Disclaimer

This is the FIRST story (long…I hope) I write in English (I'm Chilean), so please have mercy if the grammar or redaction are a (lot) little off, and if you don't understand a thing, let me know it

This is kind of an experiment, I've written just two chapters so I'll continue this story depending on the comments (if you insult me about my English I probably end the whole thing to study some more)

I don't own Naruto or any character...yadda, yadda (You know this thing)

CHAPTER 1

"Maybe I can call Jiraiya…That would stop your father for a while" said Naruto to his friend adding the 'hopefully' in his mind, he was aware of the situation with the Uchiha clan and tried to find many solutions for his friend

"I don't know…he's very stubborn" said Itachi in a very calm tone, even Naruto thought his friend had quite a good emotional control to speak of the treachery his family was plotting so coldly…maybe…

The Uchiha prodigy saw the thinking process in Naruto's face and adopted a very sad look "I'm sorry my friend…but I have to do this" apologized the black haired boy before hitting the blond's neck

Said blond wasn't expecting something like that from Itachi of all people, so was caught unaware when the nocking strike came, with Naruto out of the way, the ANBU captain went to accomplish the mission, his last mission as a loyal Konoha Shinobi

During that night Itachi and Tobi killed all the Uchiha clan, Men, Women and Children…all of them had their last breath, all of them except a young Sasuke, the youngest son of the clan leader Uchiha Fugaku. Itachi had considered this plan for a while, despite his feeling he knew this was the only possible way to save Konoha and keep the good name of his clan

Now all his hopes were in his two brothers, Naruto and Sasuke, Naruto would ascend as Hokage and Sasuke would slay him avenging the clan and giving himself a reputation, in the meantime he would help Konoha keeping Akatsuki and Tobi away from the village

All his life would be a lie covered with nothing but shadows, but he was ready for it…all was for the sake of the village and his brothers, he would welcome any sacrifice in order to keep them safe

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The next day Naruto woke up seeing a white ceiling, in that moment he realized something was wrong and the prior days memories hit him suddenly, he tore the machine connections and raced to the Hokage tower, he could see many ANBU patrolling the tower and the village in general so there was obvious something bad had happened, in the entrance there was a guard that should have stopped anyone who tried to get inside, but this was Naruto, he was the Yondaime Hokage's son and the Sandaime Hokage's student so they go out of his way

The blond opened the door to see his sensei and the other three elders, Shimura Danzo, Mikotado Homura and Utatane Koharu talking with Sarutobi. The old kage saw Naruto's eyes and knew what this was about "I think we should resume this meeting at another time" said the Sandaime and all the elders accepted his words, leaving the room without saying anything

"I want to know what happened, and why had to be Itachi of all people" demanded Naruto in a tone he didn't use very often, but was very convincing

The old kage looked to the village trough his windows, looking for the right words to explain all this mess, while the blond ninja sat in front of his desktop waiting for that answer "You are aware of the problem with the Uchiha clan…so this will have some sense to you" said the old man to begin his speech "But…what you don't know is that they were very impatient, they wanted more power and his intentions were growing bolder with every passing day… I'm not saying I agreed to this, but it got the problem solved with the minimum bloodshed…what I'm trying to say is that Itachi received a mission from the elders…to eliminate the whole Uchiha clan…and he did just that…with an exception… He killed all his clan, save for his little brother Sasuke" finished the Sarutobi clan leader with a very sad and somber expression

"¿Do you expect me to feel sympathy?" asked the blond with a very serious face "I knew the problems with the Uchiha clan…I even told Jiraiya so he could stay on ward in case I had to summon him, we outnumbered and bested their best ninjas…and you expect me to think it was the right choice?" asked Naruto standing up from the chair "You are my master and I respect and love you as such, but in this moment I'm very disappointed in you…just remember the next time you can't make a tough decision…I'm willing to take your place" said Naruto without looking him at the eye, before turning and leaving the office

'Why didn't you let me take your place Minato?' asked silently the Sandaime to the picture of his successor, who had been a very bright ninja, but didn't last as Hokage due to some unexpected events during the birth of his son that lead to his and his wife deaths, leaving an orphan jinchuuriki

But said jinchuuriki was the son of Minato Namikaze, one of the most powerful ninjas ever, so many people got interested in him, the village treated him as a hero, just as his father whished, but the other villages feared his development, soon after his third birthday was Konoha's turn to host the chunnin exams, and Naruto got attacked between the second and third phase of the event, so Jiraiya begun his training despite Sarutobi's protests. In the end, Jiraiya had to contact another spy and the Sandaime agreed to teach the boy…himself

Naruto entered the ninja academy at six, graduated at eight with Itachi Uchiha as his best friend and Shisui Uchiha as his sensei, at the age of eleven, both kids were Jounin. In this point they took different ways, Itachi became an ANBU while Naruto traveled with Jiraiya, the Uchiha learned about efficiency, stealth and effectiveness and the blond jinchuuriki trained to be a spy and a sage

Now both youngs were twenty years old and the best friends in the world…but sometimes fate is a cruel thing, and while Naruto was the light of Konoha, Itachi was a dark taboo, the blond came from the noble Uzumaki clan, almost as if he was from the Senju clan, related to the 2 first Hokages, student of the third and son of the fourth…all the people knew he was next in line. Itachi on the other side was the traitor, the prodigy that went mad with his power and killed his clan becoming Konoha's number 1 criminal

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Hiruzen was a little confused, he expected Naruto to run in chase of his friend, but he blond just stayed in the village, he was very lonely and wasn't attending to his duties as a Jounin of the leaf, but he could look past that. He knew the boy and that was the reason for his concern…Naruto was up to something and while he had an absolute trust in his disciple, he was a little nervous because he has never faced a so distressed Naruto

Said Jinchuuriki was meditating over the tallest tree in the forest of death, usually the place was very lonely and quiet, at least when Anko wasn't around, but she was on a mission out of the village and he was having another talking

'What do you think Kurama?' asked the blond to the beast he was keeping at bay in the seal

'I told you my opinion of him the first day we met him…You have sensed it yourself…that guy means bad news…he's the kind of man that would let Konoha burn…just to be king of the ashes' answered Kurama, saying the same as always

'You really warned me about Danzo…thank you my friend…now I see what must be done' Said the Uzumaki before bumping his fist with the fox claw as a good bye sign

Naruto opened his eyes showing an orange shadow around them, the only demonstration of his sage mode, he concentrated on Danzo chakra signature and went for him, the jinchuuriki wasn't seeking vengeance, he was trying to avoid future unnecessary deaths

The old Danzo was aware of the village status, he knew the people, civilian or ninja, were shocked with the news of the Uchiha Clan's demise, he knew there were very little people that was aware that all of that had been his decision…but even with those little selected knowing, he was very careful, he walked very crowded streets and in the shadows he was always warded by his bests men

He was returning to the root barracks as usual when a soldier ran to bow in front of him "Danzo-sama I must warn you about the foreign chakra in your shadow" said the masked ninja, when the old war hawk paled

Naruto got out of the elder shadow with a grin on his face "You must be quite a specialized sensor to pick my chakra while in sage mode" complimented the jinchuuriki, smiling at the frozen Danzo, before appearing before said sensor "Too specialized for your own good" added before the ninja fell to the floor

'So this the famous sage mode…I have informs about Jiraiya performance with it and they always said the he summoned some old toads and got a weird face, but it seem this boy has gone beyond him' analyzed while his subordinate was lying dead on the floor "¿What do you want?" asked the man, putting some distance between the jinchuuriki and him

"I just came here to prevent another massacre in the name of the village well-being" answered the Uzumaki taking a weird stance…must be something of toads thought Danzo

"¿You came to face me here?" asked the old man…trying to intimidate this skilled young man "Naruto Uzumaki…son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, genin at 8, Jounin at 11, student of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya of the Sanin, ninjutsu specialist with a natural talent for fuuinjutsu like the most of his clan, elemental affinity for wind, special traits…being the Kyubi jinchuuriki and a Sage" recited Danzo as if he was reading all of that in a book " Do you think I'm not prepared to fight a brat?" asked finally the old man taking a cocky pose

"Well…the thing is not about whether you are prepared or not…" began Naruto saying with the same grin, just before moving to Danzo's back too fast for him to see "…it is whether you can do something or not" murmured in the crippled man ear, making him jump many meters away from the young Jounin. Danzo made a signal and his two elite bodyguards were at his side

Naruto took a breath and said loud "Any of you willing to surrender to the good of Konoha, Kneel and keep away from this fight…if you move to protect this madman, you will not move again" finished Naruto before doing some handsigns "Genjutsu: Kokuangyo no Jutsu" (bringer of the darkness)

The whole place become absolutely black, no one could see past his nose or hear a thing, Danzo knew this technique, this was Tobirama's genjutsu, it blocked all external senses leaving people helpless while he located them with his sensor ability. The old man felt some vibration at his feet and lowered his body to touch the lifeless bodies of his two bodyguards; obviously the blond had a way to locate his enemies inside this jutsu, so he was facing a huge handicap

Danzo tried using some wide area futon jutsus, but the genjutsu didn't falter, he cursed the blond for messing in his plans, but had no other choice than lift the bandage on his face, showing a Sharingan eye…Shisui's

The problem was that even the priced Sharingan was a defenseless tool against that jutsu, all the red eye could see was a big amount of chakra everywhere…it was like instead of seeing everything black…now he saw it in blue

Just when he was doing the handsigns for summoning, he felt a movement around him and then all was gone, he never saw the wind blade that removed his head from his body as he fell dead on the floor

When the fight was over, he dissipated the genjutsu letting the root ANBU see the lifeless body of his master and his closest bodyguards, he studied Danzo body and got shocked when realized that the eye under the bandages was a Sharingan eye…the massacre had just been some days ago so this meant that eye came prior to that…but when did a Sharingan eye got lost….

¡Shisui-sensei!...He said he lost the eye in an ambush, but now everything made sense, even Itachi role in all of that, there many thing he still didn't know so until he could talk with his friend, he had to train and prepare for the future

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Naruto was watching the whole village over the Hokage monument, when he felt a sudden disturbance in the air "Working so late sensei?" asked the jinchuuriki to the newcomer

"Naruto, What have you done?" asked a very concerned and confused Sandaime Hokage

"I took care of Danzo to avoid another massacre" confessed Naruto as if it was just a joke

"What is wrong with you?" asked an angry Hiruzen "You can't go killing people for personal reasons without getting a serious punishment" added the Sandaime Hokage in a very bad mood, he thought Naruto could do something to the massacre's responsibles…but this was completely out of place

"I just dealt with a leaf criminal" was the answer from Minato's legacy, who turned back facing his master and giving him a folder "You always suspected him…here is all the proof, he even attacked Shisui-sensei to get his Sharingan, I saw it on his face under those bandages" told the blond, leaving a stunned Hiruzen

"Are you sure of all of this?" questioned an incredulous Sarutobi, he knew Danzo was a dark man full of secrets but he trusted his love for the village. It took this folder to see he was a corrupt and power thirsty old man that put the village as an excuse

"I'm positive" said quickly Naruto "I found this documents and saw the Sharingan eye myself" explained the Uzumaki, before gathering some resolve to say the next line "The main reason for his death was his influence over the village and you…but in the end, the facts gave me the reason on this" confessed again the jinchuuriki, getting a serious glare from the Hokage "Don't worry, I won't look further…this Uchiha episode ended here…but keep my words in mind…the day you think you are not able to make tough choices…I'll be waiting for the hat" concluded the jinchuuriki before disappearing in a swirl of wind

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The next day was a really long one for the old Sarutobi Hizuren, the was in his office after a lot of meetings, some of them were about the repercussions of the Uchiha Massacre, the rest were about Danzo demise…somehow he was founded dead in the forest…all looked as a suicide…the was even a suicide note on his house. That was the same way Shisui death was…probably his student was trying to prove something or saying some hidden message with that

It had no reason, but he remembered the day he started training a very little Naruto, he had been attacked on the chunnin exams so Jiraiya began teaching him the basis of chakra and weapons, a month later he had to meet a contact so Naruto came to his office asking for help with his chakra, he said Jiraiya's instructions were "Focus on the inside of your body and towards your belly, there will be a mass of chakra for you to grab it with your mind as hard as you can" Sarutobi was curious because that was a very basic exercise a jinchuuriki should have no problem with

But Naruto's answer explained the problem "I can feel the energy…but I don't know which one to grab" and then realization hit the Hokage, little 3 years Naruto had access to Kyubi's chakra so it made necessary for him to learn about this as soon as possible or he would end releasing the fox unintentionally

Naruto was a fast learner, he paid attentions and even if he learned by physically doing the stuff, he had a sharp mind with a very accurate spatial reasoning…he could read something and imagine himself doing it, or he could try to deduce the field effect of the jutsu he just read

Sarutobi found very soon his student main ability, at the age of seven he introduced him to elemental ninjutsu, the blond natural affinity was for wind, but he had a deeper elemental affinity of sorts, he could transform his chakra into any nature of chakra with ease and those elemental attack had a lot of power behind, the old kage compared it with Tobirama's High suiton affinity, but in Naruto's case he had an affinity towards all five elements, wind being the leader

That made him a ninjutsu specialist, he could learn and perform practically any elemental ninjutsu in record time, the blond was probably the only person other than Kakashi that could rival him in terms of number of ninjutsu, even if all of them had some kind of special trait that separated them, Sarutobi had many years and war as experience, Kakashi had the Sharingan to copy tons of jutsus and Naruto had the ability to learn and create them quite fast

When he made Jounin he realized he could be the most powerful man in a team, and that brought a new level of responsibilities so he became a rounded ninja, he improved his seal mastery and added some genjutsus, his taijutsu was decent but he never worried about that

After the training Jiraiya gave him, he came back four years later as a sage; his ninjutsu, fuuinjutsu and speed skyrocketed, the sanin even said that Naruto's sage mode was better than his own. The two of them never had an all-out battle, but in the spars they were kind of even

Sarutobi knew Naruto was the best candidate for the Godaime Hokage position, he always tried to delay things for him, trying to giving him time to enjoy his life…despite the fact that Naruto looked happy very often…the reason? He loved being the best, getting what he wanted and protecting his loved ones

Maybe it was time of stepping down and leaving the village in the shoulders of the new generation…or he could give Naruto something he hasn't had yet

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"Are you going to make me a Jounin sensei?" asked a confused Naruto who wanted to guide the village for what he thought was the right path and the old man gave him a bunch of kids

"Yes…it has no relationship with your other aspirations…but I thought that you haven't had any student…and believe when I say the experience of teaching can be very enlightening" was the answer of a smiling Sarutobi, who was counting on Naruto forming a bond with his team

He always regretted not letting him be a child or a young man…he was always training, always reading and studying…Itachi was his only friend aside from his masters and mentors, Kakashi was an acquaintance and that was all, he lacked bonds with his peers, people respected him and kept him in good light, but they didn't follow him…yet

"And…What will I get for this team?" asked a not very convinced Naruto, the blond was confused for the surprising assignment, but it was something new…and maybe, just maybe it could be good in the end

"Your students…if you pass them, will be Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino y Hyuga Hinata" read Sarutobi from the folder on his desk, the blond pick it up and left the room with his full mind on it

'I hope this is the beginning of something great' whished the Hokage looking and the sky and the stone faces that looked over the village 'please help my young student to make the right decisions In his life' prayed the old monkey to his god…the will of fire

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Naruto was reading his student's files, he knew the Jounin test was about teamwork and was aware that sometimes young genin did not tend to work together at first so he thought for some test that gave them the right pointers and the chances to fail many times before achieving the objective 'If I'm right, they are perfect for a scouting and tracking team with two close range specialist and a nice long range support type…let see them' concluded the jinchuuriki after reading their files

On the academy, the blond greeted some other Jounin, before enter the classroom and call the team 8 members to come with him, they followed him through the village till they were in the training field number nine, the one he used almost exclusively "Well we're here because you passed the first exam so you are able to become genin…but ultimately that's up to me" explained Naruto getting incredulous and curious looks from his soon-to-be students

"What was the point of that farce?" asked an annoyed Kiba, while Akamaru was looking at him warily, he had felt his inhuman chakra levels and was a little intimidated

"Akamaru…you don't have to worry about me…I probably am the person with the greatest chakra capacity in the whole village, but I won't hurt neither of you" said the Jounin to easy the wary dog "Second…that is some kind of ritual, the first exam is to prove you have the basics abilities to become shinobi, but there is a principle highly praised and used by Konoha's Shinobi-" began to explain the blond about the real exam to give them some clue

"Teamwork" said the usually silent and stoic Aburame, interrupting Naruto with the right answer

Said jinchuuriki just smiled and put his hands on his pockets "You beat me…with that said there is no point on keeping this thing on…but I need you to remember, your first priority are your teammates, their safety and wellbeing is before any mission parameter, and while individual strength is necessary, teamwork is the edge that has made Konoha victorious many times in the past wars" said the blond, trying to make them understand the main philosophy in Konoha

Despite not saying anything else, the blond saw their faces and eyes, they respected him and heard his words with a complete attention, he was quite famous in the village so that wasn't new, but it was nice to get that reactions from young kids "Now we're officially team 8, so we need to know each other" established Naruto getting nods from his students "as you know my full name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, I took the Uzumaki name to not let the Uzumaki clan die with me. My hobbies are training and eating ramen, I like fair people, my friends and my masters…I strongly dislike people that abuses of his power and my dream for the future is to lead this village to a path of peace" told Naruto to introduce himself "Now I'd like to hear about each one of you" asked finally

"Well I'm going first" declared Kiba, without complains from his teammates "My name is Kiba Inuzuka and this is my partner Akamaru" introduced Kiba, pointing his dog "I like playing and training with him or with my family…I dislike cats and people that mistreat animals, and my dream for the future is be a good clan leader" finished his speech, getting a nod from the blond

"I'll be next" stated Shino before speaking "My name is Shino Aburame so I came from the Aburame clan, as such we cohabitate with kikaichu bugs to aids us on battle and life, I like my family and the members of this team…I don't have many friends outside this group…and my dream for the future is to be a good man" concluded a logical and precise Shino, who also got a nod from Naruto

Hinata started when Naruto smiled at her "Mm…my name is Hyuga Hinata…I like to drink tea and sitting on my garden, I dislike people that underestimates or mistreats me and my dream for the future is proving everyone I can be a proud Hyuga ninja" said Hinata getting some confidence from the positive environment their sensei seemed to establish between all of them

The rest of the day was spent sparring to know each one abilities and weakness, they would need to know that they could expect from their teammates in a fight and know when they were in real problems, so the fought against each other and against Naruto, who also was analyzing their performance to establish the training priorities

At the next day, team 9 was introduced to the civilian chores called D rank missions, Kiba was a little naïve so he was very disappointed in their first jobs like painting fences, cleaning parks or babysitting kids, but what made him explode was that damn demon-cat named Tora, that beast was a nightmare and he vowed to destroy it

The team members were quite friendly towards each other and with their sensei, they use to do some mission in the morning and train on afternoons, before calling it a day. That was the routine for the first three weeks until Naruto declared them able to take a C rank mission, Sarutobi was glad to see Naruto's calm and happy face while dealing with his team, he was a good teacher, he could motivate people to give their best and that made him proud and happy

The C rank mission was to deliver some documents to the Mizukage for signing, they were some financial papers so they were not that important, but it was a good show to keep the Mizukage in touch, so naturally this mission had to be handed to the blond, who was on friendly terms with Yagura and Kirigakure in general

"Alright team, we'll meet in the east gate in two hours, pack for a week" ordered Naruto before disappearing in a shunshin, while his students ran to their houses to pack their stuff

Three hours later, team 8 was traveling to Mizu no Kuni, they were jumping through the trees, all the genin were able to walk on solid surfaces and the travel would be perfect to teach them how to walk on water "Sensei…Why are we doing a mission to Kirigakure if they have their own ninjas?" asked Hinata a little curious about that whole thing

"Well…this mission has many reasons" started the blond thinking about the information that he could tell "First, papers from the Hokage should be only be carried by Konoha ninja, otherwise they might be stolen or forged" answered getting understanding nods from Hinata "And another of the reasons is to enforce our alliance with Kirigakure, It's like we're going there to say Konoha is with you guys" quoted the Jounin noticing the eyebrow Shino lifted

"Is there any need of…remind them about the alliance?" asked a worried Aburame fearing a trap or attack in the way between Konoha and the Mizukage's office

"Something like that" confessed their sensei "Some time ago, Kirigakure was on a civil war, the Mizukage started to ban and simply murdering keke genkai wielders" at this point Hinata stopped and got to the ground, a little shaken, Shino was very close to that feeling "Well, we're doing a fast travel so we can stop for a while" added Naruto to try lifting the mood, he got some wood from a wind-cutted tree so they gathered around a small fire "This is not general knowledge so you can't divulge it with someone that doesn't know" warned Naruto getting the silent vow from his genin "as I was saying, Yagura chased people with keke genkai to death…but obviously the bloodline survivors teamed up making a resistance against their kage, both sides were numerous so the whole country was caught in the civil war…it even killed the mizu daimiyo" explained the jinchuuriki looking the captivated faces of the kids "In the middle of all of this, my sensei and me were traveling around the world and we ended in Kirigakure…we did some kind of service to the village and the civil war ended soon after, and as a reward Kiri allied with Konoha" finished the history lesson Naruto

The genins were quite surprised because they knew Naruto was known for his heritage, but a two man team finishing a war? That was awesome

"Why do Kiri need the reminder of Konoha's presence?" asked Shino, getting a smile from his sensei, who realized the good reasoning behind that question

"Because we kept Yagura as the Mizukage…people and some ninjas in Kirigakure doesn't trust him…but we do, so the alliance is what keeps the Mizukage in his office" answered honestly Naruto, hoping nothing of it was known, because that was a known fact that nobody dared to say out loud

"But…if he killed bloodline wielders…shouldn't you arrest him or something and put a better person in his place?" asked a confused Kiba, he was more naïve in that sense…but he was surprised to see In Hinata's face that she knew the answer

"Could you answer your teammate Hinata?" asked her sensei, making her blush a little

"If the Mizukage was replaced in the middle of a civil war…many people would try to take the place and there would be a new war for the Mizukage's seat" explained the shy Hyuga getting a nod of approval from his sensei and his last teammate

After that a more relaxed team 8 traveled to Mizu no kuni, there was a land way to reach the ninja village so they took it, hoping the return would be by water. After six days they arrived to the gates of the village hidden by the mist "Uzumaki-san please hand us yours and your team identifications" asked a guard recognizing Minato's heir, and making his students to put a pride face for his master

After the typical check, team 8 was inside kirigakure, there was a lot of mist and water in the air, it seemed a heaven for suiton users because they had and endless water supply, one of the bigger differences was the high of the constructions, in Konoha there were many buildings with two or more floors, in Kiri the water in the air made difficult to make concrete buildings so most houses or stores were wood-made save for the Mizukage bulding that was made of some kind of slime hardened rock or something like that

Within the village there was a lot of movement, ninjas running on roofs and streets and the busy merchants and civilians doing their work, many ninjas greeted Naruto making his students realize why they got this mission, he was the reminder of the alliance

When they arrived to the kage's tower, Naruto asked them to stay in the hall and waiting for him "keep out of problems please…specially you Kiba" ordered their sensei with smile for the last part, earning a chuckle from his teammates

"Hello Naruto…it's nice to see you" said a more mature Yagura from his desk, the Yondaime Mizukage was backed for Konoha, but more specifically for Naruto. It was the blond who realized the whole Masked-Sharingan-Guy thing that made Yagura act as a madman, after he told Jiraiya about the Kyubi ramblings, the toad sanin used the sage mode to free the Sanbi from the doujutsu's control and practically waking-Yagura-up from a long nightmare

"Same here" said a happy blond shaking hands with him "I brought some scrolls for you to sign" added Naruto putting the scrolls over his desk "but that's not important…How have you been since last time?" asked a concerned blond who always tried to help his Jinchuuriki-fellas

"Well, old people is the same…those that lost someone in the civil war give me a cold glare and some of the rebels too…but the younger generations seems to be free of their hate" replied a thoughtful Mizukage remembering the firsts days after Naruto's departure "I been training to rise my synchrony with Isobu and helping Utakata to withstand Saiken's power" explained the Mizukage with a smile on his face, he was happy that Utakata trusted and relied on him

After the whole incident they were kind of close to each other, but very people knew it. Naruto, Jiraiya, Sarutobi and Yagura were sharing ideas about this masked guy that controlled the Mizukage and messed with the blond's birth, forcing his parents to sacrifice themselves. They knew about the masked Sharingan-wielder man, Yagura said something about a black robe with red clouds and Jiraiya had some rumors about this organization through his track of Orochimaru's movements

The things they knew at this moments were: This organization had an icon, the black robe with red clouds, Orochimaru, Kisame and this masked guy were part of it and there were many rumors about them in the black markets, so they must be a serious criminal organization

Naruto stayed a week in Kirigakure no sato so he used the time to train his students in chakra control and some combat situations that they were likely to find against a Kiri ninja, like the hidden mist jutsu, the blond Jounin was able to produce a very thick mist so his genin had a hard time finding him, but with time and practice they improved as sensor and their combat awareness let them fight in that environment

The jinchuuriki spent some time with Yagura and Utakata, helping the last one with his bijou, Naruto was nowhere near Yagura or Bee in his "Jinchuuriki-training" but he was on good terms with Kurama and they still fought together…just through another way

On the way back, the four-man squad traveled by water, running across many lakes and rivers before arriving Hi no Kuni and later Konhagakure, the Chunin gatekeepers greeted then and let them enter the village

"And that is the mission report" informed Naruto to Sarutobi, telling him the aspects about his official mission before dismissing his genin team

"Is there something to add?" asked the Sandaime Hokage now that there were no more people in the room "The things are the same, Yagura is getting more support from the younger generations so…with time the Kiri situation will improve, he doesn't have new information about the red cloud organization, but he's getting his sync with Isobu back while introducing Utakata to Saiken's power" explained Naruto in a brief explanation about the last mission

"How was your team performance?" asked the old man, making Naruto thing a little before speaking "I told them about my role as a reminder of Konoha's presence…I think this'll be an eye opener for politics and the consequences of our acts in the big scheme of things" said the sensei of team 8 "and their abilities are improving steadily" added finally giving him his complete assessment of his students

"I'm happy to see you teaching and molding their young minds… I've always thought that the student is not the only that learns something" shared Sarutobi as a reflection for his promising student

"I'm training some of my future people of trust…after all a hokage needs trustworthy people in the field" said Naruto before leaving the office with a smiling face