Night had dawned in Root and almost everyone had fallen asleep. Naruto was laying on the roof of his appartment again, staring at the stars. He sighed as he looked down into the streets, once in a while seeing an ANBU rush through the streets. "Excuse me sir, but there's a law in Root stating that no civilians or ninja below the rank of jounin can be out after midnight." An ANBU said from behind Naruto. Naruto didn't respond, instead he poured in some sake and took a sip. "I'm not going to warn you again, genin!" the man said with hostility in his voice as he took a kunai. "You must be new." Naruto said as he turned his head towards the man. Naruto's sentence took the man by suprise "How do you know that?" "Well, because if you weren't new, you would've either left me alone or you would've tried to stab that kunai into me already." Naruto said calmly. "But still, rules are rules and we have to o--" "That rule was made so that civilians or weaker ninja's wouldn't run into an assasin or missing-nin with nobody to save them." Naruto said before the man could finish. "And I suppose your not one of the weaker ninja's, genin?" The man asked with a mocking tone in his voice. That was the last straw for Naruto. He got up and took a taijutsu stance. The man drew another kunai and took his stance. The man was about to charge when two gloved hand grabbed his wrists and forced him to drop the kunai's. "Naruto-sama! Please forgive my collega, he is new and foolish." The new arrival said. Naruto nodded and went back to drinking while the two ANBU dissapeared.

"Why'd you do that? I was just going to teach him a lesson!" The first ANBU, who wore a mask with a drawing that looked like a catface said. "You fool, Naruto would've cut you into pieces on his worst day!" His superior, who wore a mask with a drawing that looked like a dogface shot back. "Your joking right? He's just a genin for crying out loud!" Catface yelled. Dog took a map and started going from page to page until he came against Naruto's file. He showed it to Cat who was stunned.

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Rank: Genin

D-missions completed : 149

C-missions completed : 117

B-missions completed : 96

A-missions completed : 173

S-missions completed : 27

"How is that possible? Genins, even in large groups, would die during a B-mission, let alone S-missions..." Cat said, trying to recover from his shock. "He was alone for most of those missions. And he's only been a ninja for 6 years, for 4 of them he wasn't even around." Dog said casually. Cat's eyes widened in shock "Just who is this guy?" "The sannin Jiraiya's succesor, and the person with the biggest chance of becoming the sixth hokage, even though he doesn't know that. Now, we have rounds to continue." Dog said as they both dissapeared into the night.

Naruto stood in front of a giant gate, silently staring at the black shadow behind it. Naruto ripped one of the many tags hanging on the gate "Hello Kyuubi, how have you been the past year?" "Has it already been a year since that bastard Jiraiya completely sealed me off from you? Why'd you break the tag? Miss my company?" The demon replied. Naruto chuckled. "Not really, but I do want to know some things. Like why people fear you so much? I've been dragging you along for 18 years, and your not really that bad..." "Well kid, your species hates and fears what they don't understand. They hated me because they were unable to grasp how it was possible for a giant fox to be so strong, or even exist." "But why did you attack Konoha?" "You clearly haven't heard the true story. I always lived near Konoha, even before it was formed. But one night, some ninja from your village were sent to destroy me. They created an avalance that threw giant boulders into my hole, hoping to trap me." "But, why did they suddenly attack you?" "They always tried to get me to fight for them, and when I said no and knocked the messenger away, who survived with a small concussion, the council decided it would be best to destroy me, against the will of the third and fourth hokage." Naruto grew silent. "Kyuubi, why do people hate me?" "Because they are foolish creatures who think you are me, and therefore hate you for what I did." "I guess I should get used to being alone. Sure, I have friends, but who would want me as their husband?" "You honestly don't have a clue, do you? Why do you think Tsunade sent you here? Most people here have accepted you as a great ninja or don't know about me." "Thanks Kyuubi, I feel a lot better now... Wanna make a deal?" "Now your talking my language kid. What kind of deal did you have in mind?" "First, you only help me with your rapid healing when there's a chance I might die. Second, you help me out with my training. In return I won't reattach this tag, and I might remove some more tags later." "Ya got yourself a deal, kiddo." Naruto grinned but soon his grin dissapeared and was replaced by a sad look. "Kyuubi, I'm destined to be alone forever, arn't I?" "... I don't know kid, only time can tell."

Naruto jumped up. He always hated getting thrown out of his mind, but he suspected Kyuubi to have something to do with it. He looked to see the sun rising. Had he really been talking to Kyuubi that long? He casually jumped from the roof and landed on the ground without making a sound. Naruto watched a clock that was hanging against the appartment complex, 5:59, all hell was about to break lose. As by magic, cursing and shouts could be heard from Naruto's appartment when the clock struck 6:00. "Looks like Sakura is up..." Naruto mumbled as he walked into the appartment.

Naruto was sitting at the kitchen table, watching Sakura demonstrate her healing by getting rid of the bruises she inflicted on Naruto. "Why'd you have to go on a punching spree like that? I wasn't reading Jiraiya's novels..." Naruto muttered. Sakura sighed "I said I was sorry... Getting the hang of this yet?" Naruto let a green glow surround his hand before speaking "Yea, I just need some practice." "Great, now you learn me your Kage bushin!" Naruto sighed as he made a single clone before making to the door. "He will teach you." Naruto said before closing the door behind him. Sakura cursed Naruto in seven different languages before listening to the clone.

Naruto walked until he reached a farm a minute or five out of Root. He knocked on the front door and was greeted by Kenshin. "Oro? Hi Naruto, didn't expect to see you again so soon." Kenshin said as he lead Naruto into the living room. "I was curious to know why a samurai would suddenly change his ways and become a farmer so suddenly?" "Well, I always wanted to become a farmer, like my parents were. But they were killed and I was forced to become a samurai to live." Kenshin said as he poured in some tea for the both of them. A sound from the kitchen alarmed them both. Seconds later, Sanosuke walked into the living room "Hey Kenshin, the front door was locked, so I came in through the window." Sano said as he scanned the house. When his eyes fell on Naruto, he got a wide grin on his face. "Came to get your rematch?" Sano asked as he cracked his knuckles. "No fighting in or around my farm!" Kenshin yelled as Sano got ready to fight. Sano cursed under his breath and plopped down on a nearby couch. They talked for hours, until Naruto felt the clone that was teaching Sakura was dispelled, which meant he had to hurry back or face Sakura's wrath again.

Naruto had made a small detour, and ended up at a lake. After a quick swim, he was drying his clothes above a small campfire, when sleep consumed him. When he woke up, he saw three figures towering over him, each with an evil smile on their face. Naruto tried to jump up, but found himself chained and gagged. He looked up, trying to identify his assaulters, but the trees blocked the sunlight, and made it hard for Naruto to see their faces. They finally stepped into the light and Naruto's eyes widened.

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DUMDUMDUM!!! I love cliffhangers.

Also the next chapter will feature : Looooong fight and lots of new techniques from Naruto's side! Tune in next time, same narutime, same naruchannel!