Naruto Ninja Gaiden: Rise of the Yami Kitsune Jigumo

by VFSNAKE

Genshin rescues Naruto at the age of 6 from a mob and trains him along side Gamov to be a ninja of the Black Spider Clan. How will this effect things? Find out! Covers Ninja Gaiden games 1-3.

14. Chapter 14

Chapter 14-Unmasked

The news about the death of the former Sandaime Hokage spread through Konoha like wildfire throughout the village. Panic at the fact someone infiltrated Konoha, into the hospital, and killed the man called the Kami of Shinobi in his younger years. And it was not a quick painless killing either. Blood was everywhere. In the blood that was gathered for analysis, signs of a poison had come up, and administered prior to what the ANBU investigators determined was a sword slicing into the old former Kage's body. Both of Sarutobi Hiruzen's teammates demanded a full investigation, wanting no stone unturned, and wanted every available Inuzuka to hunt for this perpetrator or perpetrators.

The symbol of the Uzumaki Clan written in blood indicated it was someone who was of that old clan made a lot of people nervous. Namely the adults. It was no big secret to the older generation that the Uzumaki Clan was one of the founding member of Konoha, one of three to be precise, and Konoha Shinobi wore the Whirlpool symbol on their uniforms to show they cared for the fallen clan. But after the Kyuubi attack, the old generation in an act of hatred, and spite for Uzumaki Naruto ordered the history of said clan to be removed to ensure no one knew just how important the clan. Or rather how important Uzumaki Naruto was by extension since he was from the clan.

They had always assumed with the Uzumaki Clan nearly wiped out or scattered all over the Elemental Countries, it wouldn't really matter if one of their own suffered for being the Kyuubi Jinchuriki. Sure, the clan help found Konoha, but they were now extinct, or soon would be so they saw no reason to hold some form of mourning for them.

Apparently, someone from the Uzumaki Clan knew this, and decided to return the favor in a very violent fashion.

Surprisingly, hope came in two different ways for Konoha after hearing the news of the Sandaime Hokage's death in the form of former Genin team 8, and the Gondaime Hokage herself. First, Genin team 8 had told them what had happened in Iron Country on orders from temporary Sixth Hokage Shimura Danzo, who the Council, and Clan Heads were told the man was slain in that country in front of all the other Kages as well as General Mifune himself. The killer in question was some masked man calling himself the Masked Regent, who was apparently from the Uzumaki Clan, and would be considered a prime suspect if not for the fact no one had seen the Masked Regent head in the direction of Fire Country, but rather rumors had spotted him heading toward Rice Country.

At the same time, the former Genin team 8 added that they were forced (in a sense) to escort Yami Kitsune Jigumo to Konoha secretly, in order to bring Tsunade out of her coma. Something that had indeed been successful, as the Senju woman was up, refreshed, and had smashed the door of her room off its hinges after reading the small note for a letter which was left behind by Yami Kitsune. The pissed off Senju woman soon found out which doctors were treating her during the time in the coma, and proceeded to beat the crap out of them before sending each one to Ibiki with orders to drain every bit of information out of them.

When Tsunade, now back as in the Hokage seat, called an important meeting about this roughly three days later with the Councils, and Clan Heads. While the Senju woman was grateful for the assistance, she demanded to know what compelled the three Chuunin to not only assist Yami Kitsune, but to not even make the attempt to alert the rest of Konoha about their uninvited guest. The trio told them what had happened prior to making it into the village from Yami Kitsune Jigumo explaining to them how Danzo had been secretly scheming to gain complete control of the Kage Summit. More specifically, regarding the overall command structure of the Shinobi Alliance that was being formed to combat the Akatsuki. The masked ninja also told them about the secret alliance with Orochimaru and knocking Kiba out when the Inuzuka got rebellious. Not to mention the masked ninja had found out a whole bunch of other things regarding Danzo, which made Tsunade's vision nothing but red for well over a minute.

Naturally, the three Chuunin were met with some skepticism, and ultimately denial by the Shinobi Advisory Council since they had known Danzo as well as Hiruzen for most of their lives. The Civilian Council was no better, as Danzo had been the one to support them during their time when the Sandaime Hokage was brought out of retirement.

"You can't expect us to believe this ninja regarding Danzo. The man has his faults, but he has always done things for the good of Konoha. Same as Hiruzen. I say we capture this Yami Kitsune Jigumo and execute him for killing our beloved Sandaime Hokage and go after this Masked Regent for killing our Sixth Hokage," demanded Homura with many in the room nodding and agreeing with him.

"And the accusations brought against my sensei and against Danzo? The other Kages have also sent us their own written testimony from what they saw and even General Mifune himself acknowledge what he witnessed with his own eyes. Surely four Kages and a Samurai General stating the exact same thing in similar detail means Danzo is not the honorable individual you claim him to be Homura?" questioned Tsunade with the two Advisors Homura and Koharu glaring at her though it wasn't very effective.

"I don't care what they say. Its all lies Tsunade. Homura and I would bet our very lives on it. Those accusations being made are just empty lies meant to smear the honor of one of our oldest comrades. Danzo was a true patriot of Konoha," said Koharu fiercely before the sound of clapping was heard.

"Really? You would bet your life?! Oh goody! I get to see you two old biddies die in one day!" exclaimed the masked figure in red with a white and gold mask.

"Who are you?" demanded Tsunade while the ANBU in the room appeared with weapons at the ready.

"Who am I? Very well. My name...is the Masked Regent. And YOU clearly must be the Gondaime Hokage herself," replied the Masked Regent in an theatrical bow while the Clan Heads sweat dropped when he did.

"ANBU, arrest him for the murder of the Sixth Hokage Shimura Danzo!" commanded Koharu with the ANBU moving to subdue him while Hinata, Kiba, and Shino were a bit tense at seeing this man who killed the temporary Sixth Hokage.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" asked the Masked Regent in a tone that said "I know something you don't and should really hear what I have to say" voice.

"Stop! Why are you here?" commanded Tsunade with the ANBU in the room stopping, but some seemed reluctant to obey.

"Tsunade! He killed Danzo. Your successor. This...man must pay! Get him!" exclaimed Homura with Tsunade glaring at him to shut up.

"Shut up! Look at him. This man is calm. Collected. He wouldn't be this way unless there was something we're not seeing to prevent his capture," said Tsunade with the Masked Regent nodding.

"She is correct! Even as I speak, I have placed several destructive explosive tags all over Konoha, and in various areas of the village. These areas are generally filled with quite a number of people no matter the time or day. If anything happens to me, these explosive tags will activate, creating massive explosions throughout Konoha, killing plenty of men, women, and children to such a degree that it will give you nightmares for years!" said the Masked Regent with the people in the room going stiff.

"Monster! You dare threaten us like this?! Seize him before he can possibly activate the tags!" exclaimed an angry Civilian Councilwoman with the ANBU moving in.

Only to be taken down using just pure Taijutsu. The Masked Regent proved he was not to be trifled with, as brutally disabled each ANBU, using their own swords to stab into their hands, or feet when knocked down. The last ANBU was tripped with a swift leg sweep from the masked man's boot hitting the back of the heel of the unprepared Shinobi, his masked face grabbed by the Masked Regent in what seemed like slow motion in front of everyone, and was soon slammed into the ground.

"Me? A monster?! Ha! That's rich coming you and the others glaring at me right now! I have enough dirt on you, Danzo, Hiruzen, and well over half the people in this very room to warrant execution papers be stacked around the block. Twice!" exclaimed the Masked Regent in a mocking fashion before pointing at all of the excused.

"What do you mean?" asked Tsunade while the Masked Regent focused back on her.

"I'll explain. You see, a vast majority of the people in this room, ranging from all of the Civilian Council to the Shinobi Council, and even your teammate Jiraiya of the Sannin have done horrible things in secret. From laundering money, conspiring with the other Shinobi villages to give them secrets in exchange for a financial sum, murder, and the raping of innocent women with some of them being sold off as slaves to other countries. And in some cases...even doing those last two things with young in their teens children. Both boys and girls I might add," answered the Masked Regent with the Clan Heads going pale in the face, the thought of their children suffering in such a way appearing in their minds, and that some people in this room were like that made them glare heavily.

"Lies! All scandal and lies! Arrest this masked weirdo now!" commanded a fat Civilian Councilmember from the Merchant Guild.

"Only a guilty man like yourself would say such a thing in order to avoid his dirty secrets from being exposed. Especially one such as you, who likes to molest little girls. I have it on very good authority that you even tried to molest one Inuzuka Hana years ago when she was still an Academy student," remarked the Masked Regent with many in the room looking shocked to hear this.

"HE DID WHAT?!" yelled Tsume angrily with a feral rage showing on his face while getting out of her chair.

"That's right. She was walking home that day from school when this...pig Toro Kensuke here ambushed her in an alleyway about halfway to the clan house. He had a mask on so Hana never saw his face and was covered in scent maskers that his parents' store sold so she wouldn't be able to know who was on her when he was done," explained the Masked Regent while Tsume was looking ready to rip Kensuke apart.

'Why didn't Hana tell me about this? I know I remember one day she was shaken about something, but I thought it was what they were teaching at the Academy,' thought Tsume while Kensuke was trying to keep the pressure off of him.

"Lies! You have no proof! I will not sit here and allow my good name to be run into the ground by this masked freak!" protested Kensuke while pointing a finger at the masked guest in the room.

"Sadly, I must agree with Kensuke-san. Without proof to show the man is indeed guilty, we cannot punish him," said Shibi while Tsume still wasn't calm in the slightest.

"And there is no proof! I highly doubt this masked fool has any to begin with!" declared Kensuke smugly with the Masked Regent tilting his head slightly.

"You lost a chunk of your right ear that day. It was bitten off by a third party, who had intervened on the girl's behalf, and allowed Inuzuka Hana to get away," answered the Masked Regent while Kensuke instinctively grabbed his right ear.

"I remember. I was in the hospital to get a minor stab wound on my left side that I got from the mission treated when Kensuke came him holding a hand on the right side of his head. He was bleeding heavily and said an animal had bitten him in an alley," said Choza while Kensuke looking a bit pale now.

"It was an animal! A filthy animal that had no business being alive!" exclaimed Kensuke angrily with the Masked Regent laughing.

"Was this 'filthy animal' you speak of...a fox perhaps?" asked the Masked Regent with Kensuke looking paler then before.

"How do you know that?" asked Kensuke in a whispered tone.

"Because I know the fox in question who bit you. I believe you also know his name too. Uzumaki Naruto if I remember correctly," said the Masked Regent with Kensuke looking ready to match Orochimaru in terms of skin color.

"Naruto saved my girl?" asked Tsume with the masked man nodding.

"That he did. The poor 5 year old boy was dumpster diving nearby when he overheard what was going on and intervened on Hana's behalf. Sadly though, it wasn't without its own consequences as no good deed goes unpunished," replied the Masked Regent sadly.

"What do you mean?" asked Tsunade worried about what happened to her Godson.

"After Hana got away, Kensuke took his anger out on poor Naruto after throwing the child off, and stabbed the boy multiple times with the knife he originally held to Hana's throat. After he finished stabbing Naruto roughly 10 times, Kensuke left to treat his injury at the hospital while leaving the poor boy to suffer in the alley in the hopes he would die in a pool of his own blood," answered the Masked Regent while Kensuke glared at him.

"If had a I known you talked to him about that incident, I would have killed the demon brat by slitting his throat!" exclaimed Kensuke angrily before realizing he just admitted to not only stabbing the boy in the alley, but also trying to molest the Inuzuka Clan Head's daughter.

"YOU BASTARD!" yelled Tsume, as she moved to leap over the table, and rip the man to pieces with her bare hands if not for several of the Clan Heads restraining her.

"Still think my and Yami Kitsune Jigumo's accusations are not valid? As I said earlier, I have enough evidence on me to prove a lot of people are guilty of many different things. The only question is who wants to have their dirty laundry aired out for everyone else to see?! Who here wants to know which councilmen likes to touch little girls? Little boys? Who has sold secrets to other villages to secure business dealings? Who sold off innocent people as slaves to foreign countries for large sums of money? For political favors? I can go all day people! Speak up!" declared the Masked Regent with many if not all of the Council members in the room looking very nervous.

Still, Homura and Koharu were not about to go quietly, and trying to move things back in the direction they wanted.

"You still killed a Hokage. Even if he was a temporary one. Not to mention your friend Yami Kitsune Jigumo killed the Sandaime Hokage. You will be arrested and executed for your crimes!" said Homura angrily at the masked man.

"First, Danzo was not Kage material. Never was. Second, I have enough dirt on him and the Sandaime Hokage, which I gave copies of by the way, to the Fire Daimyo to see, and has already agreed to have both men's status as a Hokage stricken from the record in its entirety. Second, your former teammate, and retired Sandaime Hokage was a liar as well as thief. He has committed crimes against the Uzumaki Clan and did other horrible things you knew about with the proof here in these various files!" stated the Masked Regent before revealing a Storage Seal on his left hand and activated it to reveal several massive thick folders that he slammed down on the table before pushing the contents toward the Hokage.

Homura and Koharu tried to grab a few, but Tsunade glared at both of them to retract their hands before they lost them.

Reading some of the contents in the files, Tsunade narrowed her eyes at the documents related to Danzo, and how he kept his Root program active despite it not authorized to be active. Using all of the various Orphanages via their Matrons as a main source of such early recruitment, followed by going to nearby towns, even going to other countries, and taking children from their homes while killing the parents if necessary. Next was all the research matters regarding the splicing of bloodlines to bring about additional powers neither side could produce alone, which Danzo recruited Orochimaru for if the Sannin's own research notes in this were any indication. Added the fact the man conspired in the past with the Warlord Hanzo to help him with Ame in exchange for giving Danzo forces to help take over Konoha.

And that was just the first few pages.

Unauthorized missions, diverting finances from Konoha's treasury while sending Root ANBU to secretly raid rich caravans from other countries, and killing wealthy families after capturing some of them to make the liquidation of their assets legit, yet untraceable before they were killed. Different roaming clans who lived away from the hidden villages were also targeted, some mostly wiped out save for a few (mostly young children), and those few were conditioned to be made Root ANBU. There was even proof that Danzo had allied with Kazehana Doto to overthrow his brother in exchange for some of the lost technology Snow Country had. Like the chakra armor and the blueprints for the airships as well as the trains buried in the snow there. The only reason the plan with Doto failed was because of the greedy man reneging on his side of the deal and had created a strong powerbase too tough for Danzo to break unless he risked information of his involvement coming to light.

Add in the assassination of high ranking nobles in other countries regardless if they were from enemy, neutral, or even allied countries too...Danzo would have been put to death no matter what.

"It's true. It's all true. Danzo was guilty of the crimes mentioned earlier. These documents here are proof of the man's illegal activates and YOU TWO were in on it," whispered Tsunade before glaring at Homura and Koharu to see the two old farts going pale in the face.

"T-Tsunade! You must understand. Konoha had to be on top. You can't expect us let our enemies have the edge over us," protested Homura before he was grabbed by Tsunade and lifted into the air by the pissed off woman.

"HOW CAN WE BE ON TOP WHEN DANZO HAS BEEN MAKING US GET MORE AND MORE ENEMIES TO FIGHT?! HOW CAN WE BE ON TOP WHEN HE HAS KILLED NOBLES FROM ALLIED NATIONS?!" yelled Tsunade while Homura looked ready to soil himself.

"There is more on your sensei's side of things. Like the betrayal of the Uzumaki Clan for example. Didn't you have a Grandmother who was of Uzumaki blood? An Uzumaki Mito I believe, right?" added the Masked Regent with Tsunade turning her attention to the file he pushed toward the Hokage and she threw Homura into a wall before reading the file's contents.

"That lying bastard! He betrayed my Grandfather. My Grandmother. He betrayed ME!" exclaimed Tsunade, as she saw her sensei had betrayed the Uzumaki Clan when they called for help during the Second Shinobi War.

Not only that, but the Sandaime had authorized ANBU to go and sack various Uzumaki Clan shrines in Fire Country, and the contents they held in order to study them. Mostly along the lines of sealing and anything regarding how to make strong seals to deal with the Biju and making a Jinchuriki. Even marking down plans to mold Kushina into the true weapon he wanted once Mito gave the younger Uzumaki the Kyuubi, but it was also noted in the file that Minato's interference by falling in love with the woman had thrown the plan out the window, only for the plan to reemerge again once Naruto came into the picture, and became a third generation Jinchuriki with no one around to truly protect him.

Cue the plan to abuse him, force the child into submission, unleashing only a fraction of the potential Hiruzen knew the boy possessed just so Naruto could be killed should he decide to think for himself.

"As you can see, I am hardly the big bad monster in this room," remarked the Masked Regent before sensing Kensuke was planning on making a run for the door and whipped out a kunai from the sleeve of his robes with the weapon aimed at the now running fat man.

And hit the stupid fat idiot right in the temple with the kunai going all the way up to the ringed hilt before the man fell over dead.

"ANBU! Arrest the entire Civilian Council and the Shinobi Council. Now!" commanded Tsunade with new ANBU coming into the room and looking at each other in confusion.

"It seems your ANBU are not entirely loyal to you Hokage-sama. If they were, the order would be obeyed without question. But what would you expect with traitors to the Will of Fire that your Grandfather believed in years ago," remarked the Masked Regent with the Hokage glaring at him.

"Shut up you! I can still order them to arrest you," threatened Tsunade with the Masked Regent chuckling.

"You could, but that would put the people of the village will suffer for it. Besides, I also came here to collect the bounty on Orochimaru...since I killed him," replied the Masked Regent before bringing the Kusanagi in its purified state out of his robes and put it in front of the woman for her to see.

"You killed Orochimaru? How? So many have tried and failed," said Tsunade, as she saw the blade was indeed the Kusanagi of legend, but shining with a sense of purity, and was almost afraid to touch it out of fear she would somehow taint it.

"Let's just say the Sannin underestimated the power a curse can have on people. This is the end result of his curse consuming him for a change. Also, if you are wondering why no one has seen Anko for the past few days, I think its because she wants to enjoy the feeling of being free from her Curse Seal," answered the Masked Regent with Tsunade looking shocked and kicked herself for not checking up on the woman when she did not report for duty.

"The last time someone removed a Curse Seal, it crippled the Uchiha from ever being one, or passing down his genetic material to the next generation. If you've hurt Anko in the same manner...!" threatened Tsunade with the Masked Regent waving such a thing like it was meaningless.

"Anko-san is fine. Unlike the Uchiha, the means to remove Orochimaru's Curse Seal from her was seal based. Not Jutsu based. The seal used on her had protective barriers within its design to prevent any negative backlash aimed at her person. Yami Kitsune Jigumo assured me that the seal he used would only hurt Anko for a short time when he applied it, but the overall end result wouldn't leave any long term damage," explained the Masked Regent with Tsunade nodding before she saw the ANBU had yet to do what she ordered them to do.

"ARREST THEM DAMN IT!" yelled Tsunade with her voice and killer intent making the ANBU snap to attention before arresting the Councils despite their protests.

"And with my task complete, I bid you a good day," said the Masked Regent with a bow before heading for the door.

"Wait! I need to ask you something. Just one question," said Tsunade with the Masked Regent turning to look at her.

"Ask. And if I know the answer I will let you know," replied the Masked Regent with Tsunade hesitating for a second.

"Is the identity of Yami Kitsune Jigumo really Uzumaki Naruto?" asked Tsunade with the Masked Regent not giving an acknowledgement to the question.

"And what if he was? What would you do with this information? Hunt Naruto down? Put him in your Bingo Book? And if he were to come to Konoha again, would he be welcome with open arms, and apologies? Or would he be hated? Shunned? Forced into servitude to a ungrateful and clearly corrupt Shinobi village?" asked the Masked Regent with Tsunade flinching since she knew Naruto's life would not be pleasant if he came back.

"I wouldn't do that to him and I wouldn't let anyone else try either," replied Tsunade with the Masked Regent nodding.

"While you may not wish it, much less give the order for no harm to come to my friend, I highly doubt someone like Jiraiya of the Sannin would listen to you. Yami Kitsune did kill Hiruzen after all and I ended Orochimaru. He may take it a bit...personally!" replied the Masked Regent before Jiraiya appeared on the window with a pissed off expression on his face.

"You're damn right I do," hissed Jiraiya with anger in his voice.

"Ah! The failure for a Sage makes his presence known," remarked the Masked Regent in a theatrical manner, which only seemed to piss off Jiraiya even more.

"You have a lot of nerve saying that to me. I could kill you right now if not for the threat of the village being severely damaged in various spots filled with people," Jiraiya shot back while the Masked Regent nodding.

"Yes that is true, but we both know that hasn't stopped you from such a thing before on the missions the Sandaime Hokage gave out," countered the Mask Regent before he was pinned to the wall by Jiraiya, who grabbed him, and slammed the robed figure into it.

"Where is Naruto? Tell me!" demanded Jiraiya while pushing the masked man further into the wall.

"Why should I? You were a failure for Godfather when he was a child and you are failure as one now. Besides, we both know if I told you, then Naruto would be hunted down, and brought back to Konoha for 'reeducation' in order to become Konoha's personal weapon regardless of what the Hokage here says," countered the Masked Regent with Jiraiya now gritting his teeth in anger because it was one hundred percent true.

"So what if that were true? Naruto is forever the property of Konoha and always will be no matter what. His purpose in life is to properly defend Konoha and should be grateful he even has value to the village that birthed him," replied Jiraiya with the Masked Regent laughing at him.

"And this is why Naruto won't come back here unless it is in chains. You treat him like a weapon and not person. The boy deserves better, but you wouldn't give him that even if he wasn't a Jinchuriki, would you? No! You see Naruto as a tool to reach your ambitions that are also Konoha's. What does it matter if the boy wants to be free to have a life away from the mindless hate that infests this village like a plague? You want Uzumaki Naruto so much? Find him yourself," replied the Masked Regent before kneeing Jiraiya in the gut with his armored right leg, head butted him, and then a simple palm thrust sent the Sannin flying back into the wall by the window...hard!

Hinata's eyes widened of course at the sight of what she thought was blonde hair peaking just beyond the hood of the Masked Regent's robes.

She knew that blonde colored hair anywhere!

"Stop it! Both of you stand down now!" commanded Tsunade while the Masked Regent was smoothing out his robes.

"Honestly, you would think that a man his age, and someone with the actual title of Sage would be more refined," mocked the Masked Regent while Jiraiya got out of the wall and was not willing to stop fighting.

"I mean it Jiraiya. Stand down now!" said Tsunade with the Sannin glaring at the Masked Regent.

"He knows where Naruto is. I will get the information out of him even if I have to beat this masked weirdo within an inch of his life! exclaimed Jiraiya before to the shock of everyone, including the Masked Regent, one Hyuuga Hinata stepped forward, and got into a Gentle Fist.

"I won't let you hurt him," said Hinata while glaring at Jiraiya.

"Hinata?! What are you doing? This guy is a psycho! Just like Naruto!" protested Kiba while trying to get Hinata way from the two fighters, but Shino stopped him since the Aburame trusted the girl, and knew she clearly saw something no one else did.

"No! He's not a psycho Kiba. I know he's not because...because he IS Uzumaki Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata while Tsunade, the Clan Heads, Kiba, Shino, and Jiraiya all looked absolutely floored by this news.

"What?! But I thought Naruto was the Yami Kitsune Jigumo?" questioned Kiba since there was no way Naruto could be in two different places at once.

"Can't I be both?" asked the Masked Regent before removing his mask and revealed he was in fact Uzumaki Naruto.

"Naruto!" exclaimed Tsunade happily at seeing him.

"I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but I didn't want you to possibly get hurt. I know you are strong, but with the way things are between Konoha and you...," said Hinata while keeping her eyes on Jiraiya to ensure the Sannin didn't try anything.

She never forgave herself for being so weak all those years ago. Never being able to have the strength to fight back against those that preyed on the weak. While Naruto wasn't weak from what she had seen or heard of him already, she wasn't going to let him fight the Sannin alone. Especially a Sannin who thought of Naruto as an expendable weapon meant to serve Konoha before being thrown away like he was useless.

"I understand. You were concerned for my safety. I am in the heart of enemy territory right now after all," replied Naruto while pulling his hood down to show his spiky blonde locks.

"You are not in enemy territory. Konoha is not your enemy," protested Tsunade with the Clan Heads nodding in full agreement since they didn't hate the boy.

'Damn Naruto's grown into a fine young man. If only I could introduce him to Hana. He did save her from being traumatized by that now dead asshole on the ground over there,' thought Tsume while thinking her daughter couldn't do much better in terms of a mate like Naruto at this point.

It made Tsume wish she was her daughter's age right now.

"You'll have to forgive me Tsunade-san if I disagree with you. I've killed your temporary Sixth Hokage and your retired Third Hokage. Not to mention Konoha has been after me ever since my other alias Yami Kitsune Jigumo punched Uchiha Sasuke one time in the face on the bridge at Wave Country. Being the Kyuubi Jinchuriki everyone wants to use is just icing on the preverbal cake," remarked Naruto while slowly drawing his sword out and many were shocked to see such a powerful blade glowing with such ethereal energy.

Tsunade also noticed the jewel on the hilt of the blade glowing too.

"That's my Grandfather's necklace!" exclaimed Tsunade in shock before she remembered that Danzo took it off her while in the coma from what she saw in the letter left by Naruto in the hospital to read.

"Yes it was. Now its part of the Biju Sword. An ancestral artifact dating back to the Sage of Six Paths. It was once part of the Senju Clan before it was lost during a period of the Warring Clans Era before it was discovered by the Uzumaki Clan. It was later brought back to the Senju Clan years ago when Uzumaki Mito married Senju Hashirama as part of the dowry. But none of the Senju have ever been able to wield it since then and only an Uzumaki with certain qualifications seems to be worthy. The jewel is part of this sword and can bring out the sword's true potential when joined," explained Naruto with Jiraiya now narrowing his eyes at him.

"My spies said that the Masked Regent killed Danzo with a sword fitting that description. You used this sword to kill Danzo and then take the jewel from him," accused Jiraiya with Naruto nodding.

"Considering how Danzo was going to use the jewel to further enhance his own Mokuton abilities when the Akatsuki unleashed the Biju they have already on the world just before turning them on the Shinobi Alliance...you should thank me," countered Naruto with the Sannin scowling.

"You make it sound like such a tactic is a bad thing. The Biju were always the property of Konoha. Everyone else just had them on loan. Its a fitting punishment to see the villages get wiped out by Konoha's weapons," remarked Jiraiya much to the shock of everyone in the room.

"Jiraiya!" exclaimed Tsunade in shock that her own teammate said that.

"The nine Biju are not the mindless demons or monsters you or anyone else have always made them out to be fool. They have their own minds, their own souls, and their own desires that have constantly been denied by power hungry morons like you," remarked Naruto coldly while Jiraiya's right hand now began twitching in discreet hand signs to make seals to put on the blonde's body to immobilize him.

"Naive thinking brat. Your Father knew better," remarked Jiraiya with Naruto frowning.

"My Father was a better man then you could ever hope to be Jiraiya. Perhaps that is why you could never convince him of turning my Mother into Konoha's personal weapon like the Sandaime wanted with her and Uzumaki Mito when she was still young," Naruto shot back while the Sannin snarled in anger.

"We may have failed with Mito and Kushina, but Konoha WILL make you into a weapon gaki. I don't care what Tsunade says, even she is the Gondaime Hokage, the Biju as well as the Jinchuriki are all property of Konoha. You WILL be brought to heel and I will do it right now regardless of who stands in my way!" exclaimed Jiraiya, but found his path further blocked by Tsunade standing by Hinata, and the Clan Heads getting ready to fight him.

"Care to run that by us again Jiraiya?" questioned Tsunade while Shino stood beside his Father to show his support.

"Mom?! What are you doing?" asked Kiba while Tsume looked at her son.

"Doing what is right Kiba," answered Tsume before she growled at Jiraiya.

"But...But he's a demon!" protested Kiba, as he had seen what Naruto did back in Wave, and heard all the stories about Jinchuriki being monsters on the battlefield.

"Kiba! Do not say such a thing again around me! Naruto saved your sister from a horrible traumatizing event. Nearly dying as a result of his selflessness! If I were to turn my back on him now...I would betray the very principles of loyalty the Inuzuka Clan was founded on!" exclaimed Tsume with Kiba looking at his Mother before staring at Jiraiya and felt himself conflicted between who to show his loyalty to you.

So Kiba made a third choice. One that was debatably the worst choice of all. He fled out the window much to the shock of his Mother and several others.

"Out of the way Tsunade! I don't care if you were my teammate in the past or the Hokage of this village. The brat needs to be made into Konoha's weapon to combat the Akatsuki and the other villages when this Shinobi Alliance is over!" said Jiraiya while Tsunade narrowed her eyes at him.

"What has happened to you Jiraiya? What has turned you against me? Against the Will of Fire? Against Minato's and Kushina's only son?!" demanded Tsunade with Jiraiya tensing his body to strike at the group in order to get to Naruto.

"I have betrayed nothing! I was never loyal to you and your sentimentality toward others. The Will of Fire was never betrayed because I have done everything in my power to keep it burning throughout Fire Country. If a few people get burned by the heat here or there, then they don't deserve to be apart of the village, or the vision that is Konoha itself. As for betraying Minato and Kushina...they betrayed me first for their stupidity in falling in love with each other. The only good thing that came from their union was a future vessel for holding Kyuubi!" said Jiraiya before he charged forward, a plan already in mind to get around the group of ninja in the crowded room, and quickly nabbing Naruto with his special seal in right hand just before he used the ability to reverse summon himself to Mount Myōboku.

Unfortunately, for him anyway, Jiraiya underestimated Naruto's skill, and had no idea just how skilled the boy even was when being trained in the ninja arts. He had no idea that Naruto had been trained constantly during his time away from Konoha, had fought other ninjas, Fiends, Greater Fiends, robots, robot tanks, and a Goddess in the span of a decade since being taken away from this village that hated his guts. Jiraiya didn't realize that Naruto had studied extensively with the Uzumaki Clan's Forbidden Scroll of Seals and the knowledge it contained within it that was an exact copy of the current Forbidden Scroll of Seals here in Konoha.

In short, Jiraiya's own blind arrogance, and his rage at recently losing his sensei would be his undoing in this fight.

As he planned, Jiraiya charged forward, dodged Tsunade's super punch, ducked under Tsume's clawed swipe, blocked the Nara's kick, and Inoichi's punch. After that, he threw said Yamanaka into Choza, kicked Hiashi into Shibi, who took his son with him into the wall, and leaped over Hinata to grab Naruto.

Only for the Naruto that was to standing in front of him to go "poof!" to reveal he was in fact a Shadow Clone.

"You know they say the best way to catch an enemy off guard is through the element of surprise. So...surprise!" exclaimed Naruto from above, as he was on the ceiling the whole time in his Yami Kitsune Jigumo uniform, and the actual Biju Sword now in hand like his Masked Regent persona did with its ethereal form shining down on Jiraiya.

'Shit!' thought Jiraiya, as he had no time to dodge, or even block the sword with anything on hand.

The only thing he could do now was reverse summon himself to Mount Myōboku before the blade cut into him.

"Damn it! I missed!" exclaimed Naruto while seeing his sword was successful in cutting into the Sannin despite the reverse summoning with some of the fabric from the Sannin's clothing and now slit head gear with the kanji for "oil" falling onto the floor after it was sliced through during the transition.

Whether or not Jiraiya had any injuries from the sword was anybodies guess.

Sheathing his sword, Naruto turned to face the Gondaime Hokage Senju Tsunade, who was his distant cousin, and Godmother currently ruling over this village that hated him. He watched her behind his kitsune mask, his eyes analyzing the woman's most subtle movements, and sensing whether he would need to make a run for it. His allies he was able to recruit from Orochimaru's base were already in the village, ready to put the plan into action should things get dicey, and get him out of Konoha.

"Naruto, you don't have to be so tense. I'm not going to arrest you," replied Tsunade, as she saw him tensing, and knew he was wondering if she would screw him over after all of this.

Was he so use to treachery and betrayal in this village that it was what came to his mind when looking at people here?

"Trust for me when regarding this village is like trying to find an oasis in a desert. You know its there, but are rare, and extremely hard to find," said Naruto before he moved for the door, but found himself stopped by Hinata, who surprised him, and everybody else when she wrapped her arms around him in a hug.

"Hinata," said Hiashi while fearing this might provoke the blonde to retaliate in thinking she was keeping him in Konoha.

"Stay. If just for a little while. I...I want to thank you. Thank you for the bullies when I was a kid. And to thank you for Wave Country. If you didn't show up both times...I don't know what would have happened," whispered Hinata while Naruto thought over what she said in his mind, sensing her intentions were pure, no hurtful intentions, or possibly trap lying in wait to ensnare him.

"All right. I'll stay for a little while. I have some new friends I think you will want to meet too. One of them is another Uzumaki. Like me," replied Naruto with the Hokage and the Clan Heads looking at him in shock while Hinata let go of the blonde with the blush at realizing what she just did became known to her.

"An another Uzumaki? But no one has seen another Uzumaki aside from you in years," said Hiashi with Naruto smirking behind his mask.

"She was mostly kept hidden from the public eye. Her name is Karin. Uzumaki Karin," answered a slightly amused Naruto before explaining how he found her at Orochimaru's base along with an imprisoned Suigetsu and Jugo though the latter was locked up because he wanted to be locked up due to the instability of his bloodline.

And Jugo was also apparently the very source of Orochimaru's experiments regarding the Curse Seal.

"I would like to meet them Naruto. With Danzo dead, Homura, Koharu, and the Civilian Council arrested for their past crimes, I can now assert the full authority my position was always meant to have. You will not be harmed while here Naruto. I won't allow it," said Tsunade while the Clan Heads nodding since they supported the Hokage on this.

"Not only that, but I want Hana to meet her hero from when she was younger," added Tsume while secretly imagining her daughter marrying Naruto and giving the Inuzuka Matriarch a litter of Grandchildren to spoil.

"All right! All right! You can stop trying to twist my arm," said Naruto knowing he was not going to win this possible argument.

Tsunade smiled at him while the blonde took off his mask and sighed knowing this was going to be a pain in the ass regardless of the good intentions the Hokage had.

(Konoha-Days Later)

"You are one troublesome person Naruto," commented Shikamaru while having heard of what the blonde had done back in Wave Country years ago as Yami Kitsune Jigumo.

Add to what he did recently as the Masked Regent in Iron Country just made the blonde that much more troublesome in Shikamaru's eyes. Even now, the usually lazy Nara was trying to calculate the best way to take Naruto down should the blonde become a threat to him or Konoha in the future.

He didn't realize Naruto was doing the same to him and his teammates.

"Show me someone who isn't troublesome and I'll show you a world filled with boredom in it," countered Naruto while he was in the training ground he asked to meet all the other Rookies plus Gai's team along with their senseis so they could talk.

Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin were off to the side keeping an eye out for possible threats to their new leader.

"Troublesome," muttered Shikamaru while Naruto smirked.

"So what have you been doing since your time away from Konoha? We haven't seen you for over a decade," commented Ino with Naruto smirking.

"Let's just say I have seen what Hell looks like and was one of the few able to walk out of it alive," replied Naruto while thinking of his venture into Mt. Fuji, the Blood Queen of the Greater Fiends, and the Archfiend's own resurrection.

Oh yeah. Hell did indeed exist.

"Do tell!" exclaimed Ino excitedly while Naruto shook his head.

"It would only frighten you," said Naruto seriously while giving her a look telling the platinum blonde that he was being quite literal in going into Hell itself.

"I heard you were taken by a group of unknown ninja. What were they like? What kind of weapons did they use? Where they just as special as that one?" asked Tenten, as she eyed the blonde's sword, and felt it was pulsating with power.

She almost felt like drooling.

"The Black Spider Clan are special in their own way. At least they were to me," remarked Naruto while refusing to speak ill of the clan that raised him first and showed him how to be a ninja before becoming a member of the Dragon Clan.

"I wish to test you in combat," said Neji while eager to see how his skills would match up to that of the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and his ways of being a ninja.

"Are you sure? I was originally taught to fight rather harshly even when sparring with others. My first teacher Lord Genshin was a man who felt the best way to train his ninja was to fight as if he was fighting an enemy," warned Naruto while Neji nodded and got into his Gentle Fist stance.

"And I, the Super Sexy Mitarashi Anko shall be the ref for this match!" declared Anko happily, as she made a dramatic appearance in front of everyone, and was clearly being more excited then ever before.

Not surprising when word got out of her Curse Seal being removed without any kind of negative side effects from what Tsunade could determine with a full checkup and several days of keen observation to be sure.

"So Tsunade finally let you out of the hospital I see," commented Naruto while taking his sheathed sword off his back and throwing it to Karin to hold.

"Of course! I was getting a bit stir crazy being kept in the hospital for several long days and Tsunade-sama knew it was in the best interest of my health as well as everyone else there," replied Anko sweetly while Shikamaru shuddered since he knew that type of tone of voice from his Mother when she was in a mood you didn't want to cross.

"Hey! Why don't you ever let me hold that sword?" asked Suigetsu while feeling a bit peeved he didn't get to hold such an awesome sword.

Granted he got the purified Kusanagi, but that was beside the point.

"Are you an Uzumaki?" asked Naruto with Suigetsu shaking his head no.

"You know I'm not," replied Suigetsu with a scowl on his face.

"And that Suigetsu is your reason why. Now stop complaining or I'll freeze your waist while letting Karin kick you in the balls again," threatened Naruto since he found out that the man couldn't turn his body to water when hit if he's frozen in that spot.

"Okay! Okay! Don't say that so loud or else everyone will know how to hurt me! I don't want anyone to hurt my manhood!" exclaimed Suigetsu while making hand motions for Naruto to keep his voice down.

"What manhood?" remarked Karin smugly.

"Don't act so high and might with me flat chest? I've seen washboards with better racks then yours," commented Suigetsu, which earned him a smack to his head by Karin, and turning into water in the process.

"ASSHOLE!" yelled Karin since she was always a bit touchy on the fact her boobs were not as large as say...the Hyuuga girl's currently being hidden behind her jacket.

"Enough! Naruto-sama is about to spar. Shut up and watch!" commanded Jugo, who had created a deep level of respect for the blonde ninja when he was freed from his own self incarceration, and promised a chance to find a purpose in life where he would not hurt those he cared about.

The fact Naruto had been able to keep his promise so far was one of the reasons that Jugo now following the blonde. The fact Naruto had introduced him to Tsunade and explained things to the woman in the hopes of possible treatment options. Jugo had long since been plagued by the lack of control when it came to getting his more...aggressive side. Naruto felt if anyone could help Jugo, it was Tsunade, and do what Orochimaru refused to do.

"Sorry," said Karin and Suigetsu at the same time.

"Begin!" exclaimed Anko, as she saw the two ready for their fight, and Neji making the first move.

Naruto knew all about the Hyuuga bloodline and what it could do when using Taijutsu with the Gentle Fist being the backbone of the clan's fighting prowess. The trick with the Hyuuga being up close in a fight is they can see chakra points with their eyes and truly decimate their opponents by striking them with chakra covering their hands. Naruto had done enough research on the matter to know you can't block such assaults or go toe to toe with a Hyuuga since it was fighting on their terms.

Naruto knew better then to do that. Instead, he waited until Neji attacked before making the first move, dodged the strikes aimed at his body. If the Hyuuga was unable to hit his target's chakra points, he could not hurt them, and thus becoming increasingly frustrated. The more frustrated the enemy becomes, the more mistakes he or she makes, and expels more energy in the process. While this happens, the target uses less energy, lasts longer then the Hyuuga aggressor, and finally repels the attacker when the time is right.

This was proven true when Neji became increasingly annoyed by being unable to hit the ever nimble and evasive Uzumaki he was trying to hit. Normally, he dealt with Shinobi who would block, or fight him in Taijutsu in the belief they could beat him in it. His own teammate Rock Lee being a prime example of almost all the numerous attempts and all failures at trying along with the one ninja among the Sound Four he fought while heading out to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke years ago. However, this ninja was not like Rock Lee, or that spider like ninja Kidomaru for that matter. The Uzumaki before him was moving too fast, too quickly to hit, and it was honestly a frustrating thing to handle.

"Wow! Look at Naruto go! He's so nimble. How can he be that flexible?" asked Ino while seeing Neji, a year older then her, a Prodigy of the Hyuuga Clan, and last year's Rookie of the Year at the Academy being unable to land a hit on Naruto.

"I don't know, but I would love to find out on a personal level," remarked Anko, as she was getting perverted thoughts in her head, and the giggle she let out only proved it.

"Anko! Behave yourself. You're suppose to be the ref for this match. Not eye humping the one male your lusting for in the fight," remarked Kurenai while she had to admit the blonde was clearly being the one with the advantage here.

Though she failed to notice Anko's remark had an effect on her former student Hyuuga Hinata despite being near the girl and the atomic blush said girl was sporting.

As for Asuma, he was conflicted with himself at the idea of letting his Father's killer go free or walk around the village. Even if his dad had done horrible things while in the position of power as the Hokage of Konoha, the man was still his Father, and he did love the guy. On one hand, Asuma wanted to strangle Naruto for killing the old retired Kage the way he did, but at the same time, a part of the Jounin told him the old man deserved it, and couldn't fault the Uzumaki for running his sword through the Sandaime.

He was just glad Konohamaru wasn't here or the boy would get himself in a lot of trouble since his nephew idolized the Sandaime Hokage (all those failed so called "assassination attempts" not withstanding) and wanted to be just like him. Or at the very least surpass the old man and become the Kami no Shinobi like the Sandaime in order to get out of his shadow.

"You're skills are very good Neji-san. Deadly with precision, but it lacks something. Not skill. Not technique. Something along the lines of...spiritual? Mental perhaps?" remarked Naruto while dodging Neji's strikes and saw the Hyuuga was getting angry.

"There is nothing wrong with my Gentle Fist. It is perfect!" exclaimed Neji while trying to his Naruto's shoulder, but was dodged, and had the wrist grabbed before being thrown to the ground with a boot to his neck with a great deal of pressure on it.

Normally, Neji would fight this, but he had exhausted himself in trying to hit Naruto, and what strength he had left was overpowered by the Uzumaki who had more then enough to keep him pinned. The Hyuuga thought of using his free hand to strike at the boot on his throat, but the continued pressure to his neck made Neji realize his strike would do little to sway the blonde from relinquishing.

"If it were perfect Neji, then I would have lost within the first few seconds of our fight," remarked Naruto while tap the ground to indicate he gave up.

"Winner! Uzumaki Naruto!" exclaimed Anko happily while being extremely giddy right now with perverted thoughts running through her head.

(Elsewhere)

"OW! Damn it Haku! Why did you suddenly launch senbon needles at me?!" demanded Zabuza angrily at the girl while taking some needles out of his rib cage.

"I'm sorry Zabuza-sama. I had a sudden urge to hurt someone and Ao is not around right now," remarked Haku with a smile that certain women sport when they know the person they annoy won't hurt them.

"It's that damn brat again. Isn't it? He's around hot women and you're feeling territorial," accused Zabuza with Haku giggling while more senbon were in her hands.

"I don't know what you mean Zabuza-sama. It's not like I can feel when a woman or women are near my Naruto-kun and want to have sexual intimate relations with him before me," replied Haku sweetly in a way Mei did with Ao when threatening to kill him.

Meanwhile, Zabuza sported a sweat drop at her words.

"I didn't need hear that last part," commented Zabuza before he was hit in the knee with senbon needles and fought back the urge to scream.

"Oops! My hand slipped again Zabuza-sama. I think I'll go elsewhere to ensure I don't hurt you further. I wonder where Ao is right now?" replied Haku before walking off to find another victu-uh practice dummy to target her unusual frustrations on.

"Damn it gaki. Get back here and go on a date with Haku! At this rate, I'll either die by Haku's hands with those twitchy fingers, or Mei's constant desire to be married, and being a Mother to my kids one day," said Zabuza to himself while fearing the latter right now more then the former.

And for good reason too since Terumi Mei one day being pregnant meant the woman's out of whack hormones and mood swings would be more volatile then ever! Add in her two bloodlines and the usual threats she made to kill people if they (namely Ao) said something stupid...Zabuza didn't want to be melted anytime soon. Or rather the manly part of him between his legs anytime soon. He knew she would do it too. Zabuza had an eye for detail and picking talent among the ninja he knew would have potential, Haku being a prime example, and knew that Mei was the kind of woman who would backup her threat to melt a man's pride if crossed.

It wasn't that Zabuza feared the sexual intimacy he wanted to have with Terumi Mei. Just the overall outcome that would follow it should the woman become pregnant.

(Back with Naruto)

"You fight in such a straightforward manner. No flexibility. You need to be prepared to fight someone who won't fight you on your terms Neji-san. I know of several ways to take down a Hyuuga that many clearly have yet to figure out. If you had been a Main Family member and I was a Kumo ninja, you would be in serious trouble my friend," said Naruto before extending his hand to the Hyuuga, who hesitated at first, but took it, and rubbed his neck.

"I will...consider your words Uzumaki-san," replied Neji while he saw Lee was bouncing on his feet and eager for a spar himself.

"You must face me in combat Naruto-san! I wish to test your Flames of Youth against my own!" exclaimed Lee while Tenten face palmed and groaned.

"Flames of what?" asked Naruto while looking confused.

"Ignore him about that. Just face my teammate in a spar please," pleaded Tenten with Naruto shrugging his shoulders.

"Very well. Do not hold back on me Lee," said Naruto with Lee looking excited by the process of going all out.

"I won't! Let's go!" exclaimed Lee before charging forward at incredible speed with his right fist cocked back.

Naruto quickly caught the punch, ignoring the pain in his hand since Genshin had always hit much harder, and held the fist firmly in place. Lee moved to add his left leg, which was caught by Naruto, who pushed Lee back, and motioned for him to come at him again. Lee smiled and nodded before doing just that. The green spandex ninja hit Naruto with a jump kick, which was blocked, followed several punches, another kick, a spinning punch, and another jump kick. Naruto unleashed a barrage of his own punches and kicks, alternating between Ryu's fighting style, and Genshin's when the latter was teaching the blonde from the start.

"He's going up against Lee and holding his own. Impressive. There are few ninja in this village who can do that," commented Gai while watching Naruto's fighting style with interest and studying the moves intently.

'He's the reason Minato and Kushina are dead. He's the reason the Sandaime is dead. The boy must pay,' thought Kakashi, as he narrowed his eye at Naruto, and wished the blonde to explode just from the stare alone.

"Jugo. The silver haired guy with the mask. The one who looks like a scarecrow. I sense negative thoughts coming from him," whispered Karin while Jugo looked at Kakashi and narrowed his eyes at him.

"He clearly wishes to harm Naruto-sama. Be alert," whispered Jugo while Suigetsu was grinning at the prospect of fighting the Jounin and cut him up.

As for Naruto and Lee, the two were starting to step up their game, and really hit each other hard with their attacks. Lee was currently holding his left side from where Naruto kicked him and a mean bruise on his face from the spin kick that followed it. As for Naruto himself, his armor was dented, but still repairable, and his healing factor with Kyuubi's chakra was kicking in to repair two cracked ribs from a punch that hit him.

"Your skill with Taijutsu is impressive Lee-san. There are few with the skill to damage on my armor or hurt me like you have," commented Naruto before raising his hand to indicate that the spar was to end to the other ninja's surprise.

"Thank you Naruto-san, but why are we stopping the spar?" asked Lee before he saw the blonde's eyes quickly dart to the group that had been the four Jounin who were senseis to both the Rookies and Gai's team.

"Because someone is about to do something violent to me," commented Naruto before he sensed the flaring of chakra where and the two looked to see Kakashi going through hand signs.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" exclaimed Kakashi before shooting a massive fireball at Naruto while Lee jumped out of the way.

Surprisingly for everyone watching, Naruto didn't move at all, and took the blast of fire head on without any fear at all. Acting quickly, several Jounin moved to launched Water Jutsus at the blaze while others restrained Kakashi, and forced the man to his knees.

"Why did you do that Kakashi? The boy was your sensei's son!" exclaimed Kurenai while she glared at the man angrily.

"He is also the reason Minato-sensei is dead. The reason Sandaime-sama is dead," replied Kakashi while Kurenai looked to strike him, but stopped when a cruel laughter was heard from the blaze, and made everyone pause to see a shadowy figure in the flame.

With a swipe of his hand, Naruto parted the fire around him, and had an evil look on his face with glowing crimson eyes while staring at the now shocked if not horrified Hatake Kakashi. Clearly the man did not expect Naruto take the hit, much less survive unharmed by the fire, and walk out of it like the two were one entity.

"How the mighty have fallen from their position on high, Hatake Kakashi," commented Naruto while walking toward the restrained Jounin, who was still failing to comprehend the simple fact the blonde had survived, and walking toward the man without so much as a scorch mark on his armor.

"You took that massive fireball head on. Anyone else would have been killed if they did that," whispered Kakashi with Naruto scowling at the Jounin while standing in front of him.

"I am not just anyone Kakashi-san. I am an Uzumaki on my Mother's side. I am of the Dragon lineage on my biological Father's side who was your sensei. I am also in a sense the son of the late Lord Genshin of the Black Spider Clan. I have seen and done things that would give you nightmares. I saw the depths of the Underworld and fought those very nightmares myself and other horrible things. You think a little ball of fire is going to frighten me? Is going to stop me? I am of the Dragon lineage. We were practically born from the fire of the Dragon Gods themselves and thus are not afraid of its power, yet are respectful to it at the same time," replied Naruto before backhanding the Jounin across his masked face.

"You are also a Jinchuriki and murderer of your parents. You are a vile and evil thing that does not deserve to be loved or care about in the slightest!" Kakashi shot back angrily at Naruto despite the hit.

"Evil? Let me tell you what Lord Genshin told me once about being a ninja. The ninja way knows neither good nor evil. Its all about perception. About what we do that makes us appear good or evil in the eyes others. We are shadows. We can walk in light and the darkness. Ninjas can do what others cannot and will not do. So what I did to your oh so precious Sandaime Hokage, what you accuse me of doing to my parents, and anyone else you feel that I have killed from Konoha unjustly...it wasn't evil. It just happened to be the way of the ninja," replied Naruto with Kakashi narrowing his eye at him.

"Then one could argue what happened to you growing up in Konoha wasn't good or evil either," argued Kakashi with Naruto shaking his head no.

"No. What happened to me was not the ninja way. How I was treated in this village was not the ninja way. Even Lord Genshin once told me what he saw that one day regarding how I was treated in this village was stupid as it was foolish. All my potential was being wasted away because of this village's hatred and spite against me. Lord Genshin said that was NOT the ninja way in the slightest because it had nothing to do with being a ninja. It was the way of arrogance, greed, and stupidity. Everything the ninja way is against. It is everything I am against. You have followed a path that betrays the ninja way and thus are not a ninja in my eyes. You Hatake Kakashi are not worthy of being a ninja and are a fool for believing that you still are one," countered Naruto with Kakashi glaring harder.

"I am more of a Shinobi then you could ever hope to be!" exclaimed Kakashi angrily.

"Before Lord Genshin died, he actually said with his last few words that he had no regrets in his life because he fought for a purpose greater then himself. Tell me Hatake Kakashi, before you die here today...do YOU have any regrets worth noting?" asked Naruto coldly while bringing out a kunai and saw Kakashi looking unafraid.

"Nothing you would want to hear murderer!" replied Kakashi with equal coldness while Naruto let out a chuckle and his eyes flashed red for a second once more.

"Look around you Kakashi. Everyone here is a murderer. Everyone here has murdered at some point in time while being a ninja for this village. Including you I might add. Or did you think your past experience in the last Shinobi War didn't count as murder?" replied Naruto while Kakashi looked away since he didn't want to admit it.

"You're still a monster," whispered Kakashi while Naruto shrugging.

"Maybe I am. Maybe I am not. I'll let the Dragon Gods decide when I'm dead. As for you my Father's so called student? You will be judged by the Shinigami and my parents when you face them again. It should be interesting how you justify your actions to them when the time comes. I almost wish I were there to see it happen. Almost," replied Naruto while putting the kunai to Kakashi's throat.

"You won't kill me. Tsunade won't let you. She needs every strong ninja for the coming war with the Akatsuki," said Kakashi with Naruto smirking at him.

"Why would she need you then? You're not strong at all. Even at this age in your life, you are still just a boy trying to prove himself a man. Trying to get out of the shadows of both his Father and sensei while failing at every turn," said Naruto with Kakashi narrowing his eye at him.

"Then kill me. Slit my throat and see if Tsunade won't arrest you," challenged Kakashi while Naruto kept on grinning and pressed the blade against the exposed flesh along the neckline.

"Gladly," said Naruto, but was stopped by Asuma, and Gai from moving the blade from left to right though they couldn't push the kunai away from the neck either.

"We can't let you do it Naruto-san. Kakashi is right. We do need him despite what he just did," said Gai while giving his now former friend a glare.

"Very well. He gets one warning. Next time he pulls something like that...the man will be neighbors with the former Uchiha at the hospital," threatened Naruto before pulled the kunai away and holstered it.

"In the meantime I'm taking him to Hokage-sama so he can explain himself to her," said Anko while vanishing with him while Gai, and Asuma were with her to help.

With that done, Naruto looked at the other Rookies, and Gai's old team to see they were a bit intimidated by what he just said as well as did. It was clear to them that Naruto was not all talk like some of the Rookies had first thought when he only hinted at what his life was like being a ninja. They saw in his eyes when appearing from that ball of fire that the blonde had indeed seen and done things that were beyond their comprehension. Had been apart of missions where he fought evils that would haunt anyone of them if they saw what he did.

They also knew that Naruto was not afraid to kill someone who crossed him if they chose to just backstab his person because he was a Jinchuriki.

"Haven't you done enough?!" questioned Sakura, who made her presence known while Sai was beside her with that fake smile on his face.

Though inwardly, the pale boy was deathly afraid of him.

"And what have I done to upset you Haruno-san?" asked Naruto with Sakura glaring at him in anger.

She had come a long way in the last few years after Wave Country. Even more so when Sasuke had gone rogue in the pursuit of power, only to be found, and returned in a way that many would argue was less then half of person. Sakura had tried to give her love to the boy after she heard the news, hoping to get his affection for being the loyal girl above all others, and finally get that one date with the path leading to going steady to eventual marriage.

Only to see just how broken the boy truly was in more ways than one. The rumors that followed, which were soon confirmed to be true about Sasuke no longer being an Uchiha, and a lost cause in reviving the clan hit hard. Her Mother had told Sakura time and time again to get Sasuke to like her, date her, and eventually marry with children one day being on the way.

Now it was lost. For the last three years (give or take a few months), Sakura's dream of being the future Mrs. Uchiha Haruno Sakura, and Mother to Sasuke's children.

Since that time, Sakura upped her training. Trying to get stronger and became Tsunade's apprentice like Hinata had become in the medical field to find a way to reverse some of what was done to Sasuke. It was perfectly clear from Sasuke's own testimony regarding the description of the attacker that Naruto was not the one who was responsible for the crushing defeat the former Uchiha had that day. But it was also clear the blonde was from the same clan the ninja responsible for it and thus made him guilty by association. She had vowed to make the clan or at the very least make Naruto pay for his actions against Sasuke and Konoha regardless of his reasons for doing it.

"You killed two Kages. Your clan crippled Sasuke-kun. You have practically made all of Konoha look like hypocrites to the rest of the world!" answered Sakura angrily at Naruto while the blonde had put on his kitsune mask.

"Please! One Hokage was a backstabbing liar. The other was a total fake. As for Konoha itself? I had nothing to do with that last part. Your village did that on its own without my help in the slightest. I merely...brought such dirty dealings to light," replied Naruto while Sakura continued to glare at him.

With the Civilian and Shinobi Council arrested, Tsunade claimed the power that had been slowly stripped from her position since the Yondaime Hokage died. Hiruzen had let this happen knowing he could take it back anytime, but chose not to due to the various illegal (even by Shinobi standards) activities being performed, and thus gave the old Hokage plausible deniability should an investigation be made. Not only that, but his successor would be given that same distinction, and thus all of those around the Hokage position would take the hit. Now that Tsunade was in full control of the Hokage seat and all the power it first had when Senju Hashirama was the Shodaime Hokage, the woman was making it known to Konoha that Uzumaki Naruto was not to be harmed. At all! Tsunade even told the citizens and Shinobi of Konoha that Naruto was allowed to kill them if they tried anything.

Something the people of Konoha didn't like to hear this since to them, it was like they were having their favorite seemingly indestructible toy they all loved to hate, and abuse being taken from him. Many protested. Some had even tried to attack Naruto during his time in Konoha, thinking the order was a bluff like punishment of the repealed law the Sandaime Hokage first made about Naruto's Kyuubi Jinchuriki status being kept from the younger generation. In truth, the law was not the Sandaime Hokage's doing at all, but rather the Clan Heads trying to protect Naruto, who they felt deserved a fighting chance with the younger generation, and their own children while knowing the adults would not in any sense of the word.

The only reason the late Sandaime Hokage went along with it was due to a plan to let the law stay in existence until Naruto was in his teens, have it repealed by either himself, or his successor when an excuse presented itself. When that happened, the Sandaime knew the younger generation, or most of them anyway, would turn on Naruto in an instant. The boy would be hated by the majority all over again, a life forever bound to a village that would hate him, and any children he had that would become future the Jinchuriki in his place for Konoha to use as weapons.

He was only partially successful in his plans.

The younger generation were confused since they didn't know what to believe anymore due to their parents saying one thing, but the Gondaime Hokage saying another. Who were they to believe? Their parents had always raised them to listen to what they had to say. To trust them no matter what. That being their parents, they were always right. But the Hokage was suppose to be the supreme leader of the village, the one who you could trust on all Shinobi matters, and answer almost any question related to it. That what they said about all things ninja were absolute and the Hokage was to be trusted above all other people in the field. Naruto being a Jinchuriki was a Shinobi matter and a major issue the Gondaime Hokage addressed shortly after her meeting.

Some were afraid of Naruto for the power he held inside of his body. Others hated him for it. Some wanted to reserve judgment until they saw what he did for themselves. And some didn't believe Naruto was a monster at all, but a person who got the short end of the stick.

"You had no right to do that! You are not a Konoha Shinobi. You are not one of us! You are a monster! You deserve to die for your crimes!" exclaimed Sakura angrily while Sai moved a few steps away from her while he still smiled his fake smile.

The pale boy knew how dangerous Naruto could be seeing as Danzo was not a man to be caught off guard or killed easily. In Sai's observant eyes, this was a ninja who was five steps ahead of your two when plotting your demise, and had the skill to execute his plans for said death.

Sai knew better to provoke this preverbal dragon with a stick and decided to let the pink haired kunoichi do it herself.

"You're right. I'm not one of you. And by you, I mean I'm not a bigot who sees something they fear, and hate simply because they choose not to see the truth. You just hear people say 'demon', point to me, and just assume I am one without even considering the idea that they could be wrong. You just assume they are right. You won't even stop to think that it would be best to get to know someone better rather then follow the mentality of the mob. A mob by the way, that has been growing, and now coming this way," remarked Naruto sadly while sighing at the stupidity of people this village seemed to have no shortage of even after all these years with him not in it.

"He's right. A large mob. Mostly low level chakra signatures, but some of them are high. Like Jounin level high," said Karin with Jugo narrowing his eyes and Suigetsu grinning like a mad man.

"Finally! I get to cut up some people! exclaimed Suigetsu with Kusanagi out and he was eager to spill some blood.

"Why would they come here? Don't they know Hokage-sama won't tolerate this?" asked Ino with Shikamaru sighing and shaking his head.

"They simply don't care about what Hokage-sama said earlier Ino. I mean, who is going to enforce her decision? Konoha Shinobi? Some of them are in this very mob heading our way. Aside from us, who is going to enforce the Hokage's decision?" asked Shikamaru, as he saw the mob getting closer, all brandishing weapons, and bloodlust oozing off of them.

"You can leave if you want. I won't hold it against you. In fact, I would rather you not see what I'm going to do to them," said Naruto while drawing both the Biju Sword and the Blade of the Archfiend with both weapons showing they were incredibly powerful.

"Yosh! I will not leave a fellow comrade to fight alone! What the mob plans to do is most unyouthful!" exclaimed Lee while Naruto saw the spandex ninja's comrades nodding in agreement.

"What he said, just don't have me repeat it word for word," said Tenten with Neji nodding in agreement.

"It is illogical to abandon you after doing so much for Konoha, even if the village does not appreciate it," said Shino while Hinata nodded while she was disappointed that Kiba was currently under house arrest by his Mother for what he did in the Hokage's office.

"We won't let them hurt you," stated Hinata firmly, as she wasn't about to abandon him again like she was force to as a child, and would defend Naruto against this new group of bullies.

Ones far more worse then those of her childhood.

"Give us the demon," said one of the members of the mob.

"Its time for him to die!" exclaimed another member who was a woman.

"Send him to Hell!" exclaimed another with a pitchfork.

"Please stand aside Hyuuga-sama. We have orders to kill this...thing behind you," said a Chuunin with a tanto in hand.

"On whose orders and whose authority?" demanded Hinata knowing this Chuunin had to say who it was and show proof.

"The Shinobi and Civilian Council," said the Chuunin with most of the Rookies frowning since they knew the Councils were arrested for treasonous crimes against the village.

"You do realize you're following the orders of those the Hokage has charged with treason and various other charges, right?" asked Shikamaru with the Chuunin now going silent with his tanto being gripped tightly in his hand.

"He knows. He just doesn't care. To him, the Hokage's orders regarding me are as hollow as the inside of a drum," remarked Naruto, as he stepped around Hinata, and had his two swords ready for a fight.

"You have no business being here you monster. Your kind are an abomination! Your kind have no business being in this world and should be wiped out!" exclaimed the Chuunin angrily while Naruto just laughed at him.

"That's funny considering this village and the others keep making those like myself. Don't you find it odd that I am the third generation Jinchuriki? Don't you know that Uzumaki Kushina before me and Uzumaki Mito before her were also Jinchuriki? That they were the wives of past Hokages? If the Shodaime, the Yondaime, and their wives who they both loved very much were standing here today right in front of you...would you be so insulting? Or is the idea of insulting them when they are not around something that you feel is allowed due to the fact they are dead?" challenged Naruto with the mob looking hesitant and fearful.

"He's trying to make us doubt ourselves. Don't listen to him!" said a Jounin with some of the crowd listening to him while a few still look unsure.

"You should listen to me. If you turn back now, I won't kill you, and just let the Hokage decide your fate," said Naruto with the mob taking his offer like an insult and became angry at him.

"Kill him!" exclaimed someone from the mob with the large number of people charging at him.

"Can't say I didn't try," whispered Naruto while getting ready to fight the angry mob.

'Now's my chance. That monster will never suspect me since he's so focused on the mob I alerted to come here,' thought Sakura while moving slowly and quietly up to Naruto with a kunai held discreetly in hand with the intent to stab him in the back of the neck.

She also underestimated Naruto's sensory powers and Karin's for that matter. Just when Sakura got close enough to strike Naruto, Karin threw a kunai at the back of pink haired kunoichi's right shoulder. Sakura cried out in pain, making her drop the kunai she was holding just as she raised the attacking arm. The other Rookies saw it too, but had been too slow to do anything. They were shocked Sakura would be a support of the mob aimed at hurting the blonde Uzumaki. As for Naruto himself, he spun around without hesitation, and stabbed Sakura in the chest with the Blade of the Archfiend.

The shock of herself not only failing to kill him was showing on her face, but the fact he had killed her instead without any regret.

"M-Monster!" gasped Sakura before Naruto pulled his sword out and watched the girl fall to the ground dead.

"Does anyone else wish to join her?" asked Naruto coldly with the mob looking fearful of him at first before it gave way to anger and made the mob want his blood even more.

"KILL HIM! AVENGE THE KONOHA KUNOICHI!" yelled the mob as one and they charged him once more.

"I don't have time for this shit," remarked Naruto angrily, as his mind soon found itself going back in time, the faces of the mob appearing before him when he was younger, and how they all had their fun in beating him as a child.

He remembered their laughter, their joy, and their happiness while they launched wave after wave of beatings on his body. They were thrilled to see him suffer. Thrilled to see him on the edge of death, waiting for what they believed was the inevitable end to the Kyuubi brat, and were anxious to see the blonde brat die. But now things were different and this was no longer a moment in time from his childhood. He was Uzumaki Naruto the adult. Not Uzumaki Naruto the child. A naive child who would have taken those hits, healed, and lived the next day waiting for a repeat beating from the previous day with similar people, yet different weapons.

Not this time. Today would be a difference between the past and the present Uzumaki Naruto.

The difference being that this Uzumaki Naruto of today didn't take crap from anybody!

With that in mind, Naruto moved toward the mob, cutting them down viciously without hesitation, without mercy, and spraying blood everywhere around him. The Rookies and Gai's team rushed to aid Naruto in his fight against the mob aiming to kill him. Despite their misgivings in fighting or even killing citizens and Shinobi of Konoha, these people were committing treasonous actions against the Hokage's orders. Naruto had proven that while he wasn't part of the village anymore, he had helped it by weeding out the corrupt, and greedy individuals who used everyone around them to advance their own sinister ambitions. Sadly, the very greed, and corruption those in power had embraced had spread to the people in the belief that they were entitled to do whatever they wanted. That Kami himself had blessed them and basically said "do whatever you want I give you permission to do anything to everyone else not from this village" to make them feel no guilt in their actions whatsoever.

It would only be through their own deaths and severe injuries would they realize just how wrong they were in that assumption.

When the final body fell, Naruto was stained in the blood of his enemies, and flicked the crimson liquid off his blades before sheathing them. Slowly, he turned to the others who had helped him in battle, his face covered by the kitsune mask, and therefore made his own feelings on this matter unknown to them. The only exception being Karin, who had been brawling during the fighting, and knocking people down rather then killing them. She could sense what was going on through Naruto despite his ability to suppress the feelings deep down and knew her cousin was having thoughts of uncertainty at this point. Not that Karin could blame Naruto given what had just happened and around those he was trying to bond with after so many years being away from the village.

"Karin. Suigetsu. Jugo. We're leaving. Now!" commanded Naruto seriously before he vanished in a swirl of wind and the others nodding before doing the same.

"Naruto-kun wait!" protested Hinata, but it was too late to stop him, or his group from leaving.

"What the Hell happened here?" demanded Tsunade, as she appeared with Neko, and her ANBU team when they felt a lot of chakra spiking in this area.

The Senju woman was grilling Kakashi for information in her office while Anko was in the room when it pulsed louder then she knew it should be and knew trouble was afoot. When she came here with the ANBU, they bodies everywhere either sliced to pieces, or on the ground broken with those bodies being alive yet in pain.

"The short version Hokage-sama? The people of Konoha fucked up," replied Shikamaru with Tsunade gritting her teeth and glaring at the pile of bodies lying on the ground of those still alive.

When she got through with them, they would wish Naruto had cut them to pieces!

"He probably went to the Namikaze Estates to rest Hokage-sama. Its the only place in Konoha he can really go and has been staying since being in the village," replied Neko while Tsunade looked ready to lash out at someone.

"His group went with him," added Shikamaru with Tsunade sighing in frustration since those three with Naruto were going to make sure no one got near him without reason.

"Damn it! I wanted Naruto to form bonds with you and the village. To show him that it is not filled with bigots anymore or that they are now in the minority. Now he'll think I was lying to him. That my word means nothing!" exclaimed Tsunade in frustration.

"I could talk to him Hokage-sama," offered Hinata since she had formed some type of bond with Naruto and knew he would trust her.

"I don't know if that is a good idea Hinata-sama. He seemed a bit...on edge," remarked Neij with concern for his cousin.

After what happened in the Chuunin Exam Preliminaries where he defeated Hinata, the Branch family member felt proud he had crushed his weaker cousin in battle, and soon returned to the Hyuuga Clan with a sense of pride. It left him however, when his Uncle Hiashi, Hinata's Father ordered him to meet in his office so they could have a talk, and for Neji the word "talk" meant "beat the crap out of you for hurting my daughter" in the translation. When alone in the room, Hiashi had asked Neji about the fight with Hinata, and told the boy to be honest. Neji did just that and told how Hinata fought, yet lost to him since Fate smiled down on the Branch family, and did not feel guilty in hurting the Hyuuga girl the way he did.

As for Hiashi, he showed neither sadness nor anger at his eldest daughter losing to Neji, but rather showed disappointment, and the young Hyuuga thought it was aimed at Hinata. However, Hiashi told Neji that he was disappointed in Neji for not even realizing that the victory was his not because of Fate, but because Hinata allowed it. When Neji frowned and asked Hiashi how that was possible since he was clearly the superior fighter, Hiashi sighed at his question before pointing to his own forehead, and then at Neji's own to help the boy understand.

Hinata did not use the Cage Bird Seal on him. Hinata did not take the easy way out. She did not humiliate him in front of the others by using the Cage Bird Seal to force the boy into submission like any other Main family member would have in her place. Hiashi went further by asking Neji if Hinata ever used the Cage Bird Seal when growing up? If she ever hated Neji or tried to treat him like he was lower then her in any sense of the word? When Neji answered no each time, Hiashi asked him one final number of questions that made the Hyuuga boy realize his anger had been misplaced in hating Hinata for the loss of his own Father.

If she did nothing to hurt you Neji, why did you lash out at her like she did your whole life? Is it because of your Uncle, my twin brother Hizashi being used to take my place in the negotiations with Kumo? Do you honestly believe that a child of three years could best a fully grown adult and one who is an experienced ninja too? Fate does not shine on us that much my nephew. You will find there are two types of victores. One which you earn and the other wish is given. Hinata could have chosen the path of the being given her victory through the Cage Bird Seal. A move anyone else in the clan, even Hanabi would have taken in her position. Yet she didn't. Hinata wanted to earn it. That showed great strength Neji. Courage. Determination. While the Elders will frown upon her defeat by your hands, I see it as show of strength. I see it as a victory in terms of knowing that my daughter did not take the easy way out. Anyone can take the easy way out if given the option, but only someone truly special will take the hard way, regardless if they win or lose.

After that, Neji felt his life slowly changing, and that he was slowly changing in regards to his thoughts about his cousin lying in the hospital. He went to visit her days later when she was feeling better and they had a nice long talk that covered almost the entire day. Even after beating her viciously in the Chuunin Exam Preliminaries, Hinata didn't hate him for it, and said that while she wished their fight never happened, it did help in its own way. Hinata told him how her dream was to unite the family as one, to make the entire family come together, and all share the same seal without the need to subjugate the other. She wanted to take away the pain, the suffering the clan was going through by dividing the family in such a way that it would destroy itself from within one day, and she loved her family too much to see that happen. By the end of their long talk, Neji found himself breaking down into tears, placing his head on the side of the bed, and begging Hinata for forgiveness for what he did to her in the Preliminaries.

Naturally, Hinata had given it to him, and only asked that Neji let go of his anger against the Main family. If only just for her and the dream of uniting the clan as one someday in the future.

"All right! Hinata go visit Naruto. Try talking to him and see that we do care about him. Use that alluring female Hyuuga charm your Mother had if you have to," said Tsunade with a smirk and made Hinata blush since the girl felt the Hokage was implying she get close to Naruto.

While the Hokage was joking with her, Hinata honestly did not mind the idea of going down that route when it came to Naruto. Hinata saw a beacon of hope for the world. For the Elemental Countries. The Hyuuga girl felt an urge to fly into the heavens and fly with him whenever she was around the blonde.

Bowing slightly, Hinata left to visit the Namikaze Estates, and hoped Naruto would see her despite everything that has happened. For too long he was hiding under a mask of some kind to hide his pain, his rage, his fury, and anger at the world that hurt him for so long with Konoha being the center of it all. Konoha had become the blonde Uzumaki's Hell and it was filled with many demons that had yet to be exorcized despite the strong mentality Naruto possessed.

Hinata wished to help him with those demons in anyway she could.

(Elsewhere)

"OW! Haku-sama, please stop throwing senbon needles at me!" pleaded Ao, as he had found himself to be the unfortunate person in the young woman's line of sight when the urge to throw pointy objects came about, and as usual...she had good aim.

If the needles in both his kneecaps were any indication.

"I'm sorry Ao-san. I felt a sudden disturbance in the natural order of things pertaining to my heart. As if another woman was moving in on the man I will one day marry," replied Haku before she felt it yet again and threw more senbon needles at Ao.

This time hitting him in the groined.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled Ao while holding his crotch and falling to his knees while crying from the intense pain he was now in.

'Damn it brat! You are making Haku go psycho again. GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE AND GO ON A DATE WITH HER ALREADY!' thought Zabuza knowing it was only a matter of time before Haku had destroyed Ao beyond repair medically in the form of being her practice dummy before turning her sights to him.

And despite his overall fear of getting Mei pregnant, Zabuza did want to one day have kids. And Kami hoping...with eyebrows!

(A/N: YAY! A super long chapter for everyone to read. Hope you enjoyed it. Until next time...PEACE!)