Author's note – Kishimoto Masashi owns Naruto while Guyver is written by Yoshiki Takaya.
I make no claim to either, I am merely playing in their sandboxes.

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Chapter Nineteen

Revealed

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Naruto paused at the entrance to the onsen, his head tilted in confusion as he saw two people he didn't recognise in the hot pool.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata called from where she was soaking in the middle pool. "You're back!"

"Yeah, I had to do a message-delivery today." Naruto said, carefully not mentioning that he had used his armour to fly to the outpost and back far faster than any ninja could have run. "Who are your guests?"

"Uzumaki Naruto," Hinata said formally, "Be known to my team-mates, Uchiha Sasuke and Inuzuka Kiba. Akamaru is currently asleep under the towel shelves. Sasuke, Kiba, this is Naruto."

As the two boys waved, Naruto shook off his momentary paralysis and walked over to Hinata, sliding into the warm pool beside her.

"You passed the test, then?"

Hinata nodded as Kiba groaned.

"That's why we're soaking. I swear, my bruises have bruises!"

Naruto and Sasuke both snorted, then glanced at each other as Kiba continued.

"You have a kick-ass house, you know. I wish I had a house like that, I've only got a room to call my own. And Hinata-chan lives here too? You are one lucky person!"

"I know." Naruto agreed as he relaxed in the hot water. "So, when do you start your missions?"

"Tomorrow." Kiba grinned. "I can't wait! Taking down bandits, rescuing kidnapped princesses, toppling tyrants… what?"

Naruto tried to answer, but he couldn't because of how hard he was laughing. Hinata shook her head.

"Neji-nii-san told me about the early missions." She said. "They are not what you think, Kiba-san."

"Uzumaki-san." A new voice said and Naruto craned his head round to see a member of ANBU standing at the entrance. "My apologies, Uzumaki-san, but the Hokage wishes to see you."

Naruto sighed and clambered out of the pool. Pausing just long enough to focus his chakra and blast all the water off his body, he loped out of the onsen and towards the house.

"Wow." Kiba said, breaking the silence. "The Hokage wants to see him? Damn, you got a cool dude as your boyfriend there, Hinata-chan."

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"Hokage-sama." Naruto said as he stepped into the Hokage's office, then he paused. "Fugaku-sama, Hiashi-sama. My congratulations to you both, your children have passed their genin tests."

"We know." Fugaku said with a proud smile and a glance at the crystal ball perched on the corner of Hiruzen's desk, then his expression sobered as he turned to the Hokage.

"Is he really the new Hiro? He seems… short."

"The new Hiro?" Naruto repeated and Hiruzen nodded.

"He is. Naruto, you may want to look at this. It's the newest Bingo Book from Amegakure and proof that Aoi is a true traitor."

Naruto slowly accepted the book and opened it at the bookmark, his breath catching as he spotted his own image. His gaze lingered on it, the drifted to the text below.

Uzumaki Naruto
Aka The Second Samurai-Ninja

Birthplace/Alignment :- Konohagakure

Age :- 12

Rating :- A-Class/Jinchuuriki

Reward – 50,000 ryo dead, 1,000,000 ryo alive

Description :- A blond-haired blue-eyed boy with three whisker marks on each cheek, he wears a unique full-body suit of fuuinjutsu-enhanced armour, coloured blue/green, that he inherited from Uzumaki Hiro.
The armour contains a chakra-beam weapon mounted on the forehead as well as two arm-mounted blades that can slice through anything. The armour itself is impenetrable to all known weapons except those that channel lightning.
The armour is capable of high-speed flight.
The armour can throw a chakra ball that absorbs anything it hits.
Further details are currently unknown.

Tactical Notes:- Naruto is the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi and as such, has Kage+ chakra reserves. He is prone to using highly unpredictable tactics and strategies, often including Kage Bunshin. If he is using the armour, then he is only vulnerable to raiton jutsu.

Confirmed kills – 1 chunin (Konohagakure)

"Damn." Naruto whispered. "That means that…"

"They know, or at least strongly suspect that Uzumaki Hiro is dead." Hiruzen confirmed. "For missions outside Konoha, you will be teamed up with a more experienced shinobi until you either learn how to counter raiton techniques, or improve your ability to avoid them."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Naruto whispered. "Who will I be teamed up with?"

"That would be me." A new voice said from the window and Naruto spun to see a lanky, white-haired masked ninja lounging on the windowsill, apparently engrossed in an orange-covered book.

"Uzumaki Naruto," Hiruzen smiled, "Meet your new senpai, Hatake Kakashi."

"Yo." Kakashi said with a lazy wave before turning back to his book and giggling.

"This is a joke, right?" Naruto finally managed.

"Meh, meh, that's not very nice." Kakashi protested and Naruto turned to Hiruzen.

"What does he know about me?"

"Burden, parents and armour." Hiruzen supplied. "Kakashi was trained by your father."

Naruto glanced at Hiashi and Fugaku, but neither seemed surprised by the revelation of his parentage.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow." Kakashi said before he vanished in a cloud of smoke and Naruto growled.

"What? When? Where? Dammit!"

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"Wake up!"

Kakashi leapt out of his bed, reflexively hurling a trio of kunai that bounced off the intruder. Grabbing a tanto from its hook on the wall above his bed, Kakashi dropped into a defensive posture, then paused.

"Naruto?"

"When in armour, I am Hiro."

"You were Hiro, but now everyone knows that you're Naruto." Kakashi countered as he hung up his sword. "Why are you here? No, wait. How are you here?"

"I asked the Hokage where you lived." Naruto said as the armour vanished and Kakashi groaned.

"So… you're here. Now what?"

"Well, it's almost eight o'clock, so I was thinking early exercises and sparring, both with and without my armour." Naruto shrugged. "You know, let you see how good I am, where I need to improve, that kind of stuff."

Kakashi nodded. "Alright and… you know, it's just occurred to me. How do you fit those two giant shuriken into your armour?"

Naruto blinked, then turned his head round to look at the point that was sticking up over his shoulder. "That… is a very good question. Why do you wear a mask to bed?"

"That… is a very good question." Kakashi shot back, earning a glower. "Get out. I need to shower and dress."

"Okay, I'm going. I'm going." Naruto sighed as he let himself be ushered out of the bedroom. "Sheesh!"

Kakashi closed the door, then slumped against it. "Why do I feel like this isn't going to be fun." He muttered to himself.

"I heard that!"

"Go to the Hokage and get us a training ground." Kakashi shouted through the door. "I'll meet you there in an hour."

"If you're not there, I'll come looking for you." Naruto replied and Kakashi heard him leave.

"Definitely not fun." He groaned, then he pushed himself into motion. "Urgh, I need a coffee."

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Kakashi circled Naruto, his sharingan exposed to help him analyse Naruto's armour.

"That armour of yours is quite impressive." He admitted, lowering his Hitai-ate over his eye once more. "But you've lost your symbol."

"Yeah, I have to concentrate to have it show." Naruto said as the leaf of Konoha rippled into visibility once more. "I thought of engraving it on, but something told me it was a bad idea."

"You may not know why you have those feelings, but they aren't to be disregarded." Kakashi agreed. "So, let's see how good you are in a spar."

"Okay." Naruto agreed. "I'll keep the blades inactive. When I push chakra into them, they can slice through anything."

"Really?" Kakashi asked curiously. "Alright, if you can touch me with one of your blades, I'll act as if it injured me. If I have to block with a kunai, I'll drop the kunai as if it's broken."

"Sounds fair."

"Ready?" Kakashi asked and Naruto nodded, then he was sent flying backwards by a kick so fast that he barely saw the blur of movement. Hitting the ground, Naruto rolled to his feet just in time to see Kakashi running towards him, one fist cocked.

"Oh sh…" Naruto started, then the punch connected and he staggered backwards. Shaking his head, he sensed movement to his left and almost on reflex, he caught the incoming kick, only for Kakashi to twist and hammer him with his other foot. Naruto staggered backwards, then ducked as Kakashi launched a flying kick.

"Not bad." Kakashi admitted. "Let's turn things up a notch."

Naruto's eyes widened as Kakashi seemed to vanish, then a kick to his posterior launched him into the air, arms and legs flailing before he remembered that he could fly. Spinning round, he kicked out and Kakashi blocked him before grabbing his leg, twisting to hurl him back down.

Naruto grinned as he didn't move and Kakashi looked up at him from where he was dangling, his hands wrapped around Naruto's ankle.

"Well, this is… different. I've never had to try and take down a flying opponent before." Kakashi mused, then he let go and dropped as Naruto scraped his other foot down his leg in an attempt to get Kakashi to let go. Kakashi landed lightly on the ground and Naruto slowly descended, ready for another round, but Kakashi had pulled out his orange book and was reading it.

"Not bad." Kakashi mused. "You can take hits and strike back, I'd say that most chunin would not be able to hurt you. Jonin… most would be at a disadvantage unless they used raiton, we'll have to see how much it takes to hurt you while armoured."

"I didn't even get a single hit in." Naruto complained as he shed his armour and Kakashi shrugged.

"I'm an elite jonin. If I let a newly-minted chunin hit me, I'd be laughed out of Konoha."

Naruto scowled at him and Kakashi gave a lazy shrug. "Well, I got what I needed, that's all for today. You go do a mission if you want and tomorrow I'll see about getting you some proper sparring partners."

Before Naruto could form a response, Kakashi vanished in a cloud of smoke and Naruto gazed at the empty space before shaking his head.

"He's my father's student? Huh. Oh well, guess I'd better get a mission."

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"Yeah!" Kiba cheered as they entered the mission assignment room. "At last, we finally get to go on cool missions!"

"…so here you go." Hiruzen said, handing a scroll to Naruto. "Ah, your fiancee and her team have arrived."

Naruto turned and smiled. "Hi guys. You would be Itachi?"

"I would." Itachi agreed. "And you are the inheritor of the Uzumaki Armour. It is a shame that Hiro has passed away, I still have not determined the style that he used to fight Madara and myself to a standstill four years ago, save that it was very effective."

Hinata fought down an attack of the giggles at Naruto's expression, having heard his side of the incident which had consisted of him flailing around randomly and trying not to fall over.

"So, can we get a mission?" Kiba interupted. "You know, taking down bandits, fighting enemy ninja, rescuing people, that kind of thing!"

"Well, let me see." Hiruzen said, his eyes twinkling with suppressed mirth. "There is a choice of three missions still available so you can… weed a garden…"

Sasuke stared in shock while Kiba's jaw dropped.

"…babysit a merchant's baby boy…"

"Buhhhwhaa?" Kiba managed.

"…or clean up the litter in the southern park."

"What?!" Kiba burst out. "What sort of missions are those?"

"Before he turned traitor, my former sensei explained it to me." Naruto said, tucking his mission scroll away. "I'll explain it to you tonight, if you want."

"May I come as well?" Itachi asked. "I find myself curious as to what you think the reason is. Oh, and we'll take the litter-picking mission, Hokage-sama."

"Litter-picking?" Kiba whined. "How is that supposed to help us become ninja?"

"You could always see if you could do it without anyone seeing you." Naruto suggested. "You know, practice your stealth and all that?"

"That… could work." Sasuke said slowly. "Thank you… where did he go?"

"Out the window." Hiruzen sighed. "Why do so many people try to avoid using the doors?"

"It's traditional." Itachi said from the windowsill, then he vanished, leaving the three genin staring after him.

"Perhaps you should join him at the park?" Hiruzen prompted, causing the three genin to scramble through the door in an attempt to catch up with their sensei. "Heh, that was fun. Did you get a picture as I told them what the mission choice was?"

"I did, Hokage-sama." Said an ANBU as he rippled into visibility. "I shall add it to the Wall of Horror."

Hiruzen smirked.