NARUTO: THE JOURNEY'S END

Brief Summary:

After three long years training with Jiraiya, Naruto has returned to the Village Hidden in the Leaves wiser, stronger, and more intelligent then ever before. A few new things wait for him: a budding romance with an old friend, the origins of the Uchiha, the tailed demons, and himself will be reaveled, and the return of an ancient evil hell bent on destroying him.

Rating: M for violence, sexual content, blood, and nudity.

Note: I don't know much Japanese, so most of the Jutsu are going to be in English.

Prelude: Training's end.

Deep in the Forest of Death, two shinobi battled each other on top of the enormous tree branches. One of the shinobi was an old man with spiky silver hair. The younger of the two had long blonde hair that covered his eyes. The elder ninja dashed towards the younger and unleashed a flurry of punches. But the younger ninja blocked every punch and countered with a kick that launched the elder ninja into the air.

The elder ninja began to form a bunch of hand signs and said," Fire Release: Firestorm Jutsu!" Then a spiraling vortex of fire shot out of the elder ninja's hands and was hurled towards the younger. Then the younger ninja jumped into the air to dodge the on coming inferno. Then he started perform a bunch of hand signs and said," Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken Jutsu!" Then from the palm of the young ninja's hand, razor sharp gusts of wind gathered into his hand and started to form a blue sphere. The younger man lifted the sphere above his head and the sphere started to increase in size and started to take the shape of a shuriken. The young ninja hurled the spiraling shuriken at the elder ninja. The elder ninja jumped out of the way of the shuriken, but the shuriken started to follow the elder ninja in any direction he went. The elder ninja leaped from tree to tree, trying to figure out a way to survive the Jutsu. Then the elder man formed more hand signs and yelled" FIRE RELEASE: FIST OF A THOUSAND DRAGONS!" Then hundreds of fiery specters in the shape of dragons rose from the elder man's fist and engulfed the shuriken in flame and destroyed it.

Then from behind, the younger ninja jumped out of the trees and pulled out a crimson-blade katana and striked the elder ninja from behind. But the elder ninja quickly jeaped forward and landed on the branch of another tree. Then the elder ninja pulled out two kunai and said," Is that the way you want it? No jutsu, only weapons." The younger ninja only dashed forward and began to slash rapidly at the elder ninja. The elder ninja was able to block most of the strikes made by his enemy's weapon, but his opponent's moves were too fast for him. Then in the speed of light, the younger ninja was able to disarm his opponent. With the tip of his blade at the old man's throat, the young ninja said," The angel of death awaits." Then after a long silence, the two ninja started to laugh uncontrollably. The elder ninja said," Well done Naruto, you did much better than I thought you would." Naruto scratched the back of his head and said," Jiraiya-sensei, are we done with this warm-up? I really want to get back to the village." Jiraiya looked at his young pupil and said," What's the rush kid, can't wait to see a young pink haired Kunoichi?" Naruto blushed and said," No you purvey sage," Then Naruto grew silent, " I haven't seen her in three years, I can't stop thinking about her. But she loves Sasuke. And besides Sakura will never love a demon." The old ninja put his hand and Naruto shoulders and said," You're not a demon Naruto. The Fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi in you for a reason, god knows what it is, but it he mush of had a good reason. Not lets get out of this forest, I'll buy you some ramen when we get back into the village." The moment he heard the word ramen, Naruto gave a big grin and dashed towards the village. Jiraiya smiled as he said to himself," He becomes more like you every day. God I miss you Minato."

Chapter 1: Homecoming.

Sakura was in her small desk sorting all of Tsunade's paper work in alphabetical order, until suddenly she accidentally knocked over a small picture frame. When she picked it up, she saw that it was one of her, Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke, and Naruto. She suddenly gave a little smirk. It has been over three years since Sasuke defected to the Village Hidden in the Sound and Naruto went with Jiraiya to train. A lot of things have changed for her in the passed three years. Sakura had blossomed into one of the most beautiful women in all of Konoha. She has been blessed with perfectly shaped breasts, curvy hips, and long legs. Sakura also let her hair grow longer. She had grown to be the envy of all the men of Konoha. But she was far from easy. Under Tsunade's guidance, Sakura had learned to increase her physical strength through chakra. She also learned medical jutsu far beyond her years. Her skills are second only to Tsunade herself. Thou she spends most of her time training and studying, Sakura always stopped and think about Sasuke, the boy she loved but abandoned his village for power, and Naruto, the annoying blonde who only wanted her affection. Then suddenly a busty blonde woman in a white outfit came up to Sakura's desk and said," You miss them don't you?" Sakura grabbed the pile of papers," Here's everything Tsunade-sensei." Tsunade grabbed the papers from her young apprentice," I got a letter from Jiraiya, he and Naruto are returning to the village today." Sakura's eyes started to light up. She was exited to see Naruto. She wanted to see how much he had change, or didn't. Sakura jumped from here seat," When will they get here?" Then a huge blue light started to shine from outside. Both Sakura and Tsunade ran to the window. The light was coming from the Hokage Monument. Tsunade smirked," I guess they're here."

Naruto smirked as the wind was blowing in his long, blonde hair. He had grown a lot over his time training with Jiraiya. He is now six feet, five inches. He wore an orange full body suit with black stripes. At his side was a katana with a crimson blade and ruby sheath. He looks over at the village and yells," VILLAGE HIDDEN IN THE LEAVES, I, NARUTO UZUMAKI HAVE RETURNED. AND I NOW SWEAR TO ALL YOU, I WILL BECOME THE GREATEST HOKAGE WHO EVER SET FOOT ON KONOHA!" Then Naruto started to form the Rasengan in his right hand. Then he thrust the jutsu to the ground. As soon as the jutsu hit the rocky surface, the blonde haired ninja launched himself into the air. Then Naruto dashed towards the middle of the village, in insane speed. In a matter of seconds, Naruto was in the middle of his home town, undamaged and giving everyone a sly smile. Jiraiya looked at his young student and said," You know you didn't have to make a dramatic entrance." Naruto said," Well I thought it was cool." " So did I." said a familiar voice that Naruto longed to hear. He turned around to see Sakura standing only a few feet away from him. Naruto was in complete silence. Sakura had turned from a pretty girl into a goddess. Naruto's face turned red as he said," Sakura-chan. Wow!? You look so...um..great." Jiraiya knocks Naruto down, eyes big and mouth almost watering," Man you turned into a MAJOR hottie. If you don't have anything to do later on, let's have a little 'interview'." Sakura glared at the perverted ninja and punched him in the face, knocking him back ten yards. Naruto said in total shock," Remind me never to get on your bad side." Sakura said," Wow Naruto, you look amazing." Inner Sakura said," Oh My God. Naruto is so hot." Naruto scratched his head and said," Really. Thanks but I think need a hair cut." Sakura giggled," Yeah you kind of do." Then Jiraiya walked towards the two young shinobi covered in blood and said," Why don't you two catch up? I have to talk to Tsunade anyway." Naruto said," Yeah tell the old hag I said Hi." Jiraiya gave a big laugh and said," Will do."

Back at the Hokage's office, Tsunade was reading letters from the Village Hidden in the Sand. The letter stated that there was an assassination attempt on the new Kazekage, Gaara. Just as she finished the letter, Jiraiya walked into the office and said," Hello Tsunade, have you lost wieght?" Tsunade smirked and said," Flattery will get you nowhere. So I see Naruto has fully mastered the Rasengan." Jiraiya sat down and said," Not just that, Naruto was able to create new forms of the Rasengan using wind elemental charka. He also developed some jutsu that I never thought was possible." Tsunade looked at her old teammate in disbelief," What do you mean?" Jiraiya looked at the busty blonde and said," Naruto has developed jutsu in the Kage-level. Even without the Kyubi's chakra, Naruto has surpassed Him in ninjutsu, hand-to-hand combat, weapons combat, and chakra manipulation." Tsunade was in shock, she never thought that in three years of training, Naruto would become this powerful. The Jiraiya got up and said," While me and Naruto spared, he always got the best of me. He has also learned how to channel some of the Kyubi's chakra. He may be a Genin, but he is more powerful than most Jonin." Tsunade looked at the silver-haired sage," Did you tell him about, you know?" Jiraiya shook his head, " He wanted to make sure he was old enough before he knew the truth." Tsunade glared and said," He will find out sooner or later. And when he does, he'll never speak to you again." Jiraiya grabbed a glass of water," I don't care Tsunade. I made a promise to great ninja, and a good friend," he took a sip of the ice cold water," I'll tell him tomorrow. Everything. Well everything that we know." The two legendary ninja were silent as they payed respect to an old friend.