"….. Kakashi-sensei." Naruto smiled as he removed his mask.

"Naruto I hope you haven't been eating only ramen since you've been gone." Kakashi-sensei stated as he indicated the basket Seto had been rooting through.

"Oh. Sorry. "Seto gulped out between bites of carrots.

Rolling his eyes he turned his attention back to his sensei. Noticing how much the same he looked. His hair was that same silver, his eye with that same lazy look. Naruto even noticed a new edition of Make Out Paradise sticking out of Kakashi's side pocket.

"Still as much of a pervert as ever I see. So, why did you come?" Naruto asked becoming serious.

"Oh to give you this." He said indicating a scroll with his foot.

"Mind untying me?" he asked looking at Seto who was finishing off the huge basket.

"You can do it yourself." Naruto said as he began reading the scroll.

Kakashi just slid out of the binds and watched as Naruto's face began to glow in the way it used to when he talked about becoming Lord Hokage. Naruto left the room after whispering to Seto. He walked out to the balcony that over looked the entire village.

"Please come and listen to me! "He shouted using his chakra to amplify his voice.

"Konoha has issued a challenge. They want to see which village is stronger. Ours or theirs! Does anyone have an objection to me accepting this invitation on behalf of those who have trained at least for two years?" he continued as the crowd that had gathered remained silent.

Taking that for a 'no' Naruto returned to Kakashi-sensei telling him the good news.

"You will tell no one where our village is. Oh and Hinata I'm sorry but since you have not trained here for two years you cannot fight. But if you want to watch leave with Kakashi-sensei but under no circumstance may you fight for Konoha but only on behalf of the Shadow Village. That is if you accept to becoming a ninja of the shadows." He asked as he watched her nod without hesitation.

"Good. Then go with Kakashi-sensei as he tells Konoha the good news. We will arrive with in the week."

One Week Later

"Ug Dad I'm tired!" Rei wined as he rode piggy back on Naruto's back.

"We are ……" Naruto began as Rei pushed himself off his back grabbing his father's hand dragging him towards the water.

"Dad look!" he yelled as he pulled him down to the dock where he began dancing in circles.

Rei had never seen anything as wonderful as the lake he saw then in any of his 7 years. Naruto had never seen anything as wonderful then watching his son in his 25 years. Both had forgotten to put on their masks so it was no surprise when they turned to see Kakashi and Hinata watching them from the rode.

"Naruto! Rei! Let's get everyone settled before you go exploring." Kakashi yelled as the two nodded in unison.

Hinata blushed as she watched Naruto pick Rei up placing him on his back and began to climb up to them.

"Everyone has gone to the Uchiha compound to stay until the tournament. Surprisingly Sasuke agreed to the arrangement." Kakashi stated as the duo reached them.

'Sasuke….' Naruto thought seeing his old friends face in his mind.

'I wonder how he's been doing.'

The Next Morning

"Rei we are going to be late!" Naruto yelled through out his old apartment that they had stayed in the night before.

Flash Back

"Brings back old memories." Naruto said more to himself then to his son.

"Is this where you used to live Dad?" Rei asked looking around at the overly clean room.

"It looks like someone has been cleaning up around here." He said as he ran his fingers over everything revealing that there was no dust.

He could just see Sakura rushing around keeping everything tidy. She had always got onto him for not keeping things clean.

"Dad? Are you alright?"

"Yeah fine……lets get to bed."

End of Flash Back

"Okay so the arena is this way." Naruto said as he jumped up trying to push Rei up more on his back so he wouldn't fall off.

They saw a sign that read 'Contestants this way' which was right next to a sign that pointed 'Viewers this way'.

"Well I'll take you back there to get you ready then I'll take my seat.

As they walked down the hall they encountered two more signs one saying 'Shadow contestants this way' the other saying 'Konoha contestants this way'. The room in which Rei would wait in until the event started was just large enough for the large group of 'first day contestants' to wait in. Rei would be first, followed by his best friend Eric and so on.

"Well I'll see you after you fight." Naruto said as he watched Rei stand with Eric until he went into the hall then the sunlight.

He followed the sign for 'Viewers' until he reached a sign that divided the people of Konoha from the people of Shadows. But the sign for the people of 'Shadows' also included the names 'Kakashi and Hinata'. He continued along this path until a reached a sign that stated 'Kakashi, Hinata, and Shadow-san this way' Next to a sign pointing in the opposite direction which said 'Everyone else that way'.

"Oddly specific but okay." He muttered to himself as he reached the box that was cast in shadows so no one from the Konoha village could see their faces.

"It's for respect so you wouldn't have to wear your masks." Kakashi stated to a mask less Naruto.

"How kind." He answered sarcastically.

'I get kicked out for being strong but my whole village is treated like kings when we are competing.' He added in his head.

"The tournament will now commence." Naruto heard that same unfamiliar voice that he had heard when he had first become a Jounin shout through out the arena.

He watched happily as Rei walked into the arena and giggled when he heard several from Konoha shout 'What? But he's only a little kid!' one he thought sounded like Sakura. A boy with long blonde hair pulled back into a pony tail walked into the arena. He looked about 13.

'I bet that's Ino's kid.' He thought laughing out loud as he watched the boy point wildly at Rei.

Rei pulled his 'What an idiot!' face which seemed to anger the kid even more.

"Get on with it or leave!" Naruto shouted forcing the others to stop talking as they tried to see who it was that was talking.

"I mean if you can't handle it….." he began smiling as he watched the boy stick up his middle finger angrily.

Seeing this Rei yelled at the announcer to ring the bell. Ding Rei was off. He swirled his hands carefully over his head until a large amount of black matter moved with his hands. He moved at back and then with as much force as he could he pushed forward sending it at the boy who dogged it only to find that it followed him.

'What is that?'

I made it a bit longer this time so I hope you're happy. I'll try to post again soon.