A/N: Hey guys, this is my first ever Naruto fic, I'm really looking forward to hearing what you guys think of it. This story will have an older Naruto, roughly around the same age as Itachi, while my not really OC, Menma, will be taking his place as the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki and member of team seven. You may not like it, but please keep any flames to yourself, if you wish to say anything negative make it constructive. My only ambition here is to have fun, so I don't really mind if a few of you thousands hate it. Naruto in this is a completely different person to his cannon self, hopefully this Prologue will give you understanding as to why. Yes, he is very strong, but future enemies will be given there own boosts to compete with him. Many women will be drawn to him, not just the little shipping you'll see here. Oh, and keep in mind that on my list of goals is to fill any plot holes this chapter will leave you with; there'll be quite a few. But, I swear they'll be answered in time, even if it take until the Shippuden timeline. Read. Review. Don't Flame. Enjoy!

Prologue: Namikaze Naruto

A blonde haired boy looked at the woman lying in the hospital bed, tears in his eyes as he listened to the silent beeping of the monitor slow. She smiled at him, waving the six year old boy closer to her. The boy was hesitant at first, but he refused to let the woman down, especially not now. So, he walked towards her and grabbed her offered hand, squeezing it gently.

"Naru-chan, I know it's been very hard on you this last year," She whispered, her violet eyes looking into his blue-eyes with nothing but love. "with your father sacrificing himself a year ago, and me ending up like this, just barely holding on," He could see the regret forming in her eyes. "But, I've seen you grow so much because of it and I'm so proud of the way you've been looking after your Otouto," He could see the pride in her eyes as she began to struggle to speak and breath. "Remember everything your father and I taught you, and pass it on to Menma-chan….he's always going to need you…"

The tears fell freely from his eyes as he felt her grip loosen and the solitary drone of the monitor filled his ears. "K-Kaa-chan….." He whispered, lowering his head so that his spiky long blonde hair hid his eyes. He remembered the words his father had left him with, and his free hand gripped tightly as he felt something strong rise from within him. He felt overwhelmed with power, and before he knew it a scream escaped his lips and roots burst from the hidden cave they'd hidden his mother in. The cave was soon filled by trees, all surrounding the hospital bed his mother laid in.

Naruto looked around at what he'd just created, shock evident on his face. But, when he turned to where his mother was, he saw the smile etched onto her lips. "I'll never let you down Kaa-chan, even if I refuse to forgive Tou-chan for what he did to Otouto; I'll never let either of you down," He vowed, clenching his fist tightly as a look of complete determination spread across his face.

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Several years later, Naruto found himself thinking of that time as he looked at the headband he'd just earned from the academy as rookie of the year. The young blonde stood on his father's head carved into the Hokage Monument, his two best friends flanking him on either side.

One was his first friend Shisui, another prodigy in his own right and a proud member of the famous Uchiha clan. The boy had a tuft of messy black hair that curled at its ends, pale skin and charcoal black-eyes; all of which described majority of his clan feature wise. He wore a high collared black shirt with his clan's emblem on the back and a pair of khaki shorts, finished by his black shinobi sandals. The young Uchiha was very skilled in his clan's arts and quite skilled with the shunshin for a Gennin.

The other was Hana, the heiress of the Inuzuka Clan and Naruto's crush. The beautiful girl had long tamed brown hair kept in a ponytail, tattoos on her cheeks that were customary for any Inuzuka who had been given their ninken companion. She wore a black tank top that was slightly covered by a tan vest, black skin tight shorts and a matching pair of black shinobi sandals. Hana was very skilled in her clan's secret jutsu, a key point being the fact that she was given three companions instead of just one. She was also studying the arts of a medic and genjutsu specialist.

That only left Namikaze Naruto himself; the rookie of his year, son of the Yondaime and one of two remaining Uzumaki. The blonde wore a grey hoodie over his black t-shirt; a pair of black ANBU styled pants and black shinobi sandals. The boy had grown much in the time he'd lost his mother and made his vow, and he hadn't even shown his true capabilities yet. All anyone knew about his skill, was the only one their age that could match him even when he was holding back, was Shisui.

"So, we all made it," Hana smiled, bringing the boys from their separate thoughts. She'd known them both since her first time going to the playground, and her little brother had even become best friends with Naruto's. It was the leading reason she'd developed feelings for her blonde friend, seeing him with his brother had opened her to a completely different side of the Naruto she'd known.

"Was there ever any doubt?" Shisui smirked, wrapping his headband around his forehead for the first time. "We're all great shinobi, especially considering our ages," He deduced, earning smiles from both his friends.

"I just hope we're all on the same team, our shared dream wouldn't work out to well if we weren't," Naruto said, looking out at the setting sun.

"Our teams won't matter, our dream of peace will come true no matter what, we won't let that promise fail…ever," Shisui said, complete seriousness and determination filling him.

"He's right Naruto-kun; all three of us will do whatever it takes!" Hana added, giving Naruto one of her best smiles. Naruto nodded, and turned to look out at the village with a reassured smile on his face.

"I'm not sure what I would do without you two," He said, still looking out over the village. "But, I've got to go, Kakashi-nii-san and Menma-kun are waiting," He smiled, before disappearing in a shunshin.

"Well, I guess that's my cue, later Hana!" Shisui waved, disappearing in his own shunshin.

"Show offs," Hana growled, walking towards the stairs that led to the ground. She, unlike her two friends, had yet to learn that damn jutsu; and, neither would teach her how to do it! Sometimes, she swore she just wanted to clobber those two.

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(Six Months Later, Chuunin Exams, Iwagakure)

It had been six months, six months of missions and training, all leading to this step in his life and Namikaze Naruto wasn't taking no for an answer. It had been a month and five days since they'd started these exams, and it all led up to this point were the prodigy of Konoha and son of the Yondaime Hokage would face the prodigy of Iwagakure and the granddaughter of the Sandaime Tsuchikage. All contestants had fought fiercely and admirably through the preliminaries and the semi-finals , but this grudge match was what it all led up to. Naruto's entire family and group of friends had come to cheer him on, Shisui and Hana had come to compete, but both had been taken out; Shisui having lost to Kurotsuchi in the semi-finals. Kakashi and Itachi had been brought as the personal guard of his grandfather-like Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen. His little brother, Uzumaki Menma, sat in the lap of Mitarashi Anko, while Inuzuka Kiba and Uchiha Sasuke sat in their mother's laps; both being Menma's best friend and surrogate little brothers to Naruto. Even, his two Sannin God parents were in attendance, though both had opted to sit on the roof of the large stadium, neither wanting to pay for tickets.

"I'm sure you've heard this from my hot head comrades, but the beating I'm about to deliver is because of what your father did to my people," Kurotsuchi, the granddaughter of the Sandaime Tsuchikage, said glaring hatefully into Naruto's azure eyes.

"My father did what was necessary when your people attacked my village, as much as I wish for peace for the entirety of the Elemental Nations, I would've done the same. You and your comrades need to wake up and realize, if you were in my Tou-chan's position, you would've done whatever possible to protect your village," Naruto said. He was completely calm, as any shinobi is expected to be and knew he could win this.

"Enough talk," The proctor interrupted, stopping Kurotsuchi's retort. "Begin!" He ordered.

Naruto was the first to start, disappearing so fast that the kunoichi couldn't follow his movements. The blonde had held everything back in the previous fights, having not been forced to battle his rival and teammate Shisui. So, Kurotsuchi and the onlookers had no clue of his true power, the power of a prodigy. This, was why Kurotsuchi was caught off guard when a foot connected with her chin, sending her sailing into the air. She didn't have a second to spare as Naruto appeared in mid air just below her, "This is it!" He yelled in her ears, voice fierce.

He spun her body by using his own limbs to create the needed force, and then with meticulous intention, delivered a bone crushing chakra induced kick to her ribs. But, he didn't finish there; as he felt the pull of gravity bring him to where her body had crashed, his father's original technique appeared in his hand as a spiraling ball of his light blue chakra.

Kurotsuchi looked towards the boy she'd severely underestimated as he fell towards her with an A-ranked ninjutsu inside of his palm. Her bleary eyes filled with fear as she recognized the jutsu from a story the sole survivor of their invading forces of Konoha had told her. It was the original jutsu of the Yellow Flash that had aided him in annihilating an entire army of men by himself.

But, even as she prepared herself for death and her opponent fell towards her, the reaper never came for her. She opened her eyes slightly and they immediately widened seeing Naruto standing over her with the jutsu positioned over her chest. "I advise you to surrender, I can tell you know of this jutsu, and I would not wish to deliver it to an opponent that does not deserve it," He said, his somehow charming cerulean blue-eyes piercing through her.

"P-Proctor….." Her voice was acting on its own, but in her heart she'd realized she stood no chance against this boy, even if she herself was a prodigy. "I forfeit the match," She sounded ashamed as the words left her mouth, but the ball of chakra nevertheless disappeared.

"Winner, Namikaze Naruto!" The proctor called, raising his hand to signify the end of the match.

Naruto still stood over the young girl, his hand outstretched and a small smile on his face. Kurotsuchi was surprised by the gesture, but nonetheless accepted his help and allowed him to help her up. "I'm sorry for having been so rough, I usually don't take things so seriously," He said, a charming smile on his angular face. "I know you'll mind me saying this, but I'll say it regardless," He continued, her pink eyes never leaving his azure. "Your hot headedness holds you back, let go of the old things that have been done and don't shoulder a grudge that you have no need for. You're incredibly strong from what I watched in your previous matches, and I'm sure you'll one day be a splendid shinobi," He said, and she could tell his words were from the heart.

"Thank you, but it seems your skill out classes my own greatly, Naruto-san," She said with a bow of respect.

"Don't be so formal with me, please call me Naruto from now on," He said, chuckling a bit.

"I will, and you can call me Kurotsuchi from now on as well," She said, offering him a smile.

"I hope we meet again someday, Kurotsuchi, hopefully as allies," He smiled, before vanishing in a swirl of leaves, never once paying any mind to those cheering loudly for him.

"Don't tell me you're falling for Minato's brat," A man chuckled, walking up to her. The brunette blushed brightly, but didn't say anything, her father only wanted a reaction from her anyhow. "I heard what he said to you though, and he was right," He said, shocking her to the core. "He's not his father, and has no control of what that man did in his life. And, as he said before your short lived match, we all would do the exact same as his father had if it was for Iwa," He smiled, looking up to the young boy who had joined his friends in the stand. "You're quite interesting for someone your age, Namikaze Naruto," He thought.

In the stands, Naruto was speaking with his friends as his god-father appeared behind him and grabbed him in a headlock. "So, what do you call that move of yours? Even if it uses the start from a taijutsu style I didn't know you knew," The white haired man chuckled, but was caught off guard when his ear was pinched by the force of Kami-sama herself.

" Release my godson before I break you," Tsunade ordered, a sugary sweet smile on her face. Jiraiya did as ordered, the fear of righteous feminine fury very well engrained into him. The blonde Sannin then turned to Naruto, "It seems you've replicated my technique, almost perfectly," She smiled, pride in her eyes.

"Hai, Baa-chan, it's a key factor in my 'Rasengan: Okami Rendan'," Naruto answered, a proud smile on his face at hers and Jiraiya's acknowledgement of his skill.

"Okami? Why not Gama Rendan, has a nice ring to it," Jiraiya tried suggesting, pouting a bit.

Naruto laughed at their antics, as did Shisui and Hana, "Naruto-kun, did you not tell them you found the Wolf Summoning scroll on our last B-rank mission?" Hana asked, raising a brow at the blonde.

"Nope, I was leaving it as a surprise, Hana-chan," He chuckled, his spine quivering a bit before all three Gennin were immediately wrapped into a hug.

"I'm so proud of you three, and I told you that combination would be perfect, Naruto-kun!" Mikoto Uchiha, his mother's best friend and now his sensei, squealed crushing all three of her students in a bone crushing hug. "I'm sure all three of you will be Chuunin when we return home," She dotted, finally releasing them from the hug of death. "Oh, Tsunade-sensei, I'm sorry to have interrupted," The Uchiha Matriarch bowed, a bit sheepishly.

"It's okay Mikoto-chan, I'm glad to see you doing well, how are your boys?" Tsunade asked, but Naruto didn't hear his sensei's answer as Kakashi and the rest of his precious people who had come showed up, all congratulating him on a quick fight. He promised to one day teach Menma the move, promised Itachi a spar on their return to Konoha and promised to help Kiba and Sasuke in their training as well. Kakashi promised to teach him something special when they returned as did Hiruzen, Jiraiya and Tsunade; while, the Hokage also promised to treat him to ramen to celebrate his win.

Naruto's smile couldn't have been bigger, having been surrounded by all those he loved, and everything seeming to be completely happy.

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(Two and a Half Years Later, Hokage's Office)

Naruto glared at the ground, his palms bleeding from his nails cutting into him, his fist were so tightly gripped. Hana had fallen to her knees when she'd heard the truth from the Hokage that Shisui had been killed and one of his sharingan eyes had been taken. The other, had been given to Itachi, Shisui having expected this to happen and had planned ahead. Itachi himself was at the Hokage's window, a dead look in his eyes as he thought about the loss of his cousin.

"Naruto," Itachi called, and the blonde looked up revealing his eyes. One was the normal cerulean blue-eye that everyone expected when they saw the boy; but, the other had a diagonal scar going across a foggy white orb. It was the scar from the blonde's first taste of war, he and Shisui having been sent to aid the Kiri rebels as their first mission as ANBU, Itachi as their captain.

"Yeah," The blonde answered, tears running down both his cheeks.

"Tou-sama, when he heard of Shisui's last request….he was at first against the idea," The young Uchiha paused, walking up to his last remaining best friend. "But, he decided that there would never be a more worthy non-Uchiha to possess a Sharingan," He said, making the blonde's eyes widen greatly. Itachi held out his hand, and in it was a jar with Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan within, one of them, at least.

"Shisui told me, that you were the only one he considered worthy enough to have his eyes in his place," Itachi said, his own tears brimming his eyes as he spoke his cousin's last words to him.

"It's why you, Itachi, Kakashi and one other have been tasked with the destruction of the ROOT ANBU division that has remained active, even after I ordered their disbandment," Hiruzen spoke, his voice grave as he thought of the darkness his rival had fallen into. "I'm positive you'll find what you're looking for with their leader, Shimura Danzo…."

When Hiruzen uttered that name, it seemed a switch had been flipped in Naruto's head as even his damaged eye filled with nothing more than rage and anger. "Danzo, as in the bastard that tried to kidnap my Otouto, the one who is suspected to be behind more than fifty known abductions!" Naruto raged, and all were surprised at the killing intent that leaked from the blonde. "I'll make him pay for taking my best friend, no, my brother from me!" He was breathing heavy as the wooden floors began to bend to his will.

"Naruto-kun," Hana was acting quickly, but when his eye landed on her she nearly jumped. The blonde had been put through far much more hell than his two comrades during his time in Kiri. He had been captured by Yagura, the corrupt Yondaime Mizukage, and tortured for three weeks straight. But, it had been this move by the Mizukage, that allowed Naruto to ultimately reawaken his Mokuton ability and single handedly destroy the deranged Jinchuuriki Kage. Even though, his time there had brought many scars not all of them being physical, his anger now being one of them. "You have to calm down, you'll have your chance to make things right, I know it," She said, caressing his cheek with her soft hand, and it seemed to calm him.

"Your godmother is waiting for you, so she can implant the sharingan into your eye properly," Hiruzen said, looking at his surrogate grandson with sad eyes. He blamed himself for the boy's pain, and no one else. "This mission is an S-rank, and only us and the people I have mentioned will know about it, I'm having another team create a barrier around the location of Root's base to be sure this stays buried so none of you will be effected," The Hokage vowed, and the two boy's nodded both with fierce looks in their eyes.

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A man with shaggy brown hair, who appeared to be crippled, rose a brow as the doors that had once lead to his office flew past him, nearly hitting him. He looked to were the steel doors once stood, and found quite the surprising sight. Standing there was his one time associate, Namikaze Naruto, but something was very different about the boy before him. Where the man had become accustomed to seeing a fogged over eye, now was a blood red-eye with a four pointed, curved shuriken for a pupil. While, the other was the same icy eye that had always held darkness in it.

"Hm, I expected you here sooner," The man said, being quite frank with the murderous Namikaze. "But…either way, I see that you've learned of my acts," He said, standing from his chair with a smirk.

"Shimura Danzo," Naruto spat, flicking the katana in his hand as two wolves appeared at his side. "For your attempted orchestration of the Uchiha Massacre, the heinous acts you've committed in your life, and the murder of my best friend; you've been ordered an execution, with me as your axe man!" The blonde yelled, and his summons growled. "Your forces are being destroyed as we speak, and there will be no chance of escape or fair trial for a treacherous hawk as you!" He raged, and Danzo found himself slightly shocked when markings began to appear on the boy's face.

"Sennin Modo?!" Danzo said, his single eye wide in shock. "I haven't had time to transplant the eye, and Kagami's may be strong, but not enough," The war hawk thought, actually feeling slight fear for the first time in ages.

"Sad part is, I already sense your fear and when a predator senses your fear…." Naruto said, disappearing in a burst of godly speed. "…you're already dead!" were the final words Danzo heard, as Naruto engrained Nature Chakra into his sword as he sliced the man's head from his shoulders. Or, so the blonde had thought as his senses made him flip back, and his eyes widened when he saw Danzo standing there unharmed.

"You've much to learn about the power of a Sharingan, Namikaze," Danzo said, lifting the bandages on his face to reveal a sharingan that soon faded into a white orb. Danzo's smirk was wide, but Naruto recovered quickly and quickly deduced that whatever power Danzo had used, was a onetime thing.

The blonde's eyes hardened, and Danzo was nearly caught off guard when Naruto once again used the ultra high speed shunshin that Shisui's sharingan granted. But, the old man caught Naruto by surprise when he used Mokuton from his, rumored, ruined arm. That didn't last though, as the blonde was quickly back on the assault, starting a major fight of pure Kenjutsu while his two wolves circled the two shinobi, looking for openings.

Naruto was the one to find one, when Danzo couldn't keep up with his speed, and found himself now down one arm, his right one. The blonde wasn't surprised when the nub on the old man's shoulder quickly healed, he'd already assumed that Danzo had implanted Hashirama's cells into his body, this and Mokuton being the result.

When Danzo tried to create space between him and Naruto, trying to catch a break, the wolves forced him back towards the blonde. Naruto acted quickly, using his sword to slice off Danzo's left leg, making the war hawk fall to the ground screaming in pain. Naruto never allowed him a break though, forcing the point of his very sharp katana into Danzo's right leg, as slowly as possible. There was never any doubt that Naruto wanted the man to suffer for taking Shisui's eye and being the main cause of his death.

"Konoha doesn't need a man who acts of his own will, killing off who you consider weak or for your own gain," Naruto growled, pulling his sword out a bit and completely thrusting it through Danzo's leg. "Konoha doesn't want world domination you old fuck, that's not what our Will of Fire is!" He yelled, pulling his sword to the left and cutting Danzo's leg halfway off. "The Will of Fire, is what drives us to grow strong for the peace that we desire; to protect it, nurture it and let it grow for the future generations!" He said, stabbing his sword into the man's stomach and twisting. "Those are the last words you'll hear, because as your executioner, I'm not allowing a monster like you any," He said, his eyes looking darkly into Danzo's.

To end the man, Naruto ran the tip of his blade straight through Danzo's throat. Not allowing him any final words, just as promised. Naruto stopped channeling chakra into his eyes and look up to find Jiraiya, his now mix-matched eyes staring into the older man's. "Are they all dead?" Naruto asked, his voice cold with only a hint of regret. He hated Danzo with everything he had, but his men were just following orders, what they were trained to do.

"Yes, did you get what you needed?" The sage asked, his face showing no emotions.

"My best and first friend has been avenged," He walked over to the desk and pulled all the drawers till finding what he was looking for. "And, his eye is in safe hands, as close to where it belongs as it can be now," He said, slipping the glass container into his Jounin vest.

"I'm taking you from the village for awhile," Jiraiya suddenly said, earning a very shocked look from his godson. "You've gone through a lot since putting that head band around your forehead, and you've grown very strong because of it. But, there's still plenty for you to learn and refine, and that's what we'll be doing in the time we're gone," He said, his face stern showing that he wasn't taking no for an answer.

"No, I won't leave Menma, nor any of my other precious people here," Naruto refused, but Jiraiya's look intensified.

"It wasn't a request Naruto, on orders from the Hokage, I'm to train you to take control of my network and learn of the job that I do. When we return, I'll be handed the position of Godaime and you'll be my handpicked successor, one that can lead our village and world to lasting peace," Jiraiya said, and Naruto was shocked that the man was actually excepting the position of Hokage. "I've supported the dream for peace long before you were even thought of, and I know you and your brother will play big roles in its success. It was Shisui's dream just as it is yours, do this for him, Hana, Menma and everyone else you love; even those you don't," Naruto looked at him seriously for a moment, and finally nodded.

"But, I won't be Hokage, that is Menma's dream to achieve, not mine," He said, knowing how much his brother thrived to become Hokage and protect all he loved. It was why Naruto was even more proud of his Otouto than he already was.

"I said that once upon a time, too," Jiraiya smirked, and Naruto shook his head with a smile. "Let's go, I know your little girlfriend is probably worried sick," The old man snickered, making Naruto smirk and walk towards him. But, fumbled a bit, grabbing towards his new eye.

Jiraiya was there quick to grab him, preventing him from falling. "Tsunade said letting you use that eye after the surgery could cause some bad effects, lets wrap it up with some gauze so she can look it over when we get back," The man said, obviously worried about his godson. "You've got to be careful with it for a little while, she said it should've waited at least a week before you used it," He added, already wrapping the bandage over Naruto's eye.

"I remember, but I needed it, I still can't go all out with my Mokuton…so, I guess it's good we're going to be focusing on training for a while," He chuckled, standing back up with Jiraiya's help.

"Well, we'll talk about your training later and the others can handle sealing everything away to later be gone through. For now, let's get you back to Tsunade and then, we can talk about our two years away," He smiled, earning a nod from the blonde.

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Thanks for reading guys, remember to leave me with your reviews so I can take this in a direction we'll all enjoy. As I'd mentioned before, Naruto is OP and OOC, if you dislike this then don't be afraid to leave this story; I won't cry...much. Next update shouldn't be too far out, until then ladies and gents.