I'm not that good at being on time am I?
Chapter 5: Happenings
"Uzumaki Naruto!" Gaara gasped nearly falling off his chair
"What's up Gaara?" Naruto said rather casually
"You're the kage of Uzushiogakure?" Gaara asked after he got over initial shock
"Why so surprised Gaara? It's not like you're the only one who could be a kage at such a young age." Naruto asked Gaara
"Why have you suddenly come here Uzumaki, you could have come anytime in these past 8 years, yet you didn't, so why come here now?" Gaara asked angrily, as it hurt him inside that Naruto didn't come to Suna for four years. And that he only saw Naruto three times in eight years.
"Because if I did, I would reveal my position to the rest of the world, also because I didn't learn how to easily sneak into villages till I was eighteen, also because Uzushiogakure needed me. It was still developing at that time and still wasn't completely finished. Also, if I messed up and got caught coming here I would fail my plan. And Gaara, I wonder why you still keep ties with Konoha, you definitely heard that I was banished like that for retrieving an ungrateful teme, and that most of Konoha's council are cowards. So why would you help them in a war that doesn't concern you? Isn't that a stupid move for the Kazekage? You shouldn't have gotten involved in Iwa's rage towards the Yondaime and Konoha." Naruto retorted
"We owed Konoha for allowing us to survive 8 years ago, during the sand sound invasion. We were also long standing allies, also if we lose Konoha, since we don't have any other allies, we lose all support." Gaara explained
"Gaara, you don't need Konoha anymore I'm here to offer Suna an alliance, I'm quite sure the elders would agree, since we all know Konoha isn't going to last long and are going to fall in a matter of months. I only ask that you drop your alliance with Konoha. Please Gaara, they're only feeding on your village's shinobi population in order to survive. Your alliance only benefits them, not you." Naruto pleaded, because if Gaara didn't drop the alliance Suna would lose most of their shinobi population, because of Konoha. And Naruto genuinely cared about what happened to Suna
"I'll discuss it over with the elders, I'll say that I got it through a messenger bird, you'll have to write the letter though, and then you'll have to make an official appearance at the talks." Gaara decided
"Fine by me, on a completely different note how've you, puppet man and fan girl doing?" Naruto asked
"We're doing okay, Uzumaki, I want you to remember that my sister is not a fangirl and her name is Temari." The Shukaku's jinchuriki glared at Naruto, as he was protective of his older sister.
"Woah, Gaara I meant that she has a fan, not that she's a fangirl." Naruto reacted to Gaara's protectivity.
"I see" Gaara replied
"You know the way to finish paperwork faster?" Naruto questioned
"There is a way?" The one tails jinchuriki looked extremely confused
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu"
Gaara felt like he was literally hit in the head by a hammer.
"Kazekage-sama" A voice chimed from outside
"Shit! Gotta go, see ya later!" Naruto vanished in a yellow flash after placing a seal in the least noticeable place in the office.
Uzumaki Naruto, you are still the same in many ways Gaara thought to himself, while continuing to do paperwork.
The lady entered, she was a chuunin from Sunagakure, her name was Matsuri.
"Kazekage-sama, reporting from C rank mission." Matsuri said, but Gaara was still in his mind.
"Nothing" The Kazekage got back to work. He sneakily took out his cookies
Good thing Uzumaki didn't see them, if he did, he'd demand them, and no one will ever ever touch my cookies, unless they want me to crush them with the sand.
Uzumaki Naruto, I thank you for fixing my seal 4 years ago, even though you neglected to mention my seal I still know you did it.
-Orochimaru's hideout-
"Kabuto, you disappoint me, I didn't think you would be defeated by Sasuke-kun, especially with Guren. And Guren's in a coma. I guess things just can't go my way, can they?" Orochimaru sighed, knowing his plans came to a halt
"I'm sorry I have failed you Orochimaru-sama." Kabuto apologized
"You know Kabuto, I would like you to help me with a theory." Orochimaru eyes narrowed, and his face had a small smirk on it.
"What is it Orochimaru-sama?" Kabuto asked
"How many Uzumakis do you know of that are alive?" Orochimaru asked, knowing the answer.
"Two, possibly three" Kabuto replied
"How many of them are male?" Orochimaru questioned just waiting for the answer
"Just one, Uzumaki Naruto" Kabuto replied, suddenly realizing Orochimaru's genius (Remember, even though Orochimaru served under Akatsuki, he didn't know that Nagato was an Uzumaki, he just knew he had the rinnegan. I'm not really sure he didn't know, but this is my story.)
"And our Uzukage has blue eyes just like our Naruto-kun. Again, this is only theory, because an Uzumaki does not necessarily have to be the Uzukage, and for all we know Kabuto, more Uzumaki could be scattered around the ninja world." Orochimaru explained his theory
"About Guren, Kabuto I believe we cannot go to Tsunade, because we have no clue where she is, but if my theory is correct, then she must be a high ranking ninja of Uzushiogakure, nor can we go to her apprentice, because she is probably with her. Our best bet would be missions, if we can catch some of their ninja when they come out of their borders, we would be able to at least gain the attention of this Uzukage. Perhaps if he is weak, I may be able to kill him and take his place through meetings." Orochimaru said
"I understand Orochimaru-sama, I will send a couple of rogue ninja to capture ninja from Uzushiogakure." Kabuto spoke
"Oh and Kabuto, capture shinobi good enough to attract our little Uzukage's attention." Orochimaru finished
- Uzushiogakure, in Sasuke's confined little house-
Sasuke was so damn bored! He couldn't use chakra, train or do anything; he had a tiny living room that left out most of is luxuries he got in the Uchiha compound, the only thing good about the house was that there were no fangirls screaming out the window. It was a small house, with one bedroom, a tiny living room, a kitchen and one bathroom. The whole house was about as big as his room in the Uchiha complex, maybe even a bit smaller. At the edge of the house were seals, most of the time that day he just slept, ate or looked out the window. Other times he was trying to practice taijutsu on a dummy that was stuffed into the closet for some unknown reason. He didn't have any ninja equipment with him and he was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans. He was currently cursing the Uzukage, because he thought that the village would view him as a priority as he was
the 'Last'Uchiha.
In the Uzukage's office
"NARUTO YOU IDIOT!" Tsunade punched the Uzukage through three walls.
"T-T-Tsunade-b-bachaan" The Uzukage replied to the violence shakily
"Oh, by the way Naruto Ryozoku came here ranting and muttering something about mixing three things." Tsunade informed the injured Uzukage
"Ryozoku-oji probably came here to tell me he can mix Dual Sage Mode with the Kyuubi chakra, I figured how to do it ages ago, it's just too risky." Naruto told the Temporary Uzukage
"Why is that Naruto?" Tsunade asked, because if Naruto could mix Kyuubi chakra with Dual Sage Mode it would make him even stronger.
"It's because if I do that I lose control of Sage Mode, because I'll have five kinds of chakra, the fifth being much to potent to handle. If you add to many flavors to ice cream it won't taste as good." The Uzukage explained
"Another thing, Sasuke's here." Tsunade informed
"Well, I knew he'd turn up here eventually, I better go see him soon." The Uzukage called two of his ninja and signaled them to get Sasuke and come to a wide long room made of stone located in the tower.
In Sasuke's confined temporary house
"The Uzukage has sent for you Uchiha Sasuke, I warn you, show respect while around him, and should you threaten him, I will not hesitate to slit your throat." The man in a metal mask shaped like an owl threatened.
Sasuke nodded and got up from his chair, he felt better, now that he knew he would get accepted back in the ninja ranks by a village that was hopefully not weak. Since the Uzukage definitely couldn't deny the Last Uchiha could he? He also wanted to spar with the Uzukage to see if he had the power to kill Itachi, the last thing he wanted to ask would be the location of the Uzukage.
The Meeting Place
The Uzukage wondered what he'd do with Sasuke, anything would do, after Sasuke served his purpose. Then, the two chuunin Renzo and Morosina (Thief Lord, no I don't own the Thief Lord obviously) came with Sasuke. The Uzukage sat down on a chair at the end of the stone room, while Sasuke had to stand.
"What is your business in my village Uchiha Sasuke?" The Uzukage asked, having a bored face, but Naruto was actually enjoying his talk, thinking of the ways he'd torture Sasuke.
"I would like to be a shinobi of your village, as all other villages are weak and stupid." Sasuke responded with his arrogant tone, because he couldn't feel a threatening aura around the Uzukage.
"Is that so? A couple of scouts in Kumo saw you headed there so it seemed to you Kumo was the best choice." The Uzukage sounded rather offended, but wasn't at all inside, since he knew Sasuke's personality, and it seemed to only have gotten even more arrogant.
"I suppose I won't deny it, Kumo did occur to be the best choice then." Sasuke stated formally
"If you really want to be a ninja here, you will swear loyalty to me, here and now." The Uzukage smiled slightly, knowing he would reveal his identity then and there.
"I swear loyalty to you Uzukage, I will accept you as my superior." Sasuke lied, of course this was all just to become a ninja of the village, his true loyalty lied in revenge.
Renzo frowned, hearing the lack of respect from Sasuke.
"Very well, leave us now." The Uzukage commanded his chuunin, they nodded and left.
The young kage locked the door behind them via seal.
"Hey teme, remember me?" The Uzukage smiled casually pulling off his mask
"What! Dobe, you're the Uzukage, I'll, I'll kill you for what you did to me that day!" Sasuke foolishly tried to channel his chakra to do a chidori, but failed miserably.
"Aw, Sasu-chan is trying to do a jutsu. But I think he's failing, he's so large yet his chakra network hasn't even developed yet. I should still applaud him for his effort." The Uzukage clapped
"Shut up dobe!" Sasuke aimed a kick to Naruto's face
"What disrespect Sasu-chan, you're not supposed to try to hit someone who you swore loyalty to one minute ago are you?" The whirlpool kage smiled while twisting Sasuke's leg making him fall to the ground.
"Dobe, you coward, I could easily beat you without these stupid seals." Sasuke growled
"Is little Sasu-chan challenging me? Very well KAI!" The Uzukage released the chakra seal, but the dojutsu seal was kept on.
"Hmm, you just allowed me to wipe the floor with you, now you'll die for what you did eight years ago." Sasuke powered a chidori in his hand and charged at the Uzukage
Chidori (One thousand birds) Sasuke ran at the Uzukage showing anger and hatred in the pool of black that were called his eyes.
Rasengan (Spiralling sphere) The Uzukage swung his rasengan at his opposition, when Sasuke jumped to deliver a chidori to the Uzukage's chest and was just about to thrust it in, the Uzukage slammed his rasengan on Sasuke's hand, making him howl in pain. His hand didn't look pleasant when the Uzukage removed his hand from Sasuke's.
"Dobe, what the f*** did you do to my hand! You will die!" Sasuke yelled
"Aww, Sasu-chan shouldn't you have listened to your mom when she told you about manners. Five year olds shouldn't use cuss words, especially in front of their superiors." The Uzukage said in the voice that moms used when their kids did something wrong
"Don't bring my mother into this dobe!" Sasuke charged at the Uzukage
"You know what teme, I'm done playing." The Uzukage stretched his hand out to seal Sasuke's chakra. As soon as Sasuke touched the Uzukage, he took that moment to grab his arm out and draw a seal which took about 3 seconds. After he was done he ran chakra through it to activate it. Sasuke felt a painful burn making him fall to the floor.
The chuunin were waiting outside, the Uzukage opened the door.
"Looks like Uzukage-sama kicked someone's ass." Renzo noted, as he saw Sasuke struggled helplessly to get out of the Uzukage's hold, the Uzukage punched the back of his head and he was knocked out.
"Drag his sorry ass to the mental hospital; I wanna know if Sasuke is mentally ill or just crazy, tell Hiro-san he has a new patient." The Uzukage ordered the two, and then disappeared in a yellow flash.
-Oni no kuni, Temple12:00am-
A 20 year old woman woke up, breathing heavily with an extremely worried face.
"Shion-chan, what did you see?" One of the priestesses asked her as she saw the worried look in the high priestess's eyes. That priestess was currently the only one awake besides Shion "I saw a village burning, amidst those flames were 4 enormous beasts, a turtle, an ape, a slug, and a horse like animal. They were huge, what was weird about them was that they had multiple blurs behind them, it was extremely odd. Nearing the end of the dream I could hear many screams, presumably from the villagers who lived there. Then at the very end I could see a man with a purple eyes and a ripple pattern to them. I turned my head to see a blurring yellow image and then I woke up." The high priestess finished explaining her vision.
"Any chance the vision is wrong?" The priestess asked her high priestess
"No, my visions are always right." Shion turned around and went back to her bed. She couldn't sleep all night, all because that particular village bothered her, but it also made her think about it. Which village would this be? What were the monsters? Who was the one with the ripple patterned eyes? She eventually got so sleepy, a simple blink made her go to sleep.
-Uzushiogakure, Uzukage's office 8:00am-
Ryozoku had left after he heard Naruto could already combine three chakras. He never stayed in the same place for long. However, he was a fan of Icha Icha, and would often read it in front of Tsunade, earning a powerful punch that would send him flying.
"So what are you going to do with Sasuke?" Jiraiya asked curiously, because he wanted to know the fate of the Uchiha boy. The Uzumaki Naruto he knew twelve years ago was pretty much dead, this Uzumaki Naruto was smart and strong. However, parts of Kushina's personality mixed with his own, and he still stuck to protecting his precious people. He was also a true Uzumaki that had never gone back on his word up to date. This Naruto also showed somewhat of a sadistic side after he learned torture and interrogation, as well as the best places to hit when you wanted to make someone squeal. Tsunade had taught him about that.
"Oh, I have a good plan for him." The Uzukage allowed a smirk to pass through his hidden feral features.
"And what plan is that?" Jiraiya asked again
Unfortunately for Jiraiya, the Uzukage didn't tell him his plan, and instead changed the subject
"Danzo, the old war hawk wants an alliance."
"What do you plan to do? We could just send back a note saying that we're not interested." Jiraiya suggested, but the Uzukage replied in negative.
"No, I'll just go to the talks."
"Are you crazy? We both know that it's probably some kind of trap." Jiraiya looked at the Uzukage as if he really was crazy.
"No, I have another plan for the talks, it will make the Konoha become a confused little village with no one strong enough or willing to be kage, also the Naras will lose their suspicion over me if I tell them that Uzumaki Naruto is in my protection. However, my friends would demand to see me. I can get someone to use the physical appearance changing seal to look like me I guess. Even Shikamaru would be fooled by that since a person's personality changes a lot if they are banished by the very village they swore to protect because of something they had no control over. The only person to know about " The Uzukage explained his plan to Jiraiya
In the mental hospital at the same time
"Hiro-san, have you checked Uchiha Sasuke's condition?" The Uzukage's clone asked his top mental specialist
"As far as I can tell Uzukage-sama, he's just an arrogant spoiled boy who clings to the past. His lust for revenge is extremely dangerous and using a mind technique I have also found out that he does not care for any of his comrades and will betray for power." Hiro explained
"I see, bring him here, I want to see him here in fifteen minutes, with the normal precautions if a dangerous person is in the mental hospital." The Uzukage's clone instructed
"I will have him here in fifteen minutes." The 40 year old man left to get Sasuke
Fifteen minutes later
"Sasu-chan why are you so angry?" the Uzukage's clone asked the growling last Uchiha, said growling last Uchiha began to spit at him.
"Damn it dobe, what are you up to?" Sasuke growled
"You'll find out soon enough Sasu-chan, now II have to seal a bunch of crap.
Naruto began drawing a seal, he pressed it onto the curse seal, destroying Orochimaru's influence on him. Sasuke howled in pain for ten minutes straight until he passed out.
-Kusagakure, Battleground-
Kakashi and 50 other ninja were against 100 rock nins and 50 cloud nins. Most of the leaf nin died, among the survivors who fled were Hatake Kakashi, Nara Shikaku, Shiranui Genma and Akimichi Tojo. They managed to survive solely because they used shunshin. Kakashi felt horrible for losing another post to their enemies, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Times like these feel absolutely hopeless without you sensei.
-Uzushiogakure, Naruto's bedroom 11:00pm-
Naruto (The Uzukage) took out a thick leather book with the name Minato on it, and began reading it.
April 5
Kushina turned out to be missing in the night, so I went to search for her, she was cleverly leaving behind strands of her hair so I could follow it. Even I, as a genin would have trouble with three jonin and a chuunin. But when someone protects someone who is truly precious to them, it seems like they can do anything for their precious person. I took them by surprise and got took them out. She had such a lovely smile on her face that I felt happy.
April 6
The Hokage settled for giving me a lame task, I know that I'm a shinobi, but it's so damn annoying, Jiraiya-sensei told me that I'm at least high chuunin, so why do I have to do such menial tasks like catching that demon cat.
April 7
It feels lonely in the Namikaze estate; I mean no one lives here, why did mom and dad die? I feel lonely; maybe I need to get friends who are closer than my current friends. My teammates Kazuki and Hannah aren't that close, while Kazuki is my friend, he isn't really too close. Hannah's a nice girl, probably one of the few good apples that come out of the basket of bad apples known as the Hyuugas. Maybe I should let someone in. I'm just getting to know Kushina, Tsume's crazy as hell, Hiashi's an arrogant prick, Hizashi's a hundred times better than Hiashi, but he's not really my friend. Shikaku and Inoichi are friends too I guess. Why do I have to be an orphan damn it?! I wish I knew what parents felt like? The Sandaime told me that I was the last of a clan called the Namikaze, but nothing else.
May 21
Jiraiya-sensei's finally nominated us for the chuunin exams, I'll prove that I'll make an awesome chuunin, it's what mom and dad would've wanted after all. Also the old council bats are telling me to practice CRA, I'll never do that!
May 28
None of the teams looked too intimidating and passing the first exam wasn't too hard, even though I technically am a rookie. All I had to do was move large stones to the other side of a field in the given time. My sensei also promised to teach me something called fuinjutsu, that is if he finds time outside his porn. The next test was about the forest of death. A crazy guy was the proctor, I sorta forgot his name since it wasn't really important. Anyway he forced us out into the forest of death…
Naruto stopped reading right there, he tucked himself in and fell asleep.
The next day, the Uzukage's office
The Uzukage started to do the next part of his plan, he disappeared in a yellow flash to take the quick way to Mizu no kuni.
-Kirigakure no Sato, outside the Mizukage's manor-
The Uzukage appeared right outside the Mizukage's headquarters, seeing his Hiraishin kunai in a case outside.
Well, it seems like Terumi Mei isn't a stupid Mizukage, no kage would carry something on their person that allows another person to teleport to them and assassinate them.
"What business do you have with Mizukage-sama?" A ninja outside the manor asked suspiciously
It seems like they elected her quickly.
"Hmm, well I'd like to request something." The Uzukage said in a voice mirroring his father's
"Very well, but I'll be accompanying you to make sure that you don't try anything with the Godaime." The guard moved out of the way and began following the Uzukage.
The two walked up the stairs and marched up to the Mizukage's office. The Godaime looked up from her paperwork, surprised to see the Uzukage.
"So Uzukage-sama, what brings you here? You may leave now; I can handle our foreign friend here." Mei spoke up from her paperwork. When the guard left the Uzukage began speaking.
"I'd appreciate if you called me Naruto."
The Godaime Mizukage's visible eye widened
"You mean Uzumaki Naruto?! The jinchuriki of the kyuubi and the pariah of the leaf, banished for damaging the village's precious Uchiha 8 years ago." Mei said in a surprised voice
"Well, the real reason was because the village elders were cowards and didn't want to fight the Akatsuki, but besides that you're right." Naruto assessed the validity of Mei's information
"Very well Naruto-san, but then you have to call me Mei." Mei continued the conversation
"Well down to business, I am here to request the aid of Ao." Naruto requested
"Request denied, if you think I'm gonna let you take Ao and grab his eye, you are dead wrong." The Mizukage denied aggressively
"You are wrong, I do not wish to take the Byakugan, I simply would like to check what Danzo, the Hokage has in his left eye, he tried to cast a genjutsu on me, I naturally broke through, but left chakra coming from his bandaged eye,, so I think he has the Sharingan in his left eye, I simply must confirm my suspicions using the Byakugan." Naruto explained, he did have a plan B, involving the leaf, branch Hyuugas, Hinata, Neji, and the cage bird seal, but then that would be troublesome. God, he was starting to sound like Shikamaru.
"How can I trust you? Even if you are a friend, you're a kage who could be deceiving me. What's worse is that you're a seal master and might be able to remove the seals protecting his Byakugan." Mei questioned
"Geez, I'm an Uzumaki and I never go back on my word. I've never broken my word in my life. Let me explain something to you, I'm not a thick headed idiot like the Raikage and I have enough bloodlines. The remnants of the Yuki clan are in my grasp, the Assassins are with me, Samurai clans are within Uzushio. The last members of the Uzumaki reside there, the Kawarimi bloodline lives within members of the Kawarimi clan. And many more bloodlines, besides why would I try to grab only one eye of the Byakugan when there are dojutsu seals for the Sharingan and Byakugan for every last one of my ninja?" Naruto said
"Okay, fine, but you'll have to take a few other people from my village just in case, and is it really wise to leave your village like that?" Mei accepted Naruto's request
"I am touched by your concern for my village, but my village will be fine." Naruto reassured her
"I suppose our business is done, I approve the scouting mission to Konohagakure no Sato if you allow me to send three others with you, as well as assure safety to each one of them, if you fail and get any one of my men killed, I'll break the alliance between Mizu no kuni and Uzu no kuni." Mei approved and wrote it on her paperwork
"Very well, who are these men?" Naruto asked
"They are Chojuro, the last of the seven swordsman as I do not acknowledge Hoshigaki Kisame as one of them, Tsurugi the head of the hunter nin, and an expert in stealth, Nihon Hibaki." Mei answered
"Okay, tell your team to meet me with Ao whenever, I'll be waiting right here, but I have important stuff to attend to so I hope they come to me sometime today." Naruto said
"I'll call them right away." Mei passed a message to her secretary so the secretary could summon them there.
-Konohagakure no Sato, Outside walls 11:00am-
10 minutes later
Naruto's mist team was ready to depart, he teleported them right outside Konoha where the Yondaime Hokage had fought Uchiha Obito 20 years ago, and it was an undetectable place. Naruto headed to the walls of Konoha with his team, he ripped a large hole in Konoha's 'pathetic' barrier that was created by the foolish seal masters who didn't know a thing about fuinjutsu. The reason Konoha's barriers were strong during the reign of the Shodaime and Nidaime was because Uzumaki Mito was an expert at fuinjutsu. The Sandaime had good barriers because of Mito early on, then Jiraiya, Minato, and Kushina. The Yondaime had good barriers, because he himself was an expert in fuinjutsu, Jiraiya could help him, and so could Kushina. The Godaime had good barriers thanks to Jiraiya, but now Danzo's reign had utterly useless barriers made by mediocre seal masters. (I know that barriers are ninjutsu, but I'm changing that.) Naruto sealed Ao into a piece of paper and physical henged into a senbon needle, Naruto's clone launched the senbon needle with the piece of paper attached to it with futon chakra and that needle flew all the way to the top of the Hokage tower. This was repeted three times until all of the members were on the Hokage tower. Naruto released the transformation and put an invisibility genjutsu on all the members of his team. He peered down the window on the top of the tower while walking on walls, he could see Danzo trying to fight the monster called paperwork. Ao did as he was told and looked at Danzo with his Byakugan activated
"Holy crap" Ao whispered do he wasn't heard
"What did you find out?" Naruto asked quietly
"He has a Sharingan, the Sharingan of Shisui the Teleporter, but it looks evolved." Ao told him
"Describe it" Naruto ordered
"It has the normal red background of the Sharingan, but it has four sides." Ao gave the description
"The Mangeyko, this could cause problems. Let's get out of here."
The team nodded, and they all disappeared with a Yellow flash back to Kiri.
-Kirigakure no Sato, 11:00am-
"Back quite fast I see." Mei looked at the team
"Well, here's the money for the mission." Naruto handed out the A rank pay, and it was distributed among the members of Naruto's mist team, even though the mission only took less than 30 minutes.
"Mizukage-sama, people from Hi no kuni have come representing the Hokage. They seek your audience." The mist ninja came in the office puffing.
"Very well, tell them I will meet them in an hour." The Mizukage told her ninja
Outside walls of Kirigakure
"Damn those people, how could they leave us here! Our mission is to see which side has more chance of winning, help them, and then gain an alliance. Shouldn't we be of importance?" Kiba barked, Akamaru was also barking, since Akamaru hated getiing wet, and it was raining.
"Kiba, I don't think that there are two sides anymore, the rebels probably won, remember passing by an abandoned rebel base. The border was almost empty though, just a few shinobi." Kurenai spoke to Kiba
Neji looked around with his Byakugan, it could see up to 1km, since Hinata taught him how to extend the range of his Byakugan. Shino's bugs scanned the area impatiently, waiting for the messenger to come back. Lee and Gai were howling about the unyouthfulness of the messenger who left them in the rain until Yugao shut them up.
Asuma frowned at his failure to light cigarettes, he tried again and again, but the rain would prevent the cigarette from being lit. Tenten was sitting on a log boredly. Sakura was howling about not being around Sasuke, seemingly unaware that Sasuke betrayed his home a second time, until Tenten threw a kunai with a string attached to it with a basic seal tag at Sakura 'accidently.' Luckily for her Sakura's mouth touched the ink on the seal which sealed her mouth. Choji was eating chips, Shikamaru was watching rain clouds, and Ino was yawning
And thinking about how annoying forehead girl had gotten in the past decade.
I pity Yamato, he gets a fangirl, and a crazy kid. The only one that seems to lighten the team a bit, is the one who calls Sakura an old hag, and Sasuke a dickless pansy. Asuma thought
"Mizukage-sama will see you in one hour." The guard said, opening the doorsand leading the way.
In the Mizukage's office
"Hey, I heard leaf guys are coming; I wanna see who they are." Naruto said, excited that he would get to see his friends again, even if he already saw some of them.
"I thought you didn't like your village." Mei spoke to him
"I didn't like my village in general, but that doesn't mean I didn't have friends." Naruto told her
"Okey, but then you'll have to wait an hour, as for an explanation to what you were doing here, I could say that we were simply talking about the relationship our countries were having." Mei said
"Thanks"
1 hour later
The Mizukage and Uzukage were talking as planned, when the 13 people from Konoha came.
"Mizukage-sama, you told us that we would be meeting right now, so why is Uzukage-sama here?" Asuma was the first to speak to the Mizukage. The Uzukage had his kage hat on so nobody could see his spiky hair. No one could see his whiskers thanks to his mask.
"Oh, we made an alliance with Uzushiogakure, so any information you want to tell us would pass on to Uzushiogakure anyways so it is fine if he's here." The Mizukage told the thirteen people.
"O-Oh, no problem Mizukage-sama" Asuma said nervously, as he realized that Kirigakure no longer needed to rely on them, so it would make making an alliance much harder. The rest twelve realized this too.
"Hokage-sama proposes an alliance between our two great villages; he offers you supplies such as food, water, wood, and fine metals, and coal. In return he asks for ninja to help Konoha in the war against Iwagakure and Kumogakure. We also are allied with Sunagakure and Takigakure." Asuma said
"Unfortunately, my ninja have just gotten out of a war thanks to Uzushiogakure and we have no intention of getting into another, nor do we have the intention of becoming a target of Kumo, and Iwa. So unless Hokage-sama offers something more favorable I refuse to ally with him. Also I've been given supplies with a lot less demand from the other side. Uzushiogakure has offered all you have offered me, as well as limited access to Uzumaki metal, all sorts of plastics, a few teachers in fuinjutsu, rubber, and other things which are not my place to mention. They only asked for friendship with Kiri and a few favors and stuff when needed." Mei replied
Sakura struggled to say something, but the seal on her mouth made it impossible.
Neji was relieved that Sakura was unable to say anything to ruin Konoha's reputation further; he made a mental note to thank Tenten later.
Naruto was busy gazing at each of his friends, he already saw Shino, who resembled his father a lot, except that he kept his hood on all the time. He also already saw Kiba and Akamaru, Akamaru was as big as a wolf, and Kiba still looked a lot like he did 8 years ago, only differences in physical maturity. He also already saw Kurenai and Sakura, Sakura let her hair grow long again, she looked like she had 8 years ago when you saw her face, and like Kiba mostly physical maturity. He bet that Sakura hardly matured at all mentally. Kurenai looked pretty much the same. Her kid was assigned a babys itter against her will, so she was feeling uncomfortable. Asuma also looked pretty much the same, although he looked a bit more like the Third Hokage. He was unable to see Hinata in the group. Yugao was a new face around though. Ino looked like Deidara, so Naruto wondered whether they were related. Choji was the same as ever, except he was wearing a battle suit. Shikamaru looked like a young Shikaku without the scars, and with Yoshino's eyes, ears, and nose. Lee looked the same, except he was wearing a flak jacket over his hideous spandex and he was taller. Gai didn't change at all. Neji matured, and so had Tenten.
Asuma gritted his teeth, they had failed their mission. Shikamaru wanted to take a picture of the Uzukage though as there was none in the bingo book, but before he had his chance to tell Kurenai to cast a genjutsu, the Uzukage bid farewell to the Mizukage and left the room, not wanting the ones from Konoha to see Hiraishin. Little did Shikamaru know, the Uzukage had actually taken pictures of them just in case he ever needed to show proof they were there for any reason. He used a seal on his finger to do this.
The ones from Konoha left to report mission failure.
-Akatsuki base-
"Kisame, Itachi, it was your job to capture the Kyuubi, but as I have decided that he is too dangerous to confront him, you will simply go to Uzushiogakure and get information on him, any information." Pein ordered his Akatsuki members
Itachi and Kisame nodded and went to Uzu no kuni.
-Uzushiogakure no Sato 12:00 am-
Sasuke, now the more painful process will begin. Bye bye arrogant teme.
Kami no Shinten (God of Mind) Naruto thrusted his hand on to Sasuke's head and slowly by slowly he began to forget everything, Naruto wiped his soul clean of the taint of the Uchiha Clan, he knew he would get bitching if the Konoha Council ever found out. Then he reduced Sasuke's body into a one of a year old's and began imprinting memories of his childhood. A kind family had already volunteered to take Sasuke in, so he began imprinting small memories of them, and some speech. The one year old's brain was a bit developed so it could hold tiny memories. The baby didn't howl in pain, because the brain was too underdeveloped for that. Naruto had been preparing the jutsu for a month. It was a nameless forbidden jutsu only used once in history.
"So here's Sasuke-chan." Naruto held out the baby and gave it to the family.
In Naruto's mind everyone deserved a second chance. Sasuke would live a peaceful lfe with his family now, he wouldn't be an Uchiha, he would be a Matsuhishi. He wouldn't have to explain the Sharingan, and he took off all his seals like the chakra seal, however the Sharingan was left sealed forever.
Chapter is shorter compared to the others. By the way in the poll you'll be forcing events to happen, like if you pick bloodline I'll have to introduce a new character since I've decided what the bloodline will be. For those who think Naruto is overpowered the bloodline won't really add much power. The kyuubi chakra cloak will though. I'm also gonna make something else happen if kyuubi chakra cloak is chosen. Poll ends next chapter.