Disclaimer: I thought i posted this chapter like... A year ago...
"Do you understand your assignment?"
"Yes councilor Maku." Replied Blue Bee, the current eight tailed jinchuuriki and partner of the young Raikage to be. "But may I ask why Lord A is not here?"
"The Raikage must maintain distance, should you fail. He must be able to wash his hands of you if need be." Replied the councilor coldly. "This is an S-rank mission. Deniability is a must."
"Very well. As soon as they leave our village, I will ensure they do not return to their's."
-Next day, Village gates-
"C'mon don't be rude, you'll come back, right dude?" Rapped Bee, his head tilted up to look the blonde chunin in the eyes.
"I don't know if I will kid. The world is funny that way. I might come back, I might not." Replied Naruto as he bent down to one knee and looked the boy in the eyes. "Maybe one day we will meet on the battle field or in your new office."
Bee pouted at that. "I don't want to fight you bro, your the only one I've met who's chill and raps back. I don't want to lose that over some flack."
Naruto smiled at the kid and ruffled his hair. "Listen. The life of a ninja is tough. We may never see each other again. In this line of work, your going to lose friends. Ninja die little Bee. That's why you have to become as strong as possible, to protect your precious people."
Bee, wide eyed, simply stared at the man in front of him. No one had ever really been firm with him before, and since his parents died he didn't really have any parent figures.
"But I don't want to lose anybody." The small boy muttered.
"Then you need to be stronger than everybody else." Naruto said simply, standing up and maintaining eye contact with the boy. "Try to get training from the strongest ninjas you can, do what they say, never stop improving."
Bee nodded, his face serious as he looked at the blonde. "Then I'll start by becoming stronger that you, Konoha man! Next time we meet, you'll be bowing at my feet!"
Naruto grinned. "That's a food goal. Good luck, squirt. Now beat it, my team is coming."
"Seeya fool!" Shouted Bee as he took off, giving the blonde a defiant but thankful look.
"Taken a shine to that kid. Any particular reason?" Asked Sakumo, understanding that Naruto did nothing without reason.
"Can you keep a secret?" Asked Naruto, his eyes watching the kid run down the Main Street. "He's most likely to be the next Hibachi Jinchuruki."
"Why do you say that?" Asked Sakumo, getting a grunt from Naruto.
"He calls himself Bee. Meaning that he's most likely been chosen as the back up container for Gy- The Eight Tails." Informed Naruto, his eyes looming over his squad mates. "Are we ready to go, Sir?"
The four konoha ninja began leaving the village, only to be momentarily stopped by none other than the younger A, who appeared before them with an air of seriousness. "Might I speak to Namikaze for a moment."
It wasn't a question. Naruto took a step forward and gave the man a calculating look.
"I'd like to thank you." A ground out, his eyes locking with the blonde. "Killer B doesn't have many friends, even myself being around usually doesn't lift his spirits the way that you seemed to."
"He'll make a strong partner some day. How long ago did he earn his spot at your side?" Asked Naruto, shocking the Raikage's son.
"... two months ago." Replied A, now even more wary of the blonde. "I assume, given your lineage..."
"I swear he will not be targeted should our talks fall through." Nodded Naruto, looking over the young jonin's head. "He will have enough hardships, I wouldn't dare add any more."
A nodded, and began walking past the group. "I still hate you, but thank you. I'll take it on my honor to try and make sure our villages stay on positive terms."
Moments later, A was gone, leaving a bewildered group behind him.
"I'll tell you about that later." Laughed Naruto, seemingly relaxing the group.
"Only you would make a frienemy on your first diplomatic mission."
-An hour later-
"Naruto..."
"I'm aware."
The group had been traveling at a good speed on their way back to Konoha, high spirits all around at the seemingly successful political mission.
However, all good spirits stopped in their tracks as the group came across someone Naruto really didn't want to fight with two Genin, no matter how skilled.
"Blue B. I suppose you are here to stop us?" Asked Naruto, getting a tense reaction from his team.
"I won't underestimate you this time. It was no fluke you killed our jonin, and I'll need everything I have to kill you all today." Stated the jinchuuriki, a red cloak enveloping him.
"Dai, Kosuke... leave with Sakumo. Get a safe distance away." Ordered Naruto, perfectly still as he stared down the jinchuruki. "This is no longer a battle you can help in."
"Naruto... good luck." Started Sakumo as he locked eyes with Dai. "It'll be ok, Dai. He can handle this."
Dai, who was about to activate the gates, stood down. "Good luck my youthful comrade. I hope to see you soon."
Dai and Sakumo lept away, kotsuke right behind them as they speed toward the edge of the Forest.
And just like that, Naruto was alone in the dense forest, with a highly skilled jinchuruki, and no bijuu chakra of his own. 'Thankfully Sage mode still works. I'll need everything I have defeat him without killing him... and I'll need my strength when I invade kumo.'
"Foolish to stand against a Jinchuruki." Stated Blue B as he leaned forward, ready to attack the blonde chunin.
"Foolish to think your Tenant matters." Stated Naruto, his pupils turning yellow and orange marks appearing around his eyes. "More foolish for your village to cross me. Twice."
"We shall se-"
-Ten minutes later, Kumo-
The eight tails was a highly feared creature within the walls of Kumo. Having escaped twice before, most of the citizens had seen the beast in its most vicious and powerful form.
So when the beast literally flew over the gates of Kumo and impacted the mountain that held the raikage's office, panic was justifiably quick to set it.
Ninja mobilized to stop the beast, standard protocols enacted and unsurprisingly, some ninja fled.
The ninja assigned to suppress the beast began their attack, only to freeze when the beast stood tall and looked at the gates, steam billowing out of its nostrils.
The third raikage was on the beast in an instant, but like the rest of his ninja, froze when he felt a massive chakra pulse unleash at the gates.
The Raikage soon realized that Blue Bee had not lost control, but was still fighting whatever it was that had thrown him into the village.
"Prepare a counter attack!" Shouted the Kage, as the Habachi opened its maw, gathering chakra.
No one was prepared. No one could possibly fathom the nightmare that was about to unleash itself in Kumogakure.
Over the last day, the Kumo populous had grown to respect the blond chunin from konoha. The young man had been cheery and respectful, but also playful and unbelievably kind to the future Eight tail vessel.
That was not the Naruto they were about to face.
Naruto walked through the gates, his vest removed and his tattoos on full display. His pupils yellow, orange pigment around his eyes and chakra nearly exploding from him as the first Ninja approached.
He was batted away like a ragdoll, disappearing through the walls of a nearby building. Naruto never broke stride.
Three more ninja rushed him, the same result followed as he batted away the first before grabbing the third and throwing him into the second, both ninja flying away.
Soon there were dozens of ninja throwing themselves at the blonde, who continued his brutal tirade down the Main Street, ninja seemingly bouncing off of him as he increased his pace, his walk becoming a small jog.
He was somewhat surprised when the younger A approached him, Lightning armor at full power. Rage and confusion in his eyes as he charged, fist cocked back as he unleashed it into the blondes chest.
Or at least, he would have. Naruto caught the fist with ease, swinging the young and inexperienced raikage to be into his fellow ninja, before he grabbed his ankle, flipped him up, grabbed his hips and slammed him into the street, the ground erupting into the sky as the broad torso was forced through it.
Naruto paused to enjoy the irony in that. The liger bomb was a move he had learned from A in his original timeline. He imagined that the future Raikage would do his best to recreate it.
The surrounding ninja all stopped as A lay motionless in the crater, terrified of this blonde monster that had besieged their village.
A, the son of their current Raikage, was still young, but he was already one of their most feared ninja at the age of 12, his taijutsu prowess only behind his father and his partner, Blue bee. When he fell in hand to hand combat, the surrounding ninja understood they were no match.
"Fall back! Attack with ninjutsu!"
Naruto continued his pace, walking over the downed A and continuing onward, toward where the third raikage was with the Habachi behind him, which was charging an attack that Naruto was intimately familiar with.
Naruto launched at the Raikage, locking hands with the powerful man, stopping him in his tracks as he began pushing back, the surrounding ninja gasping in panic as this ninja physically overpowered their Kage.
"Why are you doing this?!" Demanded A, enraged.
"You sent your Jinchuriki after me and my team." Stated Naruto calmly, a pulse of nature chakra filled his coils as he lifted A off his feet. A ripple of terror spread as the Kumo ninja watched their Kage, A, The fastest and strongest man in the world, lifted off his feet and spun, Naruto released his hold on the Kage, sending him flying into a nearby building... and the ten behind it.
"Fall back! Fall back!"
Naruto turned to the Habachi, the Imari in its maw ready to fire. Those who were close enough saw Naruto scowl deeply as he looked over the hibachi.
Naruto raised his left hand, a rasengan forming in an instant before it grew to immense size, nearly matching the size of the Imari itself. Nearby buildings were torn apart by the immense size and force of the rasengan.
Then, Blue bee let the Tailed beast ball go. Naruto charged, jumping and meeting the most powerful of the tailed beast jutsu head on. Blueish white met black as the two balls of near infinite energy smashed into each other, resulting in an explosion that nearly blinded everyone in the village, as well as creating a shockwave that leveled buildings and tore up roads.
-Ten miles away, Foot hills of Kumo-
Sakumo had seen many things in his lifetime. It would almost be insulting to compare them to the devastating explosion that rocked Kumo.
"Sir, just how strong is he?" Asked Kosuke, his eyes wide as he watched the shock wave dissipate from the area around Kumo.
"Hokage-sama trusted him to invade the second strongest village in the world." Stated Sakumo. "I'm not sure how strong he is, but I trust Hokage-sama."
-Kumo-
A loud ringing assaulted the senses as the ninja struggled to free themselves from the debre. The mountain that held the Raikage tower was surprisingly intact, but the broken body of blue bee now lay in a massive crater just above the entrance to the tower.
In a flash of light, a blonde man was in front of the jinchuuriki, his own clothing singed and torn from the blast, several cuts a bruises forming on his arms, proof of the power of the explosion, enough to damage him even in sage mode.
Blue bee looked up, his vision blurring as he looked up at the impossibly strong man who had thrown him around like a rag doll. "Bee... Raikage sama needs to bring killer bee here, otherwise the eight tails will break free."
Naruto smiled and knelt down in front of him, a hand on his chest, when green chakra started emulating from his palm. "No need for that. He won't have to carry that burden just yet."
One of the great things about no longer having kyuubi in his system, he finally had the capacity to use medical chakra. On its own, he could only heal the simplest of cuts and bruises. But when paired with nature chakra, he could heal almost anything but fatal wounds and amputations.
Blue bee's world became darker and more in focus, looking down and then to Naruto, he couldn't help but look at the man in shock. "...Healing me?"
"Don't get full of yourself, I'm giving little Bee another year or two at best to be normal." Muttered Naruto, feeling 3 chakras behind him. "You never found what completes a jinchuuriki. That's why you are unstable, and why your seal is deteriorating. Unfortunately this seal will fail on its own within two years."
"You're healing him?" Naruto know the voice, it was the third Raikage. He also knew that Bee was in the man's arms.
"He will die within two years. His body is already eroding from the corrosive chakra." Stated Naruto, stating to full height and turning to the Raikage and Bee, seeing a third man he did not know, probably the seal master.
"Hey! Yo, you did this Konoha man?! You busted up in here? Was this always your plan?!" Shouted out bee, seeing Naruto, Sage mode still active around his eyes. Even behind the glasses, naruto could tell bee was devastated that his new friend had torn apart his village.
"Not now squirt." Naruto silenced him before turning his attention to the Raikage. "Just to clear the air. Bee told me he was ordered to kill my men. I'm assuming that did not come from you."
The ungodly spike in killing intent was enough to reestablish the fear in the third Raikage. "What are you? You are no mere ninja, you are no ninja at all. I fought Hiruzen. I killed tobirama. You are not human."
"Call me whatever you wish. I prefer Naruto personally." Shrugged Naruto as he moved to walk around the gathered people. "Just look behind you to understand."
A looked, bee still in his arms. His village looked like it had been hit by a natural disaster. "You are the Hokage, aren't you? That's why Sakumo deferred to you in the meeting."
"Lord Sarutobi is still Hokage. I can think of dozens of candidates that are more fitting than I. I'm just an academy liaison officer." Reiterated Naruto, turning his head to look A in the eyes. "Believe whatever you want, but know that Konoha was merciful when they sent me. It could have been much, much worse. If there is a next time, there won't be a Kumo left. I wasn't kidding when I said Sandaime-Sama would have all of our war fighters at your gates."
Naruto looked at Killer bee and smiled. "Gyuki cares about what is in your heart, not who you try to show yourself as. Tell the seal master to use Eight trigrams, iron point seal."
Naruto didn't wait for a reply as he walked a few steps and disappeared in a flash of yellow.
"Dad, he isn't human." Stated the younger A as he made his way to his father, his posture showing the pain he was in and the damage the blond had dealt him. "We need to do something, we can't let Konoha maintain that level of superiority."
The third Raikage stared at the area that Naruto had been, then the village around him. He hung his head, before looking at the young man in his arms, who was still in a form of shock. The third raikage was beginning to see the lay of the land for any future war. The blonde alone could cripple a major village. Tsunade, Jiraiya and Orochimaru, at the age of 18, stood against Hanzo himself. Sakumo nearly crippled Suna in a series of confrontations.
He turned his head to blue bee, seeing the man struggle to stand. "Blue. Do you have enough in you to train a new jinchuriki?"
-two days later, Hokage office-
"So you displayed your true power then?" Asked Sarutobi, his eyes boring into the young man before him.
Naruto stood alone in the office, Sakumo had given his report and the two Genin were sworn to silence.
"Yes. I combated the Raikage and his son head to head along with their jinchuuriki. I don't believe I could have been any more direct." Stated Naruto still standing at attention.
The Hokage nodded, reaching under his desk and pulling out a plate of ham, before motioning Naruto to sit. "How would you proceed from this point forward?"
"Well... with how prideful the Raikage is." Started Naruto before he paused, a concerned look coming over his face. "We should let them deny it."
"Excuse me?"
Naruto nodded. "Let them deny it. Let them say the two tails escaped or that the eight tails lost control. I don't think I directly killed anyone, so the damage was mostly to the property."
"What would that gain us exactly?" Asked the Hokage.
"Leverage. Kumo keeps its pride, I stay hidden from Suna and Iwa, well, onoki knows who I am, but the general populous doesn't." Admitted Naruto, then a grin stretched his face. "We could pull a full treaty out of this. Kumo has to focus on rebuilding its infrastructure, we have a slight troop shortage, from the outside, no one would be any wiser. Konoha fought the most battles in the war, Kumo just had a bijuu destroy a chunk of their city, and the two strongest nations would form a wall between Kiri and Iwa."
Sarutobi sat in silence, his ham forgotten, as he considered what the blonde was saying. "Please return to your post at the academy while I think on this. You will be called upon soon... Ham?"
Naruto shrugged and took the chunk of meat from the Hokage, eating it before flashing away.
-15 minutes later, academy-
"Why are you so interested in Naruto-sensei?"
The three ame Orphans, while a few years older that their classmates, had made a few friends in the days they had been in the academy. Yahiko was a rather popular young man, charismatic and kind, he made friends the fastest. Konan, while the most reserved of the group, found herself with most of the attention from other students. Nagato was interesting. A very quiet boy, but with his deep voice and piercing violet eyes much like most of the uzumaki, he was anything but soft spoken.
This left an interesting chemistry in the class. The top student before had been inoichi yamanaka, though now yahiko and Minato were pressing closer everyday. The fight for top kunoichi was between konan, Kushina and Mikoto. And the race to dead last was between shikaku and nagato, who didn't seem to pay much attention in class and never tried in spars.
Kina found that she had the most talented class in the academy, with several early graduation candidates. Minato and Yahiko were sure fire genin graduates at the end of the school year, as were Kushina and Mikoto. Inoichi would need another year to physically develop, which was good for him to stay with his friends. Yamanaka always seem to grow slowly until about ten, then quickly grow after that.
Then there was Konan and Nagato. Both were exceptional ninja, but terrible students. Nagato never tried, something that she was going to bring up to his guardian. Konan on the other hand, was odd. She got all the answers right, along with doing well in most spars, but her mind always seemed to be elsewhere. It made her a nightmare to teach, but the girl was obviously learning everything.
Which led her to finding this conversation particularly interesting. Minato was a rather reserved boy during class. Even during free time he rarely branched out, but when he did he was confidant and somewhat boisterous.
"You were there, are you not interested in his power?" She responded quietly. Minato was currently sitting to the right of konan, while Mikoto was on her left. "Jiraiya-sensei says that Naruto is the strongest chunin in the village, I wish to learn about him."
"Well why don't you just ask him?" Questioned Mikoto, seemingly drawn to the conversation. "Fugaku says he is a very open and understanding person. I'm sure he would at least humor you."
"Yeah, Naruto-sensei lives right by me, he's really cool about talking and stuff." Stated Minato, doing his best not to tell anyone about the actual training he had gotten from the man.
"I thought he lived in the Senju compound?"
"Two Uzumaki there are bad enough."
The class turned to see one of the quieter students, Tojiko Senju, looking down at his paper. They scanned to Kushina, who looked calm, but on the inside was nearly crying.
Kushina, despite naruto and Tsunade treating her well, was still treated poorly by a majority of the Uchiha Clan, and most of the Senju clan. Her own family saw her as a burden. She could push the noise out when naruto was around, but it was entirely different when he was gone. While most people would never tell the difference, Kushina really was near her breaking point when it came to the two clans.
Minato and Nagato noticed though. Kushina rarely kept to herself when insulted, but when it was one of the senju, she stayed quiet. Nagato, as a full blooded uzumaki, was offered a place in the senju compound, but instead had stayed with the other ame orphans in Jiraiya's house. He was glad he did, the Senju were nothing like they were led to believe. All of them seemed just as stuck up and pompous as the Uchiha were made out to be.
The door slid open, Fugaku standing at the door.
"Which one this time?" Asked Kina in a defeated voice. Why did her class behave so poorly when Naruto wasn't around? 'Where is he anyway? I haven't seen him around since...'
A blush threatened to show in her cheeks as she controlled herself.
"Inokin Yamanaka. Would you mind stepping into the hall?" The tone in Fukagu's voice making the entire class freeze. She looked at him with questioning eyes. "It won't take long."
She nodded and stood from her desk, walking toward the door before he backed up, allowing her to exit the room and shut the door behind her. Loud murmuring was heard in the classroom as she looked at the younger chunin. "What did my students do this time?"
"It's not your students this time. I've been told to inform you that you are now under probation, and not to leave the village under any circumstances." Informed Fukagu.
"W...what?" Her mind raced as she immediately thought back to Naruto and the DNA tests she had gained from Danzo. Then there was the fact that she knew Naruto's secret and had almost spilled the news to Minato.
"Sorry, Namikaze told me to say that to distract you. He should be in the room now." Stated Fugaku with zero inflection in his voice. "Good day Ms. Yamanaka."
And with that, the temporary resource officer left the hallway, leaving a confused and increasingly angry blonde woman in the hallway.
She took a deep breath and opened the door to her classroom, only to find Naruto sitting at her desk, his feet up on the chalkboard tray as he used a yard-stick to point out things on the map that he had pulled down.
"-See, Kumo is here, and they are the only country, well, only major county, with an open border to us. Usually this would be very bad for both countries, but due to the mountains and wide planes that make up the land of tea, it's hard for either country to move troops through it. It had bitten us in the ass in beginning days of the last war, but it has been a great asset to konoha since, as now that we have moved ninja into that area, it's actually easier for Kumo to just run their troops through the lands to the west of it, or down the coast line, areas that konoha has control over."
"But wouldn't that mean that Kumo could easily move their ninja in closer than any other nation?" Asked Mikoto, her eyes scanning the map.
"No... actually it would make it harder?" Stated Minato, his eyes scanning the map.
Kina paused, as did the rest of the class.
"Why would it be harder Brat?" Questioned Naruto condescendingly, seeing if Minato had the fortitude to stand strong.
"...If that land was theirs, or under someone else's control, then Kumo could walk right up to our existing border." Stated Minato, gaining more confidence. "But because we both moved troops into that that land, its neutral now. Even if they gained miles of land, they still wouldn't hit our border. But to even do that, they would have to get troops there in the first place, which is hard because of the terrain. With that, we could put more troops on the other boarders, slowing Kumo's other fronts down, and still be able to shift troops back to the original border if Kumo broke through the neutral land."
The class was silent as Naruto locked eyes with Minato, an myriad of thoughts running through his head. A slow, sinister grin spread across his face. "Alright boy wonder, what does that mean for Kusa and Ame?"
Minato thought for a few seconds and his eyes widened, but he wasn't the one that answered.
"Konoha could focus more ninja into Ame. With kusa having been defeated at the beginning of the war, ame became the battle ground between Konoha, Suna and Iwa." Stated Yahiko, already knowing the answer, as he had lived it.
"Kusa is nothing more than a land buffer now that Iwa is out of the war. Most of Konoha's ninja now are awaiting an attack from kumo and cleaning up in Ame, after Jiraiya-sensei and his teammates stood against hanzo." Finished Konan.
"Last question, if any one of you gets this right, I'll buy you all ice cream." Stated Naruto seriously before he moved to stand up. "Besides, I've distracted you lot long enough from your teachers lesson plan."
The class giggled and turned to Kina, who watched with interest as Naruto sent a smile her way. "Alright class, grab a piece of paper and write down your answer. Who is going to be a winner at the end of this war?"
The class looked confused but quickly wrote down their answers.
"Everyone done? Good, how about you all stand up for me." Stated Naruto, watching as the class stood up. "Everyone that wrote that Konoha would be a winner at the end of this war, please sit."
The class collectively looked around before most of them sat down. The only ones left standing were Kushina, Minato, Shikaku, and the Ame Orphans.
"Kushina, you traitor, wait until lady Tsunade hears you don't think we can win." Stated the senju from before.
"Depending on what she wrote down, she is far more correct then you are." Stated Kina, defending Kushina and also standing beside Naruto.
"She's right. Everyone sitting has the wrong answer." Stated Naruto, taking a step forward. The students all made various confused or angry noises. "Yahiko, Minato, Konan, Kushina, Nagato and Nara kid, who did you write down?"
"No one." Stated Kushina, followed by nods by Minato, and Konan.
"Peace." Stated Yahiko, getting a few odd looks, and a nod from Nagato.
"And you Shikaku?" Asked Naruto, looking at the young Nara expectantly.
"...I think I misunderstood the question." He lazily admitted, getting a knowing look from Naruto. 'If he put Iwa like I think he did, then I'm betting that he knows more than he lets on... just like his son.'
"Peace? No one?" Asked an older Uchiha angrily. "That's bullshit! My older brother didn't die so that a pussy like you could spout this nonsense. Konoha will win this war!"
"Your brother died for you." Corrected Naruto, catching the rest of the class off guard with the heat and focus of his statement. "Your brother, like every other ninja who has lost their life to this war and the war before it, gave their life to keep the next generation safe. When you graduate here and become ninja of the leaf, you will do the same. That's why no one wins in war. It's simply a cycle of killing and pain that won't stop until all sides agree that enough ninja have died. Once that happens, peace will win for a shockingly brief period of time, then you or possibly your little brothers, sisters, cousins, nephews, nieces or even your children, will do the same as the generations before them."
The Uchiha hung his head. The room was silent, the full weight of Naruto's words falling on them. Many of them had heard similar words before, some of them never heard the words before. For some reason, be it the bond they all felt they had with Naruto or the passion and finality in his voice as he spoke, these words, and the lesson began sinking in.
The mood somber and damp throughout the room, the Uchiha who first spoke began to cry. Mikoto got up to go comfort him, but the young Uchiha sprung up and stood on his desk, tears in his eyes. "Then I'll just keep getting stronger! I'll push myself and never stop, I'll fight through every barrier in my way until I'm so strong that no one ever has to die in my place again!"
"Right! I won't let myself be weak anymore either!" Called out Minato as he stood on his own desk, his eyes shining with infinite determination. "I'll get strong enough that no one will ever be able to hurt my precious people! I will become Hokage, and protect everyone!"
"I'll get so strong that no country would dare go to war with me or my people!" Commanded Yahiko as he leapt to his desk, Konan and Nagano following their leader.
"I'll get strong enough that no one will ever forget the Uzumaki clan!" Shouted Kushina as she too jumped up on her desk.
"The Uchiha clan stands with its own, if Toki will push himself beyond his limits, then so will I!" Stated Mikoto as she joined her clanmate on the table.
Soon all the students stood tall, determination rolling off the students as they stood tall.
Kina stared in awe of her students, this determination and willpower was never seen in anyone this age. Her eyes flickered to Naruto, who stood tall and seemed to command over them, his eyes serious and his face smiling. 'This... this is all because of him... He has this ability to inspire those around him and drive them to better themselves... He isn't naruto right now... He's the godaime hokage... Not very hard to see how that happened...'
"This isn't going to be easy brats. It'll be countless weeks, months, even years of hard work, pushing yourself to your limit every day and pushing past it every day after that, countless injuries, untold pain and frustration, exhausting yourself every day, only to wake up early the next day and do it all again." Spoke Naruto, slightly flexing his own chakra, pushing back against the output of the classroom. "You will have to outwork everyone to the left and right of you. You will have to dedicate your life to the protection of everyone else's. Can you all handle it?"
"I don't have a choice, I won't let anyone else get hurt again because I was too weak to help." Stated Minato, his eyes flicking to Kushina.
"None of us will back down. It's time to take our safety into our own hands and protect our own." Stated Toki, his eyes momentarily flashing red.
The class all nodded, unknowingly pushing their chakra to combat Naruto's.
Naruto turned his head to face his fellow chunin. They locked eyes, and the confidant smirk on his face began to mirror hers. "Looks like your going to have to up your teachings, Sensei."
"Really, you started this, I think you should help." She replied with her own confidant smirk.
"Yeah! Can you train us too Mr. Namikaze?!"
"Alright class, your assignment for tonight..." started Naruto, gaining the classes full attention. "You will go out tonight and find three ninja each and ask them to train you. The stronger the better. From now on, you will do what Kina-sensei says during class, then train with whoever agrees to train you at night. Can you all do that?"
"Hai!"
"Alright, class dismissed, go find your new sensei's and be in class early tomorrow. We have some work to do." Commanded Kina with a large smile on her face.
The class exploded out of the room, each student with a list of potential teachers, be it family, neighbors, even famous ninja that they knew lived near them.
Soon only Minato, Kushina and Toki were left in the room.
"Naruto-nii, can you train me?" Asked Kushina, her eyes full of hope.
"I'm sorry you three, but since I work here, I cannot train you." Stated Naruto, getting a nod from Minato, having been told that before.
"Kushina, you go ask Tsunade for chakra control and medical lessons. We tent have much more chakra than control, fix that now so it's not a hindrance later. Minato, find Jiraiya and ask for taijutsu and ninjutsu lessons. He's a very adept teacher, he can't point you wrong." They both nodded, taking off out of the room.
"What about me?" Asked Toki, his eyes still moist and his face sad, but determination still in his eyes. "I need to get strong soon. My cousin will be born soon and I want to be able to protect him."
Naruto looked at the boy and dropped to a knee. Now eye level with him, Naruto asked him a question that caught the boy off guard. "Why not ask some of your clanmates?"
"No! I'll learn all that stuff anyway, I want to grow stronger than everyone, if I only train with my clan, I'll never get any farther than they did." He stated, his eyes once again shifting back and forth from normal to sharingan.
A smirk fell across Naruto's face. "Then find Two men, Maito Dai, he's a genin, but he will be able to teach you taijutsu and cultivate your drive more than anyone, and Sakumo Hatake, he will be able to teach you things the Uchiha clan gave up on long ago."
Toki nodded and took off, he would have to ask his uncle where he could find them.
Naruto watched as the last student left, only for the door to slide shut, Kina staring at him with very clear intentions. She walked up to him, eyes locked, before she pushed a finger into his chunin vest. "You have five seconds to get us somewhere more private, or the whole village will hear this."
Naruto stood up, stunned at first before he smirked. "You really want to play this game? It might not work out."
"I don't have a choice now, and you have two seconds." She replied, her eyes clouding with emotion.
"Better hold on." Naruto looped an arm behind her back and pulled her close, her body pressing into his.
In a yellow flash, they were gone, and the future, for better or worse, would never be the same.
-end of chapter-
-omake-
"Now, why would you want to learn from me kid? You are still an academy student." Stated Sakumo in his front door, missing his shirt and only wearing sleeping pants.
"I need to get stronger, and I can't wait until I'm a Genin. My cousin will be born soon and I need to get stronger to protect them. Namikaze-senpai said to look for you and some guy named Strong Dai or something like that." Stated Toki as he looked up at the man.
Sakumo, who had been about to brush the kid off to get back to his marital business, found himself surprised by the blondes name. 'If Naruto told him to find me to train him, he must have had a reason.' "Toki, you are Kagami's kid aren't you?"
"Yes sir, but I will already be learning everything I can from the Uchiha. If I don't branch out, I won't be any better than the rest of them. I need to get stronger to protect every one." Stated the boy with conviction.
A serious smile crossed Sakumo's face. "Tell you what. You get Maito Dai to train you. If you survive one full month of that, I'll join him as your teacher until you make Genin. Deal?"
Toki's eyes lit up as he heard that. "You got a deal sir! Do you know where Mr. Mayo is?"
"Maito. And he should be at training ground five." The words hadn't even fully left his mouth before the small boy was gone. He smirked to himself. 'It will be good training for when I become a father... speaking of which...'
Sakumo walked back into the house, finding his three month pregnant wife still sitting at the dinner table. "Who was that?"
AN: Legit thought I had posted this already. Mah Bad y'all.