Author's Note: Hey everyone! Told you I would update sooner rather than later, I didn't want to leave you all on that cliff edge for too long :). Firstly I want to thank everyone who has read my story, and even moreso, everyone who has dropped in a review for it, I love to know what you all think of it, and the more descriptive the better! Thank you all again and without further delay, here we are chapter 6 of Naruto, Path of the Hanyou!.

Hours later everyone at Tazuna' house finally woke up, The first question everyone asked was why Haku was there, Kakashi told him that Zabuza said to bring her back with them. The second question was where was Naruto, and what happened to Zabuza.

Kakashi hung his head and sighed deeply "Zabuza is dead...Naruto...died killing him" Sakura, and Tsunami gasped and started to cry.

"What happened Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura sobbed

Kakashi shook his head "I don't know, Zabuza incapacitated me, and when I came to Zabuza was dead, and Naruto was next to him, his entire body was burnt horribly and was collapsing into ash, but even in that state he was alive and told me that he defeated Zabuza, and that by using a special power inside of himself he destroyed himself to kill him, he also said to keep Haku safe. And he told me to tell you 'Thanks for believing" Sakura, though I don't know why"

Sakura burst into full blown tears with Naruto's message and went to her room, everyone was more then a bit sad that night, and went to sleep. In a few days after everyone was healed they would go and finish the bridge.

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Back out on the bridge Kyuubi was not going to let herself die, but more importantly she was not going to let Naruto die because of her, she was going to save him, she HAD to save him! Using her chakra she was creating Naruto a new body, somehow his soul had not left his body yet, so she was able to make a new body for him and put both his and her souls into it, and somehow the half of the seal that was remaining transferred as well.

The entire process took about 2 days, and Naruto was alive again. He opened his eyes, everything was so clear, crystal even and blissful. "Am I dead? Is this heaven?" he asked himself "No, You're far from dead Naruto-kun!" Kyuubi called

'Kyuu-chan? What happened, the last thing I remember was being burned to ash, talking to Kakashi then...nothing'

"Thats true Naruto, that is what happened, and you did die, I reconstructed you a new body using our souls and my chakra, this body is...different from your old body."

Naruto leaned up and looked himself over, 'So, whats so different, I feel about the same...no actually I feel fantastic, I feel stronger then ever, and better then ever'

"Exactly, this new body...well your not human anymore Naruto-kun, since I used my soul, and chakra as well to create the new body, so the body took after me, the body is that of a demon. You Naruto-kun, are now a demon, well half demon...for now, if you feel the top of your head you'll notice two ears, you'll also notice you have a tail now"

Naruto did as Kyuubi instructed and sure enough, on top of his head were two long fox ears, they were blood red, and the tips were jet black, he also had a tail now, it too was blood red, tipped in jet black.

'Anything else Kyuu-chan?'

Kyuubi snickered "Well, your canines are now long fangs, your nails are now razor sharp claws, your eyes are now crimson, and fox shaped, your whiskers are much darker, and last but not least your hair is a different color now...three different colors actually"

"NANI!?" Naruto yelled, out loud, he immediately grabbed his hita-ite off the ground and polished it on his pants and used it to look, and sure enough...his hair was different all right. The roots were still brilliant blond, but after about an inch or two they faded into blood red, and then, like his ears and tails it faded to jet black at the tips.

"There's good news though Naruto-kun!" Kyuubi cheered

Naruto grunted 'And what's that?'

"You can hide your ears and tail!...but that's it"

'Joy, so instead of being a full fledge fox, I'll just look like I'm possessed by you, and since when have you started calling me Naruto-kun?"

Kyuubi mentally shrugged, "Dunno, it bother you?"

'Not really, and hey, if I'm a demon now...shouldn't I have nine tails like you?'

"Nope, you see you only ripped the seal half way off, so now it needs time for the rest to fade away, as it fades you're going to gain more tails, and become more powerful, with each new tail you will gain new powers, though they may be different then mine, you will definitely end up being able to control the 7 elements, and then you might also gain the ability to control sub-elements, or gain other abilities. You see for the first 7 tails you gain control of the 7 elements, then the last 2 tails could be anything from sub-elements, to if your really powerful leadership of the fox realm, in other words become the ruler of the foxes, or like me, ruler of all the tailed beasts and demons"

'Wait right there, you keep saying the 7 elements, but theres only 5 elements"

"Hehe, you're wrong! There are 7 elements, Fire, Lightning, Wind, Water, Earth, Light, and Darkness"

'Wow, I never knew about Light and Darkness, can any humans use light or darkness?'

Kyuubi nodded "Yes, the forth Hokages 'Hiraishin' was a combination of lightning, and light, and the Nara clans shadow techniques are very limited versions of darkness techniques"

'Cool, anything else we have to cover?'

"No, and I suggest you go back to the house. You're already going to freak them out with your new look, and the fact that your back from the dead. Don't forget Zabuza's blade though! That is the perfect Zanbato to try the style of Kenjutsu you found"

'Wait, Kyuu-chan, how do I hide my tails and ears?'

"Just imagine them disappearing"

Naruto nodded 'Okay, lets get this show on the road!' Naruto made his tail and ears disappear, picked up Zabuza's blade, and found his weights at the start of the bridge, he put them on and noticed he didn't even feel the weight, 'What gives?'

"Now that you're a Hanyou your physical strength has sky rocketed to far beyond human levels, you're going to have to spend a while upping those weight seals"(Note: I now have free reign to make his weights FUCKING HEAVY, )

'Kay' Naruto continued towards Tazuna's house, when he got to the house he was surprised the door was closed, then again it was very early in the morning still, the sun was barely off the horizon. He knocked lightly on the door, and was surprised when Tsunami called for him to come in from the other side, 'Don't they think to check who's at the door before inviting them in?' he mused.

"Oh yeah, Naruto-kun, couple more things I forgot, your senses are much much more powerful now, your vision is much better, you can see in the distance much clearer, and your senses of smell and hearing have been increased many times over. Also last but not least, now that you're a demon, you can take on the form of a fox like the rest of us if you want!"

'Really now, how do I turn into a fox?'

"You just have to imagine yourself turning into a fox! You can even control how big or small you want to be, although you can only become so large based on the power you hold, you can also control how many tails you display as a fox, once you have more that is. You can go from the size of a cute little baby kit, to the size of me, once you're fully powered"

'Sweet, I am so going to take advantage of that later, for now there is business to attend to!'

Naruto walked into Tazuna's house through the door, with Zabuza's Kubikiri Houcho on his shoulder. "Good morning Tsunamai-san" Naruto called, he didn't notice his voice was an octave or so deeper then before. Tsunami turned around and saw Naruto, and fainted, dropping the plate she was washing on the floor, where it shattered into about 15 pieces, along with her body.

The loud crash of the plate breaking caught the attention of everyone else, who were in the other room having breakfast, Kakashi got up and came into the kitchen and saw Naruto, in his new glory. "N-Naruto?"

Naruto nodded "Yes, it's me, yes I'm alive, yes it is a miracle, we need to have a nice conversation outside, now!" Naruto grabbed Kakashi by the arm and disappeared in a blink, dragging Kakashi all the way behind him into the forest.

Kakashi got his footing and broke Naruto's hold on his arm, freeing himself "Ok Naruto, if that really is you, spill, what the hell happened. I watched you die on the bridge, and you look like you've been possessed by the Kyuubi"

Naruto nodded "Ok, to start, yes you saw me die on the bridge, no I am not Kyuubi, and no, I'm only slightly possessed"

Kakashi's eye widened "what what what!?"

Naruto sighed "Ok, I died, Kyuubi couldn't stand to let either me or her die, so she rebuilt me a us a new body using both of our souls and her chakra, and Bam, here I am, and about the possession I'm a Hanyou now since the body was created with Kyuubi's demonic chakra and soul"

Kakashi just stared at Naruto for a full few minutes, "How can I be sure you're not the Kyuubi just in disguise?"

Naruto shrugged "You can't I guess, just trust me is all I can say, hell if I was Kyuubi I would be long gone by now, why would I come back to the squad if I was Kyuubi?"

Kakashi didn't like the idea of having to trust him that he wasn't Kyuubi, but had no choice "Are you really a Hanyou now though?"

Naruto nodded and released his tail "Real as can be" then he turned into a fox, about the size of a horse, "Well cool, never tried this before" Naruto spoke as a fox, in a demonic tone. He then walked around the clearing, swishing his tail this way and that, "I think I can get used to being a fox, it's so, relaxing and comfortable"

Kakashi shook his head at Naruto's antics "Yep, You're definitely Naruto, lets go back to the house, It seems you have a whole lot of explaining to do to your team now since you look the way you do"

Naruto nodded his head, but didn't turn back into a human "I'm gonna stay as a fox for now, I like it a lot"

Kakashi entered the house, Naruto stayed hidden from view. Kakashi got everyone outside and stood before them all "Alright, this is going to take a while to explain and everything, but we have a new addition to the team"

Right after Kakashi finished his 'intro' Naruto jumped off the roof into view. He landed before the group and looked at them all, then nodded to them all, he turned to Kakashi "So, I guess we should begin this little game, eh?" Everyone, except Kakashi's jaw dropped, and Kakashi just nodded to him.

"Right, the battle with Zabuza ended up a little different than what Kakashi here told you all, Uzumaki Naruto is not dead, he was revived, though he was changed...a lot. You see Naruto is not like normal people. The night he was born the Kyuubi was sealed inside him to protect Konoha, this was why the whole village hated him and beat him. They saw him as the Kyuubi and not as the prison that contained the Kyuubi."

To Naruto's surprise the person he expected to understand it the least nodded and Spoke "Tch, the idiots, anyone could see that the dobe wasn't the Kyuubi, sure he's weird but he's not evil"

Naruto nodded at Sasuke "Exactly, So you see, over the years Naruto met Kyuubi one night when he was attacked, after that he and Kyuubi spoke often and became friends, great friends. When Naruto died on the bridge Kyuubi could not let herself, or Naruto die, so she reconstructed a new body for Naruto using both of their souls, and her chakra, but the new body is demonic, Naruto is now a Hanyou, a half demon, I am here now to make you understand that he is still the same person he was, regardless of what he looks like"

Everyone nodded in understanding and then Sakura spoke up "Umm, not to be rude or anything but who are you? You're voice sounds strangely familiar"

Naruto smiled at Sakura, which looked like he was baring his fangs at her "I am him, Uzumaki Naruto at your service" He said while lowering his head in a mock bow.

"N-Naruto?" She asked

Naruto laughed in his Demonic voice and poofed back into his regular Hanyou form, with his new features. "Yo, yeah it's me, I wanted to see how you guys would react to the news without knowing it was me, and I have to say I'm very happy with the way you took it"

Sasuke smirked at Naruto "Tch, what did you think, we would try to kill you or something dobe?"

Naruto frowned "Actually? I had no idea, but trying to kill me was on the list of possibilities, yeah"

Kakashi cleared his throat getting everyone's attention "Ok everyone, we're going to the bridge to finish it up, Zabuza was already buried the other day Naruto while you were...whatever you were"

Naruto nodded "Ok lets go, wait where's Haku?" Right as he said it Haku came around the corner. "Haku, when Zabuza died he gave me Kubikiri Houcho, and you. He said you were my tool now to use as I see fit"

Haku nodded "Yes Naruto-sama"

Naruto shook his head "I would much rather have you as a good friend then a servant Haku"

Haku shook her head "I cannot do that Naruto-sama, Zabuza requested I be your servant, not your friend"

Naruto frowned and walked slowly up to Haku. He lifted Kubikiri Houcho from his shoulder and held it out next to her neck. "I'm going to give you two choices, You can be my servant, or you can be my friend, if you choose servant you die, friend you live, what will it be?"

Haku frowned "That isn't very fair Naruto-sama, but fine I'll choose your friend, but I will still treat you as my superior, and will follow your orders"

Naruto sighed and put the giant blade back on his shoulder "Fine, I'm never going to order you to do anything anyway. Now, lets all head out to the bridge and fix the stupid thing up I want to train when we get back"

"Umm, Naruto-kun, about your training..."

'Yes? What about it?'

"Well, because of this being a new body you lost all your past experience with chakra...so you're going to have to retrain your chakra control, also if you haven't yet noticed all your scars from your past body are...gone"

Naruto quickly opened his jacket and looked at his chest, it was perfect! Not a scar or scratch anywhere! "Damn it!" Naruto yelled, out loud which got everyone's attention.

"What's wrong Naruto-sama?" Haku asked

Naruto frowned "All my scars are gone! Damn! Damn! Damn! Now I'm gonna have to recover myself in scars, that'll be fun"

Sakura grimaced "Naruto, why would you do that to yourself? I think you should leave the scars gone, they just remind you of your life don't they?"

"Exactly! They remind me of all the things I've dealt with, and the things I've survived! They are one of my best motivators to continue to strive! I'm going to get them again" Naruto yelled

Sakura frowned "I think that's a stupid idea Naruto, plus how are you going to get more scars?"

Naruto grinned, which looked extremely evil with his new facial features "Simple, a week or two of the training I need again and I'll be covered in no time, plus I know a few people I can spar with that would probably gladly give me some more"

Kakashi cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention "Right, well lets get to the bridge. I'd like to start heading back to Konoha by tomorrow" Everyone then walked down to the bridge, when they got there everyone was a bit startled, except Kakashi who was the one to bury Zabuza, and to bring everyone back after Naruto's fight.

There were huge, paw like indents melted into the concrete from when Naruto took on 4 tails of chakra, there were streaks and spots of blood everywhere from Naruto's body being ripped apart by the chakra, in the center of all the action was a pool of dried blood where Zabuza had lay, and next to it was a pile of ashes...Naruto's remains. The end of the bridge was not a very pretty site, the entire fifty foot area had been died red with the blood of the Gato's mercenaries. The bodies had already been taken care of thanks to Kakashi.

Tazuna frowned "This is going to take a while"

Naruto smiled, even a regular smile of his was unnerving now, "I'll help you out Tazuna-san" Naruto made the hand seal and called out "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" after all, he didn't need chakra control for it, he just had to force all he had into it. The smoke cleared revealing about 350 Naruto clones.

Naruto smiled and waved a hand in a dramatic manner towards the clones "Here's your workers, you should have the bridge fixed and finished in no time"

And indeed it was, with all of Naruto's clones helping out The bridge was finished, cleaned, and repaired before the day was out, everyone went home and Tsunami made a big congratulatory dinner for the completion of the bridge, and the removal of Gato, after everyone had a very good meal they all went to sleep, Naruto elected to go into fox form and sleep outside, He realized he enjoyed being a fox a lot, and found it much easier to rest as one too, he drifted off to sleep fairly soon.

Mind Scape

Naruto opened his eyes and found himself in the cozy house that now represented his mind, but he instantly new something was off...he wasn't alone and it wasn't Kyuubi that was unnerving him, this person was different.

"Good to finally see ya again, kid"

Naruto wiped his head to the side, and there standing next to him was Zabuza!

"Zabuza! What the hell are you doing in my mind! And why aren't you dead!"

Zabuza chuckled "I didn't get to explain this back then, but Kubikiri Houcho is a sentient blade, and when it's previous user die's a part of it's soul gets absorbed into it. The spirit of the past user then helps the next user, in anything from sword strategies to well, I dunno but anything"

"Soo, you're saying that because you died the blade took part of your soul, and now you're in my mind, and you're supposed to help me?"

Zabuza nodded, "Well, I mis well introduce you to your roommate then huh?"

Zabuza cocked his head to the side slightly "Huh?"

Naruto chuckled, "You forget already? Ok then. Kyuu-chan! Wake up and come here!" On the opposite side of the cage a low growl could be heard, and then Kyuubi appeared before the bars, looking tired

"Naruto-kun, haven't we discussed that just because I'm powerful doesn't mean I don't need beauty sleep!"

Zabuza out right laughed at the antics of the most frightening thing to ever live, this caught the attention of Kyuubi, who stared right at him "Oi, Naruto-kun what the hell is this guy doing here?"

Naruto chuckled, "Kyuubi meet Zabuza Momochi, Demon of the Hidden Mist, and more importantly. Your new roommate!"

Kyuubi took a quick step back and for a fox did a good job of looking down right confused "Nani!?"

"Zabuza's blade, Kubikiri Houcho is Sentient, and when the past owner die's it absorbs part of their souls so they can teach the next wielder of the sword, or in my case he can be a jackass"

Zabuza frowned "Hey! I am not a jackass!"

Naruto chuckled "Sure you're not, well we will see in time, also we'll see how much you help me, for now I'm going to sleep now, Got a long journey tomorrow" Naruto then faded from the mind scape and fell into a deep restful sleep for the first time in his new body.

The next morning everyone woke up fairly early, Tazuna convinced them to stay for the naming ceremony, and they did the now 5 man group and Tazuna and his family went to the bridge for the naming ceremony.

Tazuna walked in front of the crowd "We have come to the decision that it is only right that this bridge be named after the one who saved it from destruction, and saved all of Wave country from liquidation, the one who defeated the Missing nin Zabuza, along with Gato and his army of thugs, We christen this 'The Great Naruto Bridge'!"

Naruto slapped himself on the forehead and walked out before everyone and addressed them "I'm honored that you would want to name this bridge after me, but even I would have died while fighting Zabuza if not for the help I received, I would much rather this bridge be named for the one who saved my life, and by extension everyone of my team and all of wave country, I feel it would be more appropriote if it was named 'The Great Kyuubi bridge' or 'The Great Kitsune Bridge'"

Tazuna tapped his chin for a moment and then announced "Then it's settled from this day forth this bridge shall be known as The Great Kitsune Bridge!" the whole village erupted into cheers and yells, Naruto and the rest of their group left wave while waving behind them, once out of sight Naruto turned into his fox form again, about the size of a horse and walked with the rest of the group.

Kakashi frowned "Must you really stay like that Naruto? It weirds me out"

Fox-Naruto nodded "It really is a lot more comfortable then walking around on two legs, everything just flows and feels great, not to mention I'm a lot faster then on two legs"

The group was going at high speeds on the way back now that they didn't have Tazuna walking at a civilian pace with them, but Sakura being not very well trained began to tire after a few hours of tree hoping and Kakashi announced they would take a 20 minute rest for Sakura to get ready, but Naruto thought of an idea.

"We don't have to stop Kakashi If they want to Sakura and Haku can ride on my back, I don't mind, so it's up to them"

Sakura blushed at the thought of 'riding' Naruto "Umm, yeah I guess we can do that, it will get us back home faster so yeah sure" Haku just nodded. Naruto padded over before the two of them and lay down on the ground in front ofthem "Hop on, and hold onto my fur, Kakashi can you and Sasuke go any faster?"

Kakashi looked to Sasuke, who nodded "Yeah we can, why?"

Naruto slowly got up from the ground with his new cargo "Cause lets kick this up a notch!" Naruto started to walk forward, then it turned into a high speed bound. Kakashi and Sasuke both passed him and went ahead "So it's a race you want huh!? Girls, hold on tight!" Naruto increased his pace and caught back up to Kakashi and Sasuke, and then blew there metaphorical doors off. The group continued at a breakneck pace like that all the way back to Konoha, racing the whole way. With Naruto, and consequently the girls not needing any rest stops they made it to Konoha by nightfall.

About 1 mile out from the village Naruto turned back into his human form and put on the black hooded cloak Tazuna had given him to hid his new features for until it was a good time to reveal them. They made it past the guards without incident and headed for the Hokage tower, they went into the office and Kakashi stood in front of the group.

"Hokage-sama, the mission was a success though there were quite a few unexpected changes to the mission, and in a way there was one Casualty...though thats where things get confusing"

Sarutobi chewed on his pipe in thought "What kind of unexpected changes?"

Kakashi sighed, this was going to take a while "Tazuna lied about the danger he was in, we ended up going against 2 Chuunin's and then one Jounin and a high level Chunnin. And an army of about 200 thugs"

Sarutobi nodded and pointed to the cloaked figure and the girl "And who are those two?"

"One moment please I'll get to that in just a moment, the one...Casualty was Naruto Uzumaki, though I'm not sure how to handle it...I suppose his death needs to be recorded"

Sarutobi sighed, he had liked Naruto it was sad to hear the boy died on his first C-rank, even if it did turn A-rank "And those two are?"

Kakashi pointed at the girl "Well, the girl's name is Haku, she is the High Chuunin level nin I spoke of, after Naruto defeated the Jounin the Jounin declared Haku as Naruto's property and sent her to come back with us to Konoha"

Kakashi cleared his throat "And the boy is, well maybe you'd like to introduce yourself."

Naruto reached up a clawed hand and pulled down the hood, Revealing his Blond,red, and black hair, red eyes and other changed features. "Heya, Hokage-sama, and this is where the Casualty 'sorta' part comes into play"

Sarutobi gasped when he saw Naruto's appearance, he also dropped his pipe onto the floor, he also jumped over his desk and slammed Naruto into the wall by his throat "Kyuubi!" The whole team, Haku counted gasped when the Hokage of their village attacked Naruto.

Naruto frowned at the Hokage and called to his team "You guys can go, I think me and the Hokage need to have a talk about everything that's happened. And don't worry I'll cover any other details about the mission if they're needed" Naruto then pried the Hokage's hand from his throat, far to easily for the Sarutobi's liking, and dropped down the foot he was being held off the ground and landed with a room shaking 'Thud'.

Naruto walked over to a seat in front of the desk and sat, he then motioned for the Hokage to do the same. Once he did Naruto's team released the breath they didn't know they were holding and left the office. Once they were gone Naruto frowned at the Hokage.

"You were the last person I expected to judge me based on looks Hokage-sama"

Sarutobi had the shame to hang his head "I'm sorry Naruto, just those eye's and the features, what happened to you? You look like the Kyuubi possessed you"

Naruto sighed this was going to take a while "Alright, first I've known of Kyuubi for a while now, I found out when I turned ten, after I was attacked I met her, she's actually quite nice. Anyway she's been talking and teaching to me since we met, and it has helped a lot. So During the mission to wave we were attacked as Kakashi said."

"We were attacked by Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of the Hidden Mist, well my team was attacked I had slept in from training and arrived at the end of the fight, Sasuke Sakura and Haku had all been knocked out from Various things, I arrived right as Kakashi was about to be killed, I was able to stop him from getting killed, and then I had to fight Zabuza on my own."

"I was losing the fight bad, despite drawing on some of Kyuubi's power, I forced her to give me much more chakra, about 4 tails worth, and using the power I easily defeated Zabuza and Gato and his men, but at a price, The chakra was far to powerful for my body to handle, as I was fighting it was tearing away at my body, I felt my skin melt away and my flesh and organs turn to ash."

"In the end I died, my body crumbled into ash after I won the fight, but Kyuubi refused to let either of us die, so she used both her and my souls, and her chakra to reform me a new body, but since It was her chakra and soul making the body the body is half demon, so now I am half demon, I am a Hanyou"

Sarutobi listened intently to the entire story, and in the end he still said "Prove that you're a Hanyou, and also prove you're still Naruto"

Naruto sighed "Is everyone going to ask me this? It's a little small in here so I guess I'll scale it down a wee bit" Naruto disappeared and was replaced by a blood red fox, with black tipped ears, tail, black paws, and muzzle. It was about the size of a large dog and had blood red eye's just like Naruto.

"Now, About me still being Naruto, I have no way to prove it except maybe the fact that I hate all the villagers in this town, and I will become the strongest being on the earth"

After Sarutobi got over the shock of seeing Naruto turn into a demon fox he nodded "I suppose I'll believe you for now, so did anything else of intrest happen during the mission?"

Naruto nodded and turned back into a human, he then took out a scroll from his pouch, unrolled it an unsealed the Giant Zanbato that was Zabuza's "I got myself a new sword, when I defeated Zabuza he passed it on to me...along with Haku"

Sarutobi nodded again "So what do you plan on doing with the girl?"

Naruto nodded "She already knows I don't want her to be my servant, she said she'll be my friend but she's still going to follow my orders and call me Naruto-sama, but If you would I would like her to be placed as a Chuunin, She has a unique bloodline, but I don't want her to be forced into the clan restoration act by the council, so if that could be kept secret would be nice"

Sarutobi nodded once more and pulled a Konoha Hitai-ite out of one of the drawers of his desk, "Very well then Naruto, once you give her this headband she will be an official Konoha Chuunin, now I suggest you go train, the Chuunin exams are in two weeks and I wont be surprised if Kakashi enters your team"

Naruto bowed down to Sarutobi "Thanks for the tip Hokage-sama, and thanks for trusting me even with my new appearance" Naruto swung Kubikiri Houcho back onto his shoulder and put his hood back over his head, casting a shadow over his face. Once finished he walked out of the office and found Haku in the waiting room in the lobby

"Ahh Haku, I'm glad you waited, I would of hated to have to track you down, even if it would have been easy, here this is for you" Naruto Handed her the Hitai-ite "Once you put that on you will be an official Konoha Chuunin, welcome to Konoha" Haku accepted the head band and tied it to her head. "I accept this duty"

Naruto smiled at her from beneath his hood, which looked down right terrifying with his glowing red eyes, he then bid her good luck and left to start retraining his chakra control, and to rebuild his scars.

For the first week he used over 1,000 clones per day to do Chakra control exercises, by the end of the week he was back up to full control, and he was very happy with it, he had also raised the levels of his weights until they were heavy on him, and they now were a combined weight of about 4,700 pounds, he also always carried Kubikiri Houcho with him, adding an extra 300 pounds of weight to a grand total of 5,000 pounds. Sure he could seal away the sword, but he loved the looks on peoples faces when the cloaked figure walked down the street with the infamous 'Demon of the Hidden Mist's' legendary zanbato slung over his shoulder.

For the second week of his training he sparred with hundreds of zanbato wielding clones, he used it to gain a better control and usefulness for his Zanbato, it also gained him a very large count of huge scars all over his chest, back, and arms from blows that got through.

On the third day he went out looking for a real sparring partner, he was looking for a certain sadistic purple haired kunoichi that was legendary for her strangeness. It didn't take him long to find her, he found her at a Dango shop, blowing through Dango like air.

He tapped on her shoulder gently, and she immediately whipped around with a Kunai in hand. "Mitarashi Anko?" he asked. She grinned at him evilly "Maybe, what do you want?"

Naruto chuckled darkly, "I'd like to spar with you for a few hours, I'm sure you'll have a great time cutting me up, and I have no objections, I'm actually trying to get more scars"

Anko's face lit up like a kid in a candy store "When and where?"

Naruto smiled from beneath his hood 'too easy' "How bout now? Follow me" Anko nodded and scarfed down her last few Dango and followed him out to his own personal training ground, which was extremely beat up and worn now.

Naruto stopped in the middle of the ground and turned to Anko and she spoke up "So, care to tell me who I'm fighting? There's been a rumor spreading around the village that some Jounin knocked off Zabuza Momochi and took his blade, you've got hit blade so I can see they weren't lieing, but who are you?"

Naruto laughed like a maniac "They think a Jounin got him? No I think it's very unlikely any Jounin of the village would have defeated him, I was there when Hatake Kakashi himself was defeated by him, and there aren't many in this village more powerful then him"

Anko had a fire burning in her eyes "If you're not a Jounin then who are you? Some Hunter-nin?"

Naruto shook his head and laughed again, and then dropped his hood revealing his features to Anko "I am nothing but A genin, an outcast in this village, like yourself me and you are a lot alike Anko you know? We're both hated for things that we had no control over, you for Orochimaru, me for Kyuubi"

Anko's grin suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a sad look. "ahh, there you are Anko, I was wondering if you ever let the real you out, not the eccentric mask you use, but the real you"

Anko looked right into Naruto's glowing crimson eyes "How can you go through life like that? Without any kind of mask or protection?"

Naruto sighed "I'd rather have them all hate me for what I am, then like me as something I'm not. I tried using a mask in the Academy, one of stupidity and Immaturity, then we left and I was put on my team I ended up putting my teammate in the hospital's Mental ward when I threatened her for making fun of me once the Mask was gone, I find mask's only hurt you more. But your life is your's alone, and if your mask works for you and it makes you happy, then I'm happy for you. Just to be Nice I'm going to put away Kubikiri Houcho, and I won't take off all my weights, I'd like to cut a lot today, so do your worst"

Naruto sealed away the Zanbato and took off his Jacket since he didn't want it to get cut up too. He tossed the jacket off to the side and it smashed into the ground making a large dust cloud and a large crater. Anko made two Kunai materialize from her coat sleeves and charged, and Naruto charged back, with no weapons at all.

6 hours later Naruto and Anko finished there multiple spars, Naruto looked across his upper body and checked all the new scars all over him, some from Anko tracing Kunai across his flesh just hard enough to draw blood, other deep gashes and stabs from Anko being 'frisky'

Naruto chuckled at all his fresh new scars "Thanks Anko, I'm starting to get back to my old 'village hated' look already, wanna do it again every day for the rest of the week?"

Anko looked like she melted right on the spot "You know I love blood, and spilling it I'll see you there Naru-kun!" She then disappeared. Naruto gathered up his jacket and put his cloak back on and pulled the hood up and went home to get clean.

Naruto spent the rest of the week 'playing' with Anko in the afternoons while training with Kubikiri Houcho in the mornings against his clones.

It was the day before the Chuunin exams were scheduled to start and Kakashi called them all for a team meeting, Naruto knew he was going to give them there sign up papers, on the way over to Training ground 7 when he was walking past an alley when he heard a kid yell from down the alley, He recognized the voice as the grandson of the Hokage.

He ran down the alley and came upon some kid Holding Konohamaru off the ground by his collar. The kid had a black body suit on, and a black hood that had cat ears on it, He had purple face paint all over his face and something wrapped in bandages on his back, behind to his right was a girl, she had blond hair that was pulled into four short ponytails, she had on a short pink dress and a large metal object on her back, And they both had Sunagakure headbands.

Naruto walked up to the scene casually with his giant sword on his shoulder, and his hood over his face he walked until he was a swords length from the boy in black and spoke in a cold piercing voice "Is there a problem here?"

The boy in black shook his head, "No problem at all, this little punk knocked into me, and I'm just going to teach him a lesson, what the hell are you gonna do about it?"

Naruto moved, and in a blink his giant Zanbato was in between him and Konohamaru, and was pressed up against his neck "Well, you should know who you're dealing with before you make threats, maybe I should remove that empty head of yours, You did just threaten the grandson of the third Hokage after all"

The boy started to sweat and dropped the boy and raised his hands "Okay I'm sorry, shit!" Right as Naruto was lowering his blade from the boys throat a new scent appeared 'This smell is off, it doesn't smell entirely human, what is it Kyuubi?'

"T-That's the Ichibi's smell! Shukaku must have been trapped in a human too!"

'Ichibi? Why does he smell like a mix of a Raccoon and a dog?'

"Because He is a mix of a Raccoon and a dog, he's a Tanuki"

'Heh, oh guess I'll great him then' "Oi, you can come down now" Naruto called

Half a second later a boy appeared between the black dressed boy and the blond girl, he had bright red hair, the Kanji for 'love' over his left eye, and had a large gourd on his back. "I must praise you, I did not feel your chakra at all, but your scent was a dead give away"

The red head looked at his two siblings "Kankuro, You're a disgrace and you're lucky I don't kill you right here, and Temari you're a disgrace for not stopping him. Now come on, we're leaving"

They both in unison said "Sorry Gaara"

Gaara glared at the shrouded man "Who are you? You are powerful"

Naruto chuckled very darkly and dropped his hood revealing himself and said just one cryptic sentence that made Gaara very unnerved "While you contain one, I am nine" he also glared at Kankuro with his glowing crimson eyes "If you want to stay alive in the Chuunin exams, I suggest you don't fight me"

Kankuro and Temari gulped "That kids a Genin? Did you see the blade he had? It was the 'Demon of the Hidden Mist's' blade! How did he get it?" Temari said. Kankuro shook his head "I dunno, but I sure as hell don't want to fight him"

Naruto put his hood back on and went to go meet his team, and he was dead on accurate, Kakashi was there to give them sign-up sheets for the Chuunin exams, they were to go to the third floor of the Academy, room 301 tomorrow at 9 Am.

Naruto spent the rest of the day training until nightfall, he then turned into a fox and curled up in and fell asleep, ever since becoming a Hanyou he would only go to his house to bathe, now that he had a place to sleep he fell in love with sleeping outside.

End Note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I'm going to flat admit this here and now before people get suspicious, I completely stole the Idea to make Kubikiri Houcho sentient, though my idea is quite different, pertaining to the taking the past wielders soul to train the next generation, so thank you to pudgypudge's MoTZ for the idea of a Sentient Kubikiri Houcho.

Next chapter should be along before too long, though it might not come quite as quickly as this one has, I have work to do in the day, real work. Even us teen's need money, I'm a self spoiling bastard, and need more then most :)