The Fourth Great Ninja war had ended only a few months prior, and the only thing Naruto could think was...he's bored. So, SO bored that it was starting to physically hurt. After Sasuke had left the village again, only this time not on a quest to avenge his family and being an all all around total teme.

This time he had left to "atone for his sins", whatever that meant. Didn't he already do that by helping defeat Kaguya? Whatever, as long as he's not a missing nin. Naruto begrudgingly thought, if he's not a criminal, I guess I have no right to tell him what to do with his time.

At least we have each other, eh Kurama?

Silence answered him.

"Oh yeah." Naruto said into his empty apartment, unsurprisingly his apartment did not respond. I forgot that we took all the tailed beasts out as soon as we figured out a way to without killing us Jinchuurikis. Naruto huffed and used his prosthetic arm to lazily toss a small Rasenshuriken up into the air like a baseball. Well he thought I guess I'm not a Jinchuuriki anymore, none of us are. Not Bee, or Fuu or... umm...What were the others' names again? Ehh whatever, it'll come to me.

Naruto didn't really blame the old fur ball. It didn't really matter how much they liked each other, nobody would want to be stuck in a cage their entire life. He'd probably make the same desicion. Still, while dog breath is off frolicking near the village hidden in the grass, Naruto was stuck here, slowly dying of being so BORED.

What to do, what to do...without Sasuke there wasn't really anybody to train with on an even level. He had already beat his old record for most pranks in one day. I guess I could do it again, but isn't 5043 already a little overkill?

I could have some ramen? Wait no...

Naruto had forgotten that he had already eaten all the ramen in the village. Literally ALL of it. He had made it his mission a little while back to clean out every ramen place in town, and he had done just that.

Yeah that was a good afternoon. Naruto mused. After a few more tosses of his deadly toy he let it fizzle out in his hand. "Damn it I'm so fucking bored! Ramen gods just take me now! Anything is better than this hell!" Naruto called dramatically into the universe.

"I think I can help with that." Someone called out from the the right.

Naruto out certainly did NOT scream like a little girl. Definitely not. What he did do was attempt to alert his fellow Ninjas in the village that there is a possible enemy in his home. He did so by making a loud, extremely manly yell.

Once his shock wore off, he had to ask himself, how did this guy get in? Aren't I supposed to be a ninja? Naruto mused.

Then Naruto started to observe the man, He was slightly tan, wearing a long distinguished looking black robe. He had long black hair, tied into a bun at their back of his skull, and a scruffy beard. The green pools of liquid emerald he had for eyes bore into Narutos sky blue pair.

"Finally a fight! I've been meaning to get an excuse to go full Six Paths mode on somebody. And according to the law, I can kill anybody who walks through my property without permission. See? I read a few of those books Sakura used to chuck at me while I ate lunch! Wait, you probably don't know who Sakura is, do you? Yeah you don't have any headband, so you're not a ninja. Hold on does that mean it's unethical to kill you? Whatever I'll just cripple you or something, then you'll definitely see Sakura. She's a med-nin, you see." Naruto started stretching, preparing for the beat down.

"I'm sorry I have to do this, you've got your whole life ahead of you." The stranger said, looking solemn. "To be honest I'm doing this for purely selfish reasons, even though on paper it seems like it would only hurt me and my goals." The man continued.

Upon further observation Naruto realized the man seemed only to be in his early twenties. That's too young to be a samurai, and too old to be an academy student. He couldn't be a civilian though, or he wouldn't have been able to get in. And he seems awfully confident he can beat me, which is pretty worrying when everybody knows I'm one of the strongest people in the world. Who is this guy? Naruto kept analyzing his opponent as he stretched some more.

"I don't know what your deal is, but you are about to get your world rocked!" There was a pause when the stranger raised his eyebrow inNarutos direction. The blond ninja blushed realizing what he said. "N-n-not like that you fucking pervert old man! I'm not even into guys!"

There was another pause.

Naruto refused to look at the the man in the robe, instead choosing to admire the floorboards.

"Anyway..." The mystery man said eventually. "I guess I'll start." That was Naruto's que to spring into action, his chakra cloak coming alive around him like a fire, infusing him with newfound strength. The black haired guy, who Naruto just realized looks a bit like Sasuke, raised his hand and in response Naruto surged forward so he can introduce the man's face with the ninjas fist.

The man disappeared though in a swirl of energy, leaving through a spinning point in the air, not unlike Kamui. Naruto's fist passed through the drywall like a hot knife through butter, he turned his head to look for his opponent just in time to get a face full of blue gas. Naruto instinctively inhaled the stuff, and immediately fell to the ground, his eyes automatically closing without his consent.

His cloak of sage chakra disappearing, Naruto was just barely able to see the man pull out some sealing paper, a glass of multicolored ink, and a large brush, with the letters H.H engraved onto it. As Naruto closed his eyes for what he thought was the last time, he had only one thought.

Damn, I didn't think I'd go out like this...I didn't...even...get to...be...Hokage.