Iruka lay on his back in his bed, looking out of the window above him at the full moon, replaying an old conversation with the Hokage in his head.
"Iruka." Lord Third had begun.
"What is it, Lord Hokage?"
"I know how you feel, but... Naruto also grew up without the love of his parents... like you."
A memory of the day his parents died flashed in his mind, as if it had only been recently that the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon had attacked the Village, and that he was carried away from the danger, protesting loudly.
"Stop it! Let me go! My parents are still fighting!"
Suddenly, a pounding on his door interrupted his thoughts and he opened his eyes.
"Wake up, Iruka-sensei!" Mizuki's voice came from behind the door.
Iruka hopped out of bed quickly and opened the door to see Mizuki, who looked panicked.
"What's the matter?"
"Come to Lord Hokage's immediately!" Mizuki explained hurriedly. "I heard that Naruto stole the Scroll of Sealing."
Iruka's eyes widened and the color drained from his face. "The Scroll of Sealing?!"
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Naruto sat deep in the woods near an abandoned wooden shack and opened up the large scroll before him, looking it over with the moonlight illuminating the paper.
"Hm... let's see..." He muttered as he began to read. "The first Jutsu is... Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu?"
He smacked his forehead and groaned loudly.
"What?! Already a Jutsu I'm no good at?"
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Natsumi's eyes fluttered open as loud arguing broke through the silent darkness.
"—I swear, if you've killed her, I am going to cut all of your hair off!" Sena prodded Kiri's chest with a hard look. "You went way too far! You'd already told her that you were beaten. Using your Genjutsu like that was too much."
Kiri raised her hands. "Hey, I said I was sorry! I released it right away, so it's not really my fault!"
"She's just a kid! You shouldn't have done it in the first place."
"Hey, I just wanted to test her. I didn't know she would pass out like that."
Natsumi blinked slowly and lifted her head from the pillow and saw the two bickering back-and-forth.
"G-Guys?" She sat up slowly and rubbed her head. "Where am I? What happened?"
They turned to her immediately and Kiri wrapped her in a tight hug. "You're okay!" She rubbed her cheek on Natsumi's. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to go too far. I'm so glad that you're alright."
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My Brother's a Jinchūriki!
FanficBook One: Deep in the Land of Fire, in the Hidden Leaf Village, the hero Naruto Uzumaki lives. But, what if he had a sister? Enter Natsumi Uzumaki. She's your typical twin sister- empathetic, responsible, and willing to do whatever it takes to prot...