Book I Naruto: The Guardian Chapter 12: Heirs Advantage, a naruto fanfic

Hey all so sorry for the long wait, but with the holidays its been hectic, so big time skip this chapter, big news in the end authors note so be sure to read all the way there. Happy Holidays and Happy New Years! Hanabi, you still mad at me?

Hanabi: you killed my sister! Of course I'm still pissed off you ass- *falls in a hole*

Ok how about you Kiba?

Kiba: it was kind of a dick move author-san

Yeah well get over it and please do the disclaimer before Hanbi claws her way out

The sounds of demonic screams can be beard in the distance...

Thanks Kiba, sorry for all of the Grammatical errors that have been occuring this should be the last chapter where that's a problem. When i have the time I'll go back and fix the other chapters as well.

Chapter 12 - Heirs Advantage

"Kami how the time flies, no pun intended right Saiban?" Sasuke gently scratched the chin of his Hawk. In just a few days he would be taking his final exams at the Academy and be a full fledged Ninja of the Hidden Leaf. He was gunning for top male, but Naruto was putting up one hell of a fight. But then again after he(Naruto) found out about his parents his abilities skyrocketed.

Hell once Sasuke had found out about Naruto's parents he delved into his own training like a man possessed. It might have had to do with what the Third had told him when Sasuke approached him with his new discovery.

Flashback no jutsu

Sasuke walked forward confidently into the Hokage's office, much to the vocal disapproval of his assistant. "Hey! Why does no one listen to me you have to schedule an appoin-" and the door shut, effectively silencing her.

Hiruzen for his part was surprised to see the young man, it was getting late and he had just talked to him at the archives earlier that day. "Hello Sasuke, how can I help you?" And he raised an eyebrow when Sasuke slapped down an old journal.

"I solved your riddle old man. And I think I learned more than you wanted me to." He watched as Hiruzen's face transformed into a solid poker face. He made a small motion with his index finger, bringing it up and swiping left. Sasuke didn't know what that meant, but Hiruzen watched his personal Anbu guard leave, making sure this conversation remained private.

"Really Sasuke, and what have you learned?"

Sasuke opened the journal to an entry on Ocotber 12 and turned the book around so Hiruzen could read it. "My mother was friends with Kushina Uzumaki, and her husband Minato Namikaze, who sealed the Kyuubi no Yoko in his own son. Inside Naruto. That's why he's hated, everyone sees him as the Fox and not the idiot he actually is."

"Very good Sasuke. You learnt this much, you deserve the whole truth. Naruto is a Jinchuriki. Literally meaning the Power of a Human Sacrifice, when the Ninetail's attacked Konoha, Minato couldn't kill it so he needed to seal it away. He couldn't ask other parent's to do what he himself couldn't so he used his own life force to call the power of the Shinigami to seal the Ninetail's inside Naruto."

"Was that the power he used during the training exercise?"

"Yes it was Sasuke, Naruto himself cannot actively tap into the Ninetail's chakra yet. But during moments of extreme anger, sorrow or stress he subconsciously starts using it. You have this information now, the only question I have for you is what are you going to do with it?"

Sasuke looked at the old kage icredulously "are you serious? I'm going to tell the dobe. I don't like him, but even he deserves to know the truth."

"Well Sasuke I think you may not need to. If my suspicions are correct Naruto will soon learn on his own. I fear he is already aware of the Kyuubi."

"Well what would you have me do?"

"I would ask you to wait Sasuke, until Naruto wakes up. I will speak to him, if he truly does not know I will tell him. It is my responsibility, after that it is up to Naruto to decide what to do. For now Sasuke go home. It's getting late."

Sasuke nodded and exited the tower, lost in thoughts, left all alone , only one place to really go. Home, most shops were closed by now, the sun had just finished setting and the moon was raising itself towards the middle of the sky. It was frustrating but Sauske would comply with Hiruzen's request. He would keep his mouth shut, for now. But there was this strange feeling inside of him.

He WANTED to tell Naruto, he felt BAD for keeping this secret. Since when did he care about that idiot? 'I don't care about him, but I guess I would want to know if it were me. Well honestly if it were me I wouldn't have been so calm about it all, I would have demanded until someone gave in. But it's not like there's this big secret about about my family right?'

He walked the mildly long trip back to his house and was greeted by the enthusiastic trill of the Hawk he had rescued, nestled in her nest atop a book shelf. "Hello to you to." He walked over to her and started scratching under her chin. He almost jumped when she walked from her nest onto Sasuke's arm, leaving small scratches from her talons. She continued up his arm until she could run the top of her head against Sasuke's cheek.

He smiled softly at the display. If she weren't a bird of prey, and currently cutting his arm by gripping it so hard he would think she was cute. "I guess if you're going to need a name huh?"

A loud whistle was his answer. "Ok, what's a good name for you then? How about Taki?" The bird looked Sasuke in his eye, before cocking it back and to the side in a manner that looked like she was insulted. "Ok fair enough, it's a little basic. Hmm..." then inspiration hit him "how about Saiban? It means trials, or tests?"

The hakw lifted both of her wings and gave a shrill cry looking happy. "Ok Saiban it is then. Pleasure to meet you my name is Sasuke Uchiha, and this is my home. It's a little empty I know, but that's because..." Sauske walked over to the couch and place Saiban on it, sitting next to her and proceeded to spend the next few hours telling her his life story.

Some interesting points he mentioned:

"Then there's this kid, his name is Naruto...when we first met he was an idiot who could barely fight or mold chakra and...now he's completely different!"

"Don't even get me started on the girls in my fanclub who think they can be ninja, maybe with the exception of Ino and Sakura. Most of them are more concerned with their looks or being skinny, like that's going to impress me. Honestly the only girl I would have had my eye on is this Hyuga girl. Her name is Hinata, but she's way to shy and for whatever reason has her own eyes on Naruto! I don't know why she does, but now their good friends, maybe even a couple."

"I had to team up with Sakura, the girl I mentioned earlier, and a Inuzuka whose also in my class. His name is Kiba, and normally he's this cocky and arrogant kid who wants to prove his top dog, not pun intended. But when he was helping you was like he was an entirely different person. It was weird to say the least."

It wasn't until the wee hours of the morning had come when Sasuke yawned and realized how tired he felt. He lifted Saiban up to her nest and went to bed himself.

Flashback no jutsu Kai!

Turns out Hiruzen had been right, Naruto did indeed know, but Sasuke had yet to reveal that he knew. He didn't know why, but everytime he thought about talking to Naruto about it something stopped him. The transition of having Saiban travel with him was a strange one, as most people gave him weird looks, but Sasuke didn't mind. He'd have done the same thing. Now though he wore hardened leather braces as well as a shoulder guard on his left shoulder, as a perch for Saiban which was where she generally stayed, that or his lap when he sat down.

He actually went to the Inuzuka compound, asking for advice from Tsume Inuzuka herself. Now THAT had been one hell of a conversation.

"Flashback no jutsu AGAIN"

"So brat what brings you to my house?" Tsume basically growled. It was hard to tell if she was displeased that Sasuke was there or if that was just her attitude in general. Sasuke nodded to the bird perched on his shoulder.

"This is Saiban, I rescued her about a month ago."

Tsume nodded "yes, Kiba told me about it. I'm glad to see her wing has healed up."

"Yes Kiba was a big help, but despite my best attempts to release her back into the wild, Saiban always comes back to me. And she's started following me to school, and though this might sound strange she's very stubborn. So if she's gonna follow me everywhere I might as well learn how to fight with her. I was wondering if you could help me."

Tsume growled, her canines on full display "what exactly are you asking me kid? I won't teach you clan techniques."

"No, no Tsume-San I would never ask that. Just some advice I guess? I don't know really what I'm asking for, I just don't want Saiban to get hurt because of me."

Saiban puffed put her chest and let out a prideful sound as if saying "yeah like I could get hurt!"

Tsume put a finger to her chin, thinking. "I guess we could try something" she leaned back so her face was parallel with an open doorway "OY KIBA GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!"

Sasuke was slightly startled by the sudden increase in volume, but it worked in seconds Kiba was sliding into the room. "Yeah mom what do you want? Oj hey Sasuke what's up?"

Tsume was quick to pick up a rolled newspaper and quicker to sway Kiba on the side of his head with it. "What was that for?"

"For luck brat, you're going to be sparring with the Uchiha over here, he wants to learn how to fight with his birdy and he's not to learn any clan techniques got it?"

"What?"

That caught both boys off guard. But Tsume grinned "good you two have fun I've got more important shit to deal with." She got up, kissed Kiba on his head and walked out leaving the boys by themselves.

"Ok? We do offer classes for any ninja who get themselves animal companions. Follow me I guess?" Kiba lead Sasuke to a small courtyard in the middle of the Inuzuka compound. It was about 20 by 30 feet with a chalky white rectangle about 10 by 15 in the middle. "This is what we use to train the accuracy of our Passing Fang techniques, but we can use this."

Kiba lead Sasuke to the rectangle positioning him at one end and himself standing at the other. "Alright Sasuke so first things first..." and that was the start of Sasuke's routine for the rest of the school year.

Flashback no jutsu KAI

His routine was simple he'd wake up in the morning, feed Saiban and himself, go to school, go with Kiba to his house and spare and train with him, go home take a shower, bathe Saiban(who hated showers with a prejudice) go to bed, wake up and repeat. It was during this time Sasuke learned several important lessons.

Lesson one: in a fair fight, Kiba was actually a VERY good taijutsu fighter when he was allowed to use his clans jutsu. It was enough to be on par with Sasuke. Kiba was physically stronger than Sauske as well, but Sasuke was more agile. Both were nearly equal in speed. Kiba's downfall was that he was impatient and preffered to rush his opponent (I.E Sasuke) and then try and take them down in on reckless attack.

Lesson two: when it came to working with a partner, such as Saiban, he was found extremely lacking. Saiban was just as stubborn as Sasuke and both believed that they needed to do the hard work. Of course Sauske could just be crazy an assuming that about his pet bird, but it fit.

Lesson three he learned the hard way. Lesson three was that pride was a man downfall. That was the first lesson he learned sparring with Kiba actually. During their first big fight. Sauske was overconfident he could stop Kiba, and in front of about thirty clan members, Kiba popped a soldier pill in Akimaru and went to town on Sasuke. It was a humiliating defeat. That's when Sasuke formed a begrudging respect for Kiba.

Though he'd never admit it to his face, he was the closest thing Sasuke would call a friend, other than Naruto who he also begrudgingly respected. Their rivalry formed into this triangle between himself, Naruto and Kiba, although Kiba wasn't in the running for top student, his grades wouldn't allow it. It was neck and neck to see who would have the highest grades, but Sasuke was intent on beating Naruto.

Speaking of, said blonde Sasuke could see him now, he was coming to his house. Most people would have waited at the Uchiha compound main gate but strolled on through like it was nothing. The fact he was navigating his way straight to Sasuke's house without difficulty unnerved Sasuke. As far as he could remember Naruto had never been to the Uchiha compound before.

He met him at the door, opening it before Naruto had the chance to knock. "Can I help you Naruto?" Though Naruto was trying to hide it, Sasuke could tell he was nervous about something.

"Hey Sasuke, yeah um..I was in the area and i was wondering if you'd like to go and get something to eat. I'm heading to that new sushi bar around the corner and don't want to go by myself."

That took Sasuke by surprise. The dobe wanted to hang out with Sasuke? Why? It was true that he had cut back on insulting Naruto, instead choosing to judge him based on his ability to fight. And it was also true that it was known about his trips to Kiba's house. But he hadn't done anything towards Naruto that suggested he wanted to be friends with him.

"Sorry Naruto, I'm going to be studying for the exam."

It was then he noticed the form trudging behind Naruto, a familiar fur coat, and white dog informed him that Kiba had come Naruto as well. Why hadn't he seen him? It didn't matter he was grinning besides Naruto in seconds. "Ah come on Sasuke, we're all friends here. Besides in a few days we're all going to be ninja in our own squads and going on missions. Who knows when we'll be able to do it again?"

Sasuke didn't know about friends but he was willing to try comrades. Besides Saiban had just fallen asleep for her afternoon nap. If he did anything and woke her up she'd just be cranky. He shrugged his shoulders. "Eh fine, but I'm not going to be out long understood?"

Both boys nodded before Naruto sighed and handed Kiba what looked to be 100 ryu. Sasuke gave a questioning look to a smiling Kiba as he accepted the money. "Made a bet with Naruto on who could get you to say yes, me or him. Come on, they're going to start without us!" Suddenly he and Naruto bolted, and on instinct Sasuke followed them, not wanting to get left behind. It wasn't until he was already outside his compound that Kiba's words clicked in his mind.

'Wait what did he mean by they?' So distracted by the two in front of him, he didn't see the cloaked figure hope over the wall and slowly start walking further into the Uchiha compound.

When he was sure he was alone, the clone of Naruto lowered his hood. He only had an hours worth of chakra, so he needed to be fast. He was looking for a certain stone tablet that he remembered hearing Zetsu talk about. Zetsu was what this is was all about. It was him who was to blame for everything that had happened. He could kill Pain, and Obito and even seal away Kaguya this time, but if he didn't stop Zetsu as well then he'd just restart this cycle again.

But if he could get this tablet and seal it away to where Zetsu couldn't get to it, then that would by him sometime. His(Zetsu) ultimate goal would be to reincarnated Madara and use him to bring back Kaguya. If he stopped all of that Zetsu would just disappear and wait until another opportunity came along to start another war. And without Sage mode, Naruto wasn't going to be able to sense Zetsu, so this was the next step he could think of in his plan to stop him.

It took him about thirty, thirty-five minutes to find it, a grey slate with wierd lines and markings. Only the Rinnegan or a Mangekyo could read it. "Let's see you prove your madness without this Zetsu." Naruto grinned as he pulled out a sealing scroll, and sealed away. He pulled out a second scroll and sealed the first away. Now he needed to get back to his house, given that it was just about to turn five, he shouldn't have to much difficulty getting their if he stuck to back allys but that could take to long.

The clone bit his lips. Man he needed to master the flying raijin. Nah to much thinking he'd just roof hop there. The clone made quick work of getting out of compound. He'd need to be fast, and at his top speed without using chakra he was going high genin speeds. But he didn't need to worry, he just made it to his house with enough time to hide the scroll in a secret spot underneath the floorboards he had made. Barley managing to slip a carpet over the spot the clone dispelled in a silent puff of smoke.

One Hour Earlier

"Come on Naruto keep up!" Kiba shouted as he leapt from another tree branch, Sasuke right behind him, and Naruto behind Sasuke.

"Really Kiba, how about you eat my dust!" Naruto shouted as he pumped chakra into his feet rocketing ahead of the two boys. Sasuke not wanting to be outdone, did so as well putting Kiba behind him. Being the proud Inuzuka he was, Kibab wasn't going to be outdone he did the same thing.

All three kids,(does Naruto still count as one?) Came to a skidding halt outside of a decent looking building. (Imagen an old timey chinese building) and Ino was out front with Hinata and both girls had their hands in the air and Choji was besides them. "And Sasuke-kun won! Congrats Sasuke-kun!" This was all but squealed by Ino.

"What are you talking about Naruto-kun won!" Hinata vocalized rather bluntly, sounding a bit rude than she had intended. Choji stpeed forward munching on his big of chips.

"Nah I think Kiba was a step ahead of them both actually."

Kiba walked up and grinned "regardless of who got here first we're all here. Did you manage to get the tables Choji?"

Choji gave Kiba a thumbs up "you bet Kiba, everyone else is inside already, come on!." He walked inside followed by Kiba and Ino, Hinata in their heels. Sauske stood back for a second. Staring at the restraunt.

"What is this Naruto?"

Naruto grabbed the back of his head and flashed a bright smile. "It like Kiba said, in a few days we'll all be ninja, and assigned to our teams. Who knows when we'll all be together like this again? So Kiba came up with this idea and with help from Choji, and surprisingly Ino we manage to set this up. We tried inviting some of the other students but it seems like it's just us and the clan heirs. Oh and Ino brought Sakura along."

Sasuke groaned inward slightly as he imagined being fought over by the blond and pink banshees. But he steeled himself, he was trying for comrades. He would try and not have a bad time at least. "All right fine, let's go dobe."

Sasuke walked in and the restaurant was actually very decent. The flooring was covered in bamboo matts, and the booths were separated by then paper walls, he could hear multiple families talking and laughing. At the very back was the biggest room, probably meant for parties he could see his classmates all around a big table. They all saw Sasuke and most of them cheered, save Shikamaru and Shino.

Sasuke surprised himself with a small smirk, he wasn't going to completely dislike this, and hey there might be some good food involved. Of course if the Akimitchi picked this place that was a given. He saw Naruto approach Hinata, and sit down. Kiba had apparently saved a seat beside him for Sasuke.

About half an hour into it, Naruto was talking to Shino about various bugs that could be found in the surrounding woods around Konoha when he froze, the memories of his clones putting the tablet away, making him smile. Under the table, he grabbed Hinata's hand and squeezed it. His sign to her the mission had been successful.

Hinata nodded in acknowledgement, before happily biting into her food. No one had seen it yet but under the table Hinata had yet to let go of Naruto's hand. They had yet to officially announce they were together, but rumors were spreading around like widlefire. And it was having a negative impact. Hinata was now also subject to the same hateful stares Naruto got from the villagers. But she didn't mind, in time they would change their views.

It was her clan she was worried about. The clan elders were more worried about overall appearance than her personal happiness. They would try something if these rumors brought any violence to the Hyuga. She didn't know what they would do though, and that's what scared her. But Naruto would stand by her, no matter what. And so would Neji.

Hinata couldn't help but smile as she thought about the wonderful person her cousin had become. It was funny, she saw more of future Neji, than the one she remembered from this time. Her almost dying had really matured him. Or at least that's what she thought. But either way she was glad.

"What's got you smiling so brightly Hinata? Finally got a boyfriend?" This was said loudly and teasingly by Ino who was leaning over the table to talk to her. That had gotten most of their classmates attention, and she let go of Naruto's hand.

"No Ino-chan. I was just thinking about my cousin, when we were young he was a cold and distant person. But sense the Training Distaster (as it had become known as) and maybe a little before it Neji has been acting like a normal person, and he's been extremely nice to me. I think me almost dying made him realize I might not always be around.

The table went quiet as everyone looked down, they had all been distraught at the news Hinata had been hurt, some had even been told she was killed. Naruto for his part froze and stiffened up, his eyes widening just a fraction as he realized he made a mistake. 'Stupid, stupid! Of course Hinata doesn't know Neji came back with me! So she hasn't talked to him about it, and neither has Neji talked to her. I'm gonna need to fix that soon!'

Kiba spoke up between mouth fulls of food. He may have been the most effected by the traumatic event, at least where his ego was concerned. "So did the Hokage ever tell you what happened Hinata?"

Hinata shook her head, "no Kiba-kun. According to my father they vanished shortly after the attack, all trails lead towards Kiri, so Anbu weren't able to follow them. He thinks they may have been rouge Kumo shinobi trying to kidnap me, trying to get back in their good graces."

Shikamaru lifted his head, which had been resting on the table "oh right they tried kidnapping you when you were younger correct?" That got looks from everyone present, save Naruto and Sasuke. "What you guys weren't told? Awhile back some Kumo ninja came to talk about some trade negotiations but it was a front so they could sneak into the Hyuga compound and steal the Byakugan and take it back to Kumo."

Sakura gasped in horror "no I hadn't heard about that. Hinata I'm sorry."

Hinata smiled weakly, still unused to the attention being on her. "It's fine Sakura-chan. It was a long time ago. It was an Uchiha and Nara patrol that found me, and killed the Kumo ninja. But Kumo was outraged that we killed them and demanded some form of payment. So my uncle Hiazashi, Neji's father went to Kumo to sort things out, they killed him. That's why Neji hated me for a time."

"That's terrible Hinata."

"I know it is Ino, but it's in the past now. We have more pressing things to worry about, such as the upcoming final test."

Kiba banged his fist on the table loudly proclaiming "yeah, we're all going to kick this test ass and be full fledged Ninja!"

"I doubt it" someone snickered to the side. Looking over the clan heirs saw a contingent of civilian students had come in and was blocking the door way. Leading them was Yemura. Naruto narrowed his eyes as the glint of the kunai in his hands took him back to the day in the alleyway. In fact most of the civilian students were holding shuriken or kunai.

"What do you want Yemura?" Naruto stood up, walking so he was in front of him, and his friends were behind him. Their were about thirteen sutendst in the small hallway. On his side were seven clan heirs, himself and Sakura. If they came here for a fight it wouldn't be pretty. Especially with Kiba's temper.

"Well dobe" Yemura growled "you clan heirs think you've got it so easy, you get handed everything you need so it's insured you pass this stupid test. Us" he waved his kunai to the posse behind him "we don't have that, so we have to fight and beg for everything we get. We're here to prove that we're just as good as you all!"

"What by starting a fight in the back of a sushi restaurant?" This was said by Sasuke who stood beside Naruto. Behind his back he could feel Sasuke trying to hand Naruto a kunai, as he hadn't brought any equipment not expecting a fight to break out. He quickly accepted the kunai doing a good impression of scratching his back, but really slipping it up his sleeve.

"You think you're so much better than us Uchiha huh?" That was shouted from the back and suddenly a hail of four or five shuriken came flying over the students straight at Sasuke, his reaction was a fraction of a second to slow, as he brought his kunai up to defend himself. They were to fast, they were meant to do damage.

Suddenly a steel wall made of chain links slid in front of Sasuke, deflecting the kunai and blocking his visions. He, along with everyone followed the chains to their source, which was the many chains coming out of Naruto's wrists, his eyes narrowed in frustration. He hadn't ever made anything this big before with his bloodline, and it showed, the chains retracting literally into Naruto's skin.

Everyone was staring at him in awe, shock, and a little bit of fear as the last bits of chain and metal disappeared. "Hey I get you feel like you're being left behind, but attacking us in the middle of a restraunt were their are civilians around isn't going to bridge that gap. If you want to catch up go talk to the instructors at the academy, I am sure Iruka-sensie would be more than happy to offer extra classes."

The group of students didn't say anything, but they didn't move either, by now most of the clan heirs had gotten up, taking stances behind Naruto and Sasuke, and Naruto was worried it would turn into a full out brawl. Some civilians were peering out of their own separate eating booths and quickly hiding inside of them. If a fight broke out there was a serious risk of them getting hurt.

He(Naruto) quickly brought his hands together, in a criss sign "Shadow Clone Jutsu" two puffs of smoke, and in front of him, little over a foot away from the civilian students, two Naruto's appeared. Now that the numbers were a little more even, he saw the civilians students start rethinking their position.

"Hey what's going on over here?"

All eyes turned to towards the entrance of the building were several other ninja, probably chunin, had entered, Naruto even saw the silver hair of Kakashi amongst the group. Apparently this little escapade had gotten attention. That and he had in regular intervals been sending out bursts of chakra in an S.O.S.

Kakashi took the lead Speaking in his lazy tone "all right children, does someone want to explain what's going on here?"

Naruto was the one who answered him "well Kakashi-San, they were mad cause they thought the clan heirs here had an advantage in the up coming genin test, and while that's true, someone here thought it would be a good idea if they tried talking to us to see if we would help them." He gave a very pointed stare to the shocked students, making it clear he was trying to prevent them from getting into to much trouble.

Kakashi saw that, but since no real damage had been done, and no one was hurt there wasn't a lot he could do. "Well that's all fine and good, if you want to help your fellow classmates out please do it in one of our training grounds. Please disperse yourselves in an orderly fashion. You lot" Kakashi looked over his shoulders to the smoldering glares the chunin were directing at the blonde "make sure these kids get home ok?"

A chorus of Hai and these chunin rounded up the civilian students, walking them out and presumably home. Leaving Kakashi alone with the still standing clan heirs. "So wanna tell me what really happened kid?"

"Oh come now Kakashi-San, you know me" silently so the other students couldn't hear him he said "did you think I would forget you Inu-San? Not that many people with hair like yours."

Kakashi's single eye widened for a brief second, before returning to it's natural lazy nature. "Right Naruto fine, what were they here for?"

"They were trying to pick a fight Kakashi-San. Maybe to discourage us or something? It wasn't really that well thought out."

Kakashi nodded, "well luckily that didn't happen. You kids go back to your meal."

The table was silent after that, no body really wanting to talk. It didn't take long for most of the clan heirs to disperse into their own groups going home, leaving Naruto and Hinata alone at the table. "Well that was fun, while it lasted anyways"

"Yeah it was Naruto-kun, hey do you think Ino is onto us?" She didn't mind if people knew or not, though they both agreed to be silent about their relationship for the time being, but she disliked being the topic of gossip. Things tended to get blown out of proportion.

Naruto shrugged "whether she knows or not, it doesn't matter. In a few days we'll all be ninja's. She'll have more things to worry about than your love life Hinata-chan."

"Speaking of lives Naruto-kun, I'm surprised nothing happened with the staff and you, because well you know..." Hinata looked away.

"Well they didn't know I was on the guest list. Choji just ordered the table for nine people and one of the cooks did try and poison my food, but it was nothing Kurama couldn't handle right?" Naruto looked towards his forehead as the gruff voice resounded with an answer.

"Please kit, you're own natural defensive systems could have handled that weak shit."

"Yeah Kurama had it." He smiled, but his eyes darted towards the entrance were the form of a certain Uchiha had just reentered. "Oh look, here comes Sasuke. What's up Sasuke?"

Sasuke stared at Naruto for a few seconds. "Iron chains, out of your body, explain dobe."

Naruto returned his stare before standing up and pulling his sleeve up, a single chain about a foot long sleeping out of his revaed forearm "you have your Sharingan Sasuke, I have iron chains. It's an Uzumaki's legacy, and well I can't do much with it at the moment, that's why I never showed it before."

"How long have you been able to do it Naruto?" Sasuke was frustrated, first the dobe found some amazing teacher and now this? Sasuke refused to believe he was closing the gap between them that fast.

"At least since after our first spare Sasuke, but since there aren't any Uzumaki around, and no books on the Uzumaki bloodline I've had to do things by trial and error." It was a slow process and Naruto didn't like it. Maybe if he could get to Uzu and find any remaining books?

"Didn't your mother leave any notes?" Naruto looked at Sasuke in surprise, silent for a second. "Oh come on it's obvious you finally found out about your mom and dad." Sauske lowered his voice as he continued "you are staying at the Yondaime's house correct?"

"But-but how did you figure it out Sasuke?" Naruto took a glance back towards Hinata, she grimaced, but Sasuke saw it. She knew the truth as well!

"The same way I found out about your Jinchuuriki status done, my mom wrote about it in her diary. The Hokage had no choice but to confirm it when I approached him, so I would know not to talk about it to the other kids."

Naruto raised both hands in an innocent gesture "alright Sasuke there's some merit to what you're saying, and I'll talk to you about it at my house but first there's something I have to do." He crossed his fingers and a shadow clone puffed into existance "you go talk to the old man. Now Sasuke did you need anything else?"

"No Naruto, but I am going to be the top male. I will not lose to you." He turned around exiting at a brisk pace.

Naruto turned towards Hinata "well I guess I cant ask for him to be completely different. He's still got his pride after all. Come on Hinata I need to get you home."

Hinata smiled tilting her head slightly "you don't have to do that every day Naruto-kun."

Naruto shrugged "I don't have too. But I like too, besides there's something else that i need to do at the Hyuga compound."

Hinata gazed him curiously "ok Naruto-kun let's go." She hopped up and grabbed Naruro's handz smiling brightly, despite the nasty looks thrown her way. Naruto noticed them to, tightening his grip on her hand. "It's ok Naruto-kun, they can't do anything to me, I'm the Hyuga heiress, to hurt me is to declare war on the Hyuga. No one here is that stupid."

Naruto shook his head "I'm glad you have faith in these people Hina-chan, but trust me this early they're all stupid."

At the gates of Konoha

Hiruzen was at the gates, normally this late in the day they would start closing them, so the forests many animals wouldn't parade down the street, but tonight they would be entertaining many special guests tonight. Emissaries from the newly reformed Village Hidden in the Mist. It was a shock when the news of the civil war ending reached his ears. But he was quick to send aid via medical ninja, food and supplies to them in the hopes of forming an alliance. That had been several months ago, today and over the course of the next several days him and the new Mizukage would be finalizing the treaty.

There just over the horizen he could see a group of four people, his traind eyes saw the form of Mei Terumi being flanked by three shinobi, an older gentle man with an eyepatch, a younger man with a blade strapped to his back, and a young women with what appeared to be claw like weapons hanging from her wrists, she had an intense stare that could match Danzo. This would certainly be interesting...

And cut! Hope you all enjoyed so on that note the next chapter should be the final chapter in what i will dub the academy arc, its supposed to be a combat oriented chapter, but you never know what could happen. Let me know what you thought, and have a happy NEW YEARS!

Ja Ne!