Disclaimer I do not own naruto or any of the characters.

Masks are everywhere in everyday life. I just wrote this one shot for the possibility that maybe naruto ware's one too.

First actual story so no flames please. Thank you. Akanemizuki redraven

Start:

Naruto uzumaki was in his garbage of an apartment. He just got the money from the wave mission and learned the idiots on the council cut his share by 50%. So they gave the uchiha the other 50% he lost, in short he hated it. Beyond popular belief naruto was not an idiot; he was not stupid he was actually the kid who lives under the radar in konoha. He was the kid who no matter what happened would think things through and would grin and bare it when insults and hurt came.

Naruto was not as smart as shikamaru. But he did have one thing that only someone like him would know. He has street smarts and the instinct to live. These two things have let him live and fight. He won't back down because it is the only thing he knows how to do.

But there is one thing naruto could not stand if it was directed at him. Pity that one word is unfamiliar to him. So he did something that few have seen through. He crafted a mask a mask that will protect him few have seen through his mask. Actually he can say them. Hinata, the hokage-jiji, tsunade, jiraiya, team gai, shino, shikamaru ,haku, zabuza and the konohamaru corp.

The kyubbi was also a big part of his mask. The kyubbi is not what anyone thinks. He was forced to attack konoha. He helped naruto make his mask of stupid smiles and laughs. He hated his 'team' as they only care for them self's. Naruto knew, Naruto knew from the beginning that it was a team made by the civilian council. The demon, the banshee and the uchiha it was all made to make sasuke look better.

That is the reason why naruto will stop konoha and rebuild it from the ashes he will be the hokage but only for the people he feels deserve it. Konoha is no longer on its former glory that is what he decided a lonnnnnng time ago. So did the kyuubi he no longer fights for the old konoha. No he fights for the new konoha the konoha that will rise and fill the old konoha's place.

Naruto's plan was all ready in motion starting with itachi. Itachi will eliminate mandra and the akatsuki and come back to konoha under naruto's plan and take care of sasuke and put him ware he needs to go. Naruto will change konoha the hyuuga clan will have a new seal to not hurt the branch members and not let them lose their bloodline.

Konoha will be changed for the better naruto thought. As naruto walked to the kitchen he was unaware of the people watching him from up above. The old hokage's smiled and all thought the same thing 'we trust you change are home for the better…are future hokage…'

Not as bad as I thought it would be! Sorry if it was too short for peoples liking it was just something I thought from the top of my mind!