Declaimer: I own nothing in this fanfic, but my created characters they abilities and Jutsu and that is about all I own "Goes to corner and starts crying"
Writing: Italic: thought, Bold: Bijuu or summoning speaking.
"Vision...? What would you know about my vision? My vision would shatter the world you have come to understand, tear asunder your illusions, and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you and everybody else who have dared to follow suit. Now ask yourself, are you ready to see that vision?" - Unknown
"It is my loyalty and dedication towards the village and its people that makes my heart strong, if I'm fighting for the sake of those I love and care about, then I care not what happens to this body. For I am the blade that fights for the sake of my friends and their future, as such I have no regrets." - Unknown
As the teams set out Naruto noticed how much happier Haku seemed to be. She had a smile on her face and see seemed to glow. Naruto couldn't have been happier for the girl. The same could not be said for a certain Uchiha. After the bridge something inside Sasuke seemed to snap. He was more drawn back then before and was shoving his team away from him. It didn't take a genius to figure out what he was thinking; revenge. Sasuke was brewing in anger by his inability to avenge his clan and that his own team pulled him back. This worried everyone, but Kakashi knew exactly what he was going to do. If there was anyone Sasuke that could control Sasuke better then Kakashi, it was Mikoto. There was also the problem with Naruto. Once, the group enters Konoha there could be a chance of Naruto getting recognized. Kakashi had to make sure Naruto stayed hiding at least until they met the Hokage. For that reason Kakashi had Naruto wear a cloak that obscured most of his face. Kakashi looked at his ward and narrowed his eye at him. "Remember this Naruto," Kakashi warned with a tone of seriousness in his voice. "Don't make any sudden moves too the Hokage. If you make a threaten move, I will have to act." Naruto smile was visible beneath the hood as he turned his head towards the man.
"No worries," Naruto reassured. "I have no quarry with your Hokage." Naruto walked ahead of Kakashi to catch up with Suigetsu and Haku. Kurenai noticed Kakashi was in conflict with himself.
"What's wrong?"
Kakashi turned his lone eye on his fellow Jonin. "He's my sensei's son," Kakashi stated with a troubled voice. "But he spent all this time with Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Who knows what those two did too Naruto." Kurenai thought about this for a few seconds before responding.
"What does your gut tell you," Kakashi just stared at Kurenai who smiled back. "Sometimes your gut is a better judge then your brain." With that Kurenai walked off leaving Kakashi to meddle with his own thoughts. In truth Kurenai's words helped the man, but did little to settle his training from his training in the ANBU. His gut was telling him that Naruto wasn't a danger, but his brain was screaming that he should be restrained. Naruto seemed to realize Kakashi distress and gave the man another smile. Everyone watched as Naruto walked towards the Jonin. He then held out his hands startling everyone.
"I can sense emotions," Naruto replied with merry tone in his voice. "If it makes you feel better you can restrain my arms." Kakashi's eyes searched the boy, but there was no sign of deceit. The only thing he saw was a smiling and honest face. With a sigh Kakashi patted Naruto shoulder and walked off.
"I've made my choice, but remember my warning."
Naruto's grin turned more fox-like as his eyes glowed beneath his hood. "I understand," Naruto spoke as he walked with the group once more. As the group continued to walk Naruto noticed Sasuke staring at him. His eyes were narrowed so much they looked like slits. "Can I help you?" Sasuke just continued to stare at the Uzumaki, but relaxed his glare. Naruto turned back too the road ahead, but kept on the ready just in case.
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Konoha soon came into view with its gates open, like it was welcoming everyone. Everyone was ecstatic to be back home, but three felt out of place within this happiness. Haku, Naruto, and Suigetsu glanced around at the foreign environment. Hinata turned to find Naruto without his smile, but instead with a curious look in his eyes. Naruto noticed Hinata looking at him and gave the Hyuga a wide grin. Hinata returned the smile in kind. As the group entered the Konoha, Naruto stopped to survey his surroundings. After spending time with Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Naruto learned to take in his surroundings and find the quickest escape route; just in case. That was when the sound reached the ears of everyone. It was a faint tapping sound, like wood on concrete. Everyone turned towards the sound to find Danzo looking directly at Naruto. "Welcome back," Naruto gently took off his hood realizing he was discovered. "You gave us all quiet a scare, little fox." Naruto's eyes widened as several ANBU appeared around him. Suigetsu went too help, but was stopped by a firm hand from Kakashi. Suigetsu turned his eyes too the Jonin, but found him just as confused as he was. Naruto's eyes slowly glanced around the area as a smile crept into his features.
"Thirteen," Naruto finally uttered the number with an amused tone. "Five are around me." Naruto gestured too the group around him, but then pointed to the rooftops. "The others are hiding among the rooftops." Slowly the ANBU revealed themselves too the Uzumaki, realizing their cover was blown. Kakashi looked towards the old war hawk with a small glare.
"How did you know we had Naruto," Kakashi questioned, but didn't receive an answer from the man. The elder simply swept past the group and walked towards Naruto.
"The council will be called," Danzo watched as Naruto shrugged nonchalantly. With a swift motion Naruto's hands were bound behind his back by the ANBU. "His fate will be decided then." Danzo turned and walked away with the ANBU following him. The Konoha group didn't know what too make of what they saw. Suigetsu growled and began to follow the ANBU. With a quick look around Kakashi saw everyone else wanted too do. They all followed after Suigetsu and the now captured Naruto. Kakashi looked down and saw Sai actually look nervous. A hand fell on Sai's shoulder and the young man looked into Kakashi's eye smile.
"It's okay."
Sai was startled as the man walked on. He betrayed Kakashi's trust and yet the man forgave him. Sai noticed Kakashi had stopped a few feet from him. With a glance up Kakashi motioned for the boy too follow. Despite everything Sai followed his sensei to the council meeting.
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As the teams entered the council room they saw Naruto chained too the floor, but the boy was still one big smile. The other door burst opened revealing an angry looking Hokage. "Danzo," Sarutobi shouted in rage! "What is the meaning-?" Sarutobi stopped when he noticed the boy bound to the ground. "Naruto…?" The boy in question turned his eyes too the man.
"Last I checked that was my name," Naruto chuckled as pulled on his chains. "I wish we could've meet on more… hospitable conditions." Sarutobi couldn't believe his eyes. Right in front of his eyes was the boy that was kidnapped years ago. Suddenly the other doors opened revealing the clan heads. One by one the clan heads saw the Uzumaki and each had a look of shock, but the most surprised look came from Mikoto. The moment she entered the room and saw Naruto she stopped. He wasn't hard to recognize. He still had the whisker marks and looked like his father. Sarutobi knew what was about to happen and stood in front of the Uchiha.
"Mikoto, I know," Sarutobi quietly muttered as the woman stood shocked at the boy in front of her. "I'll talk too Danzo and see what's going on here." Mikoto finally accepted that she was being told too sit. Sarutobi then turned back to the bandaged elder.
"Now," Danzo spoke in a calm and calculated voice. The room grew quiet as the elder stood up with his eye on Naruto. "We are here to discuss the return of Naruto Uzumaki." That was when Sarutobi stepped in front of Danzo's view.
"What are you talking about," Sarutobi demanded with a fire in his eyes. "First off you don't have the power too call a meeting like this." The two stared at each other for a few seconds as everyone looked on. "Second-."
Danzo tapped his cane on the ground. A simple motion, but it gave him the result he wanted. "Please forgive me, Hokage-sama," Danzo spoke with a faux politeness. The more and more the man talked, the more Naruto disliked him. It was almost like he was trying to integrate himself into everything. "But I had to act who knows who had this child." Danzo gestured too the chained Uzumaki who yawned. "He could've been trained in anything. In fact he could've allowed himself too be brought here." With a skeptical look Sarutobi looked down back at Naruto.
"For what purpose?"
"To gain intelligence on Konoha," Danzo answered slowly before adding his finally words. "Or too assassinate you." This caused eerie silence to fall around the council room. This never seemed to occur to anyone. This didn't sit well with some people though. The Konoha group, that Naruto helped, stood stunned at the accusation and Mikoto looked appalled.
That was when Kakashi made his voice heard. "Excuse me Hokage-sama," That was when the council finally noticed the other group, standing behind the Uzumaki. Sarutobi finally took his eyes off of Danzo. "If it wasn't for Naruto, we wouldn't be here right now." This statement didn't seem to persuade anyone. Just when Kakashi was about too go on he heard a light chuckle.
"Don't bother," Naruto stated with an amused smile. Just the simple fact that Naruto was smiling under his current conditions increased the council's worry. Naruto yanked on his chains causing the wood to be pulled up. This resulted in ANBU surrounding the boy with blades pointed at his throat. "I'm pretty much under their control." Naruto let out a sigh as he relaxed against his confines. With this action Danzo decided to gain the attention once more.
"We need to interrogate him."
Mikoto's eyes shot open as her Sharingan instinctively activated. "What are you suggesting," Mikoto question boomed off the council walls? With a side glance Danzo fixed her with his lone eye.
"He needs to be checked incase he is dangerous," Danzo informed with a mild tone that was bordering on irritation. Danzo fixed Naruto with his eye. "By any means necessary." This statement came to no surprise. When it came to it Danzo would get what he wanted or needed. The only one who wasn't in an agreeing mood was Naruto. The boy at the sound of Danzo's sentence was nothing more then a giant growl. Everyone could feel Naruto's threatening vocalizations through the floor. Danzo made a motion towards the blond council man. "See what you can find, Inoichi." The man now called Inoichi gave a grave nod as he approached the boy. Though he was still growling Naruto gave the man smug grin.
"Nothing you do is going to make me say anything."
Naruto's certainty in his voice caused an amused smile to appear on Inoichi's features. "You don't have to say anything," The confusion in Naruto's eyes left him when Inoichi's hand burned with blue chakra. Naruto then scanned Inoichi's features until he realized who he was.
"Shit!" Before Naruto could move back Inoichi grabbed the boy's head; stopping his stuggle. As Naruto's body finally went limp everyone knew Inoichi was in.
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Memories flooded in front of Inoichi's eyes. As each memory went by Inoichi steadily became more and more concerned. "Naruto was trained by Kinkaku and Ginkaku," Inoichi pushed harder as Naruto's mind tried to push the Yamanaka out. Just as Naruto's mind began to give; Inoichi found himself looking around a sewer system. "Where am I?" A deep growl-like chuckle came from behind Inoichi. Inoichi turned around and stared into the eyes of Kyubi. As Inoichi took a step back Kyubi made its move. The great beast released a roar that shook the very foundations of the sewer system. Inoichi brought his arms up instinctively, but a quick look at his arm he knew what was happening. "Kyubi is pushing me out of Naruto's mind!" Inoichi tired to stand his ground, but Kyubi quickly squashed this. A shadow fell over Inoichi as he glanced upwards. Kyubi slammed its paw on the ground right where Inoichi was standing.
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Inoichi opened his eyes to find himself staring at a pair of orange eyes. With a sudden burst of chakra Naruto shattered the wood holding the chains to the ground. Everyone shielded themselves as wood pieces flew and embedded themselves into the walls. Inoichi jumped away from the boy as Kyubi's chakra cocooned him. Naruto stood to his full height as his chakra cascaded off of him. "Don't do that again," Naruto uttered the threat as his eyes narrowed. The ANBU decided at that moment to attack Naruto. With a swing of his arm, Naruto used the chain meant for his restraint, to blast the ANBU away.
"He was captured and trained by Kinkaku and Ginkaku," Inoichi stated receiving nothing more then utter chaos. Every clan head got into battle postions; except for Mikoto who stared into Naruto's eyes.
"His eyes look sad," Mikoto thought to herself as Shikaku's shadow shoot towards the boy. Naruto watched with flinted eyes as the shadow connected with his, but just as Shikaku tired to move Naruto the boy snarled. To the surprise of everyone saw Shikaku's shadow begin to shrink.
"He's pushing my Jutsu back," Shikaku shouted out! Naruto stood his ground as Tsume was about to charge.
"I don't want to fight," Naruto mumbled as Tsume jumped off her position, but on her way down Kakashi appeared in front of her. Tsume stopped her attack and landed in front of the man. Naruto's eyes trailed up until he was looking at the back of Kakashi's head. "Kakashi, what are you doing?" Kakashi stole a slight glance to his sensei's child and Naruto watched his expression soften.
"I'm fulfilling my promise," Kakashi stated plainly as he turned back to the council. The look in his eye made it plain to everyone; he wasn't moving. "I failed to protect my sensei's son. I won't fail again!" This statement seemed to shake quiet a few people, but Danzo decided to use this.
"So, you would help a boy who could have a mission to kill our Hokage?"
Kakashi fixed Danzo with the coldest glare he could give. Then, Naruto saw Kakashi take a glance back at him. "I trust Naruto," Kakashi spoke as he held out his arms, gesturing too the whole council. "If it wasn't for Naruto and Suigetsu; Hinata, Sasuke, Kurenai, none of us would be here." This statement seemed to intrigue the council as they eased up. Hiashi especially was interested in hearing more.
"What are you talking about?"
Kakashi turned his eye towards Sarutobi. "On our way to Nami we encountered a certain man," Kakashi started off telling the story of Gekizai and how they were poisoned. He then went to explain how Naruto and Suigetsu came in and saved them all. "Then we encountered a new problem." Kakashi looked at the ground for a second as he took a breath. "Itachi and Kisame came to Nami." The room went dead quiet. Not a single sound could be heard. Kakashi took this as a go ahead to finish his tale. After explaining the rest of the story, Zabuza's death and Naruto, Suigetsu and Haku's assistance, Kakashi stopped talking. Naruto took this opportunity to scan the facial expression of everyone. Some were too shocked to believe that Naruto actually fought against S-rank missing-nin and was still alive. Others didn't really know if to believe Kakashi or attack again. To Naruto this became a waiting game. He knew if he moved wrong he would be attacked.
A cough from Sarutobi brought everyone's attention back to the elder Hokage. "So Naruto helped you," Sarutobi spoke softly and Naruto already knew where this was going. "But what if this was a ploy to get closer to Konoha. It's no great secret that Kinkaku and Ginkaku hated Konoha as much as Kumo."
"That's not true," Naruto interjected with a slight twinge of anger in his voice. "My brothers despised Kumo more then Konoha." At the word brothers everyone became confused. Seeing this Naruto heaved a sigh of irritation. "Kinkaku and Ginkaku are my brothers." This statement received uproar from the council members. The only two that didn't react harshly were Mikoto and Sarutobi.
"What do you mean," Sarutobi questioned, but feared what the answer might be. Deep down Sarutobi knew what he had to do, but he couldn't bring himself to act; not just yet. Minato would've given someone the chance.
"They raised me," Naruto smiled at this simple statement, but his narrowed eyes made it clear he wasn't happy. The cause of it was the looks of horror on the council faces. "Now, I don't want you thinking they were bad, because in truth they saved me." Naruto waved his arm out towards Konoha, but his glare never left his eyes. "They told me how all Jinchuriki are treated. By kidnapping me that prevented the mistreatment I would've received." No one could find an argument to the young boy's words. "It's true, they weren't the greatest role models, but they were family damn it. We always protected the other regardless of the danger. If that means I'm to be put in a jail cell, so be it, but I will not betray my brothers!" With his words finished Naruto stared up at the council and waited for their response. Hiashi gently stood up and walked down the stairs towards the boy. Turning his eyes towards the Hyuga head, Naruto stood his ground. A casual stare was all Hiashi gave the boy, before turning his eyes towards his daughter.
"Is it true?"
Confused Hinata stared at her father until she spoke. "Is what true, father," Hinata questioned back.
"Did this boy save you," Hiashi watched as his daughter nodded her head before turning back to Naruto. "I don't trust you, but my daughter is another story." With that Hiashi returned to his seat, but not before whispering something into Sarutobi's ear. Whatever the man said, he received a curt nod from the Hokage.
"Naruto we can't let you in," This sentence incited anger from the teams, but stopped when the old man raised his hand. That was when they saw the twinkle in his eyes. "Unless, you answer my questions and just as a precaution, Hiashi will make sure you are not lying." Naruto turned his eyes to the Hyuga and saw his Byakugan active. An uneasy air fell among the various people as they awaited Naruto's answer. With a sigh Naruto nodded his head, but did so reluctently. "Who are you?"
"Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto stated still staring at the floor with a scowl on his face.
"What do you want with Konoha?"
"I guess have a place to stay."
Sarutobi looked up at Hiashi and the Hyuga gave the elderly Hokage a nod. "Next question," This time the tone in Sarutobi's voice changed. "What did Kinkaku and Ginkaku teach you?" This seemed to perk some of Naruto's interest as the boy looked Sarutobi in the eyes. The stare lasted for a few seconds, but Sarutobi could see Naruto mauling over the idea of answering the question.
After what felt like hours, Naruto finally responded. "They taught me many things," Naruto's vague answer brought a smile to his face. The confused and worried faces of the council members were something he could share with his brothers; when they meet again. "Along with teaching my nature chakra, they also taught me how to use it. As Kakashi as already explained." Sarutobi nodded, but didn't comment on the fact Naruto seemed to be holding back.
"Is that all?"
Naruto gritted his teeth knowing full well he couldn't lie with Hiashi watching him. "No," Naruto answered with a gritted smile. "But I'm not in a mood to tell you all my secrets." This answered seemed to please the hold Kage as he gently took a chair and sat down.
"I have one last question Naruto," Naruto nodded his head as Sarutobi went on. "Where are Kinkaku and Ginkaku know?" The temperature in the room dropped like a stone at that moment. Everyone heard the sound of wood cracking as Naruto's grip tightened on the woodened floor.
"I have no idea."
That was when Hiashi stood up giving Sarutobi the signal. "You know you can't lie here," Sarutobi stressed with an honest voice. Naruto's silted eyes turned towards the Hokage just as they flashed orange. This was a warning from Naruto, a subtle one, but a warning nonetheless.
"Remember my words from before," Naruto whispered in a low tone. Nodding his head, Sarutobi lend back into his chair as he studied the boy. Everything Naruto said was true; he only lied when it placed his brothers in danger. That proved Naruto was willing to die to protect the ones he cared about, but worrisome thing was who he cared about. Sarutobi stole a furtive glance out the window. His eyes found the one thing that made his mind up; Minato's stone carving. Once Sarutobi smiled everyone knew he made up his mind.
"Naruto Uzumaki," Sarutobi stood up to his full height and stared the boy down. "All three of you will be watched and your skills will be tested, but understand this. One wrong mistake and I'll take care of you myself." Naruto smiled as Danzo's face grew pale as he realized what this meant. "Welcome to Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki, Haku, and Suigetsu." This elected quite the commotion from the council, some happy and others worried, but only one looked through it all with a dark glimmer in his eyes.
"What makes him so special," Sasuke grumbled to himself as his fist clinched until blood gently fell to the floor. "Itachi, why are you so interested in him." Danzo tapped his cane on the floor gaining the attention of the council as he stared at Sarutobi.
"May I make a suggestion on who should test this team," Danzo spoke with an eased calmness, but Sarutobi wasn't fooled. He knew that this decision was eating Danzo up inside.
"No," Sarutobi answered as he turned his back on Danzo, but continued to speak. "I know the perfect person to test this three." The council waited as Sarutobi paused before continuing. "My student Jiraiya, The Gama Sennin."
Jiraiya's return and the new team's test? Anyway I hope you guys like this chapter and I'm sorry if you all had to wait a little longer then I liked, but I'm a senior in high school and that is starting to take it's toll a little, but have no fear for this fic shall be finished "Stands heroical on a mountain top" Anyway next chapter will have another flashback of Naruto's time with Kinkaku and Ginkaku and the test Jiraiya shall put them through.