I do not own Naruto in any format, this is fanfiction only.

For Kakashi, this mission at first was a chance for his team to get recognized and thus being able to enter the next Chuunin exams. After the meeting and several chats with Naruto he felt like this mission, in reality, was fate's attempt to make him realize that not everything about Konoha was as sweet as he once believed.

The realization that they indeed killed his father and in some way betrayed their closest ally made him realize that Naruto had been correct in leaving the village hidden in the leaves and now instead of convincing him to return he had decided that he had actually convinced him without trying to leaving the village of traitors and joining the very village they had betrayed.

The only problem was how to leave without alerting too many suspicions. "Naruto do you have any idea how can I get this team back to Konoha and yet leave it so I can join you and help you rebuild Uzushiogakure?" Naruto continued to look at his shadow Clones working hard at the construction of the bridge. "I would say send a shadow clone in your place and when the team finishes reporting and everyone goes home dispell. Maybe even leave a bunch of ashes and a suicide note if you want to shock them."

Kakashi had to admit the shadow clone part was possible for him to do, the only part he would never agree to was to fake his own suicide. This gave him a bad taste to his mouth as he once saw his father after he had committed suicide himself. Kakashi hated the very notion of thinking of committing suicide because of this.

Tazuna was more than happy to agree that Naruto and Yagura were actually some of the best construction workers that he ever had the pleasure of working with. They not only could do hundreds of things at the same time. They actually got better at their different tasks quicker than anyone in the construction crews.

The idea that so many people were still willing to work for Tazuna knowing that they basically were signing their own death warrants made Gato very angry and very confused. He had several people that used to slow down the construction mysterious banish and then some others didn't do as he once told them to do.

The smugglers were killed by what looked like a rival group that wanted the business for themselves. The bodies of the smugglers were burned beyond recognition. This only told Gato that the group that wanted the business of the now dead smugglers were not a group that messed around and had no qualms about slaughtering their competition. Both of these attributes were some that he considered very admirable and worthwhile.

The plan was simple enough on that part. A small group of Shadow Clones would slowly work their way through Gato's forces and eliminate any potential threat before the foolish crime boss when realized what was really going on. Since the Clones were of Naruto they would also have his vampiric bloodline. They could maintain themselves almost indefinitely as long as they had some blood every once in a while. This worked great because not only would they gather information on the organization but also eliminate enemies in an efficient manner.

The week that Zabuza needed to recuperate was spent largely by Kakashi teaching his team a simple Chakra control exercise. Naruto was there just to get some much-needed comedy relief. As he saw the three initially thinking it would be easy to walk up the trunk of a large tree. He got his wish and boy did he laugh when he saw the three fall head first on the ground.

Sasuke was not liking the way he was laughing at their many failed attempts. "Hey freak, why don't you put your money where your mouth is? I bet you can't even do it and you are only laughing because you are trying to make it look like you can do this exercise."

Naruto looked at Sasuke and smiled. "Sure thing cousin. How much money are you putting up for the bet?" Sakura screamed that a no clan bastard like him should not call someone like Sasuke cousin or even talk to him at all. "I was not talking to you banshee. Keep your nose out of this. So what amount are you betting?"

Sasuke still was thinking that he was as broke as when he lived in the village. "Ok, how about double of whatever amount you bet." Sasuke imagined that he had nothing so he would not risk anything at all.

"Alright then that would be five hundred thousand Ryo then, this is going to be the easiest money I made since I won that poker tournament last month." Naruto calmly walked over to the tree he began to walk up the tree and turned around after he nearly reached the top. He walked down and was on the ground in less than a few minutes.

"So cousin when do I get to get my money? " Sasuke wished he had never made that bet. It would take him most of his life doing missions none stop to pay off that amount." I can pay you that much right now, I only need to access my clan's accounts which mean you would have to come back with me to Konoha to get that money."

Naruto knew a trap when he heard him say that. "For that much money, you can forget it. I am not setting foot in that hellhole for all the gold in the world. I would literally have to be forced to go there and if a ninja from that place or a team tries to do that I will slaughter them and leave their corpses for animals to feed on. "

Sakura saw the look of disappointment on the faces of both boys that were present." Konoha is your hometown Naruto. How can you say you hate the place you were born on? That just shows what an ungrateful person you are. They took care of you even though you should be looked after by your clan or close family. "

Naruto could no longer hide his anger when he heard the banshee say that. He looked at the group with a fully mature Sharingan shown in both eyes." I am not clanless you loud, obnoxious banshee. I am a member of the Uzumaki Clan, Uchiha Clan, and Namikaze Clan. I am the grandson of Madara Uchiha and Mito Uzumaki. I called Sasuke my cousin because he is my cousin. "

He stepped closer to them and glared at her."I hate the village that betrayed not one but two of the clans I am member off. They betrayed the Uchiha when they believed Danzo's obvious lie and killed most of them to harvest their eyes. I hate them for destroying Uzushiogakure and killing all the Uzumaki Clan be they ninja or civil and only left two members alive so they could take advantage of them. "

Naruto made a fist and punched a hole in the tree next to him." They tried to steal the Biju that the Uzumaki Clan kept safe, and they stole most of our sealing knowledge and arts from both Mito and my mother. Then to top it off they tried to kill me for years. I don't just hate Konoha I would help Orochimaru destroy it and burn the remains to ash. So do yourself a favor banshee don't talk about things you don't know anything about. "

Naruto left the trio looking at him as he left. Sasuke had never realized that there was another Uchiha in the village and that indeed Naruto if what he said is true he was indeed his cousin. The explanation of how the Uchiha Clan met their end made more sense now that Naruto told them of his explanation for what happened.

'Here I was thinking that I was all alone in the world and instead I had a cousin whom I treated so badly. My mother never knew he was a member of our Clan. I know that if she knew Naruto would have at the very least would have grown up with us. I can't blame him for hating the village since now I don't feel as loyal to it as I did yesterday. '

Naruto hated that no matter where he went the people of Konoha would whenever they showed up would do their utmost to make him feel unwelcomed. He decided since he could nothing about the team since they signed a contract with the same town he would simply keep to himself and would no longer try to help them. It was something he would have to work hard on since he still wanted to help them since he was such a nice guy.

His most relaxing post was by far watching over the family of their client. Deep down he wondered how different would his life be if he had grown up with a pair of loving parents. He had once promised Hinata that he would do his best to make sure their kids would never go through what they both did.

This only made her love him all that much more. The couple was wandering around pretending to be a tourist looking at the town. They had transformed into the picture of a happy couple, the only thing they looked much older. Hinata kept teasing him as the two kept an eye on Tsunami and Inari as they purchased groceries from the local shops.

"I bet you want to fool around with someone younger, you old coot. " Hinata said to Naruto making him laugh." I might look wife, but I would never even consider it. You are the only one for me. Maybe it is you who is tired of looking at my wrinkles and bald spot. " Hinata laughed as she heard him." Not at all, I been in love with you for years now and that is not going to change anytime soon. "

This entire act made a couple of thugs following them relax realizing that they really were just a couple of old married people looking at the things in the market. Tsunami knew better and she decided to make her shopping faster. Inari, however, was having an eye opening experience.

This was the first time that he deduced to accompany his mother grocery shopping. He never realized that he indeed living a much better life than a lot of people in the town. The realization really hit home when an older sister to a girl his own age offered herself to let the man sleep with her if he would give them enough money so that her little sister had something to eat.

Inari saw the way malnutrition was evident on the both of them. The worse had been on the older sister which by his guess she was actually giving most of the food she obtained to her younger sister. After a little while, he saw a couple of younger boys that him being chased away from a garbage bin from one of the local restaurants.

As the group managed to carry all the groceries home Naruto and Hinata dropped their Jutsu. Hinata went to help Tsunami in the kitchen. She also knew that Naruto would need to talk to the young boy about what he just saw. "Something the matter Inari? You looked like you seen a nightmare."

Inari looked at him and he wiped the tears from his eyes. " So you lived like they did? " Inari asked him. Naruto could have said a simple yes but no he wanted him to know the truth." No, Inari I didn't have an older sister that looked out for me, and the restaurant owners did not chase me away. They simply threw poison in the garbage bin after they threw away their leftovers. "

Inari could not imagine living like that." When I was young I discovered an old scroll. It was the summon contract from an old summons clan that was long forgotten. Once I found it I gained the ability to look out for myself. That is what you need Inari. You need to work out, work hard and learn to be self-sufficient. To help the people that you care about will bring much joy to your life. "

Naruto looked towards the kitchen and he continued. " If Hinata was not part of my life I would be the most miserable person around. Take care of the people you love Inari, you don't want to one day feel like it was your fault that your most precious people aren't around anymore."

Inari promised that he would do just that. He would work hard, study and learn to protect the people that were precious to him. He did admit that he might need some help with the learning to defend himself. "I would need to learn to defend myself from someone. I don't know who would teach me. We aren't exactly swimming in money after all."

Naruto smiled at him, "Tell you what if you really are willing to put your all into it I can teach you how to defend yourself and others. What do you say Inari? Want to become my first student?" Inari was so happy to hear that he gave him a huge hug and was thanking him over and over again.

The days went fast it the case when people enjoy what they do. The week was finally over and the plan worked like an absolute dream. The shadow Clones had finally run out of a steady supply of blood and also managed to learn that Gato was actually not the big Boss he made himself be.

The fact began to come together as each of the shadow Clones dispelled. To Naruto when the last one disappeared the scheme was actually rather simplistic in the way it was thought out. The fact is that Gato was actually a servant of the Fire Lord. The Fire Lord sent Gato to pretend to cause instability in the region and thus have a great excuse to attempt to help the port town with the promise of them becoming part of his nation.

He explained this to Yagura and Hinata with surprising results. Yagura actually took this rather calmly but Hinata was foaming mad. "You mean to tell me this entire thing is nothing more than a land grab scheme? You saw all those people suffering and all the Fire Lord cares is extending his territory. Why am I not surprised Konoha would be willing to help with this?"

Yagura began to say one the one side she knew how badly the village treated her husband and on the other side it was not something that many other Fire Lords before had not done themselves.

"If this is the case we need to be extra quick in dealing with Gato. We can't have any loose ends on our part. My Clones secured enough knowledge and evidence to have our actions covered and to implicate the Fire Lord if not the Hokage by association."

Haku jumped down and told them that Zabuza was more than ready for his part. The staged ambush in the bridge would proceed as previously discussed. Naruto took from his pocket and gave Haku several scrolls.

"In each of these scrolls is one of these three prong kunai, when Gato shows up with his own thugs throw them at them. Even if they don't hit they will be enough. " Hinata saw the kunai and remembering the stories of the yellow flash she could not help but smile. " It seems it is true after all, like father like son. "

Gato didn't understand how did the group of smugglers not only killed most of his most able people but also destroyed so much merchandise in only one week. The worst part is that they vanished into thin air. No one could tell them where to find the group. There was not much you could learn from the remains of the men they killed except that they were vicious.

The damnable bridge was being constructed at neck breaking speeds. In the last week, they were a few hundred feet from completion. All the different hit man he sent to kill Tazuna and his family died the very same say he put out the contract on the bridge builder and his family.

The day if the inauguration would be the day he actually promised Zabuza that he would triple his payment if he killed everyone and that included the brats that were causing him so much trouble. "Alright Gato we hit them tomorrow, but you better come through with this money or we will kill you as an example of what happens to those that mess with us."

Gato smiled his most assuring smile and looked at the man. "Don't be like that Zabuza you will get everything you deserve and more tomorrow I can promise you that at the very least." Gato left barely containing his own laughter as he left the man's hideout.

'Like I would waste money on some rogue ninja for hire. I have more than enough people to take care of the survivors of their fight and then I will make Tsunami my personal whore. '

The two groups finally met and Kakashi had made his decision. The people were watching as the two men both Naruto and Zabuza came within arms reach and much to their astonishment the two men greeted each other not as foes but almost as old friends. "Glad you made a full recovery Zabuza I was quite worried there for a minute. Too bad about the demon brothers we have to make sure they are properly buried with all the honors."

Zabuza smiled at Naruto. "Already taken care off. When do you think the big, fat, stupid, slob going to realize that we aren't going to try and kill each other?" Almost as if he was calling them Gato and his thugs came out in hiding with the thugs trying hard not to laugh as they heard what Zabuza called their boss.

"ZABUZA WHAT AM I PAYING YOU FOR? KILL THE BRATS AND THE CYCLOPS ALREADY AND GET TO KILLING THE BLASTED BRIDGE BUILDER. " Naruto took out a piece of parchment and began reading what sounded like Gato's personal diary. " And so when the sellsword morons finish the survivors I will give them all some of my arsenic-laced saki and I will have eliminated all those that oppose me and not paid a dime."

Fifty of the thugs left his side there and then but he still had 250 others that believed the stuff Naruto read was all made up. Haku did as Naruto had asked and threw the kunai from the scrolls. "They can't even aim straight, come on guys those that kill those useless ninja wannabes get double payment."

As the large group began to ran towards then a large cloud of smoke appeared and 50 Shadow Clones appeared and with a kunai much like the one that Haku threw they disappeared in a flash and as the flash traveled throughout the field more and more thugs began dropping dead. In a matter, of seconds all the thugs were dead and Gato looked like a pincushion with all those kunai sticking from him.

Zabuza was if anything impressed beyond imagining. He just saw the repeat performance of the Jutsu that made the Fourth Hokage feared and infamous across the ninja world. "Boy am I glad I am on your side, Konoha better not mess you with Naruto."