A/N: Hey, everyone. Since the last chapter, I got an actual review besides "Good chapter so far" or "supert history" (huh?) I was just so happy to get an actual review that I decided to start on this chapter early. No offense to those people but for reviews I'd appreciate full thoughts and, much like my latest review, maybe a few ideas and your opinion on Naruto. So from now on, there'll be a review corner section up here where I reply to select reviews. Let's go!

dbtiger63: I appreciate your review and opinions and I hope you stick around to see where the story goes. But for Kami giving him the Jyuuken right off the bat, his Rambo moment was just a burst from the knowledge of the doujutsu. After last chapter, his jyuuken is as bad as a toddler Hyuuga. I try to go for believable (however believable it can be with him seeing Kami) so he'll hafta start from the beginning and work up. As for elemental-powered Jyuuken, that's a cool idea and I'll take it into consideration. Flying with gravity is a maybe. I've only seen that in fanfic maybe once or twice. For Hyuuga's getting served, that'll only be Neji and maybe some nameless Main Branch Naruto-haters. Hinata, I like her but I'll admit, she wouldn't be a good teacher of the Jyuuken, especially her style, fluid and flexible. Naruto, flexible… Nah. And he's got to learn from someone in the Main Branch (cyber cookie for correct guesses) and he will not be Kage level by Sasuke Retrieval Arc. I believe that's overpowered. Maybe High Jounin, but we'll see when we get there.

Now to all of you, for this fanfiction, while I have made all Jinchuriki's 2 through 8 OCs, there will still be some canon jinchuriki but they'll be pulling a filler Sora, having half-assed bijuu power from residual foul chakra. I ask that you try and stretch your acceptance of that; it was the only way I could keep some of the history without making some Jinchuriki evil. While they won't be evil to the mass public, they won't be so peachy keen between each other, as you will see sooner or later.

Well, that took longer than I expected. Oh, well I ramble. On with the show!

And holy shit, I forgot the disclaimer for the last 3 chapters! I'm surprised no one caught me on that.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, bitch please, you think I'd be looking for a job?

"Hey" -Human speech

'Hey' -Human thought

"Hey" -Jutsu/Demon speech

'Hey' -Demon thought

Drip -Slight sound effects

After the incident at the Bridge, everyone returned to Tazuna's house, Haku and Zabuza included for interrogation and, as advised by Naruto, surprisingly, perhaps allies of Konoha. Sasuke was still unconscious and Sakura, as his ever loyal fangirl, stayed by his bedside so downstairs left Naruto, Kakashi, and their ex-enemies.

"So, kid. You want us to join Konoha?" Zabuza asked gruffly, mildly surprised at the question, not expecting it from the kid he pegged as an idiot the last time they met.

"That's correct, Zabuza-san. I believe since your employer is now dead and you have nowhere to go, you should come with us to Konoha for asylum from your lives as missing-nin to join Konoha's forces." Naruto stated plainly, he eyes still their normal cerulean.

"I'll think about it. If anything, I at least want Haku to be safe there. She doesn't deserve this kind of life." While Zabuza may be gruff and rough around the edges, he cares for Haku like a daughter and doesn't want to see her in danger. He knew it hurt her timid nature when she thought she killed that Uchiha boy, and she believed she deserved the blonde kids rage from the action. But he was still surprised by the foul chakra he felt when it happened. 'That chakra… I haven't felt anything like that since I tried to kill the Mizukage. But it was even fouler than him… What is this kid?' Zabuza questioned in his head.

"I won't leave you, Zabuza-sama. I am your loyal tool to be used as you see fi-" She stated but was interrupted by…

"No! Haku, you are not a tool! I'm sorry if I made you think that for so long. I would never have admitted it in the beginning, but I see you as a daughter. I want you to be safe in Konoha. I'm going back to Kirigakure to help the rebellion against Yagura. You are going with the Konoha nin to their village and joining their forces." Zabuza yelled then stated solemnly. Seeing she was going to protest he continued. "That's an order! My last order for you… Not as a tool, but as my daughter. Please, Haku. You deserve this." He said softly.

Haku felt tears threatening to spill but forced them back and nodded slowly but tackled his chest, hugging him and sobbing softly into him as Zabuza, new to this whole "hugging" thing, didn't react for a second or 2 but soon wrapped his arms around her and let her cried.

The other 2 nin watched this scene unfold with solemn smiles, believing Zabuza had a heart under all that gruff, but would never admit it out loud for fear or his Kubokiri Hocho letting them see what their insides looked like. They waited until the 2 parted.

"So Zabuza, I guess that means Haku is coming with us and you're leaving?" Kakashi asked. Seeing him nod, he continued. "Very well then. We wish you luck in your rebellion. Haku, do you accept coming with us?" He then asked her.

"…Yes. If it is the will of Zabuza-sa-" She stopped, remembering she is no longer under his tutelage and can make her own decisions. "Yes, I would like that." She stated with a small smile.

Naruto gave her his foxy grin, not noticing her face reddening ever so slightly, while Zabuza and Kakashi did as they smirked under their respective masks. "That's great, Haku-chan! You'll love Konoha!" While Naruto may have apparently gained an influx of maturity from the bridge incident, he was still Naruto, so he was enthusiastic.

Hakus blush worsened, hearing how he added –chan to her name. "V-very well, Naruto-san."

Kakashi decided to derail the conversation before it got awkward, no matter how amusing it would be to watch. "Once Sasuke wakes up, we'll be on our way to Konoha."

"Very well then. Haku… have a good life." Zabuza said with the faintest of smiles outlined through his bandages as he stood and left but stopped in the doorway and turned his head to look over his shoulder. "Kakashi, gaki, take care of my daughter. And blondie, you better treat her right." He said, smirking to himself seeing his surrogate daughter and the blonde boy both blush up a storm as he chuckled lowly and shunshined away. Kakashi was amused by his last ditch effort to tease the 2 but nodded in acknowledgement.

"Well, I suggest we all go to bed. We've had a long and stressful day and I'm dead tired." Kakashi stated.

Both children sweat-dropped at his nonchalant attitude. 'From what? He wasn't the one who went through all that shit' they both thought but shrugged, agreeing they were tired as well. Both headed to their specific gender's rooms, Naruto sharing with Sasuke and Haku with Sakura. Of course, Sakura wasn't there because she was tending to the last Uchiha. But once Naruto walked in and explained to her that they need to go to bed now, she reluctantly stood and left to her room, feeling uneasy around Naruto still, but absolutely terrified once she saw her roommate. She soon shrugged it off, realizing how tired she was and went to sleep.

(Next Day)

Everyone awoke and went downstairs to get breakfast. Sakura was still afraid of Naruto and Haku while the civilian family seemed just fine with having breakfast with someone who helped try to kill them. Civilians don't hold grudges against ninja, especially after hearing her story about why she was with Zabuza. Later, everyone met at the bridge for their departure, the whole town seeing them off.

"Thank you again, Kakashi-san. Without you, I might have died and this town would never have been free." Tazuna said, bowing lowly to said scarecrow.

"Mah mah, no need to bow, Tazuna-san. Just doing our job." Kakashi waved off lazily with his eye smile. He then turned to face his team, plus one. "Well everyone, we're heading off to Konoha. Let's go." Getting nods of agreement, everyone disappeared into the forest, heading home."

Inari walked up to next to Tazuna as his talk, more like yell, with Naruto the night before the bridge attack popped into his mind.

(Flashback)

Inari sat at the table, eating with everyone in solemn, if not barely controlled, angry silence. Once he saw the blonde boy's smile, he snapped. "Why do you even try?!"

"Excuse me?" Naruto said, his mouth full. Sakura bonked him on the head lightly for doing so and Tsunami's eyes narrowed slightly in sadness as memories resurfaced.

"Why do you ninja even think you can stand up to Gato?! He's too strong for a whole town, what makes you four think you can do anything to him?! The strong are always meant to conquer the weak and right now, that's Gato! Just go home, back to your happy lives, knowing you would have died helping a town fight against someone so strong!" Inari yelled.

Naruto's shoulders shook in barely contained rage as his own memories bubbled to the surface of his mind. "'Happy… lives'? You think we have happy lives?! How happy do you think I can be when my entire home wants me dead?! Ever since I was born, I was scorned and hated for reasons I didn't even know! Ever since I was four, all my birthdays were filled with me running through town as a mob chased me, carrying weapons and torches, yelling for my blood! When I was 8, they cornered me into a dead end alley and beat me to an inch of my life! No one came to find me 'til 2 days after that!" Naruto yelled, his eyes holding utmost pain and sadness as tears fell and he stood, his head down as his bangs cast a shadow over his eyes and he ran upstairs and slammed the door.

Everyone was left gobsmacked except Kakashi, him being one of the ANBU that actually cared for Naruto but on that day, he was off on a fake mission given from the Civilian Council. He was the one who made it to Naruto 2 days after the beating. A lone tear fell down his eye as he hid it behind his perverted book.

Tsunami and Sakura were in tears, hearing such a horrible tale, from one so young that seemed so happy.

Sasuke was… confused. Usually, he'd go on about how the "dobe" was bluffing and making up stories. But part of him believed Naruto. He felt the same pain of loneliness Sasuke felt ever since the massacre. His little respect for Naruto grew exponentially since that day.

"K-Kakashi-sensei…" Sakura whispered to said scarecrow.

Kakashi quickly wiped the tear that fell and brought his book down, keeping his solemn expression as memories swarmed his mind. "Yes, Sakura?" He asked but part of him already knew what she was going to say.

"W-was all that… true?" She asked, scared of the answer.

Kakashi bowed his head slightly as he closed his book and pocketed it. "Yes… Everything he said was true. I was there that day after his 8th birthday. Naruto has lived a hard life. He always seemed happy so he wouldn't receive people's pity. Please, don't pity him for this. Just try to better your relationship with him. Both of you." He said, turning to Sasuke at the last statement.

Both nodded and silently agreed to try and be better friends and teammates for the tragic blonde.

(Flashback end)

Ever since that day, Inari believed that Naruto and his team could beat Gato. When he heard that Gato was defeated and Wave was free, he was ecstatic. He looked up his grandfather. "Hey, what're we going to call the bridge?"

"Hmm… How about the 'Great Tazuna Bridge of Awesomeness!'?" He said with a shit-eating grin. Tsunami soon appeared next to him and bonked him with her frying pan and plainly said. "No."

Everyone laughed at Tazuna's misfortune. Once he stood and righted his clothing, using his hat to cover the bump on his head from the kitchenware, he turned to the crowd. "Okay then. How about the 'Great Naruto Bridge'? For the one who liberated our town and ourselves." He asked with a soft smile. It grew when the crowd cheered at the name. He walked over to the blank plaque at the front of the bridge and carved in the name. "Good luck, gaki…" He said towards where the team was when they left.

Off to the side of the road, a figure was staring at where the blonde was once standing. His orange eyes narrowed behind his hunter-nin mask with the symbol of Kirigakure on the forehead and wave markings over it for its design. He had navy blue hair with streaks of black tied back into a ponytail and 3 large steel orbs strapped to his back in a 'Y' formation with sword hilts sticking out of them in the directions of the formation. He also wore and slanted belt with small containers similar to senbon cylindrical containers the hung on one side to just above his right knee and leg armor reminiscent of the First Hokage's on the side of his entire left leg and only on half his right as it would bump into the belt. He wore a Kirigakure ANBU uniform with fishnet sleeves that stopped at his black fingerless gloves. "Hmm… Naruto Uzumaki. You will be an interesting person. I look forward to meeting you one day."

"I smell Kyuubi in him, guppy. Be wary of him." A voice in his head said to him.

"I will. Let's just see where this boy's journey will take him." The figure said then disappeared in a water shunshin. But the water was an odd pigmentation. It looked thick like lava but had light and dark blue hues throughout it. (A/N: Think lava style but hued blue)

(Konoha Gates)

"Ugh, this is so fucking boring…" Kotetsu droned as he was fighting sleep, his head leaning in his hand as his head dipped now and then. Izumo stood next to him and was about to agree but shoved his elbow in his partner's side.

"Shut up. We have nin coming." He whispered to Kotetsu and, true enough, they see Team 7 plus one on the horizon and approaching fast.

Not 2 minutes later, said group were right in front of the dual guards.

"Yo, Izumo. Kotetsu." Kakashi said with his eye smile and a lazy nod.

"Yo, Kakashi-san. Nice to see you're all back. But who is this?" Kotetsu asked warily, eying Haku and her hunter-nin mask in her hand with the Kirigakure symbol.

"Oh, this is a friend of ours we hope Hokage-sama will allow into our ranks. Her name is Haku." Kakashi answered.

Haku was nervous, being the center of attention but waved slightly. "Hello." She said timidly.

Kotetsu and Izumo smiled and waved back. "Welcome to Konohagakure, Haku-san. We hope you enjoy your life here, should Hokage-sama agree." They said together, just a bit creepily so.

"Just sign in Kakashi-san, and you can be on your way to Hokage-sama for your mission debriefing." Izumo said as he handed Kakashi the sign-in sheet. The scarecrow signed in his team and everyone bounded off to the Hokage tower.

(Hokage Tower)

The Hokage was fighting the scourge of the earth, the thing that makes all men ooze rage, the thing that made the Devil run in fear… paperwork.

Somewhere a shrill scream is heard.

Hiruzen jumped at it but shared its sentiments and continued on this travesty against mankind. He soon heard a knock on the door and slouched to his chair in relief. "Enter" He said 'anything to distract me from this horrible paperwork.' He continued in his mind.

Team 7 walked in with a new member. He raised an eyebrow at her Kiri hunter-nin mask but waited for Kakashi to explain.

"Kakashi Hatake returning from C-rank mission to Wave Country, Hokage-sama. Mission accomplished." The scarecrow said professionally but still managed to sound bored.

The Hokage chuckled to himself at Kakashi's attitude. "Very good, Kakashi-kun. Was the mission difficult?" He asked then raised a brow again at seeing his team's expressions that screamed 'That'd be an understatement.'

Kakashi stiffened slightly then drooped his shoulders, resigning himself to his fate and went about his task of explaining the mission progress, with random input from his team now and then. Basically, the 'shit hit the fan,' as Naruto so tactfully described.

Hiruzen chuckled at Naruto's opinion then asked Kakashi to continue. His expression become solemn at the part of the mission with the battle of the bridge. Haku winced and hid behind Naruto at that part, not noticing his blush at her close proximity. When Kakashi approached the part of when Sasuke supposedly 'died,' he stopped, a confused expression on his face.

"What is it, Kakashi-san?" The Hokage asked, confused as well.

"Well, Hokage-sama… I'm not sure what happened during that time. I was fighting Zabuza and then I felt… its chakra." Kakashi answered, hinting at Naruto's tenant. Hiruzen understood this and dismissed Sasuke, though he begrudgingly agreed, and Sakura, who followed him like a lost puppy, then put up a silencing jutsu on the room after dismissing his ANBU.

"Naruto? Care to explain?" The Hokage asked in a voice that made it more or a demand than a question.

Naruto stiffened at the tone. "W-well… Kyuubi kinda got out."

End A/N: I know you hate me for that. But I don't care :D I'm evil. Hope you liked it. Comment, review, maybe PM me some ideas.

Ja ne!