The Ninja Overlord Part 1: Rise of an Overlord!

by The Dark Dragen

Final Arc of this story begins, read as Naruto slowly learns the truth not only about his family and what he is, but also learns what was done to him. But as he learns the truth, the seed of darkness slowly grows and blooms, where Naruto will begin to walk down a dark path. Dark/Naruto... please read and leave feedback.

10. Chapter 10

Chapter Ten.

Naruto Uzumaki - Part 3.

(Naruto's Childhood - Part 2: Demon Child.)

10th of October 1908 - The Red Light District:

It has been nearly two years since the incident with Kaito Uchiha and his friends, and we find Naruto walking back to his apartment, looking down. It was his eighth birthday, and like the last few years, not one person wished him a Happy Birthday, not only that he was living alone. This made him displeased with his life, he had no family, no friends and forced to live alone, what great birthday it was for him.

Now he was he was walking home after some personal training of his own, hoping to get back before the drunks get out of the bar, as every year on his birthday, some of the villagers wanted to beat him and try and kill him. So far he always was able to get back to the orphanage, or his apartment when he got it or was saved by the Anbu before anything bad happened. But he didn't want to risk being out and about when the drunks come out, as he didn't want to push his luck too far, and end up beaten or worse killed.

The reason that he was living alone, was because he was kicked out of the orphanage shortly after the incident with Kaito. It was about two weeks later when Naruto got into a fight with another orphan at the orphanage, and the Director of the orphanage decided to kick him out of the orphanage. Oh, she often threatened to do so one day, but for some reason she never did - because of threats from the Hokage. But on that day she finally did, the reason was that the fight he had gotten into with another orphan.

Now fighting among the orphans wasn't unusual, it was, in fact, to be expected given the diverse background of some the children staying at the orphanage. Not only that, but each child had a different personality, and so they don't match with the other children and so fights would happen every now and then.

But it was different this particular time, the six-year-old Naruto had reached his breaking point with the people bullying him and calling him names such as 'Kyūbi Brat' and 'Demon Child,'.

He'd decided to retaliate and defend himself.

When a boy called Naruto the Demon Boy and hit him, Naruto fought back for once and hurt the kid. Not just with a black eye, or a bruise to the body, like in normal fights, no, including these, Naruto broke the boy's arm and gave him shallow cuts and bruises. Naruto had to be pulled off the boy by an Anbu that apparently was patrolling the area.

The damage inflicted gave the Director everything she needed to kick the Demon Child out of the orphanage. She couldn't risk the brat attacking another orphan like that.

Two things happened that day, the first was that a prankster was born within Naruto. The Anbu that pulled him away had heard that he wanted to become Hokage one day and told him that if he kept on beating people up for no reason then it would never happen. As whilst the Hokage is meant to be powerful to defend his village, he had to forgive and not allow his emotions to get the better of him.

The village would never look up to someone prone to violence, so if he wanted to , he would have to find a better way.

It would be a few weeks later, but Naruto would come up with pranking those who wronged him. It would be hard at first and he'd get caught most of the time due to inexperienced, but over time he'd improved his stealth to the point that even some of the Inuzuka had some issues tracking him.

The second thing that happened that day was that a few hours later, Naruto would gain his own apartment courtesy of the Hokage, because he managed to get kicked from the only orphanage in the village.

The only place the Hokage was able to get Naruto was in the Red Light District, a seedy part of the village. The place was known for fight clubs, whore houses, gambling halls and such. It wasn't too bad during the day as most were sleeping, or working and whatnot, but it was nights that he had to be careful, as that's when the seediest people come out and can be dangerous. The reason that the Hokage got Naruto a place there other than another part of the village, was because none of the other department managers was willing to take Naruto in, because of the Tailed Beast within the young boy.

Ultimately he was still better off in there for he was equivalent of a W.M.D, or weapon of mass destruction. Messing with him would end up with squadron upon a squadron of ANBU upon their heads. They knew they weren't the most ideal of citizens of Konoha and knew when to back off.

Now it wasn't too bad for Naruto living in an apartment within the Red Light District, as many feared the repercussions of harming Naruto if the Hokage caught wind of such an act. The area was known for its lawlessness after hours, so no civilians went there, negating the need for the Uchiha Police force to intervene in matters they believe to be below them. The district also had a fair amount of uses as well, mostathering

Whilst in normal villages the police force would be on them most of the time, within a ninja village it's different. As such a district would allow them to blow off steam, and gather information that you wouldn't normally get in peaceful places. So the people living here knew better than hurting Naruto as if they did they would have to deal with the wrath of the Hokage. Things in the district weren't cheap, but it was better than the rest of the village.

As with being kicked out of the orphanage, he had to buy his own clothes, food, drink, furniture and such. Before it wasn't a problem, as the orphanage had to provide him things like clothes, food, drink, and anything else he needed, but now he had to do get all these things himself. And because he had a limited amount of money with his allowance, he was limited to what he could get and needed to get cheap food and drink. Because of the shops overcharging him for things, he found himself going through trash bins for food and drink, and later how learning how to hunt, fish and forage for his food. And get his water from the village river.

Over the years, between his pranks and evading people his he'd gotten better with his stealth. Whilst he was able to hide from most civilians and some of the unskilled ninja, he still needed work to hide from the more skilled ones of the village. The ones he couldn't hide from were people like the Hokage and some of the higher skilled ninja in the village, seeing that they were the main ones that chase if he got caught doing a prank.

His first few pranks were balloons full of either water, flour, paint or itching powder, in fact, his first prank was against the Orphanage Director. He'd filled the balloons full paint and waited for the Director to leave the orphanage, then dropped the balloons on top of her, covering her and those around her with paint. Sure he had to clean the area as punishment, but to him is was still worth it.

He got payback for them kicking him out, plus a bit more for the bullying.

Naruto smiled as he reminisced on that memory, laughing his ass off at this, sure they were basic pranks, but at that time they were all he could think of at the time.

Over the years he'd done many small pranks, the one that he liked the most was the one that happened a few months ago. He wanted to buy a fox mask, but the shopkeeper got angry at him and once again blamed him for the death for the Fourth Hokage, and threw the mask at him. Naruto could never understand why people blamed him for his hero's death, it was Kyūbi who killed the last Hokage.

Either way, to get back at the shop keeper, he used a bag of marbles that were scattered on a shop floor, so that the shop keeper would slip and fall over. At which point as the shopkeeper was falling all over the place, he would slip into buckets of honey and feathers. Naruto saw the results first hand as he was painting the other shops who was giving him dark looks, he couldn't help but laugh at what he saw. The shopkeeper looked like he was a chicken. Whilst he was chased out of the area, it was worth it to see the shopkeeper like that.

Over the years, he placed frogs, snakes, bugs etc in the bags of the kids who bullied him. He also used various tripwires traps to pull off some of his pranks, where homemade ink and paint bombs would drop on the heads of people that owned his wrath. For those in his apartment block, he glued or nailed their doors shut so they had a hard time getting in or out. As for the teachers at the academy, he swapped the toilet paper for sandpaper, so that they would have sore asses, or he would place glue on the seats so that when they set down and they stayed there for a while, they find that they wouldn't be able to get up again. One of the other pranks that he pulled was when he tied one door to another so that when one is opened it yanks the other closed making a tug of war. He had become a real monster when it came to pranks in the last few years, no one knew when or who he would hit next.

Although he was feeling sorry for himself, he did have some sympathy for the Uchiha Clan, seeing that other than a handful of people their clan was more or less wrapped out. There were only Mikoto Uchiha and seven children, one male and six females. Naruto only knew of the male and one of the female Uchiha's that survived, female Uchiha was Akua Uchiha, who had black hair like the rest of her clan with brown eyes. Naruto only knew of her because she was in the same class as him, but knew very little about her other than she seemed angry at the person who killed her Clan. But she is willing to talk to others if you were her friend, she wasn't an emo.

Then there was the male Uchiha, Sasuke, he was the nephew of Mikoto on her husband's side. He was a dark brooding boy, an emo, he didn't want to interact with anyone, all he cares about was training so that he could kill the person who destroyed his Clan. He wanted nothing to do with anyone, not even the remaining members of his Clan. But the thing was, if the rumours about him were true when he was old enough, it would be down to him to rebuild his Clan with the help of the female Uchiha. Naruto couldn't understand it, why would someone want to shun people away, it made no sense. Not when he wanted nothing more to have friends, but everyone seems to shun and hate him for no reason.

The only reason that Naruto knew about Sasuke was that he seemed to be a big deal, even among the older students, and among his fangirls. For the older students, mainly the boys, he was respected and admired because he would have six women to help rebuild his clan when he was older. Naruto had to admit he had no idea how those seven Uchihas would be able to rebuild the Clan, and when he asked, he was told that's none of the concern and he should mind his own business. Then there were Sasuke's so-called fangirls, they wanted nothing more to be with the male Uchiha, to be his wife one day.

The problem is that Sasuke doesn't want anything to do with them, and keeps ignoring them, even ignoring the female Uchihas. Many of the males in the village thought that he was mad, but Naruto thought that whilst Sasuke seemed to be rude and a prick, he was still young and had no interest in females yet. He was after all only six years old, so had no reason to care about girls just yet.

Either way, Naruto really didn't care much about the Clan to involve himself with their problems, sure he was thankful to Mikoto for keeping Kaito and his friends from bullying him, but it doesn't mean he had to get involved with their matters. He had to deal with his own problems, trying to get stronger and become Hokage one day. Sure part of him knew that it would have been better if he helped them out somehow, but he was still a child and seeing that how everyone seemed to be against him, he didn't know who to trust. His teachers wouldn't teach him, so believed no one else would, so had to look out for himself and train himself. Which he did every day after school, or all day when he wasn't at school.

Now back to the present though, as Naruto was walking back to his home for the night, he realized that as he was thinking about the last few years, he found that he mindlessly walked in an alleyway. This alleyway had no way out other than other than the way he entered. He couldn't believe that he lost so much in his thoughts, that he entered an alley with no way out other than the one he entered.

But as he turned round to leave though, he saw three drunk male Jōnin. Naruto caused his luck, he had hoped that he would get home before these drunks would come out. They were either remembering the dead that was killed by Kyūbi eight years about, or they were celebrating the defeat of the nine tailed fox. Naruto had no idea why everyone blamed him for what the Tailed Beast did, as he was only a few hours old when it attacked the village. So why would they blame him?

Whatever the reason, whilst some things had gotten better over the last few years, things were still bad on his birthday. As it was the anniversary of the attack, and people drank to either to remember their lost ones or to celebrate the defeat of the nine tailed fox. When that happens, there were a few to drank too much and decide to punish him for whatever reason for what Kyūbi had done to them.

Here he was, facing three Jōnin ninja, who wanted nothing more than to punish him for something he didn't do. Unlike the other times, Naruto had no way of escaping this. They clearly aren't of their right mind; maybe even had one too many drinks.

Seeing this, one of the Jōnin said with a dark smirk, "Finally, we have you cornered, you demon brat."

"Yeah. It might have taken years, but we can finally pay you back for all the deaths that you committed all those years ago." another Jōnin told Naruto, as he and his friends got closer to the young boy.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto asks in confusion, looking at the men as if they have gone mad. "I haven't killed anyone."

"Oh please, you Kyūbi brat." sneered the last Jōnin. "You killed many people eight years ago. They were our friends and family. You got off easy. Ever since we learned what happened to you, we tried to pay you back for everything you had done, but the Hokage made sure you were protected at all times to make sure you were safe."

"But not tonight..." the first Jōnin says. "...tonight the Anbu meant to be protecting you have been called to deal with a fight nearby. They must have thought you would be safe for a few moments because as we hoped, they left you alone to deal with the fight we created."

"It's a shame that we don't have time to punish you the way we would like to, but they'll be back soon enough," the second Jōnin tells the boy. "We would have liked to show you the pain that you put us through, but the best we can do is to kill you."

"B-But I'm-I'm not K-K-Kyūbi," Naruto tells the Jōnin, fearing for his life as he tries to back off so he can try to escape.

But the three Jōnin ninja were blocking the only way in and out of the alley. Naruto is cornered with no way out. The Jōnin teeter a bit as his stance changes slightly while he closes in on him.

"You would say that," the first Jōnin says darkly, as he pulls a kunai from his Jōnin jacket, "you would lie so that you can regain your strength and when you're ready, kill us all! No, we won't allow you to do this!"

At this, the Jōnin stabs the young boy in the shoulder. Out of reaction, Naruto screams in pain. His shoulder leaks blood from the wound. It streams down his shoulder as he places a hand over top to try and stop the bleeding. It's no use; the wound is deep and the blood flows steadily down his arm. The third Jōnin quickly puts his hand in front of Naruto's mouth to stop the screaming.

He says to him in an eerily dark voice, "Now now, we can't allow you alerting anyone about this just yet. While we might not be able to put you through as much pain as you put us through all those years ago, we can make sure that your death is as painful as possible."

Here he too pulls out a kunai from his jacket and stabs Naruto. A few moments later the second Jōnin does the same. They smirk as they each jam a kunai into Naruto. He winces with each strike as blood begins to pour from every wound inflicted upon his skin. The three Jōnin laughed a maniacal and sinister laugh.

For the next few minutes, the Jōnin stabbed Naruto in the arms, legs other parts of the body, where whilst painful would not kill him. Then realizing that the Anbu who was protecting Naruto could be back at any moment, the first Jōnin slit Naruto's throat, so that he would slowly die.

As blood was running from Naruto, time seemed to stop and his vision began to go. The only thought that he had was this, 'Is this how I'm going to die?' He was only a child and hadn't lived the life he had hoped for, he hadn't become Hokage and got the respect that he wants. The last thought that he had before he blacked out, was something that even shocked him, 'Why would I want the respect of the bastards that wanted to kill me? Hell with them, I would rather die.'

o0OoO0o

Naruto's Mindscape:

Naruto was shocked, whilst he was still in pain, the pain told him that he was still alive somehow. As he opened his eyes, he was shocked to find himself in a wet, decrepit, sewer-like hallway. Leaking pipes hung from the ceiling over his head and the water on the floor came up to his knees. Thankfully, though it looked like a sewer, it didn't smell like one. The young boy had no idea how the hell he got where here this, why he wasn't dead, and what happened to the asses that attacked him.

Naruto felt a powerful and malevolent presence further down, hidden in the darkness. But, oddly enough, his instincts weren't screaming at him to run from it. If anything, he felt drawn to it, telling him that this presence could help him. So with no idea how to get out of wherever he was, he slowly and painfully walked towards it, hoping that this presence might be able to help him find a way out of this place he had apparently been thrown into.

After what seemed to be a few minutes of walking, and seemingly getting nowhere, Naruto's patience was starting to wear thin. While anyone else would've started to panic at this point, if not earlier, this eight-year-old was just annoyed. But he could feel the dark presence much better now; it radiated power, arrogance, killing intent, and rage.

Now, most people would've been hightailing it in the opposite direction at this point. But not Naruto. He continued onward, idly noting that the knee-high water offered barely any resistance at all.

'It's not like I've got anything to lose, right?' Naruto thought to himself, as a thought occurred to him, 'Unless I'm dead already and that this is the underworld.' Besides, what could.. .whatever was down here do to him that hadn't already been done? More so if he really was dead?

Either way though, after a short walk, Naruto found himself in front of a massive cage. The bars must have been over a hundred feet high, but there was no lock on them, instead, there was a piece of white paper with the kanji for 'seal' on it in black.

"So, on the verge of death and my Jailer seems to see fit to visit me." a deep, rumbling voice boomed, slightly startling vicious Naruto, although the young boy didn't show it, as two large, glowing, red eyes blinked into existence and stared down at him. "Have you came seeking power so that you can live?" the booming voice asked darkly and a hint of anger. It seemed that whoever the voice belonged to, expected to get power from it for some reason, or that's what Naruto believed anyway.

But the thing was that Naruto had no idea who the voice belonged to, or why the voice though he was its Jailer, seeing that he was just a boy and unable to jail anybody. Not only that, but he had no idea how he could get power from this person.

"To start off with I don't know who the hell you are." the young boy told the booming voice darkly, he didn't know if he was dead or not, and if he wasn't didn't know where he was but he had passed his breaking point. For years he tried to please people and gain respect from the villagers, but then tonight he was either was killed or nearly killed by three of the villagers. So right now he wasn't in the mood for someone who didn't even know him to be angry at him for something he hadn't done.

"Next I don't know why you think I am your jailer, seeing that until today I never seen you before. And come to that, I have no idea where here is." the blonde told the voice, "And seeking your power so that I can live, a, what are you talking about, and b, as I told you, I don't know who you are so why would I seek you out for your power?"

The voice was impressed, most people who only hear its voice would cower in fear, but this young boy, its jailer, stood up to it. Even if he didn't know about who it was, or that he was its jailer, the young boy was standing up to a threatening voice, where many before him, much older and braver, would have fled from it.

"You want to know who I am?" the voice asked with a sneer, revealing razor-sharp fangs, each larger than a full-grown man. "I am the greatest of the Tailed Beasts, I am the Nine-Tailed Beast Kyūbi!" Kyūbi boasted

But Naruto paid no real attention to it besides the 'Kyūbi' part, as he had no interest in titles and such. But before he could say or do anything, there was a sudden flash and Kyūbi was illuminated in all its glory, its nine bushy tails twitching in agitation. Naruto was shocked, he had heard many stories about Kyūbi, how could he not, and whilst many had their own twist to them, there was always one thing that was always the same: that Kyūbi was the most feared and vicious of the Tailed Beast. So he suspected that Kyūbi would look the part.

However though, what Naruto saw wasn't what he was suspecting, sure the beast had the eyes and the razor-sharp fangs, but that's it. It didn't vicious at all, it looked somewhat pathetic being caged behind the bars, weak somewhat. Not only that but for some reason, it looked more feminine for some reason. Don't get him wrong, he knew that women can be as dangerous and men can, but all the stories he heard told him that Kyūbi looked like a vicious fox, not a vixen. So he had to wonder, were the stories made it so that Kyūbi was made out to be a male, or was there another reason for this?

Whatever the reason was before Naruto could think more about this, and where he was, Kyūbi said with a sneer and bearing more of its teeth, "Seeing that we don't have much time, long story short, we're inside your mind, where things are a bit slower than in the real world."

Naruto mind went blank, he was inside his mind? How was that? Sure he heard of Mind Jutsu that one of the Clans in the Village could use, but he always thought that it was a rumour to make the Clan more cool like. But he never thought it was real. Then there was something that Kyūbi said, and got him thinking so he asked, "What do you mean we don't have much time?"

"You're dying you idiot, or have forgotten about that!" The Tailed Beast roared, he couldn't believe that the boy could forget about this.

Naruto could only sneer at the damn fox, sure he wasn't the smartest person out there and could act like an idiot at times, but it wasn't all down to him. With no parents or anyone to look after him, telling him how he should and shouldn't act, he had to look after himself. It didn't help that none of his teachers was willing to teach him what was needed, or that the librarian wouldn't allow him in the library.

Although he had to admit when it comes to learning, he had difficulties there. As he found that when the teachers were teaching something Naruto wanted to learn, the young boy found it hard concentrate, and he had problems with reading and spelling. Because he found it hard to concentrate, he can be hyperactive. He found that when he was doing homework, and so allowed to be active in some way, and solve problems by physically working through them, unlike being at the Academy. Also, he would be able to take breaks whenever he wanted.

"How would I know?" Naruto asked the fox, "All I knew I was already dead, or I was knocked out healed and dumped off in a sewer. So how would I know if I was dead or not?"

As much as Kyūbi would like to argue otherwise, for the young boy, he had blacked out for a few moments only to come to a strange place. And unless he knew about his Mindscape, and what it looked like, he would have no idea where he was. It didn't mean that the Tailed Beast was about it all though, as its life was at risk too, so it had to do something so that it wouldn't die too.

"Mmh, whatever," the Tailed Beast huffed, "but still you need to live, so I'm willing to give you some of my power so you can live."

"And why would be willing to share some of your power with me?" Naruto asked confused, "Didn't you start off with complaining about me coming here to seek to use your power."

"True, but a story for when you're not dying, should you die now, with the way I am right now I'll die too." Kyūbi informed its Jailer darkly, not liking the idea of sharing its powers with the boy. "So for me to live, I have to make sure that you live too, which means that at this moment I have to let you have some of my power."

Young Naruto had many questions but knew that if Kyūbi was right and he was still dying, and the only the reason he wasn't was because he was in his own mind which seemed to slow time down, he knew that he would need the help of the fox. Not only to live but to be able to get out of his mind seeing that he didn't know how to.

"Fine, so you give me some of your power, what do you want in return?" asked Naruto, "I know you wouldn't do this without wanting something in return."

"You're right I do want something in return," admitted Kyūbi, "but it's not what you think. In return of me giving you two tails worth of power, I want you to leave your village and go somewhere where you'll be safe from these fools."

Naruto was shocked to hear this, of all the things that Kyūbi could have asked in return, he never thought it would have asked of that. "Out of all of the things you could have asked in return, why would you ask me to leave the village?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing this for you, you could die for all I care. I'm doing this for me, and me alone." the Tailed Beast told Naruto darkly, "But as long as you and I are connected, and the way I am at the moment, I need you more than I'm happy to admit. Because should you die, so do I, and that's one thing I do not want and so I'm willing to do whatever it takes to keep you alive until I can find a way to free myself from you one way or another."

Part of Naruto was debating on the idea of allying himself with the Nine-Tailed Beast, as he didn't want to die, as he still had a lot he wanted to do first. But at the same time, the idea of helping the thing that destroyed his village and somehow was the reason people hated him made him sick. If he died now, maybe in death he could gain some respect in being the one that killed Kyūbi after all these years. He highly doubted it, but at least he would know he died to do something good.

"Why the hell would I want to help you after everything you did to the world?" Naruto asked curiously, "Not only that, whilst I don't know how, but you're the reason that everyone hates me. So why would I help you stay alive, everyone would be better off if you dead. And even if I did agree to help you, I'm only eight years old, and have no money to live off with, how the hell would I be able to live out in the world without money."

"Don't be so damn stubborn brat!" Kyūbi sneered at the brat, unable to believe that a young child would be willing to die, only for it to die with him. "I understand, you don't like me and I don't like you, and neither of us asked for this, but this how our cards were dealt. Sure I have done horrible things in the past, but I have my reason for them, something I'll tell you about once you live and you gain my respect. And so you know, I had nothing to do with attacking your village, neither eight years ago of a hundred years ago. Both times I was controlled by someone, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have anything to do with the damn village. Unless we crossed paths and they somehow piss me off that is." Kyūbi added as an afterthought, and seeing that Naruto was going to ask something, and guessing what it could be, he added, "Now isn't time to ask questions, that comes later if you live."

Kyūbi knew that it needed something to seal the deal, something that would have the boy wanting to say alive, and it knew just the thing. "If you want more of a reason for you to live and to work together, I'll tell you who your mother was and what she was like." the Tailed Beast informed the young blonde.

Hearing this, Naruto's interest was peaked, he always wanted to know who his parents were but no one seemed to know, nor care about informing him if they did. He even asked the Third Hokage if he knew who his parents were seeing that he was born in this village, all he would tell him was that they died during the attack from the fox in front of him, or that it was no use talking about them as it wouldn't bring them back from the dead. Naruto had no idea why the old man wouldn't tell him who his parent was or what they were like, it was like there's some big secret that he wasn't allowed to know. But this Tailed Beast, the reason that his parents were dead, was willing to tell him about his mother as long as he stayed alive.

For Naruto that was a deal breaker, if he could get information about at least one of his parents, he would make a deal with a demon. Which in his mind he was with Kyūbi. Not only that, he didn't want to die anyway, so as much as he hated it, it was a win/win for both of them. So with a sigh, he said, "Fine, give me your power, I just hope I don't regret this." The last part was mainly to himself.

"Good, now close your eyes for a second and I'll transfer some of my power to you." Kyūbi informed the young boy, as it sent two tails worth of its power to the brat. But as it did so, the Tailed Beast felt as if he had forgotten to tell the boy, but it didn't know what. So when it gave the power to the young boy, Kyūbi sent him back to the real world.

o0OoO0o

The Hokage Tower:

The Third Hokage was in his office, looking over the latest paperwork and reports. A few of the reports were who visited the village for the day, some other reports were of damages in the village that needed to be dealt with. The paperwork was of different budgets and things needed to take care of the village. Sure he had people do most of the work, but he still had to sign things off and make sure certain things were above board. And because of this, he had to read through pages of pages of reports to make sure everything was right, and that no one was trying to swindle him out of money.

It was never-ending, and because of that, he couldn't spend as much time with his family as he liked. Which is why the latest Hokage thought that all paperwork was evil, as it never ends and gives him more problems every second and time away from his family. At the moment he was looking at the paperwork for funds for the orphanage, as they wanted to update the place for the orphans.

Now the plan was to finish this last report and go home to see his family, Asuma, Kazaru and his pregnant wife Maia, as he wasn't able to see them in a few weeks. Or in the case of Asuma, a few months seeing he was a member of the Twelve Guardians for the Land of Fire's daimyō, about a year and a half before. He was glad to see his youngest, Asuma, as they don't see eye to eye most of the time, so much that Asuma would not want to do much with him. The Hokage and he got into a fight, one that made Asuma to join the Guardians, so that he didn't have to be in the Village so much.

However though, before he could finish the paperwork for the orphanage, he sensed a huge amount of chakra appearing in the village. The chakra felt dark and had malice within it. Whilst it wasn't as powerful as it was years ago, Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized at once who this chakra belonged to, the great Tailed Beast Kyūbi.

'This is bad,' the Hokage thought to himself worriedly, 'has the seals weaken so much without me noticing that Kyūbi was able to escape?' Here Hiruzen thought what he knew about the seal from Minato's notices that he found, and he realized he was wrong, 'No, without the key Kyūbi wouldn't be able to escape the seal. So, does it mean that the Tailed Beast was able to control Naruto somehow?'

Whilst escaping the seal would be impossible without the key, it was possible to control Naruto to a degree. This lead to the Hokage to wonder what happened for the Tailed Beast to gain control, as it meant to be hard for it to do so. There were only two ways that Kyūbi would be able to do so, a) Kyūbi was able to find a way to gain control over its host - watch was the most likely thing to happen, even though he did know how. B) Naruto allowed Kyūbi to gain control over him for some reason - this one was a very unlikely as he made sure that Naruto never knew that the fox was within him, for this reason, or at least one of the reasons. As he could very well lose control of this power, and go on a rampage and one of the very few ways for Kyūbi to gain freedom without the key to doing so.

Just then a male wearing a white fox-like mask with two blue markings on either side of the face appeared in the room, he was an Anbu member, as he knelt on the ground as he said, "Lord Hokage, we need your help young Naruto was attacked and nearly got killed, and so he called upon Kyūbi's chakra to defend himself."

"Where were you, Fox?" Hiruzen asked urgently as he stood up from his chair, and put on some protective gear, "I had you and Tiger protecting the boy tonight as many people who still hate Kyūbi, get drunk and forget the rules and try and harm Naruto."

"There was a disturbance at a nearby bar," explained Fox, "so seeing that things seemed to be fine with Naruto, Tiger and I thought that seeing that we were near, we could deal with it and be back within a few minutes. It's not like we seen anything suspicious for us not to go. If we did we wouldn't have gone. But as soon as we got to the bar, it was a full fight and took longer to deal with. And when we sensed Kyūbi's chakra, we knew that something was up, and so we went to check on Naruto at once. What we saw was Naruto in a chakra cloak, with what seemed to have two tails and Naruto closing on three drunk Jōnin shouting at them about how they attacked him and tried to kill him. Thankfully though Tiger and I were able to cast some seals to stop Naruto from hurting the fools. I left Tiger with them, and I came right to you for help with dealing with Naruto. As we're not skilled enough to deal with this."

"Not many are, not many are." the Hokage said with a sigh, "Whilst I'm glad you were able to stop Naruto from doing anything that he would regret, I'm disappointed with you and Tiger. I had you two following him so such things like this wouldn't happen. You should have left the disturbance alone, and if it got too bad, they could have called on the Jōnin or Anbu that were on duty."

"I'm sorry Lord Hokage…" began Fox, but the Hokage put his hand up to stop him, and said instead, "We'll talk about your's and Tiger's actions another time. For now, we need to help young Naruto."

"Of course Lord Hokage." was all Fox said as the two of them disappeared from the office. And on the way to Naruto, they went to Anbu Headquarters to pick up another Anbu member.

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The Red Light District:

Naruto was pissed when Kyūbi told him to close his eyes so that it could transfer some of its power to him, and he did so. And when he didn't hear anything from the Tailed Beast, Naruto felt strength unlike anything he ever felt before, he felt he could take on the world and win. It felt strange to get this power and seeing him, and that his body was now covered a red cloak, but his thrust to pay these fools back for nearly killing him, override his thoughts.

When he saw he was back in the rule world, the first thing he did was to attack the fools who tried to kill him. Yelling at them for attacking and trying to kill him, for something he had nothing to do with. He didn't know if it was because of his own feeling for the men, or it was because of Kyūbi's power, but he felt the need to make them pay dearly. They tried to kill him, so he thought that they should die too.

After hurting them a bit as they hurt him, he went in for the kill, but before he could do anything he was caught in some sort of paralysis jutsu. Here he was stuck in one place, as two people in a fox and tiger masks, these were Anbu members. Whilst one of them was checking on the Jōnin that he hurt, the other was placing seals around Naruto to keep him in place. Of course, Naruto tried to fight against them but with no effect. Now whilst the tiger masked Anbu member was healing those who tried to kill him, the one with the fox masked left somewhere.

It was about half an hour before the Fox Anbu returned, he returned with the Hokage, and an Anbu member who had a Boar Mask on. During this time though, Naruto was thinking about what happened so far in his life and that night, and for the first time since he met the Hokage two years ago, he was the last person who Naruto wanted to see. It was like having Kyūbi's power helped him to think clearly, as he was calm and corrected, and able to think things clearer. First off he came to realize that somehow Kyūbi was sealed in him. Naruto didn't know much about seals, so he didn't know how it was possible, but it made sense now: why people hated him so much and called him Kyūbi brat.

Now whilst he didn't know what the Hokage did, but for him to be alive, Naruto knew that the old man has done something to protect him. But as Naruto thought about it, he realized the old fool didn't do enough to help him. As he got bullied by both kids and adults, and most adults go out of their way to get the kids to hate him, telling them not to talk to him, as he was a Demon Child. Some adults even told their kids it was alright to bully him and go out of their way to tell how to.

Now whilst Naruto didn't know what the Hokage could do to stop all this, the very least the old man could do was to tell him why people were against him. Knowing this could help him understand why everything was going on with him, and maybe he would act differently to show them that he wasn't the Tailed Beast that they all feared he was. He didn't see the point of hiding the fact, seeing that most of the adult and older teens seemed to know he had Kyūbi in him anyway. And that most of them had turned almost everyone against him, which lead him to believe that not everyone knew he had Kyūbi in him.

Naruto believed that letting him know about him having Kyūbi in him couldn't have done any harm. What the worst could happen? It's not like his life could have gotten any worse, or that people wouldn't talk to him. That is already happening to him. The very least it could do was him trying to prove that he was Kyūbi. Sure he would be upset and angry, but at least he would know what everyone was hostile against him.

Another thing that Naruto came to realize was that the Hokage knew who his parents were, as for why else would he keep saying it was no use talking about them as it wouldn't bring them back from the dead unless he knew who they were. If he didn't know them, the old man could have said so, say something along the lines that his parents were one of the people visiting the village that day and the paperwork was lost or something.

So this leads to the question who could his parents be, and why was it so important that he wasn't allowed to know who they were? Was it possible that knowing who they were could be him in danger? If that was the case, then why didn't the Hokage train him to be able to defend himself so he could learn who his parents were. And if there's a reason for him to wait to learn who his parents were, why couldn't the Hokage tell him what his parents were like. Naruto couldn't see him knowing that would hurt.

Either way, as the Hokage arrived he looked disappointed, not only at the Jōnin who attacked him but him too.'What the hell, why would he look disappointed at me for?' Naruto had to wonder to himself, 'All I did was defend myself. I have done nothing wrong here.'

"Boar, I want you to alter these three minds so that they believe that had a drunken night and passed out for the night. You can decide where they find themselves." The Hokage told the Boar Masked Anbu, "I don't want them to remember anything about tonight."

"Are you sure that's wise Lord Hokage?" asked Boar, "They would be getting away with attempted murder."

"I would like them to be punished too," admitted the Hokage, "but then if we did, then we would have to let the village learn what happened here tonight, with Naruto, and that's something I can't allow. Too many see Naruto as a demon already, if they learn about this, it'll give them more of a reason to have him banished from the village."

"I'm more than happy to leave this damn village." Naruto said in a demonic voice, surprising them, not by the demonic voice, but by the fact that he was happy to leave the village. As they all knew that he wanted to become a Hokage one day so that he could be respected and such. So for him to change his mind just like this didn't feel right.

"Boar, please take them away and come back." the Hokage told the Anbu, which with the help of Tiger, Boar took the three and disappeared. Then the Hokage turned to Naruto, and checking the seals and seeing that whilst not fully broken, they were slightly weakened, enough that Naruto could tap into Kyūbi's chakra, which he did. So fixing the seal, the red cloak that was around Naruto faded away, as he lost the Tailed Beast's power.

Once it was done, the old man said with a sigh, he had to ask, "Naruto why would you be happy to leave the village? You always said you wanted to be Hokage one day, what changed?"

"That was until I learned the truth, now for all I care the village can burn." Naruto said darkly in his normal voice.

"What truth is that my boy?" Hiruzen asked fearfully, fearing that the young boy in front of him learned the truth about the Tailed Fox being inside him. It was a burden that he didn't want to put on Naruto at a young age.

And his worst fear came true as Naruto said, "The truth about how Kyūbi is within me."

"Who, who told you that?" the old Hokage asked in shock.

"Not that it matters, seeing that it should have been you who should have told me, but it was Kyūbi itself who told me in a roundabout way." Naruto told him, "It called me its Jailer, and that we talked within my mind."

"Listen Naruto, you can't trust it, it'll lie to you, it'll try and trick you and try to find a way to escape." the old man told Naruto worriedly, fearing what the fox might have told the young boy already.

"I know that in fact, it told me that its willing to do whatever it takes to keep me alive until it can find a way to free itself from me, one way or another." Naruto told the old man, shocking him, "If it wasn't for that fact that it would kill it, I suspect that Kyūbi would have killed me so that it could escape. But something happened so that at the moment, it can't unless it wants to die too. As for trusting it, at the moment it's the one person that I can trust at the moment, as I don't trust you nor this damn village at all."

"And how do I know you're really Naruto and not Kyūbi?" asked the old Hokage, putting out the fear he had about the boy, and hearing this Fox took a protective stance, ready to fight if needed. "As the Naruto I know isn't as mature as you seem to be acting, nor would he be willing to see the village burn nor would he not trust me."

"First off, I've always been mature, that's what happens when you're forced to look after yourself with no one looking after you. I didn't act like it before as I had no reason to, everyone hated me and whilst I might be somewhat mature, I'm still a kid, so I acted out seeing that no one seemed to care." Naruto told the old man darkly, making the Hokage feel guilty. "And as for the rest of it, I never really trusted the village with the way they treated me, so I was always on guard. And being nearly killed would make one change their views on things. It doesn't help that you wrapped their memories, so letting them go free. And being stuck in one place and having a clear mind allowed me to thin"

"I know, but I only did it to protect you, like I always have done." explained the Hokage, feeling a bit ashamed, but knew it was for the best to keep Naruto safe.

Naruto couldn't help but laugh at this, as he said, "Sure you might have helped protected me in some way seeing I'm still alive, and for that I thank you. But other than that what have you done to protect me? Almost all of this village hates be for something that I have no control over, they bad mouth me, bully me, encourage their children and others to bully me, make sure that their children be my friends." Fox wanted to say something about how Naruto was talking to the Hokage, but the Hokage put his hand up to stop him, allowing Naruto to have his say.

"I understand that you're upset about this, but there's not much I can do about that." the Hokage informed Naruto, he felt guilty, but to keep the village going there was so much he could do about it.

"Whilst I might not know how to run a village, I would have thought that the Hokage would have the power to stop the whole village hating one defenceless child." Naruto said thoughtfully, "And if you couldn't, couldn't you have sent me to one of the outposts that some of the ninja in this village protect from time to time?"

Yes, there was a few outposts and small villages around Land of Fire that the Hokage could have sent Naruto, and he indeed had thought about this a few times. But then Naruto wouldn't have the protection that he had in the Leaf Village. Sure he might have a hard time here, but should there a time where the young boy gets attacks by an outside force, he would have better protection here with all the ninja here. Sure they might not like the boy, but by his orders, the Hokage would order the ninja to protect the boy.

"Naruto my boy, I know that you think that living at an outpost would be better, but there are things that you have taken into consideration." the old man tried to reason with Naruto, "Should anyone learn that you have the Kyūbi, they would try and capture you and you would have no one there to protect you. But at least here you would have other ninja protecting you should that happen."

What the Hokage didn't tell the boy was that he was the ultimate protection for the village once he was trained up. The Hokage didn't like the idea, but at the end of the day, it's what it is, and there nothing he can do about it. That is why the Hokage wanted the boy to have an as normal childhood as possible before he trained the young boy.

"Some protection," Naruto sneered darkly, "I get bullied in one form or another, if not bullied get treated like shit, or like tonight I nearly got killed. I would say I would do better living away from this village, at least there would be those who wouldn't know me at the outposts. And at least there I could get trained, and learn about who my mother."

"Wh, what did you say about your mother?" Hiruzen asked fearfully.

"Part of the deal I made with Kyūbi to use its power is, was that he would tell me who my mother was." Naruto informed the Hokage. "Unlike some people who knows but isn't willing to tell me, he knows who my parents are, or at least who my mother was, and is willing to tell me."

"Listen Naruto, you're right, I do know who your parents are, but it's too dangerous to tell you who they are right now." the Hokage warned the boy, knowing it's no use hiding the fact. "If I tell you who they are, you might slip up and tell the wrong person, and in doing so put you in danger."

"I came to realize that old man," admitted Naruto, "but if that's the case, why didn't you train me so that I can defend myself. What if someone outside this village realizes who I am and tries to either kill me or kidnap me? What then?"

Whilst he did everything he could to make sure that no one realized that Minato and Kushina had another child, or those who did know would say nothing, he did fear that one day someone who find out about who Naruto really was, or that those who knew decided to say something. He just hoped that it never happens.

"I wanted you to have an as normal childhood as possible, even if it was a hard one before I trained you. As once you started training, it would be hard and so I wanted you to have a normal childhood as I could give you." the Hokage tried to explain his reasons as to why he didn't want Naruto trained, although he never told him his hidden fear as to why he didn't train the boy. He feared that should he do so, Kyūbi would try and use what Naruto knew against the village and that's something he had to try and prevent happening. "As for people trying to kill you or kidnap you, I had Anbu protecting you twenty-four seven, making sure you were safe."

"Some childhood," Naruto scoffed at this, "for the last few years, I've been bullied, made fun of, get overcharged for things in shops, and not allowed to make friends. And as for your so-called Anbu protection, where were they today when three of the village own ninja tried to kill me? And before you say it was some kind of mistake, what's stopping the same mistake happening again?"

"I know you're upset with the villagers, but there's very little I can do about them." the Hokage told the young boy, feeling ashamed, not only with himself but with the villagers too. "All you can do is forgive them and try and get along with them. And as for your Anbu protection, once we're done here, I'll be talking to them so nothing like this happens again."

"Forgive these damn village, not going to happen." Naruto scoffed darkly, "After nearly being killed by three of them, I'll never forgive them nor try and get their respect, seeing that unless some sort of miracle happens, I'll never be able to get it. As all they'll ever see is the Tailed Beast within me. As for my Anbu protection, forget it, I won't need it, as I'll be leaving this village."

"But it's not safe outside the village." the Hokage tried to warn the young boy.

"And it's safe here for me?" Naruto asked sarcastically, "Part of the deal with Kyūbi is that I leave the village, at first I was thinking that I could arrange it so that I could get some training before leaving the village, but now though. I think I'll leave now, as I'm mainly looking out for myself here either way. The only difference I have out of the village is that I won't have to deal with the villagers."

"I'm sorry Naruto, but I can't allow you to leave the village." the Hokage informed Naruto.

"But I'm not a ninja right now, but a citizen so I can leave whenever I want and there's nothing you can do to stop me." Naruto pointed out to the old man.

The Hokage realized that Naruto had a point, as a citizen, he had no real control over Naruto. Will okay he could, seeing that at the end of the day he was the Hokage and had the authority to do so, but this would lead to problems with the Clans and the other citizens. As over the years, the Hidden Leaf had become more and more of a democracy instead of a military dictatorship village like it used to be, for one reason or another. If he started to force a citizen to stay or leave (outside of banishment if they committed a crime,) when they didn't want to, it could create an uproar… not only with the other citizens, but with the Clans too. As they could fear that he could force them to stay or leave the village at will.

Sure, Naruto wasn't a normal citizen, he was the Hidden Leaf's Jinchūrik, but for those new few citizens wouldn't know this. So unless he wanted to create an uproar, the Hokage knew that he couldn't stop Naruto from leaving. In fact, there would be a different sort of uproar if they learned that he forced Naruto to stay, as many in the village wanted the young blonde to leave out of fear that Kyūbi would one day control him.

Sure there was one sure way to stop the uproar about the Hokage being able to stop a citizen being forced to stay or leave, and that was to make Naruto into a Genin. By doing this he would have the right to stop Naruto from leaving the village, he would have dereliction over Naruto until he became a Chūnin where he could resign. And as a Hokage, he could prevent this for a while.

But this would lead to a new set of problems, one of training. Because as soon as Naruto become a Genin, his real training would have to start and that's something many didn't want. As many people feared that making Naruto stronger would make the Kyūbi stronger. Normally this isn't something the Hokage agree with but transpired that night, he could see their worries. It looked like he had no control of Kyūbi or his emotions, and until he was able to control both it was unwise to train Naruto too much.

This left one option, seeing that he couldn't train him and at the same time couldn't allow Naruto to leave the village, he was forced to keep Naruto in the village by other means. He would be forced to wrap the memories of what transpired that night from Naruto, and placed a few seals on him to prevent the boy of thinking of leaving the village, and getting upset with the villagers. It wasn't something he wanted to do, but for the Greater Good of the village, Naruto had to stay connected to the village. Whilst they wouldn't see it this way, Naruto needed the village and the village needed Naruto.

Without Naruto, the village would be open to attacks should anyone learn that the Leaf Village didn't have their Jinchūrik. As for Naruto, he needed the village so that as he got older, and become a Genin, he would have a team who would teach him that he had people he could rely on and trust. Or that was what the Hokage hoped for.

With a sigh, the old man said to Naruto, "I'm sorry that you feel like this my boy, I truly am, as right now you have forced my hand. I have to do something that I really didn't want to do, but for the Greater Good, I have to do so. Please forgive me."

"What, what do you mean?" a worried Naruto asked, as he started to fight against the Jutsu he was under, as he realized that he might have said too much.

But it was too late for him to do so, as a few moments later, the Hokage placed Naruto under a Sleeping Jutsu, which placed Naruto into a deep sleep. At the same time, Boar returned with Tiger.

Upon his arrival, the Hokage told him, "Boar, I need you to also wrap Naruto memories of tonight, as if he remembers it, he'll want to leave the village. And that's something I can't allow."

As much as Boar hated to admit it, he knew that his leader was right. He had this discussion with different people many times, where without Naruto the village could become in danger. It was something that many disagree with, as they thought that they would be in more danger if they allowed Naruto to stayed. Whilst morally wrong, Boar knew that to keep the village safe, wrapping the boy's memories seemed to be the right thing to do. But there was one problem, and something he queried about "Lord Hokage, what about Kyūbi? With it being awake, it would defend Naruto's mind, and if I enter it my life would be at risk. Not only that but even if I'm able to make sure that Naruto doesn't remember tonight, what is stopping the beast from telling Naruto later on?"

"I understand, which is why when you're dealing with Naruto's memories, I'll be dealing with Kyūbi myself." explained the Hokage, "I'll be enforcing the seals to make sure that it would be hard for Kyūbi to interact with Naruto, so more than likely won't be able to talk to him for some time. And by which time, with luck, Naruto won't believe what it says."

"That's all good and that, but what's preventing Naruto wanting to leave later on by himself?" Fox inquired, "It's already in his mind about leaving the village, even if we wrap what happened tonight from his mind, the thought is still there. So it could be only a matter of time before he decides to leave on his own. Not only that, but he attacked someone tonight, sure it was in self-defence, but what's stopping him from doing so again? Although he won't remember anything tonight, the act itself will be at the back of his mind. So it is possible that there'll be consequences that we don't know about, something we can foresee."

The Hokage realized that Fox was right, there'll be unknown consequences that happened that night. Whilst Naruto and the others won't remember what happened, they might realize that on a subconscious level that something wasn't right, on that on a subconscious they have thoughts that they needed to do, like leaving the village for some reason or some other subconscious ideas that slowly build up and they need to act on. Like Naruto having subconsciously believing that he had to payback three Jōnin for some reason, but he didn't know why, and so does it. This could become a big problem.

So Hiruzen knew that he had to do something that he never wanted to do, he had to place seals on the young boy to make sure not only would the village be safe, but Naruto too, by having him stay in the village. So with a heavy sigh, the old Hokage said, "You're right Fox, and for that reason, I'll have to place some seals on him, ones that'll make him more forgiving, and don't go out looking for revenge."

"Are you sure that's wise Lord Hokage?" asked Tiger, "Altering one's personality can be dangerous to his mind."

"You have my word, the seals that I'm planning to use won't hurt him, neither mind nor body." the Hokage reinsured the Anbu. "But if they do though, as much as I wouldn't want to hurt him, this would be better this way. As you know the villagers already hate him, and if what we fear happens and he takes things into his own hands, the village could hate him more and Naruto would hate them, and so on. It would be a circle of hatred, something I do not want, as it could mean the doom of this village, something I cannot allow. To prevent this, something has to be done, and seeing I can't change the villager's minds as easy as I would like, Naruto is the next best chose."

Oh how they hated that the Hokage was right, whilst they don't like the idea of altering the kid's personality, to prevent the destruction of the village, they had to do things that they would otherwise not do.

"What seals are you planning to use Lord Hokage?" asked Boar.

"The first one is to keep him somewhat tame and forgiving." explained their leader, "Although he'll be tame, it won't mean he won't pay back those who do him wrong with pranks, but afterwards he would be somewhat forgiving towards them. I'm hoping that with this seal, whilst making him forgiving, it'll also allow him to pay those who hurt him back with pranks. To show them that he wasn't too much of a pushover. The last seal I'm going to use is to make it so that he wants to make everyone happy and wants to be friends with them, and willing to do whatever it takes to do so."

"Are you sure they won't harm Naruto?" asked Fox, worried about the kid.

"No Fox they shouldn't," the Hokage informed Fox, "nor will they make him stupid or weak. They just make him easier to control and very forgiving."

"It sounds as if you're trying to brainwash him." Tiger stated, wondering what-what the Hokage is trying to do here. Whilst he agreed something had to be done, he didn't like the idea someone trying to brainwash the child.

"No Tiger I'm not trying to brainwash him," the Hokage defended himself, as he held up his hands up in defence, "I have no wish to do so to anyone. You all know me, I'm against such things, I'm only doing all this not only to protect Naruto but the village too. If I had any other way to do this I would do so." The Hokage really believed this, he didn't see what he was doing as brainwashing at all, but a way to make sure both Naruto and the Village was safe. If there really was another way to do all this, he believed he would do so in an insistent.

"Really?" Tiger asked sceptically, "Because telling him over and over that the village is family and you need to protect the village as a whole before your own family or his own good is not brainwashing? Because I know you yourself have told him to sacrifice himself for the good of the village. Are you making him a weapon?"

"Whilst the other villages might do that to their Jinchūrik, I would not make ours as a weapon. Not only that but I would sacrifice myself too if it meant it would protect this village." the Hokage yelled at them, as he couldn't believe they would think that he would do such a thing. Sure those who didn't want him dead wanted him as a personal weapon, he did not. Sure he would be used as one, but as long as he was in power, that would be as a last resort. He wanted the boy to grow up as a happy child, with friends and loved ones and not used as a personal weapon to be used whenever they wanted.

"Either way we have work to do," Hiruzen told them, getting things back on track, "Fox and Tiger you help me with the sealing of Kyūbi whilst Boar deal with Naruto's memories, and once we have done that, I'll deal with the other seal."

"Yes Lord Hokage." the three Anbu said together, as they and the Hokage went to work. For the next hour, they did what they had to before taking Naruto back to his apartment. When Naruto would awake the next day with no memories of the previous night, all he would remember was coming home without problems and reading some scrolls before going to bed for the night.

To be Continued!

Author's Note:Here ends the next chapter of Ninja Overlord - Part 1, I hope that you have enjoyed the chapter.

I know that the three Jōnin meant to be drunk, but they seem to be acting as they are sober, but the thing is I don't know how to write people as drunk. The best I can do is to say that they were drunk if you don't like it, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about it.

Next, I know that removing the memory of what happened to Naruto seems a bit strange, but it is part of the plot. To give Naruto another reason not to trust the Hokage. Sure there are other things that'll make it so that Naruto doesn't trust the old man, but with some sweet talking, I could see Naruto forgiving the Hokage. But memory is one thing that Naruto could not forgive, which is why I did it. If you don't like it, I'm sorry.