Day went by fast, in the end of day both of genins managed to succeed in exercise, but were completely exhausted. As well as Naruto which was completely soaked in his sweat. In the end of day he let his clones dissapear and lot of informations suddenly entered his mind as he almost fell from massive info. Normally if Naruto would gove them simple exercise to practise he could make hundreds of clones and be all right once he cancel the jutsu, like for example when he was starting with wind manipulation with just simple cutting of leaf. But now there were informations from 5 scrolls, plus info from whole Sasuke´s and Sakura´s training, not to mention his improved skill in wind manipulation.

There were 2 days like that after that one, Sasuke now wearing gravity seal level 1 which pinned him to the ground first time when Naruto applied it on him. Sakura was meantime practising sime taijutsu skills when she realized how bad she is in them for now. After those 2 days, during lunch they were having all together, the youngest member of family finally talked to them. Boy, named Inari was really Pain in the ass sometimes, because he tought that his life was the worst and he also had no hope in victory over evil.

"Why are you even trying? You cannot stop Gato, does not matter how hard do you try. He will always win." Said Inari, he started calmly but in the end he was yelling.

"Inari, that´s enough!" Said his mother, named Tsunami, she was kind, caring and honestly fucking hot mother.

"So, you think you had hard life, hm?" Asked Naruto, wiping food from hos mouth. "So your dad was killed when he tried to protect this family, this village. Died to show you there is a hope, died trying to unite you all. And after all you just gave up hm? You are livig fucking fairy tale. You are not even close to terrible life. Sakura here, was bullied almost whole life because of banalities, Kakashi-sensei lost every member of his team, his dad died as a hero even when others called him traitor, Sasuke´s family was wiped out by his older brother who then showed it to him over and over, my parents were killed the day I was born. Until 6 years I had no friends, no family, I was beaten on daily basis especially on my birthday because of people blaming me for something I had nothing to do with. And YOUR life was HARD? Fucking man up and grow some balls!" As Inari Naruto started calmly and also finished yelling. Just louder, harder.

"Naruto, stop it already!" Ordered Kakashi. Naruto immediately stood up and was heading towards doors. "Where are you going?"

"To blow of some steam!" Said Naruto as he closed the doors.

"Ehm, the things that he said, he exaggerated it right? I mean things that he said, it can not be truth." Asked Tazuna after doors were closed.

"Unfortunately, everything he said is pure truth." Confirmed Kakashi which got lot of reactions. Tsunami was horrified, Sakura felt sorry for Naruto, because she did not know about his childhood. Tazuna was disgusted, he could not believe that grown ups would beat little kid like that. Sasuke knew about it all so he was no surprised, he kept his head cool this time, same went for Kakashi. Inari, howewerô was completely shocked, he did not know what to think, he could not imagine himself in place of any of those, especially not in Naruto´s. Maybe he was wrong about it, about it all.

Next day Naruto was woken up by girl in pink dress. She was really beatiful. She was looking on him with hers brown eyes curiously.

"I guess I over did it yesterday." Naruto said sheepishly scratching back of his head. AS he said that she looked around him. There were trees pierced from side to side on so many places and others were often just cut on parts obviously from strong wind jutsus. She was thinking how powerfull he can be when she looked all that horror around. Then she looked at him, and saw his muscles, he did not want to destroy his clothes so he was training just in pants and sandals. He had some tatoos which looked like some seals all over his torso. Then she looked at his face, wild blond hairs, deep blue eyes and those cute whisker marks and sweet smile on his face. She immediately blushed a bit.

After that they started to talk with each other a bit, they found out that their ninja ways are pretty similar to each others. They were having great time.

"Naruto I am pleased I could meet you, but I have to go now, my friends need those herbs." She said standing up from her place prepared to leave.

"Haku, when we will meet next time, please do not make me kill you. I do not want it to go that way but if you will not give me a choice. First of all I must protect those in my team." He said, not a single hint of his smile or all that happines around him. He was completely serious this time.

"How did y-. Anyway Naruto, I know what you mean but I will do what I can to protect him. He is precious to me. Bye, Naruto.

When Naruto came back to Tazuna´s house he just went to sleep. When he woke up the house was empty, he could feel it thanks to his sensitivity for chakras. Or atleas amost empty, he could feel small chakra sources from outside. When he went down the stairs he saw Inari hitting the man who was holding his mother.

"Leave us kit and you can live. Our mission was to capture just her so you can as well die." Said smaller of the bandits.

"What about other deal, you leave them be and you will both have unique chance to leave." Said voice from behind them, showing Naruto standing there.

"Another brat, what do you think you can do?" Said the smaller again as he was going to hit Inari. Suddenly golden chain pierced his head and neck of the bigger one killing them both instantly.

"You had your chance… Are you ok? Where are the others.? ASked Naruto now looking straight on Inari and Tsunami, who immediately hugged him.

"They went on bridge with father." Said Tsunami between sobs.

"Ok, you should be safe here from now on, I will leave here a clone just to be sure. And by the way Inari, great job standing up to those guys giving me time I needed." Naruto said, thumbed up on Inari with smile in face, created clone and dissapeared via leaf shunshin.

When he arriwed on the bridge, there was big fog of mist and some sort of ice dome. Sakura was guarding Tazuna. Naruto understood and also felt that in the mist there are Kakashi and Zabuza and in the dome Sasuke and Haku.

He appeared in dome next to Sasuke, right in time to block shower of senbons with his chains, that formed sphere around them. Sasuke had sharingan with one tomoe shining in his eyes, but otherwise he looked liek cactus from all those senbons. Naruto canceled the sphere then.

"Haku stop it, or I will have to stop you."

"I am sorry Naruto but you are in my ultimate jutsi right now. Noona can get out of there, not alive anyway. I told you I will do what I can to protect my master and right now he is in danger so I need to end it fast. I am sorry Naruto." She said as she showed herself in mirror holding senbons.

"Uzumaki style: Golden Hydra!" Naruto shouted as many golden chains shot from his body piercing all the ice mirrors shattering the dome completely leaving Haku standing in front of him. "You still can give up and try your luck in our village." Offered Naruto. She was quiet for few seconds then her head shot to the side in direction of mist fog.

"I am sorry Naruto." She then dissapeared, fog droped revealing her standing in front of Zabuza getting full force of chidori instead of him.

"Seems like your student failed Zabuza." Said Kakashi as he pulled his hand out. Zabuza then just pushed haku to the side and hit Kakashi hard un the face with fist, sending him flying. Kakashi has used almost all of his chakra, chidori of his should be just last hit then he could still help a bot to his genins. Atleast that was the plan, he did not expect sacrifice that was made.

"She was just a tool. Just a key to my victory, to my money." Zabuza said laughing getting his sword again.
"Sakura heal Haku, Sasuke defend Tazuna, I will teach that bastard a lesson!" Naruto ordered and thanks to seriosness in his voice noone argued with him.

"Naruto you are sure about this?" Asked Kakashi from behind.

"Yeah, you just let it to from now on."

"Get of my face you wreck!" Said Zabuza as he appeared in front if Naruto, trying to bitch slap him. Naruto catched his hand, spinned and kick him as he did kick Sasuke on genin exams, jsut much stronger.

"Gravity seal: Release!" naruto said as he appeared in front of Zabuza kicked him to the chin, sending him to air, jumping up, spinning in the air and dropkicking him hard on the ground. Zabuza dropped his sword and as he stood up he received another strong punch to face shattering bandages with pure strenght sending him off bridge on the water. Naruto then jumped to him. Zabuza stood once again, too kunai to hands and also to mouth saying:

"You think you win kind, you will see you are wrong. I will show you why they call me demn of the mist. As he saided it he leaned and illusion of demon´s face appeared abovi him.

"You demon? Ha! I will show you THE DEMON." AS Naruto finished sentence his eyes changed to red, same colored chakra started swirling around him along with water. Above him face of Kyuubi no Youko was formed from chakra as his features started to change. He now had fangs, claws black lips and deeper whisker marks. then he charged Zabuza , put his hand on a chest and from back few red and bloody chains shot shattering hearth and lungs of Zabuza. Zabuza then dropped to his knees, life dissapearing from his eyes. Narutos appearence went back to normal right after that as he came back to bridge along with Zabuza´s body.

"How is she?" He immediately asked Sakura who was kneeling right near the Haku.

"She will live, but why did I have to save her?" Standing from her place she asked.

"She deserve another chance, trust me on that one." Sakura would maybe respond or protect but voice from the end of bridge interrupted her.

"Well, well, so big Zabuza and his little bitch are death. Nevermind, not that I was going to pay them anyway. Guys get them." Small black, in black suit said laughing, not realizing how stupid mistake he has just done. Logically, when you are afraid of someone (Zabuza) and someone kill him, you should be afraid of them too.

As men under Gato started to run to them small aroww hit the ground right in front of them. When they looked for source they saw young boy with crossbow, and dozens of civialans in his back.

"We will not live under your tyranny you little midget!" Inari shouted and collective YEAH was heard from behind.

"Inari, you did it, you brought them all." Said Tazuna wiping tear from eye when he saw every single one villager from Wawe country.

Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi just smirked when they saw as bandits started to think about their next step.

"Well I still have some energy to beat the crap out of them. Shadow clone jutsu!" Yelled Naruto as 30 more Narutos appearead next to him.

"I have something left too." Kakashi smiled as he created 7 clones that stood behind Naruto´s clones now. Then all for members of Team 7 steped in front of clones. Sasuke smirking, in fighting position and kunai in right hand sharingan dangerously flaring, Kakashi hands in the pocket and smirk visible even through his face mask, Sakura weakly hitting her palm with fist threateningly and Naruto was just taking Kubikiri Boucho to his hands. Then massacre started as they all started clearing up the bridge from bandits leaving Gato for last. Naruto grabbed him by his collar and threw him in front of civilians who did beat heam to the death after it.

And that´s how their first serious mission ended. Team 7 returned to the Konoha, along with Haku, who was granted permission to stay under 3 months probation, after which she will get rank of genin. But things were just going to get interesting for Naruto in near future.

Time flew and Konoha 9 started to bond with each other, they were going out they even tried some team spars, they were helpin each other, making sleepovers, they grew to be be good friends.

Naruto was meanwhile training his ass of. His Gravity seal reached level 10 now and his speed with it was on level of mid level genin, he also asked his team to do not tell noone about him having this kind of seals so he could keep it as secret weapon. He also worked hard on his chakra chains control, now he can make them thin or thick. He also learned some wind jutsus and he also learned to burn the leaf in his hands and was working on creating visible electricity between his palms. Not that he has any success with it yet. He also earned lot of money, they did send head of demon brothers to mist and got some payment splitted by three for 2 B-rank criminals, then they also splitted much more money for returning Massive Head Cleaver to Kirigakure and Naruto himself obtained also reward for Zabuza´s head, which was A-criminal. Naruto wanted to split that reward also but they agreed that he deserve it the most. Gato´s money went for repairments of Wawe village and they also used it as payment for S-ranked mission after that obtained it. They did not want it but new major in village, Tazuna accepted no buts about it. Kakashi took just mission payment, he refused bounties from rest out of proudness of his team. So Naruto now really had enough money, he could afford small apartment but Hokage made him stay atleast till he will become a chunin.

Speaking of which, Kakashi called team meeting when he said them about coming chunin exams which they were all really excited to be part of. However Naruto was sad that Haku can´t attend as well because of probation and also because of her not being in a team. But she insured him that she is completely fine with it. She was finally over loss of Zabuza and understood that even withouth him there are reason to live.

Naruto was just walking in the street when he saw one rock. It would not be strange but this rock did not even see like rocks around her and even stranger thing, it was square shaped.

"Konohamaru, you will have to try more to get me, then that. One advice, there are NO square shaped rocks." Said Naruto as he started to laugh. Suddenly rock exploded in lot of white smoke as 3 kids stepped out of smoke still coughing.

"Huh, as I could expect from you boss, but do not underestimate me, I am going to that hat, not you. Anyway, ya promised you will play ninja with us, so will ya?"

´Not that I have something better to do right now, I can aswell make them happy for a while.´ Naruto´s answer was just jumping to them making them run from thin street to main street of Konoha where Konohamaru bumped into boy with black costume with cat like ears and painted face. He catched Konohamaru´s hand and put it in for Konohamaru hurting position.

"Kankuro let him go, when Gaara will fin out he will kill us." Said Blond kunoichi with 4 buns on back of her head.

"Nah, he won´t find out. Just learning brat his place, do not worry sis."

"Let the boy go clown!" Naruto´s voice had serious and threatening tone.

A.N.: Guys if you thinh story is too similar to original, please stay tuned. I changed Naruto but he cannot change everything and win ever everyone in 12. Not in my story anyway.