"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon Speech/Jutsu"

'Demon thought'

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN EVEN A PERCENTAGE OF A PERCENTAGE OF ANYTHING RELATED TO ANIME EXCEPT MY OC.

Omake #1: Naruto vs. Rumors- Part One

It was a peaceful day in Kumo; birds were chirping, clouds were passing, villagers were conversing, shinobi were training or relaxing, and the Raikage was pumping iron. It was peaceful, but not in the office of Shinobi Weekly; where reported Chie Nakamura was getting chewed out by her boss. She wore a business suit with a skirt that ended at her knees, had neck level black hair, and dark brown eyes.

"WHAT IS THIS?" the bald man enraged. He slammed his fist on his table, causing a cup holder of pencils to fall. His tie flapped as he continued to yell, "THIS IS NOT THE STORY I ASKED FOR!"

Chie tried to inform of supirior, "But sir, this is what you asked for. The Drug Trade Bust, Konoha's 2nd Invasion, the recent decrease in the Elemental Nation's crime, Uzushio's economical spike. This is all what you wanted!"

He got out of his desk and pointed onto a white board with multiple pictures of said events that were circled and then connected by a line to a picture. The picture was of a shinobi with blonde hair, fair skin, ocean blue eyes, 3 whisker marks on each cheek. He was dressed in a black shirt with the Uzushio swirl in red, black cargo pants that had loops were some seals were stored, standard ninja sandals, a black cloak with red flames licking the bottom, and a Uzushio headband around his head. He wasn't even looking at the camera and it was in public, so it seemed to be like a covert photo.

"What is the collected link of all those occurences?" the man pointed at the picture, "Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, I want stories about him. Not stories about what he has done. I don't care whether he's gay, is an addict, goes to clubs, or any stuff like that. As long as you have it by the end of the week OR ELSE YOU'RE FIRED!"

She stomped out of the office fuming. A man with brown hair and green eyes wearing a simple blue shirt and brown pants followed her, "I take it didn't go well."

"No, we have to find out something about Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze that people don't know. He wants us to expose him," Chi continued to angrily walk as the man tried to catch up.

"What is there to find, he's so well-known but people know so little about him," he summed up.

They walked to a cafe to discuss what they had planned. "Alright this is what we know: he's a jinchuuriki, didn't meet his family until 3 years ago, was abused until the Uchiha Recovery Mission, was a troublemaker as a kid, and killed his teammate Sasuke Uchiha after he threatened and insulted his family," she summed up.

"What about his academy grades?" the man pointed out. "They sucked."

"Kepp up Sugiyama, his teachers except for one sabotaged them; after getting a correct education in Uzushio, his IQ was revealed to be 215," Chie told her partner rolling her eyes. "What about him deserting Konoha?"

Sugiyama shook his head, "He left Konoha to join Uzushio with his family. People would side with him if we posted it."

"Well I'm of ideas!" Chie put her head down and had her hands over her head, "My career is over!"

Sugiyama sighed until he understood the obvious, "We could always go to him and spy on him."

"Your crazy," she said in her muffled voice, "Let's do it!"

They got up, "He's in Konoha, pack for a few days lets go," both of them went to their apartment's and packed a bag filled with essentials. Luckily for them, they travel with a 3 man team that was headed to Konoha too so they didn't have to worry about bandits or thieves. The 3 man team asked them to deliver a package sent by the Raikage when they got inside, so they could instantly go back. The partners agreed and headed for the gates.

"Business or pleasure?" Izumo asked going through their paperwork and stamping some documents.

"Business," Chie said walking inside as the gates opened, it was like Kumo just not on the mountain.

"I think we should deliver the package first," Sugiyama said walking to the largest building with a large kanji for fire. His partner argued that it would be a waste of time but he told her that the team had trusted them with their mission. First hesitant, but eventually agreed. Sugiyama and Chie walked into the office and were met by the receptionist.

"May I help you?" she asked in a very neutral voice not even looking off of her paperwork.

"Yes, we have a package to deliver to the Hokage," Sugiyama stated.

"Please wait here, she is currently busy," the receptionist pointed to the seats on her left.

The brown haired man looked at his partner who nodded her head. Sugiyama then looked back at the receptionist, he put his finger on her chin and brought up her forehead, "You know beautiful, I'm kind of in a rush. I was hoping you could make some sort of exception for me, please?" he winked at her.

The receptionist looked at him and blushed, "L-L-Let me s-see what I c-c-can d-do.."

In a few seconds a woman holding a small pig speed walked to them, "Follow me," she instructed.

Chie and Sugiyama followed behind her, "And that's why I'm your partner," he boasted.

Chie rolled her eyes and slapped his head, "Let's just get this over with, pretty boy."

Shizune guided them to a closed room, the closer you got the easier you could hear voices talk. She opened the door to show a blonde shinobi and the Hokage arguing, rather loudly. The Hokage had her hand on her forehead, rubbing her temples while the Shinobi snatched a bottle out of her hand and placed it away on a shelf. As he turned around to put away the bottle, he saw Chie and Sugiyama. "Oh hello."

"Y-Your..." Sugiyama stuttered to speak.

The shinobi grinned, "Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, may I help you?"

"Yes, could you-" Sugiyama began getting out a pen and paper.

Chie interrupted him by getting infront of him, "We have to deliver this to the Hokage. And my partner here would like your autograph."

"Sure no problem," Naruto took the pen and paper and wrote his name flamboyantly with a kanji for 'Fox.' Chie then handed him the package which he then gave to Tsunade. The large-chested Hokage grumbled a bit as she opened it with a kunai under her desk. Her eyes widened and she gained an evil grin as she pulled out what was inside: Kumo Sake.

Before Naruto could even react, Shizune instantly grabbed it from her, "Tsunade-sama, you shouldn't drink on the job. We have discussed this!"

"Right right," Tsunade shook her head and sat up, "Now Naruto, do you know why you are here?"

"Because I started a food fight at lunch," he joked about being in the principal's office, but he gave up after Tsunade gave him an annoyed look, "Because drunk villagers were trying to fight me at the bar when I was trying get a drink with Kakashi, Asuma, and my Uncle."

"And that doesn't mean you can break their legs, twist their arms, cause property damage in the bar, and use a physically damaging genjutsu on them!" she replied.

"C'mon Baa-chan, they broke the stool on me! You can even ask Kakashi and Asuma, they started it! I told them to back off, the drunken bastard called my family hell spawn. I shoved him back, next thing I know it's a 6v1 and. It was rather entertaining, I mean I was drinking while fighting them. Not even a single drop made it on the ground," he smiled as he remembered it, "And as Konoha law states, if a villager attacks a shinobi in any physical manner, that shinobi has the right to retaliate and kill him if necessary."

Tsunade took in a deep breath, "I am willing to let the brawl pass but according to witnesses, you used a genjutsu known as Nine Levels of Hell: Level One. That is the same jutsu that your teammate Ryu used on Sasuke Uchiha during the Preliminaries and I am well aware that it physically affects the body as well as the mind."

"Their lucky I didn't go Level Nine on their drunken asses," he sleepishly spoke under his breath.

Tsunade heard it though, "For creating a disturbance during reconstruction, you are to repair the brawl and pay for the damages."

That's were the blond grinned, "Done, I left a few clones to repair it while we have been "talking," so if there's nothing else then I am to leave and finish repairing the Village. Good bye Hokage-sama," he bowed and left.

Chie and Sugiyama were taken aback; not only did a foreign Shinobi call the Hokage 'Grandmother' but he had a reply for everything she had. Whether it was for disciplinary reasons or whatever, he repaired the bar but also Konoha itself. His miraculous chakra reserves could easily create an army. The two partners left after the blond to follow him, "Why did you prevent me from speaking to him?"

"What would we learn from an interview? Many shinobi are trained liars, its best if we just spy on him and find out info."

Sugiyama decided to sum up the absurdity of his partner, "You want to do shinobi work against a shinobi that is as fast if not faster than the Raikage and could wipe out a shinobi village on his own?"

He tried to talk Chie out of it but she was too stubborm and they didn't have any other options. Chie and Sugiyama began to follow Naruto as he casually walked through Konoha. They saw the dirty looks he got, some parents pulled their children closer to them as he walked by. But it wasn't all bad as some people thanked him for helping defend the village. A small boy, not even 6 walked up to him with a pen and paper, "Daddy says you help protect us, thank you Mr. Fox!"

The blond chuckled a bit as he took the paper and wrote down the same signature, as he was the boy talked to Naruto, "When I grow up, I wanna be just like you."

"You do? Just remember, never give up, keep training, and don't abandon those you hold precious. You are the next generation that will surpass me, make me proud kiddo," he ruffled the child's hair as he ran to his father excited. Naruto saw his father who was a shinobi, he mouthed 'thank you' and nodded.

"This is going to be harder than I thought," Chie commented.

Naruto went to Konoha's east districts which were less maintained than the others, the one he had lived in. If you walked, you couldn't go 5 feet without seeing a prostitute or drug dealing. As he walked near a building, a woman wearing a skimpy blue dress stopped him, "You lookin' for a good time, handsome?"

'So he's a sleaze?' Chie thought as she pulled out her camera and Sugiyama began to take notes on his actions.

Naruto could smell the nicotine on her breath as his nose crinkled, "No thanks, I'm here to take care of some business."

As he was about to open the door, the prostitute stopped him, "Don't go in there, the dealers are ruthless!"

"I can take care of myself, ma'am," he lightly took her hand off of the door knob. Her eyes widened as she saw the kanji on the back of his cloak.

"Wait, you're-" she was cut off by the door closing. The news duo followed him, and Sugiyama flat out rejected the woman before she could even speak. The door revealed a rundown room but the left led to a cellar or basement. Chie and Sugiyama quietly walked down them to see a room with a large shipping containers filled with white powder: cocaine. But what really caught their eye was Naruto in combat against eight people.

It was obvious, they had come in the middle of him shutting down their operation. Chie began to take pictures as two charge Naruto but he grabbed one by the throat and effortlessly threw him to the second. The others decided not to fool around and produced weapons consisting of knives, crow bars, and a chain. The one with the chain threw it at Naruto, but the blond caught it and pulled him forward. As momentum brought him fly forward, Naruto extended his foot causing him to run into it and rolling over in pain. Five of them surrounded Naruto and ran at him, jumped up and brought his feet down on one's neck, immobilizing him. Two tried to stab Naruto from a different angle. He took a step back and grabbed their hands pulled them to each other, making them stab eachother.

Chie was taken aback at his actions, he was so happy talking to everyone but ruthless against these people; Sugiyama was no different but understood the difference in his attitude. 'Such strength...'

The next one wildly slashed at Jinchuuriki unsuccessfully, who caught his wrist and applied intense pressure causing him to drop the knife. Once disarmed, Naruto forced his hand down created a deafening crack sound as the dealer howled in pain. Naruto grabbed him by the throat and threw him forcefully against a wall. The last one was scared relentless, Naruto threw a barrage of kunai at his feet making him fall on the ground, cowering as he crawled back, "I grew up watching trash like you ruin lives, break apart families, corrupt people. Not anymore..." he angrily spoke with passion.

The man's hand came on the chain of his fallen associate. His left hand grabbed a package of cocaine and thew it at Naruto who used his coat cover to prevent it from going inside his nostrils. Next, he got up and wrapped the chain around Naruto's neck choking him.

'Is this how he will die?' Sugiyama thought.

Naruto grabbed the with his bare hands and forced the chains to break; as he gasped for air, the man went behind Naruto and tried to slice Naruto's neck but the blond elbowed his solar-plexus, causing the blade to slip and slice up his left jawline to the left of his forehead. The dealer, Chie, and Sugiyama were in total shock (fear for the dealer) as Naruto's skin instantaneously regrew in a matter of seconds. The dealer tried to crawl away, but Naruto stomped on his ankle and knee. Two more cracks were heard as he shrieked, Naruto went up to him, flipped him over face-to-face, and proceeded to beat the shit out of him.

"These aren't your streets anymore!" he continued his thrash and punched him every time he finished a word.

Chie had to cover her mouth and Sugiyama's face turned to a new shade of green as the man was beated to a pulp. Naruto produced a water bottle via seal, washed his hands, and left leaving the duo shocked at his brutality.

They lost sight of him after they left the building making Chie frustrated as they left. People started seeing ANBU shushin and began to leave, Chie and Sugiyama did the same except the went to a cafe in Central Konoha.

"Nothing! We have nothing! It's a two day journey from Kumo to Konoha, today was our only day and we barely have anytime to find out anything about Naruto!" Chie said intensely distraught.

Their conversation was heard by a female teenager behind them, "It sounds like you need help."

"Well unless you know any dirt on Naruto Uzumaki, then you can't help us," Sugiyama summed up finishing his coffee.

The girl smiled, "I'm his teammate, I can tell you more than you will ever get from anyone else."

Chie finally found some hope, "What's your name?"

"Sakura Haruno."

How much will Sakura fuck up Naruto's rep? Wait and find out next week! This is an omake and has nothing to completely do with the main storyline. Be sure to check out 'Maelstrom Returns' because that's were this story continues and will continue until I make a 3rd.