Kazumi Uzumaki screamed in pain as lightning flashed across the dark sky bathing her room in white light for a moment. She looked at her mother who was encouraging her to stay strong with a smile.

"You can do this Kazumi. Just push a little harder." her mother encouraged

Taking her mother's words to heart Kasumi began to push as hard as she could until finally, she succeeded in her task. The room was filled with the sound of the wailing of a baby. Finally, her child was born and that thought brought an immense amount of relief to her mind.

Kasumi watched as the midwife took her child and cleaned the blood that clung to its tiny body. The midwife placed the baby near Kasumi.

"The child is a healthy boy, Uzumaki-san." the midwife said happily

Kasumi parted the cloth that covered her newborn son and placed a kiss on his forehead lovingly. She watched in surprise as her son tried to open his eyes. It was partially successful and she managed to see his white eyes that were shining like the moon which was so much like his father. That itself presented a problem but she didn't bother with that line of thought.

"What will you name him daughter?" her mother asked curiously

"How about Varuna Uzumaki?" Kasumi asked

"That's a good name. Take some rest daughter. You must regain your strength." her mother advised as she stood up from her bedside and exited the room

Kasumi turned to her son and pressed one more kiss on his head.

"My only regret is your father is not here to see you grow up, Varuna. I hope you grow up to be like him." Kasumi cooed as she carefully hugged her son close to her and fell asleep

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I knew it was a bad idea to jump from the boat into an unfamiliar lake. But I couldn't just let the child that fell into the lake die. The heart-wrenching wail of the child's mother was what spurred me into this action.

After I jumped into the lake I managed to swim near the drowning child and support the kid with my left arm. With some effort, I managed to swim near the boat and helped the kid to climb up a rope that was tied down from the boat. I was about to climb up but there was one more kid down in the water which I didn't saw the first time.

A lifebuoy was thrown my way and I took the thing with me as I swam near the second kid. Once I neared the kid's position I felt myself be drawn back by a force. Without thinking I threw the lifebuoy in the general direction of the kid and soon I was pulled under the water by the invisible force. Water rushed in from everywhere and I couldn't hold my breath any more and I lost consciousness.

The next time I woke up was on a soft bed. But my vision was very funny as I saw everything around me was large while I myself felt very small. Then again what confused me the most was a bunch of nobodies were gathered around me talking in Japanese language. Now that was a shocker especially as everyone around me had red hair and they were dressed funny. At first, I thought I was just dreaming but even after hours passed the scene didn't change. I tried to move but it felt as if the entire world was holding me back from moving and I couldn't speak as only gibberish seems to come out of my mouth whenever I tried. It took some time but I finally realized I was no longer in my own body and was somehow in the body of a baby. As if that was not enough I finally paid enough attention to the people around me and saw that all these people seem to wear a headband with a spiral mark on it. It was then everything clicked in my mind. I had no idea how but I was definitely in the world of Naruto and worst of all I was born in the Uzumaki clan. This realization was enough to knock me out for a while.

XXXXX 5 years later XXXXX

Several Kunai whistled past through the forest at breakneck speed and embedded themselves on several marked targets on the trees. Another set of kunai came and struck away the kunai one by one and began to replace them on the trees.

"How was that Aikido Sensei?" Varuna asked as he panted from all the running and kunai throwing that he was doing since early morning

"Not bad. I guess I will have to increase the number of kunai in your training session from now on." Aikido commented with a shrug

"Oh come on. You know that I am more comfortable with shuriken and a blade in my hand. I think I have enough of the kunai." Varuna complained

"You must become proficient in every field Varuna. You know that you are an attractive target for our enemies. You have the Uzumaki and Hyuga blood running through your veins. It is absolutely necessary that you excel in all forms of Ninja arts because the enemies that will come after you will be dangerous." Aikido said as he began to collect the kunai from the trees

"Yes, sensei. I will do my best." Varuna gave a brief bow

"You may take your leave. I am sure your mother will be waiting for you." Aikido sensei said and Varuna wasted no time as he bolted from the forest

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The first few years of my new life were weird. As a baby, I didn't have the best of motor functions but the instincts that were in the body were not compatible with the mind that I possessed. In fact, it was my rigorous use of meditation and several breathing exercises that managed to keep myself sane throughout the first few years. There was also one more thing I realised in my younger years. The brain certainly and absolutely controlled the mind rather than the soul. I realised this because my brain certainly didn't have the necessary growth to store the memories that I had from my previous life. I had only small snippets of memories from my previous life but as he grew older certain memories began to become clear and vivid.

When that happened I was almost four years old and it was at that age I managed to access my chakra. Years of meditation had helped me to form a close bond with my Yin Chakra and this bond actually helped to shape my will into reality and thereby releasing my chakra.

The first time I activated my chakra was a novel experience. It felt like as if a deep connection was opened with the rest of my body. At that moment I realised the nature of Chakra itself. The Chakra that was running through the body was actually a platform for the mind to connect consciously with the body. That means the Yin Chakra and Yang Chakra was essentially a product of the mind and the mind was the ultimate factor that regulated the chakra flow. The mind, in turn, was controlled by the brain so all I had to do was to master my own mind. But that was no easy task but the Chakra actually provided an easy route to safely communicate with mind and thereby the brain consciously. Everyone is able to communicate with the mind unconsciously. All our physical processes happen without our knowledge and yet the process has never stopped or failed somehow so this means that the mind is actually in full working mode. This might be the reason why the transmigrant powers work for Indra and Ashura. The two brother's Chakra has taken a form of self-awareness and find the most similar mind that it could find and most likely those who were born within the bloodline of Senju and Uchiha had the most resonating minds to the Chakra.

If that was the case then that means all bloodline limits were formed by the mind of the first progenitor. That thought brought me to a profound realisation. The Chakra that one inherits have articulate and inarticulate memory and this memory usually decides how the bloodline limit is usually manifested. This was all theoretical and if I was correct this means that I can actually form a bloodline limit myself if I have necessary awareness of the nature of my chakra. Still, that left the question of people with no bloodline limit. There was long years ahead of me to find the answers but my conclusion was that I should be at least be able to strengthen my chakra into remembering the Uzumaki bloodline limit.

To test my theory I turned to the only tool I had in my arsenal and that was Yoga. The Byakugan eyes actually were a godsend as it helped very much in my Yoga practices. I used the Byakugan to replicate the breathing and movement patterns of fish, Snakes, Tortoise and many other animals to consciously control the Yang Chakra flow in my body while increasing my awareness and concentration.

My activities didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the clan and the end result was me being pushed into early training. Unlike the Ninja academy system of Konoha, Uzushigakure employed the Uzumaki clan members as teachers. Considering Uzushigakure only had the Uzumaki clan that was understandable. There were other ninjas but they all came from a civilian background.

Anyway, I got landed under the tutelage of Aikido sensei as per the instructions of the clan elders. My mother was not happy about that and she seems to be very frosty with the clan elders for some reason. I actually learned that from the way her chakra flow changed whenever the clan leadership was mentioned or whenever one of the elders came under her field of vision. I still had no idea what was going on but I occasionally found my mother sometimes crying by her lonesome. Whatever the reason was my mother was clearly upset and I didn't really push the subject that much.

Aikido sensei was a perfectionist to the extreme. For some reason, he seems to be driven to stuff all kinds of things into my head. My schedule was really crazy for a four-year-old. I had to wake up at early morning before first light and study all the history and practice calligraphy. This was done till breakfast and after that, I had to practice several katas. Thankfully all physical aspects of my training was watered down as I was still young.

After that was over I had an art class. I had to draw various pictures of animals and even some landscapes of the Island. That was actually fun as Aikido sensei took me around the village to various locations for this class and I get to travel a lot. Then it was lunch and after that, it was basic math and solving puzzles. This class was one of my favourites as it reminded of my previous school life.

The evenings were totally free and I had to play with children. That was very horrible but I managed to form a group of several distant cousins to play tag. At the very least that provided me with a necessary physical exercise. The night times were spent on learning chakra theory. As I learned more about Chakra I came to realize that some of my guesses with Chakra was correct and the Uzumaki's had come to the same conclusion a long time ago.

The Uzumaki clan trained their ninja to first master their own minds to a certain extent then only will they teach the Chakra moulding to the young students. Their method of teaching was developed by analytical research into the behavioural properties of Chakra. There was no wonder the Uzumakis were sealing specialists and could manifest Chakra chains. Their thinking and knowledge of Chakra was on a whole another level.

For two years I trained under Aikido sensei in this schedule and now today I was going to be six years old. As I ran into my home which was farther away from the main clan compound I saw that there were several guests in my home. It would be rude to activate my Byakugan to sneak peek so I suppressed that urge and boldly walked into the house.

"Mom, I am home." I called as I entered my home under the careful watch of several old men and women

My mother came out of her room but there was a lost look on her face and I immediately knew there was some real shit going on that I was ignorant to. My mother carried a small backpack in her hands and her hands were shaking as she handed it over to me which I took confusingly.

"Mom, what's going on?" I asked as I had a bad feeling where this was going

"Forgive my manners, my child. My name is Nakamura Uzumaki." an old man with grey hair introduced himself

"It is good to meet you Nakamura San. My name is Varuna Uzumaki. Do you know what is going on here Nakamura San?" I asked after introducing myself

"You know you are only half an Uzumaki right?" Nakamura asked

"Yes, sir. I know my dad is a Hyuga. What has this got to do with what is happening here?" I asked confused

"The Hyuga clan has the Dojutsu that makes them very famous. Do you know what it is called?" Nakamura asked as if I was a child which is sort of true I guess and I humoured him

"The Byakugan. I have those eyes. I got it from my father." I said enthusiastically acting like a kid with a sugar rush and it worked like a charm as always. Practice makes everything perfect.

"Good. Now your father's family would really like you to be with them?" Nakamura said

"They can come here and stay with me and my mom." I said with a smile but on the inside, I understood what was going on finally

"Ah, well they would like you to be there and take the Hyuga name." Nakamura said and I made a face at that

"But I like my name." I said worriedly

"Good boy. Never forget your roots, my child. The Uzumaki name is a proud name to have and wear it with pride and dignity." Nakamura said with a large smile

The old lady close to Nakamura made a sound with her throat reminding the guy that he was talking with a six-year-old child.

"Anyhow, you won't have to become a Hyuga. We have managed to let you continue to be an Uzumaki but you will have to stay in Konoha from now on." Nakamura said

"What! Why?" I asked with widened eyes

"You don't have to worry. There is already an Uzumaki in Konoha. You will be starting a branch of Uzumaki clan in Konoha." Nakamura said with an easy smile

"So I can take my mom with me right?" I asked with a raised eyebrow

"Ah, your mother will come to Konoha after a while. She has some work to do here until then you can stay with another Uzumaki in Konoha. I have heard from your sensei that you like studying the ninja arts. The Uzumaki in Konoha is a powerful ninja and she can teach you all sorts of things far better." Nakamura said with a plastic smile

"So would you like to go Varuna? There will be many things that you can see. I hear that you love to travel. This will be a grand adventure for you." the old lady nearby Nakamura San asked

"I guess I can go to Konoha. Is it true that there are large stone faces on their mountains?" I asked in excitement and served my act like a pro

"Oh yes. I saw it myself. You will surely like to see all those sights and guess what? You will be staying with the Senju clan." Nakamura said as if that would cheer up a kid that was going to a distant land without any of his family but I acted all cheered up

By evening I was all set up to leave Uzu and my mother never came to see me off. It was understandable as it would be highly unlikely that she will ever get to see me for years. I had several guards with me as well to escort me all the way to Konoha. I had this feeling something like this would happen but when nothing happened in the first few years I thought the Clan was keeping me a secret. Looks like I was wrong. I wonder why the Uzumaki clan gave me up to Konoha.

KONOHA (Hokage's office)

Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage of Konoha let out a puff of smoke as he relaxed back into his chair. Smoking has been a hereditary trait of all Sarutobi clan members and it certainly helped him to relax after a good day's work. After the First Shinobi war ended with the death of the Second Hokage he inherited the office from his mentor Tobirama Senju. Inspired by the sacrifice of his sensei he has been dedicating almost all of his time for the betterment if village.

Frankly speaking, Konoha was in shambles when he inherited the office of Hokage. The war took the lives of two Hokages that were the founding pillars of the village. Without them, the village lost its most powerful warriors that could intimidate armies of other nations by their presence alone. Then there was also the fact that Konoha had lost many of its good shinobi in fighting the war on multiple fronts. A good portion of Senju clan had died fighting the enemies of Konoha in the war and the same is true for many other clans. They had lost many good shinobi as the five great ninja villages threw everything into the war until finally an armistice was signed stopping the bloodshed.

After the war was over he was concentrating on building up the Village back to its previous shape and expanded the curriculum of the Ninja Academy. He had come to realise that the village needed more shinobi with a diverse skillset that could fill in roles that are best suited for the village. The only way to achieve this goal was by breaking the stigma that came with different clans. It was not an easy job but with carefully arranging the teams there was a marked improvement. It was Senju Tobirama's dream to make the ninja of the village be loyal first to the village over the clan.

It was for this reason that he didn't allow the Hyuga clan custody of Varuna Uzumaki. From what he understood Hyuga Shiro was a ladies man through and through. The guy was a known womanizer and he theorized the Hyuga might have seduced the Uzumaki woman into his bed during one of the joint missions in the war. Whatever the case Hyuga Shiro died towards the end of the war and left him to deal with the clusterfuck that remained in its wake.

On one hand, the Hyuga demanded the child be handed over to the clan so as to ensure the Byakugan never leave outside the clan. Then there was the fact that the Uzumaki clan had legal custody so to speak over the child as the parents of the child never married so the child would automatically take the Uzumaki name. Everything was further complicated since the Uzumaki Clan was from another village who were Konoha's strongest ally.

But ally or not the fact that the kid activated the Byakugan at age four could not be dismissed that easily. As Hokage, he had to put the interests of the village over any of his personal opinions and that is how he came up with a compromise that was acceptable to the Uzumaki Clan and at the same time greatly benefited Konoha.

He proposed to create a branch of Uzumaki clan in Konoha under the leadership of Varuna Uzumaki. This way the boy will still stay connected to the Uzumaki clan and the Byakugan will stay inside Konoha. This made the village council, Uzumaki clan and the fire Damiyo happy. The only one that was left unhappy with this whole affair was the Hyuga clan and he had strong suspicions that they were looking forward to placing the cursed seal on the Uzumaki boy.

Whatever the intentions the Hyuga clan had for the boy he managed to put a stop to it. The fact that the boy will be under the care of Mito Uzumaki alleviated any safety concerns regarding the boy as he didn't think there was anyone stupid enough to challenge that woman.

He was brought out of his musings as he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in." He called

His assistant entered the office.

"Hokage same, Mito Sama is here to see you."

"Let her in Akio San." He said as he sat up straight in his chair

He watched the wife of the Shodai walk into his office with a small smile. The office must have reminded her of Hashirama as it was rate to see the woman smile nowadays.

"Welcome back Mito sama. Take a seat. Do you want tea?" Hiruzen asked

"No need for that Hokage sama. I believe you asked me here for a reason." Mito asked as she took her seat

"I just wanted to inform you about our young guest from Uzu." Hiruzen said as he puffed the smoke

"So the boy has started his journey from Uzu?" Mito asked

"Yes, Mito sama. A team of ninja will be waiting for them in Wave country and from there, our ninja will be escorting Varuna Kun to our village. I am told it will only take a few days before they reach here. So I just wanted to give you a heads up." Hiruzen said with an easygoing smile

"I guess you want to enrol him in the Ninja Academy." Mito commented

"Preferably after he spends one year in the village. I don't want to overwhelm the kid with everything. It will be difficult for him to live in another village and away from his mother. I don't want to burden the child with more emotional baggage." Hiruzen said

"I guess that means I get to teach the kid for one year. I always wanted an Uzumaki as my student and it seems my wish is coming true." Mito said

"I have also been contacted by the Uzumaki clan regarding the construction of the new clan compound. They requested your presence and aid during the construction phase." Hiruzen informed her

"I guess I can just hire some of the Genin for D Rank missions to fasten the construction now that Hashirama is no longer with us. You know he could just leave some hand signs and suddenly a house would appear right before you." Mito said with a watery smile lost in her memories

"I guess Tsunade chan will get a little cousin to terrorize when she comes home." Hiruzen said with a smile as he changed the subject

"Don't get me started on that girl. I had hoped her gambling habits would stop with learning under your influence. It has only gotten worse. Do you know she spends all her allowance on gambling and she loses every time? I think she got the worst luck out of all of us." Mito complained

"Perhaps let Tsunade chan shoulder some responsibilities for a while." Hiruzen suggested uncertainly

"What sort of responsibilities?" Mito asked

"Perhaps Tsunade chan can take care of Varuna kun and show him around the village once he arrives." Hiruzen suggested

"Hmm, perhaps that is a good idea." Mito mused

XXXXX

I found myself in a deep forest with some of the Konoha Ninja that was escorting me. From what I gathered Konoha was nearing fast after days of travel. Thankfully the ninja that escorted me gave me piggyback ride so I didn't have to do that much work.

I left Uzu in a ship that sailed into a port in the Wave country. On the way, I saw the gigantic whirlpools that surrounded Uzushigakure and that was very cool but scary as hell.Thankfully the ship steered clear of the whirlpools and I kissed the ground when I landed back on the mainland. From there the Konoha ninja provided me escort. There were a Senju and a Yamanaka in the group but the rest of the ninjas were not from any clan that I knew of. Thankfully there was no hidden villain waiting for us on our way and so far the journey has been smooth. Actually, I became relaxed after we entered the borders of Fire country. Right now I was comfortably staying at the back of Kosuke Yamanaka who was jumping through the trees until finally, our group reached a clearing where I could see the wooden walls that protected Konoha.

"Finally, we are here. This is Konoha." Kosuke said with a smile and I watched everything around me with wide curious eyes. I knew that from this moment forward a new chapter in my life was opening and I couldn't wait to find what waited for me inside the village.