So this chapter started off with a direction, I lost it halfway through, and gained it back in the matter of a day, so now ITS DONE! I threw in an element I'd never considered before, and that will be revealed to you at some point later in the chapter. Now, please note that the next chapter should come out a little faster than this one did, because this was more filler than anything. Also note that I will not be going into their training here or in the next few chapters. I need to plan for that and as of right now I have nothing in my head so it's a bit fuzzy. That being said, it will happen, just not for a bit. Now, I'm all set, so READ ON!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or any original characters. Also this is not a crossover with Eragon, it might seem similar however it is not a crossover.


It wasn't until the recently returned genin were back into the Hokage's office did they relax. The feel of the village hadn't changed, it was the trust that the three children held for the village that had. Since learning of the mistreating of Naruto ever since he was a child, and why, both Hinata and Lee had begun to hate the village and those in it who scorn such a powerful ally. The three of them were seated on the couch in front of the desk when there was another knock on the door.

"Yes?" The Hokage called, genuinely wondering who it was. He didn't have any scheduled meetings and there weren't any foreign dignitaries coming into the village today. On top of Iruka handling the Missions Office, he should only have the debriefing and paperwork. Kakashi entered the room, glancing over the three genin who were still wearing their disguises.

"Yes, Kakashi? What can I help you with?" Sarutobi asked, knowing it was going to have something to do with returning Naruto to his team.

"I noticed that these three genin have returned, and I would like to have my cute little student back." The silver haired man responded with an eye smile.

"I can't do that. The teamwork that your team showed during their time together was abysmal to nonexistent at best. I cannot do that." This answer did not seem to go well with the Jounin instructor, but then Naruto spoke up.

"Do you know what the last thing was that Sakura and Sasuke said to me before I left? They asked me to stop being a ninja because I was dragging them down. They would rather drop me entirely than help. I refused to give up and now I'm stronger than both of them so I'm not going to accept this. I have a team that I work well with, AND get along with. I'm staying." He pulled the face-mask down and took the bandana off. Each of the genin had changed physically since they had gone to train. Kakashi had noticed a taller Naruto, but the boy in front of him looked so much like his old teacher that he couldn't help but think he'd done him wrong.

Naruto now was one of the tallest of the genin, having been given proper food and training with Andreas. On top of that his hair was actually long, having been pulled back at his neck, some of the spikes remained however they were more tame, and he had two strands of hair that went down the sides of his face. He was more muscular than he had been before, and even wore a different style of clothing entirely. He wore a black leather jacket and a red v-neck underneath, with a pair of black cargo pants and black combat boots. He wore a belt that had a red dragon as the buckle, and a pendant of a sword and a dragon around his neck. His Konoha forehead protector was actually tied around his belt loop, acting more as an accent, and the band had been changed from navy blue to blood red. This style suited him, if not seemed impractical for fighting, however it didn't seem to bother him when he fought Sasuke off.

Hinata had become more feminine if that was possible. Her hair was still long, and had actually taken on some curls. The blue faded into a green towards the ends, and was pulled back into a high ponytail still. She wore a simple purple tank top, with a blue and green pendant that seemed to change colors with the light, in the shape of a water drop. Her pants were tactical, with many pockets down the sides and a pouch on her right leg with different throwing weapons and seals. Her limiter was open for all to see, and its tail wrapped around her left bicep. Her eyes were a deep violet, and she wore a light amount of makeup, and overall looked absolutely stunning. These two still looked similar to how they did before, however it was Lee who had changed the most.

Lee was only a little shorter than Naruto, and he wore a green loose fitting quarter button shirt with the first few buttons undone and the sleeves rolled up, a pair of dark grey denim jeans with the bottoms rolled slightly as well, and a pair of brown boots with darker brown laces. He wore a leather wristband that had been branded with the Konoha symbol, and on his right collar bone was his limiter, a green snarling dragon. The biggest change he had was in his hair, it was slicked back, instead of in the obnoxious bowl cut he used to have, and it was layered much like his dragons horns. With a sigh, Sarutobi waved his hand at Kakashi, with a silent promise that they would talk later. Kakashi huffed quietly and left, seeing as how he would get his conversation eventually.

"I was wondering actually, if it would be ok to see our friends and families before we do the big talk, because this will take a long time." Hinata asked, gesturing between the three kids.

"I suppose so. Be back here tomorrow morning. Also Naruto I need you to stay for just a little bit." The Hokage agreed. Naruto nodded to the other two and they headed out to wait outside.

"I would like to give you your old apartment back, however it was destroyed. The building was bought out and demolished a week after you had left. I want to do something for you three because I know that you are no longer regular genin, and you've had a rough life as it is. I am going to give the three of you a house that you can use to live in as a team. I know that both you and Lee-kun don't have commitments to the places you were in before, and I spoke with Hyuuga-san about it and he agreed on the condition that Hinata-chan still train with him when he calls for her to do so. I have already acquired the deed, and the land would all be yours. I just need for you to sign here, and it is in your name." The Hokage passed a paper across the desk to Naruto. Naruto read over the paper, looking for any detail that could be incriminating in any way, for anyone of his team, and when he was satisfied that it was just a housing contract, he scribbled his name at the bottom of the page.

"Perfect. Now that that is settled, I will see you three tomorrow." Sarutobi smiled at his surrogate grandson. He was handed a map then that would show him how to get there. Glancing over it he noticed that the house was near the Forest of Death, and there was a wide expanse of land and water that would become part of their property. With a smile Naruto knew that some serious strings were pulled to get this home. The boy then stood and took a deep breath, letting out a long whistle while walking to the window. The whistle was for his team and his dragon to know to follow him. He then took a flying leap out the window. Hiruzen Sarutobi had seen a lot in his years, but a dragon flying after his boy was something he'd never expected to see.

"Your son will go far Minato." He smiled to a picture frame on his desk, which housed a tall blonde haired man in Jounin garb, and a red haired woman with a swollen pregnant belly smiling back at him.

Naruto was sprinting across the rooftops when Hinata and Lee caught up to him.

"So what did he talk to you about?" Lee asked, barely watching where he was going and glancing at Naruto instead.

"He has given the three of us a house to live in altogether. I'm going to the property now." Naruto replied with a huge grin. His pointed teeth making his face look even more mischievous than normal.

"Our own house? What about living with my father?" Hinata asked, a little concerned about what he would think.

"That is a conversation you will need to have with him. I know he is alright with it, but you need to talk." Naruto grabbed her hand reassuringly. Hinata smiled and felt her confidence rise again. She couldn't wait to show her father how far she had come. Soon the three teammates were close to the house, and Naruto realized why it was an easy buy. It was quite the fixer upper, however with his clones he could get it done in no time. All he needed were some construction books from the public library.

"I'll get started on this, Lee if you could help me that would be great. Hinata, we will see you later. Go show him how strong you are!" Naruto shooed her away with a grin. Hinata knew that they had her back and she knew that she would be fine. Instead of taking to the rooftops like Naruto did, she decided to walk back leisurely. She had time to spare and couldn't help but notice that the home they had been given was close to the Hyuuga compound. With a slight hesitation, she went up to the guards and spoke firmly.

"Hinata Hyuuga, returning from one month mission requesting access." She stated, knowing that the guards would need to check to make sure she was actually who she said she was.

"Hinata-sama?! Is that you?!" One of the guards asked, breaking his form to look at her.

"Don't be so surprised Hano-san. I was to return within 30 days time. Was I not?" She returned with a smile, remembering that the guards were some of the few people within the Hyuuga family that actually liked her.

"We knew of your return, however we did not expect you to have changed this much!" The other guard, an older gentleman named Hatsuo smiled at her. She hugged him briefly, knowing he was like an uncle to her, and slipped within the gate. Looking around she realized that it was just as drab as it was when she'd left, and made a mental note to attempt to subtly change the décor as she came and went. Finding her fathers office was easy, almost second nature for her. Kneeling down, she took a deep breath and spoke.

"Father, I have returned home, and wish to speak with you." She said, more confident than she was the last time she'd done this same action.

"You may enter." His voice came from within, after a moments pause. Still on her knees, she entered much the same way as she had the first time, however instead of staying on her knees, she crossed her legs beneath her, and sat comfortably. Hiashi appraised his oldest daughter critically, she had definitely changed drastically since he'd last seen her, and it was almost like looking at his late wife once again.

"I expect that this training went well." He spoke, not bothering to acknowledge that his nephew Neji was still in the room. The boy had become a thorn, and while Hiashi had sworn to the elders that he would not tell him the truth about his fathers death, he knew it would tone down his arrogance.

"I can only hope for the Main Branches sake that you're training has paid off, Hinata-sama." Neji spoke again, making his presence known to Hinata.

"I assure you, it has benefited me greatly, Neji-onii-san." Hinata smirked at him and rose to her feet gracefully, showing that she had changed not only mentally but physically as well. Neji couldn't help but notice the tone to her arms and shoulders, and the fact that she was leaner than she was before she'd left.

"I wish to have a spar. Although I will advise you that I will not be using the Jyuuken. I do not need it anymore. As such, I have not progressed in the Jyuuken, my training was elsewhere. I do not see that as an issue however, because my position for next head of clan is not for me, it is for Hanabi, isn't it?" Hinata glanced at her father, almost missing the downtrodden look he'd given his desk.

"Very well. I shall conduct this spar myself. I shall also consult my advisors as to your position." Hiashi rose and followed the young girl out to the large courtyard that stood in the middle of the compound. This courtyard served as a sparring ring, and a punishment ground for those who need it. It was a dirt square that averaged 30 yards on each side, making it a quite large area. The crowd had gathered by the time both father and daughter had taken their spots on either side of the ring.

"First to yield wins." Called a branch member, who served as proctor. Hinata nodded and took her first stance. Hiashi did the same and the two squared off.

"BEGIN!" The member shouted and leapt back, allowing the two to have their space. Hiashi charged in, hoping to make this quick in the case that his daughter was still far weaker than she needed to be, however before he'd gotten there she'd disappeared. Sensing chakra behind him, he realized she'd gotten behind him and was roundhouse kicking his head from the air. He blocked just in time and skidded away as she landed on one foot. Her hands were tucked into her pants pockets and she leaned back waiting for him to get his footing once again. Gritting his teeth, he couldn't hold in his excitement that his daughter was strong. He remembered her mother, a woman very much of her own style and volition. Hikari was the only woman who was able to keep him out of trouble, but not out of the dirt. She was one of the strongest members of the family at the time, and he never won a spar against her. She had her own style as well, adapting to use weapons as well as Jyuuken, and mixing it all together with her own fighting style. He'd loved that about her, and watched it develop in his oldest, before Hanabi was born. It was when Hikari was pregnant with Hanabi that she fell ill, something that couldn't be treated and ended up dying in childbirth. It was then that the Elders of the clan expressed their doubts in the eldest daughter, saying that she would be too much like her mother.

In his hesitation, Hinata attacked, charging in faster than her father had before, and threw a swipe at his feet, which he jumped over, however was met with a kick to his side, as she had continued to spin in a circle, and used that momentum to continue her kick higher. It was then that Hiashi realized something. Not once in the whole fight had Hinata used her hands. She was only fighting with her legs, and even then Hiashi was being pressured. He then upped his attacks, striking with the Jyuuken at any chance he had, however she was doing a damn good job of not giving him that chance. Finally realizing that, even with using the Rotation, she had dodged everything, he took a step back and stopped.

"What is the strongest attack you have?" He asked her, not knowing the extent of her abilities anymore.

"Something I need my companion for, I will have her in a moment, if you would like to see it." Hinata shrugged, putting her fingers in her mouth and whistling loudly. After a moment of waiting, a small shadow went over the yard and swooped down into Hinata's arms.

"Now you know where I was raised Avrae… Now, we have work to do. I need everyone to clear this side of the courtyard, and I need everyone to step back." Hinata smiled at her familiar and placed her on her shoulders once again. Taking in a deep breath, she released what had been called her Dragons Roar. It was a sound wave attack, using fire as well. Each attack was different, just like each dragon was different. If Naruto were to use his Dragons Roar he could level a small town. However his was a lot more spread out because Ohen was such a large size. Due to Avrae's size, Hinata's roar was a lot more concentrated, better for fewer opponents. It was also not her most powerful attack, however she wasn't going to tell anyone that. A crater had formed underneath her roar, and a good part of the wall she had aimed at had been destroyed. Shocked looks covered most of the faces present. Many had not anticipated Hinata to be as strong as she was, and yet her power was astonishing.

"Hinata Hyuuga is the winner!" the branch member called, smiling at the younger girl. She smiled back and turned to her father.

"I will be going back to visit Kurenai before I go back to our new home." Hinata turned and used chakra to push off and jump up onto the rooftop. For this trip she would move a little faster, having wanted to see Kurenai more than she did her father. Having arrived at the joint apartment of two Jounin ninja of the village, it was no surprise that as soon as she set foot at the doorstep someone was out there to greet her.

"Whooaaa there! Nice look Hyuuga-chibi!" Anko smirked, whistling at the new look of the younger girl. Hinata gave her a look and punched her shoulder light heartedly. Although the older woman would never admit it, her punch was solid and hurt a bit.

"Nai-chan is inside." She laughed, allowing Hinata inside. Kurenai Yuhi was still a freshly appointed Jounin, and although she'd understood the reason for Hinata having been removed from the team, she couldn't help but think it was something she'd done.

"I'm home!" Hinata called, startling the woman from her thoughts.

"HINATA!" Kurenai called, excited to see the girl she thought of as her little sister entered the room. Hinata smiled and pulled the taller woman into a hug. It felt good to see her again, even though to Kurenai she'd only been gone for about a month.

"How was training? When did you get home? IS THAT A TATTOO?!" The Genjutsu mistress of Konoha demanded seeing the dragon that was wrapping around Hinata's arm. Hinata chuckled and nodded, figuring she could explain the whole thing to Kurenai later, or even have her in the room when the stories of the three warriors trainings were being told. It would save her the explanation later. After having sat down and talked to her surrogate sister, Hinata remembered one last thing she needed to do before heading back to the estate with Naruto-kun and Lee-kun. Saying goodbye to Anko and Kurenai, Hinata took to the rooftops and made her way over to some of the nicer apartment buildings in the district and found the one she needed. Without hesitation she knocked on the door and waited patiently.

"Coming!" A high-pitched voice came from the other side. After a moment the door swung open, and standing on the other side was none other than the pink haired banshee herself. She had cuts up and down her arms and her face was slightly bruised still from the fight, however Lee had taken it easy on her it seems. Big softy. Hinata thought with a smirk to herself. It was then that Hinata noticed something off about the girl in front of her. Rather than the bright jade green eyes she was used to seeing on the girl, she found herself looking at light rose colored eyes, and her usual outfit was gone.

"Hinata-chan is that you?! Oh my gosh you've changed so much since I last saw you! Come in! I want to talked to you about how your trip went!" The suddenly sweet girl smiled and stepped back into the room to allow Hinata passage. Startled, she entered the home and looked around. It was decorated normally, some girlish stuff here and there but otherwise, it would seem that Sakura was the only person living in the apartment.

"Can I get you something to drink? I have tea, water, milk and some soda's if you want." The pink haired girl offered. She had just tied her hair up, and in that moment given Hinata the chance to see a seal on the back of her neck. It looked like three rings with a swirl in the middle and what looked like a hand that came off part of the swirl.
"Hey, Sakura, what is that thing on the back of your neck?" Hinata asked. The girl had never put her hair up before and it was the first time Hinata had seen it. A slap was heard in the apartment as Sakura's hand flew to her neck quickly. Then a second later she pulled her hand away and looked startled at Hinata. Her eyes flashed between green and rose, showing that somehow an internal struggle was occurring. Hinata's original intention for going to Sakura's place was to attempt to bully an apology out of her to Naruto because of the fact that her words had hurt him significantly, however it was obvious that something a little more dubious was going on. Hinata stood up and walked towards the struggling girl calmly, hoping not to scare her and push her away without knowing what was going on. In that moment the green in Sakura's eyes held on, and Hinata was knocked back slightly by a burst of chakra.

"Who let you into my house?! Get out bitch!" The voice that came out of the girl was the one that Hinata was accustomed to hearing, the higher pitched gruffy whine that accompanied any obnoxious words. Hinata took that cue to leave, and prepared to give a report on it not only to Naruto, but also to the Hokage. Something was wrong there, and she would get to the bottom of it.

Running back to the new house she discovered that with the help of Naruto's abundant amount of clones and Lee's speed, they were able to fix up most of the problems with their home and move in furniture as well. With a smile Hinata walked around and got a good look at the large property. The landscaping could use some work, however that wouldn't be too difficult and could wait till another time. The house itself was a two story, western style house that seemed to suggest it had been abandoned for many years.

She walked through the front door and immediately knew she was going to feel at home here. The house was an open floor plan, immediately to her left was the family room which connected to the dining room and open kitchen, that had been redone by Naruto's clones earlier in the day. To the right was a sitting room, with comfortable looking couches and a fireplace. Straight ahead was a bathroom and the stairs that led up to the second story, however behind the stairs was another room that seemed tucked away. Hinata went there first, hoping to discover something the boys had missed, although chances were slim. What she found was a closet, large for a coat closet set under the stairs, because she could walk into it. As she followed the wall with her hand she found a small hook that seemed to be on the wrong side. Thinking it could be something interesting she pulled it, and the floor underneath her dropped out. A small scream left her lips as she attempted to find her bearings, however she landed on a solid floor with a thud. It was dark, and after calming herself down Hinata used a small amount of her dragons flames to illuminate the area. Collecting the flames into her hand she held it out in front of her to get a better look. Underneath the house was a large cavern, that looked like it had been abandoned for many years. Walking around the open floor eventually Hinata found what looked like a light switch, and flipped it on. With a quick flash, the lights warmed up until they eventually reached their brightest, showing Hinata what lurked underneath their new house.

"I have to show Naruto and Lee…" She mumbled to herself, fully prepared to find them. The cavern itself showed signs of being used as a training ground, and had weapons of all kinds lining the walls, with targets as well as dummies and other training tools. Looking around Hinata attempted to find the door, only to find a small river that ran through the back part of the cavern. It looked more like a sewer however the water running through it looked pure. A walkway ran along the side of the water and she followed it out, finding that it lead out to the lake that ran next to Konoha. Many people didn't realize that Konoha was situated next to a body of water, but it helped when teaching a large group of people how to water walk. Hinata hightailed it back to the house and burst in the front door right as Naruto and Lee were about to walk out.

"Where have you been? We were worried that Ohen had dragged you off again." Naruto commented, relaying a time when she had accidentally gotten too close to his prey.

"No, but you have to see this." She smiled, sort of happy to have gotten his concern. The boys looked at each other but followed her all the same.

"I hope you guys like falling." She said smiling widely while pulling the hook that dropped the floor. The two boys tumbled down, while this time Hinata managed to land on her feet, and landed in a pile on top of each other.

"What was that for?!" Lee shouted, but trailed off at hearing the echo.

"This is what I found under the house." Hinata smiled again, while Naruto stood up and brushed himself off. He'd noticed that the lights were on still from when Hinata had been down, and the weapons all along the walls.

"Holy shit….this is epic! We'll never run out of weapons with this down here! We can actually practice too!" Naruto cheered, running a full lap around the place before stopping in front of Hinata.

"You're brilliant." He said with a smile and placed a peck on her forehead. This sort of affection was normal from everyone's favorite blonde, however he only did it with her. She blushed and smiled back at him. After a while though they had to go back to the house because someone was knocking at the door. As they ran and arrived back they saw someone they hadn't expected to show up. Sasuke Uchiha, who was obviously still injured was pounding on their door as hard as he could.

"Fuck…" Naruto sighed, and quickly put up a small henge.

"What do you want Uchiha-san." He asked, followed with Hinata who also put up a henge, and Lee who just placed his facemask on.

"I demand that you train me to be stronger. You all were able to beat us up and we are the strongest genin team in Konoha." The bratty boy spoke.

"Not anymore you aren't. If we beat you and you are the strongest then it is obvious that you are subpar." Lee spoke changing his voice again.

"In case you haven't noticed, but we not only beat you, but other than me, my partners Katsu and Arashi were only using their taijutsu. Neither of them used any other abilities and they were able to take out you and your teammate. Your sensei, who followed you here, has allowed you to become reckless and stuck up, while failing to actually train those who are part of your squad. Next time you wish to demand something of us, make sure you can back up your claims." Hinata finished with a sigh, and brushed passed the boy in order to get back into her home. Just as she did so though, he attempted to attack her, much to Avrae's displeasure. The dragon swooped down into his range and using her claws and teeth defended her master. Sasuke could only scream as the grip of the dragon was hard to shake off.

"Avrae, let go." Was the only command from Hinata. The dragon glanced at her master and, albeit reluctantly, let go of the wailing genin.

"My arm! Oh god its torn my arm off!" He wailed having fallen to the ground in pain.

"I forgot to mention that her bite is venomous. My bad, I have the antidote, but I'm going to give it to the hospital to administer." Hinata said with a significant lack of care in her voice. It was then that a member of the ANBU team that inevitably follows the pompous 13 year old around scooped Sasuke up off the ground and ran towards the hospital, catching the vial thrown at him as he left.

"Well. At least he still doesn't know who we are yet." Naruto sighed and reentered the home.

"Hopefully." Lee commented back, taking the stairs up to where the bedrooms were. Hinata followed, having not seen that part of the house yet, and found where she would be living. It was obvious that Naruto had put the room together based on the way it looked. The walls were purple, silver and blue, colors Hinata admitted were her favorite, with a full bed next to the window overlooking the water. She was glad that the boys had some idea of what she would like to have for a room, because if they had tried before going on their training trip it would have ended disastrously. She walked to the window and pushed it open, and sighed, hoping that their lives had been changed for the better. Even with her fathers opinion of her having changed, even slightly as it were, she could only hope that Neji would one day come around.

"Hey guys, can we talk?" Naruto called from the kitchen, where the sounds of food being prepared drifted from. Hinata left her room, noticing that Lee's was across the hall and painted to look like a forest. She smirked at him as he shrugged in response. As all three gathered Naruto turned to address them.

"I say we wait to tell the Hokage about our training. I understand why he'd want to know, but at the same time I want to keep what we can do, the rest of what we can do, secret. It really isn't the Village's call on this anymore." Naruto spoke, glancing between his two teammates. Before leaving this village he barely knew these two peoples names, let alone that they were the same age as him, and now, he trusted them with his life. Naruto felt someone other than the three of them on the property and sighed.

"I'll get the door." He spoke, walking from the kitchen to the front door. Upon opening it a member of ANBU stood hand raised to knock on the door.

"I have a message for you from the Hokage. Tomorrow is the first day of the Chuunin exams. You must have a sensei in order to participate. You also must have either a Team name or a Team number. The meeting is at the Academy, room 301. That is all." With that the ANBU member shunshined away.

"I have the team name covered, however we don't have a sensei. I can remedy that however I would need to send Ohen back to Andreas-otou-san for him to join us for the exam. I think we are all prepared for this now. I'm going to run out and grab some groceries for us, I will be back in a little while." Naruto reported back to Hinata and Lee. Both nodded and went back into their rooms for whatever they were doing. Naruto put the bandana back onto his head and pulled his facemask up, hiding his identity from the village and proceeded to go shopping. There was little fuss with the stores, most accepting that he was just a ninja they haven't seen for a while, and he continued on his way. Within a moments notice however he was on guard and aware that a small child from the village was being attacked. Present at the scene was Sakura and Sasuke, who looked like he was still recovering from Avrae's bite.

"Hey! Let go of him!" Sakura cried, her voice still as piercing as ever.

"Just let the brat go, and tell us who you are." Sasuke demanded in return.

"Come on Kankuro, he just ran into you that's all. We have somewhere to be. You don't want him to get mad at you do you?" The girl of the group, a tall and athletically built blonde with a very large fan on her back and four ponytails spoke.

"Its alright Temari, he went back to the room already. I also want this brat to apologize for running into me. Its very rude and he should be punished." The other member, a man with what looked like purple makeup on his face and a hooded one piece suit responded snidely. It was then that Naruto made his presence known. He used a quick kenpo step that put him behind Kankuro and placed a kunai at the neck of the suddenly tense foreign ninja.

"I'd advise you to be careful with what you say. The young man in your hand is the grandson of our Hokage. Put him down." Naruto spoke, lowering his voice a bit, making sure that Konohamaru was released before he retracted his guard.

"I also don't think you realize that your third teammate has yet to leave you alone. Maybe listening to the pretty lady of your group would be smart." Naruto spoke, moving away from the two ninja and ushering Konohamaru behind him. He may hate the village with a passion however he would still defend it, and its people. Sasuke was livid, but he at least knew to wait until after the scuffle was over to say anything.

"Kankuro. Temari. You have disgraced our village. If you do this again I will kill you." The bored sounding voice came from the tree behind Sakura. Neither Sakura nor Sasuke had sensed that the third ninja was there, telling them that this stranger with blonde and reddish hair had a better sensing ability than all of those present.

"I apologize for them." The red haired boy jumped down from the tree and joined his teammates.

"Here for the Chuunin exams I see. From Suna no less." Naruto commented, seeing the village symbol on the gourd the red head carried.

"You are correct. I am Gaara no Sabaku. These are my siblings, Temari and Kankuro. Mother and I are very curious of what your name is." Gaara asked.

"Right now you may call me Arashi. However you will soon learn of my true name. Saisho-san." Naruto bowed, allowing his amused eyes to travel up to a startled Suna team.

"Answers shall be revealed in due time." He chuckled to himself.

"I look forward to fighting you." Naruto turned to walk away however was interrupted by Sasuke, who put his hand on the taller boys shoulder.

"I will bide my time for now. You will train me however. It is inevitable." The dark haired avenger spoke.

"Keep telling yourself that." Naruto shrugged him off and was about to walk back towards his home when another chakra signature caught his attention. It was a strong one, familiar yet foreign. He quickly told Ohen to return the groceries and commence his mission for Andreas, and went to where the signature originated. A quick jump to the rooftops and he was across the village in no time, watching as three female ninja entered the gates of Konoha. One was obvious. The tallest of the three was Tsunade Senju, the last of her clan and best healer in the world. The second tallest had to be her apprentice, Shizune. The third female was one that shook Naruto to the core. The girl was tall for her age, however not as tall as Hinata was. She had bright red hair and blue eyes the same shade as Naruto's. Her hair was pulled back, however it was spiky as it fell. This girl had the same face shape as he did as well. Within a moment an ANBU member appeared next to him.

"You are being requested at a meeting in the Hokage's office. You are to follow me." He spoke, placing a hand on Naruto, albeit hesitantly. Allowing himself to be brought to the office, he found the Hokage looking at him with a grave face. He looked as if he'd seen a ghost and behind the fear was regret and guilt. Feelings Naruto knew first hand were a terrible combination when presented to him.

"Announcing the return of one Tsunade Senju and her two apprentices, Shizune and one Aikiko Namikaze." The secretary beyond the door announced. Naruto in that moment felt his whole world shatter. While he was abused and left to die, his supposed twin sister was sent on a trip around the fucking world. Lucky for him, and everyone around him, his mask was still up and his bandana was secured, because if they weren't, the dragon like features that had donned Naruto's face would scare anyone away. His hair was starting to harden to scales and horns, and his eyes had already switched to their dragon form. His fangs and claws elongated in anger. All three women entered the office at that time, heads bowed respectfully. Upon looking up all three flinched at the somewhat terrifying appearance of the other occupant of the room.

"Hey, Hokage-oji-ji, who is that?" Aikiko asked. Her voice was high and smooth, and up close it was obvious that the two were related.

"This is your brother Aikiko. This is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze." The Hokage said, confused by the question until he'd glanced at Naruto. The livid young man looked as if he were ready to murder someone.

"The reason we have called you in, Naruto, is because we needed to sort out some issues." The Hokage spoke, attempting to alleviate any further aggravation, however he seemed to only have been able to further it.

"Sort out some issues? Maybe some of these issues needed to be sorted out before you fucking left me to die." Naruto snapped, his voice still full of anger.

"Left you to die? That's not what happened! You were to be trained by Jiraiya!" Tsunade snapped back, however was easily shot down by Naruto.

"And how the fuck would you know? You ran off without any concern!

I was left here, alone, without any training, without anyone to help me, attacked every year on my birthday since I was 3. After getting kicked out of the orphanage I spent a good year living on the streets before I was placed in my own apartment. I then proceeded to rot alone. Does that sound like training to you? I'm done with this favoritism bullshit. I'll just leave this here for you to peruse." Naruto commented, using a spell he knew from Andreas to copy his earliest memories until before he left on his training trip and placing them in an orb that would dissolve after it was used.

Before he left however he removed his coverings and showed them exactly what his anger looked like. His hair had burst out of its holder, and now sat just like Ohens horns. Scales began to form on his face and neck, a deep black with red highlights in between them. His fangs were sharp and white, while his eyes were golden in color, they held no warmth. If anything the gold made them look as if they would cut you up on sight. Aikiko, who was silent up until then gasped. She had expected a boy that looked like her, not one who looked like he wasn't human. She'd been told all her life about a brother that she would one day see when she was strong enough. She waited for that day all her life.

"I also would like to inform you that I was never told that I was not an only child. I would like to thank you for that Hokage-sama. I appreciate how shitty my life has been made by you thus far. I look forward to seeing how strong the genin of this village are in the Exams." Naruto turned and leapt out the window, casting wind energy to carry him away from the tower at a greater pace.

"Was that really my brother?" Aikiko asked, tears filling her eyes as she found her voice again.

"That really was, but I've fucked up majorly." The Hokage spoke, tapping the orb to start the memory reel. All of them watched the abuse and suffering that the young boy had gone through, and by the end there was not a dry face in the room. Aikiko couldn't believe that the village had been that cruel to her family. Her one and only brother had become jaded and closed off because of it, and she hoped that he would one day be able to accept her.

"How could you do that to him? He was a grandson to you!" Shizune shouted at Sarutobi, who flinched away from her.

"You don't understand, I can't let him be free because of the council, they refused to allow me to help him." The old man broke down, and however bad an excuse it was, it was the only one he had to go on.

"I can only hope that he doesn't turn his anger towards the village. Kami save anyone who steps on him wrong." Tsunade muttered.

Seething still Naruto ran faster than most eyes could perceive, back to the house that he now shared. He noticed that Hinata's window was open and used it as an entrance, not taking any time to think of what she might have been doing. Inside the room Hinata had been changing. Her hands were knotted into her shirt, having lifted it above her head, and she stood in her underwear. In that moment she sensed someone enter her room, and rounded to find a changed Naruto. His limiter had been released involuntarily. Knowing that her modesty was less important that both of their safety she walked over to Naruto, who's more primal instincts had taken over rather than his usual calm.

"I'm not sure what got you this angry love, however this just can't do." She spoke softly, running her hands over his hair, effectively calming some of it back towards the golden locks. His eyes met hers and a growl emerged from his throat. She paid it no mind however, used to the sounds because of the dragons of the three ninja. She proceeded to remove his jacket and his shirt, and moved to his back. There, covering most of the smooth skin of his back, was his limiter. It was a fierce looking black dragon with its teeth bared and fire billowing out of the sides of its mouth. The golden eyes of the dragon seemed to glow as she ran her hands over his back, massaging and scratching as she went, calming the tense muscles under her diligent hands.

"When you come back to your senses you will tell me what is going on, and if you go primal again I will bring you into the Forest of Death to hunt. My special massages aren't free you know." She joked, punching him lightly on the back of his head, which had changed back to regular hair. A sigh escaped the angered teen, and he flopped down onto her bed. She crawled onto it in front of him and sat on her knees.

"What happened dear." She asked, pulling him up into a sitting position.

"I found out that I had a sister, who was taken out of the village at a really young age, which is why I don't remember her, and trained while I was left here in this shithole to rot." He spat, still angry however significantly calmer now that Hinata had helped him.

"Does she look like you?" Hinata asked, knowing that he cared about her despite any anger he felt at the moment.

"She has moms hair, but dad's eyes. She is a perfect blend of them." He let a small smile don his face as he thought back. He probably should explain to her that she wasn't the source of his anger. In fact he was ecstatic knowing that he had family that was still alive.

"Can you send Lee to the office to retrieve her? I want to talk to her now that I'm calmer." He spoke softly. Hinata nodded, however her hands made their way to his face, and she ran her fingers over the scales that still covered his cheeks.

"It will give you time to get rid of these." She smiled and grabbed Lee, who was more than happy to run and grab her.

"What do I even say to her? How should I treat her? How does one have a sibling?" Naruto asked, completely confused. Hinata chuckled to herself and tapped Naruto on the head with her fist.

"You act normal. Protect her if she needs it, give her your love and attention. You treat her well." Hinata pat his back and retrieved his shirt and jacket from the floor.

After a few minutes of calm breathing the scales faded into his normal skin again, revealing his whisker marks once more. Hinata was both happy and conflicted. She knew that this girl was lovely because of who her brother was. She also felt that this girl was very sheltered. She may have traveled a lot however Naruto had the experience of two lifetimes. It was in that moment that two people arrived at the house. One of which was Andreas, who had been brought to the village by Ohen. The other was Naruto's sister Aikiko. Naruto sighed, pulled his clothing back on and made it down to the kitchen, suddenly nervous as hell. It was then that Aikiko entered the house. Naruto noticed a small blush on his male teammates face as he followed her in, and he knew in that instant that Lee had a crush. He made a mental note to give him shit later.

"Let me be the first to say I'm sorry. I can't control what happened to you, and for that I'm sorry." Aikiko blurted out bowing deeply. In that moment something compelled Naruto to walk up to her and pull her into a hug. Her head only went up t his collar bones, and he rested his head on top of hers.

"Its as you said, you had no control. I don't blame you. I want to get to know my sister." He spoke calmly to her. He could tell she was crying into his chest, and he felt Hinata's hand on his back, giving him some confidence.

"Now, wipe those tears away and lets get some dinner! I bought ramen makings!" Naruto called to the rest of the group both Hinata and Lee sighing. Nothing could break the blonde of his relationship with ramen, and it seemed like he wasn't the only one with one.

"You know how to make ramen?" His sister asked, stars in her eyes. Hinata figured it must have been a family thing, because suddenly Naruto and Aikiko were best friends.

"Of course! The village I trained in didn't have a ramen stand, so I had to teach myself how to make it." Naruto smirked, knowing that their relationship was going to prosper.

"So apparently a member of team 7 quit being a ninja, so I was assigned to that team, do you know anything about them?" Aikiko asked, knowing that her brother had actually lived in the village.

"All I can tell you is the guy is an asshole emo avenger, and the girl is a fangirl. That's the best they have." Hinata commented, shivering at the mention of a fangirl, which brought a chill up everyone else's spines as well.

"Are you the older sibling or the younger sibling Aikiko-san?" Lee asked, being a bit formal with the girl, he was older than she was by a year, and because she was the sister of his best friend he felt being nice would go a long way.

"Aikiko is fine Lee-kun, and I'm younger. Naruto-onii-san is older." Aikiko giggled, nudging the dark haired boy.

"So that makes you my imouto-chan?" Naruto said, liking the way the words sounded in his mouth.

"Yes it would Naruto-kun." Hinata smiled, putting her arms around Naruto's neck from behind. The casual touching was a common thing between them. They knew everything about each other, spare the feelings they mutually shared. Having matured a lot from their training, they both realized that while they had strong feelings, time would make them stronger, and thus have committed to being the best of friends to each other.

"And an adorable imouto-chan she is." Hinata continued. Aikiko liked Hinata immediately. A strong kunoichi without the need for a man to back her up, she was the exact person Aikiko liked to be around. As they made their way into the kitchen and Hinata was helping Naruto prepare the food, Aikiko stopped in the doorway.

"I was wondering actually, would I be able to move in with you? I don't take up a lot of space I promise." She asked, bowing again. Obviously the sharp temper of Tsunade did wonders on this girl, because she backed down quite quickly.

"Of course you can, we have a spare bedroom we can paint for you. Actually we just moved in today as well. We were on a training trip for a month. Speaking of Ohen is in back with Andreas-san." Naruto commented. All three of the dragons could be seen playing in the backyard with Andreas, who loved dragons more than he loved people. Aikiko's mouth opened in wonder as she wandered out into the backyard.

"They are beautiful!" She said, wanting to pet them but knowing to keep her hands to herself unless told otherwise.

"If I do say so myself you look astonishingly like my student Naruto. If you had blonde hair you'd be twins!" Andreas spoke, a wide smile on his face.

"She is my twin, we just found out a little while ago." Naruto chuckled putting his hand on her shoulder.

"The black one is my Ohen." Naruto pointed him out, and watched as he proudly spread his wings and lifted his head into the wind.

"He's also a little vain." Naruto muttered into Aikiko's ear, getting a giggle from her and a disgruntled groan from the dragon.

"Avrae is my dragon." Hinata smiled as the small female perched on her shoulders.

"And Ladon is my partner." Lee walked over to Ladon and pat the wingless dragon on the back. The rest of the evening followed with Naruto and Aikiko catching up, much to the pleasure of his teammates, who wanted him to be happy, and briefing Andreas of what the Chuunin Exams entitled for him.

"I get to watch my clansmen fight in their biggest fight yet? Of course I will act as your sensei." He spoke, putting a mental plan together. That evening Aikiko was set up in the spare bedroom, with Naruto and Hinata and Lee's rooms all around them. Andreas offered to sleep on the couch, however Naruto did one better and gave him the pull out bed.

The time arrived for the exams to start, and it was then that the three decided they would go through the village as they wished to be seen. No hiding anymore. This would be the biggest test they had yet, and they weren't going to fail now.


And finito! We have come to our conclusion for this story, and for those of you who reviewed, I thank you. For the flame that I got, please note that your "review" has been deleted and the only reason I'm acknowledging that it happened was to tell you that I will delete flames like that in the future. If you have something constructive to say, great! If you don't, why bother telling me an opinion that doesn't really matter to me? Alright, thats over with. HOW DID YOU LIKE THE TWIST?