Naruto slowly woke up to the sound of someone softly snoring in his ear. Opening his eyes, he tried to stretch, only to find that he couldn't move. Blinking a few times, Naruto felt someone hugging him tightly and turned his head to find his mother had wrapped her arms around him in a tight bear hug with orange-glowing chains. Taking a few seconds to realize the situation he was in, he took a deep breath and shouted: "MOM! WAKE THE HELL UP!", causing Kushina to jump and release Naruto. Soon after releasing Naruto, Kushina fell off the bed, hitting her head on the floor, "Owie," Kushina whispered as Naruto rolled over and looked down at his mother

"You got something to say?" Naruto asked

"What the hell was that for?!" Kushina shouted

"WHY THE HELL WHERE YOU HUGGING ME LIKE SOME SORTA BODY-PILLOW?!" Naruto screamed back

"DON'T SHOUT AT ME!"

"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT STARTED IT!" Naruto explained, pointing at her. But before Kushina could say anything more, the bedroom door slammed open to reveal Minato with his face covered in dried blood, "What's going on?!" Minato screamed, looking at them. They looked back as Minato raised an eyebrow, "What? Something on my face?"

"You know what? I'm done. I'm going for a walk," Naruto said as he got out of bed, still wearing his pajama's

"Naruto, wait!" Kushina reached out for him, but Naruto was already out the door.

Naruto walked around the village, agitated at the morning events, "Stupid mom, stupid dad. It's too early for this shit," he whispered as someone appeared in front of him

"Heya brat, how's it goin'?" a voice asked as Naruto looked up and saw Tsume standing in front of him with a few strips of bacon in her hand

"Tsume-san?" Naruto asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Needed to get away from the house for a while... bacon?" Tsume extended her arm to give Naruto some bacon. Naruto grabbed a piece and started eating it, "Pepper?"

"Yup, pretty good, huh?"

"Very,"

"That's nice... so, what are you doing out by yourself? Where are your parents?" Tsumae questioned. Naruto rolled his eye while chewing his bacon, "Too early to deal with them. I decided to go on a walk," he replied

"Phhh, that's not an excuse to go out alone. Come on, I'll take you home," Tsume said, eating that last of her bacon and grabbing Naruto's open hand. Naruto was surprised by this action, being dragged back home by Tsume, "What are you doing?"

"I'm taking you back to your parents,"

"But why?"

"Let me make this easy for you... be glad it's me and not someone else," Tsume explained as she dragged Naruto.

"Thank-you, Tsume. For bringing back my son," Kushina bowed, thanking Tsume

"It's nothing, Kushina. But... I've got another reason to come here," Tsume explained as she looked down at Naruto

"Really? What is it?"

"It's about Rogi," Tsume answered. Naruto felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. His body tensed as the adults continued talking, "What does he have to do with my son?" Kushina questioned

"Naruto came back with Jomari. Jomari was last seen with Rogi. Naruto and Jomari are probably the only two who knows what happened to him,"

"What did happen?"

"Rogi was murdered," Tsume dead-panned. Kushina's eyes widened as she took a step between Tsume and Naruto, "Are you suggesting that Naruto killed him?"

"What?! No! What would make you say such a thing?! I need to ask him a couple of questions."

"Over my dead body! Where's Jomari?!" Kushina questioned as she turned around to look down at her son, "Naruto. Go get Jomari,"

"Fine," Naruto whispered, agitated as he walked to the backyard.

Jomari sat next to the small fountain with a pool in front of it. A few Koi Fish swam in the water as he heard someone coming up behind him. Lifting up his head, he saw Naruto walking toward him. Jomari's ears stood up, his eyes widened and his body began to shake... his mind going back to that night. That, night. He started whimpering as Naruto stood over him and started petting him, "Stop whimpering, I'm not gonna hurt you. You're too nice for that," Naruto said as he then picked Jomari off of the ground.

Naruto stood in front of Tsume, holding Jomari as the ladder looked up at her, "BARK!"

"Nice to see you too, Jomari," Tsume said, scratching his head. Naruto set Jomari on the ground, the ladder standing up and quickly moving to Tsume's side, "Anything else, Tsume?" Kushina asked

"No, that'll be all. We'll be leaving now," Tsume replied, bowing, "have a nice day." Tsume and Jomari then left the Namikaze Compound. Kushina closed the front door as she turned around and looked at her son, who had his arms crossed, "We've got a lot to talk about young man,"

Tsume was sitting with Kuromaru as Jomari was eating a combination and rice, chicken, and hashbrowns,

"Thank-you, Tsume-sama. I don't know what to say," Jomari said, finishing his food

"It's nothing, Jomari. But... can you tell me what happened?" Tsume asked

"Hm?"

"The day you and Naruto came back, Jomari. What happened to Rogi?" Kuromaru questioned. After Kuromaru uttered those words, Jomari froze. Tsume and Kuromaru noticed this as Jomari started shaking, "P-please, d-don't make me remember," Jomari begged

"Excuse you?" Kuromaru said

"That night... that night... I've seen some things, but that... please, don't make me remember," Jomari begged, lowering his body to the ground and covering his eyes with his paws

"Jomari, what did you see?" Tsume knelt down, scratching Jomari behind the ear. Tsume felt Jomari shaking like a new-born puppy, scared and frightened at the slightest touch, "Y-you really want to know?" Jomari replied

"Please," Tsume cooed. Jomari looked up at Tsume as he said: "I saw a monster,"

"A monster?" Kuromaru tilted his head

"A monster," Jomari repeated, remembering what Naruto looked like

"A monster killed Rogi?"

"Yes... after Rogi killed... after Rogi killed... Naruto," Jomari whispered

"Rogi killed Naruto? What are you talking about, Naruto's still alive!" Tsume shouted

"No! Yes? I-I don't know! I-I tried to stop Rogi, but he tossed me to the side. A-After Rogi beat Naruto, I heard Naruto's heart stop and then... and then... he came back from the dead. Like a zombie! A monster! You saw it too, didn't you?!" Jomari shouted, looking desperately into Tsume's eyes. Tsume thought about it for a few minutes before she remembered something off about Naruto when he came back. It was then that something crossed her mind, 'Rogi killed Naruto. Naruto comes back from the dead. Naruto kills Rogi. But that doesn't make sense. Naruto's alive and people don't come back from the dead... unless,' Tsume thought to herself and then shook her head, "No, that's stupid. Naruto a monster? A demon? Bah, that's stupid... but with Naruto being around his siblings... maybe some of the Kyuubi's chakra leaked out?"

"Mind telling me what you're muttering about?" Kuromaru questioned

"Nothing, just something stupid," Tsume answered, "thank-you, Jomari. Have a nice night,"