Chapter Zero : Possibility/Glimpse.
"Hokage-sama!" The ANBU panted, breaking through double doors that lead to the Hokage's office. The two oak doors swung and crashed against the plaster wall, before the screws couldn't hold them in and the entire contraption crashed to the ground sonorously. "Oto-nins are currently setting up camp at the Valley of the End!"
"Calm down." The Hokage muttered. With the Hokage's hat perched on his head, and with the sun filtering through from the back, it was impossible to discern the face of the Hokage, which made for an imposing pose. "What's our current strength?"
"There's about 100 Jounins and Tokubetsu Jounins left, 350 Chuunin, 500 Genins and 100 ANBU left, Hokage-sama." The secretary replied, ever efficient, emerging from the ruins of the double doors. "And about twice the above numbers are in hospital."
"How many Oto-nins are there?" The Hokage asked, . "And get someone to fix those doors, Shirai-chan. Charge it to maintenance."
"About one thousand Hokage-sama. Most of them are Chuunin and above." The ANBU replied. "There's an additional 500 samurai and ronin there too, two hundred yari mushas amongst them." (Yari Musha Spear Warrior.)
"Very well." The Hokage rose from his seat, discarding his ceremonial hat, placing it in the second drawer. The sun, entering from the window, shone on the blond hair of the Hokage. "I'll take care of them. Fortify the defences and make sure no Oto-nins get through the walls. Assign Team 3 as my clean-up. Tell them to meet me at the Hokage's Monument's top."
"Hai, Hokage-sama!" The ANBU saluted his leader as the man disappeared, leaving nothing but a discarded Hokage's robe in his still-warm seat.
"Team 3 reporting, Hokage-sama!" The Jounin instructor saluted.
"There's no need to be formal, Kure-chan." The Hokage dismissed. "After all, you're my wife."
"One of many." Yuuhi Kurenai joked. "One of god knows how many."
"It's only a few." The Hokage mumbled, blushing slightly. The Hokage was dressed like a normal Jounin, except for the presence of a sheathed katana hanging from the back, and an unusually long tantÅ with a 50cm blade horizontally strapped to his back. The green jacket was black instead, with six scroll holders per side, and he had his kunai and shuriken holsters strapped to his leg, with his explosives pouch hanging off his belt to the back, and there was a roll of all purpose wire hanging on a carabineer, with the wire threaded through the hole with a safety blade mounted, ready for quick use. There were also seals on the fingerless gloves, and the black metal plates shone faintly in the sun. His sandals had a metallic sheen on them, indicating the hidden plates.
"A few huh, Hokage-sama?" Kurenai laughed. "So a harem's a few."
"It's only like, four, you know?" The Hokage protested. "I could have taken twenty but I didn't!"
"Oh, so you're showing off now huh, Hokage-sama?" Kurenai teased.
"Damn it! Why does everything I say gets twisted by you?!" The Hokage groaned. "Anyway, let's go before them Oto-nins run away."
"Sure, Naru-kun."
"Sensei, why are there only five people taking out a thousand five hundred? We are outnumbered three hundred to one." Daichirou Yamanada, a Chuunin, whispered to his team leader, Yuuhi Kurenai.
"Well, it's more of one person, Naru-kun, taking out about a thousand five hundred. We only take care of the stragglers." Kurenai replied. "That's what meant by clean up. We deal with the stragglers that manage to escape. Even so, it's rather rare for it to happen."
"But isn't it suicide?" Yamanada whispered urgently. "It's insane to go against way superior numbers, even if he is our Kage!"
"You're new, aren't you?" Tosurei Kijiro crept up near them. "The Taijutsu expert."
"Yeah." Yamanada replied.
"What are you most proud of in your Taijutsu?" Kijiro asked.
"My speed and power." Yamanada puffed out his chest in pride. "No one could beat me, not even Gai-sensei."
"Of course, you were naturally gifted in that area." Kijiro conceded. "But, if you keep your eyes open, you'll be able to see the true speed and power. Watch closely."
They could see the silhouette of their Kage standing proudly in front of the camp, his hands blazing through hand seals faster than anyone they had ever seen.
"Water : 32.543 percent, Earth : 67.457 percent, Mokuton : Tajuu Yari!" (Wood Release : Many spears.)
The shout woke the Oto soldiers, and many of them leapt out of their tents, fully dressed and weapons drawn, the ominous metal glinting in the moonlight, some still caked with blood, lending it a rather oily glow. "A fool approaches." The Oto-nins laughed. "Is Konoha so low on man power that they have to send only one person against all of us?!"
The ground rumbled, and around the camp, a ridiculously huge amount of spears rose from the ground, all aimed at the Oto-nins.
"Hyuk! What a lousy shinobi! His technique missed us completely! What a joke!"
"Oh no. I'm afraid you're mistaken." Naruto grinned. "It's meant to keep you in."
"Keep us in? Hah!" The Oto-nins jeered, while a few already charged at him.
Without skipping a beat, Naruto broke the necks of the Jounins that had charged at him so quickly, that their momentum carried on and they crashed behind him. "Yes, it is."
Suddenly, a few shinobi's heads popped off, and when they turned to look at Naruto, they noticed a glistening thread in his hands. "Who's next?"
"So... so fast!" Yamanada gasped. "I can't even see him moving!"
Naruto disappeared in a gust of smoke, while the Oto nins banded together for more protection. "Katon : Dai..."
A sudden kunai to the head took out the shinobi. Not only did it do that, the kunai broke through the skull and took out another five, before its momentum was halted by an opposing kunai. Even so, the opposing kunai split into two and the three clanged to the ground. "Feh, you weaklings." Naruto grunted. "I guess I'll finish this quickly."
"If you can!" One of the more braver Oto-nins spoke.
"Oh, I can." Naruto gave a noncommittal grunt. "By the time this shuriken falls, you all will be gone."
Throwing the shuriken into the air, there was a sudden loud boom and across the battlefield, a massacre was taking place. Numbers dwindled down exponentially, and all the cleanup crew could see were after images of their Hokage dealing with the enemy swiftly and efficiently, like a well oiled killing machine. The perfect killing machine.
Bodies fell, some missing heads, some with their own weapons turned against them. Several samurai had died, blood flowing down their mouths, dead from a powerful punch that had shattered their armour and sent the fragments into the body which it was supposed to protect. Some of them had blood flowing from their eyes, by a crushing blow to the back of the head, caving the skull in.
"Is this the best Hebi-teme has to offer? He certainly has been slacking off." Naruto drawled, voice normal, as though he was sitting down in a cafe chatting about the weather with some friends, even as he ended multiple lives. "I guess that's rather sad."
"How dare you..." A Sound Chuunin yelled, about to defend his Kage, when he died from a Yari taken from a samurai stuffed down his throat.
"Mada mada dana, young one." Naruto laughed. "Your leader can even swallow a scroll and vomit a sword, so I guess he taught you all nothing."
"Bullshi..." A Yari to the head took care of the charging samurai, the head crest of his armour folding inwards along with the Yari, which pinned the man to the ground.
"Oh, don't you know, he goes for the young ones." Naruto shrugged, sighing. "And boys, no less. It's rather shameful for someone like him to be a former shinobi of my village."
"Don't you insult Orochimaru-sama!" A Jounin roared, hands blazing through seals.
"Pfft." Naruto muttered, throwing a shield at the Jounin forcefully, dislocating both wrists and rendering the hand useless and unable to use jutsus. "It's the truth, and nothing's gonna stop me from revealing them"
It certainly seemed off, the laid back tone of voice being used in such a bloody place. But the owner was the most powerful Kage ever to take up the mantle, so it wasn't really surprising, as the Rokudaime Hokage brutally decimated the Oto-nin. "Tajuu Kunai Kage Bushin!" A Jounin roared, and a thousand kunai blitzed the Hokage. (Roughly Many Kunai Shadow Clone Technique.)
"Finally, someone with skills." Naruto laughed. "But too bad it's worth nothing in front of me."
"Fuuton : Kaze no Hakaiteki!" Another sound Jounin roared. (Wind release : Wind of Destruction/Destructive Wind.)
"Pfft." Naruto snorted. "Kabuto, you of all people should know that wind attacks are useless against me."
Moving his hands quickly, and in the opposing direction of the wind's spin, Naruto negated the strong wind blowing towards him. "After all, wind's my dominant affinity."
"Tch." Kabuto cursed. "But I know your weakness, Naruto-chan."
"What is it, Kabuto?" Naruto laughed scornfully. "Mr Traitor?"
Kabuto never received the chance to reply, as his throat was forcefully ripped out, and he gave of a gurgling from choking on his blood. "It's an easy death for you, but I've no time to play." Naruto muttered.
"You forgot about my bloodline fool!" Kabuto gave a primal roar, and his eyes flashed silver as his flesh knitted back together. "And you shall pay for this!"
"Oh really?" Naruto taunted, letting Kabuto's attack connect with his body. "What a weak punch. Is this your best?"
"Ku ku ku ku ku..." Kabuto laughed. "You have already been infected with my Dokuyaku no Orochi. Your defence is pathatic!"
"And I'm supposed to suffer intense pain for the next twenty four hours while remaining fully aware and my senses boosted so much that I'm supposed to keep screaming until I die?" Naruto's eyebrows rose. "What naivety. I do admit you got my weakness down to a T, but it's because I have no need for defence at all."
"How... how are you not..." Kabuto wheezed, as he felt the Hokage's hands go through his chest. "Affected..."
"There's something called talent Kabuto." Naruto spoke emotionlessly. "Something I have and you lack, Kabuto. That and Kage Bushins, fool."
"I guess I should end this quickly." Naruto noted to himself, as his eyes tracked the shuriken, which was starting to descent.
Disappearing in a blur of speed, only leaving after images behind, Naruto quickly finished off most of the non shinobi's, before he engaged the shinobi. Hand holding a huge number of Yari, he threw them quickly, neatly, and violently. Catching the front row and the second off guard, the unfortunate shinobi became kebabs, and the rest had their weapons out in defence.
Naruto laughed. "You think these worthless pieces of metal can stop me?"
Moving in a burst of speed, all the Jounins could see were a slight blur and the figure of the Hokage shaking slightly, before the clanging of metal on the ground reached their ears. "And now you don't even have those scrap metals! Isn't it fun? Come on, impress me!"
The last thing most of the shinobi there saw was the maniacal grin of the Hokage, hand grabbing a shining blade.
One of the remaining Chuunins had the common sense to run, and for this he survived the second attack.
"Oh no, you don't escape." Naruto berated, as though he was a teacher and the Oto-nin was an unrepentant child, wagging his finger at the escaping ninja for good measure. "No one escapes from Uzumaki no Shikyou." (Whirlpool of Death.)
Barely looking backwards, the Hokage threw a kunai in a back handed throw. The kunai caught the dropping shuriken, and impacted on the back of the head of the last Chuunin.
"Hey Team 3." The Hokage yelled. "Get your ass off the floor and clean up!"
"Hai, Hokage-sama." The team acknowledged, moving quickly to scour the bodies for any important documents or information that might prove vital and offer an insight into Oto's actions.
"Just for the record Naru-chan," Kurenai whispered, while leaping past the Hokage. "If you speak to me again in that tone you'll sleep on the couch. Alone."
"Eep!" The Hokage squealed.
End of Chapter Zero.
A/N : A different type of beginning, and as the title states, it's only a glimpse into the future, which may or may not exist, but there stuff that's gonna stay, like the harem (Naruto : Hey! It's not a harem!) and the Konoha-Oto war.
Naruto's ability to use the chakra by percentages will be explained when the time comes.
Also, his confirmed harem members (Naruto : OI!) are Haku, Kurenai, Yuugito (Nibi Container), and Kazahana Koyuki. Kyuubi, Mitarashi Anko, Tayuya (Sound Genin), Inuzuka Hana may or may not be included. Hinata, Ino, Sakura, Tsunade, Yuugao, Kin, and Karin will not be included.