Naruto strength within book 2 (Edited)

Chapter 9

The next day I woke to the bright sun shining on my face and I pulled myself up, got to my feet and headed to the kitchen seeing no one else here I decided I would cook them breakfast.
"Hm what smells so good?" a sleepy Kankuro questioned, making me smile and chuckle a little.
"That would be breakfast" I answered and he opened his eyes and smiled.
"Breakfast" Kankuro cheered as he nearly moved that fast. I swear he teleported to his chair as Temari and Gaara came down as I served breakfast.
"I hope you like it, it's something I learnt to make in Lightning country" I said and they dug in after giving our thanks as we ate.
"Its delicious" Kankuro complimented and I beamed as Temari and Gaara nodded as well.
"I am glad, I am going to look through the records today but I will be free for training tomorrow. I also have to let Asuma and Sarutobi know where I am now and they will pass it on.....I can't believe it has nearly been three years already" I planned out while looking out at the sky.
"Do you regret leaving?" Gaara enquired curiously and I shook my head.
"No, sure I miss my friends a lot I even miss Kakashi, Sasuke, Hinata and Shino but I don't regret it because I meet a lot of new people on my travels and made a new friends and family" I smiled fondly, remembering all the people that were precious to me.
"Why don't you head on up, I am going to do the dishes" Temari said and I nodded before heading to the room I woke up in.

First I wrote a letter to Asuma and Sarutobi letting them know that I was in the sand village now. Then I turned to the birth records but didn't find anything new, I didn't expect to after all I had been born in the rain village I knew that much. My mother and Father were married so now I had to look through the marriage records as well. I needed to go through them fully and carefully, this was my last chance if there was nothing here then I would never have the answers. Slowly one by one I went through them, my hope slowly disappearing. I wanted to find something but there was nothing. Sighing I looked in the box hoping to see another record but there wasn't any until I reached into the box and pulled out a scrap of paper. It looked like it had been burnt but it made my heart beat wildly. It had the last name Uzumaki on it and the name of the person who married them.
"Arakin find this person" I ordered and a spider scurried off while I studied the paper. It looked at least more than eighteen years old so they were married before my time. I hoped that this would be the answer. I was close, so very close.
'Master I have found the woman' Arakin called in my mind.
"Thank you Arakin, you are free to do what you wish" I said before I put my weapons pouch on and my katana on my back before I was racing down the stairs.
"Is everything okay?" Gaara questioned as he was heading up the stairs as I basically vaulted down them.
"Yeah I found something I will be back soon" I yelled as I took off racing as fast as I could to the place that Arakin had sent me.

I knocked on the door and waited for the door to open with baited breath.
"Yes?" an older lady asked, she looked to be at least eighty.
"Um, are you Kija?" I enquired.
"I am, who are you?" Kija nodded.
"I am Kuroki and I have a question to ask you, may I come in?" I asked and she nodded, opening the door and I walked in.
"You married a couple a while ago, at least over eighteen years ago do you remember that?" I asked, looking at her.
"I don't know what you are talking about" Kija said, her back straightening and her narrowing.
"Please you must know something, the woman she was a Uzumaki, this is part of the legal document, please if you know anything I beg you to tell me please" I pleaded, getting down and kneeling in a begging position.
"What did you say your name was again?" Kija asked. "Kuroki," I whispered.
"Tell me Kuroki can you show me the eyes?" Kija questioned looking at me, her eyes boring into me and I looked at her confused until it clicked, my eyes. I closed my eyes before opening them. They were the same eyes I versed Orochimaru with and the same ones I saw looking back at me in a mirror so long ago.
"Oh my dear, I have waited for a long time for this. Your mother told me to keep everything a secret just in case something were to happen. I was to only talk about it if you could show me those eyes, have no worry I have a silencing seal up" Kija said breaking out in a smile.
"You know the woman then? You knew my mother?" I asked, looking at her and she nodded, smiling.
"Yes I did, I can remember your mother and your father, your mothers name was Kashi Uzumaki, she always said that if she had a baby boy she would name him Kuroki," Kija told me and tears gathered in my eyes.
"Kashi.....My mothers name was Kashi?" I whispered and she nodded as tears streamed down my face.
"I can't tell you much about your father but he was a Uchiha that is why their relationship needed to be hidden," Kija explained.
"Thank you.....I have looked for so long thank you" I thanked trying to wipe my tears away and she smiled.
"I understand, do not worry" Kija assured me as she passed me a tissue and I wiped my tears away.
"Again thank you, if you wish I can get rid of your memories so you no longer have to hold this burden" I offered and she shook her head.
"Thank you dear, it may be a burden to keep this secret but I am fine with it.....I don't think I could ever forget how much love those two had for each other, I could feel it radiating off them" Kija sighed and I once again thanked her before I headed back to the Kazekage's mansion.

"Is everything okay? You have been crying" Temari worried as I closed the door. "Kashi," I whispered and they looked at me, not understanding what I was saying.
"My mothers name was Kashi, I know who my mother was. Now I only need to find out about my father, I know who I am finally" I whispered as my knees buckled and I sat in the hallway.
"Kuroki are you okay?" Kankuro asked, not sure what else to do and I nodded, wiping away the tears that had started to fall again.
"Yeah it's just, I finally know who I am, I know that my parents loved each other and loved me as well" I sobbed trying to stop the tears but they kept falling.
"There, there, just let them out" Temari comforted as she hugged me and I hugged her back sobbing and crying into her shoulder, I had found out who I was, well nearly.
'Do not worry Master, I will be looking into Kashi Uzumaki and I will find your father. I owe you my life so I will now repay my debt,' Arakin said and I gave him my mental acceptance.
"Do you want to rest some?" Temari questioned after my tears had stopped and I shook my head.
"No, I have some training to do, after all I have you and Kankuro-sensei to teach me Temari-sensei," I said and they both blushed a little.
"I will also help you" Gaara declared looking off and I beamed at him.
"Yeah Gaara-sensei as well, this is going to be great just wait I will make all three of you proud of me" I cheered, grinning and they had smiles as well, though Gaara's was more of a twitch of his lips.

Before I knew it we were training each day, in the morning before breakfast Gaara taught me more complex chakra control as well as helped me with my defense a lot. Temari then took me after breakfast teaching me wind jutsus, she gave me two hand fans to use to master wind with them like her giant fan. Then after lunch Kankuro took me and taught me about chakra strings, I was still building my own puppets so I was just using the school puppets for now. Finally after dinner I would study by myself with the Uzumaki kinjutsu and sealing but once the other three went to sleep I would slip into my mindscape and go threw all the information my spiders had collected, sending them mental thanks with each new piece of information as I also wrote it all out in a scroll in sections on what it was about. This really put a drag on me but I knew I had to keep it up. Once I got back to the leaf village I would need to go through the Uchiha records and also get hard evidence about Danzo and the elders trectory but until then I would have to train and wait for it. I also had the spiders looking into the akatsuki, it was a group that was popping up lately and they were after the tailed beasts so my friends were in trouble.
"You finished your first puppet huh?" Kankuro commented and I nodded looking at the puppet.
"What are you going to call her?" Kankuro asked since my puppet was like a female person.
"Kashi" I replied and he smiled and scruffed my hair, though it didn't do much since my hair was tied up in a bun all the time.
"Congratulations good job" Kankuro grinned and I smiled and nodded and continued on.

Soon enough six months had passed and I was nearly ready to head back to the leaf. I had gone around the different villages in the wind country since Temari and Kankuro had shown me around them, Gaara was Kazekage now so he was able to leave the Sand village.
"So you are leaving tomorrow?" Gaara sighed and I nodded.
"Yeah it's time I got home and plus you need to focus on being Kazekage plus Kankuro and Temari need to train some more, the next chunin exams are coming up after all and you guys are hosting it. You don't have time to worry about me anymore" I smiled and they frowned.
"Don't be like that idiot, you're like a sibling" Temari snapped, hitting my head and I yelped.
"Yeah after all it's like having another little brother," Kankuro chuckled.
"Exactly you are welcome here any time" Gaara firmly said and I nodded.
"For now let's eat the dinner that you guys whipped up for us" I grinned and they nodded as we ate dinner.
'Hm everything seems a little too quiet' I thought to myself as I looked around and sent my chakra out.
"Gaara" I whispered before jumping out my window and looked to see Gaara was fighting some guy while trying to protect the village with his sand.