AN: Chapter 2 is here but we didn't get many reviews for the first chapter but that's okay. (chibi Xeno is standing there with glowing red eyes, a bloody nodaichi and the head of Ebisu in his free hand. "I demand more reviews or another character dies. This fool was the first from the Naruto universe next time it comes from Ruroni Kenshin." Please review more next time or he will do it, don't be taken in by the kitsune ears and tails he's being actually very forgiving in this form don't let him transform things will get bloodier than even Zabuza would like. One side note is that I've decided to have Hinata and Mei possibly added to the harem, it's not solid at this point with those two. To those wondering about my other story Kitsune Inu Youkai, it's next chapter will be up when I get a chance to finish and post it. I apologize but I've got so many stories just suddenly wanting to be written, The author note at the end of this chapter will let you know what's going on with any other story ideas. Anyway without further ado onto the story.

Shoutouts:

Fox of the Blood Moon: The Samurai of Tetsu no Kuni in the Naruto universe can use chakra, this has been stated in the manga and probably in the anime by now. So it's feasible that Naruto and the rest of the samurai of the Ruroni universe could utilize chakra, all the groups could also use Ki, and Chi separately in theory as well.

Ez21: Sorry, no Yaoi.

"Naruto"- Normal speech

"Naruto" - Normal Thoughts

"Naruto" - Demon speech

"Naruto" - Demon thoughts

Naruto- Locations

Naruto- Jutsu/Ougi

Disclaimer: If I don't own Naruto or Ruroni Kenshin, then that means the rest of you fuckers out there aside from the creators don't either.


Chapter 2: Return of a swordsman

Konohagakure, Ten years later

Sarutobi Hiruzen sat behind his desk finishing up the last of his paperwork for the morning, until his thoughts strayed from his work to the past ten years ever since Naruto was declared officially dead. When he revealed this to the people of Konoha the day following the meeting he had with the council of Konoha, he was disgusted with their reaction of cheering as if Naruto was a plague that finally passed over them allowing them to breath easy once again.

Naturally this angered the wizened Hokage who made his displeasure known through both his killer intent and his loud insult of calling them all fools, this of course caught the interest of the daimiyo of Hi no Kuni who just so happened to be visiting that day to discuss the annual budget and boy did the man have questions about what went on inside the village between his visits.

Hiruzen who had no reason to lie to his lord came clean right then and there about how Naruto was chosen as the vessel to house the spirit of the Kitsune Kyuubi no Yoko since the night of its attack. His mind instantly went back to that very conversation.

Flashback: Fuin

"Tell me Sarutobi, what has you so upset where this boy is concerned?" A man sitting upon the tower as well asked Sarutobi as he looked at the Hokage with questioning eyes. Fuijun Yukisuke was a very intelligent and kind ruler but could be fierce when needed. Yukisuke was a man in his late thirties with the beginnings of grey hair and laugh wrinkles, although as of right now he wore an expression of intense thought as he waited for his answer.

He wore the traditional robes of a Daimiyo and sat fanning himself as his guard of five samurai and two of the twelve Fire guardians stood protectively around their lord.

"I believe that we as a village come clean as a whole, Yukisuke-denka. I might as well repel the law I mad as of today. The boy in question Uzumaki Naruto held a significant and unrealized purpose to the entire village of Konoha, for you see seven years ago the legendary Kitsune Kyuubi no Yoko began attacking our village for reasons unknown to us. And as it was also known that the Yondaime Namikaze Minato fell that night in service to his village, what you didn't know was that he did so by giving his life up to halt the Kyuubi's advance against us." Hiruzen started as he projected his voice so all could hear while he sent a heated glare at the very people he swore to protect.

"I see and what became of that night?" Yukisuke asked as he sat up a bit straighter.

"Well as it's known that the Kyuubi is too powerful to defeat outright, so the yondaime did the next best thing and sealed it inside of Uzumaki Naruto who just so happened to be born that very night." Hiruzen continued before he was interrupted by a voice from within the crowd.

"Yes that brat caused the death of our yondaime why won't you see that?" A woman's voice cried out with others joining hers until Hiruzen re-took control.

"And that is why I called all of you idiots and fools! If you all had even a shred of confidence in Minato's skills as a hokage and shinobi then you would have confidence in the fact that the seal he created held true." Hiruzen yelled with fury lining his every word as he wanted nothing more in that instant than to remove everyone of the idiot's from the face of the earth.

"What kind of seal was it, Sarutobi?" Yukisuke asked gently as he walked over to place a calming hand on the Sarutobi elder's shoulder.

"The seal that Minato created was one designed to function based off Naruto's will and intention to live,...that's right it was Naruto's will to live that allowed you fools to keep seeing the next sunrise! And I'm pretty sure that if it wasn't for the yondaime adding the seal that would kill the Kyuubi the moment that Naruto died then we would be looking at death returning to our door in full force in little as three years!" Hiruzen revealed as he watch faces all throughout the crowd pale completely at this revelation before he continued.

"To think that Minato must be rolling inside the belly of the Shinigami, for you all have not only spat on the last wish of your previous Hokage but you all murdered his son for your own ass backwards prejudices!" Hiruzen continued as he watched people grow even paler till they were so white they could make Orochimaru jealous.

"That's right let it sink in that you all had a hand in the destruction in the son of the man you all so flagrantly praised." Hiruzen as he watched all but a few faces within the crowds below that universal expression on their face, you all know the one. It's the one that says: 'Damn we fucked up royally'.

"Is this true Sarutobi-dono?" Yukisuke asked with genuine curiosity as he heard nothing of this from anyone.

"Hai Yukisuke-denka, Namikaze Minato was the father and one Uzumaki Kushina was the mother of one now deceased Uzumaki Naruto." Hiruzen revealed with a sad sigh as it brought a fresh wave of guilt to his old heart while those in the crowd that knew of Uzumaki Kushina from both reputation and personal experience looked as if the redhead had risen from the grave looking for their blood,

Flashback: Kai

Hiruzen slipped the last paper into the outgoing box as he leaned back into his chair with a bittersweet smile about the result that came from that day, needless to say that when Yukisuke learned of Naruto's treatment while alive in the village the fire daimiyo went on a tirade chewed out just about every citizen of Konoha that either brought harm against the boy or stood around doing nothing to at least make the boy more at home within the village walls.

When another villager most likely a civilian, got up enough courage to speak their mind and ask why the yondaime would do such a thing when there was items to seal the Kyuubi in. Hiruzen went on to explain that the Kyuubi was too powerful by nature to be sealed in anything less than a living vessel such as an infant as they have the capacity to do so seeing as their souls were effectively free of taint that the Kyuubi could pry on.

Not only that but he went on to explain that How could the Yondaime expect to ask a family to give up a child to become the vessel if he could think of using his own son first.

Hiruzen went on to say that if Minato didn't have a son to use that day it could have easily been anyone with a child young enough for the sealing to be done upon whether they wanted this or not. That response caused many in the crowd with children to become truely ashamed of the way they acted for it was indeed true, other however clung to their belief that Naruto was nothing but a demon.

Hiruzen remembered watching as people began to breakdown in fits of hysteria and guilt before crying out to their Hokage to forgive them for their misguided and foolish actions. However the reality of what they had done was really driven home when Hiruzen stoically looked down at the citizen's of Konoha and replied that it not his forgiveness that they should be seeking, it was that of a young seven year old child that would never be able to walk among the land of the living ever again before he declared the announcement over with and walked away from the masses with his face hidden be the symbol of his position.

"Ah, Mikura. Could you please come and take this morning's paperwork to be filed please." Hiruzen asked as he snapped out of his thoughts to call for his secretary through his intercom.

"Of course Hokage-sama." Came a sensible and chipper reply from Mikura as she came to retrieve the papers as Hiruzen sat back packing and then lighting his pipe with ash-wood and jade tobacco before taking a calming drag from it.

"Naruto my boy...I miss you." Hiruzen thought as the smoke from his pipe drifted slowly out the window into the open air.

On a ship, just off the coast of Kaminari no Kuni

A young man laid up against the wall on the deck of the ship he was riding on to the Elemental countries, raised his head from beneath the kasa that he wore as the wind blew gently across the boat.

"Strange I could have sworn someone calling my name." The young man said with a warm yet tired voice as he glanced up at the sky from beneath his hat.

"Attention, all passengers. We will be docking in the Port town of Bei shortly. please begin gathering your things to disembark." Came from the captain over the announcement system.

"That's right it's been almost eight years since I last saw these shores. Has it really been that long?" The young man thought as he shifted the katana resting against his shoulder to his side as he moved to stand.

"I've made it back sensei, it took some doing on my part but I've returned to the Elemental countries." The young man mused as he mind drifted off as he stood near the bow of the ship looking off into the sky.

Fifteen minutes later found the young man disembarking from the ship with a simple travel pack slung over his shoulder, after purchasing a travel map for the elemental countries the young man set out on the road out of Bei. As he walked along the path, the young man was just enjoying the sunshine while keeping his senses aware for any potential threat against him.

Some time later as he walked the young man heard some shouting from the road up ahead and decided to investigate. He came upon a serious situations, a group of about five thugs were surrounding a woman who was doing her best to them off with a tanto that she gripped for dear life. As he got closer the young man could hear some of the conversation going on.

"I said to get away from me!" the woman all but screamed as she waved the tanto threateningly in front of her.

"Look girly just face it, there's no way your little town could pay the boss back with money, so why don't you use that pretty little body of yours to pleasure some real men and we might be able to persuade our boss about letting you all live to see your next sunrise' said the one who appeared to be the one in charge of this group as he laughed at the woman's attempts to fend off her attackers.

"I'd rather die than allow you to touch me." The woman cried defiantly as she held her ground even though her heart was ready to leap out her chest.

"Heheh, if that's what you want I'll send you on a one way trip to hell you whore!" the leader said as he brought his axe up above his head and went to cut the young woman down where she stood against the tree.

The woman closed her eyes in what she considered her final moments as she prayed for some type of divine intervention, she was unprepared for the sound of clashing metal to reach her ears. Risking her life for the moment the woman opened her eyes to find a figure in front of her holding off the axe from ending her life.

"What the? Who the fuck are you brat?" The thug with the axe demanded as he didn't see a bleeding body at his feet but a kid of about 16 to 17 years of age holding off his weapon with ease.

"Someone who couldn't stand by and see you kill an innocent for your own twisted pleasure." The young man replied with deadly ice in his voice before he lashed out and knocked the thug back into his comrades with a wicked haymaker. "You call yourselves men yet you act like mindless beast."

"What did you say? You've got some nerve gaki." The thugs yelled as they tried to stand through their mass of tangled bodies.

"Are you all right?" The young man asked as he ignored the thugs for the moment in favor of checking on the woman who's legs gave out due to shock.

The woman took stock of her savior as he removed the kasa he was wearing while kneeling down to her level. A large and elaborate while cloak covered most of his form but from what she could see he wore a traditional kimono top that was black in color with a white lining, he wore a simple pair of hakama pants with dark blue tabi and on his feet were waraji.

Moving higher she came to his face and took in some major detail, his general features were sharp and masculine with a very small hint of baby fat in his face to give it a full look. He had three thinly distinctive whisker marks on either side of his evenly light tanned cheeks but they did nothing but add to his appeal with a sense of an untamed aura of strength.

His eyes were sharp but held a degree of concern in them for her well being, his irises were the color of the very ocean and seemed to swallow her in their depths with intensity. His hair was as bright as the sun and looked like silk as it rested in a high ponytail with a somewhat spiky yet controlled manner as it all fell downward in a gentle manner. Speaking soon brought the woman out of her observation.

"What did you say?" the woman asked as she shook away her private thoughts to address her savior.

"I asked if you were all right?" came from the young man with a husky timber that sent shivers up her spine for some reason that she couldn't place.

"Yes I am but wh- look out!" The woman went to reply before she cried out for whatever was going on behind the guy who saved her.

The swordsman turned around and blocked another axe swing with ease before he pushed the thug back as he rose to his full height.

"Look I don't want to fight you so I'll give you all the option of walking away before you all do something you'll regret." the young swordsman warned as he looked at the five thugs who each drew a weapon of some sort.

"I don't know if you're just stupid or just bad at math brat but we out number you. And while you may have some skill with that sword of yours we're gonna put you in the ground before having some fun with that woman behind you." The leader declared with a sick smile while his comrades gave a cheer of agreement.

"If you truly believe that you will make it past me to her, then come and let me send you to the Shinigami as punishment." the swordsman said as he slid his katana into it's saya before taking his stance as his demeanor returned icy and deadly.

"Kill the bastard!" the Leader yelled as all five of them charged at the blonde who waited patiently.

The blonde just waited until the thugs were all in range before he moved, with a single step forward he vanished only to reappear on the other side of the five thugs who stopped in their tracks. Slowly the blond slid from his stance while flicking then sheathing his blade; with a click of the saya all five thugs feel to the ground with blood pouring from their bodies as death overtook them.

Walking back over to the woman, the blonde gave her a reassuring smile as he slid his sword back into the confines of his cloak.

"I'm sorry you had to see such a thing." The swordsman apologized as he indicated the five dead thugs behind him.

"It's quite alright, if you didn't stop them I'd be dead right know so arigatou." The woman replied with a grateful but hasty bow.

"You're welcome..." the blond said as he left the sentence hanging to which the woman understood as she realized he was looking for a name.

"Oh I'm Kyoko, just Kyoko." The woman said as she held out her hand.

"Uzumaki Naruto, not that it's any of my business really but I couldn't help hearing that your village was in some kind of trouble with more of those thugs." the now revealed Naruto replied as he asked Kyoko about her problem while returning the gesture.

"Yes, well our village has been having some trouble with a large gang of bandits that are lead by a nuke-nin of Kumogakure. They've been terrorizing us for a month now and they have just arrived not too long ago to claim their 'tribute' for allowing us to live. I was on my way back from Bei when I saw the attacking and ran to get help before those thugs followed me." Kyoko replied as she clenched her fists in anger at the word tribute.

"I see, and is your village far from here?" Naruto asked as he took in her story with rapt attention.

"No it's just further down the road. You can't be thinking of confronting those beasts? Not that I doubt your ability to handle yourself but there's at least thirty more in the village and they are all armed." Kyoko said with a look of worry in her face.

"I appreciate the concern but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do something to help. Besides I've faced opponents greater than thugs and came out of it all right. You just continue onto Bei for help Kyoko-san and I'll do what I can until you bring reinforcements." Naruto said as he looked the young woman in the eyes with confidence in his abilities before turning and walking off towards the village after picking up his fallen kasa leaving her there on the road.

Once she was sure that Naruto was no longer anywhere nearby, Kyoko brought her hands up into the ram seal and called out 'Kai' while flaring her chakra. In Kyoko's place stood an exceptionally beautiful young woman named Nii Samui, She was a fair-skinned woman of tall stature and curvaceous build with a large bust. She has blue eyes and straight blonde hair framing her face with a shorter cut in the back and the front bangs reaching her shoulders.

She was wearing a very low cut outfit with mesh underneath, a short skirt and red hand guards, high boots and what appeared to be a modified Kumogakure flak jacket that covered her stomach only, similar to a girdle. She also had a tanto strapped horizontally to her lower back. Her expression screamed a no nonsense manner as she looked at where Naruto walked off before raising her hand to the com-radio ear piece she was wearing.

"We have a possible problem." Samui said into her earpiece with a stoic tone.

"What could it be? Did they see through you cover? I knew I should have made a more convincing carpenter, are you hurt ? I know I should have went with you." Came her teammate Omoi's paranoid voice came over his comlink in a whispered tone.

"Shut the hell up Omoi and let Samui explain. Jeez" came a fiery hiss of a voice cut him off, it was the last member of the team Karui.

"Be on the lookout for a swordsman wearing a white cloak and blonde hair, he's going to be entering the village." Samui advised as she set to work gathering up the bodies of the five thugs.

"What! Was he from Kumo?" Karui asked as she was weighting options in her mind.

"Not that I could see, he could be from another village but just hiding his hitaie. What was weird was that he dressed like a samurai rather than a shinobi, even moved like one. Your thoughts Yugito?" Samui replied as she worked while then referring to Nii Yugito who was her older sister, the leading jounin for this mission, and the jinchuriki for the Nibi no Bakeneko.

"I say that we let him do what he wants and only intervene if the situation is going to jeopardize our mission." Yugito said as she thought out their next move.

When replies came back from the other two as well, Samui agreed before ending the conversation as she began flashing through handsigns.

Katon: Gokyaku no Jutsu

Samui brought her hand to her mouth and unleashed a good sized fireball at the bodies and watch them be consumed by the intense red flames that licked their bodies.

"Uzumaki Naruto huh? Where have I heard that name from?" Samui thought as she looked to the village while waiting for the bodies to be reduced to ashes.

X-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

As he walked towards the village full with the thugs responsible for the suffering of its people, Naruto felt a presence stir within his mind. He didn't even need to stop to know what it was for this presence was with him since the day he was born, the legendary Kitsune no Kyuubi Yoko.

'…..So what is it you plan on getting yourself involved in now brat?' Kyuubi asked as it gave a bored yawn from within it's cage.

'What do you care so long as you get to share in my senses when I begin the carnage you enjoy so much?' Naruto threw back in a calm but exasperated tone as he had grown use to his tenant's personality over the years even the Cheshire-like grin he knew that the Kyuubi was sporting right now.

'Have I told you that your my favorite container kit?' Kyuubi asked with a gleeful note in its voice changing the topic briefly to carnage.

'Yes more times than I care to count, if it wasn't for us needing each other to survive I wouldn't be having this conversation with you.' Naruto replied as he saw the gates to Kyoko's village coming into view.

'You wound me kit, haven't I given you gifts to survive in this harsh world?' Kyuubi replied in a mock hurt voice although its smile didn't waver one bit.

'Yes because having a new set of eyes and body structure both which you gave to me painfully without my consent mind you; are such wonderful gifts.' Naruto threw back with sarcasm in his voice.

'Look at it this way, you get to use that swordstyle of yours without drawbacks and I get to enjoy that wonderful art you create each time you unsheath your sword.' Kyuubi pointed out as it laid atop its front paws.

'Yeah lucky me, now keep alert but quiet.' Naruto replied as he had finally reached the gates and walked passed them.

Getting inside, the sights that greeted Naruto brought clear anger to his heart and bile to his stomach. Fires raged across homes and shops while the sensations of fear, depravity, and death hung thickly in the air. Making his way towards the center of the village kicked Naruto's anger even higher, the villagers were being rounded up while people were being tortured and some flat out killed by the thugs who were just laughing and cheering as if it was some joke. The rest were each trudging to the front with whatever they could carry that was valuable to toss on top of a small heap of gold already sitting there.

'This is exactly why I detest most humans, you all kill and slaughter your own whether they be female, child, or even elderly just to get what you want in this world. At least a demon has enough sense to never harm those groups regardless of the reason.' Kyuubi muttered with disgust as it watched through Naruto's eyes what it was witnessing.

'I hate to break it to you but I'm human as well.' Naruto pointed out as he walked on.

'I said most gaki, you I actually like keeping around as my vessel of destruction.' Kyuubi remarked with a tooth filled grin at its joke.

Naruto decided not to answer the mass of chakra and hatred, as he stopped directly in the center of the square and was sizing up his potential opponents. The thugs were all of brute strength and no mind, the only reason they managed to be this organized was due to the man sitting on a makeshift throne. He was of average height 5'9, he had a tanned complexion with normal attire for a shinobi. He wore a faded tan flak jacket with a black long sleeve undershirt and matching pants, his hair as cropped for the most part with the exception of his bangs which fell over his left eye somewhat.

On his back was a sword from what Naruto could see, along with a kunai pouch on his leg. Atop the man's forehead was a hitaie

"I take it you're the leader of this band of trash?" Naruto asked calmly as he looked directly at the man on the throne even though her could see what was most likely the leader of this village tied up next to the chair.

"I am, names Hoku no Kouji(Kouji of the North). Who wants to know?" Kouji asked with a voice that dripped with arrogance.

"I want to make sure I'm talking to the right person when I say for you and your group of thugs to leave this village in peace or face death." Naruto said as he pointed directly at Kouji who just began to laugh.

"You know what; I like you kid why don't you tell me your name so I can carve it on your grave for ya!" Kouji asked after he and his thugs finished having a good laugh.

"I have no desire to offer my name to a dead man." Naruto said calmly as he closed his eyes.

"Really? First one to bring me that kid's head get's first pick of the treasure haul, after me of course." Kouji announced as he got to his feet and pointer in Naruto's direction.

The thugs took that challenge with glee as all thirty of them rushed to and surrounded Naruto on all sides, as Naruto stood there with enemies on all sides, on a nearby building four people stood watching the situation below unfold.

First there was Samui who stood with her arms crossed under her impressive bust making them more pronounced unintentionally, Her face was a mask of calculating measure as she looked at the person who was becoming a great puzzle to her.

Next came her teammates, first was Karui who was on Samui's right, she was a dark skinned kunoichi with long red hair and amber eyes. She wore a long short sleeved dress as her ninja attire, complete with a tan Kumogakure flak jacket, two simple yellow earrings, purple stockings, boots with white soles, and wore her hitaie like a bandanna. Finally Karui carried a long sword on her back.

Omoi was next to Samui on the left in a crouch, He was a young, dark-skinned Kumo-nin with short, spiky, white hair and dark amber eyes accentuated with lines curving upwards from the corners. He wore a dark outfit consisting of an overlong shirt with a hood, with red bandage hand guards, Kumogakure style shin guards and hitaie. His face wore a thoughtful expression, as if in deep contemplation, as he sucked on a cheery flavored lollipop. He also carried a long sword on his back.

The final member of the group was the jounin for the mission, She had long, straight blonde hair bound with taut bandages and dark blue eyes that bordered on being purple. She wore a short-sleeved black and purple blouse, black pants both of which had a design similar to clouds on them, purple fingerless gloves and a chain of white beads wound around her left hand. She also wore the standard Kumo hitaie, sandals and kunai holster which was strapped to her right thigh. She also wore bandages around her arms and legs as well as a red belt around her waist. Her name was Nii Yugito.

"So that's the guy you spoke of Samui?" Yugito asked as she took was taking in the scene with careful eyes.

"He doesn't look like much to me." Karui said with a scoff in Naruto's direction even if he didn't hear it due to the team talking amongst themselves.

"That is him, and you would be wise not to be fooled by what your seeing.. He took out five bandits with little effort." Samui replied without taking her eyes off the action below.

"So it ain't that hard to take out some bandits Samui." Karui replied as her face gained a frown.

"Yes but he did it with speed that was unreal, if we're lucky, you might get to see what I'm talking about." Samui replied.

Back below the bandits grew restless and began charging in at their target, Naruto's eyes snapped open to the assault and those that attacked him head on were treated to the sight of eyes that were a deep violet in color with a large black slit where the normal pupil was suppose to be. What really brought out the fear in those bandits was the fact that Naruto's eyes glowed with power literally as he stared at them with a look of death.

As the first bandit approached Naruto simply flicked the hilt of his blade into the bandit's throat causing the man to stop instantly and grab his throat in absolute pain, it was the last mistake he would ever make as Naruto then stabbed him in the heart before sidestepping an attack from behind that split the first bandit in two with its power.

"Let's kill the teme!" The thugs shouted as they began rushing Naruto in mass.

In a flash Naruto had spun around to slash open the bellies of three bandits in one swing, then he blocked a swing from behind and reverse stabbed the attacker before vanishing in a blur of movement as he wasted no time in cutting down the rest of the thugs and bandits that left a river of blood beneath his feet.

Everyone else looked on with surprise as the some thirty bandits were reduced to bloodless corpses from Naruto's attack in what seemed like a flash. With a simple swing Naruto's sword was free of the blood that gathered on it before it fell into the crook of his arm while he glared at Kouji coolly.

"And then there was one..." Naruto said softly but it reached everyone's ears as his voice cut through the silence that fell over the square as he repeated the same line his sensei had said when he saved him(Naruto) all those years ago.

"Humph, so what you killed a bunch of bandits gaki. While it is impressive, it don't hold a candle to me Hoku no Kouji. I was a jounin of Kumogakure before I grew tired of taking orders from that idiot of a Raikage and left." Kouji replied as he slowly got up from his 'throne' and started striding to the middle of the square where the sea of bodies and Naruto stood waiting.

"If that's the way you felt, why didn't you save me the trouble of killing you now by doing it yourself?" Naruto asked as he watched Kouji stop a good distance away.

"Why kill myself when I can have what I do right now, a couple of villages bowing before my might and all the riches I could want? Besides you really keep me laughing kid, it's something I'll remember for a time after you're dead and gone." Kouji asked with a lopsided grin as he spread his hands out around him before unsheathing the sword on his back and settling into a stance.

"Such confidence in your abilities that they fall well into the land of arrogance. If your wish for death is so great then I shall grant it to you." Naruto replied as he slid into a stance of his own.

Kouji wasted no time in moving at a high speed and attacking Naruto from behind with a horizontal attack that Naruto evaded with a well timed butterfly kick that had him leaping over the blade and away from Kouji. Landing a few feet away Naruto regarded Kouji with an almost bored expression.

The battle really began then as Kouji rushed at Naruto and they began a whirlwind of combat through sword clashes. Aside from the shinobi from Kumo, the villagers couldn't see a thing going on they could only make out the sound of the swords clashing as the owners kept up the assault with one another.

Samui's team and Yugito were truly shocked that this newcomer that none of them have never heard of was not only matching but keeping up with one of their village's most talented shinobi to ever pick up the sword since Kirabi became a shinobi himself long ago.

"Is everyone else seeing what I am?" Karui asked with a shocked expression as she watched Naruto block one of Kouji's attacks before sending a right hook the ex Kumo-nin's way.

"Yeah we are, and this is unreal. He's actually holding his own." Omoi said as he nearly dropped his lollipop at what he was seeing.

Yugito and Samui keep quiet but they too were shocked at this guy around their age holding his own against Kouji especially for as long as he was.

Back on the ground Naruto and Kouji broke apart from another deadlock when Kouji began flying through one handed seals.

"Eat this brat! Raiton:Byakuri(Lightning Release: Pale White Lightning)" Kouji yelled as he fired the lightning attack at his opponent.

Naruto dodged the attack with pure speed as he vanished, leaving the lighting to hit the ground where he stood and vaporized some of the fallen thugs. Appearing at Kouji's side Naruto attacked with a rising slash which was narrowly avoided by the nuke-nin as he jumped back with a large gash running along his side.

"You're pretty good kid, I haven't been wounded like that in a long time since I left Kumo behind. However just because I gave you a little praise don't think you'll be walking out of here alive." Kouji said as he held his hand to the cut and pulled it away to see his blood running freely.

"While the gesture is appreciated, I have no need for your praise nor your empty threats of death. I will end things right now, so come and get a close look at my sword style." Naruto replied as he slipped his katana back into its sheathe as he took a battoujutsu stance which Kouji took notice of.

"Haha, you sure you want to take that chance kid? Iaijutsu isn't attempted lightly but, who am I to discourage you from death!" Kouji laughed before he launched himself at Naruto with the intent of cutting the blonde down.

Everyone watched as Kouji brought his sword down on Naruto only for the blade to pass through an afterimage.

"Bunshin no Jutsu?" Karui asked with a shocked expression as the rest of her team looked on in barely contained shock as well.

"No...it was pure speed." Yugito said as she was the only one to see Naruto move even if it was a flicker to her eyes.

Naruto was high above the ground having jumped with great speed and now he was rotating upside down and plummeting to the earth, Kouji was below waiting for his opponent to strike when he felt a sharp pain in his back.

"Wha?..." Was all Kouji could managed to think as he found himself looking up at his opponent's legs, looking a bit higher and he found himself under the scrutiny of two violet orbs that were as cold as the death rushing to embrace him. It was the last thing that Kouji ever saw again.

Naruto had used the momentum from gravity to attack Kouji's spine at the waist, it just happened to hit at the right point to sever the spinal column there causing paralysis and near instant death as Kouji had a few seconds left to live which he used to stare into Naruto's eyes.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu:Ryu-tsui-sen(Dragon Mallet Flash)" Naruto muttered as he whipped his katana around until he slowly sheathed it while closing his eyes. The ominous click of the saya snapped the villagers out of their stupor as they realized their tormentors were dead.

The joyous villagers rushed Naruto, who's eyes by this time had returned to their normal warm sapphire blue. The men that still lived went to untie those that were near the throne Kouji sat in but, to return peoples valuables to them. In this time Naruto returned his sword to the confines of his cloak.

"Young man, you have done this humble village a great deed. We are in your debt for what you've done for us. Please allow us to repay you for your kindness." The newly released village chief said with a joy filled wrinkly smile.

"No it's quite all right, although I think you should pay those Kumo shinobi for their time seeing as I just kind of walked in on their mission from the looks of it." Naruto replied while scratching the back of his head a bit as he looked over the bent elder's shoulder to see Team Samui approaching.

"Elder Kiyoki, I apologize at our failure in not acting quick enough to stop Kouji." Samui said politely as she approached the elderly woman who lead this small village.

"Believe me when I say that you did nothing wrong, I'm sure you would have acted if you could. And while I will miss those that were lost today, were it not for the bravery of...what's your name young man?" Elder Kiyoki asked as she rounded on Naruto for his name.

"Uzumaki Naruto, Kiyoki-dono." Naruto replied as he saw no reason not to use his name.

"Thank you, were it not for Uzumaki-san here there might be even more bodies to lay to rest this day."Kiyoki said with a weary smile as she looked back at Samui.

"I see, well thank you Uzumaki-san for taking down Kouji in our stead." Samui said with a short bow as Naruto looked on while two of the team went about disposing of the bodies(Karui and Omoi).

'Kit, be careful. Something about that female isn't right.' Kyuubi warned as it could sense something off about the blonde standing in the back with a ponytail through Naruto's senses and warned it's vessel just in case.

"Think nothing of it kunoichi-san, now if you'll excuse me I must be on the way." Naruto said as he sent Samui and Yugito a warm smile seeing as elder Kiyoki had already walked off with Karui and Omoi.

Samui watched as he stepped around her and started making his way out of the village, she watched with interest as Yugito's eyes widened briefly before she spun around to look where Naruto was walking off to as well.

"Just what in kami's name are you Uzumaki Naruto?" Samui thought as she scowled while going off to help her team clean up from the battle.

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Kumogakure 2 days later

Team Samui and Yugito had made it back to their village in two days time, and seeing as they didn't have to do any major fighting they headed for their leader's office to get debriefed. A gruff come in was heard from inside when they knocked and they walked in to see their Raikage finishing some paper work.

E as the Raikage of Kumo was a tall dark-skinned man with a large muscular build, with his white hair combed back, a small moustache and beard. His face was very distinguished with pronounced cheekbones and tear troughs under his eyes, and a prominent crease across his forehead.

He wore his kage robes without a shirt underneath to display his physique which was very defined, on each of his arms were golden vambracers that had protrusion on them to make any taijutsu attack he did devastating. Around his waist even though he sat behind a desk was a matching golden belt with the buckle in the shape of a lion's head.

"Raikage-sama, we have returned from our mission which was a success." Yugito said as she and team Samui each bowed in turn to their leader before standing at attention.

"Good then give me the datails." E said as he pushed the last sheet of paper aside and looked at his shinobi with a serious look.

So the team informed their leader of what happened during the mission including their impromptu meeting with a certain blonde swordsman. To say E was very interested in these turn of events if his silence was anything to go by in this matter.

"...And that was everything E-sama." Samui said as she finished up the report.

"I see do anything else to add?" E said as looked at team Samui.

"He's a jinchuriki, just as I am..."Yugito said which caused team Samui to look at her, Samui especially. She knew something was up with the way that Yugito was silent the entire trip back and now she knew why.

"What did you say this swordsman's name was?" E said as he had a hunch and wanted to see if he was right.

"Uzumaki Naruto, E-sama." Samui replied as her team watched their leader steep his fingers .

"So it seems Konoha was wrong in their claims if the boy is still running around..." E mumbled to himself which peeked team Samui's curiosity.

"What was that Raikage-sama?" Yugito asked as they worried about their leader.

"Nothing, and you say he wore a large white cloak over his clothing?" E said as he brought back the topic of the mission report.

"Yeah, and it billowed as he moved about." Karui replied as she could never forget the way the swordsman moved with a feral grace.

"So it seems that style holds true then. Listen here and listen good, what you all have witnessed was the apprentice to a truly feared style that has remained unbeaten since it's creation long ago. Pray that you never have to be on the receiving end of Uzumaki's blade or you will die as consequence." E warned as he looked at his shinobi fiercely.

"Are you so certain of this Raikage-sama? His style really couldn't be that strong? Any style could be beaten." Karui asked with a shocked and secretly angered voice at such a claim.

"I am certain, it was actually that very style that ended the life of both the Shodaime Raikage and Mizukage, especially the Mizukage who was considered a true master of kenjutsu." E replied as his expression turned grave.

"We thank you and shall heed your warning Raikage-sama, if that is all could we depart by your leave?" Samui said as she jumped in front of Karui who was most likely going to question their kage until he lost his temper and put her through pt(physical training f.y.i.) or d-ranked missions until she dropped, which ever he decided. And had Samui not stopped Karui she and Omoi would join Karui in her punishment just because the Raikage was a slave driver like that.

"Go one and get outta here. And before any of you ask Bee will be back within the day." E said before the could cut in with their question of when he was returning from a mission.

Team Samui and Yugito made a hasty exit from the Raikage's office as E just leaned back in his chair with a thoughtful expression.

"So you actually did it huh? Seijuro you old bastard. You were never one to play by anyone's rules but your own. So you passed the torch to someone else. Can't wait to fight him." E mused with a grin that became a full blown chuckle as he thought about possibly battling Seijuro's successor.

With Naruto

After departing from his short adventure in the small city next to the port town of Bei, Naruto managed to get out of Kaminari no Kuni in relatively short time as he reached the south end of the country before hopping a boat to Mizu no Kuni. He was there to see about getting a repair job done on his tanto, it was in rough shape but Naruto didn't want to part with it for sentimental reasons, so there he was in the wilderness of Mizu no Kuni sitting in front of his small campfire as he waited for his fish to cook.

"It's been two years since we parted ways sensei but, it feels like only yesterday. You yelling at me about my stance being poor for hours on end." Naruto thought whimsically as he looked up at the night sky remembering when he began training eight years ago.

Flashback: Fuin

Seiwa Forest, just outside of Kyoto, Japan- Naruto(7 years old)

Naruto stopped out into the morning air dripping wet with a glare at Seijuro who was waiting for him next to a hatch and stacks of wood with a smile on his face.

"Shishou, why did you dump that bucket of water on my head?" Naruto asked as he approached.

"Two reasons: one it will be your punishment from now on if you aren't up before the sun has risen and two; because I can. Unless...you have a problem with it?" Seijuro said with a smirk that Naruto didn't know at the time but he would come to hate.

"I got it and no problem, Shishou." Naruto said while suppressing the shiver he felt from Seijuro's gaze.

"Good then as part of your daily chores and training regimen, you'll be chopping wood for the workday. You've got from now till about seven o'clock to finish your work then you can have breakfast and I'll have something else for you to do." Seijuro said as he motioned to the small hand axe sitting in the cutting block already.

"One more thing, call out each time you have to swing that axe into a piece of wood. If it takes more than three swings or you miss, I want ten pushups out of you before you start over." Seijuro called as he stopped Naruto just as the blonde was about to start working.

"What?" Naruto nearly shouted as he realized that would double the time he took to complete this duty.

"Do I hear complaining?...Good then get to work and one last thing, you fail to finish before seven and you won't get a full breakfast." Seijuro said before he went inside to start getting setup to make potter pieces for buyers after Naruto said nothing.

Naruto got to work cutting the wood into smaller sizes to be used for fire, he was doing fine for the most part and counting out his strokes when he caught the urge to sneeze. The seven year old tried to keep it from happening but ended up making it worse(You all know the feeling.)so with a large inhale Naruto let the sneeze rip while going to swing the axe and needless to say he missed the chopping block entirely and hit the dirt.

"I can't believe this." Naruto mumbled as he got down and started the desired number of pushups,

Once he was done, Naruto returned to his work load with no problems other than nearly slipping during mid-swing which caused him to give up another ten pushups. He didn't slack off on them neither, something told Naruto that Seijuro knew exactly what was going on even though he was inside setting up...

Seiwa Forest, just outside of Kyoto, Japan- Naruto(11 years old)

Seijuro sat underneath a tree with a fishing pole nearby as he watched Naruto standing a few feet up from where he sat, the blonde was ankle deep in the rushing water as he focused on the water while his hands flexed in alert for a fish swimming close to him. When one got close Naruto reached out to grab it only to miss, the momentum carried him forward until he went under the cold water.

"Have a nice dunk there baka? Try it again and this time aim for a fish and not its reflection." Seijuro called out with a laugh while shooing Naruto back to training while he continued relaxing.

Naruto just wished he could kick his sensei's ass but thought better of attempting it as he got back to his training.

Seiwa Forest, just outside of Kyoto, Japan- Naruto(12 years old)

Naruto and Seijuro stood across from each other in a clearing behind their shop, each of them had a shinai in hand.

"All right kid we're gonna continue your training with a light spar today so prepare yourself." Seijuro warned as he got into a stance.

"Hai Shishou." Naruto said as he too got into a stance.

Neither made a move as they assessed how and when they would attack, Naruto gripped the shinai he held firmly as he stared at his teacher who hadn't removed his cloak at all. The moment a gentle breeze rolled across the clearting, master and apprentice charged each other and began their dance of the sword...

Flashback:Kai

Naruto snapped awake to the sound of an explosion not too far away from his camp, he sat up realizing that he had fallen asleep during his reminiscing.

'About damn time your ass woke up, I've been yelling for you for the past five minutes.' Kyuubi growled as it was sitting up as far it could within its cage.

'What's going on?' Naruto asked as he rose to his feet with his sword in hand.

'How in the name of Yami should I know? Why don't you go find out and give me something to enjoy watching.' Kyuubi huffed in an exaggerated fashion behind its cage.

Naruto did just that and began dashing through the forest to the source of the explosion, breaking through the tree line he found himself standing on top of a small hill that overlooked a battle taking place below. There was a small group of about five people from what he could tell surrounded by 20 shinobi in masks moving in a circle pattern.

"Hey there's one up there get him!" One of the shinobi said most likely the leader as he spotted Naruto on the hill top.

Five of the shinobi broke off and began running at Naruto up the hill with their swords gone, not wanting to give them leverage Naruto pulled his katana free and ran at the group. The sounds of swords clashing rang through the air as Naruto had a short dead lock with the shinobi that reached him first, as they struggled he got a good look at his attackers in the moonlight.

The first one wore standard outfit of an Anbu complete with a chokuto, however unlike an Anbu Naruto could remember from Konoha this one wore green arm and leg warmers. The man's mask was one of complete porcelain with two thin, curved eye-holes, the symbol of Kirigakure and a design of a crimson snowflake on the right cheek of the mask. The rest looked the same except one had a red wave that went from the top left of the mask to the bottom right.

One had what looked to be a claw mark done across the mask in red, the fourth one had a bear paw print right in front of the mouth. The final anbu had three lines that went right across the width of the mask. (They will all be named by their mask design)

Breaking away Naruto jumped back before lunging forward to block an attack from snowflake and then shifting to the left and slashing down through the armor. Blood splashed against Naruto's face as he jumped back from three more swords that were thrust in his direction then they jumped back to regard him as well.

Neither side moved until the clanging of weapons from below had them jumping at each other, Naruto blocked another strike before putting down Tri-lines for the count with a blade strike to the center of the chest. Paw Print tossed a bunch of shuriken which Naruto batted away before flipping over an Claw that took advantage of the distraction.

Naruto dragged his blade down Claw's exposed spine during the landing and then spun his sword up and around to block an overhand swing from the back, without wasting a beat he turned around and laid open Wave's stomach before standing up straight and looking at Paw print while sheathing his katana and getting into a battoujutsu stance.

Paw Print prepared and rushed in with Naruto mirroring the shinobi's action, Paw print threw another round of shuriken which Naruto dodged with brief side step jumps, the shinobi then flashed through one handed seals.

Suiton: Tepodamma

The water bullets were spat out in quick succession at Naruto who vanished from Paw print's line of sight just as the water bullets slammed into the earth.

"Too slow." Paw print heard from behind as his stomach/back became acquainted with Naruto's katana when he tried jumping out of danger.

Paw print slowly fell to the ground when Naruto pulled his blade free, the blonde then shifted his body as he blocked another swing from a chokuto.

A few seconds earlier

The Anbu taichou watched as he subordinates took on the blood traitors while he squatted on a nearby rock, looking over to see if the five he sent to deal with the intruder were done he was surprised and angered to find four of the already dead with Paw print still standing strong. As he watched the Anbu captain became enraged as he watched Paw print go down from a stabbing through the back.

"Finish off those blood traitors." He snarled before using shunshin to speed up the cliff and attack the swordsman.

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Now we find them both caught in a serious deadlock, which allowed Naruto time to analyze his newest opponent, the shinobi before him wore a smoke gray black porcelain mask with the same general features as the other masks except his design was in the shape of a crimson pointed cross that ran through the right eye.

"I've got to admit, you are indeed strong to have defeated my team like that. If you hadn't decided to join the blood traitors I would have suggested you come back to Kiri to work for the Mizukage." Cross in an even tone as he was amazed that he couldn't push his opponent back but neither could he be pushed back, he wasn't an Anbu taichou for nothing after all.

"To be honest I haven't joined anyone. I'm merely defending myself from when those shinobi attacked me on your orders and now you, for that alone has sentenced you to death by my hand!" Naruto admitted as he raised his now violet eyes that leaked killing intent like an ocean over the battlefield.

The two groups below ceased their fight as they felt the killing intent wash over them like nothing they had felt before, it was as if a beast of destruction had descended on this field to claim each of their lives. None of them could even believe it was coming from the swordsman in white as he locked swords with the Anbu taichou of the Oinin(Hunter-nin) who was right at the center of it.

Back at the top of the small hill, the two fighters finally backed off each other only for Cross to toss some kunai and shuriken as a distraction. As Naruto is batting the projectiles away, a wave of water was bearing down on him from Cross.

"Futon: Renkudan(Wind Release: Wind Bullet)!" Naruto thought as he took a deep breath and fired a large wind bullet at the water wave.

The two attacks met with explosive results as the water was sent showing in all directions as heavy rainfall, Naruto and Cross locked blades again in a flurry of strikes before moving past one another before spinning around and locking swords again. Naruto and Cross were really battling it out to see who would walk away with their life when they separated again while watching the other for attacks.

"You're good, none have lasted this long against me. However you have to perish for the good of Kiri." Cross said as he sheathed his sword and got into an overhand Battoujutsu stance.

"I hate to disappoint but I have no intention of dying here, Kousa-san." Naruto said as he too slipped into a battoujutsu stance which Cross took notice of.

"So you're a practitioner of Battoujutsu as well, I should have know with the way you moved...Shiro-san, know that I hold no grudge against you in particular I'm just doing my duty to my country."(1) Cross admitted as he stared down Naruto while preparing to strike.

"I thank you and your warning is heeded but know that I return one in kind by saying that I can't allow you to walk away from this field." Naruto replied as he too was staring down Cross waiting for the chance to strike.

Neither of them moved as they felt each other out with their senses, nothing could break their concentration even the battle that was wrapping up below as they tuned it out. If the situation wasn't so serious you could swear that Naruto and Cross were statues with how still they were standing, suddenly the man made rainfall they were battling in came to an end. As the last drop of water hit the ground, it sounded like a crash of thunder to their ears as they raced at each other with impressive speed.

Cross had pulled his sword free a centimeter as he ran at his opponent, once he was in range he pulled his sword free. "Teikiatsu Kizu(Cyclone Cut)!"

Naruto on the other hand waited until Cross was following through with his attack to make his own, bringing his saya up and parrying Cross' blade before grabbing the hilt of his own and stepping forward to finish his own attack.

Cross didn't know what it was that saved his life, whether it was his sixth sense or the fact that he noticed his blade was knocked away. Whatever it was it saved his life as he jumped backwards at the last second which saved his life but cost him a huge diagonal gash across his chest as he was thrown back from the force of the strike.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu:Sou-ryu-sen Ikatsuchi(Paired Dragon Thunder Flash)" Naruto said as he stood up straight while sheathing his sword.

Walking over to Crosses downed form in front of the tree he fell into Naruto looked down at him with his dark yet frozen violet orbs of death, while his hand rested on the hilt of his sword. Before Naruto could utter a single word Cross, four swords came out of nowhere to be pointed at Cross before a voice spoke up.

"That tyrant the Mizukage was a fool to send your unit way out here in pursuit of us, now his mistake will be your undoing." A female voice spoke up as she stepped forward from Naruto's left revealing a woman but she had her back to him as she stepped forward towards Cross.

Cross knew that in his condition he couldn't win especially with the rest of his team dead or dying, so he decided to cut his losses and get out while he could. Especially with an opponent such as the cloaked swordsman he just fought.

"You blood traitors will meet your execution day soon enough!" Cross said as he took out a smoke pellet and tossed it at the ground beneath him.

By time people got through the fog Cross was gone completely but his voice hung in the air long enough to leave some parting words for them.

"This battle may have ended in defeat but you blood Traitors will see me again, especially you Shiro-san..." Cross' voice said before fading from the area.

"Damn, he's gone. Well you guys go deal with the bodies, while I talk with this guy." the woman ordered obviously in charge because with a simultaneous 'Hai Terumi-sama' the three shinobi and one kunoichi went off to destroy the bodies of the oinin.

"Okay not that I'm not grateful for your help but who in the name of kami are you?" the woman asked as she turned around and pointed a well manicured finger nail into Naruto's chest.

"While I'm not above answering your question, don't you think you could be a bit more polite about it? Not to mention introducing yourself first...Terumi-san was it?" Naruto replied as he took a good step back out of her range, not out of fear but precaution as he got a good look of the woman before him.

The woman was in one word; beautiful. She had ankle-length, copper-scarlet plum colored hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, and four bangs hanging in the front. Two bangs were short, with one covering her right eye, and two of them were long and crossed each other on her chest, just below her chin.

She was dressed in a long-sleeved dark blue dress that fell just below her knees. It was closed off at the front with a zipper, but was kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. The dress only covered up to the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts. Naruto could make out that underneath, she wore a mesh shirt that covered more the rest of her upper body that her dress didn't get, but stopped short of her shoulders and still left a sizeable amount of cleavage to be shown.

She had a pouch strapped to her waist and he saw shin guards that covered her knees and her feet covered in high heeled sandals, moving up to her face she wore blue lipstick and eyeshadow. And lastly upon closer inspection she had blue nail polish on.

"I apologize samurai-san and you are indeed right, I let my anger from that battle get the better of me. I am Terumi Mei and you are?" Mei said as she calmed down after doing her own analyzing of Naruto.

"Gomen, I will answer your question but, could we perhaps do so in a place that isn't out in the open? Especially considering that we just fought a team of Anbu, one of which managed to get away to identify us to his superiors." Naruto pointed out as he held up a hand to stop Mei from asking any more questions for the moment.

"Yes that would be wise, I invite you to return to one of our bases nearby with us." Mei said as she realized that he was right and that they needed to leave the area before more Kiri shinobi turned up.

Naruto agreed but said that he needed to clear his campsite not far from their position, so after getting an okay but a suggestion to hurry Naruto made his way back to his camp.

'Nice moves out there kit, both on and off the battlefield. I definitely approve of that busty redhead back there, I say that you mate with her immediately.' Kyuubi said as it chuckled within its cage.

'Urasei, erokitsune. I don't even know the woman like that, besides I thought you biju were supposed to be genderless.' Naruto replied as he bit back a groan at the way Kyuubi was about to act.

'See this is why I hate humans, even with proof staring you right in the face you disregard it completely. Well in the case of my gender it was my 60 inch penis staring them in the face, I mean really who in the name of Yami could anyone miss such an obvious thing? Even a near blind person could see that I'm 100% male if they stood face to cock with my junk...' Kyuubi said with a smugness in his voice as he began to banter on about his pure masculinity.

'Dear Kami, if you have any mercy left today please send some my way.' Naruto thought to the heavens as he finished packing his stuff up and slinging his bag over his shoulder.

Sadly for our blond swordsman, Kami was having her period that night was on one mean PMS streak that had every male entity deity, devil, and spirit otherwise taking cover in the nearest nuclear fallout shelter in order to escape the horror that would befall them if they stuck around Kami. As it was she sent Naruto something alright, her anger in the form of a brief yet violent gust of wind that knocked over a tree that fell in his direction.

With a quick jump Naruto fell forward onto the forest floor and manage to avoid getting crushed by the apocalyptic fury that was Kami. "Never mind..." Naruto muttered as he got to his feet.

'Look you crazed baka-Kitsune, get to the damned point." Naruto groaned with a mental sigh as he focused back on his tenant to find the biju still ranting.

'….Oh yeah, the point I'm trying to make is that even if I was genderless I would still involve myself with a bit of carnal pleasure every so often. Then again there was that one time I...' Kyuubi said before it started on another banter that Naruto wanted no part of so he just closed their mental connection for now.

After making his way back to Mei's group, Naruto told them he was ready. So they set out for their base with a blindfolded Naruto who was somehow to them keeping pace as they raced through the forest on foot.

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Hidden Rebel Base, Half hour later

Naruto sat before Mei and two others in a private office chamber, one was a older man named Choro(Chief Elder) and the second one was a shinobi by the named Ao. He wore a simple bluish-green kimono and a striped under-shirt with matching pants, Ao noticeably wore two talismans in his ears with the kanji for 'shō, uketamawaru' or 'to hear' written on them. He also wore a distinctive black eye patch over his right eye.

Both men stood off to the side but behind Mei as she sat at the desk with a calm expression on her face as she waited for Naruto to speak.

"Now then to answer your question from before about who I am Terumi-san..." Naruto said as he removed moved his kasa which gained a shocked expression from both Mei and Ao.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto said as he revealed his face to the trio.

"I-impossible! You're supposed to be dead!" Ao shouted as he pointed a finger at Naruto who instantly gained a frown.

"Well that isn't a way to treat someone you just met. Anyone care to explain what the hell is going on or why I'm supposed to be dead?" Naruto replied with a stoic expression as he waited for an answer from the three still shocked people in front of him...


AN: Well there it is finally, Chapter 2 done. Next chapter Naruto gets to find out about his supposed 'death' as well as a little more insight into his training with Seijuro possibly. As for the choice for the relationship picks it's gonna be a harem, although I've been getting requests for Hinata and Mei to be added. So at the end of your reviews just put whether you want Hinata or Mei added to the Harem list or possibly both, but after I get those votes in the poll will most likely be closed and done by the fourth chapter. I'm thinking of scraping Dragon Warrior of Darkness, I'm not sure it's still pending however if you guys still want to read it let me know.

1.- Both Naruto and the Anbu were regarding each other with names based on what they could distictively see of each other. ie. Naruto's cape and the Cross design on the Anbu mask. Btw You will be seeing the shinobi named Cross again.

Side note: For those wondering about how Hinata's personality is going to be in this one I'll put it to you like this: She won't be a wall flower field mouse, nor will she be an outright Ice queen bitch, there enough of those already in the story. Her personality will be balance with a slightly bigger shift towards confidence and ability.

Sitting in the only dark corner of the room is Chibi Xeno polishing his nodaichi, for those of you wondering his a six year old version of my avatar picture so yeah. Any way. "More reviews this time or I go for a Rurouni Kenshin Two-for-one special." Please review so you guys don't lose anymore characters, I can tell that once he's done with the weaklings he'll start going after title characters from both shows. Ja ne!