Morph

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the other Animes I may 'burrow' techniques from.


Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage, sat with his head in his hands as his mind tried to wrap around the information he had just been provided.

Naruto knew about the Kyuubi.

Well, crap.

Of course he had always planned on telling the boy about his burden but he had planned to do it after Naruto became a genin, now the boy had found out about it -from the demon itself- and was royally pissed.

A bad situation but still, nothing he couldn't handle. He would just have to explain it to the boy and hope he could understand.


"..that's when I made the law about keeping your status secret so you could have a chance with the younger generation." Sarutobi finished with a regretful expression on his face.

Naruto's glare persisted. "Fat load of good that did." The boy hissed causing the Sandaime to flinch once more.

"I'm sorry dear boy, the Yondaime had truly wanted you to be seen as a hero but the villagers were too filled with grief and hate to see past the demon contained within you." Sarutobi explained with a solemn expression.

Naruto sighed after a moment. "At least my father wasn't the utter bastard I had thought he was."

"Of course not, Minato was...wait what?" Sarutobi's eyes widened as Naruto's sentence caught up to him.

This was bad.

The hate filled glare returned as Naruto scowled at him.

"Oh yes, did I forget to mention that?" The boy sneered. "Let's talk about dear old dad why don't we."

Very very bad.


Naruto knew about his Father.

Well, fuck.

Why oh why couldn't the damn fox keep its thrice damned mouth shut about state secrets? Well if Naruto was pissed off before he was five times more pissed now.

Another bad situation but he could deal with it. Naruto was proving more sensible than usual today, he would simply have to explain about his fathers enemies and how the information was kept secret to protect him. Perhaps he could even appease the boy by telling him about his mother.


"...and they both loved you, they truly did." Sarutobi finished smiling sadly at the look on the boys face.

Naruto wiped away his tears and turned his bright eyes back to the Hokage.

"And my godparents?" He asked after a moment. "My parents must have chosen for someone to care for me in case they died, what happened to my godparents?"

Sarutobi winced.

"Your godfather was Jiraiya, the.." Sarutobi began.

"Toad Sannin and mentor of the Yondaime." Naruto finished with a frown.

Sarutobi looked shocked for a moment before he schooled his expression. "You seem more mature and knowledgeable than I remember Naruto." Sarutobi stated with slightly narrowed eyes.

"You're assuming you knew anything about me." The boy replied with a roll of his eyes. "Did you really think anyone could go through the life I have and come out so cheerful and happy?"

Sarutobi grimaced, how could he not have seen it before? Of course Naruto wore a mask, had he really believed that the boy would grow up to be such a cheerful ball of energy with the life he had lived?

"I'm so sorry Naruto." The man said in a saddened tone.

"Whatever." The boy scoffed. "My godfather?"

Sarutobi sighed.

"Jiraiya was and still is one of the villages top spy masters, due to the nature of his work there was no way he could travel around while taking care of a child, it was simply too dangerous. There was also no possible way for him to stay and care for you within the village since he was needed to maintain the spy network." Sarutobi explained.

Naruto frowned but nodded in understanding.

Sarutobi smiled slightly. "I can tell you that he does care for you though, he always stops by to drop off a gift for you each year around your birthday and each time he sends a report he asks about you."

Narutos eyes widened at this. "A gift?" He asked.

"Of course, where do you think your goggles and that cute nightcap and wallet came from?" Sarutobi asked with a raised brow.

Naruto smiled softly at this, he had found said gifts on his doorstep each year and although he had never known who dropped them off they were his most cherished items.

"My godmother?" Naruto asked after a few minutes of silence.

Sarutobi sighed once again.

"Tsunade of the Sannin." He replied simply.

Naruto scowled "And why isn't she here?"

Sarutobi frowned before he set about explaining about Tsunade and her many, many issues.

"So, she hates Konoha simply because her brother and fiance died?" Naruto asked in an even tone.

Sarutobi nodded. "She was also best friends with your mother and Kushina's death hit her hard, it was the last straw and Tsunade left the very next day."

Naruto grit his teeth.

"That bitch." He hissed angrily.

Sarutobi scowled. "Now Naruto, you have to understand that she suffered many losses to the village."

"So what?" The boy hissed "This is a Ninja village, how many others have lost those they loved? Why should she get to shirk her responsibilities when others would be hunted down for doing the same?"

Try as he might Sarutobi couldn't come up with a defense for his former student. He was slightly taken off guard by the malice held in the small child's words as well as Naruto's larger vocabulary, this Naruto was nothing like the one he saw everyday; how could he have missed it?

'How could I have failed him so?'

In an effort to regain control of the conversation and calm Naruto down Sarutobi decided to change the subject.

"Naruto what happened with the Kyuubi?" He asked after a moment. "Your seal vanished and I can't sense any demonic chakra coming from you."

The boy smirked devilishly.

"Well..."


Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage, sat with his head in his hands as his mind tried to wrap around the information he had just been provided.

"Let me get this straight." The old man said after a moment. "The Kyuubi tried to possess you in order to free itself?"

Naruto nodded.

"Right when you were about to set it free a manifestation of the Yondaime and the Shinigami appeared within your mind."

Nod.

"The two then proceeded to activate a back up in the seal that not only destroyed the Kyuubi but left you with all the power the seal had managed to drain over the last decade, the equivalent of six tails."

Nod again.

"This is just, just unbelievable Naruto." Sarutobi groaned as he shook his head.

Naruto crossed his arms and scowled. "Well that's what happened Hokage-sama."

Sarutobi frowned at the formal address, what he wouldn't give to have the old Naruto back. He could still see parts of the old Naruto in this new one from the pout currently on his face and his excitement and sadness over the things they had discussed but the new Naruto was different as well. This Naruto was sarcastic, rude, cynical and could turn emotionless at the drop of a hat, he had seen the darkness inherent in his race and held no love for them; this Naruto was like many of his ANBU after a few years on the job.

"I'll have to inform the council of this Naruto, we'll most likely have to get a Hyuuga and a Yamanaka to take a look." The Sandaime explained. "If no trace of the Kyuubi is found then I guess we can announce the news to the villagers."

Naruto frowned. "Assuming I even decide to stay in the village." He stated after a moment.

Sarutobi's eyes widened. "What do you mean Naruto? You can't leave."

The boy glared at him. "You forget, Hokage-sama, that I am both an orphan and a civilian. It is well within my rights to leave the village whenever I please." The boy replied.

Sarutobi paled.

Naruto was correct and if his story about the Kyuubi was true then the boy could in fact pack up and leave and no one could legally stop him. If he was still a Jinchuriki then it was another matter but if what he had said about the Kyuubi was true, and Sarutobi was sure it was, then Naruto could leave whenever he pleased.

"This is your home Naruto, where will you go?" Sarutobi asked worriedly as he tried to find some way to keep the boy in the village.

"A home that abused me for years for something I had no control over." The boy countered "Besides I'm sure I can find a home in one of the other hidden villages."

"What about your dream? Don't you want to be Hokage?" Sarutobi asked hoping to appeal to some part of old Naruto.

Naruto scoffed and rolled his eyes. "That was never my dream, simply another part of the mask. I wasn't as stupid as I acted, I would have to be a fool to believe that the villagers would actually allow me to become Hokage; especially with the amount of hatred they held for me."

"But that can change Naruto, you can still become Hokage; once the village learns about the Kyuubi's demise their feelings for you will change." Sarutobi replied grasping at straws.

Naruto scoffed once more. "And why would I want to be leader of a village full of idiots and hypocrites? No thanks, my dream is now to become as powerful as I can; I will become the strongest ninja alive and make my parents proud."

"Then you'll stay in the village?" Sarutobi asked, smiling softly at Naruto's words. "Your parents would have liked for you to grow up in the village they once called home."

Naruto frowned slightly and glared at the older man. "If they were the kind of people you said they were then they would have wanted me to be happy above all else." Naruto grit out. "There's no way I can be happy in this village, and the first chance I get I'll be leaving, unless..."

"Unless what? What will it take for you to stay Naruto? I'll do anything." Sarutobi pleaded, he couldn't let Minatos legacy leave just like that.

Naruto grinned darkly. "I want everything that belongs to me, family scrolls, money, clan status, everything." The boy replied.

Sarutobi paled farther.

"I can't ju.."

"Yes, you can." Naruto interrupted. "I don't care about my fathers enemies, I've faced more danger from within the village than I would from outside it."

Sarutobi seemed to ponder this for a few minutes. What Naruto said was true, he had faced plenty of danger in his ten years. Also without the stigma of the Kyuubi, the shinobi forces and ANBU may work to actually protect the boy rather than harm him.

The Sandaime sighed. "Very well Naruto, as the last living member of the Namikaze and Uzumaki clans you can claim everything that belongs to both clans, you can then become clan head when you are officially an adult at the age of 18 or at the rank of genin."

Naruto smirked victoriously. "Good choice, had you said no I would have simply taken them and left." The boy replied.

Sarutobi gaped.

"You forget that I'm not as stupid as I pretended to be, I actually read the books assigned in class so I know many of the clan laws. Had I wanted to I could have taken what I wanted and left." The boy explained.

Sarutobi simply nodded and stood. His pride refused to let him forget the fact he had just been played by a ten year old child, a devious and ingenious little ten year old. He smiled softly as he thought about the pranks Naruto usually played, perhaps the new Naruto had always been there in plain view and they had never realized it; after all some of those pranks required stealth and planning well above the level of the old Naruto.

"Very well Naruto, I'll go prepare your things and call the council...although I'm sure they've already gathered after the first spike of Kyuubi's chakra." The Sandaime said.

Turning at the door he looked over the form of the young boy he had failed and gave a sigh.

"I'll send an ANBU to get you when the time comes." He stated as he closed the door.


Naruto watched as the door shut behind the Sandaime and smirked.

Perfect.

Things had gone far better than he had expected, not only had the old man bought the lie about the Kyuubi but he had also handed over the belongings of the Namikaze and Uzumaki clans.

Just perfect.

'I'll show all these bastards, Konoha will pay for how it treated me." The blond swore within his mind. 'I'll become the most powerful ninja alive and when they ask me to become Hokage, to lead and protect them, I'll look them all in the eye and say, 'fuck you'.'

With that last thought he sat back and began testing his new abilities.


Naruto's attention was drawn to the door of his room when he heard someone knocking.

"It'sss open." The boy hissed before cursing mentally and shifting his tongue back to normal.

'Note to self: Snake tongue, looks cool but not good for talking.'

The door opened and a silver-haired ANBU with a dog mask entered, the man wore the white cloak of an ANBU commander. From the gravity defying, silver hair Naruto could easily trace the man's identity to one of those he had read about.

'Hatake Kakashi, one of the strongest shinobi in the village and my fathers last remaining student.' Naruto thought with a frown. He had never really met Kakashi before but he had seen him around a few times, the man was one of the few in the village that was indifferent to him.

Kakashi neither liked nor hated him which was quite strange, one would think that Kakashi would hate the demon that had taken his sensei and father figure from him or at least feel some kindness for his sensei's child. This led him to believe that Kakashi actually saw him for the child he was and not the demon, yet he couldn't see far enough to place his looks with those of his father.

'He sent the ANBU commander to get me? Interesting.' Naruto thought with a frown.

"Uzumaki-san, the council demands your presence." The man drawled in a lazy tone.

Naruto nodded and stood from his bed, his pants and shirt were covered in rips and bloodstains which caused the ANBU to grip the doorknob tightly, anger flashing through his eyes.

'How could they do such a thing to a child?' Kakashi thought in anger.

Naruto, ignorant of the mans thoughts, simply grabbed his bloodstained orange jacket from a nearby chair and slipped it on, as his arms came through he noticed the ANBU watching him and was struck by an idea.


The ANBU's eyes widened when a red light flashed from the boys hand but he relaxed when nothing dangerous happened, looking at the boys hand he simply saw a small plastic ring with some seals on it; it looked like a simple toy.

"What's that?" He asked with a raised brow. Had one of the villagers given the boy a toy ring? If so then it may hold more danger than the boy knew.

Naruto grinned widely and scratched his neck sheepishly. "Just a toy I bought at the festival from a traveling merchant, it lights up when chakra is added to it." The boy replied "I was just making sure it didn't get broken."

Kakashi sighed in relief, if it was from a traveling merchant then there was no danger to it. The seals didn't look dangerous and he couldn't sense any of the dark chakra that usually went into cursed seals and explosives.

Naruto grinned as the ANBU nodded and walked over to his side. His excuse had been bought.

"I'll Shunshin us." Kakashi said grabbing the boys shoulder.

The dog masked ANBU completely missed the devious smirk on the blonds face as they vanished in a whirl of leaves.


Sarutobi and the other council members looked over to the side when a cloud of smoke appeared in the room, there was a flash of red light before the cloud cleared to reveal Naruto and the ANBU commander.

'Red light?' Sarutobi thought with a frown but he was drawn out of his thoughts when Naruto skipped over to stand beside him while the ANBU commander walked to his seat. The old man and many of the clan heads grimaced when they took in the child's ripped and bloodstained attire while some of the civilians actually smiled.

Naruto however had a wide grin on his face and looked as cheerful as ever, the mask was back in place.

"Uzumaki Naruto, do you know why you have been summoned before us?" One of the elders, Koharu, asked.

"Uh, something about the big bad fox in my tummy?" Naruto asked with an innocent expression on his face.

Sarutobi smirked, the boy was truly a talented actor.

Members of the civilian council began to mutter angrily at the mention of the Kyuubi but they were silenced when the second elder, Homura, began speaking.

"You have been summoned, Uzumaki, because of an outrageous rumor concocted by Hiruzen." Homura stated distastefully. "According to him the Kyuubi was apparently destroyed hours ago."

Sarutobi frowned at his former teammates words, many of the council had found the story just as unbelievable as he had but they would soon be proven right or wrong.

Naruto grinned and nodded cheerfully. "Yup yup, Kyuubi was all like 'Free meee' and I was all like 'Nooooo!' And then we had an epic battle before Yondaime-sama and Shinigami-sama showed up and saved Kyuubi's butt from my awesomeness, then..."

Naruto rattled on much to the amusement of those that saw him for the child he was, Sarutobi couldn't help but wonder if any had seen the true genius that lay underneath the mask.

"Yes, yes Uzumaki-san we understand," Koharu interrupted with a slight smile, unlike Homura, Danzo and the civilians she had always liked Naruto and could see him for the little boy he was, not a demon or a weapon to be used.

"Hiashi if you would." Homura muttered after the blond child had stopped talking.

Hiashi Hyuuga, head of the Hyuuga clan, nodded and stood.

"Byakugan." He intoned causing the veins around his eyes to bulge.

Naruto frowned slightly when he felt the strain on his illusion over Hiashi but grinned when the hypnosis managed to stay.

'Hmm, so even the Byakugan is susceptible to my illusions? Cool.' The boy thought with a wide grin.

The Byakugan had been know to pierce through many illusions but it would appear his brand of illusions were powerful enough to fool even that vaunted Dojutsu.

"Well?" Homura asked looking over at Hiashi.

The Hyuuga clan head frowned before he replied.

"Despite the report of an increase in the amount of demonic chakra within the boy, I can see no traces of the Kyuubi's chakra." Hiashi stated in an even tone. "His chakra is completely human, although he contains large quantities of it; far more than everyone in this room combined."

His comment brought some astonished looks from the shinobi and a hungry/greedy look from Danzo while the civilian members jumped up in outrage.

"It has to be a trick!" One man yelled. "No human child can have so much power."

"The demon is obviously getting better at blending in." A pink haired civilian shouted.

"The demon is planning something, we should kill it now before its too late." Another male shouted.

"SILENCE." Sarutobi shouted as he finally lost his patience, a spike of killer intent caused the room to immediately fall silent. "You wanted your proof and even now, after an examination from the strongest Byakugan in the village, you still deny the truth? Will you continue to let your hatred for the Kyuubi cloud your judgment in regards to an innocent child?"

He saw a flicker of emotion in a few of the council at his words but most didn't waver at all.

Through it all Naruto simply stood to the side with his ever present smile.

Danzo stood drawing everyone's attention as he prepared to speak. Sarutobi cut him off.

"No Danzo I'm not letting you turn Naruto into one of your emotionless puppets." The Sandaime said with a glare.

The one eyed man returned the glare but took his seat anyways, everyone could hear the gears turning as he tried to formulate a plan.

Sarutobi sighed as he turned to the clan heads. "Inoichi, perhaps you could display the memory for us?"

The Yamanaka clan head nodded and walked over to the young boy.

"This won't hut a bit Naruto-kun." Inoichi said in a soothing tone as he placed a hand on the boys head.

"Okay Yellow-san." Naruto replied with a wide grin causing a few to chuckle at the nickname.

Inoichi smiled before going through a set of hand seals with his free hand and pointing at a blank wall.

"Memori Hyoji no Jutsu (Memory Display Technique)." The man murmured.

A beam of white light shot from Inoichi's finger and struck the wall across from them, the second it hit the wall a white square eight feet across shimmered into view before it switched to the familiar sewer that was once Naruto's mind-scape.

The council as a whole watched as Naruto confronted the Kyuubi, some gasped in horror as they saw the demon that had once terrorized their village.

'Strange, the boy looks frightened, true but not as frightened as one would be standing before the Kyuubi.' Shikaku Nara, head of the Nara clan thought. A few others shared the same thought.

They watched as the Kyuubi explained to a frightened Naruto where they were and why they were there, they gasped in shock when the demon revealed Naruto's father as it cursed the man who had sealed it within the boy.

Kakashi's eyes widened beneath his mask. Everyone looked to Naruto with wide eyes as the same thought passed through their heads.

'He's sensei's/the Yondaime's/Minato's child? How did we never notice?'

They watched as the Kyuubi's chakra lashed out and possessed the weakened boy, weakened from an attack by the very people he was protecting.

'We could have brought about our own doom this very night, foolish civilians.' Hiashi sniffed in annoyance, an emotion that was felt by many of the other clan heads.


Mostly all of them except for the late Uchiha Fugaku had called for the boy to be given a better, well protected, life after the sealing but due to Naruto being an unknown orphan -at the time- he was left in the hands of the civilians. Although they couldn't call for his death they had made his life a living hell since day one, placing him in the worst orphanage the village had to offer, denying all requests for his adoption and keeping him weak and malnourished.

It was only when the boy entered the ninja academy instead of the civilian schools that the Hokage and Shinobi council got some form of control over his well being but by then it was far too late.


They watched as Naruto fought against the possession but was eventually forced to grab the seal, everyone gasped when both the Yondaime and the Shinigami appeared at the last moment and grabbed hold of the seal at the same time as Naruto.

'Sensei.' Kakashi thought with wide eyes at once more seeing the figure of his father figure and hero.

They watched in shock as Naruto assisted the Yondaime and Shinigami in defeating the Kyuubi, the battle would have been lost if Naruto had lost his will to live and defeat the demon; the seal was based on his willpower after all.

'Even after everything he still protected the village, without him we would all be dead right now.'

Many of the civilians paled as they realized what they had done, they had almost brought about the destruction of Konoha and the death of its inhabitants.

They watched as the soul of the demon cried out in pain and anger before it was sucked into the Shinigami's gut, the more perceptive noticed that the demon had only three tails as it was sucked in.

'Six tails of power, the boy has six of the Kyuubi's tails within him.' Danzo thought with a grin. 'He will make a powerful weapon for the village.'

They watched as the Yondaime congratulated his son before vanishing with the Shinigami, a moment later the screen went dark.

The entire council sat in silence as they considered what they had just viewed, with the memory taken directly from Naruto's mind there was no denying it; the Kyuubi was gone, all thanks to the efforts of the young child before them.

Many of the civilians sat in self-disgusted silence as they realized, after a decade, how wrong they had been about the boy. They had ostracized and practically tortured an innocent child, a hero and the child of the Yondaime at that.

'Dear god, what have we done?'

Sarutobi cleared his throat to draw the attention of the room, even he had been shaken by what they just saw. Of course he had expected it from Naruto's story but to see it happen was truly a shock.

"As you can see the Kyuubi is truly gone, Naruto is no longer a Jinchuriki." Sarutobi stated, some of the shinobi half smiled at his words while the civilians sat in silence, their faces pale.

"I am breaking the S-class law on Naruto's secret both on the demon and his heritage, Naruto will be seen for the hero he is by all generations." Sarutobi stated in a steely tone. "Inoichi please distribute copies of the memory you just viewed, the villagers will require proof that the demon is truly gone."

The Yamanaka clan head nodded and pulled out a scroll as he took his seat.

Naruto released a sigh of relief, thankful that Inoichi was going to copy his own memory. Had he copied Naruto's memory the true events that transpired in the seal would have been copied instead of the illusion Naruto had shown them all.

'I should find some way to alter my own memories in case something like this happens again.' Naruto noted. 'I can't have anyone noticing a difference between my own memories and an illusion.'

"Yay!" Naruto shouted in joy, drawing all attention to himself once more. "I get to be a hero! Does this mean I can be Hokage now? Since I'm so awesome? Huh? Huh? Huh?"

"Stop it Naruto, there's no longer any need for that." Sarutobi stated in a low tone.

Those that heard him held confused looks on their faces as they looked from the boy to the Hokage. Naruto seemed to be thinking about something before he gave the Hokage a nod and everything about him changed.

From head to toe the boy completely and utterly changed, not his clothing mind you just everything else. He now held himself differently, more graceful, confident and coordinated instead of the clumsy mess he once was. His facial expression had also changed, an emotionless mask replacing the cheerful smile that had once lit up the entire room. Even the look in his eyes changed, they no longer held the stubborn determination and innocence the youth was know for, instead they were now the cold, guarded gems of a shinobi.

'A mask? He wore a mask this whole time? How did we not see it?' The Nara clan head thought with a slight frown.

"Hai Hokage-sama." Naruto replied in an even, emotionless tone.

Many of the civilian council were shocked at the difference in the boy, it was like he was a totally different person, the cold and emotionless tone he used caused many of them to shudder.

'Sensei,' Kakashi thought with a sad frown under his mask. 'I should have been there for him, how did I not see the similarities? I should have been there for Minato-senseis son.'

'Interesting, the boy is a far better actor than all of my ROOT operatives and he already seems to have the emotional conditioning of a useful tool.' Danzo thought with glee. 'This gets better and better, the boy is almost a perfect weapon, he just needs the skill and experience to back up all that power.'

Sarutobi continued on, ignorant of his rivals thoughts although he had some idea. "As the last of the Namikaze and Uzumaki clans, Naruto can now inherit the possessions of both clans."

"After Minato and Kushina's deaths I had all their money, scrolls and possessions sealed and placed in the Namikaze estate which as you all know is protected by a blood seal that will only allow a member of the clan and those granted access to enter." Sarutobi explained shooting the civilians a glare.

Many of them had attempted to enter the Namikaze estate soon after the Yondaimes death in an effort to claim some of the scrolls and riches contained, none had succeeded. All efforts had ceased after a particularly stubborn and arrogant council member had been hit and reduced to bite sized chunks by a powerful wind seal incorporated in the defenses.

"He will be given the designation of clan heir like many of his peers but Naruto will inherit his position as head of both clans when he graduates from the academy and is declared an adult." Sarutobi finished looking around the room.

Naruto would be one of the few to achieve such a position at such a young age, the last being Uchiha Itachi after the massacre of his clan. Even if the boy was a missing-nin he was still the first born of Fugaku and the clan rules of the Uchiha clan were very adamant about inheritance, as such Itachi -the murderer of his clan- had inherited the position.

"Are there any objections?" Sarutobi asked with a raised brow.

There were none.

"Very well, I call this meeting to an end." Sarutobi announced standing to leave.


The second the meeting ended the room dissolved into four small groups.

The first group held the three members of the elder council; Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu and Shimura Danzo. The three had all gathered around Sarutobi and were having a whispered discussion in one corner of the room.

The second group held Inuzuka Tsume, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza who were all gathered together in a separate corner and were shooting glances in Naruto's direction as they discussed the meeting.

The third group was comprised of Hyuuga Hiashi, Aburame Shibi and Kurama Murakumo. The three had all left through the rooms exit and were silently making their way back to their compounds while the days events filtered through their minds.

The last group held the ANBU commander, Hatake Kakashi, and the five members of the civilian council.

Haruno Miyama, head librarian of both the civilian and shinobi libraries.

Nakona Hyogu, head of the merchants guild. His guild oversaw all of the shops and businesses that didn't belong to any of the clans.

Fuziko Koho, leader of the craftsman guild. His guild contained almost every blacksmith, seamstress and craftsman in the village.

Natarumongu Shuizna, director of the financial division and manager of the Konoha branch of the Fire country bank.

Lastly was Titteo Manaka, leader of the civilian police force. A small group that had been created to maintain law within the village after the Uchiha clan Massacre.

This group of six were steadily making their way towards Naruto who stood in the same spot as he had all night.


Kakashi was the first to arrive and before he could speak Naruto cut him off.

"Hatake-san, I understand you were a student of my father." Naruto said in an even tone.

Kakashi nodded, many emotions evident in his eyes.

Naruto gave the man a small smile. "I would appreciate it if you would perhaps tell me about him sometime and maybe assist in my training," he said in a softer tone. "Whenever you have the time of course."

He could see the happiness in the mans eyes as Kakashi gave a small sigh of relief. Kakashi was both relieved to see that his sensei's son was willing to spend time with him and that the blond wasn't truly as emotionless and broken as he appeared, he could still see some of the old Naruto in the boys smile.

"Sure thing Naruto-kun, it would be my pleasure." With that the man turned to leave. "How did you know it was me by the way." He asked as an after thought.

Naruto chuckled slightly at the question. "Not many have such a hairstyle or color." He replied.

Kakashi chuckled as well before making his way over to the four clan heads that were still in discussion.

With his expressionless mask back in place Naruto turned to the civilian members as they approached and narrowed his eyes slightly, he knew why they were here. Now that he no longer held the Kyuubi and was considered heir to two famous and powerful clans the civilians would most likely try and garner his affections in an attempt to gain more power and prestige.

"Greetings Namikaze-sama, quite the interesting events that trans-" Haruno Miyama began.

"Oh shove it." Naruto interrupted glaring at the five in front of him. "If you civilians think I'm simply going to forget and forgive your crimes against me and my clan then you have another thing coming."

The five paled considerably as the young boys killer intent spiked, drawing attention from everyone else in the room.

"I may be a member of this village and someday a ninja but that's only because it's what my parents would have wanted." Naruto ground out. "Someday I will be a ninja and it will be my duty to protect this village, I will do so in order to protect both my home and those I care for. Never will I do so to protect you worthless pieces of trash, as far as I'm concerned you and all those that thought I was the Kyuubi can all go straight to hell."

With that Naruto turned away from the pale and dumb struck civilians and stomped off, he sent a small smile and nod towards Kakashi and the other clan heads before leaving.

"Well crap." One of the civilians muttered.