Chapter 2 the return of the Spiral

OK. here is chapter two but if any beta readers are willing to help I am open for help and suggestions. And sorry about the way chapter one ended it was the end of class and I really needed to get it done and posted as I am entering this in my schools anime club fan fiction contest.

This chapter will foreclose on all events leading up to the start of the 'Mission to the land of Waves' ark because that is when main plot of the story truly takes off.

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Hiruzen Sarutobi was having an awkward day as he had received mail from none other than Naruto Uzumaki. It had been three years since the boy had left and on top of that the boy had left before they could figure out more of his body's new condition.

Hiruzen had his last loyal student Jiraiya keep tabs on the boy and his whereabouts but it seemed like the boy could completely vanish as if he never existed. And on top of that a strange new addition to the ninja would had burst from out of no where and was reported of doing supposedly impossible feats. Not much was known about this being the only decryption that had of it was 'Red' and 'Two faces' vague but that's all they had.

And right now a man with light brown hair with a noticeable scare protruding across his face wearing traditional chunin uniform stood in front of him. His name Iruka Umino an ex-hunter ninja now a chunin teacher at the ninja academy and one of the few who truly cared for Naruto's well being. If any information had arisen about Naruto Iruka was at Hiruzen's desk to confirm if it was true.

"Iruka it is good to see you as always to what do I owe this visit?" the elderly Kage asked taking a puff from his pipe.

"I heard that mail from Naruto had arrived!" the scared chunin stated. "Is he finally coming home?"

Hiruzen sighed as he himself did not know the answer to the question as his eyes met Iruka's. Iruka could tell by his barren expression that it was either bad news or an answer he had heard many times before. He feared the words that would leave the Hokage's mouth and yet he awaited them with a morbid eagerness.

"I am truly sorry Iruka but he has not verified that he is returning, all his letter said is he has a few thing he needs to do before he returns." The elderly Kage said sadly as he took a puff from his pipe.

"Thank you Lord Hokage that all I wished to know I must return to the students now sorry to occupy your time." The brunet chunin apologized.

"There is no need to apologize your visits bring me a little entertainment to this barren wasteland they call paperwork." Hiruzen said with a chuckle as he hated paperwork and to this day he wondered how the other late Hokage's got through it without breaking a sweat.

Iruka returned to the academy to relieve his substitute of duty. The class had started a test on chakra control theories as he sat at his desk lost in thought unaware that he was thinking out loud.

"Naruto where could you be I wish you would come back already the village just isn't the same without you." he said out loud but not loud enough for all his students to hear.

Primarily one student heard him the student in question was another person who truly cared for the boy. And yet at the same time it was a little ironic for the person in question to have these feelings for Naruto due to the clan said person belonged to. The main was they were Konohagakure no Seto's oldest clan and yet they portrayed themselves as true royalty even if it was self proclaimed.

This person in question was a young girl about eleven years old with midnight blue hair wearing a lager than her figure maroon parka like jacket. But the most noticeable feature she had were her eyes. Being more specific her eyes were a deep beautiful lavender but both her pupil and iris were absent from the lavender orbs almost like she was blind.

But that was not the case her name Hinata Hyuga next in line for clan head of the Hyuga's a clan that possessed a special genetic trait or kekkei genkai called the Byakugan which is a dojutsu type being that its rare next to others. It is special because of its ability to see the chakra flow in the body as well as a three hundred and sixty degree angle which allows them to use they're special form of taijutsu called Juken.

But most Hyuga's are cold unfeeling and trained to be merciless in order to protect the secrets of the Byakugan in which they split apart the clan into two branches the main house. But the branch house which are branded with a special seal that destroys the brain which in turn destroys the Byakugan are forced to serve the main branch as the main branch misuses the seal for selfish gain and believing that they are better than the branch kept the more powerful Juken techniques for themselves. At least that what she believed.

But Hinata was not a typical Hyuga as she was shy, timid, and not really self confident due to her overly caring nature and a traumatic experiences that befell her at the age of four one being the death of her mother while she gave birth to Hinata's younger sister Hanabi. But there was another factor as she had certain traits the other member did not which was her lovely midnight blue hair and her beautiful lavender eyes that glistened like the stars and held so much emotion. The reason why these traits are so drastic is the fact that the Hyuga's had only black hair and their Byakugan eyes were pure white and held no emotion other than pure cold unfeeling nature to which the clan was accustom to.

But her problems did not end there when she turned eight she was disowned by her own father who grew crueler and colder than other Hyuga's. Believing she was he disowned her so that her younger sister could take over as heiress to the head of the clan for her noticeable talent that at the current moment showed more promos than Hinata's. But at ten her father saw exponential growth in her training she was taken back into the clan to only have her confidence problem worsen.

Hinata was taken in by her mentor Kurenai Yuhi who saved her from receiving the branch house seal. But that point in time is when she notices Naruto. She saw what most of the other children did not which was the mistreatment by the adult populace she even witnessed a few mob beatings. He was alone and the other children they're age shunned and mistreated Naruto just from the word of their parents a loophole that the Hokage's law did not cover. But she may of not known why Naruto was hated she knew his strength of not giving up no mater what if he was hurt he'd pick himself up and move along if there was an obstacle he would overcome it. She admired his strength but that admiration soon turned into a crush and the crush became love. When she had heard Naruto had left which she personally found out was true which was also the outcome of accidental eavesdropping on Iruka and the Hokage about Naruto which the village was in a joyful uproar with a rumor that he was dead. After that Hinata constantly eavesdropped on Iruka when she saw the opportunity but she wished he would return and have the strength to confess her feelings to him.

In an unknown location a tall figure that stood at least six foot five on a barren snow covered battle field in a high mountain like terrain.

"You know it's been three years and you have had more than enough training don't you we should head back?" asked a voice that seemed to come from nowhere.

The figure chuckled at the question. "Yeah bro I think your right we'll head out now and we could probably arrive by morning." the figure replied as it walked over to a very steep cliff.

"Hey little bro you thinken what I'm thinken?" the mystery voice asked.

"YOU FRIGGIN KNOW IT!" the figured replied spiritedly.

"WHATCH OUT KONOHA CAUSE HERE WE COME JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!" yelled the voices in unison as the figure free fell from the cliff than burst forward in mid air disappearing from sight.

It was just barely noon in Konoha as one of the two chunin who were on guard duty at the village's main gate screamed to the heavens in frustration. But these chunin were not normally put on guard duty as this particular duo specialized in infiltration and espionage. But today they were doing a job that not just sucked worse that being hit on by a gay guy while seriously drunk but the fact was there hadn't been any traffic between the village and the outside world in weeks.

The chunin's names were Kotetsu and Izumo but known as the 'Dynamic Duo' by the ninja community as they were hardly ever seen without one another. Plus they were two of the laziest ninja's when work wasn't there as a motivator. They could put the Nara clan who were known to be the laziest ninja in all of Konoha to shame. And on top of that they could put away alcohol that made Tsunade one of Konoha's sannin who was known as compulsive gambler and a horrendous drunk.

Kotetsu being the one who screamed in frustration due to extreme boredom who was easily identified by the bandages worn around his face just above his nose the ended just before it reached his eyes. On top of that he looked like he never even touched a brush in his life or had stuck his finger in an electrical socket. And Izumo always wore his headband in bandanna form and just let his hair hang in his face.

On top of that they were another pair of Naruto supporters as they were there that faithful night on guard duty as genin and a few others. The hospital was a buss with utter chaos as both ninja and bystanders of the chaos fill the halls. They had been one of the few who witnessed the Yondaime Hokage drew the formula for the seal upon Naruto's stomach as he explained the actions of how the seal would contain and imprison the Kyubi. They bared no hate or ill will towards Naruto if anything understanding and pity for his burden.

Izumo looked over at his partners lazily as his eyes were completely glazed over with pure boredom. The two seconds of amusement had past by and the barren promos of a boring day loomed over head like they were sinking to the bottom of the deep end of a lake made of ennui.

"You know screaming is the first thing that will get me to hit you with this chair." Stated Izumo in a lazy tone.

"Sorry but I can't take this anymore why do we get the lamest job in the village I mean come on nothing ever happens during gate duty." Kotetsu said in a complaining manner.

"Hey you shouldn't of set off that explosive tag in the public hot springs you blew up the entire fence to the women's side." Stated Izumo making Kotetsu relive the painful memory.

"Yeah well that doesn't change the fact that this is the worst job they could of given us hell D-ranked missions are better than this!" Kotetsu replied with depression clearly present with in his voice.

But he had no clue just how wrong he was as a figure appeared at the edge of the road where vocal visibility cut off. To seeing this Kotetsu seem to perk up in spirit as promos of a little excitement seemed to grow as the figure seemed to get closer. But he had absolutely no clue that the person in question was going to bring a long since lost wave of excitement through out the entire village.

As the figure slowly grew closer to the gate said figure became more identifiable. The person in general was no older than a child at least ten years old in age as well as being a male. The bright orange trench coat flailed in the wind behind him and a sling like back pack flung over his left shoulder as he continued his march. Flames were visible as they rose up the trench coat stopping just before they reached his back. The coat had no sleeves letting the boy's arms show revealing the tattoos visible upon his upper arm. But the most noticeable feature was the triangular sunglasses that stretched over his eyes and protruded from both sides of his face. Plus there was his obnoxious yellow hair that shined like sun light.

The moment he was truly visible Kotetsu and Izumo both had the same thought in their mind 'Is that Naruto?'. They had no clue that they were completely right as the said child was six feet away from the gate.

"Hello what business do you have in Konoha today?" Izumo asked the child.

"Oh nothing just returning from a long trip." The boy said handing Izumo the a wallet like notebook.

Kotetsu was curious as well as he watched Izumo open the passport. On the inside was the Hokage's crest below a older picture of the boy but written in the name slot was none other than 'Naruto Uzumaki'.

Both men stared at the young boy dumbfounded to see that it truly was Naruto. But yet the boy had a drastic change in looks noting the glasses upon his face being bright orange that hid his eyes as the sun reflected off them. Plus it was almost unheard of to have a child with tattoos at his age.

Naruto felt a little awkward as the two older chunin stared at him. He anticipated weather they were friend or foe but he felt no ill will from them so he let it slip. But then again they're stares looked hollow so he looked around to make sure no one was behind him then looked back at the chunin.

"What do I have something on my face besides my glasses?" Naruto asked making Kotetsu and Izumo chuckle.

"No we're sorry to keep you waiting everything is in order go right on ahead." Kotetsu said returning Naruto's passport.

Naruto happily took his passport and walked through the gates he had left a vague three years ago. His first stop was none other than the Hokage's office if there was any doubt but the one thought he had on his mind was digging his teeth into a big bowl of ramen. But then again there was probably wasn't any being alive that could mach Naruto's love of ramen.

Naruto casually strolled down the streets of Konoha towards the Hokage's tower and on the way he couldn't keep the smirk off his face. The people around him stared at him with several expressions plastered on their faces. A few were from the manner in which he was dressed; some were that of déjà vu, while very few were of excessive hatred of his very being.

He did not let this bother him as he had better things to do and on top of that there was nothing the civilian populace could do to him that would faze him in the least now. He mentally chuckled at the thought of a mob coming for his head oh what fun he could have messing with their heads till Kamina put his two cents in.

'Don't you think that's a little over board yeah there brain dead idiots but the best revenge is to just live and let them baste in your glory.'

'Hey don't worry about it bro I would never actually mount a defense as for messing with their psyches that was just a fun thought.' Naruto replied to Kamina's comment.

It was not too much longer before Naruto found himself at the entrance of the Hokage's tower. Naruto quickly made his way to Hiruzen's office to see a young woman nothing too special about her sitting at a desk two yards away from the Hokage's office where a bird masked ANBU stood guard. Naruto walked over to her while adjusting his glasses that stayed glued to his face even though they had no bracers to hold them to his face.

"Hello sir may I help you today?" the woman asked sweetly.

"Yes, I wish to visit the Hokage I just returned from my travels tell him Naruto Uzumaki is here to see him." Naruto said as the woman's face went from content to pure rage and disgusted of his identity.

"That is not going to happen the Hokage would not waste his time with the likes of you now leave the building or be removed form the premises by force!" The woman said anger present in her voice her words like venom.

Naruto could only smile as this was a reaction he had received from the woman as it was one he was silently hoping for. He reached into his coat and pulled out an envelope and handed it to the woman telling her to read it. She opened it and began reading it and seconds later her blood went cold, her skin became pale, and her face expressed horror like her life and family had been threatened with death.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience just go right along ahead." She told Naruto hostility no longer present in her voice replaced by fear.

Naruto walked over to Hiruzen's office door and with no sense of control threw it open. A huge smile was planted on his face as he began to make a speech that a normal man would see as odd.

"Returning home after a three year absents with a new outlook on life he's manly, tenacious, and just damn good looking Naruto Uzumaki is back baby!" Naruto spoke in a comical speech worthy of listening to.

Hiruzen looked at where the racket came from and who he saw left his mouth agape letting his pipe fall to the floor. Not three seconds later he had burst from his desk to Naruto with speed that could put the Yondaime to shame. He rapped his arms around Naruto pulling the boy into what looked like a massive bear hug in which Naruto's face stared to turn blue.

"O…old ma…man choking not breathing." Naruto gasped out making Hiruzen let the boy go embarrassment present upon his face as Naruto instantly gasped for air.

"Terribly sorry Naruto let us go inside and catch up it has been three years since we have truly spoken to one another." Hiruzen stated grabbing the handle to his office door.

"Right you are old man we do have a lot to discuss." Naruto said walking forward into the office allowing Hiruzen to close the door.

Hiruzen walked over to his desk taking his seat allowing Naruto to take the seat in front of him. He then pulled a box of matches from the drawer in his desk and used one to relight his pipe. His eyes looked over Naruto as he truly was the boy had returned but regretted not being able to see him grow to the boy he was now. The strength Naruto had gained was clearly visible just by taking a glance at the child he was extremely proud of the boy.

"So where do we start before or after you left?" Hiruzen asked.

"That is a tough question to answer why don't you choose." Naruto told him not changing the smirk on his face.

"Well how about the events that led you to leave in the first place." Naruto's smiling facial expression grew even bigger at what at the requested conversation.

"That I can't really explain very well you would have to ask bro on that one." Naruto said intentionally confusing the elderly Kage.

"Naruto what do you mean by ask bro?" the elderly Kage asked feeling that this was about to become one odd conversation.

"Better than try to explain it I'll show you but don't flip out okay." Naruto said as he removed the golden drill that resembled a key form around his neck.

Naruto moved the right side of his coat revealing a hole in his shirt where a round key like hole sit awaiting use. Naruto did not waste any time as he placed the core drill into the drive in his chest and turned it with genuine force. This began to release a green light that burst out of his body.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had seen many things within his long life like war and general genocide but the events flashing before his eyes put everything else he had seen to shame. He watched as the light bursting from Naruto turned into a green crystal like cocoon as his body's shape began to change and grow larger. The shape grew to a height of six feet five which could tower over a lot of adults. Then with a burst of blinding light there where Naruto once stood was a completely different being all together.

This entity was no where near human in fact it didn't look like it was made out of flesh but instead it looked like it was made out of a crimson metal. On top of that or should we say lack of what's on top it had no head it had a maroon like canapé like dome that was surrounded by a black band that held two crater like holes. Though it did not have a head but it sure as hell had a face. The entire front structure of the entity composed of a giant face that had an evil yet virtuous as its bright yellow eyes shown through the giant pair of triangular sunglasses upon its face. The teeth appeared as human like till slanted fang like teeth ended the set leaving a large opening around the jaw like that of a skull.

The chin area of the face was non existent as it cut to a fauld like waist that held together with another black band with two crater like holes both in front and in back. The arms and legs that strangely protruded from the massive being fit upon it like they did on a human. But were extremely bulky for its form which was almost human like within itself. The arms were covered by armor like casing that covered the top halves of the arm. The entire upper arm had a shield like cover that bore the same symbols that Naruto's tattoos and coat bore with pride. The fore arm had a sleek covering that ended just at the wrist but had two barrel like cylinders that protruded from the covering. As well as two crater like holes that sat just before the elbow.

The bottom half of the legs were covered by a casing that branched itself over the knee in a black band like covering which connected itself to a crimson shell covering. The black band stopped just before the point where on a human foot toe's would begin to fill the shoes yet another pair of craters sat on opposite sides of the black band which had a small gold stripe that went from one to the other. The rest of the foot was covered with the crimson shell leaving that at that. But the last abnormality was the box like protrusion from its back that bore four holes each at a corner of the box.

Hiruzen stared at the being with morbid intent at the mysterious being but was also at a loss of words. He had never seen anything so bizarre in his very long life and he had almost seen it all.

"hey gramps are you just going to sit there with your mouth wide open all day or are we going to get down to business?" the crimson being asked the bewildered Kage.

"Terribly sorry but what happened to Naruto I can tell by your voice your not him."

"Of course I'm not him so open your ears and listen well embracing death he finds himself a new being arriving upon a new land he wonders helping those in need attacked he defends himself but is bound to a child by fates tragic yet marvelous design trying to repent for his sin he helps the child and together we drill through any wall or ceiling in our path I AM THE ONE THE ONLY KAMINA!"

Hiruzen didn't know whether or not to laugh at the man's antics or take what he was saying seriously. He let a small chuckle as a show of amusement and it seemed that his reaction was the right one.

"So Kamina is it from your speech you are not human are you?"

"You are both right and wrong at the same time."

"How so?"

"I was human once upon a time this form I am in was my mecha Gurren from my world my body died but I did not after that battle I became what my world knows as Spiral Power."

"Yes but how did you become this mecha I also wish to know what happened to Naruto's body?"

"Yes you shall get your answer but my story explains everything you need to know because after that I found myself watching my brother Simon carry on my legacy with our combined mecha Gurren-Lagann and in his final battle I save him from being in taped in an alternate dimension using large amounts of Spiral power he and Gurren-Lagann transcended to a cosmic level I was transported here where I became a fox and I'm sure you know what happens from there on out."

"You are the Kyubi what have you done to Naruto?" Hiruzen said as anger and fear washed over him.

"Wow ease up on the hostility I did nothing to the boy everything that happened to his body was supposed to happen he is the living essence of Gurren-Lagann in bio form I am both forcefully and gratefully along for the ride." Kamina said making Hiruzen's anger subside almost instantly.

"If what you said is true then why did you attack that night ten years ago?"

"That is where the misconception stands I wasn't the one who attacked but I did defend myself I just followed a force that told me to come this way."

"So the whole incident was big misunderstanding." Hiruzen said as his eyes made contact with the wood of his desk sorrow and regret filling his heart.

"Hey old man, don't beat yourself up about the past think about the present and how it affects the world right now1" Hiruzen's heart seemed to lighten as Kamina's words reined true but there was still something that bugged him.

"Thank you for that insight Kamina but I have one last question who has true control of Naruto's body?" Hiruzen asked utterly surprising Kamina.

"That is something I can not answer its complicated to say as we share control and we can also separate into two separate beings when in Gurren-Lagann but we also have found a way to part into two different bodies as well." Kamina said as he/Gurren slowly began to revert back to Naruto.

"Hey old man, hold on to your hat this is where things get weird!" Naruto said as he bit his thumb and let a few drops of blood hit the floor.

Naruto the pulled a storage scroll from his coat as he formed a surprising set of hand signs making the blood on the ground expand and take a new shape. Naruto then twisted the core drill in his chest letting a large burst of green energy escape and merge with the new forming shape. Naruto then used the remaining blood on his thumb and swiped it across a seal upon the scroll and with a poof of smoke a pair of cloths, a standard samurai grade katana, and a pair of mandarin orange triangular sun glasses appeared on the ground.

The convulsing form soon started taking a solid shape as a human being. But it wasn't a clone or anything Hiruzen thought it would be instead it took form of a man about eighteen with light blue hair. He was shirtless and tattoos covered the upper half of his body.

"See old man I told you that I wasn't always a fox but when your as manly as I am women seem to think otherwise." Kamina's voiced said from the new figure.

"So Naruto, Kamina tell me what just happened?" Hiruzen asked bewildered.

"Well that was a variation of the Chishio bunshin but I modified it so that Kamina gets the body for his own." Naruto said boastingly.

"Yeah, and it lasts as long as I want but when we are in trouble I can dispel this body and we can combined to make Gurren-Lagann." Kamina said as he draped his cape like cloche around his shoulders.

"So you can walk around freely to what you want tell me do you hold any hostility against the villagers?" Hiruzen asked staring into Kamina's eyes.

"I hold no ill will towards those idiots but I will defend myself if they present a threat to me or my little brother." Kanmina said as he ruffled Naruto's hair Hiruzen could tell by his actions Kamina was a man of his word.

"That is an acceptable answer Kamina but I will have to register you as a citizen tell me what is your last name?" the question confused the hell out of Kamina as he had never even thought of that before.

"Your guess is as good as mine as far as I know I don't have one." Kamina stated nervously and Hiruzen was surprised as well Naruto didn't look bothered by it as he put his two cents in.

"How about Uzumaki its my last name and Kamina is my brother so it's a perfect fit." Naruto suggested and to the surprise of Kamina and Hiruzen it was perfect.

"Very well then Kamina Uzumaki it is, now on to other matters like whether or not you wish to become a shinobi?" Hiruzen asked Kamina.

" I would like too but I need to stay close to Naruto its not that we need to stay close to each other but if Naruto is village bound I don't want to leave without him." Kamina replied as he looked at Naruto who had his signature smile plastered on his face.

"That is more than fine we have positions that will meet your needs but first we will have to evaluate your current skill status to determine what rank you would be ranked I think tomorrow morning would will be a sufficient time for you wouldn't it." Hiruzen stated waiting for a reply from Kamina.

"Sounds like a plan to me."

"Good now for it's your turn Naruto." Hiruzen said as he looked at Naruto who was spacing out. The reaction to his name was nothing more than comical.

"IT WASN'T ME!" Naruto shouted as he returned to reality. This made Hiruzen chuckle as with Naruto there truly was never a dull moment.

"Its ok Naruto you are in no trouble we just need to establish what we are going to do from here on out for you."

"Well that's a no brainer I'm going to return to the academy so I can graduate." Naruto said non-chalantly.

"Good that's what I was hoping you would want you can return tomorrow just give this note to Iruka." The elderly Kage stated as he handed a envelope to Naruto.

"Can do!"

"Now I have some bad news for you Naruto the first week after you had left a group of villagers burned down your apartment building as part of a festival in belief you were dead I do apologies for this as we will have to find you and Kamina a replacement." Hiruzen stated apologetically.

"Don't worry about it I was planning on moving out of there anyway I do not wish to live in a place that is out in the open they just saved me the trouble of rummaging through that old piece of crap apartment now I just need to find the most secluded section of the village." Naruto stated in a mature manner.

"Well the only area the civilian and quite a lot of our shinobi will dare go near is Training Ground Forty-four or as it has been named 'The Forest of Death':" Hiruzen said by accident it was a dangerous area to begin with and for a child it was a death wish.

"Perfect where can I find it?"

"Naruto hold on area Forty-four is a dangerous place the dense forest is home to many a creature that are dangerous even for a trained ninja and a lot of the plant life is just as vicious as the animals." Hiruzen said trying to reason with Naruto but with the explanation why not to the smile on his face along with Kamina grew wider and wider as he talked on.

"Sounds like a perfect place to me doesn't it bro?" Naruto asked Kamina anticipation present in his voice.

"Sure does it sounds even better than that valley that we stayed in that had the active volcano." Kamina said as he adjusted the classes on his face with his index finger the light in the room reflected off his glasses making his eyes vanish from sight as his lips soon turned into a grin that could rival if not defeat Naruto's.

"You two are serious about this aren't you?" Hiruzen asked as a sweet bead appeared above his head.

"No it a great location from the way you describe it and no a lot of people will even dare go in there and outside the village walls are thing that could make even the bravest man shit himself." Naruto said to Hiruzen making a unquestionable point as what he said was true.

"Alright but I will have someone who is constantly training in that area check up on you daily when she is not on assignment." Hiruzen said in defeat as he handed a small map of the village with the location of there destination marked down.

"Fair enough old man and don't worry so much I'm not the type to take on something I can't handle without reason besides giant moles do not live in the land of fire too many volcanic vents." Naruto said making Hiruzen very confused as it sounded almost like he said that at random or he was planning on living underground.

"Ok Naruto just stay safe you too Kamina also try not to cause any trouble until tomorrow?" Naruto had a 'no promises' look present on his face along with Kamina as they quickly shuffled out the door.

Naruto and Kamina soon made it out to the streets once again. In the short period of time they had been in the village news of Naruto's return had gotten around fast as the glares from almost everyone he pasted was evident enough. But Kamina put his hand on Naruto's shoulder signifying don't let them bother you.

Naruto and Kamina ignored all the stares and whispers around them as they followed the map the old man had gave them. But that didn't tell them they had to pass through the worst part of Konoha to get to there destination though the red light district. And today was the worst possible time of day to parade through this district as both civilian and ninja alike had filled the area. Every booth had at least a minimum of four people in a booth.

"Well this is awkward this isn't the place I was expecting to pass through." Kamina said looking around him.

"Yeah I don't like the feel of this place." Naruto said adjusting his glasses so his eyes hind from human sight.

They kept their composure as they advanced through the district hoping to reach their destination. But fate was just not on they're side today as a man just a yard in front of them staggered out of a booth his action stated he was drunk.

The man glanced over at Naruto and Kamina with his glazed eyes. Drunk or not he recognized Naruto. And with alcohol comes stupidity which the man in question was now carried due to the lack of oxygen feeding his brain courtesy of the alcohol. The man then approached Naruto with a wicked intent.

"Hey you're the Uzumaki you have a lot of nerve walking through the red light district something bad could happen." The man said barely keeping himself from slurring his words.

"Look I don't want any trouble I am just passing through." Naruto said being as polite as possible.

"Well it's a little too late for that you brought the trouble on yourself ten years ago and retribution it well past due!" the man said as he grabbed Naruto's shirt pulling him to the man's face.

If it was one thing you absolutely do not want to do is to piss off Kamina. But the fastest way to do that is messing with people he cares about like his adoptive brother Naruto. Its one thing to bad mouth him and his family but you absolutely do not want to try and deliberately hurt his brother. This drunken idiot that had his greasy mitts on Naruto had opened a door that he would wish he hadn't.

The man pulled his face away from Naruto and proceeded to lift Naruto in the air. He pulled his free arm back as so he could strike Naruto but it was short lived as Kamina had delivered a right hook to the man's face making him release Naruto from his grip.

"The quickest way to get yourself killed is to fuck with my brother I will not allow any harm to come to him so leave now or suffer the consequences!" Kamina stated in a threatening manner but the guy turned out to prove that alcohol makes you stupid.

"Oh so the demon spawn has a guardian now!" the man's statement stung Kamina like a knife.

"What he do? Brain wash you? Or are you just stupid?" this started to piss Kamina off.

"He attacked this village ten years ago and if it were not for the Hokage we would be dead every breath he inhales is a disgrace to the Hokage's sacrifice the demon needs to be killed before it tries to kill us again." That sent Kamina's blood boil as he no longer wished to listen to the man's words.

Kamina then tried to calm himself down so he would not do anything rash. But as his mind was distracted with conflicting thoughts he did not notice that the man had picked himself off the ground. The man then pulled a kunai that was concealed in his belt and charged for Kamina.

Kamina at that moment snapped back to reality to see the man's advance to strike him down. Kamina took his sword from his back sheath and all and thrust it into the man's stomach stunning him. Kamina then picked Naruto who was in a daze from the accelerating situation off the ground and dashed off.

After about five minutes of running Kamina stopped and set Naruto on the ground as he started to catch his breath. He glanced at Naruto who looked down a combination of shame, gilt, and regret present on his face. This pissed Kamina off if its one thing he didn't like was people feeling sorry that they were alive.

"Naruto what happened back there why didn't you defend yourself?"

"I don't know my body froze and I couldn't do anything." Naruto said showing his nerves were completely shot. This pissed Kamina off yet again.

"Naruto!"

"Yeah?" Naruto answered hearing his name called out from Kamina.

"LETS SEE YOU GRIT THOSE TEETH!" Kamina shouted as he sent a powerful right hook that connected with Naruto's jaw sending him to the ground.

"Listen up if you ever doubt yourself I will be there to belt you again don't feel sorry for me its my burden to carry so don't worry about it so don't believe what others say about you even if its one person like I have told you in the past believe in the Kamina that believes in you." Kamina said waiting for Naruto's reply.

"Sorry I forgot about that." Naruto said as Kamina smiled.

"GOOD!" Kamina said making Naruto very confused.

"Huh?"

"There will be a time when my confidence of you may not be enough for you to drawing energy from those who believe in you will not be enough even if its just me!" Kamina said deep in his moment of clarity.

"But what if I can't gain confidence in myself?"

"If you don't have confidence in yourself that could put the people you care about in danger and when they loose their confidence it may even happen to me so don't believe in the you who believes in me, don't believe in the me that believes in you, believe in the you that believes in yourself." Kamina said as he ruffled Naruto's hair making Naruto playfully slap it away. They began following the map again as Naruto looked over at Kamina and said.

"Hey bro you know you kinda contradicted yourself there." Naruto stated as he began laughing joined by Kamina not even a second later.

"By the way Naruto why did you choose the Forest of Death for our new home?" Kamina asked staring into space.

"I chose it because he said it was a secluded area and feared by both villagers and ninja alike and I don't like passing up challenges." Naruto said as Kamina had a huge smile grow on his face.

It wasn't much longer before they reached a fenced in forest like area the name 'Area Forty-four plastered in kanji right above a gate entrance. They wasted no time and entered the forest as fast as they could. The trees towered like the area had been there since the beginning of time. The lighting in the forest was very dim as the sun began to set and it didn't help that a lot of the forest blocked most of the light that entered the forest as it was.

Kamina and Naruto felt chills run down their spines as the forest itself gave off an ominous aura. This made Kamina's smile grow wider then it already was and Naruto was no better. If there was a meter that could measure insanity they were a positive three out of five.

Everything they passed seemed to be alive and things in the shadows seem to creep along their path. Kamina's common sense had not just flown out the window it had taken anything but the urge to fight like the animals in the forest. But that was just typical Kamina as for Naruto someone had to keep a cool head.

Not even seconds later a monstrous centipede fell form the tree tops and landed in front of Naruto and Kamina letting a vicious screech before lunging at them. But it never made contact with them as Kamina and Naruto had leaped into the air delivering a combination of drill like kunai from Naruto and Kamina free falling imbedding his sword into the creatures head killing it.

"Well that was fun but I can't fight things like this every waking moment so what are you planning Naruto?" Kamina asked as Naruto smiled.

"Simple we are going to go underground."

"Why are we doing that I really hate ceilings you know that!"

"Its not like we are going to be trapped underground forever bro it will be our home besides you don't have to stay down there when your off duty." Naruto said in a rebuttal.

Kamina couldn't argue with Naruto's reasoning but that still didn't mean that he had to like it. After a little while of scouting locations Naruto had found a hollow petrified tree which he thought was the perfect place to begin digging. Naruto let his backpack fall to the ground as once again removed his Core Drill from around his neck and inserted it into the core drive in his chest as he shouted.

"IT'S LAGANN TIME!"

Naruto's body once again began to cover itself in a light cocoon as his body began to change shapes once more. The cocoon burst open revealing what looked to be a man sized head with arms and legs. But that's was a discretion a simple minded person could give as it was way more than just that.

The face of the head like entity was maroon in color and yet kept a almost human appearance from the lips to just below the eyes. The eyes were complete in color a golden yellow that seem to have a glow to as you looked at them and were surrounded by a turquoise frame. The nose came down to the center of the face as well as being symmetrical in shape. A crimson red streak that stood in the center of the nose followed to the top of the face where as you could call it a forehead overlapped the face just by a maximum of three inches being a crimson red as well stretched over to the sides of the head met two onyx wheel like structures that the arms protruded from.

The arms were maroon in color at the joint as they stretched on the inner bicep stopping just before the forearm. An onyx in color arm guard covered the outer bicep stopping at the elbow. The forearm crimson red in color being more of a bulk in a cylinder like shape followed down to where the wrist should have been where a maroon hand protruded from the arm. The rest of the body section being in the common shape of a head but crimson red in color led jut to the center of the back where a silver cylinder like structure that led down just before the back end of the head.

The face was incased with the crimson red armor. The top of the head was covered by a canapé that resembled a brain. And at the center of the forehead was a circular like device that seemed to portray a characteristical motivation to the figure of the head.

"Hey Naruto how long do you think this will take you because I'm hungry!" Kamina asked Naruto/Lagann as he rubbed his stomach.

"Not too long an hour maybe two I just have to summon the construction crew and with me in Lagann form it will fly by fast." Naruto/Lagann replied as he made a cross with his index and middle finger with both hands while he shouted. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Twenty identical clones of Naruto in human form appeared along with two Naruto/Lagann clones right behind Naruto. Naruto turned to face the clones he had created. A smile grew from Lagann's human like lips revealing human like teeth as he was pleased with the results of his effort. But right behind the clones sat Kamina resting against a tree tuck dosing off. Naruto decided that he deserved some sleep so now was the best time to get to work.

"Ok every one you know what you have to do make sure you stay in disguise there are four separate scrolls in my bag it will have the funds you need for supplies now GO!" Naruto shouted to the human clones.

'They may not have the ability to use Spiral power but when push comes to shove they are a reliable asset to have.' Naruto thought to himself as he turned to face the Lagann clones.

"Okay you two follow me down in exactly five minutes I tell you what to do from there!" Naruto said to the Lagann clones.

Naruto or Lagann as it was at the moment suddenly burst with spiral power exiting from his mouth and any other crevasses on his body in which it could escape. The device in the center of Lagann's forehead suddenly out of no where sprouted a cone shaped drill that extended foreword. His hands suddenly started folding inward as two more cone like drills extended out of his arms but these were much larger than the one atop his head.

Without a moments notice Naruto/Lagann slammed all three drills into the ground sinking rapidly as the drills drilled through the rock hard soil. Five minutes pasted and the two extra Lagann clones followed their creator just like they had been ordered to do so and found themselves free falling down the large hole that had been made. Two minutes of free falling the made contact with the ground. Thankfully they're legs released a spring like band that cushioned their fall.

They looked around themselves to find they were in a large den like cavern and standing at a wall was Naruto/Lagann getting ready for another round of digging. Naruto noticed his clones immediately and ordered one to star digging in the opposite direction he was and the other to dig downward.

An hour later the den the three Lagann's had been digging was now the size of an evacuation shelter that could populate halve the village. But thanks to Naruto's clones electrical outlets and wood paneling had been placed through the walls. And due to a very disgusting accident he had even added plumbing as he shuddered at the thought of what had happened. But even so there was a couple of things that needed to put in before he was done.

Naruto still in Lagann form walked to the center of the enclosed room and once again began to drill a large trench like hole in the ground. He then exited the trench and retracted his drills deciding that was enough. Naruto then transformed back into his human form and dropped to the ground feeling exhausted.

Using so much spiral power at a time can be tiring but he felt he could not stop just yet as he reluctantly rose to his feet flashing through a set of hand signs.

"Ninpo: Kurodaiya Botsu!" Naruto shouted as black diamond like crystal erupted from the ground at the bottom of the trench covering the interior of the trench as well as bursting out of the walls forming a sink like structure around a in several other rooms throughout the cavern as well as the room he was already in.

Naruto felt completely drained but he had just one last thing he had to do before he was done as he struggled to the main cavity of his newly made underground home. Walking the best he could due to chakra depletion he made it to the center of the room and once again flashed through the same hand signs he had just previously used as he shouted.

"Ninpo: Kurodaiya Botsu!" and yet again black diamond like crystal erupted from the ground in pillars form from the corners of the room that reached to the top of the room making the support beams. But another set of the crystal burst from the ground just to the side of him about the size of a small tent.

That was all Naruto could muster as he blacked out. Naruto awoke seeing Kamina before him with a concerned face as he stared at Naruto's weekend form.

"Hey man you look like hell what happened to you?" Kamina asked caringly.

"Just used too much chakra but at least we have a home to like in now." Naruto said with a smile.

"Yeah one of your clones woke me up and I gotta say this place looks pretty good and even the furniture you collected from bandits looks good in this place." Kamina said helping Naruto over to a newly placed baize sofa.

"Yeah well at last one of us thinks ahead unlike you bro."

"HEY! I'm not that bad at least I was there to save your ass all those times or you wouldn't have any of this!" Kamina said in retaliation.

"Yes, but your not too bright in when it come to book smarts." Naruto said with a chuckle.

"You got me there I would never be able to work with electrical wires like you can." Kamina said in defeat.

"Just thank Raiga-sensei for teaching me how to work with electrical equipment it makes a great opening for infiltration." Naruto said laughing slightly.

Later that night Naruto and Kamina sat down to a nice dinner of fresh snake meat courtesy of Kamina lets just say Kamina didn't like being almost eaten. But now that everything had calmed down Naruto had drifted off to sleep. Kamina grabbed a blanket from a bed in one of the new near by rooms and covered Naruto with it.

"Sleep tight little bro you deserve it." Kamina said before going to sleep himself.

It was early morning in Konoha and Iruka found himself for the first time ever wanting to retire from his duties as an academy instructor. And that's not the funny thing as class wouldn't start for another ten minutes. But before he could even think of something else a knock came from his door.

"Enter!" Iruka said as another instructor entered.

"Sorry but the student that is joining your class today has just arrived!"

Iruka let out a sigh as he walked to his class room to introduce the new student to his class. The thing was he didn't even know who it was himself but he didn't dwell on the thought. He could see the outline of the student behind the door as he entered the classroom but could not make out who it was so he would just have the student introduce themselves to the class.

"Ok class today we have a new student joining us be sure to show them the respect they deserve! You can come in now!" Iruka shouted to the figure.

The door opened and the person he saw was like looking at a ghost as he had gone pale. The class was at a loss of words as well as the person in question was said to have died three years before. This only made the person grin.

"Hey everyone I'm back the one the only Naruto Uzumaki JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!"

End

Ok sorry for the wait but school is a pain but I did it next chapter they will set off to wave but read and review.

Ninpo: Kurodaiya Botsu-ninja art: black diamond rise

Chishio bunshin-blood clone