After about 3 hours of running a 10 mile circle an entire island shimmered and Zabuza smiled and said "Ok kid, Hes granting us a meet and greet." as he ran across the water toward the island and stopped when he actually reached the beach and Naruto was behind him a few seconds later.

Naruto said "Thats crazy doing that."

A voice said "True but only jounin or higher would be able to do it and that is if they knew where this island was." as Naruto looked over and saw a man in his 20s with blond hair, purple eyes, a green cloak with fishnet shirt and blue pants with a normal diamond shaped sword on his back.

Naruto looked at him and Zabuza said "Its good to see you again Mirai."

Mirai said "Cut the crap Zabuza. Whose the kid and why have you disturbed me at this time in my life."

Zabuza said "The kid is Naruto Uzumaki, he killed Kisame and earned my respect in a battle against me. We had a duel at which either I submit and bring him to meet you or I kill him."

Mirai looked at Naruto and asked "So your the kid with the Kyuubi."

Naruto tensed and said "Yes. How did you know."

Mirai said "Konoha, whiskers, and you kept pace with Zabuza water walking for several hours and he looks a little tired but your not meaning you have plenty of chakra left meaning your a jinchuuriki."

Naruto said "Thats one of 3 reasons I wanted to see you. I wish to talk about being a jinchuuriki, I want to learn Kenjutsu to use Kisame Samehada and I want to discuss Uchiha Madara and Akatasuki."

Mirai turned and said "Not interested kid, go home." as he turned and started to walk away.

Naruto said "I am not a kid, I lost that right a long time ago. I have to protect my village from danger, even from myself. You got to help me."

Mirai appeared in front of Naruto with his fist in Naruto gut and said "I don't have to do shit but live and eventually die."

Naruto coughed up some blood and fell to his knees as Mirai removed his fist and stepped back and began to walk away.

Naruto slowly got up and said "I'm not leaving."

Mirai stopped and said "hes a stubbern asshole, isn't he Zabuza."

Zabuza chuckled and said "Yeah, reminds me of that kid who use to hang around wanting to be the next me."

Mirai saw Naruto glaring at him and said "What do you want to know about being a jinchuuriki."

Naruto said "Everything, what I should do, how do I handle it, what....." as a fist hit him again in the stomach knocking the air out of him from Mirai.

Mirai leaned down and whispered "The only thing about being a jinchuuriki you need to know is don't use the demons powers ever. Don't let anyone talk you into it, never get angry enough to call on it and never let the demon talk you into using its power. It will only result in one thing. Your death." as he stepped back.

Naruto coughed up some blood and asked "What do you mean." in gasping breath.

Mirai kicked Naruto in the face and said "I mean that the seal holding your demon is like a dam. The demons chakra naturally goes through the dam in small pressure release channels to keep it from destroying the dam however every time your try and use the demons chakra it puts a new hole in the damn so more chakra goes into you." as he drew back and kicked Naruto who had sat up in the chest "At first its just a small hole its like shooting water out a straw, after that the demon will work on destroying the seal holding it by making more and more holes until a moment of weakness and it will be free to come out and destroy everything." as he ran forward and tried to hit Naruto in the face with his knee but Naruto caught it with his hands.

Mirai smirked and said "Good block." as he punched Naruto in the face breaking Naruto nose.

Naruto winced but rolled away and quickly got into a defensive stance and asked "But if thats true what about the healing abilities I get from Kyuubi."

Mirai charged forward throwing punches and kicks at Naruto and said as he fought him "Your healing abilities is mostly how your body deals with the chakra that comes through the damn naturally as part of the pressure release channels." as he sent an elbow into Naruto ribs breaking one.

Naruto winced and asked "But how is Kyuubi able to stop me from healing normal and have these scars after I first met him in my mind and pissed him off."

Mirai mule kicked Naruto and said "You really are stupid, aren't you. Sometime in your life you have had to use the demons chakra, probably to save your life or something and the demon has been pushing that extra chakra into your system and he was controlling it like we do using jutsu to heal your scarring. Now that you pissed him off hes decided to just sit back and wait till you come to him. All normal people scar. Be proud your demon is letting you. Let them be a reminder that you don't need his help." as he sent three punches to Naruto chest, one to his stomach and an uppercut to Naruto chin.

Naruto hit the ground and was knocked out and Mirai turned glaring at Zabuza and asked "Why did you bring him here. You know what my condition is."

Zabuza said "I know but the kid here reminds me of you Mirai. He may not seem it but he is very determined and hes going after Madara. With or without anyones help he will go face him. I thought you might like to train him to repay Madara for his orders."

Mirai frowned and said "Thats low Zabuza. You know how I feel about that."

Zabuza said "I know."

Mirai closed his eyes and asked "Whats wrong with his eye."

Zabuza said "Itachi Uchiha gave him that eye when the kid killed him. Its the Sharingan."

Mirai eyes got wide a moment and said "So hes beat Itachi, Kisame and you huh."

Zabuza said "Yeah and he has Samehada."

Mirai crossed his arms with his eyes closed and said "Get some rest Zabuza and bring the kid to my house when he wakes up."

Zabuza looked confused and asked "Why do I need rest."

Mirai said before he left "Because your going to help me train this kid but hes going to pay my price for it." as he left.

Zabuza frowned and looked at Naruto and said "Well kid, its all up to you now."

Back in Konoha a figure looked at Ino and asked "You want to what."

Ino said "I want you to train me until the chunnin exams. I asked my sensei and he said my team will do missions first from now on and we should be done by noon so from noon until whenever you decide I would like for you to train me."

The person said "And why do you want me to train you."

Ino said "I wish to get stronger and you are the only one I know who can help me get into good shape before then."

The person looked at her and asked "Are you willing to do whatever I ask, when I ask and how I has ask you to do it. No complaining, giving me everything you have."

Ino nods and the figure said "Very well, you have yourself a new sensei Ino."

Ino smiled and said "Thank you Suzume."

Suzume said "From now on Ino you will refer to me as you did when I instructed you at the accademy as Namida-sensei. Now the first thing we need to do is get your body into shape because I can see you like most girls in the accamey let your physical training go so I want you to take those buckets there and run to the river which is a mile south of here and bring them back full of water and begin filling the well over there. You will do this until I feel your physical speed and strength are good enough for the next level. You are also being timed"

Ino looked at the buckets and paled as she saw 2, 3 foot tall buckets tied to a pole that you carried on a person shoulders while using your arms to support the weight as well as keeping it balanced.

Ino gulped and picked up the buckets and ran toward the river.

When Naruto awoke Zabuza said "Follow me kid." as he began to walk toward the center of the island.

Soon they came to a huge field that had several things he didn't recognise set up in it along with a house. in the middle.

Soon they made it to the house and Mirai was sitting and said "Alright kid, you want me to train you right."

Naruto nods and Mirai asked "How good are you with that eye."

Naruto frowned and said "I can use it to copy and then use the jutsu but it takes a lot of chakra to use it. In fact every time I use it, I get tired."

Mirai nods and said "Alright. I will train you only if you agree to my terms."

Naruto asked "And they are."

Mirai said "First, you will do everything I tell you without question. Second, you will agree to never use, train, or be trained to use your demons powers. Third, to finish your training you must defeat me in a fight. When you do I will make one request. You must do what I request no matter what you want to do it or not. This is not negotiable and if you do not do it then I will kill you. Do you accept."

Naruto said "yes."

Mirai nods and said "Good, you see that funny looking thing over there with the handrails on the side of it. Its based on a tredmill but this one runs off of chakra and every 5 minutes it increases the weight the person on it feels but it also increases the speed. You have to stay on it as long as you can while keeping your Sharingan uncovered and watch Zabuza and I fight each other while holding those cords that have weigths on the other end so you can learn how to use a sword properly as well as some jutsu."

Zabuza frowned but knew not to argue with Mirai and Naruto nods and walked over to the tredmill and climbed on it and it began to move slowly at first and then picked up speed and Naruto was soon thought as it leveled out at one speed "This is not to bad." as he pulled up his headband up and grabbed the cords and thought "holy shit, this is a lot of weight on these." as he pulled them close to his body.

Zabuza and Mirai got in front of Naruto on the field and began to fight each other first at just kenjutsu and then with jutsu. It wasn't very long until Naruto felt his chakra begining to get low and he fell off the tredmill.

Naruto closed his eyes to rest and Mirai said as him and Zabuza stopped "That won't work. Your going to have to be able to keep that going for an hour Naruto. When you rest a few minutes we will start again again we will start again."

Naruto nods and when he could get up they began again.

In wave country Sakura was sitting outside on the roof when a voice said "Want to talk about it." as Sakura turned and looked at Haku.

Sakura frowned and said "I don't know what to do. My family moved to Konoha from a small village south of Konoha. My fathers family have always been merchants and my mothers family were farmers. My parents wanted a better life and moved to Konoha and I decided I wanted to be the first ninja in my family. I heard my father talk about how ninja saved his life on trips when he traveled and how he always talked about them with respect and I wanted to be respected by my family like he respect them."

Haku sat down next to her and asked "And you are one."

Sakura sighed and said "But....I never really thought about what a kunoichi has to do. I always thought it was more romantic and heroic. I never though about what I was getting myself into and....and I want to be a ninja, but what does that make me. I mean I have to kill, have to whore myself out, and who knows what else."

Haku said "So your wondering if you have what it takes to really be a kunoichi now. I know how you feel."

Sakura looked at Haku and Haku said "I am originally from the land of water. In the land of water the people hate those who have bloodlines. My mother had a bloodline and she hid it her whole life. When I was 6 I awoke my bloodline and showed it to my mother who slapped me and told me never to show it to anyone again....my father unfortinately had seen it. Him and some villagers came and killed my mother in front of me and then they went to kill me."

Sakura had covered her mouth and Haku said "My bloodline activated again in self defense and it killed my father and those villagers. After that I had to live on the streets, barely surviving and nearly dying until I was saved by Zabuza-sama who has protected me, trained me and taught me true strength."

A voice from behind both girls asked "What do you mean true strength." as the looked and saw Sasuke standing there and Haku said "True strength comes from protecting that which is precious. Only then will you become truly strong. Your friend Naruto knows true strength. Even after all the pain he has felt in his life he still wishes to protect those who he hold precious."

Sasuke said "I know, its the same reason why my brother Itachi killed my clan. He did it to protect me because I was precious to him. Now Naruto is."

Sakura asked "Sasuke-kun....what changed between you and Naruto so much that you went from being rivals to brothers."

Sasuke smiled a real smile shocking Sakura since she never seen him do more then smirk and said "Do you remember when Naruto first returned with his eye and he talked to me privately at the memorial stone."

Sakura nods and Sasuke said "When he touched my head it wan't Naruto talking. My brother Itachi used the sharingan he gave Naruto to copy a piece of himself into Naruto.....I don't know how he did it but when Naruto touched my head it was Itachi telling me goodbye and he gave me some of his memories. Memories of when Itachi protected Naruto and claimed Naruto as a little brother. My whole life I have looked at my older brother and when he killed our clan I didn't know what to do. I think what hurt me the most at the time wasn't that he killed them....but that he left me alone and behind. I realise now that he didn't actually leave me alone. I had a brother there he left to challenge me, befriend me, who became my rival but I was to blind at the time to see it but he became my only real friend and my brother. Now my eyes have opened and I see what my brother wanted me to really see."

Sakura said "But how did he become your friend."

Sasuke said "For someone who stalked me for years you never really paid attention did you. Naruto was the only person in the entire village that treated me as Sasuke, not the last Uchiha or the tragic son of the Uchiha clan. He never pitied me or gave me special treatment. That was why I never would look at any of my fangirls because they never saw me."

Sakura blinked and she looked at Sasuke for several moments and thought "I....understand him and Naruto now. I was a fool. Both are so much alike they really are brothers. Neither wants to be treated anyway but who they really are...did Ino realise that before me.....I understand why Naruto wanted to be Hokage now, he doesn't want to protect the village...he wants to protect the people who are precious to him in the village......I...I think that is what I have been wrong about." and said "You know what Sasuke. I think you and Haku have helped me realise something along with Naruto."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow and asked "What might that be."

Sakura said "I just realised why Naruto really wants to be Hokage and it made me realise that I have wanted to be a ninja for the wrong reason. My dads story told me about how brave ninja were to protect him and he also told me about when one died protecting him and I never really thought much about it but now I realise....the reason we become ninja is not for the glory. Its to make sure the people we care for live on safely even if we die."

Sasuke nods and Kakashi said "That is the will of fire that the Hokages have spoken about since the beginning of the village founding. It was a belief that made the Senju clan so powerful a rival against the Uchiha Clan." from behind the teens as he was sitting reading his book.

Haku said "Hello Kakashi-san, what are you doing here."

Kakashi said "Actually, I was listening to all 3 of you since Ami has locked her in a bedroom and I have to say Sakura that I have one question for you. Now that you realise this, what do you plan to do about it."

Sakura thought a moment and said "I wish to become stronger, no matter the cost, so that I may protect my friends and family."

Kakashi asked "And you Sasuke, what do you plan to do."

Sasuke said "My family is my friends. I will support and protect him no matter what. If he wants to be Hokage then I will become head of ANBU to be his chief of security. I will do whatever it takes to keep the family I have. I won't lose it again."

Kakashi asked "And what about you Haku, what do you and Zabuza plan to do after this mission is over."

Haku said "My place is with Zabuza-sama. I go where he goes. He is my precious person."

Kakashi nods and said "Very well. Then how about I begin to train you all 3."

Sasuke asked "What about Ami."

Kakashi said "When this mission is over I am going to ask to have her removed from the team."

Sasuke asked "Then who will be our 3rd teammate."

Kakashi said "I have a few ideas." as he locked eyes with Haku who narrowed her eyes and thought "what do you plan Kakashi."