Naruto: Legacy of the Sand

Chapter 20: Meeting A Revived Family

The team searched around the house to see what the house had to offer and to be sure there weren't any weak points or other ways to get into the house without them knowing. Jiraiya had three Shadow Clones keeping an eye out while he looked through the living room, kitchen, and dining room, and they seemed to be in good order and in good condition. Next, Jiraiya found the east wing of the house and knocked on the wall that seemed off to him, and its sound was hollow. Then, Jiraiya went through the door to his right and was in awe when he saw two rooms that had been converted into mini Dojo. But, Jiraiya noticed an arch at the far end of the room and went to take a look, only to see that the wall he saw was built to attach the other two rooms across from his current position. Jiraiya finally noticed that the mini Dojo was a bit bigger. Still, the other side rooms were filled with practice swords, target practices, wall-to-wall of different shinobi weapons, and different types of chakra scrolls. Jiraiya also noticed that the walls were high, meaning someone had taken down the ceiling of the rooms upstairs. Jiraiya saw that there were a lot of planks and some half-tree trunks that had been placed in the corners of the rooms and reached the next floor's ceilings. Kuno, Saya, and Kaze were busy searching through the house in the west wing and found one room that looked like a study, one room that looked like a workshop, and the other two rooms that had two separate bathrooms. "Someone really designed this house well," Saya said. Then, Kumo and Kaze nodded as Kumo picked up a picture and patted the dust off to see it used to be a family home. "I agree. This person is a Uzumaki, but he looks very young in this picture," Kumo said. Then, Saya and Kaze came over to look at the young man and his family in the picture. "What a hunk!" Saya said with a sly smirk. Kumo and Kaze looked at her. "Saya! He's too old for you, plus it isn't like he's around anymore," Kumo said as she put the picture back down. Meanwhile, upstairs, Naruto, Temari, Sora, and Fu were searching to see how the rooms looked and wondered if they were suitable for them to rest in. Sora and Fu were at the east wing of the house just above Jiraiya, but their path was shown to be blocked off as the doors were supposed to be. There were walls now, and their wall was also hollow. Naruto and Temari were looking around the west wing, where the bedrooms would mostly be, and there were six rooms. One room was the bathroom, one was another study room, and the remaining four rooms were bedrooms. "Wow... This is some set-up for this house!" Temari started as she and Naruto were looking into one of the bedrooms that was big enough for a couple. "Also! I am calling dibs on this room for us, honey," Temari said. Naruto smiled and looked through the wardrobes and units.

Naruto had finished looking through the units when he opened up one unit at the far end of the room and found a picture of a Uzumaki family. Naruto picked up the picture, and then Temari came over and hugged Naruto from behind, resting her head on Naruto's right shoulder and looking at the picture. "That's going to be us one day," Temari said and giggled. Then, Naruto blushed and looked over his shoulder. "Temari, that's too soon," Naruto said and chuckled. Temari giggled and kissed Naruto's cheek. "I know, honey. I just wanted your reaction," Temari said and giggled a bit more while Naruto playfully rolled his eyes. He couldn't help but smile at her and kiss her nose. Then, the two looked at the picture again and had a better look at it. They see a man who looks to be in his late twenties, standing six feet tall, with short, spiky red hair, violet eyes and a lean physique body. And he was standing next to a woman and four children. "Babe, maybe their names are on the back of this picture?" Temari thought. Naruto looked over his shoulder again, looking at Temari, and then he looked back at the picture frame and turned it over. "Their names aren't there... It looks like someone scrubbed them out," Naruto said. Temari was a little sad and annoyed. "That's a shame! I wanted to name our kids after them," Temari said. Then, Naruto chuckled and looked over his shoulder. "Calm down with the family idea until we're done with Hachishakusama," Naruto said. Temari kissed Naruto's cheek. "You're no fun, Naruto," Temari said and giggled. Suddenly, they heard a loud thud followed by glass smashing. Naruto put the picture back down, and the two rushed from the stairs and regrouped with Sora and Fu. They stopped at the top of the stirs. "Did guys do something?" Temari asked. The group shook their heads. "I think it was downstairs," Kumo said. Suddenly, the group heard another crash, along with a grunt. "Jiraiya is in trouble!" Fu said. Then, the group rushed down the stairs, regrouping with Kaze, Kumo and Saya and searched for Jiraiya until they heard more grunts and other stuff smashing from the mini Dojo. The group rushed to the room and ran inside the Dojo only to see Jiraiya sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall and having his hand extended out. "Now, now! Let's talk about this! I didn't know you were still alive!" Jiraiya said to the stranger. Next, the group heard a deep, dark voice as the person was slowly walking towards Jiraiya. "Why are you even here, Jiraiya!" The person said. The person came into view as the group got a good look at him, and Naruto and Temari were surprised. "Wait! You're the same guy we found in the picture!" Temari said. The man looked to his right, and his eyes widened. He dropped his katana.