This was inspired by the story Heir of the Whirlpool by Lord Rahi Master of D'Hara. Enjoy and Review! Furthermore it is a rewrite of my first attempt of the story. Also I have a new challenge that is related to an alive Kushina. Its called "Wrath of the Caring Mother" check it out on my profile page.

A few miles away from Konoha, also known as the Leaf Village, a large army of Samurais could be seen heading towards the village, walking on the main road without a worry in the world. Through the forest jumping from tree to tree was a large number of ninjas of Uzushio, armed to the teeth for a battle. They all bore the crest of the Whirlpool nation and served the founding ninja clan of both the nation and the village that resided within it: The Uzumaki Clan. They were a strong nation, equal to that of the five Great Countries and their villages. The clan were the cousins of the Hyuuga Clan, Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan since being founded by the first Uzumaki, Murugan, the son of Hamura Otsutsuki, the brother of the Rikudou Sennin. The samurai wore specially design armor with Uzumaki seals, protecting them from almost all ninjutsu. The ninja with them were a special division of the Uzushio's ANBU, called the Kurokishi.

In the center of the army was a carriage that carried none other then the Whirlpool Daimyo Toshiue Uzumaki and the former Nidaime Uzukage. He was a man in his early to mid sixties and thanks to his clan's longevity looked younger then he really was. He had a dark red beard that went down to his neck and grey/red hair that went down his neck and covered his ears and a little bit of his forehead and dark blue eyes. Walking alongside the carriage was a tall man, who was perhaps in his late twenties. He wore a long black coat that had long sleeves with red shoulder pads and arm bracers over it and had a zanbato that was about a 150cm long strapped to his back. His spiky red hair went down to the center of his back and his blue eyes were very intimidating. He was the oldest son of Toshiue Uzumaki, Hison Uzumaki also known as the Soragami (Sky God) and the Yondaime Uzukage of Uzushiogakure as well as the current head of the Uzumaki Clan. The sword he wielded, that had a smooth black handle with yellow lines going over it as an X, was called the Kokken: Yogarasu (Black Sword: Night Raven) one of the many tools forged by Murugan. Both men had a look of absolute anger on their faces, than Toshiue turned to look at his son. "Hison take some of our men and go ahead of the army, inform the guards of our arrival."

Hison nodded and went ahead, with several ninjas following in pursuit. Toshiue looked behind him at another carriage that was being carried as well. In there was a young woman, who appeared to be in her earlier thirties or so. She had long red hair that went down to her knees, deep blue eyes and smooth skin. She wore a blue kimono that had dark blue lines across it that looked like waves. The woman's eyes were hardened, set directly on Konoha with only one thought in mind, 'Naruto'

Back in Konoha the village remained unaware of the approaching force that was heading towards them. It had been three years since the Kyuubi's attack and the death of Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage, who gave his life to seal the demon into his newborn son Naruto. It had also been three years when Kushina Uzumaki, Minato's wife and Naruto's mother died as well.

'Naruto' Hiruzen, reinstated Sandaime Hokage, thought to himself as he looked out the window of his office thinking that he should've been the one to have done the sealing. When word got out that Naruto was the new jinchuuriki, there were immediate calls for his death by many. And from some, the more militaristic kind, wanted to use him as a weapon. Hiruzen sighed as he wondered what Minato would be thinking now, how his son who should be treated like a hero, was instead treated like a plague. True he himself had tried his best to take care of Naruto in honor of his successor since he knew that Naruto was not the Kyuubi. But with his duties as Hokage it was not so easy a task especially when trying to keep the Civilian Council, Fugaku Uchiha and the Elders away from Naruto.

Suddenly a cat mask wearing ANBU appeared before Hiruzen's desk, bringing him out of his thoughts. The ANBU was a woman if the long purple hair gave any indication. "Hokage-sama news from the northern guards!" The ANBU reported.

Getting serious Hiruzen turned around with a hard look on his face. "What has happened?" He said with the voice of a hardened veteran.

"A small group, about three squads, of Uzu ANBU have appeared at the gate. They're being led by the Uzukage Hison Uzumaki and demand an audience with you." The cat ANBU replied.

Hiruzen paled at the name. He had met Hison a long time ago, during the 3rd Shinobi World War when Konoha and Uzushio were doing a joint operation against a large force of Iwa-nins that were threatening to attack the Fire Country from the rear, a risky strategy but an unexpected one. It would've indeed caught Konoha off guard. However when everyone was getting ready for a harsh battle, it was Hison who took the Iwa force all on his own. Hison was a rarity, having been born with three natural chakra natures; Water, Wind and Lightning in that order, but he had a high control with Water Release. He was also probably the second person in history who could control the water molecules in the air, second only to Tobirama Senju, the Nidaime Hokage. But his prowess with all three elements were high, so much that he could even control the weather, thus earning him the name Soragami (Sky God). He took the position of Uzukage before Minato took the Hokage seat and he proved his skills when he managed to defeat the Yellow Flash in a friendly spar, which Hiruzen bared witness too.

Another concern was why were they coming here now? The Whirlpool Country had cut all ties with Konoha since Kushina's death three years ago. Perhaps they were finally coming for Naruto, since with Hison as Uzukage and Kushina dead, Naruto would be next in line for the throne as the Whirlpool Daimyo. However that would bring up complications in Konoha. Danzo and his former teammates would want Naruto to remain in Konoha, because of the Kyuubi and in order to gain both the civilian and shinobi's support they would reveal Naruto's father. And with how loved Minato was, Hiruzen had a good idea that the people of Konoha would fight for the Yondaime's son. But right now the old Hokage had to deal with the current situation. Turning back to the ANBU he said, "Are there any ANBU at the gate with them?"

The cat ANBU nodded. "Hai, Hokage-sama, Tenzo is there right now, trying to calm the guards and the Uzu-nins down."

Hiruzen nodded. Tenzo, despite not really knowing anyone from Whirlpool, was a man who could keep them calm until the Hokage had more time too assess the situation. "Very well I want you, Tenzo and a squad of ANBU to escort them here ASAP. Understood?"

The ANBU nodded and disappeared leaving Hiruzen to his thoughts about the current situation. Finally after a few minutes to think he said to no one, "Dog!"

Soon another ANBU, a male with silver hair and wearing a dog mask appeared. The dog mask he wore hid his face but you could tell he was a serious ninja. "Hai, Hokage-sama?"

Without stopping Hiruzen said, "I want you to find Naruto Uzumaki and bring him to my clan compound for the time being, is that understood?"

"Hai Hokage-sama!" Dog said before disappearing as well.

Hiruzen sighed as he leaned in his chair. "I'm getting to old for this crap."

With Dog (AKA Kakashi Hatake)

After leaving the Hokage Mansion, Kakashi dashed through the roofs of Konoha, searching for the blond jinchuuriki. His first destination would be to head towards the orphanage that the boy stayed at, but he knew that the matron of the place would frequently throw Naruto out into the street so chances of him being there were slim. Nonetheless Itachi made a shadow clone to check the orphanage while he continued his search throughout the village.

The best way, Kakashi figured, was to look for any large crowds of people. Usually Naruto's presence caused people to become angry since they mistook him as the Kyuubi in human form, thus form large mobs to chase him. So Kakashi spent the last few minutes searching for any signs of suspicious activities when he suddenly saw several blurs passing by him, so fast that not even his implanted sharingan could keep up with their movements. Still he managed to figure out what direction they were heading towards and so followed them.

After a minute or so Kakashi lost sight of them and suddenly heard blades hitting flesh followed up by the screams of people which then turned to silence. He stopped his running to go and investigate when he once again saw the blurs leaving from the alleyway, heading straight towards the mansion. This time his sharingan noticed that two of the blurs were carrying something or someone. They were both kids, no more then three, one was a boy with blond spiky hair with tan skin. The other was a girl with pale milky skin and blue hair shaped into a hime style. Kakashi soon recognized who they were. 'Shit' he thought to himself as he made off after them.

Hokage Mansion, Council Room

It didn't take that long for Hiruzen to send out word to the council, both shinobi, civilian and elders, to arrive for an emergency meeting, stating that lateness was not an option. The Hokage usually didn't mind if people weren't on time as long as they didn't dilly dally. But if the Hokage said he had no time for lateness or tardiness then everyone in the council knew it was serious hence why they arrived to the Council Room quickly.

Many of them were shocked to see the Daimyo of Whirlpool along with his son and a woman whose face was covered by a veil. Several UZU ANBU of its Kurokishi Division had their arms behind their backs while guarding the Daimyo and his son. Like all ANBU in any village, these ninjas wore masks to cover their faces thus hiding their identity. However these ANBU wore plain black masks with kanji symbols on them in red. Along with that they wore light black chest armor, metal guards and leg guards. Underneath all that was dark blue clothing, including a hood and black gloves. Strapped to their backs were swords, mostly ninjato. Also strapped around their left sleeve was a symbol of Uzushiogakure. And finally around their necks was a necklace with a black round circle with silver lines forming a swirl a symbol of Uzushio's founding Clan the Uzumaki Clan. The Kurokishi Division of Uzushio ANBU specialized in seals for combat and were feared greatly by many, especially those who have seen them fight with said seals either on their bodies or weapons. The way they stood behind the three people silently was unnerving even for the clan heads. But a few asked why the Fire Daimyo allowed his counterpart to bring such a large force with him into his country…until they saw the sign paper from the Fire Daimyo, granting Toshiue to enter his lands for whatever reasons he had.

Deciding to cut the tension that was growing in the air, Hiruzen made a noise with his throat to get everyone's attention. "Now before we start this meeting I would like to welcome Toshiue-sama, Hison-sama and…?" Hiruzen gestured to the woman sitting besides the Daimyo.

Toshiue Uzumaki sent a silent glare towards the old Hokage, a glare capable of making the God of Shinobi flinch a little. "This woman is the reason why we're here. That along with the fact we were apparently lied to about a certain event that happened three years ago."

This made everyone look at each other, trying to figure out what happened three years ago. The only thing that came to mind was when the Kyuubi attacked, causing many deaths such as the Yondaime Hokage.

Hiruzen was starting to wonder if they really did find out about Naruto. He along with the Clan Heads and other top jonins could practically sense the malice coming off the Daimyo, his son and the mysterious woman. "I'm afraid I do not know what you're talking about."

The moment he finished that sentence five more Uzu ANBU appeared on the other side of the council table, kneeling before their Kage and Daimyo. The one at the front, a male by his voice, with the kanji of 'Ghost' said, "Toshiue-sama, Uzukage-sama, Uzumaki-sama, we found him." With the last part the ANBU on his left step forward, revealing that he had something or someone in his arms and that someone was…

"Naruto-kun!" The veiled woman shouted as she dashed forward, her mask falling off as she ran towards said blonde, who was currently unconscious, allowing everyone to see her fair skin, blue eyes and long red hair. The face made everyone who recognized it gasp, for it was none other then Kushina Uzumaki, wife of Minato Namikaze, daughter of Toshiue Uzumaki and to a few who knew, the mother of Naruto Uzumaki. A few of the clan heads performed a seal, muttering, "Kai" to try and see if it was a genjutsu, which it wasn't. However the woman was blind to the rest of the world as she cradled her three-year old son close to her, crying with tears of joy of finally being reunited with him.

Hiruzen was the first to regain his bearings when Dog appeared beside him. "Forgive me Hokage-sama but I wasn't able to move…fast…enough…" He said before eyes widening behind his mask at the sight of Kushina, his sensei's wife, alive and well.

Noticing the shock on the ANBU's face, Hiruzen made a hand gesture, a sign for him to leave and that it was okay. Once Dog was gone Hiruzen turned towards the Daimyo, with a suspicious glare on his ancient face. "Toshiue-sama, is there a reason why your daughter, who was reported to have been dead after the attack of the Kyuubi, is here right now?"

The only answer he got back was glares from the Uzumaki family, along with their ANBU combined with a combination of killing intent that made many of the civilians pass out, a lot of the clan heads to shiver and the ANBU who were hiding in the council room appeared, their lack of breathing making it hard for them to stay concealed.

Naruto, who was still being held by his mother, began to whimper lightly at so much killing intent and subconsciously buried his head deeper into Kushina's chest. Noticing this Kushina stopped glaring at the Hokage along with the others. She then realized that her son's face was covered in bruises with some healing and his clothing had holes in them. Standing up straight and imposing she said. "Hiruzen I'm taking my son to the hospital so his wounds can be treated. I'm sure my father and brother can fill you in with the details. After that we are taking him home, his true home!" She said the 'we are' with such strength that it left no room for doubt that she would use force to take her son out of the village.

Hiruzen could only nod, not wanting to do anything that might invoke the wrath of the Whirlpool and the Fire Daimyo. But before Kushina could leave with some ANBU guards, the one designated Ghost turned towards Hiashi. "Hiashi Hyuuga I presume?" Said man nodded. "We feel like you should know that along with Naruto-sama who was being beaten by a mob, that we dealt with" A cold shiver went up all of the Konoha people's spines. "We also discovered that a girl, that we have learned is your daughter Hinata Hyuuga, was also smacked to the side, earning a concussion, when she tried to help Naruto-sama."

"What?" Hiashi roared in anger. Despite his strict and emotionless outer appearance, Hiashi cared deeply for his wife and daughters and the mere thought that one of them was hurt so badly angered him, especially after the loss of his brother a few months ago due to an incident when Kumo tried to kidnapped Hinata, thus causing Hizashi's death and his son, Neji to hate the Main branch. He looked at the Hokage. "Hokage-sama, I ask permission to inform my wife of what has happened to Hinata."

Hiruzen nodded and everyone watched as Hiashi left the council room, soon followed by his two Hyuuga bodyguards. Then Kushina, along with half of the Uzu ANBU, carrying a still asleep Naruto, left soon after, leaving Toshiue and Hison to deal with the council, not that they mind however.

"Now" Toshiue said as he sat back down, followed by his son. "As Hiruzen asked, you're all probably wondering how my daughter is still alive." The Clan Heads nodded. "I will tell you to the best of my abilities since Kushina is the only one to recall what happened. She said that while Minato had taken their son, Naruto, to use to seal Kyuubi during its rampage. However a few hours later, a doctor, whose name she didn't know, came in with her son's corpse." There were a few gasps here and there, and the Hokage's eyes widened. "Her grief of losing both her son and husband in one night, combined with the emotional and physical drain she went through during birth put her into a state of depression that she left the village without a second thought."

"But how can this be? When I arrived to the sealing area at least an hour after the sealing was done, I found the body of both Minato and Kushina there along with Naruto who was just infant."

Toshiue glared at the Hokage. "Well then it is clear that someone wanted Kushina out of the way so Naruto could remain in the village." He said as he glared at Danzo, with only his son and the Hokage catching the sudden glance. "Anyway it matter not, we have come here for Naruto and once he has recovered we shall be heading back towards Whirlpool, no discussions."

This time Danzo stood up, an annoyed look on his face. "I'm afraid that isn't possible, we cannot allow you to take young Naruto."

Having heard enough of this conversation over the 'demon brat' one civilian council member spoke up. "Excuse me but why would we want to have the de- I mean child here anyway? He clearly isn't liked here so why keep him?" He said in a manner that hid his disgust of the child for nothing more than holding the Kyuubi.

Danzo smirked, now playing his trump card. "As I'm sure you all have noticed Naruto is the son of both Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze, thus making him the son of a Hokage."

All the civilians rose up and roared in denial. The Clan Heads just sighed, knowing this was to come, since they already knew that Minato and Kushina were married.

"ENOUGH!" Hison yelled, nearly shaking the room and causing all talking to cease. "It matters not if he is the son of one of your Hokages. He is an Uzumaki and the rightful heir to the throne of the Whirlpool Nation seeing how Kushina-neechan will take the throne after my father and thus Naruto will follow after since I have taken the position of Uzukage and thus cannot become Daimyo. Furthermore his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, is now his rightful guardian and thus is allowed to take him out of this village…unless you wish to bring forth the wrath of both the Whirlpool Nation and Uzushiogakure."

That made everyone thinks carefully of their next words. True they were known as one of the greatest shinobi village, but that was because their village was founded by Hashirama Senju, the strongest man of his time and perhaps even now. But the creation of the village was thanks to the Uzumaki clan, who helped the Fire Country fund the creation of Konoha. Furthermore in reality, Uzushio had much more military power due to the Uzumaki Clan's powers and seals, along with them being of descendants of the Rikudou Sennin. And backing them up were other powerful clans that were part of the village.

Danzo was about to make a remark about the Fire Daimyo but Toshiue tossed Hiruzen a scroll, which had said Daimyo's signature on it. "I've already discussed with my good old friend the Fire Daimyo. He was appalled that a member of our clan was being treated so badly and unjust for three years and that we were lied to about his survival. He has given us permission to move our forces through his lands and we will do so if you refuse to give us Naruto-kun."

That pretty much stopped any attempts of changing their minds at this point. Even Danzo knew that it would be foolish to go up both the forces of Whirlpool and their own Fire Daimyo, despite his anger of losing the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki.

Once Toshiue saw no one else was going to speak he continued. "In my mind this village deserves to rot for the betrayal that it has done to my family. However that would be unfair to my daughter who, despite being lied to, still has many dear friends in this village fore who she cares for. So for hers and Minato-kun's sake, I am willing to reopen trading with both Konoha and the Fire Country…under some circumstances."

Everyone let out air that they didn't even know that they were holding. There was still hope for them after all. "Yes I think that would be nice. Though I admit that we had no idea that Kushina-chan was even alive, which I assure you the people responsible will be looked for, I am glad that Konoha and Uzushio can work out a deal and reconnect our lost bonds. That and I will be glad that Naruto-kun has family to take care of him to atone for my failure of taking care of him. I assume that you wish to discuss opening trade later?" Hiruzen asked.

Toshiue and Hison nodded. "Yes I would like to go and check on my daughter and my grandson at the hospital, just to make sure they got there okay. Good day." And with that the Whirlpool Daimyo, the Uzukage and the ANBU all walked out of the council room, making the atmosphere in there less tense then it was at the beginning.

Okay so there we go! What do you think of this new version? The reunion between Mother and son will take place next chapter. And love will begin to blossom next chapter too! Review!

Translations:

Eiryu (Shadow Dragon)