Author's Note: Gah! Had a writer's block on NekoNin! Oh well...

The Four Winds of FF: You sir, has just made my week! Seriously, your review was the best I've ever had so far. I felt like I just won a medal or something. Thanks! And just so you know, your review was kinda responsible for the writer's block for NekoNin!

Tamotsu Uzumaki: Well, the Izanagi is able to turn illusion to reality and vice versa. So imagine what would happen if the demonic illusion turned real? You got yourself a demon that is possibly stronger than the Juubi.

Shade022: Hehehe, Kakashi wasn't meant to stay long with Naruto. Read this chapter to find out.

ukiyo nishiyori: Haha, I know! Got inspired by that and TVTropes.

Lednacek: Hmm...no, I don't believe I have any inconsistency so far.

1) Yes, you did not pre-read the Prologue but you started on Chapter 1 and 2.

2) When Rikudo Naruto had the idea to make the the moon, he and Akane was on top on Juubi. He made the moon shortly after that. It's not like he went home to sleep for a week and went to some island and made the moon there and suddenly Juubi just Hiraishinned there. Plus, he already planned to store the Juubi's body somewhere to prevent people from misusing it and the moon gave him just that. So even if he went home for a week, he'd still return to where the Juubi's body is to make the moon. It's the 'killing two birds with one stone' moment. So the Juubi didn't just appeared out of nowhere.

3) Naruto will be joining the Chunin exams. I just didn't say under which village. Anyway, the fact that Naruto didn't graduate Konoha Academy is the reason he's considered dead last. Also, before he went to the foxes, the academy kept failing him and thus, made him dead last. Since Naruto never joined the academy back after he went to the foxes, his records stayed as dead last. It didn't help that he stayed at Konoha for a very short time that they never managed to gauge his skill properly.

Also, the reason why Neji viewed him as failure is because, this is the Jerk Neji; who has superiority complex and others. Also added to the fact that he never graduate, and left the village? When Naruto left, some haters at Konoha increased their hatred of him and called him names, among them, a failure and Neji just used it.

So again, I believe I have no inconsistency so far. I already have the outline of the story planned.


CHAPTER 3: KIRI REVOLUTION ARC! PART 1: PHASE 2

"What is this?" the usually calm Danzo asked the Hokage angrily. They were in the council meeting now, discussing the recent events concerning a particular person; Naruto.

"You let the boy leave Konoha again? For what?" Danzo asked again. Sarutobi Hiruzen has just informed the council that Naruto has left again. This didn't sit well for the majority of the council for various reasons.

"He wanted to resume his training from the place that he has been for the past five years," Sarutobi said coolly, not the least affected by Danzo's outburst.

"Do tell me what and where this place is?" Danzo asked.

"The place he went to is something that only a few are privy to, and will remain so," Sarutobi replied. Everyone knew what it meant; 'You're not entitled to our secret, so shut up!'

Danzo scoffed. "What, is Konoha not good enough for him?"

"He didn't mean it that way," Sarutobi said. 'The unfortunate truth is, yes, Konoha wasn't good enough for him,' Sarutobi thought.

"It's just that the place's curriculum is very different than our Academy," Sarutobi continued and Danzo looked away and clenched his fist.

"So will he return?" Tsume asked.

"Oh yes, he will," Sarutobi replied.

"As Konoha's citizen and hopefully, ninja?" Hiashi asked next.

"Well, when he has finished his training, we will know," Sarutobi replied coolly again.

Danzo was fuming on the inside. Again, Konoha's greatest asset escaped him! And this was all Sarutobi's fault! The old fool was too kind and didn't even put a leash on him! If it were up to him…

Danzo wasn't a fool. He knew what Sarutobi meant; 'no, Naruto will return to Konoha, just not as its citizen or ninja,'

He's a master of human emotions. That fact alone enables him to break the emotions of his subordinates. Danzo knew that Naruto's grown too detached from this place to want anything to do with it.

Now the multi-million ryo question is…if he's not going to be Konoha's, then whom? Where is he now?

He need to find him quick, and find out whether the kid can be recovered as Konoha's assets once again, or required termination.

After all, if you can't use a weapon, no sense putting it around where your enemy can use it. It's best to destroy it and deny your enemy the privilege to wield it.

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It has been two days after Naruto arrived at Konoha, causing a storm and once again back on the road away from it.

And Kakashi somehow, got tagged along.

After Naruto had his talk with the Hokage, Sarutobi assigned him an S-Ranked mission of protecting Naruto. It will be a long mission, no doubt but nevertheless, he agreed to it. There's not much for him to do at the village for the moment. Not like he has any special people waiting for him back home.

Oh well…

"So Naruto," Kakashi started. "How have you been doing for the past five years?"

"Eh, you know. Living, training," Naruto said. They were both walking with a normal pace through the forest. From the way it looks, it will be a week before they reach Uzu compared to the three days when using ninja speed.

"Where exactly?" Kakashi asked again and held his breath. The topic of where he went was a sore subject that Naruto didn't like to indulge much.

"I can't say where but I can say with whom. I was with the foxes," Naruto said and Kakashi felt relieved again. And then something occurred to him and he face palmed himself hard and earned the attention of Naruto.

"Of course! Foxes! Why the fudge didn't I think of that before!" Kakashi said out loud.

"Fudge?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow and Kakashi gave him his eye smile. "Anyway, it seems that you knew about the foxes,"

"Well, I have to know, being the summons of your mother after all," Kakashi said happily. He finally has some fuel for a conversation with the blonde boy. And it was not just some random conversation either, but a personal one.

"Oh yeah, I forgot that you were dad's student," Naruto said and resumed walking while Kakashi raised an eyebrow at him.

"Um…you're not going to ask me about your parents?" Kakashi asked.

"I already know much about them from the foxes," Naruto replied and Kakashi's shoulders slumped in disappointment.

This is going to be a long awkward walk.

"But I guess I could hear it from the perspective of other's. Like they said, a story is told differently from people to people, so why not?" Naruto said and Kakashi perked up with a smile.

Well, looks like this won't be awkward at all.

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"You know, when your dad and mom hooked up, I never thought that they would be compatible. They were complete opposites of each other," Kakashi said. The both of them were having dinner of rabbits at the moment.

"Yeah, I heard that mom's a fiery one, like her hair," Naruto said.

"Yup, and your dad's the calm one. Back then your mum would tease your dad for being girly, and your dad didn't mind it at all," Kakashi continued. "I figured that your dad would be interested in regal and elegant woman. You know the nobles. But I guess that opposites do attract, huh?"

"I heard mum fall for him after his knight-in-the-shining-armor moment," Naruto asked and threw his remains into the fire.

"That's right. Your dad also pulled the prince charming card on her at that time. Needless to say, she was swept off her feet, literally and metaphorically," Kakashi eye smiled at him and Naruto returned the gesture with his own eye smile.

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"So dad says here that he learnt the Rasengan by watching the Tailed Beast Ball?" Naruto asked while studying his self-made ninjutsu book. He already transferred the Rasengan along with other ninjutsu that he wanted to learn from the Forbidden Scroll to this book. It was to prevent suspicion from Kakashi. After all, he did copy something that he wasn't supposed to.

'Is that the cheap ball you kept throwing at my mental defences, Kyuubi?' Naruto mentally asked the furball inside him.

"The very same," Kyuubi answered in a bored tone.

"Yep, he watched it from his fights with Roshi, the Host of the Four Tailed Beast during the previous war," Kakashi replied. "Man, you should've have seen the face of the Tsuchikage at that time! It was priceless!"

"Eh, why?" Naruto asked.

"Well, you see, your dad made his mark during the previous war. He was so feared that enemy ninjas had a flee-on-sight order when they met him. He did slaughter one third of Iwa's forces by himself and it didn't took him long to do so," Kakashi stated. "So it was only natural that Iwa, especially the Tsuchikage would hold deep deep grudges against him. So the Tsuchikage had enough and send Roshi, the Host of the Four Tailed Beast, after him,"

"Roshi couldn't land a hit at him at all!" Kakashi continued. "So he went full beast mode and tried to obliterate him. Minato wasn't fazed by it but was more focused on Roshi's attack on him using the Tailed Beast Ball,"

"After a long fight, Minato got the gist of how the Tailed Beast Ball worked and retreated," Kakashi said. "It took him quite a while but he managed to replicate it. And so he then took his new Rasengan to the battlefield. He was already unstoppable using the Hiraishin and then he appeared with the Rasengan? The next time he fought against Roshi, Roshi straight on went full beast mode and was about to raise a volcano against him. But Minato…Hiraishin plus Rasengan combo?" Kakashi shook his head.

"The Tsuchikage lost a lot of hair after hearing what happened. With his ultimate weapon defeated and plus the fact that we destroyed an important bridge signaled the end of the war," Kakashi finished his story.

"Man, dad's awesome to be able to do that," Naruto said in awe. He never heard of how the Rasengan was created before. Only the Hiraishin.

"U-huh, your dad's a genius. A hardworking genius too. In fact, he wasn't a seal master before your mom taught him. Heh, your mom gloated at the fact that she was a seal master and have an advantage against your dad," Kakashi said with a chuckle. "But of course, all of that changed when your dad quickly became a master, something that took your mom quite a while to do,"

"Eheh, mom must have given dad the silent treatment right?" Naruto said.

"More like a silent beat down!" Kakashi chuckled again. "Man, your dad can go toe to toe against hundreds of enemy ninjas and rampaging Tailed Beasts calmly. But when your mom's mad?"

Kakashi whistled. "They said that it was fortunate that Iwa didn't have Kushina as their ninja. If not…"

Naruto could only shake his head.

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"So, I heard that the Hiraishin wasn't the only reason why dad was called the Yellow Flash?" Naruto asked while trying to learn the Rasengan with hundreds of his clones. It was hard but Kakashi had told him the benefits of the Shadow Clones and he had been using them ever since to learn about jutsus. He has to put Hiraishin on hold for the moment.

"Yep, before the Hiraishin was made, your dad was a natural speedster," Kakashi said while observing Naruto with his Rasengan.

"So…is he a flash in everything?" Naruto asked with a grin. Kakashi caught on to what Naruto meant and scratched the back of his head with a nervous chuckle.

"Well…I…I can't say for sure. They never talk about their sex lives publicly, you know. Kushina, she's a tsundere and so she'd shy away when the subject is brought up. But I do know that your dad took pointers from this," Kakashi said and pulled out his Icha Icha novel.

Naruto's mouth was in 'o' and his concentration was disrupted, resulting in his unstable Rasengan to explode.

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"So what's so good about this book?" Naruto asked while browsing through the pages of the Icha Icha novel.

"It's uh…" Kakashi said, while trying to think for a suitable answer.

"Mobile porno?" Naruto finished for him.

"It is not!" Kakashi argued back. "Porn usually operates on PWP!"

"Oh, you mean, the 'Plot, What Plot?'" Naruto grinned and Kakashi nodded. "So you're saying that this-" Naruto waved the book, "has a plot?" Kakashi nodded again.

"I'll have you know that this is an erotica novel, very different from porn!" Kakashi said and crossed his arms across his chest.

"But I have to wonder though, why did Jiraiya write and not draw? Why make it a novel and not, you know…manga of sorts?" Naruto asked and Kakashi pondered a moment. "I'm sure the popularity will spike tremendously,"

"You're right…it's more graphic that way," Kakashi agreed. "Well, maybe he didn't have the skills to draw,"

"I'm guessing that he can't complete it if he ever does it in manga format," Naruto grinned again. "Because his drawing will be damaged again and again by his nose bleed!"

Kakashi imagined it inside his head…

Jiraiya was drawing a naked woman when a massive nose bleed spurted out of his nose and painted his drawing in red.

"You're right…" Kakashi said and sweat dropped.

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"So I-"

"You!" someone called out to them. Naruto and Kakashi turned around to see…

The thugs that tried to robbed Naruto and Kazuo before.

"Oh, it's you guys," Naruto nonchalantly said. He wasn't worried, they were harmless.

"You knew them?" Kakashi asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, they tried to rob me and Kazuo before. Kakashi, I introduce you to Thug A, Thug B and Thug Boss," Naruto said.

"That's right we're-hey!" Thug A said. "We have names!"

"That's not what's important right now! You tricked us with your illusions!" Thug Boss said and drew out his sword.

"Oh? You genjutsued them?" Kakashi asked and Naruto nodded again.

"Yep. Oh by the way guys, this is the real deal," Naruto said and pointed a thumb a Kakashi.

"Yeah right! Just because you made this guy different this time, you think we'd fall for the same trick again!" Thug B said.

"I'm an ex-ANBU captain actually," Kakashi said while waving his hand in front of them.

"Nice touch with the talking, but we don't believe you this time!" Thug A said.

"No, no guys, Kakashi's real! He's the famed Copy Ninja! The Sharingan Kakashi who knew 1000 jutsus!" Naruto said.

"Hah! You're must be lacking creativity to copy someone else's background! Doesn't matter! Don't believe you!" Thug Boss said and charged along with his thug minions.

A few seconds later.

"This is an illusion!" Thug Boss said. The thugs were all on the ground, piled on top of each other with Kakashi sitting on top.

"Ye-yeah! An illusion! Our defeat's an illusion!" Thug B said. Kakashi sweat dropped at this.

"So you guys think this is an illusion, huh?" Naruto said at the human pile with a mischievous glint in his eye. "Alright then…"

A few minutes later…

"You won't trick us with this stupid illusion of yours! We weren't tied up!" Thug Boss said. The three of them were tied up to a tree together.

"Yea-yeah! The body is the plaything of the mind! We'll break out of this! K-kai!" Thug A said while shouting kai again and again.

Naruto and Kakashi sweat dropped. "Right, we'll leave you guys here to think whether this is an illusion or not," Naruto said and they both walked away.

"An illusion!"

An hour later…

"An…illusion…!" Thug Boss said weakly.

"Boss, they've already left a long time ago…maybe this is real?" Thug B said.

"Yea boss…" Thug A said weakly.

"Okay…I admit…this is real…" Thug Boss said and the rope dissolved into nothingness. The three thugs then stood dumbstruck for a moment before a seal tag slid off Thug Boss's forehead into the ground.

Thug Boss then bent down to pick up the seal paper which had a note behind it. "Congrats! You got suckered again!"

"It was an illusion all along?" Thug A screamed.

"FUUUUUUUUUUUU-,"

Somewhere later…

"Huh, finally…took them long enough," Naruto said and shook his head.

"That was evil, Naruto," Kakashi said with a grin.

"Naw, they'll get over it," Naruto said with a smile.

A few days later…

"So I-"

"YOU!" Thug Boss said. Kakashi sighed and they both turned around to face the thugs again.

A few minutes later…

"An illusion! An illusioooonnnn!" Thug Boss screamed at the top of his lungs as he and his minions got tied up again.

An hour later…

"This is an illusion?" Thug A said to the skies, as if hoping some miracle will come and break the illusion.

"Umm…this is real?" Thug B tried his luck next but to no avail.

"Okay…I admit again…this is real!" Thug Boss said and closed his eyes, hoping for the ropes to disappear again. But it didn't.

"It's real!" Thug B said, somewhat disappointed. "Now how the heck do we get out of here?"

Just then, a monk came out from a thick bush, looking at them. The monk was bald, as usual, wore a white robe and has black eyes. He looked to be in his 30s.

"Hm? What do we have here?" Monk said.

"We're victims of a robbery! Please help us!" Thug A said and the rest nodded furiously.

"Really? Then why is there a note saying that you guys are criminals?" Monk said and pointed to a large note stuck on a tree above them.

"Huh?" The thugs couldn't see it so the Monk, in a swift motion, jumped and took the note down elegantly and showed it to them.

"These guys are robbers! Also a bit delusional, so approach with caution!" the note says and the thugs groaned.

"Fucking kid!" Thug Boss cursed.

"So the note says the truth!" Monk said angrily. "Criminals must be punished!"

"No,no,no,no,no!" Thug B said.

An hour later...

Their punishment, it turns out, was a long lecture about good and evil, karma and among others. The thugs at first didn't want to hear it and rather face physical punishment than hearing Monk's lecture. But in the end...

"We lived a civilian life before this!" Thug Boss said in between sobs. The thugs were crying now. "But...but our village was ransacked by Gato, and we ran away! We weren't ninjas, so we have no choice but to be thugs and robbers and we were just small time robbers! We could only rob other civilians!"

The thugs then cried harder while Monk nodded his head. "Then if there are other alternatives for you to live, would you take it?" Monk asked.

"There is?" Thug A asked.

"Yes! Be a monk! And now, I shall rename you as Monk A, Monk B and Monk Miniboss!" Monk got up straight and said out loud.

"What," the thugs deadpanned. They've heard that naming before...

"GAH! You're that fucking kid!" Thug Boss said and tried to kick him but it didn't reach.

A smoke then consumed Monk before dissipating and revealed a laughing Naruto. "Damn! I loved Shadow Clones!" he wiped away a tear from his eye.

"You!" Thug A said.

"You guys are fun! See you later then!" Naruto clone disappeared in a puff of smoke and the ropes that were binding them melted into nothingness again. A seal tag slipped of Thug A's forehead this time and Thug A captured it mid fall.

"You guys...repeating the same joke isn't funny, you know?" Thug A said out loud.

"FUUUUUUUUU-" Thug Boss screamed in anger again.

Someplace else...

"Woah!" Naruto shook his head after receiving the input from his clone.

"What did you learn?" Kakashi asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Meh, you know, the thugs were just small fries all along," Naruto said.

"Of course. But you know, repeating the same thing on them again is starting to get boring," Kakashi said.

"I know. But don't worry, I know what to do next," Naruto said with a grin.

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"Hm?" Kakashi looked around at the shore.

"What's wrong Kakashi?" Naruto asked.

"Strange...the ninjas that were assigned to keep a lookout on the Land of Whirlpool wasn't here," Kakashi replied.

"Lookout?" Naruto asked again.

"Yes. You see, Konoha decided to keep the Land of Whirlpool under its care in the event that an Uzumaki-" Kakashi eye smiled at him, "decided to rebuilt it. I've sent a message for them to meet us here, to bring us to Uzu..."

"Oh well, no matter, let's just go," Naruto shrugged.

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"Whirlpool, whirlpool!" Kakashi said loudly, trying to steer the boat their riding on away from the numerous whirlpools surrounding Uzushiogakure. Uzushiogakure was located on the Land of Whirlpool and like its name; it was surrounded by numerous whirlpools.

There used to be a bridge linking it from the Land of Fire, but alas it was destroyed and thus, they have to use water transports.

"Woah! My clan's island is awesome!" Naruto said, gawking at the sight of the destructive whirlpools while Kakashi sweat dropped. How can he not be worried at all right now?

"Naruto, I think it's time for us to water run to the shore, now!" Kakashi said while paddling furiously.

"Wait, captain! I have a better idea!" Naruto said and a puff of smoke later, a rope appeared on Naruto's hands. "Shadow Clones!" Naruto then casted five Shadow Clones and they all appeared on the water.

"Pull us to shore, men! Chop, chop!" Naruto said and handed them one end of the rope while tying the other at the boat. Four clones took the rope and started to pull it over their shoulders while the remaining clone scouted ahead for a safe path from the whirlpool's tide.

The scout clone screamed in front of them and the slave clones pulled the boats towards him. At first, it was slow, but later on...

"I give you, Water Sledding, ha!" Naruto said gleefully while the boats were pulled at high-speeds while Kakashi enjoyed the rushing wind on his face.

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"That was, brilliant!" Kakashi said and Naruto grinned as they reached the shore.

"Well, when you're bored, you tend to get creative!" Naruto said and they both got out of the boat.

Just then, a hail of kunai stormed them from the forest towards them. Kakashi and Naruto realised this and jumped away.

"Wha? Is it the lookout ninjas?" Naruto asked Kakashi.

"Not sure Naruto," Kakashi said. "We come here in peace and I'm a Konoha ninja!" Kakashi screamed towards the forest this time.

This time, a hail of shuriken stormed them as their reply and they dodged it again, Kakashi this time, threw a smoke bomb towards the forest. The bomb exploded and released a lot of smoke, however the attackers didn't came out.

"Damn, must have used gas masks," Kakashi said.

"I'm an UZUMAKI!" Naruto screamed at the hidden attackers and received more shuriken and kunais as the answer.

"Mm-kay," Naruto said while dodging the projectile storm. "That means you're not the Uzumaki clan!"

"Naruto! It is possible that foreign ninjas have taken hold of the island!" Kakashi said and Naruto gritted his teeth with fury in his eyes.

"Oh, cradle robbing my place, will you?" Naruto said and flashed through handseals and casted, "Fire Technique: Fire Foxes!"

Naruto then breathed an intense stream of red flame on the ground in front of him. The flames then shaped into three flaming foxes with a single tail. The foxes glared their fangs at the hidden attackers.

"Go! Flush them out!" Naruto commanded and the foxes ran towards the forest. Sounds of battle soon were heard and an explosion later, the attackers leapt out of the forest, followed by two Fire Foxes.

The attackers were three Kiri ninjas with gas masks and were heading straight at them. The three ninjas then dropped exploding tags behind them. The exploding tags exploded, consuming the chasing Fire Foxes.

Naruto flashed through his handseals again and casted, "Fire Technique: Fire Wall!" Naruto then breathe a stream of fire in front of him that shaped into a wall. Naruto then pour more chakra into the technique, pushing the firewall towards the attackers.

Kiri Ninja A pulled off his gas mask and countered with his own technique, "Water Technique: Water Wall!" He then shot out his own wall of water from his mouth and both elemental walls met and resulted in a lot of steam.

Both walls held for a moment before the remaining two ninjas spilt; one heading towards Naruto by the side, and one heading towards Kakashi.

Naruto held the firewall a bit longer before Kiri Ninja B appeared and threw a kunai at him. Naruto released the technique and jumped high above to avoid both kunai and the rushing Water Wall.

Kiri Ninja A and B smirked. Kiri Ninja B jumped towards Naruto, another kunai ready in her hand while Kiri Ninja A was ready to intercept Naruto when he landed. However, a Fire Fox bit Kiri Ninja A's leg, surprising him.

"What the?" he said before the Fire Fox exploded into a fire blast.

While in mid-air, Kiri Ninja B was distracted by her friend's sudden defeat and Naruto took this chance to gather a small amount of chakra in his hand. The chakra then formed into seal and Naruto thrust the chakra seal at the Kiri Ninja.

"Repulse!" Naruto said and the chakra seal burst and released force that sent the Kiri Ninja speeding towards the sandy ground. The last remaining Fire Fox leapt at her and exploded in a fire blast.

Meanwhile, Kakashi easily dodged Kiri Ninja C's thrust with a kunai and placed a hand on his shoulder and flared his lightning chakra. Kiri Ninja C was shocked by tremendous amount of lightning for a second before falling down, defeated.

Naruto landed softly on the beach sands and surveyed his downed two opponents. Both Kiri Ninja A and B survived the fire blast, albeit with some minor burns. They were lucky that Naruto set the Fire Foxes to explode into a fire blast and not a fireball. They would have be cooked alive. But, they were unfortunate as Naruto's Fire Foxes were smart enough to dodge attacks and explosions directed at them.

"I didn't know you were good with fire, Naruto," Kakashi said and Naruto grinned.

"What can I say; I'm a fiery guy after all!" Naruto replied with a thumb up and Kakashi sweat dropped.

"Anyway, this is bad. They're from Kiri, and last I heard, Kiri was in a civil war," Kakashi said and Naruto clenched his fist.

"Yeah, and they're one of the forces that brought down Uzu. So now what? They want to claim Uzu as their own?" Naruto said with anger.

"Probably, however, we couldn't be sure whether the Kiri forces stationed here is the official Kiri army or the rebel army," Kakashi said. "In any case, we need to prepare to leave, I'm sure the main forces have been alerted of our arrival,"

Naruto groaned. "We just got here! Can't we at least talk with them? I want to make sure whether they're the rebel army or not,"

"I'm not sure. They did attack us first. Didn't that tell us something?" Kakashi said and Naruto crossed his arms.

"I still want to try," Naruto said and Kakashi sighed. "But don't worry, not after we secured our escape first,"

Kakashi nodded.

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"Mei-sama!" Ao burst in into the camp where the rebel commanders where having a meeting.

Mei Terumi stopped her discussion and turned towards Ao. "Yes?"

"Our shore guards encountered intruders!" Ao said.

Immediately, everyone in the tent got up. "Is it the Kiri army?" Mei asked and Ao shook his head and everyone relaxed and sat back down.

"Then who is it?" Mei asked again.

"Konoha ninjas," Ao said and Mei slammed her hand on the table.

"What?" Mei screamed. "Did the shore guards engage them?"

Ao nodded.

"The fools!" Mei said angrily. "The Rebellion can't afford another enemy right now! Especially one that can be a potential ally in the future!"

With that, Mei Terumi disappeared in a Water Flicker.

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"Naruto, they're watching us," Kakashi said and Naruto nodded.

"Yep, they didn't want to attack us yet, considering that we have their own as our hostages," Naruto said and referred to the Kiri ninjas that fought them earlier, now tied up together.

Kakashi then sighed. Things had just gone complicated. If the Kiri forces stationed here was the real Kiri army, things could go sour between Kiri and Konoha. But then again, they were attacked first.

Luciky, their boat was already quite far away from the shore and manned by clones, waiting for them. All they have to do to bail is to water run towards the boat.

"Hello! We just want to talk!" Naruto screamed on top of his lungs at the waiting ninjas in the forest. No response. "You can try and negotiate for your hostages, you know?"

Kakashi sweat dropped.

Just then, a swirl of water appeared and Kakashi readied himself with a kunai in hand. The water disappeared to reveal the most beautiful woman ever in Kakashi's life! Kakashi then unknowingly loosened his stance.

Mei Terumi scanned the two individuals in front of her. One is a blonde kid, dressed in a black pants and orange and black jacket with long sleeves. He also wore a tattered black cloak but no Konoha headband in sight. The other was a silver haired Cyclops.

'Ah, this must be the famed Hatake Kakashi. And from his reaction...' Mei thought with a devious smile. She could use this to her advantage.

"So...are you here to talk?" Naruto suddenly said in a calm and cold manner. He then crossed his arms to Mei and she turned her attention towards the boy.

Kakashi was taken aback by this. Just now he sounded an act like a boy, but now he suddenly sounded super serious, like a politician.

"Yes, the name is Mei Terumi," Mei said.

"Hatake Kakashi-"Naruto pointed a thumb to Kakashi, "and the only Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto pointed to himself.

Mei's eyes went wide at hearing this. An Uzumaki?

"And yes, I'm an Uzumaki. And I want to know what are you guys doing here at my clan's island," Naruto said and Mei's eyes went back to normal.

"You're...an Uzumaki? Forgive me if I sounded a bit rude, but don't Uzumakis have red hair?" Mei asked.

"Are you an Uzumaki? Because you got red hair and all," Naruto asked back nonchalantly.

"No, I'm a Terumi, and my family has no connection with the Uzumaki clan," Mei answered.

"Then I believe you have just answered your own question," Naruto said and Mei smiled.

'What he meant is that, just because you have red hair, doesn't mean you're an Uzumaki and just because you don't, doesn't mean you're not one,' Mei thought. "I'm sorry for doubting you," Mei bowed a little.

"Excuse, what are you doing here?" Kakashi asked and Mei looked at him next with a smile. Kakashi gulped.

'Damn! What'd I give for a Byakugan right now! Kinda makes with wish I got a Byakugan instead of Sharingan…' Kakashi thought perversely and he was grateful for his mask for hiding his somewhat lecherous smile.

Naruto realised this and hit Kakashi at his side and he returned to full attention again. Mei noticed this but she wasn't offended by it and smiled at them again.

"Forgive me Naruto-san and Kakashi-san for attacking both of you. Our forces are on the edge a bit. We are, after all, the Kiri Rebellion Army," Mei stated and Kakashi released a long sigh.

'International conflict, avoided!' Kakashi thought. 'However...'

"Did you come in contact with any Konoha ninjas stationed here before this?" Kakashi asked and Mei tilted her head at him with a confused look. 'Damn! She's so hot when she does that!'

"I'm sorry, no. When we arrived, there was no one here," Mei replied and Kakashi sighed.

'Either the ninjas got in trouble or they left their duties. Either way, the Hokage won't like this,' Kakashi thought.

"So you're using my island as your base?" Naruto said in a cold tone that somehow managed to send a shiver down Mei's spine.

"Forgive me, we were desperate," Mei said.

'This is bad. From the looks of it, the kid's here to try and rebuild Uzu! And with him is the famous Kakashi! If anything happens to them, Konoha would come here to investigate. And the kid can expel us from this island if he wants too, considering that Konoha would probably back him up to revive their once great ally,' Mei thought. 'Even though the kid's still young, from the looks of it, he's the current Uzumaki clan head. I need to play this right,'

"Would you permit us to stay here for the moment?" Mei asked and Naruto narrowed his eyes at her.

'Dammit, for such a young boy to wield so much power...' Mei thought bitterly. She hoped that this Naruto was a sensible boy and not some stuck up spoiled brat.

"Why are you rebelling?" Naruto asked and caught Mei off guard.

"I...we rebelled because we wished for a new Kiri, one that isn't plagued by blood, one where all the bloodlines and non bloodlines can live in harmony," Mei answered.

"So you're a bloodline user?" Kakashi asked and Mei nodded.

"I have two bloodlines in me; the Boil and Lava techniques," Mei stated and both Kakashi and Naruto whistled.

"Please forgive my country for her crimes against your nation, Naruto-san. I intend to change Kiri to a better village," Mei said and immediately kneeled in front of the boy. Kakashi and Naruto was taken aback but Naruto immediately steeled himself.

Kakashi however…

Naruto hit Kakashi again, this time however, on his crotch, hard, causing him to kneel down in pain.

Mei could only sweat dropped at this spectacle. Seeing the famed Kakashi being pushed around like this gives Mei all the more reason to be careful of the kid.

"If I ask you to leave, would you do it?" Naruto said and Mei widened her eyes.

'Fuck! Stupid spoiled brat!' Mei cursed in her mind. She couldn't say no; the kid could've just gone back to Konoha and have his 'daddies' come. Her Rebellion army couldn't afford to move right now.

Uzu has been the perfect place for their HQ, seeing that Yagura thought that Konoha would have stationed ninjas here. He doubted that Konoha would help the Rebellion. The island's natural defences also helped a lot in repelling would be attackers by the sea. The Rebellion army of course, learnt the island's safe path through the whirlpools.

The Rebellion army at first thought that there were Konoha ninjas stationed here. They were very surprised to find out that there's none and so they began to move here and made it their base.

But now, it looks like they have to move out. The only place left was Kiri itself and it was too close to the main Kiri force. Mass moving an army would no doubt raise attention from the Kiri army.

The Rebellion wasn't ready for the big fight yet.

"I...could we work something out? Please? I'm begging you!" Mei said and stared into the boy's blue eyes with sincere desperate eyes.

"Yes!" Naruto suddenly said, breaking his serious demeanour, surprising Kakashi and Mei. "I've been waiting for this!"

Naruto then plopped down on the sandy floor. "Man, I thought you would boil us alive or something when I asked you to leave," Naruto whistled a 'phew!' "Anyway, let's talk!"

"I will help you in the war," Naruto said simply and Kakashi and Mei had a shocked look on their faces.

"Are you serious?" Mei and Kakashi said to the boy.

"Yes, I'm very serious. I will let you use Uzu as your base of operation, and help you in your rebellion. In turn, when you managed to overturn the current government and replaced it with your own, you will ally yourself with the rebuilt Uzu," Naruto stated again.

"Wha-I...I," Mei was speechless. She didn't know what to say at the moment. Her image of the kid was completely shattered into millions of pieces and now, a new 180 degree image was in front of her.

"Naruto! What are you doing? Suddenly getting involved in a war that isn't ours!" Kakashi said to the boy.

"Not yours, but mine," Naruto said. "It doesn't matter if I have enough money to start Uzu. I don't have the people yet. And even if I have the people, Uzu will not be strong enough on its own. Uzu will need allies to protect it,"

"I know that!" Kakashi said. The things that Naruto do...it boggles him. He taught that it will be a simple mission of checking Uzu, see what can be done to its infrastructure, and then go all over the world to try and find people willing to migrate here.

Not getting involved in a war all of a sudden!

And what Naruto said was right. This war will be Naruto's alone. Kakashi, as a Konoha ninja couldn't help him!

"Grandpa already agreed Konoha's alliance; however, Uzu is sandwiched between Konoha and Kiri by the sides and Kumo on top. Even if I were to rebuild Uzu, Kiri might attack again. Regardless the fact that they were in a civil war, they have enough strength to annihilate almost all bloodline clans in Kiri. Uzumaki doesn't have any special bloodline like spewing lava and such. If they want it, they can destroy Uzu for the second time," Naruto explained.

"You do realise how dangerous this is, for YOU!" Kakashi said and put a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Konoha couldn't afford to help the Kiri Rebellion for a lot of reasons. One, we were still recovering from the Kyuubi's attack. And yes, material resources were already taken care of, but it's the human resources we were lacking,"

"And then if Konoha were to support the rebellion, other villages will be threatened by this! They will think that Konoha is willing to support any rebellion against them and the next thing you know, another world war! And what if the rebellion failed? Kiri will see this as an act of war! And then you got another world war!" Kakashi stated with a strict voice.

"Konoha couldn't raise her hand without others following suit to slam it back down! If you do this, you can't ask for Konoha's help!"

"That's why I said this is my war and not yours," Naruto said calmly. "I'm not a ninja, just a civilian. All the Kiri would know is that the rebellion just used the Uzumaki island. They don't have to know that AN Uzumaki is helping them. Besides, even if they do know; there's a lot of Uzumaki that didn't stay at Konoha,"

"I could have just said that I'm an Uzumaki from somewhere that isn't Konoha. And Grandpa's act of keeping me a secret helped me with this. The world never heard of Naruto Uzumaki before. That or I could have just change my name for a while," Naruto shrugged.

"If the rebellion failed, you could have just said that I somehow got caught in the crossfire while travelling and got recruited into the fight without much choice," Naruto continued.

"All in all, it doesn't hurt Konoha if I failed. And if I succeeded, the proxy alliance will help Konoha too," Naruto finished.

"You will have to do this alone! I can't help!" Kakashi said.

"And I'm not asking for your help! Do you think the five years I've been gone I did nothing?" Naruto said. "Plus, I have the rebellion and the fox summons if I'm in trouble,"

"And you can't use...'that' either!" Kakashi said and Naruto knew what he meant. The Kyuubi inside him.

"I know that," Naruto replied.

"Why are you doing this Naruto? Why are you willing to go this far? You could die! And you're still young!" Kakashi asked."You shouldn't be doing this! You could have just stayed at Konoha, be its ninja and even rebuilt the Uzumaki clan there! It's a lot safer that way!"

"If Konoha was destroyed, would you rebuild it? Or would you take refugee someplace else?" Naruto asked.

Kakashi sighed. He would of course do everything in his power to rebuild it. It was his home after all and no other place can replace it.

"Thought so. I can't just stop doing things when it becomes hard or dangerous. Nor settle on things that are bad but easier to reach while not trying for the better but harder ones. I'll tell you this, before I quit, I'll try," Naruto said.

After hearing the conversation between the two, Mei was shocked by this boy. So young, yet so strong and so confident.

Naruto then got up and offered his hand to Mei.

It was getting dark, and the sun began to set on the horizon. The sunset's light shone on Naruto and gave him a somewhat...a saviour's image. It was like the drawing of spirits or gods that tended to have light radiating from them. Naruto was like that now.

Mei's heart skipped a little and she blushed a bit.

'What the hell? How's a kid doing this to me?' Mei thought and took his hand and got up.

If only he was older...

But then again, for someone so young, he seemed to have quite a matured mind.

"But...but Naruto-san," Mei said. "I appreciate for you lending us your island, but aside from that, I don't think you can help much,"

"I'm hurt! You thought that all I have backing me up is Konoha?" Naruto said and raise a finger and waggle it in front of her while shaking his head. "I'll have you know, I might not have an army, but I have allies,"

Naruto grinned.

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Getsuga Clan's Moon Forest

Akira was busy studying when suddenly, a small Linked Seal tattooed on the back of his arm flared pulses of chakra at him.

Akira then stopped what he was doing and concentrated on the seal for a moment before he took a scroll and laid it open at the table.

The scroll has a small seal on the bottom left corner and the top part of it was blackened with ink in the form of a rectangle. The seal then flared with chakra and sprouted a black tendril from it and snaked towards the black rectangle.

Chakra flared from the seal to the tendril and to the black rectangle and letters started to fall from it to the blank parts of the scroll. The letters then formed words.

Phase 1 and 2 success! Prepare for Phase 3!

-Naruto

Akira smirked and got up and out of his house to meet with Akane.

"Akane-san, Naruto has completed phase 1 and 2," Akira said to the Kyuubi and she smirked.

"Of course, tell everyone that's involved to get ready," Akane said and Akira bowed and left.

"Works like a charm," Akane said.

The truth is, much of the events that occurred until today has already been planned a long time ago.

Phase 1; return to Konoha and ensure Konoha's alliance.

The first phase was for Naruto to return and play on Sarutobi Hiruzen's guilt to ensure that Naruto would get whatever he wants; namely, Konoha's alliance and backing for the rebuilt Uzu. Also, try and get some of the citizen's backing too.

Manipulative? Yes. But let's not forget that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the citizens were quite manipulative themselves.

Phase 2; meet the Kiri Rebellion to gain their trust.

The second phase was for Naruto to meet with the Rebellion and help them. Originally, it was for Naruto to travel to Kiri, dangerous it may be, but needed. However, fate seems to favour them.

For almost a year, the Kiri Rebellion made Uzu as their main base.

And added the fact that the Konoha ninja lookouts stationed there neglected their duties, thus allowing the Rebellion to take hold of the island? Fate must really want them to help the Rebellion!

Of course, the foxes knew this because they also have lookouts stationed there; foxes. The Rebellion didn't suspect a thing! It allows them to spy on them and gain valuable information such as who is the leader.

Phase 3; win the Kiri Revolution.

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"It will take a while, but the allies of Uzu will arrive in a few days," Naruto said. They were all inside the command tent now.

"How will we know they are your allies?" Mei asked.

"A boy my age by the name of Akira Hideaki will lead them. Just in case-" Naruto leaned in to Mei's ear and whispered something.

Mei then nodded and Naruto faced Kakashi.

"Right, now Kakashi...I guess this is where we part for the moment, huh?" Naruto said to Kakashi.

Kakashi sighed. "There's no stopping you, huh?"

Naruto grinned, "Nope! I finish what I start!" Naruto said. "Say hi to gramps for me. And tell him not to worry much!"

"Keyword 'much'," Kakashi said at the boy and Naruto replied with a smile.

"Alright then," Kakashi said and hugged the boy. "Be safe," Kakashi eye smiled him and left the tent.

"Finally, he's gone!" a man in his 40s said. He has quite a weird hair. His brown hair spiked a bit at the sides while the top wasn't. He also has brown moustache and goatee and has green eyes. His body, Naruto realised, was muscled.

"Mei-sama, you can't really believe that this boy is who he claims to be! For all we know, he could be Yagura's spy! And his so called 'allies' might be Yagura's forces!" the veteran continued.

"Iwao Daiki! You doubt my judgement?" Mei said and glared at the veteran.

"Yes! You just straight up trust a boy whom you and we barely knew!" Iwao slammed his fist on the table, while the rest of the commanders remain silent. They also doubted the boy.

"You-!" Mei was interrupted by Naruto.

"So to prove that I'm legit is?" Naruto said simply and Iwao grinned.

"The Uzumakis are masters of Fuinjutsu. So why don't you show me? I've fought against an Uzumaki master before, so I can tell if your Fuinjutsu is Uzumaki brand or not!" Iwao said.

"Ah, you said fought," Naruto narrowed his eyes at him. "Alright then,"

Naruto then got out of the tent into the training area where Iwao and the rest followed suit.

Naruto and Iwao then stepped into the training field while the rest of the Rebellion surrounded the area.

"No ninjutsu boy! Only your 'Uzumaki' seals!" Iwao said.

"Of course! That was the point all along!" Naruto said and grinned.

Iwao started his move by throwing a hail of kunais with his free hand.

A card appeared in a puff of smoke into Naruto's hand and he threw it at the kunais and used a handseal. The card sparked with electricity and the kunais suddenly flew towards the card instead, forming a ball of kunais and dropped down harmlessly.

"Hmph, been a long time since I saw the Magnetic Attraction Seal," Iwao noted and flashed through his handseals.

"Water Technique: Water Clones!" Iwao sprayed large amount of water in an arc in front of him. The water then dropped down and formed three copies of Iwao.

Two of the clones separated to flank Naruto from both sides. The first clone then charged at Naruto. Naruto charged forward and kicked the kunai ball at the first clone.

The clone ducked, allowing the kunai ball to flew past it and almost hit Iwao too, had he not jumped.

The water clones closed in and Iwao finished his cast, "It's over boy! Water Technique: Water Wave Palm!" Iwao said and blasted a torrent of water from his palm at Naruto while the clones aimed to grab him.

Naruto took out a seal card and stuck it behind his left hand and held it in front of the incoming water wave. "Repulse!" The seal activated and send a force that intercepted the incoming water and spread it to all directions, hitting the water clones and merging them with the water.

Iwao clicked his tongue as he watched what happened. Naruto smirked and held out his right hand in a fist at Iwao. He then placed a seal card on his right forearm. "Propel!" The seal then formed an arrow shaped and a kunai appeared in a puff of smoke in Naruto's left hand. He then placed the kunai over the Propulsion Seal.

The kunai flew at high speeds at Iwao who took out his kunai to intercept it. The kunais intercepted with such force that sparks generated during the clash and Iwao could only deflect the kunai away from his body before it resumed its flight.

'What the fuck?' Iwao thought. The force behind it was very strong. He never intercepted a kunai at such speed before. And worse, Naruto didn't even throw it!

Naruto shot a few more kunai at Iwao as he began falling down to keep him busy from spamming another ninjutsu. Moments before Iwao touched the ground, Naruto pulled out a scroll and unwind one end at Iwao's direction.

The scroll then binds Iwao's hands together to his body as he touched the ground. Naruto then touched one side of the scroll and a seal branched from it towards the whole scroll.

Iwao then found out that he couldn't move his hands at all.

"You better give up, this is the Explosive Mummy Sealing technique," Naruto said and Iwao looked worried.

"Explosives?" Iwao said and Naruto nodded and then pointed to the another surface of the scroll that doesn't have the Binding Seal on it and saw numerous Explosive Seals lined up all over the surface! And the worst thing is, the Explosive Seals are faced towards his body!

The explosion would ensure his death.

"What the? Seal combination?" Iwao said. A single seal was usually written on a piece of paper, often on one side. No one writes two seals on both sides. This was because activating a seal can activate the other. So if you wrote two of the same seal, then, that would be fine. Explosive tags are made that way anyway. But two different seals are very dangerous.

Naruto somehow managed to place two seals on a single scroll.

Iwao gritted his teeth before conceding defeat, "Fine! I give up! You're legit,"

Naruto smiled and released him.

"Damn Uzumaki and their ass pull!" Iwao said while rubbing his hands.

"Whaaaa? I didn't ass pull. I'm just crazy prepared, that's all," Naruto grinned and Iwao clicked his tongue and turned his back on him.

"That's why I never get to beat an Uzumaki," Iwao said and walked away and Naruto's grin grew larger.

Mei and everyone else that watched the fight was impressed. The kid just pulled out a variety of sealing techniques that most of it was never seen before!

"He really is an Uzumaki," Mei said and licked her lips. She then sighed. "If only he was older," and she shook her head.

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The next day...

"Mei-san, I'm bored," Naruto sighed. His envoy from the Getsuga Clan will arrive in two more days and he got nothing to do while waiting for them to arrive.

Mei sweat dropped at this. Just one day and he was already bored? "Well, you could help us with our Sealing Department. I'm sure they will be glad to receive your tutoring," Mei suggested.

Naruto's eyes widened as if it was a brilliant idea and opened his mouth to say, "Nah," Naruto waved his hand at her.

"Why not?" Mei raised an eyebrow at him.

"Your seal department's basics are already good. They just lacked creativity, that's all," Naruto replied.

'Well, at least I gave it a shot to have him impart some of his amazing sealing techniques,' Mei thought.

"Don't you have missions that I can do?" Naruto asked.

Mei thought of it for a moment before she finally relents. "Alright, there is a mission that I need done,"

"Really , really, really?" Naruto perked up and went at her with shiny eyes.

Mei sweat dropped at this. 'Guess he's still has a kid inside him, after all. It's quite strange that he could just switched from serious to playful mode so easily,'

"Well...do you know about the Seven Swordsmen of Kiri?" Mei asked and Naruto nodded.

"Well, the organization is currently in disarray when the members went separate ways. I only have one of the swordsmen with me. But I've also managed to locate another swordsmen that I like to recruit," Mei stated. "I've sent some of my people before, but he killed them all. He thought that it was a ploy by Yagura to kill him,"

"So...you want me to go to him and seal his ass in a bottle and bring it back to you?" Naruto asked.

"Yes-wait, you can do that?" Mei asked and looked at him incredulously.

"Seal just his ass? Yep!" Naruto said with a smile and thumbs up.

Mei laughed a little. "Why would I want his ass?"

"Well, I figured if we hold his ass ransom, he would do what we want!" Naruto said and this time, Mei broke into a full out laughter.

"If you can kidnap his ass, then I'm sure you can kidnap him whole," Mei said while wiping a tear. "Anyway, I figured that you could try and talk to him. And if that doesn't work, you could 'kidnap' him and brought him to me," Mei smiled and air quoted the word kidnap and Naruto grinned. "And please, kidnap him whole. I preferred his ass remain glued to him,"

"Yosh! I shall begin immediately!" Naruto said and left quickly. Mei sighed and counted.

1...

2...

3...

"Wait, whose ass am I kidnapping? And where is the guy?" Naruto's head stuck into the tent with a puzzled look.

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Somewhere in a small house

"You want me to capture her?" Zabuza said while eyeing the picture in his hand.

The man in front of him raised an eyebrow at him and smirked. "What's wrong? Is she too much for you to handle?"

"Tch, I'll handle it," Zabuza said. "But you have to double my payment. A target is harder to bring in alive, rather than dead, especially someone of her caliber" Zabuza then threw the picture at the table in between them.

The man, Tomio said. He has shoulder length black hair and silver eyes and wore expensive robes, signifying his wealth. "Done,"

Zabuza raised an eyebrow at the man. "You're quick on the offer. You're not hiding something aren't you?"

"Hide? What could I hide?" Tomio said and backed into his chair, intimidated by Zabuza's sudden interest on him.

"I dunno, like an ambush on me or something? Usually, people like you that's quick on the offer are up to something," Zabuza said and grabbed his sword that was propped against his chair.

"No, no! Not to you!" Tomio said and raised his hands in defence and Zabuza loosened his grip on his sword. "She's a compulsive gambler with a mean losing streak! She's even known as The Legendary Sucker because of it!"

"Let me guess, she's got a debt with you and you want to collect it?" Zabuza said and Tomio nodded furiously and Zabuza released his sword. Tomio sighed in relief.

"And also...I want you to bring her back in one piece, without too much damage," Tomio said and got up, not wanting to remain in the Demon's presence any longer. "She wouldn't be able to pay her debts if she's a damaged good after all," Tomio smirked and walked away.

Zabuza eyed the man until he disappeared and his helper appeared in front of him.

"Are you doing this job, Zabuza-sama? Our target is quite powerful after all. And the condition he sets limits us even more," Haku said and picked up the picture.

"I heard she's fallen from her prime. We could exploit that along with her other weaknesses," Zabuza said and got up. "Come on, let's go,"

"Hai," Haku said and pocketed the picture. It was the picture of Tsunade, the Slug Princess and one of the Legendary Sannin.

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Somewhere later in another small house

"You want us to capture her?" Kakuzu said while eyeing a picture in his hand.

"Why yes," Tomio said to the masked man in the black cloak adorned with red cloud patterns. "Her debt to my casino is quite staggering. I'd ask her to pay it myself if she weren't one of the Sannin. That and I'm sure she couldn't pay it anyway even if she wants too,"

"I see…so you intend to have her pay in a different way," Kakuzu said. "How exactly are you going to do that? You do know her abilities, right?" Kakuzu asked and eyed the man.

"We have a way of subjugating people who couldn't pay. It works so far on almost everyone we tried; ninja or not. Granted, she will require a bit more work, but there's no harm in trying before quitting, right?" Tomio smiled at the man.

"Bounty hunting again? When are we going to sacrifice some heathens for my god?" Hidan said and took the picture from Kakuzu and his eyes widened. "Damn lady sure has some nice racks! If I weren't tied to Jashin-sama, I'd hit that,"

"Shut up Hidan! The adults are talking here!" Kakuzu said and Hidan was about to retort when black tendrils shot into his mouth, gagging him while he tried to pry the tendrils out. Tomio shuddered and gulped at the inhuman sight.

"Double payment, considering who the target is and you want her alive and in one piece, correct?" Kakuzu said and Tomio shook his head.

"No. Normal payment," Tomio said and Kakuzu sighed and started to get up. "I won't ask the bounty for Zabuza, you get to keep it,"

Kakuzu raised an eyebrow at him. Tomio smiled and took out another picture and hand it to Kakuzu. "I'd already have Zabuza on her. But seeing his abilities, I doubt he could pull it off based on the conditions I placed,"

Kakuzu took the picture and stared at it. "I see…so I figured he asked for double payment like me?"

Tomio smiled. "Yes. The thing is, I set up Zabuza for you. I figured that you would ask for double payment. So instead of paying you double, I give you Zabuza instead. He's worth much more than what I could pay you. I mean you could claim the bounty on him and sell his sword separately to Kiri or to the highest bidder,"

Kakuzu eyed the man as he smiled. 'Fucking devious,' Kakuzu thought.

"But, if you want full payment, you have to come with Tsunade AND Zabuza. I don't care if you bring Zabuza dead or alive. All I want is for him to be out of the picture. It won't do good to have him come after me for revenge," Tomio said and leaned back to his chair, crossed his legs and brought his hands together.

"In fact, I'll give you a bonus for your hard work with Zabuza. Granted, it won't be as much as the double payment on Tsunade, but it is still quite a lot," Tomio finished his offer.

Kakuzu then smiled under his mask. "I like the way you do your business. I can see that we could become splendid business partners with the way you think. But-" Kakuzu shot out his free hand and grabbed Tomio's shoulder. Tomio jumped a bit at the sudden contact.

"Don't cheat me," Kakuzu said with a death glare. "I don't care if you want to cheat others, but not me. If I knew you hired another mercenary to go after my head, believe me they will fail and I will come for you and your money,"

Tomio nodded his head furiously at the threat. "Be-believe me! I won't! I already knew what your organization could do! I wouldn't dream of it!"

"Good," Kakuzu released Tomio's shoulder and his death glare. "I think this is the start of a profitable business joint, don't you think?" Tomio nodded.

Kakuzu then walked out, dragging Hidan by the mouth along with him. Tomio then realised something…

"Wait! You forgot your scythe!" Tomio screamed after them. A hand shot out and grabbed the scythe before retreating again. However, the scythe got stuck horizontally by the door frame.

"God dammit Hidan! You and your stupid weapon!" Tomio could hear Kakuzu said loudly and the hand then spun the large weapon to orient it vertically to pass the door.

Tomio couldn't help but to sweat drop at this.


Author's Note: Gah! I had a freaking mental block writing Naruto's fight with Iwao. Kinda made me stuck for a while. When I finally came up with something, it was just that? What kind of fight is that? GAH!

Oh well, epic fight next chapter is guaranteed!

Jutsu's used:

Fire Technique: Fire Fox – Creates a controllable flame in the shape of a fox. Power and size is dependent on the amount of chakra used. The foxes then can chase, bite and explode at will. Explosion can be varied from various forms such as a fire blast, fire ball or fire tower. Can be enhanced with Wind techniques.

Fire Technique: Fire Wall – A fire version of the Water Wall technique. Size and duration can be controlled and it will burn enemies that tried to bypass it. Can be enhanced with Wind techniques.

Sealing Technique: Instant Message Seal – Derived from the Manuscript Replication Seal. It requires two mediums to work. What is written on one medium is copied to another. Requires sufficient ink before hand or the message will be blank as if writing using invisible ink.

Sealing Technique: Magnetic Attraction – A seal that when activated, generates a magnetic pull that attracts metals to it. Useful against metallic objects such as shurikens and kunais. It can also be placed on an enemy, thus, creating a magnetic target for metallic projectiles, giving them a limited homing capability.

Sealing Technique: Binding Seal – A seal that stops the movement of targets and prevents them from being summoned. The seal will only affect body parts that were covered by it. An example would be that if you place the seal on the hand, then the hand cannot move while the legs can. Thus, it is advisable to spread the seal to every part of the body. However, the anti-summoning works regardless of the size of the seal.

Sealing Technique: Explosive Mummy Seal – A combination of Binding Seals and Explosive Seals that will bind an enemy and explode. The explosives are usually faced towards the bind enemy and not outside, thus ensuring an inward explosion instead of outward explosion.