Hi everyone

In a pathetic attempt go get reviews, I have used the name of a voice actor as an OC. First one to say which OC it is AND who he voices in Naruto, gets to choose a devil fruit for any character of their choice.

Any character is allowed bar Naruto as I have chosen his.

Also up for grabs is if you can tell me where I got the other two OC character names', I will let that person choose if Sasuke becomes good or evil. (Choose evil, nod nod, wink, wink).

Final contest, whoever can guess what fruit Naruto will get can chose if Sakura will be an accepting friend, a total bitch or in-between. All winners will be told through PM.

With that please enjoy that chapter

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or One Piece, damn copyright laws.

(Former Uzu no Kuni)

"Unknown tracking us, distance ten metres south; ten metres below surface" PX-22 reported.

"Impressive No one has ever noticed us before." said some sort of plant as it grew out of the ground.

"What do you want?" asked Vegapunk, he and the pastifistas had been 'attacked' three times since their arrival, all of the attackers shouting about an easy prize since there were no shinobi with them. Vegapunk wondered how people who dressed in black with swords were a deterrent compared to the pastifistas and was getting fed up of the constant hassle, even if these thieves couldn't get within fifty feet after trying to attack, and he had only been here for five hours. He still didn't know where he was and now a plant was talking to him. 'well at least I get some information from the plant other than I need shinobi to stop the attacks' Vegapunk thought as the plant split open revealing a green haired man who looked like he was glued together from two different people; with half of his body still in the ground.

'This place just gets weirder' Vegapunk mentally groaned. He had too many questions about his current predicament and no answers.

"What we want Is what leader-sama wants." Was the cryptic reply of the plant/man?

"And that would be?" asked Vegapunk.

"An Alliance." Zestu replied.

(Konohagakure – 3 days later)

Word had spread throughout the Leaf that the retrieval mission to return Uchiha Sasuke had been successful and without any causalities on the retrieval team but that Sasuke was in a currently coma due to a near fatal injury caused by Uzumaki Naruto. It was unknown whether Sasuke would awaken anytime soon. Naturally the council was furious at the state of the last Uchiha and had already called forward all those involved in the mission to give their reports to the entire council.

They listened to the report given by Shikamaru and commended him for completing the mission successfully with a team of genin but were curious as to why he continued to proceed with the mission when all of his team had been split up fighting the Oto shinobi. Shikamaru told them that time was against them and with every moment wasted, Sasuke was more likely to escape to Ta no Kuni. Realizing that he was correct, they dismissed him and called in Kakashi.

Kakashi gave his report on finding both of his student's unconscious within the Valley of the End as it was clear that they had been fighting with everything they had from the scars left in the valley. The council pressed Kakashi for answers regarding Naruto's state and if he had used the Kyuubi's chakra. Unable to lie as any sensor sent to the Valley could tell with ease that it had been, Kakashi confirmed that Naruto had, and that it was responsible for most of the injures to Sasuke. However the wound to Sasuke's chest was a mystery as Naruto had no attacks that could make that kind of injury.

The council however viewed that as a sign that the kyuubi could have influenced Naruto in causing it and would have to wait for him to awaken. Tsunade hoped that Naruto could defend himself as the civilian side of the council had been looking for a way to get rid of him for years and they wouldn't waste this opportunity that had been presented.

(Konoha hospital)

Upon waking to the sight of a familiar ceiling, Naruto felt hopeless for the second time in his life.

He had failed.

He failed to bring Sasuke back to the Leaf and he had failed to keep his promise to Sakura. It was probably for that reason why no one was in the room and why there wasn't any indication that someone had visited him. He lay back on the bed, wondering where Sasuke was now. Had he made it to Oto? Had Orochimaru taken over his body or was he actually receiving the training he sought? Naruto wondered what would have been worse when the door opened and Shizune walked in.

"Naruto! You're awake! How are you feeling?" she as she came towards him with the mystical palm jutsu scanning him for any illness.

"I failed." was all that Naruto could mumble as a response.

"What are you talking about? You won the fight. Sasuke is down the hall under guard." Shizune said though with a hint of worry, if Naruto couldn't recall the fight then he would be facing serious charges from the council. Naruto, oblivious to her worry, snapped his head up in hope. He didn't fail! He kept his promise of a lifetime! Sasuke was in Konoha!

"How is he? Is he awake? Does Sakura-chan know?" He asked with mirth in his voice. He couldn't believe he beat Sasuke. He couldn't remember anything after that final clash between his rasengan and Sasuke's chidori.

"Yes Sakura knows Sasuke's back. She and Ino are in his room right now..." Shizune answered the last question first before saying "but Sasuke is currently in a coma. He suffered severe blood loss and a serious injury to his chest." She knew that her answer would hurt him but she had to tell him. Better to hear it from her mouth than from someone less sympathetic to him. Shizune decided to inform him about the reaction to mission as well before the ANBU called for him. "Naruto the council has been calling forth everyone involved in the mission and I will have to tell them and Tsunade you're awake. Don't leave until she talks to you." With that said and the medical scan showing that he was fit enough to be discharged after some rest; Shizune left him to inform Tsunade.

Naruto just sat in silent horror. He could not comprehend what Shizune had told him. He had nearly killed Sasuke. How? He remembered scratching his headband and then...he blackout. Fear gripped him as he wondered if the fox had taken control of him for just a moment. He could think of no other explanation. Lost in fearful thoughts, he didn't notice the ANBU beside his bed until she spoke.

"Uzumaki-san, the council has summoned you for a meeting. I am to escort you there immediately."

Naruto leapt in shock to her sudden presence but quickly replied "I am not allowed to leave here until Tsunade baa-chan has seen me."

"You'll be able to see her at the meeting. I must bring you there now." urged to ANBU, unable to hide the stress in her voice. Naruto reluctantly agreed and they where shusined to the meeting chamber.

(Konoha council chamber/ Hokage Tower)

Naruto appeared in a slightly darkened room, with a large semicircular table directly in front of him with space for fifteen people, twelve of them currently sitting. To the left side Naruto saw the six current clan heads with empty spaces for the Uchiha and Sarutobi clans as both heads/heir where unavailable for the meeting as one was currently on a mission and the other was lying in a hospital bed. The Senju clan currently did not have a seat since the current Hokage was of that clan, and could cause potential voting bias as the Hokage was the last known Senju. Sitting in two of the three centre chairs were the two advisors to the Hokage. Tsunade herself was missing, causing Naruto to inwardly panic at the situation. Without Tsunade's support, the council would be far less supportive to him. The final four seats were assigned to the civilian members. Closest to him was Jiga Hotarubi, a heavy set, balding middle aged business man who was the merchant guild of Konoha. What remained of his hair was starting to grey. Though he didn't blame Naruto personally about the Kyuubi, he could not stand the brat. The boy's numerous pranks had caused him unending headaches and problems as the owners of the shops he vandalised were continuously pressuring him to do something about the brat, but with both the previous and current Hokage supporting him along with his decline in pranks since he became a shinobi, there wasn't much he could do.

To his right sat Iwashi Tatami, a young man in his early twenties who blamed Naruto for the death of his parents twelve years ago. Due to that he was raised by his Uncle who taught at the school for anyone who did not choose being a shinobi as a career. Tatami followed in his Uncles footsteps and had recently taken over his Uncles seat on the council for civilian education. He had never sat in a council meeting concerning Naruto before this one and had paid close attention to the meetings concerning the Sasuke retrieval mission, hoping to carry out some sort of vengeance against the Kyuubi brat.

The next seat had Nobuo Tobita. He was a somewhat thin middle age man that wore thick shades and a black bandana over his head. He was the senior civilian medic at Konoha hospital and helped treat the civilian populace so the medic-nins could focus on treating shinobi. He had neither hate nor love for Naruto but in every meeting would let the arguments persuade his decision. The clan heads had often joked that Tobita was a civilian Aburame.

The final seat was occupied by the representative for the retired shinobi, Shimura Danzō.

"Thank you ANBU-san. You are dismissed." said Mokado Homura, signaling for the ANBU to leave. Once she had left, Utatane Koharu started the meeting.

"Genin Uzumaki Naruto, you have been summoned here before the council to report your performance regarding your role in the recent mission captained by Chunin Nara Shikamaru. Please begin and know that any omission or false testimony on your behalf, whether intentional or not, will be call for severe penalty. Do you understand?" She asked emotionlessly.

"I have yet to give my report to the Hokage. Shouldn't I do that before this?" he questioned hoping to delay the situation until he could talk to either Tsunade baa-chan or Ero-sennin.

"DAMN RIGHT!" yelled Tsunade as stormed right through the council room doors, her anger clearly evident on her face. "Would someone tell why this meeting has been called before I have had a chance to debrief MY shinobi let alone discharge him from the hospital?" She demanded while glaring at the council focusing mainly on her advisors.

"Hokage-sama the village has grown restless in regard to Uchiha-san's condition and how he became so injured. We wished to have these meetings finished as soon as possible so as to tell the villagers the truth." replied Danzō, knowing how to continue the meeting even against the Hokage's will "If the people here that this meeting was postponed due to your favouring of the shinobi in question, there would be mass resentment from both shinobi and civilians alike."

Tsunade new that the war hawk was right as she had to listen to numerous complaints from the villagers regarding when the kyuubi brat and how he would be punished. If they heard about a delay the unrest would deteriorate and she would be faced with a far greater problem than she currently had. Tsunade had wanted to prepare Naruto for the council since he had fatally injured the clan heir of a bloodline carrying clan, his punishment was to be decided the council and not her. She only hoped that Naruto could explain his actions enough to at least get the clan heads to side with him as she knew that the civilian side and her advisors would lean for a far harder punishment than necessary.

"Very well" she sighed, taking her seat "Naruto, please give your mission report."

Naruto had then gone through his report which had matched the accounts of the other shinobi involved up until he reached the point where Sasuke had stabbed his chidori through his chest.

"The reports from both Hatate Kakashi and the field medics show no indication of such an injury. How did it heal before their arrival?" questioned Tobita. Naruto knew his answer would condemn him and he couldn't think of any way to phrase it that could be put in positive light. Seeing as they were waiting for his response, he braced himself for the backlash.

"I was able to heal because of the Kyuubi." Naruto could tell in that instant that he said that, the atmosphere changed completely as if this is what they had been waiting for.

"Again; how? It is well known from your performance in chunin exams that the level of control that you have over the kyuubi's chakra can heal the smaller wounds that you receive, but it was still clear that the larger wounds remained." asked Shikaku. He could tell that the boy was uncomfortable but they as the council needed to make sure that he was able to control the Kyuubi, and without Jiraiya to check the seal, it would have to be determined through his report.

Naruto shifted his weight and replied "The kyuubi forced through more of its power, saying how it would refuse to die in a weak vessel." He knew he had worded response wrong as Tsunade's face sank and the others hardened.

"Are you currently able to communicate with the Kyuubi?" asked Inochi, unable to keep the fear fully out of his voice. If the Kyuubi could openly talk to Naruto there was every possibility that it could easily corrupt him through constant assault.

"NO!" shouted Naruto in panic. Calming himself down "I have only ever talk to the Kyuubi twice, when Sasuke hit me with chidori and when Ero, I mean Jiraiya threw me off a cliff during training."

Seeing that she could save Naruto with this, Tsunade decided to intervene, "This is true as Jiraiya reported this to the 3rd Hokage during the training in summoning toads. Apparently when Naruto is faced with a life threatening situation the seal allows him to communicate with the kyuubi in order to help draw enough chakra to help him fight or escape." The clan heads had calmed down upon hearing this and so had the civilians somewhat.

"Naruto please continue." commanded Tsunade, relaxing somewhat as with the situation that Sasuke had forced, Naruto was legally safe as long as they check Sasuke's memories when he awoke. It was too dangerous to do so while in a coma as without him conscious it was difficult to decipherer between memories and dreams. Naruto had resumed where he had left off, with the council being concerned with Sasuke's transformation but then Naruto paused; he knew that this next part there was no way of talking around.

"Then after the attacks clashed, I... I passed out. The next thing I remember was waking up in the hospital." Naruto admitted, waiting for the council's response.

"What do you mean, you don't recall? Remember that any omission will be severely punished." stated Homura, his gaze narrowing on the blonde shinobi.

"That's what I said. I don't remember. Our attacks clashed, I passed out and then I woke up today. I don't know how Sasuke got injured so badly, or how I got back." Naruto said in a dejected voice. He knew this would end badly.

"How do you know of Uchiha-san's condition if you passed out before the conclusion of your battle?" asked Danzō with interest. The other members were also wondering as to how he knew.

"Shizune nee-san told me when she came to check up on me. She also told me she was going to inform you that I was awake." Naruto replied in panic knowing that that thought he was lying "you can summon her to check."

Though his answer let them know he wasn't lying in his report, it left a more troubling question. "Was the Kyuubi's power still active when you lost consciousness?" was Danzo's final question. Naruto realised that this was it and whatever happened next was beyond his control.

"Yes"

"Uzumaki-san, you have admitted that during the battle that you have conversed with the Kyuubi, and when you lost consciousness, you were still under the effects of its power. Is that correct?" asked Homura, his expression was emotionless but his tone was not.

"Yes"

"The council will now debate your fate. Please wait outside." And with that, the dejected blonde walked through the doors and waited for his fate.

After twenty minutes of debating and shouting from Tsunade, Naruto was called back to the chamber.

"Genin Uzumaki Naruto by seven to six vote this council has decided that... you are to be banished and removed from Konoha ninja ranks. It is due to your record during the Suna-Oto invasion that execution is denied but from the reports of this mission, you are too dangerous to be kept within the leaf and the Kyuubi could force and break any chakra restraints placed on you." Spoke a crushed Tsunade, she had argued and pleaded with the council but was unable to convince enough of them. "You will have tracking and silencing seals placed on you, to determine if you return within five miles of Konoha's walls and to prevent you from speaking about Konoha to any shinobi you encounter respectfully. You have three days to leave but are free to leave at any time before the deadline. Naruto... I'm so sorry." She finished, unable to look him in the eye.

"I... I understand Baa-chan." whispered Naruto and left to collect his things.

(Konoha/ Uzumaki apartment – six hours later)

Naruto had already packed his merge belongings in several sealing scrolls and had the seals placed on him. As of right now, Naruto was debating between either leaving without saying goodbye or going to see his fellow genin one last time. Sasuke was still in a coma, with no sign of awakening any time soon. Sakura was still in Sasuke's room with Ino, and Naruto wondered if she knew if he was awake, let alone banished.

"How's it going Gaki."

Naruto jumped off his bed in fright as Jiraiya announced his presence from his window.

"Ero-sennin! Use the bloody door! Are you trying to scare me death! I have had enough to deal with today." Naruto berated Jiraiya, though he whispered the final part. Jiraiya must have heard him as instead of laughing; he placed a gentle hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"I know Naruto. I heard from Tsunade-hime." Naruto looked up into his face and Jiraiya knew what was really bothering him, "Don't worry about the seal. If the Kyuubi was breaking loose, it would not have receded back into the seal but have continued to try and break out."

Naruto gasped; hope rising within him, "So I'm not losing control? The fox is still being held?" he asked, needing reassurance to ease his fear.

"Trust me gaki, there have been other jinchūriki in the past that lost control. When they did, their biju went on a full rampage until they were resealed. Since the Kyuubi is the strongest of the nine, it would not just go back into the seal if it took over." Jiraiya explained, though he could tell most of it went over Naruto's head, but he seemed to get the meaning of it as he calmed down.

"Wait jinchūriki? Is that what I am? And what do you mean others? Has the Kyuubi been sealed inside someone before?" the blonde started questioning the Sannin, not giving time to answer any of them. Slapping his hand over the blonde's mouth Jiraiya continued explaining.

"Yes we call those that have one of the nine biju sealed in them jinchūriki. There can be up to nine jinchūriki at any one time but as for the sealing of the kyuubi... well that was something that I was coming here to talk about." Jiraiya saw how quickly Naruto calmed down and focused at that part. "How do I go about this... well I guess it all begins with Uzumaki Mito..."

(Uzu no Kuni/ ten days later)

He was tired.

He had been traveling towards the abandoned village for the last nine days and had not met anyone or anything along the way, although he could have looked at that in a much more positive light, he missed having anyone to talk to.

He had sped through the forest in the direction he was told he could find the village though he was also told there was likely to be little to nothing of value.

Naruto did not care about what treasure, or lack thereof, that might be present but it was his family's home. He wanted to see the place for himself. After that he said he might head to Wave but would let his godfather know through one of the toads.

Finally he noticed that the forest was thinning out and the coastline was coming into view. Even from this distance he could easily see the whirlpools that gave the region its name and was amazed by their sheer size. All of them were larger in size than Tazuna's bridge and looked like they could easily swallow any of the bosses of the summoning contracts that he had seen. After marveling at the sheer power of the ocean, Naruto decided to move down the coast line, searching for the entrance to the village when he came upon a strange sight.

There along the beach were thirteen people, twelve of them giants that all looked identical. The thirteenth man looked old, wearing a pair of baggy, brown trousers, a striped white and blue t-shirt with a long, white coat over it with the sleeves rolled up. His hair, what little was left that didn't make up his mustache, was a dull grey.

Naruto saw all of the giant men turn to him and could hear one saying in an unfittingly soft voice for such a tall man "Familiar detected. No movement taken. Request orders."

Vegapunk looked up from the coastline and saw the same kid in orange from two weeks ago.

"Well...this just keeps get interesting." said Vegapunk before signaling the pastifista.

Chapter End.

Yes I am leaving it there. Tune in next week for the next chapter: Hokō jishin

P.S. my spell check was f##ked up. Chapter is fixed