"Inoichi-san, I'm sorry- can I speak to you in private for a moment?" I asked the blond ninja. He studied me for a moment, probably sizing me up, before nodding wearily. I led him a bit away from the group, close enough that they could see us but not hear a word exchanged.

"What is it?" He asked, sounding tired.

"I just wanted you to know; there are some thing in our world nobody should know. I'm sorry if what you're going to see causes you pain, but you need to see what happens. You more so than the other council members."

"Why?"

"Because- Well, honestly, I'm going to use something that you might not appreciate."

"And what would that be?"

"Omoide o aruku no jutsu. The Memory Walk. It's one of your clan jutsu if I'm correct," I explained, waiting for the inevitable explosion that would be the blond ninja's reaction. Surprisingly, he made an effort to keep himself calm before speaking, albeit in a strained tone.

"And how, may I ask, did you learn such a high level Yamanaka jutsu?" He emphasized his clan's possession of the jutsu and I sighed.

"You'll find out in about two minutes, when I show you, Itachi, and Ojiisan. And yes, I know that Weasel-san is Itachi-kun. He summons weasels, if you're curious. Hmm. We should get back to the others," I mused, grabbing Inoichi's wrist and dragging him gently towards the current Hokage. "All done. Now, I have some explaining to do, don't I?" I smiled for a moment, feigning excitement. My smile faltered as I remembered Madara-disguised-as-Tobi playing the same card against us so many times. I heard a small growl in confirmation emanate from Inoichi, so low that I'm sure the others didn't hear it. I felt a small nudge in the back of my head and I sighed. "Scratch that. Stay here, and make sure nothing happens. I need to check on something," I rolled my eyes as I sat in the lotus position before glancing at Kyuubi, pacing in my mind.

Is something wrong? I asked my own demon.

Something's not right. I'm not sure what, but something is different.

Of course something is different, I'm about to tell three ninjas that I'm from the future, can summon foxes, and that they all die. What isn't different?

The village elders. They fidgeted too much. I think it has something to do with the Uchihas.

Is this because of the Sharingan again? Listen Kyuu, I know that they were ungrateful jerks, but you can't do anything about it now. They all have the Sharingan but, as far as I know, none of them have the Mangekyou. Not even Itachi.

Still. Theirs is something wrong, kit. Something missing… What is it? Kyuubi continued to talk, seemingly to himself, so I retreated out of my mind. Coming to my senses, the first thing I noticed was Inoichi on the floor. I stared wordlessly at him for a moment before coming to a conclusion and groaning.

"Tell me he didn't try to do what I think he tried to do." Itachi shook his head, kneeling at Inoichi's head. I grumbled to myself, not sure of what I was saying. I focused chakra to my hands again, placing one hand on Inoichi's forehead and another on his heart. "Come on, Inoichi. Wake up," I muttered, sending the chakra out of my fingers and into Inoichi's motionless form. He jerked awake, knocking me down. "Damn, Inoichi-san. All I did was wake you up, no need to get violent," I rubbed my bruised shoulder before shaking and losing the joking façade. "Don't tell anyone what you saw until after I'm done. They won't understand with what they know. No offense," I added, seeing the offended faces of Ojiisan and Itachi, his mask now sitting atop his head.

"None taken, Naruto-kun" Itachi chuckled slightly. We all stood and I led the way to Interrogation.

"First of all, I want you to know that I hadn't intended on showing any of this to anyone yet. Why was it that you suspected me?" I asked. Itachi and Inoichi shrugged their shoulders, Ojiisan narrowed his eyes.

"Suspected you of what, might I ask? Danzo thought that, if I see you, he'll be able to convince me into giving you to ROOT. Thought, I guess he'll have to persuade you as well, seeing how well informed you appear to be," the Sandaime Hokage mused.

"Yeah, that's not going to happen. But honestly, you two had no idea that I was anything other than Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto?"

"Are you something more?" Itachi's joke died when he saw me, with a straight face, nod. His eyes narrowed suspiciously and he subconsciously took a half step in front of the Sandaime.

"Calm down, Itachi. I'm not going to do anything out of line. Even if my furry little friend wants otherwise," I pointed towards my stomach, the demon lord's fur bristling at being called little, furry, and my friend. I smirked at his emotions but steeled my mind to reject influence from his poisonous chakra.

HEY KIT! THAT 'POISONOUS CHAKRA' SAVED YOUR ASS MORE TIME THAN YOU CAN COUNT! AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON-

I cut the connection to his consciousness and winced as he took some of his chakra out of my inhuman reserves. Is that necessary? I asked, trying to reestablish the link. Kyuu rejected the contact and shut himself away in the recesses of my mind.

"Naruto? Naaarrrutooo!" A voice called. I jumped, leaving my mindscape.

"Sorry about that. Kyuubi wanted a chat." Sandaime visibly paled while Itachi took a step back. Inoichi held his ground, having seen us have a discussion inside my mind. What I hadn't expected was the ninja to be so brave. The blond snorted and rolled his eyes at the two ninja's reactions, acting like he wasn't at all bothered.

"What did he want?" Inoichi asked, seeming truly interested.

"Not much. He thinks I'm being ungrateful towards him, so he cut down the amount of chakra he gives me. Kind of like an allowance. And, before you ask, the chakra doesn't corrupt my judgment or anything like that. It just improved my senses. It's kind of cool actually. I've been practicing enhancing my vision. It works really well, but it had a strange side effect."

"Side effect?"

"Yeah. Wanna see?" I dared the ninja. He thought for a moment before nodding briefly. I closed my eyes, focusing my chakra similar to a ninja activating an ocular jutsu such as Sharingan and the Byakugan. When I opened them, I knew that my eyes were now a fiery red and my pupils were but slits. I glanced towards Itachi and Sandaime, allowing them to see my red eyes. "See? I call them demon eyes, for more or less obvious reasons."

"What do they do?" Ojiisan asked curiously.

"Well, I'm pretty sure it's going to become a bloodline limit like the Sharingan and the Byakugan, so I'm only going to tell you the basics. There are two forms; this one is phase one, called Akuma no Me, demon eyes. It enhances my vision and also allows me to see chakra and all 361 of your tenketsu. Also, it automatically breaks most genjutsu. I've been wondering if it can break Tsukuyomi but I severely doubt anyone would be willing to test it on a seven year old. Maybe when I'm older. But I digress. The second form is named Shi no Me, eyes of death." I pressed more chakra to my eyes, trying to trigger the transformation. From the gasps, I surmised it worked, causing my eyes to darken to black, even the whites. The only color remaining were my pupils, still crimson and slits. "I haven't perfected this form yet but I only discovered it a few weeks ago. So far, I know that, unlike the Mangekyou Sharingan, it doesn't deteriorate my eyesight. I can cast a powerful genjutsu though I haven't done it outside of training with Kakashi and, seeing as he isn't hospitalized, I can control it easily. It seems to do everything that the first form does but, other than that, I'm not completely sure of this stage's capabilities, but don't worry. I'm not going to use it against the village or any of you. I'm not nearly as sadistic as Kyuubi wants me to be." I finished, letting the chakra recede from my eyes which reverted to the natural blue. Itachi seemed a little uneasy hearing of an ocular jutsu that could beat the Mangekyou Sharingan, but he remained silent. Ojiisan seemed more concerned with how I knew Kyuubi.

I stood before my small captive audience, trying to decide the best course of action. My main dilemma was to find a way to tell them the truth in a way that wouldn't cause them to a) not believe me or b) believe me, not believe I could control Kyuubi, panic, and end up telling the entire village about the Rokudaime's return to the past.

Hey Kyuu! Any ideas that don't involve a massacre?

Well you could always- wait. Did you say no massacre? Hmm… Nope, I got nothin, Kit. Guess your on your own for this one.

I don't think so… I got an idea. Time to summon. And don't kill anyone this time, I'd rather not have to revive anyone else. That jutsu takes a lot out of me and I don't even have any extra souls with me.

Fine, Kyuubi grumbled while I retreated out of my mind, returning attention to the three ninjas in front of me, now calmed down from my earlier Itachi was leaning against a wall, trying to maintain a calm and collected façade but I could see the turmoil and confusion in his eyes. Inoichi was questioning the Hokage, asking if he was sure that I hadn't recently been near the Yamanaka house. The Sandaime himself looked more agitated than I'd ever seen him. I stifled a laugh, forming a mental image of Hiruzen punching Inoichi into a wall.

"Ojiisan, as funny as it would be, don't beat up Inoichi-san. He has a reason to be so… determined."

"And what reason would that be?" Hiruzen asked, his eyes narrowing slightly at Inoichi.

"Because I know a lot more than he'd like me to know. For example, I can successfully utilize some of his most complicated family jutsu," I explained. "Now, will you kindly shut up? I have a lot to explain and this information is not for Danzo's ears. I doubt Hinata-chan, as talented as she is, will be able to keep that teme away for long. Probably another fifteen minutes at most. This is highly sensitive information and I'd rather not add to Danzo's chessboard of politics. Any questions? I'd like to get started."

"Yes; why do you know Yamanaka jutsu, let alone any jutsu? You're barely seven years old."

"A seven year old raised by Sharingan Kakashi, son of the White Fang. Is it surprising that I'm… different from other seven year olds?" I asked rhetorically. "As for the Yamanaka jutsu, all in good time; it's one of the things I'd like to explain. First, you should all know that I am the holder of a summoning contract. Nobody freak out, I'm going to summon one of my favorites," I explained, my hands flying through the seals. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!"

The smoke cleared quickly, revealing a small fox. She was a mortal fox that I had rescued just last winter after I found her training. She had dark grey blue fur that was streaked with white. She looked at my with intelligent eyes, questioning me as to why she was summoned.

I must admit, I was proud at how my audience reacted. Not a single one fainted. Itachi lost his balance and fell a step forward. Inoichi's eyes widened and he took a step back, perhaps subconsciously. The Sandaime himself looked shocked at the appearance of my friend.

"Who- How did you- When did-" Hiruzen stammered, staring at the small fox with suspicion and disbelief.

"This is Koyuki. I found her last winter when I was training. She was injured and I helped heal her. Don't worry, she is a mortal fox. She can't grow and destroy the village. Although she is becoming a great ninja fox," I smiled, scratching my youngest summon behind the ears. She grinned as only a fox, and myself, could and leaned into my hand. "Don't be fooled, this girl can probably take on the strongest Inuzuka hound and win without a scratch. She's highly intelligent, even for a fox, and is learning English quickly."

"She- She's learning English?" Itachi questioned, looking at the fox incredulously. I nodded to Koyuki and her grin widened.

"Of course I'm learning. Only Naruto-sama can speak to foxes and I needed some way to squeak to the rest of you," Koyuki said clearly, as if the other ninja would have a hard time understanding her.

"Speak, Koyuki, Not squeak," I corrected smiling.

"Have I mentioned how… difficult your language is? It's a lot less logical than Kitsune. Too many exceptions to your own rules." My summons shook her small head daintily. "So, why am I here, Naruto-sama?"

"I thought I'd take it slow with these three. I didn't tell them about the big thing yet," I explained. All of my summons knew about my trip through time, either being told by Kyuubi as we passed through the timeline or by myself as I befriended each one.

"Ooh, can I stay and watch?" Koyuki's vulpine eyes laughed with me as she envisioned the trio of uninformed ninjas' faces as they took in the new information.

"Sure. Okay, nobody freak out. I'm going to use a Yamanaka jutsu to show you something. It'll be long and complicated so just let me-" I allowed my voice to drift off as I walked to the door and placed a time seal on it. "Okay, that should give me enough time to show you and calm you down enough that you can leave." My hands went through the seals and I whispered "Omoide o aruku no jutsu!"

The interrogation room melted away, drifting first into my inauguration ceremony, my friends congratulating me on finally becoming Hokage. I pressed the memory to my mind, willing it to stay in place.

"I am Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, Rokudaime Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves," I said in the most serious voice my seven year old vocal cords could manage. "Any questions?" I smiled, three ninjas hitting the floor. Koyuki, now clinging to my shoulder, purred in delight.

"I was right, that was punny."

"Funny," I corrected, still smiling. I took the image in front of my and pressed it to the seal I shared with Hina-chan.

...

~In the Hokage's Office~

...

"-can't we go with them?" One of the council members, one of the few civilians in the room, asked.

"No, you can't. Naruto-kun deliberately said not to, and you aren't in a position to question or disobey them," Hinata pressed her hands to her temples, trying to get rid of the headache that the council was steadily adding onto.

"And who's to uphold them?" The civilian smirked, taking a step forward. Hinata smirked and disappeared in a blur, reappearing right next to the civilians with a kunai held close to his neck.

"That would be me," she smiled angelically. She moved again, appearing sitting in front of the door twirling a kunai in her right hand. "Personally, I'd rather go to class. However, I was summoned to the Hokage's office. And here I, and all of you, shall stay until the Sandaime returns." Hinata added seriously before laughing loudly at the image that had just made its way into her head courtesy of her joint seal. The others in the office shifted uneasily, held captive by a seemingly insane child.