So here's the third chapter of my story :)
Thank you to everyone for viewing the story so far, it's nice to see this story isn't doing to bad :D.
This chapter is where we will meet Naruto, and a special someone :), so I hope you enjoy and don't forget to review, follow and favorite :3

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or MK

P.S I have an idea as to who Smoke is going to be paired with but you'll have to wait and see in this chapter :D

P.S.S Some people's age will be changed to fit with the story and some characters will be OC and maybe even OP, just to let you know, Enjoy :D

KEY:

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

"Bijuu/inner-spirit: Talking"

'Bijuu/inner-spirit: Thinking'

Tsukuyomi: Jutsu

Two figures could be seen walking towards the Konoha gates at around noon, both were covered in black cloaks and one was wearing his hood to cover his eyes while his mask was in view, as the other wore a hat with what seemed to be thin strips of cloth which covered his face from view of onlookers.

One of these figures was extremely nervous to be walking towards Konoha and made it seen to his companion.

"Brother I don't believe that this is a good idea". Whispered Itachi. The brother in question, Smoke stopped and turned to his younger brother, although Itachi could not see his eyes he was sure that Smoke was looking at him closely.

"I understand you hesitance little brother, but I also know that you never wanted to go ahead with the orders that you were given by Donzo, you deserve to watch Sasuke grow up to be the great ninja that you and I both believe he can be. and Sasuke will understand you position, I will use the Tsukuyomi to I've me the time needed to explain. I also need to speak to Hiruzen about Naruto, how is he?"

"Not good, there is a law that states if they mention the Kyubi that punishment will be given but some ninja and the public are finding ways around this, they shun him which is worse in some cases than what the bolder of the population tries to accomplish." Itachi knew of Smoke's connection to the boy but never understood why he was given that connection.

"What are the trying to accomplish?" Smoke already knew the answer to this question but prayed for the well being of the people involved in in the boys safety that he was wrong.

"They attempt to finish what the Yondaime started, which is to kill the 'Kyubi'." As soon as Itachi finished he could feel the air get thick with the killing intent rolling off his brother and saw that his hands were twitching in anger.

"Fools! if I see anyone lay a hand on Naruto I will end them!" Smoke was as angry as he had ever been right now, he couldn't comprehend the stupidity of the people from his old village.

"And I will assist you in that, but I must ask, what made Minato and Kushina choose you as Naruto's god-father, I mean I understand Jiraiya, but why you?"

Having calmed down Itachi looked up at Itachi and decided to answer him. "I asked them both the same thing the night that they spoke to me about it, they said that I brought mother so much happiness even though we were not related by blood, I always spoke of her as my true mother, and in more ways than one, she was." Smoke loved his mother more than everyone would ever realize, he was sad that she was no longer among the living but held no anger towards his little brother, what has been done needed to be done for the safety of Konoha. Seeing this Itachi could not help but feel disgusted in himself for what he has done and Smoke knew this. He put his hand on Itachi's shoulder and squeezed a little.

" Do not regret what happened brother, what's done is done and we cannot change that, I do not hold a grudge against you for what you've done, we will make it right by bringing Sasuke up the way they would of wanted, with the love of a family." Itachi could not help but smile at his older brothers words.

"Thank you... Tomas." Smoke's eyes widened for a second before he settled for a smile to his sibling, it had been years since someone had called him by his true name and it felt nice, but he would be using the name he was given by his sensei to everyone but those he trusted his name with, that's how people knew he trusted them and how to get hold of him through his closest friends and family, they had only speak his name to them and he would get their message.
"These also belong to you, they were a part of you after all." Itachi held out a scroll to Smoke who took it and opened it, it was just a simple scroll which had the kanji for eye in the middle.

"Are these?"

"Yes, Father wanted them returned to you should you ever find a use for them".

Smoke put the scroll in his cloak, thanked his little brother and continued towards the gates of Konoha, but just before they got there he told Itachi to wait in the trees until smoke came to get him after speaking with the Hokage.

Gates of Konoha:

Izumo and Kotetsu were again sat at the gates of Konoha for guard duty.

"Hey Kotetsu, you got any 3's?"

"Go fish."

"Dammit, ahh man I just wish something interesting would happen for once, you know?"

"Be careful what you say, it seems every time you say that something goes wrong." And Kotetsu was right, almost every time they wanted something interesting to happen it would, but not always for the best, some times it was the village prankster Naruto running past them away from the ANBU.

"I'ts not that ba- wait, who's that?" Kotetsu looked towards the gate and saw a lone figure in a black cloak with the hood up, the only part of its face that wasn't hidden by the hood was covered in what seemed to be a grey mask that gave the effect o the figure breathing smoke every breath he took, from their point of view they could tell that this person was not to be trifled with. The two chunin jumped to the ate and prepared to defend against this unknown entity.

"Halt!" The figure halted without question, almost as if he expected this,"State your business."

"I have business with the Hokage, that is all." Smoke's voice was void of all emotion and as clear as if there wasn't a mask covering the lower half of his face.

"Do you have your papers?"

"Of course, they're right here.." As the two gate guards looked into smoke's eyes they morphed into the sharingan and they slumped to the ground. "Well they'll be asleep for a few hours, and people say guard duty's boring."

Smoke didn't like the idea of walking across the village with the stares of everyone locked onto him in his cloak so he decided to Shunshin and faded into smoke as he sped off towards the Hokage tower.

Hokage Tower:

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the god of shinobi, feared on and off the battle field was having one of his worst days in his office so far, he had just welcomed a new shinobi from Kumo, which in itself was not bad at all, the bad part was that he knew how the villagers would act to said shinobi. And on top of that he had to deal with the council and civilians because of their actions towards his surrogate grand-son, Naruto Uzumaki. but that had to be put to the back of his mind for the moment as a being in a cloak just seemingly materialized out of smoke in the middle of his office.

The figure bowed down on one knee and spoke respectfully to the Hokage.

"Greetings Hokage-Sama"

"What is the meaning of this? And chose your next words carefully young one." The Hokage was angry, no, he was pissed that someone could so easily pop up in his office, he could feel the ANBU stiffen as they were ready to attack the intruder if something were to happen.

Smoke held out a scroll to the Hokage that had one sentence written on the seal that made the Hokage's eyes widen and send the ANBU out the room while finishing the hand-seals for a privacy seal.

'The leaf that falls has two sides.'

Hiruzen knew that this was a code given only to those that went on the most important missions and assignments. "I ask again, who are you?"

Smoke chuckled at the man sitting in front of him and was instantly brought back to his days as a young ninja speaking to the man. "Come on old man, I can't have changed that much." Smoke pulled down his cloak hood as he stood to look the Hokage in the eyes. "I mean I know I've grown a bit but come on." Smoke chuckled at thew Hokage's response to seeing him and was instantly reminded of the old man from the past as Hiruzen smiled Kindly at him.

"It is good to see you again Tomas, or should I say Smoke now?" The Hokage spoke as he was reading the scroll which told him as to why the Assassin was standing in front of him.

Smoke knew that they would have to talk business but he didn't have the energy for that right know so he decided to skip it and skim over some important parts. "Tomas in private and Smoke in public if you please old man, I do like to have some secrets, the scroll will explanation why I have come back, and no I do not blame you, you know who I blame and inside the scroll is a plain that I have about the massacre as I believe that you have not found the ones responsible for the incident." Hiruzen looked up at Smoke before smiling and nodding the negative. "good at the moment Itachi is scanning the area for the them, do not worry I will speak to Sasuke. But what I would like to know, is-"

'CRASH'

Before Smoke could finish the door flew off its hinges and past Smoke and Hiruzen where the former had pulled the hood of his cloak back up, just so that he could have a few more hours peace until they found out that the eldest Uchiha was back in town.

"Hokage-Sama! My apologies for my rude entrance but Naruto-Kun is in the hospital!" Smoke was shocked to hear this, he was just going to ask Hiruzen if the boy was ok, but he was more surprised at the Kunoichi that stood in front of him saying this.

"Yugito-Chan can you slow down, take a breath and explain." Yugito began to take calming breaths to begin her explanation. While she was doing this Smoke was stunned by how much she had changed in 3 years, but then he couldn't really say much considering how much he had changed and what he had achieved, but looking back at Yugito, she had long, straight, blonde, hair bound with taut bandages and dark eyes. She wore a short-sleeved black and purple blouse and black pants, both of which had a design similar to clouds on them, purple finger-less gloves and a chain of blue beads wound around her left hand. She also wore the standard Konoha forehead protector, sandals and kunai holster which was strapped to her right thigh. She also wore bandages around her arms and legs as well as a red belt around her waist. All in all, Smoke could say she was still beautiful, but he would look by the past so easily, he would not forgive people who did not seek forgiveness, and by the way she was speaking to the old man, she seemed to be happy enough as she was.

"So the villagers did this?" That was all Smoke needed to hear from the Hokage before he Shunshined to the hospital reception leaving a surprised Yugito and Hokage in the office as they could feel his anger before he left.

"Hokage-Sama, who was that?" Yugito sensed a strange familiarity with the cloaked individual but could not put a finger on from where.

"A shinobi who has just come back from a very long mission, Naruto-Kun is important to him. Come let us go, I hate to think what he will do to the hospital if he is upset with the treatment of Naruto-Kun." They both left the office and not a moment to soon, as the KI that could be felt coming from the Hospital was suffocating a 3 block radius.

Konoha Hospital:

There were no words for how angry Smoke was right now, first he had to threaten the receptionist to get her to tell him where Naruto was being treated, and then he finally realized why she took so long finding the records, because as soon as he made it to the door he found at least two shinobi and 3 civilians standing over Naruto's bed and ready to strike him down with the multitude of weapons that they had equipped. Smoke never will understand how Naruto survived the KI that he was pumping through the room, but he suspected it might be something to do with his 'burden'. Smoke was currently in the process of 'chatting' with the uninvited guest that was still alive from the pressure that was slamming down on to the room and the KI that was targeting the offenders, he needed to find out what he was doing in Naruto's room, and it seems like the villagers had once again tried to rid the village of the 'Demon'. So Smoke decided to begin to put a stop to the treatment this child was receiving while it should be seen as a hero for keeping the real Demon at bay for this long.

"You will leave this room and go back to living your pitiful life, and if you hear anyone say anything about harming the boy, then you will tell them that he is under protection of the Uchiha clan and its members." The civilian thought that the man holding him to the wall was a joke, three? So far they only know of one surviving as they were still looking for Itachi. The civilian began to get more of his courage back at this point and decided to voice it.

"There is only one if not two Uchiha left after someone massacred the clan! you are an embarrassment to be calling yourself the third Uch-" The civilian was not able to finish his rant as Smoke lifted up his head to stare into the civilians eyes with his Sharingan blazing.

"I am the eldest son of Fugaku Uchiha, eldest brother of Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha and heir to the Uchiha. Naruto Uzumaki is under our protection, and if we see anyone lay a hand on him, we will make sure that they never have the ability to touch anything again. That is a promise from Smoke of the Uchiha clan. Am. I. Clear." Smoke growled out the last three words as his KI was beginning to increase to unbearable levels for Yugito and the Hokage who were watching from the doorway not wanting to interrupt the delicate situation. The civilian nodded his head quickly and ran off out of the Hospital. Smoke reeled in his killing intent and sat next to the unconsciousness Naruto who had miraculously not awakened through the exchange.

Yugito was almost in hysterics as she looked at the back of someone who she had believed died years before, the same someone who she had screamed at that she never wanted to see again only to regret it as she saw him walk away. She unconsciousness gripped the two necklaces she was wearing, one of the Uchiha logo, and the other, a piece of cord with three metal circles threaded on. (A/N think Itachi's necklace). She wanted to speak to the man whom she once felt connected to, she watched as he took off his cloak and laid it next to the Naruto as he was pulling on it in his sleep. Smoke smiled beneath his mask at the sight. he remembered the times when Naruto would do the same thing before he left, he had tried to protect Naruto while he was younger and staying at the orphanage and succeeded to a point, but it seems that he must do so again until the boy in-front of him was strong enough, the last link in this world to his old friends, his God-Son.

"Remember Yugito, Konoha isn't as friendly with its jinchūriki as Kumo is."

Yugito flinched from the tone and lack of suffix to her name but she knew that this was to happen, she was not exactly the nicest person to him at there last meeting. But as she was about to apologize to him for leaving Naruto in the hospital alone the Hokage addressed him.

"Are you sure that was wise? the whole village will know your name by tomorrow" spoke the aged Hokage, he understood when Smoke wanted to keep his name a secret but why tell people that he is the eldest son of Fugaku, people would surely know.

"I understand your concern old-man but I have taken steps to avoid that." Smoke eye smiled at the Hokage before he carried on." Itachi is currently changing all the records in the vaults of the Hokage tower, well, the very few that contain my real name, as I'm sure you remember that people always referred to me as Uchiha-San before I left the village, very few people knew my first name and their very few and far between now that the Uchiha are no more."

The old Hokage could do nothing to doubt Smoke's intellect, even if he was annoyed that Itachi had managed to break in to the vaults as easily as the Uchiha heir had said.

As this was going on Yugito could not help but feel as if she didn't know the man in-front of her anymore, all the warmth and kindness he use to show her was now gone, he was a stranger once more. She couldn't hold it in anymore and ran out of the room and away from the thee occupants.

"What was that about?" Hiruzen looked like the world had flipped upside down, the strong Kunoichi he had come to know these past few days was one and in its place was a ball of emotions running away from the Hospital.

"History." Smoke breathed out deeply as he went to walk out of the room after Yugito. "Please look after him old-man, no doubts with the fox he'll be out of here by morning."

Hokage monument/ Nighttime:

Yugito was sat atop the Yondaime's head looking out over the field of light that was Konoha, Naruto and herself had come up to this spot almost everyday at one point or another since she was transferred to the village as an apology from Kumo after one of there Jonin went rouge and tried to kidnap the Hyuga heiress. She had gotten close to Naruto over the past couple of days, the Hokage trusted her to watch over him when she was able because of there situation with there 'burdens'. But now 'he' came back, she had no doubt that he was close to Naruto, and at first it didn't bother her, but she couldn't help shake the feeling that he had changed so much since they last parted ways. Her thoughts were interrupted by the breeze that came from behind her.

"Hello... Yugito." Stood there, without his cloak and left in his uniform that he had worn since he entered the village, was someone who she once knew, the one person that knew everything about her while she knew next to nothing about him.
the one man she trusted...

...The one man, she still loved.

"Hello Tomas-Kun".

So yeah that's the third chapter done with, I just didn't know where to end this chapter to be completely honest, but ahh well hope you enjoyed :

Next chapter we will see parts of Smoke's and Yugito's past
and yes she will call Tomas Smoke in public but if it's just them then she will probably use Tomas.

This will be a SmokeXYugito pairing, not sure on the other parings just yet, but I'm tempted to have Anko and Itachi have something :D you'll have to wait and see :)

so bye for now people :)

*KF*