It had been four months since Naruto came to the Sand village and his jutsu's increased so dramatically the Kyuubi already thought he was far ahead of a Chunin and just a little ways from being a Jounin. Naruto with the help of his shadow clones were able to speed up the process by at least fifteen fold. He mastered all the taijutsu moves but was having problems with two ninjutsu moves. The Rasengan and the Wind Sword of the Angel, no matter how he tried he could not grasp the Rasengan technique. He figured it was just a lost cause because he could only get to the second step.

Every day the Kyuubi would train with Naruto by taking the form of a shadow clone and fight Naruto at his full capacity to toughen him up. The Kyuubi noticed that Naruto's body started to get very muscular at the age of thirteen and that his determination to destroy the Konoha rivaled his own rage and hate. Naruto had enlisted in the Sand village academy by the request of the Kyuubi, it seems the Kyuubi wanted Naruto to learn more techniques and not just from the scroll he stole. Naruto thought it was just a waste of time since he could not stand out and had to be way below average so his skills would not draw attention to himself. Naruto eventually started to like the academy because he was learning a new jutsu from another village that help increase his potential no matter how small.

Many of the students thought Naruto was anti-social because he rarely spoke and he never hung out with anyone at the school. Naruto would come home with school work go to his part-time job and do jutsu training everyday by making at least fifty shadow clones that would help him practice using his jutsu to master it in a weeks' time that would normally take months or years depending on the level of the technique.

"Naruto you need to find another sparring partner, I have taken you as far as I can go. You are the perfect weapon of revenge but we need victims to see exactly how far you come. We need to ask questions here to see if they have any idea if we can find Orochimaru who can take us to the next level. We need more jutsu's to be complete." Said the Kyuubi as he was in the body of a clone.

"Easier said than done, I can't go full strength on the students because it will cause unwanted attention to us. If we go and pick out random victims some may know how to fight, some may not and that would start and investigation on the attacks on the villagers. We need strong fighters that can take punishment and be able to kill us with their skills." Said Naruto as he conversed with the Kyuubi in his head.

Naruto knew the Kyuubi would not let up unless he found someone strong or someone who was on his level. Then Naruto had an idea, bandits that preyed on weary travelers no one would miss them and many bandits were rogue ninjas that fell on hard times. As Naruto told the Kyuubi his plan he could hear the Kyuubi laughing as to say job well done. As Naruto made plans for his targets, the Kyuubi told Naruto to start reading books such as Modern Warfare, The Art of Espionage and Close Quarter Combat Scenario to make his mind sharp. Naruto hated reading but if he did not he would never rest because the Kyuubi would howl at him for not following orders all through the night in his head and nag him all morning until it was done. As Naruto made two clones each one grabbed a book and started reading. As the one clone finished reading the book in five hours uninterrupted he vanished and Naruto gained its knowledge. When the other clone finished it did the same thing and vanished leaving Naruto just a little bit wiser. Now Naruto had just finished his book and was dead beat tired from all of that reading.

"Naruto you have one more book to read and then we will make our plans for the bandits." Said the Kyuubi.

"Hey I read three damn books already I'm tired of reading! Then you want me to read another long boring book and also make preparations for the bandits tonight?" Screamed Naruto inside his head at his host.

"You will like this book, read the title." Said the Kyuubi.

As Naruto looked at the book it read: Konoha Bloodline Families a Breakdown of Its Fire Country Clans.

"When did I pick this up at the library? This is the book I should have read first." Said Naruto as now he was excited to read the book.

"You really don't have any patience or notice things around you, do you young cub? I told you to pick up the books as I read the titles and you didn't pay any attention at all. "As the Kyuubi raised its voice in Naruto's head.

"That wasn't a library it was a mausoleum." As Naruto sat down to read the book.


As he finished reading it he noticed it was almost dark outside. So he started packing up some ninja tools when he heard the Kyuubi speak.

"Leave your ninja weapons here and just use your jutsu's, if you can't take out these vagrants with the skills you learned then this is far as you were meant to come!" Said the Kyuubi with anger.

Naruto felt uncomfortable about not using his tools but he felt the Kyuubi was right on both statements. As Naruto headed to the carriage he quickly mounted the horses and headed for the gate. As he approached the gate he heard Kimko the gatekeeper greet him.

"Hey Mikado how are you? You're not planning to leave the village tonight are you? I mean the desert is a goldmine for thieves for innocent travelers on the road, maybe you should wait for tomorrow morning when it's safer." Said Kimko with worry in her voice.

"I'm not going that far I'm supposed to meet my relatives half way and receive some supplies that's all, I'll be okay." Said Naruto with a phony smile and even more false words.

Kimko looked worried but she still opened the gate for Naruto as he rode away from the village. As he rode the carriage the Kyuubi kept going over the tactics for eliminating the bandits.

As they were on the road he pulled over for about two hours and set up camp, there was no sign of life on the road as he waited patiently for something to happen.

"Maybe I should walk around on foot to see if I can find these bandits? There hasn't been anyone on this road coming or going, I hope this wasn't a big waste of time." As Naruto started talking out loud.

As he started walking further down the road Naruto saw a camp fire a little ways down.

"Follow that trail to the camp and you will find the bandits down the road, there are eleven of them hurry before they decide to leave." Said the Kyuubi as he felt the negative emotion from the campfire.

"How can you be sure it could be a bunch of children or travelers on the road?" Asked Naruto about how he was so certain they were there.

"I feel their hatred, follow the path to the campfire there you'll put your skills to what you learned to the test." The Kyuubi was excited by the potential massacre his vessel was about to perform.

As Naruto walked the path he walked dead in the center of the camp, he went directly to the fire and warmed his hands over the flame.

"What the hell? Some kid just walked into the camp like he owns the damn place." Said the muscular looking ninja with an battle-ax.

"This kid is definitely off his rocker, just kill him and let's get back to more important things." Said the short looking man with a knife.

"That's funny I feel eleven chakra signatures but I only see ten of you assholes, oh well I guess practice is practice I'll find the other asshole later."

As the two of the outlaws stood up, Naruto just shook his head. With his speed he was like a blur, Naruto took both bandits out with a single attack as he grabbed their two knives of the side of his enemy, he quickly got between the two bandits and planted the knives deep into their hearts. As the bodies hit the ground the outlaws could not believe their eyes. It was if they had blinked and both men laid stretch out dead on the ground. Suddenly all eight bandits got up they figured he was unarmed and that it would be easier to kill him, plus he was just a snot nose little kid that probably got lucky because those two were drinking.

As Naruto got in his stance to pounce on his prey. He waited patiently like a wolf preying on a lamb. As they rushed him Naruto quickly evaded the man with an battle-ax by side stepping him and striking him in his Adams apple so hard he backed up choking. Two men rushed him at the same time with their swords, Naruto grabbed the outlaw's wrist and spun and kick his legs from underneath him; he caught the taller swordsman's by the arm and kicked the hilt of the sword so it flew high in the air. Naruto concentrated his chakra into his fist and struck the bigger swordsman so hard by his heart it stop his heart from beating instantly. Naruto caught the sword on its way down and stabbed the taller swordsman on the ground through the neck with his own sword. As the other five bandits rushed Naruto, he quickly pulled out the sword in the man's neck and threw the sword at the closest bandit cleaving one of the bandit arm off; as they confronted Naruto he evaded every attack the outlaw threw at him ease. As Naruto struck each bandits kidney, liver, eyes and heart, they all hit the ground with extreme force and couldn't move because of the well placed blows on their vital organs. The large man with the battle-ax seeing this attacked Naruto while he stayed stationary. The large man with the battle-ax was so terrified that he did not notice Naruto would move only at the last second every time to avoid the ax on a downward thrust.

"You really are dumb ass aren't you? You just killed your own teammates by trying to smash my head in." As Naruto pointed down with his finger as the bandit followed Naruto's finger.

The large bandit couldn't believe it, he was so afraid of this killer demon child that he wasn't paying attention to his surroundings. Each and every one of his teammates met death by his battle-ax As the last bandit look at Naruto he backed up in fear ready to run from this small pint size demon. The bandit stopped in his tracks and fell down dead from a kunai to the back from a young looking man with glasses.

"Ahh the eleventh bandit and he killed his own, no honor among thieves. Well I guess that just leaves you and me?" "Naruto was now warmed up for another fight.

"You truly are an interesting kid with strength I never seen before and movement as fast as the wind itself, but don't think that I'm some common thief. I came to destroy this band of robbers from ever stealing from my master ever again but you beat me to the punch." Said the young man with the glasses.

"Talk, talk, talk, this ends now so I can go home get some sleep as well something to eat, I'm starving over here you four eye geek." Naruto said it menacingly toward his opponent in front of him.

As they clashed Naruto could not believe it this young man with the glasses was good, he was better than anyone he ever faced in his life. He could keep up with Naruto's speed easily and his taijutsu was so astonishing that it made Naruto back up and take time to come up with a battle plan on combatting such a strong opponent. As Naruto looked at the young man with glasses, the young man with glasses made a hand sign and his hands started glowing with chakra.

"Be careful cub, this kid is no ordinary bandit he seems to be methodical as you are and I believe he is holding back just the same as you are with a trump card of his own" Said the Kyuubi as he began to worry about his container's safety.

"I know and what's that strange hand jutsu he just made?" Naruto began to move more vigilantly against his opponent advances.

As the young man rushed Naruto he struck Naruto across his back and Naruto could feel his entire muscles go limp in his shoulder area. Naruto quickly spun and tried to kick his opponent but it was met with the hands of that strange glowing jutsu as his foot felt like it went dead. As Naruto hobbled back he could see his attacker knew that he was in complete control of the situation now. Naruto wished now he had brought some weapons.

"I must say you truly are impressive individual but it's time for you to go the netherworld, my young little friend." Said the man in the glasses.

As he rushed Naruto with his glowing hand Naruto performed the Sarutobi Shadow Dance perfectly and was able to evade his attack and break the young man's wrist and ankle by punching and kicking his joint with a surge of chakra from his hand and foot. As the young man backed up from the pain, he looked at Naruto and smiled ear to ear.

"My master would have loved to meet you, a perfect weapon, uncaring, ingenious and bold. Orochimaru it seems my time may draw short against this demon child, I hope I can kill him to make you proud" As he stood up waiting for another attack from his assailant.

"Wait you know Orochimaru? Take me to him I need to speak with him; he is the only one who can help me become better than I am. He is essential to our plans" said Naruto.

"Our plans? Who are you working for kid? Why should I trust you? Your nothing but cold hearted killer. The man in the glasses backed up to see just what this boy's objective plan was and why did he need Orochimaru.

"I so far only took out the ones who deserve it and the ones who came after me, I haven't killed any innocents but I will get those who tortured me with loneliness and hatred I deserve retribution from that abuse I took for years by their hands." Naruto eyes started to glow red with anger activating his suppress anger for revenge.

The young man saw this and was just a little startled by that sight. As he looked at the young kid up and down he figured his master would like to meet this child who was close to mastering the ninja way of destruction at such an early age.

"We will meet in two weeks' time three miles from here by that wall called Serenity; there you will have an audience with lord Orochimaru. My name is Kabuto what's yours?"

"When I meet your master I'll tell him personally!" Naruto began to limp away from Kabuto and headed back home. The injuries he sustained from Kabuto were not fatal but it hurt like hell.

"Good work cub you faced many strong opponents today with your bare hands and faced an even stronger opponent than you and walked away stronger for it… but you need even more training. When you get home, make more shadow clones than you ever made and increase all of your jutsu's because we need to be prepared just in case of a double cross by that glass wearing freak." As the Kyuubi conveyed his pride into his young cub.

"I just finished fighting someone that could have killed me and I'm injured and you want me to go home and practice at three in the morning?"

"Cub this fight should have motivated you even more to become better skilled than him. Be stronger than him so the next time his death will be quick by your hands."

Naruto smiled, he was proud of what he accomplished tonight but he knew that the Kyuubi was right. He didn't care if he had to practice for sixty-four hours straight; he was going to make sure that his skills weren't going to be rivaled by anyone.