Holy Shit. This fanfic had so many alerts and reviews that I nearly fell out of my chair when I checked my email. Thank you so much for those and I'll try my best to not disappoint you readers.

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Sasuke felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see the person and started to tremble.

Sasuke was about to ask who he was but stopped when he heard something he never thought he would hear before in a metallic voice. "Got your ass kicked pretty well, didn't you, teme?"

Sasuke's eyes widened. Only one person called him that. "Naruto?"

Flashback: 1 week and 3 days ago

"Well, let's have the design finished with that.", said the tired Tony.

"But… why does my suit look so… so… under armored? "

"Well, Goyaji told me that ninjas travel by jumping across trees, right?"

"It's just tree jumping, Tony-san."

"First, drop the san. Second, if I made it like my Iron Man suit, you would break every branch you stepped on since it's so heavy."

"Then how do you get around?"

"I fly."

"…you fly. And you can't do this to my suit, why?"

"Naruto, flying makes tons of noise. You would attract every single enemy ninja in a 5 mile radius with just hovering."

"sigh. Fine. What now?"

Tony grinned. "Now the fun part. We color it."

Naruto looked at the hologram displaying his armor and gave a huge grin.

"Black." Naruto and Tony looked at Goyaji. "Make it black. All of it. That way it can have some stealth."

"Aw, but that's boring.", said Naruto and Tony.

"Well, what do you want? Boring, or to be kunai'd everywhere you go?"

Naruto's and Tony's head sunk. "All right.". they said in a melancholy fashion. Tony looked at the hologram. "JARVIS, make it all black for stealth."

The metallic voice that came from everywhere said, "Stealth, something you are a master at with your red and gold." The suit colored black.

Tony looked at it and shook his head. "No, that's too boring. Put a visor over the power core and make it red-black."

"Of course, Master Tony. That won't bring attention. That's very stealthy."

"Tony, be warned. Red isn't a color that's natural. It's not the stealthiest color." warned Goyaji.

"What's the worst that could happen?"

Flashback End

"Naruto?"

In the stands…

Everyone heard Sasuke call out the stranger's name.

Silence…

"Get out of here, demon!"

"How dare you come back from the dead?"

"Leave the Uchiha alone! He was doing fine until you showed up!"

In the arena…

Naruto scoffed at the spectators. "Blind, deaf, and stupid, all of them are. Looks like they don't want to accept the fact that I just saved your gay behind." Naruto removed his hand from Sasuke's shoulder and helped the avenger up. "Thanks." Inside the helmet, Naruto's eyes widened. "Did you just say the T word?"

Sasuke scoffed at him. "What? I say thanks sometimes. And I'm not gay." Naruto was about to retort but was interrupted. It came from the stands, but it wasn't like the other voices.

"Naruto, you bastard. You made Hinata cry, pretending to be dead and all!"

Okay, maybe it was a bit. Naruto looked up at the source and saw the person who spoke standing and with his hands cupped in front of his mouth. "Well, at least you're here. Now go kick Gaara's ass."

In the stands…

Sakura was speechless. She was staring at the Naruto. She looked over and saw Ino was doing the same. Then Ino spoke with a laugh, "Well, that kind of explains why he was late. He went shopping and got rid of that hideous orange outfit." Ino laughed again. But Sakura knew better. She knew that her best friend was making excuses to explain the new Naruto. She knew that, like herself, Ino didn't want to really know what really happened to Naruto.

Kiba yelled again, "What are you doing just standing there? Go fight already! Right, Hinata? Hinata, what's wrong?"

When the blue haired girl heard Sasuke call out Naruto's name, she nearly fainted from the extreme relief and joy she felt. She was so happy that she started crying.

Kiba asked again, "Hinata, are you okay?" He then looked back at the arena. "Look, you made her cry again, you heartless bastard!"

"K-Kiba-kun, please stop. I'm not sad. I'm really h-happy. I'm just really relieved that N-Naruto-kun's alive."

Kiba looked at her, then smiled. "Well, if you're so happy, you should cheer for Naruto, right?" Hinata nodded and wiped away her tears. She summoned the courage to cheer for Naruto and yelled, "N-Naruto-kun! Please do your best!"

In the arena…

Sasuke was smiling. "See, not everyone hates you."

"Better to be hated than to be gay."

"I told you, I'm not-"

"WHAT ARE YOU?"

The two members of Team 7 looked at the sand controller. Gaara had a look of confusion on his face. "Mother says that you emit a dangerous energy that she has never felt before. She is scared of you, Uzumaki Naruto. She screams for your blood!"

Naruto examined the bloody shoulder of Gaara. 'Makes it easier for me. But from what I've seen, it's best to stay away from this guy. "Your mother sounds like a nice person.", Naruto said sarcastically as he slowly stuck his hand toward Gaara. "Let me say hello. Thrust power at 60%. Firing!"

Naruto shot the charge at the sand jinchuuriki who already had his sand shield up. 'Futile. Mother's sand is IMPENTRABLE! I-" The charge hit the sand shield and blew right through it. The charge then hit Gaara and sent hime skidding across the arena floor. When he stopped moving, Gaara looked at his shoulder and saw bone sticking out. "WHAT ARE YOU?"

"Uzumaki Naruto, the Dark Annihilator."

Name: Uzumaki Naruto
Age: 13
Occupation: Genin of the Hidden Village of Konoha
Wielder of the Dark Annihilator Suit

"Thanks CECI, but I really don't need information about myself." CECI stood for Charka Electric Convertor Intelligence. Naruto wanted the name to be as close as it could be to a girl's name and this was it.

'But, thrust power at 60% only made his bone snap on a wounded shoulder. That sand is tough. What should I do? Naruto thought and thought. Then he realized that there was someone who hurt Gaara before. "Sasuke, how do you beat this guy?"

"Well, Kakashi-sensei told me that the charka affinity of lightning could beat his sand."

"Lightning? So I need to fight close range, do I?"

The Iron Man suit was a long range fighting armor because everyone in Tony's world had guns. But Goyaji quickly pointed out that Naruto would need some close range moves in his arsenal.

Flashback: 1 week and 1 day ago

Tony had just heard Goyaji's suggestion. "I see your point. Naruto would be helpless against another close range attack." There was an awkward silence as Tony thought for ideas. Naruto was used to the awkwardness that constantly poked its head out when he was with Tony. Tony snapped his fingers as he said, "I think I've got it. I don't really know a lot of the ninja world, less about fighting close range. But, I do have some games that could help me get ideas, particularly one."

Goyaji's eyes widened. "You don't mean…?"

Tony nodded as he said, "Mortal Kombat." They both went to set up the system and game. Naruto ridiculed them. "How could a game help us now? What is Mortal Kombat, anyways? What are you doin-" Naruto stopped and couldn't finish as his jaw was hanging loose making his mouth gape open. "What is that?"

Tony looked up from the finished setup and looked at Naruto confused. "This? You don't know what a TV is?"

"I mean, I saw something similar. We used it to display the names of the matches in the preliminary rounds."

Tony blinked. Then he leaned toward Goyaji and whispered, "How far back technologically is the Elemental Countries?"

Goyaji whispered back. "You would be surprised."

Tony sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought. "Well, I can't leave this deprived child to not know TV and video games. Come. Let's play."

They played Mortal Kombat all day. At the end of the day, all their eyes were bloodshot and their fingers sore. No one spoke for a while after they finished, as the two older men wanted the awesomeness to sink in Naruto's mind. After a minute, Tony said, "Well, as you just saw, there are a lot of different ideas floating around in this game." Naruto nodded, still staring at the TV. "So which close range do you want in your arsenal?"

Naruto blinked the tired tears away from his eyes and looked at Tony. "I can choose?"

The inventor shrugged. "Why not?"

Goyaji laughed. "If you let Tony choose, you'll find so many hidden things he "forgot" to tell you."

Naruto thought for a moment. What close range did he want? Naruto suddenly looked up at Tony and grinned. "If I needed to choose one, I would choose-"

Flashback End

"TARKATAN'S BLADES!" Out of the coat's arms, unseen from the outside world, two blades popped out of the armor on his hands and forearms. Then he yelled, "ElectroModify!" The blades sparked as blue electricity ran through them. Goyaji had suggested to allow the Dark Annihilator different elements. Unfortunately, Naruto only had lightning. The technology of Stark Industries couldn't control neither water, earth, nor air. The suit couldn't control fire either, because Tony had firmly decided that Naruto would not use fire until he had proper training on how to use a flamethrower. There were still scorch marks all over the walls and floors.

Sasuke looked at Naruto's new weapons. "Huh. When did you become a weapons user?"

Without his gaze leaving Gaara, he said, "The same time Kakashi left me for you to train." Sasuke widened his eyes. He didn't know this. Why didn't Kakashi take Naruto with him?

Naruto saw that Gaara had seen the blades and created another sand shield. "CECI, increase power output in leg armor."

In the female voice he heard that first day, it responded. "Master, you wish to increase the speed of the armor?"

"Precisely."

There was a three second silence, then, "Understood. Directing power output of 5% from arc reactor to legs, increasing leg speed 70%."

"Good, let's do this." Naruto stared at one single point on the shield. The part Gaara's shoulders were behind. He rushed toward the shield with tons of speed that it seemed he was a blur. He stuck his arms out toward his targets and rammed the blades into the shield. Sasuke was right. Lightning was its weakness. The blades were completely in and Naruto was so close that he could touch the sand. But the sand didn't come after him. No, the sand, after being suspended for a few more seconds, dropped to the ground, revealing a Gaara with the blades in his shoulders. His mouth gaped open and he spazzed as the electricity coursed through this body to his legs to the ground.

Naruto remembered one downside of the ElectroModified blades.
Remember, the person that you're attacking must touch the ground at all times when you use ElectroModify. If you don't, not only will the person die since the electricity will not leave him, but as soon as the lightning of your blades stop, the electricity will come back to you through your blades.

He quickly turned off the electricity and removed the blades. Gaara stood there like a statue. Naruto thought he was too shocked to move. But, Naruto does not know how shocking someone works, so two people knew that something was wrong.

In the lab…

"Tony, something's wrong."

"I can see that myself, Goyaji. JARVIS, connect to the Dark Annihilation suit and open a private channel."

Back in the arena…

Naruto walked away from the frozen Gaara. He halted. He could hear… static? "Master, Tony Stark wants to communicate with you."

"Fine. Open the channel, CECI."

"Naruto!", Tony yelled. "Naruto, when someone gets shocked, they don't stand like that."

"Wha-, are you watching me right now, Tony?"

"Naruto! Listen! Usually, when people are tazed, they collapse."

'Collapse? Naruto's eyes widened as he realized the problem. He turned around and saw Gaara with his arm pointing at him. Naruto was about to run at him with his Tarkatan's blades, but found his arm unable to move. He looked down and saw the sand grabbing his arm. He looked back at the sand jinchuuriki who had a creepy grin. "Sand Coffin!"

Naruto felt his arm get crushed as the sand got a tighter hold of him. He tried to pull away but found it futile. It didn't matter. It was too late. "SAND BURIAL!"

Sasuke knew what was coming. This happened to Rock Lee. "No, Naruto!" He rushed toward his teammate, but was too late.

Crunch!

'Naruto's arm. Shit. If I had been faster… Now Naruto can't be a ninja. He looked at Naruto's arm, melancholy, and… wait. 'That's not blood. It's not even flesh! Naruto's arm was gone. But when the sand left it, wires and sparks were revealed.

Naruto looked at his gone arm, then to Gaara, then back to his arm. "Hot Damn. You took my arm off. Oh, well. Oi Sasuke, if you want to help, now is the time. Distract Gaara. I need to repair my arm."

Sasuke still stared at Naruto's sparking arm. "Naruto what happened to you?"

"….Shit. Shit happened. Now go!"

Sasuke shook himself out of his gaze and ran toward the sand jinchuuriki. "Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu." The Uchiha shot a huge fireball at Gaara. The sand moved in and protected him. Sasuke made another Chidori and toward Gaara. But before he reach him, Sasuke fell to the floor. He looked back and saw his foot caught by the sand.

"What.. what is that light?"

During this time, Naruto had stuck his arm out. Naruto had predicted this kind of situation before and had countermeasures.

Flashback: 1 week and 2 days ago

"But what if my mechanical arm or leg gets destroyed?" Naruto asked the two men.

Another awkward silence…..

…

.."Well, I guess you're screwed.", said Tony.

"What? Well, what do you do when you're suit's damaged?"

"I bring it back here to repair it. With the current technology, I could fix a broken mechanical arm or leg in about 30 seconds. But you would have to be here."

"Aww, well fine. I'll just figure out something when I get to my match." Goyaji was hard in thought. Naruto made an excellent point, and it was a problem that need to be fixed right away.

"Hey when is your match anyways?", asked Tony.

"Well, when I was pushed off that cliff, I still had 2 weeks left."

"So you only have a week and 2 days left."

"…WHAT? I only have that much time left? How will I learn to use my suit by then? How far away is this place from Konoha? How long will it take to get back there?"

"Hold onto those questions, Naruto. Let me answer them one by one. First, the suit is easy to control since you have a AI in you."

"A-what?"

"AI. Artificial Intelligence. Didn't you ever hear a voice that you don't recognize but can't find the person who said it? That's the AI."

"That girl's voice was the AI?"

'Girl? The program usually adapts to the person's personality and memories. It seems someone from his present or past is influencing him.

"Yes, I guess. Second, this place is about 9000 miles from Konoha."

"…WHAAAATTTTT? WTF? How the hell did I get here so fast then if it's been only 4 days since I fell. I must have been here 2 days already."

"Right, right. Sorry. I forget that ninjas don't have this yet. Portals." After seeing Naruto's blank look, Tony elaborated. "Portals are like doors, but with much greater distance. I have a portal gate near Konoha."

Goyaji shouted. "AHA! That's it. That's how you can fix a broken mechanical arm. Portals! You could have a portable one with you when you go there."

"That's a great idea, right Tony?"

"… Goyaji, what kind of technology do you think I have? The level of a portable portal is beyond my level. I can't make it so he can summon a portal wherever he goes."

Goyaji had a look of thought on his face. "Maybe you can with some ninjutsu."

Flashback End

Naruto made 5 seals with one hand. He placed his palm on the ground and yelled, "Kyuchiyose Jutsu: Portal!" A seal appeared on the ground. It was a common summoning seal. But Naruto moved his hand away quickly as if it was burning. The middle of the seal glowed white. It was a light that grabbed everyone's attention even Gaara and Sasuke. The light cracked and broke through like an illuminating glass. Inside, it revealed a tunnel of blue data. But only Naruto knew that.

Three mechanical arms came out of the portal with claws and drills as appendages. Naruto stuck out his gone arm and the arms went to work. Everyone in and out of the arena went wide eyed. No one could see anything clearly due to the arms, but they could hear the clanking of metal and drilling. The arms stopped working and looked at Naruto.

Naruto examined his arm. It was the mechanical one, not the one of the suit. He looked at the arms and said, "Good job, JARVIS."

"Of course, Uzumaki Naruto." The arms sunk back into the portal and the blue tunnel and seal shattered. Naruto looked at the surprised Gaara and Sasuke. 'I have to be more careful. My suit isn't strong enough to resist that amount of force.

In the stands…

Sakura and Ino were doing it again. They were staring at Naruto. But this time, Hinata, Kiba, Kakashi, Lee, Gai, and well just the entire audience were staring at Naruto.

Ino looked at Sakura and asked a simple question. "You just saw that, right?" Sakura didn't say anything and just nodded. She then looked back at Ino. "You think he went clothes shopping now?"

Hinata was frozen, not from surprise. She was overwhelmed by conflicting emotions. First of all, she was still overjoyed that Naruto was alive. But second, she was confused when she just saw his arm crushed. And third, she was horrified that there was no blood, but sparks. And fourth, she was relieved that his arm was fixed.

Kiba just stared. It was best to keep quiet when these things happen, he decided.

Lee and Gai were first surprised and horrified, but when his arm was fixed, they started yelling, "NARUTO. WHAT YOUTHFULNESS YOU ARE SHOWING. EVEN WHEN YOU LOSE AN ARM, YOU STILL FIND A WAY AND FIGHT." Which somehow led to:

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

Kakashi was horrified. That was all. He knew that if he took Naruto's offer to train him, he wouldn't be like this.

Neji was confused. "What is this? How could he have greater strength than me? I was supposed to be stronger and beat him. That was fate. And what is with his arm? Why is he defying every single decision made by fate? How could he?"

In the Kage box…

Sarutobi could only stare at the new Naruto. What could he say? But the "Kazekage" was deep in thought. 'Where is the invasion? Where is Kabuto? Something is not right here. The village should have gone to chaos when Gaara made the sand dome.

In the arena…

Gaara got his focus back before Naruto attacked and drew back the sand from Sasuke. He added the extra sand to the sand shield and tried to increase its density.

Naruto realized he was going to need both arms of the suit to fight Gaara. "CECI, can the armor repair itself?"

"…Yes, but it doesn't require the energy required. Even if the reactor was at 100%, it would deplete almost all of it."

Naruto smirked. "You forget, CECI. There's a reason for your name. You can convert chakra. CECI, convert all chakra gathered into energy." Naruto used his human arm and made the ram seal. He focused and drew all the chakra he could muster.

Sasuke was blown back. He has never seen this much chakra in one person. It was overwhelming. Every time Sasuke saw a new weapon or power, he bubbled with anger. This took the cake. 'Naruto, what did you do to yourself to make you this strong?

Naruto saw a gauge on his HUD inside the helmet and saw it fill back up. Then he saw a second gauge appear when the first was filled. Inside the helmet, he heard, "Power output at 135% capacity. 140%... 150%...180%...200%. Both primary and reserve energy levels have been restored. Repairing missing arm now."

Naruto looked down at his arm and saw it start spewing… data. Naruto was sure of it. It was binary code, all 1's and 0's. The end of the arm glowed blue and the blue spread down to his fingers slowly. The blue suddenly cracked and broke like the portal seal. When Naruto could see what was under the blue, he saw his suit's arm fully fixed.

"CECI, what did you do?"

"…I used the portal seal encrypted on your suit to summon a replacement arm and attach it. Configuring new part with suit." Naruto saw the energy level drop when summoning from 200% to 150% and when configuring from 150% to 120%. "Whoa. You're weren't kidding about the depletion. Wait a minute, you said that there was a portal seal on my suit? Why?"

"Why?... Yamanaka Goyaji had add the seal."

Naruto got a look of annoyance on his face. "That old man. I told him not to modify my suit without me knowing it."

"DANGER! Oncoming projectile coming north." Naruto looked at the digital compass on his HUD and figured out that it meant it was coming straight at him. He looked up and saw sand shurikens coming his way.

'I hope the suit can withstand some sharp objects. Naruto rushed toward the shuriken and Gaara. The shuriken bounced off harmlessly off his armor, no matter if it hit the metal or the cloth. "Wow, this is pretty sturdy."

"…Of course. It is bulletproof armor."

'Bulletproof. Had to learn that the hard way.

Flashback: 1 week ago

"Fine, I guess my suit doesn't need that much armor anyways." Naruto was just arguing with Tony that he didn't care if branches broke. He wanted more metallic armor.

"Don't worry. The cloth is bulletproof."

"Bulletproof? What the hell is a bullet?" Tony grinned. This was his favorite part. He grabbed a gun and aimed at the spot next to Naruto. "Don't move. You'll die if you do. Now watch carefully. This weapon is a gun and can shoot a bullet at high speeds."

"Heh, don't worry about me, old man. No matter how fast it is, I-"

Boom!

Naruto's eyes widened. The barrel of the gun was smoking and there was a thundering sound. Naruto shook himself out of his daze and laughed. "Where's your bullet? Did it break or something?" Tony whirled his fingers, the universal symbol of turn around. Naruto rolled his eyes. What could possibly be the-.

There was a round piece of metal embedded into the wall and it was smoking also. His eyes widened and his jaw hit the floor. He looked back at Tony who was laughing. "What were you going to say? No matter how fast it is, you-?" Tony laughed hard again. But then his face twisted into a look of terror when he realized the gun wasn't in his hands. No, it was in the hands of a certain genin. "So I just point and press this thingy?" Tony, instead of telling Naruto to put the gun down, dove to the side. Naruto shot the gun and the bullet went flying. But, this bullet was at an angle. So when the bullet hit the wall at that angle, it ricocheted off it and bounced everywhere at high speeds. Naruto dove in the same direction as Tony who already had the bulletproof cloth in front of him.

Needless to say, Tony decided to put no guns in Naruto's suit.

Flashback End

Naruto broke out of his thoughts and kept running toward his opponent who made the sand on the ground rush toward him like a mouse under a carpet. You watch Tom & Jerry. You should know what it looks like. And if you don't/didn't, poor deprived child.

Naruto whipped out his Tarkatan's blades. He dug his blades into the ground and vaulted himself over the moving sand. As he got closer, he saw that Gaara had a look he hasn't used in a while: a look of pure terror.

'What is it, mother? Why do you fear him? What about him makes you so scared? WHAT IS IT? He stuck his hands out to do another sand coffin. But, it was too late. Naruto directed the 20% of his energy, increasing his speed 280%. He disappeared in a black flash and reappeared in front of Gaara. There was a resounding boom when Naruto flashed. "That won't work a second time!" He swung his left arm across his body that made the blade hit Gaara's chest, creating a deep gash that didn't reach his vital organs. Naruto let the momentum swing him around and used his right blade to slice Gaara's stomach. The gash was like the last, deep, but not too deep. Naruto's momentum from both his arms caused him to twist around, doing a 360. He swung his left arm one last time and slashed Gaara's leg. Then he kicked Gaara's chest with his right foot and sent him flying. He stomped his right leg onto the ground and pointed his right arm at Gaara's head and fired. "Thrust power at 10%. FIRE!" The charge left Naruto's palm and hit Gaara's airborne body, causing him to slam into the ground and skid a good few meters.

Naruto breathed heavily and took one deep breath. He then walked up to the fallen sand user. He stopped at Gaara's feet when he heard, "Why?"

Naruto looked at Gaara. He looked confused, like a lost sheep. "Why are you so much stronger? What's the difference between you and me?"

Naruto crouched down so he and Gaara would somewhat be eye level. "What's the difference? Easy, our drive."

"Drive?"

Naruto nodded. "Drive. You're drive is to kill people to prove your existence. But mine is different. And that is why I'm stronger."

"What is yours then? Please… tell me why you are stronger?"

"My drive is to protect the ones I love. I won't allow anyone to harm my precious people."

"Precious people?"

"This is something that I learned from the Hokage. This is the Will of Fire of Konoha, it's what makes this village so strong. Anyone could have it, even you."

Gaara looked away, as if in shame. "But.. But I don't have any precious people. My father and siblings hate me and I don't have friends."

"Then how about me?" Gaara looked up wide eyed at the masked genin. "You?" Naruto nodded. "I can be your friend."

Gaara stared wide eyed. Then for the first time since Yashamaru died, Gaara cried. Naruto inside the helmet gave a small smile. He helped Gaara up from the ground.

The referee had decided that Gaara had lost so he announced, "Gaara can no longer battle. In this case, Uchiha Sasuke would win, but since Uzumaki Naruto interfered, Uchiha Sasuke is disqualified." But Naruto wasn't listening. He looked up at the Kage box and yelled, "It looks like your plan failed. I have all your subordinates here." Naruto summoned 5 portal seals and 5 bodies flew out. There was Tayuya, Jirobo, Kidoumaru, Sakon/Ukon and Kabuto.

"You can have them back, Kazekage-sama. Or should I call you by your actual name, OROCHIMARU?"

END

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