AN: Yay! I have already received my first review for this story in the first day it was posted. This story's chapters will be long than Naruto: Rise of a New Hero's chapters. I have just started writing stories on FF recently, so I'm still pretty new. Have a nice time reading this new story and chapter! Also check Naruto: Rise of a New Hero, by me. Read and review! I don't care if you have a FF user name or you are anonymous, I just care about reviews! Kitsune is when Naruto has his ANBU mask, or acting ANBU, and Naruto is just...well Naruto! Disclaimer: I don't Naruto, and I never will! I only own my OC's...and my story. As I said before, "Have a nice time reading this new story and chapter!"

Word Count: 3493

Update Date: 3-22-09

Chapter 1: Konoha's Weapon

Naruto Uzumaki, Konoha's greatest weapon, had returned from his two-day long mission of infiltrating Kirigakure no Sato. (Hidden Mist Village)

'..,' Naruto thought about nothing, not about anything other than Konoha. Being loyal to Konoha, helping Konoha and doing hard, S-rank missions for Konoha.

But why? Why would he continue to work so very hard for the village that had turned him into a weapon, a living destroyer? Did he not know what they had done? Did he think all Jinchuuriki were treated like this? No. It was all for the 3rd Hokage, and the 4th Hokage. (Third and Fourth Fire Shadows)

The 4th wanted him to be seen as a hero, for saving the village from the nine-tailed fox; he was the one who held the fox and didn't let the fox come out every day and kill them all. If the 4th was still alive, some would think he would change his mind about putting Kyuubi inside Uzumaki Naruto. Now, the 3rd had tried to keep his humanity intact, even though Naruto didn't know about that. If all went as the 3rd planned it to be, Naruto would become a splendid Konoha Ninja, and would one day become the Hokage. The villagers would come to like him, and he wouldn't be hated. But his plan failed. Naruto was once again seen as an evil boy, and Naruto had come to learn about the Kyuubi at about three years old.

----Flashback------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Die, you demon!" one of the villagers screamed.

The villagers were currently beating Naruto until he cried.

"Die, Kyuubi! We never want to see you again!" a drunk villager shouted.

The cold, dark, hating voices had a big effect on Naruto who was crying like their was no tomorrow.

'Why do they think I am Kyuubi? I was just born on the same day!' Naruto was deep in thought.

He had learned how to read from that young of an age, because if he couldn't read, the big, "mean people" would beat the boy for not knowing how. Then Naruto had come to learn as he saw others. Naruto did some research on the Kyuubi, and was learning a lot about Kyuubi. He learned that Bijuu could only be sealed into human vessels. So of course, he thought he was the Kyuubi, since it was sealed within him.

----End of Flashback---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If that one day changed, the world would be so different.

The council had agreed. Once Naruto had become Chuunin, he was put under the care of Danzo, and he would come to be one of the greatest ninja, dead and alive. He may have even surpassed the 4th! This is the tale of Naruto Uzumaki.

Naruto walked down the road.

He was wearing the basic ANBU armor since he had become part of the ANBU. Even though his master was Danzo, he had like Sarutobi Hiruzen better, and had joined the classic ANBU, not the Ne division. (Ne=Root) Sarutobi had always done something or another to help Naruto, whether it being giving him the mission he wanted, letting him loan some money, or just helping him keep the bit of humanity he had, which Naruto never knew about. Sarutobi was the closest person he had that he could count as family. No other would be counted as such, because no other was so nice and kind to the "boy." Calling him a boy would be an understatement. He was eight years old, and was in the ANBU.

Naruto landed in the ANBU headquarters.

Even though nobody knew it, the ANBU headquarters that everyone saw was just a cover, it was really a lounge for the ANBU, but only ANBU knew that. Even in the lounge, all of the ANBU had to be strict and serious. Many weren't, due to no supervision, and drank there, partied there, and just broke about every rule about the ANBU in there. That wasn't the case for Uzumaki Naruto. He would follow every rule and be strict to others about breaking any rules. He met Kakashi Hatake in there once, but a few days after he met him, Kakashi resigned. He never really met Kakashi. He could have become a student of his if the circumstances had changed before, long before, when he was three.

Naruto went to the Hokage Tower to get a mission.

The Sandaime was sitting in his office, enjoying the book his student had written. How much of a pervert he was was currently unmeasured. If you could measure a man on pervertedness, Jiraiya and his sensei, Sarutobi, would be on the top of the list. Not many knew that. Only a selected few, which were Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Orochimaru, Naruto, and a few others.

Naruto reached the Hokage's office and said, "I need a new mission."

"Of course, Naruto. What rank would you like this time."

"Some thing simple and easy. I have enough money to last for the week."

"You could use you money to buy other clothes so that you can talk to other ANBU and Jounin."

"Why would I want to talk to someone who thinks I am a monster? There isn't much of a chance of that happening you know, Hokage-sama."

"Not all think of you as the creature. What about me? Do I think of you like that?" the Sandaime questioned.

"No Hokage-sama, you are an exception," Naruto replied.

"Then why don't you try talking to my son, Asuma Sarutobi? He may not be me, but he is connected to me by blood."

"I don't see any point to try and do that, Hokage-sama. May I have my mission?"

"Of course, Naruto. You should try to talk to some others. You might find a friend."

Naruto was emotionless. The Sandaime gave Naruto the mission slip.

"This is the only lower-ranked mission I have. The only other solo is an S-rank mission."

"Fine. I'll take it."

The whole year had been like this. Naruto wouldn't do too many high ranked missions, so Sarutobi Hiruzen always asked why. Then he tried to pressure him into going with some other ANBU or Jounin, and Naruto would always refuse. Then he would give him a cooperative mission, which Naruto barely talked in. This was the first time the old Sarutobi had mentioned Asuma, though he had just returned from being one of the twelve ninja guardians.

'What will I do with that boy? He needs to gain some of his humanity back!' he thought.

Outside, Naruto grouped up with his team. This mission would provide him with enough money to get ramen for the rest of the week. Who would think, even while he was cold, dark, and hated, he still loved ramen? Although he shared his father's love for ramen, he was not all like him. Cold, dark and hated didn't sound like the 4th. It sounded like the opposite. He was the shadow of the Yondaime, the complete opposite. Yet he was his son. Naruto hadn't learned this yet.

Naruto showed each member of the 4 man squad the mission report, which showed clearly that Naruto was the leader of the mission.

'What is Sandaime-sama thinking?' Naruto thought.

'Shut up kit, I'm trying to sleep!' Kyuubi said. (This is in Naruto's mind scape. The "said" here means that they are talking to each other, yet only each other can hear.)

'Kyuubi, what do you really want?' Naruto had talked to Kyuubi many times before, and most of the times, he was just using words to communicate, "I hate you."

'I need you to do something for me in this mission.'

'For god's sake Kyuubi, I am not going to kill this defenseless ANBU!'

To Naruto, they were all defenseless. Weak, defenseless ANBU who could be killed easily.

'They can put up with one move!'

'No, they can't.'

'Yes they can!'

Kyuubi was getting sick.

'How do you know? Danzo was my sensei. He taught me that my new jutsu could kill anyone, anyone alive, even the bastard snake.'

'That bastard could easily live through your pitiful excuse of an attack. He lived through my attack, he can live through your attack.'

'Then why don't we find out, Kyuubi? Put my powers to the test, by killing Orochimaru. I'll have Sandaime-sama make the mission request as soon as I get back.'

'Like you will do that! You would never do that! You said, "I will never overstep my boundaries as a Shinobi," remember? You can't do that now!'

'My boundaries as a Shinobi have changed. Times have changed, and so have the boundaries. I am part of the ANBU. If you were alive Kyuubi, I'd give you a good fight before dying. You would get some injuries fighting me!'

'Don't forget mortal, I am immortal.'

'Yes, but just like me, you have limited energy and chakra. That would lead to your downfall.'

'Kid, don't overstep your boundaries. You are nowhere near my amount of chakra or energy.'

'Whatever. I'm going back to the mission.'

"Kitsune, (fox) what are we going to do?" one of the ANBU asked.

"Crow, we are going to bring back a ninja for questioning."

"I know that Kitsune, but what is the plan of action?"

The ANBU always had to be dead on the point to talk to Kitsune.

"The usual."

The usual was the same plan the had every time. The medic-nins would stay back, Kitsune would take out the nins in sight, and the rest of the ninja would help him in finishing them off. If an ANBU didn't remember "the usual" in about a month, Kitsune would refuse to be the captain with them on the team. If Kitsune wasn't the captain, then he would have to give in. Captains could refuse due to the team, but the units couldn't.

As expected with Kitsune (When in "ANBU mode" he will be referred to as Kitsune.) the ninja was brought in safely, and he had no injuries on him whatsoever. The name of the "Golden Fox" was enough to scare him. (I may refer to him as this, too.) The Golden Fox was Kitsune's reputation in the land. Some had thought of putting a flee-on-sight, just like the Yondaime, but they decided that he wasn't that bad. Until the incident.

----Flashback------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Naruto walked into the Iwagakure (Hidden Rock Village)Tower. He was to capture, or also known as rescue, a boy who had been taken by Iwagakure Ninja for testing. They would be doing experiments on him, checking if he could become a human weapon. The boy was at the top of the tower, and Naruto was at the bottom. Naruto barged through the 250 Iwagakure Ninjas, just to complete the mission and save the boy. He had killed every single Iwagakure Ninja in there, which led to Iwa hating the young ANBU. Not a single soul in Iwa knew that it was just an 8 year old boy who had done all of that.

----End of Flashback---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Since about a month ago, Iwagakure had put a bounty on the ANBU's head. The Golden Fox had a bounty of about 9,568,000 yen, which was about 100,000 U.S. Dollars. Anyone seeing the "Golden Fox" had a shot at this bounty, even their greatest enemy, Konoha. They said if anyone in Konoha had brought the head of the Golden Fox, they would give them the money. Some had attempted to kill the ANBU, but had failed miserably, some of them getting decapitated (Their head was cut off.) by Kitsune. Iwagakure's Shinobi status went down as a whole, leaving the village open for attack. But they weren't attacked. As much as Kitsune hated Iwagakure, he hated wars even more. So he said he would side with Iwa if any war had come. That had scared anyone that thought of starting a war with Iwa. They would grow back to the Shinobi Village they once were in about five years, but with no one attacking, they could take advantage of it.

The ANBU team was disbanded, with the mission over, and the target brought.

The target was none other than the stealer of the Nidaime's (Second Fire Shadow) sword. Rokushou Aoi, the stealer of the Nidaime's sword was taken in from Amegakure. (Hidden Rain Village) The Jounin had left the area as soon of hearing about the Golden Fox, running right into him while retreating. One Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) was over there and the real Golden Fox was in the direction Aoi was retreating.

Naruto gave his mission report and left the tower. It had been a long day for him, and operating missions with people was not his thing. The only time he talked in the mission was to give orders.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked out of his office. From what Kitsune had said, Aoi had had the Nidaime's sword, and the power to wield it, which meant he was a fairly good Jounin. Not many could hold the Nidaime's sword, rather use it like a toothpick. Only a select few were thought to be able to hold that kind of weight.

Naruto walked outside his apartment. It had been protected by traps all over the place since he had learned under Danzo, the blood thirsty hawk. He learned that Danzo hated the Sandaime, and wanted the job for himself. Naruto, liking the Sandaime, thought Danzo was a crazy old coot, but Naruto would never say it. Danzo would rip him to shreds, but with Naruto's new jutsu...I don't think Danzo would ever be known. (Who's Danzo?{joke} Ha!) Naruto went to sleep. It had been a hard day, and his training was very harsh.

----The Next Day-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"One bowl of Pork Ramen, please!" Naruto said.

Teuchi was currently enjoying his customers coming in; he hated when they left; that meant no more money spent by them! Teuchi got out a bowl of ramen for the new customer he heard, and headed to the front of the little resteraunt.

"One bowl of Pork Ramen, right here!" he announced.

Naruto took his bowl, ate it down, and went to the Hokage Tower for a new mission.

At the moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen was very tense.

Kitsune was doing nothing but missions and turning into the next Inu, (Dog) the old Kakashi Hatake. He would have to find something for Kitsune to do before he became insane due to missions.

'Maybe make him meet Kakashi.' The old Hokage giggled.

'Nah, then he'd turn into a pervert.'

Kitsune walked into his office.

"Sandaime-sama, I need a new mission," Kitsune's voice was hollow and emotionless, just like the old ANBU Kitsune. The old Kitsune was deep and emotionless, but Sarutobi changed that a little bit about him a long, long time ago. Really, the incident occurred only about two months ago.

"Kitsune, you are to be put on mission leave until further notice," the Sandaime said.

"I refuse to be put on mission leave; with all due respect, Hokage-sama."

"Too bad for you then, I have already issued it into the books."

Kitsune inwardly groaned. He hated to be put on mission leave. All he would do then would be...he would eat ramen, sleep, eat ramen, train, and....did I mention eat ramen?

'Great, stuck on another mission leave.'

'Stupid Kage, not letting my host take missions!' Kyuubi acted.

Really, Kyuubi was glad that Kitsune was on leave. That means more training, which means more strength. A ninja burst through the door, which Kitsune had just come through.

'Great, the ANBU is here!' he thought.

"Hokage-sama, the council has demanded something from you!"

Kitsune leaned forward, interested. The Hokage (Fire Shadow) motioned for the ninja to whisper in his ear.

The Jounin continued to whisper in his ear.

"...and they demanded that ANBU is to be put on the Uchiha's team; since he does need protection from any foreign ninjas that he encounters. Some had advised that since he was the last Uchiha, he was strong enough to fend for himself, or that Kakashi Hatake, a previous ANBU would be enough, but it had been decided. For three months, that ANBU is to be put on the Uchiha's team."

"..," the Kage had no answer.

Inside really, the Kage was furious! Who would dare just order him around like that, call Naruto a "that" and demand that the "Last Uchiha" would have the right to have two ANBU level ninja guarding him at every moment. It made the Kage mad that only the Uchiha would get such treatment. Not only because he was the "Last Uchiha" but also because he was just an Uchiha. Think, Fugaku Uchiha, Itachi and Sasuke's father, was under the care of Jiraiya, one of the Sannin. Obito Uchiha, though hated, was under Minato Namikaze, a prodigy who was Jiraiya's apprentice. Now, they wanted Minato's son, and Kakashi Hatake to guard one measly Uchiha.

'These idiots!'

Now the only problem was getting Kitsune to guard him. Kitsune would refuse he knew, but not if he changed the rank.

"Eh, Kitsune! I have a mission for you!"

'Great, now he can't train as much as he wants to!' Kyuubi said.

"I thought you said I was on mission leave?"

"Never mind that," the Kage said, "I need you to do..."

'How far should I change the rank?' the Kage thought.

"an S-rank mission."

"????"

To Be Continued....

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