It has been a month since the end of the mission to Wave and the return to Konoha. In that month several small events happened around the village of Konoha.

Flashback

Mina Haruno sat weeping at the funeral service for her daughter. The Sandaime Hokage looked sadly at her and spoke to the small group of people who came to the funeral for Sakura and said "It is the greatest honor a shinobi can have is to die for their village. Sakura will forever be missed by those who were close to her and her family. During this time please give your strength to those who are most effected by this tragic loss. May she blossom once more in the hearts of all those here." as he looked down Sadly as one by one those present brought a white rose and sat it in front of the picture of Sakura at the memorial stone where her name was engraved.

Ino looked at the picture crying and thought "why did you have to die Sakura. How did you die. Why didn't your team mates save you....why didn't Sasuke save you." as she looked at Sasuke who looked bored and thought "that bastard looks like he doesn't even care." as she clenched her fist. Memories of her and Sakura relationship flash in her mind and she thought "he wasn't worth our friendship forehead I am so sorry." as she pulled out the ribbon Sakura gave her back and tied it around her hair and closed her eyes and thought "I will live for you Sakura. I will make your dream come true and tell everyone that it was the great ninja Sakura Haruno who inspired me to become a great ninja just like you." as she walked forward and set her rose on the small pile and stepped back and walked away giving her mother time to mourn.

End flashback

Another event happened in Wave country.

Tazuna was sitting at his table when a knock was heard and he got up and walked to the door and opened it and saw a man wearing a bird mask and he asked "Yes."

The ANBU pulled out a scroll and said "You are Tazuna correct."

Tazuna said "Yes."

The ANBU said "Then this is for you." as he handed the scroll to Tazuna who took it and asked "What is this." but the ANBU was already gone.

Tazuna opened the scroll and read

Tazuna,

I wish to tell you how sorry I am for all the pain and suffering that you and your country have experienced in the last few years because of Gato and the rogue ninja group you heard about. I wish to help your pain a little bit so I have gotten all of Gato legal business and have signed them over to you. I have also taken care of the payment for the mission you requested out of Gato illegal activities. I know this does not replace all the friends and family that you have lost but at least now you can complete yours and their dreams of having a prosperous country by using the resources that you now have to what the people who died would want. I also include a 1 year contract for 2 team of ANBU who will be stationed in town to help with security and protection of your country until you can afford your own protection and I hope that if after that time is over if you need any other needs that you would let us be of service.

Sandaime Hokage

End flashback

To say Tazuna was stunned would be an understatement. When the first 100 people arrived to open offices for the shipping companies Tazuna actually threw his new bottle of Sake away.....It was only half empty though.

Haku became a member of team 7 replacing Sakura. Team youth worked on some D-rank missions but did a lot of training exercises including Tree climbing which took Sasuke a week to learn while everyone else already knew it. Lee got by with his speed being able to get to the top of the tree on that alone, Water walking which Tenten showed she had better control then everyone else, 10 laps around the village every day which showed Lee was the best at it with him being the fastest, as well as 100 jumping jacks, sit ups, push ups, squats, punches with each arm, kicks with each leg, evasive training where everyone had to learn to dodge rocks that Kakashi and Gai threw at them which Naruto showed he was the best at that since he could tell they were coming from without even trying. Neji though showed why he was considered a prodigy when it came to the Hyuuga family jutsu. When he showed the Kaiten against Tenten twin rising dragon it impressed the rest of the team except Sasuke who was envious. This of coarse prompted Naruto to demonstrate his wind shield that made Neji glare at him for not only stopping Tenten weapon with less chakra but also by being able to use them against her.

Naruto and Tenten went on several dates because Naruto felt guilty for upsetting Tenten even though he didn't know what he did to upset her and she refused to tell him and they went around the village which included sky-riding, a picnic to the park where Tenten learned Naruto actually could cook, a movie, dinner at a restaurant and watching sunset a few times with casual talk mixed in.

Naruto moved back into the weapon shop and left clones to work there during the day much to Dustin delight since it allowed Naruto to finish his order for Dustin. However Dustin actually threw one of Naruto Kagebunshin in the furnace and said that he could do the same to the original if he hurt his daughter. The next few days Naruto kept looking at his body feeling the phantom pains from the Kagebunshin memories.

Haku and Lee also went on a date after Lee asked her out during a sparing match where Haku beat Lee by using her Demonic Ice Mirrors to trap him and sent several senbon needles into his legs and arms immobilizing them.

Besides training with their ninja team the Rangers also trained in the command center in a VR room that allowed them to practice against data recorded of other Ranger battles in the past. With the Schematics of what Naruto and Alpha was having to use to repair the droids they were also able to create zord battles in the VR room using that data.

However there were events that were not good.

The Sandaime looked at the form he was just handed by a council messenger and frowned before he sent for Sasuke.

When Sasuke arrived the Sandaime looked at Sasuke and asked "What is the meaning of this Sasuke." as he handed the scroll to Sasuke.

Sasuke took the scroll and smirked and said "It is what it says it is. I want the Uchiha property returned to their rightful owner."

The Sandaime said "There is no proof that if there was even such an item that it belong to the Uchiha clan."

Sasuke said "The scroll I gave to the council shows otherwise and you know there is such a device because those 4 idiots have them on their arms."

The Sandaime glared at Sasuke who seemed board and he said "ANBU, send for Naruto for me."

10 minutes later Naruto appeared in a swirl of leaves and said "You wish to see me Hokage-sama." as he glanced at Sasuke who was looking smug.

The Sandaime said "Yes, here." as he took the scroll from Sasuke and handed it to Naruto.

Naruto read it and said "Sir, I don't understand what this is referring to."

Sasuke said "I want my property. I found in my family scroll where they had one of those morphers you have on your arm that was stolen and I have seen enough to know that you have all of the morphers so that means you have the one that belong to my family and I demand the morpher be returned to it's rightful owner."

Naruto gave Sasuke a dead pan look and said "Rightful owner huh. You were the one who requested this right Sasuke."

Sasuke said "Yeah. Now give it to me or give me the one you have in it's place." with a smug look.

Naruto looked at the Sandaime who was glaring at Sasuke and winked catching the Sandaime attention and Naruto said "Forgive me Hokage-sama but has Sasuke been declared clan head or heir of the Uchiha clan."

The Sandaime blinked and smirked and said "No. As of right now Itachi is still classified as the heir to the Uchiha clan and since the clan head is dead that means Itachi is the clan head now even though he is a missing nin and Itachi has never filed the paperwork declaring Sasuke as the clan heir."

Sasuke who was hearing this was clenching his fist in rage and Naruto said "Then that means that we have several avenues we can take at this time Hokage-sama. One, Sasuke here can be arrested for identity theft and fraud which I believe means since he is a ninja of this village that his chakra will be sealed away for the next 5 year in prison."

Sasuke screamed "What." in shock.

Naruto ignored him and said "The second avenue is that Sasuke here can be charged with destruction of village resources since not only did this matter take up council time but also your precious time that could be used for the good of the village which will have him locked away for 2 years and he will have to surrender restitutions to the village for the loss that it has suffered because of his actions."

Sasuke was clenching his fist as blood leaked from his hand and the Sandaime said "That is also true."

Naruto said "There is also one other thing Sasuke can be charged with and this one is the most severe. As you know including yourself, less then 10 people in the entire elemental country knows about the item in question. All are sworn to S-rank secrecy and would never tell Sasuke here about them. Also the fact that until the day of the Kyuubi attack all of the items in questions had never been in the elemental nations and after that were all in the possession of myself and my sensei meaning that either the scroll Sasuke claims he found was a fake or Sasuke was given it by someone who knows about the items and since outside of those who are sworn to S-ran secrecy the only ones who know about them are the ones who are responsible for Sakura death meaning it is enemies of Konoha which means Sasuke is either a spy for this enemy, guilty of treason, or is an accessory to the death of Sakura meaning he can be put to death."

Sasuke was pale as he heard all this and said "You can't do this."

The Sandaime said "Actually, I can. The question is which one is it. If you tell me everything about how you got your hands on the scroll or the information about the item your trying to take then I will put a reprimand in your file until such time as you legally become clan head of the Uchiha clan. If you don't then I will be forced to send you to Ibiki for torture and interrogation."

Sasuke said "You can't do that. I am the only Uchiha in this village and you need me to pass on my bloodline." arrogantly.

The Sandaime pushed a button on his desk and said "Send in my doctor."

Sasuke looked confused and an elderly looking male doctor walked in and asked "Yes Hokage-sama."

The Sandaime said "Doctor, young Sasuke here has been inquiring about what he might expect if he were to be captured by his enemies concerning his bloodline. Would you give him the details for me."

Sasuke eyes got wide and the doctor said "Of coarse Hokage-sama. Now the most obvious thing you would have to fear Sasuke is removal of your eyes to be transplanted in another user like your sensei Hatake Kakashi had done. The next would be retrieval of genetic material with sperm and then blood transfusions to donated infants followed by skin and bone grafts and finally dissection. All of these are the most common practices of bloodline theft. There is of coarse the more traditional means where you would be strapped to a table after your eyes were removed, had IV hooked up to you to keep you sedated and alive while woman who have taken drugs or jutsu to insure becoming pregnant would take go through the traditional method. Does that help you understand the dangers of being captured by an enemy."

Sasuke nods while wide eyed looking at the Hokage scared and the Hokage said "That is all doctor."

The doctor nods and leaves and the Sandaime said "Your excuse of your willingness for future Sharingan is not required Sasuke. The fact is by this act alone I can have you strapped to a table for the rest of your life before the hour is up. Normally I would not threaten such a thing but I know for a fact only those associated with Naruto here have access to the item your requesting and the knowledge of the item is limited to 6 others outside of that group who would NEVER tell you. That means that you had to receive the info for them from the group who killed Sakura and I DO NOT TAKE THE DEATH OF MY NINJA LIGHTLY. NOW TALK." as he unleashed some KI.

Sasuke who was panting said "When I returned from training I found someone had broken into my clan house and had gathered a bunch of scrolls. It appeared they were going to steal them but my returning scared them away. I looked through them and found that scroll that describe the things him and the other 3 had on their arms and how it belong to my clan and gives a person great power so I wanted what belong to my clan returned to me so I could use it to kill Itachi. I swear, that's the truth."

Naruto looked at Sasuke and said "I do not wish to press charges against him for trying to force me to surrender the morphers but I do want this incident to go away sir. I believe that THEY used Sasuke to force me and the others out of the shadows where it would be easier to kill us and destroy the village. Most likely the person who set this up was his older brother Itachi."

Sasuke felt like he was slapped by hearing this and the Sandaime said "Very well. Sasuke Uchiha, you are hereby put on notice. If you reveal the info you were given to anyone or try to get your hands on those items again or try to draw attention to those who have them then I will carry out my threat. Do you understand."

Sasuke gulped and nods and the Sandaime said "Dismissed Uchiha."

Sasuke quickly left the room and once the door was closed Naruto looked at the Sandaime and said "I know you played along with what I said but why did you goto the extreme like that if I may ask."

The Sandaime said "I meant what I said about not taking the death of my ninja lightly. However that was not the reason I was so hard on him........what I am about to tell you must never be revealed. I keep your secret so I ask that you keep this one."

Naruto said "Very well."

The Sandaime said "As you know the Uchiha massacre happened around 7 years ago give or take a year. What you don't know is that it was ordered by me."

Naruto eyes got wide and the Sandaime held up his hand and said "Let me explain please."

Naruto nods and the Sandaime said "The Uchiha clan were planning a revolt which would have caused the village to go into a civil war because of their own greed. I had my two advisors trick another member of the council named Danzo into ordering Itachi to do it thinking I was ignoring the danger the Uchiha represented. I did this because Danzo was also getting ready to revolt using his own ANBU called ROOT. By having him order it I was able to force him to back off and move to work in the shadows."

Naruto asked "If Danzo is so much a threat why didn't you kill him."

The Sandaime said "It's not that simple. Remember how there was a Gennin test after the graduation test. Those who failed the actual Gennin test are sent back into remedial training. Danzo officially operates the remedial training coarse and he is good at. 96 percent of those who enter the remedial coarse are then able to be used as supplementary ninja for the village in working at the hospitals freeing doctors and nurses to tend to wounded and sick while the remedial take care of cleaning of cloths, food, linen, supplies, inventory, and other things like that. They work in every part of the village as paper workers here, librarians, secretaries, bank tellers, and hundreds of other places. Without them then the village would shut down in a week. The other 4 percent though Danzo fits into his Root program and this is where it gets to the part why I can't have him killed. Besides Jiraiya Konoha has only 1 other full time spy network and that is ran by Danzo. Even now his Root members are helping the village. I had him take over Gato shipping companies and give the legal ones to Tazuna as well as sending some of the Root ANBU to guard Wave for the next year. Danzo is taking the illegal activities and using them to gather info and resources that the village needs to work. He can filter the illegal money from the black market things Gato was in and none of the other hidden villages will know about it since they are not on any records like the ones we have to turn into the feudal lord every year to show we are doing an excellent job."

Naruto said "I understand all that but what does this have to do with Sasuke."

The Sandaime sighed and said "The person who was just in this room was not Sasuke Uchiha." making Naruto eyes wide.

Naruto asked "What do you mean."

The Sandaime rubbed his eyes and said "Sasuke Uchiha died at the hands of his own brother the day of the Uchiha massacre when Itachi tried to use his Sharingan to make Sasuke hate him and want to restore his family honor.....the Sasuke you saw just now was what was left after that event. He spent a week in the hospital with his mind completely destroyed by the Sharingan of Itachi. I had Inoichi Yamanaka go into Sasuke mind and create a new person using the info in Sasuke mind. Sasuke was turned into the perfect traitor that day. So far 36 times someone has offered Sasuke a chance for power to kill his brother if he would betray the village. Sasuke accepted and once he made contact with the ones behind the attempts his mind shuts down and a seal is activated that summons 10 squads of ANBU black ops to the location instantly and the men are dealt with. When Sasuke wakes up he forgets all about the person who offered power and is back in his room at his home waiting until the next time someone tries to offer him power."

Naruto frowned and said "I understand what you are doing but I do not like it and find it both inhuman and immoral."

The Sandaime said "I know but by doing this Sasuke is getting a chance at a life he never had when his mind was destroyed and saving the village."

Naruto said "But if what you said is true then why did you threaten him like you did. Somethings not adding up."

The Sandaime said "That was a safety procedure. Sasuke body is full of secrets from his clan bloodline. Sasuke only other objective besides seeking power to kill his brother is protection of his bloodline. By threatening him like I did triggered the preset command and Sasuke has now mentally classified the Ranger and the morphers as a forbidden object since going after it would risk his bloodline that he has to protect. He will not remember this meeting so only you and I will know what happened. I ask you to not tell anyone including the other rangers about this and not treat him different then you already are."

Naruto frowned and said "Very well." as he left in a swirl of wind.

end flashback

No other incidents with any Talons or Raven appeared.

Kakashi and Gai both nominated their team for the Chunnin exams which both teams were divided back into 2 teams for. Asuma and Kurenai both refused to nominate their teams though fearing they were not ready to the anger of Kiba and a 'troublesome' from Shikamaru.

Naruto sighed as he walked into room 301 ignoring the bloody nose from Sasuke who tried to punch the 'Gennin' at the fake room 301. Haku asked "Do you ever think before you speak Sasuke. You didn't even detect the genjutsu until I said something."

Sasuke glared at Haku but remained silent and Naruto thought "I still think the Hokage was smoking some fucked up shit when he thought Sasuke would make a good Ranger along with all the other shit he has done."

As they got in the room Naruto looked around and saw most of the people in the room glaring at him and he looked around and saw team 9 and said "There's the others." as he started to walk over toward them and Haku 3 step behind him and to the right.

Sasuke just grunted as he followed Naruto shooting a glare at him.

When they got to Team 9 Naruto said "Anything worth mentioning."

Lee said "There 3 teams here that are.....off."

Naruto blinked and asked "Really. Why is that Lee."

Lee said "2 o'clock to your right, 7 o'clock to Haku left and 6 o'clock behind Sasuke."

Naruto frowned and put on a pair of sunglasses that had mirrors built into the side and said "The blond is a wind element, daughter of the Kazekage, named Temari....the one in makeup is her younger brother Kankuro, puppet user.....the last one is Gaara. He's suppose to be some sort of living weapon created by Suna but I got nothing on what the bingo book meant by that. He is also the youngest brother to the other 2.......Hmm, that's strange, whats a Kumo team doing here. With what happened 10 years ago I thought they were banned from coming to exams here."

Neji said "No, they are not banned, they just have several restrictions that made it where they never want to come before now."

Naruto nods and said "I got nothing on those 3 but your right, somethings off about them but I can't place it."

Haku asked "What about the other team."

A voice said "That would be the team from the new hidden sound village. There's not any information on them since this is their first time in the exams."

Naruto frowned and looked at the silver haired boy who was just talking sitting a few feet away and asked "Can I help you with something."

The boy said "Sorry, my names Kabuto and this is my 7th time taking these exams. Twice a year for the last 4 years. I came over wanting to see if the rumors I heard about your group were true."

Sasuke asked "What rumors."

Kabuto pushed his glasses up and said "Rumor has it that your all part of an experimental group called the Power Rangers."

Every member of Team 7 and 9 looked at Kabuto and Sasuke looked confused and Naruto asked "Where did you hear that."

Kabuto pulled out a deck of cards and went through a couple and pulled out 6 cards and sent chakra to them and said "

Rock Lee

age 15

Lightning Ranger

dead last of the year.

Tenten

age 15

Water Ranger

2nd best in class last year

Neji Hyuuga

Age 15

Earth Ranger

Rookie of the year last year

Sasuke Uchiha

Age 14

Fire Ranger

Rookie of the year this year

Haku Momochi

Age 15

Crystal Ranger

Joined the village a few weeks ago replacing the recently deceased Sakura Haruno

Naruto Namikaze

Age 15

Wind Ranger

Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune

Before Kabuto had a chance to say anything he had a kunai at his throat, heart, kidney, and liver.

Kabuto gulped and asked "Why are you attacking me."

Naruto looked into Kabuto eyes and asked "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT INFO."

Kabuto gulped and said "It's in the new Bingo book I picked up last week. See." as he pulled out the bingo book.

Naruto frowned and opened the book and turned the pages until he came to a page and said "Well your info is wrong. Now get the hell out of here." as he tossed the book back to Kabuto who ran away back to his team.

Tenten asked "What did it say."

Naruto said "Basically what Kabuto said "It also had other members this year Gennin class as rangers."

Sasuke asked "What are these rangers you and the others always talk about."

Naruto said "None of your business Uchiha."

Before Sasuke could say anything several puffs of smoke went off in the room and a man said "Settle down, I am your proctor for the first exam and my name is Ibiki. Remember it because you will be cursing it in hell." as he laughed evilly scaring the shit out of a few.