Hison Uzumaki, uncle of Naruto Uzumaki and younger brother of Kushina Uzumaki, was standing on top of the lookout of the Uzukage Mansion AKA the Schattenreich HQ, looking over the rebuilt village of Uzushiogakure. Hison had red spiky hair with a ponytail going down. He wore a black leather coat with silver wristbands and shoulder pads. Underneath it was a black shirt with a fishnet (Imagine his like Sephiroth but without long silver hair). His dark blue eyes scanned the village and the sky. Strapped to his waist was a sword with a black hilt. Strapped to his head was a forehead protector with the Uzu symbol on it. He was both the Daimyo, Uzukage and leader of the Schattenreich, but he planned on handing all three titles to Naruto when he was ready, and he would act as his nephew's advisor.

He had to thank the Rikudou Sennin for the creation of the Schattenreich. It was thanks to him that the members of the organization gained new abilities thanks to the seals put on them, thus increasing their powers. Of course it was also to separate them from Uzushiogakure and the nation in order to hide any link between them.

Suddenly he felt a shift in the wind and sighed. "How did it go Tasu?"

The bandaged man named Tasu walked towards Hison while pulling off his hood. It revealed some red hair sticking out of the bandages as it blew against the wind along with the robe that he wore. "How's Naruto?" Tasu asked.

Hison sighed. "The operation was a success and the Sage of the Six Paths is dead. It will also take awhile until Naruto has adjusted to his new eyes." Then he smirked at Tasu. "Of course you already know that don't you?"

Though the bandages covered his face, anyone could tell that Tasu rolled his eyes. "I've taken the tablet of the Sage of the Six Paths and brought it here for Naruto to read when he's ready. And I've also delivered the Third's book to the girl. I'm ready for the next assignment." He said as he handed Hison the said tablet.

Hison raised an eyebrow as he took it. "You don't want to relax first?" He asked.

Tasu shook his head. "No with Naruto still recuperating from the operation it's better if I get us some allies." He said.

Hison shrugged and pulled out a set of scrolls from his pocket. Then he handed them to Tasu. "What are my destinations?" Tasu asked.

"Land of Wave, Spring, Tea, Takigakure, Sunagakure and Amegakure. I know that they all except for Ame owe Naruto a great debt in the past and obviously harbor great anger towards Konoha for celebrating his suppose death. More information about our plans is in the scrolls for them to read. And Ame one of our relatives is there too so I'm hoping to win him over." Hison said.

Tasu nodded. "Understood" He said as he prepared to head out.

"By the way" Hison said making Tasu stop. "Why did you choose Tasu as your cover up name?" He asked.

Tasu shrugged as he walked up to the edge. "Sounded cool." And then disappeared without leaving a trace that he was ever there. Hison merely smirked as he continued to look out at the village and the setting sun.

Land of Wave

Tazuna, the new Daimyo of the country, was inside his office looking over some reports about the trading route between the Land of Wave and the Land of Fire. Despite what the Hokage did to Sasuke, Tazuna still had a good mind to cut off all trading between Konoha and his nation for how they tarnished Naruto's name.

"I hope I'm not interrupting?" A voice said as Tasu appeared out of thin air. Tazuna was startled and automatically fell to the floor, putting his hand to his chest. "Relax old man I'm not here to kill you."

Despite the claim Tazuna was still wary. "Okay then what are you here for?"

Tasu looked around making sure no one else was listening. "I bring a message from Naruto Uzumaki."

Tazuna's eyes widened at the name and automatically got up. "Naruto! He's alive? Is he okay?" He asked frantically. He owed a great debt to the boy for saving his village and freeing his grandson from his depress state.

Tasu shrugged. "A little rough up but he's fine." Then he pulled out one of the scrolls. "Anyway here is the message that he wanted me to give to you." He said as he handed the scroll to Tazuna. The man took the scroll and opened it, reading its contents. His eyes widened at some point but then narrowed once he finished reading. Then he looked up at Tasu. "I understand, count Wave in." He said without hesitation.

Tasu nodded and prepared to leave but stopped and said, "I'll be back in four days to hear how you've progressed. Also tell Inari that Naruto says hi." And with that he disappeared in a swirl.

"Incredible" Tazuna murmured before summoning his secretary. "I've decided that we'll continue trading with Konoha and the Land of Fire. But from now on two-thirds of our trade will be with the Whirlpool Nation. Also give a message to certain traders and merchants of our nation." If Naruto's plan worked, then they would gain much valuable intel on Konoha with these trades.

Land of Spring

Koyuki Kazahana, Daimyo of the Land of Spring sighed as she listened to her advisors arguing with each other. One side argued to continue trading with the Land of Fire since they produced needed goods while the other side said not too because they would praise a traitor while spitting on a hero's grave. Of course Koyuki agreed with the latter but she felt like Naruto would never forgive her for doing this to the village he loved. But she didn't want to trade with a village that caused him so much suffering.

"Having trouble?" Tasu asked as he materialized in front of the Daimyo. The advisors all shouted in shock and for the guards to come. The guards who were there raised their weapons and pointed at Tasu. Tasu stood unfazed by this and simply looked up at Koyuki.

Koyuki was the only one keeping her composure straight. "Who are you and what do you want?" She asked with authority in her voice.

Tasu said nothing, instead he reached into his robe, prompting the guards to flinch and prepare for an attack. But instead Tasu pulled out a picture and showed it to the Daimyo, causing Koyuki's eyes to widen: It was the same picture that she had given to Naruto, the one she signed. This could only mean one thing. "Y-you know Naruto?" She asked with hope.

Tasu nodded as he pulled out a scroll. "I'm here to deliver a message from here. I believe you will be interested in it." He said as he handed the scroll to a samurai, who in turn handed it to Koyuki.

Just like with Tazuna, Tasu got the same reaction from the female Daimyo. "So Naruto wishes us to continue trading with Konoha to gain information on them, while at the same time trade more of our resources with the Whirlpool Nation and Uzushiogakure." When Tasu nodded she smiled. "I like it. Please tell Naruto that the land of Spring gladly accepts an alliance with land of Whirlpool. And also tell him I'm glad he's okay."

Tasu bowed and then disappeared, much to the surprise of everyone in the room. "Incredible" Koyuki murmured.

Konoha Hokage's Mansion Two Days later

Tsunade handed the scroll to Kurenai as her genin team stood behind their sensei while the Shinobi council was sitting around them, since this mission required their attention as well. "So you all understand the mission. You are to head to Suna as ambassadors for Konoha to rebuild the treaty between our two villages." Then she looked at Hinata. "Hinata, since you have had more training in politics and have the stature as an heir to a noble clan, you shall be influential in reforming the relationships between them and us."

Hinata nodded fiercely. "Hai Hokage-sama, I won't let you down." She said.

From where he sat Hiashi had a small smile at his oldest daughter's new found confidence. He knew that she had always had a crush on Naruto, but was never allowed into a relationship with him due to her position. But apparently his disappearance seemed to have pushed her to be more determined in her life, as if a way to honor the boy's memories. True he held no hatred towards the boy so he was thankful for this.

However unknown to him or anyone else, the reason for Hinata's confidence was because of what she read in the book. She still couldn't believe that the Third lied not just about Naruto's heritage, but also to his own family that he was dead. But as she kept rereading the book her anger towards the people of Konoha grew until she reached a decision: when she would meet the man she met two nights ago she would give him her answer.

Her thoughts were broken when everyone heard yelling outside the door. Before anyone could ask what was happening, the door burst open with an angry Sasuke Uchiha coming inside, followed by several if not all the members of the Civilian Council and then Shizune. "My apologies Tsunade-sama, but they just pushed their way through." Shizune said as she glared at the unwelcome people.

Tsunade raised her hand signaling that it was fine. She had actually been waiting for this moment that Sasuke would confront her on what she did. 'Oh how much I'm going to enjoy this.' She thought to herself, as Sasuke soon stood right in front of her. Holding her amusement she held onto her serious face. "And what do you think you are doing, barging into my office during an important matter?"

Sasuke activated his sharingan and glared at Hokage, who wasn't the least bit intimidated. "I want my clan status returned to me at once! You have no right to take what is mine! Furthermore I demand to have the scroll of sealing so I can use the jutsu in there to kill my brother. I already have the civilian council on my side!" He shouted angrily.

Tsunade just rolled her eyes and looked behind Sasuke at the civilian council. Sakiko, who was at the front, held a piece of paper that showed several signatures. 'They don't know that the scroll is missing.' She thought as she said, "Oh really? So you expect the approval of the civilian council to help you in shinobi's affairs?" She asked with a smug look.

Sasuke blinked for a few seconds before slamming his fist on the desk again. "Yes, now give me back what is mine!" He shouted.

Tsunade sighed and snapped her fingers. At once two anbu ninjas appeared on both sides of Sasuke. "Anbu, take Sasuke Uchiha away and restrain him in his house since he is now under house arrest. Also Sasuke all your clan's belongings have already been used to pay for the damages done during the invasion and to help replenish the academy's curriculum. Furthermore its nonnegotiable as it was the only way for both Konoha and the Fire Country to regain their allies." Oh how she was enjoying this. She did however, kept the part on finding the hidden meeting room between herself, Shizune and Jiraiya, the latter inspecting what was kept in there.

Sasuke's eyes widened and then he tried to lunge at the Hokage, only to be smacked hard in the back of the neck and was soon knocked out. Everyone was shocked to see that it was Hinata who did the deed, her Byakugan activated. She then deactivated her kekkei genkai and bowed at Tsunade. "Forgive me Hokage-sama, but he clearly made a hostile act towards you and as such I felt that it was necessary to subdue him before he could do such things." She said as the two anbus picked up the knocked out Uchiha and dragged him out of the room.

Tsunade waved her hand. "No problem Hinata, you did the right thing. Now your team is dismissed to begin their mission Kurenai." As the two genin, chunin (Remember Kiba along with the rest of the retrieval team were promoted to chunin) and jonin bowed their heads and left, Tsunade glared at the civilian council who were now very nervous. "Is there a reason why you people got yourselves involved with shinobi business, again?"

While the other civilians got nervous, Sakiko Haruno stood her ground. "We did so because what you did could have greatly cost us the sharingan since Sasuke Uchiha is the last loyal member in Konoha." She said, which was replied with several snorts from some of the clan heads.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow before speaking. "Loyalty I highly doubt but in either case hand me that paper." When Sakiko made no move to do so Tsunade sent a look too Shikaku who nodded. Before anyone could react Sakiko founder herself paralyzed as Shikaku trapped her with his shadow possession. Unable to control her own movements, she handed the paper to Tsunade who studied it carefully. Surprisingly only half of the civilian council's names were on it. 'Guess some of these people do have brains after all.' She thought as she snapped her fingers and several more anbu appeared. "I want everyone whose name is on this paper arrested and taken to Ibiki. As for the rest of them, let them know that I'll let them off for now."

The anbu nodded and began to escort the civilians out of the room. With that done Tsunade turned towards the Shinobi council. "Now that's over with maybe now we can really discuss Konoha's future without idiots trying to ruin it." This earned some chuckles from the clan heads, but stopped when Tsunade frowned. "Anyway while the peace talks with Suna will hopefully be successful, Takigakure has fully canceled their treaty with us. Though I received this a day ago from their leader, the Takikage (A/N: I think I said that right) saying that while we do not have an alliance with them we are still allowed into their country during missions as long as it doesn't interfere with their work on country's economy."

The Clan heads nodded and then Tsume raised her hand. "What about Naruto? I mean I know it's been three months since he was taken but Jiraiya-sama must have some inkling about his whereabouts."

Tsunade shook her head. "No we still have no clue where those people take him." She said sadly. "Right now I'm more concern about the threat that they delivered."

Choza raised an eyebrow. "You really think that they'll attack Konoha in five years like they said?" He asked.

Tsunade sighed. "I don't know what to expect. These past few weeks have been hell and I don't feel like dealing with any more problems. But speaking of Naruto." She said as she pulled out a file. "I want you all to read this." She said as she handed it first to Shikaku.

The Nara clan head read the file and then his eyes widened in shock. "Are you telling us that Naruto is the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki?" He asked, earning shocked reactions from the rest of the clan heads.

Tsunade nodded. "Yes that was the reason why Minato chose Naruto to be the next container for the Kyuubi because he was his son. You don't honestly expect Minato to ask any other parent to accept that burden, do you?" The clan heads had to admit that she had a point. "Anyway I was thinking of revealing Naruto's lineage since the civilian council and elders constantly refuse to print Naruto's name on the memorial stone. I bringing this up with all of you because this is more in the shinobi affair then civilian so I'll ask this once if we should reveal Naruto's lineage to the public?"

The Clan heads all talked to one another. They never held any contempt towards Naruto during his time of growing up and they knew his parents very well too. Furthermore it would be a good way of paying their respects to the disease Fourth Hokage. Finally stop talking, all the clan heads turned towards Tsunade and they all nodded. Tsunade smiled. "Very good, so this afternoon an announcement will be made about Naruto's lineage." 'I can't wait too see the looks on the civilian council.' She thought to herself.

Sunagakure, Kazekage Mansion

Matsuri, Gaara's first and currently only student, plopped another large pile of paper on the desk in front of Gaara. "Sorry Gaara-sama but these are from the civilian council of Konoha, wanting permission to have a 30% in profit with the goods we trade with them. Yours and the Wind Daimyo's signatures are required for these."

Gaara sighed, wondering why he took this job. Though that just reminded him of Naruto, which only made him realize that he was doing this to be respected as well as for the good of the village. But he was not going to deal with demands of the Konoha civilians, the same ones that made Naruto's life a living hell and dishonored his memory. "You might as well return this documents to them blank Matsuri-chan. Neither I or the Daimyo plan to agree to anything those greedy people ask for."

Matsuri smiled at her Kazekage's defiance and bowed. "Hai Gaara-sama!" And she took the papers and headed out of the office.

Gaara watched her go, thinking about something, and then said, "Matsuri-chan" The said girl stopped and turned to stare at the boy. "After I'm done with all this would...would you like to get something to eat with me?"

If possible Matsuri's jaw dropped to the ground but she regain her composure. "I-I would be honored Gaara-sama! Thank You!" And with that she left with a skip to her walk.

Gaara let out a sigh and continued with some other paperwork, glad that he was on the road that to making friends like Naruto had said. But just as he was about to start with his work he suddenly felt a presence nearby. Moving quickly he willed his sand to the right…and nearly collided with Tasu. But the sand went right through him without doing any damage to his body. "You are indeed skilled young Kazekage." Tasu said as he walked forward while Gaara just stared at him. "I can tell that you are having conflicted feelings of what to do with me…probably because of that damn Shukkaku inside you." Gaara raised an eyebrow slowly willed the sand to surround the intruder. "Who are you?" He asked.

Tasu pulled out a scroll. "I've come to deliver a message from Naruto Uzumaki to you and-" But he was cut off as the sand wrapped around him tightly, while a small amount of sand took away to scroll and brought it over to Gaara. The Kazekage eyed him carefully as he opened the scroll and read it. What he saw made his eyes widened in shock but then regained himself. He looked up at Tasu. "Does Naruto really plan to start a war?" He asked.

Tasu shrugged though it was hard to do because of the sand. "For peace, yes. Now the questions if you will side with us? Suna will profit more from Uzu then from any other country due to our rich resources."

Gaara thought for a moment. It was true, Gaara read that the land of the Whirlpool was a much richer country then any others out there and trading them could boost the village's economy back up greatly. And besides, what did he owe Konoha? Nothing, he owed everything to Naruto and if Naruto now supported Uzushiogakure, then so would Gaara. "Very well I shall accept an alliance between our villages and shall inform the Wind Daimyo of this plan."

Tasu nodded and then disappeared, surprising Gaara that he could've done that all along.

Amegakure

On top of the highest tower in the village hidden in the rain, sitting on a metal tongue was Pain, God of Amegakure and leader of Akatsuki. He would always be sitting there, with the rain going down his body as he watched the village. Unless he had other matters to attend too then this is where he would be while Konan, his partner and only friend, assisted him with running the village. Currently he was thinking of what to do now that the Kyuubi Jinchuriki was missing and Zetsu was still looking for his location. But for now they shall focus on finding the others.

"Nice view you got here." A voice said.

Pain turned around and was shocked too see a bandaged man wearing a robe inside the building, with a beat up Konan in his hand. Moving quickly Pain raised his hand and pulled Konan over to him, getting her out of the man's grasp. Tasu raised an eyebrow. "Very impressive Pain, you use those eyes of yours well."

Konan looked up at Pain, coughing a little. "Forgive me. He got the drop on me."

Pain didn't say anything, just stared at the newcomer while helping Konan to her feet. "Who are you?" Pain asked. "Its clear that you know about the Rinnegan but because of that I cannot allow you to live." Raising his hand he said. "Shinrai Tensei" And suddenly he fired a powerful gravitational blast towards Tasu, hoping to send him flying. But instead Tasu held his ground easily, much to Pain and Konan's shock.

"Not bad" Tasu said as he brushed his sleeve. "Not impressive as the original but not bad."

'Original?' Pain thought to himself but before he could do anything, Tasu appeared right in front of him, startling the God.

"I would like to speak to the real you…Nagato Uzumaki." Tasu said in a dark voice.

Pain was somewhat surprise that this man knew his real name. But what really shocked him that he called him an Uzumaki. 'Just like the Kyuubi Jinchuriki.' He thought to himself before regaining his composure. "Very well, I shall take you to the real me." He said.

Konan's eyes widened. "But Nagato-" But was soon silenced when Nagato, or the Deva Path, raised his hand. Then the Path began to lead Tasu to meet the real Nagato.

An hour later, the three arrived into a dark room, where the only source of light was a lamp hanging from above. Tasu scanned the area for any traps when he looked in front of him and saw something. "So this is the real you."

Standing before him was a man, strapped into a machine. The man had pale skin and red hair, along with the Rinnegan. He was so skinny that you could practically see his bones. Sticking out of his back were several large black rods of some sort. This was the real Nagato, who looked down at Tasu while Konan stood to his left and the Deva Path stood to this right. "Now, why did you call me an Uzumaki?" Nagato ask in an authority like voice.

Tasu sighed. "The truth is that you are part of the Uzumaki Clan, a clan from Uzushiogakure in the Land of Whirlpool. I would have assume that your parents told you before they died." He realized that he hit a touchy subject when he felt a huge amount of Killer Intent coming out of Nagato.

"You know about my parents?" Nagato asked as he calmed down.

Tasu shrugged. "Not personally, but the organization I work for, Schattenreich, was founded by the Uzumaki clan during the 3rd Shinobi War in order to bring forth the vision that the Rikudou Sennin, the founder of the clan, wanted. As we speak our leader is now being implanted with the original Rinnegan. And seeing how you're a relative, he wishes to propose an alliance between Akatsuki and the Schattenreich." Tasu said.

Nagato narrowed his eyes, not sure if this was true or not. There was only one way to tell. "How do you intend to create peace? For me to bring pain brings peace. What is your way?"

Tasu smirked underneath his bandages. "Love…and power. We plan to use our new found abilities to create a world where people have a home, a place where they can be loved and love too. We agree that your plan is a good one, but a peace with pain will not end the suffering. Wouldn't you rather want to bring love to the world with power…to make sure no child loses their parents in any sort of tragedy?"

Tasu knew that the last line would get Nagato's attention and make him conflict over his own ideals. To help him decide Tasu said, "Also what if I told you that the man calling himself Madara Uchiha…isn't who he really says he is?"

This caught Nagato and Konan's attention as they both stared at Tasu. Finally Nagato asked, "Prove to me that you really intend to set out to bring the Sage of the Six Path's dream."

Tasu nodded, a reasonable question. Slowly Tasu pulled up the bandages covering his eyes and revealed a part of his face to the two Akatsuki members. What they saw shocked them to the fullest, even making their mouths open. "That's…" Konan said unable to believe what she was looking at.

Soon Tasu covered his eyes again and took out a scroll. "These are what we plan to do." He said he held it out for Konan to take. The blue haired woman looked at Nagato, who merely nodded. Slowly she walked over to Tasu and took the scroll. "I will come back in three days and wait for your answer. And remember…don't tell anyone." And with that he disappeared into thin air, leaving behind a still shocked Nagato.

Uzushiogakure Uzukage Mansion and Schattenreich HQ

Tasu reappeared inside the Uzukage's office/throne room. Already there was Hison Uzumaki. With them were some members of the Salbei Meisters, the anbu of the organization and Uzushiogakure and the Seinfeld (Death Hunters) the hunter nin of the village. Then there were the Schwerts (Swords) a special division of veteran ninjas that master the arts of kenjutsu And finally there was Naruto, who was wearing a black kimono with an orange version of the whirlpool symbol on the back while blindfolds covered his eyes since his new eyes weren't yet ready. He was also a little bit taller and more built, the right size someone his age should be at. "Well? How did it go?" Hison asked.

Tasu bowed before him and Naruto. "It all went great my lords. The Land of Spring, Wave and Tea have agreed to the plan and have now given us their support in secret. As you commanded it shall be made public in five years. Takigakure has also agreed to the plan but is still deciding about sending their jinchuriki over here for protection. Suna has fully committed theirs and the country's resources with us and is eager to trade. But due to the plan, will not made public until in five years."

Naruto nodded and, despite being blindfolded, looked at his uncle. "We should continue on rebuilding the country and the village. We'll send out our best to complete tough missions as long as they avoid Akatsuki. I also want to begin gathering data on Kumo and Iwa for our eventual invasion of their villages. We should also send some ninjas to support the resistance against the current Mizukage. That way we can gain their support in the future war we will unleash. Lastly uncle, I believe my eyes are almost fully ready." He said in a authority voice.

Hison bowed, proud of the progress his nephew has made in such a short time. "As you wish…your majesty."