HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Hahaha. Hehehe. *chuckle dies down and takes slow wheezing breaths* *wipes a tear from my eye* Ehhhh. That was a good laugh. If you're all wondering why I put that, it's because I got a review from a guest. The review states as thus:

Why do you Nartards Always have to make Naruto look better? He was an annoying, useless loser. Get that through your head. And then kill yourself, loser.

Now, I could get mad. I could rant, rave and cuss him out. That's my first instinct. My second one is this... whoever you are, if you're reading this chapter. You're an idiot. Hiding behind a guest moniker or getting mad because you can't or refuse to write a story like this, then getting mad and telling me to kill myself just because I changed Naruto's appearance. I'd get mad at that, but I just say you're pathetic. I can change his appearance and make him more or less badass as I so choose because this is my account and my fanfic. If you have a problem with that, you can kindly take your head and shove it up your ass. Have a good day.

Chapter 8

Naruto flopped into his bed face first. Kakashi flipped a page in his book as he glanced at his second-in-command.

"What's wrong Uzu?" Kakashi asked.

"Well Tsutei," Naruto said, using the name Kakashi chose for this mission. "I met with the Uzumaki councilman that the jounin said Danzo was trying to control. Apparently, he runs a metalworking shop here in Iwa."

"What did you gleen from him?" he flipped another page.

"Not much. He did end up muttering about how he didn't trust Danzo and felt weird chakra going into his head before he blacked out for a bit. He's also noticed an increase in the ninja force since Danzo came around and it seemed like most of them listened to Danzo instead of the Tsuchikage."

Kakashi nodded. "That'd be the Nenin, Danzo's personal army. He may try a coup de tat of Iwa by killing off the council and the Tsuchikage. We'll have to stop it before this week is out."

"But won't that give away our position?"

Kakashi looked at Naruto. "Yes but letting Danzo gain full control of one of the Five Major Villages is worse. It's better that our cover be blown rather than they all end up dead and Konoha in another war. Get as much information from Seijiro as you can and then get out. Let him know who you are and tell him that we're planning on assassinating Danzo at the end of the week. Let him know to meet us at the west gate before hand and we'll leave while I keep a clone here to accomplish the task."

Naruto nodded as his eyes drooped and he feel asleep. He never noticed Sakura and Sasuke walk in or anything that was happening. But he did wake up in time to smell breakfast and quickly chowed down, also downing a cup of green tea before waving to everyone and heading to work.

-Iwagakure-

Naruto was calmly making his way through the streets, ignoring the times he was bumped and ran into. He was itching to run on the roofs and get to work faster, but if he did, his cover could be blown so he endured it.

Naruto after half an hour of navigating the streets of Iwa, he finally made it to his destination: Uzu Metals, the shop that Seijiro owned, named for the land of his birth. The bell atop the door rang as Naruto entered.

A head popped from the back and Naruto noted that Seijiro looked irritated, the agitation showing on his face. A second head popped out and Naruto's lone eye narrowed, as did Danzo's.

"Who are you, boy?" the traitorous nin asked.

"I believe it's polite to give your name first if you'd like someone elses," Naruto stated, keeping the anger from his voice.

"You dare speak to a councilman of Iwa in such a tone?" Danzo growled. "Leave now before I've my personal guard escort you out, forcefully."

Naruto nodded as he quickly made his way out of the store, though not before slapping a seal tag on the wall where they were speaking, not that anyone noticed the intricate markings on it.

Naruto quickly made his way back to the hotel, taking winding paths as he noted the Ne ANBU that were following his movements. He made his way into an alley as he pressed the seal tag that was connected to the first, allowing him to listen in on the conversation as he began preparations to deal with the ANBU.

"I can't do that Councilman Shimura. That is treason and suicide. You know this."

"That I do Uzumaki, that I do. Why do you think you'll be doing it with a team of my ANBU instead of me doing it myself?"

"I'm not going to assassinate the Tsuchikage, you fool! He rescued me from Uzu when it was in flames, burning to the ground because of the decision of the Nidaime! I will not repay the man that saved me by taking his life!"

"You act like you have a choice Seijiro! Kotoamatsukami!"

Naruto growled as he heard those words. He felt multiple chakra signatures appear behind him and around him, in the alley he was currently in and on the rooftops and such. He quickly looked around, noting that there were ten people.

"Hey guys," Naruto said, faking cheerfulness. On the inside however, he was a myriad of emotions, coming up with plans and tactics on dealing with these people. He didn't know if any others would aid the ones that were about to die, but he'd just have to plan accordingly.

"Civilian, Lord Danzo wishes you to be placed under arrest," one stated. "Come quietly and do not resist."

Naruto chuckled as he turned to look at the ANBU that had spoken as a wall appeared, blocking the exit.

"Well Shinobi-san," he said smirking. "That symbol atop your head seems to not be the one that Iwa bears. It'd be safe to assume that you're not doing this for the good of Iwagakure are you?"

One of the Ne-nin placed her hand on her katana. "Do not resist or we'll be forced to make you come with us. You've no route of escape. You're trapped."

Naruto's eye narrowed and he shook his head. "Ye know so little of the predicament you find yourselves in. 'Tis not I who finds myself trapped with you; 'tis you who finds yourselves trapped with me."

A kunai dropped from Naruto's sleeve and he threw it at her, piercing her in the throat. Two nin jumped on his back from behind and Naruto back pedalled, slamming them into a wall. One let go and the other took a kunai, jamming it into Naruto's thigh.

Naruto growled as he fell to one knee and was punched in the face. He weighed his options as one of the ANBU wrapped their arms around his throat and lifted him up, holding Naruto off the ground as another savagely punched him in the stomach until Naruto coughed up blood and bile.

A third jumped in and started punching Naruto in the face, destroying his eye patch and revealing the gaping hole underneath. Naruto was punched one last time and then dropped to the ground, landing on all fours. The ANBU looked at him and laughed as they each drew weapons, ready to end the "civilians" life. Naruto looked up, a growl escaping his throat. None of the ANBU noticed the hair rising on the back of his head and slowly becoming more spiked. The didn't pay attention as his nails become black and clawed. They didn't see his canines becoming sharper. But oh they did feel the chakra output he was making.

"T-th-his isn't a ci-vilian's cha-chak-ra," one said, stuttering in fear. "This chakra is off the scale!"

Naruto looked behind him and everyone noted that his eye had become slitted. Naruto was keeping himself in control, the surprise at still being able to even produce chakra keeping his mind in check. He lowered his levels in the hopes that no other shinobi noticed and quickly ran at the Ne ANBU.

They slashed and hacked at Naruto and his speed allowed him to evade their strikes, albeit barely as the weakest Ne ANBU was a captain level nin in Konoha's ANBU. He impaled one on his hand, stabbing the man through the heart and taking a strike in the back in the process.

He threw the corpse at three others, slapping a generous amount of explosive tags and made a hitsugi seal, exploding them and creating a shower of blood. Naruto calmed down and quickly ran out of the alley way, screaming about ANBU attacking him. Other's believed him due to his injuries and quickly ran to his aid, calling for other shinobi to help him. They quickly ran to his aid, a medic applying enough healing chakra so he wouldn't feel any pain.

"Come on kid," one said. "Let's get you to Tsuchikage-sama to give your report."

Naruto nodded, inwardly smirking at the opportunity to hopefully expose Danzo for what he was.

-Tsuchikage's Office-

Naruto was taken to the Sandaime's office by way of shunshin. The experience was slightly disorienting, but he dealt with the feeling quickly. The Tsuchikage, Onoki Ryotenbin was sitting at his desk, his fingers chapeled and his face hard.

"Tell me what happened boy," he said, his voice carrying a slight accent Naruto couldn't place.

"Well sir, I was reporting in to work for Councilor Uzumaki at his metal working shop as I'd just started earlier this week," Naruto said. "I was walking in when I heard voices. Apparently, Uzumaki-san was speaking with Councilor Shimura and Uzumaki-san seemed distressed about something. Councilor Shimura dismissed me and I had left. I was followed by ANBU where I was attacked then and cried for help."

Onoki raised an eyebrow. "All right. Now then, do you want to tell me the real story?"

Naruto's eyebrow twitched slightly, whether it was in annoyance or being caught, he didn't know. "I don't know what you mean sir."

Onoki slammed a hand into the table, the jounin behind Naruto jumping. "Don't play games with me boy! I'm Onoki of Both Scales, wielder of the Dust Release, oldest Kage besides Sarutobi Hiruzen of the Leaf! I've been a shinobi for almost 55 years and I know when someones lying! Now tell me what really happened."

Naruto gulped. "All right. I'm an assassin, trained in the shinobi arts by those of my former home of the Village of Hot Springs, released from my shinobi contract there when the shinobi sector was disbanded and I was sent here to stop Danzo from possibly planning a coup de tat against you sir."

Onoki raised an eyebrow. "Oh, and what can you do boy? You look pretty scrawny to me? I always heard that the Hot Springs was one of the weakest minor villages. I hope that that doesn't prove true."

Naruto chuckled. "Sir, I was once hired by Konoha to protect the Sandaime after Danzo tried to kill him before fleeing the Hidden Leaf. I've studied Danzo's movements and while I don't know all about him that I need to, I do know he is a pretty shady individual."

"So what are you trying to say Mr...?"

"Slade," Naruto said. "My name is Uzu Slade."

Onoki leaned back in his chair. "Well then Mr. Slade. If Danzo is truly planning a coup against me, do you have any proof?"

Naruto produced the secondary seal tag and placed it onto Onoki's desk. He made a tora seal and the tag glowed briefly before playing the conversation that it picked up between Danzo and Seijiro.

Onoki grimaced as he listened and his eye twitched. "Get me all the BOULDER forces now. I want Danzo's house surrounded! And get me Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi!"

The Jounin nodded. "Hai Tsuchikage-sama!"

They disappeared in a dust shunshin and Naruto looked at Onoki. "Anything you need of me old man?"

Onoki's eye twitched. "Yes. If your skills are as they're cracked up to be, you'll be helping me fight Danzo if things get out of hand. Follow me."

Instead of standing, Onoki simply floated to the window and opened it, floating out. Naruto jumped out after him, using chakra to scale the walls and barely kept up with the elderly nin. Onoki followed the chakra signatures to the residence of Danzo, Naruto keeping up and seeing Sasuke and Sakura in a crowd that was gathering near the area of Seijiro's shop.

Onoki floated in that direction, wondering what the fuss was about and landed on the ground. He walked forward, a jounin running up to him and nodding his head.

"Onoki-sama," the jounin said. "It appears that Councilor Uzumaki was attacked. He appears to have battle wounds on him sir. He's asking for Uzu to come speak with him."

Onoki looks at Naruto and nods in the direction of the shop, knowing Naruto is itching to check on the councilor.

Naruto ran into the shop, noting how things seemed broken and even money was missing from the register to make it look like a burglary, but the scorch marks and water pools along the ground said differently. Naruto knelt by Seijiro, taking the old man's hand in his own, clutching it like a lifeline.

"Seijiro," Naruto asked, trying to keep tears from falling from his one eye. "Will you be okay?"

Seijiro coughed, blood matting his clothes. "You should all ready know I won't be young one. But I have something I want to give you. In the back, there's a blade in a red sheath that only an Uzumaki can open; it's in a black box with the Uzumaki swirl on it. I'd have given it to my daughter, but I know that she'd want you to have it. It'll respond to your chakra and take a shape that your subconscious desires."

Naruto blinked. "Why give it to me old man? I'm just a nobody."

Seijiro gave Naruto a pointed look after he finished coughing and whispered. "Boy, I may be old and hard of hearing, but even I can tell when someone's my family. You're Kushi-chan's son aren't you?"

Naruto's eye widened and he nodded, his voice leaving him. "Yeah. I am."

Seijiro smiled as his breathing slowed down. "Then I'm glad I at least got to meet my grandson before I passed on..."

With that, Seijiro's grip slackened and his chest fell one last time. Naruto started smacking Seijiro in the face as his eyes closed, hoping that they'd open and that this was some joke. When he realized it was, he closed his eye, and shook his head. He closed Seijiro's eyes and walked to the back of the store, looking for what Seijiro said was here.

He found the box and opened it, noting the intricate carving of the whirlpools along the sheath of the katana and gripped the blade, a glint coming into his eye. He walked out of the store quickly and raced towards Danzo's house at insane speeds, not even using chakra to augment his movements and using pure rage to fuel him. Onoki floated next to him, somewhat struggling to keep up with the speed.

That was another family member Danzo had taken from him. That was two too many. It would stop and Danzo's head would be on Hiruzen's desk, personally delivered by Naruto himself. He growled and the whirlpools on the blade started glowing. Onoki raised an eyebrow as he noticed this, thinking about questioning it later.

They finally made it to Danzo's residence where they saw 30+ Ne nin there, waiting along with Danzo there in the center, a grimace on his features.

"Onoki, what is this?" Danzo asked, a growl coming in his throat.

"That's Tsuchikage-sama to you Danzo," Onoki said as he landed. "You're to be brought in for questioning in regards to the death of Councilor Seijiro Uzumaki. Come quietly or risk death."

"Death?" Danzo said, his eye slightly opening. "It will not be I who dies here today."

Danzo walked back into his house and Naruto gripped the katana harder, glaring at the man's head. He roared as he raced forward and the Ne nin moved to intercept him. Naruto began hacking and slashing at them, using the blade with no true form, in the manner of a zanbatou.

Naruto kicked the fifth nin back and he was caught by his comrades before four rushed at Naruto in a group. Naruto ducked their strikes and chakra pulsed through the katana, making the blade grow in length and shrink in thickness.

Naruto briefly noted that the blade was now about six to seven feet in length and had red, demonic markings on it. Naruto swung the blade forward once, noting how it was almost effortless for him to do so, wondering why the blade wasn't weighing him down. He shrugged and he ran at the remaining nin who were stunned. Naruto made quick work of them, walking away with five new cuts and a cut from the bottom of his right eye, going down across his lip to the opposite side of the chin.

"They're cleared out for you Onoki-sama," Naruto said as he put the blade on his shoulder. "After you."

Onoki quickly gathered chakra for a Dust Release jutsu just in case and he and Naruto walked up to the door. Naruto made a shadow clone and had it cut open the door before scouting out the place.

When the clone dispelled, noting the all clear, Naruto and Onoki made their way through the house, stopping at an office where they believed Danzo was. Danzo was sitting at his desk in a seiza position, calmly drinking green tea. He looked up at the two arrivals, a smirk making it's way onto his face. Naruto and Onoki's eyes narrowed as they noted the cloak Danzo wore.

Naruto's eyes quickly scanned the room, noting that there was one window and then a few statues of former Kages from all over the Elemental Nations in the corners of the room. There was even a bust of Danzo right next to them. Naruto growled, just ready to beat the bastard's face in, but holding off momentarily.

"Ah," Danzo said, as if he were greeting old friends. "How nice of you to join me."

"Danzo," Onoki said. "Get up and come quietly and there won't be more bloodshed."

Danzo chuckled as he stood, his cane tapping the floor. "I believe you have me misunderstood with someone who gives a shit about what you think Onoki. You see, I am in control here, not you and the young Uzumaki over there."

Onoki raised an eyebrow and looked at Naruto. "Uzu, is what Danzo said true? Did you lie to me twice in a row."

Naruto shook his head. "He's lying old man."

Danzo smirked. "Oh really. An Uzumaki is the only one who can wield the blade in your hands as it has a Blood-Clan Contract seal on it that binds it to a certain clan, yours, Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto."

Onoki turned on Naruto and growled. "So you have lied to me Namikaze."

Naruto growled. "I'm a shinobi and following the old ways of my ancestor. Anything you all do might seem so great, but at least my body is learning how to operate without chakra, which makes me superior to all of you, who will die without the energy in your body. So, if you want to take me in for questioning Onoki, that's fine. But after we deal with this bitch!"

Naruto raced at Danzo and cut him in two. He blinked when the image faded and Danzo appeared behind Onoki. Danzo raised his hands in a hitsugi seal as he smirked.

"To quote an associate of mine," Danzo said. "ART IS A BLAST! KATSU!"

With that, the entire place exploded, taking Naruto, Onoki and Danzo with it.

-Outside-

Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi looked on, in shock as their teammate went up into flames.

Kakashi growled as he herded the two away and whispered commands. "Come on guys. We need to return and make a report. The Hokage won't like this one bit at all."

END

So, I don't really know how that chapter did. I mean I think it was okay but who knows? Review guys and tell me what you think. Maybe even leave ideas for the next chapter as to what happens between Naruto and Konoha, if he should return.