Project Tempest: Winds of Change

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Chapter1: retrievals, flashbacks and the beginning of

On the grassy hill over looking Konohagure no sato stood two men and a small group of genomorphs their mission a simple and complicated one the retrieval of Itachi Uchiha the man behind the suppose Uchiha Massacre and future member of Akatsuki and the retrieval Naruto Uzumaki the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune the strongest of the Nine Bijuu and Queen of Makai. The two men looked at Konoha with no other emotion than anger and disgust at the corruption that had taken over the once great village the men spare one last glance at each other before they went towards their objectives Madara would go and retrieve Itachi and help him with the elimination of his former clan and steal some of the more powerful katon ninjutsu scrolls so that the village wouldn't have them and weaken the village and any future survivors of the clan and Guardian would go and retrieve young Naruto and offer him a chance at a new life within Amegakure and Akatsuki because it was with this offer that Madara and cadmus pet project was finally going to start because Naruto was the catalyst to bring true justice and peace to the Elemental Countries now the first part of the mission was a success the clan was wiped out leaving only three members left Itachi, Mikoto and Little Sasuke.

Mikoto left the village with Madara and Itachi because she knew that if she stayed she was going to be used as a breeding machine to usher new uchihas and she left Sasuke because she saw that his mind was already corrupted with her ex-husband thinking that their clan was superior to any other and was poisoned by that unshakeable pride of their so called clan and saw that it was too late to change him for the better. When she was before Madara she was given one mission to prove her loyalty to Ame and that was to retrieve the only person he trusted to oversee project tempest physical condition during its preparation, training and overall health and that was no other than the sole member of the clan he once hated Tsunade Senju and her assistant Shizune when Mikoto received the mission she left at one with Zetzu to find her and get her to Amegakure in one piece and for the second part of the retrieval mission…

Konohagure no Sato

June 9 2000

9:30pm

If one were to go walking on konoha at night one would find it peaceful and relaxing and greatly different than the very busy and stressful daytime konoha but alas this night or for that matter any other wasn't peaceful or relaxing for one Naruto Uzumaki because like tonight he was always chased by an angry mob of civilians and a few ninjas that only wanted one thing and that was to kill him but unlike the other chases this one wasn't going to be stopped by the Sandaime Hokage like always in an effort to gained Naruto's trust and loyalty to him and the village in order to use him as the ultimate weapon against konoha's enemies but one thing that Hiruzen never knew was that Naruto was aware of the old man's tactics due thru the teachings of his Kaa-san Nyx a.k.a the Kyubii no kitsune the only mother figure young Uzumaki has had for the last three years of his life it was thru her that can tell when someone was lying or being truthful it was with that ability that he learned of the old man's lies to him in different aspects of his life but only one was important to him and that was who were his parents but Hiruzen never told him due to the fear that Naruto was going to be exactly like them something he couldn't have under any condition but it was that sole mistake on Hiruzen's part that had sealed his and konoha's downfall at the hands of the people he feared the most but lets see the end of this little chase shall we.

"Ahhh somebody help me" screamed Naruto running away from his pursuers.

"Let's go kill the demon child!" screamed a villager.

"Let's finish what the yondime started!" screamed another villager.

"Yeah, for the fourth!" screamed a chunnin.

Naruto ran as fast as he could to escape from the ever increasing mob that was out for his blood and his blood only although he understood why they were chasing him having met his mother three years ago after a particular vicious beating he ended in his mindscape for a whole week in a mini coma it was at that moment that a new naruto was born one that was the epitome of a ninja a master of deceit and stealth at only four years of age he was able to infiltrate any building in konoha and steal anything he ever needed it was this self- training that allowed naruto to outwit any ninja in the village with the exeption of itachi , Hana inuzuka and her Mother tsume, Shibi Aburame and his clan and Ichirakus family these were the only people in the village that knew the real Naruto and had no problem with him and trained him in secret when they could in the basics of being a ninja. It was this training that help Naruto escape the Mobs that would hunt him and that was cause it was only civilians on the mob this one had ninjas and that made it a lot harder to shake off his tail so he went to the only place in all of Konoha he knew he would be safe and that was training ground 44 the forest of Death.

Naruto ran as fast as possible to reach his safe heaven due that no one ever enter it with out the express permission of the Hokage thus making it the ideal hiding place from the mob chasing him due to the fact that both civilians an shinobis feared that place and ran he did until he reach it and climbed the fence to the other side and ran deep into the forest when the mob saw where he went they stopped and had sinester smiles on their faces and said.

"What an idiot demon! He went to the forest. He is as good as dead anyways. Theirs no way he will survive in their," Said Mizuki

"Yeah you're right what an idiot. Everyone knows the forest is very dangerous well lets get out of here and prey that the forest claims the demon and never allow him to come back into our village, dead or alive," said a civilian.

"Yeah, let's celebrate our liberation from the filthy demon for life!" exclaimed another civilian.

"Sake is on me!" cried a Council member Haruno.

As they went away Naruto was deep in the forest in the clearing that he always trained when he was alone he sit and cried as he always did after a chase it was at that moment that Naruto heard a rustle in the bushes nearby the clearing when he check it out he found a strange creature that looked like a white monkey with horns on his head when the little guy jumped on his shoulder he saw the horns light up and a few more showed up alongside a man wearing a strange costume and helmet when the man saw him he walk towards Naruto and knell to talk to him at eye level and started the conversation that would rock the foundations of this dimension at its core.

"Hey kid, what's your name?" ask the strange man.

What Naruto didn't know was that thanks to the creatures he was understanding the strange man language due that they were translating it into his language thanks to the telepathic ability the had.

"Naruto. What's yours and what are these creatures? I have never seen them before in this forest?" asked a curious but guarded Naruto.

"My name is Guardian and these creatures are the Genomorphs and thanks to their telepathic powers we can understand each other" answer the newly named Guardian.

"What does teveatic mean and are you here to hurt me like those other men?" ask Naruto.

"Its telepathic and it means that they can communicate with each other by projecting their thoughts and they are using their power to translate what I am saying into your language so we can understand each other with out problems and no I am not going to hurt you in fact I was sent here by an old friend of Kyubii to get you out of this village to save you from them and offer you a new life in a new village one where you would not be persecuted for what you hold," said Guardian.

"How do you know of kaa-san no one outside knows she is within me and what do you mean an old friend of her the only ones that can claim that are dead by the hands of this village and they are Madara Uchiha and Mito Uzumaki and what this about a new life huh?" asked Naruto, who was very alerted by what the Guardian just said.

"Hold on there boy I know about you because the first person you mention to be Kyuubi's friend was the one to send me because he wants to get both of you out of here before its too late and if you don't believe me ask your kaa-san and she will tell you," said Guardian.

"All right, just give me a moment," said Naruto, as he step away just a few distance from the Guardian, then called for Kyuubi, even though no one could hear his conversation with the fox demon, he still felt a lack of privacy. "Kaa-san is he telling the truth I mean I sense that he is but I've been fooled before," Said Naruto

"Yes kit, he is telling the truth I smell Madara's sent on him but its surprising that he is still alive after all I am curious as to how he survived all this time but it would explain how I escape Kushina's seal those six years ago after all he was the only Uchiha in that clan that had any sealing knowledge and would know to free me and the man's offer of a new life is also true and you should take it Its only a matter of time before these konoha monkeys figure out that you and I are working together and also about you training with those clan heads do you because if they do those foolish apes in the civilian council will say that we have corrupted the into training us in order to grow stonger and "destroy" the village and will get them either exiled or executed for helping us after all you don't want Hana hurt do you kit," said Kyuubi teasing him at the end

"Ka-kaa-san Hana and I are just friends nothing more," Said a blushing Naruto.

"Sure kit 'just friends' if you say so kit," said Kyuubi..

"But are you sure we can trust this guy? I mean the offer is very tempting but…" said Naruto, trying to be serious.

"You can trust him kit the offer is genuine and I don't sense any form of deceit from him I know you are scared to leave them, but is for their own good and yours after all you deserved a fresh start and to be happy and I also sense there is something more about this offer that he is not telling you, but I don't sense anything bad from him go for it kit who knows maybe you can get strong enough to free Konoha of this deep dark pool of corruption that has infected this once great Village and save your friends,." Said Kyuubi

"You are right kaa-san, if it's for their safety I'll take the offer." Said Naruto, he return to where the Guardian waited patiently for him,"All right I'll take the offer to get out of here, but on two conditions first I want that those that have help me to know I'll be okay and second I want to meet with Madara to see if he is the real one and not a lie. Can you do that Guardian?"

"I think those are fair conditions that can be met easily after all the genomorphs here can deliver the message without been detected by the ninja here and the second one is also easy to do since we will be meeting him after we get out of here cause he wanted to see you as soon as possible," said an amused Guardian.

"Very well, let's go I don't want to be in this place any longer than I have to. If there's a new life waiting for me somewhere else I'll going there a give a chance. Compare to the chance the village gave me, but let me send them a message, because you don't know how they look like," said Naruto.

"All right, send a message to them and let's get out of here and meet Madara before they figure you are still alive and send a group of ninja to look for you," said Guardian.

And with that Naruto send the message with the help of the Genomorphs and all across Konoha the message was received to those that Naruto specified and they knew that one day Naruto would return to Konoha and with his return a great change would occur for the better or worse the didn't know they could only hope for the best and have faith in him.

Grassy hill

Hi no Kuni

11:45pm

Back on the hill over looking Konoha, Madara and Itachi were waiting for Guardian to come back with Naruto so they could leave and return to Amegakure and start planning for the revolution that would finally bring peace to the Elemental Countries one and for all after all it was Harishama's dream before he became corrupted with power and Madara was going to make sure that the dream of his former friend and of all the Countries, became a reality because he as well was tired of the constant fighting of the Nations cause all that has brought had been sorrow, despair and agony to all of the innocents caught in it and it was his hope to end all of that with project tempest the same project that Madara had just briefed Itachi on and was glad to become a part of much to Madara's relief but they hadn't found a worthy candidate for the project and when Itachi heard about that he remember a conversation he had with Naruto one of the nights he was chosen to guard the boy.

(Flashback)

The hot tea was poured into two cups in front of the two guests. The server left the tea pot in the center, in between them and then bowed down and went her way to attend another table nearby. Both guests grabbed their cups and took a nice warm taste of their tea, then breaking the silence, Itachi address Naruto, who notice that something was bothering him.

"Naruto-kun can you tell me why is it so important for you to become Hokage cause I know its not for the reasons you tell everyone because I can see well beyond that mask of yours and see its not that reason so why is it Nruto-kun?" asked Itachi.

"I can't hide anything from you can I, Itachi-nii? Well. It's because thanks to kaa-san I see how corrupted this place is I sandaime –san wants to manipulate me into be in his service by letting the beatings happen and he miraculously saving me from the always asking me to forgive them with that grandfather act he plays at I mean he has fooled me before but that was before Kaa-san told me and help me see thru it now all I want is to be Hokage to break the chains of corruption poisoning this village and bring true justice and peace for all everywhere," said a determined Naruto.

"Thanks for your honesty Naruto-kun and just know I'll help you any way I can otouto," said a smiling Itachi.

"Re-really Itachi-nii? Do you mean it?" asked a stunned Naruto.

"Hai," said The Uchiha.

(Flashback ends)

It was that memory that Itachi suggested Naruto to Madara for the Project and told him the reason for doing so and Madara heard it. He was astonished that someone as young as Naruto could recite so closely the very words that his old friend told him all those years ago when Harishama convince him to be one of the founders of the very village that once betrayed him.

At that moment, Madara was shaken from his thoughts when he heard someone calling his name, when he looked to se who it was he saw that is was Guardian coming up the hill with a young blond haired boy alongside him he was confuse as to the identity of the boy until he remember that it was young Naruto, the very boy that was the container of the Kyuubi No Kitsune, his personal summon and friend and the boy that Itachi had said was that perfect candidate for the project that was being worked on back at Ame.

"Ah, Guardian. I see you are a little late to get here. Did you encounter any problems getting the boy and getting out or was it something else?" questioned Madara.

"Not as all. There was no problem reaching the boy as he was being chased by a mob as he reached a place called the Forest of Death, the only slight problem was convincing the boy of taking the offer, but thanks to Kyuubi the boy took the offer with a couple of conditions, but other than that no problem," informed Guardian.

"Ah I see what the side deal he made in exchange Guardian?" asked Madara, who was a little curious on what those conditions were.

"The deal was to informed a couple of the clans that were friendly to the him as to where he was going so they wouldn't worry about him and he asked if the could aid the civilians really establish the event of his death by producing evidence of such occurrence by implicating that a group of mysterious shinobi that were wearing a headband with a music note stole his body afterwards and the other part of the deal was to have a face to face meeting with you to see if you were indeed the Madara Uchiha that was one of Kyuubi's friends but I also suspect that the fox wanted the same answers as I inferred from the look of shock when I told him you were alive," informed Guardian.

When the elder Uchiha heard of the deal he was really surprised that within the village resided some clans that were friendly to the young Jinchuriki just as Itachi had informed him when they had reached the rendezvous point and was genuinely as the ingenious plan that the young boy not even a shinobi had concocted with the help of the clans that the boy was allied with and that showed him that the boy really was the ideal candidate for the project and all he needed was to make the offer to the boy and if he accepted as he hoped he would then the revolution for peace could begin a lot sooner than expected.

When he look to address the boy he saw that Itachi was clarifying some of the boy's doubts as to why he was here and to why he was joining him in his revolution for peace for the Elemental Nations and saw the boy's reactions as to the answers to his questions and saw the anger towards Itachi's mission to eliminate his now former clan and to the news that someone was already walking the very footsteps to his dreams and saw his want to join him and he knew that all his doubts about the boy's answer were unfounded he just needed to make the offer on their way back to ame and they could finally begin the project.

"Young Naruto, please answer me this question before we go. Do you doubt that I am Madara Uchiha?" questioned a serious looking Madara.

When Naruto heard Madara's question notice the serious tone in his voice knew that he was testing him. So he approached Madara and gave him the same serious look and spoke clearly with the same serious tone and a mischievous glint in his eyes and said, "No, I no longer have I any doubts about you, but kaa-san wants to know how you survive all this time and told me to tell you that the conversation between you two is inevitable but that she can wait until we are in our new home Madara-jiji."

When Madara heard the boy's answer he was glad but very nervous about having a meeting with Kyuubi because he knew he had a lot to answer her and that if he declined the meeting that she would ask the boy for temporary possession and would beat the answers out of him and he would be in the hospital for a long time but at least he could wait for that to happen back at ame thanks to Kyubii's patience but also smile at the addition to his name that Naruto gave him.

"Very well thanks for the answer gaki let's move we have a lot of ground to cover if we want to reach ame as soon possible and be prepare young Naruto I have an offer to give you but I'll tell you about it when we get the clear," said Madara.

"Ok, but can we stop to get me new clothes since this is the only one I like the other I had I didn't like they made me stand out to much if that's ok?" asked Naruto.

"Very well, Naruto. We can make a short stop, after all there is a lot of distance between here and Ame, so don't worry all right," said Guardian.

"Yes!" screamed Naruto, and notice he was too loud for their own good, "Sorry. Thank you."

"All right, let's move out boys we have a lot to transverse and some very important to link up with at the border," said Madara.

As the group of three left on their journey towards their home all that Naruto and Itachi could think about was what the future hold for them, what new things they would experience and they could achieve their dreams. In konoha however a small windstorm passed thru there to a select few the wind brought hope for the future of their village, but to the corrupted within the village all the wind gave them was a warning that was filling them with fear all because they notice that the winds of change were blowing and there was nothing they could do to stop it, but to face the upcoming wrath of…