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Hey dudes! Next Chapter's up. Thanks for the reviews!

Well I'd like to thank all of you for your Shikai ideas, some of them were really great!

But I have chosen a winner! (drum roll)

The winner will be Bluestone! This guy had a really great idea. I felt his idea was compatible with my own, so a huge thanks to this dude. By the way, Naruto's gonna have two Zanpakutou's.

Even if you were.n't chosen this time, there is still a chance to get chosen if you have a good Bankai design for me )

On with the story! )

Chapter 3

Naruto found himself gaping at the sight. In front of him stood a huge wall, made completely of pure white stone, and just peaking over the wall you could sea turrets and towers, all topped with the Shinigami flag.

"Awesome! This place is sooooo cool!" Naruto said, his mouth still wide open.

"Yes, it is rather beautiful isn't it? Probably the reason why I seem to fit in, in this place," Yumichika mused.

"Naruto, close your mouth," Kaien said. "Oi, Jidanbou, open this gate!" Suddenly in a flash a giant appeared. This guy was almost as tall as the wall, and Naruto could only gape, do wonders never cease in this place?

"Kaien-san," Jidanbou said, inclining his head. "Ikkaku, Yumichika," he said acknowledging them. "Got a newbie with you, huh? What's your name little one?"

Naruto quickly shut his mouth and waved his fist into the air, "Hey who you calling little?! No-one calls Namikaze Naruto little!"

"He, a feisty one, huh? Don't worry, I was just kidding, now let me open this gate." Jidanbou reached under the gate and hoisted it up, allowing the small group to enter quickly before bidding them goodbye and letting it shut.

"Come on kid, I'll give you a tour of Godei 13," Kaien said, beckoning to Naruto, who agreed.

"We'll follow you up to our squad, we're going the same way anyway," Ikkaku said.

As they walked Kaien spoke to Naruto, "There are 13 squads of Shinigami, these squads have the duty of cleansing hollows, sending souls to Soul Society and protecting Soul Society. Each squad has different duties and responsibilities. Every squad is lead by a Captain, and every Captain has a Vice Captain, a 3rd and 4th seats." They had walked for a bit before Kaien came to a halt. "This is my squad, Squad 13, lead by Jushiro Ukitake, and I am the Vice Captain. Right now we are in the Godei 13 courtyard, linking all of the Squad buildings." After this Kaien gave Naruto a tour of the squads, at the 11th squad Ikkaku and Yumichika left them.

Then they reached the 1st squad, and by this time Naruto was just so amazed by everything he was hearing he was fit to burst. "This is the 1st squad, lead by the Captain in Chief of Godei 13, Yamamoto-sama, and his Vice Captain -"

"NARUTO??" Naruto turned to find himself seeing someone he had thought he would never see again.

"Sarutobi-sama," Kaien finished lamely, as Naruto rushed at the old man and crushed him in an embrace.

"Ojii-san! You're here!"

"Of course I am. So you died huh? A bit too early for my liking, but did you achieve your dream?" Sarutobi asked kindly.

"Heh, you betcha, Namikaze Naruto never fails! Well except for the Genin test, but that's not the point. You're looking at the Rokudaime Hokage, and officially the greatest hero in all of the Elemental Countries, looks like you got overtaken old man!" Naruto said grinning.

"Well you're going to have to tell me about this in a moment, but right now I have to be at a Godei 13 meeting. Naruto I think you should come, there is something we must discuss with Yamamoto-san after this, Kaien you are to come too," Sarutobi said.

A few moments later the three of them found themselves in front of a large door, it was almost as if a throne room lay on the other side, as the door was wrought with design made of gold and gems of all colours, precisely cut and placed into the door.

Sarutobi pushed opened the door and took a step in. Naruto looked inside. It was a well lit room, and well decorated. In the centre was a round table, with 26 seats. Sarutobi told Naruto to stay put next to the door before he and Kaien took their seats at the table.

"Sarutobi, who is this child you have brought to our meeting?" From Kaien's earlier description Naruto knew this man to be Yamamoto.

Everyone looked towards Naruto, Kenpachi's eyes flashed in recognition, and he had an odd gleam in his eyes, one of... anticipation?

"Yamamoto-san, I believe there are matters that must be discussed with him after our meeting," Sarutobi said simply.

"You make your way around quick, don't you?" Kenpachi asked smirking slightly, which Naruto returned his arms folded.

"You know this boy Kenpachi?" Kaname Tousen asked.

"Yes, even if you have seen him before, why do you remember him? You only ever remember the 'important' ones," Aizen Sousuke said, his interest peeked.

"He's interesting," Kenpachi said simply, resting back in his chair, his eyes still on Naruto, who was staring intently back, refusing to back down or break eye contact.

"So, you're suppressing your reiatsu, huh? Let it out, you have no-one to be afraid of here," said Ukitake, wanting to see the blonde's capacity, his own curiosity peeked.

"I'd prefer not to," Naruto said simply, his eyes never leaving Kenpachi's. The Captain's and their Vice-Captain's looked shocked; no-one had ever so bluntly refused a Captain before.

"Show some respect boy," said one woman, getting to her feet abruptly, "Do as Ukitake-taichou asks!"

"Calm down Soifon," Sarutobi soothed. Soifon sat down next to her Captain, who Naruto recognised as Yoruichi Shihoin. "Naruto don't be so rude, do as the Captain asks," Sarutobi chided.

Naruto rolled his eyes, and complied out of respect for Sarutobi. He let down his barriers and allowed some of his reiatsu to form around him. Everyone, except for Kenpachi, was shocked that an untrained soul had enough reiatsu to rival Kenpachi.

"Don't hold back on us, I know you have more," Kenpachi growled. The Captains and their Vice-Captain's almost gawped, catching themselves quickly before making the mistake. Even Byakuya's mask cracked slightly as his eyes widened. How could this kid have any more? Naruto glared at Kenpachi before letting all of his golden reiatsu form around him. The Vice-Captain's, who had been trained to resist spirit pressure, found it slightly difficult to move and breathe. Kenpachi smirked, as everyone sat there shocked, this was insane!

"Repress your reiatsu again boy," Yamamoto told Naruto, who did as he was asked, and pulled it back behind the barriers, causing the golden aura to disappear. "Sarutobi, who is this boy?" Yamamoto asked.

"This is Naruto, he used to be shinobi of my village, Konohagakure," Sarutobi said, not wanting to reveal too much about Naruto without the boy's permission.

"Is there anything that could have lead to him having so much reiatsu?" Sajin asked.

Sarutobi shared a glance with Naruto, who quickly understood what the Sandaime was asking of him. "Don't worry ojii-san, you can tell them, after all my past is what has made me who I am today."

Sarutobi sighed before he began to speak, "I'm assuming you know about your heritage, seeing as how your family name has changed?" Naruto gave a brief nod. "Namikaze Naruto, born on 13th February, to Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha, and Uzumaki Kushina, ex-Whirlpool Shinobi who became a legendary ANBU Captain. On the day Naruto was born catastrophe struck, in the form of a demon, the Kyuubi no Youko, or the Nine-Tailed Fox, strongest of the Bijuu. The beast attacked our village, and our forces were no match for its raw power. Hoping to save our village, the Yondaime took to battle with the demon, his new-born son in hand. Minato tried, he used every technique at his disposal, and he was doing well, but he could see that no one man or men could hope to defeat the beast. He did the next best thing; he sealed it into his son Naruto, sacrificing his life in the process. He hoped his son would be seen as a hero."

"So, this kid was treated as a hero by his village then, and under their guidance he grew to become strong?" Yoruichi asked, Naruto snorted at that.

Sarutobi shook his head briefly before continuing, "Unfortunately, this was not so. I was reinstated as Hokage, and when I informed the village's population of what Minato had done, they quickly called for Naruto's death; I refused, and made the sealing an S-Class secret, punishable by death. I refrained the younger generation from hating Naruto, but their parents told them to stay away from Naruto, and to hate him. By the age of 6 there were 58 assassination attempts, had gone through 10 care homes, 6 mob beatings and 123 hospital visits for Namikaze Naruto." Sarutobi paused for breathe, as everyone took in the news, looks of shock and anger on their faces.

"All this time Naruto did not know of his heritage, in an attempt to keep him away from his father's enemies, he went by his mother's name. At age 7 Naruto entered the Shinobi Academy, he could not make any friends, and every child had been warned to keep away from him. The teachers were also biased, refusing to teach him in some cases, until finally one man, Umino Iruka, a young Chunin Sensei at the academy, saw Naruto for what he really was and accepted him. Naruto failed his genin test three times. On his fourth attempt he also failed, however one of his senseis, a man called Mizuki, with a particular dislike for him, tricked him into stealing our village's secret techniques scroll. When Naruto learnt Mizuki had tricked him he was angered, and using a technique he had learnt from the scroll, in no more than two hours, he defeated Mizuki. His sensei gave him a pass for this feat, and he became a genin because of this. He entered Team 7, lead by Hatake Kakashi, his father's ex-student, and his team mates were Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke, the class prodigy.

All this time Naruto was driven by the sheer need to prove himself and gain acknowledgement, however as time went on he discovered what it truly meant to be strong and found a new, better reason to become strong. He found precious people: Iruka, his team mates, perhaps even me, and he trained and become stronger, not to gain acknowledgment, but to protect these people. His first C-class mission was bumped up to an A-rank after they encountered a powerful Missing-nin, but Naruto convinced his team to carry on, moved by the tale their contractor, a bridge builder by the name of Tazuna, had told them. On this mission, Naruto got his first bit of experience, he saw death, and fought to kill, all at the age of 11. He finally tapped into Kyuubi's Chakra.

Soon he was thrust into the Chunin exam, to advance a rank. He passed the first exam, in the process revealing the exam for what it really was, and giving others the courage to also pass. In the Second Exam their team was forced to fight Orochimaru, an S-Class nin, kage-level, who had interrupted the exam. Naruto was facing off against him, until he sealed away Naruto's chakra. They still passed the exam. In the third exam, Naruto fought a Leaf Genin, one year older than him. A prodigy from Konoha's elite clan, the Hyuuga. In front of a whole stadium, intent on proving himself, Naruto beat Hyuuga Neji, finally beginning to change people's opinion of him. Then our village was invaded and... I died, so I don't really know what happened next..."

Everyone was put off that such a captivating tale was ended so abruptly, and looked to Naruto expectantly. "Hnn," Naruto grunted, "When you list my achievements like that, it makes me sound like a genius or something," he said grinning. "Guess I better carry on where you left off." He looked around to see everyone facing him, he smirked slightly before continuing. "We were invaded by Sound and Sand, while the Hokage was trapped behind a barrier fighting Orochi-teme; we were facing off against the henchmen. Suna had a special weapon, by the name of Gaara. Gaara was a Jinchuuriki, just like me, except he was under the influence of his Bijuu. I headed off after Sasuke, who had chased after Gaara. When I arrives on the scene, Sasuke was beaten, and Sakura was about to get killed. I knew I had to do something before they got squished, so I faced off against Gaara. I summoned the Toad Boss, Gamabunta, and together we fought Gaara, who unleashed his demon fully. Finally I managed to defeat him, but I didn't kill him, I changed him. You see, I saw what Gaara really was. Him and I, we were very similar, both Containers, both despised in their homes. The only difference was that I had found precious people, I had resisted the temptation to become what he had, him, he had no-one. I told him what drove me to become strong, and beat him, a person who had never had a punch laid on him before. I told him he had to change, and offered him my hand in friendship. He changed, I was the first of his precious people, but many more came. He became the Kazekage, and fought to protect.

Me, I brought back the Godaime, Tsunade obaa-chan, to rule. Then Sasuke left, to betray our village and join Orochi-teme for power. Me and my friends pursued him, and were slowed down by a group of four Oto nin, the elites of Otogakure. Sasuke and I met in the Valley of the End, the place where the Shodaime had faced down Uchiha Madara. Sasuke released his Cursed Seal to Stage 2, and I tapped into Kyuubi's chakra. We clashed, I held back my attack to stop myself from killing him, he didn't, he stuck his lightning blade into my chest. Thanks to my regeneration, I survived, and promised my team mate, Sakura, that I would bring him back no matter what.

I left Konoha on a three year training trip, with my sensei, Jiraiya, returning 15 years old, matured and stronger. We had a new team mate, Sai. Together our cell undertook missions to return Sasuke. I trained, knowing I had to get stronger to return him. Finally I mastered my father's techniques to a standard even he could not achieve. I had combined this," Naruto stuck out his hand, allowing a Rasengan to form in his hand, he pressed it against the wall slightly, causing it to splinter away, before letting the Rasengan dissipate, "the Rasengan with the Wind element, to create the Fuuton rasengan, and had mastered the Hiraishin no Jutsu, and improved it with my own personal attributes and skills. I had also learnt hundreds of jutsus under Ero-Sennin and had trained with gravity seals and my kenjutsu was second to none, by this time I was 17.

Finally I met Sasuke, when his brother Itachi, who was responsible for killing Sasuke's family, had come to take me away. Itachi was member of the Criminal Organization, Akatsuki, a group intent on capturing all the Jinchuuriki, unsealing their Bijuu, and controlling their vast power. I let Sasuke fight Itachi, knowing he had to do this, I was already tired from fighting a squad of Oto ANBU. Sasuke beat Itachi quickly. Sasuke and I faced off, more for fun, as he was willing to come back to the village, now that he had killed Itachi. I beat him, and took him home.

Upon return to the village I found out my dream was becoming true. Tsunade obaa-chan was retiring, handing over her position to me. By this time the population of Konoha was more open to me; some still hated me, but most accepted me. The younger generation seemed to look up to me. I took over the mantle of Hokage, just when Akatsuki began to move.

Akatsuki attacked Oto first, eliminating Orochi-teme, and taking his forces. They used Oto as a base, and moved outwards from there, taking villages and overthrowing Daimyo's. We had skirmishes, but nothing major. Finally, I could take it no more. I gathered my forces, as did my friend, Gaara, the Kazekage, and we clashed with Akatsuki. My own personal squad consisted of Sasuke, Sakura, two other Jinchuuriki, Gaara and Yugito as well as my fiancé, Hyuuga Hinata, as back up, come med-nin. We clashed. The rest of my squad took 2 of the 7 remaining Akatsuki members between them, under my orders. I was left with the other 5. I took out four rather easily, but in the end it was just the leader, Pein and me. Pein possessed a Transcendent Bloodline, by the name of Rinnegan, it allowed him to foresee every one of my moves, and counter them. I did the only thing I could to defeat him, take away his eyes. I used my own personal jutsu, Rainbow Prison, so no-one outside the dome could be affected, or should I say blinded, by what was about to happen. I pulled my headband down, before using the Heavenly Starlight Jutsu to blind him. He knew he was beaten, but being the coward and worm he was he couldn't take it lying down. He used a sacrificial jutsu on me, and then I ended up in this place, after One-eye over there smacked on the head with his sword," Naruto finished, pointing accusingly at Kenpachi, who just smirked.

There was a moment of silence as everyone drank in all that he had just said, they were all shocked at how someone could suffer so much, yet prevail, at that moment they all felt the same thing for Naruto. Respect. Yamamoto broke the silence, "Naruto-san, your father is being kept in a detainment unit. It was part of the deal under which I sealed Kyuubi in you, that he would spend 22 years in there. In two and a half years he will be released. You mother is here in Seireitei, she is a Shinigami in Yoruichi squad, 3rd seat, under Soifon," Yamamoto paused for a moment before continuing. "You say you had unmatched sword skills. If so I believe it would be a waste of your talent to put you through all four years at the academy. Instead I will put you in with the graduating class, as long as you get someone to help you with your Kido. If you cannot find someone, I will organise an aid for you. I am sure that your kenjutsu skills can be translated into zanjutsu, the Art of the Zanpakutou. Sarutobi will show you your mother, and from there he will take you to the Academy. Do any of you disagree?" Yamamoto asked, surveying his captains, none objected, all had their eyes trained on Naruto.

"Thanks ojii-san," Naruto said, scratching the back of his head, causing everyone to gasp at what he had called the Chief.

Yamamoto stayed silent for a moment before busting out laughing, "Haha! You are certainly an interesting young man Naruto, it will be interesting to see what you amount to. Know that expectations for you are high here, do not disappoint us," Yamamoto said smiling.

You bet I won't! I'm gonna make sure everyone in this place knows the name Namikaze Naruto by the time I'm finished with them! Naruto thought, clenching his fist in determination.

Probably a pretty boring chapter, but I kinda liked the reactions the captains had!

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