Hey guys, sorry this update took me so long I've just had a lot going on lately but I'm back now and you can expect an update at least once a week, so without further ado let's get back to our story finally.

It had been 3 weeks since Naruto left,
Sakura pleaded with Tsunade to tell her where Naruto was going but the Woman insisted that Naruto needed to be alone.
After hours of rejection at the hands of the Hokage Sakura finally gave up and went home.

'Why did he have to leave now of all times? Today was the day I would finally tell him how i feel.. the day we would finally be together. I guess I had this coming, I don't deserve Naruto after all i've put him through, hell at this point he probably doesn't even have feelings for me anymore'

Sakura shoved her face into her pillow, all of this thinking was just making things worse, eventually she cried herself to sleep thinking about Naruto.

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Zakushi sat down at the Ichirakus, he had come to love the place over the last few months and had gotten in the habit of visiting almost every day.

"I'll have the usual" he said as he began subconsciously twiddling with the chopsticks in his hands. Just then Ino conveniently happened to walk by, the same way she did every other day. She put on her "Surprised" face as she walked up to the bar.

"Oh hey Zakushi! I didn't expect to see you here" she said with a wink

"Uh huh..." Zakushi said nonchalantly as he began shoving noodles down his throat

"Aww c'mon Zakushi when are you going to stop acting so cold" Ino said with a whimper

"As soon as you stop acting so annoying" he huffed

"Fine! I'll just leave you alone with your stupid noodles" Ino retorted as she stomped away fuming

"Geez women" Said Zakushi under his breath as he started scoffing down more noodles.

In reality Zakushi didn't mind ino's constant attempts at flattery, in fact he may have even liked her, but there was just something inside him that told him he had to be an asshole to women, maybe it was just in his Uchiha blood.

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Naruto finally arrived in the Land of the Waves by boat, only to find utter despair, criminals ran the streets, businesses were closed people cowered in their homes, too afraid to leave. This was even worse than before, sure Gato was a horrible man. But at least then he had something he knew he wanted, there was order. But all that was out the window now, there was no leader here, the place had become a cesspool of crime without reason or organization, he had to put a stop to this.

He stepped up to the Run down old shack that used to be Tazunas house and knocked on the door for several minutes before he finally walked in, he heard a shout from further inside

"Go away! You've already taken everything we have what more could you possibly want?"

"Tazuna...?" Naruto asked questioningly

"N.. Naruto is that you?" Inari said as he rushed out and wrapped his arms around Naruto "I knew it.. I told them you would come but they didn't believe me"

Tazuna stepped out of the back room along with Tsunami, they both had unbelieving looks in their eyes "It really is you" tsunami said with a spark in her eye that had seemed to have disappeared altogether lately

"Yeah it's me.. now tell me what the hell is going on around here!?"

Tazuna finally spoke up, his voice worn and raspy "Well it all started about a month after you left, all of gatos men came back, and since their employer was now dead they had to find some way to make money, so they began robbing people in the night, often killing them if they didn't cooperate, and things just kept getting worse, they destroyed the bridge you worked so hard to protect, and they wouldn't let anyone leave. From then everything has gone to hell you can't even walk the streets without worrying about being robbed, or worse murdered, so everyone stays in their houses, hopelessly waiting for someone to save them... or.. to die Inari has tried fighting them but he barely escaped with his life and I've forbidden him to leave the house"

Naruto looked down with sadness, he spent all these years thinking he had helped these people and really he had just made things worse, he had to fix this, and now he had the power to do so, getting rid of the criminals was only a small part of it, the real challenge would be not only rebuilding the physical damage done to this land, but also the emotional toll it had taken on it's people. They needed saving, and luckily for them Naruto was already the savior of one village.

"Tazuna, Inari , Tsunami, I'm sorry I let this go on for so long, but you can rest easy now knowing that things will get better, I'm going to take down those scum, but I'm not stopping there, we'll rebuild this land and turn it into the beautiful place it was always meant to be!" Said Naruto as he headed for the door

"Wait Naruto! This isn't just the group of criminals that were with Gato, they've grown, and aside from their number they have a leader, I know it seems like there's no organization but they're all scared of this guy, he's an extremely powerful Shinobi, apparently a rogue from the mist like Zabuza" Tazuna replied dejectedly

"It doesn't matter who he is, I'm gonna go kick his ass! Trust me gramps I've changed alot since we last met, just wait here, I'll handle it" and with that Naruto walked out into the mean streets of the Wave

"I hope he's right... for all of our sake" Tazuna stated

"I know he can do it" Inari said with a spark in his eye"

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A lone figure stood outside Konoha
"So I see you've finally resurfaced, we shall meet again soon... my son, Zakushi"

A/N yep, well there you go finally a new chapter, hope you guys enjoyed it! Oh and you can probably expect the next one out in less than a week but we'll see how It goes, as always thanks for reading and please review!