He finally returns to Konoha! Isn't that great? Read, Enjoy and Review and I don't own Naruto unfortunately.

Konoha (Three Days Before The Chunin Exams)

It was another boring day for the Hokage as he went through the large piles of paperwork. Well at least this time he was signing forms for the jonins to sign in their genins for the exams. Already a few genin teams from other villages such as Iwa, Kumo, Suna and some of the minor villages arrived. None from Kiri due to the civil war going on and only one team from the newest Village Otogakure would be participating. There was also the exception of wandering ninja teams but there weren't that many so the chances of at least one joining were rare. However that didn't mean that they didn't have the right to enter, if they were part of a clan or group then being part of the exams could greatly support their organizations or clans.

Just as Hiruzen was filling out the last papers he sensed a familiar presence. "Is there a reason why you're dropping by Jiraiya-kun? I doubt it's just to say hello." Hiruzen said without looking up.

Coming out of the shadows was indeed the Toad Sage, a smirk on his face. "Nothing get's by you huh sensei?" Jiraiya asked.

Hiruzen smirked as he stopped from what he was doing and looked at his student. "Indeed. Now then any news from your spy network that might be crucial for Konoha?"

Jiraiya nodded. "I have two things to tell you, the first one is about a certain traitor." The Toads Sage said with a frown.

The Hokage also frowned, not even having to guess who Jiraiya was talking about. "Orochimaru huh? What is he up to this time?"

"Don't know" Jiraiya said. "All I know is that he is the one in charge of the new village Otogakure. Also its not really village, merely an underground base for his sick experiments. I know that a team from Oto has entered in the exams correct?"

Hiruzen nodded as he picked up the registration forms of said team. "Yes team Dosu they're called. Do you believe that they are entering the exams to infiltrate Konoha for…an invasion perhaps?"

Jiraiya shrugged. "Possible, though seeing how it's a new village they won't have the manpower to take on Konoha, so my best bet is that they allied with one of the other great villages. Kiri is out of the question due to the civil war, Kumo doesn't really have that much of a grudge against us so that just leaves Iwa and Suna."

"Well Iwa still holds a grudge against us so they might be the best choice but do you really think that Suna might try to invade us?" Hiruzen asked. "Seeing them allying with Orochimaru is not impossible, but they do have an alliance with us."

Jiraiya nodded. "True but from what my network tells me their Daimyo has been withdrawing his support for them and more towards Konoha mission wise. This invasion, if there is one, might be a way for them to show that they are still a powerful village so they won't go bankrupt."

Hiruzen sighed as he took out his pipe. "These are troubling times. Now the question remains what should we do with this team from Oto."

"Let them compete." Jiraiya said. "It will give us a chance to find out what Orochimaru's intentions are. If we take them out then this might force him to alter his plans and we would lose our only chance to be rid of him." When his sensei nodded his head in agreement Jiraiya said his second reason. "Now then I managed to find out some info on Naruto."

That immediately caught the Saindame's attention and he formed a hand sign, activating the room's privacy seals. Once that was done the Third gave his student a stern gaze. "What have you found out?" He asked.

Jiraiya took out some files and put them on the Hokage's desk for him to read. "Apparently his eyes weren't the only things that changed about him. When I finally managed to meet someone who had actually seen him, he said that the kid's hair was now red instead of yellow but he still had the whisker marks on his cheek. While I was looking I found out he had some connections with a group called Ageshio."

Hiruzen raised an eyebrow. "Ageshio? Never heard of it."

"From what my sources say they started up maybe two to three years ago. A mercenary group but surprisingly an honest one too. They don't take on missions that require killing civilians or innocents, none of that kind of stuff. Also apparently they're assisting the rebels in Kiri against the Yondaime Mizukage, and Itachi Uchiha is one of their members."

Hiruzen narrowed his eyes. "I see however we have no idea of where young Naruto-kun is even with all this information. So for now we should focus on whatever plot Orochimaru is making."

"Well I wouldn't say that." Jiraiya said causing his sensei to look confuse. "When I was arriving here I ran into one of the guards who was coming here with some registration forms of some wandering ninjas. So I said I would deliver them to you and I'm glad I did just look at the names." He said as he handed the papers over to Hiruzen.

Hiruzen took the papers and read over the names. "Hmm, Team: Taka, Sensei: Hageta, Members: Jugo, Suigetsu Hozuki and…Karin Uzumaki!" Hiruzen exclaimed as he looked back up at Jiraiya.

The Toad Sage nodded. "Yes I was surprise too but what really caught my attention was the members of the other team."

Hiruzen looked over at the other three registrations. "Team: Fox, Sensei: Tohatsu, Members: Haku Yuki, Kimimaro Kaguya and Naruto Nashi?" Hiruzen read, trying to figure out what his student was concerned about when it suddenly hit him. "Y-you don't think…"

Jiraiya nodded. "That this Naruto Nashi kid might be in fact Naruto Uzumaki? I'm 100% positive. Naruto is not a common name really. Also the names of his two teammates are the same ones that Kakashi mentioned on his mission to Wave Country." Then he looked at his sensei seriously. "What should we do?"

The Hokage rested his chin on his hands, thinking very hard about this. If this really was Naruto then there might be a chance of convincing him to come back to the village. But he wasn't selfish to do such a thing to his surrogate grandson; he knew of the treatment the boy had in the past and still would have. But the real question was: Why was he here? Revenge? No that's not the Naruto that Hiruzen knew. And Naruto was not the kind of person who would do something without a reason. Slowly he looked back up at Jiraiya. "For now we keep this between ourselves and Tsunade-chan, she at least deserves to know that one if not two of her relatives are here. Also keep an eye on this boy and his team. I want to confirm that this is indeed Naruto Uzumaki. And I would like to keep an eye on this team Taka, two wandering ninja teams coming at the same time is a bit suspicious but I don't want to take immediate action unless there is a reason to do so."

Jiraiya nodded then asked, "And what will we do if this really is Naruto?"

Hiruzen sighed. "I honestly don't know. If this really is indeed Naruto-kun I would at least like to speak with him, just to see how he is doing after all these years but more importantly where he's been as well. But we must be discreet as well, if Danzo, my former teammates or the civilian council found out that Naruto was back in the village then there is no telling what might happen." The Hokage said.

"Got it" Jiraiya replied and disappeared in a poof of smoke, leaving Hiruzen to once again of the dreaded task of paperwork.

With Naruto

Naruto was walking down the less occupied part of Konoha, taking a look at his old village after being away for so long. Due to his new appearance, no one really gave him a glance, which was fine by him. To be honest he really had no love for this village after everything they did to him as well as took from him too. But still, allowing Orochimaru to carry out whatever he was planning was not something that the Rikudou Sennin wanted and thus had to be stopped. Right now he just wanted to clear his head and be alone, which took a while since the others wanted to stick together. In the end Karin decided to head towards the hot springs, Suigetsu was going to check out some weapon stores, Jugo went to meditate in one of Konoha's forest. Kimimaro decided to go train along with Haku and Yuderu went scouting for any news or sightings of anything odd as well as get in contact with Guren and Gozu.

Despite being relaxed, Naruto's senses were still on; which was a good thing since he detected the chakra signature of a certain Toad Sage. 'I admit that for anyone else he would be impossible to detect. However its hard to remain hidden from someone whose been train by the great Rikuduo Sennin.' Naruto thought as he kept walking down the road. Despite knowing this he knew that he had to find out a way to lose the man…and he knew just the way to do it. He had all the information he needed on the Sannins and every other powerful person in the Elemental Countries…including their weaknesses. With that thought in mind Naruto made his way towards the Hot Springs. As the noise of naked females could be heard Naruto sensed that his stalker was slowly being torn from continuing following him to watching the beautiful naked women.

Naruto decided to keep on walking and once he found a good corner he would give Jiraiya the slip. But just as he was about too something wrapped around his body, something flesh like and slimy too. As he was lifted up he saw that it was a Toad, which meant only one thing. "Damn"

"Not bad kid" A voice from behind said. The toad spun Naruto around so he could face none other then Jiraiya. "I admit that you almost had me there with trying to distract me from following you…but unfortunately dealing with you is a lot more important them my research."

Naruto just glared at the man with his Rinnegan, said eyes perking Jiraiya's interest. "So you really do have the legendary dojutsu. However there is still one more thing I have to check in order to make sure that you are who we think you are."

With that Jiraiya, despite Naruto's struggles, lifted up the red head's jacket to take a peek at Naruto's stomach. He had just got a small glimpse of the seal on it before Naruto landed a powerful kick to the chin, sending the Toad Sage flying straight into the wall of the women's side of the spa. And at the same time Tsunade and Shizune were there as well, still in their civilian attire as they just got there, the former getting a tick mark on her head as she saw her perverted teammate crashing into the women side of the hot spring. "Jiraiya!" She roared as she cracked her knuckles and walked menacingly towards the Toad Sage.

But to her shock Jiraiya ignored her and got back up and grabbed her wrist. "Not now hime! Naruto is nearby and he's on to us. We got to go after him or else we'll lose him!"

Tsunade's eyes widened at hearing that Kushina's son was here in the village. Jiraiya noticed the look on her face and let go of her wrist and soon both were heading towards where Naruto was, followed by Shizune.

When they reached the spot where Naruto last was, they saw that the toad that was holding him was knocked out, with the said boy missing. However they caught a glimpse of the redhead running across the roofs of the buildings. "Naruto wait!" Jiraiya cried as he, his teammate and her student followed after the boy.

As Naruto began leaping from building to building he heard his godfather's voice from behind and looked around. True enough the two Sannins and a brown head woman were after him. Now normally in these kind of situations Naruto could just use Fox Step to get away but using it while running was difficult for him and with two Kage-level ninjas after him they probably wouldn't give him the chance. Worse he could sense several anbu heading towards their location, meaning that this was going to get a lot harder.

Suddenly an idea formed in his head. Moving quickly Naruto threw a smoke bomb, getting out of his purser's sights. Tsunade and Jiraiya paused and tried to look around for the boy as the smoke cleared. Then they noticed Naruto running through the streets, most likely trying to blend in with the crowd in order to evade the two Sannin. "Tsunade, you and Shizune keep tracking him from the rooftops, I'll follow him from the streets." Jiraiya said. Tsunade nodded and soon her and her apprentice continued moving through the roofs while Jiraiya took to the streets.

With Naruto he had managed to contact his friends before he was suddenly stopped by two anbu, each of them grabbing onto his arms. Naruto was about to suck them into his pocket dimension when suddenly he felt his body become weak. He turned around and saw Jiraiya standing behind him, moving his hand back from his body, which brought Naruto to the conclusion that he must have placed a chakra suppression seal on his back. With that thought in mind, Naruto's eyes closed as his body went limp.

Unknown to either the two anbu, Jiraiya and the arriving Tsunade and Shizune, a white eye was watching the whole thing from behind the bushes. As the group of Konoha-nin headed back to the Hokage Mansion with an unconscious Naruto in hand, the eye disappeared.

Interrogation Room

Despite his age, Hiruzen was moving at a fast pace for the two other shinobi to keep up. On the Hokage's right was Ibiki Morino, head of Konoha's Interrogation and Torturing Unit. He had a reputation for being a sadistic man and had many ways, both physically and emotionally, of getting what he wanted. The man on Hiruzen's left was Inoichi Yamanaka, head of the Yamanaka clan and another veteran member of the Torturing Unit. Like all of his clan members, Inoichi possessed the ability to enter a person's mind to see their memories, to take over their bodies, anything related to that subject was what his clan excelled at.

They soon arrived to a metal door with a seal on it. Ibiki quickly did the right hand sign and undid the seal, allowing the three to enter. What they saw were four anbu around a chair with Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune to the side inside a large round red room. Tied to the chair with several chakra suppression seals on was one Naruto Uzumaki.

Hiruzen almost felt like crying. Years of thinking that his surrogate grandson was dead and now here he was, right before him alive and well. Though the somewhat glare Naruto was giving to him did make Hiruzen worry of what happened to him over the years.

Finally it was Naruto who broke the silence. "Is there a reason why I'm being held here old man?" Naruto asked in a monotone voice.

Hiruzen frowned; this was not the same cheerful, happy, go-lucky Naruto Uzumaki. This Naruto was more serious, secretive and cautious, almost like a hardcore veteran jonin whose been through all three Shinobi World Wars. And the Rinnegan were giving off such an aura that it was hard to really know if this was the real Naruto.

Snapping out of his thoughts the Hokage said, "Well Naruto-kun I just wanted to see you again and find out if you were alright." He said in a grandfatherly like voice. "Though I was kind of hoping it wouldn't be in this type of scenario."

Naruto nodded. "Indeed, I wasn't exactly happy that my godfather was spying on me." Everyone's eyes widened, especially Jiraiya's, who was wondering how Naruto knew that he was the boy's godfather. "As to how I am doing, I am fine and would be a lot better if you release me. I have things to do and I don't want my friends to worry about me and destroy the village out of anger."

That deeply unnerved Hiruzen; while he doubted that these friends of Naruto's could really take on a village like Konoha, the fact that the redhead would say such a thing in such a calm demeanor was not something that made Hiruzen feel comfortable. "Anyway Naruto-kun I know that this might be a bit extreme but I'm going to have to ask that you tell us where you've been all this time."

Naruto shrugged. "Oh you know, country to country, village to village, hunting down missing-nin for money so I could live, finding people to join my organization, training, the usual stuff."

Everyone eyed him carefully; it was clear that he wasn't going to say anything else and probably never would. With a quick look from the Hokage, Inoichi walked towards Naruto with his hands up and chakra beginning to radiate off of them. Once he was close to Naruto Inoichi placed his hands on both sides of the boy's face, and thus began to read his memories.

Naruto's Mindscape

Inoichi soon found himself inside a large room with barely light around to give Inoichi any clue of what the room looked like. 'Well this isn't what I was expecting.' Inoichi said to himself when suddenly the lights turned on behind him. When the Yamanaka spun around his eyes nearly popped out of his head. Lying on top of a pile of pillows; stretched out and unbound was the Kyuubi himself. He was lying on his back and appeared to be asleep, with his eyes closed and his mouth open, with drool coming out of it. And to top it off there was an air bubble forming from his nostril. If he wasn't standing in front of the most powerful tailed-best in existence, then Inoichi would've found the Kyuubi's current position to be rather comedic.

Before Inoichi could question what was going on he heard a voice from behind him. "You don't have to worry about him. He's a very heavy sleeper."

Again Inoichi spun around and this time saw more lights were on, fixed onto a table with several tea cups with ancient designs on them along with a teapot in the middle. There were two chairs, one on Inoichi's side and the other on the opposite side. Speaking of the opposite side, hidden in the darkness was the silhouette of a man sitting on one of the chairs while sipping some tea.

"Um, excuse me?" Inoichi asked dumbly, unsure of what to make of this newcomer.

The man sighed and put his cup down. "I understand that you're concern with him over there but you need not worry. He won't attack unless he or I deem you a threat. With that said would you like to join me?" The man asked as he waved his arm at the other cup filled with tea.

Not wanting to be rude, along with the fact he had no idea what would happen if he refused, Inoichi slowly made his way towards the table while keeping an eye on both the man and the Kyuubi. Soon he arrived to the table, sat down and carefully took the cup. Looking at the tea inside and smelling its aroma, Inoichi took a slow and small sip of it. Inoichi's eyes widened as he moved the cup from his mouth. "This is quite good." He said to the man.

The mystery man nodded. "Thank you. It's a type of tea made a long time ago so it would be pretty rare for anyone else to have taste it in your time." The man said while pouring himself another cup.

With that the two drank in silence, one perfectly calm while the other was sort of nervous and wondering what was going on. Inoichi had at expected to been given a show of all of Naruto's memories the moment he entered the boy's mind, or at least some kind of mental barrier protecting it. But so far he had seen none of that and was currently drinking tea with a mysterious man with the Kyuubi taking a nap behind him.

As if sensing the Yamanaka's thoughts, the man said, "You're probably wondering where Naruto's memories are, right?"

Caught off by this, Inoichi merely nod his head slowly. He watched as the shadowy man placed his cup on the table and sighed. Then he rested his arms on the table and rested his chin on top of his hands.

"While I could take you to where Naruto keeps his memories, I'm afraid I can't do that." The man said with a calm yet serious voice. Inoichi was about to retort when the man continued. "I can however make a compromise with you on the matter of knowing what Naruto knows. In exchange for not looking into his memories for the full details of what happened in his life, you can ask me any questions and I will answer them if I believe that they are appropriate. Deal?"

Inoichi thought about this. While he knew that this wasn't the best way of gathering information, he knew that as long as he was in this boy's mind, he was at Naruto's mercy, especially with the Kyuubi behind him. So without hesitation Inoichi said, "Very well. First question: What happened to Naruto Uzumaki on the night he disappeared from the village?"

The man sighed and told the tale of what had transpired that night. How the two people that cared for Naruto were murdered by foolish shinobi who had hatred towards the boy. Then how, due to the shock of witnessing the death of his two precious people, Naruto activated his Rinnegan and brutally, but swiftly, killed the murderers. Then finally he said how one of Naruto's new friends took him away from the village for his own safety. Safe to say Inoichi felt pretty disgusted of what those shinobis did to two civilians and sorry for Naruto having to witness all of that. But he soon recomposed himself and asked. "Okay next question: Where was Naruto taken after that event?"

The man shook his head. "I am sorry but I cannot answer that question. It would compromise both Naruto and his friend's safety. That is something for Naruto to tell. Next question"

Inoichi nodded and proceeded with the third question. "How strong is Naruto, in ninja rank standing?"

The man rubbed his chin and thought carefully about answering this. "Well I have to say at his current level he is most likely at a high-jonin to a low-kage level, given the training he had over the past few years."

Inoichi's jaw nearly dropped in shock. He was at a low-kage level and was only what, thirteen? Given at least three years Naruto might even be at the level of someone like the Shodaime Hokage. Snapping out of his demeanor Inoichi asked, "Fourth question: Was the Kyuubi released from the seal that the Yodaime placed on him?" Wanting to know if the fox was now free.

The man shook his head. "Yes and no" He said. "While Naruto-kun has unlocked the seal, allowing him to be free, Kurama prefers to stay within the boy since the two have formed a good bond with each other."

Inoichi was shocked that Naruto actually managed to befriend the Kyuubi, but was even more shocked that the fox had a name too. "Final question: Who taught Naruto over these past few years?" Inoichi asked.

Even with the darkness hiding the man's face, Inoichi was sure he saw a smirk. "Why me of course. After all who else to teach a user of the Rinnegan then its first wielder?" And with that the man's eyes appeared through the darkness, revealing that he too had the Rinnegan.

Inoichi, after hearing this, put two and two together before his eyes widened in shock, awe and a little bit of horror. Before he could even reply however, the man snapped his fingers and Inoichi soon found himself being thrown backwards by some invisible force.

Real World

Inoichi's eyes widened before he was literally, once again, flung backwards away from Naruto and slammed into the wall. This shocked everyone who saw this happening and while Ibiki and Shizune ran to Inoichi's side, the four anbu took a stance before Naruto, ready for anything while Hiruzen and his students remained where they were. "Inoichi what happened?" Ibiki asked as he and Shizune helped the mind reader up to his feet.

Inoichi, one he managed to regain his bearings, said, "He-he-he was taught by the Rikudou Sennin!" He shouted.

Everyone's eyes widened at this but before any of them could respond they suddenly felt something around their legs. They all looked down and were shocked to see multiple black arms rising from the ground and wrapping around the gathered Konoha-nins. Two of the arms made their ways towards Naruto, one releasing Naruto from his binds while the other removed the seals off of the Uzumaki's chest. Naruto soon got up and did a few stretches before looking at the now captured Konoha-nins. "Don't worry Yujin won't kill you guys without a reason. He's just holding you guys so we can talk in a more civilize manner. If you agree to not try and capturing me again, then I will have Yujin release you, deal?"

Seeing how they had no choice, the Konoha-nins nod their heads, and soon the black hands released them, allowing them to stand on their own. A few seconds later, a cloaked Yuderu appeared from the ground besides Naruto. "Good, now just to confirm with you all I am not here to destroy the village, despite my resentment towards the villagers for the past abuse towards me." Everyone winced at that part, knowing how true that was. "Second, I was indeed trained by the Rikudou Sennin but I shall remain silent on that topic. The reason why my friends and I are here is because we've received intel that Orochimaru may be trying to destroy Konoha, in which I have come to stop him before he succeeds."

Being the first to regain his bearings, Hiruzen spoke first. "If I may ask Naruto-kun, why do you wish to save the village? Judging from what you just said, you do not seem to hold much love for the people of this village."

Naruto nodded. "True I do not." He paused before speaking again. "But my parents, the Yodaime and Kushina Uzumaki, died protecting this village and thus I intend to honor them and continue protecting this village. Along with that Rikudou-sensei believes that allowing Konoha to fall will bring more chaos to the world, which is something I believe we would all like to avoid." After seeing everyone nod in agreement Naruto continued. "While I do not expect you to ignore me or my friend's activities here in the village, I will however be willing to strike an alliance between Konoha and my organization Ageshio in order to better counteract whatever plans Orochimaru might be making."

"And what would you like in return?" Jiraiya asked, with a little bit of pride from seeing how Naruto spoke.

"Simple" Naruto said. "Konoha will give Ageshio missions that would be deemed, 'unfavorable' for Konoha to do that could ruin its reputation. Along with that you shall not inform Danzo Shimura, your teammates Hiruzen, the civilian council or anyone else who I believe is not trustworthy of knowing, that I am alive and am here. You will not send spies to follow my subordinates or me into learning more about us or where are base of operations is. We will give you any intel that may prove useful for Konoha and you shall do the same thing in return. Finally you shall allow Ageshio to move freely throughout the Fire Country without any worries of being hunted down. Do we have a deal?"

Hiruzen rubbed his chin slowly, thinking of the terms that Naruto had set out. True that if Danzo learned of Naruto's survival, along with the fact that he possessed the Rinnegan, who knows what the man might attempt. Also Hiruzen wouldn't have to worry about other nations or villages tracking the activities of Ageshio back to Konoha and if Naruto was this skilled, then that must mean that the rest of his friends were very skilled as well. "Very well Naruto-kun, I accept an alliance between Konoha and Ageshio. However on the topic of Orochimaru, I believe that it would be wise for us to compare notes of what we know."

Naruto shrugged. "Very well Yujin can accompany you back to the Hokage Mansion where you and him can trade information. I need to head back and meet up with the others to let them know what is going." And with that he disappeared in a lapse of images, surprising everyone minus Yuderu.

Elsewhere in Konoha

In was late in the afternoon when one Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuuga were walking through the Konoha market. Both were working with their respective teams in training, especially team 7 since Kakashi wanted to get Sasuke use to using his sharingan. At the end of training Kakashi had mentioned signing them up for the chunin exams before disappearing in a poof of smoke. Sasuke immediately headed back home and Sai had to go and grab some medicine for his sick brother. So with nothing else to do Sakura decided to take the scenic route back to her house, which is how she ran into Hinata. Despite the two not knowing each other very well and having only worked together on the mission in Wave, they were very friendly with each other though it took a while for Hinata to open up due to her shyness.

Back in present time the two kunoichis were still making small talk when something caught Sakura's eyes. The thing, or person to be exact, was one Kimimaro Kaguya who was buying some fruit from a fruit store. Recognizing the boy from Wave, Sakura immediately pulled Hinata to the side so as not to be spotted. "S-Sakura-san, what's wrong?" Hinata asked, confusion in her voice.

Sakura held up a finger to be quiet before looking back at where Kimimaro was. True enough her suspicions were confirmed when he saw the boy again who was now making his way back to wherever he was staying in the village. Turning back to Hinata, Sakura said. "That boy over there was the same one who was with Sasuke-kun's brother back at Wave."

Hinata's eyes widened at that before whispering back, "W-what d-do you suppose he's doing here?"

"I don't know but we should follow him." Sakura said. "If we can figure out where he's staying at then we can inform Hokage-sama and even make him tell Sasuke-kun where his brother is."

Hinata hesitated for a moment, uncertain about all this. While she was kind of worried about someone related to a criminal like Itachi being in the village, she knew that it might be important to know why he was here. Also deep down inside she knew that the silver hair boy might know where her crush was. With a hesitating nod, the two genins began following Kimimaro at a safe distance, with Hinata using her Byakugan to keep track of his chakra signature.

Well how was that for dramatic? Will this cause problems between Konoha and Ageshio? Will Hinata finally meet Naruto again? Will they be able to figure out what Orochimaru is planning? And why the hell am I asking you all this, you're not the ones writing this story! Anyway review please

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