SevenKings has brought you a new chapter. If you excuse me, I'm going to go lie down now, Killer Headache. But before I do, some Japanese words that I've used in this chapter and may used in the future.

Sensei-"One who came before", used as a title to teachers,professors, doctors and other professionals. Used in this story as a familiar title (Naruto will refer Gotetsu as Sensei.)

Kyoushi- Is another name for 'teacher'; I will manily use this as formal type of title. Usually refereed to other people's master's( talking about Gouken-Kyoushi when speaking to Ken or Ryu.)

Gakusei-"Student" (No example needed.)

Chapter 4:An Old man's time and the Start of Something New

Naruto was sitting in the middle of the cave,cross leg with his eyes closed. His eyes were closed as he mediated taking deep breathes in and out. Dark red and pure white Ki were visible on his naked toned body. To the side,Gotetsu was sitting on the ground. The old man was visibly worse-for-wear as there were bags under his eyes,wrinkles where there weren't any when he had met Naruto all those years ago and his body had effectively became nothing more than skin and bones.

"Tease it,boyo,Tease it,"Gotetsu whispered to himself. He then covered his mouth as he wheezed.

Naruto's two colored Ki then started to mix and turned a deep shade of gray. The boy's black hair started to white at the tips and while Naruto's eyes were closed,Gotetsu knew his apprentice's iris's were now red as blood.

The Ki dissipated and Naruto opened his green eyes as he pumped his right fist in the air. He looked towards the direction of Gotetsu who gave a weak thumb as the old geezer tried to stand to stand up,using his hands to support himself but his strength gave out that he fell back down.

"Sensei!" Naruto rushed to his fallen master, he then helped his master up and had the old man lean onto him. It took some time,but the master and student managed to reached their camp.

Naruto reached into a backpack and grab a pill bottle and a canteen. He uncapped the pill bottle and shook it once for a pill. The dedicated student capped the pill bottle and placed it back where he grabbed it and walked over to Gotetsu.

"Sensei,open up," Gotetsu opened his mouth and Naruto put the pill in there followed with tipping the canteen into Gotetsu's mouth allowing him to drink. With the man had drunk his fill, Naruto moved the canteen away and corked it.

"Naruto,come closer," Gotetsu whispered,Naruto not one to disobey the man who took him,did as he was ordered.

Gotetsu patted Naruto's head,"You're a good boy,Naruto and a damn fine martial artist now. You've learn everything I could've taught already and it's time for you to spread your wings."

Naruto shook his head,not wanting to believe what he was hearing. "I can't,Sensei,my place is here by your side."

The patting turned into a weak bop,"None of that now, you a fighter not a nanny." Gotetsu turned his headed coughed out blood and raised a fist into the sky,"You make me proud every goddamn day and you continued to do so but promise me one thing."

"Anything,"Naruto promised.

"Live a full life, get yourself a nice girl and maybe a kid or two," Gotetsu gave a perverse grin and Naruto couldn't help but find it exasperating. Gotetsu said some more words before his hand and head fell limp and the man's eyes closed.

Naruto shook his master's body,"Sensei, Sensei!" However, no matter what he did, Gotetsu never woke up."I know, you're doing this to get back at me for the pranks I did against you right? You got me, just wake up!" Naruto hugged Gotetsu's body,"You're all I have left in this world, you'll all I had left."

As the clouds begin to darken, Naruto had managed to make a shallow grave for Gotetsu. He also found a boulder which he could used to mark the man's grave. As he placed Gotetsu's body in the ground, the boy took off his yellow headband and removed Gotetsu's bandana. He then tied his former headband over Gotetsu's eyes and folded the bandana until it's appearance was similar to the headband and tied it around his head.

Before he filled the hole, he manipulate his Ki around his index and middle finger until it was like a drill. He then wrote on the boulder.

Gotetsu

Teacher and Surrogate Father

As Naruto filled the hole, rain began to fall from the clouds, Naruto looked up when he finished. The rain drops masked the tears that had begun to formed. The now-masterless student remembered two others he had lost. Haku, the person who he thought he knew before that person choosing to sacrifice his life for another and Sarutobi, who despite the constant duties of being a Hokage managed to spend some time with him even if it was only to eat ramen.

Ramen, the dish he would eat for days on end when he could find any was strictly controlled by Gotetsu to teach him discpline. 'Master your urges and you master yourself,' Gotetsu always told him. At first, he cursed the ban but now, he just wanted Gotetsu back. Naruto could guess this was how Haku must have felt before his death at Kakashi's hand. If so, perhaps Zabuza wasn't the only ignorant fool.

Images of his time with Gotetsu soon showed up in his mind,the time the old geezer threw him into a rapid river to teach him how to swim,when he was covered in honey and was thrown into a bear cave to be taught about speed and agility,when he was forced to catch his meal or else he would to go hungry for the day.

But there was also gentle times when he woke up with a blanket over him when he fell asleep after a long day of training,the stories Gotetsu would tell about his youth,his other students and his student's students. Naruto could see that in Gotetsu's eyes,every single one of them were like his children. Although he was disappointed with the choices they make,he loved so much that he wasn't going to interfere. 'They have to learn to deal with the consequences of their actions. If I interfere all the time, how will they learn to grow?' Gotetsu once told him when he asked about his neutral stance.

"I will not cry,I will not cry, I will not..." Naruto mumbled to himself before he fell to his knees and roared to the skies with all his heartache, afterwards with his throat sore;he kept a silent vigil all throughout the night.

Morning had passed and Naruto had moved a single step; his body,hair and clothes were all wet from the rain. Then, Naruto headed back to their camp, packed everything, dressed in a different Gi although he kept the wet headband on his head. When everything was packed, Naruto took one more stop back at Gotetsu's grave.

"I'll soon be on my way," Naruto talked to himself,"It's going to be strange without you, you were one constant thing I had in this world. Without you, I feel lost but you'll bop me in the head again and tell me to get moving." Naruto remembered the last words of the man who he considered his father.

"You are the son I wished for and never had."

Naruto turned around and begun to take his first walk on his path,'Goodbye,Father

July,1991

Naruto was tying his gray headband on, then he checked the red boxing gloves he wore for the safety of his opponent. Checking that everything was ready to go. He left the locker room that was his for the duration of the figh that was to comet. A fat midget man in a Italian suit and fedora hat walked over to the young fighter and placed a hand over the shoulder,"Hey, Naruto pal, you better not lose without giving him some kind of injury. I got money riding on that you at least touch him, ya know."

Naruto merely grabbed the hand that was on him and twisted it making the man fall to the ground with a scream,"Enzo, I owe you alot but don't think it makes us friends. Besides, I know I'm going to lose but my pride demands one good hit."

Enzo nodded and Naruto let go,"Damn boy, what got you so cold?" asked Enzo as he twisted his wrist to allow the blood to flow.

Naruto gave a cold stare,"It's the anticipation, I feel that my life is going to change after this fight, wither I want it to or not."

"Fine then, get out there and get a good hit so I can get my money. Come back when you're more sociable," Enzo waved him off. Naruto gave no sign that he heard the midget and just walked off into the spotlight.

Lily's POV

Lily Potter was looking around the arena along with Hagrid since he wanted to be the one to deliver Harry's letter of acceptance to Hogwarts to her son. She would've taken them out of the school but the register was the only way to locate her son. So with great reluctance,she took a position at Hogwarts along with Sirius who was released from Azkaban and cleared of all charges with her help.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to the Epilogue of the World's Greatest Fighters held in Boston,New York. This year, we've seen fighters of all diversity challenged one another for the shot against the World Champion himself, the man the legend the one and only RYU!" The speakers boomed out nearly deafening both Lily and Hagrid.

"Blimey, how could the muggles invent something like this." Hagrid whispered to Lily while trying to regain his hearing in one of his ears.

Lily could only see the man the speakers called Ryu and thought,'How could someone have that kinda muscle?' She saw that Ryu was dressed in a tattered white uniform of some kind with a red headband with tail ends reaching the middle of the man's back and a black belt tied at his waist. He was also wearing red boxing gloves that also appeared to be used and no shoes of any kind.

"The person who earned the right to challenge the man himself is not a man at all. That's right, the person who won the tournament is a child who is standing at five feet two inches and ninety-eight pounds of pure muscle who kicked the butts of all other contestants. We are talking about Naruto the Dangerous Chibi!"

Lily was standing in shock, she remembered that one guy say that Naruto was the new name Harry was going under five years ago. Her fears proved true when Harry actually walked out of the doors to the inner rooms and entered the arena. Harry was wearing a uniform similar to Ryu except it was orange and a red belt tied sideways with a gray short-tailed headband . Like Ryu through, he was no shoes and red boxing gloves.

The two men bumped fist before backing up and raised their fists,"Both man and child ready?" The two nodded,"Fight!"

The next few minutes were some of the anticipating of Lily's life. Seeing her baby fighting a man twice his age with a smile on his face was unsettling to her. She only had one thought while the fighting went on,'What happened to Harry while I was gone?'

Naruto POV (A few minutes earlier)

Naruto stepped out when he was introduced to the crowd and the cameras. He felt no fear as he walked down those steps, rather he felt excitement coursing through his veins as he felt the Ki of Ryu. Why shouldn't he, he was about to face one of his greatest opponents to date. Someone who if he hesitated for even a moment would cause him to lose.

As Naruto entered the arena, he could see the shock in Ryu's eyes as he knew his senpai in the martial arts felt his Ki, that meant he wouldn't treat the younger fighter as one would treat a child or a fighter who gotten way over his head agianst the Katsujinken practitioner. He would go all out from the start and that's just the way he wanted it. However, he wanted to pose a limit on both of them, so when they bumped fists with each other, he whispered so softly only Ryu could've heard,"No Ki usage,okay? Just hand to hand."

Ryu nodded and before took a step back,"Both man and child ready?" Ryu and Naruto nodded at the same time,"Fight!" Both Naruto and Ryu rushed each other at the same time, Naruto attacked first with a flying left kick.

Ryu countered by grabbing that leg with his right hand but Naruto surprised Ryu by lifting his right leg upwards and got the first hit in by drop kicking Ryu. Ryu let go and Naruto continued with his combo with a left leg sweep to get Ryu off his feet and had his right fist up in a Shoryuken but Ryu wasn't where Naruto wanted him.

Instead, although he managed to trip Ryu, the older fighter managed to turn his body in time to dodge the Shoryuken and launched his own move at the defenseless Naruto. Ryu used Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku and kicked Naruto in the chest hard enough that he flew to the edge of the ring. Naruto got off and wiped the blood off from his mouth with a grin. This was the kind of fight he was waiting for, a great match that could be decided with a single miscalculation.

Naruto ran forwards and Ryu stood still waiting for Naruto to entered kicking range. When Naruto entered it, Ryu let loose a strong right kick that was the Joudai Sokutogeri and aimed it at Naruto's head, confident that the child who showed that not he was trained by a master of Ansatsuken techniques instead of merely copying them like that girl Sakura had about six years ago could take it. He wanted to ask where he learned those techniques but if the boy was trained by a master like he suspected, the child will only respond after a fight wither he lose or not.

The Joudai Sokutogai flew towards Naruto's head but Naruto took a move that he learned from a movie that he watched while waiting for the wash and dry machines to do what it was made to do when he was in the cities. He slid onto his knees and went under Ryu. At that same moment, he aimed a fist at Ryu's ankle and fractured the joint;dropping the World Champion onto the ground.

Both Naruto and Ryu got up from their positions, both excited this time. To the two fighters; it's been a long time since any of them received a good fight. It was like a drug to them, they needed a good fight in order to show their true capabilities.

Naruto rushed forward while the older,experienced fighter hunkered down waiting for the right moment to strike. When Naruto entered Ryu's space, the fighter grabbed Naruto by the right shoulder and smashed it.

"Oooo," The crowd flinched as the sound of bone being broken was enhanced by the stereos.

Naruto gritted his teeth and turned midair counter-clocked wise and kicked Ryu's head to the side. Ryu took a step to the side but his right hand grabbed the leg that attacked him and using his left which was close to the waist of Naruto, Ryu dislocated the joint connecting the leg to the hip.

Despite Naruto's pain tolerance, he screamed out in agony before gritting his teeth. With one leg dislocated and an shoulder smashed, he had no choice but to yield. Medics appeared soon and dragged him into a stretcher taking him to a medical room.

Ryu was left standing alone in the ring as the announcer screamed,"The fight is over. After a shocking match,Ryu managed to continue to hold on to his title. Through the gentle man proved to be brutal and knows no bounds if provoked."

Ryu shook his head, it was a lose-lose situation for him. The civilians would wonder why he was so brutal to a child while if he lost, they would say he lost his touch. So he chose the path that was the most honorable not only to himself but to his young opponent as well. After some screaming and howling with a female,who somehow managed to come to every event he was at, yelling about marrying her and giving her his babies;Ryu went backstage to check on the young fighter.

Med Bay

"I'm fine; just give me a lot of food and I'll be alright," Naruto tried to tell the medics.

"You call a leg dislocated at the hip,a smashed collarbone,multiple broken and fractured rib bones and that's what we can know,okay?" The Lead Medic asked with a deadpan gaze.

Another medic called out,"I'm not surprised. I was one of the guys who worked on Sagat with that nasty scar after what Ryu did during the World Warrior's Tournament. Didn't finished stitching him before the guy was back up and roaring for a rematch."

The first medic responded back,"I don't care, he's not leaving until I give the okay."

"Uh, sir, there's something weird with the kid. Most of the kid's smashed shoulder is nearly repaired;I've never seen anything like it," A third medic who was supposed to work on getting the shoulder in a cast as his eye's showed disbelief.

"Same here with the dislocation, what the hell are you,kid?" A fourth medic asked.

"Akisame,"Naruto merely said.

"No wonder then," The third medic nodded,"I'd said he's clear if that guy was the one who worked on the kid's body.

The lead medic asked with an irritated expression,"Who's Akisame?"

The other medics laughed at the cluelessness."Dude, they made the lead and you have no clue who Akisame is."

"Akisame is a medical doctor said to be able to cure lost causes. However, the man is extreme the way he does thing and is generally feared as the 'medic demon' to any medical personal worth their salts." Naruto decided to help out, perhaps hearing about the accomplishments of the man would get him to realize that he didn't coddling.

It seems that it was finally dawn to hardheaded medic that despite the kid's size and age, the kid didn't really need medical attention. After a few moments of making sure that everything was going to be okay, they took their leave with Ryu just coming in. Ryu took a look at Naruto before taking a seat. After a few moments, Ryu began the conversation,"You are an excellent warrior, Naruto and far stronger than I was at your age. But tell me something upon your warrior's honor. Who taught you Ansatsuken?"

Naruto,seeing no reason to lie,answered the question,"Gotetsu, the man who became my father. Much like yourself with Gouken."

Ryu knew of Gotetsu;his Sensei Gouken would often tell him the story of how Gouki became Akuma and had killed their shared Kyoushi to warn him of the danger of the Satsui no Hado. But Naruto's wording of his answer made him slightly wary, that was the word father, it meant Naruto had no parents like himself. The phrase,'Much like yourself' meant Naruto must haveve shared the same relationship with Gotetsu as he did with Gouken.

If Naruto really did learn from Gotetsu, it was possibly that Naruto also learned the Satsui no Hado. If that was the case, it was his duty to make sure the child the dangers of such an addicting power. But there lies the danger, Naruto would defend that power like Akuma did but for the reason that it was a power passed down from someone he trusted.

Ryu felt it was his duty to help a child who slightly stray from the path especially one with a past close to his,"Naruto, you must know about the..."

"The corrupting power of using the Satsui no Hado, I can also use the Mu no Ken."Naruto finished with Ryu looking astonished.

Ryu stuttered,"H-How?"

"Your Kyoushi taught it to Sensei when he was a Gakusei under Gotetsu's tutelage. According to Gotetsu, Gouken taught it to Sensei hoping that while he would become heir to the Art, Gouken was also hoping that it would abolished the use of the Satsui no Hado,"Naruto explained,"Unlike you, who is consumed by the power, I can use both like Sensei because we accepted the aspects as part of ourselves and humanity as a whole."

Ryu would have continued questioning but the door opened and a young woman along with a giant of a man had just entered using the door. Ryu took this as an opportunity to leave,"You have giving me a lot to think about, young fighter. For now through, I wish you the best of luck, perhaps we may fight against each other again one day."

"I'll be training for that day." Naruto replied as Ryu left using the same door,Naruto on the other hand was eyeing the woman with an analytically non-perverted gaze. For some reason, this woman is causing his emotions to skyrocket. It was only thanks to Gotetsu's training that it didn't show physically. "Can I help you somehow?"

The woman was about to speak before the giant interrupted,"Harry, my boy it's been a while but it still feels like it was just yesterday that I saw ya as a newborn babe."

Naruto was still confused,"Excuse me, but I'm Naruto and I prefer people introducing themselves first and getting to know them before the 'We're close friends' phase."

The bearded man looked sheepish, rubbing the back of his head,"Where am my manners? Name's Ruberus Hagrid and this is your mother Lily." The man pushed the woman close to Naruto,"Well, go on Lily, don't be shy to your own son."

Lily and Naruto stared at each other before Naruto let off a roaring laugh,"HeheheHAHAHAHA-HAHAHAHA!" Lily looked in shock as Naruto glared at her with a cold gaze,"I'll admit, it's been awhile since someone had the guts to lie and call themselves my parents."

"Th-There were other people who claimed to be your parents?" Lily asked,still in shock and in heartache. It seems that Harry had truly given up on finding his birth parents if this was the way he was acting.

"After I made a bit of a name for myself as the youngest known fighter who could go toe-to-toe with adults, there was this that claimed to be my father and mother, the first time I believed it was true. Turns out, they wanted to use me for a criminal organization. The second time, these bastards wanted to steal my techniques with the third time they ran after I used some killing intent saying they were put up to it." Naruto coldly remarked much to the horror of Lily and Hagrid.

"But Harry, Lily here is your mother." Hagrid tried to explain while waving his hands,"She was in a coma for five years before she came out of it and she's been looking for you since."

Naruto chuckled,"That's the best lie I heard but you gotta do better than that."

Naruto wanted to tell them to walk away while he was still feeling tired from the regeneration method he had to use but something was strange; they were calling him a different name. He had never once introduced himself as Harry so why were the calling him that? There was also that tingly feeling near his heart every time he heard that name. It was very small, but Naruto caught it due to his intense training with Gotetsu on controlling his emotions and using them to master and control his body.

Lily step forward, although unsure, she was determined on getting in on son's life that she missed for eleven years,"Harry no Naruto believe me when I say I am your mother. I can only prove it if you trust me;look me in the eye and tell me you don't believe me."

Naruto did so and saw that she had green eyes, the same as his own now but that wasn't the only factor. Once again, thanks to his training, he was able to tell the emotion a person was having just from looking at their eyes which were the windows of the soul. Naruto saw longing, hope, and anticipating despair, perhaps this was truly his mother if only because she believes it so.

Naruto sighed,"I can see that you truly believe that you're my mother. You get one chance to prove who you say you are but if you lie to get me to go with you for any reason..." The air was pressuring both Lily and Hagrid to their knees," I'll show you why my fighting style is called 'Assassin's Fist' in English. Do you understand me?"

Lily nodded and Hagrid was scared witless at the 'intentional wandless magic' that Harry had just done. There was second reason why Hagrid was here, he was to report back to Dumbledore about the kind of person Harry was. The giant was sure of one thing, lying to Harry would never go well for anyone. The pressure eased up and the duo shakily got up to their feet.

Deciding to ease the tension, Hagrid pull out the Hogwarts letter,"Another thing Harry, got this letter for ya." Naruto picked it up with his 'good' hand since he was distrustful of the two despite giving them a chance. He opened the letter and read it out loud.

"Dear Mr. Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term starts on September 1,1991. The ride to Hogwarts will be on Platform 9 3/4 at 10:00 A.M; The hell is this?"

Lily could accept alot of things when it came to her children, she could accept that Naruto was Harry's new name, she could accept him fighting or at least fighting that doesn't results in death due to magic being able to heal him up nicely but she could not accept foul language coming from her son's mouth,"Harry James 'Naruto' Potter, I will not accept such language from your mouth."

"What 'cha going to do about it?" Naruto taunted, if she attacked there was going a big surprise for 'mum'.

Lily merely drew her wand from her wand holster; she knew was no match in close combat against her son but she guessed he never faced magic before since wizards rarely enter Non-magical places, "This, Silencio!"

Naruto was going to taunt her about with dirty jokes about working the 'stick' in her hands but his mouth felt like it was sown shut. He placed his hands near his mouth to feel any changes but it just felt that glued shut.

"Guess this brings me to my turn." Hagrid scratched his head,"You see, your mother Lily and your father James are wizards and witches, Ha-Naruto." The transition felt strange to him,"Guess what, You're a wizard, Ha-Naruto. This is going to take me awhile to get used to calling you something else, do you mind if I just call you Harry."

Naruto pulled out a notepad from somewhere with the words,"No, my name is Naruto and you will refer to me as such." Hagrid was about ask where Naruto got the notepad before Naruto rip the page and wrote a second note,"Learned how to do this from an armored white-haired girl living in Tokyo during my travels. Useful for trolling people or when I'm feeling bored ;P," The note said as Naruto had a smug impression on his face.

Naruto continued with a third note and tilted his head,"I am now curious about this 'magic' and what it can do. I will be accompanying you for now in order to kill two birds with one stone. You find a way to prove to me you are my mother and I get to see what 'magic' can do. "

Lily pointed her wand at Naruto's injured areas,"Then let's get you up then."

Naruto wrote a fourth note with a deadpan gaze,"Don't bother if you intended to heal my wounds, I can regenerate. I pretended to still be injured to get the drop on you if you proved to be hostile. A ninja once said to me, 'Look underneath the underneath'. Stupid scarecrow hypocrite but his words are true to an extent."

Lily tried to rip the notebook from Naruto's hand but found Naruto's grip to be too strong. Naruto once again had the smug look on his face combined with a with what later be called in the Twenty-First Century, 'The Troll's Grin.' Unknown, a child who snuck out from home to meet his idol fighter was hiding near the frame of the door. The child's impressionable mind wanted to act like he saw his idol did to these adults but couldn't do his shy nature.

That was until the Internet had truly begun to entered the lives of normal civilians. The child would then become 'The First Troll of the Internet'.

Finished, now that I take a look at it. Wow, I nearly double my usual output on word length. I suppose this is where I say thanks to all who read and review. It's because of you (those who review with constructive criticism) that I grew from a competent essay writer to a mediocre story writer. I like giving examples to prove points so here are some...

skg1991 :More chapters..less omakes...keep it one omake per chapter and keep the omakes short and funny...The chapters can be long (Well, here's a long one for ya. -Insert Roosterteeth Burnie's trademark *Goddammit Barb*-)

vincentiusnatalus:at the moment. just one comment. i am confused. it is just me or your chapters consist of many flashback. I need to read few more chapters to give appropriate comment.

plums:Too many plot jumps, and the "omakes" basically kill the mood. You're using them too often (I have to agree with this person. So instead of putting the training and the travels in the main story. How about a sidestory when I get to it? Is the compromise agreeable?)

GaleAeras:If I'm getting this right, you changed Harry's birthday from July31 to Halloween. You do not wish to use the canon birthday, is that right? If so, I have no quarrel with you. On the other hand, if you have forgotten both Harry and Naruto's birthday, I shall now inform you that Harry was born on July 31st and Naruto was born on Oct10th. (Thanks to this person for helping with a minor detail, and yes I know Naruto's birthdate is October 10th but this is a reincarnation fic for Naruto. I think he would be born on a different date, don'cha think.)

I also don't know if I should genderbend Draco or not,never really like the prat and some of the things he did do makes me think he would fit as a preppy highschool girl in movies like 'Mean Girls.' So when in doubt, poll it up. I set up a poll to decide the fate of Draco, (Note: He may or may not be in the pairing. I'm not saying if it's harem or not. Mostly because I don't know myself since I prefer developing relationships and not knowing who the pairing or pairings are makes it easier to write since I don't have to make fluff moments every chapter and have to expect a riot at my house.)

Preview for the Next Chapter (Subject to Change)

"That reminds me, Why is the school named after Pig Warts?"

"No, I am Naruto. I am this close to breaking someone's back."

"I may only be eleven years old. But my Fists will destroy you all."

"How we die chooses how our story will be told. I know someone who lived his life in blood but died asking for forgiveness to the one person who mattered most to him. Can you say the same?"