Undead?

A man boringly walked the winding path to the great village of Konoha. He had a crimson tank top with fish net underneath. His pants were black with a kunai pouch on his right leg and his shoes were just what regular shinobi wore. He had a black cloak with its collar up and had 'demon' in kanji on the back. A katana is slung lazily under his cloak which had a fox charm attached to a chain on its hilt.

When he reached the gates, the man couldn't help but gaze at the hokage's rock heads. He continued to walk in but then a guard stopped him.

"Do you have any papers?"

"Yeah."

The guard tried to look at his face while the stranger searched his pockets. A scarf covered his nose and mouth. He also wore a hat that almost looked like the Akatsuki's. Pretty much, the guard doesn't know what he looks like. With a satisfied snort, the man found what he was searching for. He gave the nin a scroll that was 'signed' by the hokage. Then, the stranger is in. The guard caught a glimpse of a crystal necklace.

'They need to have more guards. I would have went in even without the papers.' the stranger thought as he went from roof top to roof top. He headed for the hokage tower and decided to come in by the door. He almost forgot which door the office is but he found it. Knock-knock. "Come in!"a woman yelled clearly annoyed. The man saw her sitting on her desk signing papers.

"What's your business?"

"Seriously, baa-chan, what a rude way to speak to a friend."

Tsunade's eyes looked like they were about to pop out. "Is that really you? Naruto?"

"In the flesh!Matte,have you seen that pervert?"

"No. I still can't believe it!"She hugged him like the day he left. Naruto smiled but not the kind hedid before and took off his scarf.

"I missed you too, but we still have things we need to discuss."He is now serious."Since we beat the Akatsuki, there is nothing to worry about. Orochimaru is still around because he recently changed bodies. That Hebi-teme finally got what he wants, the last Uchicha. I'm still finding out with sensei and a few other sources."

"Hmm, so you are here to protect us or warn us?"

"Well...I'm not sure. I'm going to be here for a while and then going back to a place near Kumo."

"You're not staying?"

"Um..could you call for some of the jounin and maybe chunin."

"Fine."

After sending a hawk in the sky, the shinobi and kunoichi have gathered in the meeting room. The hokage and a mysterious man went in. The Rookie Nine but minus a few people were there, including their senseis. Kakashi as usual, read the Icha Icha series. Tsunade spoke,"The reason I summoned you here is because this man got some information about Orochimaru." There were whispers and mutters.

"How do you know we could trust him?" someone said.

"Why would you not trust me?" the man icily talked back.

The hokage just sighed,"Orochimaru might attack any day, any hour so we will just get ready for it. Oh, and Naruto could you please take off your hat, baka!" Some gasped when she said that. Without any thought, he took out his hat. His blond hair shone and it was as long as the Yondaime's. "Yondaime?"Ino gasped. "No...N-naruto?" Sakura is clearly shocked.

"I have enough surprises for one day." He muttered to Tsunade.

"That is all I have to say. You are all dismissed."

"See you later."Naruto nervously said.

He ran out the door.'Where is Jiraiya when I need him?' he thought. Then, he sensed two chakra signatures. Kakashi appeared out of nowhere. "Well, if it isn't Naruto?"

"You knew."

"Hmm...hi Sakura!" Kakashi said.

'Please tell me your lying!'he mouthed.

Sakura was crying. "Why didn't you tell us? We are your friends,right? We all thought you were dead! First Sasuke left,then you." His blue eyes showed no emotion. "Oh? Then, would that make me undead? It would be better for us if I did die." He kept thinking about that day, the day his sensei and family murdered, and the incident. Naruto then thought about the hateful glares and resentful insults. He disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Flashback...Four years ago...

Naruto had his hands behind his arms. He is full from eating ramen so he just want to wander in the streets. It was dark night and Naruto ran out of instant ramen. Something wasn't right. There were no people or pets in the streets. The moon illuminated the sky so at least he is not in total darkness. He heard a crash and turned to the noise.

A voice laughed. A masked person had a sword and a man was on the ground bleeding heavily. "Well,if it isn't the Kyuubi brat I've heard about!" Naruto gritted his teeth and then saw a Sound head band. "You work for Orochimaru!"

"No, I don't. Never heard of him for years! I'm just killing this traitor."The man pointed his sword at Naruto. "I think killing you is a bonus too, right?" Then, the man froze up. "Damn.ANBU!"He disappeared.

Naruto ran to the bleeding man. "Stay awake!" He tried to stop the bleeding and stood up to find someone. ANBU leaped from the roof and looked at the situation.He got the man and the other watched Naruto. It is bad for him that the person watching him is from ROOT.

End of Flashback...

Naruto shot up from meditation. 'Stupid ROOT! Stupid council! That stupid spy!' He thought.

'Hey stop yelling I could hear you, Gaki!' A voice growled.

'Sorry, furball just sleep in your little corner of my mind.'

'Whatever, fleshbag.'

He is in his hotel room sitting on the bed. Involuntarily, he yawned. ' Where is Ero-Sennin? He always does his lame research!' He thoughtabout him getting beaten up by angry women. Naruto put his cloak back on and jumped through the window.

Naruto went to his favorite ramen stand. He sat on the stool and sniffed the air. " What would you like?" Ayame smiled at him. "One miso ramen, please." Ayame then looked at him with shock. "It's you! So you did came back." a voice said.

"Hey, old man."

"What are we waiting for? We'll give you free ramen since you disappeared." He gleely said.

Naruto sat quietly waiting for his meal. A white haired man sat in the closest seat to him. "Why hello, gak-" Naruto had an annoyed look on his face.

"Ero-Sennin! Do you know how long you've been gone!"

Jiraiya raised his hands in defense. "Uh...I happened to pass by a perfectly good opportunity...you know..." He laughed nervously. Naruto sent killer intent that would make the strongest man run and hide. Then, the owner gave him his ramen. Jiraiya sighed with relief when Naruto started eating.

"Idakitmatsu."

"So I heard you told Tsunade-hime."

"Yeah. Like you, Sora didn't arrive yet. He either doesn't want to get caught or didn't get the information he wants."

" Do you have any clues?"

" No.."

Kakashi poofed out of nowhere with his book. "Naruto, Tsunade-sama wants you in her office."

I know that the last chapter was short but please work with me here. I'll eventually make the chapters a good length.The story will make sense later.

Things you would like to know

Matte/wait

Shinobi/ninja

Gaki/brat

Hebi-teme/snake bastard

Yondaime/Fourth

-hime/princess

Thanks! XD