Third Person's POV;

Maro Hantya wasn't proud of his covertly escape. But he was alive and away from this monster. The mission should have been easy, kill Yuugao Uzuki's lover and his teammate, then capture her. They did manage to kill the friend of her lover, but anything from then on went down the drainage.

Uzuki and her lover managed to escape. They were quickly found and they were even trapped, with no way of escape but then a flash blinded us briefly and the Uzukage was in front of them. Sure no problem, they thought. He and his team attacked him and called for support.

The first attack did nothing, not surprising, as he was a Kage. Then the team leader, someone of these creepy ROOT Ninja had the bright idea to order the Uzukage to surrender. You don't order a fucking Kage, you ask nicely and accept what he says in return.

Ordering a Kage around is a sure way to die, if you haven't an army behind you.

They had no army.

As such it wasn't surprising that he wiped the floor with us. But even a Kage should be forced to move when facing over ten trained elite Jonin. But no! This monster thought it wouldn't be cool.

Fuck, and now he has to tell lord fifth Hokage that his mission failed.

Well, at least he was safe from this monster. He spent almost all of his Chakra to stay as deep underground as he could and then move as far away as possible. Now he was exhausted and had to rest before travelling back. Another thing that wouldn't be good. The Hokage has to know what happened here.

Uzuki was an ANBU as well, she knows village secrets that can't fall in the hands of the enemy.

“Tasty Tasty, a snack stumbled across. Shut up, and do your work! Yes Yes”.

Maro whirled around towards the voice that was suddenly next to him. What he saw frightened him somewhat. He, like every Jonin, knew the Nuk-Ninja and here in front of him was Zetsu the Cannibal.

“Please stay still while I eat you”, asked the white half of this... thing... in a friendly tone. Maro had no plan of doing him this favour and slipped a Kunai in his hands. He was out of Chakra and tired, but he won't go down fighting.

“Fuck off!”, he snarled and looked for a way out. His eyes flicked from one side to another, always keeping The Cannibal in his sight. He was in a clearing, no cover for at least five metres. And he was surely slower than an S-Rank Ninja, at least in his tired situation.

“I think I have skewered meet today”, laughed the thing jovially. Suddenly his back hurt and then not a second later his chest as well. He looked down to see what happened and saw that his chest was pierced through by a wooden spike. The spike had his heart at the tip and was still beating weakly. It stopped and with it the life of Maro Hantya.

“Now eat up”, said the black half of Zetsu and a mouth opened up on the torso of the thing. Zetsu crouched down and crunching sounds were audible for a while.

“Hey Hey, why are we eating him again?”, asked the white half during his meal. He so loved crunchy Ninja. They were way better than squishy children or leathery old ones. But the best were pregnant woman, they had a hidden surprise snack inside them. He shuddered a little and planned to ask for one. The funny expression their husbands made when he ate them in front of them was a joy as well.

“Because leader-sama doesn't want Danzo to rethink his plans. Another possible enemy might force Danzo to play save. The war will help us you idiot”, answered the black half as if he was speaking to a child. A dumb child mind you.

“Ah yes yes, the war. Many tasty corpses for us to eat. Eh, em but why aren't we capturing this fox guy as well? I bet he tastes all hot and smoky with his flame suit”, asked the white half. He finished his meal and tried to wipe of the bloodstains, yet only managed to smear them all over himself.

“Because we aren't ready yet, you idiot. His strength wasn't anticipated. Leader-sama has to redo some of his plans. Now shut up and get us back to our base”, answered the black half heavily annoyed. Why could this idiot not even remember the simplest things?

Dexter's POV;

I deactivated the cloak as well as my eyes and then released the barrier. Yuugao looked warily at me. She had laid down Hayate and was in the process of bandaging his chest. Hayate was unconscious, probably from blood loss or shock.

The moment the barrier was gone she whirled around and had her sword in her hand, ready to defend Hayate.

“They are gone, let me help you”, I said and stepped forward, only to get the sword pointed between my eyes.

“Yuugao-nee?”, I asked and saw confusion, anger, and grief in her eyes. Why?

“Don't get near us”, she hissed and I raised my hands in a surrendering position.

Was she angry at me for not telling her earlier?

“How long?”, she asked. So it was anger at not telling her.

“Since I left the village or since I planned this?”, I asked. Being honest here would be the best course.

“How long is Naruto gone?”, she asked this time. But Naruto? Well, Naruto never existed to begin with. But does she mean that?

“Excuse me? Naruto? The name is gone since I was four”, I said, somewhat confused. She knows that I don't like this name.

“So did you take over before or after I took you in? Must've been annoying to play the nice little brother wasn't it?”, she asked again, this time with some clear hate. Took over? Is she thinking...?

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°Kura-chan, does she think I you took over and are controlling me?°, I asked.

°I fear so°, replied Kura-chan.

“Yuugao-nee, I think you misunderstood....”, I began but the sword got closer to me.

“Don't call me that any longer, it looks like my Dexter is gone or was never there to begin with”, she shouted. Tears were building up in her eyes.

“No, what I want to tell you is that you are wrong”, I began, but was interrupted again.

“Wrong? So you did not plan to help Orochimaru in killing the Third Hokage? You did not plan to build a hostile village against Konoha? You did not plan to leave me? Or do you mean that I'm wrong to think of you as a little brother? As family? Family that would tell each other everything, like that you are an adult, as strong as a Kage and with clear plans of destroying Konoha? Tell me Kyuubi, where am I wrong?”, she now screamed. She was gesturing wildly and the sword was swishing with her gestures around. She was too much into it to notice that she was wide open.

“Please let me heal Hayate and then I can explain. It's true that I planned some of these, but not without reason and I'm not the Kyuubi. I'm Dexter, I always was and will always be”, I replied in my most soothing voice. I even underlined it with Chakra to make her believing me.

I hate it to do this to her, Hayate was okay. He isn't as important and it was necessary, but this Chakra influence is kinda like brainwashing. And I don't want to brainwash my family and friends.

Yet, it seemed to be necessary in this case. She was upset, on adrenalin, saw her teammates betraying her, her boyfriend mortal wounded and then came up with the assumption that her little brother was possessed by a demon.

I think that puts her in a state of not being in a clear mind, so this should be forgiven.

The Chakra did it work and she calmed down, at least enough to lower her sword and glancing back at Hayate. The bandage over his chest was red from his blood and it was clear that he wouldn't survive the night without a good healer.

“I'll keep you in my eye”, she then said dangerously and stepped back. But only enough for her to attack me at the slightest unwanted movement.

“There is a Jutsu I know, it's named [Flames of Healing]. It will heal him, but will look like he is burned by white flames. May I use it?”, I asked. Better be safe than sorry. The [Flames of Healing] might look like an attack if not warned beforehand.

She eyed me warily and then nodded after giving it some thoughts.

I reactivated my eyes and casted the Jutsu. The white flames jumped at his chest and then moved inside his nose. His body shuddered once and he then shot up into a sitting position. He bent over and began to cough violently, until he spit out some black fluid.

Yuugao-nee had me already back at weapons point.

“Hayate?”, she asked uncertainly. Hayate in return raised one hand, breathed in and out for a few times and then looked up at me and Yuugao-nee. He frowned and looked between us alternatively.

“Yuugao-chan? Why do you have Dexter at the end of your sword?”, he then asked in a clear voice without his usual rasps. The flames must've healed his lung disease as well. Good for him. The coughing was annoying.

“This isn't Dexter, it's the Kyuubi”, answered Yuugao-nee with a glare at me.

“Kyuubi? Kurama, did something happen to Dexter?”, he then asked me. Yuugao-nee looked confused at him, then at me.

“No, Yuugao-nee thinks that Kura-chan took control over me sometime during my time with her and now thinks that everything was only a plan to destroy Konoha while playing with her feelings”, I said and carefully held the tone of disappointed sadness and hurtfulness.

“Sigh, well. Yuugao-chan, let me assure you that Dexter did not play with you. He loves you like a sister. Trust me, I saw it. Even if it's slightly disturbing how he thinks of everyone else”, he then said with a weak chuckle at the end.

Oh, I forgot that they also 'remember' everyone from my point of view.... It might not be such a good idea to use the seal anymore.

“But he's the Uzukage, he helped in killing Hokage-sama”, pointed Yuugao-nee out.

“Yes he did, but with reasons. Reasons I understand somewhat and agree with him”, replied Hayate in my defence. Seems like my Chakra influence is either stronger than I thought, my memories influenced him more than assumed or he's just accepting things easier than normal. Not that I'm complaining.

Hayate stood up, looked down at his chest in wonder and then looked over to Yuugao-chan. She still had an open vest and cuts all over her body.

“Let him heal you as well Yuugao-chan, you also need new clothes”, he then said and Yuugao looked like she only now remembered in what position she was clothes wise.

She pulled her vest together, glared at both of us and then slowly gave me the nod for the Jutsu. A wave of white flames engulfed her and left her without any wound a second later.

“We are near Kiri”, Hayate then muttered.

“I can bring us to Uzushiogakure. Mom is eager to get to see Yuugao-nee again”, I offered.

“Mom?”, asked Yuugao-nee with an raised eyebrow. Hayate nodded once and reached out to touch my shoulder. He looked at Yuugao-nee to do the same and she did so. With less caution than at the beginning, but still some remaining alertness.

A quick flash blinded all of us and we were inside my Uzu-mansion.

“Sit down, I call mom. She's sure to be asleep already”, I said and left the two for a moment.

I walked upstairs, woke mum up and told her about what happened and that Yuugao-nee thinks I am possessed by Kura-chan. Mom laughed at me and said I am possessed with what I would do for Kura-chan, but got dressed and came back down with me.

There we found Yuugao-nee whispering urgently to Hayate, who only smiled weakly at her and patted her back. He noticed us first and looked over to us. Yuugao-nee stopped mid-sentence and looked as well. She spotted Mom and went white as a sheet of paper.

“Sensei?”, she whispered. Her hands were raised to her open mouth and her eyes were glistening with tears. She once told me that she wished that Mom was still alive. Told her about how nice she was and how much she thought her.

I'm sure she wanted to bring me closer to my mother, even if I shouldn't have known that she was my mother.

She then made the signs for a Genjutsu release and activated it four times, each time stronger than before.

“Hi Yuu-chan, long time no seen. I'm not a Genjutsu and also not a clone of Dexter-kun”, said Mom when she glanced at me, “ I heard you took care of my son?”. Mom also had teary eyes. She walked around the table and Yuugao-nee stood slowly up. Yuugao-nee reached out to Mom with shaky arms and then hugged her strongly.

“How?”, she asked once they broke the hug.

“Dexter-kun revived me, Minato put a part of my soul inside the seal and Dexter-kun used this part to get me back to life”, explained Mom. Yuugao looked over to me, still with some lingering doubt.

“Why are you calling him Dexter? No child should be able to do what he did. Not without the help of the Demon. This can't be the real Dexter, your son Naruto”.

Mom patted her hand softly and gave her a smile. “I know it's hard to understand. I only managed to come fully at terms with it after a year or so. This will sound more crazy than your theory of him being Kurama. …. Dexter-kun is a reincarnated person, he has the mind of a grown man. So it wasn't a child that did all this, rather a man in the body of a child”, answered Mom.

Yuugao-nee's eyes shot over to me and then to Hayate. He nodded once, knowing somewhat what I am with the memories. Not everything, but at least that my way of thinking was way above that of a child.

“So the demon isn't in control?”, asked Yuugao-nee.

“Oh, Kurama is in control, at least in control of his pants”, laughed Mom. Yuugao-nee's eyes widened after making the connections and then looked at me with an open mouth.

“What? Her tails are fluffy. And it's not like she is evil, she was controlled when she attacked the village. And wouldn't you be angry as well after being sealed for over a hundred years?”, I said in defence.

“Fluffy? Wait, you are dating the Kyuubi?”, she asked. Still somewhat shocked.

“Kinda”, I muttered with a shrug.

“Ahem, let's get to our topic. Yuugao-chan, Dexter isn't evil and seeks the death of us all. He hasn't played with your feelings and he has a reason for doing what he did to Konoha”, said Hayate from the side. Somewhat marvelling at his long sentence without the need to cough once.

“But why didn't you tell me?”, asked Yuugao-nee with betrayal in her tone. She seemed to have agreed that I'm not the Kyuubi, doesn't mean she agreed with my doings as well.

“You were an ANBU, loyal to Konoha. What would you have done if I told you I planned to kill Sarutobi and then leave the village?”, I asked back.

She opened her mouth for a reply, then stopped and thought for a moment, “I don't know. But I would have asked for your reasons before and would then have decided”.

“I know you would, but I had the plan before meeting you, I couldn't know your reaction if I had told you at the start and it got harder the longer I waited. I planned to simply kidnap you after my mission in Kiri and then let Mom explain what happened”, I countered. She huffed once but stayed quiet.

“Everything good?”, I asked hopefully after a pause.

“No, I am still miffed that you didn't tell me. I also don't like it that you stayed quiet about having a girlfriend and about you being a Kage, or as strong as a Kage. I wanted to teach you so many cool Jutsu. Now they will look silly in comparison to what a Kage can do”, she huffed but sounded less and less seriously to the end.

“I might forgive you for some things if you take me with you on the mission to Kiri. I always wanted to go with you on a mission, but my missions were to dangerous for a Genin. Had I known that this Genin hid a Kage-level strength”, she then said with a pout.

°Good, the Chakra and explanation worked. I think she mostly accepted you°, chimed Kura-chan in. She had stayed quiet for the most time.

“But it's dangerous, I'm going to overthrow the Mizukage”, I said in denial and she glared at me. It was one of the dangerous glares, the same she sent me when she demanded the Icha Icha book from me.

“I'm ANBU level, I can take care of myself”, she said, not breaking the glare.

“I agree, take it as bonding time between siblings”, said Hayate and I shot a betrayed look at him. Mom also smiled and I resigned.

“Fine, but you'll take one of my emergency seals in case something happens. I don't want to get you hurt”. Caving in like this isn't funny, stupid sister and stupid mom with their glares of demands.

“Good, when will we go?”, asked Yuugao, now happily and without any glare of demand.

“I planned to go today, this isn't possible anymore, so tomorrow”, I answered and she nodded.

“Good, let me make something to eat”, offered Mom happily. She stood up and I found myself alone with Hayate and Yuugao-nee. The first wanted to know why he wasn't ill anymore and the later about what I haven't told her as well.

Looks like we won't start early in the morning.