Grim Reaper of Iwa

Chapter 4

Right in the middle of their date, Haku and Guren saw that Naruto was walking around the Sand Village with a very attractive blond woman about their age. Guren eventually recognized her as the Kazekage's oldest daughter!

"The hell is he doing with her." Guren asked out of concern. While they flirted a lot, she saw the young blond as more of a little brother. So naturally she would be concerned if some girl took an interest in him, especially if she was the Kazekage's daughter.

"I do not know, but before we left, I remember Zabuza-sama mentioning to keep an eye on him in case this sort of thing happened. The Kazekage didn't look like it, but he was very interested in Naruto." Haku replied.

"Well then…I am sure we can pick up this late later, so let's make sure our little brother is safe." Guren stated.

"Right." Haku affirmed. He wanted to protect his brother figure and while he was enjoying the date, they could always pick this up later. However, another part of him wanted to strangle the younger blond for being such a pain.

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This 'date' was pretty interesting to say the least. As Temari showed him around with a nice smile on her face, he noticed how everyone seemed to look at her with respect. However, the treatment he got was different. Some smiled at him and openly thanked him for helping keep their Kage alive, others…mostly guys…glared at him. He just assumed it was because he was walking around the village with a hottie like Temari.

Heh, and you know, Temari actually had a pleasant personality. Despite being the daughter of nobility….or this case the leader of a village, she was not snobbish. That was refreshing to him.

Temrari smiled. If she had been with any other boy, they would probably make lewd comments and be all around assholes. However, not Naruto. Sure he would flirt with her, but he was not a jerk about anything. He was quite the gentleman.

His personality intrigued her as well. He would be really insightful and smart one minute and be incredibly stupid the next. He was an enigma to her and it was driving her NUTS!

There was one other thing. He was a Jinchuriki like her brother and he was incredibly stable. If she could find out how he does it, maybe she could help her little brother. She felt there was still hope for him after all.

She was brought out of her thoughts when someone called her name. Looking at the person, she smiled. It was one of her female friends who had just become a genin….or was it that she was trying to be a genin…eh whatever.

"Hey Temari! Oh? Who is your friend?" A brown haired girl asked as she came up to them.

"Hey Matsuri, this is Naruto Uzumaki." Temari replied. "Hey, have you seen my brother at all?"

"Sorry no." Matsuri replied and Naruto noticed that a few people around them tensed when the boy was mentioned, but the girl did not.

"Sorry to sound rude, but I noticed something. You didn't seem to tense up when Temari mentioned her brother…unlike some of the passersby." Naruto said, throwing both girls for a loop.

"I don't fear him like other people. Sure, his personality can be a bit abrasive and I am too shy to even talk to him, but I don't fear and hate him like the others do. Actually, I pity what has been done to him." The girl replied.

On a nearby building, Gaara looked down and heard what she said. He honestly didn't know what to think to that. Ever since this new blond came to town, Shukaku seemed to be interested in him and not in the usual way…yet. Hearing things like that made him think.

"I see." Naruto replied. "I am glad you answered truthfully."

"Right…" Temari said, not really knowing how to respond to that. "Well, we better get going. I still have show Naruto around the village and then get something to eat."

As they kept on walking, Naruto decided to ask a question of his own. "Temari, what is Gaara like and what do you think of him?"

Temari smiled. "Gaara is like Matsuri described but that is because there have been multiple assassinations on him, I am sure father told you about that. But the one that got to him the most and made him what he is today was the one from his own uncle."

"Harsh." Naruto grimaced.

"I don't hate my brother either. I actually hate what has been done to my baby brother. I actually tried to get to know him when we were younger, but father never thought it was good idea and I just went along with it." Temari looked sad at this point. "I was such a fool. Even if he says he loves only himself, I can see he is hurting. I…I just want my baby brother back."

Naruto looked at her sadly, seeing a new side of her that most probably never did. It was a softer side to her. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder and smiled. "There is always a way, maybe we'll find one."

Temari smiled with some tears threatening to spill over her eyes. "Thanks, Naruto."

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And find a place to eat they did. They found a small barbeque place to eat and Naruto was enjoying it since he was paying and he encouraged Temari to eat whatever she wanted. Normally, Temari could pay since she was the Kage's daughter and she would get a small discount, but since this was a date, she caved.

This boy actually made her smile as he told her jokes, the pranks he did, and his adventures with his team. She could tell he was a smart shinobi…in some aspects, but it was nice. So she told him stories of her missions out of the village with her brothers. He even listened to her and didn't even ogle her like most boys would. Hell, he seemed excited at some of the stuff they did and what she could do. It was nice.

"Hey, since you are a wind user as well, why don't we spar?" Temari suggested.

"Sure, I'm game!" Naruto replied with a big smile. A date and a spar? This was awesome!"

As they got up to leave however, Temari noticed a lone konuichi at a table. She recognized this person and walked over to her, confusing her blond companion a bit.

When they got there, the woman looked at them and smiled at Temari. She had green hair, which she tied in a bun on top of her head with a hair needle running through it. She also had two locks of hair with orange tips framing each side of her face. She also had brown eyes.

Her attire consisted of a sleeveless, backless top and short tight pants, with two lapels on the front and the back. She wore an obi around her waist, as well as purple arm-warmers which extend up to her shoulders, and has bandages around her tights and ankles

"Temari, what can I do for you? I thought you were on a date." The woman replied with a sly smirk.

"Pakura, I just wanted to say hi to a friend since you are all by yourself…again. Did you fry someone again?" Temari asked with a small blush on her face.

Pakura had a red face at that and she looked angry. "That idiot call me a slut, so I taught him a lesson."

"Fair enough" Temari replied. "This is Naruto Uzumaki by the way. Naruto, this is Pakura, our resident Scorch Release User."

Naruto blinked at that. He had not expected to be pulled in the conversation once Temari didn't immediately answer the woman's question. "Scorch Release….don't think i have ever heard of it. Anyway, nice to meet you Pakura." He said as he shook her hand.

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"What is she playing at? Introducing him to all these hot ass women." Guren asked her self aloud.

"I think she is just being nice." Haku replied honestly. After all that is what it seemed like to him.

"That's what they want you to think Haku-chan. You may look like a girl in some aspects, but your defiantly don't have the mind of one." Guren replied, making the Ice User's eye twitch.

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Pakura smiled. This one actually seemed like a good guy. Too bad he was too young for her…and with Temari. She took the hand a shook it. "Yes, nice to see that Temari found a guy that doesn't ogle every girl he sees."

Not openly of course. A quick once over is good enough for me. Naruto counter in his mind.

"To answer your question, Scorch Release is a type of bloodline. It uses extremely hot fire to attack one's enemies. I think the elements are strong Fire and Wind affinities, which you seem to have." The woman replied.

"What? How did you know that?" Naruto asked in shock.

Pakura smiled. "I can also read people's chakra through skin contact. You are very interesting."

"Heh, thanks." Naruto replied while rubbing the back of his head. Then a thought came to mind. "Would it be possible to replicate the results of a bloodline through hard work?"

Pakura seemed to consider that for a moment. "I think it could be possible, but it would be extremely hard to do. Thinking about being another Scorcher?"

"Maybe. I have been wondering if I could combine elements, and now that I know it is possible, I am going to try and replicate my teammate Ice powers first." Naruto replied and he swore he heard someone yell out 'copycat.' Oh well, probably just his imagination.

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"Shut it! Do you want us to be noticed?" Guren asked in a hushed whisper, taking this recon thing way to serious for Haku's taste. And with her hand over his mouth, he settled for giving her a deadpanned look.

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"Well good luck with that." Pakura chuckled. She didn't even want to think how much work that would be. "Well…I have taken up enough of your time. You two should get back to your date." She laughed to herself as they quickly exited with small blushes on their faces. Yes, she could tell they had a thing for each other. "Now I go to find someone who is not an asshole."

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For the past hour or so, Gaara watched his sister and the one called Naruto spar. Either with just ninjutsu or taijutsu. He could tell that his sister was impressed with the blond boy. However, none of that actually mattered to Gaara.

The words from earlier were still ringing with in his mind. Yes, he loved only himself and that was what made him strong. However, Naruto told his sister that protecting those precious to you is what makes you truly strong. It was conflicting to his mind.

And the words of his sister and that one villager was eating away at him. Pity and Love. All he knew was hate. Those emotions were foreign to him and he needed to stop this!

"Kill them now then….heh. The boy is a Jinchuriki like you, kill them and you kill their tenant, and we will be stronger! I will love you for it….son." Shukaku madly cackled to his container. Yes, if Gaara could get rid of the Kyuubi, then they would be one step closer to be the strongest! The balance would be upset but he didn't care! He was MAD!

"Yes…mother." Gaara ground out his gravelly voice before he disappeared in a sand shunshin. He then reappeared between them. "MOTHER WANTS YOUR BLOOD, NARUTO UZUMAKI!"

"What the hell?" Naruto asked aloud as he dodged a column of sand that came his way. "YO! What did I do to you?"

"You cannot change me, Uzumaki. I am what I am and I will show you that my way is stronger! Fight ONLY for yourself! Love only yourself!" Gaara shouted madly.

"Stop this Gaara!" Temari shouted in fear for the blond and her own brother. She didn't know how this battle would go.

However, he just ignored her, but shot a stream of sand at her. That stream hardened around her, forming a cocoon around her, leaving only her head free. "If you think your strength comes from protecting others weaker than you, SHOW ME! DEFEAT ME AND I WILL FREE HER! IF NOT, SHE DIES!"

"Shit." Naruto growled. This Gaara was really getting on his nerves, but if this is what I took to open his eyes, then so be it. "Fine, just me and you then. I will open your eyes Gaara."

"Wait! Let us help!" Haku shouted as he and Guren appeared.

"No, this is a battle to prove who's ideal is stronger. This something I have to do and see if the path I am taking is the right one." Naruto said with conviction in his voice and they saw the determination in his eyes. They knew he was doing this because he too was a Jinchuriki. He had something to prove.

"Just don't die, idiot!" Guren shouted before they jumped over to Temari to make sure she was ok. "You think Naruto will win?"

"I…I am not sure." Temari replied honestly. She just hoped they didn't hurt each other too badly.

The stare off between Naruto and Gaara only lasted a few seconds before Gaara screamed in rage and sand swallowed him. It formed a tanuki shell around him. He was taking this fight seriously and he didn't feel like fucking around his opponent the way he usually did by just standing there and letting his sand take the blows. He was in this for the kill.

Naruto nodded to himself as he charged the sand creature, only to be swatted away like a fly before Gaara manipulated the sand even more and kunai shot out of the ground toward the blond. However, instead of a small number, it was thousands of them.

"Shit." Naruto said while in midair. Thinking quickly, he performed a jutsu he had been working on. "Wind Style: Solid Cyclone Shield!" Before Naruto, a shield like construct formed and not only stopped the attack, but combined with it.

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"What the…I have never seen a wind attack like that." Temari nearly shouted.

"Apparently it is an attack of his own design." A voice said from behind the trio of observers. The Kazekage, Zabuza, and nearly all of Suna were, watching the battle, hoping they didn't have to interfere.

"I knew he made his own attacks. It is hard to tell what all those shadow clones of his are always doing." Zabuza grumbled. He was not happy that he had to watch this fight. He thought Naruto was going to lay low. Of course not. Why would he do that?

"When the hell did you all get here?" Guren asked.

Zabuza chuckled. "Just now, but you were too focused on their battle to notice.

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Naruto stared at Gaara through is attack before he put a hand to his shield and said, "Charge." The shield shot off like a rocket and slammed into the One Tailed Jinchuriki. Gaara feel the air leave him and much more as he was propelled off his feet, but as expected, the nearby sand safely caught him.

"You will have to do a lot more than that, UZUMAKI!" Gaara roared as he charged the blond in a blind rage.

"Apparently." Naruto said to himself as he took out kunai and add an explosive note to it. "Unfortunately, I will have to use something from Konoha." He charged right at the walking sand monster and as Gaara took a swing at him, he slid underneath the red head. He then shouted, "1000 Years of Great Pain!" as he stuck the kunai under the tail. Gaara's response was to wack him away with the sand tail while everyone laughed at that attack or was just annoyed.

As he was flying away, Naruto smirked and said, "Boom." The affect was instant; a massive explosion overtook Gaara, breaking the integrity of his sand cloak. It just poured right off him."

Seeing this, Naruto didn't let up. He created around a two hundred shadow clone to beat Gaara. "Naruto Uzumaki Infinite Combo!"

Gaara felt the unrelenting punches and kicks as all the clones kicked him up into the sky and then punched him down to the ground. He then noticed that four clones stayed in existence as all the other disappeared. And they were glowing. So, not taking any chances, he brought up his ultimate defense and cocooned himself in a sphere of sand.

Naruto didn't know if this was going to work, but he had to try. "Gaara, this is over. Wind Style: Four Winds Destruction!" The wind powered clones exploded upon contact when they touched Gaara's sand shield.

The result was a fairly large sphere of wind, shredding everything in it to shreds.

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"Holy crap!" Kankuro yelled next to his sister. 'I don't know if Gaara's sand can stand up to that."

"It didn't.' The Kazekage said with an even tone, very impressed with Naruto's skill with wind jutsu.

"What do you mean?" Temari asked weakly with in her cocoon. Normally she would be dead by now, but it seemed that Gaara did care for his sister somewhat.

"Look." The man said and both siblings paled.

The sphere of sand was no longer there. The hardened pieces were all over the place and they were quickly dissolving. In the middle of the impact zone, Gaara lay on his back and anyone could clearly see that he had multiple gashes along his person.

"Oh…shit." Kankuro said with fear. No one had ever gotten past Gaara's second defense, which was his sand armor, and now this kid comes out of nowhere and makes his brother bleed! It was amazing and scary at the same time.

Temari looked on in fear, hoping he was ok.

"Ok…he pulls out the ultimate ass poke and now he has another new wind jutsu that completely shreds everything in it….sure, that makes sense." Guren shrugged.

"It was kind of funny though." Haku replied, getting a roll of the eyes from his friend.

However, Zabuza didn't say anything. This fight was something else and those moves interested him. A true battle genius indeed.

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"What is this feeling mother….this hurts worse than those punches and kicks. There is also this warm feeling…what is it?" Gaara asked aloud to the beast with in. He raised one of his aching arms and saw a horrific site to him. He was actually all cut up and was bleeding!

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"BLOOD! MY BLOOD!" Gaara screamed in horror as the surrounding sand exploded all around him.

Naruto actually fell on his ass as the column of sand rose up. It was so unexpected to him that he didn't know what to think.

Soon, the column of sand began to take shape. It was the shape of the One Tailed Demon, Shukaku. "Oh….craptastic."

"I WILL NOT LET YOU ERASE MY EXISTENCE, NARUTO UZUMAKI!" Gaara shouted in panic before he let the demon take over for him. Yeah, he was that desperate.

"FINALLY! I AM FREE!" Shukaku yelled in delight before his massive head turned sharply to Naruto. "HEH! AND NOW I HAVE THE FIRST PERSON I WANT TO KILL IN MY SIGHTS! GOODBYE, KYUUBI!"

"Not going to happen." Naruto said aloud as he took out his scythe and ran up the beast's fore-arm as it reached for him. "Fire Style: Death's Fiery Touch!" The blade of the scythe was immediately set blaze as he channeled the fire chakra through it. However, due to the scythe's connection to death, the fire was not just red, it was black as well.

Naruto then stabbed the fiery blade into Shukaku's forearm as he ran up, carving a fiery path as he ran. The effect was instant because it was super-heated, the path and all the sand around it turned to glass. However, Shukaku didn't seem all that bothered by it as he used his other hand to grab the smaller blond and chucked him away.

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"Oh that's not good. " Haku said as he saw the Sand Demon throw Naruto pretty hard and far.

"This fight is far from over." Zabuza replied, catching everyone's attention.

"Are you nuts man?" Kankuro shouted. "I doubt anyone can survive that!"

"There is one jutsu that I know he made and it is the perfect time to use it? Zabuza replied, "He asked me one day if I had ever seen any of the Fourth Hokage's signature attacks. I said no, but I knew someone who ventured out of the village one day and saw both attacks being used. I told him about it and I have a feeling I know what he did."

That seemed to confuse everyone but the Kazekage and he looked on in excitement. If anyone could derive a jutsu just from hearing about an original one, then they were a true genius in his books.

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As Naruto was flying through the air, Naruto barely managed to make any hand signs at the speed he was going, but he made it just in time. Thinking of the jutsu he had wanted to try for a long time, he shouted, "Rasen Engo!"

Before Naruto hit the ground hard, he was surrounded in a fairly large sphere of spiraling pure chakra. The sphere hit the ground and split the sand all around it and as far as anyone could see, Naruto was just fine.

Shukaku growled at that. "WHY WON"T YOU DIE! Wind Style: Drilling Air Bullet!"

"Oh shit." Naruto said, knowing his Spiraling Protection was not yet strong enough to take an attack of that magnitude! Everything went in slow motion for the blond. He saw the massive wind attack coming at him and desperately thought of a way to escape this since he also knew he was not fast enough to get away either.

Suddenly, he looked at his scythe, the blade more specifically. There lay strange symbols that made him think it might work.

Flashback!

"Sensei, there are some strange symbols on the scythe blade. Any clue what they mean?" Naruto asked as he showed Zabuza what he was talking about. He couldn't ask the Kyuubi at the moment because it was being an ass and sleeping.

Zabuza looked at the blade in careful detail while also not touching in the blade because only Naruto was allowed to do that. He recognized the symbols and said, "I had a friend once who was a summoner, so I am going to say that they are summoning symbols."

"Heh, I'll be back in an hour, I am going to try it." Naruto said before running off.

Zabuza had a deadpanned expression on his face. "Dumbass. He'll be back because he doesn't even know how to summon yet."

End Flashback!

Nodding to himself, he knew he had to summon something and he knew just what to summon. Quickly biting his thumb, he spread blood on the blade before slamming the handle of the weapon on the ground. "Summoning Jutsu: Gluttony!"

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"Ok…what the hell is that?" Kankuro looked on annoyed and disgusted at the same time. For in front of everyone to see was a giant humanoid….monster. Naruto was on top of a giant…and fat guy that had its ribcage burst open with a giant eye in it.

"One of the Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony." Zabuza said. "Naruto has an odd summoning contract with that scythe of his. He is able to summon the God of Death and by that way, he is able to summon the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Virtues."

"Very odd." The Kazekage replied, not knowing what to think.

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The large wind attack was easily eaten up by Gluttony. "Alright, it is time to take the Shukaku down and since you can basically eat any matter, eat him."

"Yeaaahhhh!" The large sin screamed in delight as they charged Shukaku.

"WHAT THE HELL!" the Sand Demon shouted as he saw that he was being EATEN! So he did the natural thing. Reformed from the surrounding sand and fought back. It was like watching a gruesome battle between two titans. Finally, Shukaku had enough and bashed the duo away. "FINE! I'LL USE THIS!" It managed a back flip, in which Naruto finally saw a sleeping Gaara on his head.

However, that is not what really caught his attention. The Shukaku had expelled a massive amount of chakra in the air, before it formed into a large ball, shrinking, and then Shukaku ate it. Now this had Naruto and a lot of people nervous. Naruto was not sure this was something Gluttony could take, but there was not time to do anything about it because the Sand Demon expelled the energy in a massive blast of energy.

"ONE TAILED BEAST BALL!" Shukaku screamed and the beam of energy shot out towards Naruto and Gluttony.

Naruto looked on calmly before sighing. "Absorb as much as you can Gluttony. Then you can go."

Gluttony didn't seem to mind. It seemed excited to eat something new. However, as the energy struck, he figured out why Naruto said what he did. Even if it was the weakest of the nine demons, that attack was powerful. The energy alone was making it sick and it groaned aloud once it was over. Taking Naruto's advice, it quickly got the hell out of there.

That just left Naruto and the Shukaku and it seemed the demon was still rearing to go….and it was excited that it 'killed' something already. "Activated your death form." Came Kyuubi's voice.

I highly doubt that fighting that thing as the walking skeleton will help at all. Naruto deadpanned.

"While you do not have much control yet over that power, I will give you my power, creating something that the original Grim Reaper could do." Kyuubi explained.

"Alright then." Naruto said aloud as he saw the Shukaku get ready to attack him again. He went skeleton, making the giant sand demon laugh a bit before he saw what happened next. Everyone felt the power of the Kyuubi enter the fight, but not in the form it took. Naruto was covered in the initial chakra cloak of the Kyuubi, but it looked more like pure fire than anything else.

So basically a walking skeleton that was on fire….in the desert. Normally this would not be a power boost, but Naruto actually felt powerful. "Well, this is new." Naruto said in a raspy voice before he used that power boost to quickly move out of the way of the beast's second Drilling Air Bullet.

"Nice…very nice." Naruto stated. He then brought his scythe up in another attack. "Fire Style: Hell's Punishment!" He brought down the scythe into the sand and surprisingly created a fissure in the earth, where it looked like the fire and brimstone of hell was breaking free. And it was, as thousands of burning hands shot out and latched onto the Shukaku's form.

However, what truly scared the demon was that it could not simply escape the burning limbs and reform. It was like they were latched onto its soul. "WHAT IS THIS!?" Shukaku screamed in fright, something the Kazekage noticed. "ARGH! IT BURNS! WHAT IS THIS!?"

"Not even a demon is safe from hell's judgement. A jutsu that Kyuubi taught me. A jutsu made by the first Grim Reaper Shinobi. You cannot move because they are latched onto your soul and are burning your very existence. However, it is not affecting your jailer, just you." Naruto explained as he calmly walked over to the shrinking and screaming sand demon. "Also with this jutsu, it will ensure that you cannot cause harm to Gaara anymore. Fear of the damned always bites back to those who have felt their touch."

"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Shukaku screamed as he was forcefully shoved back into Gaara, who woke up in time to see Naruto's flaming form walking towards him.

"No…stay away!" Gaara said as he fell on his ass in fright. "My existence won't be erased! I want to live!"

Naruto let go of both powers and went back to normal to give Gaara a sympathetic look. "Then live for real this time." That comment froze the sand user. "I know the pain. It sucks, but you have to find someone to let it ease away. Sure you will never forget it, but let someone be your light. I have already proved that my way is better than staying in the darkness and relying only on yourself. You still have family, Gaara. Don't throw that away."

"He is right Gaara. I still think of you as my son and I am sorry for the shit I put you through. I hold no value in it." The Kazekage said as he and the rest of the observers walked over to them, seeing that the battle was over. "I will try to be a better father and leader."

"That's good…." Naruto said, swaying on his feet. "Now if you don't mind, I am going to pass out now. I guess even a Jinchuriki can run out of steam once in a while."

"I got ya!" Haku said as he held up his friend. Naruto smiled before falling asleep. Zabuza just smiled proudly at his student.

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A few days later, the small group could be seen at the gates of the Sand Village. The Kazekage and his children were personally seeing them off.

"It is too bad none of you can stay." The Kage stated, "We could use some powerful shinobi."

"I still have to train these brats some more and I have my own problems to deal with. It would not feel right bringing your village into it." Zabuza replied good naturedly.

"I see." The man replied. "Well, I have news for you all and some news for my own village. Naruto, I received word that without you in Konoha, problems have arisen. People are saying that it will be in a civil war like in Mist, but others feel that it will pass over soon."

"Oh shit." Naruto groaned. They must have spread the word of his true nature and heritage. It didn't matter though. He was not going back. Some people might be on his side, but he was not going to risk anything.

"So on that note, a lot of jobs have been coming in since then. You have saved our village in more than one way. If you ever need help, you have the backing of the Sand Village. Just so you know. Oh and here." The Kage replied on a happy note, giving him a scroll.

Naruto was shocked at that. He didn't really know what to feel. "Thank you." Naruto said with a bow before he took the scroll. He would look at it later.

Gaara then walked up to Naruto. "I will do as you say. I will open up more to this village and hope it accepts me even after all that I have done."\

"Gaara, to make it easier on you, in addition to your family, you already have one friend and that it me," Naruto replied with a big smiled as he held out his hand.

Gaara, shell shocked, numbly took the hand and they shook. "Thank you….and I will protect my precious people like you have."

"Aw what the hell. You got me as a friend as well." Guren replied with smirk. "You need to have some hot friends."

Haku smiled while rolling his eyes. "Oh yes, that is so true. But seriously, I too will be your friend.

Gaara nodded in thanks.

Kankuro shook his head with a smile. "Well Naruto, if you are ever in town again…be sure to look me up. I am sure we can find another person to prank." He laughed at that until his sister whacked him upside the head.

She walked right in front of the blond and smiled. "I never got to properly thank you for…well…giving me back my little brother and my family." She leaned in and kissed him, tongue and all. When she pulled back, she laughed at his look. He looked like he caught the backlash of a bomb. "Next time you're out here, don't be a stranger and yes, I had fun on our date."

Since Naruto could only get out none coherent speech, Zabuza decided to speak for him. "Oh I am sure he will be more than delighted to see you again. Come on brats, let's get the hell out of this desert!"

Naruto just followed along with a shit eating grin and before long, Haku and Guren were messing with him.

The Kazekage, however, looked at the disappearing blond, then at his daughter and underneath his veil, he smiled.

Before long, Zabuza looked back at the village behind them and chuckled. "Man, just thirteen and you are already a lady killer."

"Huh? I don't want to kill women." Naruto replied and there was a collective sound of forehead slaps.

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And that's the end of this arc. Hope you liked it and now we deal with the second arc.