it had to offer them, they also wanted to start their training. They kept a steady pace with each other and made it to Uzu in just two days, which surprised them a little, however, they had to get over the whirlpools before they reached the village once occupied by the Uzumaki's. They were just wondering how they would do such a thing when Shukaku suggested that he and Gaara make a brig of sand to get over the raging pools, they agreed seeing no other way to get to where they were going.

However, while it was known that Uzu was destroyed during the third great ninja war, that didn't stop the group from pushing forward and exploring. Unbeknownst to the group of runaways, there was another group of people already there. This group was from Kumo, it was the rage and his two sons, A and Killer B, they had been on a retrieval mission to get some scrolls that were taken from the village by some ronin. Of course, the trio got the scrolls back since these scrolls were stolen from the rikag's mansion, they came, they saw, they bust some head then left. But after the long journey to find the ronin's, the fight to get their family scrolls back, and then the journey heading back to Kumo, the trio became tired and needed to rest, luckily Uzu was close by and they went there to rest. After a little while of resting, the trio was about to head out for home again when B said he heard someone heading their way.

"How many people are coming, B?" asked E, the linkage.

"I don't know they're feet are like their on their tiptoes, but I know it more than four, fool ya fool," Killer B rapped his answer.

E thought for a moment, "come, we'll follow them and see what they're up to."

So the Kumo trio stuck to the shadows and found their way over to the newly arrived group. They saw two men with eight kids of varying ages and two foxes, one gold and one orange, E wondered about the two men and the children, he wondered if this was a field-tripe of some kind. His wondering was cut short when one of the two men, one with fire-y red hair, said something to the kids that made them cheer and runoff while the two men followed. E nodded to A and B, the three letters followed the group deeper into the abandoned village, they watched as the kids played and explore the village ruins, it warmed E's heart to see kids so happy and carefree. As they played, E took note of one of the girls that were with them, she had short shoulder length hair with princes cut for bangs, pale skin, but her eyes were what caught his attention most, those pail lavender eyes that almost made the girl look blind. E knew right then and there that he wanted to speak to those two men she came with, just in case, this was a kidnapping or a slave triad thing. He also noticed that the little boy with the red hair and dark circles around his eyes could control sand, this peeped E's curiosity, as well as A and Killer B's curiosity. 

When night came, E waited until the man with the red hair was alone to talk to him, he didn't have to wait long because a said man broke away from the group and walked into the forest. E made hand signs to his two sons to watch the camp while he talked to the older redhead, B and A understood and stayed put while their father followed the man. The res head man walked until he had reached a good distance away from the campsite and turned to the direction that E was hiding, the man smirked, "we're alone now, so please, come out, I promise me won't bit," the man said.

E knew he was talking to him, there was no one else that he could be talking to, this meant that this man at least had some ninja training. E stepped out of the shadows and into the light of the moon, he got a good look at the man now in front of him. He had fire red hair, crimson red eyes, soft lips, smooth looking pail skin, a slim figure, and hips that gave him an almost feminine figure, E wants too into men but the way this man looked- E had to force those thoughts away before they could finish themselves. He cleared his throat, "my name is E, I am the 3rd linkage of Kumo, my team and I were just resting here when you and your group arrived. I wanted to ask what you're doing here with those kids, especially a sand user and a Hyuuga, what are you planning to do with them?"

The man thought for a moment, "Hmm, well it seems like you've caught me," the man said as his crimson eyes trailed along E's body, "if you must know, I was going to train them."

"For what?" E asked folding his arms.

"Whatever they want," answered the man.

"Where are they're families? Do they know about this?"

"Doubtful, but it wasn't like they had any families to begin with when they left."

"How so?"

The man chuckled, "you've got to ask a few questions that would normally let those kits answer for themselves, but before that can happen, would you mind answering some of my questions?"

E shrugged, "I don't see why not."

"Good, first question, last year one of your shinobis tried to take one of my kits, tell, did you order it?" 

E sighed, he had a feeling that this would come up sooner or later, "no, I would never order such a thing to happen, it goes against my code of honor. When I found out about it, I had the ninjas involved stripped of their ninja rankings and executed, they were lucky that that was all I did to them at the time. And before you asked who order the kidnapping, it was my idiot councilmen who put it in motion, the once involved also met their end as well, I made sure of it."

The man raised his brows in surprise before smiling, "the second question... what would you do if a Beyakugon user was to walk into your offers wanting to join your ninja ranks, what would you do?"

E raised an eyebrow at that, "is the girl in your group the one you speak of?" The man gave nothing away as he continued to smile, E nodded, "if they ran all the way there from the safety of Konoha and their clan, I would want to know why they ran. I would as them for the reason they want to join before I could start on the paperwork needed to get them into the system."

The man seemed pleased by E's answer as he nodded, "the last question, you two teammate, are they both your sons?" 

"Yes, but only one is related to me by blood," E answered truthfully, the man's grin got wider, "now that that is out of the way, let me ask you something." The man motioned for him to go on, "what is your name?"

The man chuckled, "you can call me Kurama."

"Alright Kurama, what's your relation to those kids?"

Kurama thought for a moment, "you could say that I've seen what they went through to before they left the village." His smile turned into something of a sad one, "they've been through some things, lived through other things, and they're stronger for it."

E nodded, "you make it seem as though they were forced out by hard times," Kurama crimson eyes looked into E's eyes, E got the message, "what happened?"

"...I'll let them answer that for you," Kurama said as he started walking away from the clearing and E, he flipped his long red hair as he looked back at E. Said man was staring at Kurama's slim frame as Kurama had swung his hips a little as he walked, and the tight clothes that he was wearing showed off just how to fit the redhead was, "you coming, E?" E could only nod because his throat had suddenly gone dry as he continued to stare at Kurama's perfectly round ass, Kurama chuckled and led the way back to the campsite, upon arriving, he motioned his sons to come down from their hiding places. 

When the kids looked back to find Kurama walking into the site with three other men, they felt uneasy about the newcomers, that is until Kurama motioned for them to relax. "Kits, this is the linkage, E, and his two sons, be nice and introduce yourselves."

A little blond boy with two colored eyes, blue and green, and curly blond hair stepped forth, "Hi, my names Naruto Uzumaki."

The redhead with dark rings around his eyes stepped up next, "my names Gaara, nice to meet you."

The Hyuuga girl was next, "Hinata Hyuuga, pleased to meet you."

The other little girl of the group stepped up next, "Hello, I'm Haku Yuki, and before you mistake me as a girl, please know that I'm not."

E chuckled a little as another child came over, "my names Shikamaru Nara, nice to meet you."

Three little ones came up next, there were two blonds and a redhead, the redhead had mismatching eyes just like the older blond, "hi, I'm Neko and these are my brothers, Menma and Kohaku, it's nice to meet you," said the littlest redhead happily as the other two waved at the trio.

The other man in the group, someone with sandy blond hair, a child-like face, and the same figure as Kurama walked up, "and I'm Shukaku. I see you've already met my brother, don't let him fool you, he's a bit of a fox."

Kurama rolled his eyes, "very funny, Shu, I'm cracking up, really I am," he droned.

"What about us?" The two foxes came over, E was a little taken aback by the talking foxes but quickly got over it, "I'm Kibo." Said the gold fox, "this is Jin," he pointed to the orange fox, "it's nice to meet you, boss man."

E chuckled again, "it's nice to meet all of you, I'm E the rikage, as your friend said, these are my two sons, A and Killer B."

"Hi," A waved.

"Yo," said Killer

"Why do you guys only have the letter as names?" Gaara asked.

"It's a family tradition," said A.

"So, I heard from Kurama that all of you ran away from home, may I ask why?" E asked, thus began the tale of how each of the children in front of them were treated, from Hinata's rape and abuse from her father to Shikamaru's molestation by his mother, Naruto's neglect and servitude to his family, Gaara's assassination attempts by his father, the murder of Haku's parents, and the ignorance of both villages. By the end of the tail, A, B, and E wanted nothing more than to call war upon both villages for what they had done to these children, but then a thought came into his head, "hay, since you guys are coming to Kumo anyways, what do you say to being apart of my family? I have plenty of room to house all of you at my mansion, with that being your connection to me, the council can't lay a finger on you."

"Wow, so would that make you like our new dad or something?" Menma asked with stars in his eyes, E nodded, "yay, a new dad, a new home, and new big brothers, what more could a kid ask for?!" 

"Forgive him, he's excitable," Kohaku said coolly.

A chuckled, "Nah, Nah, it's fine, so how old are you guys anyway?"

"I just turned seven, Shikamaru's seven too, and Hinata's still six, but her birthday's coming up soon, oh and Menma, Neko, and Kohaku are all two," said Naruto.

"I just turned seven last month," said Gaara.

"I'm turning eight in a few weeks, so right now I'm seven," Haku said.

"What about you two?" E asked Kurama who looked to be in his late teens.

Kurama giggled, "you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

"Fair enough," E said with a smile, he turned back to everyone else, "what are you guys going to do tomorrow?"

"They're going to be tortured by Papa!" Neko said happily.

"What?" E asked as well as his sons.

Kurama put his index finger and thumb over the brig of his nose, "he means I'm going to train them." The trio relaxed, "would you guys like to join us for dinner? Naruto just cooked."

The trio looked back at Naruto with a smile, "of course if it's not too much trouble."

Naruto gave them a wide smile, "nope, you can spend the night too, I just added three extra room to the tent," he said as he and the others started walking to the tent. E looked at his two sons who shrugged, they walked into the tent and realized what Naruto meant.