"Naruto" Normal talking
'Naruto' Nornal thinking.
'Shannaro' Inner Sakura talking
"Rasengan" Jutsu/Seal

Uchiha compound

Sasuke has just step in his house. He walked to the kitchen and saw his family is already waiting for him. Sasuke went and sat to the table.

"So did your team pass?" asked Fugaku with stoic face as usual.

Sasuke looked at his father then grinned.
"We passed with fly colours, otou-san! The test was supposed to have 66% rate of failure, but Naruto created a plan that managed to pass us easily. Now I am the official genin of team 7, together with Naruto and a girl named Sakura"

Mikoto hearing that clap her hands and smiled widely.
"Congratulations, Sasuke-kun! I knew I could do it"

Itachi also smiled at Sasuke and said.
"Good job, ototo"

"That's my son" said Fugaku and smiled a little.

After that they resumed to eat the dinner. When he finished eating Sasuje decided to go to his room. Suddenly, he heard a knock and said 'come in'. The person came in and revealed that it was Itachi.
"Do you want to ask something, nii-san?"

"Yeah. I just want to know. Did Naruto-kun act strangely these last days?" Itachi asked his ototou.

Sasuke blinked his eyes in surprise and wonder why Itachi asked such question.
"No, he still act the same as usual. It's just when on introduction he said some really strange things"

Itachi narrows his eyes at that and asks.
"Saying strange things? What kind of things"

"Well, he said something about like to watch the leaves burning and then about his dream to correct this twist world. Such nonsense if you ask me" answered Sasuke and shrugged his shoulders.

But Itachi just narrows his eyes even more then turned to Sasuke and said.
"Ototo, could you continue to observe Naruto-kun for me? Just don't tell him anything. And if something interesting did happen, please tells me right away"

Sasuke became even more confused, but just nodded his head. Why the heck Itachi began to pay so much attention to Naruto? What did he not know?

Sakura's house

Sakura is sitting with her family at the kitchen right now. She continued to talk how amazing Naruto was during the test.
"... And then Naruto-kun like began to punch and kick Kakashi-sensei. Then even unleashed some kind of high rank Futon jutsu. Kakashi-sensei was forced to use a Suiton jutsu to defend himself..." Sakura retelling her story with stars in her eyes

Mebuki and Kizashi just sighed heavily. They knew that their daughter has a deep crush on the boy after he saved her from bullies 5 years ago. They still wary about the boy, but they could clearly see that he was not the monster like the rumor said. A monster would not help their daughter.

"Ok, ok enough Sakura. We have listened enough about your Naruto-kun for today. Now you should go to your room to rest. Tomorrow will be your first day as genin after all. Oh and I am proud of you, my daughter" said Mebuki and decided to interrupt her daughter's speech.

Sakura blinked at that and said
"Oh yeah, I should take a rest. I couldn't wait to meet Naruto-kun tomorrow~ kya"

With that she run up to her room. Kizashi turned to his wife and said.
"I think our daughter was too fascinated with that boy. But that's not really bad, Naruto-kun is a very polite and caring boy after all"

Mebuki nodded and replied with a laugh
"Yeah, I think our daughter will fit him best. After all, if Naruto-kun is like his father then our daughter is perfect for him. I still remember how Kushina-san glared at Minato-sama when, he forgot about their anniversary. That was really hilarious"

Kizashi joined his wife, laughing too.

Time skip
2 weeks later

The pass two weeks could be describe with one word for team 7, hell. Of course, Naruto knew that they will need to do D-rank missions, but they are so boring that he lottery napping at practically every mission. Sasuke also not pleased with the outcome. Especially, the mission of catching that hell cat by the name of Tora. That bastard of a cat has scratch him on the face at least twice. Thankfully Naruto came and put the sleeping seal on his forehead. Sakura also felt annoyed with all those D-rank missions, of course with those missions she could admired her Naruto-kun every day, but even she began to feel bored from all their missions. Surely, she and her team also trained as well, but it seems Kakashi-sensei focused plainly on teamwork improvement. Still Naruto-kun made her and Sasuke goes through a certain training to improve. She and Sasuke are now wearing the restriction seal that restrict every of the movements. The seal worked so that they need to put twice the effort to do something. It felt really annoying, but if Naruto-kun told that it necessary then she would try her best for him.

Today is the day that Kakashi deemed his team to be ready for their first C-rank mission. Right now, they are walking to where the mission where given to ninjas.

Kakashi and his team walked in the room and approached Sandaime and the other chuunins sat there to give the missions. There was also the one that accept the payment for the mission too.

"Oh, Kakashi! You and your team ate here for your first C-rank mission?" asked Hiruzen.

"Hai, Hokage-sama. I think they are ready for their first C-rank mission" answered Kakashi.

"Wait a minute! That is still too early. They are only fresh genins out of the Academy. They should do some more D-rank missions to gain experience" complained Iruka, that was sitting next to Hiruzen.

"Iruka-san, they are no longer your students any more. Besides you underestimate my team very much. They could handle a B-rank mission easily. Am I right, Naruto?" replied Kakashi and turned his head slightly at Naruto's direction.

Naruto closed his eyes and answered.
"Kakashi-sensei is right, we are no longer the students of the Academy, and since the graduation had become far stronger. A C-rank is no problem for us"

Iruka was about to continue to argue with them, but Hiruzen put his hand on his shoulder and said for him to calm down. Then he turned to team 7 and said.
"Well, if Kakashi-kun deemed your team ready for a C-rank then you will get it"

At that all the members of team 7 eyes glowed in excitement. Finally, after those hellish D-rank missions they could get one proper mission.

"So what kind of mission it will be, Hokage-sama?" asked Naruto curiously.

"You guys will escort one person to his home. Please, call Tazuna-san in" said Hiruzen and turned to the chuunin to give an order. The chuunin nodded his head and walked to the door to call said person in.

The one who walked in the room was an old man with a straw hat on his head. He also seemed to be drunk, as he holds the bottle of sake in his hand. He hicked up then looked at the team that supposed to protect him. What he seeing didn't impress him, so he snorts and retort
"So I will be protecting by a bunch of kids? They looked so weak. Especially the blonde one, his face is so girly that he looked like some princess"

The reactions from team 7 were different. Sakura was glaring daggers at old geezer that dared to insult her Naruto-kun.

'Shannaro! How dare that old geezer insult Naruto-kun. I should have punch him to the sky if he was not our client' shouted Inner Sakura furiously and punch rapidly.

Sasuke was trying not to snicker at the comment. While Naruto just raised his eyebrow and retort.
"Didn't you know that the appearance means nothing to shinobi, Tazuna-san? Even if I look like a princess, deep down I could be the heartless killer, that has killed the hundreds of lives already, you know ?"

Tazuna hearing that and thought that the kid was joking, but when he looked back at the blonde kid, he could feels shivers run down the spine for some reason.

"Maa, maa stop scaring our client like that Naruto. We still need to escort him to his home, you know" said Kakashi and waving his hand dismissingly.

Tazuna takes a gulp of his sake and said.
"I am a professional bridge builder. I need you guys to protect me so that I could finish building a bridge at my home in the Nami no kuni"

Time skip
Some minutes later

Team 7 walked out of the gate of Konoha and Naruto smiled a little. Sakura seeing that smiled blushed a little then decided to ask
"What cause you to smile like that, Naruto-kun? I know usually you are always cool and calm, but that smile also suit you very much"

Naruto hearing that blinked and turned to Sakura, said.
"Really? Well, it's just this is my first time that I go out of the village's border. And I can't wait to see the other lands. To discover something new is very exciting to me". 'Though the traveling to Uzu did not count as I arrived there with the help of the seal' added Naruto mentally

Tazuna hearing what Naruto said widen his eyes at the maturity of those words. The kid in appearance just look no older then 12, but his words are so much more mature then average kids this days. He turned to Kakashi and whispered.
"Why the heck is that blonde kid sound so mature? Are all ninja kids like that too?"

Kakashi looked at Naruto's back and answered.
"No, Tazuna-san. There is a reason why Naruto is like that. A reason that no kid his age should experience"

Tazuna hearing that just looked at Naruto's back solemnly.

With that the team and Tazuna began their journey to Nami no kuni. Not far from them, hiding in the tree observed then were the Kiri missing-nins, the Oni Kyoudai.

Time skip

The team and Tazuna continued on their way to their destination. Naruto and Sasuke discussing about the new collaboration jutsu they developed, while Sakura just admired Naruto with a lovesick look. Not that Naruto really mind, he found her obsession with him a bit creepy, but not unpleasant. Naruto is still a growing up boy after all and Sakura is quite a looker for her age.

Sakura remembered something and decided to ask.
"Ne, Tazuna-san? You ate from Nami no Kuni, right?"

Tazuna nodded his head at the question and Sakura continued her question, but turning to Kakashi for her answer.
"Are there ninja village in that country, Kakashi-sensei?"

"No there is no ninja village in Nami no kuni. The shinobi villages existed mainly in the 5 grand lands: Hi no Kuni, Kaze no kuni, Tsuchi no kuni, Kaminari no kuni and Mizu no kuni. Hi no kuni has Konohagakure no sato, Kaze no kuni has Sunagakure no sato, Tsuchi no kuni has Iwagakure no sato, Kaminari no kuni has Kumogakure no sato and finally Mizu no kuni with Kirigakure no sato. Of course, that's not all the hidden villages in Elemental Nations. There are still some other hidden villages in minors countries exist. The leader of Five Great Countries hold the title of Kage. Hokage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage, Raikage and Mizukage otherwise known as Gokage" explained Kakashi. Then he turned to Sakura and put palm on Sakura and assured her."But you guys don't need to worry. This is a C-rank mission so except for some thugs there won't be anything else"

"Then we won't need to worry about meeting foreign ninjas, right?" asked Sakura hopefully.

"Of course" Tazuna answered but with a nervous sweat dropped, which caused Naruto's eyes to narrow in suspicion. Sasuke turned to Naruto and has a question mark appeared on his head at Naruto's expression.

Time skip

The team and Tazuna has passed a certain distance already. It will not be long before they reach Nami no kuni. The team walked passed by a puddle and seemed that they didn't notice anything, well technically Sakura didn't notice because all her attention was on Naruto. When they passed the puddle Naruto looked at Sasuke and nodded his head slightly. Sasuke also nodded to show that he understood.

That moment the Oni Kyoudai de hades to act and began to attack the team from behind. They managed to wrap Kakashi with their chained guntlets. Then they tugged at the chained and said darkly.
"First one is ready"

Kakashi immediately was torn to pieces by that action. Sakura just screamed in horror. While Naruto and Sasuke decided to act. They both run up to the enemies and threw a shuriken that pinned Oni Kyoudai guntlets to the tree behind. That move caused the brothers to be restricted by the chain. Naruto and Sasuke appeared on both of their side respectively and kicked then hard on the face. The brothers were sent back and crash to the ground. The brothers stood up and retract their chain and began to charge at the direction of Tazuna.

Sakura seeing that widen her eyes in fright, but still step in front of Tazuna to protect him. Sasuke cursed as he won't make it in time. Suddenly Naruto appeared in front of Sakura and double kicked hard enough at the brothers on the stomach that caused them to fly at a certain distance again. The brothers was about to stand up, but they were pressed to the throat with a kunai by the jounin that they thought was dead.

Sakura sighed on relief that seeing that their sensei is still alive. Then she looked at Naruto and if possible began to fall in love with him even more.

Naruto turned to Sakura and smiled at her and praised.
"Those are at least chuunin level missing-nins, but you still decided to step up and defend our client, even knowing that you may not stand a chance. You are very brave, Sakura-chan. You should be proud about yourself for that action. But you don't need to worry. As long as I am by your side, nothing will happen to you that will be life threatening"

Sakura blushed heavily and couldn't say anything but nodded her head. Oh my god, why the heck her Naruto-kun is so perfect? Her heart is beating so intense right now.

"Sensei, you are such a jerk. Why the heck did you let us think that you were dead huh?" asked Sasuke with deadpan eyes.

"Well, sorry for that. But I would like how guys handle this situation. And you guys did a splendid job. Besides I want to know who those missing-nins are targeting" answered Kakashi nonchalantly. Then he began to approach Tazuna with narrow eyes and said."You have some explanation to do Tazuna-san"

After tied up the missing-nins to the tree, Kakashi began to talk.
"These are actually the chuunin level missing-nins of Kiri. They were known for completing any job no matter how dirty it is"

One of the Oni Kyodai looked up at Kakashi and asked.
"How did you detect our actions?"

The one to answer that question was not Kakashi though. Naruto slowly approached them and explained.
"That was simple really. It hasn't rained for the past few days plus today is sunny. Something like a puddle shouldn't exist. You guys need to get a better cover next time"

Tazuna began to sweat nervously when Kakashi slowly turned to him.
"Tazuna-san you has lied to us about this mission being a C-rank, knowing that this mission is far dangerous than that. With this lie you could afford yourself to pay a C-rank mission, while in reality it's much higher. The fact that you were target by chuunin level ninjas already makes this mission a B rank. But I suspect that those chuunins are not the one that will come after you. So next time they will send a jounin. That will make this mission A-rank. We only promised to protect you from lowly thugs and bandits. But dealing with missing-ninjas is was not in the agreement with Hokage-sama"

"Sensei, then clearly this mission is out of our league. Let's return back to Konoha. Ne, Sasuke?... Naruto-kun?" said Sasuke and turned to see Sasuke's and Naruto's decision.

Sasuke looked unsure so he glanced at Naruto and saw him smirked widely.

"What are you become so silent, Sasuke? Didn't you say that you want an excite mission? This mission is not C, not B but an A-rank. Something like this won't happen often. I say just continue with this mission. We have Kakashi-sensei, the best jounin in the village and of course I believe in the abilities of our team. Besides as long as I alive, I won't let the tragedy happens" said Naruto and his speech inspired his teammates really fast. Kakashi just looked at Naruto in amazement.

'Just a moment ago, Sasuke and Sakura were hesitant. Now I could see the determination burn in there eyes. Naruto Uzumaki, what a guy'

Uchiha compound

Uchiha Fugaku was training in his training ground. Suddenly, he felt some presence behind him and turned around to indentity. All he saw was a pair of strange Sharingan eyes, which has a shape of three-blade shuriken. That was a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan. And the one that standing behind him was none other than his eldest son, Uchiha Itachi. He could only manage to see Itachi's face with a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan eyes, before he collapse unconscious.

Itachi looked down at the unconscious figure of his father and muttered.
"Forgive me otou-san. But I know how stubborn you are and this is the only way for me to find out the truth"

Behind him was an ANBU with a lion mask. Itachi turned to him and said.
"Do it, Shiratori"

Shiratori nodded his head then began to dive in Fugaku's mind, bringing Itachi along with him. They found the memory that was the night before the supposed massacre. They saw how Fugaku was trapped in some kind of barrier and saw the talk between Fugaku and that person, which called himself Uzumaki Arashi. There was one comment that caused Itachi to narrow his eyes. Arashi said that he showed his father the future if not do something about the situation. How the heck did it possible? As he knows so far, there was no such jutsu existed. Itachi also noticed that there was a certain amount of chakra was concentrated on Arashi's right eye. Itachi suspected that it may be some kind of doujutsu. Though there was still one fact that didn't make any sense to him. Uchiha and Uzumaki clans never interact with each other. So for what reason did Arashi save his clan? Why he said something such as 'prevent the tragedy to happen again? Itachi recalled one fact that caused his eyes to widen in realization. In the memory, Arashi also told his father about Sasuke's and his future. Arashi wouldn't of have any reason to worry about Sasuke's and his future if he was a stranger. All those facts resulted in that Arashi was Naruto.

Itachi was utterly shocked at the revelation. Naruto has saved his clan. Not because he likes Uchiha clan, but because he loves him and Sasuke. Naruto has an unknown doujutsu that could predict the future at 100%, except if change the course of the past. Not only that, he was the one responsible for the ANBU massacre 5 years ago. And he did all that when he was 7 years old. He didn't know what to do now. He is completely in turmoil. One the one hand, Naruto had saved his clan from destruction. One the other hand, Naruto is planning to destroy Konoha. As a Konoha shinobi, Itachi knew it is his duty to eliminate all the threats to his village. But Naruto is his brother, the brother that he loves as much as he loves Sasuke. Itachi didn't know what to do anymore. For the first time, he couldn't think properly.

Shiratori looked at his ANBU Captain and felt pity for him. As the comrade and the member of Itachi's team, he knows for sure that Itachi won't like for anyone else to know about what happen here, even Hokage. Shiratori also think that he don't know what to do in this situation.

Itachi snapped out of his shock and order for Shiratori to release the technique. Then he turned to Shiratori and ordered.
"Shiratori..."

Shiratori already understand what Itachi want to say to him and said.
"I understand taicho. This will be only between you and me. I won't tell anyone else, not even Hokage-sama"

Itachi nodded in greatfulness and turned to the sky and thought.
'What should I do? What will happen to Sasuke when he find out about this? Naruto, you just has to make things so complicated'

Unknown location

The midget man with a cane was seen standing before a man that was covered his lower face with a huge sword in his hand.

"I hired you guys because I thought you guys were skilled assassins. You just waste my money for nothing" complained the midget.

The huge man that was seating on the sofa just answered nonchalantly.
"Don't worry, I will take the matter in hand personally"

"Are you sure? If the Oni Kyoudai failed it seems that they have hired some pretty good ninjas?" asked the midget uncertainly.

The huge man narrowed his eyes then lifted his huge sword and pointed at the midget, that cause the midget to back away a little in fright

"To whom do you think you are talking to? I, Momochi Zabuza, the Kirigakure no Kijin, will take his head off with this Kubikiriboucho"