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!

7. The Exile(s) but not really

-Narutobi9980-

I am bored, so I wrote on a board.

HI, didn't see you there. Umm, how are you?

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Are you ignoring ME? Scoff scoff

FINE, then I'm ignoring you…

BYE!

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Hiruzen sighed. It had been a few days since Dragon started to look over Naruto. Hiruzen knew Naruto already sniffed him out, and personally, he couldn't blame Dragon, he had lowered his guard, anybody would. I mean, facing a 10 year old wouldn't be that scary to anyone. And Dragon had his fair share of surprises. Dragon still couldn't understand how Naruto managed to inflict such pain on people, without ever doing anything but touching them.

Dragon also realised that Naruto had been creating a new jutsu. And by Dragon's experience, he knew he was trying to make a long Range version of his miracle jutsu. Dragon sighed. There were very few times he was confused. Scratch that, he was never confused. Yet this boy bewildered him to no extent.

Naruto grunted. He was exhausted. Naruto couldn't grab anything beyond his reach. Naruto had tried to suck the life force out of trees, but he couldn't. Only if there was a book on life forces. Naruto smiled, "Perks of Being the first in the History of Shinobi, HELL YEAH"

Naruto regained his motivation. Naruto then had a wonderful idea, it was just an experiment, and only had one try, he had to go teach TenTen after. SO Naruto pulled out a kunai, wrapped some ninja string around the ring. And coated the kunai in his life force. Naruto then threw the kunai at a tree, and went into the Life force dimension. IT was all white, and there looked down, and saw a yellow substance, his life force, it was large, the size of a lake. And then he looked forward, he saw the tree's life force, a greenish one, Naruto then saw his life force floating in the green life force. That was his kunai coated life force.

Naruto focused, he had to suck up all of the life force and coat it on his kunai. Naruto felt the link between the mother blob, and the expeditionary blob, and controlled the exterior life force, and it sucked on the green LF and slowly the expeditionary LF grew bigger. Naruto sucked the life force of the tree completely. The big LF then instead of being a yellow green mix, turned into a completely yellow mix.

Naruto snapped out of the LF. He pulled on the string. Naruto felt the kunai come back. He grabbed it and took in the life force. He glanced at the tree. The wood became rotten, and the leaves went yellow and crisp. The branches sagged, and the roots shriveled. Naruto had some pity for the tree.

Dragon was astonished, he saw the kunai embed itself in the tree, and instantaneously it died. For Naruto, it took a few minutes, but time doesn't pass in the LF dimension. Dragon then saw Naruto walk up to the tree, and the tree went back to life.

'That crazy man! He did it! How he did it, I have no idea'

Dragon then realised, he killed a tree and then REVIVED it. Dragon thought of how useful Naruto could be as a Combat Medic Nin. Dragon knew that Naruto was more of a combat specialist. But his major skill set itself are major developments in warfare. If what this power is and how he uses it gets leaked, the world might fall into ruin.

Dragon then out of practice went to Naruto's training ground where he would teach TenTen, but as he did, he ran into Naruto.

Dragon looked back and Naruto wasn't there. He turned back around and looked at Naruto through his mask.

"OYE, Dragon-Sama, you know you can stop watching me from the trees, I already know you are there. Plus, please don't tell anybody about this move, I want it to be a secret when I use it in battle."

Dragon looked at his eyes, he nodded. He already failed his mission. But Hiruzen didn't mind. He had just sighed and told Dragon to continue the mission. As to why he still watched from the shadows was probably just habit.

Naruto sighed. He knew Anbu were cold and nonemotional when in the mask. So he just ran off.

"Maaaaan, I'm late" said Naruto nonchalantly.

"Naru-kun, I'm getting the feeling TenTen is gonna admit to you her crush. Slow down, and think, what will you say?"

Naruto stopped. He thought. He didn't like TenTen romantically, but he really didn't want to reject her. Naruto sat on a branch. He had a few options.

Sure!

Nope!

Don't go to train today

Maybe, i'll sleep on it.

I'll go out with you, and you have to make me like you

E sounded good, but he felt weird saying it. D sounded like a no, and C was plain cowardly.

Naruto scratched his head. He really didn't want to be in a place like that. Kurama coughed and gave Naruto another whopper.

"Hey Kit, now that I got your attention at the matters on hand. Hinata also likes, no, she loves you. Now then, I'm gonna help you get through this, because I know your brain, err, lesser advanced half of your evolved brain, can't handle this much load. Now lets go and get it over with."

Naruto got up, frowning, and jumped to his demise. He got there, and TenTen blushed at seeing Naruto. TenTen was gaining more and more admiration of Naruto. She shakes her head.

'Today's the day! Today's the day! Today's the day! Today's the day!'

She then stepped near Naruto, when a white eyed female stepped out of the clearing.

"Naruto, I… I think-" TenTen started.

"Oye Hinata, didn't see ya there! Aren't you supposed to be with Kakashi? Oh, do you need my help?"

Naruto was frantically trying to get Hinata to pull him out of the situation. But Hinata walked straight to Naruto.

"Kit… they both are confessing in front of you… RUN!"

'H-Hai'

Naruto then saw both TenTen and Hinata open their mouths, when Naruto frantically sunshined to the Hokage tower.

"Jiji! You gotta help me! I'm stuck and I don't know how to get out!"

Hiruzen smirked, he had been watching the ordeal through his seeing ball.

"I assume you got into something related with the ladies?"

"Yes Exactly!

"And they both like you?"

"Yes exactly, Jiji, you are right on!"

"And you ran here, when they tried to confess to you?"

"YES, how did you know!"

"I ain't the Hokage for no reason!" HIruzen said, striking a pose.

Naruto waited for advice. Hiruzen sat down and thought. He had never been in a situation like this. Sure he had fangirls after the war. But Naruto had 2 genuine people who genuinely liked him. Not his power. Hiruzen took a deep puff of his pipe.

"Naruto, reject both of them. But don't reject them plainly. Get creative. Have you ever heard of friendzone?"

"No?"

"Okay, you don't need to know. Just go back there, and when they confess. Don't think. Don't breathe. Don't even feel! Just say, 'I think we'll be good friends' and smile brightly. They won't pester you for a while. And your relationship with them will be the same for more or less."

Kurama laughed. He liked the old man. It was cruel yet entertaining. Kurama was a female, but she was one female who loved watching things fall apart. Her favorite kind was the subtle ones. Those who wreak havoc yet do very little. They know how to create a chain reaction of destruction.

But it was different, this was her host's life. And she was entitled to make his life the best she can. Kurama then said.

"Naru-chan, don't listen to him. As much as I would like for you to say that. It is best if you try to reject them in a nicer way."

'Jiji's way sounds so nice though!?'

"Kit, you and I aren't an expert on relationships, but I know for sure, that his approach isn't the nicest way to do things. Just go, I'll feed you words."

Naruto nodded. He thanked the Hokage, and he left. The old Sarutobi pulled out his seeing ball, he wasn't gonna miss out on entertainment like this. I mean, what's better than watching a goofball trying to reject not one, but TWO ladies at the same time.

Naruto reached, and the girls were waiting for him. Naruto jumped down, and coughed. TenTen and Hinata were in front of him in a flash.

"KIT, IT'S HAPPENING, now calm down."

'Hai'

"Take Deep Breaths!"

'Hai'

"Naruto, I like you a lot" they said at the same time. They glared at each other, and they looked at Naruto in a way saying choose me.

"All right kit repeat after me"

"HAI"

Naruto realised he said it out loud. He just accepted somebody's confession. He widened his eyes. TenTen and Hinata's eyes pleadingly stared at Naruto.

"Sorry, but umm" Naruto thought long and hard, "Kurama confessed to me yesterday"

Kurama fell and passed out, and TenTen and Hinata looked confused.

"Oh… ummm, Kurama is a girl from Suna."

TenTen realised the lie. They were out of Suna for almost a week now. Hinata caught on. But Hinata knew how uncomfortable it must be for Naruto. Two people confessing at the same time to him.

Naruto sighed. Kurama was blushing even after fainting. Then he realised something. It was clever and funny.

"Yeah, so the summer festival is coming soon. And whoever has the goofiest kimono wins me!"

Hinata and TenTen nodded. What Naruto didn't tell them was that he would be on a mission with Dragon during the summer festival.

Dragon was thoroughly enjoying this. He snickered when he put up the "contest". Dragon knew that he would be out of the city then with Naruto. So Dragon wiped a tear off his mask, and forced himself to choke his laughter.

Dragon has a reputation for being cold and unmoving. But Dragon was like that on missions, or battle. He personally liked a good show. He smiled. He was gonna like training with Naruto.

Naruto also had a few other things on mind. He remembered back when he was thrown into Team 7, Kakashi's notes for him. Naruto knew he needed a special custom made Taijutsu style tailored to his needs. But thanks to his schedule, he couldn't find time.

TenTen and Naruto practiced. TenTen became more versatile with weapons, and Naruto made more trips to the weapons shop. TenTen started wearing scrolls on her back that held her weapons. She was in love with weapons, some would say she loved them more than Naruto.

Dusk rolled around and Naruto asked if TenTen had her keys. She nodded and walked off happily while looking through the shop trying to find a goofy kimono. She sighed. Naruto knew finding a goofy kimono would be hard, it was a battle of wits AND looks.

Naruto walked to his meeting ground. Sasuke was waiting there, he had a smug grin on his face.

"Whatsup Duck-butt"

"Nothing much dobe, just came back from doing an A rank…"

"Aah, I just did a B-rank that was pushed up to an SS rank"

Sasuke fell.

'He's better than me in luck as well! Wait, what did he do?'

"I don't believe it!"

"Yeah, I was in Suna and stuff. So I beat the Ichibi, trying to save its container. Then my teammates including Kakashi fell for a trap. Then I was stuck all alone trying to protect Suna from 7,000 jounin mis nin. And the other jounin tried to help. But I refused their help. You can ask the Hokage or the Kazekage."

Sasuke fell. And he looked shocked at Naruto. But the one who was really confused was Dragon. He had many more questions and he wanted, no, he needed answers. Dragon shunshined the Hokage tower and knocked curtly on his door.

"COME IN! Aaah, Dragon, what brings you here?"

"Naruto Uzumaki. Jounin. 10 years old. You said his rank came from a field promotion. But what did he do that made him Jounin on the field."

"Aaah. So Naruto went to Suna to stop a few criminals who were kidnapping children and using them for experiments. Upon doing so, our information turned out to be partially incorrect, as the group was just a small percent of a MUCH MUCH larger group Naruto called the Otosuchi. Naruto destroyed the hidden facility. So the Otosuchi came with a force of 7,000 men, to conquer and burn Suna to the ground. Naruto talked to the Kazekage, claiming that his actions led up to the invasion, so he will stop it, no one else. The Kazekage accepted since it was not his duty to protect Naruto, a Konoha Shinobi. So Naruto stood valiantly in front of the enemy. And within minutes, killed them all. That itself is a task many of our jounin can't do."

"What jutsu did he use?"

"You will learn Dragon. But all I can tell you is that it is not a ninjutsu. It falls into another category of warfare."

"Taijutsu?"

"No, nuijutsu."

"Nui-jutsu"

"Yes."

"Hokage-Sama, isn't weird that he managed to kill so many with little resistance?"

"The Kazekage thought the same, so he captured a few deserters, and they claimed, 'he was so small, and agile. Before we could even bring our hands up in defence, he had killed hundreds in a row.' Hence, his technique, along with his size and agility is a killing combo. Quite literally!"

"Thank you Hokage-Sama!"

"Anytime Dragon,"

Dragon walked out the door. Naruto became less and less of a mystery, yet the questions grew. Dragon felt his respect for the blonde rise a lot. He wanted answers, err, more answers, than ever before. So he decided to pay Suna a visit. He flashed through hand signs.

"Travelers Shunshin!"

Dragon was now in front of Suna's wall. He was also tired. It was simple in theory. You turn yourself into chakra, and move yourself over large distances. But it is hard to maintain focus. And if you remake your body incorrectly, you might be stuck like that for the rest of your life.

Dragon pulled out a seal. He opened it and Chakra flooded his system. Dragon got up and moved to the gates. The chunin knew him from multiple missions, and let him pass. But as he went through the gates, he saw 15 statues of Naruto, standing proud, protecting Suna's borders.

He went straight for Hokage's tower.

He had a nice long chat with the Kazekage who confirmed all of this, as he himself saw the battle near halfway.

Dragon thanked Kazekage, who thanked him back. He teleported back to Konoha. He got a lot more answers, but nothing about his technique, as the Kazekage, also let him down. He said that "If I tell you, then you might spread it, and it might inadvertently cause the destruction of the world we know. So even I can't tell you. Only Naruto can tell.

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Anko walked into the clearing, she had her hands on her waist. Naruto knew that pose. It was Bootcamp time. And Anko's bootcamp was much different.

"You see my young pupils. Naruto won against me. But I have experience, you do not Naruto."

Sasuke stared at the blonde beside him.

'He beat sensei?!'

"So, to even out the odds, Sasuke and I are going to capture the flag against you Naruto. Since as a jounin, many missions you will receive are going to be dangerous retrieval and stealth missions. So, we will hold the flag."\

"What do you mean 'As a Jounin' sensei?"

"Well, you see… Naruto is a jounin now…"

Sasuke felt rage bubble up inside him. He was an Uchiha. The Uchiha. A poor boy from a forgotten clan overtook him?

"I Sasuke Uchiha, command you as an Uchiha, to give me your rank!"

"Ummm, why?"

"I'm an Uchiha, your rank belongs to people like me. You probably bluffed your way to that rank!"

"But if I give you my rank, then won't you be bluffing your way to the rank along with me? Which also makes you my equivalent, hence, the rank stays with me since I got it first. Plus, I did not bluff my way. Dragon can prove it!"

Anko's eyes widened, 'THE DRAGON? The one man who was in the ANBU longest, yet is the only one with a perfect mission rate. The man whose skills are kage level! Naruto knows him?!'

Sasuke growled deeply, he was humiliated. But it was true. If he took his rank. That made him not only jealous, but jealous scum.

Naruto patted Sasuke's shoulder.

"I think you can get it too! Just practice some more, and you'll be up the chain in no time! I believe in you Sasuke!"

Sasuke smiled, Naruto wasn't that bad. Sasuke felt motivated, Uchiha style.

"Hmph"

Sasuke ran over Anko, who placed a twig with the kanji for a snake (ヘビ) drawn on it. Anko knows his brain condition, and only when he gets serious, does he get strong. And anko wanted to fully test out his limits. So she went straight into high gear. A shower of exploding kunai rain over Naruto. In a flash, his swords were out. And they were swinging faster than the eye could see. As he deflected, he tried to redirect the kunai, not block it, otherwise the bomb would fall beside him, and that wasn't any good. Suddenly, the trees started to explode.

Naruto then looked around for Sasuke. He smiled. Sasuke was gone. And Anko had a shadow clone put a few protection seals around the flag. Naruto was quick and rushed forward. Anko braced herself.

'Fast'

Naruto chopped off Anko's arm, who was blocking. He knew he could heal her back. But thanks to sudden and intense pain, the clone poofed, and the seal exploded, launching the flag in the air. Sasuke was ready, and substituted himself with the flag. Naruto saw Sasuke flying in the air and smirked.

Naruto didn't run after Sasuke, but he ran at Sasuke's old position. Flaring his chakra out, he saw a series of well made traps. But Naruto dodged them. He got the flag, but now, he had to bring it back.

Anko calmed herself down. This wasn't the first time in her training where she had appendages cut off. But after training, Naruto would somehow heal it back. Anko never really knew when or where he learnt a Medical jutsu of that caliber, but she was happy he did.

She took a nice deep breath and calmed herself. She really hated how easy it was for Naruto. Naruto started running back to his zone, and Anko substituted herself with the flag as a last measure. But she ended up face to face with Naruto. Naruto blushed intensely, and let go. He stepped back a few, and Anko pouted.

"Enjoying yourself I see."

Naruto blushed more. Anko laughed. Naruto then cut off Anko's other arm in retaliation. She winced. The pain from her one arm kinda numb out the pain from another. She really started to look in pain though. Anko then knew she was useless. So she sat back down. A shadow clone poofed up and healed Anko. She got her hands back, and she sighed. Naruto then walked back to the flag. But Sasuke was waiting.

He threw a kunai, and Naruto deflected. But the kunai was there just to move his sword away from his body, as a large fireball came his way.

"Aah, so you fully mastered the fireball. No hand signs and stuff."

"Yeah!"

But in the conversation Sasuke realised that the fireball disappeared. Naruto smirked. It didn't disappear. Naruto dissipated it. Naruto shot some water chakra at the fireball, and since the chakra was in a very special form, it wasn't water, but the chakra that is created before it turns into water.

There are three stages to elemental jutsu. The chakra stage, the semi elemental stage, and the elemental stage. Since he shot semi elemental chakra at the fireball, the fireball didn't hiss, it just converted to chakra.

Naruto smiled. 'Game over'

"Defense Fury Jutsu!"

Naruto was coated in his chakra armour. He couldn't be hurt now. Only a large sum of chakra in a single point could pierce it, but the chakra would have dissipated. Or a S Rank fatal attack.

Naruto walked to his Zone, and placed the flag down. Piece of cake.

Anko then had a brilliant idea.

"Naruto, ditch training tomorrow, we're gonna play a massive game of Capture the flag"

"Ummm?"

"Just met up with me at 2:00 PM tomorrow. I'll be waiting at Training ground 7."

"H-Hai"

Anko left, Sasuke walked back home. Naruto sighed. He wasn't exhausted today. SO he called the Dragon, who jumped down. He wanted a challenge, and Naruto was pretty sure he was gonna get one. Anbu wasn't a joke.

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Anko summoned all the jounin (except Naruto) to the jounin lounge that was in the room beside the Hokage's office.

Kurenai showed up with Asuma. Kakashi was already there. Maito Gai jumped through the open window. While doing handstand pushups. Anko explained her plan. A large game of Capture the Flag.

"As some of you may have heard. A 10 year old by the name of Naruto Uzumaki, has been given a field promotion to Jounin."

Maito Gai looked shocked, but remembered his previous encounter with Naruto. He was less surprised at the news.

Asuma dropped his cigarette from his mouth, and he NEVER dropped his cigarette. Kurenai looked baffled. And then again, Kakashi already knew.

"So, like we all had one, we will play a game to test our new Jounin's skill!"

They all looked at Anko like she was crazy.

"Us against a 10 year old? Isn't that overkill?" said Kurenai.

Anko facepalmed, she had no idea how hardly she was gonna be pressured tomorrow.

"Ummm no," Kakashi replied.

"Anyway, we will play Capture the Flag. Naruto will start at the gate. He will have to go through the village and us. The Flag will be on the top of Minato's Stone head. He will then have to stay there for 10 minutes. And go back with the flag. As we are playing this. Try to learn Naruto's skill set, and find a way to beat it. So, let's think about tactics. Also, just to give you a description about our enemy, He beat up 7,000 mis nin jounin, by himself, and beat me countless times in spars. He also made the pinnacle of clones techniques."

Kurenai suddenly felt outmatched, even if she had the strongest of the jounin force with her. Making the pinnacle of Cloning techniques wasn't a joke. And 7,000 jounin couldn't kill him. She shivered at the sight of seeing a 10 year standing alone, on a mountain of corpses.

Kakashi felt the urge to give up, and Maito was already sweating trying to find ways to beat Naruto. Asuma, stopped smoking while he was thinking. And that he never did.

Then, a knock on the door came. Anko opened it. She saw Ibiki and the Hokage standing in front of her.

"I want in on your little game."

Anko smiled. The tables just turned in their favor.

"So do I." said Ibiki after.

"The more the merrier"

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Naruto was on his back panting, and Dragon was also heavily breathing. But Was missing an arm and a leg, along with several injuries. But Dragon only had a little bit of dust on his clothes. Dragon knew better than to keep his distance. But his taijutsu was faster than Naruto could imply his secret technique.

Dragon was impressed. A 10 year old was able to keep up with him. Not entirely, but better than some of his enemies. And he only considered the strong ones as his enemies.

Naruto coughed up blood. He panted.

"I give up"

"Good, a few more minutes, and you will die of blood loss. Heal yourself. I'll treat you to Ramen after."

Naruto was in Dragon's face faster than he could react, and that was saying something. That too with only one leg.

Naruto healed himself, pulled out a spare change of clothes, and put up a distortion jutsu around him, he changed. In a flash, he was ready to go.

"Naruto, I will be training you after a week. You will be away from Konoha for two years. The plan was 1 year, but I can keep you for longer. Now then, that being said, say your goodbyes especially to the panda eyed female at your residence. She will miss you a lot. And then of course, we will be traveling shinobi. Leave your hitai-ate at home."

"Yeah Yeah,"

"And with that, Let's Enjoy!"

Naruto was shocked at the sudden change of expression. He wasn't that bad after all.

"YEAH!"

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Kurenai and Asuma had been assigned to watch Naruto. And as they reached, they saw Naruto without a leg and an arm. They went to save him. Until Dragon started speaking, and in a flash Naruto was in front of Dragon, healing his appendages back.

'HE CAN REGROW LIMB AND HEAL WOUNDS INSTANTANEOUSLY!?'

Asuma and Kurenai stared in shock at Naruto. They didn't know who the Anbu was, but they still had their senses up. As the Anbu turned, they saw a dragon wrapped around his mask.

'He is getting trained from the Dragon?'

Kurenai went to report this. Asuma stayed and followed them

As Anko heard the news, she sighed, she had feared that too, ever since Naruto started talking about Dragon like he was a friend.

She sighed, and Kakashi dropped his book. His hands were shaking.

"Are you okay Kakashi?" asked Kurenai.

"D-D-Dragon?"

"Yes…" said Kurenai dejectedly.

"He trained Naruto?"

"Yes…"

"We are all screwed."

Hiruzen sighed and stared at the ceiling. He wondered if he could beat Naruto. His Life force technique was very strong. Plus, he could use it, if he was indirectly using a weapon. If Hiruzen was holding his staff, then Naruto could suck his Life force using the staff as a gateway. He could probably kill Menma too while he was at it. Taijutsu became out of the spectrum, and weapons were already disqualified. He was too good with swords.

Ninjutsu was gone, Naruto knew how to dispel elemental attacks, and Genjutsu was easily shattered by the large amount of a jinchuriki Chakra disrupting the move. Ranged attacks were a hassle, but Naruto probably had something against those too.

He realised that Naruto was almost designed to nullify the jounin's skills.

Hiruzen sighed, now that he took part against Naruto, he regretted making Naruto a jounin. He was just so proud of the little boy he couldn't help it. But it was true, he was very very well fit to hold the jonin rank.

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Anko explained the game to Naruto. And Naruto grunted, like it was all the same. Anko snickered, they spent all night designing a plan.

The game started and the close range specialists, Gai and Kakashi went ahead and placed traps. Kurenai would then put a genjutsu over them. Then Hiruzen and Kakshi would use their summons to scavenge the area. Anko and Asuma and Ibiki would put a heavy protection seal on the flag. Asuma then would go out and hunt Naruto down. As he found him, he would shoot up a flare, and Kakashi would meet him. While the 2 made shadow clones to find out where the other Naruto's are. Ibiki was a long range ninjutsu user, so he would assist from back. And Anko would stay protecting the flag. Kurenai would be an assistant role and her job was to just go where the battle was hardest.

This all went to ruin, as 100 true Bunshin swarmed out of Naruto's zone.

Anko shouted, "Everyone get back, screw the plan. We have permission from the hokage to go all out."

Gai unlocked his 5th gate. Kakashi pulled out his sharingan. Asuma pulled out his wind daggers. Anko sweatdropped, maybe not that all out. Naruto was in the back. He was using a Sonar jutsu that Kakashi told him during his training, to find out the location of the traps. THe sonar jutsu was powerful enough to dispel the genjutsu around the trap. And so, Naruto grinned. With his new knowledge, he created 200 bunshin. To bystanders, this was crazy, they thought the beast had one rogue, but the hokage had said this was gonna happen.

Naruto put N300 in his spot, and blended in with his horde.

To Anko, this was hell. Naruto almost never used his True Bunshin during training. And even then, at most 1 or 2. Anko looked at her arms. 'Farewell, for now'.

Naruto then dropped down to his fours, and then beast-ran along the rooftops. He saw Gai heading for his batch of clones.

N34 motioned Naruto to leave, "We got this,"

"Okay, try not to die, cause you leave a corpse…"

N34 laughed at his humor, the True Bunshin had come to terms with their seal and how they were humans under Naruto's thumb.

N176, who also with them, sped up to meet Gai. THey both grinned at each other, and before he could start his Youthful speech, N176 ran and plunged and kicked him on the chest. Gai was shot back, and he ran forward, almost like a shunshin with the powers of the 5th gate.

N176 was launched back by a ferocious kick, only to be grabbed by N34, who used the momentum to spin on his heel, shooting N176 back to Gai. Gai was surprised by his actions. He had to use that someday. N176 got his bearing back and prepped a jutsu.

Then 5 more N176s were beside him, and they came to meet Gai. Gai thought of them as shadow clones, and kicked them to their death. But they were exploding shadow clones, and Gai was shot back like a ragdoll. N176 told N34 to stay back. Gai got up and flashed a smile.

"YOUR YOUTHFUL STRATEGY WAS VERY POWERFUL! I AM HAPPY THAT IT WAS ME WHO WENT AGAINST IT!"

"THANK YOU YOUTHFUL GAI SENSEI!"

"NARUTO"

"GAI"

And just before Gai could say Naruto again, Kakashi came and roundhoused Gai followed by a karate chop. Losing was much less important than making Naruto a mini Gai.

Gai was out of the game. The clones were coming in fast. And Naruto was amongst them. There was a rule that said that Naruto had to be the one to grab the flag, not one of his clones. So the clones stayed back, and fought Anko, who had already lost her arms, Kurenai, who lost half her life force, and Asuma, who couldn't use Fuuton Chakra anymore.

Ibiki was heavily pressured. He and Asuma were facing at least 100 killing 10 year olds. N65 came out and lashed at them, who Ibiki shot with a chakra arrow. Naruto simply dispersed the chakra and took it in. Then he was battling a taijutsu battle with Asuma.

Asuma made the mistake of blocking a punch, and suddenly Asuma was on the floor coughing and squirming. Naruto did the courtesy of putting a pain suppressor on Asuma. But he couldn't move, despite how much chakra he used. Ibiki was the last stand.

Then suddenly, a staff member hit Ibiki's shoulder.

"Fear not, the Hokage is here."

Ibiki felt a volcano of confidence erupt within him. There he was. A top Minato's stone head. Him and the Hokage. As 100 Narutos surrounded him. It was like the calm before the storm. Once all the Naruto's come at the same time, it is game over.

N65 made his next move. "Defence fury Jutsu!"

As the blue coat enhanced his skills, Naruto shot forward. Then Hiruzen's Staff turned into Menma, who punched Naruto. Menma's hand broke through the defence, much to both their astonishment, but Naruto was happier about it.

Naruto grabbed Menma's hand, and sucked enough of his life force to make him poof away. But right before he did, he put his life force back.

HIruzen was at a loss of summons. He almost knew that was coming.

"Ibiki, I am prepping a finisher jutsu, protect me till then!"

Ibiki was scared. Naruto (N65) just defeated the hokage's summon, with almost complete ease. HIruzen was prepping a wide area jutsu. And right now, he was in charge of Protecting Hiruzen against attacks. N65 ran at him. Ibiki couldn't attack, nor could he block. He can't even take hits. And if multiple Naruto's took him on, he was a goner.

Ibiki grinned.

'This was a saturday job'.

Ibiki ran right at Naruto, launching several chakra arrows and then sweeping N65 while he was not looking. But N65 jumped, rotated 180 degrees sideways (Head is down) and grabbed Ibiki's sweeping leg. Ibiki knew what was coming, pain then paralyzation. But then, N65 smiled. Much to Ibiki's astonishment, he was thrown off the Hokage monument. And was mid air for a full 20 seconds before he fell hard.

Hiruzen smiled. Everybody was out of his way.

"Ancient Konoha Style: Shogun Warfare!"

Naruto (N65) smiled.

"Ancient Konoha Style: Shogun Warfare!"

This was Naruto's first time in battle with this jutsu, but he was sure it was fine. Hiruzen sighed, 'So he also knows my Trump Jutsu, well, why am I not surprised by this? Did I in some corner of my mind expect this? Ahh well, this isn't gonna go well.'

N65 jumped forward, and he punched, only for Hiruzen to duck and shoot a fireball directly above him. N65 released his semi-elemental Water chakra at the fireball only to see a punch come up from behind it. Naruto caught his arm and flinged Hiruzen over his shoulder.

HIruzen wasn't scattered, perks of the jutsu. Naruto prepped a few hand seals, "Demonic Winds!"

A large series of strikes were coming the Hiruzen way, when Hiruzen dodged all of them. Naruto wasn't surprised, he is the Hokage. But then as the battle was going on, N65 developed a plan. He was gonna lead the Hokage away. And then a clone can hit him from behind, and Naruto takes the flag.

It went perfectly. All of Naruto's clones were gone, and only Naruto stood. Flag in his hand. Naruto then created a clone. Who ran and jumped. Naruto threw the flag to N1 who kicked it with all his force. Then N1 launched Naruto behind it. Naruto was flying in the air and landed a few centimeters in front of his Zone. Naruto walked in and threw it down.

Naruto Created 5 more clones and they healed everybody.

Naruto won.

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Kakashi had to go on a mission with Anko. There was a large disturbance in the area and those two were the only Jounin (Naruto is a jounin in training) available.

Naruto had some free time, so he called out to Dragon, who dropped down from his hiding spot. Naruto found it cool that he had an ANBU at his beck and call, but kinda creepy and weird too. Naruto walked over to Dragon, who waved at Naruto.

"Ne Dragon, I have a bunch of free time… so I was wondering if you could help me out."

"Sure Naruto! PLease tell me it's like a super cool jutsu that blows up buildings and stuff, or a Naruto clone that's like a super buff and has superhuman strength"

Naruto sweatdropped, Dragon isn't exactly like the others.

"No, but they all are good ideas! But I was wondering, I need a custom fit Taijutsu. None of the styles I know are good for my technique."

"Aaah. Okay let's brainstorm. We need to find your strong points, and your weak points. The taijutsu stance will have to bring out your strong points, are cover up your weak points."

"YEAH!"

"Okay… you can take a few hits, and you sure are flexible. You have quite the punch, and your subtle hit style suits you well. Your Dragon whip style doesn't give you as much Punch as you want, and the subtle hit style is hard to use. So, let's follow the taijutsu creation flow chart."

"Okay!"

"Stand straight." Naruto stood straight. "Now. fall limp."

Naruto fell limp. Naruto's legs came in a crouched position. His left arm in front of his Right arm. He was leaning forward just slightly.

"Now, don't straighten yourself, but maintain a cleaner form of that position."

Naruto Bent his legs, right leg in front of his left in a low crouch. HIs torso was forward at a 40 degree angle. His right arm was bent into a right angle behind him, and his left arm was in front of Naruto like a halfway push.

"There, that's the base stance. Now, let's spar and we can adjust things a little to fully fit the form."

Naruto rushed at Dragon, his speed was heavily increased and Dragon got a fist to the face. Dragon was expecting that, but not as much. Dragon got up. He remembered something.

"Naruto, pull out your swords,"

Naruto complied and the stance suddenly felt very weak.

"Ugh, let's do the stand and fall thing again."

The day flew as Naruto made a new style. His legs were in the same position. Right in front of left, and his torso was forward at a 30 degree angle. His left arm was forward and it was dropped. But his right arm was behind him, and raised, resembling a sideways scorpion tail.

Dragon felt like Naruto was improving at a rate faster than normal. And Dragon's normal was an average jounin Exceptional.

Dragon then sparred on more time. Naruto was really fond of a low stance, his legs could handle the burden, and the speed. Dragon could have sworn that if Naruto went in a random direction suddenly changing hsi course, it would look like he was being flinged by nothing. If the boy went any faster he might just break the speed of sound.

Dragon ducked a strike to get kneed in the face, he cursed the subtle hit style. Naruto smiled. He was landing more and more hits every practice. Dragon tumbled back. He rushed at Naruto again.

Naruto blocked a punch with the flat part of his sword and kicked Dragon. Dragon backflipped, and then launched himself at Naruto. Naruto crouch sweeped whie extending his swords out to increase his wingspan. Dragon winced as Naruto sliced a part of his foot. The two stared at each other. Dragon sighed. "Naruto, lets stop, I want to show you something."

A kunai whistled from Dragon and landed at Naruto's feet. It was not an ordinary Kunai. The blade had three prongs, and there was a seal on the handle. In a flash, Dragon was where the kunai was.

"Space time Ninjutsu, your father's greatest technique. It would be helpful to you to learn it."

Naruto stood there. He looked like he just came back from the candy store. Naruto was practically drooling.

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Naruto went home to TenTen. Who was greeted by his flying hug which he grew to love and enjoy. Naruto found it nice to know that he was liked and loved and wanted.

Naruto pulled TenTen off of him. He smiled at TenTen's recovery. She grew more muscle, and she had gotten used to the world. She already fit in perfectly with Team 7, and was growing to like her teammates.

"TenTen, I have to tell you something." Naruto sounded grim, and almost sorry.

"What is it?"

Naruto looked in TenTen's concerned eyes. He hated the news he had to give her.

"I'm leaving Konoha,"

TenTen's eyes widened as tears swelled at the bottom of her eyes. She tried to open her mouth to ask why, but her throat had a lump too big to breathe through.

"I'm going with Dragon, an ANBU, for 2 years to train. I will come back, hopefully better than before."

"P-Please… Don't Go! I can't stay here, it'll be boring and I don't have friends. Who will take care of me?"

"The Hokage will send you payments, and missions will pay you well. You can live by yourself… please TenTen, don't try to make this harder than it has to be…"

TenTen started to shed tears. Naruto moved closer to her, but he was pushed away.

"Y-you, betrayed me? You, the one person I still have in my life?! WHY?"

"I don't want to go to TenTen… it's for your and mine safety. I can't be seen with people close to me, Orochimaru will hunt you down."

"That's all I am to you?" TenTen's voice was hushed and solemn. "I'm just a weakness? A liability? Leverage? Naruto I thought you were better than that. I thought you cared for people, but it's all just a farce."

"I didn't mean it like-"

"You aren't my friend!"

"TenT-"

"YOU'RE JUST A DEMON!" TenTen was sobbing, but even she didn't know that she had crossed a very big line.

Naruto was shocked. She called him a demon. Naruto felt his emotions grab and claw at his rational brain. Naruto lost it.

"I'm a Demon?"

"YES!"

"Have you ever seen a demon? Have you ever seen one up close? Have you ever seen one with blood on their hands, fangs baring and piercing their own lips, and immense aura suffocating those around him? Have you? HAVE YOU?"

TenTen's tears stopped shedding. She felt something bad coming her way.

Dragon was heading back. He had told Naruto to tell TenTen about his 2 year trip, and he hoped nothing would go bad. He heard a big explosion and ran to the source. Naruto was standing in front of a sobbing TenTen. His chakra flared out so powerfully, Naruto blasted half of his apartment, leaving ruins in his wake.

"Are you happy now TenTen? See you were right! I am a demon!"

Naruto blasted a table out of the large hole in his wall, or lack thereof. He started chucking things out of his home. He broke things and he threw.

"I am a demon. Look here, sofa? No, no sofa. Demons are evil right? Evil and dark and cruel and corrupt and scum right? TELL ME! I AM A DEMON RIGHT? TELL ME! CALL ME TRASH AND SCUM. YOU HATE ME YET?"

TenTen looked at the mess around her. Then at Naruto. She was having a hard time breathing, the aura so overpowering. She felt bad. Had she caused him that much harm? Was it really that bad to call him a demon? She wanted to say sorry, She tried, but she couldn't. She couldn't breathe.

TenTen wobbled up and tried to touch Naruto. But he moved away. Naruto never moved away from her yet. Naruto grunted and then scoffed. He jumped out of the hole, laughing like a maniac.

"AHAHAHAHAHA, I guess they were right all along! I am a demon!"

Dragon knew the boy had a dark past, he filled up on his research. But it never occurred to him that just the one word "Demon" was such a trigger. Dragon looked at TenTen, she looked sorry for what she said. She sobbed uncontrollably even more.

Dragon jumped from his spot, and ran after Naruto. He found him playing with a kunai in the middle of training ground 44. Dragon walked to him and sat down.

"What do you want, come here to pity me?"

Dragon sighed, the last thing he needed was a broody kid travelling with him for 2 years.

"Come on, get up. I'll treat you to ramen."

"Not interested."

Dragon didn't know anything else that Naruto liked except Ramen. Dragon tried to rack his brain. He did the only thing that could stir him. Dragon got up and kicked Naruto in the ribs. Causing him to skid across the place, spine hitting a tree.

Dragon thought he could take him. His body tensing up in expectation of a battle. But Naruto stayed there. Naruto chuckled. Then he laughed, not his joyful laugh, but an evil laugh, cruel laugh. Naruto looked up at Dragon. And Dragon saw a black cornea, and red Iris. Naruto got up.

"Im Baaaack"

Dragon knew this was bad. Something triggered a reaction in Naruto. This one felt more dangerous, more sinister.

In a flash, Naruto, or rather, Oturan, backwards Naruto, came in front of Dragon, and Dragon dodged. Had he not, his heart would have been pierced.

Naruto walked, tip of his sword grinding against the floor. Naruto raised his blade and brought it down. It swished and created a boom in the air. The blade just cut the air faster than it could move away.

Dragon moved to his stance. He blinked, and a rinnegan appeared in his eyes.

Naruto widened his eyes and chuckled. "You are full of surprises aren't you. Well, you and your eyes, they just keep getting better."

But much to his astonishment, Naruto moved faster than he could see. Dragon dodged a series of strikes and kicks. Then suddenly a hand grabbed Dragon's back.

"Remember this technique?"

Dragon knew his life was about to end. To think, he would die by the hands of a ten year old in his home country. The country he protected for almost 20 years nonstop.

"NOOOOOO" Naruto said in pain.

Dragon turned around, and saw one eye red and one eye blue, like he was fighting his evil. Naruto created a true clone. And then N1 knew what to do. N1 grabbed Naruto's evil hand and pulled it off Dragon.

Dragon watched in astonishment, he never encountered anything like this. Naruto forced him to stop himself. Naruto gulped, and he knocked himself out.

Naruto found himself in front of Kurama's cage. But Kurama was not to be seen.

Naruto found his evil self lurking. In front of him.

"What do you want?"

"Full control."

"Why?"

"I make you stronger. Negative experiences fuel me, strengthen me. Positive experiences strengthen you. And we both know that we have had much more negative experiences than good. Embrace Me! You will be imbued with power!"

"Why would I want power?"

Oturan looked at Naruto like he was mad.

"I AM YOU! I KNOW YOU CRAVE POWER!"

"You aren't me, you are Evil. You crave power, not me. You wish for pain and destruction, not me. We are different people sharing a body."

"WE ARE TWO HALFS OF A SOUL!"

"But that doesn't make us the same."

Oturan growled, he ran at Naruto, and he stabbed him. Naruto winced, but he didn't care, he wouldn't mind if he died right here. Then, he heard a few voices.

"Naruto!" said Hinata.

"Naruto!" said Kakashi.

"Naruto!" said Dragon.

"Naruto!" said Hiruzen.

"Naruto…" said Shikamaru.

They all shouted to him. Naruto turned around, and he saw them all there, smiling at him. He didn't know how he knew Dragon was smiling, but he knew. He felt his resolve to live grow and harden. He smiled back at them.

Naruto flashed back to Oturan, who was stabbing him many times over.

Naruto ruffled Oturan's hair.

Oturan looked confused and angry as he saw Naruto smiling. Oturan Screamed.

"WHY ARE YOU SO CALM! WHY DO YOU NOT HATE KONOHA? WHY DO YOU NOT HATE THE WORLD?"

"I have friends, and they are my sole solitude. I live on because they do. I fight because they do. I survive, so that I see that they can."

Oturan cried like a little boy, despite the fact that he is still only 10. Naruto hugged Oturan, it was the only thing he knew that consoled someone.

Oturan started to dissipate. He looked at Naruto, his eyes blue and true. They smiled at each other, and Oturan mouthed the words, "Thank you Naruto," then his ashes were swept away by a wind that wasn't there.

Kurama appeared again, in human form.

"You did it Naru-kun! You cleansed your mind and soul from hatred!"

"Thank you Kuru-chan"

Kuru-chan blushed at her name and went into fox form.

Naruto realised that he had a friend inside him too. Kurama would always be there for him, at least he hoped.

"Thank you Kuru-chan…" Naruto said one more time as he woke up in a hospital ward. Dragon, Hinata, Hiruzen, Shikamaru, Kakashi, and even TenTen, who Naruto frowned at. He hadn't forgiven her, not yet.

TenTen was happy that Naruto was awake. She teared up. Naruto looked at each of the people around him. But when he was going to look at TenTen, he looked at her eyes, a frown on his face. She teared up and the lump of guilt buried itself in her throat even more.

"Oh my god, you're alive! Don't leave us like that ever again Naruto…" Hinata said, she too had a few tears swelling in her eyes.

"What… happened…?"

"You were doing fine, and the nurse said your will to live was strong, otherwise the chop you delivered yourself would have closed off your jugular, and it would have been an instant death. They pushed a tube inside your mouth, while healing your neck. They reshaped the breathing hole, so no worries now. But suddenly, during the operation, you fell dead. For a nice 2 minutes. Your death certificate was about to be written too! They gave you electrical discharge and stuff. But you wouldn't wake. The Nurse said that your will to live had gone." said Dragon.

"Maaan, blondes really are troublesome,"

"Naruto…" said TenTen. All eyes went to her. She knew she caused it one way or another. She knew she overreacted, and that she should have been more considerate.

"...I'm sorry. I really am Naruto."

Naruto harbored no hard feelings for TenTen anymore, he conquered his hate. But he knew better than to forgive a person without him/her repenting first.

"It's fine, but I don't think I can call you a friend for sometime."

TenTen gulped, she got what she wanted, but she also got what she hated to see.

She nodded and smiled, she felt her guilt lessen and shrivel. Naruto sighed and looked at the equipment.

"Ummmm, may I just ask. HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST?"

"It's on me,"

"THANK YOU JIJI YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!"

Hiruzen sighed, and he looked at TenTen. She wasn't exactly guilty, but she wasn't innocent. It was a gray zone, one he didn't want.

Dragon motioned Kakashi out with him. TenTen left by her own accord. Hinata left with Shikamaru after TenTen. Hiruzen sat beside Naruto.

"Naruto, we can postpone your training. You need rest."

Naruto smiled and laughed a bit. "Jiji, you know me more than anybody. I'll be up and running by tomorrow, and plus, if I rest too much, I think too much. And nothing good ever happens when I think a lot."

Hiruzen nodded chuckling. Hell, he's seen Naruto thinking, Hiruzen knows that his brain suddenly shorts out and Naruto falls asleep. And if he doesn't then it ends up in a large scale prank.

"NARUTO! WHERE IS HE?" said a voice outside.

After a few moments, Anko burst through the door, heavily breathing.

Anko heard the news much later than the others. And she didn't get much except Naruto got hurt, and rushed here.

"Who did this?"

Naruto scratched his head sheepishly. "Most of it is self inflicted… hehe."

"Naruto went through an evil transformation. Doctors say it might be a side effect of his evolved brain. He held his negative thoughts and feelings in a deep part of his brain. And his subconscious created a separate entity that is the very creation of his negativity. In his rage that was triggered by a few words, he switched personas and became 'Oturan'. Apparently, Oturan was able to kill Dragon, had Naruto not interfered and stopped Oturan in his knocked himself out, but crushed his jugular by accident." Hiruzen clarified Naruto's blunt and very vague description of his situation.

Anko stood there and heard Hiruzen's report. But a few phrases really caught into his mind. What did he mean when he said "Negative thoughts and feelings." Naruto wasn't all sunshine and rainbows after all. But to think, to hold so many dark incentives to create a completely different persona, almost like an identity deficiency disorder.

Anko felt a kind of guilt hit her. She has been training with Naruto for a few months now, but she never even sensed such a dark and evil thing brooding inside him. She felt heavy on her heart. She wouldn't shed tears, she tried not to, she liked the boy even if he has an addiction to cutting her arms off.

She smiled a bit at the last thought. Anko sat beside Naruto, opposite Hiruzen. Naruto felt very uncomfortable being stared at by two adult ninja.

"What's wrong, somebody died today or something?"

The two laughed, Naruto didn't change one bit.

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Naruto polished his hitai-ate and kept it safe inside a chest hidden in his residence. Naruto packed very little clothes, and some ration bars. Dragon said to carry only one spare pain of clothes, some kunai and ninja string and shuriken. Dragon also told him that all his stuff should fit in his pockets. Naruto tried his hardest. But then, he grabbed a sheet of paper, drew a seal, and threw his stuff in a seal. Then folded the paper, and it snuggled in his pocket. Naruto zipped his pocket up, he didn't want all his stuff to fall out while he was running.

Naruto walked outside. He was wearing Civilian clothing. And he met Dragon waiting for him. He was in shinobi gear. Naruto gestured to Dragon, and Dragon waved back. Naruto was about to leave, when three people stepped out from the shadows.

"Where ya goin demon brat"

"We heard you blew up something, looks like you need some reforming."

"Yeah, stupid demon kids like you need to be hit hard. That's the only way to fix them. Their stupid brains don;t understand lectures."

"Hit them hard over and over again, till their bones break, and blood turns blue."

"Like this?" Naruto interjected, punching a guy, creating a crater in the wall. HIs friends pulled out a kunai and some exploding tags.

Naruto scoffed. He blurred from vision, and appeared behind the two. Naruto grabbed them by the collar, and flipped them both simultaneously over his shoulder.

Dragon looked at his hands, he wasn't sure if he could do that. 'The kid really is strong'

Dragon remembered his incident with Oturan. Dragon had his rinnegan out, yet it was futile, he was about to land the killing blow. Dragon would be dead by now.

Naruto picked the two up again, wrote on a sheet of paper, "Jiji, they assaulted me, you do what you want with them." and threw them both at the same time right through the Hokage's window. Dragon suddenly felt really weak. His muscles seemed like fats when compared to this kid. He just launched two adults at the same time over a half a mile away.

Naruto picked up the last one and threw him after the other 2.

Dragon smiled, he was really gonna have fun travelling with him.

Naruto walked over to Dragon. The gates started to open for the two, and Naruto turned around. No one to see him off huh? Naruto shed a lone tear. He really was lonely, but he realised no one was there to see Dragon off too. 'That makes the two of us.'

Dragon walked out the Gate followed by Naruto. They took a deep breath, and jumped into the trees. Dragon loved the feeling of going on a mission, far from his refuge. His Sanctuary. The thought knowing that if he got into some real trouble, he was gonna have to fight his way out. Dragon loved it.

All shinobi go through stages in their career.

The starting point, where the rush of knowing that you're a ninja is enough to get you pumped up. Then there is the training stage, you get a taste of real combat, and feel the need to grow stronger. Then there is the live or die mission, you fall deep in trouble. Most ninja end there. But those who come back, get cocky.

They stop training and feel more than competent. Then there is the awakening, you get sent into a mission where you get your butt handed to you. Then comes the second feverish training stage. And then. Then the last straw mission. Usually a traumatic experience, usually breaks a shinobi's will. Most shinobi retire after the mission.

Then the phobia stage. Shinobi have nightmares about war. Seeing a kunai or a child practicing katas scares them. Then, if they get over that. They become vulnerable, prone to join hands with the evil inside them. And then, the enjoyment, if you aren't with the evil side, you love the feeling of death knocking on your doorstep. Nothing gets you more pumped up than missions, not even alcohol or games.

Dragon was in the last stage. BUt he remembered his sensei's last part of the lecture.

Finally, there is death. Every shinobi encounters it unless they retire. They become unable to keep up in battle, they slip up and fall. They incorrectly calculate their surroundings. They fall right into death's hands.

Dragon knew it was coming. Every shinobi who lives long enough makes a name for himself. And that name attracts enemies.

Dragon looked at the blonde beside him. 'The boy is already famous for his feats, they are calling him Konoha's Wind. He is bound to get enemies faster than all of us. Kid, I hope you know what you're getting into.'

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"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN THEY LEFT ALREADY?" said Anko, she knew it was today, but nobody told her when. She punched the wall, and the chunin who broke the news to her winced.

Hinata and Kakashi were at her doorstep soon after.

"You got it late too didn't you?"

"Yeah," said Anko.

They all rushed to TenTen, but Anko held back. Kakshi knew Anko didn't like TenTen much, especially after her last lashing out at Naruto. Kakashi left for TenTen, Hinata and Anko continued to Hiruzen's place.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US NARUTO WAS LEAVING?" screamed Hinata, much against her nature.

"It was so that Naruto left without anybody seeing him off. Naruto would leave Konoha painfully, and he would keep full attention to his training, not wanting to remember this place. I know it's hard on both parties, but it was for the good." Hiruzen said, downtrodden. He had wanted to see Naruto off too.

"Fine," said Anko, she knew the Hokage was right.

Shikamaru and TenTen entered behind Anko. TenTen looked shocked like this happened because of her. Hinata assured it was not.

Naruto ran till night. His legs weren't close to sore, but he felt like he needed to stop. Dragon wanted to run through the night, and Naruto was ready to. But Dragon claimed it to be a joke and that his legs were aching like all hell.

Naruto got down and started rubbing at rocks to create a spark to light up. Dragon then motioned Naruto over.

"Naruto, let me teach you a fire style."

Dragon did a few hand seals, and shouted.

"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"

A little fireball shot into the air.

Naruto tried it. He did the hand seals and shouted.

"FIre Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Naruto's fireball burnt about 30-45 trees in its path. Dragon knew about his insane Chakra, but to survive such an intensity, it had to be super condensed too. About 400 Chakra-watts (1 Chakra-watt is about the chakra needed to make a normal bunshin) per cubic meter. And Naruto's fireball was about 20 Cubic meters in size. He is one powerful bloke. Dragon knew he was a prodigy, so it didn't surprise him he made a master level fireball first try, but still, isn't that a bit too good?

Dragon decided to teach Naruto something from all 5 elements.

"Water Style: Water Dragon!" Big water Dragon.

"Wind Style: Raging Push!" Big wind blows away people.

"Earth Style: 1000 Spike Barrage!" Large dirt spikes hit things a lot.

"Lightning Style: Electrical DIscharge!" Mild shock stuns the enemy.

To Dragon's predictions, he mastered each one perfectly. Naruto practiced a bit, destroying much of the trees around their spot in the process. Naruto came back, holding a dead deer. Dragon said that it had died long before, mainly because of age. Naruto sighed, he thought he killed him by accident. They cut the deer open, and washed the meat. Naruto roasted the meat while Dragon cleaned the Kunai he used to skin. Naruto then wandered out into the forest and came back with some herbs. He tied the herbs around the meat as he roasted it.

"Say, how do you know these aren't poisonous?"

"Cause then I would be dead by now. I wandered out in the forest once, and ate a plant, it tasted good, so a few days later I came back to pick some up. Then an old man living out in the woods saw me, and taught me how to cook these up with some meat to add flavor. He also put salt on it, but we don't have that."

Dragon shrugged, he couldn't care less about the background story. He just wanted to know he was safe.

"MAAAAAN, what a bore, say Naruto, wanna go to your Mother's birthplace. Uzushiogakure?"

"REALLY, we can go?!"

"Yeah sure, we aren't bound to a village anymore. Though we are still ninjas of Konoha, and if Konoha faces a level red threat and calls on us, we are forced to go. However to anybody we encounter, we are just travellers."

"OH, LIKE A SECRET IDENTITY BUT REALLY AWESOME AND STUFF. SO WE ARE NINJA BUT WE AREN'T."

"Yeah, I guess it's like that." Dragon yawned. Naruto finished his deer meat. Dragon ate it up.

"MMMMM, Naruto, you are one HELLLLL of a cook! I never knew you could cook so well. Maaaaan, I thought you lived off of instant ramen."

"I usually do, but sometimes I can't buy it, cause the shopkeepers there kick me out. Dumb fatsos." Naruto said. Dragon laughed hard at the last statement.

"I've never heard those two words paired together to portray a shopkeeper my entire life! But it's soooo true."

"I know!" Naruto laughed with Dragon. Naruto smiled, he had a friend who liked his company. Naruto was going to like his next years.

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Naruto had been running with Dragon for almost 2 days nonstop.

Dragon had to be replenished by Naruto multiple times. Then the coast line came into view.

Naruto jumped off the beach and wa meeted by a wonderful sight. It was an open plane, a large river, cutting it. A waterfall was in the vicinity. There were hills. And a red bridge went over the river. Naruto layed down on the soft grass. It was leveled and soft.

Wait?

Leveled?

Naruto got up, Dragon smiled.

"Man, you caught on fast eh Naruto. You aren't as dumb as you look. BUt it's fine, I cut it every once in a while. This is my favorite spot to relax after a mission. You should see it at night, that's when the fireflies come out and the water glows bright blue and the moon coats the place in a heavenly shine."

Naruto couldn't wait. He was a fan of calm and chilling places. Naruto layed down. And he saw Dragon look down regretfully at the soil. Naruto learnt how to read body language almost perfectly just to understand Dragon's emotions. Naruto sighed.

"What happened?"

"This place… is where my teammates died. Makasu, and Demo, and… Mikato."

"M-Maka-a-su?"

"Hai."

Naruto asked Dragon, "Was he really short and dark haired and like 5. Did he look like a radiant person."

"No, he wasn't 5 when he met you, he was actually, 14. He saw you in the orphanage. He henged and joined the orphanage to help you. He told me everyday about you. I forgot about you though, when he died. He seemed eager to watch you grow. I'm here partially to fulfill Makasu's dying wish."

"Makasu, wanted to help me? He was 14? A shinobi?"

"Hai." Dragon hoped Naruto didn't feel cheated in some way, if Naruto went berserk, and Oturan showed up, he would die for sure.

"Thank you Makasu…" Naruto smiled. A light smile etched onto his face.

Dragon laid down beside Naruto. They both missed Makasu. "To friends, in the afterlife and here. Eh Naruto?"

"To friends, in the afterlife and here."

Naruto fell asleep. He felt happy. Naruto was over feeling hate or anger. Dragon slept too.

Naruto woke up at Dusk. He saw the water start to shine. And Dragon was running his hand through the water. Naruto got up, and brushed the grass off the backside of his legs. Naruto walked over to Dragon. Naruto saw a fish swimming with the current. And Naruto smiled.

"Dragon, you wouldn't mind if we eat one of these fish for dinner, right?"

"Sure, go ahead."

Naruto waited, and timed a blow perfectly. He grabbed a fish and quickly killed it. He roasted it on the grass.

Dragon and Naruto enjoyed a small meal.

Dragon taught Naruto a few more jutsus.

"Water Style: Whirling Devastation!"

"Earth Style: Entrapment Dome!"

"Wind Style: 1000 Blades!"

"Lighting Style: Lightning Net!"

"Fire Style: Ash Cemetery!"

Naruto had been doing well picking up Jutsus. Naruto almost mastered everything on his first try. But he never did anything above A-Ranks. Naruto was for sure much more prodigious than Itachi himself.

"Naruto, let me tell you about Minato Namikaze, your father."

"Fa-ther."

"Minato was a smart, cunning, and powerful shinobi. The fastest Shinobi. Some would say that he was the strongest shinobi of his time. His grave is here in Uzushiogakure. He died stopping Kyuubi from killing you. He tried his hardest to survive after the attack. But, he was attacked by a man we call Madara Uchiha. He would have lived if it wasn't for him."

Naruto listened. He pulled out a Hiraishin Kunai, and for a second, he saw Minato smile at him from behind the blade. Naruto smiled back. He ran a finger across the blade, and he felt sadness hit his heart.

"... Naruto, he would have been a great father."

Naruto felt a lone tear run across his cheek. He couldn't describe his emotions.

Dragon and he slept on the grass that day.

The next day, they found the remains of Uzushiokagure. Dragon sighed. He made Naruto follow him. And the buildings were ruined and destroyed. But there was a building which was almost completely untouched. Dragon led Naruto there. Naruto opened a door. And immediately an exploding tag blew up.

Naruto put a chakra shield around his Dragon, which completely saved them. But Naruto kept his shield up, even after the explosion.

A few kunai came his way and Naruto redirected them using Dragon's lessons on redirecting. Dragon smiled seeing Naruto using and implying his new skills already. Dragon wasn't too focused, Naruto could take a few simple attacks.

Naruto sighed after the attack. "Wind Style: Great Wind!" (a toned down version of the Raging Push.)

Naruto saw the kuni scattered around him. The door creaked a little bit, and Naruto walked through. He was sure to find something in here. He looked around, and made a mental map of the place. There was an armory, a library, a dojo, and rooms to eat in and sleep in. Naruto saw a refrigerator. And Naruto opened it. He saw some Instant ramen inside, which he frowned at. Who keeps Instant Ramen in a Fridge. So he checked the Expiring Date. It was valid. And Naruto microwaved it.

"Aah, you ate mine" said Dragon. Naruto smiled, nothing he could do now.

Naruto walked into the armory after his Ramen. Naruto saw a box with a few weapons inside.

There was a Tanto and inscribed on the blade was, "Fang of Revolution and Change".

Naruto then saw a Hiraishin, Naruto pulled out his own. Naruto smiled. Using a physical distortion technique which allows him to pass through things like walls and roofs. The Molecules in the body separate ever so slightly, and pass through the tiny spaces between molecules of the object. Naruto grabbed the Tanto, and it changed into a simple knife. As he looked in shock at the shapeshifting sword.

"Hahahaha, it resetted for you!"

Naruto spun to see Dragon smiling.

"R-reset?"

"That sword is a fang, one of the 5 ever crafted in the world. The fang's origins are unknown, but the fang becomes better and stronger as the user uses it. Whilst doing so, the blade shape shifts into the perfect sword for its user. When one reaches the final stage of transformation, it becomes your pawn. And it will gain sentience. Some claim that it will protect their master even after he/she dies. It is a strong weapon, but no one could ever master its abilities."

Naruto smiled. He brought the sword up to his face. He angled it so that his face was seen on the knife.

"Okay, look here, I don't care if you're ancient or sentient or rare or whatever the hell the creepy stalker is saying. I trust you, and when I go into battle with you, expect the same trust from you. All I'm asking is, don't fail me if I don't fail you. To me, you are more than fancy metal, you are my partner in crime. If you are 1 meter long or one inch, I don't care, I'm keeping you with me. You understand?"

The blade let off a majestic shine. And the sword grew to become a tanto. Naruto smiled, "We're gonna be good friends, believe it!"

Dragon smiled. 'He finished phase one, Trust, to fang mastery. Next up, Faith.'

Dragon walked out of the room. Naruto came with him. The tanto strapped to his back. He left his diamond blade swords on a rack. Naruto also took another Hiraishin. Dragon walked into a secret room, and Naruto walked in after him, getting over his shock. Dragon held a seal and slapped it onto a door in front of him. The door opened and Naruto was exposed to a LARGE library, a training area and loads of other things.

"Look around. We're gonna be here for another few months or so."

Naruto walked to a pile of books. He was supposed to live here, Naruto realised. THe corridors and rooms and kitchen and books, were all his inheritance. Naruto opened a book and read.

"Uzumaki Style: Golden Chains"

Naruto flipped the pages and read through techniques, trying them out, and mastering them, while failing at others. Naruto could live here. He didin;t need Konoha, that pile of stinking trash. Why would he need them?

Naruto shaked his head. He was Konoha ninja, he would fight for Konoha till the end.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL (6 months Later)

Naruto trained almost day and night with Dragon, sparring, technique, theory, tactics, metal battle, reaction, reflex, exercise and many more. Naruto was almost on par with Dragon, but then again, Dragon still had 3 alternate forms, where if Naruto were to go up against, he was dead meat.

Naruto had been training at day, and when he would sleep, he would create true bunshin, and they would reconstruct Uzushiogakure. Naruto was trying his all to become better.

Dragon and Naruto left Uzushiogakure. Of course there were around 1,000 true bunshin still there, working to rebuild Uzushiogakure.

Naruto is heavily Improved. His ninjutsu is 70% Uzumaki style, and 29% Dragon's jutsus. 1% was what he already learnt.

Naruto's fuinjutsu was almost Sannin level, he could draw complex seals quickly in the middle of battle. His Taijutsu incorporated redirection, and Uzumaki Styles. Naruto learnt a vast array of Genjutsu, he wasn't particularly the best.

Sure he had near perfect Chakra control, but Genjutsu just wasn't designed to mesh with his brain.

Naruto waved at Uzushiogakure. It was almost rebuilt to how it was, but Naruto would make it better. He grabbed his tanto by the handle, he unsheathed the blade, and let it see Uzushiogakure one last time for a long time.

As N1-1000 waved to Naruto and Dragon, they left on a journey where the path leads them.

That path was to Suna. Naruto travelled for a few days. And they saw the big giant wall. Dragon had seen the Naruto statues already, but this was first for Naruto. It was pretty impressive to have a statue of you atop a Hidden Village in which you weren't loyal to. Naruto found it awesome, but he didn't know just how impressive of a feat it is. They walked up to the Chunin, it was a new Chunin.

"What is your name?"

Dragon pointed to his mask, and Naruto pointed at his statue. The chunin almost fell in shock.

"Y-You are N-Naruto U-Uzumaki. Konoha's Wind? Y-You are here?"

Naruto smiled, he didn't remember this guy on duty during his stay.

"You new here?"

"H-Hai!"

"Okay! Then keep this fact with you! Suna and Konoha are allies. I also have a friend here who calls himself Gaara. Is it too much to ask to see a friend while passing by?"

"N-No"

"Then there you have it!"

Dragon smiled. Naruto had a way with words.

"G-Gaara?"

The air went solemn, as Naruto pulled the Chunin in a genjutsu.

"If you ever lay trash talk, lay a finger, or see someone lay a finger on Gaara but ignore it. I'm coming for your head."

Chunin knew not to mess with prodigy like that.

"Yes."

Naruto pulled the genjutsu off of him. The chunin seemed shaken up, and Naruto was still smiling like always.

"Well, are you gonna let us in?"

"Yes." The chunin said as he motioned the people above to open the gates. As he did, Naruto flared his Kurama Chakra.

Immediately Shukaku's chakra flared out too. "He knows," Naruto said, a smirk on his face. The chunin was scared even more. But Dragon patted his shoulder, and the chunin calmed.

'The world's most legendary ANBU officer and Konoha's Wind is here, we are in good hands.'

As the travelling duo entered Suna. The Kazekage intercepted their path.

"Aaaah, Dragon himself, and the Legendary Konoha's Wind, what a surprise!"

"Well, we aren't from Konoha anymore. Hell we aren't even shinobi. If you ask Jiji about us, he won't deny our existence, but he will deny our rank as shinobi. And our shinobi forms have already been destroyed. And our citizenship in Konoha has been, ummmm, voided, for the time being."

"Aaah. The nicest form of exile. What did you do?"

"Ummm, I had to train." Naruto smiled, he knew he shouldn;t much information. So he made a statement that could be interpreted multiple ways. He learnt a lot from Dragon's speech lessons.

"Yes, of course. Anyways, you are citizens of unknown origin, which means, you will be kept under surveillance, while under the protection of our shinobi. Since you are from 'Konoha' still, but hurt in any way, it will be a bad sign for us. ANYWAYS, enjoy!"

Naruto smiled. He batted his eye to the left, and grabbed a kunai, millimeters before it pierced his iris. The kunai crumbled and blew out of his hand, and went back to a red haired boy.

They both glared at each other, and then a smile flashed onto their faces.

"You've gotten stronger, Sand kid."

"Same to you, Blonde Devil."

"So, you've got a team now huh."

"Yes, Team 7 of Sand."

"HEY, I was part of Team 7 in Konoha!"

"Was?"

"Yeah, reasons are a bit complicated for my brain to keep up."

'Blunt lie!' chided Dragon in his mind.

"Yes of course, I shouldn't pry into a personal business. After all, where's your head band?"

"I'm not a shinobi."

"Not a SHINOBI?"

"Hell, I'm not even from Konoha anymore!"

"HUH? Wait, you can join Suna then!"

"No, I'm still loyal to Konoha. I haven't been kicked out, nor have I fleed. Details are a secret, but I'm almost like an undercover spy for now."

"Pfff. Now you're not, undercover agents don't say they are undercover." said a Blonde

"You haven't heard of blunt truths then. Am I really undercover. Did I trick you, or did I speak the truth like an idiot. Am I being so blunt and obvious that you are convinced that I'm undercover, or am I saying this just to avoid looking like a fool. Did you figure me out, and have a kunai to my throat. Or do I have mine to yours? Are you making a move? Or am I moving you?"

Dragon chuckled. He sounded like the prodigy Itachi with his multi-layered Genjutsus. You never know what's reality with him.

All eyes were on the Blonde girl as she growled like a wolf.

Then a kid remarked. "And you say your head can't keep up with the details!"

"SHHH Kankuro, he doesn't want to tell us, that's fine." said Gaara.

"Aaah no it's fine, I liked the joke. We're surely gonna get along well!"

"Haha, I like you, outsider,"

"Kankuro, thats Naruto… aka Konoha's Wind." said Gaara.

Temari and Kankuro widened their eyes. They stared like dogs at Naruto. While Naruto liked attention, he was being weirded out.

"You saved my brother!" said Temari.

"Oye, Gaara, she's your sister?"

"Yeah… sorry I didn't tell you when we met."

"Nah it's fine, I know what it's like having an annoying sister." Naruto said, Ino's face popping into his head.

The fan user frowned. She was not gonna take insults like a wall. He had insulted her once, now again.

"Naruto. I challenge you to a spar!"

"I'm not shinobi."

"So what? Shinobi aren't allowed to fight civilians unless the civilian poses threat. But we are sparring. Hence, if you consent, it is fine!"

"Aaah, finding loopholes are we? Fine, I agree. You have Shinobi Health Insurance right?"

The group around the 2 laughed out loud. Some were laughing at Naruto's joke. Some were laughing at seeing a Genin being thrashed by Konoha's Wind. Others who didn't know who Naruto was were laughing at Naruto's cockiness and guts.

Seeing the sight around them, Naruto concluded.

"Well the crowd is the border, and if you fall into the crowd, you lose. You fall, you lose. You get trapped or knocked out, you lose. Fair?"

Temari laughed. Being this close to her fan was almost futile. But the crowd spread out and created a large circle. Naruto smiled.

Temari pulled out her fan, this was a quick fight she thought. An especially loud person from the crowd shouted, "BEGIN!"

A kunai was already thrown and Temari used the wind from her fan to blow it away, and then pulled her fan back up to her stance.

After some calculations, Naruto muttered, "2.14 seconds,"

Temari was confused as to what he meant. Naurto threw a few more Kunai. She used her fan to blow them away, and as the fan was falling, Naruto disappeared. He reappeared behind Temari, with a kunai to her throat backhanded style.

"2.14 seconds for you to pull the fan back up once you put it down."

Temari was shocked, she lost by a statistic. The kunai left her throat, and Naruto walked away from her.

"That's 2.14 seconds too long. Try and bring that number down a bit. An idea, instead of making the frame out of wood and steel. Make the frame out of lighter materials and hollow. Things like Pumice and Carbon Fiber. It should help!"

The crowd split to let Naruto through, his footsteps echoing. The crowd cheered once out of their shock.

Gaara followed him and Kankuro had to pull a depressed Temari along.

Gaara went back to their house, and Temari sat down on the sofa. Naruto followed Gaara and started to cook a meal. Kankuro drooled at the thought of food. So did Gaara and Temari.

Naruto and the party chatted and joked around for a bit. Naruot served some steak with red wine sauce and a potato salad with a homemade dressing. Temari was more cautious to eat. Naruto smiled at her, and told her.

"You did the right thing. If you felt insulted, then it was a good choice. But violence isn't always the answer. You could have told me, and I would've stopped pronto. And for hurting your feelings, I'm sorry. Now please, enjoy!"

Temari smiled. "No, I'm the one who should be apologizing, I couldn't take a playful joke and got angry."

Naruto then frowned, he took up Temari's chopsticks, took a part of her food, and stuffed it in her mouth.

Although Temari was surprised, she was blushing 'a person who beat me a few moments ago after insulting him is lovingly feeding me. WAIT, why'd I say lovingly!? What's wrong with me! Mmmm, the food is good. BACK TO THE MATTER AT HAND!".

Naruto finished early. And then waited till the others were finished. THen Naruto got up, picked up their plates and washed them.

"It's fine Naruto! I can do them later!" said Temari, high pitched.

Kankuro smirked, Temari never went that high pitched in her life, not even when she was a baby.

"Yeah like Naruto's wife!" Kankuro shouted.

A red light was suddenly in the room where Temari once was. Her face had so much blood running through it that it shined like a flashlight.

For some reason, this felt familiar. 'OF COURSE, Hinata would occasionally blush brightly like this too! WAIT!... NOOOOOOOOO.'

"Naru-Kun, this blondie likes you. Her chakra changed and is now flowing in a rushed manner. Signs of a crush. Naruto, Run."

'No can do, I can handle this much I think Kuru-Chan'

As the sounds of plates being washed filled the room, Kankurou nudged Temari.

"Ne Temari, you like him. Your first Crush is the Konoha's wind himself! Ah the luck, good or bad, whichever it is is up to you."

Suddenly the sound of clinking and running water stopped, and the blonde 11 year old stepped out of the kitchen. Naruto dried his hands with a towel, and then stuck them in his pockets, slouching a bit, giving a chill vibe to him. Naruto stood beside Temari and nudged her a bit.

Temari blushed and looked at Naruto. "You don't look like Gaara's sister at all."

Temari nodded dumbly. Naruto made his way to the door, and as he reached the door frame, he waved backward with 2 fingers, then blurred out of sight.

Naruto went back to Dragon. And tapped Dragon on the shoulder who in turn, if it wasn't for his s-rank Jonin skills, would have his brain out on the tree behind him stuck by a Kunai. Dragon sighed.

"You need to stop airwalking, ever since I taught you that three years ago, you still do it!"

Naruto shrugged and walked with Dragon to the Kazekage's office. As the duo entered, the Kazekage smiled and clapped his hands.

"Dragon, Naruto, thank you for coming here. I have asked HIruzen, and he claims you are on a 'training trip'. So, I have decided to train you. Dragon can take a break or assist me. But this is not an offer, I am forcing you to train under me."

The room chilled and Naruto smiled. "Hey, free training from a guy who actually has a face!"

Dragon fell and the Kazekage laughed hard.

"Quite the humor there, Disciple. See if you can crack jokes while in training."

"Whens training,"

"NOW!"

The Kazekage launched himself forward and kicked Naruto, who poofed and reappeared on the Kazekage's table. Naruto launched a few seals.

"Water Style: Suicidal Whirlwind!"

A large whirlwind was created in the center of the room. While Naruto had already jumped outside via broken window, and Dragon shunshined.

The Kazekage launched a counter attack. "Sand Style: Suicidal Whirlwind!" A battle of whirlwinds, who is the winner?

The sand naturally dampened, and became heavy and worthless, but the water was getting depleted. The sand eventually dampened completely and fell to the ground. And the water whirlwind was barely hanging on to life.

Naruto motioned the Kazekage to a training ground. They stared at each other.

'Kazekage of Suna, Rank S ninja. Specialty Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. Affinity: Sand Release. Probability of Defeat:... 30%'

'Naruto Uzumaki, Rank SS ninja, Specialty Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Nuijutsu, Fuinjutsu, and Kenjutsu. A hefty variety. Affinity: Unconfirmed. Probability of Defeat: 60%'

Kazekage started, engaging in a heavy taijutsu battle. While Naruto was getting overwhelmed, he wasn't going all out, he hadn't used the Nuijutsu yet. Naruto pulled out his blade, and shouted, "Fire Style: Red Blade!" The fang became red hot and air around it became super heated. Naruto ran at the Kazekage. Who was retreating.

Naruto jabbed, but the Kazekage dodged, but Naruto's leg came out of nowhere, and smacked the Kazekage, breaking his life force, whilst sucking 3/4 of his LF. The Kazekage fell in pain and shouted at the top of his lungs, "I SURRENDER!" Naruto waited a few more moments, he had fallen for this trick with Dragon, you don't surrender by shouting it out loud.

Kazekage tapped the ground twice, and Naruto immediately gave him his life force back.

The Kazekage got up, brushed his torso. Then in an angry snarl, looked at Naruto.

"Konoha's Wind. You stay true to your legend. It was a mistake, one that couldn't have been ended instantly with my death, to underestimate you. Don't think I didn't notice how you pulled your punches a bit much. Or how you would have utterly destroyed that sand Whirlwind. I've heard the report on your skills from HIruzen. I am utterly humiliated. Heck, if it wasn;t my pride… I would've asked you to train me!" the Kazekage chuckled.

"You held back too. Not nearly as much as me. But let me tell you a little secret. If you are gonna go against me, then don't' hold back. Cause I can take it." Naruto said, looking at the kazekage. Naruto noticed the crowd around the training area. Everyone was shocked to see that a 11 year old decimated their kage.

The crowd was mixed. They didn't know whether to boo or celebrate. They didn't know whether to praise the child or to fight him.

"Eeeeh, sorry about that Kazekage-sama. You have some explaining to do."

"Dear Suna Citizens! This boy is a hero. He is the man himself, the legend in flesh. KONOHA'S WIND! We have heard stories and tales about his actions, but here he is, making me beg for mercy. Be happy and rejoice, that such a man is our godsend saviour. DO not fear. I am not weak, nor have I grown weaker sitting in that damned chair for so long. It is simply the fact that Naruto is stronger. Nothing else, he lacks experience, but he has more than enough skills to overcome that."

The crowd cheered so loud that the sand rattled.

Naruto stayed the night there, learning theory and tactics from the Kazekage in his most legendary battles. He also learnt theory about sand's specialty skill. Infiltration and extraction. Naruto studied hard. Dragon was a Head on and Search and Destroy specialist. So learning another skill on another type of mission was fun.

Naruto left in the afternoon, and as he was about to leave, He saw almost the entirety of Suna come out and wave him off.

A vision of Konoha came to his mind. The empty street, no one to see him off. Naruto shed a lone tear.

"Thank you Suna,"

Naruto saw Gaara and his siblings meet him. He high fived Kankurou, fistbumped Gaara, and hugged Temari, making her blush. Naruto laughed a bit.

Naruto then shared a glance at Dragon. They Shunshined away, leaving behind a bunch of fireworks and leaves.

Gaara shouted in happiness. "HELL YEAH, HE PULLED IT OFF!"

Naruto ran all day to West Fire Land, where they ran into the las Vegas of Shinobi.

The Hidden Gambler Paradise!

Naruto walked in the city. There were hundreds of rich looking people walking around. Some people literally have money burning a hole in their pockets. But he saw a large crowd in front of one building. Naruto pushed his way through, curious as to what was happening.

There was a man, with a large pile of cash in front of him. And there was a blonde lady sweating profusely with a dark haired lady with a pig beside her.

Naruto moved his way to the lady.

"Ne, you sure are having a hard time,"

He ducked a punch. But she still was focused.

"Play that one," said Naruto. She growled, and then Naruto played for her. He ducked another punch. Naruto then basically hijacked her game. In the end, she won a few hundred thousand bucks.

"You are pretty good for a child." the lady said.

"I'm Naruto, you?"

"TSUNADE THE SANNIN, the greatest medic nin in the world."

"Oh, you,"

She was taken aback by the reaction.

"Well, nice knowing you!"

She interpreted the blonde boy's actions the other way.

"Medic nins aren;t good enough for you or what!"

"When did I say that?"

"You… WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSULT TO MEDIC NINS."

Naruto ducked and sidestepped a large barrage of punches. Naruto then pulled out a kunai. He made small scratches on Tsunade's arms. She thought he was simply toying with her, but then she felt incredibly drained.

"You see, I only scratched you, but I was actually aiming for your chakra vessels. You aren't strong, you use chakra."

'The boy has enough control to aim for my chakra vessels, the level of precision is like that of a-"

"I made a kunai into a scalpel. I in no way defame Medic arts. I envy them."

Naruto then made his hand glow golden.

'That's God's Touch Technique! How does this boy know it!'

Naruto tapped Tsunade's shoulder. Her scratches gone, and her chakra restored.

"Naruto, how do you know that technique?"

"I was wondering too." a voice said. Dragon walked out.

"DRAGON-SAMA?"

"Seems you found my pupil already."

"P-Pupil?"

"Well more of a sparring companion. A good one at that too."

"Who are you boy?"

"I'm Naru-"

"NO, who are you?"

"Ummm, I'm Konoha's Wind."

The crowd murmured. "The Konoha's Wind, here?"

Tsunade smirked, "Tell you what. I propose a challenge, we'll go to the hospital. Let's see how many people you can heal Gaki."

"Sure, If I win, you go back to Konoha and become the 5th hokage."

"HUH!"

"You heard me. Jiji is getting old. The days of peace are coming to an end. We need a Hokage. Urgently."

"And if I win,"

"Then I will help you gamble until you become the richest woman here,"

"DEAL!"

Naruto smirked. He was winning either way. If he pushed tsunade back to Konoha, he got what he wanted. If he lost, then he could hopefully learn a thing or 2 about medical jutsus.

They raced into the hospital. They were stopped by a nurse, but Tsunade flexed her authority, and the two rushed into the comatose section. His hand was surrounded by a white aura.

"Mind Tap!"

Naruto shocked his brain a little. Then his other hand glowed golden and healed the patient's wounds. The patient woke up shocked and confused. Naruto was already out of there and on to the next.

Tsunade was healing the partially wounded patients, it was a sure shot victory. But Naruto created shadow clones and healed all the comatose patients at once.

Naruto and his clones went into the severely injured ward. They were healed all quickly and simultaneously.

Naruto ran into the metally ill section. Using mind tap, they healed most of those patients.

Naruto then ran into the corpses part of the hospital, where they freeze dead bodies. Sannin was unsure whether Naruto was going to attempt to heal dead bodies so she followed him. Naruto pulled them out one at a time. He healed their wounds, and then took some of his life force, and put it in the body. The body woke up after a jolt. Naruto smiled, his hunch was proven right.

Naruto created true bunshin. Then the bunshin healed the body, and replaced their life force with the body. Naruto left the place and went into the Illness section. Naruto healed them. Then the mildly injured, and he healed them.

After around 15 minutes, the hospital was wiped clean and Naruto won heavily.

"How did you revive them?"

Naruto just smiled. "Baa-chan, if I told you, then it wouldn't be nearly as awesome!"

Tsunade punched Naruto, which was easily avoided. Tsunade puffed up, and shouted at Naruto.

"Fine, I'm going to Konoha again, and I'll ask the geezer for the hokage position. But, only if you come with me."

"No can do. I'm kinda exiled from that place, not cause I did anything, but it's like a training trip."

"FINE!"

Naruto smiled at Tsunade, and he walked past her. Shizune who was watching the entire thing was shocked. She had been outdone by a boy.

"Tsunade-Sama, how did he?"

"I don't know, but I guess the world has a new best Medic Ninja."

"Aren't you mad?"

"What can I say, I saw it coming."

"Tsunade-Sama…" said Shizune.

"Lets go Shizune. We have an Old geezer to meet."

"H-Hai!" Shizune sounded happy finally being able to go back to her home.

Naruto found Dragon, who was enjoying a bowl of rice.

"Ne Dragon, you seem down lately."

"I'm so bored!"

"Really? You don't seem like the type to get bored easily."

"Well, finding good opponents is hard. You are a strong, definitely a tough match, but we know each other's tricks and strategies already, so it kills the fun."

"Yeah it does."

"We should find another person to join us."

"Tsunade maybe?"

"No, she is going back to Konoha. Ooh by the way, that was a nice bet, even I didn't think of that!"

"Thank you!"

"But somebody who fights differently than us."

"Wanna go to the Hidden Stone Village. If we play our cards right, we might be able to fix the relationship between Konoha and Iwa, or we get loads of good enemies!"

"That's not a bad idea, but we shouldn't do something that risky. Maybe we can go to the Raikage, we don't have an alliance with them, but they have an alliance with Iwa. And even then, they hold no grudge against Konoha. So, if he can bring him over…"

"Iwa starts to become weaker, and then we can take them out politically!"

"BINGO!"

"Dragon, you are one Genius!"

They laughed, without knowing that a few Iwa shinobi were around them. The shinobi held in their anger. As Naruto and Dragon rented a room to sleep and tucked in for the night the Iwa shinobi made their move.

Silently and slowly, they slit the throats of the two. But much to their surprise, Naruto exploded in a pile of leaves.

'Genjutsu!?'

Suddenly the room went dark, and footsteps were all around. The Iwa ninja tried to remove the genjutsu, but it didn't go away. Then a body was thrown at the Iwa ninja.

The body was cut and bruised, and he groaned out, "RUN!"

Naruto stepped out of the shadows, blood running down his face and tanto. Naruto had a wicked grin on his face.

"W-Who are you?"

"Me? I am Konoha's Wind. But you might consider me, Minato Namikaze's final wish!"

The Iwa ninja cowered.

'The brat is Konoha's wind, and Minato's son! Just our luck.'

Naruto smiled, and in a flash, three Iwa ninja fell lifeless. Naruto flicked his tanto, and the blood sprayed to the ground. Dragon came out of the shadows.

"Dragon, is it just me, or does everybody seem so… slow?"

"Naruto, if you spar with the world's best ANBU almost everyday, people are bound to seem weak."

"True, anyways, we have been exposed, we have to leave."

"Not really. We just killed those who pose a threat."

"Yeah, I guess we did. But they might have already sent a message, or they might have had a 4th man who left for Iwa."

"Mmm, good point. Well, we can stay here for the night at least."

"Sure."

The next day at dawn, Naruto and Dragon were packed up and left the hotel.

Naruto made his way to Tsunade, hoping to give her a goodbye.

The blonde knocked on the door. And after a few moments, Tsunade opened the door.

"Well, baa-chan, wanted to say bye before we left for the Hidden Cloud."

"Thank you Naruto."

"What for?"

"Yesterday, when you beat me, it opened my eyes. It showed me how pitiful I grew over the years."

"No worries, I'll do it again if I have to."

Naruto showed a single thumb to Tsunade, and she smiled.

Tsunade and Shizune saw them off the city.

Naruto travelled to the Hidden cloud via traveller's shunshin. Dragon was on his knees, and Naruto just shrugged.

Naruto replenished Dragon with his blue aura, and they were around 2 miles Southwest of the Hidden Cloud. They ran to their destination, silent and hidden footsteps leaving not a single trace.

Naruto approached the village as the clouds thinned. But suddenly, 2 dense clouds popped up. Any shinobi wouldn't notice that. But Naruto trained with one of the best.

Naruto stopped dead in his tracks. And waited for the clouds to make their way to him.

The clouds reached, and then dispersed, revealing a jounin and a chunin wearing Cloud Hitai-ates.

Naruto smiled at one of them.

"Who are you?"

"Konoha's Wind and Konoha ANBU Dragon." said Naruto. Both jounin's eyes widened.

'What are people like them doing here?'

"State your purpose."

"Diplomatic relations with the Raikage and land of Lighting."

"We have not heard of such a arrival."

"We were ordered to do this mission a few minutes ago. We were just going to Konoha after a mission in the Hidden Frost. The Third Hokage hoped to clean up relationships with Iwa, but Iwa massacred our diplomatic party and the ninja protecting. After all, no everyone is like the 4th himself. So as a last attempt we hope to force our way to peace with Iwa." Naruto responded.

The jounin were shocked, they just spilled some big secrets. Something was wrong.

"Why did you tell us this?"

"All good relations start with an honest and open base. If we were hiding this, then we wouldn't achieve anything except a false promise!" Dragon replied.

The jounin reviewed their facts.

"If we were to run off to Iwa and reveal everything you told us, what would you do?"

"If that was the case…" Naruto put his hand on his chin in a thinking pose. Then all of a sudden, a blade was on the neck of the jounin.

'When did he?"

"...then that would happen!"

The Naruto with the blade put his blade back in the sheath, and the Naruto who the jounin was talking to erupted into a cloud.

"Genjutsu?"

"I ain't Konoha's Wind if I can't pull easy stuff like that off."

The jounin frowned at the blonde boy in front of him, he was as good as dead now. The jounin led him to the village. Naruto and Dragon walked behind him. The chunin stayed there.

"Here is the Raikage's office. There will be security, and you won't be allowed to leave until we authorize your orders or the Raikage lets you go."

"Not like a damned soul in this village could stop us anyway." remarked Dragon.

As much as the jounin hated the phrase, it was true. The boy was enough to wreak havoc on the village, but with Dragon by his side…

Naruto knocked, and a grunt came from the other side of the door. Naruto took it as a yes and opened the door. The Raikage was startled to see 2 legends behind the door, but he schooled his features.

Naruto closed the door behind him, and took a seat in front of the Raikage.

"Ne Raikage, I'll let you in on a secret. We aren't supposed to be here. We got your cute jounin outside fooled, but we are here for good reasons only. My goal is to get a political relationship with you guys on the behalf of Konoha. But you have my word, despite the outcome of the next 30 minutes, we leave this place peacefully unless we get attacked. Which in that case, the blame is on you or your shinobi if we destroy your shinobi base. We are fully aware that we are in enemy territory, but neither me nor my partner are afraid of burning this village to the ground or the repercussions after such an act."

The Raikage was surprised by the bravery of the men, err, men and boy in front of him. That too, not a hint of cockiness or arrogance in his voice, like he knew from the pits of his heart that every word is true.

"You are Konoha's Wind boy?"

"You got that right!"

"I like you, you and the faceless guy beside you."

"WHY AM I CALLED FACELESS ALL THE TIME! I HAVE A FACE UNDER THIS YOU KNOW, BUT I LIKE THE MASK BETTER!"

"Yeah you faceless freak."

Dragon deflated at Naruto's words. "Now I'm a freak too?..."

The Raikage laughed at his predicament.

"I never thought I would be in such a pickle. Two of the Konoha Legends visit the Hidden Cloud on their own accord. While I know you'd destroy half this village before I could raise a finger on you, you came here peacefully. I feel awkwardly cornered even though you are allowing me freedom. You boy, have a way with words."

"Naruto, let me handle the rest of this."

"Sure, go ahead."

"Raikage-Sama, please, before I even try to bring on our side, please state your thoughts on Konoha to us as well as how you would feel joining Konoha. Please be as honest as possible. You can not tell us certain things, but try not to lie." Dragon released a dangerous aura. "Because if you lie, I'll know."

The Raikage grinned. "Well, as far as Konoha goes, I feel they are violent in nature. It may not seem so at first. But think about it. The ANBU are a team of killers, and in almost every important mission, there is ANBU on the team. They prepare far too much for battle. And even though they hope for peace, the hokage orders at least 40-100 assassinations a month. That's no normal, not even for a shinobi village. If I were to join Konoha, I would feel secure and protected during battle, as I have no doubt about Konoha's strength, but I would constantly be looking behind my back."

"I know about all these. But let me tell you something about these assassinations. Many are ordering assassinations of bandit groups who are usually filled with 10-15 people. You and I both know that Konoha is also a merchant city. And our caravans and supply expeditions are constantly tracked and hunted by bandits. We have tried to talk with them, and they agreed to stop. They didn't. We talked to them once more. They killed our negotiators. We then fortified the Caravans with ninjas. They killed the ninjas. And you know what the penalty of killing our ninja is."

The Raikage widened his eyes. His information about Konoha was only partially true. The tip of the iceberg. The buff man grunted and then grinned.

"BEE!"

A man swung into the window.

"Hey yo, Bro. Call for me, while I'm free?"

"Bee, I know you were listening, what do you think?"

"I say whoa, try and go slow. Try a condition, so we can reach completion. State a positive, then maybe you'll live!"

"BEE THAT MADE NO SENSE YET I UNDERSTOOD YOU. AND YOU'RE A GENIUS!"

"Thank you, boo!"

"What will I get, if I sign an alliance with Konoha?"

Dragon thought about it. Then he pointed to Naruto. "You get him!"

"You'll join the Hidden Cloud?"

"No, but if you are ever in dire needs, you can send a message to me and I will arrive pronto! If I fail to, then you can cancel the alliance immediately." said Naruto

"Protection from Konoha's Wind?"

"No, you didn't hear me properly. I said dire needs. If you need me to, I can perform critical missions for you when you are low on shinobi or lack the manpower. I can do loads of other things. Everything from cleaning your toilet to annihilating Iwa. My services go beyond protection."

The Raikage would be a fool to throw away such an offer.

"But, to make sure. The task has to be S Rank or High A Rank and above to qualify for my input."

"DEAL, I ACCEPT THE ALLIANCE OFFER WITH KONOHA!"

"HELL YEAH, TAKE SOME SHEE-YA!"

"Shea?" Dragon said.

"Yeah, we have a custom where when we acquire a friend, we give each person from the party a big jar of our highest quality Shea Butter."

"How big?"

"Around… the size of a gallon jar."

"A GALLON JAR OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY SHEA BUTTER IN THE SHINOBI WORLD!" Naruto shouted.

"You got it!" said the Raikage winking at Naruto in a way Gai would call superior. Everyone erupted in laughter.

Dragon was laughing with the others. He wiped some tears off his mask.

"This has to be the easiest and weirdest alliance acceptance in the world."

The group erupted in laughter one more time.

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There you have it. A nice beefy chapter and lots of locations. You can look at a Naruto map and figure it out. Other than that, I have no regrets. Pls Review.

Type "Dragon is Menma" for Dragon's real identity.

Yeet bye. BTW, i'm still not happy about you ignoring me…

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