AN: Always wanted to do a Swordsman of the Mist story; jCOOLn and other authors on this site with stories like these have given me inspiration to do one. If any of their ideas happen to end up here it is purely coincidental. Hope you enjoy it! EDITED!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

ITALICS – thinking

BOLD – demon talk/jutsu

Chapter 1: The Start of a Legend

Kisame Hoshigaki, once part of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist, stands at six foot four and is shark like in appearance. He has blue hair which is shaped as a shark fin, blue-gray skin, small, round, white eyes, gill-like facial markings under his eyes with actual gills on his shoulders, and sharp triangular teeth. Kisame had a muscular build and was wearing the standard Kiri outfit even though he was considered a missing-nin. The standard attire was a pinstriped material which was worn as bracers and greaves which merge into the sandals. Underneath this, is a full-black shirt and pants over which is Kiri's standard grey flak jacket. On his back was the legendary Samehada which he got off one of his comrades which he killed for spilling village secrets.

Before leaving Kiri, he was approached by a strange man who wanted Kisame in his organization; Kisame told the man to give it some time. The strange man never showed up again. After wandering the Elemental Nations for months killing other missing-nin for money, Kisame finds himself approaching Konoha to see if any jobs were available. Once at the gates, the guards Izumo and Kotetsu stop him and ask for ID, the swordsman does and both guards pale; ANBU are quickly called and Kisame is escorted to the Hokage Tower as questions needed answered as to why he was here.

Hokage Tower- Kage Office

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage, was having a rough day; not only did the paperwork seem to multiply at an infinite level the matron at the orphanage kicked Naruto out to the streets. He found this out after Naruto came to him crying and asking why everyone hated him, it was here the 68 year old man felt his age catch up to him. Currently, Naruto was in clean clothes and sleeping on the couch in the office. The Sandaime looks up from his paperwork to Naruto and sighs.

"I made mistakes in my old age, bad mistakes which have harmed Minato's legacy; maybe keeping the truth from Naruto was not the best thing."

A knock on his door is heard breaking him from his thoughts.

"Come in."

Hiruzen was not expecting who was going to come through the door, he quickly stands and gets in an attack ready position making Kisame put his hands up defensively.

"Whoa now Hokage-sama, I may enjoy a good fight once and a while but I simply came here to ask for any job offerings."

The Hokage looks at Kisame for any sign of deceit and sighs, motioning for him to take a seat which the ANBU provided. After he does so, Hiruzen begins.

"I take it this is not your first village you have visited since your defection from Mist?"

Kisame shakes his head, "No, I have been to most of the major villages. They just handed me a job and told me to get out as soon as possible. I completed the task and left."

Hiruzen nods and ponders, "Only a job, but what if I offered you to stay in the village to be free of running around?"

Kisame sighs, "With all due respect Hokage-sama, I would rather fight off missing nin then be contracted by a village."

"Compassion," The Sandaime quirks an eyebrow, "My Kisame, you aren't growing soft in your travels are you?"

Kisame growls in anger then starts coughing into his hands; pulling them back he sees blood on them. The swordsman sighs and wipes the blood on his pant legs.

"I'm dying Hokage-sama, I don't know of what, but one day that time will come."

"I can get Tsunade back to heal you." Hiruzen offers but Kisame shakes his head.

"No, I have done too many vile things in my life, you know that. I just want to die in peace though I wouldn't mind teaching someone to become my successor."

Hiruzen's eyes widen, "You mean the next to wield Samehada!" Kisame nods making the old man chuckle, "Well what's stopping you?"

"Samehada will stab any person who it deems unworthy, only I and the past master have been able to do so."

Naruto's voice catches them off guard, "Woah! You're weird looking."

Kisame looks at Naruto with a tick mark, "Who you calling weird kid, I can kill you in a heartbeat so scram!"

Hiruzen put his Kage hat over his eyes in embarrassment knowing that four year old Naruto was not going to back down.

"What's on your back mister?"

"I said scram kid!" Kisame lightly shoves Naruto aside but he giggles and runs up in an attempt to touch the sword.

"Naruto!" Said boy looks towards Hiruzen, "Do not touch that sword; you can get harmed doing so!"

Naruto pouts, "Aw but it looks so cool!"

Samehada suddenly screeches and attempts to wiggle off Kisame's back, intrigued by this; he grabs Samehada and offers it to Naruto. The Sandaime was about to get Naruto away but it was too late and he touched the sword with nothing happening; only thing was Samehada purring happily.

"Woah, that kid must have great chakra for Samehada to choose him over me." Kisame states which made the Hokage groan.

"Of course Naruto would be the one, great now what am I supposed to do."

Kisame sighs, "I will adopt the kid, I saw through his happy mask; he is lonely and needs a father figure."

Naruto gasps, "Please Ji-Ji! Can the weird man adopt me?"

"I'm not weird kid! My name's Kisame."

"Nope, still weird."

Hiruzen chuckles, "I guess I have no choice, Naruto touched the sword and I cannot deny a dying's man wish but you will be under surveillance for a year."

The Hokage grabs keys to the Namikaze Estates and handed them to Kisame; he would wait a little before Naruto's heritage came out. For now, four years old was too young. Kisame catches the keys.

"I will escort you to the home but try anything and my ANBU will be on you in a heartbeat, understand."

Kisame nods at the Hokage's stern voice.

"Just let me teach the brat a thing or two, that's all I ask."

Hiruzen nods and escorts Naruto and Kisame to the Namikaze Estates; it wasn't big, it only had four bedrooms, two baths, a full kitchen, a study, a massive library, and a downstairs dojo. Naruto instantly fell in love with the place and Kisame was impressed; two days after this, he was summoned to the council chambers.

Two Days Later – Council Chambers

The advisors, Danzo, and the clan heads were all waiting for the Sandaime to arrive, all wondered what this meeting was for. A couple minutes later, Hiruzen walked in but the person behind him with ANBU made them pale, even Danzo knew he stood no match to Kisame.

"Lord Hokage, why is Kisame present?" Homura states.

After the Hokage sits down, which was in between his advisors, he motions for Kisame to sit which he does so. After a calming breath, the Hokage began.

"Kisame came to me a couple days ago saying he wanted a job offer, well something else happened to come up and now he is training his successor."

Danzo glances at Kisame with his only working eye then back at Hiruzen, "Hokage-sama, may I ask who this successor is?"

"Not at all, it is one Naruto Uzumaki." Before anyone could open their mouth, Hiruzen continued, "Please, let Kisame explain."

Kisame huffs in annoyance, "Still don't know why I'm here but the brat managed to touch the sword on my back without getting impaled by its sharp scales; only I and the previous master we able to do this. Hell, Samehada actually chose Naruto over me due to his chakra; special kid you got there."

Koharu chuckles, "The Tailless Tailed Beast showing compassion, now that's a sight."

Kisame growls in annoyance, "Is it that hard to comprehend that I can show compassion?! Maybe it's the fact that I'm dying but c'mon, really. Do you want me to show all of you how powerful I am?!"

Hiruzen chuckles "Now, now Kisame, that won't be necessary. I have already signed off on the adoption papers and gave Naruto his rightful home."

The Hokage sees the smirks on the clan head side and shook his head.

"Figures the clan heads would have figured out who Naruto's parents are, most of them were at the secret wedding."

Danzo clears his throat interrupting everyone, "He may be the rightful successor to Samehada but I highly doubt a dying man can contribute to his skills so why not let me train him?"

The Sandaime glares at Danzo, "How many times do I have to tell you no Danzo, he will not become some emotionless tool for your gain!"

Kisame stands up with his hand on Samehada, "And if you attempt to kidnap him, my only chance to die in this world with a shred of happiness, then I will show you no mercy!"

Danzo glares at Kisame then scoffs "Whatever."

Kisame sits down just as Hiashi speaks up, "If I may Hokage-sama, I thought Minato wanted Tsunade and Jiriaya to look after Naruto?"

"What do you mean; I thought Minato never assigned caretakers to that brat!" Koharu yells out, being careful not to break the Hokage's law on what Naruto held.

Hiruzen shakes his head and alters the truth a little as to not reveal Naruto's heritage.

"Minato, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, met up and agreed that the two Sannin would look after Naruto; after the Kyuubi attack, Jiraiya had his spy network to attend to. Jiraiya checked in time and again but the two never met face to face. As to Tsunade, I am unclear; she keeps telling me an ANBU of mine did something."

Shikaku becomes confused, "Um Hokage-sama, if my memory serves me correctly, I believe all your ANBU were helping the wounded and cleaning up Konoha when Tsunade left."

Inoichi gasps, "You know, I think Shika's right. Do you mind if your ANBU got the records from that day?"

Hiruzen smiles as he notices Danzo's nervousness, "Hawk, fetch the ANBU records for the day Tsunade left please."

Hawk appears and bows, "Hai Hokage-sama."

With that he poof out of existence, it was here Shibi brought up the academy and security issue.

"Hokage-sama, if I may request that our security and academy are revamped. I and other clan heads have found it to be lacking."

Homura growls, "What's wrong with it, Koharu and I did that so the civilians could have a better chance at passing!"

"WHAT!" Hiruzen yells which shakes the room, "I may be old but I do not remember passing any such ordinance."

Koharu gulps, "Now Hiruzen, be reasonable, we only did what we felt was right."

"BY GOING BEHIND MY BACK!"

Tsume snarls out, "Since when does history have anything to do with Shinobi work! Where are the chakra control classes, learning their affinity!"

Kisame just leans back in his chair hearing the clan heads and advisors bickering back and forth with a smile on his face.

"Heh, this village is quite interesting; maybe I can help Mei with the civil war."

"ENOUGH!" Hiruzen yells, "I will get to restructure the academy but first; ANBU, take my advisors down to T&I and let Ibiki handle them; I want to know what else they are hiding from me."

Two ANBU appear and quickly take Homura and Koharu away, shortly after Hawk reappeared.

"The files Hoakge-sama."

"Thank you Hawk, you are dismissed."

The room goes silent for five minutes as they watch the Hokage look over the records with the occasional glance at Danzo. Once he was done, Hiruzen took a deep breath and kept up his stern voice.

"Danzo, come to me straight, is Root still active?"

"Now, Now, Hiruzen, I always follow your advice."

Hiruzen stands and walks over to the War Hawk, punching him in the face making him come out of his chair and sprawl onto the wooden floor.

"Again, is Root still active; come on, tell me yes so I can kill your treasonous ass!"

Danzo stands with the help of his cane and brushes off his clothes; he looks Hiruzen in the eye and says nothing. As he was turning to leave, ANBU grabbed him by the arms.

"What is the meaning of this?!"

Hiruzen smirks, "You refusing to answer me warrants suspicion, Ibiki and Anko will have fun with you."

Kisame smirks, "Way to clean house Hokage-sama, but I have something to help make Konoha accept me. How would you like to know about the Civil War in Kiri and its village defenses?"

The meeting went on for another three hours, but in that time a lot took place. The academy was restructured and focused on unlocking chakra, learning some chakra control, learning and starting to control their elemental affinity, taijutsu which fits the student, as well as some history; they also agreed that the students should learn some jutsu beyond Henge, Replacement, and Bunshin. The security was restricted as the clan heads pointed out holes and Kisame informed them of the reason he left mist and the mysterious man; he also brought up Kiri's defenses and hinted at the starting civil war. The Hokage agreed to help only if someone came asking for aid. The last part of this meeting was summoning back the Sannin; letters were sent out, one threatened Jiraiya to return while the other, which was sent to Tsunade, told that she and Shizune would become S-rank missing nin if they did not return. The arrived back three days later.

Three Days Later – Hokage Office

Tsunade, Shizune with Tonton, and Jiraiya just arrived in Konoha and were to meet the Hokage in his office as well as Naruto and a guest which Hiruzen did not mention. When they were allowed to enter the office, boy did they get a shock of their lives when they saw Naruto sitting on Kisame's right shoulder.

"Sensei, why the hell is Kisame here?" a dumfounded Jiraiya stated which made the Hokage chuckle.

"Why, Naruto managed to touch Samehada without getting harmed; Kisame is going to pass on his legacy."

Naruto smiles and waves to the two Sannin making the Hokage chuckle but then he grew serious and dismissed the ANBU and set up silencing seals.

"Sensei?" Tsunade asks with Shizune growing worried.

"I have decided that since Naruto will become strong under Kisame and your guidance that his heritage is to be revealed yet the village will not know about it until I believe Naruto is ready."

Naruto jumps off Kisame's shoulder and walks up to the Hokage, "You know who my parents are Ji-Ji and why the villagers give me stares?"

Hiruzen nods and picks up Naruto putting him on his lap, "Now Naruto can you promise me that you will not tell anyone about this; if you do I will stop Kisame from training you."

Naruto's eyes widen, "I won't tell, promise!"

Kisame was interested in this so he listened carefully as Hiruzen spoke.

"Naruto, the Yondaime, Minato Namikaze, did not kill the Kyuubi he had to seal it away in a new born child; he couldn't use just any child, he used one he could trust, his own son. That person was you Naruto."

"W-what?" Naruto starts to hyperventilate but Hiruzen calms him down.

"You're not the demon Naruto, only its container."

Naruto sniffles, "So I'm like those scrolls which those guys put pointy objects in?"

Everyone was astonished by the kid's analogy, but kept silent as the Hokage continued.

"Yes, that is exactly it, now your mother was Kushina Uzumaki who came here from Uzu which was destroyed in the second war. Do you see the two standing there, the one with white hair the one with blonde hair?"

Naruto nods.

"Those are your godparents Tsunade Senju and Jiraiya."

Naruto jumps off Hiruzen's lap and walks up to the two then proceeds to kick them in the shins making them wince and Kisame to hold his sides laughing.

"No wonder Samehada liked his chakra so much, damn kid's a jinchuriki!"

Naruto got done kicking his godparent's shins then screamed out, "Train me!"

Tsunade chuckles and ruffles Naruto's hair, "We will sweety, but it won't be easy."

Hiruzen clears his throat gathering everyone's attention, "Naruto, Kisame; Minato made an enemy with Iwa during the third war which is why this cannot get out. I am merely doing this to come clean, that and I know Naruto will become strong very quickly. Sorry for keeping this from you Naruto."

Naruto nods with tears in his eyes then runs up to the Hokage and hugs him, "Thanks Ji-Ji!"

It was then that the stress of what he learned was too much for his four year old brain to handle and went to sleep which made Kisame sigh.

"I'll get the brat home, while you four clear up any issues. Kami having a child is so troublesome." He mumbles at the end before using a shunshin to head back home, but the Hokage and everyone else caught it making them laugh.

"So, I am going on a wild guess here and say that Tsunade and I will become your advisors?"

Hiruzen nods, "Yes and Tsunade, I will give you S-rank pay to run the hospital and get it up to speed. Now, I want to speak to you about Danzo."

"You mean that old goat with bandages on his face?" Shizune asks earning a chuckle from the Hokage.

"Yes, that man. We interrogated him three days ago but it took up to yesterday to make him break. Come to find out he was running Root still as well as assisting Orochimaru among other things. I sent this to the Daimyo who gave us permission to execute. All Root personnel are now undergoing rehab before they are put back into Shinobi duty."

"So, Danzo is gone then?" Jiraiya asks.

Hiruzen nods, "Yes and just in time too, he was trying to get the Uchiha to start a coup by planting false evidence. We avoided a disaster which would have weakened Konoha to a great degree."

Tsunade clenches her fists, "And I take it he was the bastard who told me Naruto had died during child birth."

Again the Hokage nods, "Yes, one of his ANBU did partly because he wanted Naruto under his control which I managed to stop. Jiraiya, I would advise setting up a base for your spy network here in Konoha."

The Toad Sage nods, "It seems like a reasonable idea, plus I want to help Naruto as much as possible, both of us do."

Tsunade nods which makes the Hokage smile; the four chatted about trivial things for the next three hours before Tsunade, Shizune, and Jiriaya went about their tasks.

Namikaze Home

Naruto runs to the kitchen table and sits down while Kisame grabs a bottle orange juice from the fridge, pouring some into a glass for Naruto. After the swordsman put the OJ back, he sat in front of Naruto.

"Naruto, in order to wield Samehada you must become very strong; to do this you must eat lots of vegetables and train to your fullest every day."

Naruto makes a disgusted face, "I hate veggies, they all yucky!"

Kisame chuckles, "You will eat them or I will not allow you to train, how does that sound?"

Naruto quickly shakes his head no, "I want to make my real parents proud!" After a pause, "So what's my training tou-san!"

"Tou-san…heh, I actually like the sound of that. Wait, I kill things for a living, why am I liking this brat!"

Kisame gets up and goes to the study to grab parchment and a pen, he returns to find Naruto humming and waiting patiently. After sitting back down, Kisame takes the next five minutes to outline Naruto's training.

"Can you read Naruto?"

Naruto nods, "Ji-Ji and the people who watch me taught me how."

"Good, here is your training for the next eight years."

Naruto grabs the paper and starts to read over it.

Year 1: Strength Training - two laps around the village, 50 push-ups, and 50 sit-ups. Basic Taijutsu.

Year 2: Strength Training – three laps around the village, 70 push-ups, 70 sit-ups. Taijutsu katas and basic Kenjutsu; unlock chakra and start basic chakra control.

Year 3: Strength Training – four laps around the village, 90 push-ups, 90 sit-ups. Taijutsu and Kenjutsu katas. Chakra control, learn elemental affinity and basics on how to control it.

Year 4: Strength Training – five laps, 110 push-ups, 110 sit-ups. Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, chakra control, affinity control, basic jutsu, and basic fuinjutsu.

Year 5: Strength Training – six laps, 130 push-ups, 130 sit-ups. Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, chakra control, affinity control, jutsu, and fuinjutsu.

Year 6: Strength Training – seven laps, 150 push-ups, 150 sit-ups. Same as above.

Year 7: Strength Training – eight laps, 170 push-ups, 170 sit-ups. Same as above, add politics and history.

Year 8: Strength Training – ten laps, 200 push-ups, 200 sit-ups. Same as above, add politics and history.

Naruto pales "I'm going to do all this?"

Kisame smirks at Naruto's expression, "Told you it wasn't going to be easy kid, and to make it even harder I am having Jiraiya place gravity seals on your body as well as the sword you will start using at age five."

Naruto cocks his head in confusion, "Gravity what?"

"Gravity seals, they put weight on your body making physical exercise more difficult; they will increase every time it becomes easy for you."

Naruto just dumbly nods, "Are you teaching me Taijutsu?"

Kisame nods, "With Tsunade's help, I will also teach you my kenjutsu style. The politics and history you can read on your own time; seriously, your father's library is huge."

Naruto was a little hesitant but smiles, "When do we start?"

"Tomorrow, so today is your day off. After that, I get to have fun pounding you into the ground!"

Following Day

Naruto was fast asleep having dreams about ramen when he is suddenly jerked out of bed making him scream and fall to the floor.

"Ow!" Naruto rubs his eyes and stares at the clock. "Five in the morning?!"

Kisame chuckles, "No breakfast for you until you finish your laps but first, Jiraiya is in the backyard ready to put the gravity seals on."

Naruto grunts and manages to put on training clothes before heading to the backyard.

"Hey Naruto, nice morning huh!"

Naruto yawns at Jiraiya "Who are you again?"

Kisame holds his sides as he laughs while the Toad Sage face faults.

After getting back up Jiraiya shakes his head, "Jiraiya, your godfather."

Naruto just nods as he is still half asleep and allows the gravity seals to be put on; one on each wrist, one on each ankle, and a big one on the chest. Jirayia adds chakra to make it go to level one of 10, doing this sent Naruto to the ground.

"OW! I feel heavy."

Kisame nods and helps Naruto stand, "Two laps boy, hop to it, I will be right beside yah; Jiraya, make breakfast for us please."

The Toad Sage nods still not believing seeing Kisame in a nice mood; he was usually quick to temper and wanted to kill basically anything in his path.

"Naruto, you have the gift of changing people." Jirayia thinks as he watches the two run off.

An hour and a half later, Kisame and Naruto came in but our fellow jinchuriki was worse for wear; sweaty, panting heavily, and needed Kisame to lean on. Kisame sets Naruto in a chair with a smile as Jirayia makes plates of eggs, bacon, toast, with a glass of tomato juice. Not even thinking straight due to the training, Naruto grabs the glass of tomato juice and gulps it down.

"Hey, that was good; what was that."

Kisame snickers, "That was tomato juice, a vegetable."

Naruto's eyes widen but then he looks at his empty glass and shrugs "More please!"

Kisame and Jiraiya sweat drop but both were impressed with Naruto; it seemed the training helped cut down on his hyperactive nature. It was going to be a long eight years.

Time-Skip Three Years

It's been a long three years, the training got more and more intense; his gravity seals were now up to level 4 of 10 but this did have a benefit as Naruto was starting to develop a nice muscular frame. The gravity seals on his katana, which he picked up at age five, were on level 3 of 10. Naruto was now seven years old, he was three foot seven and wore black ANBU pants with a blue shirt and blue opened toed sandals. On his back was a sheath for his katana which he was doing kata's with; it was midafternoon.

As Naruto was training in the backyard of his estate while Kisame, Tsunade, and Jiraiya watched with a smile on their face. It took a little for Tsuande and Jiraiya to warm up to Kisame and even longer for Naruto to forgive his godparents. Eventually everything smoothed out and now they were like one big happy family.

"Kid's going to be a natural; why didn't you have Naruto join the academy last year when Sensei revamped it?" Jiraiya asks.

Kisame chuckles, "By time I'm done with him, Naruto will easily be Jounin level; who needs the academy when your being trained by a swordsman of the Mist?"

Kisame suddenly coughs into his hands, he pulls them back to see blood; Tsuande grew concerned.

"Kisame, I can heal you; it's only a minor case of tuberculosis."

The man shakes his head, "Like I told Hokage-sama, my sins are too heavy I want to die knowing that I at least did one good thing in my life."

Tsunade sighs and nods "So, you tested his affinity and it was like Tobirama's; how is that possible?"

"Kurama or should I say Kyuubi; Naruto and him met last year and the reason he attacked was due to a genjutsu. The fox saw potential in Naruto and gave him Tobirama's control over water."

Flashback – One Year Ago

Naruto was fast asleep after a long day of training but this night would be special; he soon found himself in a sewer where a massive gate was in front of him, a seal was on it to keep something back.

"Seal, wait, is this what I think it is?" Naruto walks up to the cage and bangs on the bars. "OI! Kyuubi, I know you're in there!"

A shuffling is heard and a couple seconds later a massive fox head appears, the fur is red orange, the eyes are red and evil looking, the pointy teeth showing due to a vulpine grin. To the surprise of Kyuubi, Naruto doesn't flinch.

"So, my jailor comes to visit?

Naruto cocks his head, "You probably want a better place to be then a cage huh?"

Kyuubi laughs, "I wouldn't mind it."

Naruto scratches the back of his head and laughs nervously "Um how do I do that?"

Kyuubi groans, "It's your mind, think of something! Damn brat!"

Naruto snorts and closes his eyes and thinks of a lush forest with animals scampering about, birds chirping and flying about, and the seal on the cage to become a dog collar of sorts. This part did not make Kyuubi happy; when Naruto opened his eyes, he at first gasped at the size of Kyuubi then laughed at the dog collar.

"Be a good boy and sit!" Naruto joked but instantly knew that was the wrong thing to say as Kyuubi roared in anger.

"INSOLENT BRAT! I have already been controlled twice in my long life!"

"Controlled? When?"

"Ugh, you ask too many questions. Fine, the first was with Madara Uchiha when he controlled me to fight Hashirama; Mito Uzumaki ended up sealing me inside of her. The second was when I was extracted from your mother; some other Uchiha controlled me to attack your village."

Naruto was shocked to hear he was the third Jinchuriki to the Kyuubi; he actually felt bad for the beast.

"I am sorry for the way you have been treated Kyuubi, I see you as a misunderstood fox that longs to see the outside again."

Kyuubi huffs and plants his head on his front paws while looking at Naruto, "Your interesting Kit, out of all the people who held me, you are the first to show me remorse. I sense that you are training with someone, maybe I can help you with that?"

Naruto glares at Kyuubi, "Oh, and what do you get out of it?"

"Smart Kit, but all I want is to see the world from your eyes, hear the world from your ears, and smell the world with your nose."

"And you won't try and control me?"

"Tch, I want a strong container not a weak one; if you die, I die Kit. It's as simple as that. That doesn't mean you have the right to demand my chakra."

Naruto cocks his head, "Why would I want to use your chakra, I want to get strong on my own. I can only guess you are the one giving me my advanced regeneration. If that's the case then that is all I ask for."

"This gaki, maybe he is the one that father talked about. Yes, but I only sped up your healing which the Uzumaki side gave you. If you agree to me using your senses then I will give you control over water like that of the Second Hokage."

Naruto was astonished. The Hokage told tales of Tobirama and how powerful his water jutsu was and how easily he could use them. Naruto looked to make sure Kyuubi wasn't lying but it was hard to tell.

"Promise me that you won't do any funny business? If you do, I will make sure my godfather locks you up so that you will never see the outside world and never have contact with me again; am I clear?"

Kyuubi nods and was impressed with Naruto's audacity of threatening him, "Kit, you have impressed me; my name is Kurama and by morning your new powers will be yours."

Naruto bows, "Thanks Kurama, I hope we have a great future relationship."

Flashback End

Back in the present, Jiraiya suddenly laughs while clutching his sides, "Oh man, this is too good; if he can control Kurama's chakra then-."

Kisame growls, "Naruto does not want to use Kurama's chakra even though both are on supposedly good terms. Naruto wants to be strong by himself; his Uzumaki healing factor plus his tenant will make Naruto damn near impervious to injury."

Tsunade scratches her head, "And the fox agrees to this?"

Kisame nods but Jiraiya still tries "What about the Toads? Minato's jutsu?"

"Toads are a no as I found an Uzumaki summoning contract that has not had use since the second war; the panthers. You have my permission to teach the brat Minato's jutsu."

"Interesting, so how far has Naruto gotten?" Tsunade asks.

"Well for chakra control he is up to kunai spinning and working on waterfall walking, pretty impressive feat seeming his chakra is about four times that of Hokage-sama."

Both Sages shake their heads and mumble "Why am I not surprised."

Kisame chuckles "His kenjutsu and taijutsu is coming along fast thanks to us, in fact I think Naruto deserves a break. NARUTO!"

Naruto hears Kisame and sheaths his katana then runs over with a smile, "You needed me tou-san? Oh, hey bachan, Pervy-sage!"

Tsuande and Jiraiya growl at Naruto, it was nicknames he gave each of them last year which neither really liked.

"I am not old!" The Slug Sage yelled out with the Toad Sage following behind.

"And I'm not a pervert, I am better than that…I am a super pervert!"

Kisame groans while Tsunade was ready to choke the Toad Sage for his damn Icha Icha books, that and peeping in the hot springs.

"The academy is out for lunch, I want you to mingle a little; head to that ramen stand you always like; I still don't know how you can finish off 10 bowls in one sitting."

Tsuande snickers, "Just like Kushina, you and her are two peas in a pod Naruto."

Naruto smiles and thanks them then disappears in a swirl of leaves leaving everyone shocked.

"I didn't teach him that…wait a minute, is my son sneaking out for extra training!" Kisame roars.

"Son? My Kisame, you aren't growing soft are you?" Tsunade jokes but soon realizes what she said was a bad thing after seeing Kisame's predator like grin.

"You think I'm soft?!"

Both Sannin gulp then start running with Kisame tailing behind them; Samehada ready to shave both of them.

"GET BACK HERE!"

Ichiraku Ramen

"Hey old man Teuchi, I'm back!"

He and his daughter Ayame greet Naruto with a smile.

"So, the usual then?" Ayame asks earning a nod from Naruto.

"Ten miso ramen with extra vegetables coming up!" Teuchi happily states.

As Naruto waits for his meal, he hears the flap being parted and someone coming in, the man had a pineapple haircut and a scar across the nose. Iruka feels as if someone is watching him and looks over and gasps thinking he saw Minato.

"Um, sir, who are you?

"Name's Naruto, who are you?"

"Where are my manners, I am Iruka, an instructor at the academy." Iruka sighs, "Man those students are trouble, they don't settle down for anything."

Naruto chuckles and thanks Ayame as bowl one comes out, after breaking his chopsticks Naruto mutters, "Itadakimasu."

After calmly eating some noodles, he turns to Iruka who got his bowl and gives a suggestion.

"Tou-san uses killer intent to make me pay attention as well as getting used to it out in the field; you should try it sometime."

Iruka shakes his head, "I can never do that to my students. I don't want them to think I'm a bad person."

Naruto continues to eat but pausing to respond, "So, let me show them; I can teach the brats a lesson or two."

Iruka shakes his head then asks a question, "Who is your tou-san, just curious is all."

Naruto shrugs, "Kisame Hoshigaki, others have seen him around already."

Iruka pales, "The Tailless Tailed Beast, one of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist!"

Naruto just started on his sixth bowl while Iruka was starting his second. Naruto nods to Iruka's response then chuckles.

"Why do you think I'm not in the academy? With him, Tsuande and Jiraiya training me I will far surpass those in the academy."

Iruka just dumbly nods "Wow, trained by three powerhouses; so glad Naruto's on our side."

The time passed with more conversation but eventually both got done with their meals with Iruka having to head back to the academy while Naruto wandered the village looking for something to do. Before he could decide an ANBU comes and tells Naruto that he is needed at the Hokage Office; Naruto nods and shunshins there which surprised the ANBU.

"Interesting kid, can only wonder how strong he is?"

Hokage Office

A twirl of leaves catches Hiruzen off guard; he smirks as he sees Naruto emerge.

"Already know the Shunshin, your growing strong Naruto."

Said person nods then watches the Hokage dismiss his ANBU and set up silencing seals.

"Naruto, I have to ask if you are ready for the village for your heritage to be revealed."

Naruto hums in thought, "I have kept my training secret, only Kisame, Tsunade, and Jiraiya know what I'm capable of."

"What level do you put yourself at?"

Naruto shrugs, "Kisame thinks about low Chunin and in all honesty if we reveal my heritage and Iwa wants to come after us, so be it. Konoha has survived three wars and thanks to you cleaning house three years ago the village has gotten stronger."

"Which would make them hesitant in attacking, plus Jiraiya's spy network can implant false information to keep your identity secret outside for as long as possible."

Naruto's eyes widen, "He can do that?"

The Hokage nods and chuckles, "My old student can do a lot of things. So, are you sure you want to do this?"

Naruto nods making the Hokage sigh. He takes the seals down and orders his ANBU back inside.

"Boar, gather Tsunade, Kisame, and Jiraiya; tell them that the truth will be revealed."

"Hai."

"Hawk, take some ANBU and gather the village, it's time they find out who Naruto really is."

Said ANBU nods and goes to the ANBU HQ before doing as ordered; a couple minutes' later Boar returns with the people he was ordered to gather.

Tsunade hugs Naruto, her massive breasts push into his face; this of course leaves a blushing Naruto and a jealous as hell Hiruzen and Jiraiya. The hug breaks and Naruto wipes the blood from his nose.

"So, you decided to go ahead with it?"

Naruto nods, "Yah and Ji-Ji said that Pervy Sage would plant false evidence to keep Iwa and others off my back."

Jiraiya sighs, "I really hate that nickname."

Naruto snickers, "You love me and you know it!"

Kisame chuckles and puts Naruto in a head lock while giving him a noogie. This of course makes Naruto flail around trying to get free; Kisame and Naruto have bonded well over the years. About 10 minutes later, Hawk comes in and tells that the village had congregated around the tower.

"Thank you Hawk, you are dismissed. Ready Naruto?"

Naruto nods and all of them walk out to the balcony of the Kage Tower where they hear the commotion of the villagers. Hiruzen puts up a hand to silence them.

"People of Konoha, I have gathered you here today to reveal the identity of the heir to the Namikaze and Uzumaki clans. Some of you may already know this person but in case you haven't; Naruto, would you show yourself please."

Naruto nods and walks up near Hiruzen and waves; some gasp and scream out that the Yondaime was back due to the uncanny similarity between the two, some refused to accept the truth, others were smiling as they already knew but kept it secret. Naruto holds up a hand to silence the crowd.

"People of Konoha, yes I am the son to the Yondaime and Kushina Uzumaki. Some of you may dismiss this but deep down I know you think otherwise. Some of you already know but for those who don't, I will tell the truth on what happened when the Kyuubi attacked."

"The Yondaime killed it, there is no other truth!" a villager yells out.

Naruto shakes his head and continues, "Kyuubi is made of chakra and cannot be killed so the next best thing to do was seal it. Minato could not choose just any child to do this, no, he chose the one person that he trusted the most; his son. Yes, I am the holder of the Kyuubi but I am not the first."

The Hokage whispered in Naruto's ear, "Are you sure you want to tell them this?"

Naruto nods, "It will help them realize their mistakes."

Hiruzen nods while Naruto silences the crowd once again, before he could begin a villager screamed out his question.

"I call bullshit, why don't you just die demon filth!"

The ANBU were about to kill the civilian but Naruto shook his head no which the Hokage agreed and made them stand down.

Naruto smirks "I am the third Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi; the first one dates back to Hashirama's reign when his wife, Mito Uzumaki, sealed it inside of her so that Madara could be defeated. Before Mito died, she transferred Kyuubi into my mother whom a man extracted from her then controlled to attack Konoha."

Whispers were now going about, some saying that they were ashamed of themselves, some saying they still didn't believe. Naruto gained their attention again by pulling out a sealing scroll and a kunai.

"In my right hand is a sealing scroll, this is me. Now, in my left is a kunai; this is the Kyuubi. Now watch."

Naruto seals the kunai into the scroll then unseals it; he repeats the process three times to reiterate the point.

"Now, what did you learn from that?"

A villager opens his mouth first, "That you are only the carrier of the Kyuubi and that you are holding the beast at bay."

Naruto nods "Very good, now I know some of you still don't believe me but I understand; for those who do, don't give me a pity party and don't spread this outside village walls. If you do, the Hokage will enact punishment the likes of which you have never seen."

Hiruzen smirks knowing what Naruto was doing, trying to put fear into the villagers while giving him the chance to show why he was Hokage. Naruto nods and Hiruzen unleashes a massive wave of KI which brings most of the village to its knees.

"DISOBEY THIS ORDER AND MY PUNISHMENT WILL NOT BE LENIENT!

The Hokage stops his KI and smiles while the villagers and some of the ninja quickly nod their heads. After they got over their shock some cheers started going out from the ones that believed Naruto; it was a warming site for the Kyuubi Jinchuriki.

Jiraiya pats Naruto on the back, "Well kid, looks like it's my time to shine; over time, I think the village will grow to accept you."

Naruto nods, "I'm sure they will."