Chapter 5: The True Training!

"…and so this jutsu is to become intertwined and used to prepare for any fire style jutsu that will be used in the future. Damn that was long!" Naruto said as he moved on to the next jutsu scroll. He read through a few of them and got a pretty good idea of how to do them, plus they were way shorter than that lame-ass fire scroll Jiraiya had given him.

"Pervy Sage is probably out doin' Kami knows what. Why'd he have to make me stay in the room, I still need help with advanced seals and formulas!" Naruto said in annoyance at being treated like a child. He was Hokage now, which meant Jiraiya was now his subordinate and had to do what he said. But then again he was the student and Jiraiya was the master.

"Master of ditching kids to go peek on girls! Damn pervert!" Naruto yelled to himself as he continued to read and work with his scrolls.

He knew he couldn't act this way when he was around people, or when being Hokage, but he was in a hotel room all alone and Jiraiya had told that while on this search he was the student and Jiraiya was the sensei.

With Hiashi, in Konoha:

"So you see that is why I asked Naruto to marry you, Hinata. I believe him to be the best male for you and so he is to be your husband when you turn 16 years old, the age of marriage… Besides, I don't want to give up my daughter to some pig for 'good clan alliances' and by marrying you to your true love I'm being both a good father and clan head." Hiashi said to Hinata and Hanabi as they had been pestering him about it, mainly Hanabi.

"Thank you father, but what of Hanabi? The clan elders will marry her off as well once they see that I'm with Naruto-kun." Hinata said in worry for her younger sister.

"Do not worry my daughters, for I have a plan for this as well. When Hanabi reaches of age Neji will become clan head and she will marry Naruto as well. Since he has 2 clans to revive he'll need all the help he can get. Besides, I'm sure he will come to love both of you as I had loved your mother when we were wedded." Hiashi said as his 2 daughters smiled and hugged him tightly. Then Hinata's eyes widened as she remembered what she and Ino had talked about earlier.

"Father, Ino Yamanaka wanted to be with Naruto-kun as well. If Naruto is truly from 2 clans as you say, then I think she and I can find more girls who I know will love Naruto-kun as much as I do. Do you think he'd mind us doing that father?" Hinata said as Hiashi thought about it for a moment.

"I'm sure Naruto wouldn't mind. He doesn't seem like that type of person, and from what he and I spoke about I think he'd trust you and Ino-san's judgment on girls for potential wives. You and Hanabi better get going, there are a lot of girls I'm sure Naruto would be interested in, but only a few in the village which are right for him." Hiashi said with a chuckle as his daughters left.

"Ahh, Naruto, you lucky bastard…" Hiashi said as his clone came out of hiding and began doing paperwork again while he read Jiraiya's newest book.

With Jiraiya, Peeking in a Hot Spring:

"The girls here are amazing! Achoo!" Jiraiya said quietly with a perverted giggle and then sneezed softly for the 4th time today.

"Hmm, must be some hot young lady remembering the love of Master Jiraiya!" Jiraiya shouted on accident as a bath stone crashed into his face.

"Get that pervert!" a sexy young woman yelled as she covered herself. She and the 20 other women then preceded to beat Jiraiya crap-less as his screams were heard all over the town.

With Naruto, In the Hotel Room:

"Heh, heh that perv just got his ass pounded worst than Orochimaru." Naruto said as he laughed from hearing the girlish scream of his sensei.

There was a knock at the door and Naruto answered it only to come face to face with Itachi and Kisame.

"I thought I told you to stay in the village, and why is he here?" Naruto said with a frown on his face as Itachi bowed to him.

"He has very important information on Madara, Naruto-sama, so I thought it'd be best if you heard it right away." Itachi said as Naruto sighed and ushered them in.

"Fine, what 'cha got, Kisame-san?" Naruto said as he sat on the bed and they pulled up chairs.

"Well Naruto-sama, Madara Uchiha is the main reason for your parents not being around. He caused the Kyuubi to escape and then placed it under an extremely powerful genjutsu to do his bidding. Your father, the Yondaime Hokage, defeated him and made him retreat, thus breaking the genjutsu. The Kyuubi continued to attack and ended with it being sealed into you and both your parents dying to keep you safe." Kisame said as Naruto closed his eyes to hide his emotion.

"Does he have any other crimes to atone for?" Naruto asked in monotone to further hide his emotion.

"Yes, Hokage-sama. In the past he took control of the 4th Mizukage with his Sharingan. I was one of the very few who knew. I was to help him to bring an end to the 'world of lies', but all it did was make it a much large world indeed…" Kisame finished sadly as Itachi picked up.

"He also helped train me to effectively kill the entire Uchiha clan, started the Mist Civil War, and is the true leader of Akatsuki. He's collecting the Bijuu so that he can have total control of the world by reflecting his Tsukuyomi off the moon." Itachi said as Naruto grew shocked at the information.

"… he's a monster…" Naruto growled out as Itachi and Kisame nodded. Itachi's head snapped toward the door as a frown appeared on his once emotionless face.

"Sasuke" Itachi and Naruto said as they then turned to one another.

"We'll talk about that later, but for now… excuse me, Naruto-sama. I need to drill something into my foolish little brother's head." Itachi said as he stood and bowed to Naruto before calmly walking out of the room and shutting the door behind him.

Kisame and Naruto looked at the door as they heard the sounds of birds chirping, explosions, grunts, shouts of pain, Itachi talking, more shouts of pain, and then a duck… Yeah that last one they had no clue what it was. Itachi came back into the room looking a little drained with a beaten and battered Sasuke over his shoulder.

"Sorry about that Naruto-sama, where were we?" Itachi said as a knock came to the door. It was Might Guy and he looked a bit embarrassed as he looked up in shock to see Itachi there. He saw Sasuke over Itachi's shoulder, and was about to attack until he heard Naruto.

"Guy, don't. They're my agents, and Sasuke kinda deserved the ass kicking from coming all the way here for something he couldn't achieve. Now take him back to the Konoha Hospital. Be sure to get Kakashi there as well." Naruto said sternly as Guy came into the room and bowed to him.

"Speaking of Kakashi, Naruto-sama, there is something about him that concerns a few of us. Mainly myself, Shikaku-san, Asuma, Kurenai-san and Yugao-san. He seems to believe that you will do a poor job as Hokage and are not fit for the position. He has also stated that Sasuke-san will do a better job at it because he is more 'talented' than you. He also seems to believe it was Sasuke-san who defeated Gaara-san's Bijuu, but the rest of us know it was you do to some of the ANBU who watched your battle." Guy said as Naruto looked a bit shocked. He had always thought Kakashi believed in him, if not just a little bit. Well now he knew it always was about Sasuke.

"Thank you for that information, Guy. Now can you please do as I said before and repot this to the Shinobi council; I'll be back as soon as I can, but I want them to use the ROOT Anbu that Danzo selects for A-rank and S-rank missions. Tell them to redirect our ANBU to surveillance of the village. That is all, you may be on your way Guy." Naruto said as Guy bowed once more and took Sasuke to the village.

"A greet tactic; use the real ANBU for a watchful eye on the village and use Danzo's ROOT to complete Hunter and Information missions outside the village there for showing only half the strength of all the Anbu Corps. Ingenious, Naruto-sama." Itachi commented as Kisame nodded because Mist used to do the same tactic after the Civil War.

"Thank you Itachi, now what is the other reason you're here? I hardly believe that you'd waste time traveling here to tell me something that could have been said once I returned to the village." Naruto said as Itachi's eyebrow twitched for a second, showing his hidden surprised.

"Well, we did come here for that reason at first, but then, while at the edge of town, we noticed your increase in power, so we wanted to test it." Kisame said with a grin as Naruto smirked at him. Naruto stood up and they followed his lead.

"Well then, I'll show you the power of the Hokage." Naruto said as they exited the room. They quickly made their way to an empty grass plain. Itachi activated his Sharingan and Kisame took Sharkskin off his back as Naruto raised a brow.

"Starting things off serious are we? Why?" Naruto said as he had planned on them underestimating him and his abilities.

"We sensed you power increase and the control you have over it. We're not good sensor-ninja, but even we can tell that if we don't take this battle seriously, it'll be our last for a while." Itachi said as Kisame nodded with a huge grin.

"Enough talk, time to fight!" Kisame said as he rushed Naruto. Naruto flipped back as he ran through hand signs.

"Lightning style: Lightning Dragon Jutsu!"

A huge dragon made of lightning streaked out of his open palm, utterly decimating the spot Kisame was before he leapt high into the air. Itachi raced through hand signs at a blinding speed before inhaling deeply.

"Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"

A giant fireball 5x the size the ones Sasuke could make raced at Naruto as he barely dodged out of the way. The flames of the edge of the fireball caught his foot as he stumbled to the ground. He held his ankle and foot as he looked at Itachi who pointed upward. Naruto cursed as he quickly bite his thumb and drew blood. He slammed his palm to the ground and a seal matrix appeared where he did.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

A large poof of smoke large Kisame's sword slammed into the shield of Gamaken the Guardian Toad. Gamaken pushed Kisame off his shield and high into the air as Naruto leapt up into the air after him. Gamaken then impaled Itachi with his Sasumata. Itachi merely stood stock-still and then busted into crow who flew after Naruto. Gamaken sighed as he dispelled from the battle.

"Where do you think you're going?" Itachi said once the crows reformed into front of Naruto, who only smirked at seeing the 18-year old Uchiha.

"No where, because I was meant to hold you off." Naruto said as Itachi gave a raised brow.

His eyes widen as he drew a kunai at Naruto, who was hit by it and dispelled into smoke revealing him to be nothing but a clone. Itachi turned around to Kisame to see Naruto behind the shark-like man with his fist cocked back. Itachi, with the use of his Sharingan, noticed that Naruto had used Dancing Shadow Leaf to get behind Kisame and that there was Wind-chakra infused within the punch that was about to be delivered.

"Kisame, watch out! Behind you!" Itachi said as he flashed through hand signs. Kisame turned around, but it was too late as Naruto fist impacted with Kisame's gut.

"Wind Style: Tornado Fist!" Naruto said as he twisted his fist into Kisame's gut and sent the man swirling toward the ground. Kisame flipped over when he was close to the ground and landed softly in a low crouch as he had went through 10 hand signs. Naruto's eyes widened as he could tell what was about to happen.

"Water Style: Great Water Bullet Jutsu!"

Kisame then fired a large blast of water at Naruto, who was still high in the air as he looked down at the 2 with wide eyes. Seeing the large water jutsu heading towards him Naruto did a single one handed hand-seal and brought his index and middle fingers to his lips while taking a deep breath.

"Fire Style: Fire Stream Jutsu!"

Naruto called out as he channeled more and more chakra into the jutsu so it would overpower Kisame's water one. He saw that it wasn't working so he used a bit of Kyuubi's chakra and the flames of the jutsu turned white and red as he increased it's power.

"Fire Style: Dragon's Rage Jutsu!".

Naruto's new jutsu completely bested Kisame's own as it dissolved the chakra-infused water and sped to the 2 Akatsuki members. Although as soon it did this, Itachi disappeared and reappeared above Naruto and brought a harsh kick down on top of his head slamming him down into the ground. But when Itachi hit him, he quickly realized that the "Naruto" he hit wasn't the real Naruto, as when he hit him, Naruto turned into a wooden person. Revealing that Naruto had replaced himself with a Wood Clone.

"But how?" Itachi questioned as he started to look around for the real Naruto, although before he could find him, he suddenly found thousands of Water needles surrounding him, where he heard Naruto's voice cry out the name of the technique.

"Secret Ice Style Jutsu: A Thousand Needles of Death!"

Upon which the thousands of ice needles surrounded him, all closed him on around him and impaled him, but as soon as they did, "Itachi" reverted into Crows. Revealing that he himself was a Crow Clone. When Itachi reappeared beside, he suddenly turned around to find Naruto behind them with his hands in a clapped position. Kisame turned back and they were both frozen to the spot as they saw Naruto form the one seal they only knew of one Kage ever doing.

"Water Style: Water Shockwave!"

After which water came from the air and formed a vortex around Naruto that overflowed from his position in the form of a crescent wave.

Luckily though, for Kisame and Itachi, they were able to jump up into the air in time and avoid being drowned by the waves.

"Earth Style: Mud Wall" Itachi said as he spat up mud that formed a giant wall that he and Kisame rested upon. Itachi watched Naruto silently with his Sharingan spinning wildly as he gave the youth a small smile.

"Kisame, we must stop now. You know that only the Nidaime could use that jutsu and there is no telling how many more powerful jutsu he's learned since we've never truly fought him before. He was even able to use all 5 elements in powerful jutsu and increased their power with his own chakra and Kyuubi. He has also shown jutsu which only the Shodai and Nidaime Hokage have ever been able to use, but they're not exactly to those levels yet. But, I'm certain if we continue like this it'll come down to my Sharingan and your sword, which it shouldn't in a spar." Itachi said as he tried to memorize the jutsu with his Sharingan, but he noticed that he couldn't. He wondered why…

"Yeah, he's really a power house, Itachi. He kept up with us at half power, and he may not be using all his power either. It's like fighting one of the Sannin, cuz ya never know how he'll change the tide of this fight." Kisame said as he ran through hand signs and made the water back into vapor. Itachi dispelled his mud wall as they walked up to a panting and sweating Naruto.

"You guys win. I'm beat, those were all the jutsu I knew and I don't wanna use my bloodline on you 2. I wanna test that on someone else. But don't worry, once Jiraiya-sensei really starts my training and I get the other jutsu I have in the scrolls, I'll be able to keep up with you 2. So, how'd I do?" Naruto said as he fell to the ground and sat there. Itachi smiled at him while Kisame gaped like a fish.

"What? You mean we were about to give up, but he's not even in his training yet? Worst of all, he's 13! That means he's stronger than you were at that age Itachi! We fought him at half power and he's saying Jiraiya-sama hasn't even started his training yet! I can't wait until you're done with it!" Kisame shouted in disbelief, but it quickly turned to excitement for the challenge of a powerful Naruto to battle with and against. Itachi only nodded his head as he too felt that surprise and excitement. He didn't like fighting for life or death, but sparring every now and then was relaxing and fun.

"Well then, I believe this will help you along the way." Itachi said as he reached into his robe and pulled out a small scroll. It read Genjutsu on it and he handed it to Naruto.

"Thanks Itachi, it means a lot." Naruto said as he smiled up at Itachi. Kisame looked in thought and snapped his fingers as he pulled out and scroll and unrolled it.

"I was saving this in case I ever had an apprentice, but I'm sure you'll do me proud by wielding it instead, Hokage-sama." Kisame said as he placed his hand over the seal inside the scroll. A poof of smoke later revealed a regular katana, with a simple cross guard, which is a simple open frame, much like a four-pane window. It has a white-colored hilt and white sheathe.

"I was took this off a Grass ANBU I killed once. I was never able to use it properly, but I feel as though you would. The ninja said it was called Senbonzakura and that it had a mysterious power that let it rival our blades of the Seven Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist. That was all he told me before he died, but I'm sure you'll learn along the way, Hokage-sama." Kisame said as he handed the katana to Naruto who was shocked.

"Thank Kisame, I use it and Itachi's jutsu with reserve and pride." Naruto said with a small bow of respect for the 2.

"We must leave now, Hokage-sama. Pein is calling for all Akatsuki members, but we'll return as soon as we can. Come, Kisame." Itachi said in monotone as he and Kisame disappeared into blurs. Naruto simply shrugged and went back to the hotel room. He studied and tested more jutsu before going to sleep. When Jiraiya got there he saw that Naruto was already a sleep, so he simply shrugged and went to sleep as well. He'd start Naruto true training tomorrow…

A Week Later, A Lake Outside of Tanzaku Town:

Naruto grunted as he was kicked in the torso, and sent flying backwards. He flipped himself mid air and landed on his feet while skidding across the water. In burst of speed Naruto shot off towards Jiraiya, one hand going to his kunai/shuriken pouch and the other began a series of one handed seals. He threw several shuriken at Jiraiya before thrusting out his palm.

"Wind Style: Southern Gust Jutsu!"

The shuriken, which had already been going forward at high speed soon became a nothing more than streaks of silver as they head for Jiraiya. The Toad Sannin jumped out of the way, however Naruto knew his sensei would. Naruto put in a small intense burst of highly concentrated chakra into his legs as he disappeared and reappeared right in front of Jiraiya.

"Shinobi Rule 7: Never let your guard down, eh, Pervy Sage?" Naruto said cheekily with a smirk as Jiraiya's eyes widen a bit.

Naruto aimed a punch at his sensei's stomach, which Jiraiya swatted away in the hopes of knocking Naruto off balance. Naruto went down and pushed himself into a handstand, launching a kick that managed to hit Jiraiya in the face and made the man stumble back. Pushing himself into a flip Naruto went for an axe kick to Jiraiya's shoulder. Jiraiya put up both arms to guard and immediately regretted it as he was forced to a knee by the power behind the kick.

"Damn brat, and his stupid chakra enhanced strength. He's almost like a mini- Tsunade, but he's still a long ways to go in terms of chakra control and precision." Jiraiya thought as he grabbed Naruto's leg with both hands and was about to flip the boy over, but Naruto had other plans. Naruto used his other leg to jump up and over Jiraiya, using the man's grip to keep himself balanced and launched a kick to the Pervy Sage's face. Jiraiya was forced to let go of Naruto's leg as he moved his head to the side and dodged the kick. He turned around and managed to kick Naruto in the chest on the his way down. Naruto choked out salvia from the force of the kick, but grinned as he moved with the blow and began going into a series of back-flips to gain some distance from the Toad Sage. Jiraiya took out a kunai and threw it at Naruto, going through a few hand seals.

"Ninja Art: Kunai Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

One kunai multiplied into 30 as they all headed straight for Naruto. Naruto just looked at them with the same grin as he began going through a few of his own hand signs before calling out his newest jutsu.

"Water Style: Water Wall!"

A large wall of water formed around Naruto blocking the kunai and once Naruto was sure the last of them hit his shield he went through more hand signs and called out the name of another jutsu had learned earlier that day.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu"

The wall of water began to swirl around Naruto at high speed before taking the shape of a enormous water dragon with glowing yellow eyes. As soon as it did Naruto created a Shadow Clone. The clone clapped it's hands together as the water dragon launched itself towards Jiraiya.

"Wind Style: Gale Palm!"

The clone opened it's hand toward Jiraiya as the man's eyes widened a bit while wind shot a large blast of compressed wind out of its hands. Instead of Jiraiya it went straight for the water dragon. That was when Jiraiya's eyes went really wide. The water dragon's power and speed were soon increased as the wind jutsumerged with it. It headed towards Jiraiya, with the Sannin cursing up a storm as he jumped out of the way and into the air; having to use chakra and his full leg strength. The water dragon's head slammed into the water with a loud crash, water erupted everywhere looking as if there was a large explosion.

Using the distraction caused by his jutsu Naruto threw a few shuriken and went through the hand signs Jiraiya had used earlier.

"Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

The few shuriken became 30 as they headed for the still air born Jiraiya. Noticing them the Toad Sage went through his own hand seals to counter them.

"Ninja Art: Needle Jizo!"

Jiraiya's hair wrapped around his body and became hard as steel as it deflected the shuriken. Once the shuriken were all gone Jiraiya whipped his still long hair around and called out another jutsu.

"Ninja Art: Hell Needles!"

Several hardened needles of hair launched at Naruto from Jiraiya's mane. Naruto took out two 3-prong kunai, spinning them by the rings he went into his Taijutsu stance, the Toad Style, with both kunai held in a cross guard. Naruto and his clone's hands became blurs of motion as they deflected the senbon-like hairs away from the real Naruto.

When the senbon hail storm died down Naruto looked around not seeing Jiraiya anywhere. He frowned before closing his eyes trying to sense out the man's chakra. Naruto could pick it up fairly easily, since it was the most powerful one there besides his own. He finally found the Town Madman, however his eyes widened when he realized the man was right under him. His realization came too late as Jiraiya came out of the water and smashed a fist right into Naruto's chin, but before Naruto could fly too far Jiraiya's hair wrapped around his body and harden, immobilizing him.

It was then Jiraiya felt cold metal on his neck and found the clone he'd forgotten about with a kunai to it. Jiraiya and the real Naruto had a silence and long stare down before they bursted into laughter as the eldest Sannin placed the youngest Kage down on the ground upright.

Naruto went through several hand signs as he slowed his breathing to get his jutsu just right this time. Unlike the other days he had used it.

"Water Style: Water Drainage Jutsu!"

All the water from the supposed lake was turned into air once again as Jiraiya slammed his hand to the ground.

"Earth Style: Leveling The Plain Field Jutsu!"

The ground under their feet rose to the level of the surrounding area and Naruto did a single hand sign.

"Secret Wood Style Jutsu: Great Forest Creation!"

The barren land they were standing on began to blossom and sprout new life until it matched the very forest that surrounded it.

Naruto slumped onto the ground as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Geez Pervy Sage, I know doing these are supposed to help, but don't 'cha think I could rest today? I mean, we'll find her here right?" Naruto said as he started to feel the drain of the high-ranked jutsu he had been using. Jiraiya shook his head with a grin as he looked down on his apprentice.

"No can do, Naruto. You may be Sanin class in all areas, but you need battle experience with your jutsu and Taijutsu. Next spar we'll mix in Genjutsu, Kenjutsu and the techniques of the Shodai Hokage, alright? Now dispel the clones from the hotel room and see what they've accomplished in the last 5 hours." Jiraiya said as Naruto groaned but did as his sensei instructed. His head reeled a bit at the sudden mass of information and he shook his head to clear it.

"They've finally completed all the seals training from the Seals Scroll and they've started on your personal seals scrolls. They mastered the element training for Earth and Wood Style that we started 3 days ago, so all that's let for me to complete is Fire and Lightning since I did Wind and Water 5 days ago. The other clones have finished reading through the scrolls of the Nidaime and Shodai, so I'll be ready by tomorrow to see how those techniques work." Naruto said as Jiraiya nodded while looking deep in thought.

"Alright, then we'll start your training in Medical Ninjutsu today and we'll have you start on your writings as well. Tomorrow we'll start on combining the elements you've learned now and go from there. Naruto, I realize that we've pushed your training to the max, but it's for your own good. The other Hokage specialized in only a few fields, and Minato had only learned a bit of each field, never truly diving into them, but learning the bare basics of each. You have a golden opportunity. You can dive head first into them all at once due to your large amount of chakra, picture perfect memorization, and your Shadow Clone Jutsu. You've learned more in 2 weeks than other Kages have learned into in years." Jiraiya said as Naruto smiled up at him.

"I know sensei, so what do we start now?" Naruto asked as he and Jiraiya sat down.

"Well for starters, we'll begin with 20 clones reading the Medical Ninjutsu scrolls Tsunade left in the Hokage's vault. Once they've mastered the basics we'll create 20 more and so on and so forth until they're done. I'll train 50 clones in Advance Seals and you'll do your writings personal… but for now why don't you take a break and go into town; you've earned it." Jiraiya said as Naruto got up and hugged him.

"Thanks Pervy Sage, I promise I'll master 100 jutsu tomorrow!" Naruto said as Jiraiya chuckled while he got up himself.

"Sure whatever brat, just be sure to create those clones." Jiraiya said as Naruto nodded and created 70 clones.

"Now remember Naruto; you may not know anyone here, but word might have spread that you and I are traveling together. That can give you unwanted attention so in your 'true form' instead of that Transformation alright." Jiraiya said as Naruto sighed deeply and formed a hand sign.

"Yes, sensei. Kai!" Naruto said as he was shrouded by smoke.

When the smoke cleared the old Naruto was gone. In his place was a young man as tall as Rock Lee or Neji. He had long spiky blonde and 2 bangs framing either side of his face (The reason for this is because he doesn't wear his headband anymore, and Kyuubi accelerated his growth spurt when training in his mind for 3 mental years. Also, the kid never heard of a haircut until after his 3 year trip with Jiraiya, so there you have it folks!) He possessed cerulean blue eyes that shined like a precious stone, but beneath that warmth and shine was cold and dark to which proved he was a shinobi. He wore a long black robe shirt, black robe pants, and a white sash to hold them together to which he tied in a loose knot in the front. Senbonzakura was in it's sheath held in place on his right hip by the sash. He liked to call his little wardrobe a Shihakusho because… well… he just though it sounded cool okay. He wore a long white Haori with long sleeves over that. He also wore a white scarf around his neck to use as a make-shift mask. (Just image Naruto as a really cool and really un-girly Byakuya with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes.) That bad part about the scarf was that it was last second and the only one they could find cost a fortune and then some.

In fact Konoha should be getting the bill for that right about now… He did charge it to the village after all since it concerned the village…

With the Council:

"…and so that ends the briefing of events, so now on to the village finances." Homura said as the entire village council had been gathered for the first time since Naruto became Hokage, yet the civilian half of the council didn't know that.

Homura and the others of the Shinobi half of the council were very happy at the moment. Naruto's Blood Clone had Shadows Clones working in the sealed office and the village was working better than it had when the Yondaime was still alive and Hokage. The civilian council tried for grabs at power, but they were shut down when the ANBU commandeer told them he would kill them himself if they tried usurping power from the Hokage title. The council had many arguments about that, but Danzo had enough of the headaches from Sayuri Haruno and said he'd do it now if they didn't stop.

Homura, Koharu, Danzo, Shikaku, and Dragon the ANBU commandeer were the only ones permitted to enter the Hokage office to do 'work' when in actuality they were merely advising Naruto or reporting to him. All B-ranked or higher missions were given from Naruto, while the lower ranked missions were given from Iruka and Shikaku. Everything else was handled by the Shinobi council 'until a proper Hokage was appointed to lead in these dire times of instability' as put by Danzo and Shikaku.

Homura sipped his morning coffee as he was handed the village financial report of the week.

"Alright, let's have a look here… we have 25 new ninja sign-ups to the roost so that's $250 to us… We issued the help of Wave and they're still repairing our village so that'll be $200,000 each week they're here… We have more blacksmiths, metals and other materials from Wave as well… Oh, look at what we have here. It seems that 'someone' bought a cute little scarf on their search for Tsunade… And it only cost… WHAT TH HELL?" Homura read, then shouted out as spit out his coffee when he came across a scarf which was the purchase of Naruto. How could one little scarf for a 13 year-old Hokage cost so much.

"What is it? HOLY CRAP! Look at all those zeros! Can the village even a afford that?" Koharu asked as she looked over the paper as well. They passed it down the shinobi side of the council with each of them having a comment about the outrageous price.

"Hot damn!" Dragon said as he passed it to Shikaku.

"Troublesome… What the fuck?" Shikaku mumbled before he took a good look at the paper while passing it to Hiashi.

"Impossible! Even the Hyuga clan can't see that price on any scarf!" Hiashi said while passing the paper to Choza and Inoichi.

"Wow and I thought my clan's food bill was high…" Choza said.

"How can this be?" Inoichi asked quietly as he passed it to Asuma.

"… I need to quit smoking to help pay for this don't I?" Asuma asked as the 2 Elders nodded while he passed the paper to Tsume Inuzuka, who looked over it with Shibi Aburame.

"Holy shit! We're just going to kill the person who created that scarf right? I mean, we can't pay this!" Tsume said as the Elders shook their heads. Shibi stayed quiet as he fell back; fainted.

"We can't. Don't you see the signature of the artisan who created the scarf. It was made by the master weaver, Suharuto Kurame the 3rd. The scarf is made from the silver-white, windflower light silk and should be handed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom. The scarf alone is worth enough to buy ten mansions anywhere in the world and then some. If we kill that man then there will be hell to pay from his loyal and extremely rich clients." Danzo said as he looked at the paper and handed it back to Homura.

"Hey, how come we didn't get to see the paper?" Sayuri Haruno screeched as the others recoiled from her voice.

"Because that paper directly concerns the shinobi half of the village… unless you civilians want to pay for it with your funds and paychecks." Hiashi said as Danzo gave the civilians a stone stare. They quickly shook their heads and moved on to other business, but Sayuri had a question that bugged her and she, like the civilian fool she was in a ninja world, voiced her thoughts.

"Why is it only you 5 are permitted to enter the Hokage office? We're just as important as you so why can't we? There is no Hokage so we should be able to take the office as… a command station for the village, or give it to Uchiha-sama so he can become the next Hokage." Sayuri said as the shinobi scoffed at her. Hiashi decided to answer her ridiculous questions so they could move on to more important things.

"1, they are the village Elders, the Jonin Commandeer (Shikaku) and the ANBU Commandeer (Dragon). They have the purview to be in that office and no one else except clan heads of ninja clans can do the same. 2, you're a fool to believe that they would be in that office unattended… (He's talking about Naruto's clone) 3, It is the command station of the Hokage and no one else. 4, The Uchiha, as I've been told by my clansmen, is a spoiled brat who broods all day or lusts after power and would never make it to Jonin, let alone Hokage, so long as we clans have a say in that." Hiashi said with a glare as the civilians shrunk back, but Sayuri was unfazed by it.

"Look white eye, I don't know who you think-"

"You should be quiet Haruno-san as insulting a Clan Head is a offense punishable by that Clan Head and I'm sure Hyuga-sama would gladly chose dead for you." Shibi said as Hiashi smirked.

"You were saying, Haruno-san?" Hiashi said as Sayuri paled and stayed quiet.

With Naruto:

He walked through the streets of Tanzaku Town. He was sure that his council was far to shocked right now to be pissed at him, so he'd think of a good story to tell them before he returned. He had received many memories from the clones in his office, but they seemed to have everything under control so he just let them go with the flow.

Naruto looked up and realized 3 things. 1, he was at the outside wall of Tanzaku Town's castle, which was in the center of the city. 2, the castle wasn't there anymore! And 3, now that he had sensing abilities from his mental training with Kyuubi he could easily identify Orochimaru's chakra. It was like a thick smoke the way his evil and dark chakra was permeable in the air. He sensed 3 others, but he couldn't identify them, although one felt familiar as if he had been around it before…

He decided to check it out. The last time Orochimaru was around Sasuke ended up with his snake emo mark that only made him far more of an emo avenger. He quickly took to the shadows of the castle as he suppressed his chakra to the lowest he could. He peeked out from shadows over the mysterious chakras that he sensed earlier and found 4 people standing on the street just below. They were Orochimaru, Tsunade, and 2 others. The first surprised him because it was Kabuto, but then he remembered Kabuto's fishy attitude at the Chunin Exam.

"I guess that explains it. It also explains why he showed so much interest in Sasuke and me." Naruto thought as he set his gaze on the other unknown.

The only reason he knew Tsunade was the blonde one was because her chakra levels were equal if not stronger than that of Orochimaru. It seemed she was flexing her chakra, probably to show Orochimaru she was still as powerful as she in her youth. He knew that form she took was a Genjutsu because Jiraiya told him on the way to town.

"Hmm, so that must be the assistant Shizune that Pervy sage was talking about. She really does have a great pair of- Pure thoughts, pure thoughts! The world doesn't need another pervert!" Naruto thought as he looked at Shizune and shook his head of his thoughts quickly.

"It's been quite a long time, hasn't it Orochimaru?" Tsunade said in a somewhat civil tone. Orochimaru chuckled as he looked at his former teammate. Naruto sighed at him getting there at the beginning.

"Yes it has. I've actually come to ask you for a favor. My arms… would you cure them for me?" He asked as he lifted his useless arms to show her the bandages on them.

Naruto gazed at the bandaged arms in deep thought, but kept his ears open to their talk since his senses were increased by Kyuubi's training. He wondered what the old man had done to the snake. All he knew was that the Old Man really fucked Orochimaru up… but with what kinda jutsu? It must have been the Old Man's undoing…

"What kinda of mess have you gotten yourself into now, Orochimaru?" Tsunade asked as she narrowed her vision on his arms.

"Nothing to big… just out killing the Third Hokage and Fourth Kazekage…" Orochimaru commented nonchalantly with a shrug as the 2 medics eyes widened, but Tsunade's soon narrowed again.

"So, you… killed Sarutobi-sensei… And all it cost you was your arms? I would have thought, even in his decrepit old age, he'd have detached your head from those shoulders of yours ages ago." Tsunade said nonchalantly with a slight shrug as Orochimaru's face flashed anger, but was quickly replaced with his mask of kindness and friendship.

"So, will you do it?" Kabuto asked as he could tell she was trying to change the subject while analyzing them.

Tsunade shrugged again as Shizune narrowed her eyes to them. Naruto almost couldn't suppress the urge to kill Orochimaru, but he knew even Shizune and Kabuto could beat him as of now, even with his training. He just needed some more sparring experience with Jiraiya before he could take on Kabuto. Then he could use that power and the first step in his plan could begin…

"Let's go Kabuto…" Orochimaru said with a dark chuckle as he and Kabuto left in a blur. Dammit, he missed most of their conversation when he was thinking of his plan! Oh well, he knew enough to tell Jiraiya.

"Lady Tsunade…" Shizune said as she came to the aid of her sensei.

"Let's just go get a drink Shizune…" Tsunade said as they walked off. Naruto jumped down from his position in the castle shadows and watched them go. When he was sure they were gone he blurred from vision; intend on telling Jiraiya everything he knew so they could make a plan.

A/N: (Yeah, I know; I'm speeding things up to be done with this Arc and on to the next one. Which will be the Kage's Mission Arc. Remember that!)

With Hinata:

She, Ino, and her younger sister Hanabi could only find one other girl in the village Hinata's age that they knew could love Naruto the way Hinata did. So they were right in front of her right now.

"So let me get this straight; Naruto is from 2 clans and needs girls who will love him for him so he can revive them?" Tenten said as they were seated on a bench outside the dango stand. Hinata, Hanabi and Ino nodded as Tenten looked in thought over it.

On one side; she'd have to give up her independent woman life and marry a guy with at less 3 other girls. On the other side; she'd gain the love of someone she knew wouldn't stand for anything less than the best for her and the other girls. After all Naruto did beat the crap out of Neji just over what her teammate had said about Hinata and the extra ass kicking was a taste of what he did to Hinata.

"Okay, wait. What about Neji and what about that Uchiha kid reviving his clan?" Tenten asked as Hinata looked in thought and Ino scoffed.

"Please, let me tell you; Sasuke Uchiha is not going to revive his clan. He's got both a superiority and inferiority complex. He'd never acknowledge when someone is stronger than him, but the guy obsesses when he thinks someone is stronger than him! Also, for his entire life, despite being popular with girls, Sasuke has shown absolutely no interest in any of us, all due to his all-consuming desire for revenge and power. I know what he wants to do! He wants to kill his brother, because his brother went psychotic and murdered his entire clan! He should thank Kami-sama that the crazy decided to spare him! Trust me, the guy's gonna die before he even hears what sex is. As for your Neji; give up on him. He seems like the type that if he was interested he'd have shown it to you in all his previous arrogance." Ino said brashly, but none the less they knew she was right. It was then Hanabi had a question.

"What's sex?" Hanabi asked as the other 3 girls had their own reactions to the question.

Hinata's face went red and she fainted as she thought of her and her Naruto-kun doing those types of activities. Tenten blushed and started stuttering out nonsense to which no one understood.

Ino though grinned as she wrapped an arm around Hanabi's shoulder and guided the younger girl down the street as they walked. She always loved giving these kinds of talks to the younger female population.

"Do I have a talk for you! I'm gonna tell you all about the wonders of being a woman and kunoichi, but first let's go find that other girl your age. Her name was Moegi I think…" Ino said as they walked down the street. Hanabi didn't understand, but she felt nervous about what she and Moegi were about to here. Maybe it was just excitement… maybe…

With Naruto and Jiraiya, Later On In Their Hotel Room:

Naruto was back in his 'sealed form' as he liked to call it. He ha just finished telling Jiraiya ever thing he knew about earlier and Jiraiya looked very serious.

"Alright Naruto, thanks for telling me that. Now I know to stay on guard around Tsunade." Jiraiya said with a frown as Naruto looked up at him curiously.

"What do you mean, Pervy Sage?" Naruto asked as he couldn't think of a reason to be on guard around her.

"Orochimaru most likely came with an offer she'd be hard pressed to refuse. If so, and if we encounter her like we must, she'll try any trick to keep me out of the game. Knowing Orochimaru like I do he probably promised to bring Dan and Nawaki back to life with the use of that jutsu the Nidaime created. I'm just not sure what she'll do in the end, but I'll be on guard at all times." Jiraiya said as Naruto started going through scrolls.

Naruto eventually found a scroll which had the kanji for 'Second' on it. He started reading through them until he got to one of the only ones he hadn't practiced yet.

Jutsu Name - Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation

Rank: S-rank

Class: Supplementary

This jutsu is used to revive the dead to serve in battle as the jutsu-caster sees fit.

To perform this technique, the user must first acquire some of the DNA of the person they intend to revive.

*Side Note* This basically amounts to grave-robbing, although blood stains or organs salvaged after the target's death also work.

The soul of the intended revived must also reside in the 'Pure World'. Those whose soul has been consumed by the Death God, for example, cannot be resurrected. Next, a living sacrifice is required for the soul of the resurrected to use as a vessel. Once all prerequisites for the technique have been met, the physical remains acquired are smeared on a special scroll and once the scroll is activated, the remains spread out in the form of a special symbol with the living sacrifice in the center of the symbol. Then dust and ash encases the sacrifice's body, giving them the same appearance that the revived had at the time of their death. The chosen person is then revived and the end product is usually stored in a casket until summoned by the user.

*Side Note* The user can theoretically revive a limitless number of people in this way, so long as they have enough sacrifices, chakra and DNA to perform the technique. Although it goes against morals to do this to the dead. It is needed to show the strength of Konoha. To those who have been brought back by this technique; may you find peace in your return to Kami's places.

Hand Seals: Tiger, Snake, Dog, Dragon, Clap hands

The sequence of hand seals for canceling the technique are Dog, Horse, Tiger and saying "Kai", or "Release".

*Side Notes* Countering Measures:

1. The revived individual is affected in some emotional way that gives them closure.

2. Sealing away the souls.

3. Lightning chakra to disrupt the Earth chakra used to summon. Although this only works in immobilizing the revived and not a full counter measure.

It was this Naruto and Jiraiya read as more insight to the technique. Jiraiya knew Naruto had gotten this scroll and many of the other scrolls from the Hokage's vault in Naruto's office. The personal ones of Minato and Kushina were in the a blood vault behind Minato's picture in the Hokage office. They had gotten the few others from the Shinobi Library before going to the main gate back when they were in the village.

"So that's the thing he used to bring back the Shodai and Nidaime…" Naruto said as he frowned deeply at the technique. It left so much to be desired…

"Yeah, and Sarutobi-sensei used Minato's Reaper Death Seal Jutsu to seal Orochimaru's arms from what I read in the report the ANBU gave you. It seems that all 4 of the previous Hokage are unreachable now…" Jiraiya said as he gazed at Naruto through the corner of his eye. Naruto had a feral grin on his face as he continued to look through the technique.

"Maybe not… Just maybe…" Naruto said quietly with a smirk in his voice as Jiraiya face-palmed himself. Great, he gave the brat an idea, and knowing the kid he'd run with it until it was complete or he died trying.

"So anyway, Orochimaru would claim to have that power, but as you've read it forces the revived to obey the user. Knowing him, he'd have Tsunade heal his arms and then kill her with them and then be at full power to destroy Konoha, except this time around the only ones to stop him would be me and Kakashi together and even then he'll have reinforcements at his beck and call." Jiraiya said as he rubbed his temples from all the problems and situations that were running through his mind just thinking about it.

"And this is exactly why I didn't want to go hunting him down. The only person that would have a true chance of taking him down at the moment are the other 2 Sanin; you and Tsunade. Plus from what I read on the battle reports he has his own Hidden village at his command, so waging war against him now would be stupid." Naruto said as he sat on the floor of their hotel room.

"Don't forget Orochimaru isn't stupid. He knows that if he attacked us now, he'd be put down hard. He learned that the village is still as strong as it was when he left and he knows that almost all of his forces were killed along with the Sand's ninja, though they had far less dead… The point is that he won't attack us for a while. Hell, from what I know of that sealing jutsu Sensei did it can't be healed by anything. Unless he perfected that jutsu…" Jiraiya said in a serious tone without any worry in his voice, yet muttered the last part to himself. Naruto heard him anyway, but decided to leave it alone… for now.

"Okay, so what do we do now, Pervy Sage?" Naruto asked as Jiraiya shrugged.

"You said Tsunade was heading for a drink, right? Well then I know just where to find her." Jiraiya replied as Naruto nodded, created clones, and started studying the Hokage scrolls more so than before.

He and Jiraiya both knew that this won't be over without a fight. They just hoped they'd be the ones to come out on top…

With Sasuke, In His Mind:

Sasuke was mad, depressed, and a bit happy all at once. He was mad because no matter waht he did he felt that Naruto was passing him by. He was depressed because his 'brother' Itachi had made him relive that night just as he did before. Alothough he was still happy, happy to be away from fangirls and Sakura. He wasn't mad at her or anything, but the girl was depressed to cheer him up for some reason. he didn't need cheering up, he needed his friends to just be that; his friends.

If Naruto was around he'd understand that... But yet, Naruto wasn't around. Ever since that day when Asuma showed up with Kakashi he hadn't seen Naruto at all really. Yes, he tried to follow Naruto, but that ended with Hiashi taking Naruto inside. He was so angry right now that his friends weren't there for what he needed, a person to tell him that he wasn't alone. Naruto had done that, Sakura at least tried, but what he really wanted was someone who would believe in him no matter what and for just that.

That why, deep in a part of him that no one knew existed, he was jealous of Naruto. Naruto had everything he wanted. Iruka, The Old Guy at the Ramen Shop, and those 3 kids, they all beliveved in him simply because he was determined and a hardworker. He had all that, but people only believed in him because of his name, so the civilians thought he was supposed to be naturally strong. They praised him like he was a god or something, but all he wanted was someone to believe in him simply because he'd fight for what he believed in. He wanted people like the 3rd Hokage had been for him.

He wanted people he could love like family. Maybe... maybe someday he'd get that...

Until Next Time, See Ya Later!

-T.K