I do not own Naruto.

This is my first story and I will try to make it as good as possible, I have a full plot for the story. so any changes to any of the characters is planned out for later in the story. to make some things known. I don't like character bashing, and I don't intend to do any in this story. Next Kyuubi is a BOY! period end of story. Some chapters may have Omakes, some won't.

Enjoy!

Chapter 1 - A Unexpected Return

The four ANBU were running through the forest eager to return home after their long reconnaissance mission to the wave. "I can't wait to get back and enjoy some nice hot dango." commented Cheetah. He was met by agreeing grunts from his fellow ANBU, they had spent the last week spying on the situation in Kiri. This had been an A-rank mission and they were all anticipating the rewards that came with such a mission. Bat suddenly said "hold up, theres a strange chakra source up ahead."

"OK team, we'll go in standard formation ill take front, Bat you take back, Cheetah you take right, and Deer you take left." Bobcat said. They quickly jumped into formation and continued cautiously towards the target.

The four ANBU stopped on the branches overlooking the clearing where the chakra was emitting from. "I can't believe it... all of that chakra, was coming from this kid!" Bat asked. "It's not impossible, we've all seen the power of young protégés" Cheetah responded. "Let's just grap the kid and get going. I want to get back before sundown, and the kid will slow us down, so let's get going." Deer said. "OK, I'll take the kid for now, let's just get going and hope no one else senses the massive amount of chakra and comes to kill the kid." Bobcat responded. Bobcat hoisted the kid onto his back piggyback style, then jumped up into the branches closely followed by his team.

In Konoha -

Sarutobi sighed, he hadn't felt this stressed since Naruto disappeared and Jiraiya left to go write another of his disgusting (yet oddly satisfying) books. Now he had to deal with a conspiracy theory about the Uchiha massacre, that left doubts as to whether the conspirators where actually thinking beings or just a waste of space. Not to mention the massive pile of paperwork that was just sitting on his secretary's desk, gathering dust. He really cursed the First for not coming up with a solution to the paperwork problem.

Just as Sarutobi was finishing up with the conspiracy document, a ANBU wearing a wolf mask appeared in the room, he said "Hokage-sama, we have a giant problem."

Konoha hospital -

The door to the operating room waiting area burst open and the Sarutobi ran in. "Where is he? I need to see him now!" He quickly surveyed the people in the room, apart from him and Wolf there was one chuunin and four ANBU. As soon as he arrived the ANBU wearing a Bobcat mask jumped up and ran over. He bowed before Sarutobi and said, "Hokage-sama, I should've come straight to deliver the mission report, but his life was in danger so we rushed him here immediately." Sarutobi said "Just fill me in."

"We finished our mission in Wave successfully and as we were returning Bat sensed a huge chakra source to our right, we found the kid lying in a clearing wearing the clothes over there." Sarutobi glanced over at a black cloak lying on the table outside the operating room. "After we found him we continued on our way back here, but when we got within sensor range, he just started to shake and emit this dark red chakra. We had our suspicions as to who it was but this confirmed it. I haven't felt that chakra in a good 12 years, but I'd never forget something like that." Sarutobi looked over at the door to the operating room with a strange look on his face "continue" he said. "As soon as he began emitting chakra, we began to wonder as to whether or not it was coming out. So we let off a chakra beacon telling the village to come. but before they got to us Cheetah noticed that there was blood dripping down the kids arms, when we lifted up his sleeves we saw numerous cuts up and down his arms, and the chakra seemed to be seeping out of them at an alarming rate. We picked the kid up and sprinted for the village Wolf met us halfway there and said that we should make for the hospital and that he'd inform you."

Just then the operating room light went off and a doctor came out. Everyone in the room quickly jumped to their feet and ran over to the doctor to hear what he said. "Everyone will stay out here except for Hokage-sama."

"Wolf come with me" Sarutobi said. almost running to the door. when he opened the door he saw the boy lying on the operating room table with a breathing support on his face and multiple needles sticking out of his arm. Sarutobi looked over at the doctor who said "He seems to have suffered an overly high amount of chakra exhaustion, and a massive amount of internal bleeding. Unfortunately, he wasn't responding to any of the medications we gave him but when we put a suppressing seal on him, he started to calm down. We've managed to drain almost all of the blood from his system but the only thing we can do about the chakra exhaustion is to wait and see what'll happen when he wakes up."

Sarutobi let out a very relieved sigh "at least he knew that Naruto was alive, he'd been afraid of worse, but then again who knew about what happened to him. All of his best ANBU spent over a month looking, and all of his spies in the other nations had failed, so where had he been?" Sarutobi thought.

When Sarutobi exited the operating room the ANBU had sat back down to wait. When they saw Sarutobi they jumped to their feet. "OK, Bobcat you and your squad will go to my office and wait there, I'll be there in five." the ANBU responded with a quick "Hai" before disappearing. Sarutobi turned to the chuunin in the room and said "You're Iruka, right? You're an academy instructor. Why are you here?" Iruka replied "Yes I'm Iruka. I was in the hospital going to see my niece, she fell out of a tree and while I was at the reception counter I saw the ANBU appear with this kid. before they disappeared with the doctor I saw a glimpse of the kids face. He was one of my genin missions, to check on him. I'd always wondered where he'd gone, and he looked in bad shape so I ran after them to see what happened and if they needed any help."

"You can't tell anyone that he's back or what happened to him, as of now it is an S-rank secret." Sarutobi said. Iruka gulped he wasn't good at keeping secrets, that's why he'd always tried to avoid finding any high ranking secrets. And now he'd gotten himself pulled into a secret, and one punishable by death no less. "You should go back to your niece, this is a very important matter now." Sarutobi continued.

Once Iruka had left, Sarutobi turned to Wolf and said "OK I have a very important mission for you. You have to go and discover whatever you can about what Naruto has done these past years, sightings, appearances, aliases, and most importantly, who took him. You have two hours to assemble a team, you can take anyone, anything else they're doing is irrelevant at the moment." Sarutobi sighed "I know he was your sensei's son and I feel your pain. Good luck" Wolf nodded his head once and disappeared.

Sarutobi Turned to the doctor and said "you heard me before, it's a S-rank secret. And NO one is allowed in here till I return." Before he disappeared.

Sarutobi appeared back in his office facing four ANBU. "I know that the mission should be upgraded to a S-rank but then there'd be a question as to why caused it to be. No one can know about the Kyuubi chakra surrounding him. That would lead to question the Yondaimes seal. You'll each be receiving a bonus though for a excellent mission." Sarutobi said before opening drawer of his desk and pulled out four envelopes and handing them respectively to the four ANBU. "before you leave I have to tell you that what you learned today is classified as an S-rank secret. And now I have an S+ rank mission for you." At the mention of an S+ rank mission, also known among ANBU as a KAGE-rank mission, the four ANBU nervously swallowed. They had friends who'd gone on KAGE-rank missions before and returned in body bags. "You may recruit two other full ANBU squads for this mission. You are to bring Jiraiya and Tsunade back here on pain of death." Sarutobi continued. At the mention of bringing Tsunade back one of the ANBU fainted and collapsed backwards onto the floor. Sarutobi looked at the ANBU on the floor and sighed, he knew this was going to happen. "You are to use any means necessary to succeed in your mission. If you do, rest assured you'll be receiving a massive bonus. And lastly, since you'll likely be going nearly everywhere. I need you to deliver this message to Grass country's Daimyo, it's a B-rank mission so It's just and encouragement to go towards Grass." The three remaining ANBU said a quick "Hai" before picking up their fallen comrade and disappearing through the door. Sarutobi leaned back in his chair, thinking about what a headache this would cause with the council, when his secretary opened his door carrying a giant stack of paperwork. Sarutobi nearly fainted himself.

Konoha Hospital Later that night –

The doctor was leaving when he noticed a slight color shift in the boys cloak, thinking there was a possible trap or something associated with it, the doctor grabbed the cloak and ran to the Hokage Tower.

Sarutobi had just finished the first stack of paperwork when one of Naruto's doctors came running into the room followed by his secretary yelling something about not disturbing him. Sarutobi's heart was beating rapidly just thinking about all of the possible things that could have happened to Naruto. "what happened doctor?"

"As I was leaving I noticed that his cloak looked strange so I thought maybe it could help with something so I ran over here." The doctor replied. Sarutobi began to channel chakra into the cloak in order to dispel any genjutsu. After trying for a couple of seconds Sarutobi realized that in order to remove the genjutsu he'd have to channel a lot more chakra. After channeling nearly all of his chakra the genjutsu disappeared revealing a black cloak with red clouds on it. Sarutobi fell back into his chair thinking.

(Flashback)

Sarutobi was sitting in his chair looking at a report he just received from Kakashi, apparently there was a new terrorist organization that had just recently been formed, and no one knew what they were after just that they were made of S-rank missing nins wearing black cloaks adorned with red clouds. Sarutobi looked up from the report and said "go send a message to our undercover agents to find out what they can about this organization, and tell them to keep an eye out for them. A group of S-rank missing nins could easily become a very annoying and possibly deadly force." Kakashi just grunted in acknowledgment before taking out his famous orange book and disappearing in a swirl of leaves. Sarutobi was just thinking about taking nap or going out for lunch when his door opened and his secretary came in with another giant stack of paperwork. Sarutobi began to envy his two predecessors and his successor for not having to suffer this intolerable thing anymore.

(Flashback End)

Sarutobi summoned his ANBU who appeared in a swirl of leaves. "Yes Hokage-sama?" they asked. "I need you to go and find Kakashi he'll be about to leave on a mission I need him to come right now." "Yes Hokage-sama" they responded before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. Sarutobi leaned back in his chair, "this just got better and better…"

To be continued.

I will try to update soon based on how much time I have and how the story goes. but I expect that it won't take long.