What's up guys quick message before the story starts. After getting some feedback over my previous chapters, I decided that the story would be better off being told from a narrator POV. So...yeah, yeah that's it. Oh and the reason this took longer was because I had someone very helpful, help me revise this chapter so special thanks to Novrier

Previously

"Because we're going to teach you how to control the chakra of the Nine-Tailed Fox."

Italics means someone is thinking or having flashbacks or singing

Bold is bijus talking or someone who deepens their voice

Kumiho: Heyy~

Mei: Heyy~

Shukaku: Heyy

Enjoy

Emptiness. That's all Naruto felt for the past four years. The rigorous training was already hard enough without the use of chakra from Mei or Kumiho, he's been having to keep Jiraiya in the loop when he kept trying to push Naruto to use the chakra. He didn't want to use the chakra nor did he want to constantly rely on it.

During those four years of emptiness, Naruto grew distant with Jiraiya and others, at first Jiraiya thought it was just the sudden shock of finding out about training only two days before. As time grew on, Jiraiya started to actually notice major changes in Naruto other than the physical ones. Besides being distance, he was quick-tempered, uneasy around others, stopped smiling, and lastly, he was silent. The only time he would notice a smile from the blonde was when he would get letters from the love of his life.

From what he knew, "Kaguya" if that was her real name, has been watching Naruto ever since he was born. Not only that, she saw what he went through, with the villagers, and his parents... Jiraiya didn't trust her but others did, even Tsunade. He tried to gather information on everything he could from Kaguya but she would always avoid it. The main question that has been bothering him was if Naruto and Kaguya were having relations. He tried to ask Naruto but he would just either blush and stay quiet or gave him the line 'What gave you that idea?' It pissed Jiraiya off that he couldn't get an answer out of his own godchild, but that only encouraged him to keep asking.

"Today's the day." Naruto was up bright and early for once without Jiraiya waking up him up 'you're up early than usual, what's the occasion?' Quickly stretching, Naruto changes into a new pair of clothes and begins to pack everything up. 'We're going home today and I can finally fulfill that promise that I made to Kaguya.'

Four years ago, Naruto made Kaguya fall in love with him even more, when he sang a song for her, that made her want him even more and when she tried to show her love for him he ended up giving her the wrong impression which led to them avoiding each other until they talked and it ended with Naruto promising her when he turns sixteen, then they can show how much they love each other. The only people that know about their relationship is a very limited few and among those few are certain individuals that know about Naruto's power.

Getting everything sorted and readied, the blonde walks out of the rented room and walks to the room next to his and bangs on the door violently. "Oi! Get up you old perv it's time to get a move on!" You could hear a groaning coming from the door but you could also hear burping which signaled Naruto, that his sensei was drinking last night and most likely partying. "W-What is i-it gaki?" You could smell the alcohol coming off of Jiraiya, he smelt like he drank a whole bar which pissed off Naruto even more than he already was. He just wanted to go home and see his is soon-to-be-lover.

"Could it kill you to be up and ready on time for once? You act like that gray-headed, perverted, late chimpanzee but worse!" Jiraiya was taken back that Naruto would even compare himself to Kakashi but worse. He could only imagine seeing Kakashi snickering away at Naruto's comment. "Jeeeeez, clam it down gaki, I was dr-drinking. Cut me s-some slack." He could almost regret what he just said, Naruto now had a newfound habit of taking up peoples offers but not in a good way. Let's just say the last person that gave Naruto an offer, ended up with a broken arm.

"Remember what happened last time?" Jiraiya instantly went pale "Yeah yeah, whatever. I'll ge-get my stuff." Jiraiya went back into the room and tried to do what he said but he was having trouble with all the ladies on the floor along with the booze.

It felt like hours went by, but that's what happens when you're feeling impatient. Naruto was in no mood to wait around, he just wanted to get home and be with the love of his life. "Hurry up Pervy Sage!" After waiting for like five or ten minutes, Jiraiya finally came out with a small bag "You took to long." Naruto began to walk off with Jiraiya following behind him "I had to find my wallet so calm down." In response to what he stated, Naruto scoffed and just exited the hotel with only one thought in his head.

'I'm coming home.'

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It was just like every other morning, in the Hidden Leaf Village, it was bright outside and the birds were chirping. But this morning was soon to be a very different morning with a certain blonde on the way.

In the distance, you could see a very young beautiful lady and people could only describe her has...a "goddess", you could say. This goddess was just walking out of her apartment and ever since people have found out that she was the "owner" of that apartment, they would always go up to her and ask her 'Why is a goddess, such as yourself, living in an apartment like that? You could do so much better than that. Why not come live with me?' Now, if anyone was stupid enough to ask her that, then they would just be ignored but if they decided to hit on her then, well let's just say...she knows a way of breaking the human body with any chakra.

Usually, this goddess would just spend her days with the Uchiha's drinking tea and just like Naruto, Kaguya was also distant but not to the point of not talking. To her demise, she wanted to see Naruto but she knew that it would be impossible to find him and that, that was just something that changed her. She didn't go all emo like Naruto, but she did go back to acting like her old self. If she could describe these four years, she wouldn't say lonely, not boring either, and not unhappy. It would be...lifeless.

Some people would think that's a bit overkill but it's not. Naruto...Naruto has a way of making people change but Kaguya was different when she changed, she was happy, full of joy, and full of love. Naruto gave Kaguya a meaning to live and he was the only reason she was alive. She lost everything. Her kids turned on her, her previous lover condemned her a monster. She had a large void that she thought couldn't have been filled but her Naruto is filling that void. But when she found out that she wouldn't see him for four years, well let's just say that she changed and leave it at that.

But she wasn't the only one. Well, she was the only one that felt the way she did, but she wasn't the only one that changed. Everyone that Naruto knows has been training. Lee, Neji, Tenten, Kiba, hell even Shikamaru was, Ino and Sakura trained with Tsunade, Shino, and Hinata. They were all motivated to train all because Naruto was selected to be trained by Jiraiya.

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It must have been more than hours when in reality it has only been two. Naruto was so impatient through the whole trip that he somehow convinced Jiraiya to run with him all the way back to the village. The blonde just couldn't wait to get back home, he missed everyone but he also didn't want to see them afraid of what they might think but he knew that there was one family that he wouldn't care about what they thought about. The Uzumaki-Namikaze. They were the sole reason why Naruto changed so much. But he was also manipulated to change.

That mischievous fox was the one that manipulated him. Every night, Kumiho would always suggest that Naruto should show some other type of ways of cutting ties with that family. Now don't get him wrong, he wanted to cut all ties with them but he just didn't know how until she suggested a very good idea. Naruto had the appearance of both his parents and those were going to be the most damaging thing that he can do to break his old family. Nothing hurts the most than cut off ties with someone.

"So what are you going to do when we get there? You seem very anxious to get..." Naruto was zoning out, he was just focusing on one thing and that thing is what set him off. The gates. It was just the sight of two simple gates that set Naruto off. He couldn't hold it in anymore even though he should've been tired from running. He just ran. He ran and it caught Jiraiya off guard which only made him sigh in disappointment.

Naruto didn't bother listening as always.

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The Hokage was the authority of the village. The strongest. No one would dare go up against him or herm especially the current Hokage. Tsunade Senju is the Fith Hokage and not only that she is the granddaughter of the First Hokage, the founder. She was also the teacher of Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno and it just so happens to be that Sakura has an errand to run for Tsunade and it requires her to pick up a package from the gate.

"Hey, good evening Kotesu, Izumo. Did the package come?" The gate boys were just stared at each other before they looked at Sakura like she was crazy "Y-You just missed it by a couple of seconds." Sakura was just confused, she thought they were playing mind games with her but she was soon wrong when they told her to look behind her. "Is that L-Lord Jiraiya?! Naruto's back?!" Sakura just couldn't hide anymore, she was so excited that her teammate was back after four years!

"Lord Jiraiya!" Sakura practically scared the Sanin when she screamed his nameand ran in front of him stopping him dead in his tracks 'no wonder she has the title of banshee' Jiraiya looks at Sakura with a tired expression "If it's about Naruto you just missed him. He's most likely heading to the Uchiha compound. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go see hime." And with that Jiraiya left, leaving Sakura running past him.

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The breeze of the air. That's what Naruto felt. He always loved that feeling ever since he was little. And now, he is feeling it for the first time in a long time. He had a clear view of the whole street in front and behind him, he could see everyone, he even spotted Sakura running past everyone and it seemed like she was in a hurry.

'Should I talk to her? She's most likely trying to find me but that's impossible... Unless she saw Pervy Sage. Bummer, I was really looking forward to surprising everyone.'Inrapid motion, Naruto threw a kunai right in front of Sakura's two feet which resulted in her stopping and turning around quickly which gained the attention of every civilian on the street and made them panic. "Who's there?! Show yourself!" Naruto could barely hold in his small laughter and gained Sakura's attention.

Before Sakura said anything, Naruto dropped down from the pole which he was sitting on and the end result of that was Sakura widening her eyes. "NARUTO!" She practically ran and tackled him to the ground which made Naruto groan in agony. "You're back?! When did you get back?! Oh everyone is going to be happy that you're back!" Naruto could've sworn that he was going to go death due to the amount of screaming she was doing near his ear.

"Sakura, get the fuck off of me before I force you off." Although Naruto wanted to be happy, he couldn't. Towards the third year of training, Kumiho was actually merging her chakra with Naruto which resulted in him gaining some of her negative aspects. Although Kumiho never acted like this before through the course of her time with Naruto, it was all a front. At the end of the day, Kumiho is a fox and foxes deceive.

Sakura quickly out of fear got off of Naruto and backed up a bit to put some distance between her and Naruto. "N-Naruto?" This is not the Naruto she knew. The Naruto she knew was not this aggressive nor was he quick-tempered. "*Sigh* Sorry about that Sakura, I'm just tired. You know, from all the walking and stuff."

"Y-Yeah, I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have tackled you like that. It was wrong on my part."Naruto just nodded and turned around and picked up his bag "So, what were you doing up there anyway?" Sakura asked as she got a good look at Naruto "I was just getting a look at the village. I noticed that Tsunade is on the Hokage Rock, when did she become Hokage?"Naruto asked as he turned around and began walking to the Uchiha compound with Sakura following. "Umm, she became Hokage right after Lord Minato woke up from his coma and resigned but Lady Tsunade was working as a tempory before that."

Naruto was alright until he heard Minato woke up from the coma but he just hid his anger. "Hm. What about everyone else? I wanna know how they been?" Naruto requested "Well everyone began to train right after everyone found out that you were going to be gone with Lord Jiraiya for four years. But right after that, Team 7 was suspended for doing missions since we didn't have a back. After that, both Ino and I began to train under Lady Tsunade." Sakura explained.

"One last question. What about Sasuke? How has he been doing?" Sakura then went silent. She didn't want to tell Naruto the bad news. Naruto then caught on and went silent as well until he asked one question that would forever change his life. "What about Itachi?"

"You should talk to Lady Tsunade about it. I don't think you would want to hear it from me." Naruto then realized that it was going to be a huge issue.

Naruto then began to pick up his pace and started running towards the Uchiha compound with Sakura right behind him "Hey N-Naruto wait up!"

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"And he just left you like that? What was your reason for not going after him?!" Tsunade asked violently as she looked at her old teammate with a glint of anger. Jiraiya just stayed silent, he knew the risks for letting Naruto go off like that. "If Naruto finds out about the massacre, then he is going to go out of control!" She yelled as she slammed her hand directly on her desk "I'll go find him." Jiraiya replied quickly. It may not seem like it but after hearing about the Uchiha massacre it made him feel angered. The Uchihas were the only type of real family that Naruto had and now they're gone. This was unfair for Naruto but Jiraiya knew that it was necessary.

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Right in the middle of the living room was blood. Everywhere. Splattered against the walls, furniture and on the floor. "Did you know about this?" Naruto began to clench his hands into fists and his fingernails began to run deep into the skin resulting in tiny bits of blood drops flowing out. Sakura just stayed quiet but she knew that she had to answer him. She wanted to say something but she just couldn't find the right words. "Answer me Sakura. Did you know about this?!" Naruto screamed as he turned around and faced Sakura. She stared directly into his eyes and her legs were trembling. Naruto's eyes, her teammate's eyes, were no longer the same ocean blue eyes. They were now red fox-like eyes.

"N-N-Naru-" Before she knew it, Naruto had pinned her to the wall by her neck. "I said answer me!" Naruto was starting to squeeze on Sakura's neck making her struggle "Na-Na-Naru..." Sakura soon started to flutter her legs around and her eyes started to slowly close "Naru...to...pl-please..." Sakura had a tear running down her left eyes. She didn't want to die but she couldn't do anything, each time she tried to say something she lost oxygen and her strength.

'NARUTO STOP!' Naruto blinked and suddenly let go of Sakura and looked at his hands. Sakura immediately started to channel chakra into her hands and move it to her neck which had a bright red hand mark on it but as soon as her hand made contact it began to fade. "Sa-Sakura I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to, I lost control," Naruto said as he bent down and tried to check on her before she screamed, "Get away from me!"

Naruto didn't know what to do. He didn't want to lose his friendship with Sakura but it seems that it was going to happen. "Sakura, I'm sorry." Naruto then began to walk towards the door and he moved his hands to open it but it opened before he could. The person that was standing in front of Naruto was none other than Jiraiya. "I knew I would find you here. But of all places, you had to come here?" Jiraiya could only feel pain for his student. he knows what it's like to lose someone precious that could be considered family.

The only response Naruto could come up with was crying and that is exactly what he started doing. "S-Sakura i-is in the liv-living room." Naruto then ran out of the room with tears dropping and Jiraiya just let him go. Jiraiya could only let him go, he didn't know how to comfort his student.

Jiraiya then started to walk to the living room and when he was around the corner, he could hear the whimpering of a girl. "Sakura?" Sakura then looked to where she heard the voice and when she did she instantly stood up and dried her tears. "L-Lord Jiraiya? W-What are you doing here?" Sakura asked as she tried to get back to her normal self. "I had a feeling that Naruto would come here and after having a heated talk with hime, she told me to go find Naruto," Jiraiya replied as Sakura nodded nervously. Jiraiya took noted of Sakura's posture and the way Naruto acted before and he knew what happen "He attacked you, didn't he?" Sakura could only look down in guilt as she regretted her choice to scream at Naruto.

"Well, I'm going to go find him, you wanna come with?" Jiraiya asked as he started to make his way to the front door with Sakura behind him "Y-Yeah...".

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Regret. That was all Naruto could feel. He regretted not going straight to Kaguya. He regretted not going with Jiraiya. He regretted hurting Sakura. And...he regretted going back home. If he could go back in time to fix what he did today, he would. It was sunset and it made everything Naruto felt worse. Naruto just couldn't stop crying. His family was dead, his both of his brothers are nowhere to be found, he only knows that it's probably a bad reason that they're not here.

"So I was right. You are here." Naruto turned his head halfway to see the person that he wanted to now avoid. It was Kaguya. Naruto couldn't muster up a response which only made Kaguya frown "Now now, what's the matter?" Kaguya asked with no sense of emotions in her voice but Naruto could tell that she was worried but just didn't want to sound like it. When Naruto didn't respond to Naruto, she just walked up to where he was and sat down next to him. "Over time you were gone, I would always come here and watch the sunset. And each time it went down, I always thought of you." Kaguya said as she continued to stay monotoned. There was silence between the two for more than five minutes and Kaguya could only feel worried for Naruto"Kaguya? Did you know?" Kaguya looked at Naruto who was just looking straight "So you found out?" Naruto just nodded and that made Kaguya look back.

"I'm sorry you had to find out on your own, it must've been hard dealing with those mixed emotions. I was planning on telling you when you got back but it seems that I don't need to." Kaguya said "What about Sasuke and Itachi? I know something bad happened to them." Kaguya soon began to be quiet which made Naruto widen his eyes. "T-They're dead?!" Kaguya instantly looked at Naruto and slapped him across the face which made him widen his eyes. "No, you imbecile!"

"They're not dead. Itachi was the one who did the massacre but he was ordered to by the Hokage and another person who I did not recognize. The sole reason for this was because the Uchiha was planning on a coup d'etat against the Hokage who at the time was Minato. Sasuke went rogue and that's all I know." Kaguya then looked to Naruto who had a face mixed of emotions. Anger, sympathy, betrayal, and sadness.

"Look Naruto. I understand how you feel. You feel betrayed that Itachi did this without telling you goodbye. I went through something similar so just know I'm here to comfort you."