Got You

"Where's that little brat Naruto Uzumaki? Where did he take my Inuzuka Hana and Kiba Inuzuka? Let them out right now, or I won't be polite." Tsume Inuzuka stood at the apartment entrance with her hands on her hips, fury written all over her face.

Not long ago, Naruto Uzumaki's Shadow Clone had suddenly barged into the Inuzuka Clan compound, kicked several dogs flying, and then made a threat within the compound.

He said that Inuzuka Hana and Kiba Inuzuka had been captured by him, and that Tsume Inuzuka had to come to his house and personally acknowledge him as her son before he would let the siblings go.

Otherwise, he would ransom off the siblings' dogs.

No matter what, the Inuzuka Clan was one of Konoha's great clans. Two children had been kidnapped at once, and threats had even been made against the ninja hounds most important to the Inuzuka Clan.

This time, Tsume Inuzuka had truly been enraged. She had decided that even if the Third Hokage personally protected him, she would still teach Naruto Uzumaki a lesson.

"And my Ino! That brat actually said he was going to shave all of Ino's hair off. Where is he? Make him bring my Ino out immediately. If even a single hair is missing from my Ino's head, I'll never forgive him."

Inoichi Yamanaka, who arrived right behind Tsume Inuzuka, was equally furious.

This time, even Lino Yamanaka did not look pleased.

Not long ago, Naruto Uzumaki's Shadow Clone had barged into the Yamanaka Flower Shop and told Lino Yamanaka and Inoichi Yamanaka that he had kidnapped Ino, then intended to shave off every hair on Ino's body.

It had thoroughly enraged the husband and wife.

Hyuga Clan Head Hyuga Hiashi, Akimichi Clan Head Choza Akimichi, and Nara Clan Head Shikaku Nara followed closely behind, all wearing angry expressions.

Hyuga Hiashi said, "Although Hinata has made some mistakes recently, I will not tolerate my daughter being bullied."

Shikaku Nara said, "Shikamaru has always been a good boy. Why did Naruto Uzumaki capture him? He must give us a reason."

Choza Akimichi said, "Chōji was still speaking well of Naruto yesterday, yet today I heard he was captured. I need a reasonable explanation."

It seemed they had all been provoked by Naruto Uzumaki's Shadow Clones.

"Everyone, please don't be angry. There must be some misunderstanding here." Mikoto Uchiha explained with an awkward smile. She also had no idea why Naruto had suddenly caused such enormous trouble.

A few hours ago, she had planned to return to the Uchiha Clan, but Naruto had stubbornly clung to her, insisting on taking her home because he had something to give her.

He had asked her to wait.

Uzuki Yugao had also advised her to wait a while.

There was nothing she could do. They had lived together for so long, and Naruto had always been well-behaved. This was the first time he had made a request of her, and Mikoto Uchiha simply could not bear to refuse him.

So she decided to wait.

She had thought that waiting a little while would not be a big deal.

Yet after waiting for several hours, the anxious Mikoto Uchiha went to ask Naruto what exactly he wanted to give her. The next moment, Naruto vanished right before her eyes.

That brat had actually used a Shadow Clone to fool her.

Mikoto Uchiha was a little angry and was about to ask Uzuki Yugao for an explanation when this group arrived.

Although she did not know what had happened, as Naruto's "mother," Mikoto Uchiha could only step forward despite herself now that her child had caused trouble.

"A misunderstanding? What misunderstanding could there possibly be?"

Tsume Inuzuka glared furiously at Mikoto Uchiha, who was speaking in Naruto Uzumaki's defense.

"Exactly!"

The enraged Inoichi Yamanaka also said unhappily,

"Lady Mikoto, I don't know what you were thinking, actually coming here to live with that little bastard for a while. But I advise you not to defend him at a time like this. After all, you aren't his real mother."

What did he mean, she was not Naruto's real mother?

Although it was true.

Hearing it with her own ears made Mikoto Uchiha very uncomfortable.

During the time they had spent together, Mikoto Uchiha had already regarded Naruto as a true member of her family.

With a faint smile and narrowed eyes, Mikoto Uchiha said in a slightly cold tone, "It seems that the matter between Naruto and me is not for Mr. Yamanaka to lecture us about."

"Heh. What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing."

"You insist on protecting that little bastard?"

"Mr. Yamanaka, let me warn you. Naruto is not some little bastard. Please watch your mouth!"

Mikoto Uchiha activated her Three Tomoe Sharingan. Inoichi Yamanaka reached for his ninja tool pouch, while Tsume Inuzuka snorted and led her dogs two steps forward.

The atmosphere between both sides instantly became tense.

Just then, a light cough broke the silence of the confrontation.

"Ahem. Stop arguing. Naruto did not do anything to your children."

The voice arrived first. Then the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, appeared before everyone with a group of ANBU. Among them was a female ANBU with long purple hair.

The instant she saw her, Mikoto Uchiha immediately recognized her as the suddenly vanished Uzuki Yugao, and felt slightly relieved.

"Third Hokage, please tell us exactly what happened!"

Mikoto Uchiha was the one who asked that question.

Everyone stared at Hiruzen Sarutobi, hoping he could give them an answer.

Yet for some reason, just as Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered the pipe in his hand and prepared to speak, Inoichi Yamanaka suddenly had a strange premonition.

Could this be...

A good thing?

"You may find this hard to believe," Hiruzen Sarutobi said. "But I'll tell you in the most direct and straightforward terms possible."

"This is actually a good thing!"

"..."

The world fell silent for a moment, and Tsume Inuzuka felt the veins on her forehead bulge.

"This can be called a good thing?"

"Sigh, don't be so hasty." Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled. "Yugao, bring the children out."

"Yes!"

Uzuki Yugao nodded, then opened the door of the apartment that no one had paid attention to and dispelled the technique concealing the sounds within.

The children these adults had been worrying about were currently gathered around a table, eating hot pot.

Kiba Inuzuka was about to use his chopsticks to give Akamaru some meat when Inuzuka Hana fiercely smacked him on the head.

"Idiot, you can't feed a dog with chopsticks. This isn't home. Consider other people's feelings and stop being so selfish."

Shikamaru Nara and Shino Aburame were quietly eating without saying much.

Chōji was devouring food at a frantic pace. Beside him, Hinata Hyuga was no less impressive, eating so quickly that it even seemed as though she was faintly suppressing Chōji.

Izumi Uchiha smiled as she brought dishes over for everyone.

As for Ino Yamanaka, she kept muttering, "Where did Dad go? When is he coming? I'm tired of waiting for Dad already."

Hearing Ino's words, Inoichi Yamanaka's face darkened. Lino Yamanaka could no longer hold back a laugh despite her angry expression, while everyone else's expressions eased somewhat.

Because...

Everyone knew that the dad Ino Yamanaka was talking about was not Inoichi Yamanaka.

"Ino, you little girl, why are you saying nonsense outside again?"

Inoichi Yamanaka's voice carried into the room and reached everyone inside. Only then did Ino Yamanaka give an awkward chuckle.

"Dad Inoichi, you're here!"

???

Inoichi Yamanaka's face darkened even further.

Damn it!!!

I can't even be called Dad anymore? I've become Dad Inoichi?

Naruto Uzumaki, I hate you!!!

"Dad, why are you here?" Shikamaru Nara spotted his father among the adults and immediately looked panicked. "Could it be that Mom has already fallen victim to Naruto Uzumaki?"

What the hell?

What could have happened to your mother?

Shikaku Nara recalled what he had told Shikamaru and formed a few guesses. He decisively shook his head. "No. Don't worry."

Hearing that, Shikamaru Nara's expression relaxed.

"Third Hokage."

Seeing that the children were unharmed, Tsume Inuzuka took a deep breath and calmed down slightly.

"Even if the children are fine, Naruto Uzumaki went to our homes to frighten us. That can't be called a good thing, can it?"

"Please hear me out. This is what happened."

At the Third Hokage's signal, Uzuki Yugao stepped forward to explain. "Everything Naruto did today was actually to protect Lady Mikoto."

Hmm???

Everyone, including Mikoto Uchiha, was stunned by that answer.

Then they heard Uzuki Yugao continue.

Today, Naruto had suddenly asked Uzuki Yugao for help, saying that he had discovered someone following Mikoto Uchiha. He suspected that someone intended to harm her, but had no evidence.

So he came up with a way to gather all of his classmates together.

Some had been invited directly, such as Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga. As soon as Naruto called for them, they came on their own.

Others had been coerced with threats and incentives, such as Shino Aburame and Shikamaru Nara. Naruto had said that if they did not come, he would steal their mothers away, so they had been forced to come as well.

After gathering all the children present, if nothing happened, it would simply be a dinner invitation.

But if anything did happen, the Shadow Clones Naruto had left in various places would use more extreme methods to force the parents here as quickly as possible to help.

Then Uzuki Yugao would immediately go invite the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hearing this,

everyone was stunned.

A soft warmth arose in Mikoto Uchiha's heart.

That child Naruto...

But just over something this small, was it not a little excessive to deceive everyone into coming here?

As the wife of the Uchiha Clan Head, what could possibly happen to Mikoto Uchiha within Konoha? And who would dare lay a hand on her?

No!

It seemed there really was someone.

"So... what you mean is..." Shikaku Nara immediately realized. "Something is happening right now?"

"Yes!"

The next moment!

A white-haired, hedgehog-headed ANBU wearing a mask emerged from a corner while dragging two ANBU with him.

"Third Hokage, we caught them. They should be Root members. They refuse to say anything, but we can basically confirm that Lord Danzo's orders for them were no good."

"Hehe, it's fine. As long as they were caught."

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and looked at Mikoto Uchiha. "Where is Naruto? You can call him out now. Stop hiding, you little rascal. He played everyone today."

His praise for Naruto was sincere. Naruto's intelligence and protection of his friends and family today had greatly comforted him.

Even if he himself had been dragged into it.

It was just that Danzo... with so many people watching, I can't protect you now. If I don't punish you severely, these people will surely be dissatisfied.

He did not know whether Naruto had deliberately created this situation or whether it had happened by accident.

However, even Hiruzen Sarutobi had not expected that Naruto was not there at all.

Mikoto Uchiha, whom he had asked, looked completely baffled. "I don't know. Wasn't Naruto with all of you?"

Hmm?

Hiruzen Sarutobi froze at those words and looked toward Uzuki Yugao.

Uzuki Yugao lowered her head and said, "I don't know either. Naruto didn't tell me where he went."

It was a rather awkward matter.

Only when Naruto had asked Uzuki Yugao to notify Hiruzen Sarutobi did she discover that the Naruto she had been watching had somehow already turned into a Shadow Clone.

After speaking, Naruto's Shadow Clone had dispersed immediately.

"Not good!"

Shikaku Nara shouted, "Naruto is at the Uchiha Clan compound! Since Lord Danzo decided to move against Lady Mikoto, he definitely wasn't only targeting her, so..."

So Naruto had followed the trail to the Uchiha Clan in order to investigate the source behind those trying to harm Mikoto Uchiha?

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression instantly became grave, and he cursed Danzo as a bastard in his heart.

"Everyone, come with me immediately. We have to stop them!"

"Yes!"

[Ding!]

[An unexpected situation has appeared!]

[A-rank Mom "Mikoto Uchiha" has had a crucial part of her original life trajectory altered. She was supposed to die on the Night of the Massacre of the Uchiha Clan, but she has now survived, resulting in a major change to her identity information.]

[Mikoto Uchiha, age 35.]

[Due to the major alteration in her life trajectory, events occurring twelve years later can no longer be predicted. Future information will no longer be displayed.]

[Received an additional 400 Mom Coins!]

[Current Mom Coin balance: 419.]

Elsewhere.

When Mikoto Uchiha was surrounded by several Jonin, Naruto received the notification that Mikoto Uchiha's life trajectory had changed, along with 400 Mom Coins.

Immediately afterward, Izumi Uchiha's information also changed.

[Ding!]

[An unexpected situation has appeared!]

[B-rank Mom "Izumi Uchiha" has had a crucial part of her original life trajectory altered. She was supposed to die on the Night of the Massacre of the Uchiha Clan, but she has now survived, resulting in a major change to her identity information.]

[Izumi Uchiha, age 12.]

[Due to the major alteration in her life trajectory, events occurring twelve years later can no longer be predicted. Future information will no longer be displayed.]

[Received an additional 200 Mom Coins!]

[Current Mom Coin balance: 619.]

Damn!

Naruto had already been happy just to save Mikoto Uchiha and Izumi Uchiha. Now he had directly gained six hundred Mom Coins, making Naruto Uzumaki even more delighted.

In an instant, even Itachi Uchiha's endless cries of "Stop it!" inside the Tsukuyomi space no longer sounded so noisy to Naruto.

All that exhaustion today wasn't for nothing.

Feels like my brain's about to explode from exhaustion.

Overjoyed, Naruto wanted to try a pull immediately.

But the circumstances did not allow it.

A kunai shot rapidly at Naruto from the front, snapping his consciousness out of the Tsukuyomi space. He hurriedly dodged aside.

"Hmph—!"

Obito Uchiha suddenly appeared behind Naruto. "Kid, your sense of danger is seriously lacking. I never expected Itachi to lose to someone like you."

A mere feint with a kunai had drawn all of Naruto's attention, leaving him completely oblivious to his back.

An opponent like this was ridiculously weak.

With that said,

Obito Uchiha's hand pierced straight through Naruto's chest.

Too easy...

How had Itachi lost?

Obito Uchiha could not understand it.

Suddenly...

Obito Uchiha noticed that the corner of the blond boy's mouth had inexplicably curled upward.

"Got you!"

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