The Nine-Tailed Sage

by ThePhoenixKing96

All young Naruto ever wanted were three things: To know his parents, to be accepted by his Village and to be as cool as his Hero, the fourth hokage. When Naruto is beaten to the brink of death and kidnapped, he Awakens on a small Island village he finds out is named Uzushiogakure. What will happen to the boy? Read and Find out.

2. Chapter 2

Hello! This is the second chapter of the The Nine-Tailed Sage, so I hope you enjoy. Also, I know that it seems like Naruto is OP and God-Like, but I made it seem like that for two reasons: One, the villains will be stronger so later on he will be faced with challenges that he can't defeat even in his current state. Two, he's had three years to train uninterrupted with scrolls that not even the Hokage knows exist, most of which are S-ranked like the Rasengan. Plus, he's going up against pre-timeskip characters, so of course he's going to seem almost god-like right now. Anyway, that's enough of my rambling, now for the second chapter of The Nine-Tailed Sage.

Chapter 2

As soon as Anko yelled for the second task to start, Naruto made himself as close to unnoticeable as he could. When he was in position, he closed his eyes, and performed a strange combination of hand signs, and then used the technique that became hidden to the world due to the destruction of the Uzumaki clan, even though only certain Uzumaki clan members could actually perform it.

He created 50 clones that followed the crowd into the forest, and then cancelled the technique. 'Good, now that my security clones are in place, I can enter into the forest and hunt down the other scroll myself while my clones follow the other teams around and watch the forest to see who enters and where from, like I expect a certain snake to at some point,' Naruto thought to himself as he began his hunt.

(In the forest)

"This doesn't seem like its gonna be too much trouble," a genin told the rest of his team, "I mean, anyone we come across will-" he stopped mid-sentence as he, along with everyone else in his three man genin team, were hit in all of the pressure points by what seemed to be tiny needles that the group had never even seen coming. Within seconds the entire team was on the ground, not able to move a muscle.

"Who could have done something like this? I mean, we are completely immobilized, and if those cards that strange guy had were correct, then no genin could taking this test could possibly be responsible for this," the leader yelled, with the other two agreeing with what he said.

"You are absolutely right," a new voice said, coming from the shadows, "No genin taking this test could be responsible for this. Which is why after I take your Earth scroll I am going to wipe all three of your memories clean, because I am at least Jounin level, even at your age," the voice said to the group.

"Who are you, and what do you mean 'wipe our memories clean'? Also, how could they let someone at a Jounin level compete with us genin," the other member of the group said to the mysterious voice.

"Well you see," said Naruto as he stepped out of the shadows to reveal himself to the group, who were amazed that this guy could have done this to them, "nobody has any clue I am capable of this," with that Naruto walked over to the group and took the scroll. After doing so, he made a hand sign, closed his eyes, and then performed the same technique he used to create security cameras out of shadow clones, but used it to erase the genin's memories. After that he knelt down and stared each group member in the eye, making their pupils grow and then retract down to normal.

"It is done. Now that I have this scroll and the group has no recollection of my abilities, I think I will find a nice clearing, meditate, and watch what is going on," Naruto said as he dashed off, leaving his victims unconscious in the middle of the forest.

(5 hours later)

It had been a long day in the forest of death for Team 7. They had successfully beaten a random genin team from Iwa, and now held both a heaven and earth scroll in their possession. As the day went on, all three members decided to find a clearing in which to make their base camp. After finding a decent clearing in the forest, they made their camp and had to decide who in the group would stay up and watch for enemies.

"Sakura, Sai, you two go to bed. I'll take the first watch," Sasuke told the other two.

"Are you sure Sasuke? You did most of the work in the fight today, why don't I take the first watch," Sai suggested.

"No it's okay. Besides, I have the Sharingan, which gives me an automatic advantage against anyone who decides to mess with us," Sasuke said, which Sai and Sakura both agreed upon.

With that issue settled, Sasuke took the first watch while the other two went to sleep. It was decided that Sai would take the second watch, leaving Sakura with the third watch. As Sasuke took his position, he already felt anxious, like someone was watching him from afar. After a while the feeling subsided, and Sasuke focused on making sure the camp was safe from intruders.

(With Naruto)

'So that's their location is it? Well, I'm not too far away, and I've got other clones within 100 meters of the camp on all sides, so the camp is safe for now...' Naruto thought, feeling good that one of the teams is safe. Although he just couldn't shake the feeling of a huge killer intent from outside of his clone's range, which was really strange. He checked on the camp again, and Sasuke was still their. All of a sudden, his clone whipped around, only to see a massive tail pierce through the clone, dispelling it immediately. He quickly went into action mode, and checked his other clones, all of which were in the same predicament. A moment ago, he felt good that one camp was secure, and now he was down four clones and completely blind. 'I've got to get their before something happens...' Naruto thought as he raced away. The strangest thing was that none of his other clones watching any of the other teams were being destroyed.

(With Team Seven)

Sasuke, Sakura and Sai all watched in horror as they were positive that they just saw Naruto get impaled by a snake and disappear into smoke. Sasuke had his Sharingan active, while the other two got into a formation that was best suited for attack and defense.

'Something is strange about Naruto,' Sasuke said to himself, 'because even though that was a clone, I saw very faint traces of Chakra going to his eyes, as if he had a dojutsu like my Sharingan or the Hyuuga Clan's Byakugan. Last time I checked, he wasn't a Hyuuga or Uchiha, so why was chakra going to his eyes? I have to know...' Sasuke finished, still ready for battle.

"Get ready guys, something big is on its way," Sasuke informed his team, with a nod from both Sakura and Sai telling Sasuke they understood and were ready. All of a sudden, like something out of a nightmare, a gigantic mud-colored snake came crashing out of the clearing, aiming to separate the group. That chance never came when a barrage of senbon hit the snake at speeds so fast there wasn't even a sound, and pierced the snake all the way through and out the other side, killing the snake and destroying a large tree in the process.

"Wh-what just happened," Sakura asked, shivering in fear at the fact that tiny senbon needles could have had that much power.

"I don't even know, at this point I'm just as shocked as you are Sakura, " Sasuke said, "let's just hope that whomever it is, they're on our side," the Uchiha finished.

As soon as they got over the initial shock, a massive killer intent came over all three genin, which was something that none of them had ever dealt with before. It was so overpowering that it caused Sasuke to vomit on the ground, almost paralyzing him with fear. 'What is this feeling?! I feel like, like I'm going to...' and at that moment, a Kusagakure Kunoichi made her appearance, and she had a wicked smile on her face. "Hello, Sasuke-kun," the Kusa Kunoichi said, as if she had known the Uchiha for years.

(With Naruto)

'So this is why Orochimaru is here,' Naruto concluded in his head, 'He wants the Sharingan, and who better to go after than the 'last' of the Uchiha, even though Itachi isn't dead yet. Speaking of which, he may be a very valuable asset to my goals...anyway, enough of getting sidetracked, if I don't interfere, then Sasuke will definitely be in trouble. Maybe if I show him the secret of the Uzumaki Clan that has been hidden away from prying eyes for over a century now the Uchiha and his team can escape,' Naruto said as he decided to take that course of action.

(With Team 7)

The genin team had been holding their own for a while, with Sasuke now too tired to keep fighting after using that fire style technique to burn the Kusa Kunoichi seemingly alive. 'It's done, we've won,' thought the Uchiha. "Ku-ku-ku...I must say I'm impressed, Sasuke-kun. You're good with the Sharingan for your age, and you're definitely his brother. You'll do just fine," Orochimaru said, pulling of the burnt skin covering his left eye, revealing his ghostly pale white skin underneath.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?! WHO ARE YOU," sasuke screamed at the top of his lungs, wanting answers from the man who claimed to know his brother.

"My name is Orochimaru, and what I want...well, you'll find out when we meet again, Sasuke-kun," Orochimaru finished. He suddenly used a strange hand sign, and his neck extended up and out, gunning for Sasuke's neck, who was again paralyzed due to Orochimaru's killer intent.

As Orochimaru was closing in on his target, fangs out and ready to bite down upon the Uchiha's neck, his face was smashed away by what seemed to be an extremely powerful kick, and he was sent flying into the forest, causing tree's to crash down as he skidded through the foliage.

As everyone turned their gaze away from the destruction caused by a mystery man whom the group presumed to be a Jounin coming to their aid, they were completely flabbergasted at the fact that the kick came from none other than Naruto Uzumaki himself.

"Naruto, is that you? How did you do that, you're only a gen-" Sasuke started saying before he was stopped abruptly

"Sasuke, get your team and get out of here now. You have no idea how powerful this guy is," Naruto said in the most serious voice any of them had ever heard, "I can buy you and the rest of your squad enough time to get out of here alive. Trust me when I say that even as I am now I am not sure if I can match this guy. Plus, I can give him an incentive to stay and fight me instead of go after you," Naruto said, the rest of team 7 just in complete shock as to how serious Naruto was, even though they knew him as a prankster and a loudmouth. This was not the Naruto they knew or was used to.

"No way, if the Dobe here can handle this guy, then-" Sasuke went to finish before being interrupted again

"No Sasuke, get out of here, now, before he comes back. His whole goal is to mark you with a curse seal so that you will seek him out for power. He will pretend to help you become stronger, when his real goal is to obtain the Uchiha dojutsu, the Sharingan. He already tried taking it from your brother but failed to do so. If you stay here, I cannot guarantee you will come out unmarked. If you leave now, I can still hold him back, so go, NOW," Naruto screamed at Sasuke, who gritted his teeth, but saw that Naruto was dead serious about this.

"Fine, but don't think this makes you any better than me, dobe," Sasuke said, before heading for the tower with the message on the paper.

'Good, now all that's left is this shit head,' Naruto thought looking at the destruction his kick caused.

Out of the clearing, Orochimaru shot back at Naruto, who leaned to his left and brought his right knee up into the snake Sannins gut before performing a spinning hook kick to the side of Orochimaru's head, sending him crashing into another tree.

"Give up Orochimaru, you can't beat me," Naruto yelled to the man who rose out of the rubble of the tree he was sent flying into.

"HOW DARE YOU STOP ME FROM GETTING MY HANDS ON THE SHARINGAN?! I WILL END YOU," Orochimaru hissed at Naruto, who only sighed, before closing his eyes, and grabbing the pale mans throat and slamming him up against a tree, his grip getting tighter and his force getting greater, before opening his eyes, and causing Orochimaru's to go wide with shock and a newfound feeling...desire.

As Naruto opened his eyes, they had changed, with the outline of his iris' extending outwards, and his pupil's creating five more concentric circles to follow the original Iris outline to the edge's of his scalera. The light blue color of his scalera also changed color to a dark blue, matching that of his eye color. His eyes were now dark blue with six black colored concentric circles surrounding his tiny black pupil, giving off the impression of rippling water.

'This can't be! How does this boy possess the eyes of the Sage, and how can he seemingly call upon them at will? Forget the Uchiha, this boy has far more potential than the weakest of the Uchiha Clan, therefore I must mark him,' Orochimaru thought as he devised the perfect plan.

Orochimaru had to react quickly as he narrowly avoided a flying side kick to the chest from the small Uzumaki. As he leaned out of the way, Orochimaru grabbed the boys left arm and threw the boy at a tree, causing it to snap like a twig. He smiled, as he never expected to be handed another chance at obtaining these eyes, and with someone who seems to be able to control them like the Uchiha or Hyuuga can control their clan's dojutsu. As the perverted snake sannin thought of what he could do with this boy, the same blonde was currently struggling to get up after that last attack.

'I have to get up now, otherwise I'm bound to be captured by that power-hungry pervert that calls himself a Sannin and he'll get access to everything that was meant to be hidden from people like him,' Naruto thought to himself as he willed himself to rise from the path of destruction caused by his body at the hands of Orochimaru, even though his muscles were screaming in pain. The young boy, using his Rinnegan to manipulate the gravity around his body, as well as using fuuton manipulation in the surrounding area and raiton manipulation in his body to simulate flight, rushed at incredibly fast speeds towards the now cackling Sannin, with killer intent building up in his small body.

As Naruto approached fast Orochimaru readied himself, getting into a stance that was reminiscent of the snake style of fighting. Naruto burst into the clearing, sending a kick not at Orochimaru but instead at the branch he was standing on. While Orochimaru was distracted for less than a second, it gave Naruto the time he needed as the kick to the branch served the purpose of throwing his opponent off balance as well as giving Naruto a chance to change his direction to upwards, in which the small blonde brought his knee up into Orochimaru's chest and then spun his body around, delivering a very powerful spinning hook kick into the Sannins ribcage, after which he spun around and placed the top of his left foot onto Orochimaru's left shoulder blade and the sole of his right foot onto Orochimaru's left bicep. After his feet were in place he sent raiton chakra into his left and right calves, which was then used to promptly shatter the left shoulder blade of the snake sannin as well as tear all muscles in the left arm of Orochimaru.

The force of both attacks on the man made him scream in pain, and would have been a very big issue with most shinobi. However, Orochimaru wasn't like most shinobi, and instead of Orochimaru crashing into a large tree like Naruto had hoped would happen, it was a mud clone. 'Damn, he is one tough son of a bitch, I'll give him that,' Naruto thought, panting lightly from his current fight with one of the three legendary Sannin of Konohagakure. 'However, I just need to stall long enough for Sasuke and his team to get word to the other Jounin waiting at the tower,' Naruto finished, only to see Orochimaru materialize in front of him.

"I must say that I'm impressed, Naruto-kun. You are definitely stronger than all of the other Genin competing this year," stated Orochimaru, an evil grin plastered on his pale face.

"Thanks for the complement," stated naruto in a monotone voice, releasing a small amount of killer intent, telling the snake that he was not messing around.

"Well I guess then it's time to end this. I'll make it very simple to understand why I'm here, Naruto-kun: you have something that I want, and with my help, you will harness its power," Orochimaru stated simply before releasing the largest amount of killer intent Naruto had ever felt.

This had little effect on Naruto was unable to move due to the killer intent, Orochimaru threw a kunai that grazed the boy, an action that at first puzzled the tiny blonde. 'Why would-' Naruto was thinking, then at the last second he realized why a single kunai was thrown by the man he was facing. 'Clever trick, had I not trained myself to see through deceiving tactics such as this one, I would have fallen for it,' Naruto thought as he used his Rinnegan's gravity control to repel the incoming Kunai.

Orochimaru scowled at the blondes ability to figure out his plan to drug the boy with toxins used specifically for knocking an enemy out, when all of a sudden he felt a slight pull on his being, which drastically increased to a point where the rest of his ribs shattered and his spine cracked, making the snake sannin howl in pain. As he was mentally cursing the boy and trying to move his right arm to make a single handed seal for a kawarimi, he failed to notice the spinning blue orb in the blonde jinchuuriki's right hand until it was too late.

"This is for trying to take something that doesn't belong to you, you slimy bastard! ODAMA RASENGAN," Naruto screamed as he slammed the basketball sized orb of chakra into the center of the wide-eyed man's chest, also activating his gravity manipulation to launch Orochimaru even further than he would have if Naruto only used his Rasengan on him.

After being pleased with the damage he had done, Naruto turned and leapt towards the tower, unaware that someone decided to stick around after Naruto had finished with his foe.

(3 hours later)

'Man, I should get some sleep. Who knew that fending off one of the Sannin would be so difficult,' Naruto thought as he checked in on each of his security clones before dispelling them, deactivating his Rinnegan, and camouflaging himself before drifting off into the subconscious.

(Naruto's mindscape)

As Naruto drifted off, six figures watched from inside of Naruto, all with stoic looks on their faces.

(The next day)

Naruto awoke, rubbing his head and looking around the forest, trying to remember all that had happened.

'Well it seems that I haven't been found out,' Naruto thought before making sure he had both scrolls, 'and it seems that no one took either of my scrolls, which is a good thing as well I suppose,' Naruto finished. As he was about to take off, a messenger bird came to him with a note. As he took the note and opened it up, it read,

'Naruto,

Mangetsu Hōzuki has been recruited by Zabuza-san, and I am currently on my way to meet up with and escort the man you have personally taken interest in back to our main base. The rest of the Jinchuuriki have also been located, and we are ready to move as soon as you are. That is all.

Haku'

'It seems things are moving smoothly as I expected they would. Once this tournament is over I'll return to Uzu with Gaara Sabaku and we shall move on the rescue of the Jinchuuriki and their bijuu,' Naruto smiled as he talked inwardly to himself while on his way to the tower to complete this part of the exam.

(10 minutes later)

When Naruto made it to the tower, he noticed that he had arrived before anyone else had, meaning that he had a lot of time for rest and relaxation. He opened his scroll, only for it to give him instructions on where to go in five days time. As he destroyed both scrolls with a silver flame he created in the palm of his hand and left to go to his living quarters, he saw the team from Suna arrive, with Gaara giving him a quick glance before they went off to a side room.

(4 days later)

It had been 5 days since the beginning of the second task, and since then a lot had happened. After Naruto had , and everything had returned to normal, even though nobody knew the identity of the gennin that fought Orochimaru which was abnormal in its own right. As the days rolled by, more and more teams came through the tower entrance, albeit only about 15 teams.

Once all of the teams had made it through, everyone was escorted through the tower and into a large spacious room with a big screen, tiled floors, two balconies on either walls for viewing purposes, and a large stone statue of two hands coming together to form a handsign. In the center of the room stood most of Konoha's Genin squad leaders, which consisted of Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Maito Gai.

As Hiruzen spoke to the genin that were in the room, Naruto was looking around at the competition and was certain that none of the Genin currently present could even give him a run for his money, with Gaara being the only possible exception out of the bunch. What intrigued him, even though he couldn't make out what was being said, was the argument between Sakura and Sasuke. From what he could tell, Sakura was upset for some reason at Sasuke, and he was being stubborn about something. What was interesting was that it seemed like sasuke had a mark of some sort on his neck, although Naruto discarded the thought, coming to the conclusion that Sasuke was probably just injured in combat or something.

"...The first match will be Sasuke Uchiha vs Yoroi Akadō, everyone else please exit the floor and go to the balcony please," the proctor, a man by the name of Hayate Gekko, informed the crowd.

'Time to find out what you've learned while this match goes on, Naruto,' the third hokage smirks before he sees that Naruto has created a separate balcony for himself, avoiding the impromptu interrogation the third was going to give him.

(Elsewhere)

"It seems you're still as powerful with a sword as I remember Mangetsu," Zabuza said as he was forced back from his previous clash with his fellow swordsman.

"I think the same can be said about you, Zabuza-san. However, I've just finished warming up, so don't expect me to be holding back any more," Mangetsu said as he readied himself for another clash with his fellow swordsman.

"Same here Mangetsu-san," Zabuza said as he charged his friend with an unrelenting force that had the same power as a small earthquake.

'Amazing...this is the true power that two of the legendary swordsman of the Mist contain...and they're just starting to release their power,' Haku thought as he returned to the base with the newest member of Naruto's ragtag group of powerhouses.

"Zabuza-sama, Mangetsu-sama," Haku said, as the two swordsman were currently in a power struggle, "I have returned with our newest member, so I believe introductions are in order," Haku said as he stepped out of the way. Zabuza and Mangetsu both leapt backwards and looked over at their newest member, the sight of which made both swordsman widen their eyes if only a small amount.

'This just got interesting,' thought Mangetsu.

'Seems like the Gaki isn't messing around...I like it,' thought Zabuza with a smirk hidden by the bandages covering his mouth

"Hello Zabuza-san, Mangetsu-san, I'm sure you know who I am based off of your reaction, but allow me introduce myself. My name is Itachi Uchiha."

(Back with Naruto)

So far the fights had not really intrigued Naruto all that much. The first match was Sasuke versus some sound Genin, who had an interesting ability in which he could absorb his opponents chakra, which gave the Uchiha quite a challenge. However, the rest of the matches just seemed to bore him, and he kept finding himself on the verge of falling asleep on multiple occasions.

"...Naruto Uzumaki, please report to the floor for your match, unless you are willing to forfeit your match against Kiba Inuzuka," the proctor said, which Naruto woke up to hear just in time.

'Oh right, my match. Shouldn't take too long, then I can go back to sleep,' was Naruto's last thought before appearing on the floor in a shunshin.

"Alright Kiba, just forfeit now so I can go back to sleep and you can leave unharmed. If you don't then I can't guarantee you will walk away uninjured from this fight," Naruto announced while still rubbing his eyes and yawning, which shocked everyone that someone would be so blunt.

'Who does this Naruto think he is,' was the thought of all of the Genin except those that saw and heard about his fight in the forest of death.

"YEAH RIGHT! LIKE I WOULD SURRENDER TO THE LIKES OF YOU," Kiba yelled out loud, which garnered the support of all of the Genin except Sasuke, who just shook his head, seeing that Naruto was being brutally honest with Kiba even though he didn't seem to be acting that way.

"Don't say I didn't warn you Kiba," Naruto said aloud before getting into a loose stance while Kiba got into a slightly modified version of his clan's stance.

'He thinks he can beat me? No way, I've got this in the bag,' Kiba thought to himself while smirking.

'I wonder how many flaws the Jonin caught in his stance? Also, I wonder if I could turn Ramen into a plausible weapon of some sort,' Naruto pondered with a far off look in his eyes.

"If both competitors are ready, then you may begin!" the instructor yelled before jumping back and away from the competitors.

As soon as the match began, Kiba rushed forward, only to trip over two pieces of the floor that had mysteriously come up from the ground, leaving him wide open.

'SHIT!' Kiba yelled inwardly as Naruto simply vanished into thin air, which was a big shock to those that hadn't seen Naruto perform this feat yet. As soon as Naruto vanished, he reappeared in front of his opponent who tried to punch the blonde. What happened next made everyone except for Gaara sick to their stomachs, as Naruto proceeded to snap Kiba's right arm in three different places, grab Akamaru off of Kiba's head and fling him at a wall, which incapacitated the small puppy, and knee Kiba in the gut. Naruto then flipped over Kiba and grabbed his right arm and, with a sickening crunch and blood curdling scream, rotated it behind his head so much that the force tore all of the muscles and snapped his collarbone, making it so that his forearm was parallel to the ground behind his back. The pain caused Kiba to black out, which meant that he could no longer compete.

"Since Kiba Inuzuka is unable to continue, the winner is Naruto Uzumaki," the proctor said as Naruto went back to his balcony, where he once again went back to sleep. Everyone else however was in complete shock that someone could go from being seemingly lazy to completely brutal and then back to lazy again.

'What is this guy?' thought most of the Genin except for the red-haired jinchuuriki who had a calm demeanor on the outside, but was going crazy on the inside.

'That was INVIGORATING! I MUST PROVE MY EXISTENCE WITH HIM!' Gaara thought to himself.

'Well that was less than exciting for me, I would have spent my time better sleeping. Anyhow I hope that enticed you enough, Gaara,' Naruto thought before going back to sleep.

(1 hour later)

Naruto awoke as the last match was ending, and saw that Lee was getting his left arm and leg crushed by Gaara who was in a crater with sand all around the room. 'Looks like the untouchable Gaara isn't so untouchable,' Naruto thought groggily as he made his way down to the floor with all of the other contestants that won their respective matches.

"I congratulate all that have won their respective matches in the preliminary rounds. Now if you will direct your attention up to the monitor, you will see your opponents for the finals, which will be held in one months time," the Third Hokage said as the matches were announced.

'So it looks like I'm facing the Hyuuga prodigy Neji and Gaara is facing the Uchiha brat Sasuke. That's all I need to know,' Naruto finished as he flashed out of existence when a breeze came through the room even though there was no reason for a breeze to have occurred.

(The next day)

Naruto was just getting started with his daily routine when he felt a strange presence lurking around him. 'So Gaara has come to watch me eh? Well I better make sure he gets a damn good show to make him see how strong I am at a fraction of my power without the assistance of Kurama,' Naruto said as he summoned up a group of 100 clones. "Alright guys, this is gonna be a Kenjutsu warm-up so you know the drill," Naruto said as his clones processed what they just heard and got into formation. 'Alright Gaara, I hope you're in for a show,' Naruto said to himself as he prepared mentally. "Kuchiyose: Requiem," Naruto said as a gigantic blade appeared from a seal made on his right wrist.

'Yes Uzumaki, Mother must have...YOUR BLOOD!' Gaara screamed to himself as his eyes widened and went bloodshot, as well as donning a wide smile on his face that stretched from ear to ear as he heard the sound of clones being dispersed all around him.

(With Sasuke and Kakashi)

So far this day had been more than uneventful for Sasuke. He wanted to know why the dobe was so powerful, and what he needed to do in order to become stronger than him. After all, he saw what the small blonde did to that strange man in the forest of death as well as Naruto's performance in the preliminary exams where he snapped most of Kiba's bones and muscles without hesitation.

'I must achieve that level of skill! If I do then I can finally make Itachi grovel at my feet like I'm destined to do!' was the current mindset of the Uchiha Avenger as he and Kakashi finally came to a stop.

"Why are we stopping Kakashi-sensei," Sasuke asked the silver haired man.

"We are stopping because I am going to teach you an A-Rank Raiton Jutsu that will help you in your fight against Gaara; However, this technique is only to be used as a last resort jutsu if things start getting out of control," Kakashi announced, making Sasuke's eyes widen in anticipation. "The first thing we have to do is make sure that curse mark you received won't bother you much."

(Naruto's Mindscape)

'BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IT IS TIME TO BEGIN HIS TRAINING,' a dark figure said to 9 other figures that were in all different shapes and sizes

'ARE YOU SURE? AS IT STANDS FROM HIS TIME TRAINING ALONE HE IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS ABOVE HIS COMPETITION,' a female said to the male that had made the announcement in the first place.

'YES I AM SURE. EVEN THOUGH HE IS MUCH FARTHER AHEAD THAN HIS COMPETITION, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE HIS GOAL HE NEEDS OUR HELP, AND HE NEEDS IT NOW,' the apparent leader stated, which the other beings agreed upon.

'FINE, I AM IN AGREEMENT. NOW HOW SHALL WE CALL HIM IN, AND WHAT WILL WE TEACH THE YOUNG SAGE,' the female stated which got everyone wondering the exact same thing that was just stated.

'I BELIEVE THE FOX IN THE CAGE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE, AM I RIGHT,' the male leader said, looking over at the Nine-Tailed Fox that sat inside of a cage in Naruto's mind.

'I WILL DESTROY YOU IF NARUTO EVER PERMITS ME TO DO SO,' the Kyuubi stated with enough killer intent to make Orochimaru quiver in fear, 'BUT YES I CAN AND WILL BE OF ASSISTANCE TO YOU SINCE IT PERTAINS TO THE KIT'S TRAINING,' the Kyuubi told the 10 beings that surrounded one gigantic yin and yang symbol in the blonde's mind, with 5 surrounding the yin and 5 surrounding the yang.

'THANK YOU, KURAMA,' the leader stated to the fox, who proceeded to concentrate on calling Naruto into his mindscape.

(With Naruto)

Naruto had just finished dispelling the last of his clones with a simple strike from his gigantic sword when he was suddenly pulled into his mind scape. 'What could Kurama possibly want now,' was Naruto's thought before he discovered he was in the center of a gigantic yin and yang circle.

'What is going on here,' Naruto asked before 11 humanoid figures appeared in designated area's around the circle.

'SO THIS IS THE BRAT THAT WILL BE HIS SUCCESSOR,' one of the figure's spoke in a gruff and deep voice.

'IT APPEARS SO TIGER-SAN,' one of the female's said as Naruto had a look of confusion on his face.

'If you don't mind me asking, who are you all and why am I here,' Naruto asked in a polite manor.

'AWW HE'S SO ADORABLE, I THINK I FOUND MY FUTURE MATE,' another female said with enough conviction and giddiness in her voice to make Naruto's face turn bright red and have everyone turn towards her.

'PHOENIX-SAN THAT'S ENOUGH! WE HAVE MORE PRESSING MATTERS TO DISCUSS,' another man that had the most authority in his booming voice spoke to the girl that was currently thinking some rather impure thoughts.

'I don't mean to sound rude or anything but I'd still like to know why I'm wasting my time here when I could be training for-' Naruto never got to finish as he was interrupted by yet another one of the five people surrounding the circle.

'LISTEN HERE BRAT, WHAT WE WILL BE OFFERING TO YOU WILL BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO YOU THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR, YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE-' the man ranted before he felt a killing intent directed to him that was so powerful he was brought down to one knee.

'THAT WILL BE ENOUGH OUT OF YOU FALCON-SAN! THOUGH YOU MAY BE RIGHT ABOUT HIS ATTITUDE AND WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO GIVE HIM, BUT SCREAMING ABOUT IT WILL CHANGE NOTHING, BUT IT WILL WASTE VALUABLE TIME THAT WE DON'T HAVE AND CAN'T AFFORD EVEN IF WE WANTED TO. NOW EVERYONE STAY QUIET AND LET ME DO THE TALKING,' the man with the gruff authoritative voice from before said before bringing the pressure in the room back down to a reasonable level.

'NOW, LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU, YOUNG SAGE,' the apparent leader said to Naruto.

'I AM THE SPIRIT OF AIR IN ONE OF MY TWO PHYSICAL FORMS, THIS BEING THE HUMAN FORM,' the air spirit said in his current form, which took on the look of a man in his mid-30's who was sporting blue and silver armor with a large curved blade that was as big as Zabuza Momochi's Kubikiribocho but resembled a dragon's tail instead of an executioner's blade. as he transformed into a gigantic silver and blue dragon that was almost as big as the Kyuubi.

'THIS HOWEVER,' the man said as he transformed into a gigantic silver and blue dragon that was almost as big as the Kyuubi. IS MY PRIMARY FORM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MANY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE AIR SPIRIT, A DRAGON.' the giant silver dragon stated to the shocked Naruto.

'NOW THAT MY INTRODUCTION IS OUT OF THE WAY, I SHALL INTRODUCE YOU TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM, AND THEN TELL YOU OF OUR INTENTIONS YOUNG SAGE,' the giant talking dragon told the still shocked Naruto.

'TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT IS THE SPIRIT OF WATER SHARK-SAN, TO MY RIGHT IS THE SPIRIT OF EARTH WOLF-SAN, TO THE LEFT OF SHARK-SAN IS THE SPIRIT OF LIGHTNING FALCON-SAN, AND FINALLY TO THE RIGHT OF WOLF-SAN IS THE SPIRIT OF FIRE PHOENIX-SAN,' with each spirit introduced they all transformed into their respective primary forms.

'NICE TO MEET YA KID,' the gigantic black Timber wolf said to Naruto, which made Naruto grin since he was sure that they would make great friends.

'YOU'RE FINE BY ME YOUNG SAGE,' the giant shark said to Naruto.

'JUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE OF AGE I INTEND TO SHOW YOU THE VIRTUES OF ADULTHOOD,' the giant phoenix said with a lust-filled undertone that made Naruto blush but also turned him on a little bit.

'HMPH, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HIS SUCCESSOR DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT I THINK YOU'RE AN UNGRATEFUL BRAT THAT GOT LUCKY TO BE IN THE POSITION YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW,' the giant falcon said with a serious and venomous tone that Naruto ignored at that moment.

'It's truly an honor to meet the five elemental spirits, but why have you called me here and who are those other people on the other side Dragon-sama,' Naruto asked the air spirit.

'WE WILL REVEAL WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE HERE AFTER THEY HAVE FINISHED WITH YOU,' the man who was standing across from the air spirit told young Naruto who just nodded in agreement.

'NOW IT IS TIME TO GIVE YOU THE REASON AS TO WHY WE ARE HERE, WHICH IS SIMPLE: TRAINING,' the giant dragon told Naruto.

'What do you mean? I mean, if you're talking elemental training then I've already mastered three of the five elements, so that would mean-'

'SHUT UP AND LISTEN BRAT, SINCE THE KIND OF TRAINING WE WILL OFFER YOU CANNOT BE TAUGHT OR LEARNED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE ELEMENTAL NATIONS,' the spirit of lightning told the blonde who was clearly confused.

'THANK YOU FALCON-SAN. NOW WHAT I AM ABOUT TO OFFER YOU WILL MAKE YOU ONE OF THE STRONGEST SHINOBI TO EVER GRACE THE EARTH, AND WITH ENOUGH TIME AND EFFORT YOU COULD BECOME AS STRONG IF NOT STRONGER THAN US BOY,' the wind spirit said to Naruto which made the blonde's eyes widen at this proclamation.

'WHAT WE ARE OFFERING IS A CHANCE TO TRULY BE AN ELEMENTAL MASTER BY HAVING ALL OF THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS, AS WELL AS LIGHTNING TO AN EXTENT, AT YOUR BECK AND CALL. WITH THIS TRAINING YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE SUB-ELEMENTS AT YOUR DISPOSAL AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT A KEKKEI-GENKAI LIKE CRYSTAL RELEASE,' the giant silver dragon told the boy, who was ecstatic at having the ability to do what sounded like the impossible.

'Wait, so will I have to use chakra in order to perform techniques I learn from this training,' Naruto asked, which was a valid question.

'WE WILL EXPLAIN MORE AS THE MONTH GOES ON, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, YOU WILL NOT. ALSO, AS A BONUS WE WILL TEACH TO MASTER MOST KENJUTSU FORMS AS WELL AS A WIDE VARIETY OF WEAPONRY THAT YOU CAN USE LIKE IT'S SECOND NATURE,' the earth spirit said to Naruto, who just nodded and smiled in anticipation.

'I am gonna kick so much ass it's not even funny,' Naruto thought to himself

'NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER, WE SHOULD BEGIN THE TRAINING! KNOW THIS, YOU WILL BARELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMAND EVEN ONE ELEMENT BEFORE THE FINAL EXAMS, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO RELY ON YOUR NIN AND TAIJUTSU DURING THE FINAL EXAMS. SO NOW THAT ALL OF THE EXPLAINING IS OUT OF THE WAY, WE SHALL BEGIN YOUR TRAINING,' the air spirit said as all of the other spirits transformed down into human form.

(Elsewhere)

In the council chamber sat the civilian council along with the three elders of Konoha. Everyone was talking amongst themselves before the three elders went to the front of the room with Danzo Shimura standing at the center of the three with Koharu to his left and Homura to his right. Soon the room began to quiet down as Danzo looked over the crowd that stood before him.

"Good evening council. I stand before you to announce that the plan to rid Konoha of the Demon and destroy its home is coming along smoothly. So far we have enough evidence to have it deported from our village, and we know where it lives," Danzo said getting an uproar of cheers and an applause from the council. "However, we do not know how many followers the demon fox has, but we do know that it is not enough to be of great concern as they will all perish along with the demon they follow," Danzo told the group in front of him with cheers erupting from the people.

"When will we be finally rid of the Demon," one council member shouted.

"Does he have any offspring and if so when will we execute the demon spawns," another council member yelled.

"Should the children of this village have their minds inspected by Inoichi to be sure that they weren't corrupted by the demon," yet another council member shouted.

"Everyone settle down and I will gladly answer all of your questions," Danzo said as he waited for the council to quiet down.

"To answer your questions, we will be rid of him after the Chuunin exam finals are over even if he comes out victorious, as far as we know he does not have any offspring to worry about and if he did and they were present in the village I would have had ROOT deal with its execution, and finally no we don't need to have Inoichi inspect the minds of the children," Danzo finished answering the incredibly ignorant questions of the civilian council.

"Now that the questions are out of the way, I will explain the plan to you all as to insure that nobody else could possibly be blamed for what will be the greatest day in Konoha's history," Danzo said to the council, all of whom stood and applauded for their misguided leader.

(1 month later)

The month of training before the Chuunin exam finals had finally come to an end. The arena had finally filled up completely, meaning that it was time to start the matches. All of the finalists had made their way to the floor except for Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. As the last people took their seats the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi stood and gave his speech which welcomed everyone to Konoha for the Chuunin Exam Finals. As he finished he sat down and Genma Shiranui stood to announce the first match.

"Would Neji Hyuga and Naruto Uzumaki please come to the floor for the first match," Genma announced as everyone else left except for Neji.

"Well proctor, it seems as though Naruto will not be coming. Please announce me as winner and you can-" Neji was just about to finish before a roar could be heard throughout the Hidden leaf Village.

As everyone was still trying to figure out what that loud roar was a shadow dive bombed the arena causing everyone to scream. Just before the ANBU went to attack, the dust was cleared by a powerful gust of wind, revealing a giant silver and blue dragon in the arena as well as its rider who was wearing a cloak to mask his identity.

"Don't count me out just yet Neji," the mysterious man said.

"Who are you and why did you say that," Neji demanded.

"It's me, Naruto Uzumaki, here to kick your fate-loving ass," Naruto said as he removed the cloak, shocking everyone and infuriating Danzo to no end, even though he didn't show it physically.

'How does that boy have what appears to be a summons, it being a dragon no less? This is impossible, but the plan will continue as scheduled,' Danzo thought to himself as he sat and relaxed in his chair.

(with the other rookies)

To say that the rookie nine were surprised was a great understatement. All of the Konoha rookies shared the same basic thought, which was the fact that this was the Naruto they knew from back in the day and that he somehow had a dragon with him.

'Just because the baka has a dragon does not make him cooler than Sasuke-kun! In fact when this is done I'm going to force him to give that stupid dragon to Sasuke-kun since Naruto does not deserve it! That way Sasuke-kun will fall in love with me and Ino-pig will have to admit that I won! CHA!' was Sakura's thought while the blonde Yamanaka was having rather impure thoughts of the blonde while also drooling over him.

'Naruto-kun...' was the thought of the Hyuga clan heir that was watching with the rest of the rookies.

(With the Hokage)

'So you really have changed a lot Naruto. I surely would have expected you to hold a Summons contract, namely the contract like your Father before you and your mentor Jiraiya, but to hold the Dragon contract is really something Naruto. If I know Minato-san then he would be proud of you Naruto. I just wonder what other secrets you hold...' Hiruzen pondered as the Kazekage entered the Kage viewing booth with a pair of Sunagakure ANBU.

"Kazekage-dono, you're later than you said you would be. I hope you didn't have any trouble getting here," Hiruzen said to the Kazekage.

"No I didn't have any trouble getting here, I just had an emergency meeting with my advisor discussing the possible location of Akasuna no Sasori, the ninja that betrayed our village and kidnapped my predecessor the third Kazekage, and how we should act upon it," the Kazekage told Hiruzen who just nodded in agreement.

"So that's the boy I keep hearing so much about, the one with the blonde hair that apparently can appear and disappear into the breeze, leaving only a few leaves behind as an indicator that he was even there in the first place," the Kazekage said which seemed odd to the Hokage that the Kazekage would know of such things.

"Yes that's him, but I must know how you became aware of his ability Kazekage-dono," Hiruzen said to the leader of the sand village.

"Ahh that is a valid question, and I have an answer for you. You see, with my children all competing in the final exams I was able to get intel on the boy in question. If that wasn't enough he is the talk of the elemental nations, as he has appeared in small skirmishes in pretty much every major land, with that move being compared to the Hiraishin that made the Yondaime Hokage famous," the Kazekage said with a slight chuckle.

"Oh really," Hiruzen said, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh yes, in fact it is said that during a storm he wiped out a mercenary force by himself without even making an appearance due to the storm's wind constantly blowing. When the battle was over, all that remained were the bodies of the dead and leaves scattered everywhere," the Kazekage said, shocking the Hokage.

'Naruto…,' the Hokage thought as he turned to watch the match as it began.

(with Naruto and Neji)

Naruto stood across the field from Neji as the two were sizing each other up. Neji had a smug look on his face like he somehow knew the outcome before the match even began.

"Naruto, just give up now, as fate has already decided the winner here. No matter how hard you train, you have already been destined to lose, so just give up and you can still walk away unharmed and with some dignity left," Neji said with an arrogant tone. "However, if you do not give up then I cannot guarantee your-"

"Proctor, can we start so I can show this guy how wrong he is," Naruto said in a slightly annoyed tone.

"If both competitors are ready then you may begin," Genma yelled and jumped backwards away from the action that was bound to ensue.

"Foolish Naruto, don't say I didn't warn you. Byakugan," Neji yelled as he activated his clan's sacred Dojutsu, the Byakugan, and rushed Naruto at a speed most people would consider to be chuunin-level speed.

"Time to end this as fate has decided! Hakke Rokujūyon Shō : two palms, four palms, eight palms, sixteen palms, thirty-two palms," Neji said, hitting all of Naruto's Tenketsu points and closing them with Juken enhanced strikes before stopping after thirty two palms.

'Now to finish him off like I was destined to,' Neji thought to himself.

"You're finished Naruto! SIXTY-FOUR PALMS," Neji yelled before finishing his technique, closing the remaining tenketsu points that he could see as well as launching the blonde backwards where he crashed into the ground and lay still.

"Proctor, you can call the match as he won't be getting up anytime soon, and if he does he won't be able to use chakra since I closed his Tenketsu points. It's like I said...," Neji said as he tuned to walk away, "...I was destined to win from the-"

"Is that all you've got, Neji?"

As Neji turned to see Naruto get up, he smirked at the blonde. Neji knew he had disabled most if not all of Naruto's chakra network, so defeating him would be a sinch.

Or so he thought.

"Naruto this effort is fruitless. You cannot use Chakra while I still have plenty left. just give up already," Neji said to Naruto with a still arrogant tone.

"Oh Neji, you think you've won, which is amusing to say the least. Now it's my turn to show you how wrong you are and wipe out that smug attitude of yours," Naruto said as he went from not caring to deadly serious.

"Fine, but it's your funeral-" Neji never finished that sentence as he was hit by a a concentrated wind blast to his midsection that sent him crashing into the wall behind him at breakneck speeds. While everyone in the arena had a look of complete shock on their faces, Naruto just stood with a stoic yet impassive look on his face as he retracted his outstretched right arm.

"Neji, you always belittle everyone and tell them you're better than they are simply because you are a prodigy in your clan. You talk about fate all the time and how everyone's fate is to lose to you, yet you never even think of the possibility that you may be wrong and that 'fate' may not always be right," Naruto said to the prodigy of the Hyuga clan.

"In fact, your Doujutsu pales in comparison to that of the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan. However, even the Sharingan is not all that it's cracked up to be, since there is a third Doujutsu that puts both the the Uchiha's and the Hyuga's Doujutsu to shame," Naruto announced in an authoritative tone that boomed throughout the stadium, making everyone wonder what could be greater than both the Sharingan and the Byakugan.

At this point Neji had finally gotten out of the wall and started to slowly walk back to Naruto, seething in anger at what the supposed dead-last had done and said to him.

"You really expect me to believe your foolish story, Naruto? There is no third Doujutsu that puts both the Byakugan and Sharingan to shame. You're just upset since you're not special like the Hyuga or our arch-rival the Uchiha," Neji said with a cocky attitude and a smirk that Naruto was going to take great pleasure in smacking off of Neji's face as soon as he dropped the bombshell that he possessed the legendary Rinnegan, which was just passed off as a myth since nobody was known to possess it.

"Well since you don't believe me then let me show you how wrong you are Neji," Naruto said before sending chakra to his eyes. As he did, his eyes started to change as they had in the forest of death, revealing the Rinnegan.

'How is this possible? I've never seen this Doujutsu before! More importantly, why does Naruto possess it,' were Neji's thoughts, awestruck that the dead-last had a Doujutsu.

(Kage Booth)

To say that Hiruzen was dumbfounded was a massive understatement. He knew that as soon as the Chuunin exams were over the council was going to be on him about forcing Naruto to stay in the village, at least until he produced a child that had the Rinnegan, and then he would probably be killed. No, he wasn't going to let that happen, not to Naruto if he could help it.

'Naruto, to think that you had been hiding this from the world from so long. I only hope you will explain how you attained such a feat by yourself,' Hiruzen thought to himself as he watched the match with a feeling of pride for the boy that he considered to be his adoptive grandson.

'Kukuku...this has just become very interesting indeed. Let's just see how you match up against him when it comes to Rinnegan ability Naruto-kun,' the Kazekage thought to himself as he viewed Naruto very carefully.

(with Danzo)

For the first time in a very long time, Danzo was physically shocked. He knew that Naruto contained the Kyuubi no Kitsune within him, unlike most of the villagers who only saw the boy as the Kyuubi in a human form, and wanted that power for his own personal gain, but this was something else. Seeing this boy contain the Rinnegan, well this changed everything, as the boy was now his number one priority, even overshadowing his quest to take the seat of Hokage from the man whom he felt didn't deserve it.

'Don't become too attached to those eyes of yours brat, for I shall take them and make them mine, along with the Kyuubi, which will ensure my rightful place as Hokage of this village,' thought Danzo as he got excited at the thought of having the most legendary Doujutsu in his personal arsenal. Hell, he would even go as far as removing the stolen eye of Shisui Uchiha, which he would of course destroy so that it wouldn't fall into the hands of anyone else, to obtain the blonde brats eyes, whom he deemed unworthy of possessing such a rare Doujutsu.

(With the rookie 9)

All of Naruto's former classmates were dumbfounded when they learned that the Naruto they knew and loved had a Doujutsu like Neji, Hinata and Sasuke, although his seemed to be much different than the Byakugan or the Sharingan. Most were thinking along the lines of 'How does he have a Doujutsu,' while some were impressed like Ino, meanwhile others just expected as much coming from Naruto.

"YOSH! NARUTO-KUN'S FLAMES OF YOUTH HAVE GROWN TO BE BIGGER, BRIGHTER AND HOTTER THAN EVER BEFORE! FROM NOW ON HE IS MY ETERNAL RIVAL," Rock Lee yelled at the top of his lungs as he continued to watch the match with a new-found gleam in his eyes.

"Okay, he has a Doujutsu, but it sure as hell isn't cooler or better than Sasuke-kun's Sharingan! In fact the Sharingan is definitely superior to that lame excuse of a Doujutsu that the Naruto has! CHA," Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs, still proving to be a useless fangirl as always.

'Troublesome...' Shikamaru thought as the rest of the rookies ignored Sakura and continued to watch the match.

(Naruto vs Neji)

After getting over his initial shock, Neji readied himself for what the blonde would throw at him, since he foolishly thought that he was fated to win.

"It doesn't matter that you seem to have a Doujutsu that no other clan has, fate has already chosen the victor, and I'm sorry to say it isn't you. Now just give up, since you can't do Ninjutsu as I've closed off your tenketsu points with my Juken strikes," Neji said with a confident smirk as he thought he had the upper hand against Naruto.

Naruto just stood there glaring at his opponent with an impassive look on his face. 'So he thinks my Chakra points are closed off does he? Well maybe I should just show him the fruits of my training with Dragon-san and Wolf-san,' Naruto thought to himself as he decided on a course of action that would stump everyone watching.

"Neji, you may have closed off my Chakra network, but that barely even touches the surface of what I've learned in the past month. I'll give you the opportunity to forfeit now before you get hurt, which I highly recommend you do," Naruto said making Neji visibly upset at Naruto's words.

"WHO DO YOU TAKE ME FOR! I WILL NOT FORFEIT TO THE LIKES OF YOU! FATE HAS DECIDED THE VICTOR ALREADY, SO IT IS YOU WHO SHOULD FORFEIT BEFORE I DESTROY YOU," Neji yelled before rushing at Naruto, Byakugan flaring madly.

"I'm sorry, but by being as stubborn as you are, you asked for this," Naruto said as he stamped his foot on the ground, which brought a thin earthen pole ascending upwards from the ground into Neji's gut before receding back into the ground. As Neji was stopped by this attack, Naruto hop-skipped forward landing in a front stance before thrusting both hands forward as punches into thin air. This resulted in two very large boulders being ripped from the earth and launched at Neji, who was hit by one of the boulders on the left side of his body, effectively spinning him around and letting the other boulder smash into his back, launching him at breakneck speeds into the wall that was initially behind him before Naruto hit him with the first boulder.

"Time to show you the power of my Doujutsu, Neji," Naruto said as his eyes began to glow blue.

"Banshō Ten'in," Naruto yelled as Neji was ripped from the wall and forced back to Naruto, flying through the air at a fast rate of speed. As he grew closer Naruto stamped his front foot down and a slab of earth extended out at a diagonal angle, hitting Neji square in the gut before Naruto disappeared from view and then reappeared a second later in the air, right leg cocked back before he delivered a devastatingly powerful roundhouse kick to Neji's left arm with a loud boom, breaking not only his arm but also cracking a couple of his ribs before the Hyuuga prodigy coughed up blood and was sent at the wall on his right hand side. He didn't hit the wall as expected due to Naruto disappearing from sight in one instant and then delivering the Hyuuga an uppercut, which sent Neji sky high, but at an arch instead of straight up.

'Time to finish this,' Naruto thought to himself as he again disappeared then reappeared above Neji.

"I told you to forfeit, but you didn't listen. Now you pay the price. ODAMA RASENGAN," Naruto yelled as he formed the giant blue orb in his hand within a matter of seconds before slamming it into Neji's midsection, driving him from 50 feet in the air to the ground in about 3 seconds time, creating a massive impact, the likes of which would be compared to a small earthquake.

As the smoke cleared, Naruto was found standing above Neji in a small crater, the former walking away from the boy on the ground.

"He's still alive, but only just. The winner is Naruto Uzumaki," Genma said before six Medical ninja came through the door marked 'Infirmary' and put the Hyuuga on a stretcher before wheeling him off to be treated for injuries sustained in his fight against the blonde jinchuuriki. After a minute of silence, people started whispering amongst themselves, mainly talking about how they foolishly let the demon become too powerful. In a matter of seconds, people were calling for Naruto to be executed even though he won fair and square.

'I guess nothing's changed, just as I thought. I give the villagers one hell of a show and they automatically assume that either Kurama has grown too strong or that the village will be attacked again, so they call for my execution. Good thing I plan on leaving, and bringing Gaara with me back to Uzu where we won't be judged because of a source of unimaginable power that we were given at birth,' Naruto thought as he walked off of the arena floors and into the stairwell that brought him up with the other finalists.

'I just hope that Haku received my letter saying to send out the team I've assembled to rescue some of the other Jinchuuriki before the Akatsuki got to them,' Naruto thought as he reached the top of the stairs where he turned to see the rest of the rookie nine minus Neji glaring at him, an action which he just dismissed as he sat down and began to meditate.

(Kage Booth)

As the match finished, the Sandaime Hokages mouth was wide open and his pipe, which seemed to always be in his mouth, was on the ground as he realised that even he wouldn't be able to force Naruto to take part in the CRA, simply because he didn't know if he was actually powerful enough to fight Naruto if the boy was to go all out. He had been suspicious of this ever since the boy had re-entered the village, but after seeing Naruto not only get up after Neji hit him with the Hyuuga's famous gentle fist technique but also somehow manipulate the earth in such a way that didn't even require hand-seals to pull off, he was positive that at his old age he could make the boy do anything, council or no council.

"Well, it seems that this boy is a fine shinobi that is well above what a Chuunin should be. It's really a shame that he is not part of any major village," the Kazekage said, getting Hiruzen to nod in agreement.

"Yes, it would seem that way, although that was a bit excessive in my opinion. Seeing him fight like that makes me envy his youth, but I suppose the torch has now officially been passed down to his generation," Hiruzen said with a sigh, thinking of what he must have had to put himself through in order to achieve that level of strength, agility and power. As he pondered these things to himself, his eyes widened as his mind went blank.

'Naruto-kun...you make me wonder if Sasuke-kun was the right choice after all,' the Kazekage pondered to himself as he went back to watching the matches.

(with Danzo)

As the match concluded, Danzo was deep in thought about how to handle Naruto, seeing as this boy was easily at a Jounin level since he was able to still use Chakra after being hit by the Hyuuga's Hakke Rokujūyon Shō, a feat that only a select few have ever been able to do. He knew that most of his ROOT operatives would perish if they fought this boy head on like he originally planned on having them do.

'It seems that I could only hope to capture and obtain both the fox and the Rinnegan from the boy if he was in a weakened state, and even then I would still have trouble with him. So the only logical solution to my problem would be to take both while he is unconscious. Even that would be a difficult task to accomplish. You are proving to be a thorn in my plans boy, but I will find a solution, and your powers that should be mine by right will become mine,' Danzo thought as he smiled, ignoring the rest of the matches as he went through every possible scenario that could go wrong with his plan and found a way to avoid the problems altogether.

(with the rookie nine)

After the match was over, none of them could even think as they were still processing what had just occurred. Even though they all saw Naruto completely demolish Neji, they still were having trouble taking that fact in. None of them had ever had the power to toss Neji around like a ragdoll, yet Naruto just showed them all that he could in fact treat Neji like a ragdoll. To be fair, none of them had ever seen Naruto fight before, as he had disappeared from the village before any of the rookie nine had ever entered the academy, and the most any of them had ever known the blonde was on a first name basis and as the prankster of the hidden leaf, so they couldn't really say that Naruto was incapable of doing that to the prodigy of the Hyuuga clan, but they had all assumed that he couldn't.

'W-what just happened here? Is Naruto really that strong? If so, then how is he allowed to compete against inexperienced Gennin like us? Man, this is just so troublesome,' were the thoughts of Shikamaru Nara.

'How could Neji-kun be defeated that easily? Nobody should be able to do that to him, he's the prodigy of the Hyuuga clan, and his technique is flawless! Somethings not right, and I intend to find out what so that Neji-kun can be given a second chance to-what am I thinking? I sound like Sakura right now, and I am so much better than her in every sense of the word better,' TenTen thought to herself, going from a look of complete shock to having a smile on her face.

'Mother wants your blood Uzumaki,' Gaara said as he was wide-eyed and visibly shaking.

(with Naruto)

As he sat down to start meditating, obviously aware of the glares he was getting from the other rookies, Naruto felt one of them begin to get really angry. After this went on for about a minute, Sakura started to walk over to him, which only Ino seemed to object at.

"Sakura, what are you doing? Why are you trying to go near him," Ino asked, obvious fear in her voice.

"The reason why is to give him a piece of my mind, and you're not going to stop me," Sakura yelled at her best friend before she got free of Ino's grip and started walking over to Naruto, an arrogant smirk on her face, thinking that she was actually going to do something.

"Naruto, I don't know how you did what you did, but I am ordering you to stop trying to act cooler than Sasuke-kun! It won't work, and you don't have any of us fooled. Also, stop walking around like you're better than he is, because he has the Sharingan, which is much cooler than your dumb Rinne-whatever is, and is also much more-" Sakura never got to finish her sentence before she fell unconscious due to an extremely high killing intent that everyone in the arena felt.

"You talk too much," Naruto said with a calm demeanor from his meditative position without moving a muscle or opening his eyes, finally letting the killing intent drop after another minute of keeping it up. As some Jounin came to question the boy he used a shunshin to disappear away from the group.

(With Naruto)

Naruto, after using a shunshin, appeared on the rooftop of the building he was just on. walking to the edge of the roof, he shut his eyes, took a deep breath, then quickly opened them as he stepped out into a horse stance and lifted his hands up. This action resulted in an earthen box being created that was closed on five of the sides, with the sixth side being extended out with bars wrapping around the edge of the platform and connecting to the main structure to form a guard rail. Naruto then lifted this viewing box high above the roof he was standing on, and, using his Rinnegan's ability to manipulate gravity, flew up and into the box.

"Kage bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto said as he entered the box.

"I want you to watch the rest of the matches and wake me by dispelling when the fun starts," the real Naruto told his clone as he began meditating.

(1 hour later)

After an hour had passed, the Naruto clone dispelled which told the real Naruto that something was about to go down. As Naruto opened his eyes, he realised that there was a large genjutsu being put into effect, with all of the civilian population slumping over due to the effects of the genjutsu. While looking over the entire arena, he noticed a half-transformed Gaara being whisked away by his two Suna teammates, with Sasuke Uchiha, who was sporting a black jumpsuit that was cut off at the knees and elbows, with braces on both elbows, and black and white wrap on his left forearm as well as on each shin and the Uchiha crest on his back, jumped after the trio.

'Looks like it's time to-,' Naruto was thinking to himself before his train of thought was interrupted by a loud explosion up by the kage booth. When he took a closer look, he saw the third hokage going toe-to-toe with what appeared to be the Yondaime Kazekage, although he would have to put that aside for right now as he had a mission to complete.

Hopping out of the box he was in, he flashed through a bunch of hand signs, which made his Rinnegan ripple like water after a rock has been thrown into it.

"Kuchiyose: five elemental spirits," Naruto said as five armor-clad figures appeared behind him.

"NARUTO-SAN, WHY HAVE YOU SUMMONED ALL OF US TO YOUR WORLD," the tallest of the five said to him.

"The reason why wolf-sama is because Konohagakure is under attack, and as much as I want the place to fall, there are still people that I care about in this village," Naruto said with a serious look on his face.

"SO BE IT. NOW WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO," the lightning spirit asked Naruto.

"Dragon-sama and Phoenix-sama, I want you two to go to the village and find Jiraiya-san and Jiji-san for me to ensure their safety. I give you permission to kill anyone who stands in your way by whatever means you deem necessary. Falcon-sama, I want you to use your primary form to scout ahead with Shark-sama riding on your back to relay information back to me. If all goes according to plan, we will leave with Gaara and bring him back home with us and away from the wrath of the villagers," Naruto said with his eyes closed and holding up his middle and index fingers on his right hand to make a v, causing all five spirits to sweatdrop at the boy's antics.

"OKAY KID, SO WE FIND THE HOKAGE AND THE TOAD SAGE AND MAKE SURE THEY REMAIN SAFE, WITH YOU GIVING US PERMISSION TO KILL ANYONE WE FIND GETS IN OUR WAY. THAT ATTITUDE IS THE REASON WE ALL AGREED TO TRAINING YOU KID," the Fire spirit said, getting a nod from the five elemental spirits before the Air and Fire spirits each used an elemental Shunshin to head to the village, while the Lightning spirit transformed into a bijuu sized falcon, letting the human form of the water spirit get on his back before they took to the sky in Gaara's direction. After about a minute, Naruto could see Dragon's and Phoenix's flying through the airspace of Konohagakure.

'Gaara, I hope you will agree to come with me,' Naruto thought to himself before the voice of the Earth spirit brought him back to reality.

Naruto then turned to the remaining elemental spirit with a serious expression on his face.

"Wolf-sama, you're going to come with me in order to catch up to the Ichibi Jinchuuriki," Naruto said, getting a nod from the Earth spirit.

"SO IT'S SHUKAKU THIS TIME, EH? HAVEN'T FOUGHT HIM IN AT LEAST 1,000 YEARS OR SO. LAST FIGHT I HAD WAS WITH THE SON GOKŪ AND KOKUŌ ABOUT 500 YEARS AGO WHEN WE ALL STILL ROAMED THE EARTH AS FREE ENTITIES, AND THEN YOU HUMAN'S MUCKED EVERYTHING UP. ANYHOW, LET'S GET GOING SO WE CAN CATCH SHUKAKU BEFORE HE ESCAPES TO HIS VILLAGE," said the earth spirit as he transformed into his primary form, which was a giant Bijuu-sized black Timber wolf as Naruto hopped on top of the of him and sat down, settling into place on the neck of the wolf.

"GOT HIS SCENT, AND IT APPEARS HE'S NOT FAR AWAY EITHER, SO HANG ON TIGHT," the wolf said getting Naruto to nod before the earth spirit took off through the woods as fast as lightning.

(In Konoha)

So far all hell had broken loose. To start, Konohagakure was under attack by one of the major villages as well as one of the minor villages, which was a shock to all of the Leaf Shinobi. Just when things couldn't seem to get any crazier, what appeared to be Bijuu sized Dragons and Phoenix's had come out of nowhere and were attacking anything and anyone that was in their way, surprising everyone. However, the creatures that attacked were only attacking those that were in the direction of both the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Toad Sage Jiraiya.

'It is strange that the only ones under attack are shinobi that happen to be in the same direction of both lord Jiraiya and the Sandaime Hokage,' Kakashi thought to himself as he round-house kicked an Oto shinobi, which was the last of a small group that attacked the copy Ninja. However, his thoughts distracted him from the threat at hand as a Suna shinobi snuck up with a Kunai in his hand, which Kakashi reacted to far too late as he knew that there was no time left to dodge or block this attack.

'Shit! Not enough time to-,' was all Kakashi could think at that time as he waited for the kunai to strike him down before his current train of thought was broken by two words he'd never been so happy to hear in his life.

"KONOHA SENPŪ!," was the last thing the Suna shinobi heard as a blur of green and orange crashed into the side of his head, breaking his neck and cracking his skull open, killing him instantly as he was sent through a concrete wall.

"Whew, that was a close call. Arigatou Gai," Kakashi said to a man clad in a green jumpsuit with a Jounin jacket and orange leg weights, looking like an older clone of Rock Lee, even having the same bowl-shaped haircut and huge eyebrows.

"YOSH! IT SEEMS THE FLAMES OF YOUTH ARE DWINDLING IN MY ETERNAL RIVAL! IF I HAD NOT BEEN HERE IN TIME MY RIVAL WOULD SURELY HAVE FALLEN IN COMBAT! IT SEEMS YOU HAVE GOTTEN CARELESS, WHICH IS NOTHING A SMALL COMPETITION CAN'T FIX AFTER WE DEAL WITH THE THREAT AT HAND!," Gai said as he gave his rival a thumbs-up and a huge smile, with a gleam of light which seemingly came from his teeth.

'Oh Kami, I have to agree, don't I? He did save my life after all, so I guess I can repay him by doing one of his competitions,' Kakashi thought to himself.

"Fine Gai, you have a deal, now let's go," Kakashi said, getting a nod from Gai, who went from a happy demeanor to a completely serious one in a matter of seconds, as they both took off towards the village at Jounin-level speeds.

(With Jiraiya)

As the rest of Konoha was under attack on the inside, Jiraiya had used his toad summonings to defend the main gate of the village, which was currently under attack from snake summons.

'This must be the handiwork of Orochimaru, but as far as I can tell he isn't anywhere around here. What is your true goal Orochi-teme,' Jiraiya thought as he fought off a group of 10 shinobi. while he was fighting we noticed the snake summons were slowly overpowering Gamabunta, the chief toad and the one Jiraiya was currently standing atop.

'Shit, this isn't good. Gamabunta is getting tired from all of this fighting, and the snakes just keep coming. If the summoners aren't stopped in time, then-' Jiraiya thought before he was interrupted by the booming voice of the Chief toad.

"I'M AT MY LIMIT JIRAIYA. WHEN THE NEXT ATTACK COMES I WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP IT, SO UNLESS YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING BIG PLANNED, WE'LL NEED A MIRACLE," the Chief Toad told the white-haired man, who nodded in understanding before he braced himself for the attack that would never come.

"HERE IT COMES SO BE READY JIRAIYA," the toad said as Jiraiya prepared himself.

However, as the snake summons were about to attack the giant toad, a searing crimson flame came over the snakes as they writhed in pain before disappearing into smoke, causing confusion to come over Jiraiya.

'What just happened,' Jiraiya asked himself before he saw a giant Phoenix fly overhead, which answered his question as to what the flame was, but now raised a bigger question: Whose summon was that?

"JIRAIYA OF THE SANNIN," a female voice called out to Jiraiya as a Bijuu-sized Phoenix appeared in front of him before transforming into a beautiful woman with fiery-red hair and burnt-orange eyes that showed compassion yet the power to absolutely annihilate anyone that stood in her way without a second thought. The woman was also wearing a crimson Kimono that hugged her figure tightly, showing off her voluptuous curves and fairly large bust in a teasing manner. In her hands she held two daggers with fiery-red blades that seemed to be made of flames.

'Kami-sama I don't deserve this beauty of a woman, however I won't turn down what the god's have bestowed upon me,' Jiraiya thought with glee when he realised the woman in front of him was obviously here for something and composed himself, a serious look coming over him.

"That would be me," Jiraiya answered, a slight smirk emerging on his face.

"I HAVE BEEN SENT BY NARUTO-SAN TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY AND TO TELL YOU WHERE TO MEET HIM WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VILLAGE," the Fire spirit said, shocking the Toad Sage that Naruto could summon Phoenix's.

'Just how strong are you Naruto?,' Jiraiya thought to himself. First he began hearing reports that a Blonde boy around Naruto's age has been taking part in battles that even ANBU would have trouble completing and won singlehandedly, sometimes even using deadly force to complete the missions. Then he had heard reports of S-Class ninja going missing and then appearing in battle alongside the blonde. Most recently he had heard that the entirety of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist had been spotted together, something that had not happened in over a decade. Also, he had recently heard reports that some of the Jinchuuriki had gone off the radar, which was strange to him; Not because of the fact that they were off the radar, but strange because some were spotted headed for Uzushiogakure, which had recently been rebuilt, although nobody knows if it's populated or not.

Now he learns that his Godson has somehow unlocked the Rinnegan, even though it is different than the Rinnegan his former student Nagato since he can apparently deactivate it like the Sharingan and Byakugan, as well as it being blue instead of purple. Oh he intended to learn all about the blonde boy when this was all over, but for now he had to focus on the matter at hand.

"Arigatou. Now is there anything else or is this it," Jiraiya asked, a serious look on his face like before.

"THAT IS ALL, I MUST GO NOW, BUT I LEAVE YOU SOME OF THE PHOENIX SUMMON'S TO AID IN YOUR BATTLE," the fire spirit said before disappearing in a dark crimson inferno.

Jiraiya nodded before turning his attention to what he could only describe as hell on earth.

(With Naruto)

Naruto was currently racing through the woods atop the Earth spirit, getting closer to his intended target. He had been getting updates from the air by the Water and Lightning spirit who were currently viewing the battle from the air. According to them, Gaara was half-formed into a miniature Shukaku, and Sasuke was there, having already used the Chidori once.

'I didn't think Gaara would go as far as to let the Ichibi take over. If I don't hurry, I may have a full-blown Shukaku on my hands, which is a real annoyance...but nothing I can't handle,' Naruto thought, still with a stoic look on his face.

"THEY'RE JUST AHEAD NARUTO-SAN," the Earth Spirit said as Naruto nodded.

"Good, then this is where we depart. Thank you for your help, Wolf-san," Naruto said as he stood up, ready to jump.

"NO PROBLEM KID, AND YOU CAN CALL ME OOKAMI," the giant wolf said to Naruto, who had a puzzled look on his face.

"Do all of you have names," Naruto asked Ookami

"YES WE DO KID, BUT IN ORDER TO TELL YOU OUR NAMES WE NEED TO BE HAVE COMPLETE FAITH IN YOU AND YOUR ABILITIES. NOW GO KICK SHUKAKU'S ASS FOR US, ESPECIALLY ME," the Earth spirit said before Naruto nodded, launching himself as the giant wolf crumbled into dirt.

(With Sasuke & Gaara)

So far the fight had not been going the way Sasuke had hoped. Even with the Sharingan activated he was still having trouble with Gaara. So far he had used the Chidori once and he knew that he could only use it one or two more times before his Chakra was depleted, especially since he had his Sharingan active, the two tomoes spinning rapidly.

'Damn...this guys strength is unbelievable. No matter what I do, it doesn't seem to have any effect. The only jutsu that worked was the Chidori, and even then I can only use it a couple more times,' Sasuke thought as he was sitting behind a tree, trying to regain some of his Chakra.

"RAARGH, UCHIHAAA! STOP HIDING AND COME FIGHT MEEEE!," Gaara roared, as Shukaku's arm and tail thrashed wildly.

'Fine, I'll have to use the Chidori again, and this time I'll make it count,' Sasuke thought as lightning chakra formed around his hand. Stepping out from behind his tree, Gaara launched himself at Sasuke as launched himself at Gaara.

"AARGH!," Gaara screamed in pain as he landed on a tree branch opposite of Sasuke. Gaara's sand arm collapsed back into sand since Sasuke's Chidori had hit the arm, like it was intended to. Sasuke had inadvertently activated the Curse Mark, and was currently panting and in pain as he collapsed on the tree branch he had landed on.

'Shit...I'm out of energy, and this Curse Mark isn't helping either,' Sasuke thought as he clutched the side of his neck in pain, more specifically the area where the Curse Mark was located. His eyes widened as Gaara's Sand Arm suddenly regrew, and knew that unless someone else showed up he was a goner for sure.

"TIME FOR YOU TO DIEEEE UCHIHAAA!," Gaara yelled as he launched himself at Sasuke, with bloodlust coming off of him in droves. He was almost to the Uchiha, when all of a sudden Gaara was thrown back hard into a tree by an invisible force that seemed to come out of nowhere.

Suddenly like some form of miracle, Naruto Uzumaki appeared in a flash, a stoic look on his chiseled face. As he looked around, he saw the damage that had been done, a smirk finding its way onto his face as he approved of this fight.

'So this is the power he contains without any control...the damage is shocking to say the least, but nothing that I can't handle. However, with proper training, you could be truly devastating Gaara,' Naruto thought to himself as he turned his attention back to Gaara.

"Sasuke, you did a good job considering you were up against Shukaku's container, or as you would know him as the Ichibi Jinchuuriki," Naruto said, with Sasuke's eyes widening at the revelation that he was fighting a Jinchuuriki.

"Now Gaara, show me the power of Shukaku, or as you refer to him as 'Mother'," Naruto said with a small amount of killing intent rolling off of him as Gaara widened his eyes as Naruto directly challenged his 'Mother', who was currently going crazy inside of Gaara, insisting that he 'kills the fox' and insists he is released to 'squash father's pet fox', which Gaara didn't understand but agreed to anyway.

"MOTHER WILL SQUASH YOU UZU-," Gaara was screaming before Naruto appeared in front of him, a spiraling blue sphere of pure chakra in his right hand.

"Stop screaming and show me your power," Naruto said as he slammed the blue orb into Gaara's stomach, sending the redhead through multiple trees.

"Rasengan," Naruto whispered while Gaara was barreling through the forest.

While Gaara was still in the forest, Naruto noted that two chakra signatures were on his position, one of which he could clearly tell was a summons, and a small one at that. The other Chakra signature was barely enough to be Genin level, which he deduced to be Sakura Haruno. Knowing this, he also figured that the second Chakra signature was probably a ninja hound sent with Sakura to find Sasuke.

'They're here,' Naruto thought, and as if on cue Sakura and a small Ninja Hound appeared on the same branch as Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun! What happened here,' Sakura said, so focussed on Sasuke that she didn't even notice Naruto.

"He'll be fine, he just needs to rest. He fought well, but now it's my turn," Naruto said, not even turning to look back at the group behind him as he jumped off towards Gaara.

'Naruto…' Sakura thought as, for once in her life, she looked...concerned for Naruto.

'Dobe...just...don't die,' Sasuke thought, a look of concern for the one that he had always considered to be weaker than he also came over Sasuke.

(With Naruto)

The forest seemed to blur past Naruto as he raced towards the large Chakra signature ahead of him. When he neared Gaara, he heard Gaara's voice bellow through the woods.

"SUNA SHURIKEN," Gaara said, and suddenly hundreds of Shuriken made of sand launched in Naruto's direction, causing him to try and dodge the jutsu. This proved futile, and Naruto was forced into using a Jutsu to deflect the shuriken.

"Fuuton: Kamikaze," Naruto said as he created two tornados to deflect the Sand Jutsu as well as put more pressure on Gaara. Gaara saw the tornados coming his way and extended his sand claw to grab the branch above him. The claw was successful, however Naruto had other plans.

"Oh no you don't! Mokuton: Jubako Eiso," Naruto said as the tree Gaara was on sprouted another branch and wrapped around Gaara, completely immobilizing the Ichibi Jinchuuriki.

This technique wasn't meant to last and Naruto knew this, as he had used to immobilize Gaara just long enough for Naruto to reach the struggling Jinchuuriki. When Naruto reached the redhead, he delivered an axe kick onto Gaara's shoulder, sending him down to the ground at a fast pace. Just before Gaara hit the ground, Naruto materialised in front of him and delivered a swift chakra-enhanced roundhouse kick that sent Gaara crashing through the forest.

As Naruto went to go check on Gaara, the sand arm extended and slammed Naruto through five large trees before picking the blonde up and slamming him into the ground with a force that would have killed most men. Naruto however was far above most men, and got up from his crater and dusted himself off.

"Is that the best you've got, Gaara," Naruto said before that same arm came back at him. Naruto saw it coming this time and backflipped up to a tree branch 20 feet up, only to see an extension of the arm come at Naruto.

"STAY STILL SO I CAN KILL YOU UZUMAKI," Gaara cried in rage.

"Shinra Tensei," Naruto whispered as he activated the Rinnegan, and completely demolishing Shukaku's sand arm with his gravity attack. Sighing, he jumped looked over to Gaara, who all of a sudden started talking, when he heard something that he didn't necessarily want to hear.

"there...is absolutely no WAY I will lose...TO A GUY LIKE YOOOUUUUU!," Gaara bellowed as suddenly he exploded in power as sand started to rise upwards through the forest as Naruto was knocked to the ground.

'So, Shukaku's finally come out to play, huh? Maybe I should start to get serious,' Naruto thought as he rose to his feet and dusted himself off.

"Kuchiyose: Ookami," Naruto said as more smoke filled the area, a familiar black wolf standing at the same height as Shukaku.

"SHUKAKU, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. HOW THE HELL ARE YOU," Ookami asked with a huge grin while Shukaku's face was that of someone who had 'seen a ghost,' and seemed to be at a loss for words.

"W-WHY THE HELL A-ARE YOU H-HERE," Shukaku asked, backing up a little as he did.

"WHAT'S THE PROBLEM SHUKAKU-SAN? I'M ONLY HERE TO TALK...AND MAYBE BEAT SOME SENSE INTO YOU FOR TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE YOUNG MAN CURRENTLY ASLEEP ON YOUR HEAD TO KILL MY SUMMONER NARUTO UZUMAKI. I MEAN, YOU WON'T EVEN LISTEN TO WHAT THE BOY WANTS TO OFFER YOU AND GAARA," Ookami said, catching Shukaku's attention as he turned to look at the blonde Uzumaki, who still had an impassive look on his face.

"Thank you Ookami-san. Now I actually need Gaara for this, so if you'll allow me to bring Gaara to the place that only Jinchuuriki's have access Shukaku-sama I will explain everything," Naruto said as the giant Tanuki gave this some serious thought.

"FINE KID, BUT KNOW THAT IF YOU TRY ANYTHING THEN I WILL KILL YOU AND DESTROY THAT PATHETIC VILLAGE OF YOURS. DAMN NINJA VILLAGES, THEY TRULY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GIFTS THEY HAVE IN THE FORM OF JINCHUURIKI, ONLY SEEING THEM AS DEMONS THAT CAUSE PAIN INSTEAD OF PEOPLE WITH THE BURDEN OF DEALING WITH US BIJUU," Shukaku said, getting Naruto to nod in agreement.

"As much as I wouldn't mind seeing the village burn or if I could defeat you with my own power, I promise that Gaara will not be harmed. Maybe I'll allow you to crush the village after I'm done, but not before," Naruto said, getting the Shukaku to chuckle as he hopped up next to the sleeping redhead before touching Knuckles w/ him as they both entered a large area alone.

(Jinchuuriki Psyche Plane)

Gaara opened his eyes and took a slow look around. For some reason, he felt...calm, and without the urge to kill anything on sight. Still, even though he felt this way, he still unsure of where he was, as well as unaware of the Giant tailed beast behind him.

"Where...am I," Gaara said out loud, still trying to find answers by looking around.

"GAARA, TURN AROUND AND FACE ME," the giant chakra construct bellowed, shocking Gaara to no end as he thought he was alone. The biggest shock to him was when he turned around and saw the being he called 'Mother' for the first time, which made his eyes widen and his jaw drop, as well as induce a feeling that he never thought he would feel ever again; fear.

'Mother...what ARE YOU,' Gaara thought to himself as he was now visibly shaking.

"So it seems you are awake now, good," a second voice said which brought Gaara out of his current stupor as he turned around, only to be shocked yet again.

Currently standing in front of him was his blonde rival, which didn't surprise him as much as what was BEHIND the blonde Jinchuuriki. What Gaara saw was a gigantic Fox as tall as the sand creature behind Gaara, with thick red-orange fur, red slit eyes, and nine tails flowing behind the fox.

"Uzumaki, what IS THAT behind you," Gaara said in a gruff yet shocked voice, making the blonde smirk.

"This is the Kyuubi no Kitsune as you would call him. However, I call him by his REAL name, Kurama," Naruto said as he looked at the Giant fox, who was sporting a passive look on his face.

"NOW THAT THE INTRODUCTIONS ARE OUT OF THE WAY, CAN YOU GET TO YOUR POINT KIT? I WAS HAVING A NICE NAP UNTIL YOU HAD TO COME AND DRAG ME HERE," Kurama said to the blonde as Naruto again smirked at the foxes comments.

"I SEE YOU'RE STILL THE SAME IMPATIENT AND LAZY BASTARD AS YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN BROTHER. I STILL DON'T SEE WHY FATHER TOOK MORE OF A LIKING TO YOU OVER THE REST OF US," Shukaku said while chuckling.

"LAST TIME I CHECKED YOU ARE THE WEAKEST OF ALL OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SHUKA-TEME. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE SOMEHOW MORE POWERFUL THEN PROVE IT YOU SANDY BASTARD. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T EVEN PROPERLY FIRE A BIJUU-DAMA OR USE YOUKI PROPERLY EITHER," the furry Bijuu said while Shukaku just got angrier and angrier before he finally snapped.

"YOU THINK YOU'RE SO MUCH BETTER THAN US, YET YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE CRY-," Shukaku was about to finish when he along with Gaara and Naruto felt an enormous killer intent radiating from the giant fox, making even the almighty Naruto tremble in fear.

"DON'T. EVER. BRING. THAT. UP. AGAIN. BROTHER," Kurama said, making the Shukaku remember just how powerful his brother was before lowering the killer intent in the room, making it breathable again.

'Damn Kurama...remind me to never get on your bad side,' Naruto thought as he was still breathing heavy from just a moment ago. This only lasted a minute more before he stood up and stared at Gaara.

"Now then, getting back to the topic at hand, I have a proposal for both you and Shukaku, Gaara," Naruto said, catching the attention of both the Suna Jinchuuriki and his respective Bijuu.

"WHAT IS IT YOU WISH TO PROPOSE TO US BOY," Shukaku said.

"I wish to propose to you two a better life," Naruto said, this time shocking the pair.

"WHAT IS IT YOU MEAN? HOW CAN A MERE CHILD OFFER A BIJUU A 'BETTER LIFE'," Shukaku inquired.

"I figured you'd respond like that, so let me explain myself," Naruto said, with both the Ichibi and Gaara sending chakra to their ears to enhance the volume of the blonde Jinchuuriki.

"In three years time, a group made up of at least 10 S-Rank nukenin will be travelling around the elemental nations to collect the nine bijuu and their jinchuuriki to, according to my informant, create a weapon that will be sold to whomever can afford it. I alone cannot beat them all, so I came up with an ultimatum: gather the other eight jinchuuriki and create a group like the Akatsuki, but made up of only jinchuuriki. So far I have convinced the jinchuuriki's of Son Goku and Kokuo, otherwise known as the Yonbi and Gobi, and another one of my subordinates should be returning to our base with Chomei's, known as the Nanbi, jinchuuriki. Once they return to the base, they are hidden by our ultimate defense, and begin to train themselves until I return," Naruto had just finished, before seeing the look of shock upon both Gaara and Shukaku.

"So any questions," Naruto asked the two.

"OF COURSE! WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU KID? AFTER ALL THIS COULD BE A TRAP TO CAPTURE ME BY THIS GROUP THAT CALL THEMSELVES 'AKATSUKI'," Shukaku said, with Gaara nodding in agreement.

"Shukaku-sama is right, Uzumaki. How do we know you aren't under the control of this group," Gaara said, backing up Shukaku who for once wasn't trying to escape or brainwash his host.

"SHUKAKU AND HIS JINCHUURIKI, YOU ARE RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED OVER THIS STARTLING NEWS. HOWEVER, WHAT SHOULD HAVE PROVEN THAT THIS WASN'T A TRAP WAS MY EYES. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, THEY ARE STILL NORMAL, AND NOT THE BASTARD EYE YOU KNOW AS THE SHARINGAN. THOSE EYES, THE MOKUTON OF THE SENJU, AND THE BLACK RODS THAT FATHER COULD CREATE ARE THE ONLY THINGS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING ME. ALSO, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS BOY SPEAKS THE TRUTH, AND WOULD NOT LIE ABOUT SOMETHING AS DIRE AS THIS. HE EVEN MANAGED TO FREE ME WHICH, SORRY TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER NARUTO, HE IS WILLING TO DO FOR THE REST OF US. SURE HE MAY HAVE STARTED OUT AS A KNUCKLEHEAD AND AN IDIOT, BUT HE KNOWS WHEN TO BE SERIOUS AND WHEN TO JOKE AROUND," Kurama said, getting Shukaku and Gaara to look at each other before nodding.

'BROTHER,' Kurama said telepathically which caught the sand demon off guard.

'WHAT IS IT,' Shukaku asked via their link.

'THIS KID, HE'S THE ONE FATHER TALKED ABOUT...LONG AGO,' Kurama said, which blew the Ichibi's mind.

'NO WAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW,' Shukaku almost demanded of the Kyuubi.

'TRUST ME ON THIS ONE, BROTHER. ONCE YOU TRULY SEE HIM IN ACTION, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE ME,' Kurama said before cutting the link, leaving Shukaku to ponder this information.

"So are you guys in, or do I have to seal Shukaku away in the Uzumaki Hijutsu, which is a 1000-layer fuuinjutsu, which could seal him away and prevent anyway other than the Eldest seal master of the Uzumaki clan from ever even seeing a molecule of your sand," Naruto asked, the thought of that happening made Shukaku shake where he stood.

"No need Uz...Naruto. We'll go willingly with you, and in three years we'll be strong enough to fight on your Jinchuuriki team," Gaara said getting a huge grin from Naruto.

"Hell yeah dattebayo!" Naruto screamed as the Suna Jinchuuriki and two Bijuu all sweat dropped.

'THIS BOY...HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIS GOALS...HE REMINDS SO MUCH OF YOU BEFORE YOU PASSED ON…FATHER,' were the thoughts of both Kurama and Shukaku.

'Naruto...' was Gaara's only thought before Naruto changed his demeanor into an absolutely serious one.

"Gaara, I'm going to break the connection now. I've got a read on the exact amount of chakra you had including Shukaku, so I'm going to make a ketsueki bunshin filled with that same amount and henge it to make it look like you, so that you and my subordinate can make it back to the base in time," Naruto said as he disappeared from Gaara's view.

"DON'T WORRY GAARA. OVER THE COURSE OF THE TRAINING I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO PROPERLY USE MY CHAKRA. THAT WAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL OF YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIAL. BE WARNED THOUGH; THE NEXT THREE YEARS WILL BE DIFFICULT, HOWEVER THE OTHER JINCHUURIKI WHO HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THEIR BIJUU AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THE BIJUU CHAKRA WILL BE A LARGE HELP. WITH ALL BEING SAID, I KNOW YOU WILL BECOME A TRUE JINCHUURIKI LIKE NARUTO AND THE OTHERS," Shukaku told Gaara as the redhead smiled.

"Thank you...Shukaku-sensei," Gaara said to the sand being as they returned to reality.

(With Naruto)

After parting with Gaara 20 minutes ago, Naruto had summoned all of the elemental spirits to his location and asked both the Fire and Wind spirits how their missions went.

"MY MISSION WAS A SUCCESS NARUTO-SAN, AND JIRAIYA WILL MEET UP WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TO LEAVE THE VILLAGE," the fire spirit said, getting a nod from the blonde boy before he turned and looked at the air spirit.

"What about you, dragon-san? How did your mission to find the old man go," Naruto asked, not expecting the response he was about to get.

"FOR THE MOST PART, NOTHING WENT WRONG, AND I MANAGED TO FIND THE HOKAGE WITHOUT MUCH TROUBLE. HOWEVER, ONCE I GOT TO HIM, THAT'S WHEN SOMETHING FELT...OFF ABOUT HIM," the air spirit said.

"What do you mean 'something felt off' Dragon-sama," Naruto said, curiosity getting the best of him.

"WELL I DELIVERED THE MESSAGE LIKE YOU SAID, BUT WHILE TALKING TO HIM, IT FELT AS IF IT WAS REALLY SOMEONE ELSE AND NOT THE KAMI NO SHINOBI HIRUZEN SARUTOBI THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO," the air spirit informed Naruto, who just nodded whilst pondering these things to himself.

'Could someone be...no that's preposterous, jiji-sama would never let himself be controlled by anyone, I'll just put it out of my mind for now,' Naruto thought as he neared the gates of Konoha.

"Very well. Anyway since Suna and Oto have retreated back to their villages, you five are no longer in need here. However, I want you to go and check up on the village and find out if the rest of the Jinchuuriki have been approached by any of my subordinates yet. After that you all may return back to your realms. I thank all of you for your help, now go," Naruto said, getting a nod from each spirit before leaving as fast as they had arrived, with Naruto was about to land in front of the gate. Instead of Naruto landing on the ground, three leaves gently floated down onto the ground, with a slight breeze being felt by anyone close by, which seemed to appear out of nowhere.

(Next morning)

Naruto was about to head out of the village to go meet up with Jiraiya, who had already been traveling ahead of the young blonde by a good hour and a half. Naruto wasn't concerned about making the man wait for him to show up since all Jiraiya did was walk when he travelled, hence the reason why Naruto wasn't worried. As he waited for the hokage to appear and officially update Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze to the rank of Chunin, which he would be recognized as officially in all of the elemental nations, as well as give him one last goodbye, he used a wind shunshin to appear atop the Fourth Hokage's head and took one last good look at the village in which he was born.

'Well I can't say that I'm upset to be leaving this wretched place for the foreseeable future, although I am rather upset that nothing has changed among these foolish civilians that cannot let go of the past. I just hope jiji can keep this place and its people under control, especially Danzo, who I will execute myself if he is not killed or convicted of his crimes,' Naruto thought with a hardened look on his face.

'I only wish these people could have understood what you really wanted dad, but unfortunately human nature is a cruel bitch,' Naruto thought, looking out one last time over the village, before flashing away, leaving only a few leaves in his place.

(Konoha's main gate)

Naruto appeared in front of the main gate and would have already been on his way if it were not for all of the Genin waiting to see him off, excluding the Uchiha with a God complex and his pink haired banshee of a fangirl who couldn't accept the Uchiha being inferior to anyone, especially Naruto.

'Well I can't say that I miss those two, but they could've at least shown me a little respect and gratitude for saving their lives back there in the forest,' Naruto thought as he turned back to the group.

"Well I'll be off then, send my regards to jiji-sama for me since he's obviously too busy to see me off," Naruto said.

"Troublesome as always, but just be sure to stop by every now and then to say hello," Shikamaru said, getting Naruto to smile at his lifelong friend.

"YOSH! NARUTO-KUN, WHEN YOU RETURN I WILL SHOW YOU THE FRUITS OF TRAINING," Rock Lee said to his so-called eternal rival.

"Huh? You say something Lee," Naruto replied to his friend.

"AHH CURSE YOU AND YOUR SLY DEMEANOR," Lee cried out, crying anime tears.

(Meanwhile)

"AH-CHOO," Might Gai sneezed out loud while his friend and rival Kakashi silently sneezed to himself.

'I wonder...' Kakashi thought to himself.

"Come on Gai, we have to go see Naruto off," Kakashi told his Green clad friend.

"YOSH! I WILL NOT LET ALLERGIES TO SLOW ME DOWN," Gai said as the duo hurried off.

(with Naruto)

As he had said his goodbyes to everyone, he turned to leave. Just as he took started to walk away, 10 Anbu appeared around him, looking ready for a fight.

'This should be fun,' Naruto stopped in his tracks as he glared dangerously at his apparent opponents.

"May I ask why you're here, ANBU-san," Naruto asked the ANBU captain

"Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, we are here on order's of the Shinobi council and in the name of the current Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato Hiruzen Sarutobi to place you under arrest."

SO HERE ENDS THE SECOND CHAPTER, WHICH I HOPE YOU'LL ALL ENJOY. SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE, BUT I HAD A VERY BUSY SUMMER. ALSO, IT TOOK A REALLY LONG TIME FOR ME TO BE HAPPY WITH THE WAY I WROTE THE INVASION OF KONOHA, AND THERE WAS A BIT OF WRITERS BLOCK FOR A WEEK OR TWO. HOWEVER, WRITING FIGHT SCENES BETWEEN ONE MAJOR CHARACTER AND ANOTHER IS EASY TO ME WHILE WRITING A FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN ONE MAJOR CHARACTER AND FOUR OR FIVE NAMELESS FODDER IS RATHER DIFFICULT.

ANYWAY, I THINK THAT IT MAY TAKE ME A FEW MONTHS FOR EACH UPDATE TO COME OUT, CONSIDERING I SHARE THE COMPUTER I WRITE THIS FIC ON WITH MY PARENTS, SO I DON'T ALWAYS GET TIME TO WRITE PLUS I'M STILL IN HIGHSCHOOL. SO THAT'S THAT, AND I HOPE YOU ALL CONTINUE TO READ AND REVIEW DATTEBAYO!

(AUTHORS NOTE: THE STORY IS NOW OUT OF CANON)