The Uzumaki of Konoha

by AWilliamH

Members of the Civilian Council saw an opportunity to be rid of the demon once and for all. Having a hand in the kidnapping of not only Naruto but Anko Mitarashi they unknowingly set in motion. That in which they fear. He gaining strength starting by being changed, finding love, his heritage which he claims to rebuild. (Naruto x Anko x Kurenai x OC) x Harem, Uzumaki Male X Harem

Chapter One
Mysteries: Gone and Return

A Doctor who was a member of the civilian side of the Sandaime's advisory council came across people that seem to be searching for something. And in combined agreement put in motions a plan to finally be rid of the demon before it finally showed it true form once more and killed them all. Thinking themselves heroes the members of the council quickly discovered that what they though was wrong. As Naruto Uzumaki somehow returned. Returned different stronger with a new bond. A new bond as well as other factors that would help cause a change that placed him in a position they never thought. One of power gained from learning of the secrets and rebuilding of his clan. The long lost Uzumaki clan which was something that not only those of the council wanted to get their hands on for profit and power, but also the elders as well.

Note: AU Graduation age from the academy are higher, some other ages are lowered and some events are spaced out further.

(Naruto x Anko x Kurenai x OC) x Harem, Uzumaki Male X Harem

Konoha, Unknown Location

None, of the civilians of Konoha were aware if it, but within the higher levels the shinobi governing body their was a level of unseen chaos. The type that if the civilians knew they would not understand, they would cheer. At least that was the thinking of those within this room celebrating and planing their next move. October seventeenth, seven days after the Kyuubi Festival and four days after the Sandaime realized that the Yondaime's work was finished because of them. The demon wasn't dead as far as they knew, but it was long gone.

"We should be seen as heroes," one of the civilian council members told the others.

"We will once the Sandaime is finished wasting resource and the energy of our shinobi looking for that damn demon," said another.

"As a matter of fact we should see if we can do something about punishing him for wasting those resource in the first place," said a third with arrogance.

"We might be able to use this against him so he can't fight us when we finally get what belongs to us, to Konoha instead of a dead clan who the Sandaime give that damn demon name to," said the first council member to speak taking a sip of his wine as the others in the room were. "Learning of the Sandaime selfishness will surely make all of Konoha shinobi and civilians alike see us as the heroes I spoke of. As well as give us the support that we deserve for keeping this village together," he continued feeding into the delusion they all shared.

"You would be correct," said a fourth member of the civilian council, "but first we need to make sure that the demon is dead and gone so the Sandaime can't say that what we take was stolen. Are you sure it won't comeback."

"I'm sure," said a fifth smugly, "the people who paid us a good amount of money I might add, said that the demon brat would never be seen here again."

"In addition it seem that they took that Snake Whore traitor with them for reason so we have done more than any ninja since the Yondaime has done to protect this village."

Agreements were shared through all of the civilian council members with none of them aware that a ANBU wearing a black cat mask under orders by the Sandaime and his ANBU captain Neko to investigate a member of the civilian council due to other suspension of wrong doing. Not even he was expecting what he was going to report the the Sandaime and his captain. Though he agreed that the civilian council were going well beyond the purpose they were given when it was first made by the Second Hokage.

Konoha, Hokage's Office

"Hiruzen if you don't stop this soon other villages will become aware that we are looking for a single person and a missing ninja that has been compromised," Koharu was saying she along with Homura arguing with the Sandaime on the behalf of the silent Danzo for nearly the last half an hour. "Yes, finding the Jinchuriki is important, but doing it this way makes us look weak. So we should allow Danzo's people to do the job while we focus our shinobi on doing more missions."

"In addition," Homura added, "if we do find the Jinchuriki and find out that he ran away it would make it clear that the methods you have put in place to keep him loyal to Konoha has failed so he should be placed under Danzo's charge."

"First off all you seen to forget that your positions are those of my advisors, advisor to the Hokage, the commander," the elder man said his voice near the edge of a roar, "and as the Hokage I make the finally decision on what the active shinobi of Konoha do. Including how many mission we accept and when. We have people in the field doing missions in Konoha's name. Second, as I said before I will not let Danzo's people look for Naruto Uzumaki and Anko Mitarashi as they are both shinobi…."

"One is barely a shinobi, and the other loyalties are questionable," Homura stated."

".… As they are both shinobi loyal to Konoha," Hiruzen continued. "Not criminals nor those that you can manipulate Danzo," looking directly at the one eye retired shinobi not knowing everything the man had done but was well aware of what he did interfering in Hiruzen's actions to stop the coup of the Uchiha peacefully.

Danzo did not respond knowing the Hiruzen didn't know much of what he did in the shadows other than his hand in the Uchiha Massacre. Let alone how much and what he gained for his plans. And getting his hands on the weapon that Hiruzen seem to have lost or allowed to escape was also apart of it.

"I want to find our Jinchuriki as much as you do Hiruzen," Danzo said truthfully.

"I don't question the fact that you do. What I question is the reasons why? If…."

Hiruzen's accusation went unsaid as an ANBU appeared before him kneeling to one side of his desk.

"Forgive the intrusion Hokage-sama, but a team has found them," the ANBU with a Ox mask stated, "both Naruto Uzumaki and Anko Mitarashi have been located.

"Where," Koharu questioned?

"And why have they not been brought here," asked Homura?

The ANBU didn't answers.

"Go head," Hiruzen stated.

"Both Uzumaki and Mitarashi have been found unconscious and different…."

"Different how?"

"It would be best if you see it for yourself, Hokage-sama."

Outskirts of Konoha

When they arrived it was if they came across some kind of expedition or the investigation of some kind of unexplained event. The fall of an unknown object, as mass destruction event seen in the second and third war after days of battle and the use of heavy wide ranging, damaging jutsus. There were teams all around the area between chunin acting as guards supplementing the ANBU hidden in trees and other areas along with those that were in plan sight. Plan sight guarding, perhaps watching the actives of those of the science division or divisions of konoha along with medical personal.

"Neko," Kurenai Yuhi recently promoted Jonin Sensei and Konoha's Genjutsu Mistress questioned, "why…?"

The shoulder length untamed hair crimson eyed beauty stopped as she saw the reason why she was brought here. There laying on the cold ground was one of her bestfriends who had gone missing for over a week. And to think that she would be found like this completely nude. Nothing, no sign of her equipment, her clothes nor Hitai-ate anywhere as she was face down covered in blood partially covered by a blanket. She seem to be alive still but….

And then there was the person that she was laying next to. A long haired blond laying on his side facing her bestfriend that didn't look familiar as Kurenai glared at him blaming him for whatever happened to Anko. Like her he did have a piece of clothing, equipment nor identification of what village he was from. Like Anko, the man looked like he was covered in blood or at least it seem his back was which could explain why his blond hair had red in it. Looking at him closer he was tall, maybe five foot nine or ten with a fit to athletic build saying that the possibility that if he wasn't a shinobi from another village he at least had training.

An enemy that if it weren't for the fact the this man was already down unconscious and surround by other shinobi of the Leaf, as well as ANBU she would have drawn a kunai and killed him. She found herself leaking Killing intent at him enough to make the male shift or trying in his unconscious state saying that Kurenai was right, he had shinobi training. But what was shocking, what was something that she, Neko as well as the medics working around them was with the threat Kurenai was posing, both Anko and the stranger reached out to one another.

Everyone that saw it, more than Kurenai had thought stopped what they were doing and looked waiting to see what was next. Were they both beginning to wake up so he could be question and Anko could tell them what happened? The male looked to be in his late teens early twenties in the face. One that was slender and now the longer Kurenai noticed the more she stared at him. At least that's what Kurenai thought as she started to recognize those feature. Linking them with someone much younger, still having baby fat in the cheeks if it weren't for the fact that he was older than he looked and the whisker….

Kurenai stepped back her eyes widen in disbelief while having enough wherewith all to see Neko turn her cat masked covered face towards her as the head medic looked up at her as well.

"Is that… how? What happened to him?"

"That's what I would like to know as well as while as why he and Anko are out here like this," Hiruzen said arriving in a Shunshin flanked by the ANBU that told him and the elders of finding Anko and Naruto as well as another of his most trusted personal guard?

Speaking of the elder luckily he was able to keep them from the scene, at least away from them for now after being told of the changes to Naruto. However, that subject would also be a problem if they said something to the civilian council about his changes once they heard as they would go right to the thinking that the Kyuubi had taken him over. Force whatever physical changes and then the usual would happen from there. Though this situation called for him to have more information before he could deal with them. Knowledge was power and as the Hokage he had the power and needed to maintain it for the good of the village.

In the right way.

"Hokage-sama," an exotic looking woman said with a bow of her head just as everyone that notice Hiruzen arrival did out of respect for the Sandaime.

The most resent head of the shinobi hospital was at first disliked, mistrusted because of who her parents were. The woman did look exotic because she in many ways was to Konoha due to her mother being a woman from Kumo. Her mother had came to Konoha during one of the shinobi conflicts as a refugee that was accepted by the Yondaime himself with a secret that was share with very few. Hiruzen knew and it had a lot to due with the young woman's father being who he was.

As such the head doctor of the shinobi hospital had a natural tan far deeper than anyone else in the village with a combination of her father lighter, average Konoha citizen's skin tone and her mother's darker Kumo skin tone given her a rich caramel color. That with a very pronounced combination of long wavy hair color dark brown with red throughout that if people knew enough or paid enough attention might have figured out if not knowing who her father was. At least an idea where he originate from.

And of course she came from a shinobi family, a clan with the name of kept with the secret of who her father might be. Nevertheless, she had the strength and the train of a shinobi both from her mother as she grew older as well from Konoha itself as this woman was born and raised right here in the village with no doubt in both Hiruzen mind that her loyalty would be to here over Kumo. Though she would be one that would try to make peace with those from the home of her mother if the opportunity presented it self, but not at the cost of Konoha.

Due to her training she was a medic-nin with an athletic build on a slender wide hipped frame standing around the same height as Kurenai Yuhi and Anko Mitarashi. Though she was dressed more like a civilian with a buttoned white long sleeved blouse and a pair of black ANBU style black pants with her blue shinobi style low-heel sandals. Because she was out in the field she also had on her Jonin vest instead of a lab coat and her Leaf Hitai-ate around her waist like a belt or sash.

"At this moment I cannot really answer many of yours and Kurenai's question," the almond-shaped violet eyed Doctor Kirika Uehara said after lifting her head. "But what I can tell you with all certainty after preforming a diagnostic is that this blood isn't theirs because I haven't detected any physical wounds, and second by their chakra which is slightly different, but their base chakra signature are those of Mitarashi-san and Uzumaki-san. For more answers the both of them will need to be taken to the hospital for further examination."

"So why was I asked to come here," Kurenai said showing her shinobi professional demeanor?

"Because it was clear that you were worried about her, we all were Kure-chan," Kirika said answering the Genjutsu Mistress.

Konoha, Hokage Tower Council Room Three Days Later

Anko and Naruto return to the village, the health, the questions of how, when, why, where, and what happened took presence over the civilian council's constant demands for a council meeting once they learned of the two's return. In addition with those concerns Hiruzen place his focus on both Konoha's security with questions of how either of them were taken out of the village without being noticed as well as turning the active shinobi of Konoha back on doing missions. As his loyal advisors had vehemently express he should have done during the search for Konoha's missing two shinobi and as such with that a part of his focus the Sandaime had little time to hear them on the current situation. In addition to getting Konoha's mission work flow returning to normal Hiruzen still assigned a small contingent focus on further investigation what happened and how.

All these moves though little, still give the man time to get what he needed, at least as much as he could, information. With strict orders that no one was to share anything outside of him and a very tight nit few that were needed to do the job of running tests on both Anko and Naruto especially with Naruto's physical alterations, which had started to get out before the Sandaime order all information silence until further notice. Though the damage was done when it came to that because as he predicted as he sat at the head of the horse shoe shaped table within the council room the civilians were making their accusations and demands. Something that Hiruzen had allowed to go on for a few minutes waiting for the rest of the shinobi council to arrive.

"An eleven or twelve year old disappearing from the village and returning looking older isn't normal proving that the Kyuubi has taken him over," one of the civilian shouted.

It was idiotic, or more they were showing that they were blind to reality to be kind, if not all out admitting that they were ignorant. As the very reason behind all the hatred, the very event that happened the day he was born happened sixteen near seventeen years ago. Meaning even though he did look like an eleven to twelve year old do to not eating well until those that noticed actually stepped into to help him, Naruto was the same age of the heirs as well as the rest of his graduating class. Or at least he was. Now….

"That's right," said another, "so why is it still alive laying in a hospital? We should kill it now before it grows even more powerful and kills us all."

"Just like we had warned over and over every time it was allowed in the academy with our children and now it has grown stronger," said a third, "none of us know how powerful it is. Hopefully it not intelligent enough to do anything yet meaning this is the best time to strike."

"That and the spy of the snake having something to do with it says that they both should be dealt with," added a fourth, "neither he or she are true shinobi of our village anyway. And that mean we of civilian council should have final say in what happens to it."

As usual all of the civilian council were of one mind on the subject dealing with Naruto. And as for Anko… they fear what they didn't know nor understand. Thinking about it more Hiruzen came to the conclusion sometime ago that they used what they could to manipulate the situation to their favor, or try as he ignored most of the demands in the end.

"You arrogant bastards," Tsume roared….

"Tsume," Hiruzen said with a warning speaking for the first time since he entered knowing how hot tempered the Inuzuka clan head could be.

Not as bad as Kushina or Tsunade, but she was up there.

"Who are any of you to say who a true shinobi of konoha is," Tsume continued, "Naruto Uzumaki earned a Leaf Hitai-ate just like any other shinobi including some of your children."

"Barely, as a matter a fact he failed the final exam because he lack the skill to do a simple jutsu," one of the councilmen argued in a shout!

"As well as the intelligence to pass the written exam," shouted another!

"And how would any of you know that information," Hiashi Hyuga the head of the Hyuga Clan asked evenly showing no emotion, stoic as most of his clan were taught to be? "That information should not have been shared with any of the civilian council as again, as alluded to by the head of the Inuzuka Clan, the members of the civilian council have no say in who becomes a shinobi and who does not so there is no need for any of you to know of Uzumaki's grades."

"We heard things," one of the civilians quickly answered as the rest of them seem to froze under Hiashi stare and questioning.

"It seems that the civilian council often hears of a lot of information when it comes to Uzumaki-san," Shibi Aburame stated in his logic filled monotone tone.

No response.

"He… he… they still broke the law by leaving Konoha without anyone permission," a fifth member of the civilian council suddenly said clearly looking for any reason they could to get what they were looking for. "He if not both of them committed multiple crimes. And if not, such as being kidnapped or lead out of the village, then that means neither of them are fit to have the tittle of shinobi."

This last one to speak was a doctor, one due to practices was bared from working within the shinobi hospital nor treat any shinobi without supervision. It was only luck and a silent agreement as well as sealed reasoning behind his restrictions that he was able to keep his licence as a doctor and work in the civilian hospital as it was. But all of that and more would be lost if they ever found out that he had something to do with the demon being taken from Konoha, and the removal of the Snake Whore before the village recognized that they were right.

"Nothing with the disappearance of Anko Mitarashi and Naruto Uzumaki is as simple as it sounds," said a blond haired shinobi who was the head of the Yamanka Clan by the name of Inoichi coming in to hear the civilian doctor's statement as he entered the room with the rest of the shinobi council.

Head of the Akimichi clan, Choza and the head of the Nara clan as well as the Jonin Commander of Konoha's forces, other than the ANBU, Shikaku. The three of them making up the current generation of the Ino-Shika-Cho team with plans to have all of their just graduated heirs to make the new generations of this well know team.

"What have you found Inoichi," Hiruzen asked with the three men's arrival and Inoichi's statement caused all in the room to pause and pay the three some attention?

"Yes, we all would like to know what part anyone had to play in one of the Leaf's resource vanishing and changed," Danzo said with interest hiding his bitterness.

The Sandaime knew so hearing the tone in Danzo voice as Hiruzen made sure that not only was any information gained on Anko and Naruto was kept to a few people as possible but also made sure that they were guarded. Of course he had no idea what the elders had done even though they still had no access to any information nor samples.

"Yes…yes," one of the civilian council members that spoke earlier said excitedly, "Yamanaka-San will prove that the Kyuubi show itself and that we should kill it…."

"Enough," Hiruzen voice thunder silencing the male having enough of their accusations for now, "the next person says anything about the execution of a shinobi of konoha without any legal provocation will be punished. And as part of that punishment the same fate as demanded will be considered for that individual," the Sandaime then said and finished focusing killing intent at the civilian council members getting the intent response. "Now, Inoichi please tell us what you can of what you've found so far."

"There isn't much that I can tell the council at this time, but my wife and I have walked Anko's mind and Naruto's minds respectively," Inoichi answered walking into the center of the U shaped table as Choza and Shikaku took their seats among the shinobi council. "Comparing notes we both found that right now both of them are highly disoriented which in our shared opinion is part of the reason why they are still unconscious."

"So their minds can put things back in order I would assume," Shibi said for his own as well as everyone else clarification.

"That would be Iymai and my assessment," Inoichi answered with a glance to the Aburame before turning his attention back to the rest. "The last few days our shrouded, however what happened the day the two of them went missing is a clear memory to both of them. It seems on Kyuubi Festival's Eve Naruto had become acutely aware of being followed aggressively. To what I can tell more so then usual around this time of year in comparison to other memories that associated with the recent ones."

They all knew either through hearing about, seeing the results or having a hand in the attacks that Naruto endured during this time of year.

"That day Naruto made an effort to avoid his pursuers making his way near the Forest of Death where Anko seem to have made her appearance. From there whomever Naruto was being pursued by made their move. Naruto didn't get a view of who they were never getting around to seeing them as he and Anko dodged their initial attack, but were hit with some kind of gas that even Anko's resistances couldn't completely counteract. Iymai informed me that Anko witnessed that Naruto was injected with something that knocked him out before that same thing happened to her."

"That… that prove that…."

"Sadly," Inoichi said cutting the civilian council member off, "that tactic would have worked on many of us in this room. So with that in mind Hokage-sama we should get the word out to our active shinobi to refocus their skills to counteract such possible measure better in the future."

"Noted," Hiruzen stated.

"Before coming here Hokage-sama," Shikaku then said, "learning of what Inoichi and Iymai found I had instruct one of the investigation groups to take a better look at the site and found evidence of what was describe did indeed happen."

"Did they recover any materials," Danzo asked?

"Yes."

"And they have been take where instructed?"

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Danzo glanced at Hiruzen with his one good eye.

"Was any evidence of who these kidnappers were found at the scene of these abductions," Koharu questioned?

"Not yet," Shikaku answered.

The civilian doctor of the two councils relaxed slightly.

"Either way, even if we don't find out who did this it is clear that Konoha's security as well as practice of allowing people to come and go as they do should be examined once more," Danzo said taking the opportunity to indirectly point out Hiruzen weakness as a leader.

"I would agree with you Danzo," Hiruzen said shocking many, "in light of the reason why we are here today and what has just been reported security around Konoha will be tightened. Protocols will be reviewed and refined as well as those that enter as well as leave Konoha." The Sandaime then turned to Danzo, "and these new protocols will apply to all the citizens of Konoha as well as the actions they take," he told his old friend.

Danzo showed a small amount of irritation getting Hiruzen's message saying that even if he didn't know what Danzo was doing, he would be watching him even closer. The old fool would be making things more difficult for him while he was still in power and it was Danzo himself that help to give him the support to do so. Danzo damned himself mentally at that realization.

"Even… if neither of them left on their own, that still doesn't explain why the de… the brat is now different meaning that the Kyuubi has taken his body and probably has done something else to make Mitarashi more of a threat to our village."

"Kyuubi chakra was not sensed anywhere near where they were found nor where they were taken," Shikaku said in combination tone of lazy annoyance being inform of the former as well as reported to about the latter.

"In addition, while walking Naruto's mind I did check to make sure that the presence of the Kyuubi wasn't influence him. I found that he is not."

"Then how is he physical changed then?"

"I do not have an answer for the physical changes but I am sure that when he wakes up it will be Naruto Uzumaki and not the Kyuubi," Inoichi stated emphatically.

"Will he, will they wake up," Tsume asked?

"I as well as Doctor Uehara have come to the conclusion that they will wake up and hopefully be able to fill in the blanks of what happened to them."

"We shouldn't….."

"None of you have any say in what will be done with Anko and Naruto," Hiruzen said telling the civilian council member to shut up without saying it. "As a matter of fact, due to the sensitive of this matter the next time a council meeting is called concerning Naruto Uzumaki and Anko Mitarashi the civilian council will not be needed."

"But Hokage-sama you cannot do this we…."

Hiruzen slammed his fist on the table.

"You are here to advise when it comes to civilian concerns to the village and that is all," he snapped, "and it has been made painfully clear that I have allowed the six of you to think otherwise for too long. But today that changes. In addition, if any of what has been spoken of here today leaks out I will hold each of you responsible." Each of the civilian council shivered as the Sandaime not threat but promise. "And to those of us here that our and have been shinobi I also will remind you that if evidence shows that any of you have leaked information you will be held accountable as well. What is shared in the end as in all shinobi matter of this magnitude is up to the Hokage's discretion."

One by one every shinobi or retired shinobi including three begrudgingly nodded their understanding.

"Now that that has been made clear. The civilian council can now be excused as those of us left will be coming to an agreement of how we shall proceed."

Konoha, Shinobi Hospital, Hours Later

The constant sound of beeping was getting annoying especially since she felt like she drunk to damn much which was something that no matter what people thought didn't happen as much as she let on. She could handle her alcohol better than most thanks to whatever that asshole Orochimaru did to her before he dumped her near the edge of Konoha's patrol area. Or more so close to the hidden base that he didn't have any more use for. Just like her.

She reach out blindly trying to turnover to get to her alarm sensing that it was off pitch as well as rhythm. But was more of a problem was there was something stopping her for turning over. She panicked.

It had been so long since she had panicked about anything then it hit her. She was taken then…. Where was he?

She felt heavy but she still struggled to get up. She couldn't. She wouldn't let them do something else to him, to them. Though she still felt weak…. No, not weak. Not the same. Her body felt like her body. She felt like who she was because other than…. They didn't do anything to her that she knew of. But to him. They did too damn much. Though what she felt of her chakra, well it was out of wack as well as her endurance and stamina. An aftereffect? She never went at it like that for that long every before in her life and doubt she could do it again even if her lift depended on it.

She felt so sluggish now like a combination of whatever they used to take them, mixed with what they gave them to push them and the physical exhaustion afterwards was still in affect. But she didn't give a damn even when her eye still felt heavy.

The hand that was holding her was still there joined by another set holding her other arm down because she was ready to fight. She was going to fight just as much as she, they tried before more so now. Be damned.

"Anko…."

With gritted teeth she struggled against those that was holding her finding that one wasn't as strong as she thought meaning. Anko managed to stanch her arm away from one of them and swing at the other only for her arm to be caught.

"Anko!"

"Should I give her another sedative?"

"No. No more damn sedatives."

Sedatives, the explained why she felt the way she did and they most have been one hell of a sedative or what she though of before helped to keep her the way she was. If they give her something. Knowing the blue eyed blonde and his energy they would have giving him twice as much as she got to keep him down learning that the first or even the second wouldn't be enough to do the job from her estimation.

"Anko you need to stop."

She didn't listen

"I won't let you hurt him," she said her voice laced with anger even if she sounded weak to her own ears.

"What the hell did that de… that…?"

"Get out, now," Anko heard a voice say with a calm cold authority.

She personally didn't care. It was all the same. No matter where they went there was someone always calling him that, a demon. Blind to the fact once they learned that he was the holder of a demon seeing him as the demon instead of the one that were protecting everyone from it. The two of them were alike, being blamed, labeled for things that weren't true, that weren't in their control. This time though, Anko was tired of it.

She wanted to rip that bitch apart before she found Naruto, showing the woman a real demon.

"Damn't Anko you needed to calm down!"

The tone, the timbre of the voice's force made her react to it this time. In was laced with almost the same command that, that bitch, was given making the other woman leave. A doctor, a nurse. Anko stopped her struggle with her head turning to face the direction of the familiar voice more so then before. This time, Anko forced his eyes to open slowly lifting her heavy lids seeing a blur of lights that made her for the first time feel a little sick. Enough that she felt that she was slightly falling, Slumping, but before she hit she was laid back down into the bed she was already in with a hand slowing her descent.

A few seconds latter the ill feeling passed and this time when she opened her eyes the light wasn't anywhere near as bad. Still she had to blink a few times for her sight to clear completely finding in the center of her field of vision a caramel face with a pair of violet eyes looking back at her with a worried expression seen in those eyes as well as on the line her pouted lips made. Worry as well as shade of irritation, of not outright anger that wasn't directed at her.

"K…Ki… Kiri-chan," Anko struggled having to clear her throat both her mouth and throat dry.

"It's alright Anko," Kirika said letting a smile come to her face, "you home and your safe now," she assured.

"How," Anko asked horsed her lips also dry?

Kirika noticed it getting some water from a pitcher and cup that she brought in herself keeping a completely eye on it at all times feeling the cup with water before helping Anko to sit up and sip some.

"Go slow," she instructed. Once satisfied that Anko was listening she answered her question. "You were found three days ago by a group of shinobi naked covered in blood. I shortly arrived on the making sure that none of it was yours. It wasn't, you didn't seem to be hurt at all."

"Was I alone," Anko questioned pulling away from the water. "No, I know I wasn't," she the stated sure of herself. "Where is he, where is Naruto?"

Kirika face darkened, and if Anko didn't know better she would have attacked the woman right there and then.

"He was with you, different with none of us understand the why or how," Kirika answered, "there were hopes that when either of you woke up that you would be able to tell us."

"I saw Naruto on the move in the village and followed him as he was acting strange," Anko answered without hesitation, "I caught up with him near the forest of death. Before we could get into what was going on I sensed something, but it was to late, we were ambushed and then…."

"And then...," Kirika said gently pushing one of her bestfriends to continue seeing the sudden hesitation.

"Kiri-chan, where is Naruto, I needed to see him. I need to see that he's okay with my own eyes."

"Anko, I let you see him, but first I need…"

"Kiri I need to see Naruto now," Anko interrupted harshly.

"I will take you to see him Anko, only after you answer some of my questions and allow me to do a few more test because there is something that I found," Kirika said her tone becoming commanding once again.

The two women stared at one another looking for domination.

"Anko, you know I wouldn't let anything happen to him if I can help it, and the longer we sit here looking at one another the longer it will take before we can go to him. So I can see what the hell they have been trying to do to him while I've been looking at your tests."

"What…? What the hell are you talking about?"

"The two of you have been split up without reason, at least given to me or without my orders after the pair of you were removed from the Intensive Care Unit. I've been working my ass off to make sure that no one got their hands on any of your samples while also placing as many people that I can trust will do their jobs at the least around you while I figure out what happened to the two of you. Even so…."

"Then lets…," Anko stated getting up only to be stopped by Kirika.

"Anko, you heard what I said and I meant it."

"What the hell do you want to know Kiri, I don't want to…," she again couldn't finish feelings that Kirika didn't seem offended as the expression never come across Kirika's face.

"I won't ask you what happened anymore if you don't want to talk about it for now, but you know it will happen, and I do need information about something that I did find on both of you even though whatever was used on you was gone."

Anko looked at her waiting.

"Lay back down."

Anko did what she was told watching as Kirika hands glowed in a pale green light before she started moving them just above Anko's body with a look of concentration forming on her face.

"Why preform a further in-depth examination on each of you I found signs of sexual intercourse," Kirika said gently into the silence after a few minutes. "Extensive on you as if…. But I only found one source of chakra that wasn't yours concentrated on you body and DNA around your vaginal region as well as within it. I found only your DNA on his genitalia. Anko did he…."

"Neither of us forced the other to do anything," Anko cut her off not wanting to hear Naruto being accused of raping her, nor her him no matter who was asking the question, "and you know that I would never to that to him."

"Did the two of you have intercourse before or after his physical change," Kirika continued accepting both Anko's answers and her anger at the question?

"After."

Kirika simply nodded her head and continued the check she was conducting on Anko's body.

Short Time Later in Another Part of the Hospital

Naruto groan feeling heavier, more out of it then he ever did before having a good idea where he was if he was feeling like this. He felt as bad as any other beatings that he endured around his birthday. And no thanks to the Mizuki-teme he knew why. Why he was chased, shunned, damned, blamed, hated, refused help in the academy put in a position to fail and why he found it was safer to act as dumb as he did. To many of the village saw him as the reason they lost someone or something important to them or as a scapegoat for what went or was going wrong in their lives.

How did he do it? How, why did he not become what the idiocy of the villagers make him into the demon that the accused him of being? Or something close to it. He didn't know. Maybe it was because of those few that meant something to him and didn't treat him like the fox, but instead as Naruto Uzumaki. Someone that lost his parents on the day he was born having this burden placed on him without even given that choice in the matter at the same time. Someone that needed help, protection, someone to teach him just like the last Uchiha when his clan was killed by his own brother. Though the way he was being pampered….

Every girl in class but one wanting him. And for what? Because of the name? Because of how he looked? It couldn't be how he acted, because after his return Sasuke Uchiha was nothing but a brooding fool that pushed everyone away because of thinking that he was the best. Better than anyone around him because of his name. Because he was the last. Well from what Naruto knew, at least by his name, he was the last as well. Maybe if Sasuke would actually talked to him like a human being instead of someone beneath him then they might have been able to help one another. Hell neither one of them really knew how to deal with loss. And yeah maybe it was, is worse because Sasuke wasn't the only one in his clan and had his parents. He had an idea of what love and affection was. Before he lost it.

Love and affection…

Something that Naruto could have learned, was learning to understand, someone showed, or was showing….

"Anko!"

It hit him harder than the last time a drank hit him with a heavy bottle blindsiding him so he end up banging his head into a wall. He was being followed for a few days now more than he had before. One thing led to another before he made his way to the Forest of Death, ran into Anko and then they were hit with something that slowed him down before he was stuck with a needle making things go black. The next he woke up….

Those bastards that took them did something to them, to him before they…. He needed to find Anko. It was his fault that she was taken in the first place and put in the situation they were in, and then…. Even with what she said…. What they end up doing…. With no idea how they got back he knew that the old man would have a hell of a lot of questions on top of all the villagers screams for his head to be cut off. That it was proof that he was the demon, that the Kyuubi finally started to show its true form, or that it finally took control of his body. That didn't matter he just needed to get out of here and find her.

He tried to get up feeling heavier than he was use to. He was taller now, his body bigger more filled out, stronger. Even so he figured out enough while they had them how to use it. But not enough… He would need training. So why couldn't he move?

It took a few moments a few times of blinking the difference in light even with the darkness with the lights out and the dead of night. His sight cleared and by the small amount coming in the room with the tilt of his head to see his taller body covered by a sheet no one giving him a shirt he saw the reason why he couldn't move. He was strapped down to the bed.

"What the hell."

"Damn, your awake demon."

He turned his head to the side seeing a male nurse with a glare on his face to match the snare in his tone when he called Naruto demon. He walked in the room and the look on his face said that he was thinking of something. Probably something along the lines of how easy it would be to kill the demon once and for all with the proof that he was gaining power plane for everyone to see. And this guy had some shinobi training.

"Where's Anko," Naruto asked as it was the only thing that mattered to him at this moment hearing how different his voice was and not in terms of not sound like a kids, but that of having a dry month and throat.

"Ha," the male scoffed, "days away from being dissected, because that's only reason I can think of wasting all this effort to kept you alive demon, and the first thing you say still pretending to be human is asking about that Snake Whore. Hopefully their stripping her of her shinobi rank and getting ready to kill her as I speak. Finally."

Naruto didn't give a damn about all the talk about him being a demon or being dissected, but the moment the other man called Anko a Snake Whore Naruto's blood boiled. His features showed it as he narrowed his eyes forcing himself to bit down on it.

"Please, release me and take me to see Anko if you can," he asked trying to deescalate the of making it worse.

"Please," the nurse shouted a crazed look in his eyes seeming not to give a damn about who heard him, "you dare to say please! Did you hear anyone say please not to kill them demon, when you attacked the village more than sixteen year ago?! Did you hear them scream please when you… before you ripped through Konoha and the ninjas that tried to stop you!?"

The man was trembling with rage while Naruto had his fist griped holding on to his own noticing that the crazy nurse had a needle in his hand.

"I don't know how you woke up in the first damn place but I'm putting you back to sleep demon and hopefully with enough to keep you down until they cut you open. Hopeful they'll at least let me watch when they do it," he finished cracking a deranged smile.

He wasn't even trying to go for the machine. The little tube used to inject things through the tubes in his arm. He only had one choice. One chance. He didn't know anything about the bounds that were holding him to the bed, but maybe they were, Naruto hoping that over secured him didn't have the chakra to do anything or control of it if he needed. Maybe he didn't have the control but he had the chakra, even like this. So he used it.

The nurses eyes widen as not just him but anyone nearby felt the chakra spike as Naruto sent what he could to his arms and legs the best he could without hurting himself. He was told about it and showed by the old man in passing but never was taught the real thing. Though he had to not learn it he had to do it as the nurse got over being stunned the crazed look returning to his eyes.

The male nurse lunched himself forward at the same time Naruto yanked his arm managing to snap whatever was holding the strips to the bed while it still remained on his wrist. He rolled as much as his upper body on it side twisting as the needle was plunged into the mattress with its content wasted into it. Naruto ripped at the other bound with the help of his freehand making things easier before he turned around to face him. With hands free and the anger written on Naruto's face focused on him the nurse insanity moved from rage to fear. He stumbled away giving Naruto the opportunity to ripe the bounds holding the straps to the bed as the nurse went backwards out the door.

"Help… someone help me its escaping," he shouted gaining attention from the view nurse in the halls.

A few seconds latter a group of ANBU appeared.

"It escaped and attacked me," the nurse lied.

They turned to one of their own for verification getting a prompt shake of the head. Naruto stepped out of the room at the same moment with a small amount of blood seen on his arm from where the IV was standing in the hall with no shirt nor shoes on. Some went wide eyed behind their masks as it was the first time they had really seen the boy, no longer a boy in better light not covered in blood with his long blond hair. Blond hair now with strains of red evenly throughout it going with his matured look and body.

"Naruto Uzumaki in the name of the Third Hokage I am asking you to stand down," the leader of this ANBU team said.

"I told the three of you that you don't have to follow me," Hiruzen said as he walked through the halls of the shinobi hospital accompanied by two of his ANBU guards as well as Danzo, Koharu, and Homura.

"This situation calls for all of us if not the rest of the council at the very least," Homura said he like the others highly dissatisfied with the way in which these Naruto and Anko would be handled.

"The spike of chakra no matter how small it might have been still got our attention meaning that it got the attention of our other shinobi bring questions," Koharu stated. "Question that we… you most answer if you wish to maintain the trust of Konoha's shinobi."

Hiruzen glance at her coming around the bend finding that they were in one of the hospital's secured areas. And not for the protection of those staying there. The question that crossed his mind of why and who was had Naruto placed here were pushed aside as he, his ANBU, and elders witnessed…. An ANBU landing catching themselves after seemingly being forced back while the few already in the hall watched stunned. Though one did look crazed. The reason for the chaos became clear.

Three of the four ANBU were physically trying to restrain a single long hair blond and red hair male who was managing to move them little by little. ANBU who had the greatest physical strength among most trained shinobi of the village were struggling to hold back one person. It couldn't have been Naruto's new body, at least not that alone. But one thing could explain at least a part of the how. Hiruzen himself showed Naruto and told him about the use of chakra to strength ones body. It was clear no matter what people said or thought, he was far smarter then people knew. The problem was the method in which he was taught if anyone took the time to teach him mattered more than not.

"What is going on here," Hiruzen said taking control.

"He… he escaped and attacked me. You see you see his…."

"It's a lie," Naruto ground out, "I woke up and asked to see Anko only to get a nurse that hates me who tried to stab me with a syringe to keep me out."

"Then why are you fighting the ANBU boy," Koharu demand hiding her shock at seeing what Naruto looked like now as well as the physical power he was showing?

"Because they won't let me see her."

"Naruto."

Naruto almost turned his attention the moment he heard her voice taking a few seconds to fight for more progress forward before turning to the two women approaching. One in a wheel-chair being pushed by the other. Seeing Anko being pushed towards them by Kirika Naruto stopped the struggle, not calmed but now focused on them. When he finally did stop the ANBU that were holding him after seconds let him go with a look to the Sandaime for any sign to do so.

Released Naruto moved passed the three ANBU quickly showing that he still had the agility that he showed when he had to outrun high level shinobi after one of his bigger pranks retained in his new size. As soon as the two met Naruto was kneeling in front of Anko and her wheelchair reaching out placing a hand to the side of her face with tenderness that didn't go unnoticed.

"Are you alright," Naruto then asked in a soft but clearly concerned voice as Anko lifted her hand placing it on the back of Naruto's visibly leaning her cheek into his touch, "why are you in this wheelchair? Were you… did something else…?"

"I'm okay, just a little tired," Anko responded softly with a tone that many hadn't heard along with a serious focus in her brown eyes seeing only his azure, "and Kirika being who she is wouldn't let me walk around on my own power. You know how she worries over nothing," she then said trying to lightened the mood but it only last an instants. "But what happened to you, why were you fighting with ANBU and why do you have restrains?"

"To keep the demon from doing what he did, attacking me and you…."

The crazed nurses eyes rolled in the back of his head not even feeling the killing intent directed at him from Anko, but by an ANBU who knocked him out in an instance for breaking the Hokage's still standing law. Though because of the circumstance he still lived. At least for now.

"Take him to Inoichi and Ibki," the Sandaime ordered, "and also someone answer the question of why Naruto was placed in this part of the hospital?"

Two of the ANBU that worked to hold Naruto back did as ordered picking up the male nurse and vanished in a swirl of leaves. A stroke of Naruto's thumb on the cheek caused Anko to focus her eyes back on his, her lingering killing intent fading still flowing even after the male nurse was gone allowing those not strong against killing intent breath better.

"Lord Hokage-sama," another of the nurses said stepping forward regaining her composure, "orders were given that once Naruto Uzumaki was able to be moved from the ICU that he was to be placed here in the secured area of the hospital, kept sedated, without visitors until further notice."

"And who gave such an order because I didn't," Kirika questioned with a calm authoritative tone that was so cold it sent shivers down some of the spines of the hospital's medical staff.

"We did what was called for and the display that brought us here says it was the correct choice," Homura stated.

"I am the head of the hospital Elder Homura, not you," Kirika said with the same tone. "The only one among you that has any known medical skill is Elder Koharu who herself admitted that my skills surpasses her own. That and I have been given control of the hospital to do as I see fit with within reason. You have no right to order any actions done to any patient within this facility."

"You speak as if you are Tsunade, herself, and even she doesn't have the gall let alone power that you think you have," Koharu said speaking as if she were berating a disobedient child. "You were appointed to this position and as easily as you were, you can he removed."

"Kirika," the Hokage said before she could say some thing.

"Everyone please return back to you duties," Kirika said instead of her retort.

Reading the mood and question that concerned them answered those watching everything unfold did as they were asked clearing the area as Naruto was the only patient being held there and the reason why many of them were there already attend to their assigned duties in the area before this whole ordeal started.

"Just like the three of you Koharu, Homura and Danzo, Kirika was appointed to her position," Hiruzen said turning his fury on them yet again, "and not by any of you but by me. She had the authority that she speaks of by my word and has all the rights that she spoke of by my word while none of you have any power over her. This is the last time that I will tell any of you this. Do anything like this again and you will be removed from your positions as elders. Do I make myself clear."

All elders but Danzo showed shock.

"Now leave, as I told you as we made our why here the three of you weren't needed," Hiruzen then said not giving them time to speak. "Kirika we should move this somewhere else where we can talk," he then said turning to her.

On turning he glanced down to see the scars on Naruto's back and shoulder a number of them that were old and even with his natural healing ability didn't heal well because of the ages in which he received them.

"This way Hokage-sama," Kirika answered, "we can also find Naruto some clothes as well as allow me to time to do another check on him."

The four with the addition of the Hiruzen's guards and the two ANBU that were left joining them. As they were leaving Naruto stayed as close to Anko as he possible could.

"We cannot allow this to continue," Danzo stated once they were gone. "We all saw what happened here, how they both acted. Having our Jinchuriki under the influence of someone that is tied to one of the Konoha's most infamous traitors will not do."

Rain Village, Pain's Tower

The missions being take care of by their new members and the plans put in place by Madara going as he foreseen there was no point for Pain to watch over them in the role of the figurehead of the organizations whose name was not yet known well. Not for some time yet as they worked to build the funds as well as the reputation of the Akatsuki. In time, they would bring true peace to the world as he had brought peace to this place. His home, the Village Hidden in the Rain that was under his complete control. Where he saw all and heard all through the use of the rain that fell until he wished it not. Or so he allowed those that lived and heard what little he allowed of the Rain Village to by known.

Thinking of it, this really wasn't his home. Not his true home. His true home, destroyed from the stories that he was told by his parents that were among some of the few survivors that escape it's fall. One that came about by the forces of two major villages as well as smaller village that were now no more do to his clan taking many with them in the end. The fall of the Village Hidden in the Whirlpools the land of the Uzumaki clan was a mark on history that was forgotten. But not by him.

"Nagato, do you really think you should be standing for this long," a blue haired gray eyed woman with a paper flower in her hair said as she approached?

"I have the strength Konan," the medium length red hair male answered, "a god cannot be seen as weak."

Konan said nothing to Nagato's statement and the belief in him of being a god thanks to the power of the single legendary eye he possessed and his mastery over it. Though using it did take a total on his body, that was why when no one was around, but her, he left it covered using his own natural eye. A pale violet blue that was said to be a characteristic shared among some of his now nearly extent clan. At least that was what was said in the text that Nagato was able to collect over their travels.

The two of them turned from looking outside of the window that over looked the Rain Village as another presence joined them rising from beneath the floor. A short green haired male or being with a single visible yellow eye. The male looked like he was mixed with a plant. A Venus flytrap around his, it's head and upper body like some kind of functioning shell the opened and closed revealing that the male was split in half down the middle with one half having pale white flesh that didn't look human with the other half black as chakra metal. Like the other members of the Akatsuki the black robes with red clouds they all wore hide the rest of this person's body other than his shinobi sandal wearing feet.

"What are you here to tell us Zetsu," Nagato said without emotion.

"Well Konoha has managed to recover their lost Jinchuriki a few days ago and his has returned different," the man plant being named Zetsu answered. "From what I've observed Konoha are trying to figure out what happened and how they should deal with him."

"What kind of changes? Is he showing signs that he has somehow combined with the tailed beast. Become a prefect Jinchuriki?"

"No I don't believe so Pain. From what I can tell the changes the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki were caused by something else. I managed to get a sample of his chakra by taking a chance that you might want to sense it for yourself as well as see the new form. It wasn't that much demon chakra compared to. Well…."

"Show us," Nagato demanded.

"But of course," Zetsu stated bring fourth a pure white Zetsu that morphed among their very eyes.

The White Zetsu's height stayed virtually the same standing grow an inch from it's five-foot-eight inches tall. What was once a slender not really defined in terms of muscles became that of an athletic male with sun kissed tanned skin with a number of scars. The face that the White Zetsu took was that of a man that was easily his late teens early twenties with the the three whisker like marks on each of his cheeks that marked him as the Kyuubi's container. A set of azure blue eye looked at them from a slimmer matured face his head topped by a mane of long flowing blond and red hair that remind Nagato of the few family picture showed to him by his parents of many Uzumaki.

Both Nagato and Konan with a glance to one another admitted that this new Naruto at least by physical looks with the right training my be a problem later. Though when the White Zetsu transformation was completed it also release the sample of chakra he obtained allowing it to be felt. It was a flicker in Pain's expression that was so quick Nagato eye did not see any reaction in either Zetsu saying they caught it. The sample of chakra was dense as showing, yes he had the blood of an Uzumaki saying that him being picked as the Kyuubi's container was intelligent choice. If not the only choice the Yondaime had.

Though that wasn't what got his attention. It was something else in the sample of chakra and it potency that had nothing to do with only small amounts of Kyuubi chakra mixed with it.

"Go and see what the next Jinchuriki and their villages are doing as planed. We will allow Konoha to do as they will for now as I doubt they will kill the Jinchuriki."

"As you wish Lord Pain," both Black Zetsu and the transformed White Zetsu said with the latter sounding like the mature Naruto.

Both vanished the one that transformed reverting back to it's original form before return back from where it came from while Black Zetsu disappeared within the same method he arrived falling in the floor beneath their feet. Once gone without a word Nagato made his way out of the room he use to observe his Village. Konan followed silently waiting as the two of them made their way through Pain's towered having few others within their God's domain into it's most secured depths.

They entered what many would consider a vault. Not one with gold or money, but still things of value if anyone understand what they were looking for or were Nagato himself. This was where he kept the things he found of his clan along with other piece that had great meaning to him. What motivated him in his search to find peace. To have all find peace once all of them understood pain. At least that's what he thought in the being of all this.

Nagato made his why to the center of the room where a desks with a number of short standalone shelves surrounding it stood. Both the desks and shelves had a number of tomes on them though what had Nagato attention was a box that he located on one of the side shelves bringing it to the desk. The box it self looked plane made of wood, but it was hardwood made to take a beaten surviving most of what it was hit by while protecting the contents within.

"Did you get a good sense of the chakra signature that Zetsu copied," Nagato asked working to open the container, "the little difference just on the edge. Easy to miss if you didn't happen to be looking at the chakra closely?"

"Yes," Konan answered intrigued.

"I have only sense something like that before."

"From…?"

Nagato opened the box showing that the outside was made of wood, but the inside was lined with something more. A black material seen clear in the box's inner top while the bottom and sides hidden beneath expensive looking cushioning that was holding a jewel. It was a ruby, or at least would pass for a ruby due to it color though the shape was nothing like the gem when found in nature. Almost prism shaped. Filled with chakra that could now be felt.

The chakra itself didn't belong to anyone specifically, but a collection of individuals one that fell into a specific category. The look on Konan's face when Nagato turned to her was unmistakable meaning that what he felt wasn't just his imagination. Or something old looking for family his clan. When in reality he already knew of them no matter how distance they were and knew exactly where he was clear that he wasn't Uzumaki just in name only.

"Does this mean…," Konan started.

"We will have to keep an eye on Naruto Uzumaki and find the opportunity to approach him so I can see for myself. And learn what kind of man he is."