This is a Naruto centric story, so there will be very few 'Konoha' moment. Only when there will be a Konoha Ninja to tell what's happened since he was gone. Naruto OOC, there will be a fair number of OC characters and some adaptation of powers from others manga/anime. Not too many, I'm not doing a cross-over nor a god-like Naruto.

Edit Note: ah! I forgot! Lemon on the second part! AND... i got rusty... sorry

The secret road: Ghost

Prologue:

Konoha council room – Report of the retrieval mission.

Naruto stood there, he looked lost. He didn't know what wrong he had done. Here was the council who presented him with an official order of the Hokage. Tsunade signature was visible at the bottom of the document. He was banned from Konoha for the multiple wounds he had given to Uchiha Sasuke while he was under the influence of a seal. Tsunade was not present, she was busy at the hospital trying to save all the genins that were wounded during the mission. Many members of the council didn't like this banishment and many nodded sadly to the young Jinchuriki while the civilians' members all smiled wickedly.

"This can't be…" said Naruto staring at the document.

"It is, brat. Now get out of our esteemed village, you have 3 hours to get your stuff before our Ninja get the green to kill you" smiled Homura. Next to him Koharu was smiling showing her teeth. The only one who didn't smile was Danzo. He was aware what Naruto was and who his father was. He mentally cursed for these stupid fools playing behind the back of the Hokage.

The document was a forgery, but it was signed by the Hokage when she was under the influence of alcohol which made it official. He didn't bother hiding his talent anymore as he shunshinned out of the council room to his apartment to quickly grab his stuff and leave. He was crying while doing, they were taking his dream, his home… Everything! He sealed everything inside a scroll and left the apartment almost bar except for the furniture. He dried his tears as he opened the door and looked above his shoulder one last time. A broken promise, a broken future and a home taken.

He walked through the street of Konoha, no one even bothered with him, some of them were smiling while others scowled. He didn't bother answering the Ichiraku when they waved at him. He then started to dash toward the gates. No one stopped him, only one watched from afar, Anko was frowning with the recent orders that were given to the military. To attack and kill Uzumaki Naruto at noon which was in 2 hours from now.

Council room backroom.

Danzo was walking toward the exit, the council had been very vocal between the shinobi heads and the civilians who called them demon lovers and should feel ashamed. He had quit the session since it didn't have any purpose but to make Konoha lose its power. He slammed his can on the ground once and three root operatives came from the shadows. He pulled a scroll out of his sleeve and handed it toward one of the operatives.

"Give this to Uzumaki Naruto" said Danzo who didn't bother getting a reply from his agents as the three disappeared in an ink shunshin.

Danzo knew about the Akatsuki and it would be disastrous if the Kyuubi ended up in the hand of such a shadowy group. He made a pre-emptive maneuver by giving the boy it's rightful inheritance. The scroll contained a sealing a kanji and a letter from the old councillor. Naruto might have been out of his reach, because of the Sandaime and the council, but he respected Minato no matter how soft the man was when it was about leading Konoha. He would at least honor the dead Hokage by sending the boy the man jutsu and some of his own as a parting gift. As he walked toward his home, he had too think about damage control. The boy had influence in neighboring countries such as the land of wave and the land of spring that were freed by the boy. Yes, he had a lot to do. If the boy ever returned, he was certain that he would seek him to demand more answers. Danzo smiled as he reached his home.

Half-way toward the land of wave.

Naruto sadness had changed into anger as more and more, memories replayed in his mind. How Konoha treated him. He knew the memories were induced by the bastard fox as he tried to shake them off. Three masked figures emerged from the shadow in front of him. He pulled out a kunaï and was immediately in the defensive. The agents were surprised by the stance he had used. It was the Hummingbird style which needed a kunaï to use.

"Naruto-san, a gift from Danzo-sama" said the Agent who tossed a scroll toward him as they vanished in a ink shunshin.

Naruto caught the scroll then blinked, the three agents had disappeared. He put the scroll inside his jacket and would read once he was in wave. He needed a place to go to heal properly. His torso, despise being healed still hurts. His angers had lowered considerably due to the surprise of these three weirdos. But soon the sadness returned. He needed to rethink his life goals and maybe get a new home somewhere. He didn't know where to go, the only place that would welcome him was Tazuna's house.

It took half the day for Naruto to reach wave while jumping from tree to tree. And ten minutes to reach the shores then… He looked dumbfounded when he stared at the name of the bridge.

'No way' thought Naruto. He then remembered that he still had his Hitai-ate on… He undid the knot and stared at it. It was his last momentum of his past time as a Ninja of Konoha. His last reminder of the first person who acknowledged him as Naruto. Iruka-sensei. From the corner of his left eye, he saw the tombstone of the two person who made his nindo. He sighed as he went over there. Placing his Hitai-ate between both of the two who he admired the most.

"I guess, this is where my dream dies" said Naruto. He then looked at the giant sword. Then, he stared at the Haku tombstone. He silently prayed for both. He felt a hand on his left shoulder, he looked up and saw Haku smiling at him before vanishing into thin air. He had heard a faint voice inside his head when he saw Haku smiling. 'Live on, Naruto'. He smiled and vowed to do just that.

It was with a weight lifted from his shoulder that Naruto walked toward the bridge, a mist suddenly engulfed the bridge. He smiled at remembering Zabuza jutsu. The mist then dissipated just as it came in. A breeze ran to his hairs like they were ruffled by a hand. Naruto would follow a similar path to Zabuza now. He would travel and never stay at one place, doing odd jobs to get something to eat and buy supplies. His wound would need to heal properly first.

He never seen the small toad who looked saddened when Naruto entered another mist that formed and disappeared in it. The toad vanished from his place, to inform the toads of this new development.

Tazune was watching the TV for the forecast, he then zapped to another channel. The civil war in mist was still going on and the refugees came in different neutral island seeking asylum from the deranged Yondaime Mizukage. He sipped his saké when he heard someone knock at his door.

"Who is it?" Inari is at Iron country for his apprenticeship and Tsunami was in the Daimyo castle as the acting the current leader. Until the council elected a proper noble to rule their island. He opened the door and was surprised to see the blonde goofy boy from Konoha "Naruto?"

"Yup, old man. Can I stay for a day or two?"

"Sure, come in" he said as he let Naruto enter. He was intrigued at why he was there, and he was without his ninja headband. He asked him why he was there and without his Hitai-ate. He told him everything. Tazuna was frankly distraught by all what Naruto told him, his childhood, the abuse, the council banning him for completing a mission. How they dragged him into the council while he had just woken up from a surgery done by the Hokage.

"Well… Let me tell you something" said Tazuna, Naruto stared him "Fuck them"

"To tell you the true, it's the first time I'm so lost. I don't even know what to do or where to go" said Naruto as he sipped his tea cup. He discovered that he liked tea a lot.

"You should just do what you heart tells you to" said Tazuna

"What's my heart tells me to?"

"Yes, go where the wind blows" suggested Tazuna.

Naruto was left in his thought as Tazuna picked up his cup of tea and shown him which room he could use for his stay. He went upstairs to his designated room and sat on the futon. He stared at the clouds outside and remembered the scroll he had inside his jacket.

He broke the wax seal that was on it. He didn't recognize the logo on the wax seal. He unrolled the scroll and started reading the letter.

'Uzumaki-san.

My name is Shimura Danzo, I was a teammate of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage.

I'm a member of the civilian council that banished you. I vetoed many laws that were made to temper your education and growing. They out-manoeuvred me with the banishment in the last meeting we've met. I know you, young Uzumaki, I knew your parents. Me and Hiruzen didn't always see an eye for an eye, but we both loved our home. Konoha. I made many plans to take you as my apprentice when you were younger to protect you from the civilians. But Hiruzen only saw the good side of his village and refused all of my demands, fearing that I would subject you to my root training. Something, that would have help you in the long run.

Down below is a seal. The seal contains your heritage and your parents' letters. You will need your blood to open them. I respected your parents as they were the best ninja of Konoha. I wish you luck in your endeavors, Namikaze Naruto and good luck.'

"Namikaze Naruto?" he thought aloud, confused. He saw the seal on it and used his chakra to open it. Once the smoke dissipated, he saw three scrolls, two were letters and last was a sealing scroll. Probably his inheritance.

He opened the first letter – Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime?

'Hello, son' he read as his eyes widened

'You are probably freaking out reading this. Yes, I am your father.

I'm sorry to have given you this burden, but there was no other way to save Konoha. These are my last line before my last breath. I've been feeling jumpy during the week, like someone was spying on me and your mother. I've assigned my best ANBU and asked Hiruzen to help me with your birth. But someone was able to enter the sealed room where you supposed to be born. A man with a mask who called himself Uchiha Madara had ripped the Kyuubi out of your mother seal. Controlling the beast with his Sharingan, he unleashed it in the middle of Konoha, creating havoc and chaos. I fought the masked man and defeated him, but he had a power like I've never seen before, he could go through matter and physical attacks didn't get to him. I was able to beat him using my flying-thunder god jutsu. He warned me that he would come back for the beast. So, he will probably target you. My only wish was to see you grow up and put my Ninja headband on your forehead when you would have graduated. I asked Hiruzen to not tell you this until you were of age. You see, your mom and me had many enemies in Iwa. They held a hatred towards me after I a slaughtered three entire platoons that planned to invade Konoha. That roughly 4 500 ninjas.'

Naruto expression remained neutral, but he was impressed with his dad.

'And your mom had enemies in Kiri, she had eliminated numerous Kiri shinobi in the third shinobi war with a fair amount of the seven swordsmen of Kiri. I was called the Yellow flash and your mother was called red death.

I've left you, my ninjutsu and all of my properties to you when you will be of age or obtained Jonin rank.

I believe in you, Naruto. I believe that you can overcome whatever the Kyuubi might give you.

I love you, your dad, Namikaze Minato'

There was blood on the letters. Naruto stared at it, some tears fell on the letters. He didn't know if he should feel proud to be his son or angered that he choose him for a burden. But then he had read that his father believed in him. He couldn't suppress the smile that was forming on his face.

He rolled the letter and put it inside his jacket. He then went for the next one. -Kushina Uzumaki

'My maelstrom' he read, he wiped the tears, he could feel the love of his mother reading that simple sentence.

'My name is Kushina Uzumaki, I'm your mom. I'm so happy to finally see you. You are in a little crib now, you look so small and weak. I simply wish to be the shield to protect you from whoever that masked man was. I don't have much time; my strength is leaving me. My wishes were to see you growing up, train you in our clan styles. To be there when you would have done your first kill, to be there when you enter the ninja academy. And maybe scare any tramp fan girls from you like I did with your dad. To wrap you in my arms when you would have a nightmare, to see your first walking step and be present to your wedding one day to a feisty woman. I won't accept any weakling or fan girls in my family. You better find someone who loves you for who you are and stand with you no matter what you choose or do' He smiled reading that line.

'I've left you with my scrolls, my sword which is a very special sword that was passed down from generation to generation in the Uzumaki main branch family. You better treat it with respect. It will test you then will tell you its name. It's a swordsmen thing. Remember to eat your vegetables and fruits. Don't eat just ramen like I did. I was chubby when I was younger. What am I saying… You're my son, so, you probably are a Ramen addict by the time you read this' Naruto chuckled reading this.

'I fear for what you will have to face with the Kyuubi sealed in you. Unlike your dad, I know what a Jinchuriki life is. I was lucky to have been protected by the Sandaime. But whatever you decide to do in your life. Remember this. My son, my maelstrom, whatever you do with your life. I'll always love you'

He smiled as tears blurred his vision, his wiped them as there was more on.

'Ps: You better have a huge family. I want many grandkids, 8 would be nice. Uzumaki were always a big family'

Naruto eyes widened, and his mouth was gapping. Just how was he supposed to do that? He didn't even know how kids were made to begin with. He sighed to himself, it was something he would have to pick it up during his travel. He rolled out the scroll-letter and put it in his jacket. Now that he thought about it, he would need new clothes for himself and orange was something he would have to ditch off. He would go for something simple… maybe white or black.

'Nah, I'll go for black' thought Naruto. He then looked at the third scroll, he picked it up and unrolled it. There was one sealing Kanji on it. He did the tiger seal and unlocked it.

Naruto was surprise by the look of the sword, it was a double edge sword, reminded him of the one used by that freak Orochimaru. He picked it up, he face felt on the ground.

Naruto soulscape –

Naruto was blinking, trying to get used this new feeling. He was drifting in some space… Levitating to what looked like the sky of some civilian city. That was the capital by the looks of it. He only seen photos of it. He looked around, the skyscrapers were huge.

"So, this is my new master" said a voice

Naruto turned his head toward the voice, he was surprise to see a old man in heavy dark green armor. The old man had white hairs a goatee and a big Nodachi on his back.

"Who are you?" asked Naruto whose attention went to the rest of city

"My name is …."

"Huh? I didn't hear that" said Naruto who looked at the old man

"I see… you can't hear it"

"Where am i?"

"This is your soulscape"

"Soulscape?"

"This is where your soul is. This is how I am able to communicate with you without the interference of the demon fox that is sealed within you"

"Oh…. This place is huge and bright"

"This is just a representation of your soul" smiled the old man

Naruto thought for a moment, he remembered that he picked the sword then…

"You are the sword" he pointed at the old man

"You are as dense as the many Uzumaki that were my masters before you" chuckled the old man. Naruto scratched the back of his head awkwardly and laughed nervously.

"Why can't I hear your name?"

"Until, you master my sword, you will not hear my name" said the old man "The sword changes everytime it picks up a new master. This is the form of Kushina's father"

"My grandpa?" asked Naruto

"In a way, yes"

"What do I have to do for mastering you"

"Summon me and try to say my name"

"How do I do that?"

"Picture the sword in your mind and try summoning it"

"Easier said that done" mumbled Naruto as he closed his eyes and pictured the sword. He imagined as griping the handle, he felt the texture of the leather, the cold steel… He pulled on the sword summoning it. He opened his eyes and was surprised by the sword form. It was different from the one he had picked up. It had jagged patterns on the steel and had turned black. The leather had turned blood red and there was a small piece of fur at the bottom with the same color. There was also a marking near the guard of the sword. The kanji of nine was there.

"Benihime" he said, staring at the sword.

"Yes, you said it" said a female voice. Naruto stared at the woman, she had vivid red hairs and green eyes. The woman smiled at him. She was wearing a black dress with blue flames and red thunders patterns on it.

"You changed"

"As I told you" she giggled. He was chuckling nervously… he loved that giggle of hers.

"So…. What's happens now?" he asked, he ducked and leaped away from that sudden slash he had received from hers.

"Now? We train" she smiled wickedly… The crazy snake lady smile wickedly. Naruto gulped as he evaded all her slash. He then blocked her slash, her strength tossed him toward one of the skyscraper, making a hole on it.

"Damn, you are strong" he said. She giggled before getting back to 'Anko smile'. He quickly picked himself up to avoid a cut from her. She was fast, Naruto had blocked another strike purely on instinct. The fight went on for hours as Naruto picked up a lot of her techniques and mastered while fighting her.

"Good…. Now let's see if you can imitate this." she smiled coyly, she brought her sword above her before slashing in the air. Naruto eyes widened when he saw a blade made of chakra making his way toward him. The blade cut everything in its path. He jumped on the side, evading the cut, the blade kept its course as it cut several buildings in two. She slowly sheathed her sword.

"Holy shit" said Naruto who eyes widened seeing the effect of the attack.

"That was the Uzu Ryu: wind claw" she smiled. She disappeared making a loud boom like sound, flashing from her place next to Naruto. He ducked as she suddenly unsheathed her sword and kept it drawn up for a moment. 5 second later, the building next to them slowly slid due to the diagonal cut of Benihime strike.

"And that was just chakra pressure used on the sword" she winked at the shivering blond boy at her feet.

"W…what is chakra pressure?" he asked

"It's an old art that is long forgotten. Chakra pressure is possible with people with dense chakra. Like yours. It requires a near perfect chakra control, but once you mastered it, any ordinary slash won't be able to pierce your skin. Or like I did, if you put chakra pressure on the blade, nothing can't stand the slash"

"What if someone with low level chakra tried to use it?" he asked after he retrieved some of his initial composure.

"Nothing, the art would be just a fleeting dream of him or her" she smiled, he slowly sheathed her sword before tapping on the handle, which made a click noise, fully sheathing the sword. The building fell on the ground making everything shake.

"Wow…." Said Naruto seeing stars when she did. She looked so cool. Benihime sweat dropped seeing her new master behavior.

"It's time for you to go to sleep" she said smiling at him.

"Huh?" he found himself staring at the wall. He sat up as he stared outside, it was night time, he turned on the light of the room and found the sword lying on the floor. It changed from her previous form to this new one. It had the same shape but was slightly longer. The patterns on the blade looked like waves of fires on it. A puff of smoke came out of nowhere and a sheath was there, in the same red colors as the leather on the handle. He put the sword next to his futon as he went to sleep. He had things to do tomorrow, he wondered what time it was, he looked at the clock near the door. It was 1 am. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Next morning –

Naruto woke up well rested, he yawned since for the first time. He stared at the pile of object that was on at the floor. He continued to look at the object since he wasn't hungry for the moment. He found several scrolls with blood seals on them. He opened them all. He saw the Rasengan, Flying thunder god, adamantine chains, Three fighting style, 2 taijutsu and 1 Kenjutsu. The Hummingbird, the Waterspout and the Tiger fang. The first one was his dad taijutsu, the second was his mom taijutsu and the last one was his mother Kenjutsu style. He also found a scroll full of bills. His eyes widened seeing all the rolls of Ryo bills on the floor. He never had so much money before.

'Well, money won't be a problem for a moment' thought Naruto. He would be able to buy his stuff at the local store then he would get a in cruise ship maybe. He didn't have authorization to be in fire country anymore.

He quickly grabbed his stuff and resealed, he went downstairs only to see Tazuna snoring in front of the TV who was still open. He shook his head and closed it. He then went to the merchant district of the village and grab some stuff.

The village had changed a lot, kids were running in the street chasing after a cat. People were chatting and some where glaring at each other. No one paid attention to him. He located a weapon store and headed there. Inside, it was full of Ninja and Samurai supplies. Kunaï, shurikens, different sword and other weapons.

"Hello, young man" said the clerk

"Hello, do you have clothing in this store?" he asked

"Sure, there are on the section over there" said the clerk pointing behind the weapons cases.

"Thank you" said Naruto as he went over there and started to look for clothes. Navy blue jackets, different camo colors, black vest, mail armor, fish net armor, top tanks, leather armors. He stared at the mail and fishnet armors. Mail was kind of heavy while the fish net was light and offered more liberty of movement. He picked up the fishnet armor then went for his shirts, pants and maybe get a jacket or vest. He picked up several navy blue, blood red and black shirts, black, camo grey, blood red pants. He also picked up three jackets and one utility vest that would help him store his scrolls. He paid for the clothing then went to pick up his ninja supplies along with a couple of blank sealing scrolls.

"Thank you and come again" said the clerk with a smile.

"Yeah... i will" said Naruto, he wasn't used to people being nice to him. Store clerk in Konoha were always jerks to him.

When he was back at Tazuna, he was surprised to see the old man had prepared a breakfast and had left his share on the table. He went to his room and dropped his bags there before getting his breakfast. Eggs, bacon, steamed vegetables and a fish. Tazuna came in as he was back from… whatever he was up to.

"Hey, Naruto sleep well?" he asked

"Yes, I went to the merchant district to get some new clothes" he said

"ditching the orange tracksuit?" asked the old man

"Yup, its just a reminder of a painful past" the old man nodded

"I've just received a contract, I might be out for the following months. Tsunami mostly lives in the castle now. And Inari might not be here for three years" said Tazuna.

"It's alright, my wounds are mostly healed, and I bought what I needed before I hit the road" said Naruto

"The road, you mean the boat?" said Tazuna remembering about being banned from entering the fire country.

"Yeah…" he laughed nervously.

"What will I say if your friends when they try to find you?" Naruto thought about it for a moment… Did he have friends in Konoha? Shikamaru, Kiba and Choji had stopped hanging out with him long ago. Sakura… well, she had only eyes for Sasuke. Hmm… No, he didn't really have friends in Konoha, he thought.

"Nothing, I doubt they will try to get to me. If they do… tell them what you want" Tazuna nodded.

With that said, he had picked up his dishes and put them on the sink. Before going to the guess room and get into his new clothes, he would probably burn the orange track suit. He quickly tossed his track suit and tried his new clothes. He first put the fishnet armor which was figure-hugging tight, he then put a blood red shirt, then came the grey camo pants and the dark grey jacket. Satisfied with his new looks, which gave him a vibe of a Shinobi, he sealed all his stuff in the blank sealing scrolls. The red scroll contained his parents and Danzo letters, the green scroll had his remaining stuff. The last one would be for later. When he went downstairs.

"Well, now you look professional" smirked Tazuna, making the young blond pout, which made him laugh.

"Thank you, for letting me stay" said Naruto

"No, need to thank me. You are always welcome here. I'll give you the spare keys if you ever came back here and I am not here" said Tazuna tossing him one.

"You don't need to"

"You're a friend to my family Naruto, you helped me when I lied to you, you brought back hope in this country. This is small to what you have given us" assured Tazuna, which made Naruto accept his gift. "Be sure to come by whenever you are in the area"

"I will and thanks for everything" said Naruto as he waved at the old man.

Once the door was closed, Tazuna sighed. As he pulled a letter from his pocket. It was a letter from the Godaime who found out about what the council had done and made the banishment void, she wanted Tazuna to delay Naruto and team 7 + two others were on the way to bring him back to the village. He didn't have the heart to betray Naruto and quickly tossed the letter of the Hokage to the trash bin.

"I just hope I did the right thing" said Tazuna aloud, he felt a breeze on his shoulder which made him shivers.

When the team from Konoha made it to the land of wave, it was already to late, Naruto had taken a cruise ship to god know where. Naruto was enjoying his time in the ship, it was his first time on such a large ship and it wasn't at costly as he thought since he had a 35% discount from the captain who recognized him as the hero who freed his homeland. His first destination was the crescent moon island.

3 years later –

There was a new entry in the A near S rank in the Bingo book.

Code name: Ghost of Uzu

Information

Name: Unknown, answer to the name ghost

Age: unknown, probably 16-17

Affiliation: Unknown, seen by Hunters ninja near the ruins the Uzushio.

Known information: Undefeated swordsman, Ninjutsu specialist, known for using the flying thunder god and was labelled as the Ghost of the Yondaime in Iwa, the red flash in Kumo and the yellow devil by the Yondaime Mizukage regime. Known for working for S ranked mission for Suna. Wore a black jacket with a blood red crest of Uzu on the back of it. Has a face mask hiding half of his head, cyan blue eyes and is rumoured to be immune to slash attacks. Has a Tsurugi sword with the Kanji of Nine on it.

Bounty: 15 million alive and 2 million dead. In multiple villages.

Naruto was enjoying a nice meal in an Inn in the land of water countryside. He was here to hunt down a group of dissidents who wanted to overthrow the Godaime Mizukage and restore the old regime of the Yondaime Mizukage with the hunt of bloodline holders as a village duty. It was a black-market contract that he accepted after he had claimed the bounty of a blood thirsty maniac who slaughtered many civilian village in one of the islands of the land of water.

The dissidents worked in far north of the main island and often raided caravans that were going to the hidden mist. The contract wanted the head of Asakura Mikki, the Jonin commander of the previous Mizukage. Right now, he was seriously annoyed by the constant stares of his partner.

She had dark blue eyes, red hairs and a faint blush on her face whenever they were eating. He had to remove his face mask when he ate. Naruto, over his travel had build an whole network of spies and informant for his work in certain areas. Her name was Ameyuri Isana, a former Ninja of Kiri who deserted the Yondaime Mizukage regime and joined the resistance for a time before turning mercenary. They had done many mission together. She was swordswoman, not on his level, but was deadly with her Sai weapons and her dual tanto form. She was a year older than him.

"You really should ditch that face mask of yours" she said as she finished her 5th stick of dango.

"I will, when this job is over" said Naruto as he looked around for potential enemies. There were none, just the usual wary stares from the patrons and the clients of the Inn. Tonight, was the night, they would find that thorn in the shoes of the Godaime Mizukage.

"Ready for tonight mission?" she asked pulling her hood hiding most of her face.

"As ready as I can be, Isana-san" he said, pulling his hood, hiding his blond hairs.

The two dashed toward the forest where the dissidents were last spotted. The forest was dense in this area with many ponds, rivers and the constant mist that would bath the region. They landed on the branch of a tree, above the mist and started scouting the area with their sensor techniques. Naruto felt a hundred chakra signals just north of them.

"2 hundred, maybe more north of here" said Naruto

"It's a campsite, we need confirmation it is the rebels before we do anything" she said, remembering the mission parameters. There was a group of bandits in the area too. Destroying them was a secondary objective, the main one being the elimination of the rebel leader. Naruto pulled his signature jutsu and sent a dozen of clones in the mist to scout while under a transformation technique.

Naruto and Isana stayed hidden in the tree shadow as they waited for the shadow clone to confirm if their target was in the zone. Naruto stiffened when he felt is shadow clone's memories back.

"Target confirmed, he is in the camp. They are 3 hundred and bandits are entering their camp as we speak now"

"How much?" she asked

"5 hundred bandits and 3 hundred Jonin level Ninja"

"No wonder the Ninja of Kiri have difficulties dealing with them" she said, Naruto jumped and landed at the tree roots, Isana landed next to him.

"My clones are placing multiples paper bombs tags all over the campsite and some are infiltrating the camps to cause mass panic while we deal with the leader of the rebellion" said Naruto, Isana nodded as they entered the mist to the camp.

Rebel camp.

Miyuki Asano, was a Jonin during the reign of the Yondaime, she only obeyed orders. She didn't have anything against the bloodline wielders, but she had killed a fair amount of them during the mass purge of them. She followed Mikki because she used to be the Jonin commander of the Yondaime and she refused to follow that tramp of Godaime. She had killed her boyfriend during the first rebellion.

She was starting to fantasize about getting even with the Mizukage when she felt a sharp pain on her neck, she quickly put her hands on it and found that she couldn't breath and was chocking on blood. The only thing she saw before darkness claimed her was two beautiful blue eyes who looked sad at her. She understood what had happened, this man had sliced her throat, one of her hand clutched his vest and tried to pull him to her. She tried to speak but was silenced by the man's tanto pierced her heart.

Her last thought went to her family and her dead boyfriend. She smiled knowing that she would see them soon.

"I wonder why she was smiling" said Isana

"Probably thinking about dead love ones" said Naruto who had seen the look of her eyes.

They had successfully infiltrated the rebel camp and they were now skillfully evading patrols and war dogs. Isana was a poison and Genjutsu specialist, she had put an odorless agent on them which was lethal to dogs only. The dogs quickly fell one by one when they were picked their smells.

Mikki was busy looking at the map, she planned to put three more campsites at key points to disturb the Mizukage trading routes. She had to plan to destroy Port town to completely shut Kirigakure from outside. With that done, invading Kirigakure the same the rebels did before would a piece of cake. She hated bloodline holders just as much as the Yondaime Mizukage did.

She instinctively pulled out her Katana, stopping a hooded person from beheading her. She leaped back, putting some distance between her and this mysterious man.

"I see the Godaime had sent his lapdogs to kill me" she sneered.

"This is only business" said the emotionless voice of Naruto which made the woman angrier. That was a bounty hunter trying to claim her head.

"A bounty hunter…" she said then she looked at his sword, it was an old Tsurugi sword with a hexagonal shaped guard, she saw the kanji of Nine near the base of the edge. Her eyes widened, she had the last updated Bingo book with her "The ghost of Uzu"

Right after she had said that, there was many explosions in the camp which event lifted the tent they were in. She saw many large black smokes columns coming from everywhere around the camp. She also heard many screams. Rebels and Bandits were battling each other. She didn't understand what was going on. Naruto knew what was going on, Isana had used one of her famous poison which induced delirium and paranoia to people who inhaled her poison. A rebel would see an enemy and so would the bandits when facing on of their comrades.

"You will pay for this!" she snarled as she used one of her secret technique to behead that bastard. She disappeared in a shunshin and reappeared behind him. Her blade was about to connect with his neck when the boy disappeared in a yellow flash which made her eyes widen when her vision suddenly fell dark. She didn't even know that she had died, her head rolled on the ground only to be picked up by Naruto who sealed it.

"What do we do with the rest?" asked Naruto to Isana who had just sat there.

"Nothing, the poison will kill any survivor within a day" she shrugged.

"Then, let's claim the bounty" said Naruto who warped out of the camp. Isana sighed, she disappeared in a cloud smoke. He had used one of his swordsmanship skills, the flash step while she used the Shunshin no jutsu to follow him.

The more they approached the hidden mist, the more the fog got thicker, and they could sense that multiple ninja were surrounding them. They didn't do anything as long as they didn't try any confrontation with them.

Two of the stalkers went close to them

"Halt! What are your business with Kiri gakure" said a masked Ninja with the Kiri Hitai-ate on his shoulder.

"We are here to claim a bounty. We have special orders" said Naruto who pulled out said orders. The ninja from Kiri took the piece of paper and saw the genuine marking of the Godaime Mizukage on it. He ordered his Ninja to scramble.

"Follow me" said the masked Ninja, the two didn't say anything as they followed the ninja toward the gate of the hidden village. The village was in the middle of reconstruction, he saw several buildings under construction. Civilians walked in the streets, Ninja patrolled the streets and rooftops. The masked Nin lead them to a large blue-grey palace with the kanji of Water on it. The walk inside was silent as a lot of people narrowed their eyes seeing the pair of hooded figures.

The masked man knocked at the door before opening the Mizukage office. He waved at them to follow him. They entered the Mizukage office. Naruto was surprised to see that hair colors, auburn. The woman had Uzumaki ancestry, he was sure of it.

"Hmmm… Hooded figures in duo… I'm almost certain that you are part of this organisation hunting special people" said the Mizukage, as the cyclops next to him narrowed his only available eye and the shy figures next to him straightened his posture and had a hand on his sword handle.

"We aren't part of the Akatsuki, we are mercenaries claiming on a Asakura Mikki bounty" said Naruto pulling a scroll from under his sleeve. The masked man took the scroll who unsealed it, once the smoke cleared, the room went silent seeing the head of the rebel's leader. Mizukage smiled in approval, that was one problem that was dealt with.

"and the bandits?" She asked

"Probably on their dying breath" said Isana

"really?" asked the swordsman who returned to his shy persona

"Yes, I trust my poison" she said

"Can you pull your hood?" asked the Mizukage, she was more interested in Naruto than Isana. Both obeyed, Isana had an emotionless poker face and Naruto still had his facemask. "and the face mask… please"

Naruto nodded as he pulled the mask, everyone gasped, he looked like a perfect replica of the Yondaime Hokage despise the whiskers marks. The Mizukage eyes had a glint of lust in her eyes looking at the handsome looking man in front of her. 'Oh, the thing I would do to you' she thought making Naruto hairs on the back of his head stand-up. She imagined many things that she would do to him, hmm… all the positions, how he tasted, just how big was he under the belt? So many questions…

"…. kage-sama… Mizukage-sama!" said the cyclops which pulled Mei from her reverie.

"Yes? Ah! Yes, where was i?" she smiled sheepishly

"the bounty on Mikki" said Isana who was pissed off on how she had looked at Naruto. Mei cleared her throat.

"Yes, the 5 million Ryo bounty and the bonus of 2 million more for dealing with the bandits" she said, the cyclops nodded disappearing in water shunshin. "What is your names?"

"I go by the name of Ghost of Uzu" he said, earning another gasp from the Kiri nins.

"I go by the name of deadly flower" she said. Mei nodded, she didn't really care what the woman name was.

"well deserved names" said Mizukage smirking at Naruto. The cyclops came back in with the promised money. Naruto caught the money, him and Isana would share it evenly.

"Well, if that's all" said Naruto as he bowed to the Mizukage, Isana imitated him as they went for the door.

"Wait a moment" said Mizukage "Can I invite you to stay for a day in Kiri?"

"We are sorry, Mizukage-sama. But we have to move out of the land of water before tomorrow morning"

"why?" she asked

"The cruise ship leaves tomorrow, so we have to be at Port town before tonight" said Isana

"I see… It's a shame. Well, if you ever go back to Kiri gakure, be sure to visit" she winked at Naruto who had a poker face 'Ho, shit…' thought Naruto. They nodded as the masked man opened the door and they went straight to the gates.

"That was…"

"weird?" said Isana

"Yeah… I'm just 16… I don't look that old am i?"

"Actually, you do look older" she smirked

Naruto had a cloud over his head "Do I?"

"Well, you're 1m87 and I told you, you look cute without the facemask" she said.

The rest of the travel to port town was silent, they arrived very late in the night. They were tired, Naruto wanted to go back to his hotel room and hit the bed. Isana had other things in her mind as she followed Naruto in his hotel room. They shared the hotel room since it was the last available in the whole town. As soon as he ditched his cloak on the table, he was tackled by Isana whose lips crashed on his. She tasted like caramel. Naruto tried to maintain his balance but fell on one of the two beds.

"Wait wait Isa…. hmm" was all he was able to say before she claimed his lips again.

"No waits…" she said, her eyes were filled with lust and envy. Naruto was a little frightened by these eyes. He was never subjected by these eyes before. He had seen envy and lust before but not of this magnitude the way her eyes glinted right now. She undid her shirt, showing her black laced bra, Naruto felt something wash over him when he saw her that way. He was… unused to this feeling. He felt himself blush which pleased the woman to get such a reaction to the usual stoic partner.

The next thing she did was pull his shirt out, she literally licked his abs going to his neck making him shiver and his pants to get tighter. To be honest, Naruto was experiencing something new, something he had never faced before. His mind literally stopped when Isana undid her bra. Running on automatic, he leaned and caught her left breast with his mouth before sucking it, she gasped at the sudden contact of his mouth to her sensitive nipple. She did her best in trying to undo his belt, he helped her as he tossed his pants on the floor and did the same for her, she didn't protest as she was getting wetter with how Naruto was taking the lead.

His nose picked a fruity smell, he followed the scent and stopped in front of her panties, she opened her legs for him and bite her lips, wondering what he would do. She yelped when she felt his mouth on her precious part, literally sucking her juice.

"Oh… oh! OH! That's the spot! Kami! Naruto!" she screamed. She came quickly from the constant assault of his tongue on her private parts. True be told, she didn't know what to do, she hadn't known any man before Naruto.

Naruto quickly let go of her as she was convulsing from her climax. The next thing she did was pin Naruto on the bed and sat on him. She smiled, the sweat on her body was glistening due to the light of the moon outside who bathed their room.

She pulled his boxer, she gasped at seeing his hard meat. The smell made her looked dazed, she attempted to lick which made the boy jolt at the sudden sensation. Quickly followed by a kiss then by her tongue twirling around his head. Naruto was moaning, groaning due to the jolt he felt from her assault. She engulfed him in her mouth, the soft and wet feeling, he felt was enough to make him climax. That was his first time. She loved how he tasted, she gulped every once of his spunk. She felt an itch between her legs after tasting him.

"Take me" she said

"are you sure?" he asked, he had recovered quickly from his climax and was hard again.

"Yes, I want my first time to be with you" she said

"It's my first time too" the news made her smile for some reason. She aligned him on her private parts and in one motion, she let herself fall on his spear. She gasped when she felt something broke inside her. She bites her lips to the blood to avoid screaming. Naruto feeling her discomfort tried to move away, but she pinned him firmly to stop him from squirming.

"Don't move…" she said with tears, he nodded. After a few minutes, she started to slowly hump him, earning a moan from the young man. "Take me"

He smiled as he pinned her down, his hands on her hips and pulling her to him. She gasped when he was fully sheathed in her. The two were a mess of sweat when they were over. Isana had a grin on her face, Naruto was sweaty from all this. Everything was new to him, he never felt like this before, and he never felt like this for a woman. Not, even Sakura. He stared at the woman next to him. The sun was starting to rise, staring at her face, he caressed her cheek softly, she leaned on his hand before settling on his shoulder. She ran her hand on his jaw and whiskers mark, he purred due to his whiskers being very sensitive. Naruto felt in love with the smile she was sending him.

When the two got out of the hotel, Isana was limping, when the hostess asked what happened, she told her that she hit her hip on the counter of the sink in the toilet. Naruto had stifled a laugh from the look of the hostess. Once outside, Isana nudged his ribs.

"What was that for?" asked Naruto as he clutched his sides.

"For laughing… idiot" said Isana trying to walk normally but couldn't help but limp. Without warning, he picked up Isana bridal style and walked toward the port. "Idiot! Put me down!"

"No" said Naruto, ignoring the complain of the blushing mess lady in his arms. With a huff, she stopped and just leaned on him.

Naruto was heading to the land of waves and visit a certain family. Isana wanted to stay with him, she didn't want to travel alone like she did before. He didn't mind, she was the only he was okay with. The others he had worked were… strange. He had amassed quite a fortune with hunting and doing all kind of odd jobs since he had taken that boat back three years ago.

He was enjoying the breeze that night in the deck of the ship when Isana dropped the bomb on him.

"What are we Naruto?" she asked, she had placed her hands on the rail while looking at the mirror like horizon. There was no moon that night.

"What do you want us to be?" he said looking at her.

"More than partners" she said without looking at him. He grabbed her, earning a yelp from her and kissed her. She was so surprised that her mind went blank for moment, she returned the kiss after the reboot.

"Does that answer it?" he asked, she smirked.

"I don't know… Maybe if we…" Naruto didn't give her time to finish what she was about to say, claiming her lips. She was feeling butterflies in her belly and so did he.