Chapter 3: Shadow Revealed

A/N: Hey guys I'm back! So as this chapter title suggests yes it is time for the big reveal! Only three people know who it is though so this will come as a shock to most. I won't say who it is here but it might surprise you later. Now I know some might complain that it's too early to say who it is but that was never the main plot of the story. It is build up to what I actually have planned and you'll get a small glimpse of that at the end of the chapter. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the chapter!

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The next morning, they all woke up refreshed and ready to go. Tsunami had made them all breakfast to start off. They ate at the table with Naruto and Kiba acting cute the whole time. After breakfast Naruto took a walk around the perimeter to check for anything out of the ordinary.

He caught a faint sense of chakra in a nearby tree. He checked it out but didn't find anything. "Hmm I think someone was watching us," Naruto thought out loud. "Yes there was. Be on guard Kit. I wouldn't put it past your corrupt father to have you tailed," Kurama said.

Neither of them saw a shadow stalk from tree to tree only a few yards away. "If you're still here I'll warn you. Go home! Nothing good will come from following me, my boyfriend, or my best friend," Naruto called out. "She will be mine," was the only response. Unfortunately, Naruto was unable to pinpoint exactly where it came from.

He went back to the house but decided not to tell anyone about what just happened. They were obviously after Raven because they said she. He would find this person and make sure that they never got anywhere near his friend. That is the one thing that will make him go all out in fighting. Hurting his loved ones.

He pretended everything was okay but in all honesty he was freaking out inside. They were going to be helping build today to get some more of the bridge done. The faster this bridge is built the faster they can get home. Naruto made a bunch of clones to help speed things along in addition to the he has watching the house.

"Wow if you keep this up then we'll be done I no time. Where do you get the energy for all of this?" Tazuna laughed. All three of the genin pointed to his stomach in response. "My best furry friend here," Naruto said. "What?" Tazuna asked. "The nine tails. See," Naruto said then summoned Kurama in chibi form. "Sup," Kurama said. "Wow I expected him to be bigger," Tazuna said. "Well I didn't summon all of him. If I did he'd break the bridge. He's quite huge ya know," Naruto said.

"Good don't then," Tazuna said. "Can I stay out for a while?" Kurama whined. "Fine but don't whine to me when you get pet by Raven," Naruto said. "Hey! I'm not gonna pet him," Raven said in outrage. "You do every time I do this," Naruto said. "I do not!" Raven denied. "Yeah you do," Kiba said. "Nuh uh!" Raven said. "Yes you do and it's quite annoying," Kurama said. "Whatever," Raven said defiantly.

Kurama poofed away and they got back to work. When the time to leave was there they had gotten most of the way across the river. They would be done tomorrow with more help from clones. "Thank you so much kids. The sooner we finish the sooner Wave can get back to normal. I wish Gato had never come here," Tazuna said.

"Well we'll do whatever we can to help with him too. Most wouldn't because of the mission but lucky for you we aren't most," Kiba said. "Thank you. I'm glad that I got you guys," Tazuna said. "Yeah and you're not as bad as most drunks," Naruto said.

They got back to Tazuna's place for dinner. Tsunami had made a nice meal for them even though they didn't have much. "Thank you for this. You are too kind," Obito said. "It's the least we could do for the heroes saving our country," Tsunami said. "Well we're still grateful," Obito said. "Why don't you all shut up! They can't help us! Heroes don't exist! There's no point in struggling on because Gato will kill you! There's no such thing as a hero so just stop! The weak stay weak and the strong stay strong!" Tazuna's grandson, Inari, burst out. "INARI!" Tsunami yelled.

"Shut up brat! You have no idea what you're talking about! At least your family loves you! My friend Naruto here grew up with his mom, dad, and brother hating him and calling him a demon! He was weak but guess what! He got off his ass and did something about it! Don't think for a second that some fat wealthy business slob will us down when we have survived so much worse! If you wanna stay weak all your life fine! But don't cry to us about it!" Raven yelled back.

"W-what?" Inari stuttered. "It's true. They hated me and still do. It even got to the point where they would punish me physically for even talking to them. Thankfully my wonderful boyfriend's mom did most of the raising me. It was hard but I endured so much to get where I am. Multiple attempts on my life, multiple, beatings, multiple threats and I'm still here. I don't know what happened to you but I know you can get through it. Think about it please. You can do so much and all you have to do is try," Naruto said.

Inari was speechless at this point. He couldn't believe that one person had gone through so much. "I-I'm sorry," Inari said in tears. "Hey don't cry. He didn't say any of that to make you cry. Naruto believes in the best of everyone," Kiba said kneeling in front of him. "Yeah and I believe you can be as strong as me one day," Naruto said kneeling next to Kiba. "R-really?" Inari asked. "Yes," they both said. "Thank you," Inari said. They hugged him and let him go on his way.

"Wow that was amazing," Tazuna said. "Naruto always knows what to say," Kiba said pecking his boyfriend on the cheek. "Yeah he does. Really great with kids. Perfect for when those two have some someday," Raven teased. Both boys went bright red with Kiba's fangs disappearing in his blush. "S-shut up," they stammered back. Raven stuck her tongue out at them.

Tsunami laughed at their antics then donned a serious look. "Was what you said really true?" Tsuanmi asked. "Yeah. Unfortunately, my dad, the 4th Hokage, despises me and my mom and brother follow whatever he says," Naruto said. "Oh you poor baby," Tsunami cried and enveloped Naruto in a hug. "It's ok though. Some of the clans have always supported me and even taught me some of their techniques," Naruto said. "Still I can't see why any parent would hate their own kid. That's disgraceful," Tazuna said.

"Yeah we know. We hate them back ten times more," Raven growled. "Well just know we will stand behind you and so will the rest of Wave I'm sure," Tazuna promised. Tsunami released Naruto, who was near tears from the support he was being shown. "Thank you for that," Naruto said.

After that they decided to rest up for tomorrow. They hoped to get the bride done and deal with Gato soon so they could get back home. They fell asleep quickly needing rest. The shadow was outside watching and waiting again to see what happens.

The next day was an early morning. They all got up and headed to the bride to work. When they got there a group of men were standing behind a short fat balding man. "Well look who's early. We weren't expecting you for a little longer. Thought we'd do some demolition for ya," the man said. "Don't you dare Gato. These ninjas are here to stop you!" Tazuna yelled. "What's a couple of brats gonna do?" Gato laughed. "We're gonna fuck you up that's what. Don't underestimate us. It will be the last thing you do," Raven warned.

"Ooo I'm so scared," Gato taunted. "That's it!" Raven yelled. She jumped into the center of the group and quickly took down 5 guys. The other 95 surrounded her and the boys jumped in with her. Between the three of them the numerous amount of mercenaries was child's play.

When the mercenaries were dealt with the three, with Obito, surrounded Gato. "Please don't kill me! I'll pay you!" Gato pleaded. "Nope you die now," Obito said. Gato was about to argue further but Obito wasn't listening. He finished him off with one blow to the head. When Gato's body dropped lifeless hundreds of voices started to cheer. They looked around for the first time to see the whole village was there watching them. "Y-you did it," Inari sniffled.

"I'm sorry I know I said I wouldn't cry anymore," Inari said. "You baka. Tears of happiness are okay. In fact, they're encouraged. Never be ashamed to show how happy you are," Naruto said kneeling down in front of Inari. "Thanks Naruto," Inari said. He grabbed Naruto around the neck and pulled him further to his knee to hug him. Naruto happily returned the affection.

Once they cleaned up the bridge they got back to work. They finished a couple hours later with the bridge finally being done. They packed up their stuff to head home and were about to leave when Inari stopped them. "Wait! We haven't named the bridge yet," he called. "Oh yeah! How about The Entrance to the World?" Naruto suggested. "No. I know a much better name for it. The Great Naruto Bridge!" Inari yelled. Everyone cheered their affirmation for the name.

The team left after that and ran home as fast as they could. When they got to the village they slowed down to a walk. Once inside Obito split off to go deliver his report and bitch out Minato. While they were walking towards the Inuzuka compound they each felt an individual prick on their neck. Everything started to spin for them and the boys went to one knee while Raven went limp.

Naruto and Kiba remained conscious enough to see a dark figure walk towards them. "W-who are you?" Naruto breathed out. "Aww what's wrong? Don't recognize your own twin demon?" Hashirama laughed. "If you touch him I'll end you," Kiba growled. "Oh poor mutt. Don't you see? I'm after Raven not this trash," Hashirama chuckled.

"You'll pay for this. How could you even get the drop on us? You suck," Kiba demanded slowly slipping into the abyss of unconsciousness. "Ah daddy gave me full command of the Anbu so I had them do it," Hashirama giggled like a small child. "This is an act of war on my clan. You let your precious daddy know that," Kiba said before falling as limp as Raven.

"Damn it Hashirama why?" Naruto said barely holding on. "Because I get what I want," Hashirama said simply. "I won't let you get away with this. I won't let you take her," Naruto snarled. He tried to stand but his legs buckled and he fell to both knees barely staying awake. "Damn it what did you hit us!?" Naruto screamed in frustration. "A little something daddy made to knock out a jinchuuriki. He made it in case you went rabid," Hashirama gloated.

"You won't get away with this," Naruto said about to pass out. "You won't be around to stop me. Kill the boys," Hashirama waved. Just as Naruto was going out of he saw a pissed off looking Jiraiya standing in front of them then everything went black.

Naruto woke up later in what he recognized as the Nara infirmary. Kiba was in the bed next to him still sleeping and Tsume was in the chair by their bed. "Tsume? How long was I out?" Naruto asked sitting up. "Naruto! You've been out for three days! Kiba was only out for a couple hours and Raven was out for not much longer," Tsume said hugging him. "So Raven is ok? Good I bet I was out longer because Kurama is the strongest tailed beast so they used an insanely high dosage to knock me out," Naruto theorized.

"That's what Jiraiya said," Tsume agreed. Naruto took a good look at Tsume and saw she had blood on her skin. "What's going on?" Naruto asked. "Pandemonium. When the Uchiha, Nara, Hyuuga, and Akimichi clans had heard you were attacked they rebelled against Minato alongside us for it. Konoha is in the midst of a bloody Civil War," Tsume said. "Shit! We gotta stop it. They didn't know about Hashirama!" Naruto said. "No Naruto they did. They ordered the Anbu to kill you and Kiba and to kidnap Raven," Tsume said.

"R-really? Are you sure? Fine if they want me gone I'll leave. Tell all the clans that support us to be at the gate in 20 minutes. We are leaving Konoha," Naruto said. "Where are we gonna go?" Tsume asked. "The only ninja village that is fighting against Minato. We're going to sound," Naruto said.

He woke up Kiba and they got Raven. Once together they ran out into the chaos. They found Obito and told him the plan then left for the gate. When they got there the clans were already waiting for them. "Everyone ready? Then let's go. I wanna be there before Minato realized what's happening," Naruto yelled.

They all set off at a dead sprint following Raven. Hopefully Konoha wouldn't follow them.

Timeskip 7 years

It had been seven years ago today that Konoha had lost most of their powerful clans. They were hosting the chuunin exams this year and hopefully it would go better this year. This would be first though because all of the major shinobi villages would be attending and that even included the Sound village.

For the first time all 6 kages would be in the same place. This was set to be a very important event in history. Today the Otokage was set to arrive with his squad that would be taking the chuunin exams. Their procession had stopped so that the Otokage could look at the gates. A little tuft of blonde hair could be seen under the hat.

They were greeted by the officials and taken to see the Hokage. They would be staying their time here in the Hokage mansion. When they got to the office of the Hokage they were introduced. "Hello Otokage-san so glad that you and your squad could make it," Minato greeted with a smile. He stuck out his hand so that he could shake it. "Greetings Hokage-san," the Otokage said shaking his hand.

"Say you sound kinda familiar. Have we met before?" Minato asked. "Hmm I sound familiar huh? Do I sound like someone you tried to have killed 7 years ago?" the Otokage said. "What? N-no it can't be you!" Minato said glaring disbelievingly. "Oh yes it's me. Hello father long time," Naruto said taking off the hat to reveal it's him. "I've waited a long time for this. Don't worry I don't hold any grudges in fact you hold no significance to me since I far outstrip you in power," Naruto said. "Who in their right mind would let a demon like you be a kage," Minato spat.

"I'd watch your tone if I was you. The other Kages are all good friends of mine and allies and they don't like you. So unless you want an everyone versus Konoha war watch it," Naruto threatened. Minato was going to speak further but held his tongue. "So what room are we being put in?" Naruto said going very cheery. "I'll have you shown to your room," Minato said through gritted teeth.

Naruto followed a chuunin to where he and his squad would be staying. "Kiba you can drop the henge now," Naruto told his guard. "Oh thank god," Kiba said. "So this is where you used to live?" Kagami, an Uchiha and one of Naruto's students, asked. "Yep. This is where I lived and Kiba lived and you lived here too. The Uchihas were actually the founders along with the Senjus and the Uzumakis," Naruto said.

"That is so cool," Shikai, a Nara, said. "Agreed," Hanabi, Hinata Hyuuga's little sister, said. "So guys rest up and explore the village. You could even visit the clan district and see where your clans used to live," Naruto said. "Hai," they said. When they were alone Naruto and Kiba shared a passionate kiss. This was gonna be a fun night.

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A/N: Well there ya go! Were ya guys surprised? I hope so I meant for it to be surprising. Yeah I know this chapter is kinda short but hey it takes a lot to write these things ya know. So did that satisfy anyone's curiosity of who it was? Got a picture of what is in store? If you think you know let me know what ya think is gonna happen. So I think next to update is either gonna be time travel or Anbu and yeah I know the viewing one got 5 reviews so I'll also get to work on that one. As always fave, follow, and review to let me know what y'all think. And finally I love all my readers, even though there's two I love a little more sorry ya know who you are, so until next time. Cya!