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A/N: Cool Cool! I got this finished up last night and our good buddy Bowtechsniper totally pwned the world by betaing this uber fast! So everyone thank Bowtech with a good ol' review!

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They say that when your life flashes before your eyes you come to an understanding. That didn't happen to Sasuke as he stared at the kunai pointed at his jugular. He couldn't fathom what the hell his life was even worth.

"You might as well kill me..." Sasuke stared at his brother with hate in his red eyes, "You fucking coward!"

"Geeze Itachi..." Kisame sneered, "How is this kid even related to you?" The shark man smirked, "He can't even sneak up on us properly. What kind of shinobi does that?"

"Quiet Kisame." Itachi's eyes were indiscernible, "What do you want Sasuke?"

Sasuke's blood boiled as he stared at the man he had been working his whole life to kill. All his training was for nothing. Itachi was still leaps and bounds ahead of him.

"How?" He screamed, "HOW ARE YOU SO STRONG?" He unleashed a volley of punches that were blocked effortlessly.

Itachi swiftly threw a hard jab into his brother's stomach, dropping him to the ground as blood pooled in his mouth.

"I am a true Uchiha." Itachi's eyes were cold as he stared at the only person he cared for, "You still do not know what you fight for, while I hold my head up and stare down the very things I aim to destroy."

"You are not an Uchiha! You traitor!" Sasuke's eyes pooled with tears as he gathered a Chidori in his hand, "You are nothing Itachi!"

Sasuke's arm was halted effortlessly by an extremely pissed Naruto. Sasuke stared at the hand that had gripped his fist and came face to face with the person he considered to be his only friend.

"Na... Naruto?" His eyes widened.

"Stop it Sasuke." His eyes were hard as he threw the fist in his hand to the side. "I don't know why you always charge in like a fucking maniac. Why are you so rash?" He turned his back to the younger Uchiha, "You know you have no chance of beating your brother."

Naruto craned his neck to the side, a single grey eye meeting the crimson of the Sharingan, "Get lost."

Sasuke's blood boiled at the slight against him. He was Sasuke Uchiha! The last noble Uchiha left in Konoha. He was a Jounin who was respected by a good number of his peers for his phenomenal performance on the battle field. For his ex-teammate to dismiss him...

"What did you say?" A foul chakra permeated the air as Sasuke let the curse seals chakra run through his veins once more. His three tomoe spinning in its infamous pinwheel.

Naruto didn't even glance at him as he addressed Itachi, "I'll handle this Itachi... Get back to what you were about to do."

Itachi and Kisame nodded and took off into the forests of Konoha disappearing into the foliage in a matter of seconds.

"Sasuke..." His voice was emotionless as he faced the boy he had hated for so long, "Stop."

Sasuke watched his brother's form disappear into the leaves of the forest and something in him snapped. That was the man who caused every bad thing in his life to occur. He was the reason that everyone pitied him, the last Uchiha. He was the reason that Sasuke Uchiha felt like an insignificant being!

"You let him go?" The hate in his voice was latent, "I'll fucking kill you!" He disappeared in a blur as he smashed his forearm into Naruto's. They exchanged blows, each gauging the others' level as they increased the amount of power and speed. Naruto kicked into Sasuke's forearm, hearing the boy grunt in pain as he returned with a left jab. Naruto blocked the punch and used the Uchiha's momentum against him as he grabbed his extended wrist and yanked him.

Sasuke flipped and returned with a left kick that landed on Naruto's side causing him to grimace. The foul chakra suddenly exploded as Sasuke's skin transformed. Naruto had seen this before.

"Is that all you can do Sasuke?" His eyes were filled with disappointment, "Use power given to you by a dead snake?"

Sasuke spared no words as he charged at Naruto at an incredible speed. The Jinchuriki deflected the kunai with one of his own, spinning his left leg into a fierce kick that missed by a hair as the Uchiha used his other fist to land a blow into the Namikaze's side. Naruto held his ground as he grabbed the fist in his ribs and pulled the Uchiha's face into his knee.

An audible crack was heard as Sasuke screamed in anger. Taking a step back from Naruto, a sick grin appeared on the Uchiha's face as his skin began to become brown. An even more malevolent chakra appeared around his visage. Naruto's own blood boiled as the chakra interfered with his usually stoic demeanor. Kyuubi wanted in.

The ANBU Commander held his beast in as he threw a kunai at the Uchiha's chest. Racing after the speeding kunai, Naruto's left foot crashed into Sasuke as he attempted to dodge the razor sharp tool. His eyes bulged out as blood escaped his mouth for the second time that day. The transformed Jounin fell to his knees as he tried to grasp the air into his lungs.

"Stop being an idiot." Naruto's eyes were changing drastically as the anger he was desperately trying to keep at bay was escaping.

"You let him go!" The Uchiha's eyes were almost demonic, "I thought you were my friend! How could you do this to me?"

The ever familiar sound of an active Chidori filled the blonde's ears as his own damn burst.

Sasuke was only feet away when a massive red hand slammed into the ground. The pain was unreal as he screamed and clawed at the chakra that was tearing at his skin. It stopped as another weight crashed into his chest. He stared into the blood red eyes of Naruto.

"Friend?" Sasuke felt fear, "Friend? You are NOT my friend Uchiha. You lost that fucking privilege when you took the only thing I loved!"

Naruto got off the Jounin's chest as he grabbed hold of the downed nins wrist. Sasuke felt a small pull and in an instant, found himself on the familiar floor of the long gone.


The feeling in the pit of Gaara's stomach wasn't boding well with him as he quickened the pace to his village. The news that Naruto had given him wasn't good. The bijuu were not forces to be messed with. They were radical, uncontrollable, and had near infinite power levels. Even though he used to have one sealed within himself, he was still only human. These beasts could never die.

Said blonde found himself face to face with the Hokage. "As I was trying to explain before I was interrupted..." He glared at the door, "I need you to pardon Uchiha Itachi of all previous transgressions concerning him and the village."

"What!" Tsunade's eyes were immense as she stared down the Jinchuriki, "How could I possibly do that? Everyone in Konoha knows what he did and they will surely not forgive him."

The doors to the office opened again as a man stepped in.

"I can shed light on this matter..."

"Danzo?" Tsunade looked shocked.

"Don't act like a fool Tsunade, you know as well as I that the knowledge of this war isn't limited to just you and this boy!" He stepped further into the room, his root agents flanking him every step of the way. "I have useful information concerning one Uchiha Itachi."

Naruto stared at the bandaged man, unsure of what he was after. He didn't know much about Danzo, other than that the man was part of the council and ran an organization called ROOT. Everything else was shady when it came to him. No one spoke of him or his past.

"Sarutobi, his partners, and I had gone to Uchiha Itachi when we were faced with a very dire danger." He sighed, "The Uchiha were planning a Coup De'etat against the Hokage and council, and measures were taken so they would never receive the chance that they were waiting for."

"We ordered Itachi to assassinate his family..." He tossed a very small file to Tsunade, "In this file lies the only proof that was kept alive." Danzo looked at Naruto, "Uzumaki, I need to speak to you in private and Tsunade... Do what you wish with that file."

He motioned for Naruto to follow him, the two left the room in haste as Tsunade stared at the file on her desk.

Danzo stared at the boy before him. He knew he was quite powerful, but everything about this boy was blacked out. He knew nothing of his skills.

"Uzumaki, it has come to my attention that you know more than you should." He gripped his cane tightly, "I know that you have taken over Jiraiya's spy network, but what I don't understand is why you're not doing more to help this village in its time of need."

"Not helping this village?" Naruto stared at the man in his only eye, "I am doing all that I can for this damn village! You wouldn't know a thing about Iwa if it wasn't for me!"

"Don't play dumb with me." Danzo kept a cool gaze on the Jinchuriki, "What do you know of Madara? The Bijuu?"

Naruto recoiled as Danzo began to speak of the very things he had barely been informed of.

"I see..." He turned his back to the Jinchuriki, "So you know nothing of Madara?... Well that is all Uzumaki. Goodbye."

"Wait!" Naruto watched the man vanish into thin air.

How did he know about Madara? What did he know about Madara? Danzo... Was a mystery factor.

Two days later

Naruto helped Ino to her apartment. "You did great today Ino." He turned to leave as he reached her door.

"Naruto..."

The blonde stopped as he faced her, "Yeah?"

"Thanks." She smiled as he grinned, "For everything. I really appreciate you doing all this for me."

"I'm not doing this for you Ino..." He sighed, "I haven't told you everything, but before you ask questions, know that I'm going to tell you soon."

He was gone before she could reply, finding himself in the ANBU headquarters heading to his squads break room.

"Guys..." The room burst into action as his team raced to get suited up.

"Don't put your gear on! Look, I only came here to talk to you!" His team halted at the command, "Geeze you guys are always so hyper..."

Saru gave the blonde a hug as she approached him, "So what brings you by captain?"

"Hehe sorry I haven't been around lately guys, it's just been really hectic training for the upcoming war." He sighed, "I know I'm letting you guys down. I haven't been able to lead you guys since Iwa, but I need your help with something."

Tora jumped up from her seat, "Don't worry about it captain! We know you're a pretty busy guy. So what's the new mission?"

"I need the team to get information on Danzo."

"That old dude on the council?" Shirogi looked interested, "Why would you want to know about him?"

"He knows a lot more than he should, and that really worries me." Naruto went to a couch and laid back, "I don't know much about the guy so the mission parameters are going to be really vague. Don't be spotted. If you come under suspicion abort the damn mission. Report all your findings to Saru. She'll report directly to me."

"Roger that captain!"

Naruto smiled at his wayward team. At times he missed being that hell bent ANBU just trying to one up the old captains records. It was so simple then. "Cool. Now... Who's up for some ping pong?"


Blood spilled on the border of Suna as three men made short work of an outlying outpost. The bodies of men were lying butchered as a man giggled above his latest kill.

"Heheheheheh these little ants aren't worth a damn." He raised his foot and caved the dead man's head in.

"Kitobu..." A man garbed in a black cloak sighed, "Control yourself, there is still one room left to infiltrate."

The man known as Kitobu burst into uncontrollable laughter as he raised a bulky arm to the steel door protecting their goal. "Oh Senta take it easy on the buzz kill! I'm only having some fun."

"Yeah Senta let the freak have his fun." Another man approached the blood stained room. His form was lithe. He adorned a black cloak as well. The outlines of a scythe were obvious as he stepped out of the shadows. His eyes were blood red and the grin on his face was the telltale sign of joy.

"Kiraba.. I'll kill you the next time you call me a freak." Kitobu pulled out a steel bo staff from his very forearm.

"Shut up freak." Kiraba walked past the unstable man and to the steel doors. He placed his palm on the steel and watched in glee and it gave way to an unseen force and flew into the next room.

Inside the room a group of Suna Shinobi stood guard around a small orb on a pedestal. "Hold your ground men! We have to protect the orb!" The captain charged with a Katana in hand. Reaching Kiraba and preparing to separate his head from his neck, the captain's eyes bulged out as he witnessed his katana falling.

The men guarding the orb watched in horror as their captains arm was detached from his torso. Blood stained the walls as the captain turned back to his men gripping the stub of what was once his arm. They watched as Kiraba grabbed the man's head and ripped his spine from his body.

Kitobu rushed in with a smile from ear to ear, using his bo to bash in the head of his nearest enemy. One came from his back in an attempt to help his partner, but it was useless as said bo became as sharp as a sword and cut open the man's windpipe.

Senta appeared in the room suddenly. Grabbing the nearest enemy and unleashing a fiery torrent of flames upon his face. The Suna Shinobi screamed in pain as his eyes burst from the heat. He tried to release Senta's hold on him, but as the fire consumed his very skull, his arms went lax.

Senta turned to his next victim, unleashing a volley of wind blades that separated numerous limbs from two Suna Shinobi. He heard the maniacal laughter of Kitobu and sighed as he watched his insane teammate rip off a man's arm with his bare hands.

The three men stopped the slaughter as they noticed that only one enemy remained. They began to chuckle as the man crawled further back into a corner. They approached the trembling shinobi and Kitobu grabbed the man by his neck and lifted him two feet off the ground.

"Listen up you Suna scum..." He cackled, "I want you to go back and tell your sad pathetic Kage that this is just the beginning!"


Sasuke woke up in a daze. His brain was throbbing against his skull and he just wanted to put himself out of his misery. He opened his eyes and came face to face with his wife. She looked scared beyond belief.

"Sakura?" He lifted a hand to shade his eyes.

"Sasuke-Kun!" She grabbed hold of his body and embraced him in a hug, "I thought you would never wake up! What did Naruto do to you?"

It all came back in that instant. Itachi being freed, fighting Naruto, being defeated. He clenched his hand into a fist and grinded his teeth. "That fucking bastard! I'll kill him!"

"Sasuke-Kun! Calm down! Tell me what happened?" Sakura looked worried.

"He let Itachi go!" His anger was getting the better of him, "He let that bastard go! I'll kill him too!"

"If you haven't noticed pal, you're lying in that bed because I kicked your ass." The two came face to face with said blonde. "Look I could care less about what you think of me because I'm not going to save face with either of your sorry asses. I just came here to tell you that Tsunade has something important to tell you before she announces it to the damn world, and before you can even think about asking why I'm telling you..."

Naruto leaned against the door frame, "It's because Tsunade ordered me too, in order to make amends for kicking your ass."

"Why did you do this to Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura stood from her seat and made her way to her ex-teammate.

"Do you know how annoying your voice is?" Naruto rubbed his ears, "Why blah blah blah Sasuke-Kun this and blah blah blah Sasuke-Kun that. God fix that fucking voice of yours it's like a damn cat is dying in your throat while it's being raped!"

Sakura looked dumbfounded as she tried to formulate a response, but Naruto beat her to the punch.

"Fuck, I don't know why I ever dated you in the first place! You're not even that pretty." He chuckled as he walked out of the room, leaving two very shocked people.

"Naruto-Kun! Wait!" Sasuke watched his wife leave the room in a hurry to catch up, but he knew the blonde was already gone.

His wife walked back in with a sad look on her face. She looked her husband in the eyes and began to tremble.

"Oh come the fuck on Sakura! You're always fucking crying! You don't even know what you're crying about..." He sat up in bed and groaned in pain as he stood up, he was curious as hell about what the Hokage had to say. "Meet up with me at the Hokage's office in half an hour." He was gone in a swirl of leaves, leaving Sakura to her own thoughts.


Ino was waiting for her sensei to arrive, he was already fifteen minutes late, which never happened... Her worries were eased as he appeared in his usual spot in a flash of yellow. She always admired the way he made his appearances, he looked hot as hell the way he just walked in like a bad ass. She had this very conversation with a number of acquaintances that knew Naruto.

She couldn't deny the way her body would flutter when he would help her to her bed or to the shower. She had uncontrollable urges to touch him sometimes. It often random and he gave her weird looks, but she couldn't help it. Whenever he stared her in the eyes her breath would hitch and she would become enthralled with the intensity of the gaze.

She knew nothing of his love life. She didn't know whether he had a girlfriend or a lover. He was a wild card that might be up for play, and she was determined to see where it would all go.

"Hello there! Earth to Ino!" She fell on her ass as he gave her a small push, "Wake up from whatever perverted day dream you are having about me!"

"Oi! Shut the hell up, you're not even good looking!" She held her blush at bay as he gawked at her.

"Did you just say I'm not good looking!" He put on a false angry face, "Look at that mountain over there! You see that face! That's me! Yeah I'm so good looking that they put my face on a mountain!"

"... That's your father."

"I look exactly like that though so ha!"

He had a point and she knew it. "Well whatever I don't find you attractive anyways!"

He reappeared behind her, grabbing hold of her waist as he pulled her back into his chest. She froze at the contact and nearly groaned as he pushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear. Naruto's finger traced her ear all the way down to her lower neck and he watched in fascination as goose bumps sprouted out along her exposed skin. He let her go as he heard a slight groan escape her lips.

"Well well well!" He laughed as he stepped away from the now angry Yamanaka, "It seems that someone does indeed enjoy foreplay."

Ino stared him in the eyes with a lustful haze in her own. She got closer to him and pulled his arm bringing him into her own body. She leaned her lips up to his neck and brushed them up until she had reached his chin. She sighed and in the most needing voice she could muster moaned his name, "Naruto-Kun."

She felt his body go rigid as goosebumps appeared on his exposed skin. Ino laughed as she pushed him away from her, but the look he gave her made her body tingle.

He grabbed her head and leaned her back as he brought his lips to her neck. "Ino-Chan... I want to make you mine..." She was anticipating the kiss, but it never came.

Naruto stood there grinning like a mad man, "Don't mess with the master sunshine!"

The brutal onslaught that occurred next was of course halted when Naruto pinned Ino down and began to get serious, "Ino..."

She stared into his eyes their usually calm demeanor was not filled with worry but something else….

"Listen up because I have some very very important things to tell you." He sighed as he began the tale of his training travels, the news that he had acquired along the way, and what was upcoming. "But there's something I need to tell you that no one else knows..."

"What is it?"

"It's about my eyes..."

She was captivated by said eyes as they began to change colors and swirl.

"They are a doujutsu from my mother's clan." Naruto smiled softly, "They're beautiful, but I don't know a thing about them. My grandfather also had this very same doujutsu but never shed any light on what they did..." He sighed, "I'm sure that he knew a lot about what they do, but he was always so tight lipped when it came to what they were."

He looked into her eyes, "I've shown you the only thing I know how to do with these eyes. A perception of my thoughts in a physical form." The blonde Jinchuriki motioned for Ino to speak.

"Isn't there a scroll or something about them?" She watched her sensei look to the ground.

"No. The village that my mother's clan originated from was destroyed many years ago during an invasion, and to be completely honest there is no trace of what was once Whirlpool."

"An entire village just erased from existence?" Ino looked skeptical, "That sounds a tad bit unreal."

"I thought so too, but there really isn't any trace of Whirlpool." Naruto stood up, "Alright now let's get back to training you slacker."

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