Third chapter. Here ya go.


Laughter echoed from inside of the Hokage's tower as Naruto, Cole, Anko, Kakashi and Sarutobi all discussed what had happened that day.

"You should've seen their faces!" Naruto said, giggling madly. Everyone burst into a fresh round of laughter.

"Well done, kid. I would've done anything to see that class after you revealed yourself," Cole said, smiling. Anko flashed a lecherous look at him and drew closer.

"Really Cole?" she asked. "Anything?"

"Anko! Not now!" he said uneasily, which drew muffled snorts from the rest of the occupants of the room.

Drawing himself up and trying to maintain a look of dignity, the Hokage turned to look at Naruto.

"Unfortunately, we'll have to end this session, no matter how funny it is. Naruto, the Councils have called a meeting, so you and I have to attend. Cole and Anko, that goes for you too. They're all asking why I allowed you to graduate and, unfortunately, are baying for your blood." Naruto gained a dark look in his eye at that, and his lip curled in distaste.

"Did you tell them about me? The real me?" Sarutobi smiled.

"No. I think it's time for me to drop my mask as well." Everyone grinned at that, and Naruto Henged into his other form.

For the past three years, the Hokage had also been wearing a mask of sorts. When Cole had told him about his plans for Naruto, the old man had decided to hide his true motives from the Councils as well.

He'd been letting the Civilian Council, Danzo and the Elders get away with pretty much anything, always turning a blind eye to their blunders and tax evasions, or, in Danzo's case, blatant disregard of his orders to shut down the ROOT program. But now, he was getting ready to bring every single crime they had ever commited down on their heads, all at once.

10 minutes later

Naruto, Anko and Cole walked through the doors to the Council Chamber to see the two Councils already assembled. The Hokage sat in his chair, with the two elders flanking him on either side.

The Civilian Council looked at Naruto with blatant dislike, and glared at the two other arrivals. Everyone on the Shinobi Council looked at them impassively, save for one. Fugaku Uchiha, father of Sasuke, fixed his eyes on Naruto, hatred burning in them. He was the only one of the Shinobi Council members who totally loathed the boy.

Said boy looked around and flashed a cheeky grin at them, drawing more glares.

"I'm sure you're wondering why you've been called here, Naruto, Cole, Anko." They all nodded, even though they already knew.

"The Council wants to drum Naruto out of the Shinobi program. I decided to call you in here to discuss what to do."

"I know what to do," Naruto said, drawing surprised glances. "Tell those who decided that to kindly go screw themselves."

For a second, no one moved. Then Cole and Anko started laughing. Sarutobi hid a smirk, and the Shinobi Council were trying hard to not chuckle.

Finally, the Civilians got over their shock, and a pink-haired man screeched at the blond ninja.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME, BRAT?"

"You heard me," he said, glaring at the civilian. He was Haro Haruno, Sakura's father, and a more sadistic and cruel man would be hard to find, besides in Konoha's Interrogation Center. He was also one of the ones who had placed a memory repression seal on Naruto.

After whipping him over a hundred times.

The civilian began to get very uncomfortable at the glare that Naruto was giving him.

He couldn't have remembered, could he? the man thought nervously.

Naruto looked around, and caught the eyes of two more people. One was Danzo. The blond knew full well who had ordered the attack on him many years before. The other was Fugaku Uchiha. He was one of the three who had broken his arms in seven places when he was five years old.

Both of them had noticed the glare he had sent Haro, and began to get nervous as he looked at each of them. The hard light in his eyes was uncharacteristic for him. Normally he acted like a happy-go-lucky idiot, but he was being unusually cold today.

Naruto looked away, satisfied. All three of his targets were getting nervous, and he knew that they suspected something. He glanced at the Hokage, who gave a surreptitious nod.

"Well, I've had enough of this prank. I think it's time to show you exactly who I am," Naruto stated, drawing surprised glances from the Councils. Of course, a couple of them had to insult him.

"We know exactly who you are, brat!" Haro yelled. "A worthless, no-talent weakling who isn't fit to lick my boots!" Several of the others laughed cruelly at that. The laughter died down when they saw Naruto, who had a small grin on his face.

"First of all, you're wearing sandals, not boots. Second of all, I'm not a worthless, no-talent weakling like you claim. In fact, I'm so talented, that I've been fooling all of you this whole time." Everyone looked at him, caught off guard. This wasn't the usual empty bluster that they expected from the blond. Rather, Naruto was talking coldly and calmly, like he was totally confident in himself.

Then he put his hands together, and released the henge. A burst of smoke issued into the room, causing the occupants to cough and hold their noses.

When it was gone, they all looked at where the old Naruto was, and saw who stood in his place.

Every single person's jaw, with the exception of Sarutobi, Anko and Cole, dropped.

And a few of the girls in the room blushed.

The tall, handsome boy gave a lazy smile, and waved.

"Hi."

Then the room exploded into chaos as everyone tried to say something.

Most of the Civilians were both confused, scared, and angry. They all had been stopped at one point or another by the masked vigilante, and were terrified at the implications of what would happen to them.

Most of the Shinobi Council, on the other hand, were just confused, but were starting to get a little happy.

Of course, someone had to complain.

"Stop trying to fool us with a henge, demon brat!" Fugaku shouted, and an icy claw gripped his heart when Naruto looked at him with a cold smile.

"This isn't a henge. This is my true form."

"And a very nice form, at that," Hana Inuzuka whispered to herself. Her mother, Tsume, who had heard her say it, turned and bashed her over the head. Neither of them knew that Naruto had heard the comment, and a ghost of a smirk touched his lips.

But then his face hardened, and he locked eyes with the Hokage.

"Should I show them?" he asked, and Sarutobi nodded, his eyes darkening.

"Kid, are you sure?" Cole asked.

"Everyone needs to know what I've been through, and who is guilty."

Naruto turned and looked at the screen that was coming down from the ceiling. He walked over to a projector that came up from the floor, and placed both hands on it.

Everyone gasped as small sparks began dancing all over Naruto's body. He opened his eyes, and they glowed blue, before the projector started to play. There were no speakers, he knew, but the sight of what he was about to show everyone would be enough.

"What are you doing now, brat?" Haro asked, and Naruto glared at him with normal eyes. Just for a second, though, they turned red.

"I'm going to show everyone my memories. All of my memories."

In a second, Fugaku, Haro and Danzo knew what was about to happen, and all three of them rushed forward to kill the blond.

Before they could get close, Sarutobi, Anko and Cole were in front of him. The Hokage stopped Danzo's kunai, Anko kicked Haro away, and Cole closelined Fugaku hard, then put him in a headlock.

Everyone sat down, muted with shock, as the three council members tried to make a blatant attempt to end Naruto's life. Then they all turned to look at the blond.

"Memory Replay," Naruto said, eyes glowing.

The screen flashed to life, and started showing the memories of Naruto's pain.

Image after image flashed by, showing what Naruto had suffered.

The Shinobi Council was rooted to their seats, totally frozen with shock and disgust. Each image was worse than the last.

Hana covered her mouth with her hands as each image flashed by, and tears started to form at the corner of her eyes.

This went on for a few minutes, and by the end, every single shinobi in the room was both horrified and furious. They turned to look at the Civilian side of the room, who were sweating profusely and totally terrified. The Hokage slammed Danzo away, and turned a glowering eye on the civilians.

"For the crimes of attempted murder, assault, tax evasion, theft, and torture, you are all sentenced to death. The executions shall be held-"

"Hold on, Jiji. Why should we wait?" Naruto growled, and all the civilians cowered at the killing intent he was giving off. Sarutobi raised an eyebrow, and then nodded.

"In that case, Naruto, I leave it up to you. Deal with them however you see fit."

The blond smiled dangerously, and pulled off his cap, mask, gloves, and pack.

"Gladly." Then something happened. Naruto crouched slightly, and everyone started when they saw his eyes glowing red. His hair turned longer and shaggier, and his nails elongitated, turning into claws that made Tsume jealous. He opened his mouth, his canines longer, thicker, and sharper. A cracking sound could be heard as his bones expanded, and his muscles, already impressive, grew a little.

"You always feared me as a Demon," Naruto said, his voice lower and demonic, and got down on all fours.

"You should go to the next life by a Demon's hand." He lunged forward.

The next few seconds were a blur of blood, screams, and flying bodies. The Shinobi's of the room all turned pale as they saw the slaughter in front of them.

Naruto slashed people with his claws, spilling blood and guts everywhere, and latched his teeth into a man's throat, tearing it open. A pool of blood spread outwards, and he put both hands in it. He glowed slightly, and electricity spread from his hands to the people running away from him. The charge was so great that it completely bypassed the rubber sandals some had on, and half a dozen people keeled over, eyes and mouths smoking.

That left Danzo, Fugaku and Haro. Danzo glared at him impassively, and unrapped the bandages around his right arm. Naruto glared at him.

"Don't think for a second that your eyes will protect you from me, Danzo." The old war-hawk stopped what he were doing and stared at the demonic boy in front of him.

Before they could even blink, Naruto raised a hand over his head and threw three Rockets at each of them.

They were so surprised at what happened, so totally unable to comprehend what had happened, that they didn't even move, and instead stayed still. All three Rockets met their targets, and blasted them out of tower.

Naruto rushed forward, as did Hana, Anko and Cole. The Jinchūriki looked down out of the tower to see a crater in the ground. It was Haro, who's back, along with most of his bones, was broken.

"The other two got away," Naruto said, cursing. Then he stiffened, and he began to change back. His hair receded a little, and his muscles shrunk. His teeth shortened to their normal lenght, and when he opened his eyes, they were their normal cerulean color.

The blond, to everyone's surprise, fell to one knee, panting heavily. Sweat beaded his forehead, and he closed his eyes as the strain of what he had done finally hit him.

"Damn," he said in his normal voice. "Turning still hits me every time I use it."

"Turning?" Hana asked, kneeling down to feel Naruto's forehead. He was burning up. She looked down to see that he hadn't come out of the fight unscathed. A kunai was sticking out of his side, and he had a cut on his arm.

"I'll explain... later..." he said, and fell forward, unconscious. She went to pick him up, but Cole forestalled her.

"Wait, I can heal him." She looked at him skeptically, but turned to look at her mother and the Hokage, who both nodded.

The elder Conduit came forward, and pulled the Kunai out of Naruto's side.

"Oi, kid, I keep on telling you not to push yourself too hard," he said, and placed both hands on his protege's chest. Electricity danced along his body, drawing gasps from everyone who hadn't seen it before.

He used Pulse Heal on Naruto who jerked for a second, as the effects of both Cole's power and his own healing ability hit him.

The cuts began closing up, and Cole nodded, satisfied.

"All right, he should be good to go in a few hours. Just needs to sleep off the after-effects."

"Umm, Cole-san?" Hana asked tentitavely. "What just happened to Naruto?" The Conduit turned an eye on her, and then sighed.

"You should ask the Hokage that. I'm no good with storytelling." He picked up Naruto, and jumped out of the room, followed closely by Anko, who had picked up Naruto's possessions.

Everyone turned to look at the Hokage, who sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"This is going to take a while."


M'kay, done with another chapter.

I'm including Sakura and Hana in the harem, but who else?

If you have any suggestions, please suggest them to me in a review or PM.

Thanks, and 'til next time!