Naruto: Revenge

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

"Hello" - Normal speech.

"Hello" - Thoughts.

"Hello" - Tailed beast.

-Forest, real world-

Getting up from his spot, Naruto was just about to leap away when he heard the sound of someone landing on the branch behind him, a familiar wave of chakra tingling at his senses. Glancing over his shoulder, Naruto couldn't help but frown as four more figures came to a stop behind the first one.

"Hello Jiraiya-sensei, so they sent you to kill me."

Rewritten Chapter 2: Preparation

"Naruto, I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to bring you back" Jiraiya replied, smiling in that kindly way of his.

Before Naruto could reply, the four Jonin that had followed Jiraiya attacked, leaping from their branches with clear intent to kill. As the four Jonin got within striking distance, the two on the blonds right side suddenly stiffened and dropped to the ground, while the other two leapt away in a rush. Landing on a separate branch, the two shinobi looked to their downed comrades in shock, noticing the two kunai in each of their comrades skulls, kunai that were clearly thrown by an enraged Jiraiya.

"What the hell is going on here!? You are attacking a fellow shinobi of Konoha, stand down or I will consider this an act of treason." Jiraiya snarled, eyes narrowed in anger as two more kunai found their way into his hands.

"We can't allow the demon scum to return to the village Jiraiya-sama, he must be eliminated." One of the Jonin shouted in reply "You heard him at the gate, he renounced his allegiance to Konoha, which means he is no longer a Konoha nin. If you continue to interfere, we will be forced to arrest you for treason."

Jiraiya blinked.

Naruto blinked.

They both broke out in laughter.

"Shut up! What's so funny?" the two Jonin shout angrily, completely opposed to being laughed at.

"Y-you arrest me? Oh kami, I needed that laugh" Jiraiya chuckled, eyes watering in amusement.

In a blur of movement, the toad sennin vanished from his spot and reappeared behind the two Jonin, his two kunai pierced deep into their hearts. Both Jonin dropped to the ground lifelessly, ignored by their killer as he simply wiped his blades clean and tucked them away, before turning to his young apprentice with a wide smile. "Right then, overconfident fools aside, I'm here to escort you back to the village Naruto."

"I'm not going back Ero-Sennin," Naruto replied, eyes bleeding crimson as he tapped into the Kyuubi's power. "I hate it there, everyone but you, Tsunade-baachan and the Ichiraku's hates me. Do you think I didn't hear them cheering after I left? No, I'm not going back there and if I ever set foot in that village again, it will be so that I can reduce it to ashes"

"If you leave now, you'll be branded a missing-nin," Jiraiya countered, hoping his apprentice would see reason. "You still have the Akatsuki after you, you'll be much safer in Konoha Naruto."

"It doesn't matter, I bet they've already marked me a missing-nin and I would probably be safer with Akatsuki than I would in Konoha" Naruto replied, turning his back on his sensei.

"You know that's not true Naruto, Tsunade wouldn't let them do that." Jiraiya replied, frowning as he noticed that his words were no longer reaching the young teen. "I cant let you leave Naruto, you're going back even if I have to use force, it's for your own safety."

He didn't really want to force Naruto back, but Jiraiya knew he had no choice, he couldn't let his apprentice leave like this; it just wasn't safe. With both the hunter-nin and the Akatsuki after him, an untrained shinobi like Naruto wouldn't last very long, the only question was which group would get their hands on him first.

"So... this is how it's going to be, eh sensei?" Naruto asked, his shoulder slumping in defeat.

"I'm afraid so Naruto, it truly is for your own good." Jiraiya replied, glad that the blond has finally seen reason.

As Jiraiya took a single step closer, Naruto exploded into action, his chakra flaring and his hands rising to a familiar position. Caught off guard by the sudden move by his apprentice, Jiraiya was unable to stop Naruto from drawing on the small reserve of chakra provided by the fox and casting his signature jutsu

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Hidden within the smoke of the appearing clones, Naruto began running as fast as he could go, putting as much distance between himself and his fearsome sensei. As the smoke cleared, Jiraiya could only look on in shock at the sight before him, his vision filled with an endless sea of orange. He knew Naruto could make quite a lot of clones, but this was really too much. There had to be over two, no, three thousand of them, all running in different directions.

Only a single clone remained behind, tasked to deliver Naruto's final message to his sensei. "I'll be back eventually to make the villagers pay sensei, I can only that hope you'll take Tsunade-baachan and the Ichiraku's and leave the villagers to their fate."

With it's message delivered, the clone turned and ran off after its brothers.

Jiraiya could only sigh and turn back to the village, there was just no way he could find the real Naruto before the teen made it past one of the borders, there was no point trying.

'Ugh that gaki really knows how to make trouble for others, Tsunade is going to kill me for this.'

-Konoha Hospital-

As Sasuke returned to the land of the conscious, he noticed that he was laying on a bed within a hospital, well he was assuming it was a hospital based on the white ceiling and walls, he also noticed that his hands and feet were restrained and strapped to the bed.

"Sasuke-kun, you're awake" an annoyingly high-pitched voice squealed from beside him.

Looking to his right, Sasuke released an annoyed sigh as he noticed Sakura sitting on a chair beside him 'So, the dobe beat me, eh? Well this isn't over, I'll make sure that baka is executed for daring to lay his hands on an Uchiha.'

"Sakura? What happened? The last thing I remember is the dobe attacking me after I agreed to return to Konoha" Sasuke muttered weakly, adopting a mask of innocence.

"Grr, damn that Naruto, I knew there was no way that baka could beat you without cheating Sasuke-kun." Sakura growled, easily falling for his manipulations. "You don't have to worry about the dobe anymore Sasuke-kun, after seeing what he did to you, we ran that demon out of the village"

'Dammit, he cant be executed if he ran away, how am I supposed to gain the Mangekyou now?' Sasuke cursed, eyes narrowing in anger. 'Whatever, as long as the dobe isn't here to get in my way, I can escape and get to Orochimaru. Now, how do get out of here? Hmm.. this is going to cost me, it had better be worth it'

Looking over at Sakura, Sasuke applied his most charming smile. "That's good, thank you for taking care of me Sakura. With that baka gone, I can finally be with you without him getting in our way"

"Oh Sasuke-kun, I knew you loved me," Sakura swooned, blushing a bright shade of red. "When I see that baka Naruto, I'm going to kill him for getting in the way of true love"

Suppressing his disgust, Sasuke lightly rattled his restraints and frowned. "Sakura dearest, would you be so kind as to undo these straps so that I may embrace you?"

"Eep," Sakura squealed, her blush darkening in color. "Of course I can Sasuke-kun, anything for you."

As soon as he was free, Sasuke vanished and reappeared behind Sakura, knocking her out with a simple chop to the neck. "Foolish girl, as if an Uchiha would ever be associated with such a weakling, for freeing me I will spare your life this once"

With that he leapt out the window, made a mad dash for the nearest wall and escaped into the forest, headed straight for Otogakure.

-Hokage's Office-

Tsunade sat at her desk, waiting for Jiraiya to return with Naruto, her hands tightly gripping her Sake bottle. 'Please come back safe Naruto, I'm sure we can make the village see you as the hero you are, they just need more time.'

Her thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of Jiraiya via the window, alone. "Where's Naruto, did he head to the hospital or his house? Where is he pervert."

"I'm sorry Tsunade-hime, I couldn't bring him back, he was able to escape from me" Jiraiya answered in a solemn tone, prepared to leap away at the first sign of a thrown punch.

"What!?" Tsunade shrieked, the word was spoken with so much anger that Jiraiya truly feared for his life "You're a fucking Sannin, how did a beaten up and exhausted Genin manage to escape from you!?"

Shaking like a leaf in the wind, Jiraiya managed to provide a reply, and unknown to him it was one of the few correct replies that saved him from being punched clear out of the village, "I tried to bring him back but we were attacked by four Jonin that had followed me from the village, that didn't really help to sway him and when I went to grab him, he created more shadow clones than should be humanly possible and managed to run away"

After a few calming breaths, Tsunade glanced up at him, her eyes burning with suppressed rage. "And the Jonin that attacked him?"

"I killed them."

"Good, I suppose we can only hope that he comes back on his own, at least this day cant get any worse" Tsunade sighed, dropping into her seat.

It was at that moment a chunin chose to burst into the office.

"Hokage-sama, Uchiha Sasuke has escaped from the hospital!"

"Great, fucking great, how was he able to get out of the restraints?" she growled, already having an idea of just how the Uchiha escaped.

"It appears he was freed by Haruno Sakura." the Chunin explained, quailing under the vengeful glare of his Hokage.

"Of course he was, send out as many teams as you can to find him." Tsunade replied, sensing as the ANBU within the office vanish in search of the Uchiha. "Oh and have Haruno Sakura taken to Ibiki, maybe he can find out why she felt the need to release a known traitor, just under an hour of his capture at that."

"Hai Hokage-sama" the Chunin saluted, running off to complete his duties.

Tsunade sighed once more and slouched in her seat, pulling out a full bottle of Sake and two cups "Sit down and tell me exactly what happened with Naruto."

Jiraiya flopped down into one of the other chairs in the room but before he could begin his tale, the office doors were thrown wide open and in walked Danzo and his minions, otherwise know as Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, the Hokage's advisers.

"Great, what do you three want" Tsunade snapped, completely out of patience at this point.

Of course it was Danzo who answered "We are only here to inform you of the councils decision on the rank and bounty of the traitor Hokage-sama"

"Oh? Is that so and what has the Uchiha been marked as?" Tsunade asked, a single brow raised in question.

"You misunderstand Hokage-sama, we meant the traitor Uzumaki Naruto" Koharu replied, eyes darting to Danzo's form as she speaks

"What!?" Jiraiya and Tsunade both shouted, leaping to their feet.

"Naruto is not a traitor, if anyone deserves to be put in the bingo book it's the Uchiha." Jiraiya snarled, fingers clenching open and closed in anger.

"The boy left the village without permission, that makes him a missing-nin and he will be treated like one. Uchiha Sasuke on the other hand, has just been misguided by the cursed seal and should be retrieved, we cant afford to lose the Sharingan" Danzo countered.

Remembering something from his earlier battle, Jiraiya smirked, much to Danzo's annoyance. "Uzumaki Naruto resigned as a shinobi before he left the village, as such he was no longer a Konoha nin, so we cant place him in the Bingo book."

Hearing this Tsunade gave a smirk of her own, but their hopes were soon dashed as Danzo grinned and passed them a signed form.

"According to the law, he is still in service of Konoha as the paperwork for retirement has yet to be filed. As such, Uzumaki Naruto is officially declared a missing-nin" Homura explained, causing both sannin to frown deeply. "By order of the Konoha council, Uzumaki Naruto will be ranked an A class criminal with a kill on sight order and a bounty of 90 million ryo. Uchiha Sasuke will be ranked as a C class missing-nin, with a capture only order and a bounty of 120 million ryo. That is all, good day Hokage-sama."

With that, the three turn and leave, their goals accomplished. As soon as the three elders are gone, Tsunade dropped back into her chair, angrily crushing the Sake bottle in her hand.

-The next day-

Naruto awoke to the sounds of birds in the morning, a strange event as he was usually woken by the loud beeping of his alarm clock. Taking a few seconds to gain his bearings, the blond teen leapt to his feet and prepared to set out. He was currently in a cave around the border of Fire country and River country, a cave he was able to find before passing out from chakra exhaustion.

'Well, I'm finally free of Konoha, it feels so good not having to worry about what people think of me anymore or trying to gain their acceptance.' Naruto mused as he set out, lazily walking through the forest in thought. 'Where should I go now? I cant go to Suna, they're allies with Konoha and I cant go to wave either, that would be the first place they would look for me."

A rustle in the bushes drew him from his thoughts, a kunai finding its way to his hand in an instant, but Naruto sighed in relief a moment later; it was only a squirrel. His heart still racing in his chest, the blonde sheathed his weapon in his pouch and resumed walking, losing himself in thought once more.

"I need to go somewhere they would never think to check, somewhere I can lay low to avoid Akatsuki and hunter-nin, it also needs to be a place where I can do some research on what I want from the Kyuubi..." The blond frowned, racking his brains for any sort of idea "Hmm... wait, I've got it! That's the last place anyone would think to look for me'

With a mischievous grin on his face, Naruto leapt into the treetops and set out, a clear destination in mind.

-10 months later-

The last ten months had been quite good to Naruto, he was able to avoid both the Akatsuki and hunter-nin by doing the one thing no one would expect of him, he laid low and became a civilian. After easily defeating a band of bandits for money, he'd applied a Transformation and bribed his way into Kurang, the capital city of Fire Country and home to the Fire Lord.

After entering the city, he immediately changed his looks the old fashioned way, with makeup and dye. His spiky, blond locks had been dyed a dark red, a pair of black contact lenses served to hide his distinct eyes, and an application of makeup served to cover up his whisker marks, with the addition of civilian clothing, he was completely unrecognizable.

Once his disguise was in place, Naruto had set about with his two final tasks, finding a job and a place to live. He'd originally chosen to live in Kurang for one reason, it was said to house the biggest library in all the elemental counties, they had information on almost everything known to mankind; as well as books that were saved from the days before the great demon wars.

Through the use of some lies, and a simple genjutsu taught to him by the Kyuubi, Naruto was able to not only get a job at the national library, but he was allowed to rent the attic space so he could serve as a security guard at night; it really was the best he could hope for.

From then on his days were spent reading as much as he could while working, he would then spend his nights sleeping while an army of shadow clones read all they could, Naruto couldn't help but grimace every time he remembered just how he'd found out about the shadow clones memory transfer.

XXFlashbackXX

He'd just arrived at a cave on the border of Fire and River country, tired, sore and extremely exhausted from running away from Jiraiya, this cave was a good sight for sore eyes. Choosing to stop here for the night, he sent out a mental command for his clones to dispel. As soon as they'd all dispelled, he passed out from the immense pain, his brain throbbing from the thousands of different memories flowing into his mind, he woke up the next day after spending all night listening to Kyuubi berate him on his idiocy.

It was thanks to said demon that he was able to survive the information overload from the dispersed clones and not end up a vegetable, he still had a painful headache for days but he was excited with his new training method.

XXFlashback EndXX

Studying at night with clones was the only ninja activity Naruto took part in, he didn't want to risk being found out, no matter how unlikely that was, so he did his best to appear as a normal civilian teen.

It took him over six months to finish everything of interest in the library, there were still thousands of books he hadn't even touched yet, but everything he found interesting was already read. Even with the help of his clones, there were too many books to read and far too much information to squeeze into his head. Regardless, he was now one of the most knowledgeable people in the country.

He read about everything he found interesting, which ranged from a large variety of subjects, be it fact or fiction, he read it. Not many people would suspect it but reading was in fact one of Naruto's favorite pastimes, he was first introduced to a book at age five by the Sandaime Hokage, ever since that day he'd loved to read any book he could get his hands on, which wasn't that many since he was never allowed in the library, anything he read he got from the Hokage; however, now that he had one of the greatest libraries at his disposal, he absorbed all the knowledge he could, read all the books he could get his hands on.

While going through a few of the ancient, preserved texts, he discovered something called 'Manga', ancient comics depicting fictional stories written by long dead authors. These were the most interesting and entertaining to him, as many of these 'Manga' provided him with all sorts of requests to make with his nine wises; he could become one of the most powerful ninja to ever exist and with what he had learned from the Kyuubi, it would be that much easier.

XXFlashbackXX

While his body was currently deep asleep, Naurto was still awake within his mindscape going through a few of the memorized 'Mangas' and deciding what he wants from the Kyuubi. It was at this moment that said demon looked over at what his host was reading and noticed something interesting.

"Interesting, I wonder how you humans were able to chronicle the multiverse"

"The multi what?" Naruto asked in confusion, not recognizing the word.

"The multiverse, it is a place made up of endless portals each leading to a separate world and dimension, those books you are reading seem to tell stories of what happens in a few of these realms."

"Really? That's quite interesting actually, say Kyuubi, is there anyway I could go to these other realms?"

"I suppose you could if you were escorted by a god or a certified dimensional traveler, without escort or permission, you would face punishment for breaking one of the decrees set by the elder gods. If you like, I can escort you through some of these realms after I ascend, but only three or four as I'll need to sleep in order to regain my energy."

"Yes, I think I would like that, there are some abilities these books that I want, getting them straight from the source would be most beneficial."

With that he returned to his reading, excitedly making plans for the future.

XXFlashback EndXX

-3 months later-

It was finally time, all around the elemental countries many of the Biju were getting in contact with their hosts and explaining just what would be happening soon and why they would be gaining a new tail.

With the approaching event, Naruto had made his way back to the cave on the border, he'd quit his job five days ago and spent the last four days traveling to this cave; a long trip as he had to travel at civilian speeds in order to avoid suspicion.

While making such a trip was both long and boring, Kyuubi had informed him that the unsealing they had planned would be quite destructive and the power released would most likely attract a lot of attention; hence the reason they were quite a distance from the nearest village.

Within his mindscape, Naruto watched in fascination as the Kyuubi twitched in pain, it's howls echoing of the sewer walls. The last hour had been spent watching and listening to the beast scream in pain, it would appear that growing a new tail of power was quite a painful and lengthy process, but quite rewarding.

He could easily feel the sheer amount of power rolling off the beast, he had thought the Kyuubi was powerful before, but now it was like comparing a fresh out of the academy genin with a Kage, the difference in power was humongous; who would have thought that one single tail of power would give so much.

Finally, after several painful minutes, the newly crowned Juubi settled down and released a relieved sigh.

"Congratulations on your ascendancy Juubi-sama." the blond offered, grinning widely "Now then, shall we move on to setting you free?"

"Indeed, we should hurry up, the sooner I'm free the better." Juubi replied, returning his grin. "In order to allow me influence over your body and chakra you must tear off half the seal, once I have completed my end of the bargain, you will remove the other half and set me free"

"Alright, that sounds easy enough." Naruto nodded, stalking up to the large cage and ripping off half of the paper tag that represented the Shinigami's seal.

"Good, now what are your nine requests, be specific and make them count, once done they can not be undone."

Naruto's grin widened as he gazed up at the fox "First off..."