章 3: Just a passage of time.

I walked through the streets slowly for the second time in my life, the first being the time I had almost been beaten to death. The faces of joy as I passed by people, and the feelings of guilt I watched made me unsure of what to feel towards them. On one hand I wanted to scold all of them, on the other... well I remember what my Jiji told me.

Looking at the tree behind me that held my new personal guard from the Anbu, the reason for his being their turning out to be some political "allowance" of children that were of past Hokage's to receive protection of the Anbu so they couldn't be used against the country, I wondered if he truly would protect me. I had seen him the day I had been out on the temporary balcony. Still a awesome justu I thought. "Guard-san, so exactly why are you so focused on me. I didn't prank you somewhere sometime did I?"

Nothing. No reaction came, looking him in the eye's I seemed to catch what seemed to be a memory passing by then it was gone. "OK, if that's how you want to answer than I guess... let's head to the house. I have something I want to think about anyways." That thought I had mentioned was in fact something that had appeared in my eyes as I continued to stay in the hospital for a while more before the doctors said I could leave. If I wasn't wrong, I was willing to guess it was a gift from the angel who saved me. It was the gift that she had talked to me about receiving.

"Fine at least tell me your code name so I can holler when I see something that I actually need your help with." Seeming to consider something the shadow finally answered in it's slightly deep male voice. It wasn't the deepest I had heard, but it ranked in the lower half. "Jixna." My mother was a foreigner, don't comment. Seeing that the man seemed embarrassed with his name I was awkward. "Don't feel bad, my name literally means fish cake. Your name isn't a food." (Yes I fired a shot at the name, I couldn't resist, likely as I will be unable to resist using Sasugay, and yes that spelling is correct for the joke.)

"Finally home," I couldn't help but look at the building still in awe for the idea of owning the Namikaze mansion. "Now where is that blood seal I remember the Hokage talking about." Walking and looking over the gate I finally found at the right side of the gate a small seal made in a spiral pattern. 'My mom made,' this I thought back to what the Hokage had told me about my two parents over the days.

Biting my thumb I smeared my blood along in a spiral fashion opposite to the seal to allow the seal to activate properly. Instantly the hidden seal underneath came to the surface as the top facade was erased and in it's place a reverse spiral stood covered in my blood. Putting my hand on the gate all I had to do was push and then like history the gate opened allowing me in and shut after my guard followed me in. Seeing the stones that were up slightly I walked on them all the way to the inside of the mansion where I once again smeared my blood on the center of the door this time in a Z like pattern.

"Were my parents over paranoid shinobi I asked the man behind me rhetorically." Actually getting a shrug from the man I blinked in surprise. "Wait, your actually allowed to answer just any of my questions." Nodding again, I swore to the angel that the man in front of me had smirked for a millisecond. "Oh, it's on now. Just wait until tomorrow and just get a taste of the Uzumaki experience."