Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and never will.

Alright here's the next chapter for Illusion of the Sword. Well I need help leave me a review and let me know what you think I should do with Sasuke should he leave the village and become a missing nin or should he stay in the village and play more of a good role? What you choose may or may not affect the Uchiha Massacre.

Chapter 6

With that said Kushina took both Naruko and Naruto shopping for some clothes especially since they didn't have any clothes except for what was on their backs right now. Kushina didn't have to worry especially since she still had some clothes at the house from before the Kyuubi attacked all those years ago, the only good thing for her was that it still fit her perfectly.

When they got to the shop the shop keeper bowed his head right away and said, "welcome Kushina-sama, how may I help you this fine day?"

"I am here looking for some clothes for my children here, especially since they only have what is on their backs at the moment." Kushina replied trying to be cordial.

"Ah yes if you happen to need any help don't hesitate to ask." He replied back, even though he was one of the villagers who didn't like Naruto because of the Kyuubi but once he heard that he was the son of their Yondaime then he changed his attitude in a hurry.

"I will, if we do require your assistance." Kushina replied back.

After the short conversation with the shop keeper she noticed that her kids were acting a little hesitant about being in the shop. She could understand why Naruko was a little hesitant and that was because this was her first time in a shop, especially since for her life she was held like a prisoner with Danzo. Naruto on the other hand knew how he was treated earlier in his life, but didn't think it was that bad.

'I swear that my kids will not go through anything like that again for as long as I live.' Kushina thought when she saw how her kids were acting.

"Its alright go ahead and go pick out your clothes, I'll be near by if you need me." Kushina said to them.

"Hai kaa-san." They answered in unison and then went to find their clothes.

Naruto went looking around for his clothes he figured that with him here he wouldn't be overcharged for his clothes so with that in mind he decided to find something that was away from his usual orange color.

While looking around he found some black anbu style pants, then he grapped some sleeveless shirts that was a dark blue in color. While he was looking around some more after he picked up his clothes he found a trench coat that he just had to get the only difference was that this one was a short sleeved, and was black but the bottom if it had flame patterns on it that was burnt orange.

Naruko on the other had found a long skirt that had a slit on the right side that happened to be red in color, to go with it she found some black biker shorts to under the skirt, she then found a sleeveless blouse that just happened to also be red in color.

With their clothes picked up they brought it to the front where Kushina was waiting. When Kushina saw the clothes that they picked out she had to admire the clothes that they picked out especially since they picked out clothes that she thought would look good on them.

"I'll need at least 3 sets of each as well." Kushina stated when they put the clothes on the counter to have it paid for.

"Hai, I be right back with the other set then." He said as he left to get the rest of the clothes.

When he came back with the other sets of clothes Kushina paid the man for the clothes and left the store to head back home.

"How about we go out for some ramen." Kushina stated while they were walking back to the compound.

"Hai, Kaa-san!" Naruto yelled out happy to get some ramen as he thought that it was food fit for the gods.

Naruko on the other hand didn't share her brothers enthusiasm as she wasn't sure what the big deal was, but that was understandable as she was locked up all her life.

After they went home and put their respective things away they went to Ichiraku's Ramen.

"Come on Naruko-nee." Naruto said as he grabbed her hand and practically dragging her.

"Alright Naruto-nii, I'm coming." Naruko said in hopes of trying to get Naruto to stop dragging her but that didn't help all that much he did slow down but he just wouldn't let go of her hand.

While this was going on Kushina was just walking along enjoying the scene that was playing out in front of her, while trying to hold back a giggle at their antics.

After some time of walking they finally made it to their destination.

When they went in Naruto took his normal seat which was at the end of the counter against the wall. Meanwhile, Naruko took the seat next to him as he was basically dragging her all the way there and didn't realease his hold of her until he was practically in his seat. Kushina then decided to take the seat right next to Naruko.

Teuchi and Ayame just happened to be in the back since there were no customers at the time, until they heard Naruto.

"Teuchi-oji, the usual bowl please." Naruto said as soon as he took his seat.

"Ah, Naruto good to see you again." Teuchi said as he didn't notice that Kushina was sitting right there at the moment.

As he gave Naruto's order to Ayame who was working the back to get started on his order.

When he turned around though he immeadiately noticed that Kushina was sitting there as well.

"K…K…Kushina, is that really you?" Teuchi asked when he saw that Kushina was sitting there.

"Hai, its me Teuchi so how have things been with you?" Kushina answered back.

"I thought that you were dead, what happened?" Teuchi asked completely shocked to see that Kushina was sitting there in the flesh.

"It's a long story maybe some other time I will let you know, but for now get me and my daughter the same as Naruto." Kushina stated giving him, her and Naruko's order.

After that he went to give the order to Ayame, that way they can get their food as well.

"Its good to see that Naruto here has his family especially how he had to grow up." Teuchi said.

"Hai, it is, so how are things going with you?" Kushina asked how one of friends were doing.

"We're doing good, business is good as well especially with our number one customer here as well." Teuchi stated pointing his thumb over at Naruto's direction when he mentioned his number one customer.

"Oh so my son is your number one customer then?" Kushina asked.

"Yup, everytime he comes in and has his fill its enough to to last at least a good week or two in revenue, with just him alone." Teuchi stated.

After the short conversation, their meal was brought to them.

After they got their meal Naruto immeadiately started to gulp down the noodles, while Naruko was eating at a more moderate pace, but every once in while would glance over at her brother to see him slurping his ramen.

After Naruto had his fill of 10 bowls of ramen while Naruko and Kushina both finished 2 bowls each they left to head back home.

"Alright when we get back home make sure that you get a good nights rest as you will need it for your training starting tomorrow first thing in the morning." Kushina stated when they finished their meal and started on their trek home.

"Hai kaa-san." Was their reply.

They were excited though as they were going to be doing something as a family.

Little did they know that they would have other people that was going to be training them as well.

Kushina on the other hand was happy that she at least had her kids with her and that there was still some familiar faces around.

When they got back to the compound they were stopped by an Anbu before they could head inside.

"Kushina-sama, the Hokage would like to see you first thing in the morning to discuss some things." The Anbu reported.

"Hai, I will be there." Kushina replied back, but on the inside she was a little upset that she wouldn't be there to train her kids first thing in the morning. But then again she figured that it must be something important.

After that the Anbu left the area via shunshin.

"Alright as you heard I have to see Hiruzen in the morning so training will have to wait til I get back." Kushina said to her kids.

"Hai." Was the reply but they were a little disappointed that they wouldn't get to spend some of the morning with their kaa-san. But they would get over it especially since she was be called by the Hokage.

***Hyuuga Compound***

At the Hyuuga compound Hiashi was in his study with his wife, Hitomi, debating on the best way to let her know that her friend was still alive.

"Hitomi, I have some news that was brought up at the council meeting that I think you will be interested in hearing." Hiashi stated.

"Oh, what would that be?" Hitomi asked curious on what could be so interesting that Hiashi would bring up.

"Oh, just some news on Kushina and her daughter Naruko." Hiashi said a little cryptically trying to get some type of reaction out of his wife.

"What is the news this time about Kushina and Naruko, as they been dead for the past 5 years?" Hitomi asked wanting to know what news about her friend and her daughter was brought up at the council meeting.

"Ah just that I was able to see Kushina and Naruko at the council meeting, is all." Hiashi stated like it was a common occurrence.

"What do you mean that you saw them, they been dead for 5 years if you don't remember, and what happened to your Byakugan you should've been able to see that it was an illusion!" Hitomi asked a little upset that her dear husband would stoop so low and mess around like that.

"Well I assure you that it was no illusion and that they are in fact alive as the Hokage was able to verify that it was them as well. So they are in fact doing well and alive." Hiashi replied back.

"What happened to them then, why were we all told that they were killed during the Kyuubi attack 5 years ago!?" Hitomi asked a little upset that somebody would lie about something like that was just a sick joke.

"Well it would appear that even Hokage-sama wasn't even aware that they were still alive. The only one who was aware of it was Danzo as he was the one who hid them for the last 5 years and didn't let anybody know about it. Until he let it slip during the council meeting." Hiashi stated giving Hitomi the quick rundown on what happened during the council meeting.

"So care to explain what happened to Danzo then?" Hitomi asked practically spewing out his name like it was the worst thing in all the Elemental Nations.

"Well the Hokage had the Anbu arrest him where he is sitting at this very moment." Hiashi explained to his wife.

"Well if he ever gets out, I better not see him around as he will regret coming in contact with me for doing that to Kushina and little Naruko." Hitomi basically spat out upset at what Danzo was able to get away with for the last 5 years.

"Why don't we go over their compound and you can visit with Kushina tomorrow morning then, we can also take the children as well, I'm sure that Kushina would be happy to see you after all these years." Hiashi said to Hitomi to get her off the subject of Danzo and what he ended up doing.

All Hiashi could do at the moment was hope that Danzo would be able to get out and cause any more trouble especially with his stunt of taking Kushina and Naruko for the last 5 years.

But little did he know even with Danzo locked up he would still end up causing a lot of problems for the village.

"Hai that would be a great idea and it would give little Hinata a chance to see the boy who ended up saving her from the hands of Kumo when they came and tried to take her and use her as a breeding stock for them." Hitomi replied back when she heard the offer from Hiashi. She thought that it would be a great idea as she had about 5 years to catch up on with Kushina.

***Namikaze Compound***

The next morning the Naruto was the first one up since he was sleeping in an unfamiliar room, so he went through his morning routine then went to the dining area to see that there was already breakfast on the table with a note there as well.

As he went to the table to see what the note said, Naruko went to the kitchen as well as she couldn't sleep all that well either.

Naruto decided to read the note and see what it said, the note said:

Theres breakfast help yourselves and make sure that you clean up when you finish, as I went to see what Hiruzen back soon. Kaa-san.

"Ohayo Naruto-nii." Naruko said when she saw that Naruto was already in the dining area where there were 2 plates of food there already.

"Ohayo nee-chan. Kaa-san went to go see jiji already." Naruto replied back to his sister.

After that the 2 sat down at the table to eat what was prepared for breakfast for them. After they ate they went to put away there dishes and to clean up the mess from breakfast.

After that there was a knock at the door of the compound signifiying to the 2 that they had visitors, they didn't know who was at the door.

'It can't be kaa-san as she wouldn't knock she would've just came in.' Naruto thought.

Figuring that this wasn't going anywhere Naruto slowly went to the door to see who it was, while Naruko was still standing there watching as her brother went to see who was at the door, but she was on edge about it as she didn't know who would come to visit.

Deciding to look back since Naruto felt that something was wrong he saw that his sister was on edge which was acceptable since she was locked away for the last 5 years due to someone.

"It'll be alright Naruko-nee, nothing will happen." Naruto said to her to try and calm her down. After he said that he saw that he happened to calm down a bit but was still a bit on edge but not as much as before.

And with that he decided to go and answer the door and see who was there.

When he went to the door he noticed that it was the Hyuuga's that were at the door.

"Ohayo, Hiahsi-sama." Naruto said as he bowed down a bit to show him the respect of his status as a clan head.

"Hello Naruto, is your kaa-san here at the moment?" Hiashi asked since he didn't see Kushina there.

"She had a meeting with jiji this morning, she said she would be back later as we are supposed to start our training as well today." Naruto stated.

***Hokage's Office***

"Ah Kushina it is good of you to some, I have some things I would like to discuss with you." Hiruzen stated to Kushina as she was standing there.

"What would that be Hiruzen." Kushina replied back. She was kind of hoping to get this meeting over with as soon as she could as she promised her kids that she would start their training today.

"There are some people I would like to help train Naruto to help him with his abilities, as he has both the Mokuton bloodline and also the ability to use paper manipulation." Hiruzen stated.

"I am aware of that, Hiruzen, but who would help train with his new found abilities?" Kushina asked curious on who would train him. She was hoping that it was someone who she was familiar with.

"Well to help him with his Mokuton bloodline I have Tenzo, and to help him with his paper manipulation I have Konan who was an orphan from Ame that Jiraiya trained in the past." Hiruzen replied back to answer the question that was brough upon him.

"Well I understand Tenzo helping him as I know he also has the Mokuton bloodline, but this Konan person I do not know anything about her." Kushina stated letting Hiruzen know her skepticism about Konan.

"Well there is nothing to worry about Konan as she also has the paper manipulation as well so she would have to be the best one to teach Naruto about the paper manipulation." Hiruzen stated to help alleviate Kushina's skepticism about her.

"Well I understand so anybody else who is going to teach Naruto as or is that it?" Kushina asked curious on who else was going to train her son.

"Well I was thinking about having Itachi help train as well. As Itachi is familiar with Naruto as he was one of the Anbu who would be on the look out for Naruto and his safety from the villagers before, and Naruto is also familiar with him as well." Hiruzen stated.

"Alright I understand that while they are training Naruto then it would free up some of my time to help train Naruko in some other things as well." Kushina stated.

"Just wait here for a bit so that you can work out how this training is going to work out with them as well." Hiruzen staed.

"Hai." Kushina replied.

"Anbu." Hiruzen ordered.

"Hai, Hokage-sama." They answered in unison.

"I need you to get me Konan, Tenzo, and Itachi." Hiruzen gave them their orders.

"Hai." With that they left via shunshin to complete their orders.

After a few minutes passed the people that Hiruzen summoned appeared in the office.

"You called, Hokage-sama?" Tenzo asked, curious on what the problem was especially since he saw Kushina sitting there as well.

Itachi on the other hand was shocked to see that Kushina was alive and not dead like all the reports stated.

He heard from Fugaku who was the current head of the Uchiha clan at the moment, that Kushina was still alive along with her daughter and the twin sister of Naruto.

When Fugaku heard that she was still alive he was sort of glad that there is someone else survived from the Kyuubi attack, but then again all that meant to him was that there might be someone else that would go against his plans.

"Hai, I did. You three are here to speak with Kushina as she is the one in charge of Naruto and Naruko's training." Hiruzen stated to the three that were in his office at the moment.

"I take that I am also one of the ones that you want to train Naruto as well then?" Itachi asked curious on this particular turn of events.

"Hai, that is corrrect you are one of our best shinobi that we have so I think it would be beneficial if you helped with their training as well." Hiruzen stated to Itachi answering his question. Itachi was still a little confused about why he would be asked to train Naruto as he was already helping with his brothers training at the moment.

"Hokage-sama, this won't in anyway interfere with me training Sasuke will it? If it does then I will have to respectfully decline." Itachi stated.

"It won't interfere in any way, I think that it would be beneficial to Naruto and Naruko if you also there to help them train as well, as long as Kushina agrees." Hiruzen stated.

"I have no problem with it, if you are willing to help them train then I am thankful for your assistance as well Itachi." Kushina stated.

"Hai, I will help with their training as well then." Itachi stated.

"So how do you want to work out the training schedule then Kushina?" Hiruzen asked curious, that way he could make sure that they were in the village on their turn to help train the two.

"Alright for the first week I want to start their training with chakra control. Then the second week it will be time to work on their physical conditioning where we all can help with that part. The third week will be to teach them taijutsu. Week four would be for their kenjutsu. Week five would be for ninjutsu. Week six would be for what they want to learn. After that the schedule will start over again. We switch who will train them each day that way they learn to work with different people." Kushina stated the training schedule that she planned out.

"When will we start the training then Kushina?" Tenzo asked curious on when she wanted to start.

"I will start them off today. The second day will be Itachi, then it will be Tenzo, then it will be Konan, and after that we will start over. As for Naruto's training with his Mokuton and paper maniuplation will be on week five but it will be only Tenzo and Konan here, who will be in charge of it. Also make sure to meet at the Namikaze compound for your days of training." Kushina answered as well as answering any other question that they may have had.

"Alright you know the schedule, also you will still get your regular Anbu pay as while you are on this training detail. You are dismissed." Hiruzen said to them and with that everybody left the office while Hiruzen went back to do his paperwork.

With that Kushina decided to head back home to get started on her kids' training for the day. Little did she know that she would have to push back their training a little bit more as there were visitors for her waiting for her to arrive home.

***Namikaze Compound***

"I'm home, kids." Kushina called out when she got home after her little meeting with the Hokage and then going over the training schedule with the others that were going to help her train her kids as well.

"Welcome back, kaa-san we have guests over." Naruto called out when he noticed that Kushina was back.

As Kushina walked in further into the compound she immeadiatley noticed that her friend Hitomi and her family was there visiting.

"Ku…Kushina is that really you, I though that you were dead when the Kyuubi attacked the village?" Hitomi asked not quite believing what was in front of her eyes at the moment.

Even though that she was told by Hiashi that she was alive it was just too much for her when she actually saw her again after all these years.

"Hai, its really me I was just locked up with Naruko at one of Danzo's bases." Kushina stated quickly answering the question hoping to stay away from the topic at the moment.

"Hinata why don't you go and spend some time with Naruto and get to know Naruko as well." Hiashi stated to Hinata.

"Hai, tou-sama." Hinata stated actaully happy to be able to spend some time with Naruto as she wasn't able to see or be with Naruto since the time that he ended up staying the night with her when he ended up saving her from the hands of Kumo.

With that the kids were busy getting to know each other better while the parents spent the time to catch up since they haven't seen or spoken with each other for the past 5 years.

"Hinata, time to go now." Hitomi said after about an hour of catching up with Kushina.

"Hai." Hinata replied back a little sad that she had to leave Naruto and her new friend Naruko.

After the Hyuuga's left Kushina, decided to let the two know what was going to happen with their training starting now.

"Naruto, Naruko come here and have a seat." Kushina stated to the two.

"Hai, kaa-san." Naruko stated as they both started going over and having a seat on the couch.

"Alright as you are aware I was at a meeting with the Hokage. The purpose of the meeting was to let me know that there are going to be some other people that are going to help me with the training as well." Kushina said to them letting them know what was going to happen.

"Who is going to help train us then?" Naruto asked curious on who else was going to help with their training.

"Well as of right now we have Tenzo who is an Anbu, and Konan who will help you with your Mokuton and paper manipulation respectively, Naruto. Then I also heard that Itachi will also help with the training as well." Kushina stated to them letting them know who else was going to help them with training.

"Will we be doing the training here or a training ground?" Naruko decided to ask.

"Everybody who is going to help with the training will be doing the training here. We also got your training schedule set up for the next few years until you start the academy." Kushina stated to them letting them know that they would get the training with everybody until they started the academy.

"What's the training schedule going to be like then, kaa-san." Naruto asked curious on how they were going to break down the training.

"It will be broken down like this: week 1 is chakra control, week 2 is physical conditioning, week 3 is taijutsu, week 4 is kenjutsu, week 5 is ninjutsu, week 6 is for anything else that you want to learn. Now Naruto you will be learning more about the Mokuton and paper manipulation during the fifth week of training. Before I forget you will have different sensei's for each day, so we start with me then it goes to Itachi, then Tenzo, and last would be Konan. Then the cycle will start over." Kushina stated to them letting them know about the training schedule.

"Hai, kaa-san so are we going to start the traing now then?" Naruko asked curious on if they were going to start training now as her and Naruto was waiting to start their training.

"Hai, we are but we will start in here, where I will teach you about chakra, and then after lunch we will go outside and start our chakra control exercises." Kushina stated.

And with that they got under way to start their training for the day.

Remember to let me know what you think I should do with Sasuke, which in turn may or may not affect the Uchiha Massacre.