A/N: Gah! Why the hell am I writing this? I literally have a million other important things that I need to do. Oh well, on with the show and all that jazz. First off I'd like to thank everyone who checked out the first chapter and especially those who reviewed.

If my memory serves me correctly somebody asked about Zabuza's sword and the answer is Naruto doesn't get to keep it unfortunately. I played around with the idea but to me it didn't seem right for this story. Although they did bring it back to Konoha along with the two bodies

For me it's extremely important that things go with flow in my story, in other words I don't want to shoehorn anything into the story that seems unnatural (this applies to pairings, which no I haven't decided upon). Anyway on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Chapter 2

"Too slow usuratonkachi…."

"Hurry up usuratonkachi…"

"(Cough) Why…why couldn't you make (Cough) on time….usuratonkachi."

Naruto shot up from his bed in much the same way he's been doing ever since that incident on the bridge. To be honest he was surprised that although he's been having variants of the same nightmare for well over two weeks they still seem to be having the same effect on him. He was beginning to miss that terrifying nightmare of drowning in a glass tube that he had when he was younger, anything to bring a bit of variety to his nightly hauntings.

Composing himself Naruto got out of bed to get ready for the new day. He had to visit the hospital today to get the bandages removed from around his new eye and get a check-up to make sure everything was functioning properly. Kakashi may be a great ninja but he was no medical jutsu expert.

Putting on some clothes which consisted of: a light navy long sleeved shirt; darker navy pants which were tucked into some chain mail wrapping around the lower part of his shins; a brown apron around the back of his waist that went down to the end of his thighs; dark navy ninja sandals; his headband; and of course his newest addition, the facemask he bought yesterday (A/N: Young Kakashi's outfit when fighting Obito in the flashbacks during their fight in the war).

Looking himself in the mirror Naruto strengthened his resolve for what was to come. What the people of the village said or thought of him was irrelevant. He had a goal now, a purpose, that's what mattered….nothing else.

The walk to the hospital was exactly what Naruto expected. When the villagers saw him they would begin to not so quietly whisper among themselves, whilst also not so subtly point and stare at him. Naruto just trudged through the crowds with his head down and his hands in his pockets.

Upon arriving at the hospital Naruto was genuinely surprised to see his sensei casually leaning against the entrance with his face stuck into his favourite orange book. Okay, what he was doing wasn't a surprise but the fact he was there was. Naruto decided to speak up in order to grab his attention.

"Good morning sensei. Funny seeing you here."

Kakashi taking his head out of his book in order to greet his young charge merely raised an eyebrow at his student's newest accessory. Naruto noticing the shift in his sensei's facial expression (something you have to become an expert at when dealing with Kakashi) answered his unasked question.

"You know what they say sensei, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. You should know all about that anyway being the legendary copy-ninja and all."

Kakashi just shook his head at Naruto's answer deciding not to pry any further, although he was somewhat worried by the boy's clearly fake cheerful attitude. In response Naruto just shrugged his shoulders and made his way into the hospital, with his sensei following behind him.

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"Okay it looks like everything checks out, the implanted eye seems to be functioning properly. It was a bit of a rough job but all in all I can say you did an excellent job Hatake-san. With that being said I'd like to have a word outside with you." Dr. Kagawa said finishing giving the results of the many tests they had run.

Naruto barely heard what he was saying, he was too busy examining himself in the hand mirror the good doctor had given to him; his gaze transfixed upon his new eye, a reminder from now on of his failure. As he watched the two tomoe spinning lazily he reminded himself that it was not only there to serve as a token of his best friend's death but also as a weapon to fulfil his last request. With that in mind Naruto snapped out of the little daze he was in and called out to Kakashi before he left the room.

"Kakashi don't disappear later, I need to talk to you about a few things later."

Kakashi for his part just internally sighed at his student's attitude. In one way he was glad Naruto's attitude was back to something like normal, but in another way he was disappointed with his student's rather blunt and disrespectful tone.

'Oh well just another thing will have to work on I suppose.' Kakashi thought whilst exiting the room with the doctor not giving his student an answer either way.

With the two men gone from the room Naruto returned his attention to the mirror this time focusing on another feature that seemed to have changed since the Wave. Pushing his fingers through his hair Naruto noted the differences.

'Weird, it's definitely softer and since when did the front start looking so much like…' Naruto shook his head of these irrelevant thoughts and turned his focus back to his new eye and thoughts of a more important nature.

(A/N: the front of Naruto's hair is similar to part 1 Sasuke, but the bangs are a bit shorter. The rest of his is like part 2 Naruto. I'd like you to think specifically of Naruto's hair when mourning Jiraiya as a reference point for the rest of his hair)

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The minute Kakashi exited the room doctor Kagawa immediately informed him that they had to head to the Hokage's office. Kakashi could see the slight panic written on the doctor's face but didn't mention it as he nodded and followed behind him.

When both men arrived at the office doctor Kagawa knocked on the door to signal their entry which was quickly followed by a gruff 'come in'.

Hiruzen looked up from his paper work to see both doctor Kagawa and Kakashi standing in front him, somehow he could tell his day was about to become a lot more complicated.

"Ah Kagawa-san, Kakashi, what brings you to my humble abode today. I trust everything is okay with Naruto-kun."

The doctor looked slightly nervous before finding his voice and speaking up "Yes everything is fine with Uzumaki-san Hokage-sama, his new eye seems to be working fully without any problem.

Hiruzen seemed happy with this as smile crossed his withered face "That's great news doctor but I doubt that you came all the way here to tell me just that."

The doctor nodded his ascent at the Hokage's reasoning "You would be correct Hokage-sama, when we ran further diagnostics on the boy we discovered something startling…." Kakashi had a hint of curiosity and interest in his eye, while Hiruzen just looked pensive at the doctor's words.

With a nod from the Hokage the doctor continued "….It looks like that by implanting the Sharingan into Uzumaki-san it has awoken some dormant Uchiha genes in the boy."

Both men looked shocked at this news, but one less than the other.

"Not only that but Sasuke-san's DNA and chakra seem to be mixing with his own. Although both these incidents are only very minor, in that the Uchiha genetic make-up inside Uzumaki-san is still very small, it is still like nothing I have ever seen." With that the doctor stepped back signalling the end of his report.

Hiruzen leaning back in his seat lit up his pipe and took a deep inhale before breathing out a cloud of smoke, soaking up everything the doctor had said. Kakashi had a clear look of shock and surprise on his face.

"Thank you for all your hard work Kagawa-san, you may go now. And it goes without saying that you are to keep this information to yourself" The doctor bowed before turning around and making his way out of the office.

As soon as he left Hiruzen activated the silencing seals in the office and turned his attention to Kakashi.

"Kakashi what I'm about to tell you is an S-class secret, what I say must not leave this room." Kakashi nodded his head showing he understood the seriousness of the situation.

"Naruto Uzumaki is no simple orphan, there was a reason why he was always encouraged to enter our ninja forces….."

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Naruto was walking through the village having been left out of the hospital. With no sign of Kakashi he decided to pay a visit to the ninja store he bought his face mask from yesterday, he had something he had to do there anyway. Entering the store he saw no sign of the old guy who owned the shop. In his place behind the counter was girl around his age with brown hair tied into two buns, Naruto also noticed the Konoha forehead-protector she had tied around her head.

"Who are you? Where's the old guy that runs this place?"

The girl's eye twitched at the rather rude way the boy opened the conversation, she noticed the unnamed boy was around her age and also had a forehead-protector but she didn't recognise him. Trying not to let her anger show she introduced herself.

"My name is Tenten and I work here. As for the 'old guy', my dad's outback working on something."

Naruto just nodded, internally he was wondering when he became so short and unfriendly with people he didn't know, before quickly dismissing that line of thinking as unimportant.

"I need some gear: tops, pants, kunai, shuriken and some ninja wire."

Tenten nodded at the boys requests "Well you've come to the right place, did you have anything in mind for the clothes you wanted."

Naruto had something in mind alright "I want some more shirts similar to the one I'm wearing now with the Uchiha clan symbol stitched on the back. I also want several Uchiha style high collared shirts with the clan symbol on the back. As for the pants, similar style to the one's I'm wearing now in both navy and black."

Naruto having finished talking reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and handed it over to the girl "My measurements and any additional details are on that sheet of paper."

Tenten was quite surprised by the detail of the boys request not to mind the addition he wanted to add to the clothing. Never being one for subtly Tenten decided to voice her query.

"I don't mean to pry but what's with your obsession with the Uchiha clan, are you some Uchiha fanboy or something."

This time it was Naruto's turn to eye twitch at the girl's bluntness "That's none of your business."

Tenten just huffed at his response crossing her arms over her chest. She had just about enough of this boy's attitude. Before she could give him a piece of her mind he spoke up again.

"I'll come by tomorrow to pick the stuff up." And with he turned to leave.

Before he could reach the door Tenten realised something, she didn't even know his name.

"Hey kid, you got a name."

"Yeah."

Tenten was pulling her hair out as the still unnamed boy exited the shop before she could say anything.

"What an asshole, can't believe I thought he was cute when he first walked in."

Finally coming back into the main shop Tenten's father couldn't help but make a joke at his daughters expense "Ah young love sure is a beautiful thing."

Tenten caught off guard by her father's presence turned her anger on him "Shut up Dad! Don't even joke about such things, like I'd ever fancy a guy like that."

The man just chuckled at his daughter's response before suddenly becoming more solemn "Don't be too hard on the kid Tenten, he's had a hard time of it as of late."

Tenten was about to ask her father what he was talking about but he was gone again before she had the chance.

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After leaving the shop Naruto headed straight to the training ground to get some practice in. Currently he was practicing his taijutsu kata's against one of the wooden stumps, just as he was about to land another kick Kakashi suddenly appeared on top of the stump sitting down, his famous eye smile plastered on his face.

"Yo, you wanted to talk to me about something?" Kakashi already had a good idea what his student was going to say but wanted to hear it from him first.

Naruto, composing himself after his sensei's abrupt entrance began to speak, a fire burning in his sole visible eye "Kakashi I need to get stronger, I have to, and to do that I need your help. Please sensei make me stronger!"

There was a hint of desperation in his student's voice that Kakashi picked up on "No need to get so worked up, of course I'll help you, you're my cute little student after all. But before we get started I need to know something; why do you need to get stronger?"

Naruto inhaled deeply before speaking "It was my fault Sasuke died on the bridge, and don't try to tell me that it wasn't, I wasn't strong enough. Before Sasuke died he decided to give me his sharingan and asked me to fulfil his last request. Itachi Uchiha, his brother, the man who slaughtered the Uchiha clan. It was Sasuke's goal to kill him. I already knew this of course, he told me when we were younger, now that he's dead his dream, his goal is now my dream and my goal. You asked me why I needed to get stronger, the answer is simple….to kill Itachi Uchiha."

Kakashi was saddened by his students answer but all he could do was shake his head and hope he could deter Naruto from the destructive path he seemed set on following.

"Come at me then, just like the bell test, the only rule is you can't use your sharingan, we'll work on that later."

Time Skip: The Next Day

Naruto woke up still tired from yesterday and hurting in places that he never even knew he could feel pain from. Kakashi had put him through the ringer yesterday working on fighting with one eye and working on his taijutsu by teaching him some of the Uchiha style along with some of the style he used when he was younger. He also taught him the water walking exercise, which was made somewhat easier by the use of the sharingan. Speaking of Naruto's new eye that was the final thing they worked on, just practicing with the various skills the eye provided.

Currently Naruto was on his way to the Hokage's office, he had been told yesterday by Kakashi to go there at noon as their team had been summoned. When Naruto had questioned Kakashi about Sakura and how he was not sure if she would continue on as a ninja, Kakashi had just waved him off saying he would talk to her.

Knocking on the door he heard a grunt beckoning him in. When he walked inside he was surprised to see Kakashi already there and doubly surprised to see Sakura present as well. She also looked briefly surprised by the new addition to his outfit. He didn't blame her; the mask coupled with his forehead-protector slanting over his left eye made him look like a mini Kakashi.

Giving a nod of acknowledgement towards his pink-haired teammate and receiving a warm smile and wave in return, Naruto turned his attention to the Hokage. Before Hiruzen could explain to them why they were here the door burst open to reveal a boy around their age. The forehead-protector he was wearing signified he was a ninja.

"You finally ready to give me that hat old man!"

Naruto along with the rest of his team members just face-palmed at the boy's exuberant entrance.

'I can already tell this is going to be a pain.'

A/N: Woooooooooooooo I actually wrote a second chapter to one of my stories. I hope you enjoyed and any support you can give would be greatly appreciated. Konohamaru will not be a cannon Naruto rip-off. He'll be similar in some ways sure but different in others.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: For the next chapter, whenever I get as around to it (won't be soon), I need your input. What do you think I should do (a) or (b): (a) The next chapter being a c-rank mission to establish the team dynamics before the chunin exams; (b) Skip straight to the chunin exams which will be a 1-2 month time skip and I'll reference how the team has gotten on with the new edition.