Uzumaki

44: Success

Sure enough a few months later I was patrolling a small rice village when I a red hair boy crosses my path. I keep myself hidden as he takes off to the south. I conceal my chakra and follow him.

After about three hours we arrive to a large village. Red hair, blue eyes men and woman covered the streets. Everyone here is Uzumaki. I stare from the tree tops as I try to comprehend that I've finally done accomplished what I wanted for so long. I found others from my clan.

After marking the tree I retreat to change into normal clothes before approaching the village.

They look at me like I'm a plague, some one rushes up to me and raises a kunai, "what do you want?" I touch his hand and fix the Kunai.

"You'll only hurt yourself if you hold a weapon wrong." I comment.

"As to why I'm here. I'm here because I've been wanting to find my clan." I lower my hands and step back and pull my hair out of my hoodie.

"You see for the longest time I thought I was the only Uzumaki survivor but a year I was proven wrong so I've been looking for others ever since." I look at the boy who had the Kunai to my throat

"What is your name?" An older man with long red hair and piercing blue eyes on a white yukata with a black shaw around his waist walks up to me.

"Yuki Uzumaki." I tell him and he smiles at me.

"I am Ma'ze Uzumaki the head of this clan." He extends his hand and I takes it.

"Tell me Yuki is it just you? Or are others with you?" Yuki looks away.

"It's just me, my brother died protecting me," He squeezes my shoulder.

"Not anymore Yuki. This is your home now. Come follow me." Yuki looks at him and follows him through the tow .

"After Uzushiogakure Village was destroyed I and a large group of people managed to make it out safely. We built up shop here, so to speak. After a year we went out looking for survivors. Like you we thought surely if we survived others must have too. And we did fond others, some were as well off as us  some weren't so they joined us and added to this village." He speaks up as we walk around.

Eventually we make it to a large house, "I lost my children in the Uzushiogakure attack, so when I meet orphans I take them in, my house is more of an orphanage than a house." I nod as we walk to the stairs and into the foyer of the house

He leads me into a large room and he motions for me to sit on one side of the coffee table.

I do as he suggests, "now we focus on surviving buy prospering this village and we have been doing well. If we find Uzumaki now a days we are wary for many of our own have take up arms against everyone even their own. So now we help anyone we can, so that people don't have to resort to violence. It's my goal to reunite my clan."

I look at Ma'ze as she serves himself rum, "that's why that boy ran up to me with a Kunai." He nods and apologises for his actions.

"His parents where killed by a rogue ninja a few months ago. He's still dealing with it. He thinks anyone new is a danger." I look down, I get that.

Ma'ze drinks his small cup of rum before looking at me, "you'll get comfortable here, don't  worry you're among family now." I ask him if I can look around and he nods.

I walk out and everyone who sees rush to get away from me, they're all terrified orphans. "Don't mind them, they're just not use to a new face. They flinch when they see me and I helped rescue some of them." A tall man around my age walks up to me.

His hair on the left side of his head was held back with pins so his pierces ear with multiple studs can be seen. His hair was long and his eyes were a soft blue, he had a smile on his lips.

"Don't worry Ma'ze is making sure you get set up here as quickly as possible." I look at him.

"I'm not staying. I have a home." He looks at me, "then why are you here?"

"Because I spent so much time believing I was the only Uzumaki left," His eyes soften before he tells me to follow him inside.

"Ma'ze Yuki doesn't need a room. She's not staying." Ma'ze stops doing what he's doing and looks at us.

"I have a home. Actually I have an apartment I rent with friends. I don't need a place to live. I came looking for Uzumaki because I wanted a clan. You said to reunite your clan, well I do to. So I'd like for you to let me help you do that. This is my clan too," Ma'ze looks at me and smiles.

"You're a determined one. He rests his hands on my shoulders.

"I will not stop you from helping gather your clan. After all it's mine and their dream too. Yuki you are welcome here anytime."

I thank him and I tell him I'll be back as soon as possible. I mark the ground before teleporting back to the Leaf.