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So I have finally gotten back to writing this story and I am going to tell you right now that this chapter is going to be a good one and will have one hell of a cliffhanger just for the fuck of it. Also I have finally decided on what Naruto's abilities will be. He will have complete control over his blood and he will have the perfect eye that Pride had in Fullmetal Alchemist. Also Naruto's blood is capable of absorbing the abilities of weapons once it absorbs the weapons. He could also absorb the abilities of other people should he consume them as well through his blood just like Pride did with his shadows in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Alucard from Hellsing. However the side effect to absorbing people will cause his mental stability to weaken because he will be able to hear their souls screaming out from inside of him and once he has more control over his ability he will be able to form the bodies of the people he absorbed and use them as a form of puppet. If you've read Hellsing all the way to the end then you'll know what I'm talking about. Also once he finally shuts out the voices in his head, there will be no limit to the amount of 'people' he can summon up with his blood. This attack of his will require no chakra, only blood. And once Pride fully masters his bloodline he will be able to waste as much as his blood as he wants as stated in the first chapter. This explains why in the previous chapter he was tired from fighting Zabuza and Ao when he wasted so much blood. That won't happen later on. This will be why he will be similar to canon Gaara in terms of his insanity but he will be a weapon that will follow his master's every order no matter what they may be. So unless he is ordered to, or it is a part of his mission, he will not kill anyone. Well anyways enough of my rambling its best if I now officially start the chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Discoveries

Last time on Naruto: Pride of ROOT

"Who are the three of you" asked Pride with an emotionless tone that held an edge so sharp that if answered incorrectly they would be killed.

"My name is Kimimaro Kaguya. The girl behind me is Haku Yuki and the one next to me is Guren no last name. What's yours?" Replied/asked the now identified Kimimaro as he inched closer to the 'cool' ninja in front of him with an innocence that only a child could possess.

"My name is whatever my master decides for me. For the past few years my codename has been Pride." Answered Pride without any hesitation.

"Ah! I see you've met your new students Pride!" Exclaimed Mei with a joyous voice seeing that Pride had finally returned from his mission impressed that it had taken only taken him a little under two days to accomplish it.

Present time

"I'm afraid I do not quite understand what you mean Mei-sama." Asked Pride with slight confusion in his voice.

"Well then allow me to clarify and after I clarify I expect you to fill me on the success of your mission, however, I notice the absence of a certain blade. Anyways, I am ordering you to train these three children to become ninja. They are also the three ninja that you will take back with you once you finish your mission here. That gives you extra incentive to train them as well as you can! As you've probably realized by their last names, Kimimaro and Haku both hold rare bloodlines and so does Guren from what she has shown us. Kimimaro has the Shikotsumyaku bloodline while Haku holds the Hyouton bloodline. Guren, however, seems to have the strangest of all. She holds the Shoton bloodline. I've given you one hell of a team. I expect great things from the four of you. Now you three wait outside while Pride and I talk, ok?" explained Mei more thoroughly so as to make Pride understand why he had to be the one to train them before politely shooing them away so she could get her mission report from Pride. 'Plus they might be able to get some emotions out of him like I was able to do with him.'

"Now then tell me how your mission went Pride." Ordered Mei as she entered her 'serious mode' dubbed by several of her fellow ninjas.

"Of course Mei-sama. After several hours of trailing the target, Aoi Rokusho, I located him and was able to separate him from the Raijin before finally ending his life and then taking his head for the bounty. However, I have yet to turn in the bounty because of a certain development that occurred during the mission that you may wish to know about." Explained Pride as he took out the scroll that had Aoi's head sealed within it.

"A development? What kind of development? And would it happen to have something to do with why you haven't mentioned where the Raijin no Ken is now?" Asked Mei as she took the scroll and made sure that the head was indeed from Aoi.

"When I grabbed the Raijin a chain reaction occurred between it and my blood. My blood reacted violently and absorbed the legendary blade. The blade now flows within my bloodstream." Stated Pride with complete seriousness as Mei looked at him with narrowed eyes and slight skepticism.

"So you are telling me that your blood absorbed one of the most powerful blades in existence, against your own orders, and you are perfectly fine and unharmed?" Asked Mei with an incredulous tone of voice as she relayed to him how far fetched this sounded.

"If you would like I can show you some proof that my blood assimilated the blade as well as its abilities. Would you prefer I show you now or at some other time of your choosing?" Asked Pride as he began gathering blood to form a Blood Portal on his right side.

"I'll have you show me it tomorrow in a spar against Zabuza. If you've really absorbed the legendary Raijin then I'll have Zabuza teach you kenjustsu as well as the Silent Killing technique that he and the other swordsmen of the mist have perfected. Right now however I want you to familiarize yourself with your new team. Once you've at least tested their abilities come back here and report to me what you've learned. Dismissed." Stated Mei before returning to whatever she was working on before Pride arrived.

"Hai Mei-sama." Replied Pride before walking out of the tent and being greeted by three 6 year old kids staring at him.

"Grab onto my arm." Commanded Pride as he gathered his chakra and waited until they all grabbed onto him. While they were hesitant to do so they followed his order and grabbed on to his left arm. Once all three had grabbed on, they all disappeared with only a few drops of blood in their place.

Random Rebel Training Ground

The four of them had just arrived from Pride's signature Chi Shunshin and while Pride was used to the sudden teleportation, his three students were not and promptly emptied their stomach contents onto the ground below them. Fortunately for Pride, none of the vomit got on his clothes.

"My apologies. I had not realized that your bodies were not yet accustomed to the aftereffects caused by the justu. I assumed that you three had already received at least some form of ninja training." Apologized Pride as he stared at the three of them with an analytic look on his face under his mask.

"Of course we haven't had any training! We're only 6 years old!" Yelled Kimimaro once he finished throwing up.

"...I am nearly 8 years old. My training began when I was 5 years old. I have learned dozens of Jutsu before receiving my bloodline and then created a few of my own. Age is but a number. A shinobi can be taken out by someone half their age if they are unprepared and underestimate their opponent." Explained Pride to the three of them before motioning them to sit on the nearby fallen branch that was now acting as a bench for them.

"So you're really only 8 years old?" Questioned Guren with her arms folded against her chest and a look of skepticism on her face.

"I am. I only appear to be older because of an unexpected side effect brought on by my bloodline. I will show you what my bloodline is once I've trained you in the basics of the ninja arts." Responded Pride with his usual lack of emotion.

"Ano...w-why don't y-you show any e-emotions?" Asked a nervous Haku who held a tight grip on Kimimaro's arm. This question of course drew the attention of her two team mates and friends. They also wanted to know the answer to that question but were still too wary of their new sensei to ask the question. Haku of course was nervous and wary of the boy- was it right to call him that now that he had already taken the lives of others?- in front of them, but she felt as though at some level he was just like they were. Orphans.

"I do not show emotions because I no longer have any emotions to show. Emotions are a weakness, a weakness that I no longer have thanks to my master. Emotions will simply get in the way of a ninja's duty and mission." Explained Pride as he began removing his mask from face, revealing his pale skin, his black sclera and red eyes, his unique pointy ears, and finally his elongated canines that poked out from just under his upper lip.

"This is what I look like under the mask. From what I understand a sensei must form a bond with his students in order to promote loyalty. You have now seen my face. That is a luxury that very few people on this planet have earned." Stated Pride before putting his mask back on.

"So what you look like...is that caused by your bloodline?" Asked Kimimaro with a child's curiosity.

"Baka! That's rude to ask!" Yelled Guren before promptly smacking the back of his head. "Now apologize!"

"He doesn't need to apologize. However, I will not answer questions about my bloodline until I deem the three of you ready as I stated beforehand." Stated Pride before activating one of the seals on his hands causing three pieces of chakra paper to be released and fall into his right palm.

"These pieces of paper are known as chakra paper. All you need to do is channel a small amount of your chakra to the paper. In doing so the paper analyzes the traits within your chakra and then give those traits physical form so to speak. That physical form affects the paper in certain ways depending upon the traits within the chakra. I will give each of you a piece of paper and we will see what elements your chakra is most closely aligned towards. We'll begin with Haku, then Guren and the finally Kimimaro." Stated Pride before handing Haku her piece of chakra paper.

She channeled a small portion of her chakra into the paper and waited until something happened to the paper before she would stop feeding it chakra. Within a few seconds the paper began to show what her elemental affinities were. The first was the chakra paper being cut in half. The second trait was that the left half became damp while the right half became a shard of ice.

"Well the fact that there was a cut through the paper shows that you have an affinity for wind. You also have an affinity for water since one of the halves became damp. These two were expected due to your bloodline. Afterall water supplies a fuel source for the ice and the wind is what causes it to freeze. And the other half was obviously your bloodline, the Hyouton." Explained Pride as Haku stared at her now two pieces of paper. Both Guren and Kimimaro stared at her papers with glee in their eyes as they waited in barely restrained excitement.

Pride then handed the next piece to Guren and waited for the results. Guren, without even waiting a second, immediately channeled her chakra through the paper and waited anxiously for the results. The first result was that one section of the paper became dust while another section became ash. Finally what remained turned into crystal, purple crystal.

"Once again a completely expected result. Your crystals have an earth element to it which is shown through the paper turning to dust. However if you look closely you'll see that some of the dust if levitating which could simply be because of a random gust of wind or it's a sign that you might have a weak affinity to magnetism which is more likely. This is something that I will not be able to help you extensively with in the aspect of jutsus. Those you will have to accomplish on your own. However, that does not mean that I will not train you in this. Now the crystal is obviously from your bloodline." "Explained Pride before finally handing Kimimaro's piece who practically ripped from his hand and immediately channeled as much chakra as possible into the paper. That of course was his mistake. Immediately the paper showed his elemental affinity. The problem with that? He pumped in enough chakra for a C-ranked jutsu and his affinity was lightning.

So without having any true control over his chakra the lightning didn't just crumple the paper. The lightning enveloped the crumpled piece of paper and basically turned it into a bullet. The projectile began racing towards Guren at Chunin level speeds. Now normally this would have killed her but mere centimeters before coming into contact with her skull. The only thing that saved her lived was a tentacle of blood stretching out from Pride's finger to where to bullet reached.

"This is why I said to channel a small amount of chakra into the paper. You've not only emptied about half of your reserves but you nearly killed your teammate. However it seems as though you have a strong affinity towards lightning." Stated Pride before bringing the still charged crumpled paper closer to him with his blood.

"Demo sensei wouldn't all that lightning simply have been caused from this baka channeling too much chakra?" Asked Guren as she glared at Kimimaro with a murderous aura surrounding her. Kimimaro at this point had simply lowered his head as a cloud of depression ran over him.

"No. The reason for this is if he had a low or even moderate affinity towards lightning the paper would not have flown out of his hands and towards the nearest person with an earth affinity. However, since he had a high affinity towards lightning the paper did just that and went towards Guren had I not stopped it." Explained Pride as he analyzed the paper to see if there were any other lesser affinities shown. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your view, it seemed that Kimimaro only had the affinity for lightning.

"A-Ano sensei. W-w-why is y-your bl-bl-blood black?" Asked Haku as she stared at the tendril of black blood that was holding Kimimaro's chakra paper projectile before throwing it away into a random section of the training ground begin him.

"...What makes you think that this is my blood?" Asked Pride in an effort to refrain from telling his students anything about his bloodline just yet.

"Well probably because there's a cut on your finger and that's where the blood is coming from." Explained Guren with a smirk on her face.

"...I'll tell you once I deem you worthy." Stated Pride before motioning them to stand up and follow him as he walked towards the center of the training ground.

"BUUUUUTTTT SENSEEEEEIIIIII!" complained Kimimaro as he dragged out the words in an effort to annoy Pride. Thanks to the training he had undergone and the fact that he didn't have any emotions, Pride was able to refrain from yelling back at Kimimaro and or decapitating him.

Once they reached the center of the training ground Pride stopped walking and turned to face his students.

"Since none of you have yet to receive any kind of ninja training outside of unlocking your chakra I will first be training your muscles until they have reached an acceptable level. At that point we will begin your chakra training as well as Jutsu training. That does not mean we will stop working on your muscles at that point. It just means we wont work on them as long as we will now." Declared Pride before unsealing a notepad from one of his seals. "Now I want to measure your current limits to see what we will work on. Understood?"

"Hai Sensei/Pride-sensei!" Responded the three of them with joy and excitement in their voices including Haku. Even though her voice was lacking in confidence. Oh well, nothing that Pride's training regimen wouldn't eventually fix.

Pride then made three shadow clones to train three, one for each of them. For the next 4 hours they trained while Pride did his own muscle training. Pride trained through push ups, sprints, crunches, etc all the while he had gravity seals that increased the difficulty. Not to mention the fact that he was also doing all of this upside hanging from under a tree branch using his chakra. This not only helped improve his already superb chakra control and increase his already large chakra reserves, it also increased his ability to focus on several things at a time. This of course amazed his students but it also distracted them from their own training so in order to make them focus, the clones would 'attack' them with a low level elemental Jutsu matching their own affinities.

Four hours later

After the fours hours of training Pride dispelled his three shadow clones and processed their memories as he descended from his branch, covered in a light sweat. His three students, however, were not so lucky. They were each sweating like pigs and panting like dogs after a marathon. They were on the ground lying on their backs as they tried to regain their breaths.

"That will be all for today's training session. Tomorrow's training session will begin at 10:00 am and will end at 6:00 pm. Do not be late. If you are late then there will be consequences. Dismissed." Stated Pride as he waited for them to head back towards the base. That is until he realized that they had all fallen asleep in front of him from exhaustion.

Seeing that he couldn't very well leave them out here for the night and risk them getting sick or worse he decided to carry the three of them back to the base and ask Mei where they resided. So with Kimimaro on his right arm, Guren on his left, and Haku gripping onto his back and neck subconsciously, Pride Shunshined them back to Mei's tent assuming she was still there.

Back with Mei

"I wonder where Pride took those three gakis to for training. Maybe I should start adding an honorific to his name just to see if I can't get any kind of reaction out of him. At least it'll confuse him for a while." Said Mei to no one in particular as she reviewed the mission reports she'd received for the day from several nin returning from patrols and supply missions. 'Also should I have Pride turn in the bounty for Aoi or should I send someone else in his place? Sigh. I hate being the one that has to deal with all these fucking decisions. Being a Kage would be absolute hell! Thankfully there's no way I'd be a Kage.'

Mei continued to work like this for the next few minutes before looking up from her desk to relieve her eyes from the paperwork and nearly pissing herself from the heart attack Pride just nearly gave her.

Standing in front of her was Pride in all his glory. He was carrying two of his students at his sides and then one on his back. But what nearly gave her a heart attack was the fact that she didn't even sense him appear and his eyes were glowing a bright red in contrast to his black clothing and mask giving him a menacing look. For a few seconds she thought that he'd actually killed the three gakis by accident since by his definition they were weak. Then she noticed that they were in fact breathing, meaning they were just unconscious. For now at least.

"Fucking Kami! You nearly scared the shit out of me Pride! Why didn't you tell me you were there! And how long were you there?!" Yelled out Mei with several anime ticks of anger on her forehead. Pride of course stayed completely composed while she yelled at him.

"I was taught to only speak when spoken to and to only announce my presence if my master asks me to. Or at least until my master notices me. I've been here for approximately 3 minutes." Replied Pride with complete seriousness.

"Sigh...also what's up with your eyes? Why are they glowing?" Asked Mei in slight fascination to his eyes.

"This seems to be an unexpected side effect to absorbing the Raijin. It does not improve my eyesight and only seems to cause my eyes to glow when it is dark. It's essentially useless." Explained Pride as he analyzed this unexpected side effect.

"Well I wouldn't say they're entirely useless. They'll definitely put the fear of Yami into your enemies." Stated Mei jokingly as she chuckled at her own quip. "Anyways, what did you need Pride-kuuunn?" Asked Mei with a smirk on her face.

"I wished to know where the living quarters for my students are located so that I may leave them there and then in the morning pick them up for training." Responded Pride as began to sense his students beginning to stir.

"Oh! Thanks for reminding me! They'll be living with from now on! And don't worry about living quarters. I had a few of my ninjas make a small compound for the five of us using Doton justu. This way you can protect me while you protect them! Isn't this just perfect Pride-kuuuunnnn?" Purred out Mei as she put her hand in front of her mouth and giggled like a schoolgirl. However on the inside Mei was cackling up a storm now that she had just assured Pride some social interaction each day.

"...Where is the compound Mei-sama?" Asked Pride after a pause.

"Oh I'll show you personally! I'm already finished here!" Gleefully stated Mei as she closed the files on her desk and sealed them into the desk as a precautionary measure. Once she finished sealing the last file she got up from her desk and walked towards Pride.

"Now before you go I want you to use your bloodline to carry the three of them when they've fallen unconscious when you're around me unless I state otherwise." Ordered Mei with a playful grin on her face and playfulness shining through her visible eye. Pride did as he was ordered so now behind the both of them were the three children wrapped in cocoons of his solidified blood floating in midair.

"Is this satisfactory Mei-sama?" questioned Pride as he now discovered a new training exercise to work on his control over his bloodline. Then Mei did something he certainly didn't expect. She wrapped her arm with his and began leading him towards the compound.

"Yes! Very satisfactory indeed Pride-kun!" Giggled out Mei as she felt him tense up at such close contact. "Don't worry I'm not attacking you Pride-kun. I'm simply guiding you to the compound and teaching how you should guide woman to their homes should you ever get a date in the future. Kami knows you could use a girlfriend."

"Mei-sama, what is a date and what is a girlfriend?" Asked Pride as they continued walking with the human blood burritos following closely by.

"Sigh...You have a lot to learn Pride-kun. But worry not! Mei-nee-chan will teach you in everything you'll need to know about a date and a girlfriend! Mwahahaha!" Any normal person at this point would have been at least a little bit frightened at this point. Good thing Pride was anything but normal.

While they walked towards the compound many men glared in jealousy at Pride for having the luck of not only living with Mei but also being able to have such close and 'intimate' contact with her. Others, such as Zabuza and Ao, felt pity for the poor boy since he was likely to suffer Mei's constant onslaught of perverse situations in an attempt to get any kind of emotions out of him. So together the two of them prayed for the young boy's soul.

With the Uzumaki-Namikazes

It's been nearly three years since Naruto's disappearance and while the search groups continue to look for him, their searches have only turned up empty handed. Over the years the groups have gotten smaller and smaller since Minato understood that he couldn't simply prevent his ninjas from taking missions because of his mistakes. So he stopped the searches after about three months of dead ends. However, there were a few people still willing to search for the boy and continued to do so in their spare time as well as during their missions that took them outside of Hi no Kuni. These people were Itachi Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Jiraiya, Tsunade Senju, Kurenai Yuhi, Anko Mitarashi, Asuma Sarutobi, Tsume Inuzuka, Hana Inuzuka, Maito Gai, Hiashi Hyuuga, and most of the people from their clans. These people never lost heart because on the slim chance that Naruto was still alive, how would they be able to face their good friends and mentors Kushina and Minato knowing that they had given up?

So during every mission that they went on that took them outside of the village they would question anyone they found if they had seen a young boy with blonde hair, red eyes, pointed ears, slightly sharp teeth, and approximately 7-8 years of age in appearance. Each time it would be a bust. They were all wasting their time because they were looking for the wrong traits and the only ones that knew this were Itachi Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Minato Namikaze. And even then they were not completely certain that Pride was in fact Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. At least not yet anyways.

At the moment Minato could be found at his desk within the Hokage Tower in the center of the village filling out paperwork and approving or vetoing several pieces of documents that the civilian council wanted passed into bills or laws. He was doing this while he waited for a certain four shinobi to arrive in his office for a mission he was about to assign them on. He just hoped that Tsunade would listen through his entire explanation before kicking his ass all through Konoha. Several shivers went up his spine as he remembered the day she finally came back to Konoha after she had heard the news that one of her godchildren had gone missing.

Flashback no Jutsu: 2 months after Naruto's disappearance

It had been two months since Naruto had disappeared from the village and if one were to look they would have thought the he had just gone missing the day before. There were Genin teams looking throughout the village for the boy while all shinobi of rank Chunin and higher were sent in search parties. Jounin rank and higher went sent out in small teams consisting of two Jounins and one ANBU operative into the other Elemental Nations. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on who you ask, Tsunade found out about Naruto's disappearance from one of the Chunin search parties that were asking around the casino she was in if they had seen the boy.

When seeing that they were from Konoha she asked them what they were doing in a casino looking for a young child. Especially when she's the one that's in the casino. They said that he was the Hokage's son and had disappeared a couple months prior. That's all they were able to tell her before they ran away in horror, screaming like little girls.

Tsunade was absolutely PISSED! She was completely enveloped in chakra and her twin pigtails waved around dangerously behind her. Her eyes glowed in anger and the ground beneath cracked beneath her rage. Shizune immediately ran out of the bathroom in preparation for an attack when she saw her master enveloped with chakra. When Tsunade turned her head to face Shizune, Shizune was started to have second thoughts about having left the bathroom.

"SHIZUNE! PACK OUR BAGS WE'RE GOING TO KONOHA! MINATO-CHAN'S GOT SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!" Roared out the mighty beast known as angry Tsunade. Almost as if she were the yellow flash herself, Shizune managed to run to their hotel, pack their bags, and run back into the casino with a minute or so. By that time Tsunade had stopped releasing her chakra like a flare but with each step she took there was a deep impression of her foot left in its place.

Back in Konoha

'Why do I suddenly have the urge to run for my life? Oh well I'm probably just imagining it.' Thought Minato as he continued reading through several reports he received from patrols in Kaze no Kuni and Mizu no Kuni. So far still no luck in finding Naruto. Not even a clue as to where he may have gone or if someone had taken him by force. The only lead they had was that the last place that Naruto had been before the trail went cold was the Hokage Monument. More specifically on top of the Sandaime's head. However this didn't really mean anything since many of the ANBU and ninja knew that Naruto enjoyed going up there whenever he could. He would often ask them to carry him there when he was younger. His parents never minded, thinking that it was cute of him to pay his respects to the man that gave his life to save his village. Maybe if they had made sure that he had an ANBU watching over him then this might not have happened. And that's how Minato spent his days for the last couple of months. Thinking about what he could have done- no, should have done -for his son, Naruto. That's how he spent the rest of the day before returning home to comfort his wife and children and whipping up some dinner for them to eat.

One week later

Its been one week since Tsunade heard about Naruto's diaplearance and she was just coming up to Konoha's main gates dragging Jiraiya by his ridiculously long white mane. She left in her wake a trail of craters in the shape of her feet and Jiraiya was covered in bruises and looked to have at least a couple broken bones. Shizune, once she had heard from Tsunade about Naruto, was just as furious and while she didn't have Tsunade's super strength, she did have her extensive arsenal of poisons which could be shown from the various senbon pierced throughout his body and foam coming out of his mouth.

At the gates with the eternal Chunin, Izumo and Kotetsu were on guard duty as always. Kotetsu had black spiky hair that went everywhere with a bandage going from one cheek, over his nose, and to the other cheek. He had his hitai-ate on his forehead like most. Izumo wore a blue bandana with the hitai-ate sewn into it. Covered the top of his head but his brown hair came down and covered his right eye from view. They both wore regular Konoha Chunin outfits.

"So Izumo, why the hell are we STILL stuck with fucking gate duty when almost every other Chunin are outside of the village looking for little Naruto? I may not have seen the little guy often but whenever he came by he'd always thanks us for out hard work in protecting the village. He made us feel needed ya know? He didn't deserve the shit that the village made him put up with just cause he looked a little different." Stated Kotetsu with a remorseful tone of voice as he looked up at the clouds wondering where the kid was.

"Yea. I know where you're coming from. The little guy never belittle our job. Hell he was even fascinated and impressed by what we did. He thought that we were amazing for having so much patience. I hope they find him soon." Replied Izumo as he looked towards the road to see if anyone was approaching the village.

As luck would have it however, they both felt the incoming calamity before they saw her. They saw Tsunade coming from the horizon with her green tinted chakra flaring while Shizune's green tinted chakra was also flaring next to her. Once they had gotten closer to the gate they saw that she had Jiraiya by the hair covered in bruises with some possible broken bones.

"Is that...?" Began Izumo as he began trembling in fear of Tsunade's and Shizune's womanly fury.

"Yup. And I don't think that Naruto would fault us for just letting her pass by right?" Asked Kotetsu as he began making room for Tsunade and Shizune to pass through.

"The little guy would understand. I'm sure of it!" Replied Izumo as he too waited for Tsunade and Shizune to pass them and head towards their designated target.

Luckily for them, the two angered women passed them by and continued on their way without so much as glancing at them. A thought entered both of their minds at the same time.

'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!'

With Minato

'What the hell is causing these fucking quakes?!' Wondered Minato as felt the quakes soon after Tsunade entered the village though he didn't know that detail just yet. He soon began to feel the source of the quakes just outside his door. He readied his special tri pronged kunai in a reverse grip in each hand.

Imagine his surprise when Tsunade Senju was the one kicking down his door, dragging Jiraiya by the hair, and causing these menacing quakes.

"Tsunade-kaa-san?! Wh-wh-what a-are y-you d-d-doing here?! I-I-I thought y-y-you weren't ready t-to return yet!" Squeled Minato as he tried to hide behind his desk, his courage and skills seemingly forgotten in front of his mother-figure's rage. Once Shizune entered, she closed the door behind her and crossed her arms in front of her chest, glaring holes into Minato's skull.

In response to his questions Tsunade's chakra flared even more violently. She threw Jiraiya at Minato's desk, causing said to desk to erupt into an explosion of wooden shards. Now Minato's only safe haven in the room was gone and if what Jiraiya looked like told him anything, it was that he was probably next and it wouldn't be over quickly.

"What's this bullshit I hear about my son losing my godson/grandson in his own fucking village?"asked Tsunade as a vision of the Shinigami appeared behind her as if daring Minato to give her the wrong answer and at this point, Minato wasn't even sure that there was a right one.

"Uuuummmm...its a big village? Hehehe...sigh...just kick my ass and get it over with..." Responded Minato with a nervous chuckle at the end before admitting defeat and hoping he doesn't end up like Jiraiya.

Luckily for him he didn't end up like Jiraiya. Unfortunately for him though, he ended up worse. For the next several hours, Minato had hisass kicked throughout the village by Tsunade as shown by the utter destruction of many shops and houses which coincidentally belonged to several people that disliked Naruto because of his appearance. Each time Minato was close to death, Tsunade would heal him and then it would be Shizune's turn to kick his ass before healing him and switching back to Tsunade.

Now where were his trusty ANBU and ninja during this entire ordeal? They were all standing by in complete fear. They agreed to risk their lives for him but when you're facing an enemy that can heal you from the brink of death and then continue to kick your ass, you tend to give them a lot of lee way.

Anyways, after putting Minato into a state worse than Jiraiya's they dragged his near dead body to the Namikaze compound and with the lack of natural light and the fact they were dragging two near death people, both Tsunade and Shizune looked extremely menacing.

They next targets? Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze, Mito Uzumaki-Namikaze, and Menma Uzumaki-Namikaze. Of course Kushina was the only one of the three that would get any kind of a physical beating while the other two would get a verbal lashing of a lifetime. Too bad Minato would be unconscious for all of that along with Jiraiya since they wouldn't wake up for another couple days from the hell they just experienced.

Flashback no Justu: Kai!

Every time he thought of that day, shivers would go down his spine and he suspected the same could be said for Jiraiya.

*Knock* *Knock*

"Come in!" Called out Minato as he put away his special Kage stamp and gave his full attention to those entering. 'Speak of the Devil.'

Four people entered his office. Those four being Tsunade Senju, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Anko Mitarashi. Each of them were wearing their normal clothing that they always wore. (canon clothing). Tsunade, whilst her rage had dissipated over the years since the day she heard the news, had an annoyed look on her face and a disappointed glare in her eyes. She still hadn't fully forgiven him for losing his own son and wouldn't until they got Naruto back. Asuma, Kurenai, and Anko didn't really know the boy that well but Anko felt as though she could relate to the boy on some level since they were both despised for reasons outside of their control.

"Alright I'm guessing the four of you are wondering as to why you are here." Stated Minato before receiving four nods from them and an annoyed yell from Tsunade to get this over with. "Well the reason the three of you have been called here to my office is because I not only have a mission for the four of you to go one but due to the nature of this mission I will have to inform the four of you what is currently an S-rank secret that has yet to be completely confirmed in one hundred percent certainty."

Each of them stiffened at the realization that they about to be informed of an S-rank secret that had to do with the mission they were about to go on. They were understandably nervous about what their mission might entail with this added information they were about to receive.

"For several months now, I've had two agents manage to infiltrate Danzo's secret ROOT organization and compile evidence against so that we may finally be rid of him legally. However these two agents found something that not even I could have imagined. It seems as though out assumptions that Danzo has been working in tandem with Orochimaru were correct and it seems that they were able to create two new bloodlines never seen before. One of them is the Sumiton bloodline which is where the user is capable of controlling ink and using it in attacks. The user is apparently capable of creating physical constructs so long as he has enough ink and chakra. The other is far more powerful and dangerous. Its name is the Kuroi Chi bloodline. The user of this bloodline is capable of controlling their blood and using it as a weapon. Form what we've gathered, once fully master, this bloodline gives the user a healing factor rivaling that of a Jinchuriki, using as much blood as they wish, hardening their blood to the point where nothing can pierce it, and even controlling any blood they shed no matter how far away it is from the user. The worst or best part about this is that it requires no chakra whatsoever from the user." Explained Minato as he crossed his hands in front of his face in seriousness.

As Minato explained the abilities of these ninjas the four shinobi in front of him widened their eyes in awe and slight fear. If Danzo managed to create an army of these supercharged ninjas then there would be no one to stand in his way. After all if they didn't need to use chakra for their attacks then how would regular ninja be able to match them in battle when their chakra is being consumed with each jutsu they use?

"However these do not come without side effects it seems. For the Sumiton the only recorded side effects are the darkening of the hair and eyes as well as the paling of the skin. It also seems to make to user rather thin. The Kuroi Chi bloodline has stronger side effects it seems. The side effects are as follow: grey skin, blackened blood, denser muscles, darkened hair, increases height growth, and accentuates other physical traits. Yet all of this comes at a cost for the Kuroi Chi user. It seems as though their emotions are either destroyed, lost, or sealed away once the bloodline fully integrates with its new host. So far it seems to be irreversible." Explained Minato as his hands began trembling in both anger and grief.

At this point each and every one of the people inside of the room were absolutely disgusted at the lengths Danzo went in order to create the perfect weapon. To not only change their appearances but to also remove their emotions? To remove the very things that make them human? Only a monster could be willing to go that far and that is exactly what Danzo and Orochimaru are. Monsters. And unfortunately so are those cursed with the Kuroi Chi bloodline, in their opinion.

"Unfortunately, that's not the worst part." Stated Minato causing everyone else to widen their eyes in surprise. How could anything be worse than what they had just heard?

"What do you mean that this isn't the worse part? What could possibly be worse than everything we've just heard?" yelled out Anko as she subconsciously grabbed her curse seal at the mention of Orochimaru and his experiments. She trembled in rage from the memory of her ex-sensei, the one who abandoned her and left her for dead simply because she didn't live up to his expectations.

"The worst part of this is that the Kuroi Chi user that Danzo has under his thumb? From what I've been told about him and what we've been able to uncover from a DNA test is that…..it's Naruto. Naruto is Danzo's newest weapon and arguably most powerful weapon." Informed Minato as a few tears managed to escape his eyes and flowed down his cheeks as he continued to tremble in rage and grief.

At this piece of information Tsunade's chakra roared into existence and the ground under her cracked beneath her rage. Her twin pigtails flowing behind her and her body glowing with green chakra. Those next to her had to cover their faces from the sheer amount of force that was being exerted by Tsunade's chakra.

"What do you mean that it's Naruto that's the Kuroi Chi user?" questioned Tsunade as she barely held herself back from going over to Danzo's compound and killing the bastard as well as any of his ROOT operatives that stood in her way before searching for Naruto herself.

"Read the files on my desk that I have set out for you. Each of them holds the description of Danzo's most promising ROOT operative. My two most trusted ANBU operatives were able to retrieve this information from Danzo's files located under the codename PRIDE. This appears to be Naruto's codename in ROOT and is the only one he has used for the past two nearly three years. Unfortunately the Kuroi Chi was not the only ability that Orochimaru gave Naruto nor do I believe it will be the last unless we can get him back from ROOT." Stated Minato as the others grabbed the four files on his desk, each labelled as PRIDE.

"What other abilities did they give him? How many more experiments was he subjected to?" asked Asuma as he cringed at the distinct differences between Pride and Naruto. He would have thought that he was looking at a corpse by color of the boy's skin and he would have thought that he was a teenager by his outward appearance had it not been stated in the file his exact age and date of birth. It was hardly a coincidence that both Pride and Naruto were both born on October 10 nor was it any coincidence that they both had red eyes with black slits, pointed ears, and enlarged canines even though Pride's were far more noticeable than Naruto's had been.

"Apparently Naruto, or rather, Pride no longer needs to sleep and goes into a paralyzed like state when he runs low or out of chakra. So long as he has enough chakra, he can stay completely awake and active without impeding his abilities. He still needs to eat but it seems as though his digestive system absorbs nutrients more efficiently than normal people do. He can eat anything without suffering any kind of drawbacks since his body will break it down in either nutrients or waste without wasting anything that might be of nutritional value. It seems that Danzo has planned for another experiment soon but we haven't figured out what it is or how it might affect Pride. However, it seems that once he returns from his current mission the experiment will go underway." Finished Minato as he stood up and walked out unto his balcony, gazing upon his village and the blue sky above them. On the horizon, it seemed as though a storm was approaching.

"I'm gonna go out on a limb here but I'm guessing that Naruto's mission has something to do with ours. And if you're so sure that it's Naruto then why did you say that this information wasn't one hundred percent confirmed?" Asked Kurenai as she put down the file with compassionate eyes as her innate motherly instincts kicked in. Her heart went out to the boy, who was treated unfairly simply because he was different than other people. He reminded her a little bit of Hinata, who rather than looking differently than the rest of her family, was compassionate and kind rather than arrogant and pompous like most of her branch of the family.

"You are correct in assuming that Naruto will be a part of your mission and the reason why this isn't a one hundred percent confirmation is because of the blood test. While it confirms that he is related to both myself and Kushina, there seems to be a third party in there that isn't related to either of us. It's as though he were our grandson rather than our son. We've tried over two hundred other DNA streams from over two hundred other people but none of them match, not even Orochimaru's DNA is a match for this. I'm still having my ANBU run the tests but I don't know if the DNA belongs to anyone within Konoha. Now as for your mission. I am sending the four of you as a support team for the Kiri Rebel faction led by Mei Terumi. Naruto had already been sent over there under Danzo's orders but they believe that he went there under mine. You are not to correct them. You inform them that you are another team sent in to assist with anything they may need. You will be staying there for the duration of the war as well as monitoring Naruto's behavior. Try to see if he told Mei his real name. And make sure that for the duration of the mission you address him as Pride unless stated otherwise by either Mei or Naruto himself. You leave in the morning and I'm assigning this mission as an S-rank, good luck. Dismissed." Finished Minato before returning to the paperwork that was still on his desk and not on the floor thanks to Tsunade's chakra outburst earlier.

And with that the four of them returned to their apartments/compounds to prepare their bags with anything and everything they may need for this long termed S-rank mission. Each of them filled with a flame that energized them for the journey ahead. They were going to find out whether Naruto was truly a ROOT operative or if it was simply an experiment created by Orochimaru that contained Minato's, Kushina's, and some third party's DNA.

In Sunagakure

"It seems as though I will need to send my children out of the village for their own safety. I can't risk having that snake using them like his personal guinea pigs should he kill me in the future. But who can I send them to that I can trust?" wondered aloud the current Kazekage of Sunagakure as he ran his hands through his short red hair in frustration of the events that were unfolding before him and that would unfold later on. Events that he would have no control over.

'It needs to be someone that won't see them as some bargaining chip or as some weapon to use in battle. It has to be someone that will see them for who they are and treat them accordingly. Children who have lost their mother and will soon lose their father. But who?' thought Sabaku no Rasa, father to Sabaku no Temari, Sabaku no Kankuro, and Sabaku no Kaya. He truly worried for his two daughters and only son. They were all he truly had left in this world that really mattered to him. He swore to his dying wife that he would protect them from harm for as long as he lived. He failed Kaya three years ago but he wouldn't fail them again.

"Of course! He'll definitely take care of them! After all we may be from opposing villages but we're still friends and considering his experience with Kaya's situation he'll be able to understand what she's going through better than I can. I just have to make the arrangements and have my hawk arrive just before they do so that he has no choice but to take them in without asking too many questions." Exclaimed Rasa before beginning to work on the paperwork that could very well save the lives of his three children and, unknown to him, the life of one Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze.

Back with Pride

Pride had just gotten out of an intense lecture on the finer qualities of dating and girlfriends from Mei as well as an in depth explanation on the subject of sex and its several meanings. Needless to say Mei really enjoyed talking about that last one and practically ordered Pride to take a copy of a strange orange book that was supposedly written by the Legendary Toad Sannin, Jiraiya. According to Mei, the book would teach him everything that he could hope to learn about the finer points of how to please a woman along with techniques that he could use to 'interrogate' a female when they're in bed.

Luckily for the both of them, Pride had left the three brats in their rooms before being bombarded by Mei's lectures. It was beginning to darken outside so Pride decided to leave four Chi Bunshins to protect the remaining residents of the compound while creating several more Kage Bunshins to guard the compound and make sure no one untrustworthy entered the compound without Mei's or his own direct order. Pride then left the compound in order to do some late night training. He hadn't had the opportunity to truly train for several days so he would train while he could and would return before anyone in the compound awoke.

While traveling through the trees, Pride decided it was time for him to eat something considering he hadn't really eaten anything since two days ago. He unsealed some chicken teriyaki on a plate out of his right shoulder while unsealing a pair of chopsticks out of the back of his left hand. As he brought the food to his mouth the mask formed a hole where his mouth was so that he could feed himself without needing to remove his mask.

"Really?! Chicken Teriyaki?! You could have gone for some ribs or even some udon! Eat something with a little bit of color at least!" yelled out an unknown voice.

"Who is there!? Reveal yourself!" replied Pride as he resealed his food and his chopsticks into their corresponding seals and created two Kage Bunshin each of them holding two kunai in the reverse grip while Pride himself created several chains out of blood and had dozens of blood orbs surrounding him and the clones. He used his sensor ability to see where this unknown advisory was hiding so that he may dispose of him quickly and inform Mei of their presence.

"So you don't even really understand what you did to me huh? Well allow me to shed some light on this peculiar situation of ours. I'm Aoi Rokusho, remember?! I'm the guy you fucking killed a couple days ago!" yelled out Aoi from a still unknown location and he sounded rather pissed.

"How is this possible? I confirmed your death and assured that it wasn't a clone of some kind! I destroyed your body before…!" yelled out Pride before widening his eyes in sudden realization at what had occurred. It also explained how he was able to reform Aoi's head to perfection, including blood type and DNA before sealing it into the scroll he gave to Mei.

"Looks like you finally realized what you did you asshat! You were somehow able to fucking absorb not only my blood, body and sword but you also somehow managed to absorb my fucking soul! It also looks like we are stuck with each other and since you killed me there's no fucking way that I am going to make this easy on you! I'm gonna torture or at least annoy the fuck out of you as best I can!" cackled Aoi as he started grunting around, presumably in attempts to hit something from wherever he was which was still unknown to both parties.

"If that's true then does that mean you are inside of my blood? Or since you are a soul, are you inside of my mind?" questioned Pride as he dispelled his clones and returned the blood to inside of his body. He then dropped down to the nearest training ground before making an incision into his right and left forearms releasing large amounts of blood, creating a mist of sorts. A bloody mist, if anyone else was there they would have laughed at the irony.

"How the fuck should I know!? This is the first time this has happened to me and I'm pretty sure this is the first time that this fucking happened to anyone! Besides this is YOUR fucking ability! You should know how it FUCKING works!" yelled out Aoi as continued to vent his frustrations out on Pride since he couldn't really hurt him from wherever the fuck he was.

Pride in the meantime sat down under a random tree and placed himself in the lotus position to meditate and find out where Aoi was residing. Although Aoi was providing several distractions with his constant shouting and whining, Pride was finally able to locate Aoi's energy within himself and reached towards it with his mind. Suddenly Pride was pulled into what he would come to label as his 'soul scape'.

Inside of Pride's Soul Scape

"Hmmm….It seems you are inside of me, however, it is neither within my blood nor my mind that you reside within…..It seems as though you reside in a separate but connected dimension altogether. This must have been a planned ability built in by Orochimaru but was never tested until now…..Interesting." analyzed Pride as scanned his immediate surroundings while also checking for any chakra signatures in the vicinity.

All around him was a black special plane with no floor, walls, or ceilings yet Pride could feel as though he were standing on something solid. Ahead of him was Aoi Rokusho in all his glory wearing the same clothing as when he had absorbed the man, yet something was off about the man that Pride did not quite understand. While Aoi was undoubtedly in front of him, for some reason the man looked as though he were fading into the background. It was as though a sort of static were surrounding and made him look like an illusion. To his right he saw the bodies of the three Kiri Loyalist ANBU that he had absorbed earlier. They were in the same state as Aoi except for the fact that they were all unconscious.

"Why is it that you're the only one awake and they are unconscious?" asked Pride as he tried summoning his weapons from their seals only to realize that he was unable to do so. It seemed that there were no weapons within the Soul Scape.

"Well that would probably be because you killed them and absorbed them after you did me! Oh and by the way, FUCK YOU FOR KILLING ME!" yelled out Aoi as he charged at Pride before being sent flying back by a tendril of black blood that appeared out of a random point in space.

"It seems as though that while I may be unable to summon any weapons from my being nor release any of my blood, I can use this space around us as a way to defend myself. It seems as though this space is made of out my blood yet still made out of nothingness. Strange. I imagine that Danzo-sama will wish to here of this development as soon as I return from my mission. I wonder if I will be able to use the abilities of those that I absorb or maybe even use them in battle as a form of puppet without chakra strings? But for now I will have to make sure neither you nor the other three in here will be able to distract me during my missions." Declared Pride before causing dozens of Kuroi Chi: Chains to appear and impale the four other residents within the mindscape and somehow absorbing their personalities and everything that made them a separate entity before causing them to become something else.

Their bodies changed into something strange and unknown. They turned into flying ovals that moaned and screamed in pain and torment. They were outlined in black while the majority of their form was a dark red and their eyes and mouths were completely black. (Imagine the souls within the homunculi and their philosopher stones).

"That is slightly more manageable."

And I shall end the chapter there for now and I hope you liked it! I was actually thinking about ending it in about another 2k words but I thought you guys would have preferred an update sooner than that so I decided to end it sooner so as to get you guys another chapter. At this point progression of the story will be slower, there won't really be any major time skips in the next chapter but there will be quite a bit of plot development and who knows Pride might change a bit in the next chapter should I decide that it isn't too soon.

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Sayonara!