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Chapter 2 - Homecoming

A month passed since the Kyūbi incident and things were returning to some kind of normalcy. There had been some damage to the village, but due to the sacrifice of a lot of brave ninja that adverted or took on some of Kyūbi's attacks and distracted the beast until the two newest Kage's dealt with the beast the village itself suffered less damage.

The damage was mostly concentrated at or near the village walls. Repairing that was where most of the difficulty lay, since it was the village's main means of defense. The homes and buildings closest to the wall also suffered major damage. After clean up and repair, which would be done in a few months the next major hurdle was dealing with left over yōkai residue from the Kyūbi's rampage.

Minato had already dealt with that by getting Jiraiya to seal away the deadly residue into scrolls. It was an easy if only time consuming process due to the amount left in the air. Or it would have been had Minato not used the Kage Bunshin technique and had the clones assist him.

All things considered Minato was finding his early days in office pleasantly routine and all three parts of the council were behaving themselves, which sort of made Minato nervous. It was obvious the civilians were up to something and he was sure Danzō was as always. If their schemes had anything to do with Naruto or Kushina he had no proof, but if the gossip going around town was anything to go by he needed to keep a close watch on the new mother and child.

Meanwhile, the mother and son were finally being released from the hospital now that Kushina felt her strength had returned. Tsunade of course insisted that Kushina continue to stay in the Senju compound as she wanted to stay as close as possible to her little nephew and secretly Tsunade didn't want to be alone either. Her brother, Shizune, and Kushina were all she had of what she considered to be her family. Her brother was gone now and Shizune's time was mostly devoted to the hospital.

She lost her brother, but gained a nephew who was the cutest little thing ever in her opinion. She would make sure nothing happened to him and if anyone ever threatened him, well they had better kill themselves before she got to them.

She wouldn't say it, but being around baby Naruto brought up some long thought to be lost maternal urgings. She and Dan had planned to have a child. She had actually gotten pregnant at one point during the second shinobi world war, but something happened that she can't remember.

Kushina agreed to stay without much of a fight as she really didn't want to leave the protection the Senju Estate afforded her and having an overprotective aunt slash live-in babysitter would allow her and Minato more time together. They were taking things slowly especially with Minato being newly instated as Hokage and everything he had to deal with due to the Kyūbi attack.

Somehow the villagers found out about the sealing and there was still a great deal of resentment towards baby Naruto among a majority of the civilians, but no one was stupid enough to try anything with Tsunade, Minato, and Kushina always around the baby. Still Kushina knew it would only be a matter of time before someone got brave or rather stupid enough to try. Things were getting better, but it would take time which they had. It wasn't like Naruto was going to be anywhere, but with one of the 3 most powerful people in the village for the next few years.

In the mean time Kushina and Tsunade had to deal with requests from clan heads who wanted to set up play dates for baby Naruto or meetings with the two women. They were all declined except in the case of friends they already had. Politics were an expected and accepted evil, but they would be damned if they let it affect Naruto's life so soon.

The three Senju's made it halfway to the compound before they were stopped by someone.

"Hello Kushina-sama, Tsunade-sama, and the little one must be Naruto-sama" Said a man roughly 5 foot 6 and a little on the chubby side with dark hair and eyes carrying two grocery bags.

"Hi Teuchi-san, yes this is Naruto" Kushina replied happily.

Teuchi took a closer look at little Naruto who stared at the man from his position close to Kushina's chest. He noted the sprouts of blond or light brown hair like Nawaki's with a few strands of fiery red hair like Kushina's mixed in. His eyes were a emerald green color like Nawaki's and Kushina's but with a brighter lighter tone to them.

"That's certainly a beautiful boy you got there. He seems to have received the best of both you. Although it seems those blushes of Nawaki-sama's were replaced by those cute little whisker markings" Teuchi says absently before remembering.

"Ahh excuse my rudeness and please except my condolences in regards to Nawaki-sama's passing" Teuchi said with a bow quickly apologizing.

Kushina quickly stopped her old friend from bowing.

"There is no need to apologize Teuchi and I thank you for your kind words. Nawaki-kun's passing has been hard on all of us, but it helps to know he died doing the one thing he loved to do" Kushina says and Tsunade nods in agreement.

"Well in that case I hope you stop by my stand soon and the first 5 bowls will be on the house to celebrate Nawaki and this little ones heroics and life" Teuchi says.

"We'll be sure to stop by soon. That hospital food was terrible. Those nurses are nothing but sadists I tell you" Kushina rambles causing everyone to laugh even baby Naruto giggled.

The Senju's and Ichiraku soon part ways after a few minutes with promises of visits made.

Meanwhile as the new mother and aunt made their way home amidst the congratulations and well wishes of friends and some strangers a meeting was taking place underneath the streets of the village.

"Danzō why have you called us here?" queried an old woman dressed in expensive robes.

"I called you here, because we need to talk about what's going to happen with the Kyūbi" An old man with one arm and one eye says.

"What are you planning Danzō?" questioned another old man and former teammate of the Sandiame Hokage.

"To take the Kyūbi from his mothers' bosom and train it in the proper way of being a shinobi while making him loyal to me and me alone" Danzō replies.

"That's blasphemous and ridiculous. That boy is the last remaining male Senju and as much as I hate to say it we need him to grow up and be the face of this village" The old woman says.

"Then there's the matter of that family you want to take him from. Getting past Kushina would be hell to begin with, but Tsunade won't let that boy out of her sight and Minato is likely to marry Kushina after some time goes by. I doubt even you would last a second against such formidable opponents and I shudder to think what would happen if one of them even suspected of your interests in the boy" the old man says with a slight shiver.

"I agree with Homura-kun it's best you give this folly up now Danzō and be happy with what you have" the old woman says.

"Silence!" Danzō shouted at his long time political allies.

"I didn't call you here to get approval of my plan no I called you here merely as a formality" Danzō says.

"So then you plan to go through with this foolish notion?" Homura says receiving a nod from the other man.

"How do you even propose to gain control of the Kyūbi if you manage to get the boy from his guardians?" the woman asks.

"I don't plan to do anything any time soon. Kushina has always been ruled by emotions and her romance with Minato will blind her to anything else. Tsunade while formidable can be taken care of with careful planning and Minato will be busy with his duties and new family. I'm sure once he and Kushina mate they'll keep a looser eye on the boy" Danzō says.

"That still doesn't explain how you plan to gain control over the boy?" the woman states.

"I have things in the works you don't need to worry about. Rest assured Koharu that I will get the boy and make him into the perfect weapon for Konoha that will make all the other nations bow down to us" Danzō says confidently.

Both council elders merely looked at the man dismissively and then turned their back on him before leaving.

"I suggest you forget this plan of yours Danzō and leave well enough alone before you lose everything" Homura says as the elderly duo made their way out of Danzō's lair.

Behind them Danzo cursed the two and said, "Fools I will have my perfect weapon regardless of what you say. I will become Hokage and usher Konoha into a golden age where all bow down to me!"

*Back with the Family*

The new family finally made it home and Kushina with Tsunade following closely moved through the extremely large compound.

"Kushina, take any room you like" Tsunade says.

"I think I'll move down the hall from the room I shared with Nawaki and bring a crib in it to keep Naruto as I want him close to me" Kushina says.

"You sure there's a room in my wing that you might like a little better" Tsunade says wanting her nephew closer to her.

"I'm sure and when this one gets bigger he can pick his own room" Kushina says hoping that would appease the woman.

Tsunade nods and leaves the new mother and son to settle into their new room.

Kushina found the room she was looking for quickly and sat on the bed holding little Naruto. Sitting on the bed she created two Kage Bunshin and had one unseal the items she brought with her from the hospital and the other go into the room she shared with Nawaki and bring her things. When the second clone returned she dismissed the first two and created three more that had knowledge of how she wanted everything placed.

It had been a long day and Kushina was feeling tired so placing Naruto gently down on the bed she too laid down and fell asleep not seeing auntie Tsunade come in and snatch the baby up before heading to her room.

Tsunade just smiled as she held Naruto and sat in a chair near her bed. As she cuddled with him little Naruto reached out and grasped the necklace she held around her chest.

"Great Grandpa's necklace caught your eye already huh" she mused.

Naruto seemed to smile as he clutched at it.

"I gave this necklace to your father a long time ago. Unfortunately … he can no longer wear it, but someday I'll give it to you and it will be your responsibility to care for just like your father before you and me before him and our grandpa before me. Our family has a long and great history Naru-chan and I bet you will be greater than all of us" Tsunade says as tears threatened to spill from her eyes.

Tsunade was so caught up in her emotions and thinking about all of her lost family including her fiance that she never noticed the glow that was emitted by the crystal briefly as Naruto held it.

Tsunade continued to hold little Naruto throughout the night before making sure he was in his crib near his mother in the morning. During that night she would go on to tell the boy stories about his father and other members of the Senju Clan … none of course greater than her. This was something she would do often over the years and even thou the stories never changed the boy never tired of hearing about his relatives.

I want to apologize to everyone for taking so long to get this out. I'd love to say the time was used to make more chapters that will come out soon ... but I can't. This was a story that I think most of my fans asked about even over Work Release so I felt it was time to work on this story a little.

Looking over the first chapter I saw a few things that could be made better so I tweaked it a bit. I hope it's a better read now and that you enjoyed the second installment of this series. I hope to have another update soon for you to make up for a year of nothing.I know this was a short chapter so hang in there with me.

Oh and to clear up what's going on with the pairing it's still harem and Ayame is still in it. She's just not the main girl. I have an even rarer pairing in mind that I intend to use for the listing.

Until next time Dear Readers