Konoha's Wind

by Narutobi9980

Naruto had a good life till the age of 12. He ruled Uzu, became the strongest Kage alive, and had his fair share of cool nicknames. Then he died by Orochimaru's secret technique. The blonde goes to heaven and meets with family and the 6 paths. 5 years later, he is reborn and realizes that he was forgotten from this world and his actions undone. Time to make his mark again!

6. Suna and Stuff

Well, this was a faster update than usual, but here it is, the first arc starts in this chapter, so I'm excited about that. pLease review, I make mistakes, and I don't find them until a few days later. So it helps if you find them for me.

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Naruto was walking, It was a month, and Naruto had a month left before he was to be shipped away with ANBU DRAGON, and D-Ranks were easy money.

Naruto went up to the hokage tower and he saw a B-Rank mission waiting for them. HUH!

Naruto ran at the scroll, and laughed loudly, he started jumping around the place and started doing kicks and punches. He was to go to Suna, and free the children there that were being used for research. They were starved and ill, and many died from exhaustion. Naruto growled, he knew first hand what it felt like to be starved and ill, but no one to help him, he knew what it was like, not being able to get up, what it felt like to question his life and the meaning of his existence. Naruto wouldn' let that happen to anyone else. Kakashi arrived with Hinata and Shikamaru in pursuit. Naruto let Kakashi read the mission briefing. Then they were to meet up in 2 hours, with supplies for a 2 week trip. 1 day to get there, 4 days to finish, and 2 days to get back. With a few days of supply more for emergencies.

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Naruto was running to Suna, he was running lead, Hinata behind him, And the shikamaru towards Hinata's left, and Kakashi on Hinata's right. Naruto hastily stopped and Hinata asked what happened.

"Naruto? What happened?"

"You guys were getting tired, so I wanted to give you guys a break."

Hinata was happy, her breath was starting to get lost, and the lactic acid build up in her legs were starting to be painful. Naruto got a little blue aura on his hand, and touched Shikamaru's and Hinata's shoulder. Their lungs were filled with oxygen, and their legs weren't aching!

Naruto motioned them to Suna and they continued.

It was dusk, and Suna was an hour long run from where they stopped. Kakashi and Naruto went ahead and made a trip to suna, and Hinata and Shikamaru were to stay and catch their breath.

Naruto shunshined to Suna, and Kakashi came right behind him. They were staring at a big brown wall. And a single jounin came down to meet them.

"State your purpose, name, rank, and country of residence,"

"Naruto Uzumaki, Konoha genin, we are to help you root out people behind the experiments on the children"

"Kakashi Hatake, Konoha Jounin, same reason as Naruto,"

"Ahh, I was told of your arrival, there were supposed to be 2 more?"

"They are staying far from the village, we went ahead of them,"

"Okay, you will go through our ninja, and they will inspect you if your identities are as you say."

Naruto walked forward and the Chunin started looking through the shinobi database. And another Chuunin started stopping chakra flow in Naruto's body to disengage any genjutsu or henge he might have put up.. They agreed that this was Naruto Uzumaki in fact. And reopened his chakra points. Same with Kakashi.

Naruto looked at the village. He started to walk around and saw a red haired boy sitting alone playing with… levitating sand?

Naruto ran to him and sat down beside him. But the levitating sand formed a kunai which was against Naruto's throat.

"Who are you?," said the red haired boy, without any emotion, his eyes boring into his skull.

"Oye oye, calm down, MY NAME IS NARUTO UZUMAKI, GENIN OF KONOHA, just wanted to see how you control… this," Naruto said, pointing to the Sand Kunai.

"That's all?" Gaara asked, he was surprised, his words were true, but they were hard to believe. A person coming to him, without the intention of killing him or hurting him? He was elated, but there had to be something behind his notions? Right?

"Man, you look stiff, wanna play a prank?" Naruto said, mischief in his eyes,

"Prank, on whom?"

"Watch and learn"

Naruto wasn't really sure what he was about to do, but he started walking calmly to a civilian as if he had nothing to do to him. But then he bumped into him and apologized, while simultaneously hooking a piece of spare underwear into his waist behind his back.

Naruto apologized one more time and walked back to gaara, then Naruto whispered, "Let the fun begin!"

Naruto followed the poor man, as people looked at him with anger, eventually, they started following him, with killing intent, mainly females. Then the poor guy dropped something and turned to pick it up, then he saw the crowd of death awaiting him.

Naruto laughed hard, and Gaara chuckled a bit.

"You try it Sand Kid,"

Gaara started to have an idea swarm into his mind. And then he realised his nickname. Gaara liked it, it was nice to have a nickname. Gaara had a nickname for Naruto.

"Blonde Devil, watch this,"

Gaara got a small amount of sand and he poured over someone's hair, but as he got angry and tried to rub it off, Gaara would put the sand back in the guy's hair.

"HAHAHAHAHA, Sand Kid, you are a genius!"

"Thank you Naruto,"

"Hey, you didn't tell me your name!"

Gaara was reluctant, maybe he approached him not knowing about who he was. But if he heard the name, he might run away.

"My name…" it's all or nothing, "is Gaara Yuzawa, Jinchuriki of the Ichibi."

"HUUUUUH, you're a jinchuriki!"

"Yes"

"Sweet! Wanna prank some more?"

Gaara was taken aback, this boy in front of him didn't care that he was a jinchuriki? Had he simply not heard him?

"I'm a jinchuriki, there is a monster in me, this monster killed hundreds of people, are you not scared?"

"Ummmm, look, I dunno what's your problem, but if you really are interested, I got the Kyuubi in me. But Kurama says that Shukaku was his friend. So what's the problem in us being friends?"

Gaara was shocked. He might have found a friend. 'FRIEND' The word itself was so distant in his mind it sounded like it was from another language.

"Friends?"

"YEAH, Gaara, let's talk more often, Kurama says he would want to talk to Shukaku once more too."

"Yes"

Gaara found a friend, he was filled with thoughts and emotions, he felt happy and excited, he felt relieved. Gaara always wanted a friend, and now that he got one, he wasn't gonna let him go. He swore to be Naruto's friend and to help him when needed.

"Woah there, you went serious real quick, calm down Gaara, we got a few pranks to play."

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Naruto was about to set up with the others when he realized that there was a tent missing.

Naruto looked around and through his storage seals. Nothing. He asked the others but they all had theirs. Naruto started to panic, and realized that all of his sleeping gear was gone. His blanket and pillow, his tent, his air bed, and worse of all, the bug repelling spray.

Hinata saw what was going on and offered Naruto her tent. It was the least she could do after Naruto spent hours at a time refining and building up her skills. He also helped Hinata get over her shyness. She had a sense of confidence that only grew stronger when around Naruto. Hinata started to realize that she liked Naruto, and that Naruto helped her achieve, to some level, the same kind of strength she always wished for.

She offered her tent and Naruto smiled at her, and her heart fluttered, she loved his smile, she loved his laughter, she loved his funny antics, she loved his ramen addiction, she loved how Naruto trained her trying not to push her too much. She loved it all.

Naruto rejected it, "If I take your stuff, then what will you sleep in? As much as I'd like too, you should sleep in it. I left my stuff at home, and it is my mistake, so it is my burden. I really thank you for the offer," Naruto hugged Hinata and started to roam the desert.

Hinata was blushing madly, she was hugged by her crush, and she jumped in joy, thanks to Naruto, she would usually become self conscious and faint. But she also loved Naruto for his understanding and considerate and selfless nature. She jumped once more and sighed, she had more than a simple crush on Naruto it was more, it was… love.

Naruto shunshined to Suna, and there he let out a call that seemed pretty weird to any bystander, but only Gaara knew it was meant for him.

"Some anchovies ne doton, kid is doomed"

The first letters created the phrase "Sand Kid"

Gaara followed his voice and met into him. Gaara couldn't sleep but at least he had company through the night.

"Man, Sand Kid… I forgot my sleeping stuff back at home and now I have to sleep on sand"

"That is most unfortunate, Blonde Devil, I cannot sleep so I cannot feel your irritation, but I wish I could-"

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY YOU CAN'T SLEEP?"

"Shukaku will take over my head if I sleep, so to prevent the destruction of the village, I must never sleep"

Naruto then realized quickly that the seal on his forehead was where the Ichibi was sealed.

Naruto then grabbed his shoulder, and Gaara winced at the sudden contact, but eased.

"Okay, we need to get out of this city for a while, I'ma beat the crap outta Shukaku and then you're gonna take his chakra and then seal him in your tummy."

Gaara was astonished, this boy seemed like your average Genin, loudmouthed, small and jumpy. But he was talking about the Ichibi like it was cutting cake.

Gaara was suddenly transported to the outskirts of the village. The Nauto touched his forehead, and pulsed his chakra through the seal, and all of a sudden, a large mass of Chakra poured out of his skull and slowly formed the shape of a tanuki, and then, the Chakra hardened and formed Shukaku, who bellowed in rage. Naruto raced at him, only to be swept aside by his tail. Naruto skidded to a painful halt on the sand, and shakily got up. Naruto smiled, "Got you,"

Shukaku suddenly felt his power drop. A SEVENTEEN layer Chakra suppressor was stuck on his tail! A repressor of that caliber could suppress a Jounin's entire chakra reserve. And kill him. Shukaku growed an Naruto came at Shukaku with his sword, and created 20 shadow clones. They all surrounded Naruto and as Shukaku tried to kill the clones, they would slap a chakkra suppressor on them and then poofed away, only to be replaced by another clone.

The Real Naruto was In fact preparing something. He started to meditate, and after a minute of two, saw himself in a sewer. And there were breaths coming from a place, they were deep and heavy. Naruto eventually found himself near a cage, and he shouted out, "Hey, Kuru-chan, can you help knock some sense into Shukaku?"

The Kyuubi transformed into his human/humanoid form. She was a pretty lady with 9 tails coming out of her. She wore a red and orange dress and had long flowing dark hair. Her eyes were red and the pupil like those of a cat. And she had the same whiskers as Naruto.

"Don't call me that Naru-kun, I don't like being called that," Kurama said blushing, "but I can help you tame Shukaku. You see, Shukaku is a nice person, but his chakra is evil, so there are two options, you can take all of Shukaku's negative chakra, and then seal him into Gaara again. But I warn you. Shukaku's negative chakra will make you evil, and I can't do anything, I can only heal physical wounds. If you aren't able to conquer Shukaku's chakra, then all is lost.

The second option is to fight Shukaku, weaken him, and put him in the belly, but Shukaku will remain evil, and if the seal weakens, then Gaara might turn evil, by the burst of negative chakra flowing into his body. The rest is up to you Naru-kun"

"THANKS A LOT KURU-CHAN, I LOVE YOU KURU-CHAN, YOU'RE SUCH A BIG HELP!"

Kurama blushed intensely, 'Naruto really has no idea about the weirder aspects of things he says doesn't he.' She simply reverted back to her Fox form where her blush would match the color of her fur. She still put a tail over her face just in case.

Naruto snapped his eyes open. Shukaku is terribly weakened, and Naruto focused, He could see the three shades of chakra. The darker kind, which was evil, the normal colored kind, which was neutral, and the whitish kind, which was good. Naruto then drew three seals, he distributed the seals to the clones and as the seal were placed, Naruto could see the evil chakra swarming to a seal, the neutral chakra swarming to another seal, and the good chakra swarming to the last seal. Naruto then used his body to conduct the neutral chakra into the good chakra, and the chakras mixed until they were all good chakra. Then Naruto moved to the bad chakra. And he slowly took in the chakra. He could feel evil intentions swarming his mind, but he fought to control it. He shunned all of his bad thoughts, and slowly but surely, the Shukaku's chakra was losing its hate. Naruto then absorbed all of the evil chakra and the figure of Shukaku sat down and stared at Gaara, a smile on its face. Naruto felt like he was being burned. Every muscle in his body wanted to strangle somebody to death. But Naruto fought it, eventually he started to sweat.

Naruto shouted out once more and he told the Kurama to do something.

"Kuru-chan… release some of your chakra… I'm weakening the seal"

Naruto then stabbed his fingers into his stomach and twisted it, he immediately felt the surge of energy within him and he fought Shukaku's chakra.

Naruto resisted for an entire five minutes and then he felt that Shukaku's chakra had been sterilized. Naruto fell to his knees, who knew fighting the chakra in your system could be so hard?

Naruto then let Shukaku's neutral chakra out, and let it rejoin with the good Shukaku. Naruto then looked at the unconscious Gaara. At the time he hadn't noticed, but he knew that he would do that. Naruto asked Shukaku to come near Gaara. Shukaku did so happily.

Naruto wiped off the seal on his forehead. After all, since the seal was no longer holding onto anything, it was just red paint on skin. Naruto then layed Gaara on his back and pulled his shirt up to reveal his belly. Naruto started to draw the seal. The seal was an exact replica of his own seal. But the seal was drawn with chakra infused paint, which held two major properties. It could disappear if one willed, and it can't be wiped off, unless the seal no longer has anything to hold.

Naruto stuck his palm on the newly drawn seal, then reached out in a handshake to Shukaku. Shukaku told Naruto, "Been nice knowing you Naruto, I have never seen a man strong and brave enough to heal even my hatred, I will remember you for centuries,"

And with that Shukaku grabbed Naruto's hand and his chakra was transported into the same sewer as Kurama. Naruto knew that he would die without Shukaku's chakra, but if he did the job fast enough and restored his chakra within 45 minutes, Gaara would live.

Gaara suddenly opened one eye, to see Naruto sweating beside him, breathing heavily, there was blood running down his shoulder to his fingers, his back was exposed from the vicious skidding halt he did at the beginning. Naruto saw Gaara wake up and flashed a smile at him, it was whole, full and true. Naruto surrounded his hand with a golden aura and placed it on Gaara's belly.

Gaara got his body healed and his chakra fully restored, his entire being brimming with energy. Naruto places the aura on himself and Naruto felt the same thing, his wounds closed and other than the ripped shirt that he was wearing, he looked like he walked the park, not battling the One Tail himself with nothing but seals.

Gaara asked, "Is it over? What did you do?"

Naruto laid beside him. "Well, to put it to you vaguely, I beat the living daylights out of Shukaku and resealed him with something stronger. Also, I kinda made him less evil…"

Gaara's eyes widened. This short blonde kid who was a simple Genin beat the Ichibi?! And then Gaara realized something.

'Naruto put his life at stake to help me, a person whom he barely knew. He helped give me fun, and now he helped me achieve inner peace. Naruto, I am forever indebted to you. But why, does he really have no ulterior motive, no one would go out of their way just to put their life at risk for a person they just met!'

"Why? Why did you do this, what is your intention," Gaara broke, "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME,"

Naruto knew this feeling, he felt the same way when he found Makasu in the orphanage and they became friends. Naruto was always doubtful about Makasu, but he remembered Makasu's words.

Naruto got up, he just got squared in the face by an older kid in the orphanage. And he was about to get thrashed again, when a fist came out and crashed against Naruto's assailant. Makasu stood there in front of Naruto, like his 4 year old guardian angel. The kid ran away seeing their leader knocked back by a single punch. Makasu turned around and saw Naruto, trembling.

"Why are you like this Makasu, why are you protecting me, what do you want!?"

"Naruto, it's simple… cause that's what friends do!"

"Gaara, it's simple… cause that's what friends do!"

Gaara was astonished. By two things mainly. Naruto really held no ulterior motive behind his actions! He was just a kind person. And second, Naruto was such a simple minded person, he had a simple code and he followed it! How would Naruto be so strong and so brave yet so simple and kind?

"Naruto, I will be strong, and I will repay you when I'm strong enough."

Naruto slapped Gaara, not harshly, but there was a mild sting. Naruto looked annoyed.

"Gaara… you don't repay favors from your friends, especially if they did it by their own accord! You repay loans and stuff…"

Naruto then smiled and looked at his hand.

"Sorry about that Gaara, kinda went on it's own you know?"

Naruto chuckled a bit, and Gaara started to laugh, and Naruto smiled. It was the first time Gaara laughed in front of Naruto, and Naruto felt like he helped this person.

"Oh yeah, back to the matter at hand, can you sleep now?"

Gaara raised some sand and formed a sand bed. He laid down and he felt his eyelids becoming heavy. His eyes started to water a little bit and his body started to relax. Before he knew it, he was deep asleep.

Naruto sighed. Did this guy just sleep in the middle of nowhere. 'Did he not care if he got sneak attacked or something? Well that means it is up to me to protect him. Like Makasu to me, I will be Makasu to him! I hope I can repay whatever you did to help me Makasu- NO! Friends don't repay other friends' favors.'

And with that, Naruto lied down, and fell asleep. Sand wasn't so bad after all.

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Gaara got up the next morning, and he felt refreshed. He saw Naruto sitting, back faced towards him and he was staring at the horizon, like he was in deep thought.

"What are you doing Naruto?"

Naruto turned around, and smiled his big loud and happy smiles.

"How was your first sleep in years?"

"Good, I never felt better, I feel so much energy in me, I don't remember when I had this much energy last."

"Gaara, I had been thinking, are you a Shinobi by any chance?"

"Yes I am."

"So, can you help us with our mission?"

Gaara thought, 'Of course he's on a mission, why else would Konoha ninja be roaming around Suna randomly?'

"What's the mission?"

"Our sources say that there have been brutal experiments on children here in this area. They say they are only hiding in Suna, but they are not a Sand Village organization, and your Shinobi asked for help trying to capture them."

"I accept"

"Sweet! Let me show you to my teammates!"

Naruto grabbed Gaara's shoulder and shunshined to their hideout in the desert. Gaara saw a pineapple haired guy, and white haired cyclops, and a white eyed girl.

"This is Shikamaru, Kakashi Sensei, and Hinata,"

The moment Hinata heard Naruto's voice she got up and ran at Naruto and gave him a bone crushing hug.

"Naruto, where were you all night? You suddenly vanished and I didn't see you. And then you come back with a ripped shirt and you..."

"Oh," then like it was nothing Naruto stated, "I beat the Ichibi"

Kakashi seemed impressed but he knew he could pull it off. Hinata was now more worried, and Shikamaru was too lazy to care. Hinata also found her eyes looking at the other guy, red hair, and a gourd on his back.

"Oye, Gaara, tell them your name,"

Everybody facepalmed, Naruto wasn't smart normally.

"My name is Gaara, jinchuriki of the Ichibi. Sand Genin"

Hinata was shocked, this guy was a jinchuriki! Didn't Naruto say he beat the Ichibi?

Kakashi said it before Hinata could.

"What did you do to Gaara?"

"Oh, ummm, I took out the Ichibi, and ummm, kinda cleaned it, and put it in its belly."

Huh?

"Oh, by cleaned I meant that I basically took out the bad and evil chakra and made it into good chakra, and then I sealed it into his belly so that he could sleep again!"

Kakashi was dumbfounded. He made the Ichibi, tailed beast of mischief, GOOD?! Nani?

"Gaara is going to help us out on our mission, he knows Suna here better than most of us, so he will help us in the search."

Kakashi and Shikamaru had no objections, but Hinata had a problem.

"How do we know that Gaara is safe, he is a Jinchuriki…"

Naruto growled, and his chakra flared up. He fought to control his anger.

"Naru-kun, calm down, don't get angry, she didn't mean it. She was just concerned, everyone has a right to be. She had the guts to say it out loud, so you can correct her, after all, it's a common misconception. Tell her that she is wrong and she will surely fix herself"

Naruto eased with Kurama's words, it was true. There have been cases where jinchuriki lash out randomly and violently for no reason. Naruto took a few deep breaths and sighed.

"Hinata, you aren't wrong when you feel concerned for safety, but please trust Gaara. A jinchuuriki isn't violent by nature, but the beast inside him is, but I fixed that, I made the beast good and calm, as well as I gave Gaara a stronger seal. It should be more than safe to go with him."

"O-okay Naruto, if you trust him that much then I can't really do much."

"Thank you Hinata, but don't ever call a jinchuriki unsafe. It will cause him/her nothing but grief and sorrow."

The team silently repacked their stuff, although Naruto tried to stay away from Hinata. Which of course was noticed by her. She kicked herself for saying such a cruel thing, why had she said that? Why would she say that about one of his only friends? Hinata knew how lonely he was. He went to meet up with the team in the morning, then did missions till evening, then trained with a purple haired lady till night, then he slept. Although she wasn't sure who the lady was or her relationship with Naruto, she was pretty jealous.

He had a nonexistent social life. His only friends were his teammates and this red haired guy, and maybe the purple haired lady. But that wasn't much.

'I guess that's why Naruto treats all his friends like family, he holds them so close because he truly values the importance of friendship'

Hinata sighed, it wasn't like Naruto to do this, she must have really struck a nerve. Gaara watched from a distance. His mind filled with thoughts and ideas and what not. He already filled Suna with some of his sand, which are actively searching for these child abusers.

Naruto finished and created shadow clones to help Shikamaru and Kakashi, leaving Hinata alone. But Naruto himself went to help Hinata. Naruto smiled at her, and Hinata smiled back.

"Sorry for that remark earlier, I didn't know"

Naruto kept smiling and nodded, it sounded heartfelt, and Naruto accepted the apology. Naruto finished helping Hinata and Naruto sat next to Gaara.

"Any news yet?"

"There has been nothing so far. The village of Suna seems pretty clear. Nothing out of place."

"What about underground?"

Gaara looked at Naruto like he spoke the words of god. Of course!

Gaara moved all his sand underground and did a full sweep of the area beneath Suna, he found a labyrinth and inside were hundreds of children about Gaara and Naruto's age.

Gaara nodded, "Found them"

Naruto nodded at the team, then told Gaara, "Lead me to them" his voice devoid of the playfulness and joy it usually held. Kakashi understood that Naruto went into full gear. And even though Naruto didn't have many skills, he was damn good at what he had.

The desert whistled as sand blew past, and Team 7 ran full steam ahead. They reached the wall, and the Jounin guard allowed them in and Gaara raced to the entrance of the labyrinth. It was a simple rundown sand building at first sight. But when entered, a trap door leads you to the labyrinth below. Since Gaara has his sand throughout the place, Naruto didn't need to worry about getting lost. Naruto started using chakra as sonar, and realized that the walls were made with anti chakra paint.

Naruto grumbled. The hard way it was then. Naruto ran in the dark hallways, the wall as and the roofs were a light orange, and they held no patterns. The labyrinth had rooms inside it, and Naruto opened the doors, to find nothing. But Naruto knew something was off. If this place was really the criminals' den, there would be some sound. Right?

It clicked, Genjutsu! And Naruto put his hands together, and burst out the Chakra, Naruto broke the illusion and he heard all sorts of noises, screams, sobbing, laughter, shuffling, etc. Naruto revisited the rooms he had checked before, and they were packed.

"Hi there, my name is Naruto Uzumaki, I'm from Konoha. You are safe now, please stay calm and try to be quiet. Our mission is to get you out of here before this place blows up. There will be a shadow clone leading you to the exit. Hurry!"

The crowd shuffled and as the people were thanking Naruto. Naruto created a shadow clone and the group were led out. Naruto created a few more to scavenge the area for other groups. A few minutes passed and by Naruto's estimate, 80% of the captured kids were evacuated. Naruto then stumbled upon something. Through a window, he saw a batch of kids, around two dozen. They were staring at a man, he wore the missing nin scratch on his head band. Naruto didn't wait, in his anger, he broke the window, and released his katanas. The man looked in shock, then grabbed a girl from the front of the crowd and put a kunai in front of her neck.

"You move, she dies, simple as that."

Naruto smiled. From the shadow behind the missing nin's back came one of Naruto's clones.

Naruto pounded his katana on the man's head, but the man let go of the girl and evaded the strike.

"Let me know the name of my next victim!" Said the missing name.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, Genin of Konoha, remember it, FEAR IT!" and Naruto dashed at the man.

"I am Ishikoto, Missing nin of suna, former elite Jounin. Do you think you could beat me, GENIN?"

Naruto smiled, "Being Genin is more than enough,"

Naruto slashed and the guy evaded. Naruto created clones and shouted at the same time. "Defense Fury Jutsu!"

A coat of blue chakra covered him and formed samurai like armour. Naruto ran at Ishikoto, and the missing nin ran at him. Naruto saw the punch coming for his jaw, and using the flat side of his left sword, blocked the punch, but to his astonishment, the fist broke his katana and the trajectory still perfectly aimed to hit Naruto's jaw. Naruto got out of his shock, and as the fist collided with his jaw, the fist bones shattered and his arm was shot backwards.

Ishikoto stared at Naruto, who was inches from his face. He realised that the jutsu was a protective jutsu along with an enhancement side effect. He tried to stop the crazy child, but his hand broke apart and was launched back at him. He managed to look at his face, and it was filled with malice and hate. Then he was head butted rashly. He heard his skull crack through the pain.

Naruto stared at him, he sneered at the man in front of him. Naruto brought his katana over the man's head, but then he started speaking.

"You think you saved these people now. They will come back, they will hunt you down, and you will be powerless. They will take everything from you and they will make you watch it. Then they won't kill you, they will spread fire in your veins, and they will leave you, a crippled and useless human being. The Otosuchi will come"

Ishikoto then puffed away, and Naruto turned around to see him come at him with a kunai. Naruto sidestepped and twirled, he brought his katana in a crescent shape slice at the man, only for the man to punch the katana and shatter it as well.

"You idiot, I am Ishikoto, The Destroyer!" He said, then his shirt ripped and his muscles swelled. He grabbed a nearby table, and with just one hand, flinged it into Naruto, faster than a normal kunai speed. Naruto ran right at it. The defensive fury protected him, and he broke through the table, and Naruto jumped up, threw a few kunai with exploding tags, and Ishikoto jumped to the side, as expected. Naruto was there waiting there for him and Naruto got into his taijutsu stance. He jumped towards the missing nin, and slapped him, but then brought his knee to his rib cage. Ishikoto knew that he should block, but he knew better than to touch Naruto when he was under his chakra coat. Naruto knew he would try to evade, so as his knee was coming up, he hit a pressure point in his other hand, which made it completely paralyzed. Then dislodged his shoulder. If he couldn't land one hit, he would land another, that was the rule of subtle warfare.

As Ishikoto dodged the knee successfully, but as he landed, he realized that both his arms were aching, and they stopped moving with his command. Naruto wasn't done. Naruto got into a low stance, and ran at Ishikoto, he let out a scream that was filled with rage and hate, then he blurred from sight and appeared behind Ishikoto. He brought a kunai to his neck, then laughed, quietly and curtly. "Come on, Try me. Or is that all you got?"

Ishikoto bellowed in rage and elbowed Naruto, who puffed. Then Naruto came out from the shadows. Then he quietly said, his face devoid of emotion, "Moonlight Dragon Barrage" then immediately, 20 more Narutos came and surrounded Ishikoto, then all raced towards the missing nin, but some slowed down, came after a roundabout, some ran around him. When the clones were about to hit, Some proofed, and some landed, and the Naruto's never stopped coming from the shadows.

Naruto stopped, and a horribly beaten Ishikoto stood in front of the man. Ishikoto then laughed.

"Where are your friends Genin? I was a mere distraction, much eviller and stronger forces were hidden in this base, and they have taken your friends and left. And in 20 hours, they will come, and they will lay waste to this darned village."

Naruto speculated his words, and then their impact hit his brain.

"HOW MANY?" Naruto shouted. He felt rage. They took Gaara, they took Hinata, they managed to take Kakashi too. It wasn't really hard to believe they took Shikamaru. It was true, the spy clones he had made before, had no idea where they were

"A few hundred, no, a few thousand, at least" Ishikoto said with a grin on his face.

Naruto clenched his fists. He stared at his shoes. He pulled out a kunai. And ended Ishikoto's life. Ishikoto was too weak to do anything, so he accepted fate and fell into the jaws of death. He felt no remorse or sadness. He felt bittersweet. Naruto walked out of the large room.

As he left the room he saw a girl waiting for him. Brown colored hair, and brown eyes. White skin.

Naruto wasn't half interested in what she had to say, but he listened anyway.

"Are you Naruto? Ummm, I am truly in your debt, you helped me, I have been stuck here for 2 years, barely any food, and cramped living space. We weren't able to differentiate between night and day. I had lost all hope, and then you came. THANK YOU SO MUCH" the woman in front Naruto cried and shed heavy tears. Naruto didn't know what to do. So Naruto did the only thing he thought would console her. He stepped towards her and gave her a hug. She sobbed and finally stopped, she sniffed and looked at Naruto. Naruto smiled.

Naruto wasn't happy at all, he was angry, rage filled his veins, but Naruto thought it was the least he could do. Show this person a smile and help brighten her day. Naruto felt his shoulders become lighter, knowing that he helped hundreds of people and gave them a brighter tomorrow.

"What's your name?" Naruto asked.

"I'm TenTen, I was captured from Konoha"

"TenTen, I have saved you, but the greater half of the battle is yet to come. An organization called the Otosuchi, will be coming here in 19 hours"

"Otosuchi?"

"Yes, the people who captured you."

TenTen widened her eyes, and she hugged Naruto tightly again, and started to mutter, "Please save me, please. I don't want to go back, please save me"

"I will, even if it is the last thing I do," Naruto told her.

18 hours left

Naruto had escaped the labyrinth and despite his greatest efforts, TenTen refused to leave him. Naruto then prepped his gear. He no longer had his katana's so he bought another pair. But this I'llm pair was very special since it used reinforced steel, and a diamond blade. The steel hardens when applied chakra to. It was a hefty price, but Naruto had more than enough to cover the expense.

Naruto also had his Shadow clones stay on the wall. And he had spy clones scour the area for his friends. Naruto felt desperate.

He had his fair share of traumatic experiences, and he came out of every single one barey affected. But this time, they included his friends, and he had a big problem with that. It was fine if they took him, he could deal with pain. But his friends? He clenched his fist so hard his knuckles cracked. Naruto tried to fight his anger.

"Naru-kun, create a shadow clone but instead of dividing your chakra, take out a drop of chakra from your body, and let it grow." sid Kurama suddenly

'I don't get it'

"Release some of your chakra. Very little chakra, pea size"

Naruto did so, and he waited for Kurama's instructions.

"Now, focus on the chakra and try to expand it, without adding chakra from your body."

Naruto could sense his life force in the chakra, and he tried to add his own life force to it.

(A:N, life force is different from chakra. Life force is like soul energy)

Then to his astonishment, the chakra grew, then he could see bones forming, and then muscles, blood vessels and veins, organs, then skin and then the minor details. Naruto just cloned himself. Not like shadow clones or anything. It was a legit clone, there were two genuine Naruto's.

The original Naruto punched the other naruto. The clone dodged. Naruto was astonished, shadow clones followed his orders. This was an independent clone.

Naruto 2 brought out his own katanas. Naruto 2 then said, "stab me"

Naruto did. And instead of Naruto 2 poofing away, his wound healed. Then Naruto realized there was no chakra connection between them.

"Naru-kun, this is a secret technique. This is another Naruto. He is no way your clone, nor are you his. He is independent."

'Like he is another person who looks like me, talk like me, and acts like me, but isn't me, except that he is me'

"As confusing you made that sound, it is correct. But you have a limited life force, and you have to use this technique sparingly"

'How many more Naruto clones can I make before my life force runs out'

"1,028 clones"

'Okay!'

Naruto then realized the clone needed a name.

"Oye, your name is N, nothing else, I made you, and even though I have no control over you, I want to tell you that. Also, wear something else except my outfit," Naruto said

"Aaw man, I loved this outfit. Say, why change my name? I kinda liked Naruto Uzumaki" said N

"When we are together when somebody calls out our name, we need to know who they are referring to."

"Okay"

Then Naruto asked Kurama something, an idea rather, 'the body might be different, but the life force has some connection to mine right, so if I vitt off the life force link, N should just fall to the ground lifeless right?'

"Kit, it does work like that, but it is risky, playing with life force, a wrong move could mean your death"

Naruto focused and found his life force, and then he cut off the single line that extended beyond his vision.

Immediately, N fell to the ground and stayed there. Naruto then put N in a seal.

Naruto then found a bug crawling around him. Naruto had another idea. Naruto grabbed the beetle, then focused on his life force, he then connected his life force with the bugs, and then he saw two life forces, Naruto then grabbed the insects life force, and incorporated it into his own. Then the beetle fell lifeless.

Naruto knew this would come handy. Naruto then created clones and thought of a name for his new jutsu.

"True Bunshin no Jutsu"

Naruto smiled.

16 hours left

Naruto practiced. Naruto created true bunshins then stole their life force.

Naruto trained with his swords. They were light and strong, perfect.

TenTen always stood behind Naruto, and watched in amazement his commitment to save Suna. She felt an attraction to Naruto. He was kind, understanding, and caring, but he was also handsome and strong. He was also very considerate. Plus, Naruto was her savior too. It was only natural to gain a crush on Naruto.

She stared in astonishment.

She could do only that. She wanted to help, but she couldn't do much.

TenTen sighed, she felt helpless, and she couldn't do anything about it.

10 hours left

Naruto tired himself out with training. So he used a few shadow clones to think with him.

'Assuming the Otosuchi surround Suna, and launch an attack-siege, we will do the ripple formation'

The ripple formation was when Naruto launched a series of waves all around him. These waves are made with shadow clones, and the next wave holds more shadow clones than the previous wave.

'If they attack from one side, then we will do a side sweep'

Side sweep is when a few people are used as bait, and the forces come at them, but a large mass hits them from the side whilst saving the bait.

'If nothing goes as plan, group up, and just kill'

The shadow clones nodded

"Ummm, Naruto, what did you tell them, they kinda just sat still, and they nodded and dispersed" said TenTen

"Oh sorry, I have a telepathic link with my clones, I talk to them through the link."

"Oh"

9 Hours left

Naruto realised something. As the True Bunshin was forming, he could place a seal in the chakra pool. And he could activate the seal remotely. Which would not only kill the chakra, but drain his life force. And the life force goes back to him along with his chakra, so he gets a chakra boost too. Then the seal would blow up and cause the Bunshin to "poof away" like a shadow clone.

Naruto practiced a bit, and the creation of true Bunshin was second nature and the application of the seal is done in milliseconds.

Naruto had nothing to do.

6 hours left

Naruto had quite the arsenal enhancement. He had true Bunshin. He had a life drain too, which he learnt, but didn't practice. He had diamond blade swords, and he had practiced his taijutsu. Naruto decided to get some sleep.

TenTen looked at Naruto laying down. And in moments he fell asleep.

'He trained hard, he must feel really drained…'

TenTen laid down beside him rather, closer than normal. She hugged him, she was feeling rather cold.

1 hour left

Naruto woke up. He saw TenTen sleeping next to him while hugging him, and he blushed. Naruto moved her hands away, and got up, he looked at the time. He sighed, and he felt a rage bubble inside him, it wasn't his rage though, he calmed himself down hours ago.

'Kuru-chan? Are you okay?'

"Naru-kun, they did this to you, they stepped into your life and they ripped away people that you called friends, I WILL NOT SPARE THEM!"

'Kuru-chan, it is okay, I can deal with them myself. It's not like you to care about your host this much'

Kurama eased, it was true, why did he care so much, sure he had to protect him from dying, but other than that, he had no responsibilities over Naruto. So why was he so angry? Kurama realised, Naruto is the only host that didn't see him as a demon, but rather a friend. He wasn't a curse that became glued to his body, but a blessing that he was to care for with his life.

"Naru-kun, if somebody were to rip my family away, wouldn't you be angry for me too? If somebody were to steal me away somehow and possible torture me, wouldn't you be angry?"

Naruto was at a loss of words, it was true, he would be angry. Naruto took a few deep breaths.

"Thank you Kuru-chan"

"Who's Kuru-chan"

Naruto spun around and saw TenTen awake, she had a confused face. And she was still lying down, like she just woke up.

"Oh, just a part of me," Naruto said. Then he resaid it in his mind. Then Naruto realised how misleading that sounded.

"Not that part of me, but a little figment of my mind, not that"

TenTen laughed, she also wondered why Naruto was talking to his… thing, like that.

15 mins left

Naruto was practicing his true bunshins, when TenTen tapped her shoulder right before he was about to make one.

Naruto whipped around and he could feel her life force. Then Naruto remembered how he stole the life force of an insect, and wondered if he could do that to others. So Naruto went into the life force realm, and he saw TenTen's life force, Naruto cut it in half and took half of it.

TenTen immediately dropped to her knees and started wheezing, she had a hard time breathing and his body was in pain. Naruto hurriedly went back to the life force realm and put TenTen's life force back, and she looked to have stopped having problems. And looked at herself like 'wtf just happened'.

TenTen sighed must be because she slept lying down and her legs spread out for once.

It was dawn, and it was around show time for the Otosuchi army. Naruto shunshined to the Kazekage. TenTen was left alone and she sighed, might as well wait.

He made his way, and he shunshined to the office. He told him the details of the attack. He also told him to lay his ninja off.

"Why, who will protect the citizens of the village?"

"I personally triggered a large series of events that caused the invasion. So it will be me, who will stop it. If I die in battle, then and only then send out your ninja. And please, look for my friends."

"Little Genin, what makes you think you can stop thousands of ninja by yourself?"

"I'm not by myself" Naruto said smugly as he created a shadow bunshin, then dissipated it.

"Still, you are only Genin, you cannot stop that many forces."

"Kazekage-sama, I mean no disrespect, but Genin is just a title. Many great ninja were outstanding ninja even early in their life. Do not judge people by their title, but their skills."

"May I know your name, brave Genin?"

"Naruto Uzumaki, remember it!" Naruto smiled.

The door busted open to Kazekage's office. The man looked out of breath. But he managed a few words. "Thousands… enemy… all around… all jounin missing nin…"

Naruto poofed away. The Kazekage looked amazed. He was a SHADOW CLONE.

'The Genin knows shadow clones! And his shadow clone created a clone! How much chakra does he have?!'

Naruto was on the front line. The other ninja backed off.

'The Kazekage was true to his word'

Naruto created a few hundred shadow clones and spread them around the wall. Naruto then slid down the wall. He created 50 true Bunshin. They all looked at each other, and nodded. They were grim. They all knew this was a fatal mission, and they were prepared to lay down their lives.

Naruto stood bravely, 50 vs 7,000 by the looks of it.

Naruto took out his head band, and placed it onto the sand. It was a message that said, "I have laid down my life for my village. And my actions will not tarnish the village's reputation."

The battle started and Naruto raced full speed at the horde of ninja. He focused his life force into his hands. Ninja trained on their physical body. But Naruto was sure nobody would think of protecting their life force.

As Naruto drew near, he touched a ninja, and they fell lifeless. He killed people in the masses. He moved through crowds and he killed. Naruto then brought out one of his swords. He swiped and killed, a swift slash. And he touched, he killed, painless and clean.

Naruto saw the numbers decline. And naruto created a 50 more true Bunshin. They were to attack from another side. And then 100 true Bunshin. They were to surround the wall. Naruto felt his life force drain. But he recovered it with every kill. Naruto didn't remorse. He saw a trail of death follow him. He stopped and he jumped up in the air. He saw the numbers decrease. From 7,000, to 5,000, to 4,000, and so on. Naruto ran faster then before. He felt his legs tire and strain, he hands hurt from the constant movement. Naruto ran. Then he felt his legs lose all the pain, and his hands felt refreshed.

"Least I could do Naru-kun"

'Thank you Kuru-chan"

He took a break. He ran back into his trail of death. He had circled the village already. So he changed direction and run for the biggest of the broken apart masses. But as he ran, he saw white hair. Naruto stopped, motioned his clones to keep moving. And he ran in the direction. He followed the white hair, to realize that it was a fleeing mis nin. Naruto growled. He stabbed the white haired man. The man turned his head around. And he whimpered, then coughed.

"You think you stopped the Otsuchi once. The Otosuchi is EVERYWHERE. It is bigger than the entire Shinobi world, it has roots everywhere. You can't stop it, the world can't stop it! You can only embrace it. You can-'' Naruto cut his head off.

"Then I will grow bigger than the entire Shinobi world and burn them to the ground"

Naruto ran back to the battle, the battle was almost done. Just a few hundred people left, and many were ditching. The rest died quickly.

One person left alive was scared like he saw hell and came back. Naruto asked him, "WHERE ARE THE PRISONERS?"

"They are in a little box hidden below the Suna complex. Please spare me!"

Naruto killed him, no spot for scum this cruel and low in his world. He wondered if it was just his rage that refused mercy to criminals.

The Kazekage walked to the wall. He reached and looked over, and saw him. A single Blonde, carrying one sword, standing over the corpses of 7,000, and not even a single scratch on him. He completely decimated the attack in a matter of minutes!

The Kazekage looked shocked. It was like Shinigami, the god of death, itself killed them.

Like a wind of death blew over them.

Death's wind.

No. It was something.. else.

It was.

Konoha's Wind.

Naruto dispelled all of his clones, and he felt his chakra boost back up to full.

He gained an immense amount of life force in this battle.

'Kuru-Chan, in terms of true bunshins, how much life force did I acquire?'

"Naru-kun, around… 3… million"

Naruto fell down. Wait WHAT. Three million

Naruto walked back to the Kazekage. The Kazekage kneeled down to see eye to eye with Naruto. He inspected the boy, trying to find flaws in his figure. He looked around, and asked, "Did anybody help this boy?"

"No"

The Kazekage looked at Naruto again.

"Are you really a Genin?"

"Yes"

"Are you really just 10 years old?"

"Yes"

"If I ask the Hokage this, will he say the same thing?"

"Yes"

"Naruto, right?"

"That's me!"

"This sight reminds me of somebody… I can't place my finger on where I saw this, I remember a tall blonde, standing in front of hundreds of corpses. It was… a rocky landscape, presumably Iwa."

"Kazekage-sama, the 4th hokage butchered hundreds of Iwa ninja in the Third Great Ninja War, he was also Blonde,"

"Yes, that's where I saw it. He told me to lay off the forces, and if anybody was to get in the way, they would be killed. You told me something like that too, right? So this leads me to my main question. Are you the fou- no. Who are your parents?"

"I'm an orphan, sir."

"Aaah, when was your birthday then?"

"October 10, 1998,"

"So that settles it."

"Huh"

"Naruto, the fourth hokage, died fighting the Kyuubi and sealed it in a boy. That's what everybody knows. The Boy was the fourth hokage's secretly borned son. That is what the Elite ninjas of the village know. The boy was born on the very same day, October 10, 1998, and the boy's name was Naruto Namikaze."

"But I'm an Uzumaki?"

"The fourth Hokage's wife was Kushina UZUMAKI, since Minato Namikaze died before Kushina, Naruto's last name was Uzumaki, this was also done to prevent Minato's enemies competing for Naruto at a young age."

"Don't tell me,"

"Naruto, I believe you are the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumki's only son and heir to the legacy of the Hiraishin."

Naruto stood there like a pole. He was dumbfounded. He was the son of such an important man. He remembered his treatment in Konoha. Naruto scorned. Was this secret worth it? Rather than dying quickly early, he suffered through a torturous and painful life devoid of happiness and joy, was that worth the cost?

"Naruto, this is an S-Ranked secret. This was for your safety. Although I cannot begin to understand the pain you went through, I can simply say that I have seen you in action, and I believe you can hold your own in battle. The secret is only yours to tell. I have broken a large rule telling you this, but I can find my way out. Perks of being Kazekage."

Naruto nodded, and flashed a smile. He felt relieved. He finally knew who his parents were. He looked at the sky.

"Mother, Father, I hope you are looking over me. I hope you are proud. I know Kyuubi killed you, but he was forced to. Kyuubi is a nice person. Thank you, for… for…"

Naruto stopped. He couldn't thank his parents for anything except giving birth to him. That too, in a harsh and cruel life.

"Thanks for nothing," Naruto said.

Naruto shunshined to the underground labyrinth, then found himself looking at a trap door after a few minutes of searching. Naruto opened the door, and shouted below.

"If anybody can hear me, say aye"

Naruto waited for a little bit.

"AYE"

Naruto created a shadow clone and transformed it into a rope, which he dropped down and felt an immense tug. Naruto slowly pulled out people one by one, and once everybody was evacuated, Naruto led them to the exit. And Naruto saw as people ran to their houses, and the worried families rejoiced in their meeting after god knows how long.

Naruto saw Kakashi and the others amidst the fray.

He jumped up, and shouted, "SAND KID! TROUBLESOME SHIKAMARU! PERVERTED JOUNIN STALKER! HYUUGA HEIRESS!"

The people immediately recognized that joyful voice as Naruto.

They all huddled near Naruto and found him.

Out of the crowd a brown haired girl came, and hugged Naruto. Naruto blushed, and Hinata felt an ounce of jealousy.

TenTen then saw everybody else, and she wonders who they were.

"Ummmm, are you Naruto's friends by any chance?"

"Hai" said Hinata, with a tinge of aggression

"Sweet! I'm TenTen, one of the captured people from Konoha. Naruto here flew into the room where we would be tested on till we died. He saved me, but I had nowhere to go, so I stayed with him" said TenTen who then hugged Naruto again.

Naruto blushed, 'does she have an attraction to hugging me or something?'

"Naru-kun, I thinks she is attracted to you"

'What makes you think so?'

"Well, if she didn't like you, then she would have been long gone. And although that's not for certain because it is possible she does not know the way back into Konoha. But she slept with you. Now normal people would keep distance. She was right next to you and hugging you. That's a major sign. Then she always stared at you when you were training. She doesn't look like the focused kind, and she would have explored Suna by now, but she kept staring at you. Also, when you ditched her, she wasn't annoyed at all, nor is she now, but she THEN started exploring Suna. Naruto, she likes you, it is for certain!"

But Kurama chuckled in his mind.

'But she's not the only one who likes Naruto, right Hi-na-ta?"

Naruto sighed. But he started looking at TenTen. He took a long hard look, which made Hinata furious, and TenTen blush. Then he said, "ALL RIGHT! WE GOTTA CLEAN YOU UP! THEN WE TAKE YOU TO KONOHA AND SHOW YOU TO JIJI!"

"Jiji" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah! Ummm, wrinkled face, big hat, I think he was a hokage."

"You mean, Hokage-sama?" Kakashi facepalmed. Why was him being hokage not the first thing he remembered?

"Yeah, jiji"

Kakashi saw Naruto go into the Hokage tower many times, but he couldn't listen to the conversation , and he couldn't read through tinted glass. He sighed.

Naruto grabbed TenTen's hand, and pulled her to a store. There she chose out (her canon outfit) a shirt and pants, sandals and tied her hair in two buns.

(A:N, I have no idea what TenTen's clothes are called. So I'm making it as simple as can be, just imagine TenTen but dirtier.)

TenTen was led to a bath after. There she cleaned up, and put on her new outfit. The gang was waiting outside and Hinata was clung to Naruto's arm.

TenTen then rushed out and grabbed Naruto's other arm, and they glared at each other. Naruto wanted to shrug, but the ya females were to his arms. TenTen was his age and Hinata was a year older.

Naruto walked to the wall. And he saw the Kazekage motioning Naruto to him. Naruto easily slipped out of the female's grasp (much to their dismay) and walked to the Kazekage.

"Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki. You have saved my village. Had you not been here, we would have lost many good ninja, and our city would have Been terribly weakened. But we got out of this without a single casualty, I thank you. Heh, to think that a Genin helped us! AHAHAHA"

Naruto quickly replied, "Had I not been here, this would have never happened."

"But the experiments would continue and many innocent children would have died right under our nose, quite literally! HAHAHAHAHA"

Kakashi eavesdropped on the conversation. He wondered what he meant by Naruto saving Suna.

As Naruto reached the gate, everybody from the civilians to the Kazekage nodded in respect for Naruto. Then the wall opened and Naruto saw Gaara staring at him.

"Aye Sand Kid!"

"Blonde Devil, I see you are leaving. I must thank you. And my doors will be open to you. Thank You"

Kakashi looked dumbfounded, not by Gaara's speech, but the sight behind him. Thousands of bodies being dragged away, and still around thousands of corpses lay in waste.

Was this what the Kazekage was talking about, did Naruto do this? Did Naruto fend off a large-scale attack that many Kages would fail to do by themselves?

The Kazekage tapped Kakashi's shoulder.

"Naruto, your Genin, stopped the experiments going on in Suna. But in doing so, he triggered a large secret organization called the Otosuchi. They sent out a large force to kill us, but Naruto claimed that 'he started this, so he will end it' and Naruto did stop it. Just with him and his shadow-"

"NOPE!"

The Kazekage looked at Naruto in confusion.

But then, Naruto created a true Bunshin. "Give it your best shot!"

The Kazekage launched a massive hit to the clone's torso. But the clone just fell over and got back up again. The Kazekage tried once more but put his entire force in it. N flew back and smashed through multiple buildings. But then, got up, severely bleeding, and healed himself using the golden aura.

The Kazekage looked astonished, was this not a shadow clone?

"This is called a True Bunshin. It is a genuine human being who needs food and water to survive. A shadow clone is chakra in a hull. But this has organs, blood vessels, chakra, muscles and all. Simply put, I made a human, who looks like me, fights like me, talks like me, and acts like me, but isn't me but is me. He follows my orders because of a seal I put in him when he was forming."

At the last part, N growled.

The Kazekage's jaw dropped to the floor. He was astonished. This boy made the pinnacle of clones.

Everybody stared at Naruto. TenTen didn't know how impressive a jutsu like that was so she smiled and clapped. And the others had gone numb to Naruto's prodigal acts, but they still looked in shock.

Gaara stared. He hadn't gotten the hang of emotions yet, so he did what he could.

Turns out, every Shinobi around them who listened to the conversation was dumbfounded.

Naruto just smiled, "Yeah I'm awesome!"

The Kazekage got out of our stupor and stared at the Blonde Genin. The Kazekage then Shouted.

"Architects build 15 statues of Naruto atop the tower, each of them staring at everyone who dares to attack the village. Put a pedestal under every Naruto. And write, Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki aka. "Konoha's Wind" and tell them about his actions. Let all know, that this man" The Kazekage pointed to Naruto, "Is our protector"

Naruto smiled shyly, "There's no need Kazekage-sama"

"Humbleness is a good virtue, but one must learn to accept gifts."

"H-Hai"

Naruto sighed "Let's go team Seven and, TenTen"

Hinata and TenTen went back to grabbing Naruto's arms.

Naruto sighed, he didn't mind it, he just felt very awkward in the situation.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Naruto carried TenTen bridal style, much to TenTen's glee, and they ran at full speed to Konoha. They had one Hell of a report to give.

"Say Ero-Jounin," Kakashi winced, "How did you get captured" Kakashi winced again.

"I dodndkddndhdkd…"

"Umm, say that again,"

"I djsndkdkdd fell"

"One more time…"

"I DIDN'T SEE THE GODFORSAKEN TRAP DOOR AND FELL, I was too worried looking for people not traps…"

Naruto laughed.

"Kakashi pulled us down with him too" said Shikamaru nonchalantly.

"AHAHAHAHAH" TenTen laughed with Naruto too.

Naruto caught his breath again and reached the edge of the Desert, a forest coming into view. Naruto sighed, he missed trees.

As they ran, Naruto jumped into the trees and sped up, Naruto was far too excited to reach Konoha.

Naruto looked at TenTen, who was smiling and enjoying the ride in Naruto's arms. Naruto smiled. TenTen then realized Naruto was staring at her, and blushed.

Hinata was jealous. First the purple Haired lady now the brown haired girl, Naruto was starting to get close to them, and Hinata was stuck in "Friendzone"

Of course this was not the case. Naruto didn't have a single romantic thought with any of the females around him. He thought of them as friends, and nothing more.

Naruto sped up more, much to TenTen's happiness.

Naruto was far in front of the group in a few minutes, but Naruto didn't know how far. He stopped, and TenTen frowned cutely.

Naruto put TenTen down, and waited for the group.

TenTen knew a good opportunity when she saw one, and she saw one right here. She was going to be alone with her crush for around 30 minutes.

TenTen moved to Naruto and sat beside Naruto. And TenTen scooted closer to Naruto. Naruto ignored it.

"Naruto, ummmm, I ummmm, I think I l-l-l-like… I LIKE YOUUUUUR KUNAI!"

Naruto sighed, he didn't want to deal with the awkwardness of the confession, so he gave TenTen a kunai.

TenTen shakily grabbed it. She felt angry, and then she focused on her new kunai. She heard a large terrifying sound and impulsively threw her kunai. She was startled to see that she had impaled a crow right through its center. Naruto, who had been watching, looked at TenTen.

"You're a natural weapon wielder!" Said Naruto happily.

"I'm a natural?"

"There's no way you have that good aim after 2 years of no training!"

"Ummm, thank you"

"It's okay!"

Naruto pulled out a seal, which spewed out other seals. Then Naruto found the one that said kunai.

Naruto unsealed 20 Kunai. Then Naruto found the gear that held a hip storage pouch. Naruto put the kunai in the pouch and tied it around TenTen.

TenTen blushed at being so close with Naruto and him helping her put something on her.

Naruto finished and stepped away. TenTen looked at the pouch, and stuck her hand in it, and pulled out a kunai. She smiled. Now that she thought about it. The Kunai felt good in her hands, like she was supposedly designed to use weapons.

Naruto smiled at TenTen. He turned around to reseal his stuff when he saw a seal called "Sleeping Gear".

'THAT'S WHERE IT WAS!'

Naruto sighed. Then he heard footsteps. He packed up and tapped TenTen's shoulder. She turned around and Naruto told her, "They are coming, let's go"

TenTen happily jumped to Naruto, who grabbed her Bridal style. She sighed in relief at being in Naruto's hands again.

Naruto jumped and landed on a tree, then waited. As he thought, the team came into sight. Hinata motioned for a break, but then Naruto broke wind as he raced to Konoha. Hinata looked dumbfounded. Then Naruto came back laughing.

"Just Kidding!" Naruto said as he tapped the gang shoulders with the blue aura, as a shadow clone held TenTen.

The clone threw TenTen back to the real Naruto and they continued the journey.

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Naruto smiled happily once the gates of Konoha were in view. Naruto sped up. The others did too.

Naruto jumped down and was met with the Chunin gate watchers.

"Heya Naruto, heard what you did in Suna! Word spreads faster than Shinobi nowadays!" The chunin chuckled at his own joke. Naruto put down TenTen.

And the chunin looked through his book to find out who she was.

"Name?"

"TenTen!"

"Last Name?"

"Ummm, I forgot"

The Chunin frowned at that. But he scrolled through the book, stopped at page, and scrolled his finger down. "Are you by any chance the TenTen who disappeared 2 years ago?"

"Yes…"

"Welcome back to Konoha miss!"

"Ummm, thank you, by the way, where do I live?"

"I'm not sure, your residence was sold to the Hyuuga clan and was renovated into a training dojo. You'll have to confront the Hokage for that"

"H-Hai"

"You guys leave, me and Naruto will report and TenTen will come with us." said Kakashi.

"Hai!" Said Hinata

"Yeah yeah, you do that, ima go sleep" said Shikamaru.

Kakashi sighed, he reminisced about the mission.

'How could I be so clumsy, I have never my entire life fallen for such a cheap trick! Am I going worse? Am I starting to go full after being away from the ANBU for so long? And then saved by the Son of Minato! Have I become that weak a Shinobi?!'

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Kakashi and Naruto opened a door and saw an ANBU squad giving their latest mission report.

Naruto walked in and Kakashi did after, and TenTen hid behind Naruto.

"Aah, the saviour of Suna and the Jounin of Team 7, I've been wanting to hear your mission report." Hiruzen, almost sounding playful and optimistic in a mischievous way.

"Umm there's two sides, there's my encounter with the Otosuchi, and then Kakashi's entrapment."

"Kakashi? TRAPPED? Who is strong enough to do that?"

"Not who Jiji, but what?"

"What"

"A trapdoor in the dead center of the floor!" said Naruto laughing.

"A trapdoor!" repeated Hiruzen as he laughed louder than Naruto.

"Yeah, but now my story is…"

Naruto told his encounter with Ishikoto and his news about Otosuchi. And how he learnt Life Force manipulation and how he created true Bunshin. Then he talked about his life force steal technique and how he used that and a sword to stop 7,000 Shinobi from conquering and destroying Suna.

Hiruzen didn't hesitate one bit as He shouted at Naruto, "FOR YOUR BRAVE ACTIONS AND VALORANT HEROICS, I GIVE YOU A FIELD PROMOTION TO JOUNIN. Naruto, you are the youngest boy to be a Jounin, but do not let your rank get to your mind. Also, who is the Young lady behind you?"

"This is TenTen, she was captured by the Otosuchi 2 years ago and was about to die before I came and saved her. She does not have a place to live and is too old to be in an orphanage."

"TenTen, do you have anybody who can take care of you?"

"No…"

"Do you know anybody who might want to take you in?"

"Ummm," TenTen gave it a long and hard thought, "NARUTO!"

Naruto fell. He didn't mind TenTen, but wasn't this too hasty, even for him? Naruto nodded once in his stupor.

Hiruzen's perverted dreams snapped to his mind and he shunned them away. "Naruto, you are officially TenTen's guardian."

"Yeah"

"YAY!"

Naruto moved out of the office. He just got a roommate. And he realised he forgot to ask something.

"Am I still in Team 7?"

"Yes, but as Kakashi's apprentice, your spot will be taken by TenTen. You will be off missions for a month. You will train from Kakashi in the morning at 4:00 AM, then from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM you will help bring TenTen up to speed on her skills and general knowledge. Then continue training with Anko till night."

"Hai"

Naruto sighed. He grabbed a hold of TenTen's shoulder and shunshined to his apartment door. He created a shadow clone, which transformed into a replica of his apartment key. He handed the replica to TenTen then motioned her to open the door. With a snap, the door opened and then fell out of its frame.

Naruto grumbled something about repairs, and saw TenTen look guilty in front of Naruto.

"Aha! No worries, it happens all the time!"

'Too many times' Naruto thought in his head.

TenTen sighed. As Naruto leaned the door back into its hinges, procrastinating it's full repair, TenTen looked around the house. It was neat, but poorly lighted. It was in order but dusty and filled with cobwebs. TenTen came to the conclusion that Naruto wasn't home much. But Naruto burst out his chakra and everything was how it was, but the lighting was perfect, and nothing was dusty or uncleared.

"Simple Genjutsu, keeps people from ruining the place when I'm gone. Not too likeable with the villagers for some weird reason…"

TenTen frowned. The question wasn't what wasn't so likeable about Naruto, but rather what was so likeable about him. He was handsome, strong, caring, kind, considerate, tough, side he could be a little open and stupid at times, but is that enough to make villagers hate him?

TenTen found herself exploring the apartment. It was nothing like she expected it to be. She had thought that such a strong ninja would have a fancy home with like, seventeen butlers and stuff that all bowed and said "Welcome home, Naruto-sama" and stuff, and a backyard pool. But she didn't mind this. It was cozy, and it would feel a lot better when Naruto would be around.

Naruto realised that there was only one bedroom. So he went in and started unpacking, but then, TenTen held his arm.

"It's fine! I'm already asking a lot by staying here, so I wouldn't want to trouble you more."

"But, where will you sleep?"

"I can sleep on the sofa, but if you want… we can share a bed…" TenTen said, smiling.

Naruto blushed. He wasn't ready for that. He shaked his head, and took a few deep breaths.

"You. Sofa. Sleep."

"Okay" TenTen said, sounding sad.

Naruto saw dawn rolling around, and decided to get ready for Anko Training.

Naruto put on his normal stuff, a white sleeveless jacket, black shirt, ANBU black pants, and sandals, all with orange highlights.. He wore Bandages around his left leg, and hip pouch, for his gear. Naruto put his hood over his head. Which gave Naruto a very menacing look. Naruto told TenTen off, who was switching through Channels on his TV. She waved, and stared at Naruto dreamily, who then jumped off the ledge of the window and disappeared.

Naruto Knocked at Anko's door. Anko opened the door, quickly after. She was happy to see the little blonde genin. Or rather, jounin, but she didn't know that. She had heard the rumors, and scoffed each time, but she grew curious.

They walked in silence to Training Ground 44 (AKA, the Forest of Death). Then they scaled the Barbed fence, and they got into an open clearing within the forest. Anko and Naruto moved to opposite sides of the clearing.

"Say, my little genin, how was your Suna trip?" said Anko, grin on her face.

"Awesome! I beat up a ton of Ninja, and oh yeah, I beat the Ichibi to a pulp! And I made friends with Sand Kid err Gaara."

"Say, how many Ninja?"

Naruto counted on his fingers. He stopped at seven fingers up.

'Oh, just seven, what was I thinking, they said it was 10,000 or something. Of course not! I was a fool to beli-'

"Around, 7,000!"

Anko fell over. What the **ck.

Naruto smiled. "They were just jounin mis nin, but they weren't strong."

"A-All, j-j-jounin. 7,000 j-jounin. You b-beat them a-a-all?"

"Yeah. around 20 left near the end though. Oh yeah! I got a field promotion to Jounin!"

"You are a Jounin!"

"YEAH! I'M ON MY WAY TO BECOMING THE BEST NINJA IN THE WORLD SO I CAN HAVE RAMEN FOR FREE!"

Anko facepalmed, he just did a near impossible task, and he still came back with his ramen addiction untouched.

"Did anybody help?"

"Nope! All me!"

"Yeah…"

Anko rushed at Naruto, and he was out of his Ramen fantasies in a flash, and ran right at Anko. Usually he would get defensive, but he decided that he was attacking. Anko was about to land a hit when a fist connected with her side.

'Where did that come from?' Anko said as she remembered Iruka's words to her.

"Naruto is really good at subtle warfare, he's doing one thing, but he'll do something else simultaneously and you won't notice until it's too late" Iruka said to Anko. Anko shrugged, 'he can't be that good.'

'That's what he meant'

Anko jumped back, and grabbed her side. It hurt a lot. But it was nothing to some of the beatdowns she had in missions from her shinobi career. Anko let go of her side. Then she realised that Naruto was nowhere to be seen. His chakra signature spread out all over the place. All of them were as if they were the same size as Naruto's chakra.

They can't be shadow clones, the chakra size would be smaller. But he can't be running quickly, cause then his chakra would be blurry. Did he bring friends, no. They all have the same chakra signature.

Then they came out and attacked Anko with their new swords, which were lighter, sharper and longer. Anko dodged, each strike from the ten Narutos. Anko released her snakes all around her while spinning. "Twirling Venom" N 1-10 got hit, but pulled the snakes out of their system, while healing themselves. Anko was astounded. Why did his shadow clones not poof? Anko then threw a Kunai and it impaled Naruto, who winced, then pulled the kunai out, and healed itself.

"Aha, seems you are confused"

"NARUTO, WHAT KIND OF CLONE IS THIS, IT DOESN'T POOF AWAY!"

Naruto explained that he made True Bunshin.

"True Bunshin?! The pinnacle of all cloning techniques, was made by you!"

"HELL YEAH!"

Anko sighed, she got into her stances, and the battle resumed. She wondered, 'I have to genuinely kill them to defeat his clones, and god knows how many more he can make'

Anko knew that Naruto wasn't going to go down easy. He was trained in a brutal and cruel way by the villagers, which made Naruto incredibly resistant to torture, and plus he had one beast of a healing technique that nobody know ow he learnt. Anko knew above all, that Naruto wasn't going all out, but Anko very well was on the verge of using all her trump jutsus.

"Snake Style: Python Defence!"

Anko surrounded herself in a Python.

"Snake Style: Exploding Venom!"

The Python hissed and let out venom, which Naruto dodged, and as the venom made contact with anything, exploded in an angry fit of flames.

N2 motioned the other to a little opening in her defense. N1 and N3-10 nodded, they swirled around the Exploding Venom, and N6 threw a kunai with an exploding tag in her opening. Anko's eyes widened, she wasn't gonna survive, so she substituted herself with a Naruto outside. As the kunai exploded, the barely living body of Naruto was flung out. N2 Moved his way there, and healed him as appendages growed back and in no time, Naruto was up and running.

Anko frowned, she was gonna have a hard time winning this one. She released her first of five trump jutsu.

"Snake Style: Screaming Snakes of Hell!"

Then, thousands of snakes, with black scales and red eyes shot out of Anko's mouth. They flew at each Naruto with Immense speed, Amaterasu fire spewing out of their mouths. Anko grinned, Naruto wasn't getting out of this.

"Defence Fury Jutsu"

Naruto dodged the screaming snakes, and cut off their heads. Their sword and body were just a blur, but the only thing that was left after the attack was two main piles, the bodies of snakes, and the heads of the snakes.

Anko stared at Naruto. Sure it was her weakest trump jutsu, but still, powerful nonetheless. He took care of it like it was just an ordinary attack.

"Grrr, making me use my second trump jutsu, Fangs of Entrapment, Fuinjutsu Snakes."

Anko shot a large snake, threw her palm, and the snake bared its fangs, which were made of... seals?

N3 quickly and effortlessly sidestepped the snake, but the snakes split into tiny little snakes and covered N3 and sealed him in a large and complex seal array, however they made the mistake of sealing the defense fury jutsu, not N3 himself, so the seal burnt off and the snakes slowly hissed and died.

Anko was startled. She had no chakra left to use her other Trump jutsu, and the last 2 are mainly protective jutsu, that are useless in spars like this.

She grunted, then Anko slammed his fists into the ground.

'THINK ANKO THINK! HOW CAN I WIN?'

Naruto stepped out of the shadows, of course he was also not Naruto, but rather N11, but nobody could tell the difference anyway.

Naruto was suddenly in a head lock with a kunai to his throat, but Naruto grinned. His hand touched Anko's arm. She immediately fell to the ground coughing and squirming in pain.

She had never felt pain like this her entire life. Not in torture camp, not in missions, and she had her hair ripped out slowly and painfully by enemy ninja.

But she managed a few words.

"I surrender!"

The pain stopped. There were no remnants of any pain, like her body freaked out then went calm.

"That was my special attack. I used it at 10% and it was painful. If I use it at 100%, anyone I touch will die, simple as pie! It is called Life force Drain. I drain your life force and your body suddenly loses many functions and starts to ache because of the missing life force. That's how I killed all those Shinobi. I had to touch a few thousand people, that's all!"

The Wind whistled and the two shinobi stared at each other.

"Wait, LIfe Force Drain doesn't use chakra?

"Nope"

"So doesn't that make it a new style of jutsu. It isn't taijutsu, not ninjutsu, not kenjutsu, not genjutsu, not fuinjutsu, so… let's call it Nuijutsu "

"Nui-jutsu. Sounds Cool!"

Naruto then stared at Anko.

"I won!"

Anko sighed, it was true. The brat grew immensely talented, even without an arsenal of jutsu and stuff. She sighed again. Naruto already outshined her. Funny thing was, Anko went full out, unleashing her trump jutsus, and Naruto wasn't on the verge of being pressured.

Anko got, hugged her little jounin, which made Naruto blush, and then she let go.

"Maan, you got strong."

"Say where's Sasuke?"

"Oh he is still on mission. He will be back in 2 days if everything went to plan."

Anko hugged Naruto once more, and Naruto secretly used the golden healing chakra to heal Anko.

Anko got up, said thanks for healing, and shunshined to the hokage tower.

"Hokage-sama! Naruto is ready!"

"Yes I watched Naruto's fight through my ball. He is stronger than most of the ninja in the village. Some Anbu might even have a hard time taking him on. Is he ready for Orochimaru… probably not. But if he touches Orochimaru even once, it is over. But getting that close is going to be hard."

"Hai!"

"And what's this Nuijutsu thing?"

"It's Naruto's life force based attacks."

"Aah, dismissed."

Anko left the room, and once the sandaime heard her leave he called out.

"DRAGON!"

A single Anbu puffed in front of the Hokage. His mask depicted a dragon, and he had black hair. He was standing normally, but he was on alert.

"I want you to follow Naruto Uzumaki."

"Hai!"

"You are not to engage Naruto or make him find you. You will do absolutely nothing. If he falls to his death, then you will sit and watch him fall. As you are watching, take notes. In one month, he will be dispatched from team seven, and will train with you. The goal right now is to protect him from Orochimaru. Once Orochimaru goes back to hiding, or dead, it will be up to you whether you wish to continue training. Any questions?"

"How long will I train Uzumaki?" said Anbu Dragon in a plain monotonous voice.

"One year minimum. How long after is up to you."

"HAI!"

Dragon turned into smoke. He went back to his place in ANBU. He sat down on his bed. The Hokage didn't give any hints as to how strong Naruto was.

Dragon would be lying if he said that his curiosity wasn't perked. The Hokage asked him to follow people when they were powerful. And Dragon wanted to see how powerful. He jumped out of the Window. He slept all day so taking an all nighter wasn't a problem.

He found his way to Naruto's residence. Dragon saw a blonde kid walking to the door. He had a white sleeveless hoodie, a black shirt underneath, ANBU black pants, and sandals. All with orange highlights.

Naruto knocked on the door, and it opened, and a girl flew at him, giving him a hug as he fought for balance. He recovered quickly thanks to shinobi training. He hugged the girl back and ruffled her hair.

"Come on TenTen, let's go inside."

"Where were you Naruto? It's boring here."

"You chose to live here. It's all your fault."

TenTen released her grip and sighed. She walked back inside. Whilst pulling Naruto back, but before he went out of Dragon's sight, he glanced at Dragon right into his eyes. The glance wasn't to show him anger or anything. It was a simple glance. Something that said, "I know you're there!"

Dragon stayed still. Naruto found him. Nobody found him till now. He had his chakra suppressed to nothing. His body was in the shadows, and his breathing was shallow and regulated with the wind. What tipped him off.

Then a simple tap on his shoulder came, and Dragon twirled around a kunai to nobody? Naruto ducked and grabbed Dragon, and Dragon started to squirm in pain, but a simple silencing seal over his mouth stopped him from shouting.

"You see, I really don't know why you're following me. But your hiding was perfect. So you don't need to worry. But I can make shadow clones. And the Master walks normally, but I walk with him. So that if people come around wanting to hurt Naruto, I see them before master does, and I either take care of them, or poof away, and let Master take care of them. So turns out, I happened to see you perched on this tree, and gave a signal to Naruto. Of course, it wasn't a hostile signal, but I gave one to him nonetheless."

As the speech was over, Naruto gave Dragon his life force back and Dragon pulled out the seal. "I see". Then the clone puffed, leaving the dragon alone.

Dragon was astonished. He suddenly started to squirm and quince in immense pain, and Naruto didn't do anything. He just grabbed his arm. Dragon looked at his arm. 'Not a single chakra remnant. Naruto hadn't grabbed any vital point. I had memorized all of them, and no vital point in the arm causes that much pain. What did he do?'

Dragon decided to leave. He would start his watching tomorrow, but he got a taste of Naruto, and he was pretty strong, for a 10 year old.

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That's a very very VERY big wrap. THis was supposed to be 2-3 chapters, but I was far too excited about the arc beginning and wrote it all in one go.

"Write Snakes scream fire" in the reviews for Dragon's true identity. Naruto will suffer a power loss. As to how it will happen, I'm not sure.

Well I have nothing to say, so…

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BYE!