Chapter 12: Naruto : Uchiha : Chapter 12
"Naruto do you by any chance know why your clan elders haven't taken this all in and absorbed this into the clan's property?" he asked the boy, his voice laced in disbelief while unfurling a simple D-rank jutsu scroll to see the personal signature of none other than Madara Uchiha himself at the end of it.
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And he was surprised yet again when the boy nodded simply. The weapons section alone was enough for the clan to raise hell over a single family possessing it and try and absorb it into the clan's funds which wasn't taking into account the amount of knowledge that was amassed in here.
Mito too was shocked herself that the little boy knew of the reason why his clan hadn't pulled it in themselves and absorbed it for the clan's strength.
"Hai! Kaa-chan told me when she brought me here sometimes…" he whispered, sadness clearly lacing his voice.
"…only someone closely related to our family can enter this room. I don't know how it is, but she told me that this room recognizes our blood and chakra signature and only when it sees that it is someone from my family can they enter it. No one has ever been here except you too till today…"
He explained innocently, looking for the small kit Mito had told him about and not seeing the completely baffled and shell shocked faces of the adults behind him.
Mito though looked around and narrowed her eyes at the markings on laced all over the walls of the room. It was embedded with several layers of security, privacy and silencing seals. Nothing short of breaking in done by a full blown seal master after hours of breaking through the sequence of seals would one be able to access this room.
Clearly whoever set this up, didn't want anyone to be sneaking around here without his/her permission. And knowing the kinds of people the previous two owners of this house were, it wasn't the least bit surprising to the Uzumaki clan heiress.
The two were very strict when it came to privacy in their lives and this showed it to the fullest.
"Then why have you brought us here Naruto? It is a family heirloom that has been protected by your family for generations, why show this to us?" Asked the ever curious Tobirama.
Mito wanted to scold the man for such a blunt and rude question that could be taken as an insult for the boy's courtesy to them, but she was curious to this as well so she let it slide this time and opened all ears to the blonde boy rummaging through the shelves with his tongue sticking out in frustration at not being able to find the kit in this treasure room of a place.
"I trust you two…" came his answer with a small cough when he found something old and full of dust, making them quite surprised when he continued on.
"…Kaa-chan told me only to bring those in here that I trust completely, and never bring anyone from my clan here since they might try to take this all.
But I trust you two after all Tobirama Ji-chan is the Hokage and Lady Mito is really nice too, you guys brought me books and helped me get in the Academy. Lady Mito even offered to teach me, no one's ever been this nice to me…"
Was all he could say when his shoulders were caught and he was turned around only to gaze into the warm violet eyes of the crimson haired woman.
"Naruto don't call me Lady Mito…" she whispered softly, cupping his cheek in her hand and loved the affection with which he looked at her laced with his complete confusion at her words.
"call me Mito Baa-chan from now on, okay?" she asked gently and he nodded a bit embarrassed when she scooped him in her arms for a hug.
She walked with the boy through several shelves, her face still showing surprise at finding some basic level Fuinjutsu scrolls stacked in the shelves too. She was guessing that this sealing work was quite probably done by Madara himself.
Tobirama though was scouring through his particular interest - Ninjutsu scrolls. He hadn't found anything that had peeked his interest for now, and for the life of him there wasn't even a single forbidden jutsu scroll in there.
For that, he was glad as well as disappointed. Glad that a kid as curious as him didn't have dangerous things to tinker with in his leisure time, and disappointed at not finding anything particularly of interest to him.
"Naruto, you say you haven't brought any Uchiha here…" Tobirama's voice rang through the room getting a simple nod from the boy. Tobirama nodded in affirmative, gazing at the jet black blade encased on the wall safely making him remember his battle with the Last Uchiha clan head. "…that includes Kagami too right?" he asked and got yet another nod, surprising him quite a bit knowing how close he was to the boy.
"Kaa-chan made me promise to never bring another Uchiha in here no matter what, and only those from outside that I could trust completely. So I didn't tell Kagami Ojii-san since he is an Uchiha." he spoke innocently and Mito smiled at the blind faith the little boy had in them.
Tobirama too was happy but the boy was quite naive right now, any clan no matter who it was, would give just about anything to get their hands on the things collected in this room to get a chance at increasing their own strengths.
He himself had half a mind to absorb it all into the village archives but he couldn't touch a family heirloom like this from a boy to whom it meant the world.
Mito crouched down and and looked him straight in the eyes with a serious look on her face.
"Naruto-kun now you have to promise me another thing just like you did for your Kaa-chan. You will that for me won't you?" she asked him in her gentle tone getting an instant nod from the boy who had simply no qualms with it.
"Don't bring or even tell anyone about this room other than us. You don't know what people would do to get their hands on this if they knew what was here. Promise me the room stays a secret with only us knowing about it." She asked softly and Naruto nodded innocently trusting the woman. After all she said the same thing his Kaa-chan told him and she was always right in his mind.
"Hai, I promise you Mito Baa-chan." He said in his soft yet melodic voice making the woman smile and ruffle his hair playfully. She caught his chin in her fingers and placed her lips on his forehead.
"Let's go, I found it." she spoke playfully getting a grin out of the boy. She took his hand in her own and led him out, looking behind her to see Tobirama still scouring the place like a hungry scavenger.
"Let's go…" she said firmly, leaving no room for arguments and pulling the man out by his collar who yelled out protests in return that he wanted to stay a little longer like a child.
Tobirama followed the two with a slight slump in his shoulders at being denied the chance to learn something new but his face lit up with a slight smirk seeing the two in front of him walking hand in hand. He stayed silent and cherished the two interacting in front of them silently, the boy's innocence and kind heart was really contagious.
He had already wormed his way into his heart and he already knew that Mito adored the boy with all her being, having found herself an apprentice she had long since given up looking on after her repeated failures at scouring for one.
They sat back in the living room while Mito had pulled the boy onto her lap, much to his embarrassment but she wasn't taking any of it. She placed her chin over his head and pulled open the calligraphy kit, getting down to business now.
She showed him the proper way to rub an ink stone and showed him how it was done so he could follow in her lead. He did as he was asked patiently, rubbing the required ink off the stone for their practice session, Mito wouldn't tell him right now, but this was a moment every seal master cherished when he decided to take on an apprentice.
She took a brush in her hands, instead of using the support between her index finger and thumb, she placed it in he hands on merely her fingertips for the added precision that was needed for the art of sealing.
Naruto looked at her hand with narrowed eyes and took a brush in the same way in his left hand, once more surprising her with a new edge she found in him.
"Alright Naruto no watch this closely alright?" she asked in but a whisper feeling his head bob up and down under her chin. Her hand expertly traced the Kanji for 'Fire' on the blank sheet in front of her.
Naruto tried to do the same, though his ending strokes came a bit sloppy as was expected of someone trying their first hand at the art of calligraphy.
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