Author's Note: I'm sooooo sorry it took so long and to make up for it I tried to make this chapter a LOT longer. Please keep reading and reviewing! XD

Chapter 4- Determination

Naruto lay in the dark room recapping the events; the stupid simulator was too easy… 'Of course that's because of my extra chakra…how did Master know about that?' A sudden stab of fear nailed him, 'What else does he know? WHO does he know about?' His thoughts were interrupted when the sliding doors opened and the Master stepped in followed by a man Naruto had never seen before. He sat up on his bed,

"What do you need?"

"We "need" information." Began the man in a cold tone.

"Just a few basic questions and don't worry about Gin here; he just takes awhile to warm up to him." M.A. said with a smile.

"We're sure you've had suspicions about us and how much we know about you…"

'Well this is ironic.'

"…So I'm sure that through this "questioning" will reveal our levels of understanding. Let's begin."

"Alright, I've got nothin' to hide." 'Smoooth, that's not suspicious.'

"Parents?"

"None."

"Their names?"

"I have no idea." Both men's eyebrows rise. "What I've been told was that my father was reclusive and died before I was born, my mother was the same but she died in childbirth."

"Place of birth?"

"Unknown. As a child I was exiled because I was blamed for my mother's death." 'Not a total lie, but not the truth either.'

"Current home?"

"I move around a lot, but when you guys came to "get me" I was finishing my stay in Konoha."

"That's it for personal. Allergies?"

'For now…on to medical.'

"None."

"Injuries from the past."

"None."

"Mortal wounds or scars from the past?"

"None that show up." So many memories came back; he'd lost track of how many villagers had tried to kill him. 'For being the fox's pawn/container.'

"Well then, I guess we're done here." They all relaxed and an awkward silence settled in until M.A. finally cleared his throat.

"Thank you, Gin. That's all for now, you are dismissed." The man called Gin nodded and then bowed. 'Dang, obviously M.A. is someone I should respect.' As the doors slid back closed Master turned his gaze back on Naruto. "You were a ninja or you've had some past training."

'Uh-oh' "You think so?"

"No one gets past level six without some sort of past training."

"Oh."

"You also have an abnormally large amount of chakra."

'Ok no more clues for him! Let HIM tell YOU how he knows all this.' When Naruto started to glare at him he just chuckled.

"Clever, I figured it out when you finished the simulatoryou was just beginning to sweat."

"Well you know the basics. Want a cookie?" Now he smiled and actually laughed.

"No thanks on the cookie and yes I do know the basics but I want to know why."

"Why what?"

"Why you have such a massive amount of chakra."

"You could say I was born with it." 'Involuntarily.'

"Really?" His wide eyes made him seem honestly curious.

'Just keep quiet maybe he'll go away.'

"I would really like to know." Naruto didn't respond but lay back down and stared at the ceiling; M.A. sighed and went to the door, when it opened there was no blinding light this time. "It's late and almost time for curfew. See you in the morning."

The sun was starting to set when Sasuke was washing the dishes. 'I wonder if Sakura is doing better then I am.' As he gazed out of his window and watched the sunset.

"Sasuke?" He was startled by Kiba's voice behind him. "Sorry but I was worried. You haven't been out since we told you about…y'know."

"…."

"You ok?" His eyes were filled with sympathy but Sasuke could see that behind that Kiba was in as much pain as everyone else.

"Yah, I'm ok I guess. I was going to see Sakura and see if she was doing any better then I was."

"Oh! Good idea! Ino has already headed over there."

"Uh?"

"They are better friends then most people think."

"Well lets go…and thanks Kiba." And with that they left.

*Sakura's Kitchen*

"So you guys really do intend to help us after all!" Sakura was bouncing up and down with excitement since she figured out the code about two minutes after she got home.

"Why didn't you come tell me all of this earlier? I was moping at home when we could've been here planning something out. Maybe even get Kakashi involved…"

"Well none of the adults can really help us unless we show them how serious we are about doing this." Ino was no longer sitting with the rest of them; she was pacing and muttering to herself. "What if we refuse to do any more missions until we are allowed to go look for him!"

Shikamaru looked up, "That's a bit too rash and Lady Tsunade would never agree to it…maybe if we agree to do missions but they could give extra time for us to look."

"That might work! We should really try to talk to Lady Tsunade about this plan!"

Naruto woke up way before he expected to and was starving for ramen. They brought food and water occasionally to his room but they enhanced it for a perfect immune system so it didn't taste very good and it was definitely not filling. He looked at the clock, five-thirty; M.A. would come and get him in one hour. He went through the sliding doors and headed for the cafeteria; it wasn't well lit but the chef was a kindly older woman and she smiled when she handed him the ramen. 'Wonder why she doesn't say anything…' he thought this over as he ate.

He was just finishing up when three very fat "ninja" tried to scare him. Instead he turned and just stared at them. Finally, one of the boys, Ogaku spoke up, "What's wrong Blondie? Couldn't stay asleep all alone?" This blubber-nugget group had been on his back since he beat the simulator and destroying their records for highest level. 'Man talk about holding a grudge…sheesh. Wish they would just go crawl back into whatever spat them out.'

"Well cutie pie," the fat chick began, "Why don't you answer my brother's questions?" Naruto shuddered hearing her call him "cutie pie" made him want to go rot under a rock. 'Just ignore them and hopefully they'll go away.' He thought as he went to throw his food away. Ogaku followed him,

"Too good to talk to me Blondie?" He snapped his fingers and the other two waddled up behind him. Naruto suppressed the urge to burst out laughing.

"I can see the family resemblance."

"You're asking for a few missing limbs cutie…" Fat chicks brothers reached for their swords. Naruto knew that even with the blades this group wouldn't take more then five minutes but he was also trying to blend in as a "level One" (as M.A. called the newbies around here.) They all saw movement which was the chef talking into an intercom.

"Move away from the speaker right now!" Screamed Ogaku. When she didn't all three of them charged her. Naruto hadn't intended to get involved but his plan wasn't worth her life. So when he appeared in front of the charging group suddenly it startled all of them to a stop; except the girl. She kept coming and even started screaming but a solid elbow to her oversized gut stopped her and a roundhouse kick put her back where she belonged. "How dare you hit her! She's a girl!"

Naruto shrugged, "Must have mistaken her for a charging hippo. Sorry." That really set the two boys off.

"Say good bye to your arms kid!" Ogaku gave what looked like a good swing but Naruto grabbed his wrist.

"Why? You gonna eat them?" He sneered as he twisted the arm until he heard the crack. He took the blade as Ogaku howled in pain; he turned towards the last one standing.

"Well, well, well Naruto. Looks like you have far more experience then I assumed. So I'm moving you up."

'I guess I should start training now.'