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Chapter 7: Moving On

Uzushiogakure

Naruto yawned as he walked through the streets of Uzushiogakure; a month had come to pass since his meeting with the Biju. Sadly he had not been sleeping terribly well, he had been having recurring nightmares about what had happened during the Fourth Shinobi World War, nightmares not just his own. Naruto had vowed during the month that he would never let one of his precious people die ever again. He would do everything in his power to make sure he protected them, he wouldn't fail again. He couldn't fail now nor ever again.

"UZU-SAMA" Naruto blinked as he was brought out of his thoughts as someone screamed his title. He turned as a mob of young children three to five raced towards him. Naruto cried out as he was tackled by the group and forced to the ground. The kids laughed as they looked up at their leader, getting a foxy smile from the sage. Naruto rose to his feet as the kids shuffled around him.

"Who have we here" his eyes looked over the group of six children, two girls and four boys. He lifted a finger pointing it towards a four-year-old boy with green hair and eyes, "Abbas right?."

The boy beamed, it seemed he had gotten the kid's name turned to the next child, a five-year-old with messy blonde hair and blue eyes, the kid reminded him of himself.

"If I remember your Nadim?" the boy smiled in response. Naruto turned to one of the young girls, she had long blond hair and blue eyes, she looked like a female copy of Nadim, she was the same age too.

"And your Nadim's twin sister Nadia."

"Hai Uzu-sama" replied the girl as she held a small rose out for him. Naruto accepted the flower with a smile, tucking it into his right sleeve. He turned to the two remaining boys, one was three the other five both had light red hair, freckles and brown eyes.

"You're the older brother Tai and you're his younger brother Kane." the two boys nodded their heads, from what he knew they were rather quiet.

Naruto turned to the last of the group, a young girl around four, she had short light blue hair and purple eyes, "That means you must be Myra" the girl nodded in response.

"So Abbas, Nadim, Nadia, Tai, Kane and Myra what can I do for you today?" he asked.

Abbas took a step forward looking at him with big puggy dog eyes. The jutsu was soon enhanced as the other five joined in.

"Please show us some magic Uzukage-sama!" asked the children in cute little voices. Naruto grabbed his heart.

"GWAH to cute" Naruto fell over pretending to be dead. The children poked him, giggling slightly. Naruto suddenly jumped up, throwing his arms up into the air.

"MAGIC TIME!" shouted the sage with a foxy grin, the children jumped up and down. To the children, his Ninjutsu and use of chakra was like magic.

"MAGIC YEAH, YEAH!"

"To the park! March!" shouted Naruto as he got mock salutes from the kids. He turned and started to do a funny little march lifting his legs high up into the air, the kids snickering and giggling behind him.

Once they arrived in a small clearing turned to the kids, time to start. Naruto inhaled, kneading fire nature chakra into his lungs. He looked to the sky as he brought his hands together in a tiger seal.

"Katon: Endan (Fire Release: Fireball)!" Naruto's lips parted as a jet of fire spewed forth launching up into the air. The flames shaped into a small fireball that began to curve descending back to earth. Naruto followed up by moulding water nature chakra into his stomach as the fireball grew closer.