They were returning from their mission when they felt another chakra signature, one that they thought they'd never feel again. The Jonin team decided to follow the signature into a small forgotten training field. Finding a blonde and red haired man their age, wearing black shorts with red fishnets underneath, a dark purple, elbow length shirt with the same red net on his chest and arms and ninja standard sandals adorning his feet. On his head there was the tell-tail Hitae-tie, symbolizing that he was a ninja, but what confused the team other than the new hair, was the fact that there were four red and white tails swishing about behind him. No one thought that it could possibly be who they thought he was because they all saw him die a few years ago, trying to defend someone like him, against the Akatsuki. They were wondering if the Kyuubi had taken over its vessel or if they had somehow combined to be a type of half-demon. It was the team's leader, Nara Shikamaru, who spoke.
"N-N-Naruto…?" the blonde redhead didn't acknowledge them in any noticeable way except for the twitch of one of his tails. "How is it…how…when…" He couldn't finish. One of his friends since academy days was in front of him and he looked completely different from what anyone could understand.
"How is it that I'm still alive? How did this happen? When did this happen? Are those the questions you're trying to get past your stunned tongue?" the blonde redhead turned around and everyone saw the violet slits, the more defined whisker-like scars, the sharper-than-normal canines, the slash on his Leaf headband, and the definition of his muscles. "I'll tell you how. I'll tell you when. First, sit. I won't do anything to you or your team, Nara. I give you my word." He saw the barely visible flinch from the Jonin leader when he used his last name like they weren't friends, but merely two people who must be civil for the sake of something important. Shikamaru and his team, Akamichi Chouji, Inuzuka Kiba, Uchiha Sasuke, and Hyuuga Hinata; sat down in a semi circle around Naruto, waiting for him to start.
"I had just revived Gaara and had managed to send Shukaku back into his host without dying- although I was at half death. All my chakra and a fourth of Nii-san's was used in order to do this. But to make a long story short, Nii-san and I had fused together so that something like what happened to Gaara would never happen to us. After I woke up a few months in the Kazekage Tower, I realized that none of Konoha's ninja came to visit or even inquire about me. Trust me when I say this, I went berserk for a few days before asking for shinobi status in Sunagakure. I mean, I was gone for three months, no one even checked up on me, assuming that I must've died somewhere, and I went slightly crazy. I meant nothing to Konohagakure and I was not going to be a part of a village that didn't take care of its shinobi who sacrifice anything and everything for it to continue on the next day. So I cut all ties to Konoha and took up residence in Suna. I only wore this band because I knew that you'd come towards me after feeling a 'dead' chakra signature." Naruto finished. He was slightly shaking because he was still furious about what had happened, but that was three years ago; he had better self-control now. "And now, I shall leave. Now that you know, I am no longer wanting to stay any longer than I already had. Do not come after me." After that, Naruto sunshined away, leaving his Konoha headband behind. The Jonin team looked at the headband in shock before Hinata picked it up and her team left to report to their Hokage.