At the end of this chapter I will be proud to say that I have hit 10k words :) Let's aim for 100k next. Anyway released this chapter just because I wanted to push this story over 10k. If you want quicker chapters then review review review.

I do not own Naruto

A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.


Gossip a powerful weapon itself it can destroy relationships, it can destroy status and it can even destroy people. Your mind is like a database anything you hear, read or see is stored there. If someone were to make a spelling mistake such as trayde your mind would find the closest match in this database and tell you what I was really trying to say. So trayde will become trade, now gossip works with that concept. If you plant a small seed such a Naruto is a demon whether or not you have met Naruto that information is stored in your database it is your preconceived notion.

Now if you were to meet Naruto your mind would be looking for a match, anything he does or even any mistake he makes you will be trying to match it up with that of a demon. The littlest things will be reinforcing that in your mind, if your friend were to tell you he was mean. Then anything he does that can be considered mean will be picked up by your mind/brain and used to reinforce the idea of him being mean. Therefore you shall start treating him badly which in turn will mean he will react with badly. Thus cementing the idea in your brain and you will suddenly hate Naruto.

Now that's where the parents of Konoha were sort of ingenious they by law couldn't tell their children what he held inside him however they could plant small seeds within their brains. It's even stronger when more people are telling you the same thing, your whole family tells you that he is a demon and the more they tell you the more it starts to sink into your brain. Gossip really can destroy lives, but it is also human nature.

Now the first thing that was done was to spread that the "demon is alive and he is back in the village" this created a spread out panic within the people, they just couldn't believe that the little monster that had disappeared was now back to 'torment' them. Now one of them had a great idea, they couldn't stop the demon from being here but they sure as hell make sure he didn't have a place to sleep. So torches lit up and a building was about to be burned down.

They even thought they would browse his house/apartment first for anything memorable before in fact destroying it. Anything of importance, destroyed. Anything he used destroyed. Anything that he loved also destroyed. Quickly they set fire to the apartment before their movements were noticed and disappeared off into the night.

"All according to plan"


"I demand Hinata Hyuuga" shouted Kurenai

"I demand I be given a team for once!" Anko shouted afterward

"You what?" the Hokage asked menacingly

"I humbly request you give me Hinato Hyuuga" turned into her chibi self and poking her fingers together. Anko just chose to keep quiet, preferring not to push her luck.

"No" he stated simply 'I will still probably give Hinata to her as she will serve the greatest purpose there, however I think Anko should be given a team at least to prove herself.' while this went on in his head, Kurenai felt like crying but she settled for a disheartened look instead.

"I would like a team comprising of Sasuke Uchiha... that is all"

"So you don't really care who else joins your team?" questioned the Hokage

"No not really. In fact I wouldn't care if no one else joined my team" Kakashi said. 'I will repay your family Obito'

"Great what then about you Asuma?"

"Is that even a question? I want to recreate a great team and for that I will need the Ino-Shika-Cho combination" he stated 'I just might still get Hinata!' Though Kurenai

"I see but then th-" Boom the door flew off its hinges which causes all ninja inside the room to get on in their defensive positions.

'No no no no this feeling! This is what I felt when I fought Ankoku' Kakashi thought panicking in his mind.

"Sorry Hokage-sama I couldn't sto-"

"It's quite alright, I was expecting him to come here sooner or later" he replied causing the 3 Jonin to look at him with confusion. Thus they turned back to the door letting their guards down at the new arrival.

There in all glory standing at 169cm was Naruto Uzumaki. He wore an azure-blue tattered cape with a black v neck shirt and bandages running down his right arm. On his left arm being Kanji for Soul Split #6. He wore a black strap, which goes over his right shoulder and under it to wrap around his left side, it holds his sword. He is rocking a lean muscle build designed to be quick as well as to pack a lot of power. He has white hair that frames his faces quite nicely and deep blue eyes that are seemingly endless.

All in all he had captured Anko's heart and peaked Kurenai's interest. After all the great Ice Queen of Konoha doesn't just fall for someone she was above the rest of the girls!

'I see it was just Naruto, Wait a minute that's Naruto? What on earth happened to his hair? But what then had caused me to feel the way I felt. There is no way, just no way!' Kakashi thought to himself.

"It seems my apartment has been burned down" he said

"Oh a shame my boy, I wil-"

"Please do not act like you didn't know, two of your Anbu were posted outside my building. I must applaud them from showing enough restrain as to not join in" Naruto replied coldly. 'He seemed to sense my Anbu, but how he was with a civilian family?' Hiruzen questioned.

"I assure you th-"

"You will give me what's rightfully mine, if you catch my drift" Naruto interrupted the Hokage again but this time with a knowing look.

"All of you out!" he said directed to Kurenai, Anko, Kakashi and Asuma

"Bu-"

"I said out!" with that all of them left except for Anko who took it upon herself to sway her hips and saunter over to Naruto before whispering "This could be yours if you play your cards right" before leaving like the rest before her in a Shunshin. This had caused him to smirk it seems he was going to have to play cards sooner or later.

"What do you mean by what's rightfully yours and by the way I like what you have done to your hair" the Hokage asked

"Well first of let's start with one of your most recent laws, the tax you've imposed on everyone in the village. That money is rightfully mine, I have already taken the liberty to set myself a Bank account so you can transfer it all in there and thank you Jiji" he added the last bit for old time's sake

"Ah, I see" 'Damn, while the tax was taken in his name I never planned on giving him the money. It was more to draw hatred than to reward the boy, nonetheless the negatives outweigh the good so I suppose he can have it'

"Furthermore I would also like my clan's money, items and possessions"

"C-Clan? What clan do you speak off?" he was panicking there was no way Naruto knew, it couldn't be possible.

"The Uzumaki had deep roots in Konoha with my Great Grandmother being the wife of Harashirama Senju thus a piece of her went into building this village. I know that there is a Uzumaki clan account which my mother's money must have been added to after she died" he stated while Hiruzen had to stop himself from growling but he had a hidden ace he was at least going to shatter the young boys mind for trying to play games with him.

"In addition my father... Minato Namikaze and I know he had massive account, as well as a compound as he wished to start his own clan. Therefore I would like his funds to also be put into my account and I would like the location of his compound" Naruto finished off feeling slightly happy with himself.

"My boy some of that money has been used in good of the village, surely you can not mean that you want it all" The old Hokage said

"No, obviously not" Naruto said

"Good" he sighed with relief

"I want it all and my clan's possessions, scrolls and items" he said with a smirk causing Hiruzen to become extremely pissed.

'Giving him all that money will severely weaken the village especially since we have been using some of the Namikaze as well as the Uzumaki money to fund our village, however he will get it all if only because of what I get to do now. This is what he gets for playing with the big boys'

"I can do it all ex-"

"Good" Naruto interrupted

"As I was saying before you cut me off, I can do it all except give you your mother's money"

"Why the hell not!" he shouted

"Oh that? Well simple, she's still alive" the Hokage said with a smirk 'Does it hurt, I sure hope it does' he thought as he looked upon the boys face it had taken a dark menacing look

"In fact I can't even give you the Uzumaki money as well since Kushina is the head as she is older than you" he said continued. 'Man am I on fire'

"That would be true if she was an active member of the village, as she hasn't been registered as a citizen" he grunted 'I'm going to have to let out all this anger out but for now I can't let him toy with me'

"That is true but you yoursel-"

"Before you finish that I hope you understand the implications, If I am not a member of this village then I guess I will go and take my services to a place such a Iwa or maybe Kumo they seem to like jinchūriki there" Naruto replied

"I see, you shall notice all funds present in your account by th-"

"Morning and see even you consider me a proud loyal citizen of Konoha" Naruto interrupted with a creepy/malicious smile.

"Yes yes by the morning, now if you can leave my office" Sarutobi spat out 'I hate him, I hate him, I hate him this boy isn't supposed to be like this, he's too crafty but only for now. I shall abide my time and I will find his weakness. At least he forgot I was supposed to give him directions to the Namikaze compound' as if reading his thoughts Naruto smirked.

"Do you think I forgot? Just for that I will add another thing"

"That is?" he asked 'This can't be good'

"I want access to the Senju compound as well seeing as my great grandmother was married to Harashirama, furthermore you shall announce my Heritage to the whole village in the Chunin Exams. Now as I said before tell me where the Namikaze compound is"

With that Hiruzen let out a sigh 'Fuck my life'

"Pertaining your heritage, I will only agree to that if you make it to the finals!" he replied with a smile. 'Let's see you make it Naruto, there is a sleeping monster in the class you are in!'


"Today is the day, he has come back"

"I don't know how to feel yet but I can't help but shudder with excitement" the others nodded in agreement

"Did you guys see Ino today she looked so ridiculous"

"Yes we all did" replied Sora 'I swear she is becoming more and more attached to the people of this village especially her classmates, she is going to be a problem.'

"It was just so funny and the way Sakura tripped over Choji that was pure gold" she said whilst laughing

"Yea funny" Hikari said with a sweat drop

"Glad to see you are enjoying yourself Totomi" an unknown voice said, who could it have been? Could it have been Council come to spy on them or maybe it was...

"MAN! Stop that!" shouted Totomi before blushing after noticing how he looked.

"Yeah it lost all its appeal after the second time" added Sora

"I-I like it" Hikari whispered.

'Of course you do' Sora thought with a deadpan

"We shall have a proper conversation later, I came to check on how your missions went?" he asked all three. What surprised him was how serious and confident Hikari was; it was as if she snapped out of her normal personality when it related a mission.

"Hikari Uchiha tasked with planting small 'seeds' into Sasuke Uchiha, he has become friendlier and even has a rivalry with our own Sora. Over the course of 3 years he has started to believe that true strength comes from wanting to protect someone maybe not entirely as his brother excuse my language, really fucked him up. While he has become fairly close to me I can see him glancing at Totomi at times when he doesn't think anyone is watching he is almost correct as it is only me who has noticed. He has also started showing compassion for those around him and has taken liberty to pull his own tree out of his ass but I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few branches still stuck in there. Finally he also has awaited your arrival because of how much I told him you would challenge him, he is greatly looking for someone he can shoot to surpass, a step if you will before he reaches his brother. All in all the entire mission was a success. In addition I have finished all 3 of my scrolls and mastered 2" after she was done Hikari took a really deep breath before turning her head slightly and giving Naruto a smile.

Choosing to follow Hikari in the way she had announced her mission success Sora went next. "Sora Uchiha tasked with information gathering. I have acquired through other people or personal research. Detailed descriptions of Konoha, I have been finding out every building position, every nook and cranny. Gate Guard schedules and frequency of switching guards, outpost locations, Hokage's movements, how much food we produce, most vulnerable parts of the village, This character you call Danzo's root base, a detailed list of all Konoha Shinobi that would pose a potential threat especially genin or soon to be genin and most influential people of Konoha both on the Shinobi side and the civilian and have put all of this information in a scroll. Also as of Today I have also sent off watered down versions to the other Hidden villages especially Suna copies to do what they wish with, all in all the mission was a success. In addition I have mastered all scrolls taking priority to the 4th one" he stated

"Impressive but I must ask how? You hard the hardest task out of all of them and I didn't expect such a result" Naruto asked

"While I can tell you I would rather show you" Sora replied before looking at Naruto and activating his Sharigan.

"That is pretty good bu-"

"I'm not through yet" Sora stated before his Sharigan transformed in its advanced form

"Ho-"

"Hikari was practising a jutsu from her scroll on me, it to see the least wasn't pleasant" Sora said

"S-Sorry but it needed a test subject and there wasn't a description of what it could do" Hikari added in

"I knew I had forgotten something" Naruto replied

"I'm not even going to make a comment on how stupid that was, Anyway this and the fact that I am but a lowly Uchiha no one suspected they were under my influence or the fact that giving key village knowledge to me was a bad idea." Sora said

"Well done and it's not that stupid considering that if you tried to filter knowledge fro-"

"Are we going t-"

"Stop INTERRUPTING ME!" Naruto roared causing those in the room to immediately shut up. He took a second to compose himself before starting to talk again. "Anyway Totomi you've been a bit quiet, report"

"T-Totomi Uchiha tasked with Sabotage, I was able to start small fires and burn the farmer's crops but I-I c-couldn't do the rest"

"Why not?" Naruto asked impossibly calm while Sora narrowed his eyes.

"Because it's w-wrong" Totomi whispered

"Because it's what?" Naruto replied his voice growing louder

"Because it's wr-

"What?"

"Because i-"

"What?"

"Becau-"

"What, what, what?"

"BECAUSE IT'S WRONG!" Totomi finally shouted

"So putting a paralysing agent in the village water, breaking transport carts, stealing from shops, letting cows & horses loose was all too much for you? Is this not what you wanted? To get revenge on the village?"

"It wa- I mean it is!" she replied

"Then why then do you have any issues with this"

"Because it's wrong! You are just a lunatic who is taking things to far, your life probably hasn't even be-"

"Is that so? If you had finished that sentence I would have killed you so instead I will simply ask you to leave" he stated coldly

"bu- but I wa-"

"I SAID LEAVE, if you're not with me, you are against me Totomi. Remember that" he interrupted her while generating killing intent effectively paralysing Totomi as it was directed at her.

"Didn't you hear me? Leave!" with that she rushed hurried out of the old clan building that they all had held in such high regard crying all the way, she didn't feel safe anymore.

"Anyone else want to leave? This is your chance, if you stay I assume you are in it for life or until death." he asked

"Like I said before this is what I signed up for" Sora replied casually

"I-I'm with you Naruto" she said with a slight blush

"Very well, there is going to be a change of plans however. Totomi is gone and I know who exactly she is going to run to because as it stands she now fears for her safety because she knows too much."

"Who?" Hikari asked

"Firstly she will run to Sasuke because not only does he have feelings for her, Sasuke's protection means protection from the council and also protection by the council in case I tried something against her. While she will try not to be too forward with Sasuke, I already see them dating, next she will run toward D-"

"Danzo as she thinks she is the only one able to stop you, am I right?" Sora said

"Spot on however out of everyone in this village so far, he is the one that has fallen into my hand to many times. Everything he does he thinks is too protect the village but he is more or less aiding me in its destruction. His political power is my political power as basically he is my puppet. Also I would like to add Kakashi Hatake as a possibility since she does not think of me as too strong, she might even try seduce him but at the very least she will try getting him on her side."

"You seem to have known this was going to happen, why then did you give Totomi 3 scrolls to learn off?" Hikari asked puzzled

"So that she would be dependent on those moves, the techniques in those scrolls are basically the only techniques she knows, effectively meaning she will rely on them for safety, now Sora would you tell her why this is so good?"

"It's really good for us because my fourth scroll contained a counter to every technique in her scrolls and also how to turn them against her and now that Totomi has left I will begin teaching you everything I learned from that scroll" he replied with a smirk.

"In fact I even helped you with your mission Hikari, and am on my way to give Sora what he really wants" Naruto spoke

"How so?" she asked even more so puzzled than before.

"Because I have given Sasuke Uchiha something to love and to fight for, something to protect! We will crush him and allow him to watch as we strip the very thing he fights for away from him" Naruto concluded as Sora broke out into a smile.

"Phase one complete"


That's it!

Review Review Review!

Story might follow the cannon you all know and love but only to get Naruto to wave.

However you have a choice, comment A, B or C in you reviews on what team Naruto should be on. Just for fun I'll add D!

A) Naruto, Sasuke, Hikari

B) Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke

C) Naruto, Sora, Hikari (Dream Team baby)

D) Naruto, Totomi, Sasuke (Sounds like fun?)