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Through a dimly lit corridor that looked to be underground the beeping of different apparatuses and the bubbling sounds from big glass tanks can be heard.

A seated man on a laboratory gown with long black hair, pale white skin and gold snake eyes can be seen looking at a scroll on top of piles of experimental data. A dangerous glint flashed in his eyes as if thinking of malefic thoughts that contrasted with the genuine ugly smile that hanged on his face.

"Finally, we can begin... teacher... no konoha will pay hahahahahahahaha"

The man who sought immortality stood up and disappeared to make his final preparations.

Konohagakure

The loss of the scroll of seals earned the wrath of the ruling elders of Konoha under the leadership of Danzo. Talks of the old hokage getting too old to do his job and stepping down echoes here and there. Hiruzen stood firm in his decision not to put Naruto in the hands of his old friends much to their disappointment.

They can only grumble and scheme however as in this world where might makes right, one would have to have the bigger fist to make the decisions. Danzo wasn't willing to have a direct confrontation with Hiruzen believing the old snake to still have what it takes to take him out despite all his backup plans.

At this time, a half naked boy in orange pants can be seen huffing as if the air in the atmosphere is limited. He has a bushy golden hair and blue eyes, his face is also decorated by lines that looked like whiskers. His body is toned with muscles and he is pretty tall for his actual age. This boy is actually Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto can often be seen training in any one of the designated training grounds in the village.

He's done this relentlessly ever since that faithful night where he learned much about the truth.

~fleshbeck~

Hiruzen bent down as he held Naruto's head.

"Remember, none of it is your fault. Go back and rest."

Naruto walked dejectedly like a deflated balloon. The events that transpired are beyond his expectations or understanding. He only wanted to be able to graduate.

'Maybe the ninja path isn't for someone like me.' he thought as he opened the door to his house.

Closing the door, he heard a clacking noise like something hard hitting the floor he quickly turned the lights on and a big spider leaped at him. His training kicked in and with a punch the spider was hit but unlike his expectation of a soft body what he felt was more like punching a hard wooden board.

'A toy? I don't remember owning this one...'

The spider writhed a few times and then suddenly stopped, its body then popped into smoke and in its place is a white envelope.

The curious boy didn't know what to do, he looked around and saw an umbrella by the rack on the wall. He quickly took the umbrella and used it to poke the envelope in fear thinking it will move once again, when nothing happened after a few tries he came close and picked it up.

To Uzumaki Naruto it read on the back of the envelope, opening it, he saw a letter inside it.

[There's no need for you to know who I am. I would like to think you will believe what is written in this letter but in the end it is all up to you.]

Naruto was thinking of tossing it aside but felt like something was telling him to read on.

[First, I want to tell you who you are. You are Uzumaki Naruto, the first born son of Uzumaki Kushina and Minato Namikaze. If you are wondering who those people are in detail then you would have to research them yourself what I can tell you is that your mother is a jinjuriki and your father is the fourth hokage. I believe you already know what a hokage is so I will focus on what a jinjuriki is instead.

A jinjuriki is a person who bears a chakra beast called biju inside of them, there are nine of these biju in the entire shinobi world and your mother Kushina is the host of the nine tailed fox...]

The long letter detailed about who his parents are, then how he became a jinjuriki of the nine tails and the reason why he is treated poorly. It almost sounded like some sort of second rate manga plot he sometimes read in leisure, but the tears flowing in his eyes and the pain in his chest is telling him it's all real.

What he can't understand is that by the end of the letter, there's a reminder for him.

[Do not hate or fear the beast inside you, the guy is imprisoned forcefully because people wanted to harness his power. If you put yourself in his sandals then you will understand. Try talking to the guy sometimes, maybe he'll come to like you and lend you power. hehe Good luck buddy! Get stronger and I will see you in person before you know it.

PS. Nobody knows that the son of the fourth hokage yes, that is you, is alive so try to keep it a secret for until you are strong enough to protect yourself.]

Gaara just did this out on a whim he believed that the boy needed and deserved to know the truth. As for how it will affect the future, none of that concerned him as things are already different by the time he woke up in Gaara's body.

•••••••

"Achooo... is someone cursing at me?"

Gaara stood facing a miniature of the surrounding areas around the pyramid, the difference is that there are tall modern looking buildings and sky scrapers around it giving it the air of a modern metropolis.

It's a project he designed with the help of Adam after all the upgrades on the AI is done. This is Takamagahara's future city scape.

"Alright when can we start implementation and give me an estimate on its completion."

[Accounting to all energy expenditures, we can use 60% of the source of Ryumyako for the project. Project is estimated to take 10 years from start to completion. Do you wish to begin integration of the updated design?]

"Yeah just do it. This will be the new suna by the time I'm Kazekage."

Gaara smiled, as another one of his dreams is about to come to fruition.