Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto; if I did Kisame would have a lot more battle scenes.

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Previously in Vice Versa: A Naruto Tale—

An hour late. Naruto had hurried to get his weekly report done and Mizu is an hour late. Suddenly there was a quick bolt of lightning and then nothing. Where the lightning had struck there was a man with blond hair and brown eyes. He had on a familiar black cloak that had the kanji for lightning on it.

'So they sent you, huh Rai?"

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"Hello, Naruto." said Rai.

"Where's Mizu?"

'He got caught up at HQ so they sent me."

"Well here's the report." said Naruto throwing his report to Rai.

Rai took the report and stuck it in his pocket... He pulled out two rods. Infact, they were the swords that Rai, one of the seven mist swordsmen, had used. They had found them at the bottom of the canyon that he had fallen in.

'What do you plan on doing with that?" asked Naruto.

"I am here to punish you."

'For doing what?"

'You're making yourself to obvious. You showed your power to the Nara, and your wits to the Uchiha. Then you retract in to a whipped puppy, and take everything. It's like a bad play. Show your true self or act like a wimp. You choose."

'Alright I understand!"

'If you do not beat me the mission will go to somebody else."

"What?" was all Naruto could say before Rai launched himself at Naruto.

Naruto could see the electricity building in the swords. Naruto was still wearing the outfit he had fought Sasuke in, but he had no sword. He was about to call on Kyuubi but Rai stopped him.

"Five elements seal!" shouted Rai. Naruto's eyes widened in recognition.

Rai slammed his hand into Naruto's stomach. Five years ago Naruto would have fainted from this encounter, not now. He grabbed Rai's arm and swung him around. He threw Rai into the nearest tree.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Jutsu!"

The two dragons collided, causing a downpour of mud and water. Naruto could see Rai running down the water fall itself.

"Chidori!" shouted Rai.

Naruto grunted. He had shown Rai the scroll containing the chidori, and now it was being used against him.

"Earth Style: Massive Spikes Jutsu!" shouted Naruto.

Spikes made of earth came shooting out of the waterfall at random, usually appearing in front of Rai. One came from underneath him. He jumped back, off the water fall, and yet another one came towards him. He destroyed the tip of it with one swipe.

From the statue of the first Hokage came another spike. Rai was still falling and was barely able to maneuver himself. He turned around and destroyed the spike, canceling the chidori. Naruto smirked. Rai wasn't the second in command for nothing. Of course Naruto was third.

"Water Style: Water Shark Jutsu." said Naruto, as a shark made out of water jumped up and hit Rai in the back.

It exploded and Rai went flying. Suddenly Rai disappeared in a poof of smoke. Naruto looked around frantically. From behind him he heard a voice.

"Lightning Style: Lightning Dagger Jutsu."

In Rai's hand, a ball of electricity began to from. It hovered for a second and then formed into a 'kunai'. He threw it at Naruto. Naruto jumped out of the way, but it grazed his arm.

'Shit." he swore. The jutsu had paralyzed his left arm. He remembered something.

The scroll that he had been planning to use on Sasuke was still in his pocket. He took it out and swiped his blood on it. Out came a white light. It surrounded Naruto. After a few minutes, the light disappeared. Naruto was left sitting there, flexing his left arm.

'That was Kaze's Heavenly healing jutsu wasn't it?" asked Rai.

'You would know, wouldn't you?" replied Naruto.

"Too bad you wasted it; you could still have used taijustsu."

'Yeah, but that scroll replenishes chakra too, and I need a lot for what I have planned."

"And what is that?"

"Zodiac Boost!" yelled Naruto.

A silver aura surrounded Naruto. For a second, he could see fear in Rays' eyes. This was an original jutsu created by RyoYaiba. With the jutsu, Naruto was as strong as he would have been if Rai hadn't sealed Kyuubi away.

"Water Style: Ice Dragon Jutsu!"

A dragon made out of ice erupted from the lake. It charged at Rai, mouth wide open. Ryo jumped back, and created an earth wall. It sprouted from the wall and appeared in front of the dragon. Normally this would have stopped it but this dragon was being combined with Zodiac Boosts power, thus made it stronger.

It burst through the wall, continuing to charge at Rai.

"Water Style: Multi- Water Whip Jutsu!" he screamed.

Fourteen water whips shot out from the lake. They wrapped around the dragon's body, barely stopping it. Rai noticed some thing strange about the dragon. Its mouth was still wide open. He looked inside its mouth and saw that it was hollow. That's when he met Naruto's newest technique.

"Fire Style: Burning Phoenix Jutsu!" was all he heard before jumping back.

Out of the dragon's mouth erupted a flame resembling the head of a phoenix. It wrapped itself around Rai and formed a ball of fire. Then, it imploded. Ashes fell out of the sky.

"Good Job Naruto, you beat me."

Naruto turned around and saw Rai standing behind him. He grinned. Rai was nearly unbeatable, but Naruto had done it. Rai must have used substitution when the phoenix hit him.

'Thanks Rai. Say hi to Oto for me ok."

'Sure thing." said Rai, disappearing in a bolt of lightning.

Naruto was about to leave, when four ANBU appeared. Each had on the same mask. They looked pretty serious.

'You are under arrest for treason."

'First I haven't even been declared as a leaf ninja so it's not treason. Second…" said Naruto, pulling out a kunai, "You shouldn't be sticking your nose in other people's business."

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" shouted all four ANBU in unison.

When the fire died down nothing was there. A thick mist surrounded them. This mist was different. It was greenish color. They thought he had left when they heard:

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

The screams of the four ANBU could be heard a mile away. Luckily no one was a mile near the valley. After making sure all of the ANBU were dead he began to repair the valley, making sure it looked like no one was ever there. He proceeded to get rid of the seal Rai had placed on him, and walked home.

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A.N. – This chapter was actually supposed to come out a few chapters earlier but I decided it could wait. Nothing I can say for this week, but do check my profile for my newest story, NaruxSaku right off the bat! And review people!

Ranting Corner:

WARNING SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT.

Chapter 375 had to be my favorite chapter in the entire series so far. Jiraiya never seems to get the spotlight, but for once he is. It's just so awesome. I will of course, stick to the idea that Jiraiya is going to die. Also, if Pein had this eye jutsu, doen't that mean Kurenai does too, I mean she has the same eyes as him.