A/N: So after much deliberation I have decided to add Fem-Haku and Fem-Gaara to Naruto's harem, and I'm thinking about a Fem-Deidara but my thoughts on that are jumbled. Let me know people!
Naruto and Yugao meet up at the gate in full ANBU armor and quickly depart from the gate at speeds much faster than many genin would be capable of. "So where are we going Neko-taicho?" Naruto asks with a hidden smirk under his Dog mask. "The Land of Waves. According to Kakashi-senpai's report the shipping magnate Gato has hired some missing nins to take out the bridge builder Tazuna. Apparently the bridge threatens his control over the country by allowing trade through land and not just shipping." Yugao responds getting a nod from Naruto.
Naruto and Yugao both notice a chakra flare not far away and quickly move to investigate. They come upon Kakashi's three genin guarding Tazuna while Kakashi himself is staring down a missing nin standing on a giant sword stuck in a tree.
"Zabuza Momochi. A-Rank missing nin from Kiri." Yugao gasps in surprise at just how far Gato was willing to go. "We better go help Kakashi then." Naruto says applying a low level henge to turn his blonde hair red to complete his disguise and going to jump out of the tree when Yugao grabs his shoulder.
"Let's just wait and see how this plays out. Kakashi may have a plan." Yugao sees Naruto nod and turns back to the fight. She then curses when she sees Zabuza throw out the Hidden Mist Jutsu. "Nevermind. They're going to need it." Yugao says jumping towards Kakashi and signaling Naruto over to the others.
Naruto lands in front of Sasuke with a hand on his katana in preparation. "What are you doing here? Do you really think that we need backup from a shrimp like you?" Sasuke asks with a sneer. "It doesn't matter what I think. Your sensei sent for back up and it came. Now be quiet. I need to focus." Naruto says keeping a sharp eye on Yugao and Kakashi before he hears a gruff voice whispering from behind him.
"There are eight po-" Zabuza manages to get out before Naruto slashes through his neck and dispels the Water Clone and turns to block a swipe from behind holding his sword in his left hand. He reaches into his kunai pouch with his right and throws it towards Zabuza's neck. Zabuza again bursts into water putting Naruto on his guard.
Naruto turns towards the sound of combat and sees Yugao and Kakashi struggling against Zabuza and two clones. "It's time to try one of my new jutsu. I really hope this works!" Naruto thinks reaching into his kunai pouch and grabbing five of them. He channels some chakra to his legs and jumps as high as he can, with the kunai floating just above his fingers.
"Kakashi-senpai! Neko-taicho! Duck!" Naruto yells and as soon as they're out of the way he lets his kunai fly empowered by his new technique. "Jiton: Kyozetsu (Magnet Release: Repulse)." The knives fly fast enough that Kakashi would have difficulty following them without his Sharingan, which widens in surprise when the clones dispel and Zabuza gets hit in the arm.
"Hmmm. Pretty good kid. But do you have the power to follow up?" Zabuza says dashing at Naruto with his sword raised to strike. Naruto goes to block when Kakashi appears in front of him and blocks the sword with a kunai. "Don't worry about him. I've got this. You and Neko retreat in case he has back up." Kakashi looks back to see the nod from Naruto as he jumps back with his katana back in its sheathe.
Everyone looks on as Kakashi and Zabuza continue their battle ending with them on the water doing identical handsigns. "Suiton: Daibakufu no jutsu! (Water Release: Great Waterfall technique)" Kakashi manages to finish first and sends Zabuza spiraling into a tree where he begins to fear Kakashi's Sharingan. "C-can you see the future?" Zabuza asks sliding back into the tree on his hands.
"Yes. All I can see is your death." Kakashi says but his strike is interrupted when two senbon impale Zabuza's neck and a hunter appears and disappears with his body. "Well. I guess its time to complete our mission. Lead the way Tazuna-san." Kakashi says before falling over. "Inu-san can you please carry him?" Yugao asks holding back Sakura from rushing to Kakashi. "Not a problem. Kage bunshin no jutsu." Naruto makes a clone who helps him support Kakashi.
Later in Tazuna's house.
"So how do you feel Kakashi-senpai?" Naruto asks when Kakashi comes to a few hours later. Kakashi just stares in shock at the ANBU mask in front of him before breaking out in hysterical laughter. Naruto just takes the mask off after locking the door. "Feeling better Chuckles?" He asks sarcastically when Kakashi quiets down.
"Mmmm just a little chakra exhaustion. I should be fine in a few days. What about you Naruto?" Kakashi inquires sitting up in his bed. "Can't really complain. Oh! You can have your mask back. I've got Mom's to use for now." Naruto says handing Kakashi his Dog mask and unsealing the Crow. "This certainly brings back memories. Your mother was absolutely indestructible behind that mask." Kakashi says looking at the mask with a sense of nostalgia.
"You should still get one of your own. You don't want to be in your parent's footsteps forever after all." Kakashi says getting a nod from Naruto. "Well I'm not officially in ANBU. This was just Saru's idea of keeping me secret from Sasuke." Kakashi nods in agreement. "I'm glad he listened to that request. Sasuke has developed a real jealous streak lately." Kakashi sighs at how badly his student is turning out.
"You just may have to beat it out of him, but you should probable save that until we're back in the village. You should give them some training while we're here though. I'm pretty sure Zabuza isn't dead." Naruto says crossing his arms while Kakashi just groans. "I was afraid of that. Hand me my crutches?" Kakashi asks and Naruto just wordlessly hands them over.
Later that day!
Naruto, Yugao, and Team 7 are out in a clearing when Kakashi shows up to explain the tree climbing exercise to the three genin on his team. Naruto starts laughing when Sasuke goes flying off the tree. Sasuke just seethes at the laughter. "What's so funny?! It's not as easy as it looks! I'd be surprised if a midget ANBU like you was even able to do it." Sasuke says huffing and turning his head. "Oh Sasuke-chan. Look up here." Naruto calls down from the top of the tree. He then proceeds to calmly walk down the tree.
"I've had much more training than you. It's only natural that I would be able to do this so easily." Naruto says reaching the ground and walking in front of Yugao. "It's all about control and staying calm." Yugao speaks up before walking away with Naruto and Kakashi. Sasuke just glares at their backs before going back to the tree.
"So Yugao-sensei what will I be working on while we're here?" Naruto asks walking with his hands behind his head. "Well to be honest all I can think of is elemental manipulation and some more jutsu, but we'll need to work on your control and find some chakra paper first." Yugao says taking her mask off and reaching into one of her pouches to pull out a square of paper.
Naruto takes it and channels some of his chakra revealing a strong and equal affinity for all of the elements. "T-that's astounding. Someone with all the elemental affinities." Yugao says looking on in shock as the pieces of paper scatter in the wind. "B-but how is that possible?" Naruto asks just as shocked as Yugao.
"That would be my Jinchuuriki skill." Kyuubi suddenly chimes in from Naruto's head. "What do you mean?" Naruto asks confused at Kyuubi's statement "Each Jinchuuriki gets a unique ability from their Bijuu. Mine happens to be an affinity for all of the elements, and the ability to mix them." Kyuubi responds with a smirk."Oh my god." Naruto says looking at Yugao with a giant smile.
"What is it Naruto?" Yugao asks cocking her head to the side in confusion. "Your student just got a lot more badass." Naruto says with a huge grin and tells her what he learned from Kyuubi, making her smile widen even more. "Be warned. You have no preexisting bloodlines for the combinations, so it will take you much longer to learn those." Kyuubi says making Naruto chuckle before making a large number of shadow clones to begin working on manipulating the elements and water walking while Naruto himself does some more work with his Magnet Release techniques.
Several hours later.
Naruto dispels his clones in groups of five to avoid the mental backlash before retracting his Iron Sand back to the seals and leaving for dinner. Walking into the house he is handed a note by Yugao instructing him to henge into someone else so as not to arouse suspicion when he takes his mask off. He does so by changing his eyes to violet, keeping his hair red, and hiding his whisker marks. Basically he looks more like Kushina making Kyuubi chuckle.
He takes off his mask and sits at the table next to Yugao and Kakashi. Sasuke just glares at him from across the table. "Do you mind? It's hard to eat with you staring at me like that." Naruto says leveling his eyes in Sasuke's direction. Sasuke just scoffs and turns his head back to his food. "Geez. What a prick." Naruto mumbles under his breath making Yugao and Kakashi chuckle.
"I don't see why you guys try so hard! You should all just go back to your comfortable homes! None of you know what a hard life is even like!" A young boy in overalls yells slamming his hands down on the table. "Sit down. Right. Fucking. Now." Naruto's tone of voice makes even Kakashi and Yugao stiffen in fear. "You think I don't know a hard life? Try living without anyone to look after you. Being poisoned and beaten almost constantly. You've had a hard life? Please. This is better than even some of my best days." Naruto finishes before standing and walking out of the house slamming the door hard enough to crack it down the middle.
Inari just sits there in shock before he starts to cry. Tsunami goes to comfort him. "Is what he said really true?" She asks holding her son to her chest. "Every word. He actually gave you the nice version of what his life was really like." Kakashi says as he and Yugao hang their heads. "Hmph. There's no way the he had a life that hard. He's probably just trying to upstage me." Sasuke says with the arrogance thick in his voice while taking another bite of his food with his eyes closed.
There's a loud crash and Sasuke's eyes flash open as he is slammed into the wall throat first by Kakashi "You will keep your mouth shut about things you don't understand." Kakashi says tightening his hold on the boy's throat. "But Kakashi-sensei who was that?" Sakura asks terrified at the feeling coming from the silver haired Jonin. "An old friend that I should have been there for." Kakashi says spacing off. Sasuke begins to struggle under Kakashi's grip making him return to his senses enough to let the brat fall to the floor. Sasuke just pants from the floor while trying to massage the pain in his neck away.
With Naruto.
"THAT IGNORANT BRAT!" Naruto roars, unconsciously shutting out Kyuubi and channeling a massive amount of his chakra. Naruto begins to take out his frustration on the near by trees and earth. After a while he finally calms down enough to hear Kyuubi yelling at him to relax. "Sorry about that. I...I just couldn't stand it." Naruto says sitting with his back gently up against a tree from using that much of Kyuubi's chakra at once. "I know Naruto, but you have to be careful with those things. My chakra is potent and could change you if you're not careful. It already has from that little incident of yours." Kyuubi says making Naruto gasp in response. "H-how did I change? Is it bad?" Naruto asks fearfully. "It's nothing major. Your hair will probably be a little more red than it was, and you're now heterochromatic." Kyuubi says with a small chuckle at Naruto's confusion. "Hetero-what?" Naruto asks cocking his head to the side. "Your eyes are two different colors." Kyuubi responds simply.
Naruto rushes over to the stream and dispels his henge. He gasps when he sees that his hair has gained blood red tips and grown quite a bit longer. He is most surprised by the change in his eyes. The left eye is the same cerulean blue as it was, but the right is now a very deep violet color reminiscent of his mother's. Naruto actually thinks that he looks pretty awesome like this.
Naruto is suddenly hit by a sharp wave of pain throughout his entire body. He tries to shrug it off knowing that it's just some after effects of the massive amount of Kyuubi's chakra going through his system. Little does he know that it's actually changing his entire body. Making him taller and stronger. However the pain had overwhelmed Naruto's mind and knocked him out.
A few hours later.
"Ninja-san. Are you alright?" A young black haired girl asks kneeling next to the unconscious Naruto. She can't help but be ensnared by the serene look on his face. She leans a little closer when his eyes suddenly snap open. "Oh hello there Hunter-san. Glad to see you're okay." Naruto says in a deeper voice then he remembered having. Naruto just shakes his head while Haku's eyes widen.
Haku jumps back in shock and pulls a senbon out of her sleeve. "How do you know who I am?" She readies the needle in front of her in case Naruto decides to attack her. Naruto just smirks and taps his nose. "Don't worry. I'm not going to attack you." Naruto says waving a hand in her direction while yawning. "In fact. I have a deal for you." Naruto says with a mischievous glint in his eye. "What kind of deal?" Haku asks, not coming anywhere close to lowering her senbon.
"You and Zabuza join Konoha under my protection as the Namikaze clan head." Naruto says flatly and bursts out laughing at the look on Haku's face. "N-namikaze? As in Yondaime Hokage Minato Namikaze?" Haku finally lowers her senbon when Naruto nods. "That was my old man. Kushina Uzumaki was my mother." Naruto says making Haku's eyes widen again. "Well Zabuza-sama and I have had the sneaking suspicion that Gato is planning to betray us, so I'll talk to him and meet you on the bridge on the day of the attack." Haku says not waiting for Naruto's response before leaving in a shunshin.
Naruto just shrugs before modifying his clothes with the seals that he discovered were standard with all ANBU armor. Now in clothes that fit properly he stands and replaces his mask before heading back to the house to explain the situation to Kakashi and Yugao after applying a henge to make him look as he did the night before. On his way he finally takes stock of what exactly he's done to the forest around him. "Holy shit!" He thinks as he looks at all of the craters and shattered trees around him. 'Note to self. Kyuubi's chakra is incredibly destructive."
After explaining his plan to Kakashi and Yugao, who wholeheartedly agree with it, he grabs Yugao and pulls her outside to explain where he went last night and how much he changed due to the amount of Kyuubi's chakra he used. She looks skeptical until he takes his mask off and dispels his henge growing to 6' and revealing his new hair and mismatched eyes. Yugao gasps at his new looks before tackling him in a hug. "Y-yugao?!" Naruto asks startled at the sudden contact. "You look really good Naruto." Yugao mumbles into his chest with a blush on her cheeks.
Naruto just blushes as well while hugging her back. After a while they finally separate with Naruto re-applying his henge. Kakashi nods to them over his book as they walk in for dinner.
Meanwhile with Zabuza
"So what do you think Zabuza-sama?" Haku asks after explaining Naruto's plan to him. "I'm not quite sure of him Haku. We'll see how Gato acts over the next few days while I complete my recovery." Zabuza concludes after thinking for a while. Right after he says that Gato shows up on his door step. "So the great Zabuza was defeated by a jonin and some brats. You better do your job 'demon' or you'll be lucky to get paid!" Gato says before Haku appears behind him and starts applying pressure on his wrist. "Be grateful that you're still alive scum. Zabuza-sama could easily kill you if he wished." Haku says throwing the short man to his bodyguards behind him.
"You better learn to keep that bitch in line Zabuza!" Gato says gingerly holding his wrist as he leaves. Zabuza makes sure that midget is gone befits turning to Haku. "We're going to Konoha." Haku nods with a huge smile and goes to pack their things.
Later that week. On the bridge. Naruto has spent the week working heavily on Water and Wind manipulation with shadow clones after finding out that his parents had them.
Arriving at the bridge after getting rid of the thugs that went after Tsunami and Inari. Mist covers everything and the smell of blood is thick in the air along with the sounds of battle. Naruto uses a small wind technique to blow the mist away. It reveals the workers all dead, a large dome made of Ice mirrors, Zabuza and Kakashi in a deadlock, and Yugao and Sakura guarding Tazuna.
"What happened here?" Naruto asks appearing behind Yugao. "Well it started with Haku and Zabuza just keeping up appearances, for when Gato shows up, but then Sasuke ran off and challenged the Hunter while Zabuza is just bored and Kakashi offered to appease him." Yugao says making Naruto deadpan. "So what I'm getting is. This is mostly Sasuke's fault?" Naruto asks getting a nod from Yugao.
Naruto sighs before drawing his ninja-to and dashing into the dome and deflecting the senbon being thrown at Sasuke. "Haku! That's enough. He's not worth it." Naruto says standing in front of the black haired boy with his ninja-to at his side. "Very well ANBU-san." Haku steps out of the mirrors and allows them to dissolve.
After gathering Kakashi and Zabuza from their battle Naruto is about to speak when he is interrupted by clapping from the opposite end of the bridge. "Well well. Looks like I was right to never keep you missing-nin around." Gato says from the middle of a large group of mercenaries. "Zabuza. Do what you want." Naruto dispels his henge here. "But Gato is mine." Naruto growls out before dashing through the group of mercenaries carving a crimson arc with his blade as he makes his way to the short thug.
"Well Gato. How do you feel now?" Naruto asks with his blade pressed against the midget's throat. "Pretty generous yes?" Naruto slide the blade just enough to break the skin making Gato nod rapidly. "Good. Good. Now hand over the location of your base and all of the assets you own. Here's a pen." Naruto says pulling a pen out of his pouch and forcing it into Gato's hand and having him sign a contract he prepared earlier. "N-n-now I get to live right?" Gato asks trying to inch away from the blade. "Nope." Naruto responds simply before beheading him with a single smooth swing of his ninja-to.
Naruto seals his head into a scroll and notices that Zabuza has cleaned up the rest of the mercenaries. "Well. Shall we get back to the village?" Naruto asks, indifferent to the fact that he is covered in blood. Everyone just nods and walks back in silence. Naruto hands the scroll containing Gato's signature and grabs Yugao to raid Gato's base of operations.
Later that night.
Naruto and Yugao walk back into the village with all of the money that rightfully belongs to the country. Returning to Tazuna's house they both forget about hiding Naruto's identity, which quickly backfires on them. "YOU!" Sasuke yells when Naruto takes his mask off. Naruto, Yugao, and Kakashi just sigh. "Yes. Me." Naruto says calmly. "Tell me how you did all of that, and give me that sword." Sasuke says walking up to Naruto. "No. If you want to be better than you should work harder." Naruto says looking down at Sasuke and walking aways. "Kakashi. I'm not going to be sorry for whatever happens tonight." Naruto whispers walking past him and getting a nod in return.
Naruto barely makes it to the table before Sasuke comes flying at him. Naruto just catches his fist and throws him off. This pattern repeats for about 10 minutes before Kakashi finally restrains him. "That's enough Sasuke. You are hereby under arrest for attempted assault of a fellow Konoha ninja." Kakashi says before tying Sasuke's hands behind his back while Sakura screams at him. Kakashi just knocks her out and hopes that she's quiet for the rest of the night.
The next day.
Naruto, a bunch of his clones, the townspeople, and surprisingly Zabuza and Haku finish the bridge in no time at all. Now with everyone ready to leave people are saying their goodbyes.
Naruto gives his usual speech to Inari and waves goodbye over his shoulder. He will not find out for a while that the townspeople have named the bridge after him.
A/N: Well that wraps up chapter 4. Next chapter deals with the return from Wave and the beginning of the Chuunin exams. Please let me know about my aforementioned ideas. Fem-Gaara and Fem-Haku are definitely in the group. I just need a good name for Gaara and to decide on Fem-Deidara. (Imagine what she could do with those hands *wink wink nudge nudge).