True Mentor

by ReaperOfBalance

Naruto and Sasuke were having their fight at the Valley of the End and Naruto was winning, but someone decided to interfere and Naruto was taken from his world before being commissioned for a mission by 2 ancient beings. Naruto is to go to a new world and learn from two factions before coming home. Harem for Naruto, OP Naruto.

7. Chapter 7: Back Home

Hello all and welcome back to True Mentor. I'm glad a lot of you liked the twists and turns I threw in last chapter and I hope you're ready for more to come and some are REALLY big.

One quick thing to announce is I have Origins, India, and Russia so I may implement some things from them later on but I can't make any promises. Also, from what I've seen I will definitely want to add something from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, though it is not the Spear of Leonidas but I will use that as I can think of a LOT of fun uses for that.

Lastly, a couple asked if I would add a few of the male characters from Assassin's Creed to help Naruto train his different groups through the series as well as helping him in just missions in general. I'm not opposed to this, but decided to see what you all think. Some examples would be Yusuf, Adewale (Naruto could use an extra crewman/First Mate when I get to One Piece), Bayek, and Shay (same as Adewale).

Also, do you want to see Kassandra and Myrrine from Odyssey and Cleopatra from Origins in this?

Now that that's settled, let's start the show shall we?

Disclaimer:…. I don't own anything in this…. Be nice if I did.

(Authors Notes)

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

[Conversation thoughts]

{Language not native to Naruto's World}

"Summons, First Civilization beings, pissed off Naruto, Biju speech"

"Above's thoughts"

[Above's conversation thoughts]

Chapter 7: Back Home

Wave Country

Naruto awoke the next morning and got up before washing and dressing for the day. Walking through town, he made various stops through the different businesses and locations he purchased, the ones he didn't go to yesterday, to get any relevant information on business progress, room for expansion, new items available, and any other issues or problems that may have arisen since he last checked in.

Wave Country was his territory and protectorate thus he was going to ensure it was the greatest it possibly could be. Anyone trying to stop, hinder, or disrespect that was an enemy and would be dealt with using the appropriate measures. He'd done it on Earth, why wouldn't he do it on his world especially since he had better evolved people than there?

Yes, Naruto had come to theorize and realize that perhaps his people weren't quite as fully Human as they liked to call themselves or perhaps were their universe's equivalent to a human. This was confirmed on Earth when Naruto had his body scanned and then shown next to different Humans. Not only were their bones different densities, their muscles constructed differently, their minds more "awake", and their organs different sizes and set ups, but his body had three more organs; five more bones; dozens more blood vessels, muscles, tendons, and connective tissues; a brain larger than any known human brain by at least 3%; and a second pupil hidden within the first.

Each of these things essentially made him and those like him completely superior to what a "normal" human was. Naruto had theorized his people were different after Kurama told him about the Sage of Six Paths, the Sage's brother, and the Sage's mother. It was the Sage's mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki that really caught Naruto's interest as she was technically an alien.

While this sounds ridiculous at first, Naruto didn't discount it since he had technically hopped dimensions and spoke to beings that were billions of years old or even more. So aliens didn't seem too far fetched.

His theory was that the Otsutsuki clan very well could have been descendants of the Precursors and/or the first humans and were able to flee their world before the sun destroyed it the first time. Over the course of who knows how many years, they continued evolving and adapting until Kaguya came to his world and ate from the Shinju, which Naruto theorized was a seed of Eden's Original Tree.

However, this world had changed the properties of it and made it into chakra rather than the various items/artifacts of Eden that he had collected. Thus, Kaguya was unprepared for the energy coursing through her and attempting to mix with the power she already held from the precursors and first humans. Naturally, such a spontaneous mixing wouldn't be pleasant or lack side effects and the rest is history.

This led Naruto to the conclusion that his people were in fact Human, they were just more modified/mutated/evolved than Earth's version. One case in point was they had electricity, lights, generators, and more technology in a few thousand years (that he could track) faster than Earth did. Granted some of this was due to Chakra offering new ways to do things and those not able to use chakra needed ways to keep up somehow, but still, the faster progression was there.

Of course, he still needed to scan some people to test if his theory applied to everyone, just specific beings who had lineages easily traced to the Sage and Kaguya, or maybe even just himself and maybe that's why he was chosen by the Precursors and why he could drain the powers from the artifacts.

Anyway, he shook those thoughts away since there was no point in speculating on something that he could confirm later on. Turning his attention to the brothel, he started walking that way since he needed to check up on the people he rescued.

Upon entering, Naruto had to smirk at the sight of the available girls all flirting with Jugo, Kimimaro, Han, Roshi, Chojuro, and Ao, who all were not used to having such female attention upon them, and the same could be said for the women that weren't injured or treated roughly since they were getting some attention too. Included was the group that came with him from Konoha, "Easy girls, don't want to overwhelm them with too much affection." Naruto stated getting everyone's attention and causing the girls to giggle as they kept trying to entice the men and a couple of the women.

Aria then came up to Naruto, "Three of the women that you brought back are getting changed and they are well enough to travel if you need them to." Aria stated making Naruto nod and he kissed her cheek, which made her blush and smile before they heard a few doors and saw the women coming down.

Konan now wore a sleeveless dark blue leotard style top that left her pierced bellybutton exposed, black ¾ shorts, and dark blue heels.

Itomi was dressed in a red tank top with a black jacket, black yoga pants, and a pair of red heels.

Lastly, Mei was in a black version of her old dress with red trim and had black heels and stockings on.

Naruto looked them over intently making them blush a bit at his intense gaze before he nodded, "I apologize if the clothes are not what you had hoped, but I've yet to begin moving ninja gear here to be included to my establishments." Naruto stated since he knew that they were more used to kunoichi quality gear and clothing and this wasn't quite there even with the advancements Naruto had added to his area.

Seeing the women wave him off, Naruto nodded before he addressed them all, "Good, then any of you who would like to come with me may do so since we will be leaving within the hour." Naruto stated making them all nod knowing they had to decide if they were going or not and soon.

However, before anyone could say anything else, a man ran in panting, "Naruto-sama! Trouble at the bridge! A group of bandits are approaching and among them are those men you threw out yesterday." The man stated between pants and huffs as he clearly ran all the way there after Kami knows how long of running around looking for him.

Naruto merely nodded, "Alright, I'll handle it." Naruto stated patting his shoulder as he nodded to Aria and left.

Konan then looked at the Konoha kunoichi near her with a frown, "Aren't you going to help him?" Konan asked inquisitively getting the various brothel girls to giggle while Hana shook her head.

"Nah, after what he did in Konoha, I don't think a group of bandits will be much of a threat to him." Hana stated making those that didn't leave Konoha recently frown in confusion.

"What did he do?" Mei asked while no one but Aria noticed Itomi, Kurenai, Anko, Yugao, and Melona had already left to watch Naruto.

"Let's see… he took down every member of his graduating class and three people that graduated a year before him, took down several foreign ninja, took down Kakashi Hatake, and then killed several Chunin and up that tried to kill him all in front of the audience that was attending for the Chunin exams and all without taking a hit." Hana stated making them stare at her in shock.

The brothel girls merely giggled more, "Why do you keep giggling?" Roshi asked in confusion.

"Naruto-sama has handled this kind of thing before. With no real security here at the beginning, he had to handle attacks and raids like this quite a few times, so there's nothing to worry about." Aria stated with a smile knowing Naruto had handled worse than some mere bandits.

Mirim then blinked, "Hey, where did Melona go?" She asked making the others realize that a few had left causing Aria to giggle more.

"They left when Naruto-sama did, I suppose to see how he'll handle the bandits or make sure he'll be alright." Aria stated making them blink before they quickly left to see what would happen.

Of course they ignored the girls pouting and whining when they left while Aria merely laughed.

At the Bridge

Naruto merely stood there looking on as the bandit group, easily numbering 50 or so, and just stared as the few bridge guards he had fell back upon seeing his arrival. Naruto didn't mind, they were guards with some training, not professional warriors even if you didn't need a professional to handle the ragtag band moving towards Naruto.

Naruto knew a few had followed him from Aria's, but didn't care since he had no real reason to. He also knew the others were heading over as well since they no doubt noticed the others' absence. He could also tell that some of them would interfere if they thought he was in trouble, regardless of if he was or not.

Turning his thoughts to the bandits coming toward him, he spoke, "You are not welcome here, leave and you shall live. Try and enter here, and you will die." Naruto stated calmly making the bandits laugh before one chucked a spear at him.

Naruto merely looked at it in disinterest before he caught it when it got near him. He then turned to the stunned bandits and flipped it in his hand before drawing back and hurling it as it flew at incredible speed and pierced through the one who threw it… and the man behind him.

Naruto merely looked at the bandits before him impassively, "Leave or you will die." Naruto stated seriously as he gazed at them from under his hood.

However, fools will always be fools as a few of them charged him. Naruto merely sighed and walked forward before he sidestepped one and jabbed his throat, crushing it. As the man fell to his knees trying to breathe, Naruto twisted around another grabbing and snapping their neck as he did so. The last he merely sidestepped and launched a palm thrust to his nose driving it into his brain.

Naruto did this in one fluid motion as he never broke stride towards the group, staring at them intently. He didn't care if they charged together or separately, he warned them twice and they wouldn't listen and now they had to pay the price. He couldn't let any go of course, they'd just get a larger band and try again for revenge and this situation would start all over again.

Thankfully, it seemed his opponents were both stupid and prideful as they all rushed him at once hoping to overwhelm him with numbers. Naruto sighed as he kept walking, he could have just thrown a bomb at them and ended it but that would have been a waste against such a manageable number and he didn't want to damage the bridge or reveal his poisons yet.

With that in mind, he caught one enemy by their wrist and snapped it before taking the sword that dropped. Before the man could try anything, Naruto slit his throat before then parrying another attack and running the attacker through. He then twisted and slashed another across the chest before then stabbing behind him into another attacker right in the chest. He let go of the sword to take a step forward and dodged another attack before grabbing the weapon, a battle axe, from the opponent and slammed the head into their chest before pushing them over lightly.

Breaking the shaft, Naruto ducked and swung smashing it against another attacker's head before then lashing out with a mule kick that sent the target flying off the bridge. However, he noticed a few deciding to bypass him and smirked as they were quickly mauled by his wolves making the ones preparing to follow pause, which was when Naruto took advantage of the situation and roared before slamming his hands on the ground causing the ghostly outline of a bear to appear and slam the ground as well.

Naturally, the enemies were sent flying with some being flung from the bridge and others slamming into it. Naruto's wolves were quick to finish off any still alive while those in the water would be handled shortly. The sharks of the water were under his control thanks to one of the Apples and it combined with his Eagle Sense let them know who to eat and who to avoid when a person was in the water. The bandits were, of course, in the former category, which is why their screams soon echoed out as the waters turned red.

Naruto merely dusted his hands and fixed his clothes before turning to one of the guards, who nodded and pressed a button on a communicator in his ear, "Clean up and scavenge crews to the bridge, Naruto-sama just handled another group of bandits." He stated over his com getting an affirmative on the other end as the guard nodded to Naruto, who returned the nod and walked off as the guards moved past the carnage, while ensuring there were no survivors, as they returned to their posts.

Naruto merely stopped and looked at those gathered seeing their stunned or awed expressions, "We leave in an hour, and keep in mind I am not asking any of you to join Konoha if you wish to come with me. Decide and meet back here by that time or be left behind." Naruto informed before walking off to do his last round of check-ins before he'd leave.

The guests of the country merely looked at the carnage and skill he had shown and came to their own decisions with more than a couple deciding to go to see just what he could really do. The group then dispersed to look around Wave for an hour.

The couple that stayed behind, Anko and Itomi, then got to see a group of a dozen or so people come to the bridge with a large cart. The people then went onto the bridge and began tossing the bodies and pieces over into the water to feed the sharks while the armor and weapons that were still usable in some way were loaded onto the cart. When they had finished, another group arrived with mops and buckets of water and they promptly started cleaning the bridge letting the bloody water run off into the water below as they did.

It went to show that Naruto was dead serious about his claim that he was keeping Wave safe and that he had thoroughly trained the people to deal with different aspects of his defending.

If he could do this with a small country of civilians, what could he do with a ninja village or a country like Fire Country?

It was honestly terrifying and exciting all in one when imagining the possibilities of such a thing occurring. They'd have to wait and see what he'd do from here on out.

Next Day

Naruto and his group jumped from tree to tree as they neared Konoha. None of the people he had saved hadn't joined him, but Naruto wasn't surprised since he could sense they were far too curious not to go with him. Plus he had saved them so they could at least hear him out on anything he was offering especially since he was offering them sanctuary without wanting them to join Konoha in return.

However, Han and Rossi were more interested in the fact he used to be the container of Kyubi and apparently Kyubi was dead. The fact their own biju were scared and respectful of him only heightened their curiosity.

Naruto broke from his thoughts as he jumped down to the path to the village and stopped until the others landed behind him. He then unsealed hooded cloaks for the guests and handed each of them one, "Put these on until you reach my home. I don't want to risk someone recognizing you and spreading the word before I have the chance to inform the Hokage and get things prepared. The civilians here like gossiping too much for their own good and I want to keep your presence in Konoha contained for as long as I can to get you all adequate protection from the idiots and fools of the village." Naruto stated making them nod seeing his point since if the civilians talked it would be less than a week before everyone heard about them being in Konoha and that would bring Iwa, Kiri, Sound, and possibly Ame to their doorstep.

However, they also noted Naruto seemed more annoyed at the prospect than fearful or worried and it made them curiouser about the blond assassin.

After everyone donned their cloaks, Naruto led them to the village gate and saw Izumo and Kotetsu there, "Hey you two." Naruto greeted as he signed the paperwork for his return.

"Hey Naruto, brought some strays home huh?" Izumo asked in a joking tone and Kotetsu merely rolled his eyes at his partner.

"Naruto, Lady Hokage requested your presence when you returned." Kotetsu stated making Naruto nod before he made a clone and had it lead his guests to his home.

Seeing the two guards looking at him, Naruto merely nodded, "I'll vouch for them." Naruto stated making them nod since Naruto had the authority to do so given his rank and the guards let him in.

Naruto and his Konoha comrades headed to the office with Fu in tow since she would need to fill out the paperwork to transfer to Konoha, but would ensure she was under Naruto's command or someone he said could be trusted.

However, for both groups, they noticed that the Civilians scrambled to get out of Naruto's way while some of the more intelligent ones merely gave him a light bow or nod of respect since they weren't among the idiots of the village.

The real Naruto arrived at the tower and entered with his female companions and Shizune sent them in upon seeing them. Entering the office, the group stood there as Tsunade finished looking over a document before she signed it and set it aside and turned towards them, "Report." Tsunade ordered and Naruto stepped forward.

"My errand to recruit some promising individuals proved fruitful as I managed to rescue and recruit 13 individuals that will be of help should they choose to help the village." Naruto stated making Tsunade raise her eyebrows.

"And these individuals are?" Tsunade asked with a curious look and Naruto smirked.

"The former Mizukage, Mei Terumi, her chief guard and hunter nin Ao, her second guard Chojuro a seven swordsman of the mist." Naruto started surprising Tsunade, "Next is Kimimaro Kaguya, who was Orochimaru's best soldier." Naruto stated before Tsunade interrupted him.

"Wait. I thought he was confirmed KIA by Gaara and Lee." Tsunade stated and Naruto nodded causing her to frown, "Than how did…" she started to ask before widening her eyes and Naruto nodded. "Naruto, d-do you not understand what you've done?!" Tsunade asked and Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, though I'm a bit hurt you seem to think I didn't plan for all this." Naruto stated making Tsunade frown, "Where I went to, wasn't by accident, Shinigami and others entered an agreement with some foreign entities and sent me to where I was. In exchange for my service, I'm allowed certain… liberties, one of which being able to bring back certain individuals and Shinigami would let me know if I'm not allowed." Naruto stated surprising the group.

"I-I see." Tsunade stated as she was uncertain how to react to all this.

"Shall I continue my report?" Naruto asked wanting to move away from this conversation right now. At Tsunade's nod, he continued, "With Kimimaro, I hit one of Orochimaru's bases and recruited five individuals, one is a commander, one was a lead scientist, and the other three were targets of his experimentation." Naruto stated making Tsunade nod while impressed since the info they could give would be immense. "Lastly, I also hit the Akatsuki-"

"YOU WHAT?!" Tsunade roared in outrage and shock cutting off Naruto causing him to merely blink at her.

"I hit the Akatsuki base and freed four captives." Naruto stated as Tsunade glared at him in anger, "The captives were the two Jinchuriki from Iwa and two former members: Konan, who was the right hand woman of the former leader, and Itomi Uchiha, who had been living under the name Itachi." Naruto stated as Tsunade's face lost all anger and was replaced with shock along with his companions since they didn't know that either.

"Naruto, you have to turn her-him-her in! She's a wanted ninja!" Tsunade stated and Naruto shook his head before going over to the pictures of the Hokages and removed the picture of his father revealing a safe.

Tsunade and the others watched in shock as Naruto opened it easily and flicked through the items before grabbing a file and closing the safe and replacing the picture. He then walked up and placed the file on her desk, "The old man and I were close, which is part of the reason I was able to steal the Forbidden Scroll for that fake graduation test that Mizuki set me up for. Anyway, read this after my report and then you'll understand why I saved her and you can decide what to publicize or not." Naruto stated making her frown as she looked at the file, which had accumulated quite a bit of dust.

"Anyway, after checking in on some of my sources and allies, I handled a bandit problem and we came here, which brings me to the point that later on I would like you to check over some of my guests. While I am talented at healing, you are more… professionally trained rather than combat trained like I was." Naruto stated making Tsunade blink before she sighed.

"You're really going to have to sit down and explain everything to us some time." Tsunade stated making Naruto smirk.

"Everyone? Or just you? Because I'd be happy to take you on a date at some point. Maybe a private picnic where we can talk and get closer." Naruto stated with his smile turning flirtatious making Tsunade blush while his teammates merely gaped at him.

"I.. that… you… SHUT UP!" Tsunade stated still blushing causing Naruto to chuckle a bit, "Anyway, the rest of you are dismissed. Fu, here is the paperwork for you to fill out since I have no doubt you'll be waiting outside the office for Naruto since I need to talk to him about something important. I had the papers prepared at Shibuki's asking." Tsunade stated making the women nod before they left with Fu taking her papers and Naruto stood still looking at Tsunade as she leveled her gaze at him, "Leave us." Tsunade ordered her Anbu and waited till she felt their presences leave before sealing the room, "Naruto, I'm only going to ask you this once and I want you to answer me honestly. Are you responsible for Himura's death?" Tsunade asked and Naruto was silent as he just looked at her.

"Oh, did Himura die while I was away? Because I am sure the Fire Daimyo, Lord Mifune, Shibuki-sama, and their host will confirm I was with them the entire way to the capital and then staying there a bit before leaving with my team, who was with me for a majority of the time except for my infiltrations. I assure you I was nowhere near Konoha until the return trip." Naruto stated calmly and Tsunade merely stared at him before sighing, "You're cute when you're all serious." Naruto stated with a smile causing Tsunade to straighten with her blush back.

When she moved to throw something, Naruto was next to her in an instant and holding her wrist with her large boobs ballooning out against his solid chest and his face mere inches from hers. Tsunade blushed more at the intense gaze he was giving before he moved to her ear, "I don't care who it is, Tsunade, anyone that threatens you or anyone else precious to me will die and I don't give a damn how many people want to try and fight me on it. I am not saying I killed Himura, but I have a feeling documents will arrive that will show you that he was as much a threat as anyone outside the village." Naruto stated quietly into her ear before leaning back as Tsunade merely gazed at him and he kissed her forehead, "I should get home and get my new dependents settled and you should read the file and documents before you then call a council meeting, both to inform everyone of Himura's death and so I can give a full disclosure on what has happened." Naruto stated making Tsunade nod slightly making Naruto smile before he leaned in and kissed her.

Tsunade widened her eyes a bit before she closed them and wrapped her free arm around him as she allowed his tongue to dance with hers and then squeaked when she felt his hand begin massaging her ass. She'd normally be pissed at the action, but unlike the assholes and perverts who'd tried it before, Naruto's attempt felt more… sensual, loving, almost like he was trying to give her an actual massage with her ass. Plus the pleasurable sensations going up her spine weren't that bad either.

Naruto then pulled back and chuckled slightly at Tsunade's half glazed eyes, "Send someone when you've called the meeting." Naruto stated pecking her lips before leaving a still dazed Tsunade to slip back into her chair as she tried to reboot her brain. Shizune had then come in with Fu's paperwork and blushed a bit at Tsunade's dream like gaze making her a bit jealous of her teacher.

Naruto however was already heading back to his compound with Fu in tow while going over his checklist of things to do to both build up his assassin ranks and spread his influence and information network. The first thing would be gaining a foothold in Konoha's Red Light District.

For all the preaching of being a powerful military village, it had its seedier areas but it was partially necessary both to draw extra clientele and offer the Shinobi a stress relief area since no one in the RLD gave a damn who you were, they just cared if you had the money to enjoy yourself. Naruto knew this since his old apartment building was on the edge of the district and luckily wasn't popular enough for people to use it as a love hotel.

However, the problem was that no one in the village bothered to have people around to listen and gather any and all information that could prove useful to the village. Such a waste of money, information, and influence was foolish, which is why Naruto planned to take over and use it effectively both for his own allies and for the village. Plus with some renovations, it would draw even more clientele especially when large events or festivals were held and drew many outsiders to the village. Not to mention the security would make many feel better for spending money as it was less dangerous or risky for them.

Of course, Naruto would be ensuring anyone with money was leaving a good sized chunk of it behind unless he knew the person in question… Then they just had to hope luck was on their side.

Then of course there was a secure network to build for information from all over the village and outside to ensure he was informed of anything and everything worthy of note. This wouldn't be hard since he had Wave doing so and with the friends and allies he made outside of Konoha, he could turn at least 3 countries into hubs to be added to that. It wouldn't be hard to convince Gaara, Shibuki, and Koyuki to let him build up his networks in their countries as it wasn't for Konoha, but for him and the brotherhood he'd build. Naruto would have his brotherhood be impartial unless the threat was too great to ignore just as they were on Earth: never taking one country's side over another, one ruler's side over another, unless the Templars controlled the opposite and there was a chance to fight back. Koyuki, who he knew Kami was plucking at her heartstrings to have deeper feelings for him, would agree as not only would it aid him but it would help her own country should disaster strike and aid was needed. Gaara and Shibuki would do the same just because it help give them a better chance at stopping threats and getting help when needed.

Next was his recruiting people to turn into his brothers and sisters, but that was easier said than done since in the past people recruited brought nothing but shame and cruelty to the Assassin name, though a few rare exceptions were because grief and heartache pushed them too far. Naruto would have to be careful since chakra made it that much harder to recruit as the ways of the assassins would have to break those who used chakra of their mindset of using it for everything.

Of course, Naruto would also recruit non-chakra users since seeing how effective they were on Earth made him realize how effective they could be here. How many times could Ayame and her father have poisoned him with a variety of things in the time he ate there? How many ninja actually kept up their training in detecting and avoiding poisons? Too many and not many were the answers to those questions and Naruto planned to take full advantage of it as there were a variety of ways that could be used to kill someone because they wanted to relax or enjoy something. The waters of a hot spring, the relaxation of a massage, the food they eat, the water or sake they drank, the air they breathed, a medication they ingested, a shot they needed, a plant they smelled, and more as there were so many ways that someone without chakra could kill anyone with chakra if the person in question wasn't vigilant at all times.

His time on Earth had really opened Naruto's eyes to how much his people depended on Chakra and let other skills not relevant to Chakra become laxed and rust away. Such a thing was detrimental to the village and anyone he wished to recruit, especially Han and Roshi as he didn't want them being stereotypical Jinchuriki and depending on their Biju for strength. Their capture by Akatsuki was evidence of what happens when you rely on a Biju's power too much over your own power.

Christ, the Akatsuki were a band of S rank ninja targeting Biju and Jinchūriki, why the fuck would you depend on the creatures they are hunting? If they are hunting them, then clearly they must have a plan for fighting and capturing them.

Anyway, as for some of his other plans, there was building an elaborate network under the village to hide civilians and evacuate easier… or rather expanding what was there from Root. It wouldn't be too difficult as Naruto had routinely used an Eagle Pulse to get a "view" of the network beneath the village and knew certain areas wouldn't need to be expanded just repurposed to suit other needs. The training grounds underneath could still be utilized as Naruto never understood why training grounds within a village were left wide open for all to see. It was far too risky and rather foolish to do so and not have SOME kind of security around the place.

During his first Chunin Exams, the Subaku siblings could have spied on any number of shinobi training within Konoha and then given that information to the attacking forces and hurt the village further. There was also the fact Naruto could have spied on any of his fellow competitors to know what they were training in and come up with ways to counter them. Granted Naruto knew it was part of being qualified for Chunin to spy and gather information and then use said information against the enemy, but what about when it wasn't between comrades? What if an enemy learned secrets to different fighting styles, jutsu, or even Dojutsu by observing training shinobi or kunoichi without the people knowing? Disaster was the answer, especially since if he knew Neji knew Rotation, then his attack strategy for the exams would have been different and Neji would have been in for a ruder awakening than he got. Especially since it also would have shown that Neji knew no elemental ninjutsu at all and such information could save you and kill your enemy easily.

It was part of the reason he turned the basement/subcomplex of his home into a training field as no one would be able to spy on how he trained anyone he recruited or wanted help in training. He didn't need someone trying to steal or usurp his training plans let alone them becoming part of another village without his knowledge, though if someone did, it wouldn't be effective even if they used the Sharingan to mimic the movements. Sasuke had proven that in how quickly he was getting exhausted trying to move like Lee could without the proper endurance and strength training.

Naruto broke from his musings and plans as he arrived home and saw Mikoto standing outside the gate looking at the house in wonder. Not surprising since the style and such wasn't anything native to the Elemental Nations.

Walking up to her, she turned and smiled at seeing Naruto, "Lady Mikoto, is this business, social, or personal?" Naruto asked having been drilled by various teachers about being respectful to people.

When you become associates with Kings, Queens, Barons, Cardinals, Popes, Generals, Commanders, Princes, Princesses, Presidents, Dukes, and various other influential and politically powerful individuals, better to be respectful until they made it time to not be respectful. It usually not only saved some time, but it also saved you trouble since you could end up with your head on the chopping block, literally, or it could make you have to fight back dozens if not hundreds of soldiers afterwards.

Better to avoid the headache regardless of how close he was to someone or what relationship they had with his family.

He turned his attention back to the present as Mikoto spoke, "Social. And please, no need to so formal with me, Naruto-kun." Mikoto stated with a smile and Naruto nodded a bit.

"I make no promises, you are still in a position of respect and it wouldn't do for me to not address you properly." Naruto stated making Mikoto smile a bit wondering how Kushina would feel about her son being so respectable. "Would you care to come in?" Naruto asked and Mikoto nodded with a smile.

Naruto nodded before opening the gate and held it for Fu and Mikoto before it clanged shut and the two looked around in wonder at the estate before them. Naruto had made the main house look like the villa in Monteriggioni, but the rest was taken after French style estates. It wasn't hard since the Compound, which was really the Uzumaki Compound but everyone assumed was the Namikaze, was large since at one point in time there were a couple hundred Uzumaki Clansmen here to help build Konoha and help keep the peace between the first and second war. As such, the compound was large and expansive with plenty of room for buildings, relaxation activities, and other items to help not only Naruto but his soon to be brotherhood.

Naruto also noted to explain why it was called a brotherhood so any women in his life wouldn't get the wrong idea. After all, it was originally formed during a time when women weren't considered fighters and the name was kept because of everyone assuming a brotherhood had no women, so a woman could move unseen without suspicion being raised. After all, who looks for a woman among a brotherhood?

The word just immediately put your mind to be on the watch for males, not females, seeking to end the lives of those they target. It was both for helping in assassination, spying, and espionage as well as providing a smokescreen around the female members. The latter was mainly because a woman being interrogated and tortured tended to include rape and other humiliations that no woman should have to endure. While a man could be tortured, rape for them wasn't usually done given the fact that being of that sexual orientation was HEAVILY frowned upon for quite some time and that men had more rights than a woman did for a really fucking long time.

However, his world didn't have that problem as much, there were interrogators skilled in handling male or female or both in almost every village. There was still some more hesitation on raping a man than there was a woman since his world was still among the time that in the name of protecting their lord or village, people could do just about anything they wanted. Naruto didn't approve of course, but he did understand it from a point of view. If a target had information that could cause thousands of deaths or stop said deaths, you pushed your morals to the side and used any and all means to get the information and then just tried to live with it afterwards.

It was a hard lesson that Naruto learned on Earth and something that people of his world that were true professionals understood and had even committed when there was no other option or choice in the matter. Naruto hadn't been the one to rape a woman given his other… unique talents in interrogating people, but he had known at times that others were doing it but he had no authority or chance to take over the interrogation to prevent it.

He may be a killer and sadistic bastard to anyone that was his enemy, but he still had his own moral ground to stand on.

Naruto shook those thoughts away as he led Fu and Mikoto to the main house and found his rescued individuals there talking with Tsunami, Haku, and Evie. Of course, that led to the tense moment of Mikoto and Itomi seeing each other again after so long and the two merely looked at each other. That naturally made things very awkward as Itomi looked at Mikoto with relief in her dulled eyes and Mikoto looking at Itomi in shock and happiness.

Naruto decided to defuse the situation, quickly, "Evie, would you show our new guests to where they will be staying? I need to speak to Mikoto." Naruto asked and Evie nodded and stood.

"Of course, come along everyone." Evie stated heading for one of the other doors with the others following Evie, while Tsunami went upstairs to tidy up a bit, and Naruto motioning Mikoto to sit, which she did while he went and made some tea before handing her a cup and sat across from her.

"Where did you find her? Or get her to come back?" Mikoto asked and Naruto smiled as she took a drink and widened her eyes slightly finding it enjoyable.

"She was in Ame, the leader of the Akatsuki had betrayed her and two others. Itomi tried to stop him, but ended up losing. They had her imprisoned in case the leader had a use for her. To come back was simple, she had no reason to stay away anymore." Naruto stated while giving Mikoto a pointed look making her widen her eyes slightly.

"You know?" Mikoto asked and Naruto nodded whole drinking his own tea.

"Yes, more than you realize, and I plan to help fix some of those mistakes so they no longer haunt what is left of your clan… well, most of what is left of your clan." Naruto stated knowing Obito had to be brought down.

"How are you going to fix what happened?" Mikoto asked in confusion.

Naruto merely smiled, "You'll find out at the council meeting that Tsunade will be calling as there is quite a lot of things to discuss not only with her and the council, but also with some plans I have that will help not only the village but fix some mistakes too. A lot has happened, Mikoto-san, and I have a lot I need to explain to everyone so they understand one thing and one thing clearly." Naruto stated as he closed his eyes feeling his brothers and sisters in spirit speak to him and giving their praise and acknowledgment for what he was doing.

"What thing is that?" Mikoto asked curiously before Naruto looked at her and she gasped, not only was she seeing the hardened edge in his eyes that Minato and Kushina used to have, but she saw the killer, the warrior, the fighter, the veteran, and the leader Naruto was turned into.

"That I swear allegiance to no country, village, or clan other than my own people, warriors, and students. If I find the people around me wanting, I will crush them. If I find corruption, I will crush it regardless of who it is connected to. If I find a criminal without justifiable explanation, I will kill them regardless of their family or employer. If I find anything that I personally feel should be stopped or destroyed, I will do so and there's not one person in this world that can stop me. I work and serve the world as a whole and will gladly burn this village to the ground if it becomes necessary." Naruto stated seriously wanting to be clear to Mikoto that rank, title, wealth, skill, power, EVERYTHING meant nothing to him, he would crush anyone and everyone that broke any of his code or morals, NO EXCEPTIONS.

"He's serious, if Tsunade doesn't stay to his expectations, he'd march right up and end her life himself and damn all the consequences of such an act and then kill and destroy the village until those he deemed worthy were left alive and spared." Mikoto thought in shock since such dedication, conviction, and will was rare to find in anyone.

It reminded her of Itomi.

The look in his eyes only made her more terrified and impressed as well.

Why? Because she honestly thought he could and would make do on his threat and wouldn't bat an eyelash at carrying it out.

"At present, I have no intention of destroying Konoha or removing the Fire Daimyo, but I do plan to clean up the shit in this village and break everyone involved in making it worse before I then spread out further and further until there's no one able to hide from my sight. People of this village WILL die and it will be my hands or those of my apprentices, the rest of you are just going to have to suck it up and stay out of the way because there's nothing that can be done to stop it from happening." Naruto stated seriously with his tone and voice clearly showing he was deadly serious about this and was going to ensure Konoha thrived with certain parties removed from the game entirely.

Mikoto couldn't blame him for that.

It didn't take a Hyuga to see the problems springing up in the village all over the place since many were nearly right in the open and no one chose to acknowledge or stop it. They brushed it aside as something that wasn't important right now or that it wasn't their job to handle it or that a ninja should handle it and leave them out of it. Mikoto was disgusted by that and tried to make differences where she could, but it was one person against a near entire village.

Funny how this spiraled out of control AFTER the Uchiha Clan was wiped out and there was no longer a police force to govern and protect the village.

One might say it was very… coincidental… as if it was almost planned.

Naruto knew it was and hence why he wanted the council meeting because he'd ensure that ALL of the dirty secrets that were hidden in the village were brought to light and make sure EVERYONE understood that it was because Naruto chose not to tell the Fire Daimyo that the village was even still standing or had a chance.

Oh sure, Nobunaga was told by Naruto that the village had done a LOT of seedy and underhanded shit, but Naruto was going to clean it up his way and ensure the ones responsible teetered on the edge of the abyss before he gave them a swift kick into it. He'd ensure Konoha was every bit the shining example that Nobunaga wanted them and they tried to make themselves out to be and ensure that it was kept quiet so he didn't lose face or reputation in letting such a thing happen under his nose.

Nobunaga had accepted and told Naruto he had the full disposal of the capital and anything else he wanted or needed, which Naruto said would be unnecessary since you couldn't get a band of Samurai into Konoha and not have SOMONE notice and go on edge. Better he handle it the assassin and saboteur way than the warrior's way. Plus, Naruto handling it ensured what he wanted to happen was done his way and not someone else's way when they decided they knew better.

Besides, Naruto was never one to have someone else fight a battle for him.

Naruto turned his attention back to Mikoto when said woman spoke, "I see." Mikoto stated quietly and Naruto snorted.

"No, you and the others don't, but you will eventually." Naruto stated before rolled his neck. "So what did you need, Mikoto?" Naruto asked getting back to why she was there in the first place.

"Oh, I wanted to thank you for stopping Sasuke. Had you not done that, I have little doubt I'd no longer have a son." Mikoto stated giving Naruto a light head bow of respect.

"It was no big deal, though I'm sorry that apparently I didn't beat more sense into him." Naruto stated having heard about Sasuke getting a beatdown from Mikoto, Jiraiya, and Tsunade before he finally woke the hell up.

Mikoto gave a small smile, "He respects you, you know. Always has even if his pride won't let him admit it." Mikoto stated and Naruto nodded.

"I know. His 'dobe' comments morphed from condescending to friendly as we worked on the same team. Sakura was hit or miss, though I recently learned why and can fix it later." Naruto stated having done a lot of looking into the various hostiles and questionables with his clones while he was out recruiting and some of the things he found were surprising and he'd have to work on fixing a few things while killing others.

"Fix it? Please tell me you don't think you did something wrong?!" Mikoto nearly shouted in disbelief and Naruto shook his head.

"No, it's nothing I did, but it is something I can fix easily enough." Naruto stated making Mikoto sigh in relief but paused as a thought occurred.

"You're not going to try and convince Sasuke to talk to her, are you? He's tried and the girl just won't listen." Mikoto stated since Sasuke had been civil, direct, harsh, and just about every method you could think of to flat out tell someone you weren't interested in a relationship and the girl STILL kept trying to ask him out.

Kami, Sasuke had sent her to the hospital more than once when she opened her mouth and insulted some people, namely Naruto, around Sasuke.

"No, it has nothing to do with Sasuke at all." Naruto stated making Mikoto nod, glad her son wouldn't have to try and explain things to the girl… again. It was becoming like some high priced cartoon where the animators wanted some kind of repeated comedy to occur, only it wasn't the least bit funny and was now getting old REALLY fast.

Karmic/Ironic justice? Sure, since Sakura was getting the same treatment that she gave Naruto, but it wasn't quite funny.

"Thank Kami for that at least." Mikoto stated since Sakura was honestly going to make her son go crazy all over again with how she was acting.

Naruto merely nodded before he stood, "I apologize that we can't keep talking, Mikoto, but I need to see to my new guests getting settled in and preparing some documents for the council meeting that will be called." Naruto stated making Mikoto nod and finish her tea before standing.

"I understand, Naruto-kun." Mikoto stated with a smile as Naruto walked her out.

"It was nice to see you again, Mikoto." Naruto stated as he casually walked her to the gate.

"Yes, hopefully next time we can simply talk, though I will demand some more of that tea you made." Mikoto stated with a smile and Naruto nodded.

"No problem. And please, be patient with getting to speak to Itomi since she's still coming to grips with being back home and I'm sure what she did is still haunting her. I'll be helping her through this as well as working with her since the meeting will reveal and shed light on some things." Naruto stated knowing Itomi never thought she'd be back in Konoha alive let alone not in chains or shackles.

"I understand, please give her my best and know that I'm still proud of her." Mikoto stated knowing that killing their clan was the hardest thing for Itomi to do next to using her Mangekyō on Sasuke.

Mikoto saw the reason behind it later on. Itomi wanted Sasuke to use the trauma and pain to unlock his own Mangekyō when he unlocked the Sharingan. Only, Sasuke only let the pain and sorrow fuel his anger instead of channeling it into making himself better. While rage could help you fight better, it could also weaken you as you are so enraged that you can't think clearly and fight properly.

Mikoto knew this because she knew her children and no doubt Itomi wanted Sasuke to kill her later on to "remove the stain" of the betrayal and become a hero to rebuild the clan again. It didn't help that Itomi was no doubt feeling horrible about the clan being destroyed when it wasn't fully necessary. No doubt having Sasuke kill her was a way for her own honor to get restored with her accepting her judgement for kinslaying when she reached the after life.

"Will do." Naruto stated and Mikoto broke from her thoughts and nodded at him.

"You know, I'd like to get dinner some time and thoroughly catch up." Mikoto stated with a small smile and not looking at him anymore.

Naruto merely smiled in amusement, "Are you asking me on a date, Mikoto?" Naruto asked letting Mikoto get a bit of pink to her face.

"Maybe, is that a problem?" Mikoto asked and Naruto chuckled.

"I don't know, we'll see how you feel about it after the council meeting and some other things. Personally, I have no problem with it." Naruto stated with a smile making Mikoto smile in return.

"Great." Mikoto chirped with a smile before she began walking away with her hips swaying and Naruto chuckled before he closed the gate and began heading towards the second house.

As he did, he let his mind wander to a few of the times he "brought home a stray" as some of his students and siblings called it.

FLASHBACK: 1716: Tulum

Naruto stood aboard the Jackdaw in a mix of "modern" clothing and assassin robes, "Sail to this cove here, just watch it since the waters become shallow." Naruto warned as Edward Kenway was steering the ship with Adewale looking at the man in curiosity.

"Just what the bloody hell do you and Kidd want me to be here for?" Edward asked since his two friends were being mysterious and suspicious about this.

He'd known Naruto since his privateer days and the man, strange as he was, had never steered him wrong.

"If you can't figure it out based on the obvious, then you don't deserve to be told the answer." Naruto stated while flexing his Hidden Blade to prove a point.

"What? Those robed monks I've had to fight and kill at times?" Edward asked incredulously since they had nothing he wanted.

"Those robed monks as you call them are skilled and brave men who fight to help humanity as a whole rather than saving their own skin." Naruto stated and Edward scoffed.

"If that were true, mate, then slavery would have ended already." Edward stated only for Naruto to glare at him.

"Scattered groups against multiple nations? Yeah, that sounds like a fight that can be won quickly. Besides, not like I've seen you stopping any slave transports." Naruto stated as he jumped off the ship with Edward wincing and following him shortly after.

"Low blow, mate, but fair point all the same." Edward stated since he knew freeing slaves brought more trouble than raiding gold and supply ships.

"Regardless, stay with me and do as I say and you won't be harmed here." Naruto stated as they started walking inland.

"Exactly why would I want to be here or possibly join this club of yours?" Edward asked while looking around with his hood up.

"Well, for one, you'd have an army of professional assassins on your side rather than wanting your head on a pike. Two, you'd have allies willing to hide you and help you lay low when you need it. Three, the assassins would be willing to help Nassau more than we have in the past since we could build another base and operate there. Four, you'd have access to our information network which would not only help you find enemies, but also find treasure ships and help you keep an eye on your wife." Naruto stated making Edward freeze a bit at the mention of his wife.

"I haven't seen Caroline since I left. I made a deal with her father that I wouldn't return until I made my fortune." Edward stated not really caring to mention that his own father disowned him for bringing trouble on their home.

"I know, I was hunting down Wilson at the time and killed him shortly after he placed you on the Emperor. I also kept some agents watching your wife and parents in case your father in-law tried any more underhanded tactics." Naruto stated making Edward look at him.

"Do you think you could get a letter to my wife? Let me fully explain things and get a response from her?" Edward asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yes, but you know, nothing in this life is free. Fortunately, the price I want is rather small." Naruto stated as they stopped in a clearing.

"And that is?" Edward asked while wondering if he just walked into a trap.

"Get from here, to an Aztec temple further inland without being seen by the different assassins between here and there. You do that, you'll have my attention and I will send the letter and ensure it winds up in your wife's hands. You fail, you'll have to earn the delivery some other way that I deem fitting." Naruto stated and Edward frowned but nodded since it seemed straight forward enough.

"All right, mate, you got yourself a deal." Edward stated shaking Naruto's hand before he headed further into the jungle and Naruto smiled.

"Don't hold it against him, Tabai, he knew nothing of the Assassins or Templars beyond someone from the Assassins tried to kill him." Naruto stated when Edward was out of earshot and Mary Read aka James Kidd and Mentor Ah Tabai came from the brush.

"He sold us out to the Templars, we should finish him." Ah Tabai stated angrily and Naruto looked at him with a disapproving glare.

"And how many people have we sold out to others because we had no reason to side with those we sold out?" Naruto questioned and Ah Tabai was silent since he couldn't refute the Grand Mentor's words.

"He also has the sense, it's more advanced then others I've seen. He can see people through objects and even 'mark' them for when he's not using the sense." Mary stated knowing that no one had improved the sense to that kind of degree, Ezio Auditore had come close but nothing like that.

"Aye, he's a natural born Assassin, he's just got other priorities." Naruto stated making Tabai scoff.

"You mean his need for gold and status." Tabai stated while Mary had to nod since Edward was like that.

"And you're both idiots for not looking beneath the underneath." Naruto stated since for all their skill, they still took too much for face value.

"What are we not seeing, Mentor?" Mary asked wondering if there was actually more to Edward than he let on.

"He made an arrangement with his father in-law: Edward would not return to his wife or England until he had obtained his fortune, if he did return before that, then his father in-law could annul the marriage between them. Edward strives for gold because he can't see his wife again until he has enough of it." Naruto stated surprising the two since they thought he was another 'money is everything' type man.

"I see." Tabai stated and Naruto merely glanced at him.

"Because someone else opened your eyes." Naruto stated making Tabai flinch since he knew that was a shot aimed at Tabai's hostility towards Edward. "Let's see how my new recruit does, shall we?" Naruto asked as he jumped into the trees and began jumped along to catch up to Edward with the other two assassins following him.

TIME-SKIP: 1738: Massachusetts Area

"Come along Liam, you can't fall behind too much or you'll get lost." Naruto called to a young Liam O'Brien as said young man followed him.

"I'm trying sir. I've never been outside of New York before besides on a ship." Liam stated as he moved to keep up with Naruto, who was dressed in robes mixed with the Colonial clothing.

"I know, but if you keep up and prove me right in what I think about you, you'll be able to see a lot more." Naruto stated with a kind smile as he led Liam to the Davenport Homestead where Achilles was waiting for him.

"Thank you again for saving my father, sir. He would've been executed by that bastard at the shipyard if you hadn't intervened." Liam stated knowing he was with this man now because his father wanted him to learn something new and branch out to become a better man than he was.

"It was no trouble. The man was a greedy bastard that needed to be put in his place and shown to all that your employees have to grow with you or things go wrong." Naruto stated knowing he had quite literally beat the man senseless and then made him sign the ship and dock over to him and Naruto began turning it around. The Templars wouldn't touch it, they were too scared of him at this point to actively bring his wrath down.

"I still don't like that I had to take a man's life." Liam stated and Naruto patted his shoulder.

"I know, but here, you can be almost certain that the people that die are those that deserve it because of the things they've done and will do to people." Naruto stated while not promising the young man that it would be a guarantee that people that died deserved it since there wasn't always a black and white line to follow.

Ezio killing an innocent man in Constantinople was proof enough.

"I understand, sir, but I won't commit to anything if I'm not sure." Liam stated wanting to be respectful but clear he wasn't going to do anything he didn't feel he should.

"Then you're already smarter than people twice your age." Naruto stated making Liam smile as Naruto led him to Achilles.

TIME-SKIP: 1746

Naruto smiled in amusement while in New York as the young woman before him tried to steal his money by pickpocketing, only for Naruto to smack her hand away and keep walking. Then she tried again… and again… and again… and still again. Each time, Naruto foiled her attempts and it was clear she was NOT happy at being caught so many times and apparently so easily. "Can I help you?" Naruto asked in amusement as he saw the teen girl glaring at him with a somewhat childish pout on her face.

"How?" She asked and Naruto merely raised an eyebrow making her growl, "How did you know I was pickpocketing you?!" The girl growled out and Naruto merely chuckled.

"You're good for your age, but you're nowhere near skilled enough to swipe anything from me. Still, you're impressive to have the skill down as well as you do for one so young, but you're still a long way from being a master at it." Naruto stated with his smile still in place.

The girl scowled and was about to accuse him of not knowing anything about pickpocketing before Naruto tossed her a small purse. She frowned until she saw it was in fact HER change purse and she looked at Naruto in shock as he kept smiling. Just as Naruto was about to turn and walk away, the girl spoke, "WAIT!" She shouted stopping him as he turned to look at her with a raised eyebrow, "Can you teach me? To be a better pickpocket?" She asked and Naruto chuckled.

"I can probably do that, and teach you a lot more with the help of an associate of mine. It really depends on just how willing you are to learn." Naruto stated looking at the girl and seeing the fire in her eyes, both for revenge and to become better.

"I can do it! Give me a chance and I'll prove I can keep up if not surpass anyone else!" She declared boldly and Naruto smirked.

"All right, it's going to involve leaving New York for now, is that all right?" Naruto asked and the girl looked hesitant before she nodded resolutely, "Good, what's your name kid?" Naruto asked and the girl smiled.

"Hope. Hope Jensen." The now named Hope stated making Naruto nod before he motioned Hop to follow him since she'd need to be trained at the Homestead to become a full-fledged assassin.

TIME-SKIP: 1748

Naruto and Liam were walking through New York looking for an old friend of Liam's as Naruto had gotten word about the young man losing his parents and was now on his own trying to survive. Liam thought he'd be a great addition to the order since Shay was always ready for a fight and always made sure anyone not involved in the fight was kept out of it. Achilles tried to dissuade such a thing, but Naruto overruled him since Shay sounded capable and able to be trained into a fine young man.

"I don't understand why Achilles was so against me adding Shay to the brotherhood." Liam commented as they walked through New York.

"He's afraid the Brotherhood is growing too fast and he will fail as Mentor, which would be seen as a failure by his teachers. His own pride is getting in the way of building it correctly and carefully building the Brotherhood with Abigail not having much success in breaking him of that. I fear he may have been made Mentor too quickly." Naruto stated as he kept an eye out for Shay or anyone else of interest.

"But he has built the brotherhood and has been successful in gaining people from all over the colonies." Liam argued and Naruto shook his head.

"Doesn't matter. He's more concerned with trying to get people from every empire or kingdom rather than just recruiting people that will dutifully serve the cause. The fact that you and Hope were recruited by me and were refined by me further shows that Achilles isn't being as good a Mentor as he should be. Ezio, Tabai, Altair, and several others I knew trained Assassins to be good in all areas while letting them excel in the area they were best at. Achilles wants everyone to be great at all aspects because it reflects even better on him, which won't work. Some of you are better at stealth, some are better with firearms, some are better in close combat, some are better at sailing, some at climbing, and so on and so forth. However, each of you could be brought down by an enemy that is like me and can excel in all the areas when push comes to shove. You're a skilled assassin, Liam, there's no doubt about that, but you're not invincible and could easily be surpassed by a recruit that has raw talent for the arts and a drive to become even stronger." Naruto stated with Liam frowning in thought while Naruto recalled Sasuke's 'fight' against Lee just before the first test of the Chunin Exams.

Sasuke was the skilled fighter that no one thought could be brought down so easily, but Lee was a natural born talent for Taijutsu and his natural drive to become stronger made him deadly and near unstoppable. If Lee had more stamina or had initiated the fifth gate against Gaara, Gaara would have lost and quite possibly more than just the match.

Naruto broke from his thoughts as he and Liam heard fighting going on and rushed down an alleyway and came upon an interesting sight.

A scruffy young man was fighting a gang of thugs and was clearly winning as he was still standing while four or five of them were on the ground, knocked out or in pain. Naruto stopped Liam from interfering as he wanted to see what the man could do and wasn't disappointed as he fought like a warrior mixed with a brawler. He'd had a loose stance but was ready for each attack without really having a style to use, but still effective nonetheless.

He further proved his skill when the thugs drew knives and he quickly disarmed a few and incapacitated others before he had to kill one of them leaving the others to decide to run.

The man panted a minute before catching his breath and turned at the sound of clapping to see two hooded and armed figures looking at him, "Impressively done." Naruto stated while Liam removed his hood making the man widen his eyes.

"Liam? Is that you mate?" The man asked and Liam smiled before he was engulfed in a hug.

Liam grunted and laughed, "Shay, geezus you've gotten strong." Liam stated before the now named Shay put him down.

"Well, I couldn't be scrawny forever, not with all the local gangs wanting to try and push their weight around." Shay stated with a smile to his friend before looking at Naruto, "And who is this?" Shay asked and Liam motioned to Naruto.

"This Naruto Uzumaki, a teacher for me and some others." Liam stated with Shay and Naruto shaking hands, "Listen Shay, we're here because we heard about your father and Naruto thought you'd make a good addition to our Brotherhood." Liam stated and Shay raised an eyebrow.

"We work as a unit to bring down our enemies and keep them from targeting the innocent people and those who could get in the crossfire. Myself and another train recruits to hunt, track, fight, kill, steal, pickpocket, gather information, and other necessities to ensure we can stay in the shadows and help those who live in the light." Naruto stated with Shay frowning in thought.

"Say I did join, what's to stop me from wanting to leave after I've learned everything from you?" Shay asked since depending on the people of this 'Brotherhood' he may not want to stick around, even if Liam was one of the members.

"Nothing at all, if you want to leave then you can, but if you use the skills we give you against the innocent people, then I will have to hunt you down." Naruto stated while giving Shay a look that said he was serious.

"Well, lucky me then that I don't like the idea of people getting caught in a fight they have no business being in." Shay stated with a grin and Naruto snorted.

"C'mon, if you want learn then New York isn't the most efficient place for everything." Liam stated as they headed for the Davenport Homestead.

FLASHBACK END

Naruto shook those memories away since some of them led to sad memories or disappointment. Edward went on to be a master assassin and Mentor with his wife and kids, though from what Naruto understood he gained a second wife after returning to England. Caroline even approving it apparently, though public appearances had her as a handmaiden first Caroline. Though Edward knew they could do whatever they wanted since most ostracized him as it was for being a pirate.

Liam was a devoted assassin but he was too blinded by his loyalty and dedication to Achilles and it nearly costed Liam his life. Naruto had helped Shay beat sense into him, but Liam left the Brotherhood afterwards.

Hope was too ambitious and faltered in the rule of the creed to not harm innocents and was ashamed of herself following different incidents. She left the Brotherhood too but didn't cut contact with Shay or Naruto.

And Shay, heh, Shay was by far one of his greatest students, easily on par with Ezio. When he heard from Shay what happened in Lisbon, Naruto was understandably pissed, but it was aimed at Achilles and Adewale. Their duty was to keep the items away from the Templars, not seek them out to possess! Needless to say, Shay had Naruto's support when he saw how far Achilles had brought down the Brotherhood with his ambitions and actions.

He was just glad it was Monro and Haytham that found Shay before Naruto did and not someone else that could have made things much worse. Monro and Haytham at least knew NOT to touch the sites contained in the book after the problems in Haiti and Lisbon causing untold destruction and death.

Heaven forbid what would have happened to the world if they went to the other five sites contained in the book before Naruto destroyed it.

Naruto shook those thoughts away before entering the house seeing the living area was empty, which was no doubt due to the others getting their rooms and situating themselves in their chosen rooms. Naruto merely went to a wall and pressed a button causing a green light to come on in the living area and knew each of the rooms were now lit up with a light telling everyone to come to the living area.

Naruto waited a few minutes before Haku and Evie came to the living area before the others all started funneling in as well. Nodding, Naruto pushed the button again to turn off the light and turned to address them, "I trust the rooms are acceptable to you all?" Naruto asked getting various nods. "Good, now if you will come with me, I will give you the tour of the plantation, estate, compound, or whatever it is that you wish to call it." Naruto stated before motioning them to follow him.

Holding the door for all of them, Naruto closed it once the last was out. "What exactly is it that you want from us?" Roshi asked since it was a question on all of their minds.

He did wince a bit from the glares given by Haku and Evie and he realized that was a bit rude and blunt.

Naruto however, merely waved him off, "As I said, I don't want anything from you. If you wish to join Konoha, then do so. If you wish to join me and the group I will be building, then do so. If you wish to simply stay here and rest where it is safe and maybe get stronger, then do so. If you want to leave, then go right ahead but I don't know why you bothered coming here if you were just going to leave immediately." Naruto stated before showing them all over the compound

The first place was a large garden and plant area at the back of the main house, "This is my herb and plant garden, but I'd not touch or sniff anything that catches your eye that you can't identify, it might be one of the poisonous plants and I'd hate to have to rush you to the hospital." Naruto stated since some of the girls were fascinated by some of the prettier plants, especially the ones that couldn't be found in the elemental countries.

"They are that deadly?" Itomi asked and Naruto nodded.

"How come we aren't getting effected by the scent ones right now?" Han asked and Naruto smiled.

"The plants in question react only when something gets close to them, they have hyper sensitive hairs that let them know when something is within a certain range. You enter that range and they expels the spores and pollen right at you. If it's your face, then you'd be dead before you realized the mistake if I wasn't here." Naruto stated making them all cluster more to the path Naruto had created through. "Once you're around long enough, you'll be fine. I hybridized these plants with another that lets them remeber what is familiar to them, hence why I don't get sprayed when I get near them." Naruto stated knowing it would ease their worries a bit.

"And those?" Mei asked pointing to an isolated patch of pitch black flowers with a pink core that didn't look dead.

"Those? Those none of you touch, ever. Anyone other than me will not have a pleasant experience with them. Just trust me, even if you're a Jinchūriki, don't get close or try to touch them." Naruto warned wanting to be clear and the other frowned wondering what was up with those plants.

Han, Fu, and Roshi also felt their Biju telling them to stay away from the plants. They weren't natural and were much deadlier than they appeared. If the Biju were worried about the plants, then they would be too and just keep their distance.

"And why is there such a large clearing there?" Mirim asked pouting to a large rectangular clearing.

Naruto merely glanced over at it, "Ah, that's for something in the future. Still working out some details about what I want to do." Naruto stated since it was the truth.

Naruto then lead them to a large pool and a private hot spring that was walled off and divided, "This is for relaxation, naturally, and the hot spring is laced with seals to ensure no one can peep or try to spy on the other side of the walls." Naruto stated making them nod before he led them to a large training area, "This area is mainly for jutsu and for training that needs a lot of room or be outdoors to do so." Naruto stated as he kept leading them around.

He then came to some of the extra buildings scattered throughout, "These are mainly for if any of you find that special someone and want your own space or if anyone joins my clan as a Branch or Servant member." Naruto stated making a few raise their eyebrows.

"Servant?" Chōjūrō asked with suspicion and Naruto chuckled.

"My clan was known for taking in strays from all over the place. Those that had fighting ability were put in the Branch House to help protect the Uzumaki Clan and their ways. Those that didn't have any combat ability but still wanted to become part of the clan for protection and a home were placed in the Servant House where they'd take up positions of maids, butlers, gardeners, hunter/gathers, or any profession they had a skill in. If they married one of the Uzumaki then they were added to the main family, but they still had to contribute to the clan in some way except for if the women were pregnant. It was part of the reason my clan was so large and feared because we had skilled people from all different countries and walks of life to contribute to our home and make the clan stronger." Naruto explained wanting to be clear that they didn't enslave anyone and he wasn't making them be servants.

The others merely nodded while filing that bit of history away for later as Naruto continued the tour.

Naruto then brought them to the main house and allowed them inside, "This is the Clan Head/Leader house of the Compound. Has all the basic necessities and several bedrooms, office space, basement, attic, and some other additions I created." Naruto stated before leading them to a doorway under the stairs and started walking down. Reaching the bottom of the stairs, the group saw three doors at the front and two sides with the one on the left having a large seal over it keeping it locked and secured.

"What's in there?" Melona asked curiously and Naruto merely looked at the door.

"Something for later on." Naruto stated cryptically before he opened the front door and walked in and the others did too causing them to widen their eyes in shock and surprise with some even gasping.

Before them was a huge chamber with different training dummies throughout the center. Along the walls were shelves and shelves of books, scrolls, and other readable items that reached the 40 foot tall ceiling. There were also desks, chairs, and lamps near the walls but not in the center area, which was depressed further into the ground than the surrounding edges. Also along the walls were a few doors with a large set of double doors on the far end wall. In front of the door they came in, was a podium with an Assassin Brotherhood symbol emblazoned on it.

"This is the training ground where you can practice various taijutsu, weapon, and assassination arts. The walls are lined with information and knowledge for you to explore and find as you please. You can either browse the items or use the podium there to brings up an index for a specific subject and sub-subjects. The door on the left leads to an even larger cavern that is a more advanced training area that can be tailored to what you need/want to train in regardless of what it is. The door on the right is where ceremonies will be held if any of you decide to join what I will build here." Naruto stated walking down with the others still looking around in awe, including Haku and Evie since they hadn't been down here yet.

"This is impressive." Kimimaro stated as it was grander than anything Orochimaru had.

Naruto chuckled, "Just wait." Naruto stated as he walked to the double doors and Haku and Evie followed him with the others quickly doing the same.

Reaching the doors, Naruto opened them and stepped in making them all widen their eyes as there were walls, racks, stands, displays, holders, and more full of weapons, staves to swords to axes to knives to heavy weapons to polearms to daggers to bows to crossbows to lances to clubs to maces to shields to just about everything you could think of. If there was a close range weapon created on Earth, Naruto had at least one in this room along with every type of bow and crossbow.

"When you're ready to start training, pick up any weapon here that you please and train with it and don't worry if it breaks or gets damaged, just put the pieces back into their place and the seals here will repair and fix them." Naruto stated with many looking around the room in awe with Chōjūrō looking intently at the different swords.

"Amazing." Mei whispered seeing the different weapons that ranged from cruel to elegant looking in their design and shape.

"Yeah, took a long time to get all of these." Naruto stated before he headed back towards the doors, "Come on, only got one more stop to do and then you'll be free to explore to your hearts content." Naruto stated with some amusement making them all start following him with Evie and Haku closing the doors after everyone was out.

Naruto then led them back to the entrance and this time took the door that was on the right when they first came down the stairs. Said door led to another flight of stairs and Naruto went up them and opened the door revealing them to be in the guest house with the door being under the stairs like it was in the main house. The others all blinked as they were brought out of the stairwell and Naruto then closed the door.

However, when he did, they all watched the door fade away leaving just a wall with a small Assassin Brotherhood symbol emblazoned on it. "When you want to head down there, just place your hand against the symbol and the door will appear due to you being marked by the seal after I brought you down there. The stairwell is set to be connected to every building on the property so no matter which building you're in, you can head down. That area is mainly to help ensure any training done is kept secret and there are seals in place to ensure no practicing or sparring can spill into the sitting areas and no weapons can fly into that area." Naruto explained making them all nod, "With that, the tour is completed and you are free to relax, eat, drink, or train as you please. You'll be able to leave the compound after the council meeting Tsunade will eventually call and I can explain things in detail to them." Naruto stated making them all nod.

"Good, I'll have Haku or Evie here retrieve you all when dinner is ready." Naruto stated before he left the house with everyone looking at each other before most of them went downs stairs again.

They wanted to fully explore their new home.

NEXT MORNING

Naruto awoke in his bed to the sound of someone knocking on his front door having used seals to ensure the knock could be heard in the house's entirety. Getting up and popping his joints, Naruto untangled himself from Tsunami's embrace and went downstairs. Arriving, Naruto answered the door to see Yugao there in full Anbu attire, "Cat, what can I do for you today?" Naruto asked looking at her intently and she fought back the shudder that wanted to go down her spine.

"Lady Hokage wishes for you to attend a council meeting that is to be held in 10 minutes." Yugao stated making Naruto nod.

"Very well, I'll be there." Naruto stated making Yugao nod in acceptance before she Shunshined away and Naruto went to his room to change.

"Time to shake the trees and get the vile leeches and termites out of them, then I can start plucking all the weeds, trim the branches, and separate the wheat from the chaff." Naruto thought to himself knowing the council meeting about to be held would shake the village to its core and open the way for him to expand and handle the various threats and issues of this world. Going to a side wall, Naruto pressed his hand against it causing a seal to light up, "Itomi, Haku, Evie, Kimimaro, please get dressed including a cloak and meet me at the gate in a few minutes. I need you all for a council meeting that is to be held shortly." Naruto stated using his seal version of an intercom system before going up to his room to get dressed.

Once he was fully dressed and armed, Naruto left his home and found his requested people, "No harm is going to come to any of you, so please relax and just follow me." Naruto stated and they nodded before he opened the gate and began walking to the Tower with Naruto fully intent on starting the new dawn of the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

Even if he had to do it one corpse at a time.

Done!

Next time is the council meeting and Naruto's story along with something else that should be a surprise.

Anyway, I don't think there's anything to mention, so see you next time.