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"State your name, age, and your affiliation, please."

"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. Age thirteen. Shinobi of Konohagakure."

It was a small space. The only furniture was the table the two shinobi were sitting at, the focus of the black walled room. There was a large mirror on one wall. An aged, scarred man sat on one side, recorder in front of him, next to an ashtray. He looked at the young man and asked, "Do you smoke?"

"No," the kid replied. "That's pretty bad for you, you know. Twenty five thousand known ninjutsu in the world, countless genjutsu, and over sixty thousand non-Konoha shinobi, and you choose to kill yourself with a cigarrette." The scarred man smiled at that.

"You seem pretty knowledgeable," he said. "You read alot?"

"Every chance I get."

"What do you read?"

"Anything. Historical texts, fiction, non-fiction, news. I love taking in raw information. Don't really have a specific preference. You haven't given me your name, you know. I already know who you are, Mr. Morino, but it's still polite to introduce yourself."

Ibiki didn't show it, but he was a little suprised at this. After all, most genin don't know anything about Konoha's torture and interrogation forces. But this kid was not most genin.

"My apologies. My name is Ibiki Morino, Konoha's commanding officer of the Interrogation force."

"And torture," Naruto added.

"Yes. And torture." Ibiki shuffled some papers around, and then stood up.

"I'll return in a moment."

Naruto crossed his arms and propped his legs up onto the table.

"Take all the time you need."

Ibiki left the room through a very sturdy metal door on one of the walls. Outside the room, he entered a larger room, a viewing room where one could see through the one sided mirror. Inside were the jounin of teams seven, eight, and ten, as well as Anko Mitarashi, and The Hokage, Tsunade Senju, along with her assistant Shizune, and Danzo Shimura. The Hokage turned to Ibiki.

"What's the problem? Why'd you leave?" Tsunade asked.

"Lady Hokage, with all due respect, I don't want to interview him," Ibiki replied. "We have no idea of his capabilities, and from what we've seen, if I piss him off, he could crush my head with one hand. I would like restraints put on him."

"No." The now stern Hokage glared at Ibiki. "If we do that, we'll lose even more of his trust. Konoha has screwed that child over too many times, and he still has not abandoned us. I will not let this village do any more harm to him."

This time it was Danzo who spoke up, saying, "Senju, your duty is to Konoha, not-"

"SILENCE! You listen to me, you decrepit old fool. The only reason I returned to this cancer of a village is because Naruto convinced me that the will of fire is not dead, because he showed me that I shouldn't just drink my problems away. I'm here for him, and I'm here to help people like him. And everyone in this room has been shoved into the shit enough times to know that this village needs fixing. It needs a doctor, if you will, and I am she. We will listen to him, and listen to what he has to say, and what he has done, and we'll use that to scrub this place clean, and build it back up. Now, Mr. Morino, are you comfortable conducting the interview, or would you like someone else to do it?"

Ibiki took a moment to regain his senses, after seeing the Hokage snap, and said, "Lady Hokage, I'll be fine conducting it, but don't you think there is someone he would more easily speak with?"

The Hokage thought for a moment. "What about Iruka?"

Kakashi raised his head. "That's not a bad idea. Naruto may have hidden his true self, but I do not believe his emotions toward most were false. His affection for the teacher as a brother figure would make him more relaxed."

Tsunade nodded her head. "All right. Fetch him."

Interview of Naruto Uzumaki, Tape 1.

Static. Clicking.

I: "Okay. Iruka Umino, Chuunin, age 23. Interview of Naruto Uzumaki, tape one."

N: "Namikaze."

I: "I'm sorry?"

N: "Namikaze. My last name. My father's last name. It's what I go by now."

I: "Oh. I see. My apologies. So, um... Let's start by, uh, asking... What caused you to hide yourself."

N: "Why do you want to know?"

I: "Wha- Why do I want to know? Well, the village needs to decid-"

N: "I didn't ask about the village, Sensei. I was asking you."

I: "..."

I: "*sigh* Look, Naruto, they asked me to do this, okay? But I really want to know why. Was your whole life just a lie? Why hide yourself and your strength? And your heritage, for that matter, why would you hide the fact that you're the son o-"

N: "You think I did that? I didn't even know until the first year of Academy, not for sure, anyway. I wish I had known, I wish everyone had known. Thing's would have been easier. Easier on me, on you, on the Hokage. I could have done things if people had known."

I: silence

N: "This one time, when I was six, I went to get some ice cream. It was kind of hot that day, and, well, I was a kid. I wanted ice cream. Anyway, I'm going to get the ice cream, and I'm walking down the street, and this big, very frightening man steps in my way. He's wearing a mock Anbu mask, he's piss drunk, and is just staring at me. I say, 'yes?' Do you know what he does, Sensei?"

I: silence

N: "He kicks me so fucking hard that I was knocked into a wall two feet off of the ground, I vomited, and when I woke up, it was two days later, and I was in the hospital."

I: silence

N: "Now tell those people that little brat is the son of the fourth Hokage. Do you think they'd kick me again? And if they had known that by the age of nine I would have Jounin level speed and Kage level chakra with UNBELIEVABLE density, they would have hunted me down and slaughtered me out of fear. You ask me why I hid myself."

I: silence continues

N: "I did it because I was afraid."

Four Years Ago

Naruto ran as fast as he could, panting, his heart beating too fast to count. Buildings, people, and shapes passed by him in a blur as he sped down the street. His mind ran through the reasons it had happened. Was there a problem with the wiring? Did it break? Had something screwed it up?

Naruto reached a large white complex, his destination, and shot through the doors at incredible speeds. A receptionist who sat in a desk near said doors would later laim to her friends that she had witnessed the ghost of the Fourth Hokage.

The orange covered shinobi reached a door and stopped, preparing himself for what lay beyond. He exhaled, straightened his hair, as best he could, and opened the door.

"-Always bring a pancil to... oh, hello. Who might you be?" A chuunin with a large horizontal scar on his face asked.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I'm sorry I'm late, my alarm didn't go off."

"I see. It's quite alright, just take a seat." The man motioned to the rest of the class.

Naruto slowly walked past him and into the right aisle, taking the only available seat, next to a young boy with black hair and a... fan? Naruto made a mental 'oh'. Uchiha, he thought. He turned his head to survey the rest of the class, and found a large number of glares directed his way from the female populace. If you're all too chicken to sit here, I'm gonna take it. Don't leave this as the only remaining seat, idiots, he thought. He looked back into the crowd and notice one girl whip her head in another direction. He knew who it was. Hinata. He smiled.

I think this is gonna be a hectic four years.

Stay tuned for more about Naruto. Wanted to spread the exposition out a few chapters, leave some secrets. Don't worry, I won't have any serious cliffhangers, just some light ones to lead into a new chapter. Personally, I hate cliffhangars, which is ironic, because I'm a huge fan of Lost. Anyway, I'll be back soon with some more. BTW, there will be slight bashing of some characters, but I'm gonna make them change into better people, I'm not just gonna hate on them. Sasuke will play a big part in this story, but it won't be Sasuke-centric, so chill. Also, the pairing will be NaruHina, but, same with Sasuke, the story will be about many things, so don't ragequit. Also, again, I'm changing things, so don't be all, 'This isn't realistic to Canon'! Just enjoy the story. Adios.