All rights go to Masashi Kishimoto

Chapter 1:

Naruto Uzumaki was a strange boy. He was a prankster, a ball of sunshine, and most of all, an idiot. Or so everyone thought. Naruto's cheerful, idiotic attitude was an act. It hadn't been, not at first, but one day when the mob was chasing him, he'd just...snapped. Inside he was collected, intelligent, and quite ruthless, but no one knew that. He was the loser that had failed three times.

Right now, he was currently running through the village with a paint bucket in one hand and a paintbrush in the other. The Hokage monument was brightly colored and vandalized and now he was hungry. He felt someone behind him seconds too late and then a sharp pain ripped through his shoulder midair.

He was sent off course and he fell to the ground to hit on his back. He screamed again and arched his back as the kunai buried itself further into his shoulder, and then weakly pushed himself to his side to avoid the weapon going any deeper. He fell still after this, trying to stay conscious as the wound slowly caused a puddle of blood beneath him.

After a few minutes of this, his eyes slid shut and he fell limp, out cold from blood loss.

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Hyuk watched in satisfaction as the kyuubi brat fell to the ground screaming in pain. They were told not to wound the boy in these prank situations, but the boy had run into the forest by the Uchiha compound. No one ever came here. He'd be able to get rid of the demon for good.

He jumped down and he saw the demon's eyes close as he fell limp and he gave a dark smile, before he pulled another kunai out and placed it at the demon's throat. It had just drawn a trickle of blood when he was hit with a rock and a voice sounded out, "Hey! Leave him alone! What's the big idea?!"

His head whipped up, already preparing a glare, and he saw the last Uchiha with another rock, already glaring. Dammit! If there was a witness, he couldn't finish! He couldn't kill the Uchiha, that would spell torture and then death when he begged for it.

He pulled the kunai away and then glared at the Uchiha and jumped away. Sasuke immediately dropped his rock and ran over to Naruto. The blonde was his friend, though they kept it secret, and to see him about to be killed had been horrifying. Naruto was the only one who understood him and was strong enough to train with. The blonde was holding back for everyone else so that he would be placed on the same team as him.

He reached down and quickly picked Naruto up, putting the blonde's arm over his shoulder and staggering back to the compound, where he lived despite the ghosts that he felt haunted him. Naruto stayed with him more often than not, whenever he got the chance, which was almost every night. He even helped the blonde with his pranks.

Once he arrived back at his house, he gently laid Naruto on his side on the futon in the guest bedroom and checked him over. Finding the kunai the only main wound, he quickly grabbed some bandages and some warm water.

He winced, "Sorry, Naruto." And he pulled the blade out with a strong yank. Naruto jerked and gasped, before he fell still again and Sasuke set to work. He wiped the blood away to see Naruto's natural healing ability kick in with some steam. Since it wasn't all the way healed yet, he wrapped it in bandages and tied them tightly.

He pulled off Naruto's now bloodied jumpsuit top and the black shirt underneath it before he went to the little dresser Naruto kept here in his temporary room. He pulled out a new t-shirt and slipped it on his friend and then stepped back to clean up the mess that he'd just made.

Once everything was cleaned up, he left Naruto to rest. He knew his friend would heal just fine. He'd come here many times beaten and bloody from angry drunks and he'd been fine in the morning. That was why Sasuke was so good with medical procedures.

He glanced at the unconscious blonde one last time and then he was gone.

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Naruto walked through a sewer system, looking around in curiosity. Where was he? He finally reached a dimly lit section that had a giant cage and there was a person standing in front of the cage. He walked closer and the person turned to reveal itself to be a boy of about sixteen.

The boy had white hair, which was down to his midback, held in a low ponytail and spiky. His eyes were deep red, ringed with violet. His skin was pale. His fingers were long and calloused, proof of the frequent use of weapons. His body was lean, lithe with wiry muscles hidden in his tall frame.

His clothes were notable as well. He had a Leaf hitai-ate tied around his forehead and he wore ANBU like gauntlets that went to his elbows and covered the back of his hands up to his elbows with metal. He was wearing loose black pants that were long and tucked into his ninja sandals to billow at the bottom, much like the nobles' hakamas did. His shirt was actually two shirts. He had a loose, long sleeved, black shirt that had a V-neck. Below his first shirt was another shirt, this one mesh as was revealed when the v was filled in with the mesh. A long katana with a blue sheath completed his look, making him look very deadly indeed.

He stopped and the boy smiled, "Hello, Naruto. I've been waiting for you."

"Waiting for me? Why? Where are we?"

"We are in your mind. I am waiting because you are me and I am you, but that could not be until you met me."

"What do you mean?"

"I am the soul of your past life. My name was Naruto Senju."

"Your name was Naruto too? That's weird."

"Indeed, but I guess our soul just likes that name."

"So if you're the soul of my past life, why are you in here?"

"This is your mind, your soul. I was here, waiting for you to visit me. Once you visited me, we could bind together and be what we were meant to be."

"Well, I'd still be me, right?"

"Yes, you would. You would only change a little with my memories."

"Um, well, what do we do?"

"Just hold still."

Naruto nodded and held still and the older Naruto suddenly slammed his hand into the younger's chest. Younger Naruto gasped and then older Naruto started dissolving as younger Naruto started getting memories in his head.

After a few minutes, older Naruto was gone and younger Naruto collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

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The first thing Naruto noticed when he finally woke up was the smell of ramen. This, of course, sent him shooting up quickly and raising his nose for the smell. Realizing that it was coming from downstairs, he pulled the blankets from covering his lower half.

He stood and looked down to make sure he was dressed, and once assured he was, he started downstairs towards that delicious smell. He reached the kitchen to see an amusing sight. Sasuke was wearing a black apron with little red fans on it and making ramen in a pan.

The Uchiha looked up as he walked in the room and then his black eyes widened in shock, "Is that you, Naruto?!"

Naruto cocked his head with a frown, "Yeah, are you feeling okay?"

"Naruto, go look in the mirror."

"But why?"

"You'll understand when you get in there."

Naruto's face scrunched up in confusion and he went to the bathroom, leaving Sasuke to finish cooking. He reached the bathroom and looked in the mirror, only for his eyes to widen in shock, "WHAT?!"

He had changed completely with his new memories. Now he looked more like his old self than he'd thought he would. His hair had lightened to almost white, though it was still a bit yellow. It was down to his mid back and extremely spiky. Now he knew why his older self had kept it in a ponytail. His eyes were different as well. Starting from the pupil out, they were red that faded to violet that then faded to their original bright blue

His body had also lengthened and become lean with wiry muscles, much like his old life. His posture screamed 'dangerous' and he now looked older. All his baby fat was gone, leaving his face long with high aristocratic cheekbones. He was left looking about fourteen instead of twelve.

He stretched and sighed as he saw that his shirt, which had been too big, was now almost too small. It was tight to his body, which he could see had become quite...firm. His pants had already only gone to the middle of his shins, but now they looked more like capris. He would have to rectify his choice of wardrobe. Looking at the orange made his eyes hurt...and his chest. He couldn't believe he'd actually worn these. It broke his heart to see how much of an idiot everyone saw him as. Though he would keep it for now. He still wanted to be put on Sasuke's team after all.

Speaking of Sasuke, he looked a hell of a lot like Izuna. He got the familiar pang in his heart when he thought of his old childhood friend. He remembered Izuna's death, his funeral. He had been mad at his dad for days after Izuna had died, blaming him for his friend's death. After a while though, he'd realized that his dad hadn't had a choice and that it had been an accident. He'd forgiven his dad after that, but he still mourned Izuna even now. With Sasuke's familiar face, he had to be a direct relative of the other Uchiha.

He shook his head of his sad thoughts and then used a hairbrush from Sasuke's bathroom, why he had that, Naruto didn't know, wasn't his hair too short?, and brushed his spiky hair, trying to tame it. It didn't work and he resolved to get a hair tie as soon as possible. He sighed and set the hairbrush down, before he headed back towards the kitchen.

He reached it and Sasuke was just making bowls. The Uchiha looked up, "See what I mean?"

"Yeah, yeah, I see what you mean."

"So…?"

"What?"

Sasuke scowled, "Explanations! You know that!"

Naruto gave an innocent face, "How was I supposed to know?"

Sasuke then spoke in a warning tone, "Naruto."

Naruto sighed, "Fine. This may sound utterly crazy, but I am a reincarnation."

"A reincarnation?"

"Yes, of a person named Naruto Senju, the only son of Tobirama Senju, the Nidaime Hokage. I was so close to dying earlier that I was brought together with my past life and we merged."

"You're a reincarnation? Of a Senju?"

"Yes."

"I don't believe you."

Naruto huffed and then smirked and clapped his hands. Sasuke looked at him in confusion until a tree root rose from the ground and wrapped around the Uchiha, effectively trapping him. Naruto gave a triumphant smile, "Proof!"

Sasuke's jaw dropped and then he sighed and slumped, "I see. You're just as odd as ever. Alright, I believe you. Can you let me go? My food's getting soggy."

The roots sunk into the ground again. It wasn't a well known fact that Naruto Senju had, in fact, held the ability to use the Mokuton, but he did and had trained with his Uncle Hashirama on it, agreeing to keep it a secret advantage.

Sasuke sat down in his chair and Naruto grabbed his chopsticks and started eating immediately, famished from almost dying. Sasuke just rolled his eyes, "I guess my food's good." And started eating his own.

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Sarutobi was sitting in his office a few days later looking over the graduates from the academy and making teams when his door busted open and Naruto came in, looking pissed. He looked up, lighting his pipe, "What's wrong this time, Naruto?"

"What's wrong?! WHAT'S WRONG?! WHAT HAS THIS VILLAGE COME TOO?! WHAT THE HELL KIND OF GRADUATION TEST WAS THAT?! I COULD'VE PASSED THAT WITH MY ARMS TIED UP AND MY EYES BLINDFOLDED! DO YOU WANT THEM TO DIE ON THEIR FIRST REAL MISSION?!"

Sarutobi actually 'eeped' from the killer intent coming off of the blonde, dropping his pipe, "Um, Naruto, what are you talking about? Why are you so angry?"

Naruto eyed him with his odd...red, blue, and purple eyes, and Sarutobi felt a horrible premonition. That long hair was familiar. That color of red in his eyes was familiar. That killing intent was familiar. Now, Sarutobi felt a horrible, horrible suspicion he had was right and he was scared. The great God of Shinobi, third Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, was scared. He had a feeling that someone he feared had come to haunt him after being dead for sixty years.

Naruto's eyes glowed like a demon's and he seemed to tower over Sarutobi as he spoke in a deadly cold voice, "Now, now, Saru-chan, tell me why my father's standards have been completely overridden and destroyed. Why, praytell, are we trying to kill off our population?"

Sarutobi shrunk, "Naruto-sensei?"

"Yes."

Sarutobi's eyes widened, oh shit. He was screwed. He knew he should've cut the civilian council off long ago. Wait, maybe he could shift this to them and they would get utterly decimated by the pissed Senju in front of him. "U-Um, the civilian council Hashirama-sama made has been slowly stealing my power with petty decrees. Th-They changed the standards. Please don't kill me. It was them."

Naruto eyed him a moment and then shrunk and his eyes stopped glowing, "I will fix it. I expect you to gain your power back, Saru-chan. That test was pitiful. I can't believe that it degraded to those simple three jutsus. It's pathetic."

Sarutobi gave a sigh of relief as the killer intent was lifted and then eyed Naruto warily, "So, how did you...come back?"

"Naruto Uzumaki was my reincarnation and when he was attacked and almost killed a few days ago, out memories merged and became one. I can assure you however, that I have not lost my prowess in battle. I already tested it on the ROOT ANBU Danzo tried to send after me yesterday."

Sarutobi paled, "Oh God. We're all screwed. Konohagakure is about to get a wake up call, isn't it?"

Naruto gave a dark smirk, "Yes, it is. By the way, I expect to be on Sasuke's team. Other than that, I don't care. Ino-Shika-Cho would also be good."

Sarutobi nodded and leaned forward, a bit more relaxed now that his old sensei wasn't radiating pure killer intent, "I will take your...advice. Is that all you wanted?"

"Yes, it is. I'll be at the Team listings tomorrow. Good day, Saru-chan."

Sarutobi nodded and Naruto was gone in a blur of shunshin. As soon as he was gone though, Sarutobi banged his head on his desk, "Oh we are all screwed. The best I can do is try to avoid sensei's anger." He shuddered. Sensei was on a whole new level when he was angry. Even he couldn't stand that type of killer intent. What he'd just seen, he knew was only the tip of the iceberg. Konoha was screwed.

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The next day Naruto was indeed at team listings. He had, as soon as he'd graduated, gleefully burned all the orange jumpsuits with a fire jutsu Sasuke had needed a target for. He had immediately gotten new clothes similar to his old ones.

The long, wide, flowing, black pants had definitely been once again added to his wardrobe. His shirt had changed however. Now, he wore a skin tight mesh, no sleeved shirt under a loose dark blue shirt with wide flowing sleeves that hung off of his wrists and his customary metal played ANBU gloves.

He had gone to the Senju compound, which was sealed with a blood seal, and went to the old weaponry, where he'd found his old katana, named Shirayuki. It was a long katana with the abilities to conduct elements. His father's Raijin no Ken was similar, except that it conducted lightning. Shirayuki conducted water and ice.

Shirayuki was currently tucked into the black and blue sash he was wearing wrapped around his waist. His hitai-ate was tied around his forehead and his hair was once again in a low spiky ponytail. His eyes were chips of ice as he looked around the room at the pitiful genin. None of them had even noticed that he was here except for Sasuke. He wasn't even trying for God's sake! He was just being quiet and staying still, the only movement his eyes darting around the room.

Once everyone was there, Iruka walked in, "Alright, class, quiet down! I know you're excited."

His voice was overridden and he was about to use his Big Head Jutsu when killing intent flooded the room and Naruto's cold voice echoed through the now dead silent room, "Your superior is trying to speak. Hold your tongues." The killing intent receded and he leaned back, propping his feet up on the desk as everyone turned to him. He cocked an eyebrow, "Yes?"

Kiba glared at him, "Who the hell are you?! What was that?!"

"That was a small dose of killing intent, and as for my identity, who do you think I am?"

Shikamaru's head rose up with a mutter of troublesome and looked at him with a scrutinizing eye before turning to Kiba, "It's Naruto, idiot. Troublesome, now my nap's ruined. Why'd you have to piss him off?"

Kiba's jaw dropped and then he grew angry, "There's no way that's Naruto! Naruto's a loser!"

Naruto scoffed, "Deception is a ninja's greatest tool." Iruka's eyes widened and Naruto turned back to the front of the room, "Might we continue, Iruka-sensei?"

"Um, yeah. Alright, here's the new teams…"

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Naruto just snorted as he looked at the time. Their new sensei was late...three hours late. He'd fix this. He stood, "I'll be back."

Sakura immediately shot up, "YOU CAN'T LEAVE, NARUTO-BAKA! WE'LL GET IN TROUBLE!"

Naruto just eyed her with a cold eye, "Shut your mouth. You annoy me." He heard Sasuke snort and then he was gone in a shunshin. He quickly searched the village until he found the silver-haired man from the Bingo Book standing at the Memorial Stone.

His eyes narrowed at the perverted book held in Kakashi's hand, but he set it aside and grabbed the jounin by the back of his shirt. He dragged him through the village, ignoring his perverted giggles, until he reached the academy. He walked straight up the wall, leaving Kakashi slightly stunned, and then threw him in the window, "I'm back. Here's our new sensei. Watch out Sakura, he's a pervert."

Sakura's eyes narrowed at the word pervert and Kakashi smartly put away his book, "My first impression of you is...you're boring. Roof in five minutes." Then he was gone.

Naruto scoffed and grabbed Sasuke, leaving Sakura, and walked up the side of the building. He reached the roof and set Sasuke down, turning to Kakashi to see his book out again. His eye twitched, "If I see that book, I will burn it. And trust me, I can. Ask Saru-chan."

Kakashi eyed him and Naruto's eyes narrowed as he started performing a fast set of seals. Kakashi's eye widened and Naruto put his hand to his lips, "Fire Style: Great Fireball!"

Kakashi's eye widened further and he quickly dodged the blast of flame, landing about five feet away. He abruptly found himself unable to move his feet and he looked down to see roots steadily creeping up his legs and holding him still. Naruto walked up to him, "Now put the book away."

Kakashi put it away and Naruto gave an innocent smile, "That's better, Kashi-chan. I don't want to see it out again. Kay? Good boy." And he patted the jounin's head like a dog.

The roots disappeared and Kakashi quickly scurried away to the other side of the building, "You scare me."

"I scare the Hokage. Please, you're nothing."

Kakashi eyed him suspiciously and sat down, waiting for Sakura. Sasuke hid a chuckle at Kakashi's wariness. This was going to be amusing.

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Kakashi reached the meeting for the new jounin instructors and Sarutobi leaned forward, "First impressions starting at Team One?"

"They are going to fail."

"Team Two?"

"Same."

"Three?"

"Ditto."

"Four?"

"As well."

Sarutobi sighed, this was going to be a bad batch. "Five?"

"Yes."

"Six?"

"Fail."

"Seven?"

"They scare me."

Everyone turned to Kakashi with wide eyes and Sarutobi spoke, "What, Kakashi?"

"They scare me."

"Mind explaining?"

"They are horrifying."

Sarutobi's eyes lit up and then he winced, "Oops, I forgot I gave you Naruto. My advice is to let him do his own thing. You'll regret it if you don't."

Kakashi's eyebrow rose, as did all the other jounin's. Asuma spoke, "Why, might I ask?"

Sarutobi turned to him, "You know my old sensei, the really scary one? The one that shares the same name as Naruto?"

Asuma paled, "Oh dear God. Please don't tell me…"

"He came back. He came back pissed. Yes."

Asuma paled further and his cigarette dropped as he shivered in fear. His father had told many stories of the scary Naruto Senju. If that kid could scare his father, still scare his father, they were all fucked. "You...You're sure it's him?"

"I am sure."

"Dear God. God help us all if he's on a warpath."

"Indeed. Now, continue. Team Eight?"

"Might pass."

"Nine is still in circulation. Ten?"

"Might pass."

"Eleven?"

"Might pass."

"Twelve?"

"Might pass as well."

"Thank you. Good luck on your tests tomorrow. Oh, and Kakashi, under any circumstances, any, do not tell Naruto to come after you with the intent to kill. You won't live to regret it."

Kakashi turned extremely worried at this and nodded, "Alright, I won't."

"Thank God. I don't want to replace you. You may go."

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