AN: Thanks for waiting and for all the reviews that I've gotten so far. Anyways, this is chapter 4. Sorry for the wait, hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters, or Spider-man or venom. I'm just playing in a world much bigger than me.

Chapter 4

Faith of the strong

Naruto sighed, his arms crossed and his eyes glaring ahead of him at the silver haired man walking ahead of him with his head stuck in a book. They'd left about four hours ago, heading only god knows where and hadn't even started even a small bit of conversation. Not that the now identified Kakashi hadn't tried. He'd tried talking to Jiraiya, which had resulted in him steering the conversation away from training and into less tame waters.

Like women, for instance.

Naruto hadn't wanted to hear about anything like that, so he voiced his opinion and made it known that he wanted to start training as soon as possible. Jiraiya had clammed up after that and Kakashi was left trying to find a way to talk to Naruto, to get to know him a bit better. It was a bit suspicious to Naruto, however, that Jiraiya wanted to take him training but not talk about what he would specifically be training in.

He glowered as he caught the white haired Sannin peeking at him over his shoulder and watched as he looked straight ahead again, not saying a word. It was as if he was angry about something, or maybe he just didn't know what to teach him?

Suspicious indeed.

After about an hour of Kakashi trying and failing to get a conversation started, Naruto had had enough. He stopped walking and slammed his pack down onto the ground, his arms remaining crossed but his voice leaving him in a snarl of annoyance.

"That's it! Not one more step until we all have a grasp of what is going to happen during this trip!"

Kakashi sighed and slipped his little orange book back into his kunai pouch, his right hand being tucked into his pocket while his left remained at his side. Jiraiya's shoulders slumped and he didn't immediately turn around to face either of his two traveling partners.

"We need to keep going, gaki. We can't do the training I have in mind for you until we get to where I'm taking you."

Naruto marched right up to the white haired Sage and walked right into his line of vision, his arms still crossed and his face set into a petulant scowl. Jiraiya wanted to face palm at his stupidity. He hadn't even told them what he was planning, so now they were angry. Naruto growled and stepped a bit closer, his foot lashing out to catch Jiraiya in the shin.

"You need to tell us what you have planned so we aren't wandering around like a pack of morons!"

Well, okay, Naruto was angry.

"Right, right, I'm sorry. We're going to a place where we won't be disturbed. It's about two days away from where we are-"

Naruto stomped his foot and raised his voice once again, making the old pervert wince from the volume and Kakashi sweat dropped.

"I want to start right now, not later. Isn't there anything we can get a head start on at least?"

It was at this point that Kakashi spoke up, his uncovered eye curving up in that signature 'eye smile' of his. He knew just the thing, and he was sure Jiraiya wouldn't mind showing him this small thing, after all… It was just the basics.

"We can teach you how to use your chakra, right, Jiraiya-sama?"

With a nod, Jiraiya crossed his arms again. He stepped around Naruto and continued walking, the other two following his lead. Jiraiya began to speak once again, his head turning to look at Naruto out of the corner of his eye.

"The first thing you have to know is that you need to meditate to gain an awareness of your chakra. If you can't do that, then you won't be able to use it as effectively. The faster you master summoning your chakra, the sooner we can get on to teaching you Ninjutsu and everything that goes with that."

Naruto was silent for a moment as he contemplated this. With a grin he launched himself forward and latched onto Jiraiya's back with his small hands gripping the red jacket he was wearing as he clawed his way to settle on his godfather's shoulders.

"There now, was that so hard?"

Jiraiya chuckled and shook his head while Kakashi resumed reading his book. Naruto shut his eyes and began to meditate, trying to focus on anything that felt like something that would give him more strength. It was at this time that Kakashi chose to speak.

"Naruto, you should focus on a warm feeling of security and peace. That's what it felt like for me, so maybe it'll be the same for you."

Naruto didn't move or even acknowledge that Kakashi had spoken to him, but the older Ninja knew he was just focusing and not ignoring him. It made him eye smile again because it reminded him of how he was when he was young. So head strong and ready to take on anything.

Little did they know, they weren't ready for just how head strong their charge was. The moment Naruto opened his eyes, everything changed.

The air was thick, heavy with all the ambient chakra in the air and Naruto stood unseeingly before him as the other two Ninja were thrown back to skid into the dirt. A pillar of chakra erupted around the small blond, black tendrils sprouting from every pore of his body to cover him from head to toe.

Naruto's Mindscape

Within him, the fox grinned as she stabbed one of her tails into the gigantic blue pipe to the left of her cage in Naruto's mindscape. She pumped her chakra into it and cackled.

"He's going to be a god!

She was rewriting his DNA code, subtly changing his blood so that he would have something no one had seen since the inception of the Rikudou Sennin. She did this with a shit eating grin on her face, knowing full well that he'd be unaware she even had a hand in it.

"Have fun making people regret what they did to you, Gaki."

AS she lay down, her eyes closing, she managed one more grin.

"I know I will."

Outside

Naruto couldn't move, and even if he could, what the hell would he do? His eyes streamed tears of blood before being dissolved by the nine-tails chakra altogether. The Chakra swept into his eyes and began to regenerate them, his eyes closing tightly around the balls of chakra that had formed as he sank to his knees.

The pillar of chakra around him suddenly dispersed and he was left kneeling on his hands and knees, his eyes closed tight as they continued to burn. This was when Jiraiya and Kakashi landed on either side of him, the white haired man hefting the black clad boy onto his back while Kakashi lifted his headband to gaze around them.

This was when Naruto opened his eyes.

"What happened…? Why's everything so bright? Ugh, my head hurts…"

Kakashi turned his eyes on Naruto and had to take a step back at what he was seeing. His eyes were wide and his posture completely tensing up as he gazed into Naruto's eyes. He couldn't speak or blink, not even as Naruto frowned and waved a hand in front of his face.

"Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi came to himself and spoke quickly, trying to convey to Jiraiya just what he was seeing.

"Jiraiya-sama, things just changed with how this training trip was supposed to go."

Jiraiya scowled and shot a look at Kakashi that said 'What the fuck are you talking about?', thus making Kakashi point at Naruto. Jiraiya rolled his eyes and took to the trees, his voice carrying as he spoke over the rush of wind in his ears.

"We can talk about that later, we need to get out of this area quickly. Someone will be along to investigate that spectacle Naruto just caused. Naruto, on the other hand was drifting off to sleep, his eyelids getting heavy. He wasn't particularly tired, but when a chakra monster in your stomach calls you into your mind, you tend to get sleepy really quickly.

Naruto's Mindscape

Naruto blinked open his eyes, the chakra in the air around him making him blink and rub his eyes. He didn't know what he was seeing; he didn't understand what was wrong with his eyes.

That was when he got a look in the water around his ankles at his reflection.

His blue eyes were gone, replaced with three concentric circles around a small dot-like pupil. The normally white backdrop of his eye was now a soft shade of lavender. He didn't know what to make of this, his eyes wide and staring at his reflection disbelieving. What the hell?

Who the hell?

How the fu-

He was broken from his wondering by a rather long strand of reddish orange chakra wrapping around his midsection and sucking him down a corridor so that he could be dangled in front of the fox as she slept. A single massive red eye peeked open to gaze amusedly at the black clad boy.

Then she dropped him into the foul smelling water below him.

He sat up sputtering and choking on the water as it left his lungs, his glare petulant enough to melt steel.

"What the hell… Why am I here?"

The fox gave a gusting sigh that nearly toppled the boy, but he stood strong and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I summoned you here because we needed to talk."

The boy sighed and shook some water out of his hair, rubbing his eyes a moment before he spoke again, his arms crossing.

"I'm guessing it's about these eyes."

The fox smiled, revealing fangs that were his size or larger. He wasn't afraid of this being in the slightest, not even if she could kill him. If she'd wanted to do that, he would have been a smear by now.

He wasn't stupid.

"So talk."

Outside

Jiraiya and Kakashi finally came to a stop in a small clearing, the two ninja sharing a look before Jiraiya nodded at Kakashi. The silver haired shinobi leapt into the trees, silently, as Jiraiya made a clone to see to setting up their tent while he looked over Naruto.

"Little gaki would be asleep after something like that... but what exactly… was that? His chakra is enormous. There's no way someone didn't feel it when he summoned it… So how is it that we haven't been accosted yet?"

Jiraiya turned his head just as Kakashi phased into the spot where he'd been looking.

"Maybe it's because there wasn't anyone around. Or maybe Sandaime-sama had something to do with us not being beset by anyone. We are still pretty close to the village."

Jiraiya mulled this over.

"It's not like we can do anything about it, at any rate. If no one felt that, then we got lucky. We need to be more careful. I think we'll need to take him to Mount Myoboku after he gets a good grasp on his early training. Unfortunately, you won't be able to come, and will have to return to the village if that happens."

Kakashi nodded, pulling out his book as he hopped into a tree. He began to read, his headband being lowered back over his Sharingan while his other eye focused on the page of his book.

"I don't have a problem with that. I just want you to know that I plan on adopting him when he gets back. The paper work has already been put in, and Sandaime-sama is going to force them through so that he'll be able to have a home he can be safe in."

Jiraiya, whom had been idly watching his clone start a fire, chuckled but did not look at the other ninja.

"He'd like that. And more than that, he deserves it. Take care of him, Kakashi."

The younger ninja chuckled but didn't say anything. He lowered his book and spoke in a more serious tone.

"Jiraiya-sama… His eyes changed when I looked at him after the chakra surge. They were… I think they were a doujutsu. I've never seen anything like them. When he wakes… I think you should take a look at them."

Jiraiya didn't say anything more, but he did settle the small black clad boy on his own sleeping bag. This was when he truly took notice of the boys attire. His orange jumpsuit was gone, and he frowned as he fingered the black material that was covering his godsons body.

"What's this?"

He prodded it and his head tilted as the silky smooth material conformed around his finger as he pressed into it. He removed a Kunai from his pouch and tried to cut off a sample of the material but found that he couldn't as his Kunai couldn't cut it.

"What… is this?"

Stowing his Kunai, he heard Kakashi land behind him and walk over. He scowled and sat back, his mind working.

"I don't know what that is, but I think I might know where he got it."

Naruto's Mindscape

Naruto grinned up at the amused fox, his arms folded behind his head as he leaned upon the massive paw of the fox that he'd now come to understand was his guardian.

"Natsumi-chan, you're the best! These eyes will make training much easier!"

The fox smiled and patted the boy on the head with the end of one tail.

"It's going to be easier, but still difficult. You have to get really strong in such a short space of time… That's why; when you turn sixteen I'll have something else to give you."

Naruto blinked up at her, his head tilting.

"Are you going to tell me what it is?"

"No."

Naruto glowered at her for this, obviously displeased.

"What if I-"

"No."

"But I co-"

"Nuh uh."

He deflated and glared, but didn't say anything more. With that, the fox began to shrink, a beautiful woman with black hair and crimson eyes staring back at him. She was dressed in a form fitting red shirt with some loose fitting black bottoms. Her feet were bare, as were her hands. Her nails were claws and her canines were longer than a normal human's, but he knew it was because of who and what she was. Behind her, waved nine orange tails; seven of which curled around her shoulders and midsection, acting as a makeshift jacket of sorts.

Naruto was gob smacked.

"You're really pretty!"

This made her quirk a brow, but inwardly, she was pleased. She knew she was pretty, gorgeous even, and it never hurt to have a second opinion.

"We're going to start training now. Outside of this place, your body is sleeping. This is because I made you sleep."

Naruto nodded, his arms crossing over his chest. She knew he was listening, and that she had his undivided attention.

"When I'm done with you after these five years… With the help of the two others with you, you'll become stronger than you could very well imagine."

At this, Naruto sighed and leveled a look on her that, for some reason, made her knees quiver and her blood race.

"I can imagine quite a bit."

Meanwhile, in Konoha a few years later

A raven haired boy sat with his arms crossed at the end of a pier, his expression downcast. He looked positively depressed, and for good reason.

His brother had gone rogue and killed his entire family.

They didn't even know why, but Sasuke knew. He'd been told after all that in order to measure his strength, his brother Itachi had slaughtered his entire family. It was a good test, being that it was an entire family of Assassins.

He'd spared Sasuke.

Sasuke pulled his knees up to his chest, watching as the water beneath his feet waved and rippled, showing him his reflection as he thought back on what had happened to him. His brother had tortured him, showing him the deaths of every single on of his clans men.

His family.

He's been subjected to the Tsukuyomi, a very strong genjutsu that was said to be unbreakable. He'd been in there for three days in his brothers mind, but in reality it had only been a few seconds. It was because of this that young Sasuke was tormented so. He hated his brother for being so good, for taking up all of the glory of being the favored son and for being able to command his father's respect with his incredible skill. Sasuke stared at the now glass-like surface of the water he sat above and scowled, seeing in his image his brother's face.

Hatred burned in him and he launched himself forward off the pier and into the water. He kicked and he thrashed beneath the water, coming to a conclusion within his mind and in his heart.

Itachi would die for what he'd done.

Breaking the surface, he hauled himself out of the water with new purpose, his eyes hard and closed off to emotional attachment. From this point on, he was an Avenger, he would live with the sole intention of reviving his clan and making sure Itachi died as brutal a death as he could. His fists clenched and he stood, not caring that he was streaming water or that he was drawing attention to himself at the few passersby that took notice of him.

He had resolved his inner turmoil to a point.

Standing a bit taller, he gazed up into the sky and closed his eyes.

"You'll pay, Itachi… I swear, you'll pay for what you've done."

As he turned to leave, a small black bit of sludge hovered just under a rock, pulsing and twitching as it sensed his hatred and resolve. It twitched and gave an odd little shudder before shooting off at the back of the small boys head. Sasuke's reflexes kicked in, his sense of awareness alerting to something incoming at him.

He turned, but was not fast enough to get out of the way of the incoming projectile and was struck in the face instead.

The black sludge expanded rapidly, soon engulfing the entire boy's body and encasing him in a black suit of some nameless material. Soon, the suit melded back into the boys usual attire but Sasuke was left unconscious.

He was later found by a civilian who alerted a nearby ninja that ferried the last Uchiha to the hospital. He awakened some time later, his hand lifting to rub at his eyes before he was sent reeling by a tremendous pain that suddenly exploded behind his eyes. He cried out, his eyes unable to close as the black sludge from before crept out around his eyeballs.

He was crying, but not of his own volition.

"Give us power…"

He could hear the voice, but he could do nothing to answer it. With a grunt, he forced his eyes to shut. The clothing he wore melded back into the black suit, but now that too began to change. His hatred burned within him, the being within him rifling through his thoughts and his memories.

Sharingan.

It seemed to recognize what these eyes could do from his memories and, as he lay there unable to stop the pain or even focus for that matter, it forced the boys eyes open again.

Tears of blood ran down his cheeks, but what was truly amazing was that his blood line had been forcibly awakened. Two eyes full of crimson hatred and desire for retribution glared hotly at the ceiling, unseeing.

The pain stopped.

Sasuke sat up, wiping his eyes as he gazed at the now blood red suit adorning his body. He could feel the strength of his limbs and the newfound awareness of his senses. He looked to his left and found himself staring at a reflection of himself in the window, his eyes wide as he realized just what he was seeing.

"My Sharingan… awakened?"

Looking down at his hands, covered in this strange material, his face set into a determined sneer. Yes, with this new power he could finally get a head start on defeating his brother and reviving his clan. Things were certainly looking up, and with a determined glint in his eye he swung his legs off of the bed and opened his window.

He was gone before the body heat in the bed he'd slept in began to leave it.

Time skip, three years later; outside of Konoha

Two ninja walked silently, each thinking back on their training or in some cases teachings. It had been a very fruitful five years, a long time to train and better ones self. A blond shinobi, wearing black pants that didn't quite reach his ankles and a rust orange high collared cloak grinned as he looked up at his white haired god father.

"Been a while, but we're finally back, eh, Ero-sennin?"

The white haired sage glowered at his young charge, his arms crossing as they walked. He wasn't truly annoyed, he was just kind of settled into a little thing they had between each other.

"I thought you were going to stop calling me that, gaki?"

This made the blond grin sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. In truth, he respected the older Shinobi a great deal and had gotten over how angry he'd been upon meeting him. As he'd matured a bit, he had realized that they had been right about not telling him about his family, but that still didn't take away the bite of finding out how he had.

His smile wavered for a moment before he walked a bit faster, outstripping the older man as he folded his arms behind his head. His torso was revealed beneath the cloak, it being covered by a sleeveless black shirt that wasn't too loose or too tight. Covering that was a modified version of the Konoha flak jacket, the same color as his cloak. He wore black ninja sandals to complete the look.

"I'll stop calling you that when you stop perving around at hot springs."

The older man rolled his eyes and leveled a dry glare at the back of his student's head. He knew the boy wasn't like him in that regard, but that didn't mean he had to be so stiff all the time.

"Whatever, brat. I remember what happened in Snow Country, and I won't let you forget it."

Naruto could hear the smug laughter in the old man's voice and it grated on his nerves. He stopped and turned around, pointing a finger at the older Ninja as his eyebrow twitched.

"That wasn't funny! I was nearly raped because of you!"

The white haired Sannin laughed good naturedly, his sly expression once again being directed at his apprentice.

"If I recall… You were chasing her before things went downhill, remember gaki?"

Flashback

Naruto walked along, clutching his cloak to him tighter for warmth. He sighed, his breath leaving him in a rush of misting white as he trudged along through the snow to try and find his god Father. He'd been told to find a hotel and to buy some rooms and he had, but after waiting to be trained for a few hours, he had left Kakashi to go and find him.

And it was colder than Santa's nuts outside.

The young blond sneezed as he rounded a corner, colliding with someone whom he was able to catch just as they were about to fall. He steadied this person and looked up into the prettiest blue eyes he'd ever seen.

He blinked once or twice and blushed when he realized that he was still holding onto her like some kind of pervert and rubbed the back of his head as he did.

"Sorry about that, I should have watched where I was going."

She giggled and shook her head, the soft blue tresses of her hair shifting ever so slightly. He was mesmerized, her smile making him warmer than he'd been in days.

"It's okay. My name is Kana. I'm sorry about bumping into you, but you've got some reflexes to catch me before I fell!"

Her eyes were drawn to his headband and she immediately smiled and clasped her hands behind her back.

"You're a ninja! That's why you're so quick!"

Naruto sputtered like an idiot for a few moments before he nodded, dumbly. He was still trying to say his own name.

"My name is Naruto. It's nice to meet you! Err, yeah, I'm a ninja, and I plan to be the very best too!"

She giggled and leaned in close, her nose inches from his own as she gazed into his eyes. She had never seen anyone with eyes like his, and even still she hadn't met many ninja before, either. She was intrigued.

"You must be really strong! Plus, your eyes are really cute!"

Naruto blushed at this and itched his cheek, shyly.

"Err… uh, t-thank you. Listen, I err… I have to go and find my godfather, maybe you've seen him? He's got long white hair and he's wearing geta with a forehead protector that says oil on it."

She seemed to think for a minute before she nodded her head with a smile.

"I saw him a few minutes ago when I was walking by the bar. He's probably there. Do you know the way?"

She grabbed his hand and led him there without waiting for a reply, his face alight with a small smile. She showed him where the bar was and waved to him before she turned and went on her way, Naruto waving at her as she did until she was out of sight. Turning, he nearly jumped out of his skin when he found himself staring at a certain silver haired ninja with gravity defying hair and one eye covered.

"Gah! Kakashi-sensei, what the hell?"

The cycloptic ninja performed his usual eye smile and closed his book as he spoke.

"Sorry Naruto, I was looking for you. I found Jiraiya-sama. He was here, but he left a few minutes ago. I'll show you where he went."

With a nod, both Ninja were off and roof hopping to get to wherever they were going. They found the older ninja crouched in some bushes peeking into a slightly fogged window, his face alight with a blush and perverted giggling in full swing. Naruto sweat dropped as Kakashi pulled out his book.

Meanwhile, a certain blue haired girl was just walking into the same building that Jiraiya was peeking into. He continued his giggling just as Naruto walked up and bopped him on the head, making him fall over and glare up at who had dared to interrupt him, only to pale when he saw it was Naruto.

"Naruto! What can I do for you? I'm kind of busy right now… but... I could teach you a few Jutsu if that's what you want."

At this point Naruto knew he had the old pervert right where he wanted him. He crossed his arms and glared ath the white haired old man for leaving him alone when he could be training. As he opened his mouth to speak, he heard a voice from just inside the window and out of instinct, turned his head to look.

He regretted it instantly.

Those same eyes he'd seen on that girl where staring back at him through the slightly fogged window, a cute blush adorning the face of the girl they belonged to. Naruto gulped, his face heating up as he took note of her lack of dress, especially her rather large-

BUMP.

Jiraiya took advantage of his god son's lack of focus and opened the window, simultaneously pushing the boy hard enough to send him careening through it to flip over the window sill and onto his back inside the room.

Naruto was seeing stars, he'd hit his head so hard.

As he sat up, he heard Jiraiya's geta click clacking as he made his escape. That was when Naruto realized where he was and just who was staring at him.

And how many.

He gulped, his face heating up and turning a shade of red so intense that it looked like he would explode. He backed up, out of instinct toward the window and pressed his back against the wall beneath it just as the blue haired girl crossed one arm over her breasts and used her free hand to cover her private area.

There were over twenty of them all staring at him.

Then he took notice of how most of them had stars in their eyes and were blushing. Then with one final word, it started what would forever, to Naruto, be remembered as 'The incident.'

"Kawaii!"

There was much pulling and pushing and grabbing and touching. The youngster learned a great deal that day before Kakashi decided it was time to reveal himself from his hiding place and save the poor half naked boy.

Flashback End

Jiraiya chortled with mirth as they made it to the gates of Konoha, his apprentice glaring at him.

"You should be happy that happened!"

"Shut up, Ero-sennin!"

Jiraiya flashed their two identification cards, causing the two chunin at the gate to pale and do a double take at just who was back as the two wandered off toward the Hokage tower. One chunin with wild brown hair turned to look at his counterpart and grinned.

"Things are going to get a whole lot more interesting now."

Meanwhile, outside of Konoha in an Unknown location

A man wearing a black cloak with red clouds on it seemed to step out a solid wall so that he could kneel before a shadowed figure with strange eyes.

"Leader-sama... The Kyuubi Jinchuuriki is back in Konoha. This information is only a few hours old, as I myself was there to witness it. he was traveling with Jiraiya of the Sannin."

A black silhouette with ripple patterened eyes cast his intense gaze upon a plant likeman with two halves of hisbody being different colors. he didnt speak for a moment before he urned his gaze back to the group of other nin, all shrouded in shadow. He spoke clearly, his voice not wavering at all as he fixed them all with his gaze, in turn.

"That is good. We will begin to move. Itachi, I want you and Kisame to monitor the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. Do not let your presence be known, unless you have to. We do not need to capture him yet, and doing so would be unnecessarily problematic. He is the most powerful of the demons and will be the hardest to contain."

A raven haired nin wearing a cloak with red clouds covering it stepped forward, the blazing eyes of the Sharingan glaring over the high collar of the cloak as he spoke in response. As he stepped forward, a blue skinned man wearing the same cloak as the Sharingan user followed him, a very large sword wrapped in white bandages up to the hilt stepping forward with a grin on his face.

"As you wish, Leader-sama."

AN: And that's it. Sorry this took so long to get out, I was kinda busy with some stuff and didn't have a lot of time to finish on time. Anyways, review and let me know if you find anything that's out of place or if you find any punctuation or grammatical errors. I didn't have a lot of time to proof. As always, The New Sage of Six Paths thanks you for reading and for your reviews.