Disclaimer – I own nothing.
Chapter 1.
Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke stood face to face, a small leaf floated downwards. It drifted down to the soil and the impromptu death match began.
Chakra, the worlds had not felt since times of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, flooded from their cores. The earth buckled and shattered under their feet, not being able to handle the pressure. The Uchiha opened his left eye as it pulsed in power, layers upon layers of illusionary techniques invaded into Naruto's chakra network, shattering upon entrance. His chakra was constantly fluctuating, changing, disrupting. It seemed Genjutsu was futile, the Uchiha scoffed, only his most powerful illusionary techniques would have effect.
The yellow haired speed demon sped forward, shattering the sound barrier in a matter of a second, he was not surprised, he was half of a god. He reached the sharingan user in the blink of an eye, despite the terrifying speed that was just displayed the Uchiha was not deterred. They collided in a furious match of strength and speed. Punches strong enough to create earthquakes, kicks fast enough to split mountains rang through the desolate field, their chakra was effecting the nature, animals and people. It was truly a battle of gods, the ninjas of various villages could only stare in awe, fear and reference at such a monstrous duel.
Both of the surviving members of their respective clans shot backwards miles. They kicked it up a notch. Naruto's eyes gained a red tint around them, his pupils turning vertical; the respected sage mode. The Uchiha's eyes swirled with dark power. A red six-sided star with a motif formed in his eyes; the feared Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan came forth. They weren't done. The Rokudaime Hokage summoned forth a blazing orange and black cloak that covered his body; stronger than before his fusing with Asura's and Hagoromo's chakra. The Uchiha didn't disappoint; his left eyes pulsed with ungodly chakra, concentric rings formed and his eye turned magenta. Everyone weaker than Chūnin across the whole continent were brought to their knees by the combined chakra the two were exerting, Jōnin and ANBU could feel their knees buckle, just managing to stay upright, the only one barely affected were those above Kage level.
They were at their strongest human forms; the Uchiha looked into the skies as he channeled absurd amounts of chakra into his left eye, 3 gigantic meteors formed and were plummeting at frightening speeds to the earth. Naruto smirked, preparing for his technique the chakra he was releasing creating shockwaves and upheavals. He exhaled and sped forward, appearing in the skies before the meteorites; he pumped more chakra than humanly possible through his tenketsu, he punched forwards, the energy being released, making Tsunade's punches look like love taps. It created a deafening explosion, as it reached the colossal stones; they abruptly stopped mid-air and shattered into pieces, he flexed his monstrous chakra and the remains disintegrated. This had all happened in the matter of 10 seconds.
He didn't stop, he lifted his hand and in a flash a spiraling ball of doom appeared. Adding his wind natured chakra, it gained sharp edges, looking similar to a shuriken. He wasn't finished, tunneling his electric natured chakra into it turned it completely white and made it spark. He threw it forward, it blazed to his opponent and hit its mark. It erupted with a bright flash and a screeching bang. He continued, conjuring up 4 clones all of them creating their one variant of the deadly technique. 4 were created, one with fire, one with water, one with earth, and one with lightning. The last one was created by himself; it started slowly, blue, red and black particles collided together in his hand as he lifted it up above his head. He compressed it, and it turned dark purple, forcing more chakra into it, it grew in size. Growing even bigger than the meteorites his enemy had conjured and he wasn't done, his final and strongest element covered the purple ball, wind. Lastly, he added Shukaku's specialty, magnet release. The technique was straining, barely being held together even with all of his power. He and his companion, the Kyuubi no Kitsune, heaved and threw it forward. His copies following, he used the chakra saturated air to make the 4 smaller variants spin around the Bijuudama. He gasped and spoke his first words since the battle started,
'Sage art: Universal Bijuudama Rasenshuriken.'
It reached his opponent in the blink of an eye leaving no time to teleport or dodge. He knew the Uchiha was resourceful, the technique would not kill him, but it was worth the try, it was just a distraction after all. He felt the Uchiha's chakra pulse, controlled, quick and dark. It pulsed and destroyed miles of nature in his haste to defend, Sasuke forced more chakra into his eye as it started bleeding, he opened a rip in time and space big enough for the Kyuubi itself to fit in. It was impossible to live after such a technique otherwise.
Naruto coughed up blood and looked up in the skies, this was it. They were evenly matched, their strengths perfectly matching each other, he smiled and threw his father's special kunai downwards and flashed to it, landing on the ground. He slowly moved through the seals, the Uchiha was occupied defending against his technique. This was the duty of the Kages, like all before him had done, he would do the same. He clapped, the combined chakra of Naruto and all the Tailed beast burst forth from his body. He spoke, his voice raw with emotion,
"Fūinjutsu:Shiki Fūjin."
His life sped before his eyes, stealing the scroll of seals and learning the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, defeating and pulling Gaara out from his personal nightmare, travelling with his perverted godfather, fighting Nagato and making him see that violence and pain wasn't the only way and finally to his last and final battle. His eyes hardened, there was no other option.
The Shinigami drifted from the dead soil, its chakra covering everything around it, dark and deadly, even suppressing the chakra Naruto and the Bijuu were releasing. Naruto shivered and looked at the Shinigami. They did not have need for words; the Shinigami knew why it was summoned, and Naruto accepted the price he needed to pay. The God of Death flexed its power and time stopped, it moved forward, piercing its incorporeal arms through Naruto's stomach and grabbing ahold of Sasuke through the rip of time and space. Sasuke's soul was ripped from his body, the God pulled his arms backwards and through Naruto, the rip in time and space was not affected by the Shinigami, it was a rip in time after all. The Shinigami's power only strengthening the technique multiple times, it quintupled in size as it started absorbing everything around it; Naruto felt the pull and he could do nothing about it, his body was stopped in time too.
The Shinigami wouldn't allow it, pulling on Naruto's soul with all of its might, ripping it from his frozen body, not expecting a piece of its own power that was the base of Naruto's seal to resist against the pull, the Shinigami roared and pulled harder. The seal snapped, the Chakra of all the tailed beast exploded outwards, swirling around Naruto's soul.
The seal was designed to slowly absorb Kurama's chakra, the power of the tailed beast and the piece of the Shinigami's essence only strengthening that effect. Namikaze Minato was indeed a genius, he had left nothing untouched, creating a fail-safe to activate when the seal was forcefully destroyed to absorb the chakra, yet he could not have known the effect of the God's power and his son's will. In a matter of seconds his soul stabilized, absorbing all of the Bijuu and the Shinigami's essence. The Shinigami lost its concentration for a barely a millisecond as power even Ōtsutsuki Kaguya could not comprehend exploded from the pulsing soul, its slip in concetration was enough, the rip in time won. Sucking up Naruto's soul, his body and Sasuke's body.
The Shinigami howled, it's energy ripping the world asunder, the terrifying rip in time and space also absorbing the energy the Shinigami was releasing. The rip in time suddenly stopped, and imploded. The infuse of the power of the world, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, all the Bijuu and the essence of the Shinigami was enough to destroy the universe, not a sound was made. It was gone, just like that. Not a terrifying explosion, it just disappeared. Without the power of the world and nature the Shinigami could not stay in existence, it was removed, not having any use anymore. Death was a part of nature, and nature had ceased to exist.
Uzumaki Naruto was confused, simply said. One second he had summoned the Shinigami and everything was going to plan, the next second he was gone, no he still existed, he was more than before. He felt the Bijuu's chakra forcefully being pressed into him, along with the Shinigami's, Sasuke's and almost all the Nature chakra the world had to offer. How had he not been completely obliterated? Why was he so calm, was it a side effect of having every ounce of chakra the world had to offer absorbed into his being? Further investigating needed.
'Why was it so dark?' He questioned himself.
Opening his eyes, did he still have eyes? The complete darkness concluded that he still had those. Good to know. He was drifting to a rip of something, of time and space, he guessed. He felt an abnormally strong pull. He looked around him, darkness and an occasional white rip in the walls was all the eye could see. He looked forwards, seeing a white lightning shaped rip in the walls of time and space, the closer he moved the stronger the pull got, concluding that this rip was pulling him in. He started swimming through the darkness, literally swimming. He could feel Gaara's deadpan stare already. The closer he got to the biggest rip the stronger the pull got until eventually he had no control over his soul anymore and was sucked into it.
Uzumaki Naruto awoke to the blinding light of the sun, drifting on a water stream. He sighed and relaxed, looking up. The deafening sound of a waterfall filled his ears …
"WATERFALL?!" He screamed.
He reached the end of the stream and plummeted down the waterfall just as the words left his lips. Looking around him quickly he saw the enormous statues of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, he was at the Valley of the End, but that was impossible. Sasuke had destroyed the valley in their battle against the Rabbit Goddess. A miniscule amount of chakra, miniscule in his eyes in reality it was more than most ANBU had, poured from his tenketsu as he suddenly stopped midair, making sure to keep the chakra close to him. He sighed in relief, glad to still have his chakra. He touched down next to the waterfall and looked in his reflection in the water.
What looked back surprised him, he had at least grown a few inches. His jawline had sharpened and his hair had turned a pale yellow, more reminiscent of a Yamanaka's. He looked closer, and noticed that the roots were a pure white. His eyes had changed to, they looked sharper and more importantly he saw three Magatama spinning around lazily in a sea of red … He had the Sharingan, it must've been an after effect of being fused with Sasuke's chakra. The most suprising were his whisker marks, rather the lack of them. Again, how was he so DAMN calm about it. He huffed and sat down.
Being finished inspecting the outside he checked his chakra reserves, feeling his normal gigantic one that had grown significantly and beyond that a pool, more like an ocean that dwarfed his own core, making it seem insignificant. He closed his eyes and entered his mindscape. His shock could not be described. Gone was the sewer, in place was a white wasteland as far as the eye could see. He thought of his chakra core and it appeared before, his normal core still being the sky blue he remembered. Behind his core appeared a broken cage covered in chains. In the cage, was the ocean he felt, it was more than a hundred times the size of his 'human' core. He moved towards it and placed his hand on the surface. He did not expect the chakra to burst free from the chains and cling to him like an attention starved puppy.
'This … This is all the Bijuu chakra and the Nature energy in an entire world. The strength of a world, compressed in one being. How the hell did this happen?! Dumbass Uchiha's with their dumbass tricks.'
He was flabbergasted. The density, the pure mind-numbing power and the mixture of chaos and peace was an unimaginable feeling. He could feel it constantly strengthening his body, sharpening his already inhuman senses and purging imperfections and all the scars he had. It was merging with him, he couldn't allow that. Not now. The amount of chakra he would release would attract too much unwanted attention. He ripped his hand from the world sized globe and started pacing. His mind filled with plans and ideas,
'I have the Sharingan, does that mean I have the Rinnegan too? Kami, this is annoying.'
Naruto pumped more chakra into his eyes as he felt them shift to Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, that was now his? It was all so confusing. He kept pushing more chakra, his vision sharpened and he could feel the power these eyes had. He conjured a mirror in the mindscape and looked at the reflection, he had expected to see one Rinnegan, not two. It must've been because of the mixture of his and Sasuke's genes.
He suddenly stilled and ripped his forehead protector off. What looked back at him was a slit in the middle of his forehead. He groaned, god damned rabbit bitch. He tried willing it open, that didn't work. He tried prying it open, that just hurt like hell. Like always chakra was the solution, he pumped more chakra than most Kages had into the slit and saw it open menacingly. Three concentric rings on a blood red background with three rings of slow spinning Magatama was what greeted his other eyes. A pulse of chakra burst forward from his body, lifting up the dust around him, making grass grow around him and animals flock to him. The infamous Eye of the Moon had graced the world once again.
This meant he could go to his own dimesion. Good, that was one problem solved. He rubbed his chin and looked up. He felt like Shikamaru, constantly looking at the clouds. He was about to say his friends catch phrase too. The valley was still fully intact, he needed more investigation. It could be from something silly as it being rebuilt, to time-travel or even another reality.
'Troublesome.' His lips twitched and he laughed at the absurdity of it all.
He left his mindscape and looked at the tattered clothes on his body, that wouldn't do. He discarded them as he concentrated, using his specialized Henge, travelers clothing appeared on his body. A simple beige shirt, a black loose-fitting pair of pants and a pair of simple slippers. Luckily his chakra control wasn't as shot as he expected. He did not want to attract too much attention. He stopped pumping chakra to his eyes and conjured a long white cloth. He wrapped it around his forehead and locked away most of his chakra to human senses, being found out by a sensor was not something he wanted. He made a hand seal and shifted into another person, another perfect Henge. Choosing an inconspicuous look with simple black hair and bland facial structure.
He readied his muscles and blasted forward … against a tree and destroying it. He groaned, and looked in the sky. He could almost hear Fate laughing. Body strength and speed quadrupled, looking back at the sizeable crater he had left behind, quintupled. He whined and started running, this time a far slower speed, matching an ANBU's pace.
Naruto reached the commercial path to Konohagakure no Sato in a few minutes, he slowed dramatically knowing the seals that covered all of Konoha and its surrounding areas. Reaching a normal civilian's running pace, he jogged towards the big gates of the village. He slowed down further the closer he got until he was walking briskly, finally reaching the gates he joined the line that had formed to enter Konoha.
He looked at the Chūnin who were inspecting everyone's documentations … His thoughts halted, DOCUMENTATIONS. He was glad he was at least still the same idiot. He pushed his hand into his pocket and started creating a fake document, a combination Yin/Yang manipulation and an undetectable amount of chakra. He calmly walked forwards as the person before him was stopped by the Ninja. Just as the person was let through Naruto finished his forgery. He stopped forwards to the ninja and smiled.
The unknown Chūnin smiled back and spoke,
"Good morning, sir. Documentations, please?"
Naruto fished into his pockets and handed the man the so-called documents. The ninja looked at it and examined it, he nodded and handed back the paper. Naruto folded it up and put it back in his pocket.
"Everything checks out, you're welcome to come in. Enjoy your time." The chūnin said and beckoned forth the next person.
Naruto calmly walked in the village and looked around him, his eyes fell on the Hokage Rock, noticing that there were only four figures on it. Silly rebuild idea was crossed off then, time travel or reality travel were the only options left. He kept walking and moved towards the public library, that was the quickest way to find out if it was reality or time travel, his actions would depend on what he found.
Naruto walked into the public library, as he walked behind a long bookcase he conjured 5 clones, all with different looks, and commanded them to read about the history of Konoha and the Elemental nations. The original grabbed a book about all the kages and sat down, opening the book he started browsing through it, activating his Sharingan he used his specialized Henge to cover them up.
2 hours later Naruto had almost read all the history books in the public library, grabbing the last book, a biography of the live of Namikaze Minato and his accomplishments, he opened it and started reading it, going through it in a frightening pace.
'Namikaze Minato, child prodigy. Genin at age 10, Chūnin at age 11, Jōnin at age 13. Damn, tou-sama was really a genius. Sensei of Hatake Kakashi … Blah blah blah. Youngest Kage ever at age 19, wow. Blah blah blah … Vanquisher of the infamous Kyūbi no Yōko at age 21. Husband of Uzumaki Kushina, the Red Death? Wasn't that classified information, that was different. Father of 2, Namikaze Menma and Namikaze Mito, containers of the Yin and Yang halves of the Kyūbi no Yōko respectively …'
His thought process halted suddenly …
'Calm down, it is probably just your imagination, yeah! That's it. Just read it again. Father of 2. Oh no. Namikaze Menma and Namikaze Mito. WHAT THE HELL!How did this even happen, I need to get proof.'
He stood up suddenly, his chakra fluctuating without his consent, the chair he sat on clattered to the ground. He cursed and put it back before he set the biography back in its original place. Naruto willed his clones to stop existing, a rush of mainly unnecessary information flooded his brain. He groaned, the Sharingan made his clones remember everything, it was even more taxing now to use the Kage Bunshin.
He quickly left the library and walked into a back alley, making sure there wasn't anyone who could sense him. He created 10 clones, 3 were to go to the Hokage Mansion, 4 were to go to the Uchiha compound, he hadn't found anything about the Massacre after all. The last 3 changed into insects, they would serve as his information gatherers. The disguised Naruto walked out of the alley and started to walk to the gates, his chakra was getting unruly. He needed to let it fuse with him soon.
He walked out of the village and as soon as he was far enough away he used the same speed he had used when travelling to Konoha, reaching the Valley of the End in the matter of minutes. He couldn't feel Uchiha Madara's hide out here, it meant that he was dead, or it wasn't here. He hoped the first.
He cancelled his Henge and ripped away the bandage before burning it in his hand. His chakra was almost bursting out of him, he needed to do this quickly. He pumped chakra into the slit on his forehead, it opened and pulsed in power. Naruto called out the technique that made him want to pull his hair out when fighting Kaguya.
"Amenominaka" He spoke.
Naruto pumped more and more chakra into his third eye as he was teleported into his dimension. His eyes had already turned a pure gold with power, he was just in time. Chakra burst from his body, destroying the wilderness centered dimension he had entered. He willed himself in his mindscape and conjured the Chakra that was almost bursting from his body. The cage, that was now even closer to full destruction, appeared before him. He waved his hand, the chains collapsed, the cage turned into dust and the chakra pulsed before moving too fast. It pulled him into its core, the terrifying energy was even more powerful. He inhaled, sat down and crossed his legs.
This was going to take a while.
He started purposefully absorbing the Chakra into his being he felt it strengthening every little aspect of him, he pondered if his personality would change even more before dismissing it. While Naruto in his mind scape was calm and in peace, his body had been completely obliterated, it was being destroyed and rebuilt every few seconds. Bettering itself every time.
It took a whole month to absorb the all-powerful Chakra of the world. Naruto's mindscape had drastically changed in the last months, it had changed to a copy of the Bijuu's birthplace, it fit after all. In a circle around him sat the 9 beastly siblings, Naruto had accidently recreated them when he started absorbing their chakra. The Naruto in his mindscape opened its eyes, gone was the slit in his forehead. His normal eyes consisted of the Rinne Sharingan now. Chakra rippled calmly along him, the Bijuu stirred at the Godly presence but didn't wake. Being absorbed, destroyed and recreated was an incredibly tiring process after all.
Naruto hummed and looked around. He hadn't gotten the memories of his clones yet, he needed to leave his dimension it seemed. He sighed and opened his real eyes, this time the that burst from his body wasn't calm, it had cratered the floor under him, destroyed the nature and killed all the wildlife … on accident. He clamped down on his chaotic chakra, forcing it back under his control, it seemed control did come easier in his mindscape.
What would he be able to do if he let chakra loose under his control, he chuckled.
Naruto opened the portal to the real world again and stepped into it before calmly walking out the other side, but back in the Valley of the End. His clone's memories flooded into his mind, interesting. Naruto didn't have the Byakugan, so he could not see 360 degrees. He didn't like that, he deactivated his Rinne Sharingan and a Byakugan was willed into his eyes. Before he just had half the power of a god, now he was a god. His imagination was the only factor he needed for his power. He had more chakra than all the humans and the Bijuu combined … times a 100. He didn't even have a chakra core or tenketsu anymore, only when he willed them to exist they would exist. His body was a pure chakra construct now.
He had to get used to suddenly being able to see all around him, he could see a team of 5 ANBU rapidly approaching, he must've set of a seal somewhere. He really was an idiot, he clamped on his chakra even more. The miniscule amount of chakra that anyone exudes, human or animal, was for him low-kage level, which was more than enough to activate the seals. They would check out anyone who had such high chakra levels, hoping for allies and if it was an enemy to take them out.
This was an ideal situation to be integrated into the village without forcing his way in.
He put all of his chakra, which was a lot, behind lock and key, only leaving around middle-Kage amount and letting it circulate around a fake chakra system he created on a whim. He willed his body to de-age, making him look like a 12-year-old with a lot of chakra, he sharpened his nail and ripped his side open viciously, making it look like a katana had done the damage, he pulled his left arm out of its socket and laid down. He was bored, hopefully the ANBU would offer entertainment. He deactivated his Byakugan and azure eyes greeted the world.
The 5-man squad of ANBU flashed into the clearing, the chakra saturating the air making them shiver. Almost automatically all of them were drawn to the bloody boy breathing roughly and leaning on his arms. They approached carefully, Naruto's eyes snapped up. His eyes perfectly imitating the fear that one would have after being 'attacked,' he chuckled to himself, he was already less bored. The captain of the squad spoke gently,
"Calm down, we're not going to hurt you. There was a high density of chakra sensed here and we were told to investigate. Can we take a look at your wound? It looks pretty bad."
Naruto whimpered in pain, oh he was good. The ANBU's eyes softened, they felt sorry and wanted to help, nobody liked seeing a child in pain, Naruto knew, he didn't have to see it. He could feel every little thing that they did. Naruto sat back and hissed before moving his hand away from his side. The captain signaled to the Rhino masked ANBU to give him first aid, her hands glowed green with the Shōsen Jutsu. The captain started talking,
"Can you answer some questions while Rhino heals you?"
Naruto nodded, happily sighing as the pain slowly started subsiding. The captain started,
"I'm guessing you were attacked, right?"
Nod, the captain signaled the rest of his squad to search the surrounding areas, and put on a gentler voice,
"Okay, can you tell me your name? Do you know why you were attacked or who they were?"
Naruto answered softly,
"My name is Naruto,"
He stumbled over his words, the blood loss making him light headed,
"I don't know, there were 3 people. They were trying to get me to join their village, I think, but I didn't want to. Then they attacked me, I just managed to barely get away."
Before the captain could ask another question, the Rhino masked ANBU gently grabbed his arm,
"It's out of its socket, Naruto-san. Do you think you can let me put it back in?"
Naruto nodded and the ANBU moved her hands, popping the joint back into its socket quickly. Naruto screamed in pain and 'accidentally' let loose a burst of chakra. The captain's eyed widened, his ninjato reflexively appeared in his hand as the Rhino masked women sped backwards quickly. Damn, he could be an actor. The remaining members of the squad appeared back into the field as the chakra dispersed. The ANBU's shared the same thought, how could someone so young have so much chakra.
The Rhino masked women gently walked forward as Naruto stood up. Naruto bowed down in thanks and started limping away slowly, the captain called out,
"Wait, you're injured. You can't travel like that, we can take you to Konoha and you can get treated."
It was an ANBU's task to make sure the citizens of not only Konoha, but the whole Land of Fire were safe. The child didn't look trained except for a strong body and he just had a soft spot for children. If the child chose to go the ninja way he would also be a huge asset to the village. Naruto looked back and hesitantly nodded his head.
"Are you sure, I don't wanna be a bother. You've alrea-" He stopped mid-sentence as his legs gave out under him and he lost consciousness.
The ANBU captain lifted Naruto up on his back and sighed, signaling to the other members of his squad to head out. He made sure Naruto was firmly situated on his back before he sped forward in the direction of Konoha.
10 minutes later they arrived in Konohagakure no Sato, making sure to not aggravate Naruto's injuries, they arrived at Konoha's hospital and left Naruto in the care of a medic before reporting to their Kage.
The lion masked captain commanded his comrades to go back to the headquarters while he reported to Yondaime-sama. He shunshined into the Hokage's office, if you got your assignment from the Hokage you reported back to him, otherwise it was the ANBU commander or Nara Shikaku if the previous wasn't available.
Lion shifted to one knee, showing his respect to the strongest ninja in the Land of Fire and more importantly his Kage. Namikaze Minato did not react when he felt one of his ANBU enter his office, it was an occurrence that happened all day through. He spoke with clear amusement in his voice,
"At ease, Lion. Report."
Minato lifted his hands under his chin. The ANBU twitched and rose before speaking,
"Squad Omega left immediately after receiving mission #1648-AZ, we reached the Valley of the End and found a young wounded boy, aged around 10 to 12. No clear shinobi training, muscle mass that was often seen on one though. We engaged and I questioned him while I let Rhino give him basic treatment and let the other members search the perimeter. Possibly a member of the Kaguya clan, white hair and a strong body. The chakra flares our sensors felt came from the boy himself, Hokage-sama."
The ANBU took a breath as Minato lifted his eyebrow slowly and inquired,
"Bijuu presence detected?"
The ANBU shook his head negatively and continued speaking.
"No, sir. Bijuu presence could not be detected in his body. He told me that he was attacked when three foreign shinobi tried to convince him to join their village. Possibly Otogakure, no definitive proof. He managed to get away with wounds and that's when my squad found him, presumably his chakra increased his speed to escape on instinct or he knew how to himself. Afterwards he lost consciousness and was brought to the village where he is now under treatment."
Minato dismissed the ANBU and sighed before seemingly speaking to no one,
"Get me Yamanaka Inoichi."
One of the hidden ANBU's presence left the perimeter to do his Kage's bidding.
Naruto awoke to a bright light, his sensitive nose twitched at the medicinal smell. Definitely the hospital, he sighed and looked around him carefully, making sure not to aggravate his 'injuries.' He felt someone, around high Jōnin level approach the door, the person came in and almost unnoticeably halted in the door before keeping going and sitting down on one of the chairs, the man spoke,
"I'm Yamanaka Inoichi, head of the Analysis division. I'm here to see how you're doing."
Naruto nodded and responded, already having thought of a story to tell, he needed something to offer Konoha if he wanted to stay after all.
"Kaguya Naruto, pleased to meet you."
AN: R&R, first story. Constructive criticism appreciated. Flames are not.