i wanna try to read task force z again because the panels from its ending i've seen do interest me a lot

Ooh, what if Price/Ghost/Gaz/Laswell came across their childhood best friend? Reuniting with reader who was there for them through thick and thin, until they joined the military and lost contact 🙏

I've been reading/re-reading some of your works!! They're so good! Also, I'm sorry those teenagers were pricks to you, hope you have some better days soon!

Hello! I have to say, I'm genuinely surprised anyone reads my rambles in the tags, I didn't think anyone would, but thank you! You don't know how much I appreciate it! Today was already a much better day, which is why I decided to write and post two requests today! This is a lovely request, very nice! Love me some platonic stuff as well! Sometimes all you need is a good friend by your side!

Price, Gaz, Ghost and Laswell Come Across their Childhood Best Friend

Price: He actually thinks about you from time to time, more often than he’d like to admit. You were a good person in his eyes, always there for him no matter what he went through, which is something he could appreciate. His childhood wasn’t particularly bad, but he had some days where he would have loved to simply throw in the towel, which is normal, though. Price was a rowdy guy when he was young, so you likely either went along with some of his ideas or were kind enough to talk him out of them. Either way, he appreciated having you around, so seeing you again would be quite the surprise, he didn’t think he ever would again. If he’s on a mission, then the talk will be kept short, but afterwards he’ll make sure to seek you out again, catch up a bit and ask you how you’ve been. Price didn’t expect to have missed you this much, but he only realized that once he saw you. You’ll either be going to one of the cafes you used to visit nearby, or maybe sit down on a park bench and maybe eat some sandwiches together, just like you used to during the good old times. Since you’d likely be around his age, so roughly 37-38, you’d have a lot to tell. Roughly 22 years you need to catch up on. He’s willing to talk to you, tell you about his career, how he's been doing, about the people he’s met and how he’s feeling. Considering this much time has passed, there’s a good chance you’ve both mellowed out quite a bit, but it isn’t unpleasant, you’re both mature people now. He likes hearing about everything you’ve accomplished, it’s like you became a new person during all those years. It’s so lovely to him, he sort of can’t believe it. Whether it’s a coincidence, or maybe you sought him out, it doesn’t matter, spending time with you again brings back all those memories he thought he had since forgotten about. He laughs, he smiles, he frowns. He’s a bit more expressive with you, but really wants to reminisce about the good old times. Even so, he hopes to be able to see you again more often, so you’ll likely exchange numbers. This time he tries to make sure to not lose contact with you and will text you every once in a while.

Gaz: When he was a child, Gaz was a lot calmer than he is today, a very quiet kid. He had always been a good boy, a gift in the eyes of many, but he wasn’t as active a child as one would imagine. Ergo he didn’t have very many friends until he became older either, but he was loyal to the few he did have. You were one of them. As you slowly started to grow apart, he started to miss you, but didn’t want to bother you either, as much as he would have loved to do so. So I’m sure you can imagine the surprise on his face when he found you at the mall the two of you would hang out in during rainy days. Gaz has become more confident, so he’d immediately walk up to you once he recognises you and start talking. Like Price, he’d be pleasantly surprised to just see you in such a mundane place, but won’t question it. Or complain about it either. In fact, if you’re not carrying anything heavy, he’d be the one to suggest going out to eat or drink something. Again, either a small and quiet cafe or a small restaurant. Maybe you’d go to a place you liked when you were kids, if it’s still open. Regardless, it’d be hard to get him to shut up with how excited he is to have you around. It’s a calm kind of excitement, but he’s happy, and that’s what’s important. It’s very likely that he’ll pay for your food, even if you insist he shouldn’t, but it’s not like he has any other use for his money. Chatting with him about the good old times is very sweet, he likes to bring up all the good things. But eventually, he’ll thank you for everything you’ve done for him and how happy he was to have you as a friend. Considering there were very few people who tried to get to know him, he was quite lonely, but you fixed that. You made everything better. From the pain on his knee when he fell as you gave him a band-aid, to the pain in his heart when the other children ridiculed him. Like Price, he’ll ask you if you want his number so you could continue to keep in contact with each other. He knows it’ll likely never be the same again, but he can pretend everything is as good as it used to be back when he was young. He’d love to spend time with you again.

Ghost: This man has had one of the worst childhoods imaginable. He was abused by his father, and the only friends he had aside from you were his mother and his brother. Barely anyone was kind towards him or accepted him considering he had always been the weird kid. No one but you wanted to spend time with him. Needless to say, Ghost had taken a liking to you when he was younger. You spent your time with him, you even defended him when some of the other kids ridiculed him. And now, 12 years later, he finds you running after a coin you accidentally dropped on the ground, bumping into him as you did so. He’d be wide eyed at first, a bit quiet as well. Once you left he never would have thought he’d ever find someone like you again, but here you were, just as quiet and surprised to see him. Ghost would pick up the coin for you and ask you how you’ve been. It had been a while. Although he’s not usually one to smile, especially not in public, you could see him faintly do so. He’s become a quiet man, so he won’t be talking too much about everything, especially not everything that happened after he joined the military, but he’s more than willing to talk to you about other matters. His life has become better over the past few years, but that doesn’t mean he isn't scarred still. He’ll offer you a walk to just about anywhere, really, even if the final destination will always end up being one of the places you used to hang out in as children. An abandoned house, a park, a mall. Manchester is a fairly large city, so there’s much to see. It would be a bit rough to catch up with him entirely, but he loves to hear about everything you’ve accomplished. You’ve become such a mature person, it warms his heart to see how far you’ve come in life. Back then, when everything was so bleak, when neither of you thought you’d see your 28th birthdays, everything was different. But now, you’re smiling at him as you’re drinking your milkshake. You seem to be better off, and so is he. It makes him nostalgic to see all of this, but he’s happy. Ghost will offer you to come to his home if you want. Even now, he still loves you dearly as a friend and couldn’t be happier about the fact he’s found you again by chance.

Laswell: When she was young she was a healthy mix of rowdy and good. While she never caused much trouble, she did stand up for herself when she needed to. However, this alone was enough to get the attention of some awful people. People either liked her or hated her, there usually was no inbetween for them. Some people did try to bully her, but it never ended well since she would fight for herself, plus she had some good friends who would do the same for her. However, none of them could compare to you, as you were her best friend. All her joys she would celebrate with you, and all of her sadness she would share with you. Back then, things were simpler, something small meant the end of the world, but you always had each other’s backs. Laswell tries to not think about you too much since you slowly drifting apart is quite painful to her. As she grew older, she learned to live with the pain and it didn’t bother her as much. Still, she was very happy when you were sending her a message after all this time. She may have been at work, but responded to you immediately, having missed you just as much as you missed her. Once you meet up it’s evident you’ve both grown a lot older. Laswell has been working for the CIA since her twenties, so it’s been almost thirty years. You have a lot to catch up on, but you take your time, eating at a fancy restaurant and spending hours there, laughing at everything that’s happened. Laswell would show you photos of all the places she’s visited during her downtime. She’s seen almost the entire world, some of it with her wife, some of it without her. Although she doesn’t usually tell people she’s married, to another woman too, she knows you’re a safe person, you’ve always accepted her as she was. Considering how happy you looked when you saw her wife, she continued to tell you about the world. But you get your chance to tell her about everything that’s happened to you as well. If the conversation goes especially well, Laswell might invite you to a few outings every once in a while, after you’ve met up a few more times. Plus you get to meet her wife eventually as well, which is a real privilege. Considering how much she loves her and wants to protect her, not many know about her. It’ll be fun either way since you get to make more memories together again.

A scenario where you're a ninja from Kirigakure, but you receive a letter from the Rokudaime Hokage saying you're one of the last Uzumaki, and asking you to go to the leaf to know more about your heritage ?

Thank you for the request.  I think this came out better than I expected. Hope you like it and thanks for you patience!Kakashi meeting adescent of the Uzumaki Clan

You stared at the letter in your hands incredulously. Itsounded fishy, you thought as you read it once more. The letter was a formalsummons to Konohagakure from the Rokudaime Hokage to meet with him. The reasonbeing that the Hokage wanted to discuss your possible lineage.

You scoffed at that, your eyes scrunching in confusion uponthe letter. You distrusted the note. You didn’t care if the Nations were atpeace. What could Konoha possibly know about your lineage anyway? Also, why didyou have to travel to Konoha to find out about it?

You were peeved by the letter.  Old questions that you thought you had buriedaway to never be answered were unrelenting in your mind once more. You hadalways wondered where you came from. More like wondered why you were left herein Kirigakure.

You gave up knowing. There were no answers to be found andyou resounded in creating your own identity. Plus, if someone was willing togive you up, why should they be a part of who you are? You buried the resentand hurt you felt as a child. You grew up and latched your identity ontoKirigakure as a ninja.

That was who you were. A Hidden Mist Shinobi. You weren’t goingto cling to the title of an abandon orphan in the midst of the 3rdGreat Ninja War. You hardly had any memories from the time before you wereabandon. Only silvers of being brought by sea, thoughts of rain, the drowningsound of thunder, and the sailor that ported at land to trade hands with you tothe orphanage. That was all you remembered. You weren’t any older than 3 yearsold when you arrived at the orphanage. That was all you knew. You couldn’t evenremember the man’s face that left you there.

You grew up lost, resentful, and dismayed. The stingingtruth that you were not wanted, ripped you apart from the inside. The onlything that made you feel better was the training. At the orphanage, theytrained all the children in the ways of the ninja. You sparred with the other children,learned taijutsu, and ninjutsu. The training helped you cope and you put youridentity in becoming an asset of the Hidden Mist. It was your purpose. You didn’tcare what came before and you only look forward.

Now, answers that you have always wanted to know were beingpresented to you. You didn’t know if you wanted to hear it. Was it evenpossible that Konoha knew where you came from? Another question was how didthey know in the first place? There was also the possibility that they could bewrong, that they could have the wrong person in mind. You knew you’d be upsetif that was the case. Could you handle locking up those old thoughts again oncemore if so? You weren’t sure.

Despite your doubts, you packed your bags and headed out totravel to Konoha to learn hopefully a little more about where you came from.

When you reached Konoha, you checked yourself in bypresenting your summons and had your passport ready. You were soon escorted byAnbu to the Hokage Tower to meet with the 6th Hokage. The journeyhad made you relatively calmer and you were poised as you were introduced tothe Hokage.

The grey flock of hair on top of the Hokage’s head rang abell in your mind. You remembered seeing him fighting and leading throughoutthe 4th Great Ninja War. His face was concealed by a mask except forhis two eyes that appeared welcoming.

“Y/N, welcome to Konoha,” the 6th Hokage,Kakashi, greeted.

You bowed in respect, noting the Anbu still in the room. “Thankyou for having me,” you responded, politely.

Kakashi smiled lightly under his mask, pausing for a momentas he analyzed your position in the room.

“I’ll get straight to the point. I had requested your filefrom the 5th Mizukage, because of your unique chakra techniques youdemonstrated in the war. It says you’re orphan, is that correct?” Kakashistarted, his tone mellow.

“Yes,” you answered quickly, your eyes widening in curiosity.He got your file from your Mizukage?

“Do you remember your parents?” Kakashi questioned,intrigued.

“No,” you answered somberly. “All I can remember is a sailortaking me to dock and taking me to the orphanage, but this man was not my father.He exchanged some coins to the orphanage to take me in. That’s all I remember.”

Kakashi nodded at that. “You had arrived at the orphanageduring the Third Ninja War guessing by your age?”

You nodded, your features tightening.

“The amount of chakra you exerted during the war and theimmense sealing techniques you used, led me to my speculation of you. Plus, youbright red hair highly reminds me of another shinobi,” Kakashi explained,casually.

You flinched at the mention your hair. It was a rather unusualcolor and not many possessed such hair in the Hidden Mist. Many even called youthe Fiery Fiend as you didn’t strive to make friends but to complete yourmissions. You had defeated many shinobi even when the numbers were 1 on 7.

“After deep investigation and thought, I have come to a highlyprobable prediction that you are of some descent of the Uzumaki Clan that hadscattered after the fall of Uzushiogakure. One of your parents or both musthave been refugees that had scattered to the smaller islands of the Land of Water,”Kakashi theorized.

You took in his theory with scrutiny. Your eyes narrowed athim, only taking in this information as a grain of salt. “That is aninteresting theory,” you spoke carefully, “but there is no certainty that thisis true.”

Kakashi kept his gaze steady on yours.

“Actually there is a way. If you are willing to submit to ablood sample test. I have a skilled team of genetic researchers that cananalyze your blood and have the results back within a week. You are welcome tostay here in Konoha as we wait for the results, that is if you want,” Kakashioffered warmly.

You were stunned, not expecting that. You stuttered as youtried to make up your mind. You always wanted to know for certain where youcame from and now that it was offered to you, you were afraid to take it. Therewas always the possibility he was wrong, but the curiosity was already growing toostrong to ignore.

“Ok,” you stuttered out. “I’m willing to cooperate.”

Kakashi smiled genuinely at your answer. “Great. I hope you don’tmind if I assign you an escort during you stay in Konoha,” Kakashi mentioned.

You shook your head readily. You didn’t mind. You knew itwas customary.

Kakashi nodded as he signaled one of his Anbu. The Anbu leftthe room only to come back with a bright yellow haired boy. Your eyes widened,recognizing the young jinchuuriki boy that helped win the war.

He came in dragging his feet, looking passed you to Kakashi.Despite his entrance, there was a bright aura about him that you could feelfrom where you stood.  

“What is it Kakashi-sensei?” the boy quipped, rubbing at hishead before looking at you. “Who’s this?”

“This is Y/N,” Kakashi stated. “They will be staying in theVillage for a bit and I need you to be their escort.”

Naruto turned to you then. “Hello Y/N, I’m Naruto Uzumaki.Nice to meet ya,” Naruto greeted as he smiled warmly at you, making his faceglow.

Your eyes widened in realization as your gaze darted to the6th Hokage. You knew that the Hokage did this on purpose. Thislessened the doubts in your head if the 6th Hokage was prepared to assign Naruto Uzumaki to you. The Hokage must have felt pretty certain that you were of some sort of Uzumaki descent. Now only time will tell if the Hokage was right or not.