./ 2 Years Until Uzumaki's Intervention

"Naruto watch out!" He heard Sasuke his gennin teammate shout. He turned back only to see Haku, a man that he had met yesterday in the some fields and that now he identified as Zabuza's companion throw some ice spears at him; he managed to block some but the attack was to overwhelming and eventually he got hit. The attack ceased.

"I'm very sorry Naruto-kun, but like you I also have to fight to protect and serve my precious people." Haku said with clear sadness in his voice. Naruto could feel the blood that was pouring out of his wound of his wound and his energy slowly slipping away, but suddenly he felt something building inside of him, something that felt for some reason familiar but he couldn't say what it was as the sensation was completely new to him. 'The Kyuubi? No, he is fixing my wound but that is not the sensation. What is it?' He questioned when suddenly a pulse of energy reached his chakra coils. There was a big explosion but what was odd is that there was no fire only sheer pressure and smoke that came from seemingly nowhere.

"Naruto?" He heard Sasuke call, he turned to him and saw the smoke whirling around him forming around him and suddenly it vanished. Naruto stood there with his injury now healed and a motionless Haku at his feet. 'Ah that's what it is'

"So it has awakened" he murmured lightly so no one could hear him.

"G-grow stronger for the people you love… Naruto-kun" He heard the nin with a weak voice barely hearable say as he turned to him a saw him giving a light smile.

"I will Haku, believe it."

"Good." His smile never receding as he stopped breathing.

He turned to Sasuke and looked at his eyes and noted that they were red with one tomoe in one eye and two in the other. "Oi Sasuke, why are your eyes red?" Sasuke froze in shock at Naruto's words, it was only then that he noticed that he was sending chakra to his eyes. He instantly knew what that meant.

"My sharingan! It has awakened! Finally I'm closer to being able to kill him!" Naruto questioned in his mind who was 'him'0 but quickly forgot about it.

"Raikiriki!" Both heard a voice shout, they turned at it and noticed Kakashi impaling Zabuza with his arm. He took it away and walked to Naruto and Sasuke, he noticed the body of Haku at the floor next to Naruto and gave an eye smile but internally he was lamenting that he had to take a life so early in his life.

"Hey there guys, I see you managed to defeat the enemy, I knew you could do it. Let's go with Sakura and inform Tazuna that the mission is complete." 'But how did Naruto managed to beat him?' Both shinobi nodded at their sensei too thrilled with their new abilities to respond.

./ Tazuna's Residence

The tree shinobi entered the house and everyone inside immediately turned to them.

"Well we did it, Zabuza is now out for real and so is his companion, now everything left is for Tazuna to build the bridge for the mission to be over" Kakasi said with an eye smile.

"What for real! Thank you very much. Thanks to you now the bridge can be completed and Wave will be saved." Tazuna said.

"Ma, ma, it was nothing plus if you want someone to really thank that would be Naruto, he convince us to continue even though the funding was not right and he defeated the other kiri nin with Sasuke´s help." Sasuke snorted at the remark.

'Hn it should have been me the one that defeated the kiri nin, not the dobe, but thanks to his new power that he received at the fight he manage defeated him.' "Oh yeah what was that power that you awakened dobe?" Sasuke demanded to know. At this all the eyes in the room turned to him.

"What do you mean Sasuke? What power?"

"In the fight with the Kiri nin Naruto suddenly exploded of sorts, there was smoke twirling around him and then it faded."

"Is this true Naruto?"

"Hai Kakashi-sensei, I don't know what was that but suddenly I felt some kind of power build inside me and then that happened." He lied. Naruto was perfectly conscious of what that was; it was 'his' gift.

"Hmm? From what you tell me it sounds like a Kekken Genkai but I am not be sure."

"What!? The dobe has a Kekken Genkai? How? He is a no one, he can't have that type of power, That sort of power should be mine!" 'I need it to kill him' Sasuke angrily shouted.

"Yeah Naruto-baka can't have that type of power!" Sakura, Naruto's third teammate screeched causing everyone in the room to flinch at the tone.

"Ma, ma, Sasuke we don't know that for sure, because the identity of Naruto's parents is unknown we cannot say." 'However as far as I know neither sensei nor Kushina-san had one.'

"Tch, whatever." He said while turning to the door. "I'm going to sleep."

"Wait Sasuke-kun I'm going with you." Sakura called running behind him. Everyone was in an awkward silence that had formed with the little scene that had occurred but luckily Tsunami save it.

"Well anyway I'm very thankful to all of you, do anyone want to have dinner?" she said lightening the mood.

"Yeah food! I'm starving!" Naruto shouted making everyone sweat drop at his antics.

"Sure, why not." Kakashi replied.

"Ok then, I'll start making it right now"

The dinner was uneventful with just some chit-chat between everyone until a kid appeared on the doorway; he approached Naruto with his head low. Everyone was quiet to this point. The kid sniffed and said.

"I'm really sorry for all the things I said. I was very angry with myself for not being able to do anything when my dad died and…" he didn't continue talking as Naruto putted a hand on his head; he looked up with teary eyes and watched as the blonde directed a wide grin to him.

"It's okay Inari, I understand, the important thing here is, never give up, never, grow up and get strong to be able to fight for your precious people, that's what a precious friend of mine once

taught me" he said with his smile decaying a bit at the end, something that Kakashi noted. At these words Inari began to cry and thank him for everything; soon enough he settled and dinner continued.

./

"Ah man I'm stuffed Thanks for the dinner Tsunami-chan."

"You're welcome Naruto I'm glad you liked it" Said woman responded.

"Well I think I will go to sleep too. Night."

"Wait Naruto." He heard Kakashi call.

"Yes sensei?"

"I need to talk with you a bit, outside if you don't mind"

"Sure, no problem."

./ Outside

"So what did you wanted to talk to me about Kakashi sensei?"

"How do you feel Naruto?"

"About what?" Naruto replied confused knowing where this conversation was going.

"About your kill, I noticed how your mood changed when you were talking about him earlier at the dinner; the first kill is never pleasant especially if it was someone who you could consider your friend." Naruto's face turned a little sour at that.

"I'm fine sensei really, just I wished that he didn't have to die, what bothers me is that I didn't really kill him consciously." In reality Naruto hadn't thought about it, mainly because he knew that if he did, it would affect, and it was something that he didn't wanted, but even though he remember the words that the Kiri nin said to him and his promise that he would live them to the fullest.

./Flashback no Justsu

A passed out Naruto was sleeping soundly on the floor on a field soured by forest. He had been training in the whole night and when his body couldn't take anymore, he passed out. Suddenly Naruto started to twitch showing signs that he was waking up. When he opened his eyes he saw a beautiful woman with long raven hair falling over her shoulders with a pink kimono standing over him watching his face with worry.

"Are you okay mister?" the woman asked.

"Umm, your cute hehe." Naruto responded not fully awake yet. The woman blush a little but seemed to brush it off.

"Are you a shinobi?"

"Yeah that's right, why?" He asked now more aware, embarrassed from his previous comment.

"Tell me. Why do you fight? What is your purpose?" The question catched the blond with surprise not expecting the interrogative. It most has been obvious because the woman elaborated.

"I live to serve and protect my precious people, because when you have and fight for them you get strong, that is where real power comes from, from the will to protect. So what do you fight for?"

"Hmm I haven't really thought about that, I mean I have my precious people but they are all safe, may be to protect the weaker, those who suffer because of injustice, I had a pretty bad life myself while growing up so maybe that drives me." Naruto said not really understanding why he was telling this to a stranger.

"Hmm yes that seems like a good cause to fight for." She said with a smile. "Well I have to get going shinobi-san a precious people of mine is sick and I need to tend to him, I hope we met again."

"My name is Naruto!" Naruto shouted catching her attention again. "Uzumaki Naruto and I will grow stronger for the people precious to me, believe it!"

"Good, my name is Haku, it was a pleasure to meet you, I hope we meet again" Haku said turning around with a light smile on her face. "Oh and by the way." She said twisting his head. "I'm a male." He then proceeded to go away, leaving a stunned Naruto of the field.

./ Flashback no Jutsu Kai

"Well good enough I think, but if you ever need to talk, feel free to come with me."

"Sure, thanks sensei. I'm going to sleep now." Kakashi only nodded at Naruto's retreating form. But what he didn't know is that Naruto didn't go to sleep right away. He went to the roof and sat in a meditative pose and closed his eyes. Soon enough he felt a tug from the back of his consciousness and succumbed to it.

./ Seal

"Hello again fuzz ball it's been a while science we talked."

"Who do you think you are calling fuzz ball stupid ningen. But yeah you took your while getting my gift" Kyuubi growled.

"Well you did make so I received it only after 6 years of wait"

"Hmpf, whatever I wasn't exited to see you again anyway" Kyuubi said with a light growl. "So how do you like it?"

"It's cool, just that I have to learn to harness it."

"Of course you have, my gift is a handy one, it is as difficult to master as useful."

"We'll see."

./ Flashback no Jutsu… Again

./ 6 years ago. 8 Years Until Uzumaki's Intervention

Naruto was staring with wide eyes at the creature in front of him, he knew who it was, after all it was the monster that his hero the Yondaime Hokage defeated, the demon fox that attacked konoha 9 years ago.

"W-what? W-why are you here?"

"Because the fucking Yondaime Hokage sealed me inside you, you see despite what you all ningen think a biju cannot be killed, when we are defeated our chakra just wander through the world and eventually we reform." He said with superiority etched in his voice. "However your Yondaime seemed to know this and sacrificing his life he sealed me within you." It said with rage in his voice, clearly not liking the series of event that had happened.

"I-I see, so I am here because…? The fox smirked at this.

'It seems he is not as stupid as he seems' "The reason that I have brought you here is because even if I don't like it, we biju have a code of honor toward our jinchuriki, in hope of evening the debt we produce from being sealed inside of you we can give a gift when you turn the same age as our tails. However because of this most jinchurikis are not capable of choosing their gift so they choose it, the Ichibi grants power over sand, Nibi an extreme fire affinity, etc.

My previous jinchuriki was too old to give the gift when I was sealed so 'she' didn't received anything". Kyuubi said putting a light emphasis at the word 'she', Naruto noted this but filed it for latter.

"So that means you are going to give me an ability?"He said both curious and hopeful to the demon's remark.

"That's right" Naruto smirked, oh Kyuubi was liking this boy, he was intelligent and if his smirk meant anything, ambitious. Naruto thought about what kind of ability he wanted and after some minutes he spoke.

"I want the ability to control smoke" (AU: not like Smokey from One Piece but from the new InFamous hero, just noticed the similarity between the two.)

"Hm the power to wield smoke huh, the sounds useful, very well your gift shall be the 'Kemuri Shakuho' (Smoke Release). You will be able to unlock in 7 years from now, but to do it you need a traumatic or need dead experience." Naruto nodded.

"Yes alright, thank you Kyuubi"

"Hmpf, whatever, I only did it for obligation now begun don't return here until you have unlocked it." And then Kyuubi kicked Naruto out of the mindscape.

./ Flashack no Jutsu Kai

"So what did you wanted to talk to me about?" Kyuubi remembered that he had told him to return once he unlocked his power, he immediately had a disgusted expression on his face, as if he didn't want to say it at all.

"I… I need your help." He said. There he had said it.