The Uzumaki Prodigy [Original]

Chapter 6 - A Promise Fullfilled

Light emerges once more across the massive expense of urban human habitation known as Konoha. The streets started up once again with life and the welcoming atmosphere it was known for across the elemental nations. The Sun acted as an alarm clock to some people, one of which happened to a redhead asleep. Tear marks dried and were barely noticeable but still there nonetheless.

His eyes shot up again, in a slight panic. His eyes darting throughout his room as he slowly backed away to the corner of his bed in fear. His eyes dilated. His face contorted into pure fear and terror. All that would escape the small boy's mouth was the slight whimpers of emotional pain and only two words. 'Naomi Okaasan'. His eyes started to water as all his eyes showed was fear. His shaking started. Curling into a ball on the corner of his bed. "Naomi Okaasan!" he screamed in desperation.

The moment he screamed he was embraced into a hug by someone he couldn't see. Naruto's eyes focused on reality and could see that female ANBU chest plate. The few strands of purple hair his eyes could spot. He became as still as a statue. His body was paralyzed as if to stone. All that moved in the boy's body was the tears that slowly made their way from his eyes down his face. This behaviour made the other person tighten the hug. Consoling him throughout this through shushing or saying calmly positive things such as 'It's fine', 'You can let it out.'

Only a few more moments passed until the boy moved and he immediately reciprocated the hug. His tears started to fall like a river. "Thank you, Cat. Thank you for being here for me." Naruto said whilst hiccupping, causing the women to chuckle.

"Now what kind of older sister would I be if I didn't help my little brother?" she said sarcastically. This made the boy stiffen as he exited the hug and look at her in disbelief. His eyes portray a sense of utter confusion. His expression was hopeful, yet afraid as though she had broken an unwritten rule.

"An older sister?" he whimpered, looking to the sheets of his bed next to his legs. This caused the woman to place her hand onto the boy as a form of comfort.

"That's if you want me to be Naruto. I cannot force you nor can you do the same." She said as she put her hand to her chin comically. Naruto looking up from his bedsheets and seeing her in that humorous pose made his tears start again, albeit in a lot smaller quantity than before and with genuine happiness.

"Of course, Big Sister Cat, I'd been over the moon if you were to accept me as your little brother" He responded with an aura of pure naivety and hope. He then rushed to her again as he continued the hug between the two causing the older woman to laugh softly as she hugged him back.

"Well, from now on Naruto, you are my little brother and I'll do anything to protect and guide you." She said as they hugged out Naruto's emotional dump. A few minutes went by as they finally broke the hug for real as Naruto sat back and lay on his bed whilst Cat was standing next to the bed. "Lord Third originally sent me to deliver some things that you had requested but then I heard you get up and I couldn't help but help you." She said was a visible smile through her ANBU mask. She then turned towards the door as she opened and stood at the doorway for a moment but said a sentence that would make the young boy ecstatic over for a least a month or two. "Stay safe little brother."

After Naruto's encounter with 'Cat', he then washed through having a shower and brushing his teeth and came out of the bathroom and entered the kitchen to notice multiple objects at the centre of the dining room table. Naruto's confusion returned and he couldn't help but ask "What the hell is half of this stuff doing here? I requested one thing didn't I?" Naruto asked himself as he walked over to the table to examine what they were.

To the right of the table was a scroll with an Uzumaki Swirl, from what little remained of the Uzumaki clan in the halls of the library he at least knew the symbol of his once great clan. Closer to the centre of the table and the right of the scroll lay a thick book with the same swirl along with a note with a set of instructions and lastly lay a piece of paper that had, from he could tell, a complex sealing array, even though that was the guess of someone who couldn't tell the difference between an exploding tag to a storage seal. At the final glance, he assumed that the seal before him contained the picture that he always wanted. A picture of his parents.