34 Ishizu’s Life
Everyone looked at Ishizu as he called Kushina his mother.
"Ishizu-sensei what do you mean by your mother? Are you my brother?" asked Naruto. His voice startled Kushina as she looked at the blond boy who resembled Minato.
Ishizu smiled at Kuchina: "So you realized who he is, don't you, Kushina. He is your son, Naruto Uzumaki."
Ishizu turned to Naruto: "I am sorry Naruto that you couldn't reunite with your mother in a better condition but this is something I have to do to restore my pride."
With that, Ishizu attacked Kushina. It was his only chance to defeat her. He suffered too much during his childhood. Ishizu loved her like a real mother as she gave him something than any child needed.
The love a child deserved form a mother.
Flashback no Jutsu.
A 3-year-old Ishizu roamed the streets of Konoha. He was an orphan. He did not remember his parents, or he did not care. Living in an orphanage was a no-no as Danzo was very much active. So when he thought he could survive alone he left. For a 3-year-old Ishizu was quite skilled.
People's bodies in the Shinobi world matured much faster so Ishizu could already walk and speak very good. His brain was more developed than his body.
That did not mean Ishizu had an easy life.
No, on the opposite.
He survived by stealing food from the people. His chakra system was not fully developed but he could already do the Henge which he stole from an academy student and used it to frame others as to not get caught.
On one fateful day, he saw a person sitting near a ramen stand. Ishizu never had any ramen, so he prepared his raid.
Just as they gave the ramen to the customer Ishizu rushed in and with a quick leap which you don't expect from a 3-year-old child, he took the ramen and ran.
"Hey, that's my ramen. Come back here you thief" the feminine voice of the person called out to Ishizu.
Ishizu smirked seeing his plan succeed but as he turned around, he saw a demon running at him.
He froze in place as he saw her. A nine tails Oni. Ishizu was so focused on the ramen that he didn't see who he was stealing from.
As he saw Kushina running at him, Ishizu just dropped his head awaiting punishment because he knew he couldn't escape from her.
"So you realized that you can't escape? Good, now give me back my ramen," Kuchina demanded.
Ishizu obliged but as soon as he gave her the ramen, his stomach was heard.
"Hey kid, come, I will treat you for some ramen," said Kuchina as she gave him her hand.
Ishizu smiled and took her hand and as they were eating together Kushina asked him about his name, life, etc.
Ishizu did not know why he told her, but he knew she would not harm him. It amazed Kushina by how mature a 3-year-old was but she felt said when he told her how lonely he was.
Kuchina stood up as she smiled at the young Ishizu: "I have decided."
Ishizu looked at her, questioning what she had decided.
She gave him a hug and whispered into his ear. "I will adopt you as my son." Although Ishizu was an adult inside a child's body, he still longed for a mother and a father.
The emotions he had inside him started to leak out like a fountain, and he cried as he leaped in her arms.
At Kuchina's home, she told Minato of her new baby. Minato tried to reason with her but one glance shut him up.
Ishizu loved them both. He was nervous to call Kushina his mother, so he always called her a red-haired Oni from his first encounter when he misbehaved which gave him many beatings from Kuchina.
As time passed, he started to grow closer and closer and started calling Kushina his mother and Minato his father.
Minato introduced Ishizu to the Shinobi world and taught him many things. Through Kushina, Ishizu got his love for Fuinjutsu. He always fought Kuchina but never won.
One day Ishizu stormed into the kitchen when Kuchina was cooking. He pointed his finger at her and proclaimed: "Here my world okaa-san. One day I will defeat you and then I will be called the Oni-slayer."
After the academy, they put Ishizu into Minato's team. During his life with both of them, he encountered Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Jiraiya and Orochimaru grew to love him or in Orochimaru's case to accept him as a smart child.
Jiraiya for Ishizu's love for women and his books and Orochimaru's acceptance for the theory of chakra. Ishizu still remembered Kuchina's look when she caught him and Jiraiya peeking at women.
After a small conversation, comprising pummeling Ishizu to unconsciousness, he stopped doing it, fearing the wrath of the Oni. Ishizu quickly grew a bond with Obito as he accepted him as a friend as well as Rin. He had some conflicts with Kakashi but both tolerated each other.
At one point, Ishizu started to yearn for power, as his first 3 years showed him the true nature of survival. His life in a new family smoothened it but Ishizu was so focused on training that only when he heard that Obito 'died' did it reminded him of the reality.
He considered his life, until Obito's death, as easy but that quickly crumbled as he realized the truth. Only with power could he protect his loved ones. So he trained and trained and made many plans to get the power.
His encounter with Onoki gave him his moniker "The Strategists". His goal for power showed him a side of love.
In his early life, he always loved how Kaguya looked and felt sad that she was sealed away. He thought they were meant to be together and fell in love with her. It was only because of the God tree that she was lost in madness so Ishizu got a new goal to go for power.
To reach her and make her his wife.
But this goal came with problems.
Ishizu was so blinded by his goal for power that he was too late to change the future for a better.
He wasn't present as Rin ran into Kakashi's Chidori, killing her, and Obito's rampage.
The same thing happened during Kushina's birth.
Ishizu knew about Naruto being born, but he was so much into training that Ishizu was on the other side of Konoha, completely forgetting about Naruto's birth.
Only when he saw Kurama did he rush towards them only to see both of his parents dead.
Seeing that he was lost in seeking power, Ishizu swore that he would change the future. His first mission was to help Naruto grow into the Shinobi he always meant to be.
He would get the power to make everything right.
And from there it is history.
