The sun rose over a dilapidated house on the outskirts of an even more run down village. The after images of the once proud commercial village could still be seen in the vestiges of the flaked paint, the broken stalls and windows. However in that house sat seven people, Tazuna his daughter and grandson, and the whole of Team Seven.

"Now I agree with Naruto, about Zabuza. More because a Hunter nin kills, beheads and burns the body of their targets." Kakshi said feeling much better than he thought he would, after the exhaustion. "So, we have about a week before he's up to being able to fight." Looking between the three teens, "We are going to take that time to train you two up, leaving Naruto to guard Tazuna."

Sasuke sneered, "How does the Dobe get out of training, he needs it more than I ever would."

"He's ranked higher than you Sasuke, so that proves he's more skilled or do you question the Hokage and the Council's appointment?" Kakashi was terse with his words. "As it stands, he's the team leader after me. Now Sakura, Sasuke go outside and start stretching trust me you'll need it." Watching two of his team leave the house he turned to Naurto.

Naruto already having been up for several hours, had continued with his ritual of creating a super clone that he had sent out to the bridge already. "You want to talk about yesterday don't you?"

Kakashi nodded," That and as your sensei I need to know your skills, or else I can't plan anything."Staring at Naruto with his one revealed eye.

Naruto sighed, before he flashed through several seals creating a Privacy genjutsu. "First off I have heightened sight, hearing and smell around the same level as an Inuzuka, Courtesy of my mother and I assume the Kyuubi." He saw the moment of shock in Kakshi's eyes, registering it as not a bad thing but that he wasn't aware that he knew. "Yes I know have for a while now. I'm certified as a Field Medic, and a Hospital Medic. I'm well versed in Suiton techniques because of my affinity, and under certain orders I have been trained as an infiltration and Assassination specialist."

"Certain Orders?"

"Yes, you should well know Inu." He looked at him, "The way I was treated up until I was five when I 'vanished'. Since then I have been living in a place only the Hokage and one other know where that is." He sighed, "She decided to train me since then, I'm good but I'm still only a genin. It's not from any special treatment, or perks of what I hold. It's from hours of reading, training and honest hard work." He spoke stiffly, seeing as how he had fought quite literally to earn his skills.

Back in leaf, another shadow seemed to fall over two ninja clad in green, " There is another."

'He's so much like Sensei and Kushina,' he thought sadly, and yet there was pride there. "I am not questioning that. I just wanted to know," He sighed, " I may have my orders but that doesn't mean I'm still not going to teach you."

Naruto shook his head, "Don't worry about me right now. The other two need the attention more." He didn't want pitty, which is what it felt like at the moment.

"Ma, true what would you suggest?"

He looked thoughtful, "Well Sakura needs to build her endurance and reserves, so Tree climbing and water walking." He put his hand in the table and gave a very feral grin, " Sasuke.. well he needs to either get that stick ripped out of his ass or one put there."

Kakashi choked on his tea, " Naruto!"

"Hehe what? Everyone was thinking it, I just have the balls to say it." Flashing a small smile, "but seriously, he needs something other than ninjutsu... taijutsu maybe."

Thinking it over after the mild shock of hearing more than likely the exact same think that Kushina would have said, he had to agree. "I'm guessing Sakura should start learning some Genjutsu too then seeing as it's not on your list or Sasuke's?"

Naruto nodded, he didn't need genjutsu, nor did he really have time for it considering his other areas of study. "Yea, and maybe find her a fighting style other than the basic academy."

"Well what are you going to be doing?"

"I've been ordered to help in the clinic or start one, on top of my regular duties." He looked to Tsunami, who nodded. "So I will be taking care of both guarding Tazuna and working in the clinic."

Kakashi wondered how the boy was going to pull off both of these, "Exactly how?"

Smirking, "Oh it's a technique that I was taught, so I could keep up in my studies and training."

'You're not going to tell me are you?"

" If you haven't noticed in almost a year why should I tell you?" His eyes twinkling with deviousness.

Kakashi's eye widened, " who taught you and how long have you been using the Kage Bunshin."

"Special orders," he winked, "and since the day of the bell test. Actually that was my clone."

Falling out of the chair, Kakashi was confused. "That bunshin shouldn't have been able to take more than one hit."

"Really?" Naruto seemed confused, "I can actually make two now, almost three. They just take about an hour in between."

Tilting his head, "Naruto, how much Chakra are you putting into them?"

"Oh all of it, like I was told. I just need about an hours nap afterwards and I'm fine." Spoken like it was nothing. "I barely even register then dispelling anymore, just being a little tired most of the time, though if they didn't use much of the chakra the rush is pretty amazing."

"That jutsu is suppose to split your chakra in half between you and the clone, or evenly among you and multiple clones." He sat back into the chair, "Show me the hand seals you are using."

Naruto nodded and slowly went through them, to which Kakashi noticed a different seal added, an extra Hebi. "You have an extra seal."

"I know, it's a variant. I didn't want to become Dependant on them," Not that he knew that when he learned the jutsu. But, he decided to stick with just the one. "Now if Tsunami-san would show me where the clinic is, since I am already at the bridge."

Once they reached the clinic, Naruto did everything he could not to cringe, " Give me about two hours, then start sending people in. Children, Women and Elderly first unless it's a severe injury."

She nodded, "Is there anything else you need?"

"Let me look through my supplies and what's already here, but I think I should be fine." As he started pulling sealing scrolls from his jacket, all of them blue containing various medical supplies.

She smiled as she left, leaving Naruto, unpacking and cleaning everything. He looked around, before he pulled out the scroll that he had sealed the mist in. looking at the seal he added a few minor ones to cause the release to be contained in a stream, as well as super heating it before he activated the seal, pointing it away from himself.

The now searing steam, was scouring the various surfaces leaving them, clean and sterile if still not the best looking. "Well, I have a feeling I'm going to be in for a long day..." The determined smile on his face cut the gloom that most people were feeling.

Once he started tending to the people of Wave, no matter how bitter, scared or depressed they were all of them left with a small smile and a bit of hope. At the end of the day, Tsunami came in to find him fast asleep his face stuck in a pile of paper work, the faint snoring brought a smile to her face. "You're such an amazing young man." She slowly lifted his head up and slid a folded blanket under it before draping another around his shoulders. Placing a soft kiss on the top of his head she turned off the lights.

This routine continued for several days, as from sun up to sun down Naruto worked at the clinic, and clone guarded the bridge. While Sasuke and Sakura were driven to the limits by Kakashi. All four ninja crawled/stumbled in to Tazuna's every night, to enjoy a warm meal and some rest.

"I don't see why you are trying so hard, Gato's going to kill you anyways." Tazuna's grandson shouted finally having enough.

"Inari, be quiet." his mother scolded him as she looked apologetically to their guests.

Naruto looked up, "With that attitude you're right. But we don't have that, we know we are going to win. Because We're fighting to help others."

"You don't know what it's like, you haven't dealt with anything this bad." He shouted.

Now Naruto wasn't one to lose his temper, but something cause a snap inside him. Everyone felt the shift instantly, as if a massive weight pressed against them, "I don't know? Try being beaten daily, hated and despised by everyone. Having toe hear parents tell their children to stay away from you. Having people try to kill you on your birthday not having any clue when you next meal was going to be...Not having any family or friends... Then you can tell me I don't know." Each word he spoke caused the pressure to grow, the feelings of of those memories seeming to press themselves upon those around him just as heavily as the unknown force.

Slamming his hand down on the table he left the room. " Was it really that bad?" Tsunami asked, after seeing how gentle and caring the boys was.

Kakashi looked down at the table, "That was sadly only the edited version. It was much..much worse until he turned five." His one eye looking up into hers and catching that of everyones they could see a true sadness. "From the time he was born until five, he had two to three assassination attempts a week, beaten almost daily for any length of time..."

Tsunami, and Sakura both had tears in their eyes, one as a mother the other as one that was told these things. Sasuke seemed interested. 'How can he still be happy after all of that if any of it's true.' But even he couldn't lie to himself, having been told by his father to stay away from the boy.

Sasuke got up and walked away, disregarding the looks given to him by the others. He had quite a bit to think about. Wandering out into the woods surrounding the house he sat there trying to figure out the anomaly that was Naruto. 'I don't understand it, his life is/was worse than mine. How is he so much better than me. I train everyday I work on my jutsu..' He thought as he glared at a tree, angry that some one is surpassing him, angry that he's weak that he's failing his family.

He thought back to the fight with Zabuza, how Naruto didn't seem affected at all by the killing intent. How he had called him pathetic. "Damn it Naruto.. How are you stronger than me!" Launching his fist into a tree, feeling it and his hand crack.

"Never said I was," as he dropped from the tree standing a few feet away from Sasuke.

"Bull Shit!" He fumed, "You're always showing off, 'Look at me I'm a medic Nin, ' or 'Oh wow I just stole your Mist Zabuza' come on."He mocked.

" You think I just woke up being able to do all of that?" He moved closer, "Hell fucking no. I have busted my ass day and night since I was five. Training, practicing reading theory scrolls, jutsu scrolls studying anatomy, poisons, everything I can do now is because I busted my ass for it." Getting into Sasuke's face, mere inches apart. "Now what have you done Mr. Almighty I'm-the-last-fucking-Uchiha? What have you actually earned from your own hard work?"

Sasuke flinched, at the harsh biting words, No one ever spoke to him like that. "I.."

"I what? Demanded to be taught something? I had it handed to me because of my name and some doujutsu you haven't even unlocked?"

"What about you? Where did you get the scrolls to learn all that? Hmm.. Who gave you those?"

Naruto's eye twitched, "They were my mother's." The air around them grew cold. "You're not the only one that is the last of their Clan. At least all your crap is in that shit hole of a Compound. My family's scrolls have been scattered or destroyed... I only have a little bit of what my clan was. Yet, here I am no different than you yet you get praised, and everything handed to you while I have to scrounge and practically fight for everything." Spit flying from his mouth, Energy seemed to flow off of him nearly visible as it pushed against everything

Sasuke wanted to curl up and cry, as he felt the force coming from Naruto, all the pain, anguish and longing. The emotions playing across the other boys blues eyes cracked the Uchiha's grasp on his emotions. "What do you know? I have to avenge my clan, I need that power."

Naruto's hand snapped as he cracked it across Sasuke's face, "That's why you're weak and does nothing but destroy more lives. You've been given a chance to rebuild your clan, correct things that made them weak, that you don't like about your clan. Yet all you do is waste your time and energy trying to slay one person, a person that spared your life. Have you ever thought there was a reason to why he killed them? Maybe there's a reason why you lived while they died. Your a Ninja for Kami's sake damn it. Nothing is ever what it appears like."

Holding his cheek with his hands, trying to take the sting and burn out of it, Naruto's words crashing into him breaking more and more into The bare truth that he was hiding from himself. "It doesn't matter your just some idiot form a forgotten clan."

"At least I'm not a fucking bastard from a clan that killed itself." Naruto yelled, back with a burst of energy sending Sasuke flying into a tree. Spitting on the ground near the Uchiha he turned and left, and with it the pressure.