Love From Future

by D Dark Phoenix

Hinata goes back in time to save Naruto. She is now cold, cruel and a true shinobi and she intends to change the life Naruto lived and be his wife while making his dreams come true.

7. Chapter 7

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Chapter 7

Two Years Later (Real Time World)

Izumo and Kotetsu who were standing at the gates and were talking to each other, for the two persons known to others as the Eternal Chunin were bored of the guard duty that never seemed to end. The day was clear after a week of heavy rainfall which was strange at this time of the year but not uncommon in the Fire Country. Izumo was talking about some woman he had talked with last evening with at the bar to Kotetsu who looked at ready to beat his partner with the glares he was shooting Izumo. The reason being that the woman was no one but their ex-teammate who had joined the ANBU after she had become a chunin and retired after seven years. The woman Kotetsu had a massive crush on but he had never the balls to propose to her even after chasing after her for four years. The way Izumo was talking, it seemed that he had managed to score with the brunette.

"... the way she was moving and her legs were so graceful, Kotetsu, you should have seen her man. Hey! You listening to me, Kotetsu or not?" asked Izumo on seeing that his partner was looking elsewhere. He turned and saw what exactly had captivated his partner.

Four figures could be seen racing towards the Konoha Gates and they seemed to be ANBU with their black cloaks and masks on their faces. But Izumo remembered that there were no missions that were given out and no ANBU teams that had been sent out and that included the ROOT. So who ever these were either they were fakes or from other village.

Suddenly, a team of ANBU were in front of the gates forming a perimeter around the booths through which the coming persons would pass through the gates. As soon as the figures arrived through the gate, one of them, a female by her extremely developed body flung a scroll towards the ANBU leader and without even seeming to pause all of them moved towards the Hokage Tower. The ANBU had relaxed on seeing the official scroll with the Hokage's insignia on it. As soon the they passed the others blurred away to tail them but the speed of the persons who had entered the village wasn't less than High ANBU level.

The Captain passed the scroll to Kotetsu after reading it and he spoke into his earpiece," Team fall back. They are two leaf shinobi with their students back from a sanctioned training trip. Move towards the village east to continue perimeter. Boar out!"

" Whose names were on the scroll, Kotetsu?" asked a very curious Izumo to his partner who looked ready to faint after reading the scroll. After a minute or so of awkward silence, Kotetsu replied in a strangely croaked voice," Yuhi Kurenai, Mitarashi Anko, Hyuuga Hinata and Uzumaki-Senju Naruto."

Izumo choked on something invisible as he heard the sentence that had been uttered and silently mouthed, Senju to his partner who nodded looking really ill and then grinned a wide mischievous smile and then held out his hand and spoke happily," You owe me 5,000 Yen. I won the bet. Pay up now Kotetsu."

Kotetsu glared his friend and said," Not now. In the evening when we are free of this duty." Izumo nodded and then started humming a song," So, did you see the legs on the two women, huh Kotetsu?" he asked after a while.

"Shut up! Izumo" replied an annoyed Kotetsu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not a ninja who could be surprised easily. After he had dealt with his old rival and friend Danzo and pulled his act together, he had taken the reins of village with iron hands and Konoha had prospered once again under his rule. Even his old teammates Koharu and Homura had supported him fully after seeing how much they had been damaging the village by their useless agenda. He had changed the routines of the ninjas and made several changes to the ninja lifestyle. The only thing he had not fully managed to control was the influence of the civilian council. Though they had been managed to hold a bit of power but that small amount of power was enough to give headaches to him when they went out of their way to cause problems for the military.

As his most trusted and capable soldiers stood before, Sarutobi gazed upon them with pride. They all were Danzo's ROOT shinobi that were now under his command. After three to six months of breaking the robotic tendencies and the seals that were on them, ROOT shinobi were allowed to join the village. It was difficult and he had to even recall JIraya for help. But, he could not deny the efficiency of Danzo's training and command structure.

He cleared his throat. All of the ANBU stood at attention and waited for his commands. He inwardly smiled to himself. Order, discipline and respect, that's how the hierarchy in Konoha was built now a days. The chain-of command was direct with no possible circumventions.

"As of now we have four persons in ANBU attire that passed the gates this morning. As Boar told me and the as the scroll suggests they are some persons that were sent on a private training by me. They have yet to report to me till now but that should not allow you to panic. However, I have gotten some intelligence from them that was dropped this very morning by a hawk. Teams five, eight and ten are to be deployed at the borders of Iwa. There are reports of a mercenary group working there under the Tsuchikage. It is reported the ninja's are of S rank. I want to know about their movements and their plans. No engagement with them, this a recon only mission. I want all of you to put in a good amount of effort. Am I clear?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama," several voices chorused at once.

The ANBU vanished in a puff of smoke. Sarutobi smiled to himself and sat back in his chair before he spoke seemingly to the air," I know you are there. Why do you linger in the shadows?"

The air in the office rippled around to show four figures that were reported to have passed the gates in the morning. Both of the Eternal Chunins had reported about the pressure that seemed have sensed by them when these four had passed the gate and Hiruzen himself was no slouch in the Sensory Ninjutsu. As he could sense when they dropped their camouflage technique, all the four figures had high and potent chakra. In all they gave an air of seasoned ninja ranging from High A level to nearly Mid Kage or S level. He was floored as he had never expected this much increase or growth in the potential of these four. Not that he had no faith in them all, but he had not expected them to increase this much till they were all Elite Jounin or more. The Chakra he could sense were very tightly controlled and seemed to be restrained by all but he was certain that all of them had crossed Mid ANBU level and that too in two years of training. He made a mental note to ask about the training as this was very good for the village if shared.

However, one thing he noticed was that all of them were wearing dark black cloaks with their hoods up so he couldn't see any identifying features of them. The cloaks seemed to have been seen by him before but he couldn't place their origin. He looked again and was suddenly struck by the fact that the cloaks seemed to suck the light from around them, deepening the shadows and allowing them to appear as if their shadows had been melded into the cloaks. Suddenly he was struck by a long memory from the time when he was a young teen with his teachers Lord Hashirama and Lord Tobirama, with Lady Mito also present with them.

"Shadow Cloaks!" he whispered stunned. These cloaks were a personal creation of Lady Mito's grandfather who was an accomplished seal master and a brilliant inventor and a scientist. He along with his summons of the Karasu (Crow) clan had created a masterpiece of cloaks with using seals with the moulted feathers of the Crows to form a literal camouflage cloth that could with the effects of seals and user's chakra and will would allow them to mimic the surroundings. But they were not called Shadow Cloaks because of that but due to the fact that these cloaks could literally allow the user who had been synced with these cloaks to allow them to drop them into their own shadow or the shadows of any kind just like the Nara clan could do but with a lot of practice. In fact Nara clan had the idea from this very cloak for their Hiding in the Shadows Technique that required very fine control and concentration. Also these cloaks had several seals hidden in them to make them virtually silent and able to hide from all types of detection. Since Hiruzen had detected them with his Sensory Technique, it meant that the seals had been deactivated.

"It has been a while hasn't it, Naruto-kun, Hinata-san, Anko-san and Kurenai-san. Can you remove the hoods please. I would like to see what changes have happened to you all over a period of two years that you all were away from the village. I can sense the chakra flowing inside you and can honestly say that I have been surprised by the growth all of you have out there."

"It seems that you live up to your name of The Professor, old man. It is nice to see you too." Came a male voice as cold as the dead of winter as all of them removed their hoods and the masks they were wearing.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was a good judge of character, and just by looking at someone, he was able to piece together much about that person. All of them especially, Naruto had become extremely beautiful and in Naruto's case handsome; their faces seemed to have been carved by angels themselves. Every one of their features, their movements, even the way that they now carried themselves held within them an air of regality and grace, as though each one of them was some sort of Nobility or Royalty.

It was then truly he noticed Naruto's eyes, and was taken aback by the sight. His eyes were cold indigo, twin chips of ice that burned darkly in the cool air. It was said that eyes are windows to a man's soul, and yet in the eyes of his pseudo grandchild, he could read nothing. They were guarded and harsh, revealing nothing of the boy's heart that lay beyond. There was only emptiness, a void, stretching before him, threatening to consume him in its freezing grasp. The blonde who now watched him and the ANBU with marked disinterest which was cold and aloft. It was though all of creation mattered not to him. He watched the world behind those cold and dangerous blue eyes, missing nothing, but liking nothing.

The blonde child reminded Sarutobi of Itachi in so many ways. But there was some difference as he noticed. Naruto looked like he was someone the third Hokage could tell right then and there, that he should not mess with. The boy had similar blonde lock to his own father but , though the spikes were notably subdued. His face, though still young, was already taking on a handsome appearance, and in a few years, his grandchild would be quite the heartthrob.

Next to Naruto was a beautiful and exotic looking woman who looked like some divine art come to life. Creamy white skin, with dark, lush black coloured hair that had a beautiful wave to it. Her figure was more like that of one seen in fashion magazines. Her long legs accentuating her already lavish curves and of course her eyes. Her dazzling ruby red eyes. Sarutobi hadn't thought that Kurenai could get even more beautiful and but this woman would shatter all the female pride of his Kunoichi's. He made a point not to send her on any missions regarding female nobles as he did not want a cat fight regarding the women of nobles getting jealous over her exotic beauty.

Next to Kurenai was Anko looking the same as ever with her violet hair in a short ponytail and light brown eyes. She was wearing a pair of shin guards, a mesh suit, a mini-skirt and a tan trench coat. There was something else that had changed. Hiruzen felt her reserves and was surprised that her chakra had no taint of the curse mark in her chakra. He looked at her and said," It seems that you have lost your mark. Haven't you Anko?"

"Yes. The process was long and painful but it was removed in the end. I will explain it to you later. But I have to warn you, don't tell anyone about it for I don't want Orochimaru knowing about it and attacking me on how I managed to get it off me. When he attacks me the next time, I will not be helpless and would take good care of him." She replied in her boisterous voice while chuckling to herself. Hiruzen cracked a smile at that and mentally observed the behaviour with the girl who before would have shouted the news from the top of the Hokage Monument complete while dancing along. 'The trip has made them more mature I guess. But the only thing that worries me is the cold dead look in the eyes of Naruto. I will ask him about the trip later.' He thought to himself.

Then Hinata spoke up, and the Sandaime was broken out of his thoughts. " Hokage-sama, Naruto-kun and I would like to ask you about the Uzumaki's Clan Noh Mask Hall located on the outskirts of the village, which has been abandoned. Since the Mask Hall is a part of the Uzumaki Clan heritage, we would like to get the deeds for the forest area around the radius of five kilometres from the temple. We both have decided to create a clan compound with the Temple as the base. I know that such things that need permission from the Daimyo and we both have gotten it while coming here to Konoha." Making his eyes widen in surprise and giving a little bit of humour at the situation.

Hiruzen was totally tied up in military matters and the fact that there were several missing ninjas vanishing from the Elemental Nations especially around the Rice country. He suspected that his old ex-student and traitor of the Leaf, Orochimaru had a hand in this. He had gotten other troubling reports that the Tsuchikage was amassing weapons and getting academy curriculum to increase. Kiri had fallen into a civil war with the Mizukage declaring war on his people with bloodlines getting executed. He had no time to deal with the headaches back at home as the foreign front was on constant upheaval.

"Ok, but I will first check the deeds. Also, your father Hiashi-san has talked with the Fire Daimyo and gave both of you his blessings even though the Elders of your clan, especially your grandfather raised quite a fuss over it. However, seeing the scroll and the signatures of your ancestor made them all shut up and the terms were quite enough to make them steam. However, there is a message from Hiashi which is,' The White Lotus is free but the Vultures do not like the Swirl.' I hope you understand what he was talking about. On the other hand, Hanabi has been made the Heiress after your departure. The Elders of your clan wasted no time in trying to demand that on your return, you would be branded with the caged seal. This situation nearly resulted in a civil war in your clan but the Fire Daimyo was informed of the situation along with Lord Mifune. Two of the Elders were executed on charges of treason and other were given a fair warning resulting in your victory."

Naruto nodded while both Anko and Kurenai smiled. Hinata giggled into her sleeve. "Lord Daimyo had told us about that when we visited him. Here, this scroll details all the information you want, while this second scroll here contains all the formalities for the land transfer. You might want to know that we are going to use heavy ninjustu for remodelling so ask your village barrier team to keep the barrier protection to the maximum. Also, I might use that Chakra so the warning is in advance. We don't want the panic of October Ten to appear again." Spoke Naruto while handing over two scrolls.

Sarutobi had narrowed his eyes at the mention of heavy Ninjutsu and Kyuubi's chakra but thought better to ask now. All of them had just come from a heavy training and they would surely need to rest. The rest of the questions could wait till the next meeting. He also had to test both Naruto and Hinata on the results of their training. He spoke his thoughts and Anko replied," Lord Hokage, we both would rate these two as Elite Jounin and almost all the fields of Shinobi, but we can offer you a better deal. Why don't we test our students against a team of ANBU say two days afterwards. Till them we can wash off the tiredness and also create the clan compound. Also, I would like to ask you the permission of being Naruto's guardian. Kurenai wants to take Hinata under her wing. I hope you understand that we have formed nice bonds while we were away and consider the request."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded to himself as he went over Anko's proposal. This was good as he always had wanted someone to keep watch over both Hinata and Naruto but could not do so due to interference of the Civilian council. Now that he thought about it, this was a golden opportunity for him.

"Ok, but I will give you the decision two days later. Now go and have a nice day. It was nice seeing you all, especially you Naruto-kun. Maybe someday we can sit and discuss more about this trip. And happy rebuilding. I will inform the Barrier teams about that. Good bye."

Naruto with a soft smile to his face, spoke a bit warmly, a change from the dead ice voice of his he had used till now," I would like that, Jiji. Thank you for your help and do take care." With that said all of them put their masks and hoods back and one by one they all sank into their shadows that vanished.

Sarutobi lied back in his chair before he noticed the paperwork, though it was far reduced than what he used to do, but he was still detested it. He ignored the piles in front of him and pulled out an orange book and for the next few hours the only sounds coming from the office were perverted giggling of the Third Hokage.

Uzumaki's Clan Noh Mask Hall

Konohagakure no Sato, Outskirts

The shadows rippled around the entrance of the Uzumaki Temple and four figures jumped out of the shadows like dew droplets on a leaf. The entire forest was silent as the four figures removed their hoods showing their masked faces to the world.

"Can't we just remove the Henge now? I feel like we are on secret espionage mission. And why we have to hide our appearance now? We did not do so in Uzu." Asked a sultry female voice identified by a woman wearing a modified ANBU type mask depicting a Snake on it.

"Hebi (Snake), you know why we can't do so. And we are not talking about it till Usagi (Rabbit) makes sure that the entire area is empty and free of bugs and other monitoring devices. Then we shall talk and I think to make you understand that we can't talk about it in the open." Scolded a woman wearing a white mask with distinctive crimson streaks on it with the shape of a peacock.

"Area Clear!. We have not been followed till now. Let us do this. We have half an hour before the barrier team is informed and they raise the barrier so that we can do the remodelling. Shall we do this Naruto kun?" asked the young girl wearing the Rabbit mask.

"Not now, Hinata. First let us enter the Temple. I will send some Kage Bunshin to plant the barrier and detection seals and to do some recon of the area. We need to make the entire area is marked completely." The last of them, a boy wearing a black mask with depiction of a Okami (Wolf) on it spoke. Hinata nodded and all of them moved towards the abandoned Temple of the Uzumaki Clan. As soon as they entered the Temple, Naruto looked out at the empty clearing and created thirty highly charged shadow clones and all of them departed for the tasks without him speaking.

As Naruto's Kage Bunshin left the Temple, they spread out and by the time they had stopped moving after moving more than five kilometres from the point of origin, each clone stood in front of a tree. From above, the formation of the clones would have looked like a circle with thirty points placed at regular intervals. Moving in sync, each clone held up a finger and forged a small vivid blue chakra blade. Together, they began to carve seals into the trunks of the trees they stood in front of.

Having already given the important all steps for securing the clearing and the area they needed to the clones, Naruto waited for fifteen minutes and then sat down on the floor back at the Uzumaki Temple and assumed a meditative pose to prepare himself for the next step. Back at their positions, his clones were hard at work inscribing seals in increasingly complex patterns on ten trees. Meanwhile Naruto had begun his own portion of the task. Very carefully he gathered and moulded a huge amount of chakra and kept a firm hold on it. Reaching out with his senses he examined the chakra of the trees, plants and animals around him – essentially getting a read on the exact frequency, if you will, of the background chakra of the clearing. This technique had been a result of his training with Lord Hashirama and Lord Tobirama to learn the True Art of Sensory Ninjutsu unlike the modern ninjas did using shortcuts and learning only the basics. Then with absolute focus he began to mutate the nature of the chakra he had moulded. Step by step, the chakra began to change from one that was unique to Naruto until finally it was indistinguishable from the chakra that saturated the surroundings – and right in time too for he sensed through the link he shared with all his clones that they had just finished inscribing the seals. Now came the next and one of the most difficult step.

Reaching out again, he grasped all thirty chakra links to his shadow clones and gave the shadow clones the go ahead to do their parts. With the active chakra link between themselves, the clones were able to act in sync – simultaneously, they moulded all their remaining chakra into neutral natured chakra, placed their hands on the seals they had just carved and activated the seals they had just carved, making sure to halt the activation process just before its conclusion, essentially leaving the seals in a state of suspended animation – much like drawing a circle and stopping just before closing it off. Now for the most delicate part of the entire procedure…with his clones' minds right there with him, Naruto portioned the carefully prepared chakra into thirty equal parts and after making sure that all his clones were ready, sent them out along the chakra links – with each chakra packet travelling at a speed that ensured that all the clones received them at the same time.

As the clones felt the chakra packets arrive, without interrupting the flow, they fed the chakra into the suspended seals and just as the last of the incoming chakra was sucked into the seal they closed the loop, completing the charging and activation of the seals. Owing to the neutral nature of the chakra used, no ninja sensed the chakra spike and the hidden nature of the area needed that ensured that the resulting light show went unseen. After the chakra eruption had died down, Naruto dismissed all his clones.

Getting up out of his meditative post, Naruto probed the newly made barrier around the clearing he was in – checking to make sure that all the features he had intended were present in the barrier and that nothing went wrong. He was satisfied with what he found. Now, no one but him and those he would synchronise with the seals personally, would be able to find any part of the area he just sealed and even those who might have known about the existence in the past would just conclude that the trees must have re-grown after they realised that they can't find the entire area just like it was in the Core Area of the Forest Of Death – after all, who knows what the trees grown by the Shodaime Hokage are capable of.

With all that done, Naruto could then get around to finally get to remodelling the area as they wanted and as discussed by him with his teachers before he left Uzu.

He stood back up and then nodded to others. All of them nodded back and then they all began removing their masks and the Cloaks. Naruto waited for a moment before creating fifty clones and leaving them to scout the area for training grounds that would be used for proper training in the use of the five elements and their various combinations. With that done he prepared to return to his companions and then to get some rest. Now that he had taken care of all the necessary preparations, they could start having fun. Just before closed the door of the Temple watched the clones disappear into the Woods and mused absently to himself that he should build a blacksmith's forge in one of the many clearings in the area he had sealed to make custom weapons, and then with not as much as a whisper, he turned around and was gone back into the depths of the Mask Hall.

All of them looked at each other and then simultaneously raised their hands in Ram seal and muttered a soft," Kai!". The result was four different persons were present in the room and their forms rippled to show their true appearances.

Kurenai Yuhi, the last member of the Yuhi Clan of Whirlpool. Yuhi's were primarily a clan of assassins and unlike most Kunoichi, the Yuhi clan back in the times of Warring Clans Era when they were living in the Whirlpool before moving out and settling in Konoha, were partners of the Uzumaki Clan as their primary retainers and often worked in secret with them as their hidden hand in the village, the one of the last ninja clans in the old country of Uzu. She looked like a goddess of pure beauty among mortals. Her black, slightly wavy hair flowed gracefully to the small of her back and framed her face. Cherry red pouty lips and a pair of the most soul piercing seductive eyes that could possibly exist, they were an enchanting shade of crimson like her name sake and the pupils had a ring of light red around them but it had nothing to do with them being a dojutsu but it was simply to increase her beauty and give her an untamed exotic look that would drive any man crazy.

One gaze from her and most men would now be putty in her hands if they saw her new and definitely dangerous look. Her body was a magnificent specimen of the female body, with an ample single E-cup bosom, small waist, round and bulging buttocks and wide hips. To put that body into the White and Crimson dress she now wore that was modified to expose her cleavage and shortened so that her thighs were always in sight was almost sinful. To top it all off she wore laced up sandals reaching her calves. Her beauty was as deadly as a tiger with her twin blades each a foot and a half in length from tip to tip and curved with an ornately crafted handles. She had taken up Kenjustu after she mastered the Taijutsu of the Yuhi clan, and incorporated the use of daggers, kunai, senbon and chakra scalpels to land strikes on the opponent's nerves, muscles and the blood circulatory system. All in all she was a very dangerous ninja who had embraced the more underhanded path of being Kunoichi. She was a trickster and a seducer. She took a lot of time in learning to properly learn the kinjutsu technique of her technique, and as a result of this training Kurenai had a spectacular control of her ability which allowed her to control the poison in such a way that she could poison a man with just a kiss and still not let him die.

She had finished her elemental manipulation of Fire, Wind, Lightning and Water elements and was at High ANBU level reaching almost borderline S-Rank in Ninjutsu. Her Chakra capacity was now nearly low Sannin level. Her Chakra Control had reached to Mid Sannin level and she had almost a true Genjutsu Mistress. All she needed now was more experience and refining her control over her techniques.

She was now able to use all her elements using only a single hand seal till Mid A Rank techniques were concerned and was still learning to use two elements simultaneously with using single hand seals with her two hands at the same time.

Anko Mitarashi had light brown pupil-less eyes and black hair which had a blue tint to them, giving them almost a violet shade, which was styled as always in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. She was wearing a dark metal mesh body suit that stretched from her neck to her mid thighs, show casing her lush womanly and hot sinful figure. The mesh suit was covered by a grey overcoat with purple in-seam and also wore a black mini skirt just barely above indecent and that too stretching the limits of it. Her assemble was finished with dark grey wrist and shin guards. She too was wearing high laced up sandals like Kurenai but they were black in colour.

Her body had matured in last two years and after removal of the cursed seal, her body had been allowed to fully develop. Her tits had reached to nearly a whopping EE-cup and her waist had become narrow giving her a hourglass figure almost like Kurenai. Her ass was more plump and a bit more massive than Kurenai's. But where as Kurenai was more like an exotic fruit that drew everyone like bees to honey, Anko oozed nothing but seduction and sultriness, like a succubus on a hunt.

After she had gotten her curse seal removed, her chakra levels had reached up to Mid-Kage level but now she was High-Kage level. Her Chakra control had reached to High-Sannin. Her Taijutsu was at Mid-Sannin level in the True Snake style and in the Goken.

Anko's two main affinities of Fire and Earth had been mastered and now she could use only one hand seal to unleash any technique up to Mid S-Rank. Her minor affinity to Wind was at Low-Sannin level. However she was capable of using single hand seals with her two hands at the same time to launch collaboration jutsus.

She also had trained with Lady Mito in the use of Katana and a Tanto simultaneously. In the art of Kenjutsu she was High-ANBU level only and had vowed to learn and master her two weapons.

Hinata Hyuuga had become one of the most beautiful women any of them had ever seen. Her body had become more mature after she had come back from six months of training with Lady Mito and her body had been changed. Her breasts had grown larger, her hips had curved. She gained a thinner curved waist, and her legs were longer and sleeker too. In short she almost looked like the perfect supermodel. After her seduction and hentaijustu training, she had become more bolder and outgoing and even began flirting with Naruto.

Both the women knew they had a slight crush over Hinata and Naruto after they had matured during the training trip and where ever Hinata went during their return trip, every male onlooker stopped and stared at the sublime creature, whose silky dark hair with a blue tint to them, fell down past her shoulders to the small of her back just above her perfect ass. The way she moved her hips was a seductive, almost hypnotic way, as if to say 'You know you want it'. Hinata had truly started on the path of seducing Naruto during the end of their fourth year in the training plane but the boy was still a bit dense towards her feelings for him. And her eyes had become a lovely shade of lavender that melted any one's heart when she smiled at them. What both Anko and Kurenai did not know was the fact due to the Secret Training in Pure Chakra that both of them had done with Hashirama sensei, they both had matured early and their bodies had developed to be more beautiful, yet deadly and stronger than others.

Hinata was now at Mid ANBU level with her Chakra capacity and her Chakra control was at Low Sannin level. She was had mastered the two main affinities of Water and Lightning. She had been trained to the ground by Tobirama-sensei and now she was able to use most of her Water jutsu with a single hand seal except for those with levels above Mid S rank. The Lightning affinity of her was along Low Sannin level and her hand seals were reduced to about four or five for most of her techniques. Her medium affinity for Earth had progressed to the High ANBU to Borderline Sannin level where she was able to reduce the hand seals to less than ten and her very minor affinity for Fire was along High ANBU level after their training with Madara Uchiha. Like both her friends, her ninjutsu was the same as that of Anko, Kurenai and Naruto. A level where she was able to use her elements using only a single hand seal and using two elements simultaneously with using single hand seals with her two hands at the same time and launch collaboration jutsus.

Her own Taijutsu style that she had developed in the future was mastered by her and she was truly at the level of Maito Guy when he was without his weights. This style was called by her as the Raging River style and utilised stances from Jyuken, Dances of the Kaguya Clan, and many others to create a hybrid style that used the same principles as that of the Yuhi Clan taijutsu to use weapons and chakra scalpels to injure the enemy but the main difference was while the Yuhi Clan used dance like movements, Hinata's Taijutsu was more along the lines of flowing water. She was able to go toe to toe with both Anko and Kurenai in Taijutsu and her Medical training was at Mid Jounin levels.

Hinata had also taken up Archery on the insistence of Lady Mito who had told her that she would be a very good long range combatant, and her skills gave her a small amount of invulnerability. How can you attack a person, if that person has the ability to kill you from over half a kilometre. With or without her Byakugan, Hinata had been truly dangerous foe. Adding a truly long range speciality added a whole new level of possibility to Hinata's arsenal. Lady Mito had also told her that if Hinata reached the level where she could shoot targets moving at Low to Mid Sannin speed while herself running at those speeds, she would teach Hinata herself Onmyōton (Yin-Yang Release) that she had mastered in her later life.

When most people talked about the Byakugan they mentioned a user's ability to see nearly 360 degree, ability to see through surfaces and observational skills in that order. Hinata's Byakugan also seemed to allow an almost preternatural eye for detail at extreme ranges. Lavender-eyed Hinata could put any throwing weapon on target ten times out of ten from fifty meters away and do the same at one hundred meters if she used chakra to enhance the strength of her throws when she had reached the age of seven.

With the Byakugan and her own eyesight strengthened with the use of pure chakra, Hinata never missed… ever. After the days and weeks of practice time she pegged a butterfly from nearly a kilometre away, Lady Mito was convinced on the fact that the idea was fully intended for Byakugan users like Hinata who diversified and broke traditions, instead of allowing them to rust and become complacent. It took enhancing her arms with chakra to draw the practice bow properly and she wouldn't easily be able to make a shot like that in a forest but Hinata was getting some fiendish ideas when she thought about enchanting the bow and the arrows that she used to be soundless, unbreakable and the like using seals. From the looks of her sensei, Lady Mito was having ideas of her own.

Lady Mito had Hashirama make a special wooden bow set consisting of three different types of bows and several thousand arrows using his own Mokuton Jutsu but enhanced each and every one of them with using his Sage Mode. The resulting masterpieces were an Art of their own. Hinata had named them as Sage Bows in the honour of the skill and strength possessed by each of the bows. Each bow was an ornately crafted bow in the shape of falcons or birds of prey. The arrows were divided into several categories. Lady Mito had spent two months applying seals to both the arrows and bows. Each of the three bows were made to be nigh indestructible, silent and being able to summon to her on using her chakra like a summoning. The arrows were made to be of multiple variety from exploding, ninjustu release to capable of unleashing a fog of posion. The entire project had taken three to four months but the results were worth it. The bows could take direct attacks from any type of chakra nature and if damaged as Hashirama demonstrated using his Sage mode to scratch the bows, they were self repairing. The arrows were a bit more complex but the most exotic ones had reverse summoning seals on them.

A different Naruto stood still, waiting patiently for his clones to dispel with news of the seals he had applied just now were working perfectly while they tested them and the defences while two other clones were sent to check whether the Barrier Team had been informed or not. The difference between the old Naruto and this one was significant to say the least.

He was wearing a Black Leather ANBU pants and a Mesh shirt combination complete with distinctive long sleeves. His fore arms were covered by Guards similar to Anko but his were a bright crimson and had two symbols on them side by side of the Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan. He was wearing an armour just like Madara Uchiha but his was Pale blue with distinctive pattern of Grey streaks in the form his clans on both front and back. The armour was with thick black streaks running along the arms, chest, back, and thighs in the same places as Madara's did, i.e. armour that covered his chest, the sides of his thighs that conjoined to cover his crotch, and top half of his arms that extended upward to cover the sides of his face with the sleeves of his shirt rolled up to the mid part of his forearms. He had black gloves on along with black boots. He also wore a mantle under his leg armour.

He'd grown to fill out his clothes nicely over the years, though it was hard to tell just by looking at him. To most he would look quite skinny, but the appearance was deceptive. A trained eye would notice that there were plenty of extremely strong muscles on his body, as each one of them were lean and extremely taut. Whenever he moved his muscles rippled and flexed with each movement. His body was built for speed, flexibility and acrobatics; there wasn't an ounce of bulk or wasted weight on it.

Unlike the henge, he was noticeably pale, almost pure white, a consequence of spending almost all his time in the last two years (Real World Time) in the training plane and using the Perfect Chakra extensively. Also the DNA implants of Lord Hashirama and Madara Uchiha had some physical manifestations. His usual pale blonde hair had grown thicker and wilder with deep red, almost crimson colour seeping into their roots. His features had become more angular and he even took on Madara's jawline.

To him, his most significant change had been his eyes. Eyes, which were once a brilliant and shining sapphire, were now cold glaciers. Though his eyes retained that ocean blue colour, but where the old Naruto's eyes were simply striking his present eyes were as cold as ice with a sharp, calculating gaze that attested to a cunning mind. The henge's trade mark spiky blonde hair were also gone, instead the hair were grown out and tied back in loosely in a ponytail. The blonde and red hair and pale face would make him look stand out on the streets of Konoha, his appearance was simply exotic to say the least. His loose blonde bangs framed a handsome face that was starting to adopt the first lines of adulthood, losing all of the youthful roundness that characterized most youth. The only real similarity this Naruto shared with his clone was the whiskers marks on their cheeks but they too were fading and had become very thin and hard to make out at a glance. However they reappeared in more feral manner whenever he was using Kyuubi's Chakra above two tails.

He had learnt and mastered eight different Taijutsu styles at the insistence of his teachers. This included the Goken, Snake Style, Humming Bird Style, Hashirama's personal Taijutsu style, Lady Mito's Water Fist Style, Tobirama's Lightning Fist style, Hinata's version of Jyuken and last but not the least the Uchiha Madara's personal Taijutsu Style.

His Chakra Capacity was at Bijju level while his Chakra Control was also at Mid-Kage Level. For Naruto it was a real accomplishment due to the fact he used at least a Hundred Kage Bunshin for these exercises and his chakra capacity was due to his heritage as an Uzumaki and a Jinchuriki on top of that. Hashirama-sensei had been right in the regard of his chakra control training along with Lady Mito's advice on his negative emotion sensing.

His Ninjutsu and Elemental Manipulation was at Mid to High Sannin Level already. His three main affinities of Earth, Water and Lightning were all mastered with his ability to launch their jutsu's with a single hand seal till he reached Mid S rank jutsus. Above the High A rank he needed at least one third hand seals to do use the justu's effectively otherwise his attacks used the normal chakra as required. He had been able to take several tips from the Uzumaki Journals and his Un-dead teachers to learn how to make his jutsu's more potent and less time consuming.

His Genjustu at High A-Rank to borderline S-rank. He could detect and dispel multiple A-Rank Genjutsu's and even several S-rank Ones.

When Naruto had been trained, he was given his very own sickle and chain and could go toe to toe with his Uchiha-sensei within months of his training when it was sickle and chain only. Lady Mito had personally given him a katana she had forged in the training plane. It had been an old blade called as Muramasa, but Lady Mito had used chakra metal and re-forged the old katana and inscribed several invisible seals on it including a seal that caused the blade to vibrate at insane speeds, increasing its cutting power a hundred fold and could channel any type of chakra nature through itself, further increasing its lethality. His Kenjustu at the level of Low level Sannin and Madara Uchiha had nearly lost an arm in a battle. He was now training to learn to use both weapons at the same time but he had made very little progress on that front.

"It seems that the Barrier Team has raised the strength of the village. My clone has just dispelled. We can now begun on remodelling the land before I begun the construction of the clan compound. However we will need the help of Hashirama sensei as my Mokuton jutsu is not very advanced. Hinata, will you be able to summon him again or shall I do it?" asked Naruto in his usual ice cold whisper.

"No need Naruto-kun. I will be happy to help as it is going to be our own clan house after we marry. Or do you not find me beautiful enough?" she asked while using the dreaded Puppy Eye Jutsu making her eyes big and watery. Naruto kept his dead pan stare at her making her visibly pout and she stuck out her tongue in a rare show of childishness. Both Kurenai and Anko smiled at her rare show of innocence which was what these two deserved, not the fact that they were making decisions like seasoned war veterans. Even the ever stoic Naruto gave a minimalistic smile, just a turn of the corners of his lips that drew the attention away from his piercing blue eyes.

Hinata stared at Naruto as it was rare for him to showcase emotions this freely without any care of the world even though it was the bare minimum. She sometimes cursed herself and wallowed in guilt of the decision of making Naruto grow up fast and take away his naive view of the world, with which was what she had fallen in love with him in the first place. But it was that or allow him to become a doormat for the others who would simply use him and then throw him away like trash. And she had chosen to make their own happy memories later in the life when the storms that were going to plague the shinobi world were just waiting to unleashed around the corner.

"Anko-san, come with me. Kurenai-san you may join us or would you like to stay with Hinata and watch over her for me?" asked Naruto with his usual monotone, all traces of emotion vanishing making it feel like a dead breeze in harsh winter. Kurenai simply smiled her predatory smile like a succubus on a hunt and then spoke in a low husky voice," I will stay with Hinata if you don't mind Uzumaki-kun. I have to ask her a few things myself. I will join you later on."

"What I have told you to call me Naruto-kun? It is either Anko-chan or Anko for you. You don't have to be so formal with me. Of course I am just Itching to try out a few justu. I have been bored the entire way back to the village. You know this seems awfully like you are trying to take me away so that you can have my body to ravish. Is that why you are asking me to go with you, Naruto-kun? Do you want your sweet, innocent Anko-chan to be your first? " She then blew him a kiss and resisted the urge to grin at the challenging scowl that formed the Hyuuga's face.' Gods messing with her is so fun and I have to admit she is quite a ferocious tiger. But I must admit I am attracted to him and I won't allow any chance to go out my hands. But if I have to be with him, I will have to fix that icy exterior of his.' Anko thought to herself while remembering all the training she had done in seduction and hentaijutsu.

Naruto didn't even blink and walked off with Anko grumbling after him about young, good looking studs who were too emotionless for their own good. Hinata glaring daggers at Anko's back willing herself to incinerate the woman with her eyes alone. Kurenai watched them go with a barely concealed amusement and then turned a predatory eye on Hinata who mentally gulped at the pure sinful look on her one time mentor's face.

"Hinata-san," she purred in her husky voice sending delightful shivers down the young girl's spine," We are going to have a talk."

Naruto walked outside with Anko following him, pouting at the cold guy that Naruto had begun using around the end of second year in their training. She never voiced it out loud but she missed the old but carefree Naruto who would always smile and freely express himself. Naruto had suddenly gone one day without telling any of them for training with both Hashirama-sama and Lady Mito for three months and when he returned, he had changed a lot. He had seemed lost like a leaf in a wind and had refused to talk to anyone of them except for his teachers and even then it was in yes or no three of their sensei's had known but never spoken a word about what had happened with Naruto though Tobirama-sensei had been a bit grim after Naruto's return. All three of them had discussed what had happened as none of their teachers would say even a word though Hinata had an inkling of what might have happened but she refused to tell them anything saying that it was Naruto's choice to tell them about his change.

Naruto stopped after a moving through few paces around the Uzumaki Temple. He could feel the turmoil that was currently engulfing Anko as his Negative Emotion Sensing ability was always active as a result of his training. He knew what Anko was thinking but the truth was he did not want to burden anyone with his pain and what he almost thought was the betrayal of the highest kind.

Flashback Start

The vast emptiness in front of him was a bit overwhelming. Both Lady Mito and Hashirama-sensei had spoken that it was necessary for him to do this and after a few weeks of debate with himself, he had agreed. Though he suspected it was his stubborn aspect of him, the one that coined his Never Give Up Attitude, had managed to screw him one final time in the end.

"I am speaking from experience," Lady Mito replied after a moment of his query that was it truly necessary as they approached an end to the dark corridor they were travelling through which ended in the vast empty plane in front of them, "No matter how much you wishes for deny it or hope to return to the simplistic naive view, you once held. Hashirama knows that it is not going to happen if the desire is only one sided. His own history with Madara is proof of that. With doubt comes anger and that was what anyone would have planned to exploit to escape. It has nearly worked every time too when the seal is loosened the seal in the future using the key Minato left for your seal. I have myself just barely managed to restrain the Kyuubi long enough to retighten the restrictions on its chakra during my trial. Although yours is different due to the fact that the Yondaime still left the seal in a weakened state. I don't know what he was thinking and as a result…"

"Naruto and Yondaime both created me," a fourth voice called towards them as the door at the end of the passage way swung open. Naruto gasped as a person looking exactly like him to the very last detail, stood in the doorway although he had red pupils surrounded by darkness. "Although perhaps creating isn't the right word exactly, more like gave me enough chakra for me to manifest."

Both Lady Mito and Hashirama-sensei nodded at him before saying, "Yes…although what you hope to achieve now is impossible to say."

The dark version of Naruto smirked as he said, "My dream is the same. I'm going to become the real Naruto and then I'm going to teach the stinking village a lesson for all the hard times and pains they've given to me."

All three of them shared a look before Lady Mito said, "Yami-Naruto… you don't…"

"Shut-up," the dark aspect shouted causing the red-head to take a step back, "You weren't there. You have no idea of the shitty life I had. Sorry, we have had but I will rectify it soon. Do you really think that smiling buffoon you met is who your legacy really is? He's just a mask that became real."

Seeing her descendant's face twisted in such a furious veneer as it spit its ire at her had caused tears to appear in the woman's eyes as she said, "I-I so never wanted a child to bear the burden put on y-you...… to give you…"

"But you weren't," the Dark Naruto said coldly, each word layered in unforgiving ice, the words stabbing Lady Mito like a knife making her wonder if that was how her descendant had truly felt truly felt about her and her legacy. She began to hug herself as she felt on the verge of sobbing.

Hashirama placed a comforting hand on her shoulder though as he said, "Don't let its words bother you. It is merely acting as it was wished to be. But this is why Naruto has been so… withdrawn lately. It is merely using his own doubts against him."

"It… that is so very cold of you, Hashirama," The dark Naruto said, "There was a time when you would have called me the real Naruto."

"But you aren't," Hashirama replied calmly. "You're merely a construct of his negative emotions given a semblance of life due to his and Kyuubi's chakra and are no doubt using the platform that had been sustained by the weak seal to maintain your existence."

Dark Naruto smirked saying, "You're only partly right. True, although you ripped the access from the dais where it was lying dormant but there was enough chakra present to sustain me. But in all honesty do you think I've been able to influence him to such a degree off of the scraps of chakra that were left to me." The dark Naruto raised his hand and suddenly the corridor disappeared to be replaced by the Falls of Truth.

"How!?" Hashirama exclaimed looking around in shock.

"Why you were just talking about it?" Dark Naruto said smirking, "You know you have some rather dark memories of this temple. I have been able to access the memories of this place ever since both of you have been trying to heal his damaged psyche. Ah…betrayal, it's such a beautiful emotion, why it almost feels as good as when the villagers slammed that blade into my chest and tried to rip my heart out. I was just four years old." Both of them gasped upon hearing that causing the dark version of Naruto to say, "Oh I'm sorry did the fool failed to mention that to you. Makes you wonder what else he's hiding from you doesn't it." Focusing back on Lady Mito, he said, "Come on Lady Mito don't pretend you truly give a rat's ass about this child's dream. These are the same people that forgot you and your country and their sacrifice for nearly half a century and you really want to be reunited with your brethren. Why I imagine Konoha was snickering for years after abandoning your clansmen and country to the death…"

"Shut up," Lady Mito shouted losing her composure, "I will not be lectured by some puppet that took a false aspiration to become real."

The dark Naruto chuckled saying, "There you go again acting as if I'm not the real Naruto. If all it takes to be considered real is to be flesh and blood then once I break the child's will I'll be the one calling the shots because as you well know being considered real is a matter of perspective."

For a moment Lady Mito and Hashirama were confused as to what the construct of Naruto was alluding to. However a memory flashed of Madara confronting the Shodai Hokage saying, "Hashirama, you are merely a single life, an existence of energy…energy that once was a under an ultimate form's submission." Hit by a revelation Hashirama thought towards the Dark Naruto, "Is that how you see the world?"

The dark Naruto smirked as if it had heard the silent question. But then a pair of arms wrapped around it from behind and Naruto who had been crying silently ever since he had been forced to see his memories from this age to his date of birth and had recovered, whispered softly, "I'm not sure what to think of what you are at the moment… but I do realize that you are an aspect of what I must feel on some level and since you are a part of me… I care for you too as I would for my own self."

The dark Naruto's eye shot wide open at Naruto's words. It shouted, "Let go of me," however despite its words the construct of Naruto's dark emotions seemed to melt into the embrace. But then it felt as if the existence it had fought so hard to maintain was beginning to slip away and surprised the boy by pulling loose of his grip. Spinning it formed a wind blade in its hand shouting, "Do you think that's all it would take, you spouting some nonsense about existence and co-operation to make me go away? I want…" The construct trailed off as it began to bring the blade forward and Naruto could see tears appearing in its eyes.

Yet, before it could strike Hashirama grabbed it by the neck from behind and almost before it had time to react the dark Naruto burst into red and blue chakra as it slowly was absorbed by Naruto slowly. Lady Mito who was shocked by the sudden end asked, "W-what did you two do?"

Hashirama brought the hand he had gripped the dark aspect of Naruto with, towards Naruto's stomach saying, "He merely reabsorbed the chakra he had managed to gather since the day of the sealing or his birth. I just temporarily calmed it for Naruto to do so."

Lady Mito could sense that both of them were holding something back so asked, "But what about…well him. I-I think he just wanted a chance to exist to experience…"

"Lady Mito, the matter has been resolved," Naruto said, "It was only a single small aspect of my personality unable to feel anything but the negative emotions that I needed to crack the seal. Those emotions exist in me, yes, but not to the extent it would have wanted you to believe."

Lady Mito wasn't sure if Naruto and Hashirama believed what they were saying. However as the alternative would be to once more let a darkness loose inside Naruto, she nodded and accepted their words.

Flashback End

Naruto let out a sigh. He knew that the problem hadn't been sorted fully but partially. He was going to face his inner darkness once again. He had been lucky as he had allowed his instincts to guide him rather than go in with guns blazing. They had saved him from going over the cycle of fighting with his aspect and then realising the truth later. It was so clichéd that it wasn't funny. That is why he had simply tried to keep a lid on his emotions. He though understood that he needed to ease the worries of his friends. Or rather as Naruto preferred them as his precious people. Looking at Anko, he fought the urge to smirk as the woman was glaring rather heatedly at him. Some of his mirth must have shown for the woman's face softened and she said," Reminiscing again, aren't you Naruto-kun? I hope you have finished your wool gathering for we still have work to do."

Naruto nodded before he fell back into his stoic mode once again. He raised a hand seal and moulded the chakra he needed and visualised what he wanted. He did not want to damage the Uzumaki Temple as well. "Doton: Retsudotensho (Earth Release: Split Earth Turn Around Palm)." He intoned softly, his voice just above a whisper. Just as he visualised, an entire area over half a kilometre flipped over and turned around leaving no traces of the overgrown vegetation that was around it, leaving a bare and unblemished clearing. Though the land piece he had turned was nearly square in shape, the land around the Uzumaki temple was untouched as was the monument. He exhaled softly as the technique came to an end and he let the rest of his chakra flow back into his system. He looked back and saw Anko grin at him while giving him a thumbs up.

He then heard slow clapping and turned around to see Lord Hashirama clapping softly, looking at him with pride. Looking at his protégé, Hashirama smiled before he looked his handiwork once again." Good work, Naruto. Though you initially moulded more chakra than necessary but you will reach that point with practice. Rest all seems to have been done perfectly. Though, it seems that I have some work to do. Stand back and let me show you something unique."

Hashirama stood for a minute absolutely still and then suddenly opened his eyes. A set of markings appeared on his face showing that he was using the Sage Mode."Senpou: Mokuton: Shichuuka no Jutsu" he intoned and both Naruto and Anko watched stunned as the area before them changed dramatically. Hashirama grinned to himself, seeing the expressions on his cute little students. He was so awesome that he would have loved to shout it from the top of the Hokage monument.' Take that Madara.' I still have it. He cheered to himself mentally.