This fic is set after the times skip and after Orochimaru is dead naruto has developed a lot of new skills including his affinity to air based jutsu. I do not own naruto otherwise Sakura would have died in the chunin exams.

Somewhere on the boarder of fire country

Naruto quickly blocked a barrage of shuriken as best he could while flying backwards through the air, still gaining some wounds from the shuriken as they ripped into his legs and parts of his arms. He defended himself as best he possibly could.

" Katon: Gokakyuu no jutsu! " screamed Itachi as he held the tiger hand seal and spat out a house sized fireball headed straight at naruto as he glared at him with his a single eye activated with his terrifying sharingan.

' Damn … using any wind based jutsu is just fuelling the fire which leaves …' thought naruto as he ran through dozens of seals quickly. He finished just as the fireball was so close he could feel its heat on his skin.

" Suiton: Suiryudan no jutsu! " shouted naruto as he watched the mass of flames quickly close the gap between itself and him, suddenly from below the fight a gigantic water element dragon swam through the air and enveloped the fireball with its crushing jaws putting the fire out, it then exploded into nothing but water to fall back to the forest floor. Naruto landed on a tree branch, breathing heavily he ripped the shuriken from his body ' I'm lucky that worked but I'm nearly at my limit. Got to end this quick ' he thought as he thought out his next move.

" Naruto-kun … truly your power is remarkable … but all good things come to an end and for you. Your end is not far off in the near future " said Itachi unemotionally.

" Itachi … fuck off, " said naruto as he began to get pissed off despite his recently newfound ability of tolerance and self-control.

" So very eager … well ill kill you slowly just like I did Sasuke down there " replied Itachi in that same distant cold emotionless voice.

Straight away naruto gave into his anger and he allowed the beast within him to engulf his body with red chakara, his eyes became red and elliptical and his fingernails turned somewhat into razor sharp claws.

" IM GOING TO KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO SASUKE! " screamed naruto with rage as he flew through a series of hand signs.

" Try " said Itachi calmly.

" Futon: Daitoppa no jutsu! " shouted naruto as a large wave of wind charged with purple chakara rushed down at Itachi at unmerciful speed. As the wind flew violently past the trees the leaves were incinerated as soon as it made contact with them.

" I-Impossible … how can this be? " said Itachi as for the first time in his life felt extreme fear take over his body as the blast hit him and sent him to the forest floor with enough force Itachi could have sworn he felt a lot of his bones snap or crack. Itachi was sat against a tree trunk, bleeding heavily, his body numbing as he coughed up blood.

Naruto landed in front of him, eyes glaring with hatred. " Time to end this … " he performed a few seals.

" And so " he paused to cough up more blood " it is … " Itachi sat there awaiting the inevitable.

" Futon: Reppuuken no jutsu " naruto said quietly but loud enough for them to both hear. A small breeze blew past Itachi's face as he smiled and relaxed. Then a huge bolt of air struck him in the chest killing him instantly. Itachi's body lay there … nothing more than a corpse.

Naruto walked up to Itachi's body and retrieved his ring and headband; he then gauged his eyes to bits to make sure no one could steal the sharingan from his body. Naruto then looked at Sasuke's body on the ground a few meters away. He rushed over to Sasuke's body and checked him over " he's still alive but just barely … I need to get him to Sakura and Tsunade immediately " naruto said to himself as he hauled Sasuke over his shoulder and headed for Konoha.

Naruto travelled back quickly using his fathers thunder god jutsu. He had been given his fathers, the Yondaime Hokage's, clan estate once he had come of age to become clan head, that's when he learned of whom his parents where and that is when he changed his name to his rightful title … Namikaze Naruto.

One and a half hours later

Naruto arrived at the main gate where a medical team took Sasuke straight to Tsunade at the hospital. Jariya and Kakashi had also been waiting and went with naruto to the hospital to get his minor wounds checked out as well as talk to Tsunade once she was done with Sasuke.

" Naruto what happened with Itachi and Kisame? " asked Kakashi, as they were getting closer to the hospital.

" Dead … both of them " he replied unemotionally.

" And Orochimaru? " added Jariya

" you will have to ask Sasuke when he wakes up … " he said as he gave a slight smile " although were pretty beaten up … the mission was successful "

As they neared the hospital naruto heard a very familiar voice ringing in the deepest darkest depths of his mind.

' Good job kit … you can finally live in piece … well safer ' the kyuubi chuckled in a friendlier tone than when they had first met.

' Yeah I guess so … thanks for the help by the way ' naruto replied

' Gah no problem kit I'm here to help … unfortunately ' the kyuubi joked once more.

' Am I really that bad to live with? ' Naruto joked back.

' Nope … but living inside you sucks … the least you could do is eat a little bit more healthy food … for both our sakes ' said the fox as its voice disappeared as the sound of its laughter faded.

By now the three men were waiting outside the operating theatre. They had been waiting a good fifteen minutes when Tsunade walked out with a smile upon her face. She looked over at naruto then to Kakashi then back to naruto.

" Well he's going to live … and the really good news is there is no permanent damage done top his body though a little bruised and a few cracked ribs he should be walking in a few day time. " she said quite happily with her work.

" Great " naruto let out a sigh of relief " there's something I need to ask you all about though … when my chakara mixes with the Kyuubi's chakara … Dose it have any effects on other living people if it touches them? " He asked suspiciously.

" No … it shouldn't have why did something happen? " Tsunade asked as Jariya and Kakashi thought about this question a little.

" I'm not too sure if something did … its just one of my jutsu had a major effect on Itachi … but when I used it on anyone before hand … it barely broke a few bones or knocked them out … this time it not far off killed Itachi " he said as he down cast his eyes into deep thought. " in fact Baa-chan … he was coughing up abnormal amounts of blood … Even for a punctured lung " he said as a serious look crossed his face.

" Well come by the tower tomorrow and ill run some tests but I doubt you have anything wrong … may have just over charged the jutsu " said Tsunade as she turned and walked away.

Five days later

Naruto woke up early, showered and got dressed and was on his way to the training grounds to meet Kiba for some one-on-one training. He made his way too training field seven and saw Kiba waiting with … with Hinata? Why was she there?

" Morning Kiba, morning Hinata … how are we starting off then? " naruto rubbed his palms together.

They warmed up quickly and took there stances ready to start the match when Kakashi appeared in a cloud of smoke between them " naruto you need to go to Tsunade-sama straight away! Its about your test " he said then proofed away.

" Damn … you guys want to come with me? " he offered to both Kiba and Hinata. Kiba declined saying he had to go to the Yamanaka flower shop anyway but Hinata hesitantly agreed.

On their way naruto explained what the test was about to Hinata. She seemed to take it all in that naruto had killed two S-class bingo book criminals. She blushed at the thought.

' Naruto-kun … how did you get so strong?' she thought to herself.

In Naruto's mind a dark natured creature laughed. Naruto wondered what he was laughing at and so he asked.

' Okay what's funny? ' He asked

' The girl … she loves you kit …I can tell … heheheheeeee ' kyuubi laughed a little like a maniac.

' Hinata? … Nah she couldn't love me … besides that how would you know? ' Naruto questioned.

' Well firstly … her pulse rate increased when you look or talked to her … secondly, when she saw you she started to give off a certain scent … and three … ITS FUCKING OBVIOUS YOU BAKA! ' The fox screamed, obviously irritated by his containers density.

' Hey I'm no baka and besides she doesn't love me … were just comrades okay! ' Naruto stated matter of factly.

' What ever you say … heheheeee ' the fox chuckled.

Naruto and Hinata jumped from rooftop to rooftop when suddenly naruto glanced over at her, trying to make sense of what the kyuubi had told him. He stared at her and studied her eyes for any sign of emotion. But as he looked he was shocked to find that unlike Neji her eyes were a slight lavender colour and had a lot of emotion in them.

' Is it possible? ' He wondered just as he noticed her blush slightly. He smiled slightly and looked straight ahead " Hinata why did you agree to come with me? " he said awaiting an excuse.

" Ano … I-I had nothing t-to really do anyway " she said shyly and hid her face slightly from view.

" Ah right … " he said as he let out a small laugh which in turn made her smile slightly. ' ill find out once we've been to the meeting ' he thought happily.

They arrived at the tower and were shown into Tsunade's office and seated in front of Tsunade. Tsunade stared at naruto then at Hinata with a confused look then back to the report on her desk.

" I'm quite glad you're here actually Hinata " said Tsunade as she held up the report and moved it into Naruto's file. She then drank a cup of sake and took a deep breath.

" W-why Tsunade-sama? " she asked a little nervous.

" I may need you Byakugan in a moment " she replied with a smile.

And that's the first chapter so tell me what you think and please please review otherwise I wont know weather to continue this story at all. Its rated m for blood and for language so far.

Jutsu list

Katon: Gokakyuu no jutsu – fire release: grand/giant fireball.

Suiton: Suiryudan no jutsu – water release: water dragon missile.

Futon: Daitoppa – wind release: great break.

Futon: Reppuuken – wing release cyclone punch.