-1I don't own Naruto

Answers to some questions.

Naruto may have learned the Rasengan in a short period of time, but there was no reason to think beforehand that that would be the case. I've heard Jiraiya learned it anywhere in anywhere from several weeks to two years, and he was a sannin. There was no reason to believe Naruto would pull it off quickly.

The pairing will not be immediate. It will be later, probably when Naruto ages a few years, and it will not play a major role in the story.

On with the story

As the group trudged back to Konoha, Sasuke and Kakashi were staring rather suspiciously at Naruto. They had both either seen or heard about his jutsus before, so they weren't really shocked by those, but what sent them on a new bout of jealousy was Naruto's sword. Kakashi felt strangely cheated, why hadn't Naruto told him about his sword? Sasuke just wanted to know where Naruto had gotten a weapon like that. Power like that Naruto clearly didn't deserve. Such power should be reserved for those who could use that power. He was the last of the Uchiha. He deserved that kind of power.

Naruto lost in thought, trying to think up ways to complement his fighting style. He didn't like the fact he had to put away his sword to do jutsus. He was also thinking about his elemental spirit. He was a lightning spirit which meant he should probably try to find more lightning jutsu. The problem was that while Konoha had a large amount of Fire, Earth, and Water techniques and even a fair amount of Wind, Lightning jutsus were almost non-existent. If he wanted to learn lightning jutsu, he was probably going to have to go to Kakashi. His Sharingan had copied over one thousand jutsu and he was pretty sure at least some of them were lightning. The main problem he was having was he didn't want to go to Kakashi. He resolved to see if he could find a good lightning jutsu user, or at least a couple of good scrolls on them.

When they entered Konoha and reported the mission to the Hokage, he bore a grim face. What he hadn't told the teams before they left was that this mission had been requested by the council, and originally they had only requested one genin team. Since Kakashi's team was supposed to have been out on a C-ranked border patrol mission at the time, which had been delayed because they couldn't find Tenten, the only team that was available was Gai's, and by proxy, Naruto's team.

It had been a spur of the moment decision to ignore the border patrol and send two genin teams on this mission, but it seemed to have been well worth it. Sandaime bumped the mission rank up and gave them credit and pay for a B-ranked mission. Afterwards the genins and their instructors left his office to do their own things, with Kakashi and Sasuke following Naruto to his training grounds.

Sandaime strode to the council, determined to end this once and for all. As he walked into the room, he noticed the council members all had smug little grins on their faces.

"Lord Hokage, why have you called an emergency meeting of the council?" came Hiashi Hyuuga's voice.

The Hokage gave him a cold glare and replied in an even voice, "It's about the mission you requested. It seems the bandits were much more powerful than you led me to believe. There were several missing-nins among them, not the one you said."

Hiashi shrugged "So our intelligence was faulty, you can't expect everything to be perfect. Did the team make it back all right?"

Although it was phrased as an innocent question, several of the other council members leaned forward eagerly to hear the news.

Sarutobi frowned, it seemed the hatred of Kyuubi was leading to some drastic measures. "As a matter of fact, they did come back" the Hokage didn't miss the disappointed sighs from almost all the council. "Because I sent another team with them! If you think you can try to kill loyal members of Konoha's ninja force without repercussions, you are sadly mistaken. I will-"

Shibi Aburame cut the Hokage with his calm, even voice "You must understand, Lord Hokage, the boy is a danger. He has been growing exponentially more powerful in a short period of time. The only way this could happen is if the fox has had something to do with it. He must be killed before the fox takes over and he destroys us all." Several of the other council members nodded at his statement.

Hiashi Hyuuga spoke up "You cannot deny us, Lord Hokage. You must do what is best for the village, and the Kyuubi brat is a danger that must be eliminated."

Sarutobi looked over the council, seeing the smug expressions on their faces. So they thought they weilded more power than he did, hmm. Well he was going to nip this little revolt right in the bud. "In case you have forgotten, I am the Hokage. One more word about this and I will have you all executed. If you think you have more power than I do, you are in for a nasty surprise. I will know if you try something like this again, and if you do, you will be begging to be given to Orochimaru by the time I'm through with you." As the council members paled, the Hokage exited the room, trying not to kill them immediately. The utter nerve of those simpering old fools, threatening him! He normally didn't act like that but for them to try to bully him into executing a ninja who had saved them during the Sand and Sound Invasion made him angry like almost nothing else could. Especially when that ninja happened to be like a grandson to him.

Naruto had went to his favorite training area, Tenten being busy in the shop today. Naruto was moving through several stances with his sword when he felt a presence in the tree behind him. He stopped and called out "You can come out, I know you're there. Within two seconds Sasuke had appeared before him.

"How did you get so strong, and where did you get that sword?" he demanded aggressively.

Naruto stared back at him impassively for a moment before turning around and going back to his training. Sasuke let out a scream of rage and flashed through seals shouting "Fire style: Mythical Fire Flower no Jutsu." Naruto spun around in time to see the first fireball come out of Sasuke's mouth. His training with Sensei came back to him. Down, left, up, down, his sword began to move, deflecting the fireballs before they could hit him. When the smoke cleared Naruto was standing there completely unharmed. Sasuke couldn't believe it, and it took his mind a few seconds to process the information. When he realized Naruto had seemingly effortlessly blocked his technique, he growled and began running through another set of seals. "Fire style: Fire Dragon Blast." A dragon of fire appeared from his mouth and charged at Naruto. Naruto again thought back to his lessons and held the sword in front of him, flowing chakra through the blade. Not enough to transform it into the black lightning, but enough to form a chakra edge to split the dragon and let it pass harmlessly by on either side of him. When Sasuke saw that Naruto had again rendered his technique useless, he flashed through three seals and gripped his left wrist with his right hand. Lightning began to form in his outstretched left hand and Naruto jumped backwards, activating Black Lightning and waiting for Sasuke to come rushing at him.

Naruto wasn't disappointed, as Sasuke pulled his arm back and charged straight at him. Naruto brought Black Lightning down to meet Sasuke's Chidori. The two lightnings met and the result was very one-sided. Naruto's sword cut straight through Sasuke's technique and slashed through his arm up to the elbow. Sasuke fell back screaming in pain as Kakashi rushed out of the trees.

"What did you do that for?" He shouted at Naruto who simply stared down at Sasuke.

"What do you mean, what did I do that for, he attacked me." Naruto retorted.

Kakashi completely ignored him as he picked up Sasuke and glared at Naruto. "You and I and the Hokage are going to have a talk about this." He promised as he rushed Sasuke to the hospital. Naruto sighed and went back to his training. He hadn't wanted to do that to Sasuke, but Sasuke had attacked him first. He deserved it. With those thoughts he dropped down to the ground and began to do push-ups, Black Lightning strapped securely across his back.