agnar: Funny you mention Hiruzen resembling Yoda since in a way he does lol. Sorry about the paragraphs man. I make the characters speak a lot so paragraphing that way would make them verry small. That said I try to make it obvious WHO is speaking wither by refering to them in the sentence before or after or simply via obvious personality quirks like Shikamaru calling everything a drag or troublesome. My only advice is to read a little slower. If I do notice I have done that I try to edit it so it's more obvious and sometime in the next few chapters I will go back and read my own work so I can find that sort of thing and fix. Enjoy the new chapter buddy.

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Chapter 3

2 years later

Naruto had grown to a full 6 foot 5 over the past 2 years and had even grown more attractive. He had been training hard and doing as many missions as possible to rid the land of fire of as much corruption as possible before he settles down for his wedding. Oh, he was looking forward to that. If it was possible His and Anko's love had only grown over their time together. Also, it seemed some of the gifts of the mate mark as Kurama called it had begun to awaken. The first made it so that Naruto could always sense Anko's emotions and location. He could also share chakra with her when he could not with others. It also allowed Anko to create a Dagger imbued with a portion of Kurama's chakra and power making it a deadly weapon only she could wield. She called it Corroding fang.

Orochimaru was certainly surprised when she struck his face with it a month ago during the second part of the chuunin exams. He was more surprised to find his mark gone from her but sadly he escaped. It wouldn't matter as Naruto would be ready for him when he returns. That is what he was doing right now. He was working on imbuing an element into the Rasengan. It was going surprisingly well. The jutsu was complete he just needed to work on his control of it. The jutsu was called Rasencanon. The idea was simple. Rasengan with lightning element fired from the palm as it was formed allowing it to reach its target before it destabilized and allowed him to rapid fire it. It was destructive if a little draining. But he would not consider it mastered until he could fire it 100 times easily. Either way it was ready for combat. First target Orochimaru. He would pay for showing his face to his Hime after all he did.

"So, 1 more month and your stint in Anbu is up. You know you broke just about every record we had." Naruto smiles as he completely obliterates another steel target. "As much as I like it here life is starting to look up for me in the village. Besides I can think of only a few people who could beat me in a fight now. I have met all my goals here. Time for me to move on and leave my past where it belongs." Tenzo nods with a smile as he watches his best Anbu's latest masterpiece. "Won't say I'll miss the repair bills from your training but just remember. That brand is permanent. If you need help Anbu will be there. Anbu is Anbu for life and Anbu are brothers." Naruto removes his masks and faces his commander with a smile. "Thanks, Tenzo." Tenzo smirks. "Now grab your gear. The Hokage requested you for his personal guard during the final exam. It starts in a few minutes." Naruto nods and body flickers away.

Konoha stadium

Naruto appears behind his Hokage in the observation booth at the stadium. "Ahh good you are here Red fox." The Kazekage looks at the new arrival with interest. "So, this is the infamous Red Fox. I must admit I thought you would be a bit more impressive looking." Naruto looks at the man knowing he is not who he seems. "Looks can be deceiving Lord Kazekage. The nail that sticks out gets hammered." "True. Ahh it seems it is time for my Son's match against the last Uchiha."

The proctor looks to the Hokage because Sasuke has not yet arrived. Hiruzen is about to disqualify Sasuke when the Kazekage speaks. "If I may. Many people came for just this fight. It might reflect badly on the village if you don't allow it to go through. Please just 5 more minutes." The hokage considers before turning to Naruto. "What do you think?" Naruto shakes his head. "Disappointing. I myself was hoping to see this fight but a ninja who is late for the battle gets his team killed. A chuunin is a leader of his squad and must be punctual. Sasuke forfeits these rights. To do otherwise would reflect poorly on the village and to show favoritism reflects poorly on his sensei and his Kage."

Hiruzen smiles and nods. "I agree Sasuke forfeits." He gives the signal and the crowd erupts into boos and jeers. The Kazekage is displeased but he planned for the possibility. It was only delaying a few minutes. 2 disappointing matches later came an interesting match between Shikamaru Nara and the Sand Kunoichi Temari. "What do you think Red Fox?" Naruto observes the match and considers. "She's smart. She's worked out the range of his jutsu and is staying outside of it, but the problem is she only has wind jutsu. As powerful as she is against a Nara like him, she will lose. Of course, knowing the Nara and this one in particular he will likely forfeit as soon as he traps her."

The Kazekage looks at him with curiosity. "Why do you say that?" "Shikamaru is known to be particularly lazy even by Nara standards. Besides based on my observations of this generation his chakra levels won't last long. By this point he has already come up with dozens of possible winning strategies and with his mind can adapt at a moment's notice. She will be caught, and he will forfeit."

5 minutes later the match ends exactly as predicted. "Hmmm seems you called it correctly. I must say I am at a loss as to whether I should be happy my daughter won or disappointed that she only won because her opponent's chakra ran out." Naruto shrugs. "Why choose? Be happy she won and correct the mistakes that lead to this outcome later." The fake Kazekaze smirks. "I like this one Lord Hokage. He speaks sense." Hiruzen smiles. "He's made me proud since he entered Anbu and even before that."

Suddenly feathers start to fall from the sky and people start to fall asleep. The Kage booth explodes and the Kage's and body guards move to a nearby rooftop as a barrier rises. The Kazekage frowns. "You seem calmer than you should be." Naruto shakes his head. "The smell of blood and snakes is hard to mask. Besides you've become predictable Orochimaru. "Kukukuku You are definitely going to be fun to play with." Orochimaru ditches his mask and begins a jutsu.

"Summoning: Impure world resurrection"

3 coffins begin to rise from the ground with the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on them but the 3rd coffin will not open angering Orochimaru. Naruto chuckles. "You were never one to read all the details on a jutsu were you. Always in too much of a rush." Orochimaru glares at the Anbu who is laughing at him and the 2 resurrected Hokage are curious. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! WHERE IS THE 4TH HOKAGE?!"

"Summoning: Impure world Resurrection. A jutsu which returns the souls of the dead from the impure world at the cost of a life of a vessel. The Jutsu was never perfected and has many issues. First is that the power of the resurrected soul is limited to that of the vessel. Second is that it can only resurrect a soul from the impure world. Since the 4th Hokage used the Shiki fujin his soul is not in the impure world but in the belly of the Shinigami."

The second hokage smiles. "Quite a bright Anbu. You must be proud little monkey." Hiruzen chuckles. "I am. Though I am sad we are reunited under these circumstances lord Second." The first Hokage grins. "Tell me young man do you have a plan to end this infernal Jutsu?" Naruto nods and draws his sword. "Recognize it Lord First?" "Hahahaha wonderful then end this and show us what you can do."Naruto nods. "Ready Old man?" Hiruzen nods and summons Enma in his adamantine staff form. "Today I fix my mistakes." Naruto growls. "Just survive your mistakes and I'll be happy."

Naruto summons 2 shadow clones and they all begin forming handsigns. Just the same as the 2 hokages are also going through Handsigns

Wood style: Great forest emergence

Water style: bursting water wave

Fire style: great flame dragon bullets

Wind style: Great breakthrough

Lightning style: Electromagnetic murder

Naruto's clones jutsus and Hiruzens merge into a massive electrified fireball which cancels out their opponent's jutsus. At this point the real Naruto flashes in front of the first 2 hokages and cuts them both in half. The second Hokage is confused. "Why are we not reforming like we should?" The first Hokage is laughing his ass off at Orochimaru. "Brother don't you recognize that sword? It's Mito's Sealing sword. Your jutsu is based off of a seal and so the sealing sword can cancel its effects. We won't die but we won't regenerate until we are sealed and cut up like this, we are completely useless. Well done my boy!" "Thankyou Lord First. Now Old man I got a jutsu I want to try on Orochimaru but I need a minute to recover some chakra for maximum effect. Can you keep him from escaping until I am ready?" Hiruzen smirks. "Just say the word my boy. I might be getting old but if you only need a minute, I should have no trouble."

Naruto nods and assumes a lotus position to gather his chakra while Hiruzen is fighting an angry Orochimaru and the Anbu outside the barrier are in awe of the fight so far. The second Hokage is curious. "Tell me. What is this Jutsu that requires so much chakra?" "The 4th Hokage is famous for creating 2 jutsu which allowed him to kill 1000 Iwa ninja in Seconds. The first is based off of one of your unfinished jutsu called Hiraishin. However, what is not known is the other Jutsu was never finished. He intended it to have an element. But he died before he could finish it. The Rasengan is pure chakra shape manipulation and an A rank Jutsu on its own but imagine adding fire to that. Or wind. Or in this case Lightning.

The first Hokage grins. "Madara would have loved such a jutsu. Shape manipulation along with elemental manipulation at one time? That's almost a bloodline. It's beyond most ninja below Kage level. This I can't wait to see." Naruto smirks behind the mask and stands. "Orochimaru! You have made many mistakes but your biggest? You tried to hurt my Anko Hime! Now DIE!"

Lightning style: Rasencanon!

Naruto rapid fires many electrified spheres at Orochimaru and once the first hits he suffers paralysis as the lightning courses and allows more and more to hit him breaking down his body at a cellular level. (Think the magic used to kill morgana in the Sorcerer's apprentice) By the time the Jutsu ends only a finger and the grass cutter sword is left and Orochimaru cannot use his jutsu to regurgitate a new body. He is dead and the sound 4 holding the barrier flee. The first and second Hokage's whistle in appreciation. "Impressive. Easily S rank if I am any judge." The second Hokage nods. "Double S if he can get the fire rate faster and up the amount of times, he can use it."

Naruto chuckles. "Only sorry Dad couldn't see it finally complete." An anbu approaches. "Lord First. Lord Second. The sealing core will be here momentarily to seal you away and end the jutsu holding your souls here. We apologize for disturbing your rest. They would be here already, but they had to deal with the Sand's Jinchuriki first."

The first hokage chuckles. "It's no problem. I'm just glad the leaf is so well protected." The second hokage smiles and nods as they both start to fade away shocking the Anbu present. "What's happening? Did the jutsu end on its own?" Naruto nods. "One of the other weakness of the jutsu. If the soul held in this plane finds resolution to a large enough weight on its conscience, then the Jutsu will fail to bind the soul to the body and the jutsu is broken."

As the second fades he smirks. "A bright star in the Darkness to light the way to prosperity. Live well boy. I want to hear all about your life when you join us in the afterlife." Naruto nods as the hokage finish fading. Hiruzen sits beside Naruto as he creates some shadow clones to go out and help mop up the enemies in the village. "That Jutsu could have wiped out every atom of his being from this world. Why leave a finger?" Naruto shrugs. "Can't claim a bounty without proof and with what Anko said of his regeneration jutsu I didn't want to risk less than that." Hiruzen nods as he lights his pipe.

"What do you want to do with the sword? By right it is yours." Naruto smirks. "Mess with the council." Hiruzen raises an eyebrow. "How so?" He doubles over laughing. "No doubt by now word has reached them of these events and they will want to give it to the little Uchiha. Garner more favor from him. Hold the carrot and hit them with the stick when they try to bite." Hiruzen chuckles. "You intend to see what they do and then when they try to claim it for the Uchiha you will take their candy and make them cry. Minato would be rolling on the ground laughing. No doubt you are Kushina's son." "Hehehe to add insult to injury I intend to give it to Anko. Honestly, she has as much claim as I do. Inheritance by combat or by succession. Either way it will piss them off to no end and make it all the sweeter when I come out of the shadows and they realize just who they've been fucking with."

Next day

"The sword should go to Sasuke. So should the bounty for Orochimaru's death. He will need money when he begins to rebuild his clan." The entire civilian council is salivating at all the money and power they can get from this nameless Anbu as the shinobi side is scowling and Tsume is actually growling.

"I am sorry councilman. But the Uchiha has no claim to either the sword or the bounty." "What do you mean? Both belong to Konoha surely. As such they can be given to Sasuke by our choice." Naruto shakes his head. "I am afraid you misunderstand councilman. The village also has no claim to the sword or the bounty. Bounties on criminals are handed out to the person who is credited to the kill as long as proof is given of the demise of said criminal. Besides the fact I am credited with the kill the DNA may not be enough proof to even claim the bounty. Besides that, spoils of battle are likewise appropriated. I own the sword. Or in the event I don't want it then Anko Mitarashi may claim it by right of succession."

The shinobi council is smirking and chuckling at the smart moves of this Anbu they have heard so much about. "Feh that snake whore does not deserve such a treasure." Naruto directs a focused blast of killing intent at the foolish councilman and growls in a low voice causing even Tsume into silence. "Councilman I have tried to remain respectful to you even though I have no respect for you. I would appreciate it if you didn't call my fiancé that anymore." The entire council is shocked. "I am sorry did you just call one of the Ice queens of Konoha your fiancé?" Naruto nods. "Lord Hokage. I planed for this to happen next month but permission to transfer to regular forces at the rank of Jounin effective immediately?"

The council is completely focused on the Anbu standing before them. Hiruzen smirks at the thought of what is about to happen. "Granted. Red Fox you are free to step out of the shadows and bask in the light once more. Remove your mask and reveal yourself." Naruto takes off his mask and pulls down the face mask underneath and looks around the council. The shinobi council is shocked at his identity. Many having known his parents they could never forget his face, but the civilian council is just confused.

"I see you don't remember me. Well it has been nearly 8 years since you tried to KILL me last." The civilian council is in an uproar until Danzo silences them. "What do you mean?" Naruto smirks. "Maybe this will jog your memory." Naruto takes off his sword and his armor. He then takes off his shirt and steps forward shocking every member of the council at the gruesome scars on his stomach and chest. Dawning and fear alight in the council's eyes along with shame and sadness in the Shinobi side. Naruto does not miss this. "I see you remember me now. Yes, my name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikazi."

Cries of demon and liar come from all but a single civilian council member. "How DARE you claim kinship with the 4th Hokage DEMON!" Naruto forms a rasengan and plunges it into the chest of the councilman who just spoke. "Lord Hokage please call the Anbu to arrest this beast!" The hokage frowns at the council. "I see no beast. I see a loyal ninja who just punished a criminal for violating the law. In fact, he is well within his rights to kill all of you however since you wish me to call the Anbu I will."

"ANBU take the remainder of the civilian council to Ibiki and Anko and when they've had their fun throw them in cells for the rest of their lives." The Anbu flood the room intending to do just that until Naruto speaks. "Wait. Mebuki Haruno did not break the law. She remains innocent." The Anbu nod to their brother and leaves her alone. Mebuki nods her thanks before speaking. "Before we continue may I make a request?" Naruto nods. "My Daughter Sakura. You gave her some advice, but she has been at a loss as to how to improve and she is quite depressed at her lack of skills and fears she may lead her team to death. Can you help her?"

Naruto closes his eyes in thought. "I don't know her capabilities, but I will find her sometime and see what I can do. I make no promises though. I am glad she took my words to heart." Mebuki nods.
Inoichi smiles. "Would you please extend the same curtesy to my Daughter Ino? She is in the same dilemma." Naruto nods. Hiashi gives a rare smile. "It seems I have you to thank for my Daughter Hinata's growth over the past year. She is still too kind and timid, but she has made much progress in judging when to close off those emotions as a ninja should. This has bought me a few years to find a suiter for one of my daughters, so I don't have to condemn either to the branch house." Naruto nods. "I am glad. I saw potential in her but as you say she has problems with judgement."

Tsume grins knowing what her daughter told her of Naruto. "Do you intend to enact the CRA? My daughter would be very interested I am sure." Naruto smiles and shakes his head. "If Hana is interested then speak to Anko. I will leave the decision up to her. As much as I care for Hana Anko is enough for me and I am not greedy."

Mebuki frowns thinking back on the meeting. "What did you mean about the DNA possibly not being enough to claim the bounty?" Naruto chuckles. "I was wondering if somebody would ask. Orochimaru was obsessed with jutsu and immortality. As such he performed numerous experiments on himself. There is no way of knowing if the DNA in the finger will Match 100% with what we have on file. If Lady Tsunade were here I would say the chances would be better but that's a little difficult."

Hiruzen chuckles. "I would actually like to speak to you about that Naruto. I would like you to journey with Jiraya to find her and bring her back to the leaf. I am getting old and I need to pass on the hat. She is the best candidate by far." Naruto nods. "I will leave in a few days. It would be nice to have my godmother at my wedding. I am certain she will be surprised to see me alive if I am correct." Chouza raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Naruto looks him in the eye. "Jiraya has always been rather irresponsible and with his duties as spymaster I can understand his absence from my life even though the extent is unforgivable. Tsunade however was a good friend of my mother and was always the responsible one. No doubt she was on her way back to Konoha to meet me when she received news of the deaths of the 4th and my mother. Either she assumed that I was dead with them or more likely she was led to believe such so that she would not interfere with my upbringing."

Shikaku nods. "That would make sense. Either so that the civilian council could kill you easier or so that somebody else could manipulate you easier. However, those plans were derailed when you went into Anbu." Naruto nods. "If there is nothing else Lord Hokage." Hiruzen nods. Naruto heads out but before he leaves, he pauses and calls back. "Inoichi. Mebuki. I will spend a few hours at training ground 43 tomorrow. If your daughters wish my help, they can find me there in the morning. So, you know I rise early, and I am not patient." They nod and Naruto leaves the room.

The elders frown. "Hiruzen are you certain it is wise to trust him? After what this village did to him why would he stay?" Hiruzen smiles. "You mean besides marrying the woman he loves? He once told me his father's last with was for him to be a hero, but the village saw him as a demon. If I cannot be a hero in the light, then let me step into shadows. If I cannot be a hero let me help this village as a demon. Within the shadows I will serve the light. Maybe then I will fulfil my father's last wish."

Danzo nods. "Admirable. And I can tell he has fulfilled that wish. I would prefer him as a weapon, but I cannot deny his loyalty. After all, as an Anbu he has had plenty of opportunity to leave and cover his tracks. Why step into the light only to leave it all behind." Hiruzen nods. "Besides if he did desire to leave who could stop him? He defeated a resurrected first and second Hokage and then Orochimaru not 2 minutes after. I doubt I could perform such a feat without sacrificing my life and he will only grow stronger."

Meanwhile at the stadium

"Sorry are we…..late?"

Kakashi and Sasuke have just arrived for his match only to find the stadium in ruins and the battle over. Sasuke is fuming and leaves Kakashi to head out for answers. Nearby Naruto finds Anko helping with the cleanup. "Hello Hime. I bring gifts." Anko looks at Naruto then trips in shock. "You're not wearing your mask." Naruto shakes his head with a smile. Naruto tells her about Orochimaru, the council and his transfer. He then pulls out grass cutter and hands it to her. "I am happy with my sword so by right of succession it belongs to you." Anko smiles as she takes the sword then looks at Naruto. "I have my corrosive fox fang. Maybe Yugao will get more use out of this." Naruto nods. "Up to you. I have to leave in a few days to go find Tsunade and convince her to return to the leaf and I will be busy tomorrow morning but other than that I have nothing but time until I go. Time for you. Well unless you want to play with your new pets in T&I." Anko grins. "Let em wait and sweat a few days. I got some fun to have with my boytoy."

Anko kisses Naruto and they are enjoying the moment until an angry Sasuke walks up and demands answers. "What happened here?! What about the exams?!" Naruto breaks the kiss and glares at Sasuke. "I'll ignore the fact you just demanded answers from your superior. To answer your question in order. You were disqualified for being late to your match not once but twice. The sound and Sand villages enacted an attempted invasion which was repelled. The exams are canceled with only a few of the matches having taken place. I doubt more than 1 person will make Chuunin this time and it won't be you."

At this point Sasuke is about to blow his top and attack Naruto until Kakashi appears behind him and grabs him. "Sorry Naruto. I'll keep a closer eye on him." Naruto nods. "He's headed down a dark path Kakashi. I pray you can pound him back into the light before he does something stupid." Kakashi nods before taking Sasuke with him in a body flicker.

"You saw the look in his eye?" Naruto nods. "Itachi really fucked his mind. Not to mention we have no idea what kind of effect the mark will have on him now that Orochimaru is dead. It's not a matter of if anymore but WHEN he does something stupid." Anko nods. Naruto makes a small army of clones to help with the cleaning up and rebuilding while he and Anko spend the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying the company.

With Kakashi

Kakashi was looking at Sasuke with disgust. "Do you have a death wish?"
Sasuke simply crosses his arms like a petulant child and broods. "You don't even know who it was you were about to attack do you?" "Hn I'm an Uchiha I could have won." "FOOL! Uchiha or not you are not even CLOSE to a match for an ANBU CAPTAIN! He may only be 2 years older than you, but he's been trained by myself and Itachi. He could obliterate you in 2 seconds flat and not even leave a trace of your DNA on the face of this planet. I can't even beat him as he is now. Plus, he's a Jounin. Not all of us are as lenient to insubordination as I am. Rank means nothing as far as how powerful you are, but COMMAND does. And he has a higher rank than you do. Next time you would be lucky if he just sends you to T&I." Sasuke snarls. "The council would never allow that!" "THE COUNCIL HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER IT! Besides almost the whole civilian council was arrested today for breaking a rather dangerous law."

Sasuke looks curious at this. "Even Sakura's mother?" Kakashi shakes his head. "No thankfully for her Naruto vouched for her innocence. She won't help you any longer though if you get in trouble. Sasuke you must understand you are no longer untouchable. You are going to have to act less like an Uchiha and more like a true shinobi. They Uchiha were great ninja but they were far too arrogant, and it made them enemies. You need friends if you want the power to kill Itachi. You can't afford to be making enemies." Sasuke just walks off. "Hn whatever." Kakashi looks after Sasuke's retreating form with shame.

Dawn of the next day

"Oh good. You both are punctual. Glad to know your sensei are not passing on their bad habits."
Naruto looks at the 2 girls who are walking to him. They are confused.
"Ahh your parents didn't tell you who I am or what this is about did they?"
Sakura and Ino shake their heads. "And I take it my voice isn't familiar at all?"
Ino squints in thought before going bugeyed. "Red Fox?" Naruto grins his foxy smile.
"Bingo. As expected of a Yamanaka to have a faster memory. Though I understand Sakura had the higher scores in the Academy." Sakura frowns. "Aren't Anbu forbidden to allow others to know their identities?" Naruto nods. "Yes. Besides squad mates within Anbu, the hokage or those authorized by the hokage that is the case. For me until yesterday only Lord 3rd, Kakashi, Itachi Uchiha, The Anbu commander, Anko Mitarashi, Kurenai Yuuhi, Yugau Uzuki and Hana Inuzuka knew my identity. Up until a couple years ago you could have counted those last 3 out. Actually, they only knew the same day you all met me."

Ino tilts her head. "And the reason why we now know?" Naruto smiles. "It came time for me to step out of the shadows. I have transferred from Anbu duty to regular. "I'm a Jounin now just like Kakashi." Naruto looks at Sakura. "In case you were wondering why I know him so well it's because he saved my life the night, I got those scars and then when I went into Anbu he and Itachi were my Sensei." Sakura frowns. "Not much of a Sensei. Aside from Sasuke he doesn't teach us anything."

Naruto nods. "I was afraid of that. You can blame the civilian council for that unfortunately. He was ordered to focus on the Uchiha. Especially once he activated his sharingan." Naruto shrugs. "Well the hokage approved it for a number of reasons which may or may not come out later but we can hope Sasuke's attitude improves. Thankfully the entire civilian council minus your mother were arrested yesterday for breaking an S rank Law. Normally that's punishable by death but being on the council has SOME perks, I guess. Either way they're gone."

Sakura frowns again. "What law? And what's an S rank law?" Ino frowns because she knows the answer to that. "An S rank law is put in place when an S rank secret is known to more than a few people. It's meant to keep that secret from spreading too far. Speak of the secret or allude too closely to it and it's death."

Naruto nods and claps. "Full marks for the clan heir. The law in question regards me directly so I am the exception to it. Since I am comfortable with my situation now, I have no problem sharing said secret with you. Naturally your parents already know so speaking to them about it is not a violation if you are careful. However, nobody else until the law is repealed. Am I understood?"

Ino and Sakura nod both with faces full of curiosity.
"Good. Tell me. What do you know of the word Jinchuriki?"
Sakura being the Brainiac answers. "Means power of the Human Sacrifice."

Naruto nods. "That is the literal translation yes. But do either of you know what the term means when applied to a Ninja village?" Ino and Sakura shake their heads. Naruto frowns. "What do you know about Fuinjutsu?" Ino frowns. "I know it's a near lost art and really hard to learn. Most don't learn any before reaching chuunin and then it's usually not much more than being able to make and use storage scrolls." Naruto facepalms. "You know I was hoping without me attending the civilian council wouldn't bring down the academy standards to the point where essential skills were cut. Just another thing I need to speak to the Hokage about." Naruto goes through the next 30 minutes explaining what a jinchuriki is, how it's made and how they are treated in general by their own villages. The last explanation horrifies both girls causing Sakura to toss her breakfast.

Ino still pale but suspecting something in all this asks. "Why are you telling us this?"
Naruto smiles sadly. "Can you think of no reason?" Ino looks at him then down to his stomach before whispering. "That's the reason for those scars isn't it? The villagers did that to you because of what you hold." "Ahhh well done. That's right Ino I am a Jinchuriki. I wonder if you can figure out which one, I hold." Sakura recovers. "It has to be the 9 tails. It's the only one the Leaf has a history with." Naruto grins. "Half points there but yes I hold the nine tails. He prefers Kurama though."

Ino raises an eyebrow. "I shouldn't be surprised they have names. But I am. What did you mean by half marks though?" Naruto nods. "Well for starters the 1 tailed racoon dog named Shukaku was the beast which attacked during the invasion. His Jinchuriki is Gaara of the Sand. Also, the first Hokage with his Mokuton captured and divided up all the tailed beasts among the major villages long ago to maintain a balance of power among us. So Konoha does in fact have history with all 9 beasts."

Sakura frowns. "That wasn't taught in the academy." Naruto nods. "Much history is almost lost because of the reforms the civilian council made to the academy to help along their children. Would it surprise you to know both of you would have been competing for the position of dead last in the academy 30 years ago?" "Wait what?" Naruto nods. "Not only has the curriculum taken a down turn but also the physical requirements to pass the gennin test. You would have both done well in the academic and jutsu portions as you did in the academy, but you would have both failed the physical."

"That is why I am here. It seems you took my advice to heart but did not know how to use it. A mistake on my part it seems. I should have taken social standing and personality into account when I gave it. Today I am going to run you both through some tests to find out exactly what you are capable of and how to improve your training. Let's start with Diet. Last night I spent some time looking into both of you and found something disturbing. You are both starving yourselves."

Ino shrugs. "Well yeah we don't want to get fat." Naruto shakes his head.
"Ino you are missing 2 points in your calculations. Metabolism and exertion. The more you train the better your Metabolism and the more fat you will burn. However, if you don't eat enough or eat right your body burns only the muscle you put on from your training making everything useless. Take me for example. I love ramen. However, if I ate nothing but Ramen in your mind, I would probably get fat but no I would be 4 foot nothing and malnourished because I train myself to exhaustion and Ramen provides very little nutritional content."

"After we are done here today, I want you both to go to the Akimichi and ask for dietary advice. Make no mistake nobody knows how to build a perfect diet better than an Akimichi. Remember what I said about not judging by what you see. Akimichi are rotund because they must be for their clan jutsu. They burn a lot of fat a lot faster than we do when they use them, so they need excess."
Sakura and Ino nod.

"Now since I saw the record of your fight in the chuunin exams I don't need to focus on that right now. We are going to focus on your chakra reserves and control. Also, your specialties."
Ino cocks her head. "Specialties?" Naruto nods. "Take Kakashi for example. He specializes in Ninjutsu. Maito Guy in Taijutsu. Kurenai in Genjutsu. Tsunade in Medical Jutsu. There are also sub specialties. Such as long range, mid-range or short range. However, one thing they all have in common is they all have an Ace. Kakashi has exceptional taijutsu and his sharingan. Guy has the 8 gates. Kurenai double layers her genjutsu making them harder to break and also has some training in Kenjutsu. Tsunade is known to be able to break a mountain with her fist. You 2 have no ace. Nothing to pull out to surprise your enemy when he backs you into a corner. That's another thing we will work on." Ino smiles. "That's what you meant when you said Tenten should learn some elemental ninjutsu."

Naruto nods and smiles. "As you saw in the prelims, she lost to Temari because long and midrange wind style ninjutsu can counter most weapons. If she had a couple Fire style Jutsu or Long ranged earth style Temari would have had a much harder time." Ino and Sakura nod and start to develop ideas. "Now before we can improve anything, I need to assess you. Let's start with tree climbing. You both have learned it?" 2 nods. "And how many times do you think you could walk slowly up and down an average land of fire tree?" Ino smiles proudly. "15" Sakura grins. "20. 22 if I want to exhaust myself." Naruto frowns. "I am guessing you haven't done any training on that since you learned it?"

The 2 shake their heads. "As I thought. Your Sensei are dropping the ball. After you learned it the next step is to master it. You need to be able to do it 100 times without tiring in the least and without even thinking. This will build your reserves and your control at the same time. Work on that. When you master it then ask your Sensei to start you on water walking. Look up information on chakra control and other related subjects in the shinobi section at the Library or ask an available Jounin. That's something often overlooked. It's frowned upon to take on another Jounin's student but when asked for help it's encouraged to give it."

Ino and sakura are really paying attention. "Next is accuracy." Naruto stands and pulls out 5 Kunai and 5 shuriken targeting 5 trees he carved targets on earlier he tosses the kunai off course before he hits them with Shuriken and all 10 hit their targets. Ino and Sakura are visibly impressed. "If you think that's impressive then you are going to be disappointed. Itachi could do that at age 5 before he unlocked his sharingan. That's standard in Anbu. I don't expect this of you, but I DO want to see exactly how many targets you can hit as fast as you can. Now Go."

Sakura and Ino took their time and both hit 5 targets in under a minute. Naruto nodded. "Hmmm could be worse. I expected worse. You both improved a little since the academy. I want you to spend an hour each day practicing. Practice not til you get it right but until you never get it wrong. Understand?" Sakura and Ino smile and nod.

"Now I want you both to list every jutsu you know to this point. Ino first"
"Mind transfer jutsu, and the academy 3."
"Just the academy 3 for me and a low level genjutsu I picked up."
Naruto nods. "Ino I want you to learn more of your clan's jutsu. After you master your chakra control exercises come find me and I will start you on elemental jutsu and maybe find you a teacher for a specialty. Sakura, I want you to seek out Kurenai and see how far you can go with Genjutsu. Also keep refining your control and boosting your reserves. Try to be inventive in both areas."

Ino and Sakura nod. "Good. Now I am going to go get lunch for all of us. While I am gone, I want you both to run around this field as many times as you can as fast as you can. If you must stop do so but once you recover continue and keep count of your laps." "Hai/Hai"

Naruto smiles and leaves to his apartment to cook up their lunch. He decides on a simple healthy bento to help them build some muscle. When he comes back an hour later both Sakura and Ino are on the ground panting. Smiling he walks over to them and hands them their lunch. The both eat rather happily noting how good it tastes.

"I'm glad to see you both taking this so seriously. You're doing well. How many laps did you do?"
Ino swallows. "25" Sakura frowns. "22" Naruto nods. "Better than I expected but not quite up to standard for your rank. Don't feel too bad Sakura. Ino comes from a clan. Not a physically orientated one but it helps. The fact you are both so close is a result of effort. I want you both to do this twice a day 5 times a week until you master your chakra control exercises then tell me how many laps a day you can do. This will work on your stamina and speed. After that I will modify your regimen but do this first." 2 nods.

"If you push yourselves and focus on your training and new diets, I expect you will start seeing results within a few weeks. Within 3 months I expect you will be close to or already coming back to me for advice. But don't push yourselves TOO hard. A day of rest can mean the difference between an optimum training regimen and a pulled muscle or a week long stint in hospital for chakra exhaustion." Ino and Sakura smile and nod. "Thanks." Naruto nods and smiles. "In a few days I leave the village on a mission. I will be gone for a while. When I return, I will check in on you every now and then."

Naruto gets up to leave but stops to turn back. "Oh 1 more thing. Don't be afraid to ask other Jounin or other teams sensei for advice. You might find some interesting information if you do.""Hai/Hai." Naruto waves over his shoulder as he leaves. "Hmhmhm 1 day outside Anbu and you're already fixing half the problems in this rotten village. Maybe YOU should be Hokage." Naruto chuckles and smiles. "Thanks, but no thanks Kurama. I have no need to be hokage just to fix the problems here. Nor do I want the responsibility or the obligation that comes with it." Kurama chuckles. "So, teacher, soldier, killer but not politician? HAH I agree you can do the worst things and still be less evil than a politician."

3 days later

Naruto is walking by the hotsprings and finds a man in an unusual outfit with white spiky hair tied back in a ponytail giggling like a pervert with his face against the fence of the women's side of the hotsprings. Naturally Naruto is ticked off. Naruto taps him on the shoulder. "Bug off brat I'm in the middle of my research." Naruto moves to hit him over the head when the man moves, and Naruto feels a spike in chakra above him. Rolling his eyes Naruto unsheathes his sealing blade and swipes the giant toad above him sending him back to the summons realm before tapping the sword on the old man's shoulder gaining his attention and a bead of sweat.

"That would work on most people Jiraya but not me. Now get up before I cut off something you would rather not lose." Jiraya does as asked but frowns. "Geez what did I do to piss YOU off kid?"
Naruto looks him in the eyes. "Ever heard of the Ice queens of Konoha?" Jiraya nods. "You know what they do to perverts?" Jiraya pales and nods. "They are some of my best friends and one of them is my fiancé. She's currently on the other side of that wall." Naruto points at the wall he just found Jiraya at and he pales thinking this kid might be seriously thinking of doing bodily harm.

"Hey hey sorry kid. I didn't know." Naruto scowls and looks Jiraya in the eye. "If you weren't slated for a mission with me, I would call her out to deal with you. Trust me Anko is very talented at dealing with your kind. Now shut your mouth grab your stuff and follow me to the Hokage tower." Naruto sheaths his sword and turns on his heal walking away. 'Who the fuck is this kid? I didn't sense him coming. He dealt with my toad like it was nothing then he orders me about like he's used to command. And he said my name like he KNOWS me. I've never met him before though.'

These are Jiraya's thoughts as they head to the tower and until he walks into the Hokage's office.
"Found him lord 3rd. Just where you said he would be and peeking on Anko at the hotsprings." Hiruzen pales at the thought. "Jiraya you have no idea what Naruto just saved you from."
Jiraya frowns at the name then at the thought. "I know the ice queens are nasty to perverts but surely Anko isn't as bad as Tsunade." Hiruzen shakes his head. "A few years ago, I would have paled at the thought but since getting together with Naruto she's become much more vicious as she takes it personally. She won't kill you no not even close. She will torture you to the point you will wish you are dead then have Inoichi wipe out the memories of what she did but leave the memory of pain then do it again. He does it too because the last time he refused his wife threatened to ingrain an image of a Naked Guy and Lee into his mind performing their sunset genjutsu." Naruto being prepared pulls out a bucket so that Jiraya can empty his guts. He was about to recover before Naruto opens his mouth. "And that's if she's in a GOOD mood." Jiraya fills the bucket and is lying on the ground in a fetal for a full 5 minutes before he can stand.

"I feel sorry for you kid." Naruto sneers at the man. "You have much to be sorry for Jiraya but that's not something on the list." Naruto stands up and turns to leave. "Find me at the gate when the old man has briefed you on our mission." Naruto leaves and Hiruzen shakes his head. "Old man who is that kid? The way he speaks, and acts is like a veteran shinobi but he's only a kid." Hiruzen scowls. "You truly don't know? Don't recognize you own godson huh? Well considering you never even VISITED him I shouldn't be surprised. But the fact you don't know means you have not been doing your job as spy master well." "The fuck old man? I heard he died and that was the last I heard." "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE COME TO ME TO CONFIRM THE INFORMATION INSTEAD OF ABANDONING YOUR CHARGE!"

Hiruzen is shaking with anger. "Let me tell you something my old student. I have seen him do many things, but I have rarely seen him show anger. And NEVER to the extent he did with YOU. If he was not so keen on the idea of having his godmother at this wedding, I doubt he would have ever spoken to you. You left it too long and now he has nothing to gain from you. If you are LUCKY, he will just ignore you completely."

"That still doesn't explain the way he is." Hiruzen rubs the bridge of his nose and explains what happened and the events to this day. Jiraya frowns. "Anbu huh? Well that explains the skills and the air of command. Minato would be proud. And you said he killed Orochimaru?" Hiruzen nods. "How?" "He completed the rasengan. The first and second hokage labeled it as S rank and possibly double S rank." Jiraya pales at the thought. "Now your mission is to convince Tsunade to return to the leaf. Preferably to become hokage but if she returns and stays, I will consider it a victory at this point." Jiraya nods.

Phew another big chapter done. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Remember to review and recommend it to your friends. See ya all nexttime.