Chapter 3

When Naruto walked into the room the first person to approach him was Hiruzen Sarutobi who was like a grandfather to him.

''It's good to see you alive and well my boy.'' He said with smile on his face after giving him a hug.

''It's good to see you to gramps. You don't seem to have age a day since I've been gone.'' He complements causing the former kage to chuckle.

''I'm glad to see you to sensei.'' Naruto comments noticing the sage pout. ''Do I have to beg for a hug from my neehcan?''

''I don't know maybe. I was feeling preety unappreciated earlier.'' She jokes before going over and giving him a hug.

''I know I owe you all an explanation and you'll get it. Also congrats Shizune on the baby.'' Naruto said confusing everyone specially Shizune.

''What are you talking about Naruto?''

''You're pregnant. I couldn't sense it before but after I came in contact with you, I felt a separate chakra signature in you.'' Shocking her even further.

''Just all sorts of surprises today.'' Tsunade says with a smile.

''Speaking of surprises. Naruto do you possess the Rinnagan?'' Jiraiya asked the whole room going quit and looking in Naruto's direction who had an emotionless face on.

''what gave you that idea?''

''Before the civil war ended, word got around that a mysterious person who wielded the legendary Rinnagan and fought on the side of the rebels. Now that we all know you were in it, I have a feeling that person is you.'' After Jiraiya finished explaining his reason the room became quit again. Naruto stared into the eyes of his sensei before closing his and opening them, showing everyone in the room the blood red iris with ripple like patterns surrounding the eye with multiple tomes on the inner and outer rings.

''You were right sensei; I do have the Rinnagan. I unlocked them in the middle of the war when I was seventeen and like I said I'll try to explain everything to you as best I can. So where do you want me to start?'' he asked.

''How about when you got involved in the war, because the last reports we had on you is being last seen in moon country.'' Tsunade answered.

''Alright that seems like a good place to start. For starters I was only staying in the country for about a month till I got word that Kiri was in a middle of a war and that's were my journey begins.''

~Flashback~

I was staying with the king and his family when I found out about the war on the streets. I knew then that I had found a new purpose and that was to help the rebels win the war. That's most likely when you got that report of being on moon just when I was about to leave. The king help pay for the travel and like that I was on my way, and you would think that it should have been easy but it wasn't. Turns out that even though the war was still freshly new the body count was really high. Not only death rate was high but food, medicine you name it was running super low and both sides were looking for allies to supply them. Sadly, however the fourth Mizukage was paranoid of just about any boat that came entered the land of water and would have them attacked. That's how my trip to Kiri ended with me and a bunch of civilians being blown out of the water.

''Ugh I'm never getting on another boat again.'' Naruto groans pulling himself out of the water. ''I can't believe they'd fire on a civilian ship.'' He muttered looking around for any survivors. He was soaked, cut, bruised and bleeding he needed to get out the area before people came to check the wreck.

''Don't you get tired of firing on ships containing innocent civilians.'' He heard one of the mist shinobi say before he and the person they were traveling with burst out laughing.

''Of course not. Unlike those damn rebels they're a lot easier to kill.''

Hearing that made Naruto's blood boil and his resolve to help the rebels becoming even stronger now.

(Needless to say finding the rebel camp was even harder than I originally thought it would. After I found them however It toke a lot of convincing to get Mei to let me join her cause a fourteen-year-old asking to join the war, I even pulled the I'm the Kyuubi Jinchuriki card and still didn't help. Her words and I quote ''titles don't mean diddly shit in a war unless you earn it yourself.'' The only way I was ever going to gain her trust was for me to sneak behind enemy lines and free Ao and his men who were captured. Ao was a dear friend of hers and probably the best hunting ninja I've ever met, he even taught Haku just about everything he knew when she returned home. Speaking of Haku she's the reason why I even got the mission from Mei and fortunately she was also assigned with me. It was a two men job. Get in and get out as fast as we could without causing an alarm.

Ha-ha but you all know when it comes to me. Not everything always goes as planned.)

''Naruto are you in position?'' he heard Haku over the comms.

"Putting the last explosive tag in place. And moving on to the breaching point.''

They were breaking into one of the strongest prisons in Kiri that was on a lonely island surrounded by thick mist huge shocker right? Anyway the plan was to breach into two separate points of the prison steal guard uniforms, get to Ao and his men, blow the prison and escape in the confusion.

As of now Naruto was hiding along the shadows making his way to the break room for a uniform.

''Hey any news on that hunter Ao?'' he overheard making him stop.

''Oh yea him. Nah men last I heard he's still being interrogated and hasn't cracked yet.''

''unbelievable. But it doesn't matter if he breaks anyway, as long as we get that right eye of his.'' Guards walking off laughing.

''Haku we need to step up our time table. We may have a problem.'' Naruto reported.

''What is it?''

"I just overheard a few of the guards and Ao isn't with the rest of his men. He's currently being interrogated, there was also a mention of getting his right eye.'' Relaying back the information.

'Shit. Alright Naruto change of plans, we won't be meeting up at the cell block. You're much closer to the interrogating cells. Go there and get AO, if you have to blow the damn tags early.''

''Understood.'' He said getting an outfit from the breakroom before making his way to AO.

He hated to say it but he had a feeling things wouldn't go as planned this time, if they had hell would have frozen over.

''Hey um the boss wants me to deliver the prisoner back to his cell.'' Naruto says spotting two guard's outside the cell with AO.

''The boss is the one doing the interrogating.'' Guard says eyeing Naruto like something was wrong.

''What are you doing here anyway? Only high ranking officers are permitted to be down here.''

''I am a high ranking officer.'' Naruto says getting nervous.

''Oh really.'' Guard giving him a disbelieving look. ''What's your rank.''

''Uh, chunin?'' sounding hopeful. ''Know what? Screw this.'' Naruto says already getting tired of this, before quickly drawing a kunai and thrusting it in the guy's neck then throwing him on top of the other guard distracting him long enough to punch in the face knocking him out.

''Boss there's a message for you from the Mizukage.'' Calls trying to get the warden's attention.

''What does he want now? Can't you see that I'm busy.''

''I don't know boss. I'm just a lowly grunt who's only following orders.''

''Fine, I'm coming out.'' The warden growls while Naruto is trying to figure out why he was successful this time in convincing someone seeing the warden opening up the door seeing nothing but a smiling Naruto, who's smile quickly faded. The guys was packed like a tank and he could already feel the bruises forming on his body.

'Damn you Haku.'' He mumbles before punching him in the face making him stumble backwards. (warning I suck when it comes to combat so please, please bear with me) Pushing his attack Naruto went to deliver another punch only to have his fist caught mid-swing, slammed against the wall and punched hard in the stomach coughing up blood. The warden didn't stop there however because next thing Naruto knew he was being picked up and thrown against the ceiling and having the wardens knee break his fall.

Naruto was never one to take the easy way out of a situation, but just this once he would take it by bringing his arm up to the men's nuts making him double over. Then elbowing him in the face, getting in a battle ready stance and drawing his reaming knife. Shacking off the aftershock of getting hit the warden starts throwing punches at Naruto who dodge and blocked them doing it Jason Bourne style (speaking of which looking forward to the new one) Naruto would repeatly stab him in the arms and underarms, until the warden swung his left arm wildly. Ducking underneath it Naruto shoved the knife as hard as he could in his enemy's armpit making cry pain, taking the opening that was given to him he stole his opponents Kunai knife and stab him in the eye killing him and to make sure he was dead Naruto stabbed him in the heart and slit his throat.

''AO are you alright?'' He asked breathing heavily.

'Who are you? What are you doing here?''

''I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I'm a leaf- I mean a rouge ninja and I was sent by Mei Terumi.'' He answered unshackling him from the chair. 'Let's get you out of here.''

~flashback end~

''Like that I was part of the rebel forces who steadily rose through the ranks and became second in command.''