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Chapter 2

Snake in the grass: Progress

As Naruto laid in his bed, sleeping of the massive ass whooping HE gave to the top 5 Joinin in the village his subconscious was working on overdrive, he was now having a special little talk with a certain fox he has tried to avoid for most of his young life.

Mindscape

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Yelled a very aggravated Kyuubi from behind it's massive bars, since the creature couldn't physical beat the crap out of the boy it was reduced to throwing objects it materialized into his cage such as, furniture, TV's, bowling balls, and even the Kitchen sink.

"What's got your panties all in a bunch Miss. Attitude?" Questioned Naruto, skillfully dodging every throw the giant fox threw at him. As he was now in his mindscape he wore a long black robe with two circles to indicate some form of snake eyes on the hood.

"You damn well what's wrong! You never visit, or talk to me, i feel like...you don't like me anymore" Kyuubi whimpered out, shrinking to a normal human size, SHE took on a human form that consisted of a yellow kimono that was in homage to Naruto's blonde hair, her figure was perfect hourglass and her face could brighten up anyone's darkest dreams, well when it was smiling, right now it was depressed and shedding a tear.

She walked to the bars and slide her hand though it only to be shocked, "Damnit, I can't even touch you anymore! Do you not care?" she yelled to the now emotionless Naruto who seemed to be in a trance.

"Kyuubi-sama-" he was about to say only to be cut off by his caged vixen yelling, "Don't give me that 'Kyuubi-sama' bullshit! I remember when i was Kurumi-chan, don't you?" She asked with tears rolling down her face while Naruto stood there, looking as cold as ever.

But then something happened, Naruto slowly walked over to his crying fox and slide his hand into the bars, not caring that his skin was burning, he caressed her cheek and soothed her crying form.

"You know why i can't be emotional Kyuubi-s- I mean Kurami-chan, I have lost so much but...if i lose you, i would lose everything." he said with a single tear escaping his snake like eyes, "besides, look at me I am a science fair experiment" he hissed out, pulling out his scaly hand and flapped his hood over his head.

"Naruto-kun! I don't care about your looks, you were the only one who looked past who i was and found out i wasn't a demon, i have looked past your outside to see you are still that sweet little boy i fell in love with all those years ago" she said trying to reach for her Naruto only to be shocked again and forced back.

"Lies! You couldn't Kurami, no one could ever love me. Look at me!" he yelled ripping off his robe to show his scarred and deformed skin.

Years of experimentation and testing has caused his skin from front to back to be covered in some form of scar and indentation which stuck to his skin, unable to come of with any form of medical ninjutsu or Kyuubi chakra.

Kurami winced at the sight of those painful scars against his pale, snake-like skin, "see? you can't even look at me without turning away in disgust and i don't blame you. All my life i have been a freak! A play thing for a snake bastard! I mean nothing in this world only to be used and then thrown away!" he yelled out, grabbing the side of his head in pain, reliving all of his pain and suffering.

"T-t-thats not true Naruto-kun I-I still lo-", "Enough! quit playing with me and admit it, you don't want to see me, you want me dead like everyone else, you want me gone!" and with that the room ran silent, Naruto on his knees staring at his reflection, inches from the cage while Kurami just stared at her fallen lover in pain and sadness.

Naruto closes his eyes so as to not see the true monster he has become, everytime he sees his true face it is a constant reminder of the freak he truly was and the man who created him. Sometimes Naruto thought that the reason Orochimaru made him look so much like him was so he would always now his life isn't his, it was distorted and taken away from that bastard.

"Naruto-kun?" Kurami whispered to gain the attention of her distraught partner who looked up to see her hand sticking of the bars, burning the last of her remaining skin. She reaches down and touches his face with a tenderly and loving rub, "I love you and you alone. I know the real you is deep down their but is too scared to be hurt so you bury it, you allow your anger and hatred to control you but i won't let it. I love you too much for that to happen my Naruto-kun"

Reality

With those final tinder words of love from the caged fox Naruto slipped from his own mind to be staring up at two old fossils known as the Hokage and the Toad Sage themselves. "Well, look who worked up" Jiraiya announced, getting the attention of the aging Hokage who was having a discussion with his captain ANBU who had gravity defying silver hair.

"So it seems" said Sarutobi who turned to meet the gaze of the snake child who was giving his same neutral state which gave away no will or intent, it was truly the worlds greatest pokerface in the entire Nations.

"Do you need something Jiraya-sama, Hokage-sama?" Naruto questioned, rising from his bed only to feel restraints tied to his ankles and wrists. His nervous mind was about to jump to conclusions until the Hokage quickly helped. "I am sorry Naruto, but i cannot allow you to have another episode like you did three days ago" The hokage explained only to see Naruto's bugging eyes slowly lose their panic.

"I understand Hokage-sama" Naruto answered, going back to his normal monotone voice and his lackluster stare towards the window as to not keep eye contact.

"Naruto, look at me" the Hokage said somewhat forcefully, trying to get the boy to show some form of emotion even if just a little. As the Snake child turned to meet the old man's gaze he noticed the ever so slight movement of the ANBU around him, a defensive stance to protect their 'precious' Hokage.

"Yes Hokage - sama, is there something you wish to talk to me about?" Naruto questioned.

"Yes Naruto, as you may know you have been gone from this village for over 10 years" Sarutobi said with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"yes, is there something wrong with that?"

"Well, there's no easy way to say this but you must be first interrogated by one of our top interrogators and also monitored twenty - four seven by an ANBU for a 6 month period. After that time has passed and your shadow had deemed you trustworthy i will enlist you in the Academy so you can become a ninja of the leaf." and with that the Hokage stared into the eyes of Naruto waiting for his outrage to come through.

He continued to wait for something, anything really. He was just told he was going to be followed continues for 6 months and technically called his loyalty into question but to his surprise Naruto just gave a simple "Hai".

"Okay then, untie him and take him to Anko. After his interrogation i want you to take him straight to my compound is that understood?" The hokage announced with authority that his ANBU's seemed to feared to the very core.

As Naruto was untied he was staring off into the distance, burning a hole into the monument that held the face of the fourth Hokage and his supposed father, Minato Namikaze. "Hokage - sama, what happened to my father's money and Compound?" he questioned, still staring at his stone faced father.

"Well, as of right now the Namikaze fortune is keeping Konoha's economy stable. Since our trading system has been slowed down to almost non existence thanks to the meddling of several rogue ninja's in the south. And his house is still were it always is, just you have to have pure Namikaze and Uzumaki blood to enter." Stated the aged Hokage who was now patting in more tobacco into his pipe, and with that Naruto stayed silent and was now done with his final strap. He hopped off the bed and allowed the ANBU's to attach their chains to him as well as a metal collar, to restrain his neck movement.

Info & Interrogation Building: Three Feet Under The Hokage's Office Building

As Anko was setting up her traditional tortur- I mean interrogation tools while she sang a sickly sweet tone, Naruto was shepherded into the building and strapped to the metallic chair in the center of the dimly lit room.

"Ah, my new patient is here, how delightful!" Anko said joyously while rushing to see her new play thing, as she reached Naruto her joyful smile started to turn to one of disgust and fear.

In front of her was the boy she had watched be dissected and put back together by her ex - sensei Orochimaru, and he was giving her the same stoic stare he did all those years ago, the stare that haunts her darkest nightmares.

As she started to back away slowly she was stopped by her mentor in the art of interrogation Ibiki Morino who was looking down on his apprentice with a questionable look. "Anko, what are you doing?" he questioned with his cold and deep voice echoing through the entire building while Anko still had a far off look in her brown eyes.

She was snapped out of it by thee words that shook her to her core, "Don't go Anko-chan" Naruto said from his strapped down position and was now staring to the ceiling as he rimanside the final day he saw the purple haired beauty.

Flashback: 3 years

Anko, hold him down!" yelled Orochimaru as he was trying to stick Naruto with a sedative as his two apprentices, Kabuto and Anko were trying to hold down the flailing Naruto who was almost in a systematic trance, truly just moving on instinct. When both children pinned down one of Naruto's arms and tied it in a strap Orochimaru injected the needle ino his skin and his convolutions stopped immediately while all life left his body. His arms drooping from the side of the operating table, drool sliding out of his mouth, and his eyes know glazed over.

As the testing commenced their was only two emotions felt in that room, one complete uforeay from both Kabuto and Orochimaru, the got off from hurting others, and sadness from the 9 year girl known as Anko who couldn't help but just stare into Naruto's lifeless eyes.

As she continued to watch this for another two minutes she felt her stomach start to churn and gargle from the sight of his now flayed outer skin and her sensei poking and prodding inside the fox boys body. She started to run out of the room until she heard Naruto's parting words to her, "d-d-don't go A-A-Anko-chan" with those words she turned to see Naruto was now fully awake and was close to tears from the pain.

Flashback end

"Do you remember that day Anko? I sure do" he asked while taking his eyes off the ceiling and stared into the eyes of the now petrified Anko. Seeing as this disturbing transaction has gone on for far too long Ibiki pulled Anko behind him and walked to the bound snake who now changed into his original form.

"How do you know Anko, you freak!" yelled Ibiki and grabbing Naruto by his ripped up collar of his clothing, trying to intimidate him only to see the snake smile a sickly sweet smile. "Freak huh? I haven't heard that one in a while" Naruto said sarcastically, soon after his sarcastic comment he was socked in the face by the now angry integrator who was boiling over with pent up rage.

"Look here you little freak show, I will not allow you to hurt or even harm my village or Anko. She has dealt with more things than you could possible imagine!" he yelled, inches from Naruto's face he was now staring into the slighted eyes of a half snake half human hybrid which for some reason didn't click in his mind until just now.

As Ibiki stated to back up he was taking in the full picture of the demented and horrid form of the test subject of Orochimaru, Naruto Uzumaki. "I don't know her pain? Maybe thats true, but don't pretend to know who i am either Mr. Ibiki" Naruto answered in his natural monotone which continued to freak out Anko who couldn't peel her eyes off of Naruto.

"What are you?" questioned Ibiki who was now just openly staring at the snake child who was now humming a tune that was ingrained in his mind. "I am the monster created by the greed of man, I am the damned who is forced into this life because of the mad findings of one man. I am the true meaning of the Ultimate test subject" and with that Naruto closed his eyes and began to slither his hands and ankles from the restraints he was placed in.

While he was focused on Naruto's freakshow performance he didn't notice Anko reaching for a scalpel that is placed on the tray table two inches away. Once Naruto was out of his retrains and up and about he was greeted with a battle cry from Anko and a scalpel to his gut, everything in the room ran cold, nothing but an astonished Ibiki, a nervous and scared Anko and Naruto with a surprisingly neutral stare.

"Well hello there" Naruto said, grabbing the scalpel and pulling it from Anko's grip, he then yanked the small instrument out of his skin to allow his marvelous healing ability take over, patching up the small insession.

"Now Anko, you should know better than that. You can't kill me like that, i have already tried" he said twirling the scalpel through his fingers like it was nothing while Anko and Ibiki just stared at the sight with amazement and disgust.

Amazement from Ibiki just from the simply unbelievable healing factor from this child and disgust from Anko, a shiver going up her spine. As he continued to play with the small blade his skin changed back into its normal Genjutsu form and his eyes back to a calm blue. Ibiki soon snapped out of his wonder and grabbed the now free Naruto who just stood there without a fight.

"Listen here freak boy, you are MY prisoner and i will use any and all forms of torture to get out what you know about Orochimaru even if i have to pull out everyone of your tee-", "Trust me Ibiki, i have now ill will towards you, Anko, or this village. I will tell you everything i know without a fight" with those words spoken Ibiki went slack jawed.

"A-a-are you serious?" he asked to see Naruto nod his head, "well that great, i will take you to our information room and get you set u-" again Ibiki was interrupted by Naruto, "not so fast scar face, I won't just talk to just anyone. I will only talk to Anko and Anko alone" which sent a shiver down Anko's spine as she made eye contact with the snake known as Naruto.

"No way kid, i won't let you get near her!" he yelled, grabbing Naruto by the collar to try and intimidate him only to see his smile fade away and be replaced by his normal cold stare.

"Understood, then I shall keep a hold on my information and you will have to beat me to near death which, as you have seen, is very hard to do" he said, slithering out of his hold and began to walk towards his chair.

"Wait!" Anko announced, getting the attention of her mentor and Naruto,

"Yes?" Naruto asked,

"If I do this, you will tell us everything?" she questioned.

"Of course, i am nothing but a man of my word. I will tell you everything, every dirty secret, every experiment, and every plan that perverted snake ever had." Naruto said with a bow, signifying his word and honor.

"Fine, Ibiki take him to the information room" Anko said, turning and walking towards the room with Ibiki close behind her with Naruto being pushed in front, towards the information room.

Info room

The room was a dark and gloomy light area with a two way mirror of Ibiki to watch through and a table with two chairs. Anko took her seat while Naruto was being strapped to his, restraints around his neck, arms, legs, and ankles that were bolted to the stone floor.

"Wow, all of this preparation for lil' old me? I am flattered" he said with mock sincerity making another shiver go down Anko's spine. When she looked him in the eyes she felt the same feeling she always felt when she saw Orochimaru, cold and calculating with a hint of murder.

"Okay, enough beating around the bush. Time to get down to business" Anko announced, pulling out a pen and clipboard, making as little eye contact with the viper as possible, while the so called "viper" continued to eye Anko up and down, noticing every move, twitch, and curve.

"Why in such a rush Anko-chan, it has been so long since I have seen your stunning face. I was hoping me and you could catch up" he said with a sickly sweet voice that could give any normal girl goosebumps.

As Anko zoned out of her present state and focused on the questions at hand she couldn't help but notice his calculating stare. Electing to ignore it she started with the questioning,

"Where is Orochimaru hiding?" she questioned while indulging in one of her many nervous habits, biting down on the pen top on the back of her pen.

"How are you these days Anko? I feel like its been years since i have seen you, 5 years, 11 months, 26 days, 6 hours, and 5 minutes to be exact" he said, getting another slight shiver from Anko.

"What did he do to you during your stay. I will need detailed analysis of your mental health as well" she stated, sidestepping his comment for another time.

"Have you been eating well? You look a little thin" he commented

"I thought you said you were going to answer these questions honestly" she asked, annoyed at his dodging of the most basic answers she threw at him.

"I will, but first you must give to receive. If you answer my questions i will answer yours, simple as that" he announced with a slither of the tongue on 'simple'.

"That was not part of the deal!" she yelled, standing quickly from her chair, "this farce is just pathetic, i am out of here!" She yelled, stomping towards the door ready to leave.

"You need answers and i am the only one to give them to you, play my little game you will know all about your old sensei. Past and Present, maybe a bit of the future" Naruto uttered with no sign of emotion to read off of, he was truly emotionless.

"Why should i trust you?" she asked, walking to the front of Naruto who only stared into her eyes with intensity, the stare of a predator.

"Simple, you don't. In the world we live in there is no trust, anything and everything i say can be a lie. But, we have a common goal and lying to you at this point will only hinder my progress so at this point you must trust my word as the truth." He stated with a matter of fact tone, nothing but coldness and seriousness laced every syllable he uttered.

"What makes you think your info is valuable? We might know everything about Orochimaru and we are just f**king with you, playing with you in a sick game of cat and mouse. To torture Orochimaru's play thing!" she yelled, feeling her sanity slip with his lack of humanity and his overall cocky aura radiating off his person.

Naruto just chuckled his sickly sweet laugh and responded with, "when we came into this room you begin to shift your weight from one foot to the other, either meaning you were nervous or had to use the restroom.

You begin chewing on your pen cap, taking that into consideration and also the smell of sweat in the air determines you are either nervous or afraid.

Either way, you are in no condition to torture me which means i am in here because you have little to no info on Orochimaru's whereabouts or location.

In conclusion, I am here because you need me alive and speaking for you to gain a lock on your old master. So, i would much rather do this civilly then to continue this idiotic and otherwise unprofessional banter between us and get back to business."

When he finished his long list of observations both Anko and Ibiki from behind the glass was slack jawed at the ungodly amount of detail the child picked up within only a minute of being in the room.

"F-fine, we will play your little game. But i go first, understood?" she said, going to her seat,

"yes ma'am" he said with a small smile gracing his genjutsu features.

"Orochimaru's whereabouts?" she questioned with force.

"He has many hideouts but his top three are in the Tsuchikage's district since Konoha is still on shake terms. How have you been?"

"Peachy, what did he do to you after I left?" she questioned with more sympathy hidden under her professional attitude which was picked up by the snake's hearing.

"He implanted me with the following bloodlines:

Natural energy absorption

Mokuton/ wood release

A pair of sharingan

Bone release

A curse marks

His snake like complexion

and Particle release."

"He also trained me in his form of fighting style and gave me the summoning scroll of the snakes. His lacky Kabuto taught me all of his medical skills, even how to reanimate the dead. Not as strong as his of course, but pretty strong. I also have a high affinity for wind, fire, earth and lighting styles."

As he listed off his attributes Anko was writing down every ability and every implant he charted off, it scared and fascinated her for a child that is barely in his pre-teen stage to have such power.

"Why would he teach you all of that stuff?" she questioned only to get another smile from Naruto.

"Thats not how the game works Anko-chan, it is my turn to ask the question. Have you ever wanted to have children?"

"W-w-what? Why in god's name would you ask that question?" she yelled with a growing blush creeping onto her cheeks.

"Now now Anko-chan, it is still my turn. You must answer or i guess i can just keep my mouth shut" he said with his continued neutral state which added to his cold demeanor and Anko's annoyance.

"Fine, I want kids but not now. Now back to my question why did he teach you all of Kabuto's and his styles of fighting and even gave you the snake contract?"

"Simple, he was going to use me as a new body. Having my body and chakra system prepared to use all of these powers so he didn't have to re-teach it to my body. Also, if he couldn't use my body like he planned, he was going to brainwash me to only be subservient to him and having a person with that much power is a great benefit to have on your side as a trump card." He said with a cold and calculating voice, disturbing all who heard.

"Now my turn, why do you hate me?" he question with a slight twitch, showing a tiny bit of worry and uncomfortability.

"What? I-I don't hate you, I barely even know you" she said with a bead of sweat was rolling down her forehead.

"Thats a lie Anko-chan, I can see it in your eyes. Very small details are forgotten and often unseen but that is what I live to see, all the tiny twitches and smells people give off when they lie or become nervous."

" Now, if you would be so kind to stop lying to me and tell me the truth, Miss. Anko" as the words left his lips Anko became more anxious, feeling uncomfortable with his stare and his dissection of her very actions to their base roots of fear inside her. It was true, she hated him, and that hatred started to spark fear, fear of the unknown, fear of who he was, and most importantly fear of what he would become.

"Alright, I hate you. Every last scaly bit, and do you know why?" she questioned, slamming her hands down onto the metal table, trying to spark some sort of response from him but alas he was as still as a stone.

"Because I remind you of your pain, those years you spent with Orochimaru and most importantly, I remind you of the love you gave the snake that was not reciprocated. He used you, like he used me, simple as that." he stated with his monotone voice, unknowing the words he spoke were like daggers in Anko's fragile heart.

His words began to fester inside Anko, drawing up memory after memory of her time with Orochimaru, all those times he smiled at her, all those times he was kind and caring, all lies to gain another grunt to protect him. She started to panic, her heart and mind unable to deal with the stress of those memories she had buried deep down inside her.

As her anxieties continued to rise so did her hatred, and all of it was going to be aimed at the snake look alike that set two feet in front of her.

"You think you're so smart don't you? You think you have me figured out but you don't." she hissed out, seeing a slight twitch in Naruto's eyes from the harshness of her voice.

"Yes, I hate you. I hate you so much, you sit there pretend to be normal, to be in control of everything just like him! You make me sick! You pretend to know how i feel but you never could, you knew where you stood with Orochimaru, you were his toy, his silly plaything to pass the time...But I, I was once called his daughter, he made me think that...I was loved. But, that was all a lie wasn't it? He just used me and threw me away like a piece of garbage! I won't let you sit there and pretend to know me, you are nothing but a broken novelty, twisted-" she ranted only to be cut off by a noise, a sick twisted laugh that was coming from her prisoner whose eyes were shadowed by his changed silver hair.

His laughing soon stopped and he looked to Anko who was shocked to see tears rolling down his now scaly skin.

"This is true, I don't know what you went through and i am sorry i couldn't help you back then. As you know, i was being experimented on, poked and prodded by your so called sensei while you sat and watched. And now, you have the gall to call me the twisted one? I was a victim, even though my weaker side wouldn't admit it." he said with a dark and almost insane look in his eyes. Gone was his calm and cool demeanor and now was the cruel and sick stare that seemed to petrify Anko's movement.

"W-w-weaker side?" she questioned, feeling as though the words were trying to rip their way out.

"Yes, weaker. I have noticed something about me that had transpired during my time as Orochimaru's "toy" as you put it, and that is that to save my mind, Kurami separated my personalities. One being my stoic other who you had the pleasure of meeting and me, the festering insanity that was controlled with medication and the kyuubi's influence. But thanks to Jiyara who freed me from Orochimaru's grasp, I can now speak freely." Naruto's twisted half announced with a insane smile gracing his pale lips.

"Now, back to business. You say that I am nothing more than a broken Novelty and to that I say you are right. Even though i am the insanity that runs deep inside Naruto's psyche i can honestly say we are broken. Nothing that can or will happen can fix our damaged heart, but you tell us not to pretend to know you and yet you do the same for us. You were not there, you didn't see the rest of the surgery or the many that followed, we were tortured, beaten, starved, RAPED! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PAIN YOU MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING!" he exploded, losing his restraint over his calmness and giving way to his insanity for at least a moment before pulling back. Anko jumped back from his outburst and pulled a kunai, ready for anything only to see something she had never seen in Naruto, he was sad, he was truly broken.

"I-I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." he said taking deep breaths, changing back to his genjutsu form and back to his stoic self which came to a relief to Anko, at least she could deal with this one.

Anko just sunk back into her seat and was staring off into space, thinking over the words spoken by Naruto's opposite. "I-it's fine, you were justified. I was trying to blame you for my own insecurities and pain, I am truly sorry" she said, giving a bow to the now stunned Naruto who was just thrown for a lop with her complete 180 attitude towards him.

"I think we are done for today, I would like to speak to you tomorrow on the Orochimaru subject more but right now i believe we both need a rest" she said sweetly, not an ounce of fear or hatred in her voice.

All Naruto did was nod and Anko begin taking the chains and shackles from Naruto, while he continued to stare at her with wonder in his eyes. He was expecting her to yell, scream, even abuse him but she was actually being kind to him, she even...smiled at him.

After the chains were removed he was escorted to the Sarutobi compound with the Hokage waiting on the front porch for the boy. "Ah Naruto, you have arrived. Welcome to my home" he said with a tender smile for the boy which didn't go unnoticed.

Naruto just nodded and began to scan the area for any and every exit, enter, vulnerability in defences, his usual when he enters a new place. Sarutobi gave him the tour of his surprisingly large compound from front to back, as they continued their little tour Naruto was bumped into by a small boy, not even 7 yet.

"Watch it bud!" yelled the boy to the taller Naruto who stared down at him with cold eyes

"Konohamaru! That was rude, apologise to our new guest" Sarutobi demanded only to see the now named Konohamaru stick his nose up to the newcomer.

As Sarutobi was about to yell again at his grandson, Naruto knelt down to eye level of Konohamaru and begin to stare at him, sending a shiver down both Sarutobi and Konohamaru's spine.

Then, to make it even creeper Naruto started to open his mouth, showing his snake like fangs. His mouth continued to stretch longer and longer until he detached his jaw like a serpent and let out a loud hiss. With the hiss, Konohamaru pissed his pants, screamed a girly scream, and ran to the farthest part of the compound.

"You know, that was uncalled for" Sarutobi said knowing Konohamaru will have nightmares for weeks that their new guest will try to eat him in his sleep.

Naruto started to chuckle, not a demented one or a scary one but a genuine one, a happy one which gave Sarutobi hope for Naruto, hope he could live a normal life, or a sliver of one anyway.

As they continued their walk they came across a room, it wasn't as large or luxurious as the master bed room, but to be sure it was better than anything Naruto has seen in a long time. It was furnished with a bed, nightstand, desk, and a closet filled with clothing big enough for Naruto so he could get out of the rags he called clothing.

"And this will be where you will be sleeping, I and my son Asuma will be down the hall to the right if you need anything...oh, and Naruto" Sarutobi said before he walked off.

Naruto looked to the Hokage, "I am glad you are alive, and...I am sorry for all that has happened to you" with that, he left Naruto to his room.

Naruto surveyed the area like he normally did and once he deemed it safe he shredded his clothing down to his ragged underwear, dropping his genjutsu and slithered under the bed, a trait he learned for many years. As he slipped into unconsciousness he didn't realize that today was the beginning of his new life, his life as a leaf shinobi and one of the most dangerous ninja's ever to walk this world.