Disclaimer : eee... Is this necesary? I mean this is fanfiction... and... stuff... Okay! Whatever! All Original characters are from the manga made by Masashi Kishimoto! He is awesome!

"talking"

"Kurama"

'Thought'

Uzumaki Naruto was his name, destined to accomplish great things. His father perished protecting the hidden village of Konoha. His mother died protecting the old boy, no one was there when the young boy was born. Except for Inori Senju, an old kunoichi, a missing nin who went rogue after her sister was killed by an uchiha during a mission a longtime ago, who had witnessed the battle between the Kyuubi and the Yondaime Hokage, sensing the chakra of a natural enemy to the clan, an Uchiha, she decided to take the kid with him and protect him from the damned Uchiha. Sandaime Hokage and the ANBU black ops didn't find the baby, only the corpse of the parents of Naruto. The following day, there was a funeral done for Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki and their beloved son, Uzumaki Naruto. It would take 13 years before Konoha would heard about a young boy named Uzumaki. In the meantime, Jiraya the legendary Sannin was still hunting for an inspiration for his books.

Naruto is alone now, he travelled from country to country to find jobs and earn his pay to buy food and milk. Wearing a big black cloak with orange stripes, he didn't used a surname since the day his protector Inori died. That senju had trained him in the art of Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Ninjustu and Fuinjutsu. For years he had fought countless battle with the old lady, with losing streak of 1200-0, he had fought and fought, believing that he could win at least one match against her. But it was too late now, she was killed by an assassin sent by Gato, he didn't know the what and the why, but he had a target he had to kill. His name was Zabuza Momochi. The last sighting was in the wave country, and he went that way just to kill him.

Naruto was sitting on a corpse of one of the men of Gato, there was frightened guy just next to him begging to let him alive and swearing to tell him anything he wanted. He would need to do more than that to survive the next 5 minutes.

"Please, let me go. I'll tell you anything you want! I know where the vaults are, I know where his hideout is!" claimed the man

"Where is Zabuza Momochi" asked Calmly Uzumaki Naruto

"Zabuza Old-san? He is actually on a hunt for this guy named Tazuna…" Naruto didn't let him finish, he was beheaded by a clean cut from Naruto Katana. And headed west, he sensed a battle going on.

Jumping from tree to tree, he made his way through the river and made it to a road. There was a team of young ninja in a formation trying to protect a guy, must be the Tazuna guy. Naruto waited for the best moment, his prey was close, he may not be able to kill him but he would do anything to jeopardize his mission. Tazuna was his target, he was wanted dead by the man. At that moment, he felt a presence but it was not from Zabuza but two other he didn't know. Both of them went straight for the Jonin of the group and teared him to multiple piece, at least that what it looked like since the piece was just a log of wood. One of the three ninja panicked and wanted to run, the other two went into a defense formation. Both of them ignored the redheaded kunoichi and went straight ahead to Tazuna. Naruto entered the scene at this moment and used a quick draw technique and decapitated both aggressor. The pink haired kunoichi was horrified by the view, while the black haired ninja didn't even flinch, he had already seen horrors of that kind and the last one was on the ground watching the new guy enter the scene. Was he an enemy? Or an ally? Naruto put his sword back to his scabbard and went away using the shunshin no jutsu to get back into the woods. At this moment, he was stopped by the supposed dead guy who used the substitution jutsu.

"Stop, right there. You didn't have to kill them in front of my students" claimed the white haired guy putting a kunai close to his throat.

"Sooner the better, life of a ninja is not for the soft hearted" said Naruto that had unsheathed is sword in time to be even with the older ninja.

"Your name" asked Kakashi with a serious tone.

"Uzumaki Naruto" said the blond haired guy.

It was with sad memories and shock that Kakashi witnessed the son of his former teacher and master, a ghost from his past. Uzumaki Naruto the son of the fourth Hokage. He had the same hair colors, he expected something more simpler, shorter and less keen knowing Kushina and Minato. How did he survived all this time with no one to take care of him? That was the answer that Kakashi wanted the most to know.

At this moment, the other three ninja and Tazuna joined them, Tazuna wanted to thank Naruto, but witnessing the sword that about to stab Kakashi and the knife close to Naruto throat, he decided to wait.

"Is he an enemy?" asked the Redhead girl getting her kunai ready, the other two did the same.

"No..." said Kakashi letting go of Naruto who put his sword back to his scabbard after he pulled out his knife.

"Anyway! Thank you!" said Tazuna

"No need to thank me, you are alive because you are useful to me. My prey happen to be the one tracking you" said Naruto

"What is he talking about?" Claimed the pink haired girl

"You didn't tell them?" asked Naruto

This time Tazuna was sweating a little, he had a lot to say to his protector about this mission.

"You omitted some details on the missions didn't you?" asked Kakashi to Tazuna

"I'm sorry that I lied, I had too, if I didn't, you would have not come to help me. To help us" said Tazuna

"Let give up on this mission shall we?" asked the pink haired girl.

"And she claim herself to be a kunoichi" said loudly enough Naruto

"What did you say?!" said the pink haired girl getting angry

"Nothing of importance! Ugly!" said Naruto teasing her

"You… YOU…" started the pink Haired girl walking slowly to Naruto getting to punch him. But was stopped by Sasuke.

"Let it go, sakura" said Sasuke, he didn't know who this guy was, but he was no show.

Only the redhead girl was silent, her name was Yuu, she came in the village of Konoha a few years ago. She was refugee from the Uzumaki Clan. The girl though all this time that she was alone, but yet there was another Uzumaki and he didn't have red hairs.

"Well, I would like to continue talking but I have to go" said Naruto disappearing in a white cloud.

"Shadow clone jutsu?" finaly said Yuu

"I feel like we will see him again" said Tazuna

"Well... he did say that the one wanting your head is his prey" said Kakashi.

Just a day later, Zabuza ambushed the team of Kakashi, he used vicious attacks since his colleagues died. The initial attack was a flying giant sword.

"Everyone duck!" yelled Kakashi. A this moment Naruto launched his own sword and intercepted the giant sword by planting the sword on the hole of Zabuza giant sword and use the shunshin no jutsu to land on his sword until the giant one stopped swirling.

"Brat!" yelled an angry voice from the woods.

"Nice timing, Naruto!" said Kakashi

"Naruto? No wonder the bros died. Bounty Hunter, Uzumaki Naruto or the surname you often use Hiro Senju" said Zabuza from behind the trees, the mist starting to spread on the area.

No one in the youngster knew what Zabuza was talking about, except Kakashi, he has heard of that name. Hiro Senju was a mercenary, no one knew where he was from and the only thing they knew that he was an excellent mercenary and that a lot of rogue ninja groups were looking for him to recruit or kill him. He slayed a lot of ninja in his travel, mostly criminals and others who were unfortunate to get on his bad side.

"Why are you here?" asked Zabuza intrigued by this boy.

"I'm here for your head" said Naruto performing a series hand signs without saying a single word.

"I wonder why, a mercenary from the northern lands would come close to the land of fire, just for me" said Zabuza getting ready to get his sword back.

"Sasuke, Sakura, Yuu. Get ready" said Kakashi who got his Sharingan out. The three got into formation, while Kakashi was ahead of them with only a knife as protection, Naruto was still his sword as a pole to stand on. What was the prey going to use to defeat them, a water style jutsu? Water dragon jutsu? Maybe the Waterfall Jutsu? As long he don't use the most annoying one, the Water gun jutsu. But at this point, Kakashi disrupted the mist justu. Zabuza was nowhere to be found and Naruto had disappeared too. The group could hear metal being rattled not that far. Naruto was fighting Zabuza, the guy was stronger than him, when he stopped on his attack and he was projected into the wood and crashed into trees or got lucky and landed on mud. The katana he started to break upon each strong slashing from Zabuza's sword. Feeling that his katana would not sustain another strong attack, he let it go of it, throwing it at Zabuza face which he dodged easily. He got his shorter dagger out, similar to a Kunaï, it was not made for throwing but clean and deep cut like a needle.

"Hooo? You got rid of your katana and now use a butter knife to fight me? Are you trying to insult me brat!?" said Zabuza getting more and more irritated at the stubborn ninja.

Naruto slip past his attack and made his way to the Rogue-ninja heart, the needle like knife made its way into the internal organs but it was a water clone that liquefied soon after the hit. Naruto got his dagger back and retreated into the wood using shuushin no jutsu to feint an escape waiting for another chance to attack. At this moment, Zabuza was back to his main target Tazuna, the three ninja were style in that formation. He slip past Kakashi and landed just behind the group ready to slice them in half. Kakashi rushed into Zabuza direction and stopped the guy from doing it.

"Everyone behind me!" ordered Kakashi trying to outmatch the strength of the ninja of the hidden mist. The genin obeyed and Tazuna too.

"First that fucking brat and now you... now I'm really pissed off!" said Zabuza using more power into his slicing. The attack send Kakashi to the river, where he land and used the shunshin to get behind him just as he was about to slice Tazuna in half.

"Move and I'll cut your throat" said Kakashi adjusting his bandana and revealing his crimson eye.

Naruto was now on their area, he decided to observe. Might be another water clone, so he would wait and see. Yet, he could feel that there was another person in the area. He scouted the area and saw a masked ninja with the Hidden Rain Marking on the mask. A bounty hunter… no, a Rogue-ninja Hunter from the hidden rain. But something was off, these people operate in groups of 5 not in solo. And to begin with, if the rogue-ninja is Zabuza, this is more than suspicious.

Kakashi and Zabuza were fighting on the water using water style techniques against each other. Both of them were exhausted but the ninja of the hidden leaf was just two step from using too much. Zabuza used a feint and kicked Kakashi in the guts and was sent back to the land next to the kids who were watching their captain getting beaten. Naruto got closer silently to the hidden ninja, ready to kill him, since the guy was focused on the fight. He casted a weak genjutsu to not be detected by the masked ninja. He got his dagger close to his neck and sliced his throat, at first he didn't react but feeling unwell, he felt a liquid pouring out of his neck and panicked. Trying to understand what was going on, he let out a drowning sound which catched zabuza attention. He was about to slice Kakashi when he froze mid-air.

"Haku? HAKU!?" said Zabuza getting in the wood.

Naruto hide behind a tree waiting for Zabuza, 1 minute later, he was there. Next to Haku was, who was still alive, lots of blood on the branch and leaves. He wanted to speak but only gargles came out.

"It's okay! I'm here… " said Zabuza, but at this moment the young ninja died.

As he was about to embrace his apprentices body, Naruto used that opportunity to get a clean hit to the ninja heart. And it worked, Zabuza was stunned to feel the cold metal deep inside him. Naruto felt stained to have used such wicked tactic but it came with the profession. Take everything as an opportunity or get killed due to the weakness of feelings. He learned it, the hard way. Long ago, during a hunt, his foster mom died due to him hesitating to kill a woman who was in fact a Kunoichi sent to kill the old lady. Yet Zabuza was still up, using his will alone he launched a powerful fist to the Naruto who got hit in the ribs and sent away. He crashed on a tree next to the genins. Blood pouring out of his blood he got up, his side was in pain, he might have some broken ribs.

Zabuza was now in fury and was running to Naruto direction with his large Sword ready to strike, it was only a matter of time until the ninja heart stopped beaing to the cut made by Naruto. He took a kunai that was on the ground and was ready to block his attack. At that moment, kakashi wanted to use his assassination technique but only a few sparks came from his hand until he fainted. The genin were on him, only Sasuke was watching both ninja fight.

"You…. YOU!" Said Zabuza furious "You killed Haku! I'LL AVENGE HIM!"

The attacks were stronger, so instead of blocking them completely, he deviated the attack on the sides and used punch attack the side of Zabuza, to make the blood loss faster. The fight lasted for 5 minute until Zabuza started to slow down, his heart was starting to get slower. His will was running out. At that moment, Naruto stole the giant sword from zabuza hand used it to decapitate him. The girls were horrified and yelled, while Sasuke was stunned that a young boy was capable of such monstrosity. Kakashi was still out. Tazuna didn't know how to react, this was more than what he had expected from this mission. Yuu went to a tree and vomited his breakfast, while Sakura had a worried look trying to get the sensei come back to his sense.

Naruto was approaching them, the big sword still on his hand. Sasuke instinctively went in a defensive stance. Naruto stopped, if they didn't want his help, it was fine for him. He let go of the giant sword, took the head of Zabuza, the mask of the apprentice and went to the north using his shunshin no jutsu.

After a few kilometers away from team Kakashi, he went north to the checkpoint of the bounty hunters. He sat on the ground after a few minutes. The pain on his rib cage was now stronger. Making breathing difficult, but he got up anyway and decided to walk. He was almost out Chakra anyway. And the monster spirit inside him didn't do anything to lessen the pain. He was amused, his host just killed two people, and one of them in front of other kids. The sooner they knew how work the ninjas, the better it will be for them anyway. At least that how the fox thought of the situation. He went back to sleep.

2 days later.

Naruto was walking to a lone tower in the wood to the north of the fire country. It was an area monitored by ANBU from different village. Envoy from the 5 great nation for bounty hunters, he was there to collect the 4 million of Ryou from Zabuza Bounty. 5 ANBU ninja went to him when he approached the door. One of them verified if he had hidden weapons, once it was done, the door was open.

"Ho! Naruto-chan!" said an old lady smoking in the shadow. "How was your day?"

"Could be better, Oba-baa" said Naruto throwing Zabuza head on the table.

"Ho!? Zabuza Momochi from the Hidden Mist? Ho wow. He killed a lot of hunters this one" said the old Lady.

"He was on a tracking mission, I used that opportunity to get him" said Naruto

"As expected from the apprentice of Lady Inori" said the Old lady handing him the exact amount of 3.6 million.

"where is the rest?" asked Naruto

"I'm sorry, my boy. Taxe from this country are outrageous for this business" said the old lady.

"Ho well, as long I have this. I should be okay for a few month" Naruto went to the exit " see ya Oba-baa!"

Once outside, he was stopped by 4 ninja from Konoha. One of them had white clothes.

"Do you know who I am?" said the old man in white clothes.

"No" said Naruto completely oblivious that he was speaking to the Hokage.

"Well, it happen that I know you" said the Hokage "And you are coming with me"

"What? Why?! I'm not from your village, I'm just a bounty Hunter" lied Naruto, knowing full well that Inori was a rogue ninja from Konoha

"Why are you doing this profession then?" asked the Hokage

"I do it for a living! It's the only income I have to survive in this hell hole"

The ninja with mask were now watching each other, like they were talking between them but without speaking then returned their attention to him.

"Well, it happen that you are from Konoha and that you will return there now" ordered the Hokage.

"And if I say no?" said Naruto getting ready to run away, but suddenly everything went black.

The only thing that Naruto heard before losing consciousness was "well… this happen"

Ho well... And that's it! Low level English. Sorry for making all Grammar nazi cringe and the lost of some tooth in the process.

Edit : damn... i hate this auto correct glitch from Chrome...