Graduation Day

Finally, it was graduation day. everyone cheered that they can leave the academy and away from assholes like Neji, Saskue, Menma and Narumi. However, before they could graduate, they need to pass a few test. There are two instructors in the Ninja Academy. Iruka Umino and Mizuki.

Iruka Umino is a chunin who serves primarily as an instructor at the Academy. Iruka is a man of average height and build. He has black hair that he keeps in a ponytail, dark eyes and a scar that runs across the bridge of his nose. He wears the standard Konoha shinobi outfit complete with forehead protector, sandals, and flak jacket. His sleeves are also rolled up about ¼ way. As a child he wore a simple outfit along with mesh-armor underneath it.

The other instructor Mizuki is a chunin who teaches at the Academy. Mizuki has white shoulder-length hair with a slight hint of blue to it and green eyes. He wears the standard attire of the Konoha-nin, flak jacket and forehead protector that he wears like a bandanna.

Iruka said, "Okay class. Be quite so we can begin."

However, he was not heard since everyone in the class were chatting with each other. Several tick marks appeared on Iruka's forehead. He used "Big Head Jutsu" to enlarge his head to ridiculous portion and shouted, "SHUT THE HELL UP YOU SHITTY BRATS!"

After that, the class became quite. Iruka sigh and said, "Alright class. Today is the day of your graduation. For that to happen, you all will need to pass some test. The first test is a written exam. So lets begin."

The class groaned at that. Everyone were given a paper full of question on which they have to write their answers on.

After every student reveived one paper, Iruka said, "Alright. Now you have 1 hour to answer the question. Your time begins .... NOW!"

All of the students began to write their answers. Naruto and his friends were breezing throught the test because thanks to Asura help. He taught them some important points of history which greatly helped them on the written exam.

After 1 Hour

Iruka said, "Alright class. Time's up. Put your pencils down."

Everyone put their pencils down. Naruto and his friensd finished their test 20 minutes ago. So they simpy rest in the mean time. They then hand over their test to Iruka who took everyone's paper and put them on his desk.

After that, Iruka said, "Okay class. Now lets go outside for the next test."

Iruka, Mizuki and everone else left their class and went to the academy's training ground. There was a ring in the middle of the ground and some wooden dumies on one side of the training ground.

Iruka said, "Okay class. your next test will be throwing kunai and shuriken at the dumies. Try your best to hit the marks on them. Kiba. You first."

Kiba came forward and took 10 kunai and 10 shuriken. He then threw them at the dummies and hit them.

*Thunk* *Thunk* *Thunk* *Thunk* *Thunk*

Some of the kunai and shuriken hit the marks while other missed them. Kiba made sure to hide his true skill from everyone else, just as Asura instructed them.

Iruka nodded and said, "Good shot Kiba. You pass. Next one, Ino."

While everyone were being called one by one, Naruto took out a book about chakra control and began to read them. Even though he was great at chakra control, he simply read the book to spend his time.

When Iruka called Saskue next, a group of fan girls cheered for him. Sakura was included in the fan girls. Saskue simply grunted and threw the kunai and shuriken at the dummy, hitting more marks than the rest. The fan girls cheered loudly at his performance. Neji was called after him. He performed the same as Saskue but missed two more shots. After him, Menma and Narumi were called who were able to hit 98% of the marks. So far, they were the ones who did better than everyone else. As for the fan girls and most of the civilian children failed as they missed most of the marks or even the dummies.

After that, Iruka said, "Very good. You pass. Now, Naruto Vajura. Your up."

Naruto walk forward towards the table that had the throwing tools while still reading his book with one hand. He put his hand above the weapon and several thin wires came out which grabbed 10 kunai and 10 shuriken. With a flick of his wrist, he used his wires to simply threw them at the dummies without even looking at them. The result was a lot different that anyone would have expected.

*Thunk* *Thunk* *Thunk* *Thunk* *Thunk*

All of the kunai and shuriken indeed hit the dummy but they completely missed the mark. So then where did they hit the dummy?

The answer, the crotch area.

OUCH!

Every male on the training ground brought their legs together and covered their crotch with their hands while their face became one of immense pain. Including Neji, Saskue and Menma. Even the two instructors covered their crotch with their hands as they look at Naruto with fear and painful expressions.

Iruka gulped loudly and said, "Y-you pass, Naruto."

Menma shouted, "What!? How can that clanless orphan pass when he didn't even hit a simple mark!?"

Iruka explained, "Naruto passed since where his kunai and shuriken .... hit were very vulnerable areas of the target. If one can hit another in real life, then they practically win over the other. That's why he passed, even though he didn't hit the mark, he did managed to hit a very vulnerable and sensitive part of the human body."

Everyone understood what Iruka said, Menma grumbled about something hitting a part of the body while Saskue seethed at Naruto for hitting all of those parts of the dummy without missing a single one.

After the throwing test was over, Iruka said, "Okay. Let's move on to the next test. Taijutsu. We will call your names and you will come into the circle and fight with each other. No lethal strikes. Just a simple spar. Try to push your opponent out of the circle or make them yield in order to win."

Iruka and Mizuki began to call two students who came into the ring and fight with each other. Fortunately, Naruto's friends were able to fight with some fan girls and civilian's children. They easily won against them. However, Naruto wasn't so lucky when his name was called and the name of his opponent.

Mizuki said, "Naruto Vajura. Saskue Uchiha. Come into the ring."

Naruto sigh and walk into the ring while still reading the book. Saskue came into the ring with a smug face. He was going to beat the clanless orphan for making him look weak in front of the others. The fan girls were cheering for Saskue to beat up Naruto.

"Saskue! Your the best!"

"Beat that looser!"

"Saskue's goona win this easily!"

This only increased Saskue's ego. He said in a smug tone, "Hey trash. Why don't you surrender and save your face from getting beaten by me?"

Naruto didn't look away from his book and asked, "Why should I?"

Saskue said in a proud tone, "Because I am an Uchiha. I am an elite. You should be honored that an Uchiha will be fighting a clanless orphan like you."

Naruto was very sad that Saskue became like this. During the years, he tried several times to become his friend but each time he rejected him.

Naruto didn't say anything and waited to being this fight. Iruka said, "Alright you two. ... Begin!"

Saskue immediately lunge at Naruto with his fist pulled back. When he reached him, he threw his fist at Naruto's face with intent to knock him out as fast as possible. However, that didn't happen. Naruto simply brought his free hand above Saskue fist and brought his hand down. Thus, deflecting the incoming fist aside. As Naruto's free hand was down, he simply brought it up and hit Saskue's jaw with his knuckles. Naruto did this without even taking his eyes off of his book which shocked everyone.

*Bash*

Saskue back track a bit as he held his jaw in pain. How could he let himself hit like that? How dare taht clanless orphan hit him!? An Uchiha!?

Saskue growled and lunge at him again but this time, he brought his knee up to hit Naruto in the gut. However, Naruto, without looking, brought his knee up and just for a bit of fun, he turn his knee skin into metal.

*Clang*

When Saskue's knee hit Naruto's metal knee, he jumped back and held his knee in pain. He grunt in pain and said, "What the hell!? What's you knee made of trash!?"

Naruto put his leg down and said without even looking at him, "Simple. My knee is stronger and tougher than your knee."

Saskue was again humiliated in front of everyone. He was seething mad at Naruto. How dare he do this to an Uchiha! Saskue roared and charged at him but Naruto did move or look at him. When Saskue attack ed him, Naruto disappeared which made him stumble forward. He was able to stop himself just before he touched the ring. However, someone pushed him forward, which made him fell outside of the ring, earning a gasped from the fan girls.

Saskue stand up and look at the one who pushed him. He saw that it was Naruto who was still reading the book, with his free hand stretched out. Iruka saw what happened. Naruto appeared behind Saskue and pushed him out of the ring. Saskue was about to charge at Naruto but Iruka stopped him.

Iruka said, "That's enough Saskue. Naruto pushed you out of the ring. You lost. Naruto wins."

Saskue shouted, "That was a fluke! No way he can win against me! An Uchiha! I demand a rematch!"

Iruka shouted, "Enought Saskue! Naruto won fair and square. Stop your whining! Is that how an Uchiha should act!?"

This made Saskue shut his mouth but he still glared hatefully at Naruto. He cursed under his breath as he left the ring.

This feat of speed was noticed by Menma and Narumi. Neji on the other hand simply scoffed and said, "It was fate that Saskue lost to that trash."

After the Taijutsu test was done, Iruka said, "Alright class. Lets get on with the next test. Jutsu. I want everyone of you to perform any kind of Jutsu at the practice dummies."

Everyone came one by one and performed one Jutsu. Kiba did his clan's signature move "Fang Over Fang" which involves him spinning at a ferocious speed and deliver a powerful tornado like attack which was strong enough to drill through the practice dummy. Ino used her clan's signature move "Mind Transfer Jutsu" which involves her to send her mind into her target's mind and control the body.

Hinata and Neji both used their clan's signature move, the Byakugan. Choji used his clan's signature move, "Multi-Size Jutsu" which made him expand his body's size. Shikamaru used his clan's signature move "Shadow Imitation" which allowed him to manipulate his shadow to extend towards the dummies and captured them. Shino used his clan's signature move "Parasitic Destruction Insect" which he used his bugs to cover the dummies with it.

Lee and Tenten did do the test as they can't use any Jutsu. Or can they? They simply stood aside as they let others perform Jutsu. They were hiding their true skills like their friends.

Menma came forward and used "Wind Style Great Breakthrough" which caused a gust of wind to launch forward and hit the dummies, making them fall backwards. Narumi came forward and used "Water Style Liquid Bullet" to shot out a water bullet that hit one target.

Then came Saskue's turn. He walk forward like he owns the place. He made some hand signs and shouted "Fire Style Fire Ball". He shot a small ball of fire at the dummies and burned them.

Saskue look at Naruto with a smug grin and said, "Beat that loser."

Naruto just sigh at the pathetic attempt to intimidate him. He walk forward and put his book into his shirt. He brought his hand towards his face and pulled down his mask which revealed his handsome face. More than half of the fan girls blushed after seeing his face. Naruto formed some hand signs and said, "Water Style Liquid Cutter"

Naruto shot our a stream of water at the dummies but what happened next shocked everyone. When the water hit the dummies, instead of falling backwards, the dummies were cut into small square pieces.

*Shhhiiinnngg*

Everyone look at the small pieces of the dummies in shock and awe. Saskue fumed angry at Naruto as he bested him again. Naruto put his mask back on and walk back as he brought out his book and began to read it.

After the Jutsu test was done, Iruka said, "Okay everyone. You all did great but there is still one more test left. Come back to your class."

They all went back to their class. Iruka said, "Alright class. This is the final test you need to pass in order to graduate. Ninjutsu. In this test, you will need to perform a Transformation Jutsu, Body Replacement Jutsu and finally a Clone Jutsu. Come here one by one and perform them."

One by one, students came and performed the tree Jutsu. Naruto in the mean time continue to read his book. After a while, only Naruto was left.

Iruka said, "Come on Naruto. Your the last one."

Naruto walk forward with his eyes still on the book. He then shocked everyone when smoke bombs went off and there were 5 shadow clones. However, they were not clones but one Naruto and four different ninjas. A Rock ninja, a Cloud ninja, a Sand ninja and a Mist ninja. Each ninja from the other four great Shinobi countries with Naruto being from the fifth country.

Everyone look at the four different ninjas in alarm as they were their enemies. All of a sudden, the four ninja charge towards Naruto and began to fight with him. Naruto danced around them and killed the Rock ninja, Cloud ninja and the Sand ninja who *Poof* popped into smoke and disappeared. However, the Mist ninja attacked Naruto from behind and impaled him with his sword. Naruto fell limp on the ground and which made everyone to get into their battle stance.

*Poof*

However, they were shocked once again when Naruto's corpse disappeared in a puff of smoke. Everyone was confused at what was happening. First four different ninjas came out of nowhere and attack Naruto but he managed to kill three of them. However, the last one killed Naruto who disappeared in a puff of smoke. What was going on?

The Mist ninja look at Iruka and pointed his sword at him. Iruka and Mizuki quickly pulled out their kunai and were about to attack the Mist ninja when suddenly *Poof* he was covered in smoke. When it subsided, in place of the Mist ninja was now standing Naruto who was still reading his book.

The teachers and the students were looking at him in confusion. They didn't know what happened.

Iruka asked, "Naruto. What just happened?"

Naruto look at Iruka and said, "I performed the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Transformation Jutsu at the same time. My transformed clones fought me, I killed three of them while the last one killed me. However, I simply switch myself with him at the very last second and killed him after transforming him into me and I into him."

Iruka, Mizuki and the rest of the class' jaw dropped on the floor in awe and shock. Iruka asked, "But ... what ... how ... How did you do that without even forming a single hand sign?"

Naruto said, "I reached a point where I don't need to use hand signs anymore."

Everyone were again shocked to hear that. To perform a Jutsu without even making one hand sign was a sign of mastery. Saskue seethed at that. Someone humiliated him again and it was the clanless orphan. He vowed that he would triumph Naruto and show him his place which was beneath his feet. Menma and Narumi also glared at Naruto as they see him as someone who was better than themselves.

Iruka nodded and said, "Well Naruto. That was an excellent performance. Congratulation Naruto Vajura. You have passed and now you are a ninja of Konohagakure."

Iruka gave him a forehead protector with a leaf symbol on it.

Naruto took the forehead protector and wore it on his head. He then went back to his seat and continued to read his book while everyone stare at him in awe.

Iruka said, "First of all, I want to congratulate all of you for passing the graduation exam. From now on, all of you are shinobi of the Hidden Leave Village."

A loud round of applause rose up from the students.

Iruka said, "However, you are still only genin, which is the lowest class of shinobi in the village. You have to perform duties for the village, gather experiences and skills in order to be promoted to higher ranks. So today, you will be assigned into 3-man teams. Each of these teams will have one Jounin Sensei. You will follow that Sensei's instructions as you complete the missions you are assigned. Now I will announce the members of each team."

Iruka began to speak about the teams. After he told about Team 6, he said, "Team 7 members are Naruto Vajura, Sakura Haruno-"

*Wham*

Everyone look at that sound and saw Naruto's face implanted into his table. Naruto couldn't believe that he was on a team with Sakura who beats him and belittles him every time she gets. He didn't know how she turned out to be this way. She was very different when he saved her form the bullies a few years ago.

Naruto pulled his face back from the table and saw that his face was imprinted on the surface of the table. Well, its only Sakura on the team. So maybe he can get one of his friends to be with him.

Iruka continued, " ... and Saskue Uchiha."

*Slam*

This time everyone saw Naruto's head slamming through the table that a hole about the size of his head was formed in the table. Naruto was cursing about of all the team he could be on, he was put together with two of the people who didn't like him. Naruto pulled his head out of the table and sigh. He thought 'Well, at least it can't get worse than this. Right?'

WRONG

Iruka continued, "Your Jonin Sensei will be Kakashi Hatake."

*Slam* *Crackle* *Thud*

This time Naruto shocked everyone when his head slammed through the table, breaking it in two and his face crashing down into the floor. Cracks formed around the impact of his face in the floor. Naruto's friend winced and send their silent condolence about being on a team that hates him.

Iruka asked in worry, "Naruto. Are you alright?"

Naruto pulled his face out from the floor and sit back on his seat. He grabbed his book and began to read again. He said, "Yeah I'm fine."

Iruka nodded and said, "Okay. As I was saying- what the!"

The paper in Iruka's hand exploded in a burst of fire. Then an ANBU walk in through the door and handed Iruka a scroll and left.

Iruka read the scroll and said, "Well class. It seems that there has been some changes in the teams. Team 7 members are Saskue Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Menma Uzumaki Namikaze and Narumi Uzumaki Namikaze. Your Jonin Sensei will be Kakashi Hatake."

Naruto sigh in relief and joy. He was no longer on that hated team. He knows that somehow his big brother was the one who changed his team. Even his friends were happy about him.

Iruka continued, "Team 8 members are Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame and Naruto Vajura. Your Jonin Sensei is Kurenai Yuhi. Team 9 memebrs are Neji Hyuga, Rock Lee and Tenten. Your Jonin Sensei is Might Gai. Team 10 members are Shikamaru nara, Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka. Your Jonin Sensei is Asuma Sarutobi."

Naruto was happy that he was on a team with his friends and not with those bastards. Even his friends were thankful that they were not on Menma and Narumi's team. Well, except for Lee and Tenten. They would have to endure being with Neji.

Iruka said, "Now, you all wait here for you Sensei to get you. Good luck."

With that Iruka and Mizuki left the class. The students waited and one by one, a Jonin came and take their teams with them. Everyone left except for Naruto and Saskue's team. A while later, Jonin Kurenai Yuhi came in.

Kurenai Yuhi asked, "Team 8. Come with me. I'm Kurenai Yuhi."

Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame and Naruto Vajura all went with her. However, before Naruto left, he snap his finger and a small seal was formed on the top part of the door frame. He grinned as he left a present for someone annoying.

Much later, Kakashi Hatake finally came. When he opened the door and entered through it, a duster fell on top of his head. He took the duster off and said, "My first impression of all of you is-"

*Crash*

Kakashi didn't get to finished his sentence when a pile of dusters fell on top of him and buried him completely. This made Menma, Narumi and Sakura laugh at that. Saskue just snickered at the pathetic site of a Jonin falling for a prank.

Kakashi dig himself out of the pile of dusters and was coughing up a storm. He was pure white from all of the chalk dust.

Kakashi said, "*Cough* Meet me *Cough* up *Cough* on the *Cough*roof. *Cough* *Cough*"

With that Kakashi used a high-speed movement technique called the Body Flicker to leave the room, leaving behind a human shape chalk figure which crumbled onto the ground a few seconds later. Menma, Narumi, Sakura and Sasuke left the class to meet with their Sensei

Before that, there was an incident with Mizuki who turn traitor and stole the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing. He was about to escape but Iruka encountered him a fought him. However, Mizuki was much stronger and beat Iruka. When he was about to kill him, several wires shot out from the darkness and wrapped around Mizuki's limbs that stops him from moving around. Then several shuriken flew at him and hit his limbs.

Mizuki's limbs were shredded by several shuriken. Iruka look around to see who helped him but found no one. Soon a group of ANBU came and asked what happened. Iruka told them that he was about to be killed by Mizuki by someone helped him and did that to him. The ANBU searched around but found no one. They simply took Mizuki to the Torture and Interrogation department for questioning.

Iruka took the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing and returned it to the Hokage. That night, they never found who help in stopping Mizuki from killing Iruka and taking the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing out of the village. Unknown to them, a shadowy figure emerged out from the tree's shadow and left. This figure was none other than Naruto.

With Naruto's Group

Naruto with his team and Kurenai Sensei introduced each other and then she gave them a test. The test was to find her around the training ground as she hid herself with Genjutsu. For Naruto, this was a piece of cake. With his Rinnegan, he can see through any Genjutsu. So within minutes, he found her hiding in the shadow of a tree.

Kurenai was shocked that she was found so quickly. It was a record. She asked how he as able to find her and Naruto said that he simply felt her chakra location. He lied about it as he didn't want to reveal his Rinnegan. Kurenai accepted his answer and from this day, Naruto Vajura, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga and Shino Aburame along with their Sensei Kurenai began to do several D Rank missions.

Every time they go to the Hokage, Naruto glared hatefully at his former father. He was very disgusted by Minato who couldn't even recognize him due to his hair color and face mask. Naruto wanted nothing more than to beat the shit out of him and throw him away like yesterday's garbage. he took several breaths to calm himself. He will wait. He will wait for sweet revenge just as his brother Asura told him. All will go according to his plan.

Minato on the other hand was felling something. Every time he sees Naruto, he would feel guilty, yet he could not remember who Naruto was and what he did to him to make him feel all of this guilt. He wanted to find info about Naruto but all he could find was that he was abandoned by his family at the orphanage. From there Naruto lived his own life and trained himself. That's all he could find.

Minato started to find info about Naruto when his children Menma and Narumi told him about how strong Naruto was. Minato was shocked and awe when he was told that Naruto had very perfect accuracy thought all of them were aimed at the crotch, which made him unconsciously covered his family jewels between his legs. Then there was the report how Naruto easily countered and beat Sasuke Uchiha and how powerful his Water Jutsu were. He was even shocked when he saw Naruto's written exam. He ace it. 100 out of 100 marks were given to him in every test.

Minato was really impressed by Naruto and he wanted to have him train his children but whenever he wanted to speak to him, his throat would dry up and he couldn't speak anything. It was like his guilt was stopping him from speaking to Naruto. So Minato didn't had any choice and leave it at that. His guilt was too much for him.

When Minato returned home, he would talk about Naruto with his wife Kushina. When she hears that name, she would also feel guilty but couldn't remember what it was.

Little did they know that their guilt from their past actions have made a very powerful being that would cut out the black cancer in this village by force. None shall be spared.

A Few Weeks Later

Today Naruto and his team were chasing toward a cat. This was not your everyday normal cat. It was the demon cat, Tora. A very famous cat know for its cleverness and able to make fool out of the shinobi who is send after him. His owner was the wife of the Fire Diamyo Madam Shijimi. However, it seems that today the demon cat, Tora will be bested by the prankster king.

Naruto, his team and Kurenai were standing in front of the Hokage as they completed their mission in capturing Tora. A plump women came forward and gave a beat hug to the poor as tears fell from his eyes. No wonder Tora always run away from his owner.

Madam Shijimi said, "Ohh. Where were you my little snuggle wuggle. Mommy missed you so much."

The poor cat was being crushed by his owner while the rest snickered at the cat's justified punishment.

Naruto snickered a bit and said, "Excuse me Madam Shijimi but can you give the cat a bit space?"

Madam Shijimi look at Naruto and asked, "Why should I let go of my snuggle wuggle young man?"

Naruto said, "Well, its a cat and the reason he always run away from you is because you give him crushing hugs every time. Cat's don't like that. Just give them a light hug and scratch him on the back of his ears and he will stop running away."

Madam Shijimi did as he told her and lessen her grip on the cat. The cat stop struggling and began to purr as she began to scratch behind his ears. Madam Shijimi was surprised to see positive result. She look at Naruto and smiled.

Madam Shijimi said, "Thank you for you wonderful advice young man. Consider you and your team receiving a bonus for not only retrieving my cat but giving me advice that will make him stop running away."

Naruto and his team bowed to her and said, "Thank you very much Madam Shijimi."

With that, Madam Shijimi left with her cat. When she left the room, Minato said, "A mission well done. You will receive your pay and the bonus later."

The team smiled at the praise but Naruto gave a fake smile to hide his disgust and hate for Minato. Soon, he will get his revenge and all will pay the price.

Minato said, "Also, I am going to have Team 8 ... forbidding from this mission ever again."

Kiba shouted, "What!? But why!? We got the demon cat!? So why are we forbidden from this mission ever again?"

Minato said, "The reason your team is being forbidden from this mission is because Naruto used excessive used of force for the simple capture of a cat."

Kurenai asked, "Excessive force? What did he do?"

Minato said, "Well lets see. ... Naruto used 10 wire strings and a glue bucket to catch Tora and then drag him through a series of traps like being dump into every kind of paint, then through a thorn bush, then through a perfume puddle, then through other kinds of liquid I don't even know about and how the heck did you get your hands on such things? Some of the liquids don't even sell here. Then the cat was tossed into a bucket of tar and then the cat was thrown into a bundle of feathers and was then dragged through out the village until he was brought to me. If I didn't know anything about the mission, I would have seen the thing as a chicken."

Kiba, Iruka and some other ninja in the room began to laugh like maniacs. Kurenai snickered and Hinata giggled. Shino just smirked.

After laughing for a while, Kiba asked, "Wait! We were only told about the cat for like 10 minutes. How many traps did you managed to make in just that time Naruto."

Naruto said, "I made about 40 traps that went in a consecutive row."

This shocked everyone and Kiba asked, "That many!? How were you able to prepare that many traps in just 10 minutes!?"

Naruto smirked under his mask and said, "I'm just good at making traps."

After laughing some more, the door to the room slammed opened and an ANBU came running in.

Minato asked, "What's the matter Anbu?"

ANBU gave a scroll to Minato and said, "Trouble Hokage-sama. Kakashi and his team that were sent to the Land of Waves encounterd two chunin missing-nin from Kirigakure on their way."

Minato asked, "Who were the missing-nin?"

ANBU said, "They were the Demon Brothers, Gōzu and Meizu."

Minato, Iruka and other ninja were shocked to hear that. Minato asked in worry about his children, "What happened? Is Kakashi okay? Are my children safe?"

ANBU said, "They are fine Hokage-sama. They were able to beat them."

Minato sigh in relief and said, "That's good news. So what happened next?"

ANBU said, "After defeating them, they went into the Land Of Wave where they encountered the Demon of the Hidden Mist, Zabuza Momochi."

"WHAT!?"

Everyone besides Naruto's team screamed. Minato asked, "Are they okay!? Are they hurt!? Tell me!"

ANBU said, "They are fine Hokage-sama. Kakashi was able to drive Zabuza away but not before receiving a wound to his chest. At the moment, Kakashi is out of commission until he is healed. Kakashi did sent a message to receive back up."

Minato nodded and said, "Thank you for the report."

When Minato was about to say who would be the back up, Naruto said with hidden disgust, "Hokage-sama."

Minato look at him and said, "Yes genin?"

Naruto said, "I would like our team to be the back up for Kakashi's team."

Iruka quickly said, "Out of the question Naruto! You only been a ninja for a few weeks. Don't think that you can take on a missing-nin. Zabuza Momochi is as strong as Kakashi who is a Jonin shinobi."

Naruto said, "I know he's strong."

Iruka became confused and said, "What? But-"

Naruto said, "You have seen me how strong I am. We can take this. Also, at the moment, only our team is available while the other teams are out of the village doing their own mission."

Kiba said, "He's right. We are strong and can take on Zabuza all by ourselves."

Shino said, "Indeed. If we work together along with Kakashi's team then our chances of victory is about 70%."

Hinata said, "I'm w-with Naruto-kun."

Kurenai said, "Hokage-sama. As you have heard from my team, we are ready to take this mission. So please send us right away. The more time we waste, the more chances of their survival grow slim."

Minato immediately said, "Yes. I give you this mission. Now go immediately towards the Land Of Wave and help Kakashi's team."

Kurenai and her team bowed and immediately let for the Land Of Wave. Naruto was really excited to try out his strength and skills against a powerful ninja like Zabuza. He wasn't the only one excited. His team mates were excited as well. They too wanted to test themselves at fighting a powerful ninja. Kurenai knew that her team was strong as they have seen them spar with each other. Though what she didn't know that her team were hiding their real strength from her. When the time comes, they would reveal their secret to her.

Land Of Waves

The Land of Waves is a nation located on an island near the Land of Fire, and it does not have a hidden village. It relies on seeking assistance from other Hidden Villages like Konohagakure.

The Land of Waves has many rivers running through it and is famous for its mangroves, which are filled with all kinds of lifeforms. Though an isolated island, relying on shipping for commerce and trade, it was prosperous.

Team 8 was dashing towards their target with extreme speed that surprised Kurenai. With their current speed, they were able to reach the Land of Waves. When they reach their location, instead of seeing a prosperous and happy village, they saw the opposite. The village looked like it was dying. The civilians were very poor and wore tattered clothes. There was very little vegetation for them to eat.

This site made Naruto sick to his stomach. How can this village survive like this? He would need to fix this village. But first, they need to meet with Kakashi's team and also their client. So they asked the civilian about their client Tazuna's location and went to his house. They also found out that Tazuna is a master bridge builder who is tasked with building a bridge that will make land transport available to his village. When they reached his house, they knock on the door. It was opened by a old man.

He asked, "Can I help you?"

Kurenai said, "Hello. This this where Tazuna live?"

The guy nodded and said, "Yes. I'm Tazuna. Who are all of you?"

Kurenai said, "Greetings. My name is Kurenai and these are my students. Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame and Naruto Vajura. We are the back up team requested by Kakashi Hatake."

Tazuna's eyes widen and said, "I thank you for coming. Come on in."

Kurenai and her team entered the house. She asked, "How is Kakashi doing?"

Tazuna said, "He's not doing so good. With the wound he got from Zabuza, he is resting in one of our rooms. His team are waiting for him to recover."

Kurenai nodded and went to meet with Kakashi's students. Naruto then met with Tazuna family and found that he had a daughter Tsunami and a grandson Inari.

Tsunami is a citizen of the Land of Waves. Her husband died shortly after Inari's birth, and when Kaiza entered her life as a father figure for Inari, she couldn't help but invite him into her home. Like everyone else in the city, Kaiza's death broke her spirit. In the following years, she tried to protect Inari from the painful memories of losing his stepfather.

Inari is the son of Tsunami, and is also Tazuna's grandson. His biological father died before he got to know him. Kaiza took a fatherly role in Inari's life and even became close to Tsunami. When Gato put Kaiza to death, Inari changed. He became a sad and angry boy, with little hope or optimism. He blamed Kaiza for what had happened, believing that he, in dying, had broken his promise to protect the land.[

Naruto found this Gato guy to be a sick man and who was responsible for the village's suffering. He wanted to kill him.

Naruto was about to leave the house when Kurenai asked, "Naruto. Where are you going?"

Naruto said, "I'm going to see what I can do to help this village with."

Kurenai said, "But I am going to help train Kakashi's team in tree climbing."

Naruto said, "I already masted that training. As well as water walking. you can train them while I help the village and gather some info about this Gato."

With that, Naruto left the house. Kurenai then asked her remaining students, "Come on. I want you to train with them."

Shino said, "That would be useless Kurenai-Sensei."

Kurenai asked, "Why is that Shino?"

Kiba said, "Cause we already learned how to climb tree and walk on water."

Kurenai was shocked to hear that her students already know about such exercise. She asked, "Really? Who did you learn from?"

Hinata said, "Um Naruto h-helped u-us in our t-training."

Kurenai nodded and said, "Okay. If you already know about tree climbing then I want you three to form a perimeter around this house against any intruder while I train Kakashi's team"

Shino, Kiba and Hinata nodded and left the house while Kurenai took Saskue, Sakura, Menma and Narumi for training. Saskue and Menma were pissed that someone else about their age knew something that they didn't know.

Wave Village

Naruto was walking through the village and was seeing its pathetic state. The people living here were so poor. Gato has really taken everything from this village. He has taken away their money, trades and courage. He now controls them with fear. Naruto girted his teeth in disgust at Gato. He will die and in a most painful way possible.

As Naruto was walking through the village, he hear a commotion coming from a shop. He dash towards it and saw that the people there were steeping back in fear. Naruto saw two thugs harassing an old man and his daughter.

Thug 1 said, "Give us the money you owe us this month old man."

Old man pleaded, "Please. There's not much I could get. Business has not been going so well."

Thug 2 said, "If you don't have the money, then you die old man."

Old man begged, "Please. Just give me more time. I'll get the money."

Thug 1 said, "Time is something we don't have old man."

Old man's daughter said, "Please. Give my father some time."

Thug 2 look at the girl with lecherous eyes and said with a grin, "Well, there is one way you could pay us old man."

Old man asked in fear, "What is it?"

Thug 1 said, "Why don't you let your daughter come with us back to our base, then your debts would be payed. I sure she can do some work back with us. Don't you think?"

Old man became scared but stood up to them and said, "No! I refuse to let you have my daughter!"

Thug 1 punched the old man away and said, "We ain't asking old man."

Thug 2 grabbed the girl and said, "What we want, we get."

They then began to drag the girl out of the shop. The girl screamed for help, "Help! Someone please! Help!"

However, no one came forward as they were afraid of what Gato would do to them. This pissed off Naruto very much.

Thug 1 said in a smug tone, "You see girl. No one will stand up to Gato. He owns this village! Ha ha ha GRAH!?"

*Keerriipp*

Thug 1 felt pain from his chest. He look down and his eyes widen at what he saw. A hand came out from his chest with his heart in the palm of the hand. He saw for a few seconds before the hand crushed the heart.

*Splork*

Thug 1 died as he slipped of the hand and fell on the ground. Silence took hold of the air as everyone see who it was. They saw a young boy with red hair and his right arm which was covered in blood from killing the thug.

The other thug saw this and pulled out his sword. He shouted, "You brat! How dare you kill him!? Do you know who you are messing with!?"

Naruto look at the thug with bored eyes and said, "Yeah. I do. A bunch of cowards hiding behind a rich fat bastard Gato's money. You are nothing more than trash."

The thug snarled and charged at him. He shouted, "Don't get cocky brat! Die!"

Naruto waited and when the thug swing his sword at his neck, he turn the skin of his neck into metal. *Clang* This made the sword bounced away without even putting a single scratch. This shocked the thug and the people around. As the thug was distracted, Naruto thrust his right hand at his face.

*Splork*

Everyone flinched and look away from the gory scene. Naruto's hand skewered the thug through the face and out the back of his head with his brain in his hand. He crushed the brain and pulled his hand out from the thug's head. The corpse fell on the ground. Naruto flicked his hand to get the blood and brain matter off.

Everyone look at the boy in horror and fear. Naruto saw this and was about to leave when the old man stopped him.

The old man said, "Wait young man. I want to thank you for saving my daughter from those thugs."

The girl said, "Thank you for saving me."

Naruto said, "No problem."

Old man asked, "Are you a shinobi, young man?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yes, I am."

Old man asked, "Which village do you come from?"

Naruto said, "I am a shinobi of the Village Hidden In The Leaf."

Old man nodded and asked, "And might I ask you why a shinobi from another village is here for?"

Naruto said, "I and my team are here to protect Tazuna as he builds the bridge. We are also here to eliminate Gato and his thugs."

This news brought a surprise looks and hope back to the people. Someone is finally here to help. The people began to chatter with each other about the leaf ninja.

Old man asked, "Can you tell me the name of the one who saved my daughter, young man?"

Naruto nodded and said, "My name is Naruto Vajura."

Old man nodded and said, "Thank you Naruto for coming to help us in our darkest time."

The people began to talk about Naruto now. Naruto walk towards the dead thugs and formed some hand signs.

The old man asked, "What are you going to do with them Naruto?"

Naruto said, "Dispose of them of course. "Earth Style Earth Coffin"

Naruto slammed his hands on the ground which split open beneath the corpses and swallowed them. Then the ground closed a the corpses were crushed beneath the ground. With the corpses dealt with, he then continued his walk around the village in order to find similar situation like the last one.

During his walk, he found a couple more situation of thugs harassing the civilians to which Naruto dealt with in the same way he did before. Word about Naruto began to spread around the village that a savior has arrived and is going around killing Gato's hired men.

When night came, Naruto returned back to Tazuna house and slept.

Next day, Naruto talk with his team mates and Kurenai about what he did in the village yesterday. They were disgusted at what Gato has done to the village and agreed with what he did to those thugs.

As they were talking about what to do, Tazuna's grandson Inari came and said, "Why do you even try? Give up! You can't beat Gato."

Tazuna said, "Inari!"

Kiba look at the kid and said, "What do you want kid? Can't you see we are here to kill Gato?"

Inari said, "You can't kill Gato. He is invincible! He's got an army of his own. He can't be killed."

Tsunami said, "Inari. Please stop."

Naruto said, "Kid. I just killed 30 of his goons yesterday. What makes you think that we can't kill Gato?"

This news shocked Kakashi's team. How can on genin kill over 30 thugs and talks like it was nothing to him.

Inari said, "You all all just ninjas where you go around happily and do you stuff! You don't know how much the village has suffered!? You don't know much I have suffered!?"

The atmosphere suddenly became cold. Everyone became tense when they saw an ominous aura around Naruto. His eyes were covered by his hair which made him look intimidating.

Naruto said in a low angered tone, "You say that we don't know any suffering? You say that I don't know what suffering is? Kid. There are a lot of other people out there who are suffering worse then you!"

Irani gulped and asked, "How bad could it be?"

Naruto said through his girted teeth, "There are people out there who lost their loved ones. There are those who have been alone from the beginning. But what about you? You have your grandfather and mother. AT LEAST YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO CARES ABOUT YOU! Me on the other hand? Tch. I was abandoned by my very own family. Just because I was not good enough, they threw me aside while they fawn over my siblings. With time, EVEN MY SIBLINGS FORGOT ABOUT ME! I was scorned, hated and beaten everyday by the villagers. They hated me for something I had no control over. You say that I don't know suffering? I LIVED THROUGH SUFFERING FROM MY CHILDHOOD!"

Everyone who were listening were shocked and sad to know about Naruto's life. Even his own friends and Kurenai who know about his life, still feels sad. Tazuna, Tsunami and Inari were shocked and appalled to hear how he lived through such a life. Kakashi and his team were listening to. He didn't knew who Naruto was but for some reason he didn't feel any remorse. Sakura felt bad about Naruto, as well as Narumi. Menma felt a bit anger at Naruto's parents for abandoning him. However, Saskue had different feelings.

Saskue said, "Hmph. They were right to abandon such a trash. You weren't worthy to be a part of their family."

Something snapped inside Naruto. One second he was sitting on a chair and the next second, he appeared in front of Saskue. Naruto grabbed his head and *Crash* slammed his face through the table and into the floor, knocking him out.

It all happened so fast that they couldn't react to it in time. Naruto then stand up and began to leave the house.

Kurenai asked, "Naruto. Where are you going?"

Naruto said, "I'm going out to blow some steam. Don't follow me."

With that, Naruto left the house. Kakashi look at Kurenai and said, "You should keep your student in check Kurenai."

Kurenai said, "And you should tech your precious Uchiha from badmouthing someone who suffered worse then him."

After a while of silent, Tsunami asked, "Did that really happened to Naruto?"

Shino nodded and said, "Everything he said was true. Even after living through all of that, he still remain sane."

Kiba said, "Tch! What he told you is nothing but sugar coating the truth. You would get sick to your stomach if you hear what really happened to Naruto."

Tazuna asked, "How can they treat a child like that?"

Kurenai said, "Peoples are sometime incompetent to see the truth and hurt another for false reason."

Inari was very shocked to hear that someone suffered worse than him. His eyes began to tear up at the thought of Naruto's suffering. he then ran up to his room.

Hinata said, "I'll g-go and s-see h-how Naruto is d-doing."

Menma said, "Why do you want to go look for that loser? You should stay with me since I'll be your future husband."

Hinata glared at him and said, "I'm not your possession Menma. And I'll never be yours."

With that, Hinata left the house in search for Naruto. Menma girted his teeth that his girl is caring for someone else. He will get what he want eventually.

With Naruto

"RRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"

*Smash* *Crash* *Bash* *Crunch* *Throom*

Naruto was destroying everything in his path. Trees, boulders etc. Whatever came in his way, he smashed through them with his fists. He was pissed off from what happened a few minutes ago. Just remembering his past enraged him. And to top it all, the Uchiha bastard had to comment about his life. Can't keep his mouth shut, can he?

After destroying and venting his rage on the environment, he calm down. he sat on the grass and took several breaths. After resting for a while, he sensed someone behind him.

Naruto said, "Come on out Hinata. I know you are there."

Hinata came out from behind a tree. She said, "I'm s-sorry Naruto. I w-was w-worried about y-you and-"

Naruto said, "Its okay Hinata. You were just worried about me. I forgive you."

Hinata came closer and asked, "A-are y-you o-okay Naruto-kun?"

Naruto sigh and said, "Yes. I'm fine Hinata. Just that after years of suffering at the hands of my former family and the villagers, my anger just exploded there. I just .. I just .."

Hinata came closer and hugged him. She said, "Its okay Naruto. Just let it out. I'm here for you Naruto-kun."

That did it. Naruto began to cry silently. All the hate he has endured. All the scorn he has endured. All the abuse he has endured. Everything he suffered from the hands of his own family and village broke his heart into several pieces. He was letting out all of his pent up feelings. He didn't care if someone was see him cry, he just wants to let it out of his system.

Hinata hugged him tightly and kept on saying comfort things to him. She had a crush on him ever since he saved her from the bullies. Even though he knew that she was a Hyuga, he didn't care. He saved her, so now she will save him. After crying his eyes out, Naruto calm down. He hugged her and they slowly lay on the grass.

Hinata blushed from being hugged by Naruto. He began to fell asleep. Before that, he said, "Thank .. you ... Hinata .. chan."

Naruto then fell asleep while hugging Hinata. She didn't mind. She hugged him tightly and feel asleep with him under the stary night.

Next Day

Next morning, a girl was searching through the forest for some medical herbs. After finding some, she was about to leave when she came upon two sleeping figures. She walk close to them and saw that it was a girl and a boy who were sleeping while hugging each other. She found the scene to be cute. She didn't know if they were ninja as she didn't saw them before. She saw that it was getting colder, so she woke them up.

Naruto woke up and yawn. He sat up and look around. First he saw Hinata sleeping besides him which made him blush. He then saw a lady sitting in front of him. He has to say that she was a beauty.

The girl asked, "Hello young man. Are you okay?"

Naruto came out of his shock and said, "Oh yeah. I'm fine. Who are you miss?"

The girl giggled and said, "First, my name is Haku and seconds, I'm a guy."

Naruto's eyes bulged out of their sockets and he exclaimed, "EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!??? You must be lying!? No way you are a guy with that face and body?"

Haku giggled and said, "Believe it or not, even though I look like a girl, I am a guy."

Naruto calm down and said, "Oh. Sorry about that. So what are you out here in the forest?"

Haku said, "I am here searching for medical herbs."

Naruto said, "Are they for you parents?"

Haku face became sad and said, "No they are not. I don't have any."

Naruto said, "Sorry sorry. I didn't mean to bring up bad memories."

Haku shook his/her head and said, "That's okay. I'm fine. It happened a long time ago."

Hinata woke up and yawned which was cute for Naruto. She look at Naruto and blush a bit. She said, "G-good m-morning Naruto. D-did you s-sleep well?"

Naruto smiled and said, "Yeah. I slept great. Thanks for that Hinata-chan."

Hinata blushed and when she saw Haku, she asked, "Um e-excuse me b-but who a-are y-you?"

Naruto said, "Hinata-chan. Meet Haku but don't mistake her appearance for a girl. She is a guy."

Hinata was shocked to hear that. At first sight, she thought that it was a girl but she was actually a guy.

Haku said, "Its okay. everyone thinks I am a girl. Well, I must be off as I got some herbs. It was nice meeting with you two."

As Haku was about to leave, Naruto said, "Those herbs .... are they for Zabuza Momochi?"

That question made Haku stiff for a split second but relax his body in the next second. He asked, "What are you talking about?"

Naruto said, "I can see that your body posture and muscle movement is not that of an ordinary civilian. You must be a ninja. Or more specifically, Zabuza's partner. Am I right?"

When Hinata heard that, she was about to take a defensive stance but stops when she saw that Naruto was taking it easy. Haku became a bit defensive and said, "If I am, what are you going to do about it?"

Haku stealthy took a Senbon and was about to attack him but stop at his answer. Naruto said with a dismissive hand, "Nothing."

Haku stops at that and asked, "Excuse me?"

Naruto said, "I said that I will do nothing."

Haku said, "But I am Zabuza's partner. Why won't you attack me?"

Naruto said, "I won't attack you because at the moment, we aren't enemies."

Haku drop her stance and asked, "If we aren't enemies, then what are we?"

Naruto said, "We could be allies, if you want to Haku. Al least I want to have you and Zabuza as my allies."

Haku asked, "Why should we become your allies?"

Naruto said, "Because I know what bastards like Gato think. He is a greedy bastard and won't be paying you. When Zabuza fights us, both side will be weaken. Gato will take that time to go back on his word and kill him and us."

Haku said, "Gato would not do that. There is a rule of contract for Shinobi."

Naruto said, "Do you really think that Gato cares about shinobi rules? He would sooner stab you in the back than to give away even a single penny. Trust me on that Haku."

Haku stayed silent as he/she thinks about what he just said. After a while, Haku asked, "If what you said is true then what should I do? What should Zabuza do? He won't easily believe what you have said about Gato."

Naruto said, "You just have to save your energy when you fight us Haku. I want you and Zabuza to save your energy and pretend to show weakness. That is when Gato will make his move and when he does, Zabuza will see that I was telling the truth."

Haku asked, "And what then?"

Naruto said, "You can just simply kill Gato and take his mansion and possession but return the money he stole from this village. That's all."

Haku asked, "That's all? Nothing else?"

Naruto think about it and said, "Oh yeah. There is another thing."

Naruto reached in his pocket and pulled out two seal. He gave it to Haku and said, "Take this Haku."

Haku took the seals and asked, "What is it Naruto?"

Naruto said, "That is a special seal I have made. It is a transportation seal that will bring you to me or the other way around."

Haku asked, "Why give me such a thing?"

Naruto said, "I told you. I want you and Zabuza to be my allies. When the time is right, I will bring you and Zabuza to me."

Haku nodded and took the seals. He/She said, "Thank you Naruto."

With that, Haku stood up and was about to leave when Naruto said, "Oh and its not nice to lie to me Haku-chan."

Haku became stiff and asked, "Why did you say that?"

Naruto smiled and rubbed his nose. He said, "You say that you are a guy but my nose say something else. You see, my nose is almost as good as a dog. From you, I am smelling pheromone that only comes from females. So I can safely say that you are indeed a girl."

Haku said nothing and left with her cheek a bit reddish. After Haku left them, Hinata asked, "Was that the right thing to do Naruto-kun?"

Naruto said, "Of course it is Hinata-chan. I rather have allies than enemies. Come on. Lets go back to Tazuna house."

They both walk back to Tazuna's house and entered it. There, they met with their fellow team mates and others. They talk about strategy and stuff. When Tsunami served them breakfast, it was made up of very few and old ingredients which made the Uchiha gag in disgust.

Saskue said, "What is this crap? You expect an Uchiha to eat this?"

Tsunami lower her head in shame and said, "I'm sorry but its all we got."

Naruto ate his food and said, "This village is going through hard times because of Gato and your expecting them to serve you to a 5 star hotel? Shut your trap and eat before I come over there and shove it down your throat! Just be glad that Tsunami-chan used whatever she had to make us food so that we would have enough energy to fight Gato and his men."

Kurenai and her students were very pleased to hear that. However, Saskue and Sakura didn't like his comment.

Sakura shouted, "Naruto baka! How dare you try to speak with Saskue like that!? He is your every better, so stop trying to act so cool when your not!"

Naruto said, "Shut up Sakura. If you have energy to spare then use it in your training."

Saskue was about to say something but shut up when he saw Naruto's glare which send shiver down his spine. He don't know why but he felt fear from his eyes. He simply shut his mouth and ate his food.

Tsunami was surprised at Naruto's word. They way he defended her and such made her happy. After eating their breakfast, Kurenai took her students and Kakashi's team to training while Kakashi rested as he recovers from his wound. Naruto left them and went to the village to find some more thugs to kill.

As Naruto walk through the village, he found a few thugs, Maybe word about him spread through the village and to Gato's ear. So he may have pulled his thugs away as he don't want to lose any more thugs if he is planning to back stab Zabuza. That's good for the village at least.

During his walk, the people of the village waved happily at him for keeping them safe from Gato's thugs. He didn't mind that and was happy to help them. Soon, after walking through the village, he saw something which made him sad. Through the window of a building, he saw a family eating very very little food. The adults gave most of their food to their children but even that wasn't enough. Naruto saw how poor the people here were.

This reminded him of how he was starving back in his own home. No other shop, except the ramen shop, served him food. Sometimes he had to scavenge through garbage to find enough food to survive. The pain of starvation he felt all those years ago made him angry. Gato has made their lives miserable but he is going to stop that.

Naruto first made several hundreds of shadow clones. Then he ordered each of the clones to stand besides a house. After all of the clones stand next to one house in the entire village, they all formed the same hand signs, slammed his hands on the ground and said, "Wood Style Nature's Bounty"

Several rumbling sounds went off and the ground began to shake. Soon out of the ground, several trees grow at a fast pace. The trees sprouted several fruits and on the ground sprouted several kinds of vegetables. Naruto grown food for the hungry people of this village. After that, the clones dissipated in a puff of smoke.

Several people heard noises from outside of their house and they move to see what it was. What they did see shocked them with awe and joy. They found several kinds of fruits and vegetables besides their house. They didn't know who gave them this bounty but to them it was a gift from the haven. That day, everyone for the first time in a long time, ate to their fill. They have never thought that they would be able to eat like this before. They thank to whoever gave them this gift but one little girl did.

The girl said, "I know who gave us food daddy."

This got all of the people's attention. Her dad asked, "Who was it that gave us all this food, dear?"

The girl said, "It was that same boy who saved that old man and her daughter from the thugs."

The people realized that there was only one shinobi that did that. It was Naruto Vajura. They again thanked and praise him for helping them again. News about Naruto's help again spread thought out the village. People hearing about Naruto's help made them see him as a savior of this village. Hope began to return back to them.

Later on, Naruto returned back to Tazuna's house but before he could enter, he saw Inari sitting near a stream. He saw that the boy was very quite which wasn't like him. So he decided to see what was wrong with him. Naruto walk towards him and sat besides him. Inari noticed him but didn't say anything.

Naruto said, "Hey Inari. What's wrong?"

Inari stayed silent. Naruto asked, "Why are you so quite? Is this about what I said about my life?"

Inari didn't said anything and simply nodded. Naruto sigh and said, "Look Inari. I didn't meant to hurt you by telling my story. All I wanted to tell you that there are a lot more people out there who may be suffering more than you or me. There are peoples out there who could be all alone and suffering right now. Don't take it the wrong way Inari. Life isn't all sunshine and stuff. Shit happens."

Inari stayed silent which made Naruto sigh. He stood up and was about to leave when Inari asked, "How?"

Naruto look back and said, "How what?"

Inari asked, "How did you survive through all of that? How could you still be sane even after going through all of that?"

Naruto sigh and walk back to Inari. He stand by him and said, "The truth is Inari, without the help of someone, I would have been dead a long time ago."

Inari look at him with wide eyes and said, "R-really? You w-would have been d-dead?"

Naruto nodded and pick up a few small rocks. He throw them at the stream one by one. He said, "Yes. I would have been dead. In fact I was dead but thanks to someone else, I was saved. He saved me as I was dying. When I asked why he saved me, he told me that he didn't like seeing what was happening to me. He then took me in and gave me a home and food. Later on, he began to train me into a shinobi. Later on, he gave me friends which I really needed. Later on, he gave me a very special gift. He became my adoptive big brother which made me really happy. He gave me the attention of a brother and helped me with my life. Later on, he gave me another gift for just being my brother. It was a very unique gift that will help me in being a shinobi. My brother gave me more than enough gifts than my family would have given me. He is my and forever will be my big brother. For he has saved me from my darkness and has given me a purpose in life."

As Naruto was speaking, he kept on throwing rocks at the stream. Sometime, a few fishes jumped out of the water which were quickly pinned to a tree with a few kunai. Inari was listening intently to him and was awe at what a little help could change a person's life.

Inari asked, "What is your brother's name?"

Naruto said, "I can't tell you that Inari."

Inari asked, "Why is that?"

Naruto said, "Its to keep my brother safe. There are many bad people who would try to use him for bad things. So, my brother needs to be kept a secret. For now."

Inari asked, "What do you mean?"

Naruto said, "Just that when the time comes, he may reveal himself to others. But for now, he keeps himself away from others."

Inari stayed quite for a while and then asked, "Do you think that I could change?"

Naruto asked, "What?"

Inari said, "Do you think that with a little help, I could change myself? Just like you?"

Naruto thought about it and nodded. He said, "Definitely."

Inari asked, "Then could I ask you to help me? Just a little?"

Naruto smiled under his mask and said, "Sure, I can."

Inari smiled happily and said, "Thank you Naruto. Thank you very much."

Naruto nodded and snap his fingers. 10 shuriken appeared in his hands to which he gave them to Inari. For the next few hours, Naruto help Inari in throwing the shuriken. Slowly Inari learned how to throw shuriken. He even managed to get a few fishes with it. This made Inari very happy and thanked Naruto for his help. After helping Inari, night was coming. So Naruto ended Inari training and collected the fishes.

Naruto said, "We don't want to waste them now, do we?"

Naruto and Inari returned back to Tazuna's house and gave Tsunami the fishes. She was very surprised to see her son Inari happy. She smiled when she realized that Naruto was the reason her son was happy. That night, she cooked the fishes and along with some healthy vegetables. She was also surprised to see many vegetables and fruits through out the village. When she asked how, the people would say that it was thank to Naruto who gave them this wonderful bounty.

Tsunami was really shocked to hear that. First it was Naruto who saved the daughter of an old man from some thugs and now he did this. She has never heard of a shinobi who helped out another without asking for anything in return. Maybe Naruto is different from other shinobi. He must be special or is it something else. She didn't know what it was but she began to have some feelings for him.

That night Kurenai's team and Kakashi's team ate dinner happily. At least the Uchiha didn't complain about the food this time.

With Zabuza And Haku

Zabuza said, "Are you kidding me Haku?"

Haku said, "Please Zabuza-sama. Naruto does has a point."

Zabuza said, "I don't care what Naruto says. We have a contract and we are bound to it."

Haku asked, "Then how do you know that Gato wouldn't stab us in the back when we are weakened?"

Zabuza said, "Its an iron rule of the shinobi Haku. Gato will not back stab us."

Haku sigh and said, "If that is so then at least try to do what Naruto said."

Zabuza said, "What? Like to pretend that I have become weak and about to lose to Kakashi?"

Haku said, "Yes. Just please trust in him Zabuza-sama. If that doesn't work then you can kill them."

Zabuza was quite for a while and then said, "You really have taken a liking to his brat, didn't you Haku?"

Haku blushed behind her mask and said, "I don't know what you are tlaking about."

Zabuza sigh and said, "Fine. I'll at least pretend to be weak but if things doesn't work out like Naruto said, then I will kill all of them. Even the brat Naruto. Got it?"

Haku nodded and said, "Yes Zabuza-sama."

A Few Days Later

Tazuna and some workers were busy building a huge bridge that would connect with the other side. Kakashi was recovered from his wound now. His team and Kurenai's team were there to provide protection to Tazuna and his workers.

Things were going smoothly when suddenly Naruto felt something. He shouted, "Everyone get back now! The enemy is here!"

That was the signal for the workers to run away from the bridge. Tazuna was immediately surrounded by the genin ninjas while Kurenai and Kakashi stood in front of them. Soon Zabuza and Haku walk in front of them.

Zabuza was a tall and noticeably muscular man with pale skin, short spiky black hair, brown eyes, and small eyebrows. He was normally seen wearing bandages like a mask over the bottom half of his face.

He wore his forehead protector sideways on his head. He wore a sleeveless black shirt and matching pants, complete with a waist-guard, and Kirigakure's striped wrist and leg-warmers. He wields the famous Kubikiribōchō (Decapitating Carving Knife) which is a massive broadsword shaped like a giant butcher knife, earning it the title of "seversword".

Kakashi said, "So you have finally come Zabuza?"

Zabuza said, "And I see that you have recovered from my blade."

Kakashi look at the disguised Haku and said, "And you were his partner all along, weren't you?"

Haku said, "You are correct."

Zabuza looked among the brats and saw Naruto. He remembered how Haku described him and his clothing. He looked at Haku from the side and nodded. Haku nodded and separated herself from him.

Kakashi saw this and said, "Genin! You all handle the Hunater-nin while Kurenai and I handle Zabuza. Protect Tazuna at all cost!"

The Genin nodded and surrounded Tazuna. Kakashi and Kurenai charged at Zabuza. Haku appeared a few distance away from her target, Tazuna.

Saskue saw the hunter-nin and said, "You will have to go through me, an Uchiha."

Menma nodded and said, "And me. The son of the Hokage."

Saskue and Menma charged at Haku. Naruto said, "Hey. Where do you think you two are going? You have your orders!"

Saskue said, "Piss off trash. An Uchiha is more than enough to take down this trash."

Menma said, "Correct. With me, a Namikaze, victory if guarantee."

Sakura said, "Saskue-kun is right! He can easily beat that hunter-nin."

Naruto girted his teeth at their action. How dare they disobeyed an order given to them by their superior. Soon Narumi also joined them. Only Naruto, Hinata, Kiba, Shino and Sakura were left guarding the bridge builder.

Naruto sigh and made some shadow clones that surrounded his team mates. He said, "I am going over there to see that they are not killed. My clones will protect you while I'm gone."

His team mates nodded and Naruto walk towards Haku location. As he left, a few of his clones left towards the village.

In The Village

Inari was happily practicing throwing shuriken at a tree. His aim is getting pretty good thanks to Naruto. He even came to think of him as his big brother. He has really helped him in these past few days. He has also heard what he has done to the village. Naruto alone has brought back their lost hope to them.

As he was busy training, he heard a scream. He immediately became scared because where the scream came from was from his house. He quickly ran towards his house and when he arrived, he saw that a couple of thugs were dragging her mother away.

A thug said, "Look at what we got boys. The daughter of the bridge builder."

Another thug said, "Yeah. Good thing we were ordered to capture her. Now we have a bargaining chip against the leaf ninja."

Another thug said, "Hey boys. We were told not to harm her but we weren't told that we could have some fun with her."

The thugs stare at Tsunami with lust in their eyes. She begged with them, "No. Please. Anything but that."

The thugs began to circle around her as she begged them but they didn't listen to her pleading. Inari saw this and was scared. He wanted to call Naruto for help but he realized that he was with his grandfather which means that he was all alone. He wanted to call for help but no one was there. he had to do it alone. Soon his fear turn to anger when he remembered what Naruto had gone through. Just the though of his life made his anger rise. He took the shuriken that Naruto gave him and threw them at the thugs who were unaware of his presence.

A thug said, "Now, why don't we get these clothes off you, shall we?"

Tsunami cried, "Please! Noooooooooooo!"

*Shik* *Shik* *Shik* *Shik* *Shik* *Shik* *Shik*

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"MY HAND!"

"DAMN IT!"

"WHO THE HELL DID THAT!?"

"LEAVE MY MOTHER ALONE YOU SCUM BAGS!!!"

The thugs look behind them and saw Inari. A thug said, "What the hell are you doing here brat? Do you want to die?"

Inari didn't show any fear and shouted, "Let my mother go or I will kill you!"

A thug chuckled and said, "Ha! Look at him boys. A brat pretending to be a hero."

Tsunami shouted, "Inari! What are you doing here!? Run!"

A hit to the back of her neck knocked her out. A thug said, "First, we deal with yo brat. Then after we kill you, we can have some fun with that women."

Inari girted his teeth and pulled some shuriken. A thug saw this and laughed. He said, "Look at this brat. He is pretending to be a ninja. What a laugh. You two, go and kill the brat."

Two thugs nodded and charged towards Inari who simply prepared his throwing weapons. Inari look intently at the incoming enemy and throw two shuriken at them. The thugs saw the incoming shuriken and deflected them with their swords.

*Cling* *Clang*

However, since the thugs were stupid, they deflected the shuriken against each other and *Shik* *Shik* hit them in their heads and died. The two thugs died right before the eyes of everyone. Inari was taken back when he took the thugs life but he shook it off saying that they deserve to die for what they were planning to do to his mother.

A lone figure was hiding in a near by tree, watching the kids fight. The figure smiled at the boy's first kill.

The thugs were surprised when they saw two of their own died at the hands of a brat. A thug snarled and said, "Lucky shot kid. What are you all looking at? Attack the brat!"

Five thugs charged at the boy. Inari began to throw a few more shuriken at the enemies. Some of them *Shik* hit their limbs while *Clang* *Cling* some were deflected. Two of the thugs died while three of them were able to reach the boy. Inari saw this and ran between the thugs who blindly swung their swords at the boy with intent to cut him. However, instead of cutting the boy, *Shing* they cut each other as the Inari ran between them. Two died and one remained. The thug snarled and swung his sword at the boy who jumped back while throwing two shuriken at him at the same time. Both of the shuriken *Shik* hit the thug's head and died.

Inari now stood there with 7 thugs corpses around him. Only 3 more thugs remained. The remaining thugs were shocked to see how a little non ninja brat was able to kill 7 of their own.

A thug growled, "That's it! Come on boys. We are going to attack him at the same time!"

The three thugs charged at the boy and surrounded him. Inari immediately jumped away and avoided a sword slash. He only got 5 more shuriken left. So he will need to use them with caution. He first threw a shuriken but hid another one behind it. When the thug *Clang* deflected the first shuriken, he didn't saw the second hidden shuriken and *Shik* it hit him in the neck. One down, two to go.

The two thugs swung thier sword at the same time but Inari jumped away towards a corpse and grabbed a dagger while throwing all three of his last shuriken at them. Two shuriken were *Cling* *Clang* deflected while one *Shik* hit a thug in the eye, killing him. The last thug snarled like a mad man and charged at Inari who hid the dagger behind him.

Inari ran towards the charging thug while hiding the dagger. The thug didn't think anything and swung his sword but at the very last second, Inari tilted his body to the side, avoiding the sword. After avoiding the sword, Inari was within the thug's unguarded area. He quickly brought out the dagger and *Shik* stab the thug in the stomach. The thug's eyes widen and clutch his stomach in pain and fell backwards.

Inari saw this and thought that he was dead. He quickly ran towards his unconscious mother and woke her up. Inari was unaware that the thug was not dead but was slowly getting back on his legs and slowly walk towards him. However, the thug was not aware of the hidden figure in the tree who got ready to intervene.

Inari said, "Mom! Mom! Please wake up. Mom!"

Tsunami woke up and said, "Inari? Inari!"

Tsunami quick hugged her son and asked, "Are you okay!? Are you hurt!? They didn't hurt you did they!? What happened to them!?"

Inari said, "Its okay mom. I was able to take care of them."

Tsunami look at her surrounding and saw the corpses of the thugs. She was shocked to see that her son was able to kill them.

Tsunami asked, "Did you really killed them?"

Inari smiled and said, "Yes, I did mom."

Tsunami asked, "But how? How were you able to take them down?"

Inari said, "It was all thanks to Naruto. He was the one who taught me how to throw shuriken."

Tsunami smiled and hugged her son. She said, "Yes. Naruto helped you. He helped us all. Thanks the haven for sending someone like him to help out village."

Inari smiled and hugged her mother. However, their happy moment was soon interrupted by the remaining thug.

The thug snarled, "How dare you defy us brat!? Die you brat!"

Time seem to slow down when the thug swung his sword down upon the two helpless civilians. Inari and Tsunami saw the sword coming at them but could do nothing. They both close their eyes and think about Naruto how has helped this village so much. They wanted to thank him for everything he did for this village. now, they just waited for their death to come.

"Hey hey hey. Don't you know when you are beaten."

Inari and Tsunami opened their eyes and saw with wide eyes at the person who saved them. Standing in front of them with his back facing them was none other than Naruto. They saw that he stopped the sword that was inches away from them with just his fingers.

The thug snarled, "You! What are you doing here!?"

Naruto said, "I had a feeling that Gato would sent some of his goons after Tazuna's family as a bargaining chip against us. So here I am and now, you will die."

"Wha-grah!?"

*Crackle* *Shik*

Naruto first broke the sword with his finger. Then he grabbed the broken blade and buried it into the thug's head. Thus killing him. After the corpse fell on the ground, Naruto look back at the two civilians and asked, "Are you two okay?"

Inari and Tsunami didn't say anything for a while and then they quickly hugged him. Naruto was startled by this but returned the hug. After hugging for a while they released their hug.

Tsunami said, "Thank you Naruto. Thank you for saving us."

Naruto said, "I'm not the one who saved you. It was all Inari that did it."

Inari smiled and said, "And I couldn't have done it without your help Naruto."

Naruto said, "Okay. I am here to tell you that me and my team are fighting Zabuza and his partner. but I think that Gato will stab them in their back as soon as we are weaken from all of the fighting."

Inari asked, "Why are you telling us this Naruto?"

Naruto said, "You once said that you wanted to change yourself Inari. Now its time you do that and change others as well."

With that Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke. Tsunami asked, "What does he meant by that Inari?"

Inari was lost in his thought but after a while, his face became one of determination. He stood up and said, "I understand what Naruto meant mom. I am going to the village."

Inari ran towards the village and Tsunami asked, "What are you planning Inari!?"

Inari look back and yelled, "To change the village mom!"

Tsunami didn't know what her son meant but she trusts him. She smiled as she saw her son's determination face.

At The Bridge

Saskue, Menma and Narumi looked like they were run over by a hoard of bulls. Also, several senbon pierced their bodies. How did they got hurt this badly? They were fighting Haku who was using Ice Style against all of them. With her powerful Ice Style, Saskue, Menma and Narumi were nothing to her. Especially when she used her strongest skill "Ice Style Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals".

Naruto was a few distance away from them as he observe Haku's Jutsu. He was very interested in the Jutsu that Haku was using against her three opponents. The "Ice Style Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals" is an abominable and tremendous ability. It is a mysterious technique which from the looks of it, had no way of defeating this technique. Well, except for him of course but with Saskue, Menma and Narumi current state, they could not defeat her Jutsu.

Naruto saw Haku creating multiple mirrors of ice in an instant around Saskue, Menma and Narumi, trapping them in a dome of twenty-one floating mirrors made out of ice. There were 12 mirrors at ground level, 8 mirrors float above the first ground mirrors and angled towards the ground, and the final mirror is above the rest and facing the ground.

There was no reflection in the ice mirror but Haku shocked them when she step inside of the mirror. Once Haku entered the mirrors, she moved at exceedingly high speed between the mirrors. It was near impossible to follow her and the attacks she sent out as she move from mirror to mirror with high speed. Except for Naruto who was able to follow her and see every attack she send at her opponents.

Saskue used a Fire Ball Jutsu at a mirror in order to melt it but to his shock and disbelief, the mirror remained undamaged. It was clear that the mirrors were resistant to fire. Naruto saw that Menma combined his Wind Jutsu with Saskue's Fire Jutsu, creating a huge ball of fire that was launched at a mirror with Haku in it. However, before the fire ball could hit her, she simply leaped towards another mirror in order to avoid it. The fire ball hit the mirror and melted it. This showed that the ice mirror were resistant to fire to a degree.

It was a good effort but Haku simply created another mirror to replace the melted one. This technique requires a large amount of chakra to maintain because Naruto saw that Haku's movement was becoming slower and slower the longer she maintains the mirrors. Saskue did managed to unlock his sharingan but it was still not enough to beat Haku.

Haku was not planning to kill her enemies, just to stall them as she waits for Gato's betrayal just as Naruto told her. After knocking Saskue, Menma and Narumi, Naruto walk into the done of ice mirrors.

Naruto look at her and said, "Haku. Its time. They are coming. Go to Zabuza."

Haku nodded and used her ice mirror to go towards Zabuza. Naruto look down at Saskue, Menma and Narumi and shook his head in disappointment. Menma and Narumi were trained by Minato and Kushina and this is their result? Pathetic. He made three shadow clones who then grabbed them and took them to where Tazuna and his team was.

Naruto arrived to where Tazuna was as his clones followed him with Saskue, Menma and Narumi on their shoulder.

when Sakura saw Saskue in his current state, she shouted, "What happened to Saskue!?"

Naruto rubbed his ears and said, "Be quite Sakura. He is fine. They are just knocked out."

Naruto's clone dropped Saskue, Menma and Narumi on the ground and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Sakura shouted, "AHHH! Baka! Treat Saskue with respect!"

Naruto glare at her which shut her up. After that, he simply walk towards Zabuza who was fighting Kakashi and Kurenai. He saw that they had scratches, bruises and small wounds but other than that, they were all okay. It seems that Zabuza was pretending to be a bit weak. Looks like Zabuza followed his advise because Naruto could sense a lot of people coming towards them.

When Naruto walk in between them, the fight stops immediately. An ice mirror formed near Zabuza and Haku came out from it.

Kakashi asked, "Naruto. What are you doing interrupting our fight?"

Zabuza heard his name and asked, "So, your name is Naruto. Tell me kid, why did you told Haku that Gato would back stab us?"

Kurenai said, "Naruto! Get away from there!"

Haku said, "Please Zabuza-sama. Just trust Naruto."

Naruto look beyond them and said, "This battle is over. And we got a bit of company coming for us."

Everyone look in the direction that he was looking and saw several figures coming through the fog. Then they heard clapping and someone said, "Well well well. What is this? I paid you to get rid of them but you even failed at killing the brats? Looks like I was right of not paying you."

Zabuza growled, "What are you talking about Gato? We just getting started."

Gato said, "Oh. I don't think so. Now that you and your partner fought the leaf ninja and weakened them, I don't need you anymore. You will be dying with them as well."

Zabuza was shocked to hear that. Naruto was right. Gato was going to back stab him. Looks like he did the right thing of listening to Haku.

Gato said, "Okay, all of you. Kill them and then kill the bridge builder. I will have total control of this village."

"UUWWWOOOHHHHH!!"

The army of thugs roared at them. Slowly they began to advance on the weaken ninja.

Zabuza and Haku who were pretending to be weak, suddenly stand up and took an offensive position. Naruto stand beside them. Kakasi and Kurenai were shocked to see that their enemy were pretending to be weak and that Naruto sided with them.

Kakashi said, "What do you think your doing Naruto? Are you siding with the enemy? The Hokage won't be pleased to know that."

Naruto said, "Shut your useless trap Kakashi Hatake. Zabuza and Haku are not our enemy anymore. Gato has finally decided to show himself. Now use whatever energy you got and use it to kill him and his goons."

Kurenai said, "Naruto. Are you sure that Zabuza won't attack us anymore?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yes Kurenai Sensei. I rather have allies than make enemies out of potential allies."

Kurenai nodded and stand besides Naruto. Kakashi was angry that he was talk down by a genin but he accept it for now and stand besides Kurenai and ready to fight of the army of thugs.

Naruto look at his team mates and said, "Can you protect Tazuna guys? This will be over in a few minutes."

His team mates nodded and stand in front of Tazuna. As the thugs were advancing, Naruto secretly set up traps for them using his thin wires. When the thugs charged at them, the front of the group got entangled in invisible wires and became stuck.

"What is this!?"

"I can't get myself free!"

"It won't break!"

"What is going on!?"

Zabuza, Haku, Kurenai and Kakashi were confused as to what happened to them. They then saw Naruto waving his hands around.

Zabuza asked, "Hey brat. What the hell are you doing?"

Kurenai asked, "What's happening to them Naruto?"

Naruto said as he wave his hands around, "I am simply using very thin wire to entangle them within it. Now they are stuck."

Zabuza said, "Good trap brat but that won't stop them from coming to us."

Naruto grin under his mask and said, "No they won't."

Naruto grabbed the thin wires and pulled hard.

*Shing* *Splork*

Immediately the thugs who were caught in the wires were cut apart and a shower of blood, gore, organs, limbs and severe body parts sprayed around the bridge. The entire front group of the army were cut into small pieces by Naruto's wires.

Zabuza, Haku, Kurenai and Kakashi became a bit sick when they saw all of the gore happening in front of them. They are shinobi and they have killed before but never have they seen something so gory in their life. The thugs were especially scared shitless as they saw their own getting cut apart into several pieces.

Gato was shocked to see how easily his goons died and saw that they were stepping back in fear. He girted his teeth and said, "What are you all doing!? There are only 4 of them! Attack them all at once and even they would fall! Kill them and I'll reward a hefty sum of money to the one who bring me their heads."

The thugs fear evaporated and greed filled their hearts. With a war cry, they charged at them. However, as they were advancing on them, a few arrows hit in front of them. This stops them and look at who shot at them.

Behind Naruto, another army came but they were not enemies. Instead they came to aid them. Who were they?

"Look Naruto! I brought all of them to help you!"

The new army were made up of civilians from the village and each of them held some kind of club, sharp wood and bow and arrow. Leading them was none other than Inari.

Naruto look back at them and smiled. He said, "That's great Inari. I knew you could do it."

Inari smiled and the villagers cheered. Gato and his goons were now shocked and scared that the villagers were rebelling against them.

Naruto said, "So Zabuza. Haku. Want to make this a sport and see who gets the most?"

Zabuza snort and said, "Cheeky brat. Fine. Lets see how much you can kill."

Zabuza, Haku and Naruto charged at the thugs while Kurenai and Kakashi followed them from behind. The civilian provided long range support while Hinata, Shino and Kiba protected Tazuna. Soon, all of the thugs were killed and only Gato was left.

Zabuza walk towards him with his weapon on his shoulder. He said, "Well Gato. You see what happens when you double cross a shinobi?"

Gato said, "Wait wait! Let me make you another deal Zabuza."

Zabuza said, "I'm listening."

Kakashi was about to say something but Kurenai stop him and waited to see what happens.

Gato said, "You kill everyone here and I will give you 70,000 ryo."

Zabuza said, "No deal."

Gato said, "How about 80,000 ryo?"

Zabuza said, "Nope."

Gato said, "How about 90,000 ryo?"

Zabuza said, "No."

Gato said, "How about all of my money I own?"

Zabuza said, "Hmmm. Deal."

Kakashi said, "I seems that I should have-"

Zabuza said, "But you are already dead Gato."

Gato asked, "What!?"

Zabuza said, "All of your goons are dead. The village is against you. The leaf ninjas are against you. So basically, your screwed."

Zabuza grabbed Gato and threw him towards the civilians. Gato was now surrounded by angry civilians as they glared at the one who made them suffer. They all descend upon him like a pack of hyenas and tore him apart. All that pain and hate they accumulated from Gato's rule came out as they hit, stomp, stab, rip him apart.

After the civilians killed Gato, their anger evaporated and they cheered for the tyrants death. After that was settled Zabuza said, "Well, it seems like I will be going without any pay."

Naruto said, "Not exactly."

Zabuza asked, "What do you mean brat? Gato didn't pay us so we don't have any money."

Naruto said, "You can always visit Gato's mansion and take whatever you want from his house. I'm pretty sure you can find some valuables there."

Zabuza think about it and nodded. He said, "You right brat. I'll see what I can find at his mansion. Thanks for the tip brat. See you around."

When Zabuza and Haku were about to leave, Kakashi stood in front of them and said, "I'm afraid I can't let you go just like that Zabuza."

Zabuza said, "Ohhh. You going to stop us?"

Kakashi took an offensive stance and said, "Exactly. You are missing-nins and I will be bringing you both in."

Zabuza and Haku took their battle stance and were about to fight when Naruto walked in and said, "What are you doing Kakashi?"

Kakashi said, "Get out of the way genin. This is a jonin matter."

Naruto said, "Are you being stupid? No. You must be stupid if you think you alone can handle both of them. And besides, I told you that I rather have them as allies than enemies."

Kakashi narrowed his eyes and said, "Your standing on thin ice genin. Out of my way now!"

Naruto wave his hand and Kakashi was wrapped in thin wires which restricted his movement. Kakashi said, "What are you doing genin!? Release me this instant!"

Naruto said, "Shut your useless trap Kakashi. Maybe all that ego and Uchiha arrogance is going to your head."

Kakashi struggled to free himself but couldn't. Naruto look back at the missing-nin and said, "You can go now. I may need you to be my allies in the future."

Zabuza said, "Hmm. You are something if you can stop a jonin just like that. I'm looking forward to the day we meet again brat."

Zabuza disappeared in a puff of smoke. Haku bowed to Naruto and left through an ice mirror. When they left, Naruto released Kakashi who immediately charged at Naruto and grabbed him from his neck.

Kakashi shouted, "How dare you! A genin stop me from engaging someone!? I can treat this as a traitorous act and kill you right now!"

Kurenai said, "Kakashi! Let him go! Naruto is right though. You alone couldn't have taken down Zabuza and Haku."

Kakashi said, "I wouldn't have been alone. You would have supported me in taking them down."

Kurenai said, "Wrong. I support what Naruto said since he is speaking logically. I rather have them as allies than enemies."

Kakashi was seething in rage as he glared at Naruto who look bored.

Naruto said, "Can you not touch me and let me go? I don't swing that way."

Kakashi roared and swung his free hand at him but Naruto simply puffed out in smoke. Kakashi was taken back at that. When did he changed himself with a clone?

*Smash*

Kakashi didn't know what happened and found his face smashed into the bridge floor. He was knocked out cold when someone hit him from behind. Naruto appeared behind Kakashi and slammed down his foot on the back of his head.

Naruto said, "What a useless jonin this Kakashi is."

Naruto made a clone who grabbed Kakashi and took him back to Tazuna house. Kurenai was awe and shocked that Naruto, a genin was able to take down Kakashi, a jonin with ease.

Naruto then made several hundreds clones and said, "Okay everyone. I want you all to store the corpses into scrolls and clean up the place for any blood and such. Then I want all of you to help Tazuna in building the bridge."

The clones nodded and began to work on Naruto's orders. Tazuna was glad that Naruto cleaned up the bodies but he didn't know why he stored their corpses in a scroll. Well, he didn't cared. As long as he didn't need to clean up the blood, he was okay with whatever Naruto would do with the corpses.

It took then a few days to complete the bridge. Everyone were happy and excited that it was all over. Except for Kakashi and his team. Kakashi was pissed off that a genin took him down. He promised that he would tell this to the Hokage.

Tazuna, Tsunami and Inari were there along with the civilians to see of their hero. Saskue, Menma and Narumi were puffing out their chest as they bask in the glory. Too bad they didn't know that that glory was only meant for Naruto.

Tazuna said, "Naruto. I can never thank you enough for what you have done for my village. Me and my family are forever in your debt."

Naruto said, "Its no problem Tazuna. I just did what I could to help."

Tsunami hugged him and said, "Thank you for not only helping us but my son as well."

Tsunami then kissed his cheek which made Naruto blush. She giggled at his face and left. Inari came and hugged him.

Inari said, "Thank you for helping the village. For helping me. Thank you Naruto."

Naruto smiled and hugged him. He said, "Don't mention it Inari. Just remember. Don't stop practicing."

Inari smiled and nodded. With that, Naruto, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Saskue, Sakura, Menma, Narumi, Kurenai and Kakashi left for their village.

After they were gone, Tazuna said, "Look at this grand bridge. What do you think I should name it?"

Inari said, "Well, why not use Naruto's name?"

Tsunami asked, "Why is that Inari?"

Inari said, "Because Naruto has been the one who has really helped the village and dealt with Gato. He is the one who brought back our hope and courage. He is the one who trained me in throwing shuriken. So, Naruto is basically the savior of our village."

The villagers nodded with Inari. They too see Naruto as their savior and choose to use his name for the bridge.

Tazuna said, "Hmmm. Your right. How about 'The Great Naruto Bridge'. Hows that?"

Inari said, "That sounds awesome grandpa."

Tazuna nodded and announced, "Okay. Listen everyone! Our village has been under the rule of the tyrant Gato. He took away out hope, courage and stole our money. But then came Naruto who not only protected us from Gato's goons but even gave us food. He even brought us back our hope and courage. For that, Naruto will forever be seen as the savior of our village. From today onward, this bridge will be called, 'The Great Naruto Bridge'!"

Everyone one accepted it and cheered his name. Naruto Vajura, the slayer of the tyrant Gato and slaughter of his goons. His name shall be remembered and told to their next generation as the hero and savior of the Land of Waves.

Village Of The Leaf
Hokage's Office

After traveling for a few days, Kakashi and Kurenai's team reached their village and reported to the Hokage. Now they were in Hokage's office, waiting to report their mission.

Minato said, "Report Kakashi."

Kakashi said, "Mission complete Hokage-sama."

Minato nodded and said, "Good. Anything specific happened?"

Kurenai said, "Nothing Hokage-sama."

Kakashi said, "Yes there is Hokage-sama."

Minato asked, "What is it Kakashi?"

Kakashi said, "On the mission, when I was about to engage with Zabuza and his partner, Naruto interfered and let them get away. He violated a jonin order and stops me from fighting them."

Minato look at Naruto and said, "Is this true Naruto?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yes Hokage-sama."

Kakashi said, "I request that he be punish for what he did Hokage-sama."

Kurenai said, "Shut up Kakashi. It was your own-"

Minato said, "Stop. Is there any specific reason why you stop Kakashi from engaging Zabuza and his partner, Naruto?"

Naruto said, "Yes Hokage-sama. There are several reason for me to stop Kakashi from engaging the enemy."

Minato asked, "What are those reason genin?"

Naruto said, "First reason is that Zabuza was not our enemy anymore after we dealt with Gato who planned to stab him in the back and then kill us all after we were weaken from fighting each other. The seconds reason is that when they were about to leave peacefully, Kakashi here didn't let them go and engaged them."

Kakashi said, "If you haven't interfered then I would have taken them down!"

Naruto said, "If I didn't interfered, we would be the ones that would have been taken down dumb ass."

Kakashi snarled, "Why you-"

Minato shouted, "Enough! What did you mean by if Kakashi fought them, you all would have died?"

Naruto said, "When Kakashi first fought Zabuza, he received a sever slash wound to his chest and lost to him. The second time he fought, Zabuza was holding back."

Kakashi said, "No he wasn't. Zabuza was fighting with me with everything he got."

Naruto said, "Is that so? Then I pity you. For even with the Sharingan, you couldn't see that Zabuza was not even taking you seriously."

Kakashi said in a low tone, "Watch what you say next genin. You are standing on thin ice."

Naruto said, "That's my line dumb ass. You are standing on thin ice. For if you did fought Zabuza, not only you would have died but your precious Uchiha would have died as well. Lets not forget about the clan's heir. Kiba Inuzuka of the Inuzuka clan. Shino Aburame of the Aburame clan. Hinata Hyuga of the Hyuga clan. With your stupidity, all of the clan heirs would have died. Including the Hokage's children! So tell me Kakashi Hatake. Who is the one standing on thin ice right now?"

Now Kakashi was sweating buckets when he realized that if he indeed died, then there wasn't anything stopping Zabuza from killing the rest of the team. Minato look at Kakashi with disproving eyes. What Naruto said was true and with Kakashi's stupid mistake, not only the clan heirs would have died but his children as well.

Minato asked, "Is this true Kakashi? Were you about to fight someone who could have killed you and then everyone else? What reason made you do that? Tell me Kakashi?"

Kakashi began to splutter, "But Hokage-sama ... I .. fight ... no ... could have .. Kurenai would have back me up. I wouldn't have lost against Zabuza!"

Kurenai said, "True but I refused to help you. I rather have Zabuza and his partner as allies rather than enemies."

Kakashi's eyes widen in fear and said, "Kurenai! Why didn't you back me up against Zabuza!?"

Naruto said, "Are you really blind to see the truth Kakashi?"

Kakashi asked, "What do you mean truth?"

Naruto said, "When you were fighting with Zabuza along with Kurenai, you received several wounds and slashes across your body and were struggling against him. However, Kurenai didn't even received a single wound and she was fighting him to a stand still. Now what made you think that you could have killed Zabuza when he was fine and your body was bruised and wounded? Honestly, I don't know who in their right mind would have made you of all people a Jonin. Maybe all of that "Kakashi of the Sharingan" or "Copy Ninja Of A Thousand Jutsu" inflated your ego and arrogance just like the Uchiha."

Everyone were quite as they hear what Naruto said about Kakashi. Kurenai, Shino, Kiba and Hinata were nodding at what Naruto said but Kakashi's team was opposite to them.

Menma said, "Hey! How dare you say things like that about our Sensei?"

Narumi said, "Yeah. Sensei would have beaten Zabuza in no time."

Saskue said, "Kakashi has a Sharingan. He may not be strong as an Uchiha but with the eye, he can taken down that trash Zabuza with ease."

Naruto look at them with a bored expression and said, "Really? Did you forgot how you were pathetically beaten around and made into pin cushions by Zabuza's partner? It was a good thing that his partner didn't killed you when he had plenty of chance to do so. Also, If I didn't came to your rescue, you all would have suffered some permanent damage. If Zabuza can fight Kakashi equally then with his partner, they would have easily killed all of us."

After this, they didn't had any retort to defend their Sensei's action. Minato listen to Naruto's words and realized that what he say was right. Because of Kakashi's stupid action, the clan heirs and his children would have indeed died.

Minato sigh and said, "Kakashi. I am greatly disappointed in you. With your action, both of your teams would have died by Zabuza's hand."

Kiba snorted and said, "And lets not forget how Kakashi attacked Naruto for interfering in his fight."

Minato asked in shock, "What? Kakashi attacked a genin?"

Kakashi knew that he was getting in more shit, so he tried to defend himself, "You got it all wrong. I didn't attacked Naruto. I was simply disciplining him."

Shino said, "Really? Then would disciplining someone requires you to grab Naruto by the throat and squeeze his neck? Does disciplining him requires you to punch Naruto in the face?"

Kakashi became a bit white and said, "No! That was just-"

Minato asked, "Just what Kakashi? Please, tell me what kind of discipline was that?"

Kakashi failed to say anything as he lower his head in defeat. Minato sigh and asked, "What happened with Naruto's discipline, Kurenai?"

Kurenai said, "Well, Kakashi's discipline was back fired when Naruto disappeared and appeared behind him and knocked him out with a stomp to the head."

This made everyone's eyes in the room widen, except Kurenai and her team. They look at Naruto in disbelief who was a genin. A genin who was able to knock out a jonin. This greatly shocked them.

Minato sigh and said, "Okay. Thanks for your report. You are all dismissed. Take some time off because you deserve it. Kakashi. You stay. We need to have some talk to do."

Kakashi nodded in defeat and said, "Yes Hokage-sama."

Kurenai, Shino, Kiba, Naruto, Saskue, Sakura, Menma and Narumi left the office and went their separate way. With their free time, Naruto, Shino, Kiba and Hinata stealthy entered the Forest of Death. They entered Naruto's home and met with Asura.

Naruto said, "Hey bro. You won't believe what happened on our mission."

Asura asked, "Hmmm. What happened little bro?"

Naruto said, "We left towards the Land Of Waves to be kakashi's team back up but we were the ones who were doing ll of the work!"

Kiba said, "Exactly. Kakashi was out because of the wound he received from Zabuza."

Shino said, "Because of that, Kurenai Sensei was the one who trained his team in tree climbing. Something that Kakashi should have trained them from the beginning."

Hinata said, "Naruto-kun helped the village in many ways which made the whole village see Naruto as a savior and hero."

Asura said with a smile, "Hoooo. My little bro is becoming a hero? That's good. Keep it up little bro. With more achievements like that, you will have a lot of followers in the future. Especially the Daimyos."

Naruto smiled and said, "Thanks bro."

Yoko hugged Naruto and Mikoto said, "I'm glad that you are safe Naruto."

Naruto smiled and said, "Thanks mom."

Mom? Yes Mom. Over the year, Mikoto have come to see Naruto as her son and he began to see her as her mother. They both accepted each other as mother and son relationship. Naruto cried when he got to call someone his mother and receive a mothers love. Slowly, his broken heart was healing as important people began to come into his life.

Asura nodded and said, "Now you must all be hungry. Come on in. I'll make you something to eat."

Naruto said, "Thanks bro."

Kiba said, "I can't wait to eat your cooking bro!"

Shino said, "Indeed. Even my insects crave for you cooking brother."

Hinata said, "I really like your cooking big brother."

Yes. Over the year, Asura came to see Naruto's class friends as little brother and sister as they all see him as their big brother. Just like he helped Naruto, Asura helped them in the same way. Now they have become a lot stronger than before but not as strong as Naruto since he has been training him for the longest. Also, Hinata and lost her stuttering thanks to his help.

A Few Days Later

Naruto, Hinata, Kiba and Shino were waiting in a training ground to meet with their Sensei. After a while, a smoke bomb went off and from it, Kurenai appeared.

Naruto said, "Hey Sensei. What do you call us all here for?"

Kurenai brought out four papers and said, "I already know that all of you are very strong compared to other genin. That's why I am here to ask you if any of you want to enter the Chunin Exam that is coming next week."

Naruto, Hinata, Shino and Kiba's eyes widen at that. They are only genin but they are being given the chance to participate in the Chunin Exam. Naruto was really interested in entering the Chunin Exam as this was the moment he was waiting for. His and Asura's plans was to proceed in the Chunin exam. He needs to enter it.

Kurenai said, "Now don't rush your decision. This is the Chunin exam after all. So there might be some strong ninjas participating in it. Take your time to-"

Naruto said, "I'm in Sensei."

Kiba said, "Me to."

Shino said, "Me as well."

Hinata said, "I want to participate in the chunin exam too Sensei."

Kurenai was shocked to hear that all of her students wanted to participate in the chunin exam. Well, they are strong, especially Naruto. So even if there were some strong shinobi, Naruto will protect his team mates.

Kurenai gave them the papers and the signed them. She took the papers and said, "Okay team. Just remember that you will need to work together in order to pass the exam. There are a few test involved in this exam but the final test will be to fight one another and show off your abilities to everyone. I heard that all five of the Daimyo are coming to witness the matches."

Naruto said under his breath, "That's what I am hoping for. Kido will be there as well."

Kurenai said, "You all have one weak to prepare yourself. So train hard and remember, even if you win or lose, I am glad that I am your Sensei."

Naruto, Hinata and Kiba smiled at their Sensei. Shino just nodded to her as he appreciated her being his Sensei.

Kurenai asked, "So do you want any help from me in anything?"

Naruto said, "Sorry Sensei but I think I need to train by myself. That way, I can improve myself for the chunin exam."

kiba said, "Me too Sensei. Akamaru and I will be training in out clan's training ground."

Shino said, "Just like Kiba, I too will be training in my clan's training ground."

Hinata said, "Um Sensei, I might need your help in training me in Genjutsu."

Kurenai smiled and accepted her students wishes. She took Hinata away for her training in Genjutsu. Shino and Kiba began to walk towards their home.

Before they left, Naruto said, "Okay guys. I'll meet you all at the chunin exam."

Kiba said, "You got that right Naruto. Be sure to train well."

Shino said, "I am looking forward to the chunin exam with my team mates."

Naruto nodded and said, "Good. See you all in a week."

With that, they left. Naruto went to the Forest of Death and told Asura about the chunin exam.

Asura smiled and said, "That is excellent little bro. The time has come for our plan to be executed. At the final text of the exam, you will fight with another in front of everyone. There will be very important figures attending this event to see the fight. You will then show off your skills in front of them. This way, you will gain support from the important figures who will support our plan."

Naruto smiled and said, "Yes bro. I have one week before the chunin exam."

Asura said, "That's good. I have been meaning to teach you two new Jutsu."

Naruto asked, "Really? What are these Jutsu? Are they cool?"

Asura said, "Lets just say that they will shock the world. Now lets us begin, shall we?"

Naruto smiled and said, "Yes. Lets begin for Konohagakure's purge."

In the past, Konohagakure was once a respectable village filled with bright shinobis but now, it has become a village that has been corrupted. Civilians have become arrogant. Shinobi's have become power hungry. The Hokage is blind to what is happening right under his nose. But soon. Soon, judgment is coming to Konohagakure and its sinners will be purged from it. And the one who will enact judgment will be none other than Naruto Vajura.