Hey guys, here I am again ^^

First of all, sorry for taking so long, but my holidays are officially over and school started again. And I'm already behind… Thus it will take some time for me to update the story…

Thanks for all the reviews. I'll try to work on what you pointed out. As for the reviews on my story being unoriginal, dumb or overused… I'd like to ask you to give me a chance to actually develop the story? 'Cause I never said he would be dead last for that matter. And I actually got something in mind for him entering ANBU without Minato's knowledge… Anyway. Enjoy ^^

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Chapter 7: Enemies

The now 8 year old Naruto jumped to the left evading a Kunai. He landed on a branch and pushed himself off again the moment he landed on it, this time avoiding a big fire ball that burned the tree behind him to crisps. His attacker was relentless. The moment he reached the ground he was once again facing a ball of fire. This time, instead of evading it, he went through a set of hand seals and shouted "Suiton: Water Wall." The Water, which was coming from the lake on his right, formed a wall in front of him and stopped the Fire ball, causing Vapour to erupt from the clashing Jutsu. Naruto used the obstructed vision to sprint forward. He took out a Kunai of his back pouch and slashed at the attacker he knew was now only a few steps away. Itachi though knew that Naruto was coming through the Vapour and blocked Naruto's strike with his own Kunai. Naruto then tried to sweep Itachi's feet away with his leg, but Itachi just jumped over it. He then countered with a punch that Naruto blocked with his arm. Itachi followed up with a slash of his Kunai, which Naruto evaded by putting some distance between them. Naruto once again went through a set of Hand seals and shouted "Doton: Earth Spikes." The Jutsu resulted in spikes coming out of the earth aimed at Itachi. Itachi jumped into the air to avoid them. Naruto smirked. He then put his hands in a snake seal, and activated the explosive tags right behind Itachi. Itachi's eyes widened for a second, but he caught himself fast, and then threw a Kunai at a tree to Naruto's left. He then pulled himself away from the explosion by using the wire attached to it. Itachi stood sideways on the tree and went through a set of hand seals once again. "Shadow shuriken" He shouted and threw a barrage of Shuriken at Naruto. Naruto took out two Kunai and deflected all of the Shuriken, normal ones and Shadow shuriken included, and jumped back again to put some distance between them. The two looked at each other for what seemed like hours, but was in fact, just a few seconds. Both thinking of a strategy to make the other lose. Naruto ran towards Itachi again, attacking him from all sides with Taijutsu. While Itachi was fast, Naruto was faster, and soon Naruto was able to land a hit into Itachi's gut. But Itachi managed to eject Naruto away from him by using Naruto's punch against him. Naruto slid on the ground before getting up again. Itachi seemed to get ready to go through hand seals again, when they were interrupted by Panda, who jumped in between them. Both Naruto and Itachi relaxed from their fighting stances and stared at the "newcomer", knowing full well that he had watched their spar from the beginning.

3 Years ago, Minato had revoked the Mission to watch over Itachi and Naruto's training from Panda, because he had needed him for missions, considering that Konoha had lost a great number of shinobi. So Panda had only seen Itachi and Naruto a few times during the first year after the attack. Both Naruto and Itachi had been really glad when Panda had visited them 2 month after the attack. They had been scared that something might have happened to him. Panda had wanted to make sure the two didn't have a trauma from the attack whatsoever, and also to tell them that he wouldn't be watching their training anymore. He had only recently started to come by again, not on an order but simply because he wanted to, about two weeks prior and had been quite impressed with their progress.

"Yo, Panda." Naruto said while smiling and raising his hand in a greeting. Itachi just nodded at him.

"Hey boys. Sorry for interrupting, but you did say that you wanted me to stop you if the fight took too long. And the academy starts in 30 minutes." Panda said. "You might want to get changed before that." He said and looked at the dirty cloth of both Naruto and Itachi. Naruto's training gear consisted of long black pants, a sleeveless, black shirt with the Uzumaki swirl on the back, 2 pouches on his back, and one on his left leg. Itachi wore black pants as well, and then the traditional Uchiha shirt, with the Uchiha symbol on his back. Unlike Naruto, he only had one pouch on his back and one on his right leg.

"Yeah. Probably a good idea." Naruto said and put his hand behind his back. Showing the two of them his trademark grin.

Itachi nodded again and then both started to walk towards the outskirts of the forest. There, on the base of a tree, laid Daiki. The dog had grown quite a bit in the last three years, just like the two boys that were walking towards the dog. Itachi now stood at 4.2 feet, and Naruto, who was still smaller than Itachi, stood at 4.1 feet. Daiki jumped from his laying position the moment he saw them coming. He ran towards Naruto and let himself be petted by him.

"Alright, I'm leaving first." Itachi said and walked away.

"Alright. Later." was Naruto's answer. He then turned towards Panda. "Thanks for reminding us of school, Panda." Naruto said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Brat. Your father would get angry if you skipped. Isn't that right?" Panda asked with his hands on his hips. Naruto just scoffed. "By the way, I heard some rumours about you." Panda said and watched Naruto closely.

Naruto stiffened. During the last two years, the rumour of Naruto being the reason for the Kyuubi attack had gone around quite a bit, but it stayed within a certain group of people nevertheless. Naruto had noticed this by the fact that the attackers were, in general, always the same. Shin was a frequent attacker, as well as his friend Masao. And beside them, he could also tell which Shinobi or civilian had already attacked him. But as far as Naruto could tell, they really made sure not to tell the wrong people about this. After all, he still was the Hokage's son. So they had made sure that certainly no ANBU knew of this. At least, that's what Naruto had thought. If Panda knew, then other ANBU would too, and his father would be the next one…

"Really? What kind of rumour?" Naruto asked innocently. "Please don't know about it…."

Panda looked at him for a moment. "Apparently you know about the rumour then. Considering your reaction." He watched as Naruto seemed to stiffen even more. Before Naruto could say anything about the matter, he continued. "Mind telling me, how you end up in the middle of the ranking at school? You should be fighting for first place with Itachi!" He exclaimed while raising his arms into the air, trying to empathise what he thought of the situation.

Naruto relaxed visibly, though it seemed to go unnoticed by Panda who was looking at the sky in that moment. "Thank god." He thought. "Well you see… There's actually a reasonable explanation for that." He stated while putting his arms behind his head and smiling. "You see, it seems that unless it's Fuinjutsu, I'm really bad at theory. While being on top of Kunai throwing with Itachi, I barely manage to pass on the theoretical part… And because it both counts for the rankings, I kinda end up in the middle… Hehe…"

"Seriously? Why don't you study more then? You're obviously above the level of the others. You could concentrate more on theory."

Naruto grimaced at that. "Gah. I don't want to spend my time remembering things that I'll never need in my life. I'm a Shinobi. I don't have the time to calculate the trajectory of my Kunai when I'm in a fight. I just throw it. As long as I don't fail the exam, everything is fine. I have no interest of being top of the class." he ranted and crossed his arms in front of his chest. Concluding the discussion about his academy grades.

Panda just sighed. "Whatever. Just make sure not to fail then." He turned around to leave. "I'll be on a mission starting today. Won't be here this evening. So I'll see you when I'm back." He said over his shoulder before jumping off.

"Come back safely!" Naruto shouted after him, but he didn't get an answer as Panda had already disappeared from view. Naruto let go of the breath he was holding and turned towards Daiki. "Alright. Let's go home."

Naruto and Daiki went on their way towards the Namikaze estate. Three years ago, after a lot of begging on Naruto's part, as well as the promise he would work on his school work, Minato and Kushina had allowed Naruto to officially adopt the dog. Naruto was more than delighted after that. Kei seemed to be really happy about that too, and always clung to his fur. And Tsunade… Well, she was quite happy about that as well, since there was no one around anymore that found it funny to eat her paperwork, something Daiki had started on the third day at Tsunade's office. It wasn't that the paperwork was gone, but that she had to fill out papers because the paperwork was gone, and still needed to do the paperwork that Daiki had destroyed. So she had even more work. And her Haori thanked her as well, since she had to sew it together again a few times because Daiki had been bored…

Naruto and Daiki walked past a few training grounds, as well as the former training ground 22. Naruto stopped and looked at the cemetery. He then turned towards it and walked inside. "I have enough time to pay her a visit." Naruto thought and continued on his way to the middle of the cemetery. After all the deceased had been found and cremated, Minato had had a grave made for all of the victims, which were now dispersed around the memorial stone. Naruto stopped a few feet before the stone. He sat down crossed-legged in front of the grave stone of his little sister. Naruto let out a breath. "Hey there little one." Naruto said towards the stone with a small smile on his face. Daiki meanwhile laid down next to Naruto. Already used to those visits to the graveyard from Naruto's part.

Naruto had not visited Akemi's grave for the first year after her death. He had somehow evaded the cemetery like it was the plague. Only on his 6th birthday had Naruto visited her. It had been kind of strange. His parents had not said anything about her, and they had pretty much ignored the fact that it had been Naruto's birthday. Something he was sad about, but that he understood nonetheless. Naruto and Daiki had then started to walk through the village that was celebrating the Kyuubi's defeat in form of a festival, a festival that had been celebrated every year since then. And somehow, his feet that for a whole year had refused to lead him there, had lead him to the cemetery. That day, he had sat in front of Akemi's grave, and the only thing he said to her that day, after staring at her Name on the stone for hours was Gomenasai. I should have come sooner. Happy Birthday, Akemi. Since then, Naruto had visited Akemi's grave almost every day.

"You better start heading to school, Naruto. Being late is a bad habit." Said a voice from behind Naruto. A voice he knew all too well.

"You're one to talk, Kashi-nii. You're always late." Naruto said with a smirk on his face when he turned towards Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi was around 6 feet tall and wore the traditional Shinobi gear. He had spiky silver hair, and his right eye was grey. For some reason, he covered his left eye with his leaf headband.

Kakashi looked at Naruto. He then took out a green book from his Kunai pouch and started to read. "I don't know what you're talking about." He said dismissively.

Naruto scoffed. "Heading towards the Memorial Stone?" This wasn't the first time Naruto had met Kakashi here. While Kakashi usually went to the KIA Memorial Stone, and not the Kyuubi Memorial Stone, he had made it a habit to pass through this Graveyard first, meeting Naruto a few times.

"Yup. Like usual." He said and looked at Naruto again. "You really should get going though. Academy starts in 10." Kakashi said and started to walk away, raising his hand without looking back. "See you around. Naruto."

"Yeah. See you around, Kashi-nii." Naruto said and got up together with Daiki. "I'll come back soon, Akemi. Next time I'll bring you some flowers." He said with a smile on his face and continued on his way towards the estate.

Naruto arrived in front of his home a few minutes later. He took a deep breath. He somehow wasn't really comfortable anymore when entering the house. To Naruto's dismay, his parents, unlike him, seemed to care a lot about his position in the academy. While his Tests weren't as bad as the first one. They still weren't as good as Itachi's. It had turned out that after he had studied a bit for the tests, enough to not fail the year, he was able to take the exams with quite ease. Itachi had said that he had probably simply been scared of being thrown out or something, after the written part of the first exam, and that he had messed up the throwing because of that. And that since that fear was now gone, so was his test anxiety. Adding to that, Naruto had stopped caring about his grades. Again, as long as he studied enough to not fail. Which was almost impossible since his Kunai throwing was so good.

His parents, while being happy that he had managed to keep his test anxiety at a minimum, and wasn't at the bottom of class, were still displeased with Naruto's performance at school. Minato kept saying that Fugaku didn't leave him alone about Itachi being a better student than Naruto, which Minato found unnerving, because it was true, and thus couldn't talk back.

To Naruto, it seemed like his parents were trying to make him into someone he was not. Sure, he could probably excel at his theoretical schoolwork as well, but he simply didn't want to. He'd rather learn new Jutsus or work on his Taijutsu. But his parents seemed adamant about this. They kept telling him that it wasn't right for the Hokage's son and the son of the Uzumaki head to be only in the middle of the class, and that they were disappointed. But even though they knew that Naruto was bad at Theory, they had not helped him with his school work. Minato for one was busy with his Hokage duties, and Kushina had started her duties as a Shinobi again two years ago. So she was mostly out training or on missions. And Naruto was mostly out the whole day as well. Naruto had also kept his word to Itachi, and was now desperately trying to prove that his parents wouldn't think of him as a shame of the family, even if he wasn't on top of the school.

He did so by, for once, not taking the Theory too seriously, something that was quite easy, since he really didn't want to put too much effort into it. And in the last three years, he had started to pull off his pranks again. Something he had always loved. And to Naruto's dismay, Minato, as well as Kushina, who both used to find his pranks quite funny, as long as they didn't hurt anyone, had been angry at him.

Now, after three years of this treatment, he had started to get annoyed. He didn't like how his parents wanted him to be different than how he was. Their treatment was the main reason why Naruto still hadn't told them about his involvement in the Kyuubi's disappearance. Something he had actually planed on telling them, once things had calmed down. But Itachi was still the only one to know about that.

Naruto then entered the house. It was shortly before ten. His mother was on a mission since yesterday, and Kei was being looked after by Hiruzen. Normally people wouldn't dare to ask the man that was once called the god of the Shinobi to babysit their child. But Kushina had no such qualms. And Hiruzen seemed not to care about that either. He usually let his 2 year old grandson play with Kei.

Naruto first went into the Kitchen and put down a bowl with Daiki's food. He then went up to the bathroom, took a quick shower and put on some clean cloth. He went down again, and quickly made his way towards school. Daiki right on his toes. While Daiki was no Ninken, according to Tsume, Naruto still took him with him pretty much wherever he went. He had been his guardian angel for the past 3 years, and had somehow saved him from a few tight spots, by leading him away from a mob, or by getting Tsunade.

Naruto and Daiki arrived at the academy right on time. Itachi was already there, as was Hana. He sat down in his spot between Itachi and Hana, and Daiki laid down at his feet. Midori looked annoyed at Naruto, who already looked forward to the end of class.

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After the Academy, Naruto and Itachi had gone back to their clearing, and trained for a few more hours. Naruto was currently sitting on the ground with eyes closed. He was working on his sensing ability. An ability he had found out he had about one year ago, while meditating. Even though he had been meditating for a long time that had never happened. But that day he had suddenly picked up on presences around him, and didn't notice that those people were actually miles away from him. He had been scared really badly, and only realised that those people weren't actually around him, when Itachi had told him so. Since then, he had trained that ability every day. Naruto was now able to pin point certain persons from across half the village. Something that had been very handy in evading Shin and Masao.

Naruto slowly tilted his head towards the side. "That's weird." Naruto thought and extended his senses towards the outskirts of the village, where he felt something strange taking place. He had been training his sensory abilities for only a year, so he certainly wasn't proficient in his sensing, but he recognised that chakra signature that was moving in a fast motion towards the walls of Konoha. A speed that was not possible for that person to have. Naruto got up from his position and furrowed his brows. Something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Itachi asked from his spot next to him. He looked confused at his friend.

"Come. There's something we need to check out." Naruto said and took off at high speed. He felt Itachi closely behind him. "We need to intercept." Naruto thought and started to change course slightly, so that they would be able to catch up.

"Mind telling me what's got you so jumpy?"

Naruto turned his head slightly towards Itachi, who was now running beside him. "I think someone's kidnapped Hinata Hyuuga." Naruto said and accelerated.

"What makes you think that?" Itachi asked but accelerated his speed as well.

"I feel her chakra. But there's no way she's that fast. And only someone with bad intentions would hide his presence." Naruto stated. "Contact in 30 seconds."

"Shouldn't we contact the higher ups?" Itachi asked but didn't stop, and even readied his Kunai.

"Taken care of. Trust me." Naruto said, and took out his Kunai as well. "Stay hidden, I don't know how many there are. Maybe it's just one, but it would be good to have someone in the shadows, for back up." Naruto said to his friend. Itachi nodded and fell slightly back and changed course so that he would be behind whoever had kidnapped Hinata.

While Itachi wasn't really keen on letting Naruto fight off the enemy, or the enemies alone, he also knew that it was the best course of action. He knew Naruto well enough to understand his hidden message. Secure Hinata. Between the two, Naruto was the stronger fighter. Itachi knew that, and while feeling slightly bitter about it, also saw it as a mean to improve himself. Itachi meanwhile was the smarter of the two, coming up with the best strategies. That didn't mean that Naruto wasn't a good strategist. Itachi was simply a better one. Naruto was mostly unpredictable. Another reason why their current result for sparring matches was: 6 losses, 3 wins and 13 draws for Itachi. The draws mostly being because there fights took too long, and they had to stop.

Naruto meanwhile continued on his track and didn't stop until he was in front of two Shinobi. They both wore black pants and a black sweater, covered by a white chest guard. One had short brown, and the other mid-long black hair. They both had a Head band with a cloud on it. And the black haired one was carrying the 5 year old Hinata.

"What are two Kumo Shinobi doing with the heir of the Hyuuga clan?" Naruto asked, though he already knew the answer. It was no secret that Kumo had wanted to have a Byakugan for years.

The two Kumo Shinobi stopped in their tracks and starred at Naruto. "You're Namikaze's brat! What the heck?" The brown haired man said and frowned.

"Shit! You're sure it's the Hokage's brat? Could be a Yamanaka." The other Kumo-nin said.

"Idiot. Take a look at him! Damn. That wasn't planned."

Naruto looked at the interchange while getting in position to fight. "I'm sorry, but whatever you planned to do, I'll stop it. You won't get anywhere." Naruto said with a confidence he definitely didn't feel. Sure, he had fought Itachi. But those Shinobi were definitely Chunin, maybe even Jonin. No way could he win in a fair fight.

"Ha. Right! What does a brat like you want to do against us, hm? Throw stones at us?" The black haired said and laughed.

"Sorry kid, but you'll have to die now. We can't have anyone know about this." The brown haired Kumo-nin said and jumped at Naruto, Kunai in hand.

Naruto blocked the Kunai with his own, and felt the force of the man. "Shit." Naruto, being half as tall as the man, past underneath the man's legs and slashed at him from behind, but it was blocked easily by the Kumo-nin who had turned around.

"Come on Tarou! End him." The black haired man shouted.

"Shut it, Houki." Tarou said calmly.

Tarou sent a punch at Naruto's face, that he was able to dodge by evading to the side. Naruto put some distance between him and Tarou and went through a set of hand seals. "Doton: Earth spikes!" Naruto shouted. He then threw a barrage of Shuriken at the Tarou, some with a tag attached to them. Tarou evaded the spikes by jumping into the air. The same way as Itachi had evaded them in the morning. He then saw the Shuriken, as well as the tags attached to them. He did some hand seals, and then the Kunai hit him. Tarou then disappeared in a poof of smoke, and in Tarou's place was now a log. Naruto felt Tarou's chakra from behind him. He turned around just in time to block a slash of him once again. Naruto slowly slid backwards from the force.

"A Shinobi at such a young age? Not bad, I'll give you that. But that doesn't mean you can keep up with me, a Jonin." Tarou said and kicked Naruto in the gut. Naruto went flying and hit a tree. He coughed up some blood and saw Tarou coming towards him again. Naruto then started to cut something into his right palm, and slowly channelled chakra through it. Tarou meanwhile arrived in front of Naruto and crouched down. "Really unlucky boy. If you would have just stayed away, you would be able to live now." Tarou said with mock sadness and took out his Kunai again. He was about to stab Naruto, when he felt something on his chest.

Naruto's hand was put right on his heart. Tarou looked at Naruto, and noticed with shock that the boy was smirking. "Activate" Tarou's eyes widened and he moved to the side. A great burst of Power came out of Naruto's hand. Tarou couldn't tell what it was, but it most certainly would have been his death had he been any less experienced. Tarou wasn't fast enough to evade the whole attack, and was now sporting a rather big laceration on his left shoulder.

Tarou turned around to say something to Houki, just in the moment where that one fell to the ground. Itachi quickly moved in front of Houki and caught Hinata. Apparently, the Kumo-nin had not been paying attention to his surroundings, and had thus not noticed Itachi move in from behind him to knock him out. A beginner's mistake.

Tarou cursed. He had paid the price for underestimating the kid, and now Houki had been knocked out. Things were not going as planned at all. He knew that right now, there were probably already Konoha Shinobi on their way here, and he wouldn't be able to escape with Houki and the Byakugan. "The Blond kid seems to be unable to move, and the injuries will kill him soon enough." He thought. "I'll at least get the Byakugan. Sorry, Houki" He thought and ran at Itachi. He didn't underestimate him, like he had done with Naruto, and Itachi was barely able to dodge the slash. He was desperately trying to keep Hinata from any harm. Tarou attacked again and again. Itachi was unable to block all of the slashes and thus got a few cuts on his arms and in his face. But nothing lethal. Tarou then moved behind Itachi.

Naruto, from his position on the base of the tree saw that Itachi wouldn't be able to doge the attack while protecting Hinata, and with a burst of power he couldn't explain, he moved. Ignoring the pain that shot through his body. He moved faster than ever and arrived behind Tarou. Without a second of hesitation, Naruto cut Tarou's throat, and he fell to the ground. Dead.

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Minato was looking over the document from Kumo. Two days ago, two Kumo shinobi, a Chunin and a Jonin, had arrived in the village. Kumo wanted and alliance, but Minato had the strange feeling that something was off. He had been thinking about it for hours, and was more than happy when he was interrupted by Hiruzen, who was carrying a sleeping Kei on his arm.

"Good evening, Minato." Hiruzen said with a kind smile.

"Good evening, Hiruzen. Has Kei been good?" Minato asked and took the boy from Hiruzen. He looked down at the boy with a loving smile on his face.

Hiruzen chuckled. "Oh yeah, he had great fun playing with Konohamaru. Apparently, he thinks he is somehow my grandson's older brother. It's really cute."

"That's good. Thanks for watching him again."

"I told you, you don't need to thank me for it. Both Naruto and Kei are like grandsons to me. I really enjoy spending time with them." He said with a smile.

Minato just answered with a smile of his own. Then, suddenly, they heard a noise from the door that seemed like scratching on the door. Minato and Hiruzen furrowed their brows. They then heard the voice of Kana, Minato's secretary. "Stop that. Stupid dog. Stop."

Minato then got up and walked over to the door to open it, and Daiki rushed in. Barking and jumping around.

"I'm so sorry Hokage-sama. I don't know how he came in." Kana apologized with a bow.

"Don't worry. This is my son's dog. I'll take care of it." Minato said and dismissed Kana, who left with a bow.

Minato sighed. "Alright Daiki, where is Naruto?" Minato asked the dog. Daiki just kept barking and ran towards the door. Putting his front paws on it and looking at Minato. He then barked. Minato sighed again. "Where the heck is Naruto? He should be watching his dog." Minato said and massaged his temples. Daiki was now running back to Minato and started to pull on his coat. "Stop that Daiki!" Minato said angrily.

"I think he's trying to tell you something." Hiruzen said and watched the dog with a tilted head. Daiki let go of Minato's coat and ran towards Hiruzen. He then made a noise that sounded like a pleading, and pulled on his Kimono like he had done with Minato's coat. "I think we should follow him, something might have happened to Naruto." Hiruzen stated with worry.

Minato contemplated for a second. It seemed stupid to Minato to follow Daiki, who was no Ninja-dog, but at the same time, if something really happened, he would forever regret to ignore it now. So he nodded. "Kana!" He shouted out.

Kana arrived in the doorframe again. "Hai, Hokage-sama?"

Minato walked over to her and put Kei in her arms. "I need to head out for a bit. Please watch him 'til I'm back." Minato said, but didn't wait for an answer. "Alright Daiki. This better be worth my time." Minato stated. Daiki started to run right away, Minato and Hiruzen on his tail. Daiki led them through the village, and into the forest. While Daiki stayed on the ground, Minato and Hiruzen took to the trees. Suddenly, Minato felt a presence approach from the right.

"Minato! Sandaime-sama!" Said a man that was without a doubt a Hyuuga. Next to him was a man that looked exactly like him, with an activated Byakugan.

"Hiashi! And Hizashi as well. What are you doing here?"

"Hinata has been kidnapped. We're following their trail." Hiashi answered. Minato could only tell it was Hiashi because he had known him since his childhood.

At this Minato tensed. Had Naruto somehow been involved in this? "Please be alright, Naruto." Hiruzen had same thoughts running through his head.

"But what about you?" Hiashi asked.

"We're looking for Naruto. His Dog came to get us." Minato said and pointed to the dog that was running at full speed on the ground.

"Brother! I can see them. Right ahead!" Hizashi stated.

Hiashi then activated his Byakugan as well, and took in a breath. "Minato. Naruto's there too. As well as someone else, but I don't recognise the Chakra. Must be someone his age."

At this, Minato, Hiruzen and the two Hyuugas sped up, passing over Daiki. After another minute or so, they arrived at the scene, just in time to see Naruto slice one of the Shinobi's throat, who then fell to the ground. A second later, Naruto collapsed as well. He was caught by Itachi before he hit the ground.

"Naruto!" Minato shouted out in worry and dashed forward. He took Naruto from Itachi, and looked him over. He seemed to have quite a few broken bones and he had a laceration on his head. He couldn't tell if he had any internal wounds.

Hiashi had moved just a second after Minato, and was now taking his daughter from Itachi. He let go of a breath when he saw that she was unhurt. He then looked at Itachi. "Thank you, for saving my daughter."

Itachi shook his head. "It wasn't me, Hiashi-sama, but Naruto. He was the one that noticed them, and he was the one who distracted them so that I could get your daughter." He said and looked at Naruto.

Minato got up, Naruto in his arms. "Hiruzen, I'm going to bring those two to Tsunade. Can you take care of those Kumo-nin? And Daiki should arrive any second. Hiashi, Hizashi, come to my office in an hour." Minato said and walked over to Itachi and put his Hand on his shoulder. Hiruzen nodded and looked at the dead body that laid at Minato's feet. Hiashi and Hiashi bowed and Minato disappeared in a yellow flash.

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Alright Guys. That's it again. Hope you liked it. See you soon. Your PurpleShadow95 ^^

P.S. I just noticed, but I posted the first chapter on October 10th, Naruto's birthday. Totally wasn't doing it on purpose. Lol