AN: Hello fans. I was so excited to get so many reviews, subscriptions, favourites, and alerts that I got right back to typing! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Also I have decided that I will make this a Harem. That means I will put up a poll for who you want to put in this harem. So far I have decided to put in NarutoxHinata/Kyuubi/Itachi/??
I don't own Naruto,
WARNING: will contain Attempts at Torture scenes, extreme Sakura/Sasuke bashing. We will see about lemons... Flames will be used to cook Kraft Dinner. Mmmm...
Characters Talking.
Characters Thinking.
Demons/Summons Talking.
Demons/Summons Thinking.
Arthors Note, important information
Naruto walked into the Hokage's office, where the Sandaime Hokage was waiting for them.
"Please Sit down, Naruto" the Hokage said with a cold steely voice. "Naruto do you know what you have done?"
"Yes Hokage-sama. I killed an Anbu, Attacked my teammate, injured 3 Anbu and several villagers. As well as let some of the Kyuubi's Chakra leak out scaring many other villager and Shinobi."
"And caused several million dollars worth of damage! Naruto this cannot go unpunished. Killing a fellow Shinobi without just cause is a serious crime" stated the Hokage.
"Am I going to be sentenced to death?" Naruto asked, completely emotionless.
"Heavens no! But you will be banished. Naruto I hear by banish you to three years as a Nukenin" said the Hokage.
Naruto was confused, weren't all Nukenin runaways? "Huh?" asked Naruto confused by the details of his punishment.
"Despite popular belief most Nukenin are not runaways but most of them are actually banished ninja. Naruto" the Hokage demanded "give me you Headband."
Naruto sadly complied. Untiing his Headband, he handed it to the Hokage. The Hokage opened a drawer pulling out a small piece of paper he began to write down a seal. After he had finished, he bonded it to the back of the Headband. He then flipped the Headband over scratching through the middle of the Konoha symbol. "What this seal does, it makes it so that you cannot remove the scratch until you three years are up. It also makes it so you cannot cover it up with genjutsu, or ninjutsu. After the three years are up you have the choice to either come back to Konoha or remain a Nukenin. Do you understand Naruto?" asked the Hokage.
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Naruto stood up and out of the room as he was opening the door he turned around. Then smiled and said "See you in three years Ojiji-sama."
Sarutobi sat there in silence. It seemed like nothing could bring Naruto's spirit down for long. That boy was always smiling. He just hoped Naruto would be ok.
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Naruto was walking toward the gate. He had just stopped by his apartment. He was now wearing a frog backpack, one that came with his wallet. In his backpack there was a blanket, some scrolls. One of which held a copy of all that Naruto saw on the Scroll of sealing, some ink, brushes, a few Kuni, and a lot of Instant Ramen. "Kyuubi! This is perfect! Now we have three years all to ourselves. For training" said an enthusiastic Naruto
"Yes we do, but how are we going to get supplies. Those supplies you have will not last very long. Not many merchants are going to sell supplies to a missing-nin. It would be bad for their reputation." replied Kyuubi.
"We can make our own." Naruto said confidently.
Kyuubi laughed. "Oh good, so you know how to make clothes then . . . no? How about paper? Still no? What minerals and metals go into a kunai? Come on kit, you don't know anything about making weapons." They both remained silent for a while until Naruto got an idea. In his opinion this one was not as good as his other one but this one would be a lot easier to pull off.
"We could . . . steal them? We would pay them, just steal the weapons and leave the cash. It would be just like buying them, but it would be less of a hassle then really stealing them or making them. It would also be good stealth practice. " said Naruto, who wasn't so confident about this idea.
"That works, Kit, how would we get the money though?" the Kyuubi said, then she had an idea. "We could hunt down bandits. They are sure to have cash. We would also be doing a public service. Then just tie them up by Konoha for the Anbu to discover!" the Kyuubi said as it all started to come together.
"Yes, that is a perfect idea! This is going to be amusing!" Naruto shouted in his head, making Kyuubi's sensitive ears ring.
"Ouch! Not so loud Naruto, and this is not going to be a little picnic. I am going to train you extremely hard. We will be working hard all day or until you collapse, and when you collapse we will train in you mindscape. We will be working on Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Strategies, Summoning and Fuuinjutsu. By the end of out three years, you will be a master of each." Kyuubi said.
(FuuinJutsu means Study of seals. Thank you to all who corrected me. Kenjutsu is sword technic.)
As Naruto was walking through the town he got more stares and whispers than usual. This was to be expected. After all he attacked a teammate, killed an Anbu and was banished from Konoha all in the time span of about half an hour. "It must be a new record," mused Naruto. Naruto noticed a bunch of girls talking about him, he smiled and waved at them. They flinched. Naruto let out a little laugh.
This Nukenin thing could be interesting. He could start a new life. Free of all of his past mistakes, and most importantly his mask. Soon Naruto realised that he was at the gates to the city. Naruto smiled and waved at the guards behind the desk and walked out of the gates. As soon as Naruto had passed through the gates, he felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders.
He was free. No more attacks. No more taunting. He was free to go and do whatever he wanted, as long as Kyuubi agreed that is. Naruto thought for a minute "it would be nice to know where we're going before we go any further," . . ."Kyuubi where should we go?" Naruto inquired.
Kyuubi was silent for a second then he replied "The Land of the waves. Rumour says that there are many gangs of bandits their. Plus there are many different kinds of terrain there, it would be good for training." the Kyuubi answered.
"Sounds like a good place to start. I cannot wait to begin my training." Naruto smiled as they headed off in the direction of the Land of the waves. Along the way they ran into no problems.
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Naruto had lived in the Land of Waves for almost a year now. He had made many friends. Most of them were Villagers. Some of them were other Nukenin, in situations like his own. Temporary banishment. Others where runaways. Like Itachi Uchiha, who surprisingly was not evil.
-Flashback-
"Ok Naruto, Now we are going to practice some more Taijutsu. Ok, kit, I want you to make 500 Kage Bushins. Make 100 of them go through the stances I taught you. 100 doing the normal morning exercises. 200 of them sparing with each other, and the last 100 scouting." said Kyuubi.
"Why are we sending 100 scouting? That is a lot. Wouldn't it be better for them to do something like chakra control?" Asked Naruto.
No kit, we are not the only ones in this forest. Can't you feel it? That faint chakra signature. It is a ninja. A strong one." Kyuubi replied.
Naruto stoped and realised that he was right. So he did what the Kyuubi had commanded him to do. After about an hour the chakra signature game closer to where Naruto was training. Then the information from one of the clones came to him. "It is Itachi Uchiha!" Naruto gasped.
Itachi Uchiha, the famous murder of the whole Uchiha clan, with the exception of his younger brother Sasuke. The man who had become a SS rank Nukenin at the tender age of thirteen. The man was legend and he was headed straight toward Naruto! "You don't stand a chance against this Ninja yet. Avoid a fight if it is at all possible. And Naruto . . ." said Kyuubi.
"Yes?" replied Naruto.
"Try to keep a cool head." stated Kyuubi.
"I will." Naruto said, slightly annoyed that Kyuubi didn't trust him. He wasn't that bad. He could control his temper. Especially because he was scared out of his wits, though he would never admit it. One of the most infamous Nukenin was headed straight toward him, probably looking for a good fight. Naruto tried to think of what to do when he met this clan-killer, but he kept drawing a blank. So naruto just settled with throwing kunai against the tree, then picking them up and throwing them again.
Naruto's tension relief was soon interrupted by Itachi, "Let me guess, nervous as hell to meet the infamous Itachi Uchiha?" he said in a surprisingly light tone. Naruto stared, this was Itachi? He looked the part, but he sounded like anyone would expect from a eighteen year old.. First impression was that he did not seem like the killer type, never mind mass-murderer.
"Didn't expect someone like me, did you?" Itachi asked in a almost depressed tone. "You thought I was a blood thirsty freak. That I was evil though and through, but the truth is, it was the Hokages Idea. The Uchiha were going to attack the village. They were plotting against the Hokage. He told me it was either kill the Uchiha or the village was destroyed. I told him I would do it only if he let me leave my brother alive. Im not even a guy!" Itachi broke down crying.
Naruto stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to do. Until Kyuubi said "Go comfort her God dammit!" That woke Naruto up, he walked over to Itachi and put his arms around her. There they stood the clan-killer and the container of the nine tailed fox, comforting each their as they tried to get over their pasts.
"The village would probably have a heyday with this if they found out. . ." Naruto mused.
After Itachi had cried her eyes out, she looked up at Naruto and kissed him on the cheek. Naruto blushed. "Thank you for listening. I don't know what happened usually I have very good self control." said Itachi, who still had the sniffles from her little outburst.
"It is ok, everyone needs a friend. I was just in the right place at the right time, and I am very glad I was. I would be extremely pleased if you would join me for some lunch. So, Itachi, would you like some ramen, I also have some dango, pocky, and tea?" offered Naruto.
"Oh, yes please! I love ramen! And from the rumours I hear you like it too." Itachi stated.
"My favourite food. So Itachi what have you been up to? During the last five years of course." Naruto asked, while putting some water on the fire he had just started, and leaving it to boil.
"Nothing much, collecting bounties for other missing-nin, it is a lot easier than this bandit hunter thing" Itachi informed Naruto.
-End Flashback-
Itachi and Naruto had become good friends, and Itachi showed Naruto the ins and outs of being a Nukenin. To Kyuubi and Naruto's surprise they had found many merchants willing to sell to Nukenin, and even some who's main costumers were Nukenin. The thing that naruto thought the most useful over the years, was the bingo book. It allowed him to Identify any Nukenin he came across, telling him how powerful they were, what Jutsu they knew. It was a very convenient tool.
But soon Itachi left the Land of waves, soon after that the place was flooded with bandits. Naruto thought this was very unusual so he started to question the bandits at first he couldn't get a word out of them. As his interrogation skills grew so did the replies. More and more of these bandits were coming to say the same thing.
-Flashback-
"Are you telling me the truth? Because if you aren't. . ." Naruto smiled a wicked smile. He and his prey were sitting in the middle of a camp of unconscious bandits, but that wasn't what he thought. Naruto had placed an interesting Genjutsu on him, one of the ones Itachi had taught him. This man had 'seen' all of his fellow bandits killed in merciless ways.
The man flinched, but he was quick to respond. "No! I would not lie! It is the truth! I swear! Please let me live! I was following Gato's orders! I was to scout out the Land of Waves for him. So he could takeover! That is all he told me!"
Naruto trusted him, not because he looked or seemed trustworthy, but chances are after the Genjutsu he saw he would not dare lie. So Naruto said "Once you get back to Gato you better tell him to leave the land of waves alone. It is my territory and if he touches it, he will die," Naruto ended with a fierce voice. The man whimpered.
Then Naruto hit him on the head, knocking him unconscious then started gathering the bandits stealing their money and putting them on the Anbu scouting path.
-End Flashback-
This troubled Naruto, who was Gato and why was he scouting the Land of Waves? Why did he keep sending scouts, bandits no less. So Naruto went into town and did his research. The town was use to him by then. They also knew that he was the one keeping the town safe from the bandits, due to some kidnapping incidents. So Naruto found out that Gato was starting to become a powerful businessman and owned a boating company. "That makes cense," Naruto thought, 'this would be a perfect spot for a boating company.".
While they were still in town the Kyuubi decided it was time to get started on some Ninjutsu. Since they had only worked on Taijutsu, KenJutsu, and FuuinJutsu so far, mostly KenJutsu tho. So he told Naruto "Kit, ask the merchants to sell you a chakra tester. It is a special elemental detecting paper is used to determine ones type. When the ninja imbues the paper with a portion of their chakra, the paper will alter to reveal one's type. Fire it will burn. Water it will get wet. Earth it will turn to dust. Lightning it will crumple. Wind it will cut in half. This will tell me what kind of Jutsu to teach you. Kit, don't to this in front of the merchant, wait till you are in the trees." the Kyuubi said in a boring teachers tone.
Naruto did as the Kyuubi said and once they were though the trees, Naruto channelled some chakra into it. It split in half. "Well Kit it seems you have th..." the Kyuubi trailed off as the piece of paper split again, intersecting with the first in the centre of the paper. The three pieces Naruto was not holding at the time, surprisingly did not fall, but floated there. As if the paper wasn't torn. Suddenly the for pieces did something nobody would expect one turned to dust, falling down. The others became soggy and starting falling to the ground, crumpling up. The final piece in Naruto's hand caught on fire, Naruto dropped the last piece of paper. There stood Naruto for a second, then he shouted in his head "Kyuubi! You did not tell me this would happen, what are you trying to pull!" there was no reply "Kyuubi??".
"Naruto, you have all five elemental chakra types. . ." the Kyuubi said in shock.
"Ya? So . . . ?" asked a confused Naruto.
"You can use almost every Jutsu! Man this is going to be a pain, he I was going to teach you thinking. He is going to have one chakra type, piece of cake." said Kyuubi exasperated.
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Two years had past since Naruto had been banished from Konoha and Kyuubi was getting tired of teaching Naruto Jutsu. The boy seemed like he could learn any jutsu overnight, and most of them he did.
"This is getting exasperating. Hehehe! Naruto Isn't today your birthday?
Naruto thought for a moment. He had not been tracking really. He had never really liked his birthday. "Yes, I think it is. Why? What are you planning Kyuubi?" Naruto asked very confused and exited, tho he did not know why.
"I'm going to give you a bloodline. So I don't have to teach you anymore Jutsu myself." the Kyuubi said.
"Lazy bones" Naruto said jokingly. This was going to be his first Birthday present, EVER! He was so happy. "Thank you Kyuubi!" he said almost to the point of tears.
"This is not going to be anything like the Sharingan. No this will be better. You will be immune to all Bloodlines used against you. Oh! And you will be able to copy bloodlines. I'll give you the Byakugan so you can see how to activate the other bloodlines. . ." Kyuubi said. "And I'll give it to you on three conditions. One you kill Madara Uchiha, You have to become a Hanyo or a half demon. Finally you cant become stuck up like the Hyuga clan or Uchiha clan." the Kyuubi ended with a chuckle.
"Ok I got the stuck up thing, and kill Madara, but did you say become a Hanyo??" asked Naruto in disbelief.
"Yes, you will get four and a half tails. Since I have nine, it would be good to get rid of some of the extra chakra in the cage. It is getting stuffy in here." the Kyuubi sounded relieved at the thought of getting some of the excess out of the cage.
This was to good to pass up! What would did he have to loose. "Yes, I'll do it. I have one question tho." Naruto asked. "Will it hurt?"
"Like hell" the Kyuubi stated. "It will take about three days. At the end you will have a lot more chakra, four retractable tails, you will also be a lot faster and advanced senses. Once you are a Hanyo I will give you your bloodline. It will hurt, but not nearly as bad as the transformation. It is time to get back to camp we will start right away."
Naruto turned around heading back to his camp, trying to digest this load of information. Thankfully, use of Kage Bushin made your thought possessing a lot faster due to many overloads of information. So it did not take long, He was soon back to his camp. When he got their the Kyuubi said "Get something to eat then lay down, and I will try to put you to sleep so you will feel less pain". Naruto did as Kyuubi asked.
Naruto was asleep, he knew he was asleep. He started to dream a horrible nightmare of his fifth birthday.
(Attempt at Torture scene/Flashback)
Naruto was tied to a chair. He was surrounded by many Anbu and Shinobi, none of them wore masks. They all hoped that their faces would be permanently engraved in the boys mind, give him nightmares for the rest of his life and they did.
One of the Anbu was over in the corner by a fire place. He picked up the hot iron, that had been made especially for him. The metal was formed to make the word 'Demon'. The man walked toward him smiling sadistically. As he walked forward the Shinobi striped him ripping his clothes off, showing all the scars from previous birthdays. By the time they were done, the man with the iron was right in front of him. Pressing into Naruto's chest with the iron, Naruto let out a groan as his skin started to bleed and swell. Not satisfied with the reaction the man holding the iron pressed it in farther. The iron embedded itself into Naruto's skin as the man pushed it in deeper and deeper, blood started to squirt out of the edges. The Kyuubi started to heal the boy and a bit of skin began to form around the iron. The man smiled as a ugly peeling sound was heard as he yanked the iron out of his chest. It left an inch thick indent in his skin, it immediately started bleeding. Blood started bubbling in the wound as the Villagers started dumping poisons on him hoping that one or a combination of some would kill him. After they all dumped the poisons on him they began cutting his skin so that the poison had more places to enter from. Naruto could no longer move because of all the poison in his system. Then another man walked up as the rest backed off, he took Naruto's arm, ripping it from the ropes that chained it to the chair and started twisting it. Soon there was a loud popping sound as Naruto's elbow disconnected. Naruto screamed as the man dropped the arm. As the arm hung down from the chair, the bottom half of his arm was swinging back and forth in a sickly pendulum fashion. The man then took his other arm, leaving it tied in, and signalled for a sharp object. A man handed him a kitchen knife. He took the kitchen knife and chopped off one of Naruto's fingers. Leaving it in place so once the Kyuubi had finished healing it he could chop it off again. The man then took the knife and stabbed it into Naruto's leg, twisting it and ripping it out only to plunge it back in again. Then he suddenly took the knife and chopped all of Naruto's fingers off. Naruto screamed as the blood squirted all over the crowd fo shinobi watching. Some cheered and tried to get closer, while others yelled in disgust letting the others move forward. Once the blood had stoped flowing, there was no holding anyone back now they all moved forward Stabbing, cutting, ripping burning, and poisoning.
This was not even Naruto's worst birthday. Naruto relived all of his birthdays horrors as he was asleep, refreshing the memories of his torturous times in Konoha.
(End of Attempted Torture scene/Flashback)
Naruto awoke after what seemed like years of excruciating pain and torment. He opened his eyes, and at first he could not see anything. He started to panic, until the Kyuubi said "It's ok, it will just take your eyes a minute to get used to having a bloodline". Naruto was so relieved to here a voice that was not there to kill him that he burst out crying.
"Oh kit!" the she said. "Come in here" Naruto did as she said. Once they were inside the sewers she motioned him to come in the cage. He walked toward her wiping the tears away from his eyes only for them to be renewed. She grabbed him and gave him a long comforting hug. Using her tail to stroke his head while talking to him "sh. . . sh. . . it is ok. I am here. . . the bad villagers are gone. I won't let them hurt you ever again. I promise.". Once he had stopped crying, he hiccuped, and the Kyuubi said in a loving voice. "You ok?". When he nodded she said "ok how bout you go outside and check out you new eyes. I think you should look in the mirror." she said in a proud voice.
Naruto got up from the bed, and searched his backpack until he found a mirror. He looked in the mirror. His eyes were now a like the Kyuubi's but they were gray with a black slit running down the middle. They were like calm dark deep pools of water, ready to change at a moments notice. His hair had changed to a fire like red with yellow and orange streaks running through it. It almost looked like his hair was on fire.
Naruto was surprised by his new look, he soon heard shuffling outside of his little tent. Soon a woman came in with a bucket of water. She looked at him for a second, then meekly said "Oh, Your awake. Do you want me to leave?"
"Who is this?" Naruto asked Kyuubi.
"I don't know, but she has been here the whole time you have been out." said the Kyuubi. "You should thank her for trying to help you, im guessing she thought you had a fever."
"No it is ok if you stay. Who are you?" asked Naruto.
"Oh I am Haku, servant of one of the Seven Swordsmen and the Demon of the Mist. We found you here. . . and my master was curious. He said you were going through a transformation of some kind. He wanted to see what you would become, he says you are powerful." she said light shining in her eyes when ever she mentioned Zabuza.
"So, you work for Zabuza eh? Sweet, anyway we should not keep him waiting. After all he has been waiting for about three days right?" he said smiling. He wanted to try out his new Hanyou powers. Zabuza seemed like a good place to start. He stood up, and Haku gasped. "Shoot the tails! Oh well. So much for the element of surprise." he walked out of the tent waving his tails a little, testing them out. It was amazing he had full control of them, like he had them all his life.
"Well, well, well, a fiery black eyed fox demon eh?" he chuckled. "Look kid I don't have much time just follow me. You can just leave your stuff here. You better hurry or we will be late."
"Hanyou actually." he corrected, Zabuza blinked. "And where might we be going?" asked Naruto following one of the Legendary Seven swordsmen.
"The tryouts," was all he would say. Naruto was shocked. Tryouts, for what? Naruto retracted his tail. Even if Zabuza and Haku knew, that did not mean the whole world had to.
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They soon arrived at what looked like a training ground. A guy with a funny little crocked smile said "Zabuza, you made it. I thought you wouldn't show. And who is this guy? A little young don't you think? Oh well. You!" Naruto looked at the man. He was rather big. Naruto noticed that the man had lost a hand. He also had a dragon tattoo on his arm, the tattoo seemed to shine and move, but he knew that must be a trick of the light. He pointed to Naruto with his good arm and then pointed to the line of Nukenin. "Get with the rest! Hello, you have all been chosen to come to the tryouts for the Seven Legendary Swordsmen. As many of you may know we recently lost two of our members in a horrible shipwreck. Now we will put you through a series of tests, the two last eliminated, one way or the other, will become one of the Seven Legendary Swordsmen. We will begin shortly. Good luck, you will need it" and the man left.
A man walked in and placed a Genjutsu on the group of Nukenin. Naruto stood there. "What happened it this the Genjutsu? Weird nothing changed?" naruto said to Kyuubi.
She laughed. "Genjutsu usually doesn't work on Hanyou. It would have to be a very strong Genjutsu to affect you, and an extremely strong Genjutsu to actually ensnare you. You should go talk to the man placing the Genjutsu, tell him it doesn't work on you. Tell him it is because of your Bloodline. They should believe that." she said
"Excuse me. Is the Genjutsu important? Because genjutsu doesn't work on me. . . so ya. It is because of my bloodline." said Naruto.
"Ok, follow me." He said in a husky voice. They walked into a cave and down some stairs, turning at many hallways, until they found a door. They entered the room. There were three doors, the one they had just come though and two on the other side of the room across from each other.
"Did he escape from that Genjutsu already? I wasn't expecting anyone to break out so soon. This is very interesting." the man from before said.
"No sir, he says Genjutsu doesn't work on him, cause of his bloodline sir." the man with the husky voice said.
"Very unusual, hold still for a moment? Thank you." The man smiled cast his own Genjutsu. "Can you hear me? If you can raise you right hand." Naruto raised his right hand and flipped him the bird. "rebellious too, you are the one Zabuza brought right? I think im starting to like you kid." soon after he said that another person joined the them in the room. Naruto stared.
"Itachi?! Is that you?" they looked at each other, and broke out smiling." They both rushed toward each other and hugged.
"Naruto, I didn't recognize you! What happened to your hair, Oh and your eyes! They make you look hardcore sexy!" she said making Naruto blush.
"Should I leave you to alone?" the man laughed and said "By the way, my name is Rand".
"Hello Rand" they both said in unison and Itachi giggled. Naruto and itachi waited for a couple more minutes until some more Nukenin came into the room.
"Send the others away" Rand said after a while. "Ok you all made it passed the first test. Line up in front of that door, each person will entre once the Light turns green. Have Fun!" he said walking though a door opposite from the one they were to go through.
Since Naruto was the first to pass the first test, he was to go first. Once he opened the door, he saw a chair. "Sit in the chair" said a voice form the intercom. He did as the voice ordered. A man quickly came running in, handcuffed him and put a chain around his ankle. The chain was connected to a boulder. The voice spoke again saying "Find a way out after the buzzer sounds. Press the red button on the boulder if you wish to yield. Take note that if you yield you will have lost the competition". There was an uncomfortable scratching sound as the intercom was turned off. The buzzer sounded. Suddenly the room was flooded with water. Naruto decided to try out his tails. Retracting two of his tails he broke the handcuffs, and the chain for the boulder. He then swam to the sealing and blasted a small hole. Once out of the chamber he looked around and saw Rand.
"Im guessing I pass?" Naruto said.
"Five seconds, very impressive. Yes you pass." said Rand. He was obviously interested with Naruto.
He was soon lead to the next room. The rest of the tests went like this one, Itachi and Naruto were always the first to finish or the ones who had the best scores. Overall Naruto thought that the tests were very easy, almost boring. So that was how Itachi and Naruto became members of the Seven Swordsmen. Overall, completely uninteresting.
"Ok, now that you are members of the seven swordsmen, You need some swords. This is what you are going to do. You are going to walk into our room of materials and choose the materials that, well. . . 'call' to you. It seems strange now, but you will understand soon. Then you will forge your swords, just do what seems right." said Rand as he led them down another series of hallways. Suddenly he stoped by a big metal door. He opened it and smiled to them "Have fun"
As he walked into the room with Itachi, he noticed that he had not seen one emotion on Rand's face except a fake smile. That and he always over emphasised his words. Naruto wondered if he actually had any emotions.
He looked around the room. He felt like he was being pulled in several different directions. There were parts every where. Chunks of metal, handles, a forge, some sharpening equipment. Everything that you could ever need to make a sword. He walked toward the strongest pull and picked up a couple a big blue gem. He ward the next strongest, picked up some different kinds of metals. The most interesting thing was the funny shining metal. He picked up a couple moulds. Then headed over to the forge. In one of the moulds he mixed the melted the blue gem and shining metal together. He then pulled a hair out of one of his tails then retracted them again. He placed the hair into the mixture. For a moment it glowed, then it disappeared into the mixture. He used an very small Suiton: Suiryu-dan no Jutsu to cool the strange new gem. Once he had cooled the gem he began to work on the blade.
(Water Release: Water Dragon Projectile Technique)
Once Naruto had finished his blade he really looked at it. It was beautiful, The blade was an icy silver. It was shaped almost like a crescent moon and was as tall and wide as him, tho it was surprisingly light. The strange gem was on the end of the handle. Naruto picked up his sword, the gem seemed to change colour in accordance with his mood.
Naruto walked out of the room, to show off his new sword, but everyone was gathered around Itachi. "That is the smallest sword in the history of the Seven Swordsmen." "It is tiny" "Well, there has never been a girl in the Seven SwordsMEN " came from the crowd of five members around Itachi.
Naruto looked through the crowd to see a normal sized sword. It was a long double edged blade, it was straight with no curves, It had a Red blade and a silver handle. Looking at his own Sword and the swords on the backs of the five men. It probably was the smallest. "I am very proud of my blade, thank you very much!" shouted the stubborn girl.
The men left it alone at that and moved over to Naruto. "Nice blade" rand said "curved blades are always the hardest to wield. You have great potential." Naruto smiled. He had not had many compliments in his life, so he savoured every one he got.
"So are there any rules? Or guidelines to being a member of the Seven Swordsmen?" asked Naruto.
"Yes, two. Number one, don't ever look like a sissy. You must always look like a bad ass. We don't want to ruin our reputation. Number two. Don't die or be defeated. That is about it." Rand once again let out a fake smile.
"Well ok, can we leave now?" asked Itachi.
"Yes you can, but first we need a little bit of you blood. All we are going to do with it is put it on a special sealing scroll, so we all know if you die. And you know if one of us dies." he said holding out two little slides. Naruto and Itachi bit their fingers and wiped a bit of blood on the slide. "That is all we need you can go now." Rand said turning around and going down another set of stairs, to go deposit the blood. All the others left. Naruto and Itachi looked at each other and smiled. Working their way out of the Labyrinth of tunnels.
After getting lost a couple times Naruto and Itachi finally found their way out. "This is where we go our separate ways." said Naruto gloomily. He liked Itachi, maybe even more than like.
"Naruto isn't this you last year of being a Nukenin?" Itachi asked. She didn't want him to go back to Konoha.
"Yes, it is." Naruto said. This made things worse. He would not be able to see Itachi in Konoha. What could he do. He could stay a Nukenin. Then it hit him "You could come with me!"
"I'm a wanted SS rank Nukenin. I'm sure Konoha will welcome me back with open arms." Itachi said sarcastically. Well, so much for Naruto being a genius. "guess you can't have everything." thought Itachi.
"No, Itachi listen to me! They are looking for a GUY serial killer. Not a female. We could give you a new profile. You could be Sasuke's stepbrother. Same father different mother. Raised by your mother until she died. Now you want to become a ninja! Just like your father was. It is the perfect story, and the council will do almost anything to get another Uchiha in Konoha. They would never even question it!" Naruto exclaimed.
Itachi thought for a moment. It was believable. His father was always a two timer. Naruto was right nobody would question it. "This just might work" she thought.
Over the next year, Itachi and Naruto worked on the story and faked her death and ditched her headband that marked her a missing nin. She would start over and her new name would be Ichiha Uchiha. They worked on her story as they went around capturing bandits and getting the rewards for killing other Nukenin. They were soon Nicknamed "The Black Eyed Demon" and "The Weasel" which pissed off Ichiha to no end. "It seems like I'll never be able to escape that name!" Ichiha thought in frustration. Naruto just thought it was funny.
The end of the third year approached seemingly more rapidly than the firs two. They were going back to Konoha. They couldn't wait to see how their friends and enemies had grown, and to show off how much they, themselves had grown.
"It seems like it has all gone by so fast. It is finally here." Naruto said grasping Ichiha's hand. "Are you ready?" he asked her.
"As ready as I will ever be." she stated, her hand shaking a little bit.
And with that they walked through the gates of Konoha.
AN: I know it took a while to update, but my roommate decided to load our system with viruses. So cogeco cut us off, So I couldn't get on the internet. SRRY!