Naruto: The God of Fuinjutsu

Chapter 23: The Traitor

Declaimer: I own nothing in this fanfic, but my created characters they abilities and Jutsu and that is about all I own "Goes to corner and starts crying"

Writing: Italic: thought, Bold: Bijuu or summoning speaking.

"If the barbarians at the gate don't get you the snake in the grass will." - Unknown.

"From the beginning, you know the end." - Halo reach game tagline

"The road to peace is paved with the blood of war." - Unknown

Oninami watched as Senji disappeared before approaching Uzushio who looked tired and was rubbing his temples. "Having a tough day." Uzushio looked up and smiled.

"Yeah Senji is causing problems as all ways." Uzushio looked down to see Kushina looking at Uzushio's hat with determination in her eyes. "You're still after this hat are you."

"You know I'm after your position old man." Uzushio just smiled at Kushina who smirked right back.

"Kushina show the Gufuukage some respect." Oninami looked at his daughter with a slightly stern look only to have Oninami laugh him down.

"It doesn't bother me in fact I find it quiet in lighten to see that someone sees that I age." Uzushio looked at Kushina with a smile as he waved her over. "Sometimes I look in the mirror and I still see a young face staring right back. I know I'm getting older, but I still feel like and look young." He picked Kushina up and sat her on the his chair and placed the hat on her head. "Someday this will be yours Kushina." Kushina smiled up at Uzushio as she gave him a hug.

The door suddenly opened and a breathless Shinobi entered the room. "Gufuukage!" He gave a bow as he tired to regain his breath.

"What is it?" Uzushio looked at him with curiosity as he looked at him with slight panic in his eyes.

"The patrol that we sent to Konoha never made it according to the message Konoha just sent." Oninami's eyes went wide as he looked at the messanger.

"What do you mean?" Uzushio looked at Oninami as Kushina tried to understand what was happening. "Did anyone make it to Konoha? Tell me!" Uzushio quietly placed a calming hand on Oninami who looked at him with tears forming in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, but Konoha sent a party to look for them." The messenger reached into his pocket and produced a scroll and gave it to Uzushio. Uzushio opened the scroll only for a bunch of headbands covered in blood to drop on the floor. "All they found was blood and headbands." Kushina looked a one particular headband with realization in her eyes.

"Dad isn't that mom's?" Oninami looked down at a headband that had little charms hanging off the end that had the Uzumaki clan symbol.

Oninami gently reached down and picked the headband up as tears began to fall. "Kushina I want you to go to my dad's house now." Kushina was about to argue, but one look from her father told her that wasn't wise. After Kushina left Uzushio touched a seal on the side of the room that glowed to his touch. Before anything else could be said the room filled with three different people. One Naruto recognized as the younger Kakuheki wearing a bored expression. The other two wear grown men making Kakuheki the odd one out. The biggest one was a tall man with dreadlocks and a muscle built frame. The other man was a skinning man with blond and black hair with a smile that was cold.

"Where is Senji Hitoare (A burst of Anger)?" Uzushio asked to the big man.

"I don't know what do I look like his keeper." Hitoare looked around just realizing Senji wasn't here.

"What about you Shinja (Sacred Snake)?" Shinja just cocked his head and smiled even bigger. "Shinja?"

"Perhaps I saw him." Oninami grabbed Shinja by the neck as he continued to smile at him.