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The moment Gaara said his name, everyone there nearly stood still in both shock and disbelief as the all minus the old lady look on at the blond before them. Naruto on the other hand didn't mind that as he gave the red head a friendly smile and said to him "so Gaara, how've you been?"

Gaara was the first to stutter out the words trying to form "N-Naruto but...what...how?"

All he got was a light chuckle from the Sorcerer Supreme as he answered him "that my friend is a very, very long story, why don't I tell you about it all over a cup of tea hm" That statement alone made the Kazekage even more curious about where his brother in all but blood had been

Though he didn't seem to mind too much as he gives the blond a nod before he and Naruto was about to walk out of the cave. It was there that everyone else snap out of their stupor and all of a sudden the masked man along with his group appeared right in the way of the two, even with such an appearance Naruto didn't do anything more than shake his head and said out to them "do you mind, I am catching up on times with my friend here"

The masked man didn't seem to be faze much as he said out to the blond "Naruto we need to you to come with us please"

Again, all Naruto did was shake his head a little and said to him "so I guess that's how desperate Konoha is huh"

He notice two of them flinch a little at what he just said while the other two could care less about the statement much as the masked man continued on "look Naruto, I know that you and Konoha didn't really leave on the best of turns but times have change now. Hokage-sama manages to recall the banishment order and you can come back to Konoha now, there's some people back there that really want to meet you"

All he got was a slight scoff as Naruto said to him "the Hokage huh, don't you mean the damiyo was the one who recall my banishment order before he decided to rip each and everyone from the council including your so called Hokage"

Once more the masked man flinch at the tone the blond was using before said blond put both hands behind his back and started to slowly walk towards them and continued on "did you really think I don't know what is going on Kakashi Hatake"

Again the masked man now named Kakashi couldn't help but grimace as he heard the blond keep on saying "Konoha has fallen throughout the years, every alliance have been all but burn, bridges broken and destroyed due to their arrogance and pride. Even the summons want nothing more then their destruction isn't that right Hatake"

Kakashi cringe even further as he remembered any and all summons aside from Anko's cutting off their ties with Konoha in general and only be allowed to be called in times of real all out war but even then only for defense when Konoha itself is being attack. Even more so when the damiyo found out about it when the other damiyo's cut all ties with them and demanded Konoha to answer why, once he found out why he lost all those alliances was when he literally explode right then and there and pratically ordered everyone there that they will allow Naruto to return along with cutting off 60% of their funds which hurt them even more along with the fact that their precious prize scroll has been stolen with all their jutsus inside puts a lot fear among the shinobi population that their enemies have already learn what is to be needed before using it to destroy Konoha

Now though, with the Akatsuki on the move along with Orochimaru gathering forces from minor villages and clans who had a beef with Konoha places them with their backs to the wall and nowhere to turn to puts them in a very, very tight situation. Retired shinobi being put back on the roster, children just graduated from the academy are practically being put on the frontlines at this moment with nothing more than the skin on their backs as any and all jounin senseis are being stretch so that they could return back with money despite being scarce right about now

Their last hope was bringing Naruto back but even then that reached a dead end as the toads have reach zip on their end but some speculate that they were hiding him though without proof none of them could call them out on it

So now here he was, trying to get him back for both professional and personal reasons but from the looks of things it seemed that the blond doesn't look like he wants to go back. It was there though the pink haired female screech out to them "look Naruto-baka, Konoha is your home so hurry up and let's go before I pound your face in"

All he gave was a slight scoff while shaking his head and said to her "even all these years all you have on your mind is the Uchiha, its a true wonder why did I even fall for you but then again I can thank your so called Sandaime for that"

All of them seemed confuse for a bit as the Sorcerer Supreme continued on "well it seemed that the Sandaime was scared for not only his own life but also the lives of the village when he saw the state of how grown men and women beating up a five year old kid, it was so harrowing enough that he decided to put a loyalty seal on me that forces me to fall in love to the person that he chooses and I guess Haruno's mother had a hand in this somehow"

He then conjure up a seal in mid air for all of them to see "the moment my master saw me, he quickly notice the seal and there he quickly dispell any and all seals that the Sandaime has put on me"

He looks on at the seal with a slight look of remembrance and disgust before dismissing it as he said out to them "so you tell me Haruno, why would I ever call that place my home?"

She didn't seem to like it as she cross her arms and said out to him "because you were born there and you should have been grateful for the Sandaime for letting you fall in love with me if only so that we could keep a monster like you in line"

He dismiss the seal for a moment before he retorts to her with a small smirk on his face "a monster huh, guess even now the fools that made up the so called council never knew the real truth about me do they?"

All of them there looked confuse at the statement before Naruto shook his head a little and said "nevermind, even now Konoha keeps secrets from their own people isn't that right Uchiha"

He looks towards the raven haired male who scowled for a bit as he said "what's that suppose to mean dope"

He didn't say much but the smirk on his face says it all which in turn made his scowl even more as Naruto then retorts to him "who knows, why don't you ask your masters Uchiha, then again I doubt they would want their precious little dog to bite back now would they"

That didn't sit well with him as the Uchiha growled a little and said even louder "I DEMAND THAT YOU TELL ME DOBE"

Again all he got was a smile that look like he knew everything and he was nothing more than a fool which in his mind is unacceptable as he believe himself to be the very best and no one else, with that in mind he roared in anger and in one move he was already in front of the blond with his blade in mid swing wanting to behead him

Like lightning the blond quickly disarm him with a glowing orange stick and struck him at the wrist, forcing him to drop his sword before being smack by the stick again right at the face which sent him flying back to his team. He manage to realign himself and landed but the force was enough to send him skidding until he stop, he looks back at Naruto with a slight glare on his face while the side of his mouth started leaking blood

Naruto on the other hand opened up the glowing stick in his hand and turn it into a fan and started fanning himself as he said to him with a slight amusement in his tone "guess nothing has change with this cursed team, a sensei who cares more for the dead and a perverts book, a girl that still hasn't gotten over her crush with only subpar abilities, a brooding fool that would sell his own kin if only so he could get and extra inch in height and me, the one who was banish just for doing a mission sent by the very council and Hokage herself, only thing that is different right here and now is that we have a new person here"

He took a peak towards the red head of the team before raising up his weapon to block a kick by the Uchiha before once again sending him flying backwards with so much as a ruffle before going back to fanning himself. All the raven haired male saw was red as he flip through a series of handsigns before shouting out

"FIRE STYLE: GRAND FIREBALL JUSTU"

A giant fireball fired out from his mouth and headed towards him with a grand fury, Naruto didn't even look so much as faze at the oncoming fireball before with a slight wave of his fan and then

(Outside the cave)

*BOOOOOMMMMMMMM*

The attack that Naruto retaliated with sent the entire team flying outside the cave though all of them manage to land on their feet on the lake. There the Sorcerer Supreme walked out of there with a slow yet powerful stride in his step while still fanning himself as though he was the master and they were merely students

He stopped a few feet from them while still fanning himself as he said to them "if that is your idea of a reason for me to go back then I am glad that the village banish me, I would have probably ended up as some pet for the council that keeps saving whatever crisis they would have and probably did started"

There Kakashi decided to reason with him once more "Naruto, please just come with us, the village needs you, your home needs you right now, you would let innocent civilians die just for a misunderstanding?"

It was that statement alone that made Naruto slap the fan shut loud enough for everyone there to hear which made them startled for a bit. Naruto grip the top part of the fan with such intensively that if it were metal then people would hear it being crush or rip into pieces, the blond then look at them with a fury of emotions in his cold blue eyes as he asked him "home Hatake" that tone made the silver haired man shiver in slight fear as Naruto continued on "misunderstanding" the lake around them rippled that started from the blond who simply ask "tell me Hatake, what is a home?"

The silver haired man glup a little as he hesitantly said "wh-wh-what?"

He didn't seemed amuse as the Sorcerer Supreme continued on "like I said, what is a home Hatake? Is it a place where one feels safe, a place of comfort, a place where a person will always be happy to go to once the days are at a long's end so that they can rest happily"

One step and all of a sudden the very wind themsleves were answering his call as it violently blew at them with tremendous force and power that demand attention. Despite that the group manages to stay upright enough to look at the blond who was barely restraining his anger as he said out to him "tell me Kakashi, was there an actual time in my life that I felt like it was a home"

It was there the wind got more violent as it did not falter while the blond continued on "all my life I have been beaten, stabbed, burn at a stake, being used as target practice for jutsus of all kinds from the Hyuuga's gentle fist, Genjutsu and those were just on the normal days Hatake"

The team couldn't but feel a cold sweat down their bodies as Naruto continued on "and the worst part is that the Sandaime could have stopped all that but he didn't because he didn't want a shinobi, he wanted a time bomb so that I would become a suicide bomber if he wanted too should my time ever come because after all, who would care for a mere orphan like me right"

It was there despite the winds howling around them was when the red head manages to shout out to him"NO, YOU AREN'T AN ORPHAN YOU HAVE A FAMILY AND THEY'RE BACK IN KONOHA WAITING FOR YOU"

All she got was a scoff from him as he said out to her "you mean the two people who condemned me to that place people dare to call a village, the very two people who placed this curse on me and fed me to the wolves, the very same people who dare claim to be my parents but did nothing more than just bringing me to the world so they could use me as a sacrificial lamb"

It was there the very skies mimicked his current expression a it darken to the point that people would have mistaken it for night time while thunder boom loudly across the area and lightning flash violently.

The grip in his hands could have broken adamantine itself as his sapphire blue eyes showed no warmth in them as he look on at the red head and said to her "tell me dear sister" there she flinch and look both scared and surprise which Kakashi mimicked while Naruto continued on "what have our dear sweet parents been doing with you while I was being turn into nothing more than the villager's punching bag"

The lightning roared like a vengeful deity that demanded blood and from there the water in the lake surrounding them slowly rise into pillars who then formed the shape of dragons surrounding the group with eyes filled with anger and vengeance that mimicked their creator, just waiting to tear their fangs into the flesh of his enemies

He waited for a bit for an answer but the moment he saw the red head looking down in shame was all he needed to know as he close his eyes and said "no answers, no surprises there, I am going to give you all one chance. Leave and never come find me again or else"

He could see that only two of them were actually willing to stand before him while the other two could care less and was more force into it than anything else, knowing this he just sigh and said "it seems that hypocrisy and foolishness is a trademark of Konoha"

At one the water dragons surrounding them roar as one before Naruto said to them with a tone of finality "very well, let me show you just how outmatch you all really are"

(Konoha)

Konohagakure no Sato, a village made by the vision of a man and his close friends and families, a place where one would be taught the Will of Fire, a place homed to some of the most powerful shinobi to ever lived but right now it was nothing more than a shadow and shell of its former glory

The once bustling market place has been reduced to a near ghost town as trade for goods have been scarce as they were unable to make enough profit for demand, shinobi were looking worse for wear as they have been run ragged because they have to complete any and all missions which were just as scarce and even then the reward is barely enough for them to survive from. Even the council from both the civilian and shinobi side weren't unscathed as those who once lived lavishly had to now suddenly scrape just to get by to live and not indulge themselves with their vice

It was here in the Hokage tower where one blond haired man slave away at the ever growing paperwork that showed no end in sight. He was a near carbon copy of Naruto if he would have grown up here, with his bright bond spiky hair with jaw length bangs framing his face, blue eyes that could be comparable to the blue sky itself though it showed nothing but shame these pass few years

He wore a standard Konoha uniform with two bands on both of his sleeves, a green flak jacket, blue forehead protector, and blue sandals. He also wore a short-sleeved long white haori over his normal attire, closed in the front by a thin, orange rope. The haori was decorated by red flame-like motifs on the edges, with the kanji for 四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage written vertically down the back

The blond sigh once more as he look out to see the depressing sight of what was once a beautiful village. He knew the reason for this and for that he couldn't help but feel disgrace for the very place he swore to protect as a leader and he along with its inhabitants were now paying the full price for it right now.

He look on for a bit before closing his eyes as he kept on praying that he could turn back to that critical moment in time where he made the greatest mistake of his life and condemned the one person out of everyone else here to a life none should ever live, he curse himself for his thinking back then and if he could he would have punch himself for such a thing but that was tampered out when he remembered why he made such a decision

What he wanted though was to curse the Sandaime for planning such a stuff to his own and pray that he stays in the Shinigami's gut for all eternity for he would show no mercy towards him should they ever meet in the afterlife

He stop his thoughts as he heard the doors opened up, making him turn and see an older version of the red head that followed Kakashi and his team for the mission to save the Kazekage a few days ago, he gave her a sad yet warm smile to her though the person that came after her made him want to tear him piece by piece though he held himself in

The person that followed after her was a rather tall man in adulthood with fair skin. He had a wart on the left side of his nose and waist-length, spiky white hair that he usually ties back into a pony tail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. There were red lines under his eyes which extended further down his face. His usual attire consisted of a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore mesh armour that is visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore hand guards, a black belt, traditional Japanese wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side. He often carried a large scroll on his back, and had a tattoo on his left palm, and he wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for 油, abura

Though the look on his face was a little worse for wear as the years have not been kind to the man. he was enough to exchanges pleasantries though as the white haired man said out to him "hey there Minato, how's it going?"

The blond now named Minato just sigh and said to him evenly "as fine as we could be Jiraiya though right now I hope that Kakashi could save the Kazekage because we're truly in dire need of any and all alliances"

Jiraiya could hear the tiredness in the tone of his voice and he knew just how bad it would be right now, even more so when his contacts told him about the ever growing army that his old teammate turn traitor had gathered

It was there the red haired woman walk towards him and gently put a comforting hand on his shoulder and said "don't worry Minato-kun, we'll be all right and after that we will find him and bring him back home so we could make up for what we put him through"

He gave out a small sigh of relief before patting the hand on his shoulder with his own until all of a sudden he felt a disturbance and quickly stood up from his seat, it startled the two in the room until he said "somethings happen with Kakashis team"

That was enough for them to widen their eyes in shock and slight fear as Minato quickly grab onto the red head and Jiraiya before disappearing into a bright yellow flash

(Cave entrance)

The group of three have manage to get towards the place in no time flat in a bright yellow flash and what greeted them was a sight that they could never forget, the saw the younger red head right on their right and they could see that she was breathing hard as bllod flowed from its left side of her head and her right arm over her stomach as her body was riddled with cuts and bruises

Floating on her back was the Haruno female whose both arms have been bent at an akward angle that no arm should be in while lumps formed all over her face and her body had burns that showed on her skin

The raven haired Uchiha had been pinned to the tree by his shoulder that came from glowing blue swords as his entire body had been littered with wounds of all kinds from cuts, bruises to burns from what looked like lightning while his limbs looked like someone broken them six different ways each

Though what was shocking was when they saw Kakashi being held in the air by a hand on the left side on his face while his body look just as bad as the raven haired Uchiha with blood leaking from everywhere on his body along with burns and a hole on his right shoulder, it was not the state that he was in was shocking to them but the person that held him as they saw a blond with blue eyes that were in some ways similar with Minato aside from the fact that his hair was tied into a small thin ponytail with one bang framing his right side of his face

The look on his face was blank but his eyes held restrain rage as his thumb inch his way towards Kakashi's left eye

They could then hear him actually beg but what he said shocked them especially to of them as he said out the very name that they thought would nnever be heard from again "ple-pleas Nar-Na-Naruto, it-its all I-I-I ha-ha-have le-left, plea-please do-don't"

The blond sorcerer look at him blankly for a moment as he said to him in a dark tone "is that so Hatake"

He didn't even so much as give him anymore than that as the Sorcerer Supreme use his thumb and pierce the eye, it made Kakashi scream out in pain as the blond held the thumb in his left eye for a few more moments which made the man scream in pain until his body went limp. He held it there for another few more seconds before tossing the man aside like he was a rag doll, it was there he notice the appearance of another group as he took out a handkerchief and wipe the thumb he use before he said to them "looks like I was right in her having your kunai so she could call you with"

He then made the handkerchief disappear before holding out his arms and said to them "so isn't this quite the reunion isn't it Yondaime Hokage or should I call you Minato Namikaze"

Hesitantly, the blond said to him "Na-Naruto, is that you?"

He seem to give them a warm yet mocking smile as he answer him "of course, after all I am the lamb you use as a sacrifice before you left and toss me to the wolves after all"

That made everyone there flinch for a bit as the older red head said to him "look Naruto, I-I know that you have a"

That was as far as she got too before the blond held out a hand to shut her up and then said to her "you know nothing, truthfully at one point in time I hate everything about you and the man over there but then I realize something"

It was there they look slightly hopeful until he drop the giant bomb on them "you can't hate someone you have never met or even known before no matter what they claim to be to you"

that was enough for the red head to flinch as tears were starting to form in her eyes, Jiraiya was the one who step up this time to try and placate the situation "listen Naruto, they have a good reason for that and believe me it was for the better"

That was also just as far as he got to before he had to quickly jump away to avoid a pillar of earth that shot forth from the ground from where he stood moments ago. There everyone there tense up as they look back towards the blond who coldly look at them and said "do not try to defend their actions and say it was for the greater good when you yourself had been part of the reason for their actions and believe me karma can be a real pain when it comes back full circle"

The red head tried to reason with him as she said to him "Naruto please, we didn't mean to do it, we're sorry so please come back"

She didn't mange to placate him as he was already in front of her before a hand clamped right at her throat and she was then being lifted up into the air by him, making her flay for a bit as air was slowly being cut off by the blond. He manages to look him in the eye but all she saw was fury and rage in them and there she realize that he was going to hurt her really bad as he said outloud for them to hear "you think a simple apology could rewrite all the wrongs you and him gave me then you are sorely mistaken, I may not truly hate you but I will take my ten pound of flesh and believe me I will make sure to savior every moment of your screams of pain so get ready Kushina Uzumaki, I am going to show you just a fraction of what I have to live through Dattebayo"

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