DISCLAIMER: I don't own NARUTO, it would never get done...

Words

"Talking"

"Demon Naruto Talking"

'Thinking'

-LOCATION-

"Demon talking"

'Demon Thinking'

Hey everyone chapter 4, yays. it's a timeskip of one year and their headed to nami. i wonder what's gonna happen? NOT! you might wonder but at least i got a rough sketch of how my story goes. that's right, i put what i want to happen and usually stuff pops up while i'm writing.

for example: his only failed mission; wasn't gonna have the chunin exams. the demon you say i am and nibi and kyuubi didn't originally have the kazyogan or the other dojutsu(i'll tell you what it is next chapter, don't worry). and shared pain didn't originally have the part about shibuki. And this story didn't have what's happening right now, there was a for year time skip and the chunin exams. That's just my literary genius at work, kukukuku.

Anywho, on with the story-

Last chapter

Ami got Fuki! Then Naruto stole stuff! Then they all left! Then Naruto made a deal with Tazuna! Then they went to Uzu! Then there was a one year time skip!

-START!-

It had been a full year since they arrived at what remained of Uzushiogakure, the most feared village that wasn't even one of the Great Five. The reason: not nin-, tai, gen-, or even , the reason:

Fuinjutsu; sealing techniques. From sealing Biju into people to draining chakra to paralyzing someone, all could be done with Fuinjutsu. A testament to their power was during the Second Great Shinobi War, when Iwa, Kumo, and Kiri attacked Uzu. Uzu was defeated after three weeks but the others lost 75% percent of their combined forces. Any other country, even one of the Great Five would be hard-pressed to survive one week against such powerful enemies, let alone three and deal heavy losses to the enemy as well.

Yes, Uzu's fear and respect was well deserved. But can three ten-year-olds rebuild the war-torn village and bring it to its former glory?

So far, that answer is a resounding 'YES'. With seals that helped rebuild because seals had been placed on the foundation of each building so when you placed chakra on that seal, the parts of that building would resonate with the chakra, bringing the parts together. Now it was the job of the KAGE BUNSHIN's to make sure the parts didn't fall after the chakra was taken away. It had only taken eight months for that, the village leader's mansion taking two weeks alone. But it was well worth it. The building was twenty stories tall with a large lake at the top with waterfalls that fell from each of the cardinal directions to create a moat around the building. The building was a simple circular shape that tiered at the top for the lake, made enitirely of marble with two oak doors that opened to reveal a large open area with a large dogwood in the centre. The stairs spiraled around the tree, just close enough to touch it. On the outside was a large plaque with the uzumaki symbol made of slate that was three stories tall: from the 16th to 18th.

Other buildings were similar, set in a grid pattern with pillars that had the Uzu spiral going down them. Crystals were often set in the pillars, causing a myriad of colors to play on the street.

Of course, when you gosta take down some bandits, you can't just marvel at the pretty colors on the ground. So they trained. And trained. , until they would fall asleep, usually outside. Luckily the river was fed by a natural hotspring, which also fed the public hotsprings, causing a warm mist to always blanket the city, so it stayed around mid-60's.

Now they by no means could take down a jonin individually, but their teamwork was flawless. Just as in Konoha where the teamwork of three genin could take down ten mid-chunin level ninja, their teamwork allowed them to take down three or four mid-jonin if they had to. But that would be all they could do. So they decided to train on increasing their chakra control, chakra reserves, and stamina.

Being in Uzushiogakure allowed them to up their fuinjutsu to near seal-master levels. Calligraphy was a major importance in this as well as a large vocabulary. For instance if you wanted to have a fire that burned important documents only you could read: the word combust would create a larger fire than if you were to use the word burn. Luckily Uzu had an extensive library protected by, you guessed it, more seals.

Besides learning fuinjutsu, they also found their elemental affinities. Naruto's main affinity was wind with lightning and water as his secondary affinities. Ami had water as her main and wind as her secondary. Fuki's was a special case. Her's turned black/red and then showed she hads lightning affinity. None of the scrolls could shed any light on the black chakra paper. They learned a few jutsu like FUTON: DAITOPPA, SUITON: SUISHOHA, SUITON: MIZURAPPA, FUTON: REPPUSHO, RAIKYU, RAITON: SHICHU SHIBARI, and other low-rank jutsu to add to their arsenal. They all learned SHURIKEN KAGE BUNSHIN, KAGE BUNSHIN, and the academy jutsu, too.

Exactly one year after Tazuna dropped them off, he returned, using the map Naruto had let him keep. He seemed a little worse for wear but otherwise was okay. They stood at the pier, ready for action: kunai holster full and katana on their back, Naruto's was black with orange tassles on the end of the handle. Ami's was white with purple tassles, and Fuki's was grey with green tassles.

"Wow, kiddos. You three look like you're about to fight some bandits." He began to chuckle. They just smirked.

"Heh, that's one way you could look at it." Naruto replied. When Tazuna stopped, they got on and they were on their way. Tazuna was slightly unnerved by the change in their personality from only a year ago, but didn't show it.

"Soo... How'd y'all fix it so quickly?"

"TAJUU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU. Naruto-kun can make thousands of them." Ami said, staring ahead. The rest of the ride was relatively silent.

-NAMI NO KUNI-

When they got off, Naruto abruptly stopped. He turned to Tazuna, stopping him with a glare that would make most Jonin jealous. "Who is he?" Naruto asked flatly, pointing to a tree twenty metres away.

"W-what are you talking abo-" Tazuna began but Naruto cut him off.

"Why is there a Jonin in that tree?" he asked too calmly. He released his henge to show his eyes were yellow with a horizontal black bar for a pupil and red pigemntation on the corners of his eyes. "And why is a Jonin, a Chunin, and two Genin behind us?"

As he said this, four people appered out of the mist behind them. One was a male wearing a typical Jonin outfit with a mask covering half his face and his hitai-ate slanted over his left eye. His hair was white and spiked straight up.

Another boy had black hair that framed his face and spiked backwards. He wore a high collar navy blue shirt and white shorts. He wore his hitai-ate around his forehead.

A girl was fawning over him and had pink shoulder-length hair with a no-sleeve red shirt and a red skirt. Her hitai-ate was holding her hair back.

Another boy had short black hair with his hitai-ate around his forehead. He wore a black jacket that stopped to show off his stomach. he wore black pants and had gloves with the thumb and index fingers showing. On his back was a black backpack with red straps as well as a tanto. The Jonin spoke up.

"Well, Tazuna. Who are these three, your grandchildren?" The boy with the blue shirt smirked. Naruto outright laughed, as did Ami and Fuki. Everyone sweatdropped.

'WOOSH!'

Without turning around, Naruto pulled out his blade which had a black non-reflective blade, sending the giant sword into a tree. A well-built man with striped pants, camoflauge leg and arm warmers, short, spiky brown hair, no shirt, and bandages covering the lower half of his face as well as the Kiri forehead protector slanted landed on the sword. Everyone turned to look at him.

"That's Zabuza..." Fuki said, slightly awed.

The Jonin nodded. "Yes, nukenin from Kirigakure."

"Former member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist." Ami finished. Everyone stared at the two girls, minus Naruto for obvious reasons. Naruto charged at Zabuza, but the spiky-haired man stopped him.

"Look kid, he is way outta your league, so stay back." Naruto scoffed.

"I could say the same thing, Sharingan no Kakashi..." Everyone looked back from Naruto to Kakashi.

"H-how do you know I have the Sharingan?" Kakashi stuttered, as he began to uncover his Sharingan.

"Sennin Modo... Ring any bells?"

'Jiraiya-sensei' "Look kid, Just stay back..." He grabs Naruto's Jacket, only to be flipped over him and land on his back with an audible "Oomph!"

"Don't touch me." Naruto said, placing his sword next to Kakashi's neck. "Or next time, Kokuto will taste your blood..." They stared at eachother before Naruto broke into a grin.

"How'd you like my tough guy attitude?" Everyone sweatdropped at this.

"Just hand over the geezer so I can leave..." Zabuza said, now sitting on his sword, feet dangling idly.

"No can do, no-brows!" Naruto yelled. "Ami, Fuki, time to shine! You four... Protect Tazuna." He said to team Kakashi, waving them away.

"You think you three brats can beat me?" Zabuza asked.

"No, we know we can." Fuki said. Just then, a thick mist blanketed the area.

"When I was in Kirigakure's Assassination Squad, that man's name was in the Bingo Book. The man who copied 1000 jutsu, Sharingan no Kakashi. Only the best of the best were listed in that book. And you weren't."

"Well put it in there now! The leaders of Neo-Uzushigakure! Namikaze Naruto, Kodaichi Ami, and Kaido Fuki! The Sanuzu (AN:The three whirlpools, i know kinda lame...)

'Namikaze Naruto, Kodaichi Ami, Kaido Fuki! Those are the three that left over a year ago! Sandaime-sama is gonna be piiised! Wait! Namikaze? As in Minato-sensei! He does kinda look like him...' Kakashi was struggling to get up, and Sakura came and helped him up.

"Kaka-sensei, do you know who they are?" She asked.

"They were the most promising ninja Konoha ever had. They had so much chakra, they couldn't even pass the exams. Everyone just thought they were stupid. Think back to your Academy days, Sakura. I'm sure you'll remember them." Sakura thought for a moment until she realized Naruto was the boy that protected her and Ino and they beat him up. And Ami must have been his girlfriend because the next day, Ami started to pick on them and Fuki and this other girl was with them. But that was the last time she saw them.

"I-I picked on Naruto when he was little and Ami and Fuki were always standing up for him..." Sakura began to cry while Sasuke was wondering something.

"Well if they went to school with us, how did that dobe knock you on your ass?" Kakashi glared at him.

"There are people in this world that are younger than you, but stronger than me." This left everyone speechless.

"Let's cut the chit-chat. I've got an old man to kill..." Tazuna's eyes widened and Team Kakashi surrounded him, kunai drawn. Ami and Fuki got on each side of Naruto.

"Kakashi. No matter what happens, stay by Tazuna." Kakashi nodded.

"I understand, Namikaze-san."

"Hmph, seems I have to beat you three brats first..." Zabuza sneered. Ami and Fuki pulled their swords out. Am's was all white, while Fuki's was all grey. In the blink of an eye, Zabuza landed atop the lake. Water began to swirl around him.

"He's there!" Sasuke yelled.

"On top of the water!" Sakura screamed.

"We know!" Naruto, Ami, and Fuki said in unison.

'Why is he putting so much chakra into the water?' Naruto thought. He got his answer soon after.

"HIDDEN MIST JUTSU..." A thick blanket of fog hid Zabuza, and made it harder to see. Fuki ran to where Team Kakashi was and threw makibishi on the ground around them.

"You five stay here..." She whispered and ran back to Naruto and Ami.

"Who are they?" Sakura asked Kakashi. Kakashi turned to her and eye-smiled.

"They are Konoha's secret prodigies. The three that got away. They destroyed the ANBU headquarters and NinjaXMart before leaving Konoha and avoiding our Hunter-nin since now." Sasuke bristled at how strong they were but just growled.

"And what's with this mist?" Sasuke asked.

"The Seven Mist Swordsmen use this mist as a basis for their 'silent killing' techniques."

"Silent?" Sakura whimpered.

"Yes, you kill someone silently under the cover of this fog and they're dead before even they realize it... And while those three are strong, do not let your guard down." The three ninja just nodded. "But... If you don't you die." Sakura stared at him wide-eyed.

"Why are so carefree!" Just then, the mist became thicker, and they couldn't see the Sanuzu anymore. They braced themselves for Zabuza.

"Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular vein, collarbone, kidney, and heart. So, how doy you want to die..." Naruto got tired of the fog and flared his chakra, a silverish-purple color blew the chakra away. Sasuke began to shake uncontrollably.

'Why is there so much KI...! I feel like any movement will get me killed. The power of four Jonin-level ninja facing off! The feeling of someone else pulling the strings of my own fate... No, I would rather kill myself!' Sasuke gripped his kunai with both hands, prepared to take his own life.

"Oi, Kakashi! Your emo's goin' emo!" Naruto screamed. Kakashi turned to see Sasuke white as a sheet, kunai pointed at his own stomach.

"Sasuke... Don't worry. Me and those three will protect you. Noone besides Zabuza will die today." He said, eye-smiling. Sasuke calmed down considerably.

"I don't know about that..." Zabuza appeared in between them, poised to slice them all in half. Before Kakashi could act, Zabuza swung his sword. "It's over!"

"KLLANG!" Zabuza's sword stopped instantly. Through the hole in his sword, a pure white blade was slammed into the ground, the shockwave blowing everyone back. Ami was crouched at the end of the sword, eye-smiling.

"Uhhhh... No." Zabuza, enraged, lifted his sword upwards. Ami pulled her sword out of the ground and flew over his head. Fuki charged at his now exposed stomach. Zabuza slammed his handle into the ground and jumped up, ready to drop-kick Fuki. Naruto appeared from behind her and bicycle-kicked Zabuza in the chin, sending him back to the lake.

Zabuza spit out some blood and a tooth. "That kick had some oomph behind it, but not enough to stop me!"

"Hmph! That was pure luck..." Sasuke retorted.

"Luck?" Tazuna screamed.

'Such good teamwork during a time like this... Those three are only as old as us but can hit a man as strong as Kaka-sensei... We couldn't even do that during the Bell test.' Sakura thought. Just then Zabuza began doing hand-seals. The water in front of him began to bubble up and take the shape of a dragon.

"SUITON: SUIRYUUDAN no JUTSU!" The dragon shot upwards and headed for Naruto. At the last second, Naruto jumped up. The dragon followed and slammed into Naruto. He flew upwards and began to fall again. He righted himself, only to get slammed into a tree by the dragon, who whipped its head.

It headed for the unconcious blonde, but a spiky-haired brunette stood between them.

"MEITON: KYUKETSUKO!" Fuki did the horse hand seal and two overlapping red diamonds appeared on her left hand, the top one glowing. She held it out towards the dragon which began turning into chakra and got sucked into her hand. Then the lower diamond began to glow.

"MEITON: JAJJIMENTO!" Blue fire appeared in her hands before shooting towards Zabuza. The force sent him flying back, light blue flames covering his body.

When Ami came to finish him off, a Kiri hunter-nin took him away, saying they had been looking for Zabuza. They SHUNSHINed away, leaving Team Kakashi and the Sanuzu to go to Tazuna's house. Kakashi offered to carry Naruto. While they were walking, Ami turned to Kakashi.

"You know us." It was more of a statement than a question. Kakashi sighed.

"Yes. You three were the best and brightest since me and Itachi." Noone was paying any mind to Sasuke when he flinched. Not even Sakura, surprisingly. Kakashi sighed again. "Too bad it was too late when we figured it out." Ami and Fuki nodded. Sakura slowed down so she was walking beside them.

"Ano, I'm sorry I was mean to you two..." She said. Ami cut her off.

"We were mean to you because you were mean to Naruto, no other reason. But we should have been more civilized about it." Both her and Fuki bowed, surprising Sakura. Kakashi interjected.

"Soo... Fuki was it? What was that Meiton?" Fuki shrugged.

"I dunno..." She turned her hand over to see the red marks were faded, itching to be used again. "I just did what I needed to do to protect Naruto-kun..." Sasuke chuckled.

"Aww, you saved your boyfriend. How swee-" Sasuke paused as two blades were pressed against his neck, one grey, and one white. Looking down, he saw Ami had Naruto's black one ready to impale his stomach.

"I suggest stop talking about us." Ami said menacingly.

"Sasuke-kun..." Sakura whispered. Sasuke just stood impassively.

"Kakashi, get these two away from me..."

"First, it's Kakashi-sensei. Second, no can do. These two could easily overpower me. Soooo... You're on your own." he eye-smiled. Sasuke just growled. The rest of the trip was silent.

-TAZUNA'S HOUSE-

Kakashi layed Naruto on the couch, with Fuki sitting at his feet and Ami on the arm of it, by his head. Tazuna took a comfortable chair as well as Kakashi. Sasuke, Sai, and Sakura just stood around. A young woman with dark blue hair and a pink shirt with a tan apron over it (reminding Sasuke of his mom, Mikoto) entered. Tazuna stood and hugged her.

"Ahh, Tsunami! Say hi to our guests." Tsunami did and Tazuna continued. "These three..." He said, motioning to the Sanuzu (AN: if it's Naruto, Ami, and Fuki, i will refer to them as this.). "are the three that gave us all that money last year!" Tsunami thaked Ami and Fuki but asked what was wrong with Naruto. Kakashi explained about the fight with Zabuza and asked about the money.

"Well, these three came to me last year and asked to charter a boat to Uzu. I didn't know it was Uzu at the time, though. I told them about the problem and they said come back in a year and I did."

"So they left Konoha and asked you to take them to Uzu where they've been for the last year?"

"I guess... I didn't know they were from Konoha... Why did they leave?" Kakashi sighed. he didn't know why he was telling this man all of this.

"They were... attacked by a mob and were banished for hitting him." He said, thumbing towards Sasuke. Realization flashed in said Uchiha's eyes.

"I knew they looked familiar!" Sasuke pulled out a kunai and charged at Naruto. He plunged it down and was only met with the couch. A foot connected with his wrist, sending it whizzing across the room and lodging itself in the wall. Naruto then grabbed Sasuke's arm and twisted it, causing him to choke himself. he placed his other arm under it, adding pressure.

"Took you long enough, Sasuke..." he whispered, adding even more pressure. Sasuke began to gasp for air. Everyone else was frozen with fear from the KI Naruto was putting out. Sasuke's eyes closed and Naruto dropped his unconcious body in a crumpled heap on the living room floor. He began to walk towards the stairs as Ami and Fuki stood and followed.

"We're taking a room for the next week, that wasn't really a Kiri hunter-nin." Naruto turned to see a boy with scraggly brown hair in a jumper in front of him.

"You're going to die." he said flatly. Naruto kneeled so he was eye-level with him before getting an evil glint in his eye.

"Yup, sure am! And so are you, Ami-chan, Fuki-chan, Tazuna-san, and everyone else in that room. And do ya know why?" Inari shook his head furiously. Naruto just laughed and began walking up the stairs, singing:

"'Cuz it's the circle of life!"

"And it moves us a-aalllll!"

Sai put on a fake smile. "Well that was most unplesant." Sakura back-handed him.

"Shut up, Baka!"

-END-

I was gonna put the bridge battle but it woulda been too long. this chapter took me 7 hours, the shortest ever for such a long chapter. sorry if i didn't explain Ami's connection to Naruto like how she knew where he was. it will be revealed eventually.

Fuki has dark release. Don't ask how, she just does.

And i know that canon wave arc was two years later but this is an AU(alternate universe for those who don't know)

Sai has all his quirks and abilities just minus his 'Ne' training. he's a minor character, just there to fill in for naruto on team 7. he won't even have that many lines. this chapter he only had one at the very end.

Naruto is not super strong, but he isn't weak, either. He signed the toad contract, but can only hold it for a minute or so that's why he was knocked out. Sanuzu's main ability is their teamwork, but eventually they will be able to hold their own against a kage. next is Training and the Bridge Battle

till next time, NamikazeNaruto6hokage out.