Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I would force Kakashi to take off his mask. (WHAT THE HELL IS UNDER THAT?!) I also don't own the songs Hell Song, Hate Me, And Art of Breaking, by Sum 41, Blue October, and Thousand Foot Krutch respectively

Polls for the Aeon idea is still open! It is currently:

5 yes

2 no

They shall be used as summons for…certain characters.

Now, on with the story…

I OWN ALL OF THE SHICHI MATSURO AND ORIGINAL JUTSU!

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Underground Ruins: Labyrinth Corridors

Humming merrily, Naruto walked threw the many tunnels under Grass country as he made his way towards the Audience Chamber. He stopped suddenly as he heard a noise off to his right. Curious, he followed the sound until he came across Junan messing around with something in his room.

"What cha doin'?"

Jumping up, Junan looked over his shoulder to see Naruto behind him looking over his shoulder at his work on the metal table in front of him.

"Oh, it's you. Just working on something for Kyoukou. He's not exactly a mechanical genius. So, he asked me if I could finish this up for him." He answered as he turned his attention back to the project in front of him.

"Well, what IS it?"

With a sigh he began to leave, knowing that he wasn't going to get an answer from the mechanical genius when Junan said to him, "Akasuna no Sasori isn't the only one who knows the human puppet technique." (Explained at bottom for not as up to date fans)

With wide eyes, he looked back at the hunched figure before the door closed and locked Naruto out of the genius's room.

With a headache, the blonde continued on his way towards the Audience chamber. His mind was currently replaying everything that had happened in the last 6 hours. He had gone under the First trial of the San Yajuu Kamigami, have the very power that trial unlocked sealed, wake up in a hospital 5 hours later (When I said that the Trial was 5hr, I meant that he spent 5hr in the hospital. The trial was like 30-45 min.), and find out that Junan and Kyoukou divulge themselves in forbidden practices.

During his musing, Naruto had entered the grand chamber. Taking in his surroundings, Naruto looked towards the throne to find it had been replaced by a desk piled to high heaven with papers. Squinting his eyes, he saw strands of the red hair that belonged to his beloved uncle.

"HAYASHI-OTOOJI!!!"

Shaken from his nap on the many papers, Hayashi's head shot up as the Aka Shi-Shi shouted "WHA!? WHAZ GOIN ON? WHOZ ZERE?" looking past the famous paperwork mountain, he saw the energetic blonde he knew as his nephew.

"Whaddya want gozu?"

"Well…I was wondering. If you and the Fourth were brothers, then why do you have red hair and he had blond?"

Knowing he would eventually ask this question, he sighed and went over to the stack of papers that had been filed and took one out.

"THIS is the reason I have red hair, and he has blond. As all Kazamas, I started out with blond hair, but…something happened during the multiple fights of mine that led me to pacifism. This is it."

Holding out the paper, Naruto stepped up to the desk and took the paper. Widening his eyes, he read it over twice.

"You mean you…."

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Konohagakure no Sato: Hokage's Office

Tsunade was currently organizing mission requests and trying to figure out which tip offs from ninja and civilians that claimed they saw the Shichi Matsuro were fact or fiction, when Shizune burst into her office.

"Tsunade-sama! We have info on Hayashi! We have his criminal report!"

Tsunade stood right up, scattering the mountain high paperwork, at this piece of information as she disregarded everything on her desk, which was now on the floor, and walked over to Shizune and grabbed the report from her hands. It read:

Name: Kasai Hayashi

Home Village: Konohagakure no Sato

Aliases: Satsugai Joutei Kasai (Killing Lord Kasai), Ikidomari no Kasai (Kasai of the Dead End), Sansai no Hayashi (Hayashi of the Flood & Storm) (All Confirmed)

Date of Birth: 1/31

Hair: Red (Due to blood of those he has slain)

Length: Medium

Eye color: Brown

Age: 23

Height: 6'3

Family Relations: Daughter, Nephew (Unconfirmed)

Acquaintances: Akasuna no Sasori of the Sand, Uchiha Itachi of the Leaf, Hoshigaki Kisame of the Mist, Zetsu of the Grass, Hidan of the Grass, Kazuku of the Waterfall, Orochimaru, Pein of the Rain, Tobi (Unknown Village), Kohinto Higura of the Cloud, Masuchi Kindo of the Rock, Retuma Honto of the Rock.

Bingo Book Rank: S – To be killed on sight, if possible Captured

Preferred Style of Fighting: All Range Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu, Medium use of Genjutsu, And Minor Use of Taijutsu

Summon Contracts: Bear, Mole, Lizard

Wanted: Massacre of 900+ people, assassination of the Nidaime Mizukage, thought murderer Sandaime Raikage, helping in failed assassination attempt of Yondaime Mizukage with the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist

Side Desc: Has Kanji for Pain on back of shirt

Side Note: Pacifist, Genetic code altered to permanently have red hair, one of the Kyuu Satsugai Shokou

Going into a cold sweat, Tsunade whispered "He's one of the Kyuu Satsugai Shokou (Nine Killing Lords ORIGINAL) ?"

Gasping, Shizune rushed over to her and read the report over her masters shoulder as she noticed how blood stained his life was. Wondering how he could have murdered over 900 people she looked to Tsunade as she saw realization dawn over her face.

"The Village of the Dying Trees…that's why…GET ME GENMA, IBIKI, AND ANKO! NOW!"

"H-hai Tsunade-sama!"

'So Hayashi is one of the Kyuu Satsugai Shokou? That leaves five more members to go. So far we now about Satsugai Shokou Hayashi, Higura, Honto, and Kindo.' Thought Konoha's Godaime Hokage as she waited for Shizune to return with the people she selected. Walking slowly back to her desk, Tsunade closed her eyes, thinking back to her little brother, knowing exactly what he would say back then. 'I don't care who he is, I'll still kick his ass!' Sighing, she asked herself.

'Naruto, would you act differently were you still alive?'

Letting a single tear run down her cheek, she waited.

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Underground Ruins: Audience Chamber

Still looking down at the paper in his hands with wide eyes, Naruto looked back at his uncle who had his back turned on him. Before he could speak, the Kasai spoke up.

"Naruto, I want you to go back to Konoha.

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Konohagakure no Sato: Village Gates

Walking down the dirt road that led to the greatest hidden village, Naruto walked towards Konoha with a genjutsu hiding his appearance, he looked like a 21 year-old with brown hair and hazel eyes, he flashed his false I.D before entering.

Wondering the streets of his former home, he wondered where he should go first. Deciding to visit his old apartment, he poofed over there.

To his shock, he found flowers and bowls of uneaten ramen, warm and cold, at the side of his front door, which read demon bastard, among other profanities. Suddenly, he felt a familiar chakra signature, an all too familiar chakra signature…

The chakra signature of Haruno Sakura (Grunt She's redeemed herself)

"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" she asked, reaching for a kunai.

Looking lazily over his shoulder, he replied, "Hmm? Me? Oh, I'm just visiting an old friend. I'm saddened to here he left Konoha, but I've heard he's come back." He answered before turning around and walking towards the pink haired kunoichi.

"By the way…tell the Teme I said hi."

Widening her eyes, Sakura instantly turned her head around hoping to see the blond she once knew. She was greeted only by swirling leaves…

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Icharaku Ramen

When Teuchi and Ayame heard that Naruto had died, they closed the store and just went home to cry. After his funeral, they feared that business wouldn't be good, but to their surprise, every one of the former Konoha 12 held weekly parties there. They had expanded he store from the little stand into a full restaurant. They even had karaoke!

Currently, the restaurant was holding one of the parties for the Konoha 12, and then Sakura said she was going to go visit Naruto's apartment.

Hearing the ringing of the bell on the door, Teuchi looked up to see a brown haired man with hazel eyes, he went back to work.

Looking at how business was booming, Naruto thought he might drop around Icharaku. Going into the giant ramen restaurant, he took a seat at the bar at the far end and took a look at the menu.

'Not much has changed on the menu…but they've added some variety.'

Noticing that they had something called the Naruto special, he was ready to order.

"Oji-san! I'll have one Naruto special please."

Teuchi looked skeptical at giving the stranger the Naruto Special, since normally only the Konoha 12 ordered that, he got to work.

"It'll be about ten minutes, I still gotta fill these."

Resting his chin on his head, Naruto looked around the genjutsu. He saw Lee, Neji, Tenten, Team 8, Team 10, Kakashi, Gai, Asuma (I know he's dead. But it's fanfiction), and Kurenai. And then, he saw two things. A dark brooding onyx eyed Uchiha Sasuke and karaoke.

So he naturally got up and went over to the karaoke machine.

Drawn by the movement, the Konoha 12 stopped talking just as Sakura entered the ramen joint and Naruto (covered in a genjutsu) stepped up on the stage.

Then a small calming beat began to play as the boy with hazel eyes began to sing.

I have to block out thoughts of you

So I don't lose my head

They're crawling like a cockroach

Leaving babies in my bed

Dropping little reels of tape

To remind me that I'm alone
Playing movies in my head

That make a porno feel like home
There's a burning in my pride

A nervous bleeding in my brain
An ounce of peace is all I want for you.

Will you never call again?
And will you never say that you loved me

Just to put it in my face?
And will you never try to reach me?

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you

Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what's good for you

It's one accomplishment that you helped me with
The one thing that always tore us apart

Is the one thing I won't touch again
In my sick way I want to thank you

For holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself,

You were trying to stop the fight
You never doubted my warped opinions

On things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself

When it was way too hard to take
So I'll drive so fucking far away

That I never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you

Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what's good for you

For every mistake that I had made
And like a baby boy I never was a man
Until I saw your blue eyes cry

And I held your face in my hand
And then I fell down yelling "Make it go away!"
Just make a smile come back

Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you

Silence befell the Ramen restaurant as they all looked at the figure on the stage that had just finished the song. Then, a quicker beat started as the man once again began singing.

I feel I've come to realize
How fast life can be compromised
Step back to see what's going on
I can't believe this happened to you
This happened to you

It's just a problem that I'm faced with am I
Not the only one who hates to stand by
Complications that are first in this line
With all these pictures running through my mind

Knowing endless consequences
I feel so useless in this
Can't back, stand back, can't ask
For me I can't believe

Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if this for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure

Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if this for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure
Anymore

Everybody's got their problems
Everybody says the same things to you
It's just a matter how you solve them
But what else are we supposed to do

Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if this for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure

Part of me, won't agree
Cause I don't know if this for sure
Suddenly, suddenly
I don't feel so insecure
Anymore

Why do things that matter the most
Never end up being our choice
Now that I find no way so bad
I don't think I knew what I had

The person was taking a short break for a breather as his brown covered his hazel eyes as yet one last beat started.

And every time I pass you on the street
You won't even turn and look at me
I never would of thought that things could
Go this far but please believe me

I'll pick you up, won't let you fall
I'll build your trust and it won't hurt at all,
Your only drug will let you down,
I'm through now, so take me and blow me away

When I feel numb I'll let you know,
I won't become what I was before,
You cannot kill what's not your creation,
This is the Art of Breaking

I think I might just lose my mind
If I have to watch this one more time
I can't explain how many times i've
Stayed for you when you were on my mind

Are you gonna run away, and leave me here alone?

Are you gonna run away, and leave me here alone?

Are you gonna run away, and leave me here alone?

Are you gonna run away, and leave me here alone?

Are you gonna run away, and leave me here alone?

When I feel numb I'll let you know,
I won't become what I was before,
You cannot kill what's not your creation,
This is the Art of Breaking

When I feel numb I'll let you know,
I won't become what I was before,
You cannot kill what's not your creation,
This is the Art of Breaking

This is the Art of Breaking

This is the Art of Breaking

This is the Art of Breaking

Going back to the bar out of breath, Naruto could feel eyes burning into his back. He suddenly heard a gasp, as he turned to see the number 1# Sasuke fangirl Haruno Sakura.

Only one thing came to mind.

"Oh Shit."

"That's him guys! He's the guy I saw at Naruto's old apartment! He said something about an old friend that had left Konoha, so I thought it Sasuke. But then he said, and I quote, "Tell the Teme I said hi." So I have one question for you. Who are you?"

Everybody in the restaurant looked from Sakura to the brown haired guy. Then, with Neji, Hinata, and Sasuke wondering what was going on, they each activated their Kekkai Genkai.

Everybody was now focused on the sharingan user and the two byakugan users as their eyes widened as Sasuke's narrowed. Flaring his chakra, Sasuke called the ANBU to surround the restaurant and to encircle the man inside it.

Naruto was fucked. Oh yes, he was fucked. Hell, he knew he was fucked. Surround by five ANBU with their swords pointing at your neck, between your eyes, liver, left lung, and his family jewels, he made one smart decision.

"I'll go peacefully, just don't hurt the jewels!"

"Drop the genjutsu. We're still at war with Oto."

"Still? Man…You guys are sad. The Shichi Matsuro would have just gone in there and just blow the damn place up or somethin'."

Everyone in the room went rigid at the mention of the Shichi Matsuro. The seven coldest killers ever to walk the earth, or at least that's what people thought. It was said that Hayashi was one of the Kyuu Satsugai Shokou.

Sasuke decided to get more forceful to try and extract more information. After all, it's not everyday you might have possibly caught one of the higher ranking members.

"Lower the genjutsu, or get 5 swords through your body"

"Hey! Criminal guy! Your ramen's ready." said Teuchi, placing the bowl of ramen on the counter before he began watching the exchange.

"Oh! Really!? Great!" and faster than the Mangakayo sharingan could follow, he was at the bar slurping his ramen. At this, everyone sweatdropped.

"Ah. That was good. Your ramen is really great old man! Much better than in Cloud!" (Before Naru-chan came to leaf, he went to the other elemental countries) he said before, once again faster than Sasuke could see, was back in between the ANBU, but moved the sword from his family jewels, to his stomach.

"And, no. I won't COMPLETELY lower the genjutsu."

"What in the seven hells is going on here!?" came the booming voice from outside the ramen joint that belonged top none other than Konoha's Godaime Hokage, as she walked inside the restaurant. She had felt the chakra flare Sasuke had sent off, and came to investigate. She found a crowd outside of the place!

"Tsunade-shishou, I had met this person at Naruto's apartment about 20 minutes ago, and now Sasuke-kun, Neji, and Hinata say he has a genjutsu covering him."

Turning her attention to the man surrounded by ANBU, Tsunade walked up to him, and she placed her hand on his forehead, pushing her chakra into him. Naruto's figure began to blur, but his face stayed the same. His clothes were replaced by a pure black robe with an orange brim as his eyes betrayed nothing.

"Shit! A Shichi Matsuro! AN-"

"Matte. I did not come here to start a confrontation. I came to give you information."

"And what might that be!" shouted Sasuke as he, along with everyone else in the room, got into battle positions.

"A caged fox offers no protection, unless released. Dreams that people die for, can never be kept down. The fox rises, showing he will fight death. He will offer protection from within the cage, as the locked gate opens. The shadows pick up a shattered dream, and they put it back together. The fox lays down its claws and watches from behind steel bars. The warden goes back to watching his prisoner that can't be seen."

Widening her eyes, she looks at the man in the black cloak, while the Konoha 12, except Shikamaru who had understanding dawn over his face, bore looks of confusion. Tsunade began stuttering a question as she looked at the person in front of her.

"Y-Y-you…you m-m-mean? He's…he's alive. Where is he! Answer me! Answer me damn it!"

"Mou, Baa-chan. I never knew you to stutter. And why haven't you punched me yet?" said Naruto as he lowered the final part of the genjutsu.

Uzumaki Naruto, was back in Konoha.

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A/N: I like the way this ended up.

Akasuna no Sasori is part of the Akatsuki. He is killed by Sakura and Chiyo and is replaced by Tobi

The Human Puppet technique means you take a dead (Or living person…then kill them) person, drain the blood, take out the organs, and add weapons.