Hello everyone.

There we go, another chapter with (maybe) an unexpected twist. Hope you liked it!

Last chapter I said this would be an harem, yes, that's true but don't forget this will be second-plan. If you're in this story to read lemons and romantic stuff, well, forget it.

Next story to be updated will be Naruto T Uchiha.

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Now, onto the reviews:

Ichiro7545: I appreciate your review. I'll try to make or write some moments between them and develop them. Thanks for ur input.

MIKE202303: Doubtful. Hinata has ties with the Hyūga who I plan to support what will happen in the future. You'll see a glimpse of it in this chapter.

NinjaFang1331 / anarion87: Thank you, hope u enjoy this one as well.

Cboylan: Yup, no worries.

gonzalo flako: Don't worry, hermano. I'm not giving too much importance to the harem. As I said before It's second-plan. There will be no lemons just maybe one romantic stuff here and there that will not take longer than a few lines.

Beastyd22: I appreciate ur review, hope u enjoy this one as well, stay tuned bro

Bigjo21 / DxGRAYxMAN / biginferno: We'll see about that. Thanks for the review.

plums: Sorry for not meeting ur expectations. I planned to start somewhere in the cannon than build up from there. There will be many changes and major character deaths in the future. Both good and bad sides.

Kormk: Dont worry, there will be no Hinata. I'm planning to have a small twist for her.

jmg1988: Sorry bro, you got it wrong. It's not about Naruto not be willing to learn Hiraishin, It's about that Minato didn't left any scrolls for him or anyone. Rasengan was taught by Jiraya who Naruto thought was a good guy, though, the reason he taught him will be explained in the future chapters *cough* manipulation *cough*. I actually agree with Ayame, though, remember that romanticism is second-plan in this story. About Sakura, I wholeheartedly agree with you and one of the reasons I started on Kazekage's arc was 'to put her in her place' when it comes to Banishment fics ahah.

claymaster27: Thank you, hope u enjoy!

dark king piece: We'll see.. There are lots of ways around that Kiba stuff, but I'll think about it. Thanks for the review.

OmegaRealism: Well, you should try to do ur own story then I guess. Hope u enjoy if u keep reading.

ChunkyFunkyMunky: Pairings are not important in this story. I don't plan to give it too much writing on it. The Haku stuff I just thought It would be a nice thing to write, that's all. I see no problems on that. Different opinions I guess.

Specterchilypepper: Sorry bro, I actually like Tsunade very much. I'll probably write something in the future strictly Naruto x Tsunade (both same age, of course) but not on this one. Thank you for your review and hope u enjoy this one.

Gammagyro: I can work with Shion but I'm not too sure about Yakumo as I didn't pay too much attention and vaguely remember her arc in the cannon, sorry. The typhoon release is interesting and I'll think about it but not for now. I'll think about the yin and yang chakra, seems interesting as well. Thanks for ur input and hope u like the next chapter.

NyaNyaKittyFace: I'm actually aware of that. I'll do it when the time comes but remember this is not a romantic centered fic. Thanks for the review tho!

nuggets1: we'll see in the future. Hope u like the chapter!

Archer Chef: Agreed with Shion, not too sure about the other ones even though I kinda like Sara.

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Chapter 3: Rise of War-Hawk & Secrets Revealed

Time Skip...

Konohagakure no Sato - Hokage's Office

At the Hokage's office a busty blond woman was looking over the report given to her by Hatake Kakashi and trying to come to his senses as the look of shock still hadn't left her face since the group that was sent to rescue the Kazekage, left.

The level that Naruto showed in that short amount of time was astonishing and she had to agree with the former ANBU that this was probably just a small tip of an huge iceberg. She was proud that her favourite ninja had become such powerhouse, though, there was another part of her that was worried and concerned because she knew this was going to backfire on her for some reason.

She could feel it.

There was a knock on the door and that feeling suddenly skyrocketed but she steel her nerves and with a grunt of acknowledge a person that she really didn't want to see entered the room and now she realized what the feeling was all about. The person didn't waste his time with worthless greetings and immediately went to businesses.

"Tsunade, I've got some interesting reports about the Kyūbi's Jinchūriki. What are you planning to do now that he finally came out of hiding?"

Meanwhile...

Kurenai's Apartment

After giving the report about the mission, Kurenai went all the way to look out for some people and gather them at her apartment and this was an important assignment given to her and Yugao by Naruto himself.

Sitting on her multiple couches were Uzuki Yugao, Inuzuka Hana, Inuzuka Tsume, Umino Iruka, Ichiraku Ayame, Ichiraku Teuji, Mitarashi Anko and Hatake Kakashi.

Although Anko wasn't suppose to be here, she didn't want her friend be left behind on this matter. The life that she had to endure during the last years and being one of her best-friends had made the decision to bring her as well easy enough.

Kakashi was another matter. After both mistresses found out about how the man showed favouritism towards the Uchiha, neglecting Naruto and Sakura in the process, they became furious at the lazy Jounin. When Naruto told them to not hold a grudge towards him and that even though he was angry, he wanted to give an opportunity to the copy-cat after a short confrontation between them in private before they left Sunagakure. They were surprised when he actually arrived in time, though, they had an idea that was because the gray-haired knew that It was because of Naruto.

Both Kunoichis stood in front of the group with a serious face showing that this was indeed urgent and Anko seeing this had to suppress the urge to laugh at their faces and making any funny comment. They finally addressed them, Kurenai being the first to speak.

"Thank you all for coming at such short notice and sorry for the troubles It could cause in your business, Teuji-san, Ayame-san."

Said people just nodded as the red-eyed Jounin continued. "In our last mission, we came across Naruto."

Kurenai and Yugao watched the various emotions running through the eyes of the group except for Anko who had a curious look and Kakashi who just nodded in agreement. The purple-haired ANBU took over.

"We can go onto details later on, but first we want to know what are your thoughts about Konoha."

Being the loudmouth of the group, Anko ler her thoughts about the topic be known "You already know what I think about the village or rather the villagers. Being Orochimaru's student dictated my fate and I'm already aware that I won't be happy if I remain here."

Everyone gave her sympathetic looks before Kakashi spoke "I failed Naruto. Although I knew that uhe was sensei's son, I let the feeling that I should train Obito's kin get over my head. I've apologised and told him that I wish to make up for neglecting him. I want to be there for him, to support sensei's legacy."

Iruka just gave a short answer that spoke volumes for how he felt "He's my little otouto."

That was the same answer given by Ayame and Teuji, though, the latter said Naruto was like a son he never had. Tsume and Hana let out a feral grin that unknowingly made the villagers shiver for some reason and told them that they wished to protect their bestfriend and sensei's son respectively so that they could confront Kushina when the time comes.

After hearing everyone's reason, Kurenai let out a small smile before finally speaking "Fair enough, be prepared because in two months time..."

Back to...

Hokage's Office

Danzō Shimura

One of the elders of Konoha. Tsunade knew right there and then that she was playing on dangerous grounds. This was a man that worked in the shadows. Though, she wasn't Hokage for nothing.

"First of all, you'll address me by Hokage-sama, Danzō-san. Secondly, Uzumaki Naruto, is none of your damn business, though, I'll answer nevertheless. We will not do anything. He was banished, and It was YOU who went all the way to get the Daimyo to support your decision. So, why should I care now that Naruto finally decided to show himself?"

The now revealed Danzō gripped his cane for a second which made Tsunade inwardly smirk before replying without any emotions.

"Nevertheless, we should get him back as my reports stated a significant increase of his power. You probably know by now an organisation that goes by the name Akatsuki who are or will capture every single Jinchūriki. We can't let them have this type of power or they will wage war as soon as they succeed and I have no doubt they will since they have several S-Ranked Shinobis in their mist, Uchiha itachi included."

Without hesitation, Tsunade replied, some anger was heard in her tone "Although you've some valid arguments, my answer remains the same. Now, GET OUT OR I'LL MA-"

Bodies dropping on the ground interrupted her before standing up and narrowing dangerously her eyes at Danzō and the 5 ANBUs with Kanjis for Ne engraved on their masks, but that was a mistake as a second later her mind went blank. The last thing she saw was a furiously spinning blood-red eye with a certain design before letting out one last thought.

Naruto...

"Kotoamatsukami"

The ROOT leader gazed over the emotionless face of Senju Tsunade just as how he planned to. This was a dangerous technique but that's the main reason why he stole this eye. He was able to invade the woman's mind and control it. The only side effect is that he can only fully control one person at time because he wasn't an Uchiha nor did he possess both Shisui's eyes. He knew he couldn't just manipulate her using his eye since she had a strong mind but if he unleashed all the power he could muster, he would succeed. And this was the prove but by doing so, Danzō would not be able to use his doujutsu special ability for the next 5 years but by then he estimated that the Hokage's position would be at his grace plus he just had to wait that span of time to use it again on the Jinchūriki when his ROOT or any of the capture's team Tsunade would sent, capture and imprison him.

The bandaged man turned his gaze over his subordinates and spoke "Erase these ANBU's memories and summon Jiraya."

After a choruses of 'Hai, Danzo-sama', he turned now to the emotionless Tsunade and ordered "Organize some teams to capture the Jinchūriki, failure is not an option. If there's anyone who tries to protest or rebel, inform me and I'll resolve it by my own hands."

He didn't wait for her reply as he turned around and left the room calmly as he came, though, there was a very rare victorious and dark smirk plastered on his face.

We can finally start the plan, Konoha's Revolution. Konoha will finally be at the top of the food's chain soon and conquer everything. I should contact that damn snake so we can start our alliance.

Time Skip...

Kaminari no Kuni

Been roughly two weeks since Naruto departed from Sunagakure. During that time he had received many reports from his toads about a certain village.

Konoha.

If his toads were right, there was a significant change in their demeanor. Many of their troops were moving to the borders and this small information made him surprised and suspicious at the same time.

What's Baa-chan thinking?

He had to make contact with the people he swore to protect to know what was going on as this surprising move was going to make him approach wherever he went more cautious. He didn't know their intentions and so, that's why he was currently moving towards Kumogakure to spend there some time and lay low to get some information first from his summons and then wait for Kurenai, Yugao and all the others response.

This is weird. Didn't Kurenai spoke with her and Shizune-chan? Or is this her answer to what I was planning?

What he didn't know was that neither Kurenai nor Yugao had the time to speak with Tsunade as when they had gathered with everyone, Tsunade and Shizune were at a council meeting so they just brushed it off and thought to confront her the next day knowing their Hokage's temper and antics of drinking sake after each meeting.

Nevertheless, Naruto kept running at a decent pace before suddenly halt as his senses went full alert thanks to an high spike of demonic chakra. He narrowed his eyes at the direction he felt it coming from as he heard an all-too-familiar voice from his mind.

No doubt, that's Honō no Kaibyō or Nibi's chakra. I know that she never was a bloodthirsty Bijū unlike many of us so there's something wrong. We need to move.

Naruto didn't need to be said twice as he pumped chakra to his legs and vanished in a blur of speed towards the location. His anger started to build up inside of him as one of his kins were probably in danger, jolts of electricity started to dance around his icy blue eyes as he forced himself to move even faster.

Let me be in time!

Meanwhile...

Kaminari no Kuni - Unknown Town

Nii Yugito, Nibi's Jinchūriki, was having a bad day.

It all started when she had to accept a mission that the damn council demanded of her. She knew they hated her but since she was only a Jounin and said mission had the stamp of the Raikage, she reluctantly accepted.

But as soon as she got into the location to retrieve some important scroll that supposedly contained some major informations about the other villages, she knew something was wrong.

The empty town was a dead giveaway.

And her suspicions were right and if It wasn't for her decent sensory abilities she would have been practically dead or impaled by a scythe out of nowhere. The blond woman had always cherished her relationship with her Bijū although she was kinda of weird and a pervert, she was family.

Yugito knew on that moment that the stamp was probably a fake one as Ēi, Yondaime Raikage, would never sell her like that. But she couldn't dwell more on it as she was about to have the fight of her life if the power that at least one of the two mans in front of her was giving out.

She was proven right after a long battle she was forced to unleash the full power of her Bijū and after a lunging a powerful Bijūdama that obliterated half of the empty town, she was surprised by the fact that one of them had still survived and not only that, he seemed relatively fine.

(Author's Note: I don't know how Hidan was able to survive a battle head-on with a Bijū, in the cannon, even though he is suppose to be an immortal. But being the dumb he is, in my opinion, there's no way he was able to withstand a fight with a Bijū where he doesn't even use any type of jutsu except for the ritual stuff. Neitherless to say, he's dead or basically, his body just went 'poof' after a bijūdama. Hope you understand.)

The Kumo's Jounin knew that this was going to be a difficult battle. Her body was exhausted from using such powerful technique as this was double-edged jutsu used for last resorts but It seemed that she was outclassed and her opponent knew that as he started to walk on her direction seeing the Nibi's chakra receding. Yugito started to cough blood as she was on her knees because of the strain on her chakra coils before the footsteps stopped a few meters in front of her.

The unknown figure spoke "Nibi's Jinchūriki, not bad. You actually managed to kill my 'partner', though, I could care less. He was annoying. Nevertheless, my job is done and you'll be dead in a few hours."

She couldn't reply as she had to spit another gob of blood, not noticing the approaching threads on her way but before it could impaled the woman, a shower of electricity exploded from his body as a compressed ball of energy was thrusted upon his back followed by an explosion.

Raiton: Sanda Appū

The same explosion made Yugito snap out of his state before lifting her head and to her surprise, she was being carried by an unknown blond man. She blushed slightly at the contact and the small comment that Nibi made but she quickly hid it because of the situation she was currently in and so, she spoke.

"Who are you and what are you doing?"

The blond man settled the woman on the ground some distance away from who he was able to note, an Akatsuki member, before locking eyes with the Jinchūriki.

"You can call me, Naruto. I'm obviously here to save you as you're my kin, though, you can't sense it as I'm able to surpress its chakra. I was on my way towards Kumo to spend some time there but I felt an huge spike of chakra and had to come."

Yugito narrowed her eyes at the information but relax as she detected no I'll intentions and that he was speaking the truth. Before she could continue with her interrogation, they were rudely interrupted by some footsteps as the smoke cleared to reveal the same figure who seemed completely healed but Naruto narrowed his eyes as he knew better.

His chakra... dropped? That should've killed him no questions asked, what did he do? I've got no information on him apart from his name... I need to know what is going on.

He was snapped out of his thoughts as the man spoke "Kyūbi Jinchūriki... It seems I'll be able to capture you as well. You gave Deidara quite a beating."

The Uzumaki crossed his arms over his chest, an impassive face not giving any emotions before reply "Kakuzu, former member of Takigakure."

Before the now named Kakuzu could answer, both him and Naruto tensed as a new figure smashed on the ground between them, sparks of electricity dancing furiously around his body. Yugito let out a gasp at the newcomer as tears threatened to fall from her eyes, Kakuzu had now sweat falling from his head and Naruto narrowed his eyes at the Kanji for Yondaime Raikage on the figure's robe before smirking.

The Raikage narrowed dangerously his eyes at the Akatsuki member, already knowing what probably happened, ignoring the other man that was standing besides Yugito, his voice spoke volumes on how much he was restraining his anger "YOU'LL DIE FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO YUGITO-CHAN...

In a blink of an eye, he was standing in front of Kakuzu who had widened his eyes in shock as a massive arm splitted his head from his shoulder, blood exploded from his body.

...Rariatto!"

Raikage let out a deep breath as the electricity stopped flowing around his body as he walked towards the two Jinchūrikis, he noticed the narrowed eyes of the blond man but before he could ask, his body tensed as the temperature had rised out of nowhere, he turned around just to see a wave of fire that was already in front of him.

"Katon: Zukkoku!"

Naruto clapped his hands as moisture gathered around the Raikage before a wall of water materialized out of thin air standing protectively as the fire smashed against it, creating a good amount of steam.

Suiton: Suijinheki

Both Raikage and Kakuzu portrayed shocked looks at the unseen high-level of Suiton since Senju Tobirama, and that was the reason the latter didn't even tried to follow up with some attack as his mind was racing at this new information. He knew he was outclassed, he might have been able to take on the Raikage with some luck but he had to acknowledge this was a bit too much but before he could plan for an escape as he only had 2 hearts remaining, one being taken by the earlier Bijūdama as he had to sacrifice one of the little creatures he had to escape, and the other 2 from the Raikage and the Kyūbi's Jinchūriki, a sinister laugh was heard around them, before a figure emerged from the ground.

"Kukuku... Naruto-kun, you sure have grown up. It seems following the sudden spike of chakra led to an interesting turn of events." Let's see if the reports from Danzō are actually real. Maybe have the brat as a bargain ship to get something from that idiotic man

Jolts of electricity started to dance around his blue eyes as he heard that voice and his body seemed to tense slightly as anger started to build up hearing that familiar voice.

"Pedo-teme."

There was a slight twitch on Orochimaru's eyebrow at the familiar nickname given by his former teammate, Jiraya, before cackling in amusement.

"Being able to attain and use that type of level of Suiton...

He licked his lips, before continuing.

... I'll be sure to experiment on that little body of yours. Though, I doubt you're at Sasuke-kun's level... You'll never be."

The Sannin expected to rile up the former Konoha's Genin as he knew how sore the subject of Sasuke was to the young Uzumaki and that's why he had a surprised look when he just let out a full-blown laugh.

"Hahahaha, that's rich of you. I couldn't care less for your little boy's toy. Though, you're right in one thing..."

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow at that "Oh? And what's th-"

He wasn't able to finish as a fist was thrusted on his stomach and his eyes widened as lightning covered that hand and a second later he gritted his teeth at the high jolts of electricity sent throughout his body.

"I'm way out of his league..." Raiton: Raiken!

He jumped backwards as soon as he noticed the person that he hit turned into mud before narrowed his eyes as the same person emerged from the ground.

"Raikage-sama, I'll take care of Orochimaru."

The Raikage wasn't given anytime to reply as the blond man just seemed to disappear, leaving an after-image that shimmered a second later and disappear, shocking the Kumo's leader who had now his own thoughts.

His natural speed is so high that he's able to leave an after-image. Not even I can do that without my Raiton no Yoroi. Heh, and if the similarities are not just a coincidence It seems I'll have another rival in terms of speed.

Stopping his train of thoughts, his body exploded in sparks of electricity before vanishing from his spot towards a now 2-hearted Kakuzu who had tried to escape in the middle of the talk.

Few Miles Away

Naruto and Orochimaru were trading blows with each other, though, they were just a blur. The latter was gritting his teeth in anger as he was a damn Sannin and he was being outclassed by a brat. Not even his Sasuke could match him, much less getting the upper hand.

He decided to take it up a notch before departing from the Uzumaki and blurring through hand-seals and breathing an huge gust of wind towards the Jinchūriki before spitting out of his mouth his prized Katana, the Kusanagi no Tsurugi.

"Fūton: Daitoppa"

Naruto watched in boredom, and without any hand-seals and taking a deep breath, he released the same jutsu, canceling each other. His senses skyrocketed and he instantly ducked as a metal almost decapitated him and using the momentum he slammed his hands on the ground and a second later, the ground turned into a mud river that took Orochimaru by surprise not expecting a fourth elemental affinity, sweeping him off his feet and carrying him down the stream.

Doton: Doryū Taiga

He didn't even noticed two sealless Kage Bunshins appear out of thin air as the clone and the original speeding through their own hand-seals as an earth dragon shaped head emerged from the mud, spitting several mud balls towards the Sannin and the original releasing many compressed balls of wind.

Doton: Doryūdan / Fūton: Renkūdan

Flashbacks of his fight with Sarutobi flashed through his head as anger started to build up on him and that was the reason he didn't dodge such combination. 'Orochimaru' opened his mouth spitting out a fresh and unscathed Orochimaru who now had a scowl on his face.

"Insolent brat, I'm going to enjoy experiment on you." And only then, I can give you to Danzō. That pathetic man thought he could manipulate me but I'll play along... for now, that is kukuku.

The Sannin was about to call his sword who was now stuck to the mud but then a shocked look followed by narrowed eyes in anger was displayed on his face as he noticed one of the clones going through a single hand-seal and placing a hand over the Kusanagi.

"Fūinjutsu: Shoyū-Ken - Kai!"

Several scribblings engraved itself on the katana before simply vanishing and as soon as the several Kanjis disappeared, the clone sealed the sword in one of his scrolls and giving it to the original who now had an huge smirk on his face before addressing the raging man.

"So, you thought that the legendary Kusanagi no Tsurugi would just simply be yours after using a simple ownership Seal... How pathetic."

Orochimaru not being able to restrain his anger, roared "YOU FOOL! Forget what I said, I'm just going to RIP you to shreds, to hell with Danzō! I'm going to destroy you!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the statement, specially when he referred to Danzō as pieces of a big puzzle started to come together but he had to put those thoughts for later as he saw the familiar hand-seals, the blond man immediately went through the same ones before both mans biting their thumbs and slamming their hands on the ground, both roaring in unison.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Two huge plumes of smokes exploded in the area before two massive familiar animals stood in front of each other. Orochimaru, even though blinded with hatred had to raise an eyebrow as he saw the toad in front of him.

"How can you summon the toads, you damn brat!? You should not be able to after you got banished from Konoha."

His response was an huge smoke that was blown out of the massive toad's mouth who was the first to speak.

"Oh? Would you look at that... Today I get to roast a snake, right Manda-chan?." Though, instead of Jiraya It will be Naruto. Hn, let's see how much the runt has grown.

The large purple-snake hissed at the insult before replying "Teme, I'm gonna eat you for what happened last time!"

Naruto having enough about the little chit-chat, ordered his summon "Bunta, give me oil!"

Gamabunta actually widened his eyes before his stomach bulged and a second later spit out a stream of oil towards the snake. Naruto grabbed a piece of paper and using his chakra as a medium, he started to moving his index finger in random directions as a blue-chakra Kanji for Fire engraved itself on the paper before it released a massive flamethrower which combined with the oil, igniting it and amplifying his power by many folds.

Fūinjutsu: Hi no Bakuhatsu... "Katon: Gamayu Endan!"

Orochimaru was eye-wide as he hasn't seen that type of Fūinjutsu ever. He read about the legendary Uzumaki Mito who was able to do the same thing and much more and It seems this brat attained the knowledge on how to do it. He didn't need to relay any orders to his summon and prove of that was when Manda using his agility and speed, escaped the wall of fire. Orochimaru jumped out of Manda's head, giving him a subtle nod, before going through a chain of hand-seals, puffing his chest, the Sannin release an huge ball of fire towards Naruto

"Katon: Goukakyū no Jutsu!"

Naruto had already pinpointed Orochimaru's chakra and after puffing his cheeks, he breathed a stream of water which collided and nullified the ball of fire, creating a small amount of steam.

Suiton: Mizurappa!

The blond Uzumaki and Gamabunta narrowed their eyes at the smirk on Orochimaru's face and was at that moment that a thought of realization hit their heads.

Shit... The damn Snake!

The ground shook itself and not a second later Manda exploded from the ground behind Gamabunta who was cursing himself from his stupidity, the snake had already lunged himself towards the toad with his jaws wide open, a purple liquid was visible dripping out of his mouth and realization came upon them.

Poison!

Gamabunta had his eyes widened and Naruto didn't waste any time and without hesitation, he clapped his hands, intertwining his fingers that made Orochimaru who was watching in amusement at his certain-victory widen his eyes in shock at the familiar seal.

Impossible! It can't be!

And true to his fears, several thick branches emerged from the ground beneath the Snake at tremendous speeds which quickly encircled around his body before he could bite the toad.

"Mokuton: Shiten Tōgoku!"

Naruto didn't waste this opportunity and rapidly placed his right hand on the hilt that was strapped on his waist before blurring in pure speed. Manda had a look of shock and fear as he saw the legendary Kekkei Genkai, he immediately tried to dispel himself back to his realm but his eyes widened when he wasn't able to... A hit of realization came upon him as he gazed over the branches imprisoning him.

DAMN YOU OROCHIMARU!

That was his last thought as he watched in fascination the several black and blond combined blurs all over his body, he idly noticed the black sword and the style the little runt was using and had to appraise at how flawless he was dancing before he finally heard a 'Click' of a sword sheldering and a second later the Snake's body was, literally, dismembered.

"Mitsurugi-ryū: Shi no Odori"

*SPLASH*

Orochimaru widened his eyes in shock and actually fear as he heard the name the brat murmured his technique. He had tried and tried to acquire the knowledge of the legendary and lost arts of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū that the Shodai Uzukage was so famous for but he couldn't even get a simple glimpse of said arts and now this he just stood there too shocked as the same style destroyed his first and last personal summon. The last thought made his blood boil, although he wasn't one for feelings, he had always appreciated having Manda as a back-up, one that never has failed him and now watching this brat killing him in cold-blood made him downright furious, he couldn't even experiment on the snakes body to augment his knowledge of its poisons as what was left of its body was now being destroyed by the same tree branches. He didn't even notice Gamabunta dispelling itself after giving some appraising words to his summoner before he finally addressed him, anger visible sipped in his tone.

"Brat, mark my words... I'm gonna kill you! But first, I'll make you suffer, killing all your loved ones in front of you after they get raped from every single Sound Shinobi I have. I'll have my vengeance, remember that. As soon as I get Sasuke-kun's body, I'll come after you, you insolent piece of trash!"

Naruto held an impassive face as he heard the Sannin rant. He knew Orochimaru was a powerful foe, but he lost himself with pity ideas such as acquiring immortality and never tried to surpass a certain level he had long reached. He wasn't on his prime and even with all the experiments he did on himself, Naruto dared to say he was probably the weakest of the Densetsu no Sannins.

He watched in amusement as the Snake user's body turned into mud and disappeared out of sight and almost out of his amazing sensors before taking a deep breath and walking towards the location where another fight had took place and had already finished and It seemed as if the Raikage had came out on top and if his sensory abilities were right, and they always were, the Raikage didn have too much trouble, though, judging from how Kakuzu's chakra was before he left to fight Orochimaru, he wasn't expecting less.

Naruto knew now the implications of having Orochimaru have the knowledge of him possessing the legendary Mokuton, but the situation called for it.

He wasn't going to let Gamabunta die. Although the currently toad boss was Minato's personal summoner, the toad had warmed up to his heart and had always treated him nicely after he told him what happened after the banishment.

He wasn't worried about letting the knowledge of having the Mokuton out, not in the slightest, but It's probably going to give him much unneeded attention and he had to be even more aware now that he knew Orochimaru and Danzō apparently were working together if what the Sannin said was any indicator.

Kaminari no Kuni - Unknown (Now Destroyed) Town

Raikage was standing besides Yugito, watching as the newly arrived team glomped on the Nibi's Jinchūriki. He was having other thoughts as his mind was still on the young man that had saved his surrogate daughter and judging by the emotions running on her eyes, she too was in a turmoil.

One red-haired Kunoichi that was still crying in relief spoke "We need to go, Raikage-sama. Yugito-chan might have internal injuries."

It was a busty blond-haired that replied coolly "Doubtful. Nibi has probably healed her. It was probably due to the strain-"

"... on her chakra coils of having released the complete form of her Bijū and using its ultimate technique when she's still inexperienced."

Everyone tensed as they didn't even sense the person until he spoke a few meters behind them. The three Chunnins - a busty blond-haired, a red-haired Kunoichi and a white-haired man - draw their tantos and narrowed their gazes at the new intruder. But before anyone could take initiative, Yugito spoke in a rather urgent voice.

"Stop! He was the one who saved me!"

Everyone relaxed albeit still aware of any attacks should the newcomer think about it. It was the Raikage who made himself known in his familiar gruff voice.

"Although I appreciate you saving Yugito-chan, I have to ask... What are you doing in Kaminari no Kuni?"

Without missing a beat, Naruto replied with an impassive face "I was actually heading towards Kumo...

At this, everyone narrowed their eyes in suspicion.

... I've been banished from my former village, Konohagakure no Sato, three years ago and decided to travel through the Elemental Nations before settling down"

At this, everyone once again relaxed, though, the Raikage hummed a bit for a few seconds and spoke "Alright, you can come with us. Though, you have to understand that you'll be under watch of my ANBU during your stay. We'll talk later on about some important stuff and I might have an offer for you... if, you pass a certain test that is."

Yugito and the rest groaned already knowing what type of 'test' he was talking about, Naruto simply dumbly nodded his head before someone decided to speak her thoughts.

You should ask the Raikage to let you watch him over instead of his ANBUs so It will be less paperwork for him as you're strong enough and able to protect yourself...

Now, this was interesting. Yugito was surprised at the very rare valid argument that her partner just said instead of the usual perv-

... and then you can finally kidnap him, bring him over to your bed and ravish-

Yugito didn't even answer as she immediately cut her link with the damn perverted cat. She couldn't believe she had thought that finally Nibi had come to her senses but It seems It will only be when hell freezes over. Neitherless to say, the whole travel back to Kumogakure, Yugito was fighting a massive blush that had spread on her face as somehow her perverted partner was able to send mental images about his blond friend, ignoring the knowing looks her team and Raikage were giving her.

Meanwhile...

ROOT Headquarters

Danzō Shimura was looking over a scroll that recently arrived from a certain snake. As he read through the contents, the only emotion visible on his face were the slight widen in his eyes before in an act of rage and using Fūton manipulation ripped the letter to shreds.

Damn you Kyūbi brat, to think you would be able to somehow release the seal I implanted on so many years ago. Tsh, I knew I should have imprinted a loyalty seal as well but that damn Toad Sage had to stop me saying that the old useless monkey would have noticed it at some point. Now that damn blond idiot awakened his Kekkei Genkai, I didn't even know It would be Mokuton, such weapon cannot escape.

The old war-hawk tapped his chin in thought as his mind raced through several dark scenarios before letting out a evil smirk.

Yes... Maybe Iwagakure would be up to some pity vegeance, those damn fools might be able to weaken him and then I can retrieve him. I shall lay low for now, It's time to know where some of my Shinobis loyalties lies on, this should be a nice test.

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And done.

So, I made use of Danzo's Kotoamatsukami. I don't know the reason why in the cannon he didn't use it on the Hokage. Maybe because of the differences on the personality he or her would have and someone close to them would be bound to notice but there's always ways around that and I don't think that's a good excuse. For those who might be angry for using Tsunade as a puppet I'm sorry, I didn't want too, but It gives me more room or cards to play with.

About the Kusanagi, I think the cannon didn't give it too much consideration at such powerful and said 'legendary' sword after orochimari vs 4-tailed Naruto. I want to give it a bit screen time as I appreciate it and maybe connecting it to the next idea that just hit me (and I'll be saying next) while I was writing and decided to Naruto take the sword.

Yamata no Orochi. I was planning on her to confront Naruto about Manda's death as It was one of her goals since, for example, manda's exile blabla. I could make her being connected to the Kusanagi somehow, It would be interesting when Naruto clashed again with Orochimaru in a (maybe) final battle between them.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Next chapter to be updated will be Uchiha T Naruto!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Stay tuned!