Chapter 1

The Fox and The Crow

In the land of Wave there was a crisis, one that was slowly swallowing the country whole. More in the sense that they were facing the tyrant Gato and his shipping company and army of bandits. While also having several shinobi coming into the country and trying to take them down when they had used everything they had to hire shinobi from Konoha. At this point there was a stalemate over the bridge for the country and its freedom, more in the sense that both forces were slowly closing in on each other and the end was coming. This ultimately lead to the shinobi from Konoha consisting of two genin teams lead by Kakashi Hatake and Kurenai Yuuhi. Their teams consist of clan heirs and heiresses from the Hyuuga, Inuzuka, Aburame, Uchiha, and Haruno clans. Next to those children was a pale skin boy wearing a black shirt and wearing tight black pants and having a tanto on his back.

The team's looks were varied with the Uchiha having black hair and black eyes while wearing a blue shirt with the Uchiha fan on his back and gray shorts. The Haruno girl had on a long red dress with a bow in her hair while the Hyuuga girl was wearing a large jacket on her body and some gray tight shorts. She had short blue hair that was cut down in a bob cut style. Next to her, her teammates were wearing gray jacket with fur on it and a dog sitting on the top of his head. Next to him the Aburame heir was wearing a coat that covered his mouth and had glasses on his face. Their team leaders was a gray hair man with a mask covering is mouth and showing one of his eyes consisting of a sharingan and scar on one of his eyes and him having spikey gray hair. Kurenai was wearing a white bandage dress and her red eyes were staring intensely at the problem that was coming up from their current problem.

Across from them was a dead shinobi that was a member of the Yuki clan and an injured Zabuza who had a large sword at his side he had to drop due to his injured arm. But they were not focused on each other, more they were focused on fighting Gato and his large army of bandits after telling them he was going to kill them all and take the women as play toys for his empire.

But before he could give the order the group felt someone approaching from their side of the bridge so Gato turned around and saw two people standing there. One was a teenager at the age of sixteen with long silver hair in a ponytail and carrying a katana at her side. She was wearing a gray jacket on top of a tight black outfit that showed off her sexually alluring body causing Gato to lick his lips in anticipation of taking her and having her at his beck and call. But the problem is that the boy next to her, looking only slightly older than the group of kids on the other side of the bridge. This kid gave off an aura that scared him, it was one of someone that was out to kill and felt nothing from it. He had blond spikey hair, whisker marks on his face, wearing a black and white samurai looking outfit with one of his arms hanging out from inside of the outfit. At his side he saw a dark looking sword that was giving off a menancing aura, but what really freaked him out was the kids eyes were closed. Maybe due to the damage he saw on his face, he had scars around his eyes leaving a large series of cuts running as one on his face. The teen's small smile deterred him but he finally said,

"Who the hell are you brat and how did you get behind us?"

"Hm, I sense Zabuza nearby meaning we are closer to our goal."

"Indeed beloved but there seems to be a small army in our way." The teen frowned before smiling again,

"No matter, Karasuba would you be a dear and head over to the injured man and heal him. I want our fight to be one without excuses." She smiled and kissed him on the cheek,

"Of course my lord, anything for you." She was gone in a blur and appeared next to the injured missing Nin while leaving the teen by himself on the other side of the bridge. Gato only smile and walked up to the teen poking him in the stomach with his cane.

"So a little shit like you thinks he has what it takes to take me down huh? Tough shit for you brat! I'm the ruler of this country and thus makes me the owner of everything that is here and that includes you and your friend! I'm going to enjoy torturing you and your friend before watching as me and my men take her again and again until she is nothing more than a lifeless puppet for me to play around with! What do you think of that brat no so-," He saw the teen passing him by while having his sword on his shoulder,

"You talk too much." Gato then felt his blood spurting out of his throat and screaming in pain.

"You little shit-," his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fell to the ground covering the ground in his blood. The teen smiled,

"Now then shall we dance?" He quickly rushed the group of men and started cutting them down, killing everyone with a brutal and precise strike. Some had small cuts along their throats leaving them to bleed out, others either limbs chopped off to bleed out, heads cut off, or even having their body cut up so many times they fell to pieces. Within seconds that section of the bridge was covered in blood and dismembered limbs.

The teen in question just walked over the remains of the dead before feeling the dead body of the dead shinobi with a hole in his heart. He kneeled down and felt their neck, they were dead for sure but he wanted to make sure before he started moving the body. Picking it up he lugged it over his shoulder and carried them across the bridge, from there deposited them next to where Zabuza was.

"I believe this person was important to you yes?"

"Yeah their name was Haku." He nodded his head,

"I see I feel bad for the loss of life of someone so innocent." He smiled at the man, "You up for a death match?" The man smiled,

"Yeah, I rather go down swinging than die on my knees." He picked up his sword and lugged it on his shoulders. "Can I know the name of my potential executioner?" The teen bowed to him,

"My name is Naruto, better known as The Fox of Ruin." He smiled,

"Good to know kid Zabuza, Demon of the Mist." Naruto smiled happily before swinging the blood off his blade onto the ground.

"Pleasure to meet you. Know that your death will be one of honor and not failure. Anything you want me to do with your body afterwards?" He looked at him,

"Bury me next to my friend." Naruto smiled,

"Of course you have my name and honor of my teachers in the Land of Blades you shall be buried with your friend." He smiled and soon they each took a stance. Naruto with his sword on his shoulder and Zabuza hunched over with his sword on his shoulder.

On the other side of the bridge preparing the body of the deceased Karasuba saw the Konoha shinobi approaching the fight. She stopped her job and quickly cut them off with her own aura flaring around her.

"You will not interfere in this honor duel. To do so shall show great disrespect for both men."

"I need to know is that really Naruto as in Naruto Uzumaki?" She frowned,

"If it is?" Kakashi glared,

"I need to bring him home, everyone misses him." She laughed lightly, "What is so funny about that?"

"You mean they miss having their punching bag no? I mean after all his blindness, his new personality, and everything he is now is because of Konoha." Kakashi glared at her more but felt his body shutting down due to the fact that he was exhausted from fighting both Zabuza and his apprentice. Kurenai was going through a few handsigns thinking she was out of sight but before she could finish she found a kunai cutting her face. This shocked her seeing the bored silver hair swordswoman looking at her. "Nice try woman, but I'm not stupid to let any of my enemies get the drop on me. Personally, I give you a C for the attempt but the rest falls due to the failure to execute."

"You're a samurai no?" Looking at the pale boy she nod her head. He gave her a fake smile and she stared hardened, "Then that means you should be honorable and at the same time, shouldn't use weapons meant for shinobi." The woman sighed and with a quick burst appeared in front of him and slammed her fist into his stomach knocking him out. From this blow, she turned to everyone again and this time flared the full force of her aura scaring them stiff.

What the hell she is at least a Jounin level, no maybe even Kage level. How does someone like this exist without us knowing? I got to get the genin out of here quick!

This power, it is unnerving I mean I just became a jounin but I never expect to run into someone like this. If Kakashi and I were fully rested we might have a chance but not with the Genin here.

'This strength, it unnerves the hive.'

'W-w-w-w-what scary power, even father can't do something like this.'

'What the hell she looks only slightly older than us and is releasing some serious power! She is the alpha around here for sure!'

'This bitch! She is trying to use her slutty body to try and seduce Sasuke-kun! Cha! We should watch as Kakashi Sensei kicks her ass and show she is nothing special! Then Sasuke will propose to us and we will live our happily ever after!'

'This power, I need it. If I had it, then HE would fall to my might and she is not bad looking either meaning she would give me strong children and thus strengthen the Uchiha clan.'

In the distances they heard the clashing of swords bringing them back to the fight happening between the lost child of Konoha and the Demon of the Mist. The fight was going worse for Zabuza due to him taking several brutal slices across his body and even having his own sword nicked by the strikes. Naruto on the other hand was dodging his strikes with precise movement and even moving out of range at the smallest amount of time before striking back. It was scary how good Naruto has become and to the point that he had the Mist Ninja on his heels.

Before long the Demon backed up and quickly charged at him with one might roar and swing, letting his aura run rampant. Naruto on the other hand held his sword on his shoulder and said,

"Blade Style 4: Soaring Dragon."

Naruto was soon covered in a blue and gold aura before sailing straight at Zabuza. It looked like the head of a dragon at the end of his move before he slammed past him. The minute he did the attack showed that it damaged Zabuza with a deep cut going over his body and he was falling to the ground bleeding.

"Well what an enlightening experience no? But I'm afraid I have to end this simple match and finally put you down Demon." Zabuza looked and saw the blond teen coming close to him and with one swing he cut his back sending him across the ground.

"Anything you want to say before you die?" He looked up, Zabuza cried seeing his student, no his son and he said,

"If I could I would love to go to the same place that you go to Haku, my precious son." Naruto stared at him and stabbed him through his back piercing his heart.

"Sentiment? Huh interesting perspective for someone called the Demon of the Mist. Oh well," Naruto looked and saw the Decapitators Knife lying on the ground. He walked up to the blade and without a hint of effort he put it on his shoulder while sheathing his own blade after cleaning the blood off the blade edge. "Karasuba come on, we need to honor these two before moving on."

"Right Naruto-kun, might I say you were super sexy the way you dealt with Zabuza there. It got me all hot and bothered." She smothered her breasts on his chest and started to reach up to enter the top of his outfit. But she was cut off after he managed to get some distance from her while sealing the sword away in a seal on his arm. He picked up the body of the boy and started walking past the shinobi until he heard,

"Naruto." Turning his head around he smiled slightly to Kakashi.

"Its been a while Inu? How have things been?"

"You knew?" He chuckled slightly.

"Of course you didn't change your hair style outside of wearing the mask so it was easy to figure out." The man stared at him and smiled even though he couldn't understand how he could see him without his eyes,

"Yes, Naruto that day." He stopped looking at him.

"It's nothing Kakashi, the past means nothing to me anymore. Just keep moving forward that is my belief. Maybe then I can finally understand this thing they keep telling me about, emotions. The only one I have ever felt in my life is rage and I have burnt that all out years ago."

"Naruto please after that day the Hokage has looked high and low for you. You remember the old man right?" Naruto started walking away,

"Tell him, I'm sorry but there is nothing in Konoha for me to return to. I refuse to go back to someplace that is clearly unworthy of me." Sasuke snorted and stepped forward,

"More like they treated the way some dirty orphan bastard deserved to be treated, like a peasant. That is why peasant I'm telling you to hand over that sword you have now or face consequences." Naruto continued walking away and this enraged Sasuke, "Hey listen to me, I'm your superior thus making me your master you bastard!" Naruto ignored him more and this finally caused the Uchiha to snap and charge Naruto. But before he could get within striking range of him he saw he was gone and the body of the boy who beat him on the ground. The world started spinning after feeling a fist hitting his face and sending him through the air. But before he could gain his balance or bearings he was hit in the back again holding him straight up in the air causing him to cough up blood.

"Weird, you claim strength and yet show nothing of the sort. I wonder where this boastful attitude comes from then?" He released the boy from his punch in the spine and let him fall to the ground but the minute he hit the ground he lightly kicked him back over to his teachers.

"Sasuke-kun!" She checked on him seeing he was bruised badly she charged Naruto, "Die you monster!"

"Sakura come back here!" Before he could react Naruto already had his sword in his right hand and sliced the kunai in six places.

'What the hell! Naruto did that kind of damage without me seeing how he did it? How is that possible not even our best sword users can do something like this!' *Who thought this?*

Naruto lightly puts the sword at her neck and with a small tap he nicks some of her skin causing her to bleed. This caused her to freak out and pass out on the ground from the minor cut.

"How pointless. Why charge someone if you are just going to pass out from the smallest cut? She was someone that interested me all those years ago? How disappointing." Naruto muttered as he looked up to the jonin.

Naruto kicked her back over to the Konoha group and he put his sword on his shoulder causing Kakashi to recognize the blade. It had a small flame kind of carving in the blade and even had a black hilt and dark aura around the blade itself. From what he could see it was no doubt one of the legendary swords,

"Naruto is that a Kitetsu sword?" Naruto smiled.

"Yes it is the first of its kind and the sword that was forged by my distant relative Kitetsu Uzumaki who forged three of these little babies. This is the first one and the strongest of all the blades, she hums can't you hear it?" The group shook their heads slowly and Naruto sighed, "Guess that means killing you would mean nothing for her sad." He sheathed his sword again and this time managed to pick up the ice user's corpse and they both walked away with the bodies back into the village. But before he left they saw him open his eyes and saw the haunting sight of his empty eye sockets and some kind of red aura coming out of them.

"Remember this Leaf, I'm not a child of the village anymore. Hunt me and I shall show you the true path of Ruin."

Time Skip

Upon leaving the land of Waves Naruto and his friend Karasuba buried Zabuza's and Haku's corpses on a ledge overlooking the village and left soon after.

Currently they were slowly approaching the land of Fires border where he finally would meet someone that was a spy for him. The reason Naruto needed spies? Well that is simple, he was looking for people all over the land and even trying to make sure he was ahead of the Leaf now that they know he was nearby. For him, this is part of his trial to finally become the strongest sword user in the land and one day the strongest warrior in the entire world. His whole trial was to find the others students of the other masters in the Land of Blades and defeat them all. Then he would be allowed to fight the masters and then his own master in the very end. More importantly, defeating them means he can challenge his master, the strongest being in the entire world and the one known to few as the one true immortal in all the lands. The leader of the Land of Blades and central figure when it comes to who ended the last few wars of the past few years. In fact the entire Second War, he single handidly killed all the Iwa, Kiri, and Kumo shinobi that dared to end the nation of Uzu in memory of his wife. She was an Uzumaki that stayed with him even knowing she would eventually die and he would continue to live. But they were the happiest memories even if he can't have children of his own with her. She had a smile on her face to the very end and he cried tears of blood losing the one person in this world that was meant to be his savior.

From this point on, Naruto learned from his teacher and how to fully use his unnatural gift of the sword to the highest degree possible. The thing is that he was known to be the one person that refused to train anyone other than his wife and that was only due to their marriage and feeling the need for her to protect herself and her insistence. In time, he never told anyone else how to fight like him, but he said he changed that when meeting him and seeing his wife in him. Wanting him to grow stronger and be the one person that could one day end his life and give him the freedom that he seeks so badly. On top of that he was taught by the other masters who rule the land of Blades and the people that taught his future opponents. His teachers were some of the strongest and most legendary sword users and sometimes weapons users in the world but only two other people other than his master had a huge impact on him. One was Kenshin Uzumaki (Kenshin the Battousai) who taught him his legendary sword style and how to master it even more than he could. While also being the person trying to teach him how to love people and how important emotions were for the world. He still struggled but loved him as one of his own son and told him to return if he ever faces conflict or use the seal to contact him.

The other was an old soldier that taught him to fight through his lack of sight thanks to him being in a similar way. His name was Fujitora and he was known as the rare inheritor of what is known as the Volcano Bloodline. Which allowed him to heat up the earth and chuck the rocks at people at high speeds or even brining down giant boulders onto his enemies, this was known as the move that ended the First Shinobi war before he retired to the land of Blades. He taught him how to make his own style out of his blindness and the different kinds of ways to get around without his eyes and thus he was able to move around with greater ease than before. More in the sense unlike his master he did not need a cane to help him around like his master did at any point of his life.

Seeing his spy standing in a nearby bar entrance he walked up to him and paid him his money. A bag full of Ryo and he said,

"Talk."

"Well I got word that one of the rivals you are looking for is going to be in Konoha for the next three months from the guess of it."

"Why is that?" He smiled,

"Chunin Exams. From what I was able to gather they are trying to drum up business for themselves in the mercenary market."

"I see and their teammates?" He frowned,

"Not much on them other than that they were loyal to them only. They work with them on a daily basis so their teamwork is phenomenal."

"I see that is interesting thank you enjoy the drink." The spy bowed his head to them and left. Naruto and Karasuba walked out of the town and down the road where Naruto saw a couple of bandits charging them and without removing his sword walked by them while Karasuba sliced them to pieces.

"So it seems we are going to face Akame soon." Karasuba whipped the blood off her blade,

"Yes it would seem we are going to clash with her again." Naruto felt his sword vibrating and realized he forgot to do something since yesterday. "Karasuba sorry for this." Without warning he took his sword and cut her along her right breast destroying the fabric around it and showing her bare breast to the world. From there blood started to ooze out of the wound that was formed from the attack. He held his blade out and let the blood drip onto the blade and covering it in the crimson mess. From there, he saw the blade vibrate slightly and decided to sheathe his sword after letting it suck the blood into the blade.

Karasuba on the other hand was moaning from the cut, she quickly sealed up the wound with some of her chakra but then rushed at Naruto. She rubbed her breast on his chest while holding her arms around his neck.

"That was sure hot Naruto, maybe you want to see how you made me feel?" She started moving her lips near his own but before she could get the kiss there was a puff of smoke. Turning her head she was kicked in the face by someone that was flying through the air. Hitting the tree she felt a new wound appear on her head and blood starting to drip down her face. Making a single handseal her clothes quickly fixed itself before looking at the brat.

It was a small girl wearing a shrine maiden looking outfit, gold hair, red eyes, and two golden ears out the top of her head and a pair of fluffy tails out of her lower back.

"Yuki won't allow you to touch her mate like that!"

"Your mate who said he would be with you?" The fox girl snarled before having a red aura appear around her,

"Because as the strongest in the world I have the right to claim who I want and Naruto-kun is my one true mate." Karasuba removed her sword allowing her black and gray aura to flare out slowly,

"Oh really? Then you wouldn't mind me thrashing you then!" She charged at the Kitsune but she blocked her strike with her aura and this caused the earth to crack under their attack. From this point, Yuki returned with her own strike and soon a brawl broke out between the two women.

Sigh "I'm heading to the village now, by the time we get there I hope you two can at least work together because are going to be a team for the exam." He started walking away ignoring their brawl that continued to get more violent as the seconds passed. But it seemed what he said registered to them and they shouted,

"What!"

"How tiring." Naruto smiled, "Things are going to be interesting aren't they Akame?"

A day earlier

Kakashi and his team arrived back in Konoha and told his team to head home while he gives the report. Naturally Sasuke denied this request and demanded that he take his complaint about Naruto to the village elders. But he told him, he did this and he would personally promise his suffering from the bridge would be worse at his hands. From this point he went home while yelling he would pay for disrespecting an Uchiha while Sakura followed him thinking he needed her love and guidance while Sai disappeared. Kakashi and Kurenai knew he was going to report back to Danzo and that he was going to organize some kind of raid to find him. But given Naruto's talents and power and the fact that they saw the woman on the bridge doing things similar to his own they knew that he would not be in trouble until later on.

Entering the Kage tower they saw Hiruzen sitting at his desk with his three advisors there talking to him about the exam. Hiruzen was an aged man sitting in the Hokage robes and with a bald spot on the back of his head with a pipe at his side. He was known to many as the God of Shinobi and one of the greatest shinobi to ever live next to Madara and Hashirama and Tobirama. But they were his teachers so it was no shock he learned so much from them. Next to him however were his teammates and rivals one being an aged man with glasses on his face Homura, his female teammate Koharu with an oriental ornament in her hair along with a bandaged up Danzo. Each of them had differing view of Konoha compared to Hiruzen them thinking might meant they were right and should push this on the rest of the world. At one time he was willing to roll over on things with them but after Naruto's attack leaving him blind and fleeing Konoha and the Land of Fire things had changed. One, he had put his foot down on things and warned them pushing him would lead to him lashing out and smashing them to bits. Another being, he report to their lord in order to keep him appease and explain the situation before someone ammoniated the details as his fault entirely. The lord in question was furious to hear what Konoha as a whole has done to the poor child that he personally had the civilians and shinobi responsible for this publically beaten, tortured, and then executed with their names going down as traitors to the country and that if they are ever spoken in his presence that person would be punished. Hiruzen was given full control of Konoha and told to report back to him personally once a month to make sure things are flowing well. He also had told everyone in Konoha if he ever finds Naruto himself he would welcome him in his home and offer him anything in trade as an apology including that he would have them all be brutally beaten by him if that was required.

Danzo first opposed this but when Hiruzen hinted at his hidden activities and his little traitorous acts were already in hands of the Fire Lord and if he so much as tried something behind his back and finds him responsible for anything that leads to his demise he would killed to make assurances that he was not going to be Hokage. Hell, this also was a leading reason why the Uchiha clan as a whole was still running around. For the most part it was Mikoto running as the clan head, her daughter Itomi (Fem. Itachi twin), and some children and young adults of the clan that were running around. Sasuke was considered the disgrace to the family with the way he was acting and the way he was targeting Itachi for revenge telling him that it was pointless in seeing his death. More since they all knew the real reason he killed most of the clan. But he was convinced he was a mass murdering monster that had no love in the world and wanted his head on his wall. Mikoto after so many years gave up on him and appointed Itami as the next clan head and if something happened to her, well she would have Sasuke not as the clan head.

But back to the room, Hiruzen saw Kakashi enter the room with Kurenai from Wave and asked,

"Report?"

"Yes sir and what I'm about to tell you can't leave this room or there are going to be riots in the street."

"What is so bad Kakashi that we can't tell anyone in the village?" Hiruzen coughed telling Homura the nicest way possible to shut the hell up.

"We managed to get the bridge built and save the bridge builder while overthrowing Gato at the same time. But the problem is that Zabuza and his accomplice they were killed in the mix of the mess."

"How did they die?" Kakashi sighed,

"The boy took my Raikiri full on while Zabuza was murdered by a familiar face that is now a traveling samurai." Hiruzen saw the haunted look in his face making him think it was possibly,

"Naruto, it was Naruto wasn't it?" Kakashi nodded his head leaving the elders paling at the idea of the child that was blind killing a A-class Missing Nin.

"Explain." Danzo slammed his cane on the ground but he heard another cough with a glare, he knew he was on thin ice with his comment earlier and now he was pushing it.

"From what I can see Naruto is in possession of a Kitetsu sword, apparently able to fight without his eyesight, has a traveling companion that is just as good as him, and finally he seems to possess mastery of the use of the sword and hand to hand combat."

"I see that is unnerving but Kakashi how was his personality?" he sighed knowing this would break the old man's heart.

"The truth is that he is a broken child. He showed no remorse, pity, anger, happiness, just seemed to dead on the outside and inside. He looked at us with fondess figuring out my identity but showing no interest in concerning himself with the past and only walking forward."

"Hiruzen this is our chance we need to find him and bring him back to the village."

"Did you not listen to the report, he took down an A-rank missing Nin and someone that is well known for killing everyone around him. On top of that, he has a companion just as strong and there is no telling how strong he really is. Going after him now will only upset him and most likely lead to him killing all of them in the process." Hiruzen sighed and took a deep inhale of his pipe. Ever since that day, the day the boy lost his eyes he had kicked himself. He was supposed to take care of him in memory of Minato and Kushina, he failed doing this and his godfather was furious. While he admitted he made mistakes of his own he told him he was being told he was fine and growing into a fine person when that was not true. Since then Jiraiya swore to never step into the village until there was a sighting of Naruto and that is only so he can find him and beg him for forgiveness.

"Regardless he has showed up again and we must claim him again before our we-,"

"Watch it Danzo, that next word better not be weapon or I promise I will kill you here and now." Hiruzen released the full brunt of his power forcing Danzo and the others to back up knowing he was serious and any questioning him would only mean his fury coming from this confrontation.

"Regardless, I have a gut feeling we will be seeing Naruto soon Hokage-sama."

"Why is that Kakashi?"

"Just a feeling I got right now." Out of a puff of smoke came a chunin who was sweating bullets,

"Lord Hokage, Naruto is in the village now along with two other people!"

Chapter End

1) Yuki- kuina from maou-sama no machizukuri