Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto; if I did Kisame would have a lot more battle scenes.

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Previously in Vice Versa: A Naruto Tale—

Unknown to him a pair of yellow eyes were watching him with a great interest. Soon Sasuke-kun, soon, thought the man as he watched Sasuke slaughter the clones. The man's grin grew wider. Soon Sasuke-kun, your eyes will be mine!

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Naruto's Apartment-

It had been a long day. As Naruto sat down on his couch he thought about his fight. Had Sasuke really been that dumb as to not realize that there was a clone? No way, he had just been too cocky that all.

Getting off of the sofa he gathered all of the chakra he could, and reached for Gesshoku. Grabbing it he got ready for the pain. As soon as his hand touched the sword and current of electricity shot through his body. He began to feel Kyuubi's presence. Suddenly, it felt as if his stomach exploded, but the pain soon faded away and was replaced by the feeling of Kyuubi healing him.

Naruto smiled and sat down. After Kyuubi finished healing him he went into a meditative state. He felt a familiar pull and lost all consciousness of the outside world.

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Hokage Secret Archives-

She had finally found the answer to her problem. There was no doubt in her mind that the Yondaime would know the sealing jutsu Jiraiya had used on Naruto. She read the first passage.

'Today, I Namikaze Minato will become the fourth Hokage. After my work in the war, the council gave a unanimous decision to make me Hokage. In close second was Orochimaru-sama. I don't think I'll be happy. The entire village is celebrating but not me. I am writing this in front of Obito's grave. If I had come sooner, I might have been able to help, but luckily, I was able to save Kakashi. I hope he doesn't take the loss as hard as Rin did. I still can't believe she left the village.

Sakura shook her head. It was interesting, but not what she needed. She flipped a couple of pages and read.

I just found out that Kushina is pregnant. She hopes it is a boy and I do as well. There has been word of a demon wreaking havoc among some of the villages. This is not the first time a rumor like this has come up, but it seems real. I have to be ready if it comes to Konoha.

Sakura nearly threw the journal on the ground. She breathed in and went to the last page.

The Kyuubi is here. The shinobi are currently holding off the Demon so I can prepare. It kills me inside but I have to seal the Demon into Naruto, my only son. I have created a jutsu to seal the Kyuubi into him, and another to keep it under check. The second sealing is only to be used after he goes berserk with its power and Kyuubi takes over. It should seal it off, but not entirely. I have given the scroll to Jiraiya, but put a copy of it where nobody would find it. It is in the secret room in my Hokage head. I am also putting my journal in a secret room in the archive, so no one may no my son's secret. I can only hope that he can be treated as a normal kid, maybe even a hero.

That was what Sakura needed. Running out of the room the door reappeared and the mark faded from existence.

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Naruto's Mind-

Naruto found himself in the familiar surroundings of the sewer like environment. Walking down the hallway he arrived at the room he had been looking for. Staring at Kyuubi, he sighed. The cage had changed a lot. The bars were gold and column like, and there were only 4 of them. There were electric currents going in between them. The bars were cracked though and there was red chakra around them. Inside was the form of the demon fox.

"Hey fox, how's it been?"

"I've been better kit. By the way, I have a question."

'Shoot."

"Why are you so compliant with these people?"

"What do you mean?"

'I mean, you do whatever you say, and you haven't tried to escape the village yet."

'You don't remember?"

'Remember what?"

'Alright here it goes…"

-Flashback-

'Where are we?' asked Naruto to himself.

It had been one year since Naruto had killed Jiraiya. He had currently been tracking a band of thieves that had let slip that they knew of the people who had killed Naruto's village. He came towards a tree line. He heard voices.

'so where do we hit next boss/" said one to another.

"I don't know." said the boss, "that kid has been tracking us for some time now."

'Do you think that he could be useful?"

"He might."

Naruto frowned. Who were these people? They each wore an open cloak. On the back was a kanji for water and on the bosses's was a kanji for weapon. Naruto jumped forward and took out his normal katana.

'He's a Konoha ninja!" yelled the one wearing the water kanji.

"Shut up Mizu!" said the boss.

"Sorry Kaze."

"I'm no Konoha ninja!" yelled Naruto interrupting the two.

"Then why are you in ANBU gear?"

'Because I killed an ANBU and stole his clothes!"

"Oh well that makes sense."

"I'll kill you!" said Naruto.

'Oh yeah?" said Mizu, "Water Style: Bursting Water Collision Waves Jutsu!"

Opening his mouth Mizu vomited out enough water to fill the campsite. Jumping out of the water, both fighters landed on the water.

"Wind Style: Spiral Shuriken!" Naruto yelled gathering up the wind in his hand.

He charged towards Naruto and flung the jutsu forwards but missed. He hid the water, and it created an enormous explosion. As the dust cleared, the water started gathering into the hole.

'You planned that all along, didn't you/" shouted Mizu.

'Damn straight." yelled Naruto starting up a Rasengan

"What are you gong to do with that?" yelled Mizu.

'You tell me."

It was then that Mizu realized Naruto's plan. The water was going into the crater, and Mizu was on the water, and Naruto was on the way towards the crater. He was going straight for Naruto.

"Water Style: Destruction Torrent Jutsu!" he yelled water forming in his hand.

The two jumped at each other and collided. An explosion occurred and both were sent flying back. Naruto struggled to stand up, while Mizu jumped up.

"Rasengan." he said again.

"Water Style: Water Tornado Jutsu!" he yelled as the water form a tornado. Naruto was instantly swept up and thrown into the air, and landed roughly on the ground.

'Hah." said Mizu and began to walk away. Suddenly Naruto turned into water.

'Don't underestimate me!" yelled the real Naruto, coming out from under the water.

"Water Style: Black Dragon Blizzard Jutsu!" he screamed, a black sphere surrounding his had.

Thrusting his hand forwards, a black dragon appeared slamming head on with Mizu's face. The attack sent him flying, barely alive, into the crater.

'actually, that was my plan." said Naruto.

"Water Style: Ice Prison Jutsu." said a voice, as water formed and froze around Naruto's body, covering everything except his head.

"What the hell?!" said Naruto.

'That was very good." said Kaze.

'Who are you?"

'My name is Kaze, and that is Mizu. We come from an organization called Shoujin."

'Shoujin? Your group name is purification"

'Yes, and I'd like you to join."

'What do you do?"

"Well, we have either been banned, or shunned from our villages. Our group wishes to take out the leader of our villages and replace them with ourselves and create a purified world."

'Sounds good to me."

'Good."

Releasing Naruto from the jutsu, he picked up Mizu and started to walk away. Naruto joined him.

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Two Weeks Later-

'Here it is." said Mizu approaching some old ruin of a castle.

'This is it?" said Naruto.

'Yep. Base of operations."

They walked into the ruins and turned left. They reached a huge rock. Kaze and Mizu gathered chakra to their hands and placed it on the rock. 6 white lines went vertically down the rock. The rock disappeared in Mizu and Kaze's section. Kaze walked through his while Naruto and Mizu walked through his.

Naruto and Mizu came into a room with 5 huge chairs going from the ground up. They were probably about 20 feet up. Each one was a different color: red, brown, blue, white, yellow, and gray. The floor was black marble, and a huge candle chandelier hung over the center of the stairs. Kaze pushed a button on the wall the instantly lit the chandelier and sent out a quick piecing whistle.

Instantly three other people appeared two women and a man. They had on cloaks as well.

'Who is this?" said the man.

"This is Naruto. He will be filling in the position of Kaji."

'He is from the Fire country?" asked the first woman.

'Yes, he is from Konoha."

'That is good." said the second woman.

Kaze turned towards Naruto. He pointed at the man and said:

"Naruto, this is Rai. That is Tsuchi and that is Oto."

"Nice to meet you." said Naruto.

"Well, Naruto, your new name shall be Kanji. Oto will show you to your room and explain things."

'I have one question." said Naruto.

"Why are you all named after elements?"

'Well, you see, when we left our village, we left our connections. Now we go as the name of the country we were shunned from, so we will never forget."

'Oh. Thanks."

'Right, now Oto, show the boy around." (I know that Oto isn't a country but still, a person named rice is weird.)

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'Well I might as well explain things while we walk." said Oto.

"First off are the chairs. Whenever Kaze pushes that button, no matter what you are doing, you appear in that room. Then usually, you go to your chair. Each chair is color coded to your name. Red for Kanji, Blue for Mizu, Gray for Oto, White for Kaze, Brown for Tsuchi, and Yellow for Rai. Secondly is the entrance. Focus chakra to your eyes and look for the symbol of your name. Then walk to the symbol, and focus chakra into your hand. Press it against the rock and your door will open. Think of where in HQ you want to go and it will take you there." Oto said, stopping for a breath.

"Is that all?" asked Naruto.

"Basically. With your room, you can decorate it anyway you want, and do anything you want in there. Only you can open the door. Well you and Kaze." she said.

'Where are the rooms?" asked Naruto.

'You'll see." said Oto.

As they walked through HQ Naruto saw the training grounds, kitchens, and the library. They finally reached the rooms. On each door was the symbol for the elements.

'Alright, here we are. The door across from yours is the room of your traveling partner."

Naruto saw that he was with Mizu. He also saw that Oto was with Tsuchi, and that Kaze was with Rai. Naruto pushed chakra into his hands and touched the door. It slid open. Inside was pretty normal. There was a single bed, a mirror, a closet and a bathroom. He saw another chakra door. Opening it he found a huge library.

'What's this?" he asked.

'That is a library containing every single scroll from the village in your country."

'Wow." said Naruto.

"Yep."

"Well, I guess I'll see ya. Bye." said Oto walking out the door.

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9 months later-

He had been in Shoujin for 9 months now, and he had learned a lot. He had trained with every member of Shoujin and learned many techniques from their villages. He had also been traveling with Mizu a lot. He had also been told by Mizu to start studying ways to counteract his village's jutsu.

Bree.

Naruto heard the familiar whistle and teleported to the meeting room. He then teleported to his chair.

'Now that everyone is here we can start." said Kaze.

'Kaji, I suspect that you have been studying your jutsus?"

'Yes, Kaze-sama."

'Good, now we can start Operation: Leaf!"

'What's operation leaf?" asked Oto.

'It's the operation to take over Konoha and replace the current Hokage with Naruto."

"Finally!" said Rai.

'Anyways." said Kaze, " The first step is to kill Orochimaru, so Oto can take over, that way there will be no more problems with that. Second step is to infiltrate Konoha, and learn about what has changed since you got there. Then we enter stage three, which I will update you on later. Remember, no showing your real power! Obey them and act good until they ease up to you again, got it?"

'Got it!" said Naruto.

"Good now go."

'Hai."

"Kenji wait, I almost forgot, give me your cloak." said Kaze.

Naruto through Kaze his cloak. Kaze threw another one back. This one had an insignia of a fox on it.

'We are well known around the world, but no body knows our true identities. The fire symbol will give you away."

'Good idea." said Tsuchi.

'Now you can go." said Kaze.

"Alright, see ya. Wait will be in contact?"

"One of us will come and get a report."

'Alright." said Naruto as he ran out the door, towards Orochimaru's hideout.

-End Flashback-

"How did I miss all of that?"

'I guess that the demonic sealing must have given you temporary amnesia or something."

'Well I guess you can go now."

'alright, see ya fox." said Naruto disappearing.

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'I can't believe that Kyuubi can't remember anything." said Naruto.

Looking at his katanas he thought of something. He lifted his shirt and looked at his stomach. He created a clone and transformed it into him from two hours ago. He looked at its stomach. Running to the closet he pulled out some black paint, and small paintbrush. He painted a duplicate seal onto his stomach. Letting the clone disappear, Naruto pulled his shirt down.

"It probably would be better if I kept them thinking that I still had the seal on." said Naruto.

He sighed and went of to bed. Thinking about the past, and wondering about the future. (Kinda sounds like the ending of a story.)

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A.N. - That had to be my frickin' longest chapter yet. 9 pages and over two thousand words. I really want to post this thing up now but I can't. I only do Saturdays. This should answer a lot of questions, and get me a lot of reviews. I have also decided to make this Part 1 in the Vice Versa Trilogy! Lastly, I know I promised a preview of my newest fic, but my beta reader for the story said it would probably be better if I kept it a surprise, sorry! See ya next time. (9/29/07)

Shoujin- Purification, purifiers.

Mizu- Water

Kaze- Wind

Oto- Sound

Rai- Lightning

Tsuchi- Earth

Kaji- Fire

Ranting Corner:

WARNING SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT.

Chapter 373 was pretty cool. Is it just me, or is Masashi obsessed with the number three or what? Three sannin, three legendary eyes, three gennin, even three main places, Akatsuki, Orochimaru, and Konoha. This chapter leads me to wonder about what happened to Yahiko. He can't be a member of Akatsuki because all of them have been revealed. He also looks a whole lot like Naruto, but a lot of characters seem to. See ya next time, oh loyal viewers. (10/5/07)

Next time: Sakura's Findings 9Don't forget to check out the redone chapter 4 on Monday, 4 o'clock, AND REVIEW PLEASE!)