Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Warnings: Violence , Gore and Lemons(Much Later)

Credits: If I may have used some Ideas that are not my own, I apologize. Some of the Jutsu's were taken from The Legend Of Kyuubi's Profile page so credit goes to him

Chapter 4

It took Naruto a full month to get the three Jutsus chosen by him down. After being able to do the Jutsus competently, he would make some extra clones and then they would practice doing the Jutsu. Since the clones would use up the Chakra available to them in a short while, mostly after performing the Jutsu twice or in some cases thrice, he needed to repeatedly make new clones. This further helped him in increasing his Chakra reserves. His reserves were now around Mid-ANBU level with High-Genin control. He had gotten more fluid with his Taijutsu style and was now able to fight against three clones at a time. His spars now also included Ninjutsu as the clones would sometimes do them to catch him off-guard. Naruto was happy that he had completed his Taijutsu training before they started instructing them at the academy, as learning two styles at once was not recommended. He had decided that he would follow the Academy Taijutsu style during practices and would keep his primary style to himself. Naruto had noticed that the Academy teachers would not teach him correct stances, the teachers for Taijutsu were Naruto's previous teachers and always seemed to hate him with a passion. This didn't hinder him as Mei would teach him the correct stances when they got together to train. Naruto estimated that he would need another month to Level up his Resistance Seal as he was not back up to his usual speed with it yet. For strength training, Naruto had begun carrying heavy loads while doing his exercises. He would need to buy weights as soon as he could. He had started on the Water Walking exercise, and it had taken him two days to do it. He was now using his clones to practice it further.

He had continued on his swimming exercises and was now as good as Mei was. She had pouted cutely the first time he had beaten her in their many races. He had incorporated swimming in his own training exercise and would often use it to wind down after his rigorous physical training regimen.

Naruto was feeling the need to test his abilities against someone. Training all the time was all well and good but he needed to see how far he had come. True strength only comes out in the heat of battle. Although Mei was strong for their age, she was not anywhere near his level. He wasn't being arrogant in his abilities, just brutally honest. He would spar with Kyuubi, but he couldn't get hurt or hurt someone inside his mindscape. This was very good for learning but not for training and battle simulation. Kyuubi estimated him at Mid-Chunin with all his seals off. He was currently going towards the academy running on the roof tops at a slow pace. He had an uneasy feeling ever since he woke up this morning. He would glance around warily as if he was searching for soon as he reached however, an ANBU stepped in front of him and handed him a scroll before using Sunshin to get away. Naruto read the scroll that was apparently meant for him.

Naruto-kun,

Meet me at the tower after you're done for the day.

Hizuren Sarutobi, Sandaime Hokage.

Naruto wondered what it was about. Normally he would just come meet him at his house. Shrugging Naruto went to his class. He spotted Mei and raising a hand in greeting walked towards her.

They were surprised that day when Iruka-sensei said that they would be having a class evaluation today. The class evaluation consisted of two parts a written exam and the physical. Since they had been taught the basic form of Taijutsu spars were organized as a method to determine scores. Naruto breezed through the written test, he was reading much more complex materials than, 'What was the Nidaime Hokage's name?'

The class was then escorted outside to the training grounds. They were paired up according to their names and Naruto was stuck with a random civilian student. Naruto sighed, it seems that he couldn't catch a break.

Nevertheless he was carefully observing the fights were taking place. The Uchiha twins were placed together, no surprise, they had the same last name. But as he was observing the match he narrowed his eyes. Sasuke was unnecessarily beating her up.

"Is that all you can do Sakiko?" Sasuke sneered.

Sakiko just glared at him. She got into her fighting stance shakily but didn't have time to react as Sasuke was immediately on the offensive. He ducked under her clumsy punch and slammed his hand into her stomach causing her to wheeze, quickly spun around and kicked her in the back sending her flying from the ring.

"Tch. . . useless, you are not worthy of carrying the Uchiha name. You should just quit being a Ninja before you further shame the name of the Uchiha Clan. You who cannot gain the true strength of the Uchiha is no sister of mine." saying that, he walked away from her. Naruto saw her trying to get up. No one moved to help her, Naruto was surprised by this fact, how come the children treated two siblings from the same clan so differently.

Naruto was faced with an internal conflict. Either to help Sakiko or to go bat shit crazy on the arrogant bastard's ass. Sighing he calmed himself down and moved to help her up.

"Hey, can you stand?" Naruto asked.

Sakiko was breathing erratically, her breaths coming in short gasps. Naruto knelt down to her level and picked her up, placing her on his back.

"Wh. . . What are . . . you do. . . doing? Put . . . me do. . . down" she was having a hard time talking.

"You need to go to the Hospital, I'm just taking you there." Naruto replied.

"I ca. . . can walk . . . th. . . there my. . . myself" Sakiko stated.

"Sure you can . . ." Naruto said as he tilted his head to the side to look at her.

Sakiko was startled by the maturity and confidence that shone in his eyes. One look at them and she was sure that he would take her to the Hospital, whether she wanted to or not. Resigning herself to her fate, she just rested her head on his shoulder and was lulled into unconsciousness by his steady running.

"Hmm it's not so bad . . . maybe he will agree to be my friend . . ." she thought.

Naruto felt her head droop over his shoulder slightly, and increased his speed. Using Henge he entered the Ninja Hospital and asked for the nurse to help Sakiko. The nurse asked him to follow her and told him to tell her everything that he knew about her injuries. Naruto was very specific in his observations and told the nurse exactly what he had seen. If the nurse was surprised by his professionalism, she hid it well.

'I swear these Ninjas get younger each day . . .' she thought shaking her head.

Sakiko was promptly healed and the doctor told Naruto that she would be as good s new tomorrow. Naruto thanked the doctor, left a note for Sakiko and left the Hospital as soon as possible. In his opinion, the less time he spent there the better.

He then jumped up to the roofs and started heading to the academy. As he arrived, he saw that the class had finished the physical exam. He sighed, another fail for him.

The teacher didn't allow him to enter the class, Naruto didn't argue with him on this. He just nodded shortly and left whit a quick glance at Mei. Mei nodded back at him and smiled.

'Might as well see what Ojii-san wanted to see me about.'

Naruto reached the Hokage tower and walked up the stairs. He sat down in the waiting room waiting for the Hokage to call him inside. He could hear a lot of shouting going on behind the closed doors, and Naruto wondered what was going on. Suddenly the floor shook and the doors were rattled with the force of whatever had shaken the floor.

"Come in Naruto-kun." Naruto heard the voice of the Hokage call him.

Naruto got up nervously and walked towards the doors. As soon as he entered the office he noticed that there were two other occupants in the room besides the Hokage. The older of the two women was blonde haired, which was a couple of shades darker than his. She had a violet rhombus on her forehead. She had brown eyes that were looking at him with something Naruto recognized as sadness. Her blonde hair was tied into two loose ponytails using purple bands; the same colour as the seal on her forehead. Except for her bangs, which were parted in the middle and fall down the sides of her face. She was wearing a grass-green robe with the kanji for gamble written in black on the back, inside a red circle. Underneath she was wearing a grey, kimono-style blouse with no sleeves, held closed by a broad, dark bluish-grey obi that matches her pants. She was also wearing open-toed sandals with low heels and polish on both her fingernails and toenails. Naruto had only taken a few seconds to make this observation and glanced over at the younger woman. She had shoulder length black hair with bangs and dark eyes. She was wearing a long bluish-black kimono with white trimmings, held closed by a white obi, and open-toed sandals with low heels. She was also holding a pig that was dressed in red velvet and had a pearl necklace around its neck in her arms.

Naruto stepped towards the Hokage and immediately noticed what had made the floor shake earlier; the Hokage's desk was suspiciously absent from its usual place and was instead resting on the far side of the wall broken in at least three distinct pieces.

"Yes, Naruto-kun, please sit down, there is something that I think you need to know. This here is Senju Tsunade and her apprentice Shizune.

Naruto nodded slightly at them and turned confused eyes towards the Hokage.

Sarutobi sighed looked directly at Naruto and said, "Naruto-kun Tsunade is you Godmother."

Naruto was frozen in place. He didn't know what to think, how to react. He just stared blankly at the Hokage with unseeing eyes. He got up bowed politely and just left the office, stating that he needed to be alone for a while.

"Well this could have gone better. . ." Sarutobi stated staring at the door.

"You think so?" Tsunade snarled sarcastically, spun around and slammed the doors on her way out. The Hokage was sure that he would need to replace the door later.

With Tsunade

Tsunade was trying really hard not to break down the damn Hokage tower. She little respect that she had for the position of Hokage was lost with her sensei's act of betrayal. She had arrived at Konoha late last night, tore her way into Sarutobi's room and yank his head up in the air.

She had calmed down later and demanded to know everything that he knew about her Godson. Sarutobi had told her everything that he knew about Naruto's situation. Tsunade had come close to killing him at some points in the story and had looked down, hiding her eyes at some. Shizune was sobbing openly at the cruelty of Naruto's life. After Sarutobi had finished his tale, Tsunade had immediately gone towards Naruto's apartment; Shizune had caught up with her and told her to observe him first for a day. So they had spent the day observing him. She had to use her utmost skills to remain hidden from him, the first time she had been spotted as soon as she had entered his field of mental vision; the area around a person that he is completely aware of. Naruto had a field of awareness of about 10 meters as far as she could tell, any closer and he would begin to get restless. She was feeling very proud of her Godson when she saw that he had helped out a girl in his class, when no one else would. She had been confused at first seeing him use Henge to enter the hospital, but understood it afterwards. Her temper had reached its breaking point when she saw that the teacher had thrown him out of the class. She had immediately gone to the Hokage and began threatening him with death if he would stop her from taking him away from Konoha.

She had been nervous of his reaction when he would find out about her being his Godmother. She had seen that he didn't interact much with others his own age and only seemed to talk with a pretty girl that was always with him. She had been surprised when he had first met her, he had seemed to be evaluating her, as if he was going to fight her. She watched as he seemed to close-off him emotions and walked away from the office. She had contemplated following him but held back giving him time to sort out his own feelings. Her talking to him might just antagonize him towards her.

With Naruto

Naruto didn't know how to feel at the moment. He had placed his absolute trust in his Oji. . . no Hokage-sama. It would take a long time for him to trust him again if ever. He wasn't sure about his Godmother, granted it was not her fault for abandoning him, but she should have tried harder. He would deal with her later, he was too worked up to think clearly. He decided to go towards his and Mei's training field, the one with the lake. He took a few deep breaths and began running laps around the lake.

Mei arrived after some time and immediately noticed that something was bothering her friend. He was distracted and was leaving openings in his style that she knew he wouldn't make usually. She signalled for him to stop walked over to a tree stump and sat down beside it, she patted the ground next to her. Naruto hesitated for a few seconds and then sat down beside her.

"What's bothering you Naruto?"

"It's nothing." Naruto replied immediately.

"You need to talk about it Naruto. I'm your friend aren't I? Please tell me what's bothering you."

Naruto just looked at her and then told her everything that had happened after he had entered the Hokage tower.

"Well in my opinion, you should give your Godmother a chance Naruto. She is someone that your parents trusted enough that they wouldn't mind raising you if something happened to them."

"But I can't just accept her into my life Mei-chan. You know how I don't trust anyone, they always hurt you afterwards."

Naruto felt completely betrayed by the Hokage.

"I'm going to head home now Mei-chan, see you tomorrow." Naruto tried smiling but it came out as a grimace.

Mei watched sadly as Naruto walked away and prayed that everything would work out for him.

As Naruto reached his apartment, he saw that Tsunade as well as Shizune was standing there waiting for him. Naruto glanced at Tsunade and was surprised to see that her eyes were slightly misty.

Naruto sighed. He really couldn't place the blame on her, he realized that, but a childish part of him just couldn't let the grudge go. Unless. . .

"Come inside, Tsunade-san."

Tsunade nodded and they entered the apartment. Tsunade was surprised when he led her to his training ground. She looked at Shizune hoping that she could tell her what's going on, but she seemed to be as lost as she was.

"Naruto I'm reall. . ." Tsunade started.

"We'll talk later Tsunade-san. Right now I have a request to make."

"What do you need Naruto?"

"Please fight me."

"What? Why?"

"I need to know something. After that I promise that we will talk."

Naruto saw Tsunade hesitate for a moment before she shook her head resignedly and got into a loose fighting stance.

Naruto shot at her directly; Tsunade had expected that and had brought her arm in a block to counter his punch.

'Hmm . . . he doesn't look it but the brats strong.'

This continued for some time. Naruto realized that he would be getting nowhere with his seals on. His Godmother seemed like she hadn't let her skill slip, being away from Ninja life for these many years.

Naruto backed away from her and back flipped some distance away. Tsunade just waited for him to make his next move.

Naruto brought his hands together in the Ram seal and whispered "Kai (Release)" twice in quick succession. Nothing seemed to happen for a while, but then his Chakra flared powerfully before he brought it back under his control.

Tsunade watched in slack jawed amazement as her Godson stood there surrounded by his own chakra. Even ignoring the fact that it was visible clearly by the naked eye, it's colour was totally different from regular chakra. It was a very deep blue in colour, it would almost appear black in insufficient light. And the amount, no Academy student should have such reserves. They were at least ANBU level. Tsunade was getting worried for her Godson, after all he was barely 9 and as such his body shouldn't be developed enough to handle such amounts of chakra.

"Naruto stop this at once, your body will not be able to handle such power." Tsunade said hoping that he would stop immediately so that she could check on him. Who knows how long he had been practicing in the same manner.

"Don't worry Tsunade-san, I am more than capable of handling my own power." Naruto resumed the stance for his original Taijutsu Style, the Shadow Fist.

Naruto charged at her again.

'The brat might be powerful, but he has a one track mind. He needs to mix things up if he will ever win his battles' Tsunade thought and again brought her hands up to block his strike. Just as it was going to connect, he vanished from her sights.

'Wha. . .'

Tsunade had almost no time to block Naruto who was at her side in mid motion for a punch. She blocked his strike, but slid a few steps back from the sheer power of the strike.

'God damn . . . the brat's punches are nothing to scoff at.'

Tsunade immediately channelled Chakra into her muscles to help take blows, and reduce their effectiveness.

They clashed with each other for approximately 5 minutes and Tsunade realized that she was finding it increasingly difficult to remain of the defensive. Naruto suddenly appeared beside her, right in her blind spot and she reacted reflexively, she shot her hand forward catching Naruto in the chest and sending him sprawling backwards.

"Oh no. . ." Tsunade muttered and shot forward to check him.

She stopped short however, when he shakily got up on his feet. His eyes were covered by his hair and he seemed that he had passed out. Suddenly Chakra exploded outwards from him; this chakra was definitely Black in colour, weaker than before but still enough. He lifted his face and looked directly at her.

He then began going through handsigns and called out Fūton: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough). A concentrated blast of air headed towards Tsunade. She was so shocked that she didn't have time to put up her guard and was blasted back approximately 20 meters.

"I need to finish this fight fast." Tsunade muttered to herself. She then engaged him in Taijutsu and using her advanced control sent a few bursts of Lightning Chakra into him. It would render him unable to move.

Naruto slumped bonelessly to the ground and gazed up at her when she walked up to him. He smiled slightly at her, muttered "You sure are strong Baa-chan." and promptly slumped into unconsciousness.

"Shizune, get Naruto up to the bedroom. He needs to rest."

Shizune, who wore an expression of awe and amazement on her face, just nodded mutely and picked Naruto up. She could hardly believe that an academy student had fought her Sensei and fought damn well. Heck she wondered who would win if she were to fight him.

'He looks too cute while sleeping; I can hardly believe that he was this strong.'

Tsunade followed Shizune upstairs and checked him over for some injuries. She observed that some of the small cuts and scrapes had already started healing and his muscles that were strained were starting to relax. Tsunade was amazed at the medical marvel that was taking place in front of her.

She just tucked him in and with a last glance at him from the door; she headed downstairs deciding that she would ask him what exactly happened today later.