Variant: Perfection

by pompeli652

Madara and Hashirama were not the only beings who could rival a God

10. Chapter 10

A/N: This is my best chapter so far, and it's also the true beginning of the story. I had to erase a scene because of its dullness, other than that…

Disclaimer: I do not claim to own what already has an owner

CHAPTER 10

"Halt" shouted Chojuru, he was a blue haired boy with the exceptional appearance only the seven swords Nin could manage, he also had an object wrapped in bandages attached to his back.

The assumed foe impede his movement in respect to their command, the mist covered forest couldn't allow for them to better distinguish his identity, but one thing was for certain: he wasn't a rebel. They could only pick him out of the mist covered forest because this was their haven, their home, since the oppressive rule of their tyrannous Mizukage. Even so, he came too close to the hideout before they were able to sense his presence, he would have fitted perfectly had it not been for the fact that rebels walk in group, a method they took up after the Mizukage had suddenly walked up to their hideout unsuspected and continued to lay siege, they manage to escape only because of the sacrifice of an experienced few of their driving force. His blonde hair only served as an added bonus.

"What business do you have with us and how did you manage to find out our location?" a question from Ao, a bandana-wearing ninja that had an eye patch over his left eye. In rebellious villages, 'why(s)' comes before 'who', the identity could be discussed later. The rebels were scatter in the trees, perching on different branches. They had barely given out their location to any stranger and even the Konoha's carriage didn't have their location on it, politics was just that unsafe, who knew what kind of relationship Konoha had with the Mizukage. Ao prepared to give out the order to obliterate the figure should it try to play any trick, the land was called bloody mist for a reason, and not many ever get to express their intention before being exterminated. Even without the order everybody tensed their muscle ready to deliver a killing blow when they saw the figure began to make a move.

"I was given a mission" leave it to Naruto to go indirectly.

They immediately tensed; it could be any mission, from assassinating to rescuing to information gathering, everything in the ninja world is connected to mission in a way or the other.

Naruto pulled out the scroll entailing the mission details; he held it up high above his head. He would rather have them ignorant to his true intention than to have to kill them all just to get the deed done.

What seems to be the leader of the group appeared several feet in front of him.

Naruto brought the hand containing the scroll forward, he could see the man uptight movement. They didn't even know him yet they were this jumpy, a good thing in his book if he was going to work with them, he couldn't have them on his shoulder every chance they get. His visit to Kirigakure was inevitable, with or without the council.

Ao created a clone to collect and open the scroll to check its content; he wasn't going to take chances against any trap. He inspected the scroll and sure enough it was the scroll they sent to Konoha three weeks prior. He looked back at the ninja proper, he appeared too young to be carrying out such task, then he suddenly remember their notorious enemy and his youthful appearance. "Where is your headband?" if he was truly from Konoha there should be an indication.

"I don't have one" Naruto returned plainly.

"Follow me" Ao said, it was unlikely that the ninja hadn't already the location of their hideout. He led the blonde back to the camp, all attention averting to them as they made entrance.

People started to speak softly among themselves and an all too familiar book started to appear among gathered groups. Ao had no idea what was causing the ruckus so he chucked it up to them seeing a stranger with such a vibrant colored hair. That still didn't explain the why they were all bringing out their bingo book, he would find out soon enough after he showed the ninja to Mei-sama.

"Tsuchikage-Sama, elder Hideyoshi wants to see you regarding a matter he termed as urgent."

"Well send him in, what are you waiting for?" Ohnoki replied in his grumpy voice. Elder Hideyoshi was the only person in the village who could boast of seeing Ohnoki in his childhood years.

"Welcome" Ohnoki greeted, the man was truly his role model, and he could still do things that proved difficult for Ohnoki yet was older than him. "What brings you here?"

Again the bingo book found its ways into another village; "here" the elderly man said, dropping the book in front of Ohnoki. He didn't bother to sit down, he didn't need to. "Look at the last entry"

The Tsuchikage zoomed through the pages to arrive at his given directory, "A playboy?" he asked.

"Look again, doesn't he seem familiar?"

Ohnoki returned to the book, squinting his eyes to try and see what was wrong with the man, it clicked soon enough and he remembered where he had last seen those blue eyes and the vibrant yellow. As if just realizing something, Ohnoki close the book, checking the hard cover as if to make sure he was really looking at the Bingo book.

"Why is he back in here?" Hiruzen asked, venom dripping from his voice. He had been one of the few that went to great lengths to confirm Minato's death. "Is he still alive?"

"The entry says it's his son" Hideyoshi replied, "and apparently, he also possess the Hiraishin"

Ohnoki stayed quiet for a few minutes, "what do we do now?"

"We wait" it was the best course of action for someone in their position.

"Welcome Naruto" Mei greeted immediately Ao and the blonde stepped into her make-shift office.

"Do you know him Mei-sama?" Ao asked clearly confused at her recognition

"No, but would you please excuse us, I believe I have business to discuss with our… visitor"

Ao excused himself politely after that, if Mei-sama thought she could protect herself, then she could, what possible danger could a boy of his age pose?

"So Uzumaki-san, I'm sure you understand our current dilemma and the reason we requested for help from your Hokage. Your presence in the village is less than appreciated as what we requested for is heavy manpower to help deal with our situation, not some silly backup. We haven't sent you back only because we are going to need every helping hand that comes our ways, so you need to understand your position if you are going to be working with us, I won't stop you from leaving but if you choose to stay, do not expect any kind of special treatment." Mei clarified, watching the budding young man in front of her for any reaction. All she managed to catch was a raised eyebrow which was win-win in her book, he at least had some form of military training if he maintained his expression so nicely, the battlefield isn't child's play. It showed he wasn't just dressed to kill even though no kunai pouch was in sight, or any form of weapon for that matter.

Naruto still maintained his all black appearance with the lush of sun-kissed blonde hair and sky blue clear eyes being the only variation. The only factor relating him to a Shinobi was the regal manner with which he walks. He would have passed harmlessly as a commoner if not for his posture that screamed of royalty.

"How were you able to recognize me?"

"I got Intel beforehand" Mei replied tightly, was that all he could come up with after her long speech.

"When was that?" Naruto asked

"Earlier today, is something wrong?"

"Amazing" Naruto remarked with a hint of a smile.

"What's so funny?" Mei asked irritated, no man has had the guts to laugh at her in a very long time

"Nothing" Naruto replied gaining a neutral expression, "just that you were able to put up such a fine speech in such a short amount of time."

Mei didn't know if to feel angry or happy, the statement was both a compliment and an insult, was he questioning her position as a female leader? In the end she went with angry, his smile did disappear a little too quickly for her comfort, he was deliberately getting on her nerves. In an instant she appeared behind Naruto breathing a warm-almost hot air down his neck. "I would watch my tongue if I were you. You have a very fine voice and I would hate to strip you of it. "Mei said in sickly sweet voice which was meant to appear deadly.

"Well…" Naruto started, pushing to his feet, "…I'll be retiring for today" he said completely unfazed.

"Tsk!" Mei scoffed, disappointed she didn't get much of a reaction. "Ao" she called loudly

The Ninja appeared instantly, "Mei-sama" he chanted kneeling down. Naruto raised and eyebrow at their little drama.

"Ao here, will lead you to the guest residence for today, tomorrow we will start with the introduction…"

'That won't be necessary" Naruto cut in, "my only business here is the war" he added walking out of the tent. He didn't have a hint of playfulness in his voice

"What is wrong with him, acting all high and mighty?" Mei wondered, it was more on impulse than anything else.

"I don't know but be careful around him; he came dangerously close to this place before we could detect him" Ao replied to the unintended question while vacating the tent also.

It had been a week since Naruto joined the rebel force and still they haven't managed to discover a tiny diverse of information about him, apart from that which was already in the bingo book. Not much fervor was expressed by the Uzumaki even when trying to relate to him, not even his favorite food is known as he never really ate as far as they could tell. It wasn't even certain if he sleeps in the camp, his tent was off limits to everybody except himself. However, they couldn't argue that his presence with them was a huge advantage. He had never went with them on scout missions yet they could tell he was active. The enemy force just continued to dwindle at a steady rate, he didn't deny being responsible but still refused to explain how he did it. The fact that nothing like that ever happened until his initiation into the camp made them believe he was solely responsible

With Naruto

Naruto sat calmly planning his next course of action; he was through with his own part of the mission, now onto the request of the rebel force. Without much remaining for him to gain from the group, he needed to conclude the War soon. Although he would have prefer to end everything today so he could depart, Yagura needed to be lured out of the village, it wouldn't cost him a thing to lay siege on the whole village but this was the same village that the rebels would soon occupy, he didn't think they would appreciate his kind of gratitude. Hence the reason he has been sending the three tail Jichuuriki messages through his missing scouts and messengers, beheaded gate guards without infiltration, just minor hints that would fire him up for the real confrontation.

Naruto exited his tent for the second time that day and instantly caught sight of Ao, Mei's assistant, immediately, the event of yesterday came flooding back.

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Naruto had been debating the best way to get into their (the rebels) brain so he could siphon a copy of their bloodline, this place harbor very strong Kenkei-Genkai users, they were surplus exactly in Kirigakure which was his main reason for accepting mission, a mission that wasn't a necessity in the first place, for whatever reason the Council had decided to appoint him the task, it was only a cover for his own real plot.

Naruto walked out of his tent into a world of white, it wasn't the type of white that burned the eye, just a thick white fog that obscured everything from view, even the sky could not be seen from the ground. Before long, Ao found his way over to the blonde.

"I'm surprised you are just noticing, every resident was affected, well except yours" Ao said, coming to stand beside the hero of the sound/leaf invasion. At the inquisitive eyebrow of the blonde, he felt it necessary to explain. "I'm able to find my way around the fog because I possess the prized Byakugan of your village."

"I know" Naruto replied annoyed at the ninja beside him

"Oh….well you know as this place is called the land hidden in the mist, what you are seeing is one of the factors that contributed to the title 'hidden mist.' It happens every few years, it had once plunged our force into a fit of confusion until we finally realized it was the earth taking its course.

"I didn't know that" Naruto said more to himself than anybody else.

"Yeah its…"

"What time is it? Naruto asked abruptly

"Actually once it begin, you lose track of time until its over or at least diminish a little." Ao turned to the blonde, wanting to continue the conversation, "hey are you listening to me?" Ao exclaimed when he saw the boy had his eyes closed with a faraway look on his face.

"Hey! Hey..." his voice began to fade before coming to an indefinite stop. Everything went deathly silent after that, no chirping of crickets or crooking of frogs, not even the distant chit-chatter was heard anymore, absolute silence as even the wind refused to caress the leaves. Naruto opened his eyes to see the ninja in front of him suspended in a trance-like state. He closed his eyes again then reopened it to reveal the interlocking tunnel of a Doujutsu. With a flare of chakra, two doujutsu became active, each pulsing with restrained power, the first was the Byakugan which lie at the outer edge of his eye, the second was an oval pupil surrounded by seven tomoes shaped like tiny spear heads, a faint sizzling sound escorted each volt of electricity that pulsed outward from the center of the dark pupil. Another faint pulse cleared the camp of its fog revealing to Naruto the normal view of the hideout. Naruto turned towards inanimate ninja beside him, his two palm once again growing the two dark swirling abyss, thus, the beginning of a long process of memory and bloodline assimilation. Naruto sifted through boatload of information moving from one ninja to the other, the swirling abyss in his palm changing nature with respect to any detected bloodline or special ability. He finally came to the last and most important of the group, Mei. Naruto approached her tent; he slipped into her tent to be presented with a sight that had him raising his eyebrow, if he had not known he would say she knew in advance that they would be placed in a deep stasis. Mei was bent over at the center of the tent with in only two articles of clothing. But this was Naruto and Mei didn't have fore knowledge of the situation, he chucked it up to coincidence.

Naruto walked round to where he head would be, the two assimilators in his palm coming to rest on both sides of her head. The speed at which the assimilator could detect bloodline was truly frightening as immediately the two palm changed from its neutral black to two scary looking entities. The swirling vacuum on his right palm was red, ready to erupt with the force of a dormant volcano coming out of sleep; Naruto had to move his hand away from her lest her brain get fried. The second palm appeared like a hot box of scorching steam. Eventually, both traits disappeared down the drain like all other of its type, Naruto continued his probing for two more seconds before returning to his initial position beside Ao. Naruto deactivated the doujutsu and the thick fog once again assaulted his sense, a mutter of "Kai (release) withdrew his hold over the rebel army.

"Hey! I'm talking to you" Ao continued

"Thank you for your help" Naruto interrupted, retreating back into his tent.

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That wasn't the first of his deeds since his arrival in Kirigakure

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A hooded male figure landed softly on one of the mountains overlooking the village hidden in the mist, and true to its name there were mist just below the perspective plane of the figure, and most the village's conical skyscrapers were obscured near the top. A black giant construct shaped like a bird rose behind the figure, before it immediately hardened into a glinting metal. The bird construct flapped its wing twice followed by a loud shriek which went unheard by any of the ninjas stationed on the mountain, or the mountain close to it because they all lay in heap of bodies behind him. The hooded figure vacated his position to reappear on the bird's back, it gave a few more flaps for test flight before taking to the sky. Both individuals spent a good few minutes airborne, the figure jumped off the bird after spotting his target, it wasn't a living being so searching out its location was useless. The constructed bird returned to its initial form of black before incinerating as the figure plunge down deep into the village from his high altitude.

He landed softly in a forested area of the village, the resulting wind from his high fall pushed the hood back, causing long silky blonde hair to spill out. Naruto peeled away the annoying piece of clothing before descending even deeper into the forest. He came upon a barbed fence bearing the "No Entry" warning, Naruto leapt swiftly landing on the other side of the wire.

Naruto finally spotted the piece of land that was his target and he let a smile graced his lips, he finally found the mass burial site of the Kaguya clan, a truly sacred location. The place was covered with a good deal of trees from years of unuse. Naruto navigated through the trees in search of a good spot. He got into a kneeling position after coming to stand on one such good spot, it isn't everyday that small scale Mokuton come in handy. Naruto placed both his palms an inch above the ground, small scale Mokuton jutsu were unfamiliar to him, never having any use for them, but like all the Jutsus he kept in archive, it would one day come to an important use, which was now. Two thick vines grew on each palm which continued on to pierce the earth floor, after reaching a suitable distance underground, the two vines began to branch out in several directions. Naruto had suspected that fossils containing the Kaguya's DNA material would have accumulated at the far depth of their grave, he just didn't think it would be this much or so powerful as his hands suddenly gained a layer of bone but his superior chakra quickly neutralized its effect. He had wanted to count on his chakra to upgrade whatever weak link he found but apparently, the probing vines had managed to tap into an already powerful link, the whole bunch of vines underground were redirected and the power source was immediately sucked dry. Naruto suddenly began to get overwhelmed with the feeling of wanting to destroy something. The love of battle possessed by the Kaguya clan was now beginning to take hold on Naruto's already infested mind.

"Hey who are you?" Naruto was soon bound to be discovered anyway. There was a whole squad of hunter-nins, who were originally tasked to deal with the numerous missing-nins plaguing the village, standing a couple of feet to his right, but Naruto paid them no mind, he was busy muttering some incoherent jargons with a disheveled look, Naruto kept staring at his palm with wide eyes oblivious to his surroundings.

The assumed leader of the group gave the order to apprehend the target and the squad of hunter nin began to move in, a stranger in the restricted territory of their village was more than a target.

Among Naruto's incoherent jumble of words, the word "Ninpo (ninja art)" slipped out, the incoming group thought nothing special on it thinking it was some kind of a nervous breaking, probably because he would soon be in the hands of their intelligence division.

Not until the words "Sawaribi no Mai: (Dance of the seedling ferns) followed did the fools began to get an idea of what is going on, but then there realization came a little too late as the earth rumbled for a second and bone shards began to grow out of the ground, each one growing to a height of 18 meter and as fast as it would take one to blink. A smart nin among the group who managed to piece together the details would utter his last words as "Shit! A Kaguya" before being torn asunder by a shard that grew from right under him, his team also got subjected to a similar fate. Naruto gave a loud scream equivalent to a war cry and the affected range span out with even more speed, the previous occupants of the forest crushed to splinters. In the matter of a minute, the wood had gotten transformed into a swarm of jutting bones that continued to grow upwards, their height peaking to the clouds. Naruto wobbled to his feet, his dancing eyeballs set towards the village, which would only lead to a single outcome.

Needless to say, the village hidden in the mist stands today only because of the neutralizing effect possesses by Naruto's chakra. That day would come to be known in Kiri's history as "the day the Kaguya got angry" as even in their death, they consumed a better part of the village's geography.

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Presently, Naruto walked up to the patch wearing ninja.

"What can I do for you, Uzumaki-san?"

"Can you lead me to your strategy room; I have a question to ask of you"

The two soon found themselves in the tent dedicated to preparation. "Well what is it? Ao asked

Naruto walked past him going to the board that held the visual map of Kirigakure. "Where are your sites for major battles?" Naruto asked while inspecting the board

"Here, here and that one" Ao answered pointing to several red dots on the illustrated map.

"What is this one called?"

"That particular one is the largest and is called demon's breath because of the mist that covered majority of the land. Why do you ask" Ao had kept quiet before but he couldn't anymore, such questions were unusual for the blonde.

"To end my part of the deal"

"Wha…"

"Now where is Yagura's tower?" Naruto asked, turning to another map that had the village layout

"I don't know what you plan on doing, but I currently see no harm in pointing to you the Kage tower. It is general knowledge, but bear in mind that if you betray us, you will not be making it back to Konoha in one piece" Ao threatened in what was supposed to be a deadly tone.

Naruto looked at the ninja as if just seeing him for the first time, "I'll be leaving in two days time" Naruto concluded, retreating into a ripple.

"What the hell!" Ao exclaimed when he could no longer sense the boy.

"Byakugan" he shouted then continued to search out the boy, He lingered on Naruto's tent which had previously been inaccessible to his Byakugan, no matter from what angle or altitude, it was like the tent literally became a thin sheet of paper. Ao quickly turned the direction he knew Mei would be, he needed to report what had just happened.

"Can I come in?" Ao asked from outside of Mei's tent even though he knew he could.

"Come on in"

Ao walked in with urgent-ness in his steps "Mei-sama".

"Have a sit and tell me why you have such a panicked look.

"I think Naruto is planning to betray us" Ao jumped straight on subject.

"Oh! Is that so? What brought you to that conclusion?" Mei asked, straightening on her chair, the scroll that occupied her attention tucked away.

"Well he started first by asking me some unusual questions and then saying something about ending a deal. I happened to threaten him and he made it a necessity to say it to my face that he would be leaving in two days time." Ao highlighted.

"What was this threat?" Mei inquired thinking it was something intense, the boy may not be someone that liked to be threatened.

"That I would see to it he doesn't return in one piece if he betrayed us" he defend, Ao Continued on to support his action, "you don't understand, he…"

"Ao, there is nothing wrong with trying to protect us, the cause may have been me. I've been inquiring about on him." Mei stated frankly, not at all bashful of her action

"When did this happen?" Ao asked surprised he didn't catch wind of a thing, being her assistant and all.

"Very recently I might say"

"Well what did you find?"

"Just that the information in the bingo book is lacking some major details and we have probably been sharing camp with a very dangerous ninja." Mei didn't give full detail mainly she herself didn't know what the details were, no one seem to.

"I see" Ao remarked

"We may have to trust in Konoha for the time being. Why don't we continue by you telling me what these unusual questions are, huh?"

Naruto appeared inside Yagura's office, pitch black Kunais flying at different angles in the room successfully dispatching the guards before they could sense a thing. The three tails Jinchuuriki was right behind his desk, his expression hardening into a vicious glare upon the entrance of the enemy. He had to quickly move out of the way when another one of the kunai went right through his chair, Yagura landed softly at another side of the room.

"Hello Yagura" Naruto greeted as if on a regular routine, as if he didn't just try to kill the youthful looking Kage.

"Who are you?" Yagura retorted, branding his hooked staff, his posture quickly dropping into a stance.

Instead of replying in the normal kind of way, Naruto grew a bone sword from his right hand and ice Senbons in his left, the two most prominent bloodlines he knew Yagura would undoubtedly recognize, what use were introduction? He was here to provoke the jinchuuriki, not to make a friend.

Yagura, a young looking Kage with a crop of messy grey hair, pupil-less pink eyes and a scar running down to his cheek from right under his left eye, he also had a green poncho supported under by a grey sleeveless shirt, over this is a short sleeved mesh amour. He never really took well to mockery mainly because of his composed and diplomatic ways. A rebel with two bloodlines was in his village, in his own office, still going as far as killing his guards right under his watch, even tried to assassinate him. Someone would be joining his ancestors in pieces today.

"You must have been wondering who was behind the annihilation of some of your divisions and the killing of some of your most important supporters." Naruto said not at all bothered by the tension that was filling the room.

Yagura said nothing, just tightening his grip on his club-looking staff. Pieces indeed.

"Assemble your army at demon's breath, and maybe then we can converse properly" Naruto said, the beginning of a ripple appearing behind him. He brought his hand forward as if ready to surrender his weapon, instead he dropped them allowing the free fall of gravity to take effect then stepped back into the ripple. At Naruto's departure, the Kage tower lit up in flames as a nasty explosion rocked the close vicinity. He knew it wouldn't kill the ninja, but he hoped it would encourage the Jinchuuriki to take his offer seriously. He didn't want to have to erase the village just so he could kill their Kage. They didn't deserve it, at least not yet, he only had scores to settle with Iwa and Kumo at current. The other villages would follow much later.

Naruto didn't leave the village like he should have, it didn't feel right. He exited ripple, hovering in the air right beside one of the skyscrapers. He ran his gaze across its length, it was much taller than the use-to-be Kage tower. He really felt like leaving the populace a message, something to ginger up their weak minds.

Satisfied, Naruto spread his hands outwards as if ready to receive an offering from above, but he wasn't, he was dishing it out. The signature word, known to only him, carried across the village, successfully halting the ninjas who were scrambling their way to the destroyed Kage tower.

The Words "Naiha: (Implosion)" closely followed the first utterance of "Ninpo"

The whole building began to crumble to the outside eye, only the people inside knew the true repercussion of that simple word "Naiha". What had seemingly been a harmless collapse of the Intel tower soon revealed its true nature as they felt the earth below begin to tremble. The resulting shockwave which should have escaped free was forced down into the earth, the result of which was the crack that began to creep out from the collapsing tower.

Like a switch, realization crashed their party, the two greatest structures of Kiri was destroyed within a minute. The village got filled with even more activity as ninja from all division sprung into action. Genins, chunins, jounins and even the hunter division were scattered all over the village ready to defend their home. They continued to search out intruders, bloody mist has never been infiltrated successfully before, and today would not be a first.

Naruto, from his position high in the air, floated back into nothingness. He didn't return to the camp because he no more business with the place, he would however only return to Konoha when it was two days.

Two days arrived quickly and we found ourselves back at the rebel camp.

"Mei-sama, our spies in the village just brought Intel that Yagura is deploying the whole of his army" Ao said, presenting the matter in front of the four man council"

"Is that so?"

"We believe so, Mei-sama. This situation requires a wise and tactful approach"

"Wow! When did Chojuru get so insightful?" Mei commented in a taunting manner.

"Please take this seriously!" chojuru banged his hand on the desk, "they may have discovered our location and-and…" he seemed hooked.

"Okay, okay, I understand your concern. But don't worry, we are completely untouched and no one outside of this camp knows of our location" Mei reassured the boy

"Except for the Uzumaki" Ao added.

Mei wanted to shoot her assistant a deadly glare but she couldn't really fault his awareness. They hadn't seen the boy in a two days and he was the only stranger with the information on their hideout. There was also the case of…

A cough outside the tent interrupted her thought

'Can I come in?"

"Enter" Mei replied loudly

"What happened?" Ao asked immediately the ninja stepped into the tent

"More info" the ninja replied handing over a rolled piece of paper, he quickly retreated as more Intel could be making its way to the camp at current, he didn't have time to be waiting around

Ao scanned the content of the scroll, "it appears they are moving the opposite way" he continued "advancing in the direction of demon's breath" Ao dropped the scroll after that. "I think those unusual questions are now beginning to make a semblance of sense" said Ao.

"The destroyed Kage tower" Mei started

"And the ninjas advancing towards a major war point"

Getting confused, Chojuru asked, "Am I missing something?"

"I think Naruto has challenged Yagura to a full out war" Mei concluded and silence followed the statement

Finally, the forth occupant of the room, a man much older than the other three, felt the need to add his two cents

"I perceive only two things right now; either the boy is stupid, or he is really stupid" Ren had personally witnessed Yagura's accession into Kage-hood, and knew personally how brutal his reign had been, and is currently is. His ruthless way of ruling only saw him more success and the strong hold he had over the village only reaped amazing results as only the best of bests made it into Yagura's military.

"I understand the notion is debatable, but you should also know Yagura wouldn't deploy his army if he didn't identify Naruto as a great threat. Surely, the whole army wouldn't be exploding with zeal if they thought they were fighting a mere boy." Mei was beginning to see why Konoha sent the boy, but what does he plan on doing with an army.

"He must have utilized their hatred for people that we that possess bloodlines. Following the event two days back, a sword made from bone was found among the rubbles of the destroyed tower. We can also recall that just recently, the burial site for the Yagura was excavate and the surrounding forest decimated, a whole part of the village turned into a no mans land. They must think they are battling some last survivors of the extinct clan or quite possibly, Us." Ao explained.

"Either way, this is an opportunity for us right? We can just overthrow him while he is away"

"We are making no move until we are sure this isn't just a plot draw us out of hiding"

"Hai, Mei-sama"

Yagura and his army kept a steady pace as they advance towards their destination.

"Halt" shouted a sensory ninja among the army, and his action was reciprocated by many others so the message could be passed across to those out of earshot.

"Someone is ahead" two more shouted. Before they could begin to debate whether is was a trap or not, the word "Ninpo (ninja art)" floated in an out of their ears and many just knew they were home.

A near violent wind swept through the army of over two thousand, stripping them of the shrouding mist that shielded them from the clear world view. With the mist now gone, the ninjas were left to take in the real appearances of their surrounding. Demon's breath had been cleared of its daunting mist leaving just a barren wasteland that stretched on for miles.

"Over there" Another ninja announced, the mop of blonde stood out sorely from the green-less vegetation

"Hey, you haven't seen any sign of an army, have you?" the taunting voice of a ninja carried straight across to Naruto. They waited for an answer but got none except for the barren quietness.

Naruto looked at the assembled battalion; a chance like no other. He bent at the waist, pulling a moderate looking sword out of the ground, something he could have created while standing but he needed them to know he was making a move; he wanted to know he was making a move. Naruto took an extended first step, following it closely with his left, the process continued as he gradually increased into a full out sprint.

"Here he comes" A ninja announced barely a second before he lost his life; he had miscalculated their distance as Naruto zapped through the front lines. Naruto kicked the body straight into the crowd and a long path was created before him. Naruto wasted no time in tearing into their midst.

Naruto back flipped on the spot, spike growing under his feet to impale the ninja that tried to swipe kick him. It slowed Naruto not a bit as he swung his sword in a wide arc, catching three oncoming ninjas at the throat. A quick pivot saw that a few more fell to their death as several Kunai launched off of Naruto with alacrity. Naruto brought his arm up in a cross to block a drop from a ninja who screamed painfully when his leg collided with the cross defense. Further confusion was prevented when Naruto pushed off the ninja; the leg that assaulted him was bleeding profusely. The cause being the small toothed bones that lined the outside of Naruto's outer arm from the elbow downwards, they appeared like razor sharp triangular spikes that were jutting out from his elbow down to his outer palm, spikes that stood out prominently from the all black appearance. Naruto suddenly spun on his heels, plunging a swirling ball of ice inside a ninja that tried to sneak up on him. The unfortunate victim instantly got baked over with ice, his whole feature turning rigid as he was transformed into a mass of ice. Naruto kicked the carcass away, its body crumbling into pieces of ice chunks. At that the ninjas began to maintain their distance.

"Span out" Someone shouted, their hampered movement wasn't an advantage.

Naruto, instead of paying them mind, grew the razor sharp tiny spike up to seven inches each, the total of twelve bones were lying almost adjacent to his arm. Naruto dropped the sword he was holding, two shiny one replacing it, one in each hand. Naruto made a dramatic stagger as if going to fall then suddenly varnished.

"Here he comes" once again rang among the army, even though they knew not from which direction, their sensory ninja not being able to sense him anymore. A half dozen ninjas who had their back to each other in a defensive manner suddenly dropped dead with a surprised look etched onto their visage. The last of the group, which was unfortunately a sword bearing Jounin beheld a terrified look when he realized he was alone in his struggle, his partners having fall to their death. The terrified look turned verbal as the word "damnit" slipped out of his mouth unconsciously when the visage of a crazed blonde appeared in his line of sight. He brought up his sword in a pathetic defense, expectedly it proved no use as Naruto cut a clean slice through the weapon and its user. Naruto continued onward, carving his way through the army in what would later be the first documentation of Uzumaki Naruto in history. Naruto moved in such a way that the gathered army had no sense of location, he could be over sixty feet away only for him behind you in the next second. Just when they would think they had him pinned down, he would varnish again reappearing at location, starting the ceremony anew.

Much too soon, the brigand of ninjas began to crumble as their ninjas began to slump at an alarming rate. It continued like this for several minutes, with Naruto butchering the army without much resistance. Finally, the skyrocketed mortality rate started to dwindle as enough space was created among the army, thanks to Naruto. The force glad they could finally retaliate utilize their opportunity to its fullest.

"Katon: Doroku Gaeshi (Fire release: earth shore return)". The combined effort of over three dozens ninja peeled open the crust and a wave of fire spew forth.

"Futon: Mugen tsubame (Wind release: infinite swallow)" originated from another side of the battle ground as a spinning blizzard advanced towards Naruto.

Another faction, not to be outdone, contributed to the effort.

"Doton: Shibari Hojin (Earth release: Bind encampment)" the Jutsu turned the mass of land around Naruto into a sticky swamp, effectively preventing any form of escape. The two evil looking Katon and Futon techniques plowed into one another successfully transforming both into a blazing inferno with Naruto right at its center. A violent explosion shook demon's breath as a mushroom of smoke and dust rose high into the air. Immediately the dust began to settle at ground level, a chorused shout of "Raiton: Ikazuchi no Henji: Sotora (lightning releases: Fangs of calamity: two headed wolf)" blanketed the arena as a two headed wolf made of lightning crashed into spot Naruto would be if he was still alive, the collision created a burst of electricity and the group once again waited for everything to settle, even the boy with all his taijutsu prowess would not survive the devastating ninjutsu combo. The battleground was restored to its serene stated and an unobstructed view of a human sized, bulb-shaped dome was presented to everybody.

"What is that?" someone questioned, they simply refused to celebrate until they could confirm his death, too many of their comrades already perished at his hands, and more would not be joining.

The bulb looking object had the remnant of the last lightning Jutsu coursing along its diameter, revealing its nature to be of metal composition. It began to unfold in the manner of a flower petal. The outer layer of the dome peeled open in four equal sized petals and another perfect white bulb was revealed at its center, the disjointed parts didn't completely fall off like it should have, just hanging about halfway down while still retaining the Raiton particles coursing through them.

Suddenly, the less favored word of every ninja that has had a chance of meeting Naruto penetrated the eardrum of every one of the gathered force, the resonating phrase of "Ninpo: Ninja Art" floating with the wind to reach every corner of the battlefield.

"What is he?" a ninja question as he could not believe the boy managed to survive, much less in a condition to perform a Jutsu

"Be on your guard, catastrophe always seem to succeed that statement" A much organized ninja projected his voice over to his comrades, they would all the help they could get if they were going to survive this encounter. Where was Mizukage-sama anyway? A deafening silence followed and they began to wonder if they truly heard what they thought they heard or were imagining things.

"Jokai Shobatsu (Heaven Punishment)"

The once clear sky immediately got clouded over plunging the battleground into total darkness. A storm began to brew as lightning flashes ran across the sky, each burst creating illuminated view of demon's breath. A gale picked up as the now numerous flashes started to compress into a spot, finally having enough force generated, a portal opened up bearing a thick ring of concentrated volts. Loud shriek began to emanate from behind the portal and the gathered force started to feel fear like never before. They watched on hopelessly as large eagles made of lightning began to descend from the portal in great amounts. They stood transfixed, not sure how to defend themselves against sky based attack. They had never faced such an opponent, was this even a Jutsu? It's out of this world.

However, They hadn't have worried themselves as the eagles soaring the sky suddenly took a nose drive and began to plunge south, straight into the black and white flower construct.

"Wha-what is going on?"

The eagles were diving straight to their destruction the same rate they were being created, the once dark battleground was brightly illuminated with the constant flashes of lightning. A huge mass of Raiton began to gather at the tip of the middle bulb, while the birds to crash into it making it even bigger. It continued like this for a few more seconds, there were sparks flying about but none extended over the four petals. The overhead portal suddenly snapped shut leaving the last few eagles to crash into the ball which now appeared like a mini-sun.

"Retreat" someone shouted, but a long string of thunderclap drawn out the warning. With the last of the birds gone, everything went silent once again, the rumbling, the thunder, the flying sparks, even the ball of electricity all shared a moment of silence.

"What now?" a ninja asked, if they were going to be killed, this was too much preparation.

"Sengoku: Verdict" resonated through out the battleground repeatedly as if to answer the question. And like a switch going on, everything whirled back into action.

No one expected a simple pause to stir such intense feeling in them, was it because this was unlike any Jutsu in existence? Or was it because the battleground was casted back into its position of conflicting melodies and catastrophic bangs of thunder? Or maybe it was the knowledge that something disastrous was about to occur?

The white bulb under the ball of electricity whirled to life as it began to rotate especially fast, and its four surrounding petals spinning the opposite direction with blurring effect. A great gravitational force pulled the ball of electricity down to be impaled by the spinning bulb which immediately dispensed the lightning in great divisions. The four petals blurring the opposite direction shifted apart by a tiny margin, causing the contained mass of lightning explode out evenly.

A circular spinning wall of electricity anchored to the ground started eating away at anything it touched as it span outwards clearing all in its path. The Kaiten looking Jutsu was as tall as a tower and five feet thick, making it impossible to overcome, the white wall of electricity spun wildly, its intense velocity grinding the earth into dust particle that float around it.

The though of escape soon overcome them, until "Shit! I can't move, we are stuck" a ninja shouted feeling paralyzed. The battle earth floor was layered in a large amount of shadow, something that prevented escape with its paralysis effect. The ninjas, who were rapidly perishing under the grinding force of the Jutsu, began to say last prayers as they fervently wish for a miracle. One couldn't possibly survive a contact with the wall, aside from being electrocuted, everything that touched it got incinerated on the spot. The spinning wall of light increased its width, the cutting force of the lightning, coupled with its forceful velocity ensured the Jutsu continued unstopped, incinerating both living and dead, even going as far as snuffing out other Ninjutsu by breaking them down on a molecular level, then casting into nothingness. It was a perfect judgment for the likes of a ninjas, but say, with something like…

"Bijuudama" Yagura didn't fail to come to the rescue of his ninja. The giant purple ball crashed into the oncoming white wall setting off a fierce explosion.

"Thank god we are saved" one of the ninjas exclaimed falling to his knees.

Unfortunately, not everybody got the privilege to make that utterance as only the western wing occupied by Yagura managed to survive the encounter, all other sides were painfully got subjected to their end as the lightning wall gleefully wrecked its havoc without a Bijuudama to cancel its effect.

The backlash of the Jutsu finally over, and the dust generated from the Bijuudama settling, daylight began to filter into the barren land once again.

"I didn't expect some of you to still be alive" Naruto remarked, coming out of the now visible dead looking white bulb, he had a cloak of electricity surrounding him. Naruto stared right at an enraged looking Yagura who was standing protectively in front of his remaining force. Naruto stepped away from his position into the patterned terrace of the battlefield, courtesy of the spinning nature of his last Jutsu.

"You are early" Naruto declared honestly, his voice carrying over the small distance to Yagura. "As you can see, I failed to set the stage for our grand conversation, I didn't expect this much nuisance would still remain standing. We can't allow for that, can we?" Naruto sounded so honest that they could almost reason with him, but he wasn't, he was taunting them.

"He just called us a nuisance"

"What conversation is he talking about?"

"Don't relax just yet, the fight is not over. Look around you, something is about to happen." Something was about to happen, it was only left to be known if the blonde was responsible or if it was Yagura-sama who now had a visible cloak of red chakra.

Yagura readied himself thinking Naruto was going to charge into their midst. Red chakra seeped out of him in copious amount reaching up to two tails, he had observed enough of the boys fight to know he could not be fought the normal kind of way. Yagura increased his chakra worth to be able to catch up with the boy's amazing speed. The chilliness of the atmosphere was increasing.

"Be on your guards" another of the surviving three hundred ninjas said.

Naruto brought both his hands together, cheeks puffed out as if going to perform a Katon technique.

Instead

"Hijutsu: Makyo Hyosho (Secret technique: Demonic mirroring ice crystals)

The world, for the gathered army, instantly turned into crystalline rectangular mirrors, which were systematically arranged with accurate precision, the mirror looking ice was distributed explicitly and spanning across the sky to create a dome, encompassing the whole army.

"I thought he was only a Kaguya, just what the hell is he?"

"Ninpo: Hantai Koyo (Ninja art: Reverse effect)" Naruto intoned

At that word, every body began to scramble for an escape, each running in various directions just to escape the mirror dome, a lot of them targeting the marginal space between a mirror and another, some with the thought of breaking through it. Before any of the theories could be put to test, miniature ripples replaced each crystal mirror. They appeared like the transparent surface of water so they thought nothing dangerous in particular. Once within range, some leapt into the air while other just rammed straight through expecting to have escape out of the confinement, an action that triggered total disorderliness.

Yagura who had stayed behind, had much understanding of what happened next, he observed others to also see them with a perplexed look. Every ninja that made a dash for the west side of the dome were standing on the right and vise versa. It was like there had been a switch of some kind, like they exchanged position, but that didn't explain why those that jump for escape were still inside the dome, they were probably the ones that fell back into the dome from another location, a switch would have been impossible as the dome wasn't ball-shaped.

"What just happened?" exclaimed a ninja, before he darted straight into a ripple beside him, only to exit another ripple into the dome. In denial, he made a dash for another ripple, something which bored the same result. Several of his comrades were also in a similar phase. It was hard to be seeing the world beyond a step away yet not able to make it there, this redefined the law of physics. How was it possible? What could have been a step out was only another step in.

"Just what is happening?"

The shout of "Kai" was chorused by numerous ninjas as they tried to dispel the non-existing Genjutsu.

Naruto waited patiently for them to come to acceptance, his gaze not for once leaving Yagura

"Get yourselves together," an older looking ninja encouraged, "We haven't lost the fight"

"You call this a fight?"

"I believe in a fight, there is damage done to both sides" Another contributed.

"If we are trapped in and can't get out, then he also can't get in" He finished pointing to Naruto. "The effect applies on both sides, right?" he looked towards Naruto expectantly.

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the Ninja, "you are quite right, good deducing skills I might add…"

"…but I define my own Jutsu"

Naruto took a giant first step towards the dome, the pressure behind it created a small crater under his feet, his second step saw him blurring towards the dome, yellow streaks trailing behind him.

A huge wave of water rose in his path but Naruto simply phased through it. Once within a step distance to the dome, Naruto varnished, his speed increasing tenfold, Naruto varnished straight into a ripple, leaving behind a scorching wind that was transformed by the intense pressure from his departure. Like a trigger, the giant dome flashed a bright yellow before going dead. It wasn't like the previous yellow streaks or the miniature flash known to Minato, this was a giant flash of yellow that encompassed the dome looking ripples. This was the Hiraishin on a whole new level.

The last untouched man, Yagura, watched on as he was stripped of his remaining three hundred men army, their bodies falling with a thump as gravity finally resumed its effect. The butchery-ground started to turn red as snippets of blood escaped the arteries of the dead army.

Yagura, in his period as Mizukage had never for once lost control to the Sanbi, today he saw red. The giant scaly form of Isobu graced the world of the mortal with its presence, a half finished Bijuudama at it's lip.

Naruto seeing the sinister looking technique, brought his palms together, fingers interlocked. A giant black construct of a dragon rose between Naruto and the angry Bijuu just as it finished accumulating the blue and red chakra.

"Bijuudama" the sanbi wasted no time in launching the ball at the dragon.

The giant red eyed dragon simply opened its maw then swallowed the oncoming bomb, prompting an explosion to go off inside its mouth, the force of the explosion only managed to puff its cheeks, steam escaping through its teeth. The dragon snapped it's dislocated jaw back into place then promptly brought both its wings forward in an upside down triangle shield over Naruto, successfully blocking the long stream of compressed cutting jets erupting from the mouth of the turtle, the stream continued for whole minute before dying out.

The dragon retracted its wing to reveal Naruto with not a single drop of water on him, much less an injury. Naruto sank the construct back into the ground after that, the fight was between himself and the Bijuu.

Naruto started a moderate running pace towards the Bijuu, he swerved to the right to dodge the hand that crashed his previous spot. Naruto swung both his hands over the other and two cylindrical shaped constructs rose on both side of the Bijuu, looking to crush it, but before the weapons could reach, the Sanbi compressed into a spiked Boris then rolled out of the way. The Boris shaped turtle redirected its course then headed straight for Naruto.

Naruto waited till the last moment before jumping out of the way. "Ninpo: ninja art"

With a massive breath intake, Naruto blew a super thin wind laser straight at the Bijuu that just exited its rolling form. The highly compressed laser cut a clean slice through the scaly shell of Isobu to deal a devastating damage. An agonizing howl that came out angrily had the Bijuu finishing another Bijuudama. It quickly dispensed it at Naruto, and Naruto not missing a beat countered his normal kind of way. A ripple materialized in front of Naruto then sucked in the tail beast bomb, acting as a sort of gateway for another ripple that appeared above the Sanbi. The Bijuudama that got sucked into the ripple in front of Naruto exited the one above the bijuu, the sinister ball didn't lose a bit of its velocity as it collided with its creator's back. A giant explosion saw the Bijuu plunge deep down with a crater underneath. It stayed its position so Naruto relaxed his posture, he then started towards the fallen Bijuu calmly.

On instinct, Naruto generated a ripple that sucked the Bijuudama flying at him from the dust hanging over the Sanbi. Naruto once again redirected the ball of chakra, however, this time, three downward facing ripples appeared over the bijuu, each bearing an identical Bijuudama. For the first time, Isobu was truly caved in, the crater underneath him spanning out even more from the combined explosion of three Bijuudama.

Naruto stood at the edge looking down the massive crater. He waited for the hanging dust to settle before floating down towards Yagura who was back in his normal form, unconscious. Naruto landed softly, looking down at yagura, he was tempted to leave the ninja like that but he knew better. Yagura did take a bit too long in joining in the fight, so someone was probably observing the fight through his eyes.

Naruto turned towards the spot the plant looking spy had been occupying, the pest didn't worth the title of human. Naruto had been aware of it following him around, something it had been doing thinking it was unseen. Naruto never acted surprised when it first started trailing him because frankly, he had been expecting it for a while now, he knew he would eventually come to be target for the pest, a move which he gladly welcomed. Naruto would have search out the being himself had it taken too long to come after Naruto, it was just too much of an interesting sentient to be left alone. Naruto came to be aware of its existence around his tenth birthday, the plant looking pest had been directly linked many deaths and lives taken by the Shinigami. It was a part of the memories he received through the Shinigami, and it had been around for as long as the beginning of the ninja era; it was a perfect source of information, a perfect historical library, it possessed informations not even He knew of, information he intended to get for himself. A true eye catcher.

Currently, Naruto used a sharp shadow formed iron shaped like a scalpel to cut away the piece of clothing covering Yagura's belly. A white disc of Ckakra appeared on Naruto's palm, it was a couple inches in diameter. The scalpel pointed tendril morphed again then pull away the severed garment to show the seal caging Isobu.

Naruto placed the disk against Yagura's belly and the seal housing the three tails appeared instantly. The seal began to lose its form as it evaporated against the white disc, etching its form onto its surface of the disc. With the seal finally transferred, Naruto retracted his palm then stood up. The disc holding the seal started swirling inwards, disappearing back into his palm. It wasn't long before Naruto felt a stinging pain at the inside of his wrist, the miniature version of the circular seal burning into his skin. The seal meant nothing and he wasn't the new jinchuuriki for the Sanbi, it was only a key to the real location the Bijuu. The seal would be the second of its type on his body. Naruto looked straight into the sky from his position down the crater, it was mission accomplished. A ripple appeared beside Naruto ready to transport him back to konoha, but before that, a bony spike pierced the lying body of Yagura, raising it high in the sky.

'It's already this far' thought Naruto, before he retreated into the ripple.

"Welcome back Naruto," Hiruzen greeted, his co-conspirators were right beside him.

"And congratulations on the success of your mission" Koharu tried her hand at participating but a dubious look from Naruto casted any and all of her confidence down the drain.

"You must be really tired after taking on Yagura and his army. It truly is an amazing fit..." Danzo really could not give two shits on praise and worship, his remark was only meant to be a distraction, something to keep Naruto from guessing what was about to happen. He did this only because he remembered clearly every detail of their last encounter in the council chamber, and it appears he wasn't the only person with an amazing memory.

"This is a rather unusual place to be receiving mission reports Hiruzen" said Naruto, ignoring their trivial praise, it meant nothing. Most important was the setup of the council, there was just too many high class personnel than was required for a mere protective precaution, surely they didn't perceive him as much of a threat, he hadn't done anything to them as of yet to get them jumpy, yet they were this untrusting-no it wasn't that. Also they shouldn't have tried to cloak their presence, Genjutsu only made them stand out even more.

"How dare you address Hokage-sama as such? Correct your..." the Anbu captain felt all the weight of the world resting on his shoulder, he could not even make it to his knees as a vicious pulled him roughly towards the outstretched palm of Naruto, the palm halted his descent by grabbing his neck then raising him high in the air, leaving him choking mess. It happened so fast that the council could barely register what had happened, much less save him from the black spike that pierced the Ninja's throat, it pointy edge appearing at the back of the ninja's neck.

Pin drop silence could not describe what followed, Naruto just killed an Anbu captain right in front of the village's leader. What gall has he got? To-to think he could just walk in here and start killing people just because they expressed their freedom of speech.

Homura prepared to express his thought in words, the anger he currently felt towards the blonde was unrivaled, but an Anbu beat him to it. A squad of Anbu had instantly appeared protectively before the Hokage, their shinobi instinct allowed them to shrug off the overbearing feeling that washed through the chamber moments ago.

"How could you!" An anbu, probably another captain, shouted. His lack of emotional control would be the last of the elders worry.

"How..." he continued, oblivious to the look that demanded for utmost silence sent his way by Naruto. Naruto being one that didn't like interruption dropped the body he was holding with an unceremonious thud before lifting his left hand to the bragging midget. He made no gesture, but the intent was clear and the meeting was once again brought back to what it used to be: deathly quiet.

Tora, a renown anbu among his pairs for his bravery could not dare make a sound for fear of joining his captain up above. The bragging anbu was lodged head deep into the roof with his body dangling from the ceiling, he wasn't struggling so they could safely conclude he was dead, the roof was concrete built after all.

"This gathering reminds me of a previous insolence which I had decided to forego," Naruto said, gesturing round the chamber, "but now!" his eyes flashed dangerously while his chakra flared wildly.

"Subdue him" Hiruzen ordered and the room was instantly filled with some selected anbu and the Clan heads as everybody dropped their less than useful Genjutsu. Sarutobi Hiruzen could not really put his hands on it but the feeling had been there since Naruto's first comment. The success of the plan was dependant on two factors: Naruto's use of his protective dome-meaning he would be forced to stay stationary, the forbidden jutsu they planned on using was never a physical attack but it does require for one to stay unmoving, much like every other jutsu of the Yamanaka.

The second factor was another thing that had been grating on him for a while now. Naruto accepted the mission way too easily, Hiruzen couldn't help but feel they played to Naruto's tune. Their current situation felt so much like a train set on course, it was like the outcome was already set in stone no matter what happened in between.

The war cry some gave to unclog their tension plugged throat brought Hiruzen to one conclusion: failure could not afforded.

The order was "subdue him" but with the high number of sharp weapons flying at Naruto from all angles, one would think it was 'erase him"

Naruto watched the weapons close in on him and with mental command, his figure glowed spectral for a moment, his long mane taking on a new shade.

The ninjas in the room felt their breath hitch in their throat and those that hadn't seen the shinigami physically before now had a better idea of what it would look like if it was a mortal. An ear shattering bang unleashed a whole new level of power, expectedly, some gave up their lunch while other fell on their knees, it was clear that the outburst of power back at the preliminary was insignificant to this.

Hiruzen, god of Shinobi, coughed out blood, his old body wasn't reinforced to sustain this kind of potency, his two other teammates would testify to that. Danzo was the worst as his fake-real body ratio was high. He was visibly burning up, fighting to restrain the rebellious gene of the Shodai, he couldn't allow himself to be discovered here.

Hiruzen could see the assaulting weapons had long since halted their descent as tiny black tendrils that sprouted out of the ground from around Naruto were hooking each Kunai by its ring. The scenery, should anyone not affected observe, would see Naruto looked like a spawn of the devil straight out hell. Hiruzen noticed one other thing, the suspended weapons were still gaining speed and the area around them began to contort, showing just how fast they would fly unrestraint. The distortion grew even more and a collective bang signaled some of the weapons crossing the sound barrier. Hiruzen had no idea he could be even more worried, but his worry tripled when the weapons, which had been facing towards Naruto for all the period they used to gain the frightening speed, started to turn, vibrating against each tendrils, trying to face the struggling ninjas. Naruto only had to let loose and they would be no more.

Hiruzen was regrettably sent into reminisce, why did it have to be this way? Jiraiya turned out to be right once again, he really shouldn't have welcomed such an idea in the first place. There were ninjas in the village who were worst than Naruto. In the end, he too fell victim to village's hatred for Naruto. Could he question it if Naruto killed them just for hating him, he did worse to those that didn't even do as much. Now they had ruined their chance of ever gaining his trust. He realised much too lately that what they needed was Naruto's trust, not control over him. If only they could be granted another chance. The being in front of him was beyond rescue, it was no longer a human, it was a monster- A god, and he had to wonder if they were the one that unleashed this wicked side of him and in the middle of the village no less. Raising his hand for Kuchiyose felt like going against a force ten thousand of earth's own. Hiruzen was brought down to earth when the tendrils holding the Kunais began to flap like elastic bands, loosening with each second that ticked by. The weapons traded their deep hum for the angry whoosh of a fierce tornado while Naruto stood at the middle of the pressure, his long hair fluttering like the wing of a hummingbird. The tendrils finally let loose with a resounding snap and the still conscious ones in the room closed their eyes to await death. The fierce wind flowing around Naruto felt like it increased in speed and they could only squint their eyes more.

An ensuing shockwave tore the council chamber asunder as everything from inanimated to living soul was swept across the room, crashing into the walls which quickly gave way. The first ninja to crack an eye open from within the rubbles was surprisingly Hiruzen, he painfully opened his eyes, expecting to see the Shinagami for the second time today-the real one this time. If he died, he expected the process to be at least painful. The sight before him had him blinking, it wasn't the real Shinigami, but the whole top floor of the Hokage tower was demolished, truly run over. Everything was in rubbles, the files, shelves and chairs were all remaining splinters, it was a miracle they were still alive at all. The real thing that had him transfixed however, was the giant trail of flame that arced across the sky infinitely. Hiruzen was sure the village below would be feeling the searing heat, yet Naruto was standing right under it, his billowing hair being the only indication of the scorching inferno. Hiruzen, now able to think clearly, remembered he had a whole village worth of life to save, his mind was instantly motorized to the fire shadow mode as he almost got consumed by the will of fire. Naruto was occupied, strange but still occupied; he was staring deep into the flame above him as if challenging the flame to try and harm him. To the Hokage, what he saw was a ninja inspecting his masterpiece, picking out flaws and how to turn into an even more dangerous. Naruto was beyond rescue but still he steeled his mind, if this was a possible solution; there was no reason to forfeit. The Jutsu may just prove successful, afterall Naruto was considerate enough to redirect the weapons at the last second. If it could make Naruto come to his sense, the village would avoid total destruction. Hiruzen would later come to wonder why there had not been total commotion following the great release of fire.

Naruto remained unmoving, and coincidentally Hiruzen realised Naruto was standing at a point he was all too familiar with. He couldn't misjudge the seal's activation complex even if he was blindfolded. If everything was down the drain, what use were reservations? He called up the conscious survivors, the fact that they were mainly Yamanaka didn't also seem strange to him. Many of them were scattered all over the rubbles, staring transfixed at the person straight out of this world, but on being signaled they quickly got into their initial positions. The sealing process began with them recovering the long memorized seal sequence, the fact that they started without Naruto knowing any better simply means their success was guaranteed.

Hiruzen summoned Enma just for safety sake and the loud puff of smoke dragged Naruto's attention from the flame (shouldn't it have died down by now? There was nothing fueling it)

Naruto shifted his scrutinizing gaze to the Yamanakas and they felt their confidence falter a little, but the knowledge that they were about to reach success spur them on as their hands practically became a blur. The blue glow of the seal array seeped through the wreckage, bringing the intricate design hanging midair. Naruto could feel the immense power behind whatever it was they were planning, it must be of forbidden nature and Naruto could not allow for it, Kinjutsu were always dangerous. He had an arsenal full of techniques that could attest to it. He fashed out of existence with a, intent on erasing their very being, but alas it was not be as with tiny flickers, he was back on the same Spot. He looked around confused, something like this had never happened before.

"There is no escape, Naruto" Danzo said, surprising calm for someone who almost lost his cover minutes ago. 'Immediately you allowed them to start the sealing, your fate has been stamped. You could sense their movements yet you allowed them to start the sealing process, your chakra has been anchored to theirs to prevent escape. Even if you managed to flash away, you would take them along and the sealing would continue either way. So you can see now that your arrogance is going to be your downfall. It is a shame really; your power could have brought this village to fame if in the hands of the right person."

"Konoha should be led to greatness by its Ninjas, I'm only a stranger, an outsider, my kinds don't belong with weaklings. I'm an Uzumaki." At that, a dangerous spike in chakra almost convinced Danzo the plan would crash.

"I'm an immigrant, a guest who would eventually leave for another destination. Ever wonder why we Uzumaki never joined any Hidden village like all the lesser clans are doings? It's because we despise people with the moral fiber of a chicken, we don't bow to others. Our alliance with Konoha will always remain that: an alliance. Not the allegiance you believe it to be"

"And again we are back to your arrogance" Danzo interrupted, "the arrogance that led to your destruction."

"Bear in mind that their would retribution for any and all that had a hand in our destruction, and their generations to follow"

Wisely, no one interrupted that disquisition, that simple-no, heavy speech reveal so much on who Naruto truly is. Many missing details in the last decade of them relating to Naruto just began to fill up.

The gears continued to work full time in Hurizen's head as he watched the seal which was previously on the ground rose to about waist level, its blue glow casting an illuminating shadow over the Kage tower. Naruto had pretty much accepted his fate as he had stopped trying to escape, but his expression was no less different, something that unnerved them greatly. What more could he be planning. Hiruzen became conscious of the fact that Naruto wasn't a power house, but was a powerhouse with shittier attitude than the Uchiha and Hyuuga combined. His advanced superiority complex was well above the Uchiha, possibly on par with Madara. Naruto harbor a deep hatred for mankind and Hiruzen couldn't fault his reasoning; even he would grow rebellious if Konoha was wiped off the face of the planet. The better question would be how Naruto had come to figure out there was an Uzumaki clan, or how he knew of the destruction. Could there still be another Uzumaki survivor who Naruto had been secretly meeting with? Even Kushina would have a hard time bringing up the details of the genocide. "There would be retribution" Hiruzen thought, could it mean this is related to Naruto's plan in attacking a place, maybe they shouldn't trust Orochimaru. But if it was the truth, he hoped none in Konoha had a hand in the destruction of Uzushio, he really didn't want the younger generations to pay for sins of their ancestor. Then again, all could be avoided if the sealing process was successful.

A chorused shout of "Kai: Release" reminded Hiruzen of just how much effort was expended in the bid to perfect the seal. The sealing array began to creep inward, latching onto Naruto like a second skin, the patterns swirled over his body fascinatingly before closing in on the target. The seal wrapped around his head like vice, seeping into any opening they could find, his eyes, nose, ear and mouth, everything was covered. The marking were disappearing into his head with such a speed that the word: pain was redefined in Naruto's dictionary. What should have been an agonizing scream came out instead in grunts and grimace. Naruto hunched over, clawing at himself as if to peel away the skin when he felt the seals tearing into his brain in search of what he didn't know. The unbearable pain continued for a few more minutes and some had to shift their eyes in the process.

Finally, Naruto gave a silent scream as his head shot to the heavens, a visible barrier of blue chakra appeared around Naruto before blowing outwards. Everybody shielded their eyes while Hiashi used a quick Kaiten, but nothing had happened as far as they could tell, except for the pandemonium that suddenly hit the village below, which had been otherwise quiet for this whole period.

Chouza, who had remained quiet throughout the ordeal for fear of the safety of his clan, was closest to the edge of the new roof and he knew what it felt like to witness the beginning of a chaos.

"What the …" Chouza expressed and soon his reaction was mirrored by all other occupants of the room/roof

Kakashi, after he was let-in on issue he now hoped he had remained oblivious to, was approaching the Kage tower to try to convince the Hokage to maybe think of another solution. It had been a week and he still could not shake off the feeling that something might go wrong. As he neared the tower, the feeling increased intensely, hi increased his pace unconsciously and his orange covered book going out of sight. Getting to the large entrance, Kakashi felt something shift- it was more like a veil was lifted. Something compelled him to look upwards and once he did, he leapt backwards, dodging the debris that fell on his previous position. However, he wasn't the first to do so, something that became apparent when the whole village was thrust into a jumble of turbulence. Kakashi jumped back even more when he felt a wave of heat wash over him. The thought that it was another invasion was quickly imbedded in him when a magnificent came in sight. There in front of Kakashi, was a gigantic arc flame of fire that originated from right over Kage tower, stretching infinitely across the sky, he was sure the flame would also be seen from nearby villages. He noticed, the first floor was actually gone, presumably consumed by the flame. The flame was rapidly reduced to whisks then finally diminishing, it really felt like lifting a veil that obscured what preceded that giant flame, what could have been happening.

With a quick Shushin which could have been mistaken for a white flash, Kakashi appeared on the newly created roof.

That was how Kakashi found himself with other newly arrived Anbu on the roof.

'What took you so long, Kakashi?" Hiruzen asked, being the most organized one of the group

"I came the moment it happened. What is going on anyway?" Kakashi enquired, his headband resting above his forehead, his Sharingan already analyzing the situation to the best of its ability. He quickly brandished a Kunai in his left hand when he saw a strange figure at the center on the rubbles.

"What happened?" he asked again, the only stranger in the room was the figure hunched over several feet in front of him. It wasn't one of their Anbu, wasn't dressed like a Jounin, wasn't a clan head and sure wasn't a member of the village as no one in the village had red hair.

Hiruzen ignored the question so he could focus on the figure ahead. He and the original conspirators waited with baited breath for the long awaited moment, a moment which could decide the fate of the village. If things turned out okay, the whole set up could be cover up.

The person known as Naruto was nowhere in sight, either his appearance had been greatly altered, or this was the real person behind the whole dilemma they found their selves in with Naruto. At that thought, Hiruzen and the elders pulled out a weapon each, of course the gathered Jounins and Anbu followed suit with their own brand of weapons despite having little understanding of the circumstances.

The thought that Naruto might have been an imposter did not even shine on them for such a long time, of course there had been major hints like the disappearance of his whiskers-birthmarks don't just disappear, there was also a major blow like the disappearance of the Kyuubi's chakra from his Chakra networks. Facts they had stupidly pushed aside just because he looked like Minato, how stupid they must have looked, Naruto did seem to know a bit too much.

"Who are you?" Hiruzen intoned, his presence dominating the crowd for the first time, he didn't remember Naruto ever having red hair.

The figure looked around the room, long red manes obscuring his face from view, "so many souls" he said in raspy voice. A lot of people felt their breath hitch in their throat as they quickly mad connections. "th-t-the Kyuubi" somebody stammered.

"Kyuubi? What a poor sense of deduction" the figure remarked mockingly, his voice getting clearer.

"Who are you?" Hiruzen asked again, he didn't for once believe it was the Kyuubi.

"My name…" the person shifted his stance before swinging his head backwards causing his long hair to fly backwards, "Uzumaki Naruto."

"Naruto?" Hiruzen asked baffled.

"What happened to you?" Kakashi questioned, putting away his Kunai

Only facial features linked the person in front of them to Naruto, every other thing was altered. Naruto's usual black Anbu outfit was replaced with a normal Shinobi wear which comprised of brown sandal and shinobi pants common to Konoha ninjas. Its only difference being the color it came in. it was an ashes colour with dark splotches here and there, he also had same-colored flak jacket which half hidden by a half body robe that had flowing edges. The flowing robe had a large whirlpool insignia designed on it. One other factor that opposed the identity of Naruto was his wild well polished red hair. Up till now, many had no idea there was a shade of red that could reflect the sun.

"Naruto purposely stayed his position, allowing them to jump to all sort of conclusion. He sensed an incoming weapon so he shifted his balance at the last second causing the Weapon to cut a deep gash across his hands. Naruto turned towards the assailant with an angry hiss, the Anbu almost sank himself. He really felt like ending the man right there but reconsidered; besides, he no longer possessed the power to do so, he instead went with an angry "what do you think you are doings?" Naruto figured that was how any normal teenager would react.

The nervous Anbu replied with a sheepish "J-just making sure"

Kakashi wanted to reprimand the ninja but the sound of burning steam drew his and everyone else attention to the deep wound Naruto's arm. Naruto appeared oblivious to what was happening on his body as he seemed oblivious to the deep wound on his arm closing back up top be replaced by his original bronze skin.

"Apprehend him" Danzo quickly made sure he wasn't forgotten

"And you are all dismissed" the hokage followed immediately after, "except…" he left that one hanging; it was enough to pass the message across. Within the interval of ten seconds, the roof was deserted save for its original occupant. The remainig anbu felt no fear in closing in on the target, hopefully their last move unarmed him. They however shot hunters chain at him, for safety sake. Hiruzen looked round the destroyed floor, he would be without office for a few days. "Inoichi, it's left to you now" he said, "and you, retrieve Kakashi for me." The said Anbu departed without a word.

While he was being dragged away, Naruto thought, 'infiltration successful'

Hovering above the group, unseen from any mortals perspective were two figures.

"Was that wise?" one of the two figures questioned

"No, but its necessary for the success of my plan." The first replied. "Until the time comes, he will be independent of hi sown action"

"I still think I'm better suited for this mission"

"Why don't we meet up with the others, it has been long since we came together"

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