Heres a Naruto fanfic that I found on a site and thought I'd share it. Also this fanfic is recommended for mature because of the Language & adult themes.
Story by: Hakker
Background: Th story takes place when Naruto is the age of 18. Sasuke is back in the village, Orochimaru and all of the Akatsuki, with the exception of Sasori who has been replaced by Tobi, are still alive. Naruto is just on his way back from another training mission (lasted 2 years) and nobody knows he's coming back yet. That's about all the important stuff.

Chapter 1
A yellow haired man was walking over a path surrounded by forest. Walking in front of him was a middle aged man with white hair that went all the way down to his heels. "Are we there yet?" The yellow haired man whined. "For the ninth time, no, Naruto!" The elder snapped at the man known as Naruto. "Sorry Jiraiya, it's just that it's been so long, I wonder if Sakura gave up on Sasuke yet?" Naruto said as he looked up at the sky. 'That boy is still after Sakura? Heh, he's still as persistent as ever." The man known as Jiraiya thought. "Say, Naruto. What's the first thing your going to do when you get back?" Jiraiya asked as he came to a halt. Naruto walked past Jiraiya as he pondered his question. "Please don't say ramen..." "Eat ramen!" Naruto yelled as he stopped and turned towards Jiraiya, who sighed under his breath.

"I'm sorry sir, but you'll have to identify yourself." A guard standing in front of the gate into Konoka asked Jiraiya, who became mildly annoyed by the man. For the last fifteen minutes, Jiraiya was trying to explain to the man who he was. Naruto was leaning against the gate wearing his childish grin as his mentor was driving himself crazy. "I told you before, I am one of the three sannin of Konoka, Jiraiya!" Naruto's mentor yelled at the guard. "With all due respect sir, you don't look like a ninja, let alone a sannin. And your to old to be a ninja..." The guard said. At this point Naruto burst out laughing. "Alright, I've had it... Rasengan!" Jiraiya yelled as he cut a hole into the gate using his chakra. The guard's mouth fell open as both Naruto and Jiraiya walked through the gate. "That gate was unlocked, you know..." Naruto said while glaring at Jiraiya.

"You havn't been back for an hour and you already broke one of our gates!?" The Fifth Hokage yelled at the sannin. "blame your incompetent guard for not believing that I was a sannin, Tsunade." the man shot back. Naruto was standing in the back of the room with Shizune. Both were staring at how the sannins argued. "And what did you do?" Tsunade asked as she glared at Naruto. "Nothing worth mentioning... But I do have a request." The man said as he met Tsunade's glare. "A request? You being so polite is unusual, even if you would spend five years of learning manners." Tsunade said. "Well, could I participate in the next chuunin exams?" Naruto asked. Tsunade pondered it for a moment. "Considering all you have achieved, I suppose I can ask the other kage's what to do with you at the next meeting." Tsunade said, lighting a smile on Naruto's face. Shizune grinned from the other side of the room as Naruto hopped out of the room happily. "We both know you don't need the permission of the other kage's to promote Naruto to chuunin." Shizune said, slightly confused. "Who said anything about promoting him to chuunin?" Tsunade answered with an evil glint in her eyes. Shizune thought about it for a moment, then started laughing. A clueless Jiraiya slowly made his way to the door.

Naruto walked up to his old appartment and saw a letter hanging on the door. Naruto plucked the letter of the door and started reading it.

"Dear reader, the owner of this appartment has been moved to his own house in this street, house 7B. This was ordered by the fifth hokage."

Naruto taped the letter back on the door and made his way to said house. The house was not very big, but it was a great improvement from his appartment. Naruto found the door open and walked in. "Is anybody here?" Naruto said as he made his way towards the living room. "Oh, your finally back, Naruto?" a voice asked from behind him. "Yamato-sensei?" Naruto said as he turned towards the source of the voice. "What are you doing here, sensei?" Naruto asked. "I live here, Naruto..." Yamato said in a patient tone. "Whaaaaaaat? But I thought this was my house! Does that mean I have to live with you?" Naruto said as he cursed Tsunade in his mind. "Yes, I have to make sure Kyuubi doesn't try anything fishy..." Yamato said as he gave Naruto a blueprint of the house. "Now, some rules, be home by midnight, no bringing girls here, like you could get any, and most imporantly : keep training." Yamato said with an amused smirk on his face. "So, this is what it feels like to have a father... I'm eighteen and now Tsunade lets somebody take care of me?" Naruto thought as he went to eat.

Naruto was walking down a street, looking for some familiar faces. He had already bumped into Shikamaru and Chouji, and he could've sworn hearing Hinata a number of times. When Naruto passed the hospital he heard a familiar voice shouting. Naruto walked into the hospital to see Sakura ordering the doctors and nurses around. When she saw Naruto she almost fainted. "Naruto!!! You come back to Konoka and you didn't even give me call?" Sakura said as she walked towards Naruto looking threatening. Jumping back and holding his hands up in defence, Naruto started sweating heavily. "Hey, take it easy Sakura, I had a lot on my mind, can you forgive me?" Naruto pleaded, fearing Sakura's wrath. Sakura calmed down before dismissing Naruto with her hand. "Fine, fine, just don't let it happen again." She said getting back to work. Naruto sighed and ran home before somebody else tried to kill him.

Naruto was standing in Tsunade's office, still half asleep. A knock on the door brought him to attention as he saw the others from the rookie nine enter together with their teachers. "What's going on, Tsunade-sama?" Ino asked as she saw who was in the room. "Your all being sent to a newly made village called 'Root'. It is located on the other side of 'The Great Naruto Bridge' in the mist village that was under control of Gatou until 6 years ago. You will stay there until the village has gotten strong enough to take S missions. The leaders of the village will be the jounins Asuma, Kakashi and Kurenai." Tsunade said calmly, observing all of the ninja in the room carefully. "Why do we need to make a second village?" Sakura asked. "Because the village where you will be heading is the weakest place in the land, so we have to reinforce it, and in the event that sound attacks, we can evacuate the civilians to Root. And if Konoha would ever be destroyed, we can regroup there and prepare to rebuild Konoha. Any other questions?" "Will Yamato-sensei come with us?" Naruto asked, concerned that the Kyuubi might weaken the seal. Tsunade merely nodded once. "Jiraiya and Shizune will also join you. You will be assigned with jobs when you arrive in Root. You leave tomorrow at dawn, get a good nights rest. Dismissed!" Tsunade said as all the ninja dissapeared.

Naruto rushed into his house and into his room to start packing. "Hey Naruto, getting ready to leave tomorrow?" Yamato asked as he came into Naruto's room with a cup of tea. Naruto merely nodded and didn't notice the wide grin on Yamato's face. "He's just like his father." Yamato thought as he went back to his room.

The day of parting had come and a lot of people had gathered at the gate, most were coming along, like civilians, ninja's, academy students, and more. But some just came to wave them off. Naruto sat down on a stone and watched the people say goodbye to their relatives. After ten minutes both Shikamaru and Chouji joined Naruto. "This whole trip is going to be troublesome..." Shikamaru sighed. "For you, even sleeping is troublesome." Naruto mocked the lazy Nara genius. Chouji opened a bag of chips and grinned slightly at how his friends argued. "Really, all you guys do is argue..." Ino said as she and Sakura sat down with them. Naruto grinned at the comment and gave Shikamaru a gentle push towards Ino. Shino and Kiba jumped out of a nearby tree and sat down with the group, watching the gate. Soon all of the rookie nine were sitting on the grass next to eachother, quietly watching people say goodbye to their friends and family. "Havn't been back for two days and I get sent away again... Does Tsunade have something against me?" Naruto whined making everyone laugh. "Say Naruto, why did you need to know if Yamato was coming?" Chouji asked, making sweat appear on Sakura's, Sasuke's and Naruto's head. Naruto looked over to Sasuke who slowly nodded his head. "Well, you all know the Kyuubi right?" Naruto asked, and when he saw everyone nod he took a deep breath. "Eighteen years ago, on the night I was born, the Kyuubi was locked inside of me." Naruto said, making everyone's eyes widen, except for Sakura's and Sasuke's, who already knew about this. "Yamato's 'bloodline' as you may call it, allows him to keep the Kyuubi under control, in case he gets out." Naruto said, letting the information sink into his friends. There was a minute of silence. "That is sooooo cool!" Ino squeeled, making an end to the silence. Shikamaru patted Naruto on the shoulder once and they started talking about moving once more.
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Thats it for Chapter One.

Chapter 2
Naruto sighed. He didn't want to leave Konoha again. Nor did he want to tell his friends about Kyuubi. "At least they took it well, unlike most adults in the village." Naruto thought as he let himself fall back into the grass. "Alright people, we're moving out!" Asuma shouted from the front of the caravan. Naruto cursed under his breath and ran towards it.

The trip itself was without problems, even though Shikamaru was calling it "Troublesome" the entire time. When they had arrived in the mist village their mouths fell open. Everything was named after Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke & Kakashi. "Alright, we're staying here for an hour and then we'll make our way over the bridge." Asuma yelled as everyone made their way into town. Naruto ran off into a ramen shop named after himself, shortly followed by Yamato. "Ohayo sir, what'll it be?" The cook asked. "Miso ramen, please, and what do you want Yamato-sensei?" Naruto asked as he sat down at one of the bar seats. "I'll have the same, please." Yamato said as he sat down next to Naruto. "We don't get a lot of strangers around here, let alone konoha ninja, mind if I ask why your here?" the cook asked as he sat the bowls of ramen down in front of them. "There you are, blondy." A voice called from behind Naruto. "Hey Sai, I'm suprised your not dead yet, with your selection of names..." Naruto said as he turned to face the slightly older man. "Naruto... Can't you and Sai ever get along?" Yamato mumbled as he gulped down some of his noodles. He was also the only one to notice that the cook's mouth fell open after Yamato said that sentence. "Bandits!" A voice boomed from the street. Naruto, Yamato & Sai took this as their cue to run out of the shop.

"Weak, your all weak!" The leader of a small group of bandits said. "Well, they arn't ninja's.." Naruto said from the other side of the street. "Oh look, these guys have imitation headbands!" one of the bandits snorted. "Why don't you see if I'm a match for you guys or not?" they had already attracted some viewers on the rooftops. "Arn't we going to help him, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura mumbled from next to her teacher. "We both know he can take them on easily, and I'm sure everyone here wants to see Naruto in action." Kakashi said as he focused both his eyes on Naruto. The bandits all drew their katanas and rushed at Naruto head on. Naruto simply cut through the katanas with his bare hands as a hot knife cut through butter. "Interesting, he's using his chakra to turn his hands into lethal weapons, but the layer is so thin that it cannot be seen..." Kakashi said as he hid his sharingan eye. The bandits fell to the ground soon enough and Naruto places his foot on the leader's chest. "W-what are you?" The leader muttered as he looked at the ruined katanas. "I am Uzumaki Naruto, and if I ever see you here again, I'll be cutting you into pieces." Naruto said as he tried to tune out the various cheers coming from all directions. "Alright, listen up, we're leaving in five minutes! Meet at the bridge." Asuma's voice boomed through Naruto's headphone.

Naruto was chatting with the rest of the konoha nine when Root came into view. "Alright everyone, your jounin instructors will escort you to your appartments, bad news is that you'll have a roommate, worst news is that one out of 3 will be stuck with his jounin instructor." Kurenai said, resulting in a lot of groans in the group. Five minutes later Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura & Kakashi were standing in a hallway. "Me & Sasuke will occupy appartment 7. Naruto & Sakura will occupy appartment 6. Wipe that smile off your face Naruto, your in seperate bedrooms." Kakashi said resulting from laughs from the team.

"With all due respect Kakashi-sensei, but why did you put Naruto & Sakura together?" Sasuke asked. "Two reasons. One, he is starting to look like me, meaning that he's always late. Hopefully Sakura can change that. Two : I don't wanna be stuck with Naruto 24/7 for months on end, I'm sure you think the same way." Kakashi said before heading towards the kitchen. "Oh, and there's another, small, reason. There won't be any ramen in town for the next two weeks..." "Poor Sakura..."

"I'm telling you Sakura I won't peek on you while your asleep!" Naruto said. "That's what they all say..." Sakura shot back. "Oh come on, we've been on how many missions? And how many times were we forced to sleep outside together?" Naruto said trying to cleanse his name. Sakura thought about it for a moment before waving him off. "Fine, fine, but your cooking tonight!" Sakura said, leaving no room for discussion as she closed the door to her room.

Naruto awoke the next morning to a pair of eyes looking straight at him.. He shot up, headbutting the stranger, who fell to the ground. "What is your head made off? Metal?" The stranger yelled at him. Naruto turned around to see that Sakura was the stranger. "What the hell were you doing?" Naruto asked as he rubbed his forehead. I came to wake you up lazy bum, we have to meet at the main office in an hour, they're distributing tasks." Sakura said as she saw Naruto run out of the room, grabbing his clothes along the way.

"Sakura & Shizune will lead the hospital. Chouji, Kiba & Shikamaru will become teachers at the academy. Sasuke & Jiraiya will be in charge of defence. Naruto will become my assistant and all the others will have to get ready to take missions and students." Kakashi said. Everyone left to get ready for work until the only one left standing across Kakashi was Naruto. "Why pick me as your assistant? Shizune has more experience at it and Sakura can manage the hospital without her." "You want to know the real reason? Fine. If one of the Akatsuki or Orochimaru were to attack Root, you would be the best chance we have to fight them off. Which is why I gave you a position as close to town as possible. That and it'll help you see how hard it is to be a hokage." Kakashi said with a serious look in his eyes. Naruto pondered about it for a moment. "Fine, but I wanna do the mission requests!" Naruto said as he snatched one of the piles of papers from Kakashi's desk. "Damn that fast guy, he got the fun part!" Kakashi mumbled.

"Kakashi-sensei, can I have a word with you? In private?" Sakura asked as she dismissed the nurses. Kakashi nodded and followed Sakura to her office. "I've been wanting to ask you this since we arrived. Why are there no records of the Uzumaki clan in Konoha's records?" Sakura asked. She noticed Kakashi's visible eye widen. "I suppose we can't keep it hidden forever. The Uzumaki clan was the strongest clan in konoha for a long time. They had nearly unlimited stamina and could muster huge amounts of chakra, therefore they could master any jutsu in a short amount of time. However they were stubborn, most of the time. Twenty-five or so years ago, a small war was waged against the now destroyed 'village of the flames'. They acted in the name of the fire country, bringing shame to konoha and the entire fire country. So the Uzumaki clan was sent to destroy them. It was a trap. Using a kinjutsu, the leader of the village blew himself and the entire village up, killing everyone in it. Including the Uzumaki's." Kakashi paused as Sakura digested the information. "Only one of them returned. Uzumaki Arashi, who died on the night Kyuubi attacked." Sakura's eyes widened. "Not THE Arashi?" Sakura said as she got up and took a book out of her shelf. Kakashi nodded. "He made me promise never to tell Naruto who his parents were. Until this day I have yet to find out why, but I respect his wish." Kakashi said as he slowly made his way out of the office.

Naruto entered the appartment exhausted to see Ino and Sakura their, chatting. "You ladies don't mind if I go lay down and die somewhere, do you?" Naruto said as he slumped into a chair. "Of course not! As long as you stay out the way and don't stink the place up!" Sakura giggled. "Anyway, Naruto, why did YOU out of all people get to be the second most important man in the village?" Ino asked. "Well, Apparently I'm the strongest person in the village, and the only one who can stand up to akatsuki. So Kakashi wants me close in case of an attack. Now I'm going to bed. Have a good night." Naruto said as he got up and walked into his bedroom, leaving both girls staring into his direction with open mouths. "Heh, looks like little Naruto is growing up" Ino said while grinning at Sakura, who merely nodded.

"Kakashi-sama! There are problems in the mist village, a band of rounins and missing-nin are preparing to plunder the town!" Ino said as she ran into the office. Kakashi looked at Naruto who nodded and ran out of the room. "Arn't we going to help him?" Ino asked when Naruto had left the office. "He doesn't need our help, we'd just be in the way." Ino stared at Kakashi. "Just how strong is he?" Ino thought as she left the room.
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Thats it for Chapter 2.

dude!!! i'm loving this......please continue!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 3
When Naruto arrived in the town, he found it nearly empty. The only people he saw were clearly the missing-nin. "Oooh, looks like they sent a ninja from that village. Just one? I'm insulted..." One of the rounin said. "Hey boy, before we kill you, what rank are you? Chuunin? Jounin?" A missing-nin from cloud said. "Genin." "Heh, then we won't even need all 30 of our men." the missing nin from cloud said as he charged at Naruto.

Naruto sighed as a ball of chakra formed in his hand. The missing nin was about to hit him when Naruto slammed the ball into his chest, sending the ninja reeling. Gasps and cheers were clearly hearable after that attack. Standing behind Naruto were some other ninja, including Sakura & Sasuke. All the people from the village were looking at the fight from their windows. "If we all charge together, he can't beat us!" a rounin said as they all started charging. Naruto bit his thumb, wiped some blood over his hand and made some seals before muttering "Kuchiyose no jutsu." A small army of man sized frogs appeared. "Sticking to the classics, Naruto?" Sakura whispered just loud enough for Sasuke to hear. "Naruto-sama, are those charging towards us friend or foe?" the leader of the group said, making a lot of people gasp, not only could the frog talk, it's master was Naruto! "Foe, do with them as you please, just don't kill them." "Understood." The frog said as all the frogs opened their mouths and shot their tongues at the charging foe's. Some were hit to the ground, others were grabbed and flung aside, but only three remained standing. Those three turned and fled, but what was behind them was enough to make them piss their pants. At least 100 Naruto's were standing their, cracking their fists. The remaining men fell to their knees and begged for their life.

Naruto had unsummoned his frogs & kage bushins and Sasuke was leading the missing nin's towards the prison when a large group of people crowded around Naruto. "Uhoh, looks like Naruto is gonna drown, I should get him out of there..." Sakura whispered as she dove into the sea of people. She came out five minutes later holding Naruto in her hand and they ran off.

"Did we lose those fangirls yet?" Sakura asked as she looked behind her. "I still hear the 'I want to have your babies' yells, so no." Naruto said as he started to run even faster. "Who would want to have a child with you anyway? They clearly don't know you well." "Ye... Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" "Slow as always arn't you?" Sakura joked. Naruto couldn't help but grin as they took to the rooftops. "Hey, there's a monument next to the bridge, wanna go check it out?" Naruto asked as he pointed to the bridge. Sakura nodded and they sped of towards the bridge.

The monument was a sculpture of Naruto fighting Haku with Sakura & Sasuke to back him up and Kakashi fighting Zabuza. Under it was a plaque reading : "This monument is dedicated to the konoha team seven consisting out of Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke and Hatake Kakashi. Their strength and bravery saved our town from the clutches of Gatou." Naruto stared at the monument for a while. "What's with the sad face, Naruto?" Sakura asked. "I wonder... I wonder if Haku and Zabuza would've become friends of us in different surcemstances..." Sakura grew silent. "Hey, forget about that, let's get to the village, I gotta show you something!" Sakura said as she pulled Naruto towards the bridge.

"THIS is what you wanted to show me so bad?" Naruto said as he pointed towards the clothing shop Sakura had dragged him to. "Not the shop, but something inside." Sakura said, making Naruto put on a confused face. Sakura grinned evily and walked into the shop, shortly followed by the confused Naruto. "Good evening miss Sakura, the clothes you ordered have arrived. This way please." The shop clerk said as she walked into the back of the store. The clerk took a yellow with black colored shirt, and matching pants into her hands. "These are for the young man, I suppose? The clerk said. Naruto took a good look at the clothes. Unlike the ones he usually wears, these would stick to his body, making it easier to move, and making his muscles visible, even with the clothes on. "Well Naruto, what do you think?" Sakura said with a wide grin on her face. "It's nice I suppose, but what's the occasion?" Naruto asked, not trusting it. "Just put them on!" Sakura yelled as she threw the clothes at him. Naruto walked into the changing room cursing in many different languages. "So, are you and that young man related, miss Sakura?" The clerk asked. "We're team members and we've been friends for ages, Sarah." Sakura said as she sat down with a magazine. "Just friends huh? In that case you don't mind if I try my luck with him?" Sarah said serious, making Sakura fall out of her chair.

Naruto came out of the changing room and both the girls couldn't help but gasp. The clothes sticked to Naruto's body, making it look like a second skin, and making his muscles become visible, unlike with his previous clothes. "Say Naruto, are you busy tomorrow?" Sarah started with an evil look in her eyes. "Euhm no, why?" Naruto asked. Sakura felt jealous, she had to think of something quick! "Well, I was wondering If you would want to go have dinner with me?" Sakura asked before she realised what she did. Sarah looked at Sakura with an intention to kill, who returned an even more venemous look.. "Euhm sure Sakura, why not?" Naruto said as he tried to break up the stare of. Sakura nodded happily and dragged Naruto out of the shop.

Naruto sighed. What had he gotten himself into? Two girls were fighting over him, and he didn't even know one of the two! Apparently, Sakura had won the fight, since she was the one dragging him around town. "Euhm, Sakura? Where are we going?" Naruto asked when he wasn't able to recognise his surroundings. "First were going to tell Kakashi were leaving for a while, then we're going to Konoha." Sakura said as she sped towards the main building. "Why would we want to go to Konoha?" Naruto said as he got Sakura to let go of his hand. "I need to talk to my parents. And regarding you I need to talk to Tsunade, and I need you there to help clear things up." Sakura said, making Naruto even more confused. He decided that it would be best just to see what she was up to.

"Absolutely not!" Kakashi stated firmly. "We need Naruto in case the akatsuki tries something, Jiraiya might be enough for Orochimaru, but if more then one member of Akatsuki attacks, we need Jiraiya's surpassor." Kakashi continued, making Naruto blush. "It's not like the chances that they come here are big..." Sakura mumbled. "Well, half of them are after Naruto, and Itachi and Kisame are after Sasuke. So I think it's best if you go alone, Sakura." Kakashi said. Sakura cursed under her breath before sighing and nodding.

Sakura walked past the gates of Konoha. Even though she had been gone for less then a month she had missed the town. She immediantly sped off towards Tsunade's office. She barged in without even knocking, finding Tsunade with a bottle of sake in her hand. "I knew it." She mused playfully. Tsunade hid the bottle and straightened her posture. "What are you doing back in Konoha, Sakura?" Tsunade asked, slightly irritated. "Well, I need all the files on the Uzumaki clan, and I have some questions." Sakura said as she walked over to Tsunade's desk. "I can't give you those files Sakura. There is a chance that they may fall in Naruto's hands, which could to some... Unfortunate results. Now what were those questions?" Tsunade asked, trying to change the subject. Sakura was silent for a while. "Just one, does the Uzumaki clan have a bloodline?" Sakura asked. "I think Naruto's father discovered some sort of jutsu that only Uzumaki's could use, he never told anyone about it though. Now I have a request. Could you deliver these papers to Kakashi when you get back?" Tsunade asked as she shoved an envelop in Sakura's hands. "Sure, but now I gotta go visit my parents. And remember Tsunade, no more sake during work!" Sakura exclaimed as she closed the door behind her. "Party pooper..." Tsunade mumbled.

"I will not let you go out with that beast!" Sakura's father exclaimed. Sakura slapped her father across the face, sending him reeling through the room. "Don't you dare talk about Naruto like that!" Sakura yelled. "Now now Hattori, Sakura has the right to go out with whoever she wants. And besides Naruto isn't that bad." Sakura's mother replied. "But Kaoru, that boy is dangerous! If he snaps he could take out everyone in the village!" Hattori exclaimed. "And I suppose the twelve year of name calling, rock throwing and discrimination were meant to stop him from snapping?" Sakura asked. Hattori grew silent. Sakura knew she had him beat, but decided to make this one to remember. "And who knows, maybe I'll marry him someday." Sakura said with an evil glint in her eyes. Truly she had no intentions to marry Naruto, or even go on a lot of dates with him. Hattori's grew infuriated, who did that foxboy think he is? He'd have to go over to root but by god he would stop that boy from breathing, even if it was the last thing he did. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to root." Sakura said as she walked out. "Pack your bags honey, we're moving to root." Hattori said with when Sakura had left.
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that was awsome lol

i'll get more chapters up later

that was pretty good

Chapter 4
Sakura cursed under her breath multiple times. Why did her father have to be stupid and not accept Naruto as the great ninja he is? She sighed, her father would probably have to see the proof with his own eyes. She arrived in Root quicker then she had expected, and was suprised to see a large group of ANBU's standing in front of the main building. She walked past them and entered Kakashi's office. "Back already, Sakura?" Kakashi asked. "Already? I was gone for 6 hours, what did you do the entire time? Sleep?" Sakura joked as she tossed the envelope on Kakashi's desk. Curious, he opened the envelope and began to read the letter. "Can you bring Naruto and Shikamaru over first thing in the morning?" Kakashi asked. Sakura nodded. "Now go get some sleep. You must be tired." Kakashi said as he put the letter away.

Sakura opened the door to the appartment to see Naruto making home made ramen. "Hey Sakura, how were things back in Konoha?" Naruto asked. "My father and Tsunade were as stuborn as ever." Sakura said. A bang on the door caused Naruto to concentrate his chakra around his hands. Sakura opened and almost fainted at what she saw. Standing in the door opening were Sakura's parents. "Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked, but she already knew the answer. "Well honey, your father was feeling worried, so we were wondering if we could move into your second bedroom?" Kaoru asked. "I would, but Naruto lives in the second bedroom. "That freak lives under the same roof as you!?" Hattori exclaimed. "What did you call me?" Naruto asked as he stepped out of the kitchen. becoming infuriated, Hattori charged at Naruto, who let Hattori hit him. "What have you done to my daughter you monster!?" He cried out as he slammed Naruto into the wall. Naruto simply got up and let Hattori punch him. "Father stop it! He didn't decide this! Naruto, just fight back, I don't care about people that call you a monster!" Sakura yelled. "You think this punk will be able to land a punch on me? Why your as foolish as Kakashi!" Hattori snorted. Now Naruto was getting mad. "Outside... Now..." Naruto said as he walked out of the appartment.

"Bring it on, you demon fox." Hattori said as they arrived at the academy training grounds. Naruto charged forward towards Hattori, who threw a clumsy punch at him. Naruto grabbed Hattori's fist and started putting pressure on it. "I suggest you give up before I break it." Naruto said calm. Hattori spit in Naruto's face "I will never give up to the likes of you!" "Very well then." Naruto said as he broke the bone and swung Hattori away. Naruto ran through some handseals and a small tornado smacked Hattori into a nearby tree. "I think I overdid it..." Naruto mumbled. Hattori fell out of the tree and tried to stand up. "Now if you'll excuse me, it's late so I'm going to bed." Naruto said as he turned and walked back to the appartment.

Naruto awoke early in the morning, which was unusual. Opening his eyes, he noticed that Sakura was shaking him around. "Sakura? What's the matter? It's still early!" Naruto said as he turned around. "You are wanted in Kakashi's office, he says it's important." Sakura said patiently. Naruto cursed under his breath as he got up and got ready to go to the office.

Naruto, Shikamaru and Sakura were standing in Kakashi's office, wondering what was going on. Kakashi cleared his throat"Ok, first of all good news for Naruto. Your fired." Naruto's eyes widened. "FIRED!?" "Yes, I'm giving you a new job, free-lance guard." Kakashi said. Naruto grinned before saying : "You just made that job up, didn't you?" Kakashi nodded. "Anyway, your going on a mission, we need the three of you to go and convince Sagara Sanosuke and Himura Kenshin to come to Root." Kakashi said as he gave Shikamaru two pictures and some files. "They travel from hidden village to hidden village, they were last seen on their way to Cloud from Sound. Now go!" Kakashi said as the three ninja dissapeared.

"Where to first? Cloud?" Naruto asked as the team sped through the forest. "No, the main route between sound and Cloud, there is a small town that acts as a border, and no matter how fast you travel, the authorities will keep you in there for several days. And going around it is impossible, because the border is surrounded by mountains that would take weeks to climb." Shikamaru explained. "Why are we after them anyway?" Naruto asked. "I have no idea, Kenshin is a wellknown rurouni, and Sanosuke is a brawler and used to be a fighter-for-hire." Shikamaru said as he gave Sakura the pictures. "Looks like that Sanosuke will give us some problems, the Kenshin fellow doesn't look so bad." Sakura said as she gave the pictures to Naruto. "Trying to make me jealous?" Naruto asked as he cast a look on the pictures.

The rurouni had red hair that went down to his thighs, and was bound together in a ponytail from the neck down. He had a cross shaped scar on his left cheek and had a katana, more specifically a No-Dachi², strapped to his belt. His clothes were a number of yukata's worn over eachother. The brawler was wearing a white jacket that he didn't bother to close, it also had a small 'wicked' kanji on it. He had black spikey hair, with a red lint tied around his head where his hairline started. His pants were white, but the most interesting thing about him was that he had a sword hanging over his shoulder that was longer then him. The sword seemed to drop all defence for offense. "At least we won't have trouble finding him, that sword is huge!" Naruto said.

After going through customs, Naruto's team arrived in the border town. "Alright, the town is small so there are only a few places they could be. The bar, the hotel or the hot springs. Naruto will go to the bar, Sakura the hotel, and I'll go to the hot springs." Shikamaru said as he pointed towards the locations. "We'll keep in touch with our headphones and when we find them, we'll meet back at here, alright?" Everyone nodded and they started running towards their target.

"Goodafternoon miss, how can we help you today?" The woman behind the counter asked as Sakura walked in. "I'm looking for Himura Kenshin and Sagara Sanosuke." Sakura replied. The woman turned her attention to a book in front of her and flipped some pages "Room 16 on the second floor." Sakura thanked her and ran up the stairs. She opened the door to the room and saw the rurouni sleeping in a corner. Sakura walked towards him and tried to give him a shove to weak him up. However two inches before she touched him, he grabbed her hand and drew his katana, holding it at her neck. "Who are you and who sent you?" Kenshin asked in a cold voice. "Haruno Sakura from Root." Sakura said between gulps. Kenshin withdrew his katana and let go of her hand. "I'm sorry, it's just that our package for Root has lead to a number of assaults, so we had to stay on guard." "Package? What package?" Sakura asked puzzled. Kenshin took a ring out of his robe and showed it to her. The ring was completely white, but the front part was a small red circle with the kanji 'Sky' in it. "What is this?"

Naruto walked into the bar and instantly saw a man with the 'Wicked' kanji on his back and a huge sword wrapped in cloth leaning against the wall sitting at the bar. He sat down next to him. "Sagara Sanosuke, I presume?" Naruto asked casually. "Who wants to know?" The man answered annoyed. "Uzumaki Naruto from Root." Without saying anything, the man got up and walked out of the tavern, motioning for Naruto to follow him. "Hey guys, I found Sagara." Naruto whispered in his headset. "I found Kenshin, let's meet in their room, number 16 on the second floor in the hotel." "We're on our way." "Troublesome, but I'll be there."

"So, what's the deal with this ring?" Shikamaru asked, holding it up for all to see. "This is Orochimaru's Akatsuki ring." Kenshin said. The mouths of both Naruto, Sakura and Shikamaru fell open from that statement.
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Chapter 5
"Look, it's a very nice unique item, but it hasn't have any use, does it?" Naruto asked. "Actually, it does. The holder of this ring is the only person who gets to join Akatsuki as their tenth man." Sanosuke explained. Kenshin nodded and continued "Every akatsuki member has one, so if you defeat one of the members and take their rings, you will make the Akatsuki unable to get replacements." "So why give it to us?" Shikamaru asked. "Because we stole it from Orochimaru, and we need a place to live safely, Konoha seemed like the best option." Kenshin said. Sanosuke snorted "We expected some expert ninja's to escort us, but it looks like they gave us 3 rookies." Naruto bit his lip. "Don't let him get to you, Naruto. He doesn't know better." Sakura whispered. "What is it kid? Peed your diaper?" Sanosuke said. Kenshin sighed and was about so say something when Naruto jumped up. "You and me, outside, now." He said in a calm voice. Sanosuke nodded and followed Naruto out.

"How do you wanna do this?" Naruto asked. "Nothing that involves chakra, just plain old taijutsu." Sanosuke said as he took his stance. Naruto rushed straight at Sanosuke, who kicked him away before he was able to reach him. Naruto quickly got his act together and charged again, this time however he jumped into the air before reaching Sanosuke. Naruto came crashing down with his left foot aimed for Sanosuke, who sidestepped to the right to avoid it. Seeing this coming, Naruto threw his right leg into Sanosuke's gut. Sanosuke grabbed Naruto's leg and slammed him into the ground. Naruto grabbed Sanosuke's legs and pulled them from under him, making him fall down. During Sano's fall, Naruto jumped up and kneed Sano in the face, sending him flying into a rock. Kenshin ran towards the rock. "Sano, that is enough, don't get ahead of yourself!" He yelled. Sano got up and ran towards Naruto, who got into a defencive stance. Sano's fist contacted with Naruto's face, after which Sano let a flurry of blows loose on Naruto, never leaving him time to recover. When Sano stopped to catch his breath, his eyes widened when he saw Naruto wasn't even bruised. "Sano, that is enough!" Kenshin ordered. Sano grumbled but walked away from Naruto "The best fight I had in ages and you interrupt it!" "Troublesome... Can we go yet? Unless you two have learned how to use chakra, it'll be a long walk." Shikamaru said as he walked into the forest.

Gai and Ebisu was standing in front of Tsunade. "I still don't understand why you had to send Naruto, the village is strong enough without him." Gai said. "We know that, but most people in Konoha think differently about that, I want Naruto to get a clean start, and judging from the reports Asuma sent me, he's already a very loved individual." Tsunade said as she passed some reports to Gai. "That's not the only reason you sent him there, is it?" Ebisu asked as he peeked into the reports with Gai. Tsunade grumbled "Well, that's none of your business, but do you have anything to report?" "Well, it appears that Sakura's parents went to Root." Ebisu said in a quiet tone. Tsunade's eyes widened and she quickly started to write a letter. Gai looked worried and asked "Hokage-sama? Is something the matter?" "Gai, bring this letter to Kakashi with your team, and ask team Asuma and team Kurenai to come back here, you shall replace their positions." Tsunade said as she gave him an envelope with the freshly written letter in it. Gai nodded and dissapeared. "As for you Ebisu, go get Shiranui Genma, I have an important mission for him..." Ebisu nodded and took his leave.

Night had dawned so Shikamaru had ordered to set up camp. Kenshin had set himself against a tree with his sword in front of him and had fallen asleep almost instantly. "Does he always sleep like that?" Sakura asked Sanosuke. "Always, he's on high alert, if you get to close he can put his sword at your neck in half a second." Sano said as he slipped into his sleeping bag. Shikamaru put up some traps and alarms before he to went to sleep. Naruto was about to pull out his sleeping bag when Sakura took a hold of him and dragged him away from the camp. "Sakura where are we going?" Naruto asked. Sakura just sped up until they arrived in a clearing. Sakura and Naruto sat down. "Some first date huh?" Sakura spoke. Naruto suddenly realised he was going to take Sakura to diner tonight, but the mission made him forget it. He cursed himself but then the words 'first date' got through his thick skull, and it felt like he was in heaven. There were going to be more dates! They spent the rest of the night talking to eachother.

Shikamaru woke the team at dawn, to the annoyance of a tired Sakura and Naruto. When they finally arrived at Root, a voice boomed through the air "Konoha Senpu!" Naruto jumped back just in time to dodge a killer kick, that left a crater in the ground and threw up a lot of dust. "As should be expected from the Uzumaki genius." The attacker said. "You almost got me there, Lee. What brings you here?" "Dynamic Entoree!" Another voice yelled from next to Naruto. Unprepared for what came now, Naruto was hit by a kick to the face, sending him reeling. "Ugh, looks like Gai is here to..." Naruto said as he got up. Both spandex wearing men started laughing. "That certainly is a weird outfit, that it is..." Kenshin whispered. "No kidding, did they lose a bet or something?" Sano whispered back. "Ano, Gai, could you do me a favour? I just got back from escorting these people and they are wanted in Kakashi's office, so I was wondering if you could bring them? I would do it but euhm... I don't want my training to fall behind." Naruto said. Gai gasped "The springtime of youth can't fall back on it's training! I will escort them there right now! You go continue with your training! Lee, grab a hold of that samurai!" Gai picked Sanosuke up and ran towards the hokage's office. Lee nodded, picked up Kenshin and started running after his sensei. As soon as they were out of sight, Sakura started laughing "Training, huh? We both know that your training doesn't even take up any of your free time." Shikamaru commented. Naruto waved him off "Hey, I got our mission done earlier, right?" "Yea well, I gotta get going, my father is arriving in town today." Shikamaru said as he started walking away. "That leaves just you and me, huh Naruto?" Sakura asked. She noticed he had already dissapeared. "I hate it when he does that!"

"That's not an easy task, how are we going to get all of the people that hate Naruto too go see the tournament?" Genma asked. "Very simple, I have requested the Kazekage to send three of their strongest ninja's over. We will leave out the fact that Naruto will be fighting, and sign me up." Tsunade replied. Genma nodded "That will certainly lure everyone in the village, but how will we keep them there? They will probably leave as soon as Naruto's first fight comes up." "Just leave that to me." Tsunade winked.

Naruto and Sai were enjoying a cup of sake in the afternoon sun, on top of Naruto's appartment roof. Naruto was deepening himself in one of Jiraiya's new books, while Sai was writing some art. "Four and a half years of training and living with Jiraiya turned you into a pervert, Naruto..." Sai said without looking up from his art. Naruto grinned "It's not like I'll ever have a girl, with that kitsune inside of me." "It's not his fault your not attractive." Sai joked. "Hey you two! Get your asses down here, it's dinner time! And Uzumaki Naruto, put that book away!" Sakura yelled from out of her bedroom window. "That woman has a sixth sense about these things." Naruto said as they walked down the side of the building. They jumped into the building through Sakura's window and walked into the main room.

Naruto patted his stomach in satisfaction as Sai stretched his arms, and Sakura was stuck doing the dishes. "Hey Naruto, how'd you get Sakura to make dinner for three AND wash the dishes?" Sai whispered. "I made a deal with her, I learn her some of my techniques and she makes food and does the dishes for a week... That and I have to learn medical ninjutsu from her, it's not like it can be that hard." Naruto whispered back resulting in a grin from Sai. "Well, I think I should get going, I'm stuck living with Yamato, and he acts like he's my father..." Sai mumbled as he made his way to the door. Naruto took a sheet of paper and wrote what to learn Sakura tomorrow.
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another great chapter

Chapter 6
Night had dawned in Root and almost everyone had fallen asleep. Naruto was laying on the roof of his appartment again, staring at the stars. He sighed as he looked down into the streets, once in a while seeing an ANBU rush through the streets. "Excuse me sir, but there's a law in Root stating that no civilians or ninja below the rank of jounin can be out after midnight." An ANBU said from behind Naruto. Naruto didn't respond, instead he poured in some sake and took a sip. "I'm not going to warn you again, genin!" the man said with hostility in his voice as he took a kunai. "You must be new." Naruto said as he turned his head towards the man. Naruto's sentence took the man by suprise "How do you know that?" "Well, because if you wern't new, you would've either left me alone or you would've tried to stab that kunai into me already." Naruto said calmly. "But still, rules are rules and we have to o--" "That rule was made so that civilians or weaker ninja's wouldn't run into an assasin or missing-nin with nobody to save them." Naruto said before the man could finish. "And I suppose your not one of the weaker ninja's, genin?" The man asked with a mocking tone in his voice. That was the last straw for Naruto. He got up and took a taijutsu stance. The man drew another kunai and took his stance. The man was about to charge when two gloved hand grabbed his wrists and forced him to drop the kunai's. "Naruto-sama! Please forgive my collega, he is new and foolish." The new arrival said. Naruto nodded and went back to drinking while the two ANBU dissapeared.

"Why'd you do that? I was just going to teach him a lesson!" The first ANBU, who wore a mask with a drawing that looked like a catface said. "You fool, Naruto would've cut you into pieces on his worst day!" His superior, who wore a mask with a drawing that looked like a dogface shot back. "Your joking right? He's just a genin for christ's sake!" Catface yelled. Dog took a map and started going from page to page until he came against Naruto's file. He showed it to Cat who was stunned.

Name: Uzumaki Naruto
Rank: Genin
D-missions completed : 149
C-missions completed : 117
B-missions completed : 96
A-missions completed : 173
S-missions completed : 27

"How is that possible? Genins, even in large groups, would die during a B-mission, let alone S-missions..." Cat said, trying to recover from his shock. "He was alone for most of those missions. And he's only been a ninja for 6 years, for 4.5 of them he wasn't even around." Dog said casually. Cat's eyes widened in shock "Just who is this guy?" "The sannin Jiraiya's succesor, and the person with the biggest chance of becoming the sixth hokage, even though he doesn't know that. Now, we have rounds to continue." Dog said as they both dissapeared into the night.

Naruto stood in front of a giant gate, silently staring at the black shadow behind it. Naruto ripped one of the many tags hanging on the gate "Hello Kyuubi, how have you been the past year?" "Has it already been a year since that bastard Jiraiya completely sealed me off from you? Why'd you break the tag? Miss my company?" The demon replied. Naruto chuckled. "Not really, but I do want to know some things. Like why people fear you so much? I've been dragging you along for 18 years, and your not really that bad..." "Well kid, your species hates and fears what they don't understand. They hated me because they were unable to grasp how it was possible for a giant fox to be so strong, or even exist." "But why did you attack Konoha?" "You clearly havn't heard the true story. I always lived near Konoha, even before it was formed. But one night, some ninja from your village were sent to destroy me. They created an avalance that threw giant boulders into my hole, hoping to trap me." "But, why did they suddenly attack you?" "They always tried to get me to fight for them, and when I said no and knocked the messenger away, who survived with a small concussion, the council decided it would be best to destroy me, against the will of the third and fourth hokage." Naruto grew silent. "Kyuubi, why do people hate me?" "Because they are foolish creatures who think you are me, and therefore hate you for what I did." "I guess I should get used to being alone. Sure, I have friends, but who would want me as their husband?" "You honestly don't have a clue, do you? Why do you think Tsunade sent you here? Most people here have accepted you as a great ninja or don't know about me." "Thanks Kyuubi, I feel a lot better now... Wanna make a deal?" "Now your talking my language kid. What kind of deal did you have in mind?" "First, you only help me with your rapid healing when there's a chance I might die. Second, you help me out with my training. In return I won't reattach this tag, and I might remove some more tags later." "Ya got yourself a deal, kiddo." Naruto grinned but soon his grin dissapeared and was replaced by a sad look. "Kyuubi, I'm destined to be alone forever, arn't I?" "... I don't know kid, only time can tell."

Naruto jumped up. He always hated getting thrown out of his mind, but he suspected Kyuubi to have something to do with it. He looked to see the sun rising. Had he really been talking to Kyuubi that long? He casually jumped from the roof and landed on the ground without making a sound. Naruto watched a clock that was hanging against the appartment complex, 5:59, all hell was about to break lose. As by magic, cursing and shout could be heard from Naruto's appartment when the clock struck 6:00. "Looks like Sakura is up..." Naruto mumbled as he walked into the appartment.

Naruto was sitting at the kitchen table, watching Sakura demonstrate her healing by getting rid of the bruises she inflicted on Naruto. "Why'd you have to go on a punching spree like that? I wasn't reading Jiraiya's novels..." Naruto muttered. Sakura sighed "I said I was sorry... Getting the hang of this yet?" Naruto let a green glow surround his hand before speaking "Yea, I just need some practice." "Great, now you learn me your Kage bushin!" Naruto sighed as he made a single clone before making to the door. "He will teach you." Naruto said before closing the door behind him. Sakura cursed Naruto in seven different languages before listening to the clone.

Naruto walked until he reached a farm a minute or five out of Root. He knocked on the front door and was greeted by Kenshin. "Oro? Hi Naruto, didn't expect to see you again so soon." Kenshin said as he lead Naruto into the living room. "I was curious to know why a samurai would suddenly change his ways and become a farmer so suddenly?" "Well, I always wanted to become a farmer, like my parents were. But they were killed and I was forced to become a samurai to live." Kenshin said as he poured in some thea for the both of them. A sound from the kitchen alarmed them both. Seconds later, Sanosuke walked into the living room "Hey Kenshin, the front door was locked, so I came in through the window." Sano said as he scanned the house. When his eyes fell on Naruto, he got a wide grin on his face. "Came to get your rematch?" Sano asked as he cracked his knuckles. "No fighting in or around my farm!" Kenshin yelled as Sano got ready to fight. Sano cursed under his breath and plopped down on a nearby couch. They talked for hours, until Naruto felt the clone that was teaching Sakura was dispelled, which meant he had to hurry back or face Sakura's wrath again.

Naruto had made a small detour, and ended up at a lake. After a quick swim, he was drying his clothes above a small campfire, when sleep consumed him. When he woke up, he saw three figures towering over him, each with an evil smile on their face. Naruto tried to jump up, but found himself chained and gagged. He looked up, trying to identify his assaulters, but the trees blocked the sunlight, and made it hard for Naruto to see their faces. They finally stepped into the light and Naruto's eyes widened.
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Chapter 6
Naruto's eyes widened. Standing in front of him were Temari, Gaara and Kankuro. "Your slipping, Naruto." Gaara said in a playful tone. Naruto took a deep breath and broke the chains by expelling chakra around them. Getting up and spitting the gag out he looked confused "Why are you here, Gaara?" "Clueless as always, arn't you? I'm here to participate in the tournament in Root." Gaara said. "You know, the one that starts in five minutes?" Naruto's eyes widened as he ran towards Root.

Naruto entered the stadium cursing. He was just late two minutes and they wouldn't let him enter the competition! "Ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming. Out of everybody that has signed up, the hokage has requested me to pick two contestants to fight. The other two spots will be filled up by the hokage and the kazekage. Those contestants are Sagara Sanosuke and Hatake Kakashi." Genma said. Naruto's eyes widened. Sagara Sanosuke? But he doesn't have any jutsu's to fall back on! "First fight will be Gaara vs Kakashi." Genma continued as both stepped into the ring. The ring was an exact duplicate of the one for the tournament during the chuunin exam, giving Gaara the advantage. "Begin." Genma said as he ran out of the ring.

Gaara instantly sent a tidal wave of sand after Kakashi, who jumped over it as he charged a Chidori. Uncovering his Sharingan eye he charged at Gaara. "Attack from the front? How foolish." Gaara sent as sand shot up from the ground and surrounded Kakashi. It took Gaara a second to find out that he had caught a log. A small laugh erupted from behind Gaara merely seconds before a palm thrusted through his shoulder. Gaara melted into a puddle of sand and shot back up on the other side of the arena. 'That was a bushin?' Kakashi thought. Sand shot up from all the sides of the arena and charged at Kakashi. Thinking of his possibilities, Kakashi ran through some handseals. "Sand dragon jutsu!" Kakashi exclaimed as a dragon of sand shot up and stopped all the sand. Gaara went through the same handseals and a new dragon shot up, twice in size of Kakashi's. The giant dragon cut through his smaller brother with ease. Kakashi looked over to Gaara "If I could just get into taijutsu range..." He mumbled as he once again went through his list of jutsu's. He suddenly got an idea as he took a kunai and rushed at Gaara. The dragon raced after Kakashi, having trouble to keep up. Gaara looked at Kakashi confused. Merely seconds before the dragon hit Gaara and Kakashi reached Gaara, he jumped up, sending the dragon into a crash with his master. Luckily for Gaara, the dragon was dispelled seconds before it impaled him. A kunai was hanging against Gaara's throat when the smoke cleared. "It's over." Kakashi said calmly. Gaara just grinned as he turned into sand and rooted Kakashi to the spot. "Winner : Gaara of the sand."

Sanosuke was stunned. He was supposed to fight that!? Naruto stood down next to Sano "Let me give you some hints..." Naruto said, looking around to see if they were alone.

"Next match, Tsunade vs Sagara Sanosuke." Genma said from his hiding place. Tsunade jumped from her seat and walked into the arena while Sano had his doubts before going into the arena. "Are you sure you wanna fight me, boy?" Tsunade said in a mocking tone. "Are you sure you don't need a pacemaker, old hag?" Sano said as he shot her a venomous look. Tsunade charged at Sano, barely leaving him time to block the blow with his arms. Tsunade wasn't leaving it with that though, throwing another punch under his guard. The punch his Sano square in the face, sending him flying across the arena. During his flight, Sano ran through some handseals before saying "Kaze no Yaiba." A whirlwind surrounded Tsunade, closing in on her and cutting everything in it's path. Tsunade jumped over the whirlwind, trying to recover from her confusion. She was facing a man that had never been learned in chakra, yet just used a technique that could kill jounins. "Tajuu kage bushin." A calm voice echo'd through the air. Tsunade saw Sano jump up after her, followed by hundreds of clones. One of the clones kicked her in the stomach, breaking her guard. "Nisen Rendan." the clones said together, hitting Tsunade for at least two thousand times, the final blow sending her into a crash with the ground. Tsunade crawled out of the small crater she had left, still coughing up some blood. Tsunade quickly healed her lungs and charged after Sano as he landed back on the ground. Kicking him in the gut, she sent him reeling into one of the arena walls.

The crowd was completely silent, the fight they witnessed was breath taking. Somebody who they had never seen yet was fighting the hokage, and actually doing some damage on her! Sano stood up, blood trickling from his arm, but other then that he was unhurt. "Are you going to keep holding back, or are you going to fight me seriously?" Sano mumbled. 'What is he blabbing about? I used all my strength in that last kicked' she muttered under her breath. "I heard about you from Naruto" Tsunade sent Naruto her 'I am going to kill you in your sleep' look "Either he overestimated you, or your holding back." Sano said as he charged forward. Tsunade clutched her fist and sent her fist forward, hoping to catch him of guard. In response, Sano sent his fist into collision with Tsunade's. Bones could be heard snapping acros the stadium, followed by painful cries. Sano jumped back with a broken left hand, and Tsunade with a broken right hand. Their arms fell next to their bodies. "Do you two need medical nins to take care of those injuries?" Genma asked. Sano shook his head. "Doton! Yomi Numa!" Sano yelled not even leaving Tsunade the time to answer. A vast swamp appeared under Tsunade, slowly dragging her under. "The swamp will be up to your head in two minutes, you have until then to come out or forfeit." Sano said as he took a look at his arm.

Eyes in the crowd widened. He had Tsunade stuck, and their was no way in the nearest future for her to get out. This fight was as good as over, whoever this fighter was, everybody in the crowd started to get more and more respect for him.

time : 17 seconds.

Tsunade cursed like she wanted the entire world to know. She still couldn't grasp how that guy was able to learn both Doton AND Fuuton jutsu's, and without even going to the academy. That guy is either a genius, or he's not telling the truth...' She thought as she tried to preform a kuchiyose. All it did was hurt her hand more. She continued her cursing as she tried some other ideas.

time : 32 seconds.

Not a sound was made in the stadium, just the bubbling from the swamp as Tsunade sunk deeper. Sano was busy spalking his hand with some twigs, when Tsunade called him over. They spoke for a while until Sano went back to leaning against a tree with a smirk on his face.

time : 57 seconds.

By now, people were screaming for Tsunade to give up or for Sano to let her go. Genma was sitting next to the swamp, trying to convince Tsunade to give up.

time : 1 minute 36 seconds.

Tsunade opened her mouth to speak : "You can drop the act now, the real Sagara Sanosuke doesn't know any jutsu's." Tsunade said calmly. Sano started laughing as the swamp spit Tsunade out "I think i'll pass, people would hate me if they knew who I was." "That's not true, we would see you as the great warrior you are no matter who you are.!" Some of the responses sounded. Sano sighed "If you insist." he said calmly as a cloud of smoke surrounded him, making everyone unable to see him.
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Right Here!!!

Chapter 7
Everyone in the stadium held his or her breath as they waited for the smoke to clear. When the smoke cleared, Naruto was finally noticed, to which different kind of comments were given. "That should be expected from Naruto-sama!" "That punk tried to assasinate Hokage-sama!" "Naruto-dono let me give birth to your children!" Basically, the Root population made some cheers while the Naruto haters still accused him of all their problems. Naruto dispelled his clone in the audiance and walked out of the stadium. "It was a good idea, Tsunade. But some people just can't be changed..." He said as he left the arena.

Naruto was drinking sake like there was no tomorrow in the ramen stand next to his apartment. "If you keep that up you'll be leaving on a stretcher." The cook said. Naruto dismissed him with a wave of his hand. "What's the matter kid? Usually your so cheerful, or hungry, depending on the time of day." "Let's just say I found out no matter what I do, I can't make anybody from Konoha stop hating me." Naruto said. "Look kid, your a great person, and everyone who sees you as their enemy should meet their end. Now don't go on a killing spree like the last person I said that to." "I guess I should go home before I get drunk and do things I'll regret later." Naruto said as he dropped some money on the table and made his way to his apartment.

Naruto got into his apartment fairly easily, except that it took him ten minutes to open the front door. When he came in, he saw Sakura and her parents talking. 'Great, I'm drunk and the guy that thinks i'm a bad influence to his daughter is here...' Naruto thought. Naruto walked up to the nearest seat and plopped in it. "What's the matter with you? Are you drunk?" Hattori asked. "I'll be fffine, it's just the bloodloss." Naruto said as he looked at his hand. "Euhm Sakura, a little help?" Naruto asked as he remembered he had a broken hand. After the resetting of the bone, Sakura took a look at Naruto's ribs and other body parts. One time Hattori could have sworn she touched his crotch, even though she was looking at his knee. "You really are foolish Naruto, going fist to fist with Tsunade." "Hey, I won didn't I?" Naruto said with a goofy smile on his face. Sakura rolled her eyes at him before dragging him to the door of his bedroom. "Now your going to get a good night of sleep!" She said as she pushed him into his bedroom and closed the door.

Sakura sat down at the table with her parents. "Sorry about that, where were we?" Sakura asked as she sat down. "We want you to move out of this apartment. What if that thing has been molesting you during your sleep?" Hattori asked. "You've been saying stuff like that for six years, and nothing happened to me, even on the rare occasion we were forced to share a bed." They never shared a bed, but her father had to be thought a lesson. Naruto, who was listening from the other side of the door, had to hold back a laugh, his first of the day. Hattori was mad and Kaoru just smiled. Kaoru thought Naruto and Sakura would make a great couple, if it wasn't for her stubborn husband. Hattori wanted to kill that punk, he had shared a bed with his daughter!? "But--" "But nothing, I'm an adult and if I want to I'll go into his room, strip and make him the luckiest man in the darn world!" 'I kinda like that idea' kyuubi said. Hattori was stunned, Naruto was touched and Kaoru was giggling. "But he's a demon!" "Your wrong father, he is Uzumaki Naruto! He is the strongest ninja in Root and Konoha and the person who saved us from Kyuubi!" 'I was holding back....' Kyuubi muttered. At this point Naruto was crying. Nobody had ever stood up for him like that, especially not against their own parents. "Get out." Sakura stated firmly. "Wha-what?" Hattori asked. "I said get out! Until you accept Naruto as the person he is, I have nothing more to say to you. Your still welcome mother." Sakura said as she opened the door. At this point Naruto went to his bed and fell asleep, tears of happyness still enprinted on his face.

Naruto woke up early in the morning, he felt like repaying Sakura for standing up for him. After telling the kyuubi to stop suggesting 'go to bed with her' he decided to make her breakfast. Who would've thought baking an egg was so difficult? After the occasional 'Warks²' he came upon a normal egg. After a long kitchen struggle, he had made the perfect breakfast for Sakura... And a sandwich for him. Sakura emerged from her bedroom and cocked an eyebrow as she saw her breakfast. "What did you do this time?" She asked, not trusting it. "I overheard your conversation with your father yesterday..." 'He heard that? That was supposed to be kept a secret!' Sakura thought, panicking. She looked over to Naruto and saw tears pouring out of his eyes. "Sakura, thank you." He said as he burst out in tears. Sakura sat on his lap and let him rest his head on her shoulder. [i]'He's so fragile, he's not used to somebody going out of his way more then Iruka did to help him. After Naruto stopped crying, the two stared at eachother for the longest time. Sakura let her hands rest on Naruto's cheeks, wiping the tears away with her thumbs. A knock on the door interrupted their stare. "It's open." Sakura said. Tsunade poked her head in through the door. "Hi, I just want to speak to Naru--- Oh my, am I coming at a bad time?" Tsunade asked, colour rising to her cheeks. Realising what the position they were in looked like, both Naruto and Sakura jumped up. "Euhm, Nevermind, I'll come back later." Tsunade said closing the door. Once outside she looked up at the sky "Maybe I won't have to give him a hand with his lovelife after all." She whispered.

Naruto made his ways through the halls of the academy, until he stumbled across the room he was looking for, Iruka's class. "Children, today I have asked one of my ex-students to come and visit us. Naruto could you come in please?" Iruka asked. Naruto walked into the classroom and smirked to himself when he heard the gasps. "Hello everyone, pleased to meet you." Naruto said in an upbeat tone. "Now, who has a question for Naruto?" Iruka asked as Naruto made his way to the front of the class. A girl in the front row raised her hand. "Excuse me, Naruto-dono? Is there any chance that you might give us pointers after class?" She asked a little embarresed. "I'll tell you what, I'll be here every day from 5 PM to 6 PM to help with training and give pointers, how does that sound?" Naruto asked. Everyone nodded happily and somebody else raised his hand. "Could you tell us a bit about yourself?" Came the question. Naruto winced before taking a deep breath. "Well, I was always the worst student in my class..." "You can say that again..." Iruka mumbled. "And I had failed the exam three times, never being able to create a useful bushin. One night however I got my hands on a scroll that taught me the 'Kage bushin'. It's been my favourite move ever since, and my ticket to being a genin." "Which you still are..." Iruka mumbled again. Another hand shot up "Is Sakura your giiiiirlfriend?" The boy asked in a teasing tone. Naruto's face turned into seven colours of red. "Well euhm you see euhm well euhm... I have no idea actually." Naruto said as he poured some thought into it. Everyone in the class erupted in laughter, including Iruka.

Naruto and Iruka were sitting in a ramen stand, talking and enjoying a cup of ramen. "So, what really is the deal with you and Sakura?" Iruka asked, making Naruto spit out some noodles. "What do you mean?" Naruto asked. "Everyone here and in Konoha heard about Tsunade catching you during an 'intimate' moment." Iruka said with a smirk. Naruto's face turned bright red "It wasn't like that!" "Suuure." Naruto shoved one of his empty plates into Iruka's face. "If that rumour spread like you said it did, I'm feeling sorry for Sakura."

"How dare you go to bed with that thing!" Hattori yelled as he bursted into Naruto's appartment. Sakura just ignored him and continued cleaning. Naruto chose a bad time to enter the apartment. Just as he walked in he could see Hattori reel his arm back to slap Sakura. Naruto grabbed both of Hattori's arms. "If you ever even try to hurt her, I will torture you until your begging for death." Naruto said in a deep voice. Naruto let Hattori go and walked over to Sakura "Are you alright?" He asked, concern filling his eyes. Sakura nodded and gave Naruto a little peck on the lips, just to add to Hattori's defeat. Naruto was stunned. Did Sakura just kiss him? Sakura, the girl he has been in love with for over six years? Words could not describe how great Naruto felt. He turned towards Hattori "The lady said she doesn't want to talk to you..." He said as he grabbed Hattori and threw him out of the apartment.
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Chapter 8
Two month timeskip!
Naruto was sitting in front of Kyuubi's cage. "Why didn't you go for it!? That girl would've let you sleep with her, or even more if you had taken the chance!" "You havn't even had a girl in over 18 years, what do you know about dating?" "Got me there... Humans are so strange, your race needs you to make children and now you have to be picky?" "This is coming from a giant fox? Why am I not suprised? Let me explain it to you. Humans want to have sex with some---" "Yes, yes I know your stupid instincts. I also know about your 'one night stands' as your kind calls it." "She's my roommate! I would never get away with that... Not that I want to do it... Now, you said something about a birthdaygift?" Naruto asked impatiently. Naruto suddenly felt a stinging sensation on his skin, in his ears, eyes, mouth and nose. "Happy birthday, kid. I heightened all of your senses." Kyuubi said as soon as the pain dissapeared. Naruto was woken up by a smell he knew well.

Naruto's eyes fluttered open and saw Sakura staring at him. He jumped up from shock, falling next to the bed on his way down. "Happy birthday!" She said cheerful. Naruto rubbed the bump on his head as he looked at Sakura's hands. In them was a colourful wrapped present. She presented Naruto with the gift, which he greedily took. He unwrapped the gift and saw a katana, the blade made only out of titanium and the hilt and sheath were plated with gold. When Naruto recovered from his shock, he tackle-hugged Sakura.

After deciding where to hang it, Naruto let it hang on his back so he could easily draw it. After breakfast, Naruto pressed one of the tiles on the wall and an Iris scanner popped out. Letting it scan his eye, a vault popped up. After pressing a code, he opened it to reveal the akatsuki ring that used to belong to Orochimaru. He did it on his left little finger. Giving Sakura a quick kiss on the lips he walked out of the apartment and into the busy streets of Root.

Naruto was on top of the world, not only had he been selected to hunt Akatsuki, he and Sakura were a couple, and he was building his own house! When he arrived at the workplace near the centre of town, he checked on all his clones who were working on the house non stop before going to the hospital. After healing the life threatening wounds, he went for a walk around town. "Dynamic Entoree!" As by instinct, Naruto jumped back... Wait a minute, Gai and Lee were out of town, so that would mean... Naruto quickly jumped up, avoiding a kick aimed for his back. "Damn it, why do you keep doing that!?" Naruto landed next to his assaulter. The man had black spiky that sticks up and green eyes. He was taller then Naruto and kind of skinny with muscles, but not big muscles. He wore brown open finger gauntlets, brown sandals, a red short sleeved short and pants that were tan. "Your slipping, Naruto." The bigger man said. "Well Kirbie, the bigger they are..." "The more a** they kick." Kirbie interupted, towering over the short Naruto. "Yea yea, just don't forget that your gonna be stuck with me during the chuunin exam, and those are hell without good teamwork." "You still can't appreciate a good joke, do you? Well, I gotta run, catch ya later fox boy." Kirbie said as he dropped a smokebomb. Naruto cursed under his breath before walking off.

Two figures were standing in an unlighted room "Have you found it yet?" "It seems that it is in possesion of Uzumaki Naruto, and he is going to participate in the chuunin exam in Konoha." "Uzumaki Naruto, huh? Send group , we'll get two birds with one stone, and do something about this blasted lightbulb, I can't see anything in here!"

Another hideout, also badly lightened "You found it? Good, send four man to get it!"

Naruto was enjoying a nice cup of sake with one of Jiraiya's books on the roof of his apartment when a chill went down his spine. Seconds later he was tackled by Sakura. "Are you not getting enough from me that you have to fall back to Jiraiya's books?" She asked. "Last time I checked, I didn't get any of this from you." Naruto said as he handed her the book. Sakura started reading and after each word her face turned redder and redder. "Fine, read your darn books, but don't expect any of that from me for at least a year or two." Sakura said as she walked down the side of the building, leavin Naruto to pout.

Naruto hated this, Sakura's parents were coming to visit, and her father still hates Naruto, this would be a long evening... When Sakura's parents came, the mood seemed to go into freezing. Naruto had forgotten to put the akatsuki ring away, which made Hattori ask some annoying questions. When Kaoru asked when she was getting grandchildren, both Sakura and Naruto spit their drink into her face. "C-children? But we're not even thinking about getting married yet!" Naruto said. "So you stole my daughter's virginity and now you don't intend to marry her!?" Hattori yelled. "I didn't steal any virginities!" "He didn't steal my virginity!" "So you didn't do anything?" Hattori asked. 'I wish' "No..." Naruto answered, trying to shut out the kyuubi's thoughts. This went on for half an hour, until Sakura saved the day by serving diner.

Naruto was trying to put the table manners Sakura had learned him to work, under the observing eye of Hattori. 'Kiiiiiiiill him, but do it without eye witnesses. Then nobody will stand between you and your mate!' Naruto sighed mentally before continuing with diner. After diner Naruto took the plates and quickly did the dishes with a number of clones. Strange how much 'Kage Bushin' can help in your every day chores. Sakura couldn't grasp why her father couldn't be happy for her. Kaoru was trying to talk some sense into her husband, telling him that Sakura has the right to do what she wants. Hattori was saying that Naruto was no good for her, he was to dangerous! Naruto was thinking about the chuunin exam, being a chuunin sounded fun, but would it be easy? A knock on the front door pulled everyone out of their train of thoughts.

Naruto opened the door and got a grin on his face. "Hey Gaara, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked as he let the Kazekage and his siblings into the apartment. "Gaara dragged us all the way out here for your birthday..." Temari said as she looked around the room. Hattori and Kaoru were stunned, the Kazekage came all the way out here JUST for Naruto's birthday? "Ya know Temari... Shikamaru lives in apartment two..." Naruto said. Temari quickly ran out of the building before Gaara could say anything. Kankurou quickly ran out of the room, wanting to go exploring himself. Gaara noticed Naruto's guests. "Hello, I'm known as Gaara of the sand, and who might you be?" He said in a creepy tone. "They're my parents, Gaara... And they were just leaving." Sakura said as she helped her parents out of their seats and walked them home.

Naruto and Gaara were swapping stories when Sakura walked back in. She found it hard to believe how much Gaara had been changed by Naruto. "So Naruto, have the Akatsuki tried to get you yet?" Gaara asked. "I don't think they'll try to get me while i'm in a city like Root, but I'm sure they'll try something at the chuunin exam." Naruto said. Sakura grimaced, she had almost forgotten about Akatsuki and their goal. But she knew somebody who could beat some of the members. She walked to the door. "I have to go somewhere, I'll be back soon." "Alright, be safe." Gaara simply waved. "What was her hurry?" Gaara asked when Sakura had left. Naruto shrugged and changed the subject.

Sakura ran through the dark streets like her life depended on it, she knew who in this village had largest chance to help Naruto. As she stopped before a small house she took a deep breath before knocking on the door. Would he help her? Would he want to help his rival? She knocked even harder. He had to help! The door opened. "Long time no see Sasuke."
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bring on chapter 9

At the request of little hinata i'm posting Ch9 up now

Chapter 9
"Sakura? What brings you here?" Sasuke asked as he moved away from the door, letting his ex-teammate enter. Tears silently flowed down her face. "Sakura? What's wrong?" Sasuke asked when he saw her crying. "Naruto... Naruto is going to the chuunin exam and he think that..." Sakura paused as she sniffed a number of times "He thinks that Akatsuki might try to catch him during the exam..." "That idiot, he's still putting others before him." Sasuke muttered. "What do you mean?" "If they would attack during the exam, they would do it during the forest of death, which would mean that the most mumber of people to get involved is Naruto's team..." Sasuke explain when he had lead Sakura into a chair. "Please Sasuke! I'm afraid he might be killed! I'm not strong enough to stand by his side... But you are. Please go with him!" She begged him, fresh tears flowing over her face. Sasuke sighed, something told him Itachi was going to be there, so he might get his chance to take revenge. Sasuke slowly nodded his head. Sakura wiped her tears away "Thank you, Sasuke."

Naruto was working on the house the next morning. Due to the extreme heat, Naruto and his clones had discarded their shirts, leaving their naked upper bodies to see for every passing woman. This of course attracted a lot of female attention to the blonde. When two arms wrapped around his chest he had enough of it. He swung around and felt a pair of lips touch his. He focused his eyes and found that the person kissing him was Sakura. "And where did you run off to yesterday?" "Euhm well I went to the hospital..." Sakura said nervously. Naruto sniffed the air around her a number of times. "Sure smells like it." Naruto teased her as he went back to work. "So when is OUR house going to be ready?" Sakura said. All the clones stopped work for a moment before all taking out a copy of the blueprint. "Euhm, well you see... I didn't think you would move into the house with me." Sakura blinked a couple of times. "Why not?" "Your parents, mainly your father... He would try to kill me again if he knew." "Nobody is going to stop me from moving in with you." Sakura said as she snatched one of the blueprints. "I'll just sleep in when in your guest rooms. Now, when is it gonna be done?" Sakura asked, jumping up and down like a kid in a candy store. Naruto discussed with his clones for a minute. "We could have it done by the end of the day, but then we still need to furnish it." Naruto said. Sakura got an evil smile on her face as she rolled the blueprint up. "Leave that to me." She said as she snatched Naruto's wallet and walked towards the nearest furniture shop.

Naruto looked satisfied. His house was finished! He had planted some cherry blossoms in the front yard, and his clones were working on a fence that goes around the property, having a single gate at the front. He had also sent some clones to pick up the furniture that Sakura had most likely bought. He walked into the room, seeing that his clones were busy painting the last room. He walked through the house, awaiting the return of Sakura and his clones.

Sasuke stood in front of Kakashi, in his battle equipment. "Are you sure you want to go? I thought you quit being a ninja?" Kakashi asked. "And let one of the few chances to kill Itachi slip away? Keep dreaming." Sasuke said. "Fine, fine. The jounin that will be acting as your sensei is Sarutobi Asuma. You will leave in two days." Kakashi stated firmly. Sasuke nodded and left.

Naruto awoke in his new bedroom, it was bigger then the one in his apartment. It had a bookshelf in the far corner, next to it was a writing table with an open book. He opened his curtains and saw the southeast part of Root, also known as the slums. The smell of the dozens of flowers in his room made his nose ache. He walked into the corridor and admired one of the many paintings that adored the walls. 'How many did these cost?' Naruto thought as he examined the signature. 'Da Vinci'? Probably some small town artist, cheap painting then. He mused as he walked down the stairs. A delicous smell lured him into the kitchen, while a nosebleed threw him back out. Standing there, cooking breakfast for two in white undergarments was Sakura! Now, that on itself wasn't the problem, but the fact that she had been sweating made the undergarments transparant. Naruto had to put both his hands on his nose to stop the bleeding. Sakura cocked an eyebrow "Naruto, what are you doing?" Naruto could only hysterically point at Sakura's undergarments. Sakura looked down and started blushing as she ran out of the room to change. Naruto quickly served breakfast while Kyuubi could only comment Naruto on his luck with Sakura.

A caped and hooded man wandered through the slums of Root. People seemed not to mind him as he walked amongst them. Something catched his eye and he sped forward. Quickly he bodyslammed a pickpocket in the back before he was about to do what he's good at. The man knocked the pickpocket out with a fast blow to the head and threw him over his shoulder, then walked towards the administrative building. Throwing the hood of his head, the blond hair of Naruto shone brightly. "Man, that guy was hard to track down, at least I finally finished the mission." Naruto said as he left the building.

The day of the exam had came fast, to fast for some. Naruto was sitting against the gate leading out of town, with Sakura leaning against his shoulder, her eyes red and puffy. Kirbie was doing sit ups at the other side of the gate. "Ready to go, you two?" A voice asked from above them. They all looked up to see Sasuke standing on top of the gate, staring into the forest. "Sasuke? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked when he recovered from his initial shock. "Kakashi thought it would be better to send me then a rookie. So two genins with the strength of special jounins and an undercover ANBU going to war against the Akatsuki? This should be fun." Sasuke said as he jumped from the gate.

"So the special jounins and chuunin examinators know what to do with us?" Sasuke asked. Naruto nodded. "Ibiki told us then when given the chance, we have to leave his class. Anko has made it so that we will get one of each scroll and after the forest of death, everything will go fair." Naruto explained. "Even though a lot has changed in Konoha, they still have the same proctors for the chuunin exam, huh?" Sasuke pondered.

They met Asuma at the front gate and soon they found themselves split across a classroom with Ibiki in front of the class. Naruto looked around to see if he could distinguish somebody as Akatsuki, but they all looked fairly normal. "Begin!" Ibiki yelled. Naruto, Kirbie and Sasuke had no problem answering the questions, as they are things most jounins would know. "Now, it is time for the final question. If you decide to take it, and you fail, then your teammates will forever be stuck as genins." Ibiki said making people gasp. Naruto, Sasuke and Kirbie raised their hand at the same time. Ibiki nodded at all those that raised their hand and pointed at a door to his left. While walking through the hallway presumably leading to the forest of death, Naruto noted that about 17 teams were left, including his team. After Anko's rehearsed speech and the distribution they found themself in the forest of death. "Now what do we do?" Kirbie asked as he looked around. "We hunt the other participants, and when we find our targets, we kill." Naruto said as he jumped to a tree.

Another gate opened, opening for twenty ANBU and Asuma. "Don't attack until your sure they're our targets, split up and stay hidden!" Asuma yelled. The ANBU raced into the forest as the gate closed behind them. In a corner of the forest, two teams were standing across eachother. "Well, I never expected Orochimaru to send his lackeys to recover his ring." Kisame said as he pointed Samehada at Kabuto and his two allies. Deidera laughed "Let's just kill them and find the jinchuuriki already!" "Sloppy as always, Deidera." Itachi snorted. "Perhaps we should cover his body with explosion tags..." Kisame said as he put Samehada against Kabuto's neck. 'Crap, we can't take on the Akatsuki, we need a miracle.' Kabuto thought. As sent by the gods themselves two figures appeared and slit the throats of Kabuto's allies. The two figures appeared behind Deidera and Itachi, but were easily overpowered by the two Akatsuki members. Kabuto wasn't going to let this chance fly by and hit Deidera on his heart. Deidera's ribs pierced his heart, and he died almost instantly. Kabuto tried the same thing with Itachi, but his hand was caught in mid air. "Well, that might've worked on Deidera, but he was careless." Itachi said as he caught Kabuto's other arm and put a foot against his chest. He ripped both of Kabuto's arms off and threw them away. Kabuto screamed in pain but was cut silent when Samehada pierced through his head. "Let's see Orochimaru bring you back now." Kisame said as he cut Kabuto into pieces. Itachi ripped the Akatsuki ring from Deidera's dead finger and wore it. They looked around and noticed the assasins had already fled and didn't want to bother going after them."Now, I believe we have a meeting with a Jinchuuriki?" Itachi asked as they took to the trees.
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Next chapter : Akatsuki meets with Naruto! Sharingan VS Sharingan!

Awsome lol for Sakura

In the spirit of christmas i'm gonna post up another chapter

Chapter 10
Naruto felt like he was being watched. 'Konoha's ANBU is losing it's touch' Kyuubi mumbled. Soon they came upon a halt when they saw a large group of ANBU standing across from the Akatsuki members Itachi and Kisame. "I want Itachi." Sasuke whispered. Naruto nodded "You two fight Itachi I'll handle Kisame." Naruto said as he drew his katana and jumped up. Kisame brought Samehada up right in time or Naruto would've cut through Kisame's head. Jumping back, he came face to face with Itachi. "Mangekyou sha---" "Mangekyou Sharingan!" Sasuke yelled as he came crashing down on Itachi. When the smoke from the impact cleared, all Sasuke found was a log. Itachi appeared behind him, with a kunai ready to hit Sasuke in his head. A quick kick was applied to Itachi's head by Kirbie, sending him flying into a nearby tree.

"Get out of here, you'll only get in the way!" Naruto yelled at the ANBU as he once again charged at Kisame. He jumped over Samehada and gave Kisame a slight cut across the chest. Naruto jumped back, avoiding another sweep from Samehada. Running through some handseals during his flight, he called out "Kamaitachi!" A large whirlwind trapped Kisame, deepening his wounds and making new ones. When the whirlwind dissapeared, Kisame fell to his knees and coughed up some blood. "Give me your ring and I might let you live." Naruto called out. Kisame got up and ran through some handseals. "Here's my answer! Suiton! Suikoudan no Jutsu!" Kisame said as water appeared out of the ground, going towards Naruto with dizzying speed. Naruto jumped over the attack and formed some handseals "Katon! Kasumi Enbu no Jutsu!" Naruto spit out a large amount of mist. "That's it? A little mist?" "No, this mist is flamable. Katon! Karyuu Endan!" Naruto said as he ran through another pair of handseals. Naruto spit out a ball of fire that made the mist surrounding Kisame explode. Naruto landed and waited for the smoke to clear. He walked up to Kisame's half-dead form and took his ring, before crushing his skull.

Itachi jumped over another one of Sasuke's sweep, in the meantime avoiding the jutsu's that Kirbie threw at him. Then the perfect oppurtunity arrived for Itachi to take Kirbie out. Itachi stepped on Sasuke's Kusanagi and used it to launch himself at Kirbie. Dodging a couple of fireblasts, Itachi grabbed Kirbie by his shoulders and locked eyes with him "Tsukuyomi!" Itachi said. Kirbie fell into a pile, living his worst nightmares in his head. Sasuke slashed at Itachi, who tried to block it with a kunai. The Kusanagi went clear through it and left a huge gash across Itachi's chest. Itachi retaliated by grabbing Sasuke's arm and forcing him to drop the blade. Sasuke kicked Itachi in the gut, making him release Sasuke's hand. Running through some handseals, Sasuke took a deep breath before muttering "Katon! Goukakyuu no jutsu." A huge fireball hit Itachi into the stomach forcing him back a number of feet. Looking at his scorched clothes, he cursed mentally for almost being done in by that type of jutsu. "That tickled..." Itachi mocked. Sasuke ran through another set of handseals and gathered chakra in his hand. "Chidori!" He cried as he ran at Itachi. Itachi merely dodged the attack and gave Sasuke a kick in his back. "Your taijutsu always was better then you jutsu using..." Itachi said as he ran through a number of handseals.

Suddenly Sasuke's enviroment seemed to melt around him, until only darkness remained. Sasuke started running, until he saw Naruto and Sakura conversing. "I never trusted Sasuke, I'm glad he went with Orochimaru!" Naruto said. "I agree, now I can stop pretending to like him and shoot my arrows at you." Sakura said with a wink. Sasuke turned away, he couldn't believe it, his friends would never say something like that about him, never! "Do you not remember why you left these weaklings?" Itachi's voice echoed across the area. "My quest for power to defeat you!" Sasuke yelled. "Exactly, and what made you return to them?" Sasuke froze. "Naruto's power..." Itachi started laughing as the area came back together. Itachi pointed to an area to the left to show Naruto on the ground, bleeding all over, about to get the finishing blow from Kisame. Sasuke fell to his knees. He couldn't believe it, did Naruto lie to him? Suddenly, genjutsu was destroyed and Sasuke was back in the real world and saw that Itachi was fighting Naruto. Sasuke tried to stand but found his legs to bail out on him, as he fell back on the ground. All he could do was watch the fight between his friend and the man he hates.

Naruto took a couple of kunai's and stabbed them in Itachi's right arm, rendering it useless. Dodging a clumsy swipe from a kunai, he applied pressure to Itachi's head, giving him one hell of a headache. By now, Itachi was completely disorientated, his sight was blurry, so he couldn't use mangekyou or any jutsu's. His good arm was lost, probably for good, so he was in a very bad position. Naruto helped Sasuke up and pointed at Itachi. "Now go and extract your long awaited revenge!" Naruto yelled. Sasuke quickly formed some seals and powered his Chidori. Putting the Chidori through Itachi's chest felt so good for Sasuke. He took out a kunai and slit Itachi's throat a couple of times, then started to stab his body a number of times, just to make sure he was dead. Naruto quietly took the rings Itachi wore and did them on. Naruto's eyes widened when two of the rings he had just looted dissapeared into thin air, together with Itachi's and Kisame's corpses. "They weren't the real ones..." Naruto muttered as he looked at the second ring that remained. "But then the owner of this one really died." He continued as he got up and brushed off. He swung Kirbie over his shoulder and made his way to the building in the middle of the forest, closely followed by Sasuke.

They were welcomed by Shikamaru "Your early, you can go take a rest over there." He said while pointing at a lounge in the corner of the building. "How'd it go with Akatsuki?" Shikamaru asked. "Itachi and Kisame were using a jutsu to make a reallife copy, but the other Akatsuki that came into the forest with them is dead." Sasuke said calmly. "Kabuto and two of his henchmen were in the exam to, and they were found dead together with Deidera." Shikamaru said. "So, the two groups after these rings killed eachother? Ironic, isn't it?" Naruto asked as he tried to wake Kirbie up. "I was also told that if you managed to get out of the fight with Akatsuki alive, you and Sasuke would both be promoted to chuunin." Shikamaru continued. Naruto got a cheeky grin on his face while Sasuke didn't seem to care. "So we don't have to continue with the exam?" Sasuke asked. "Don't have to? We can't let you, you'd wipe out all potential chuunins!" Shikamaru said with a grin. "Well then we'd better get back to root." Naruto said as he swung Kirbie over his shoulder again.

"Sasuke, can't you take him over? This guy weighs a ton!" Naruto complained. "Your the team leader, you gotta watch after us members..." Sasuke said. "Yea, now i'm the teamleader..." "Uuuugh, i'm telling you officer, she said she was eightteen!" Kirbie mumbled. "Sick psycho..." Sasuke mumbled. Naruto banged Kirbie's head against a nearby tree. Kirbie cried out in pain. "About time you woke up." Naruto said as he dropped Kirbie and continued walking. Kirbie looked around "What did I miss?"

Naruto walked through the gates of Root and almost instantly ran towards his house, leaving Sasuke and Kirbie at the gate. Naruto did a henge and knocked on the front door to his house. 'This is gonna be so fun!' 'You're more evil then me...' Naruto took his katana off and held it in front of him. As a last touch to the masterpiece, he sprayed some red sauce over the weapon. Sakura opened the door. "Miss Haruno?" Naruto asked. Sakura nodded "For now, yes." Naruto's eye twitched slightly at that comment, he knew darn well what it meant. "The roommate and girlfriend of Mister Uzumaki?" He asked. Sakura nodded once again. "I have some sad news for you..." Naruto said as he held the katana in Sakura's sight. Sakura stared at the katana in disbelief. "It can't be..." She whispered. Naruto dispelled the Henge "My katana got a little dirty..." He said with a cheeky grin. Sakura started crying and tackle-hugged Naruto. She hit his chest softly while crying. "You bastard, you worried me." "I worried you? What about you with your 'Miss for now'?" Naruto asked. Sakura blushed when she realised what she had said.
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